The 2020 Coronavirus


Note:  This page holds the coronavirus news and commentary from the year 2021.  It is anticipated that nothing will change on this page.

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Dr. Peter McCullough Conducts Grand Rounds on COVID 19.  See and hear a brilliant man expound on a subject that he has devoted himself to for an intense, almost two years — like a half a million other interested persons, take a look at the Rumble video of Joe Rogan's interview of Peter McCullough MD of Dallas Texas — put up on December 15, 2021 [elsew]here.  Dr. McCullough described it as a" grand rounds" during the give and take of the interview, and it certainly was to me, a physician who has been at many grand rounds events in my 50 year career.  Grand Rounds is the Medical School or Hospital event where members of the Medical Department display their erudition and eloquence on matters of import — in the case of this interview Mr. Rogan was the Inquirer and Dr. McCullough the eager and well-prepared respondent.  Their performance was extraordinary on both sides — good penetrating pertinent questions by Rogan and satisfying answers from McCullough, backed by his command of the medical concepts and the research pertaining to the subject — COVID 19.  [Video clip]

The Year of Living Unreasonably.  We have vaccines that likely reduce the chances of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 (somewhere between 0.05% and 0.1%) to below the infection fatality rates of the flu (somewhere between 0.1% and 0.2%).  We have effective therapeutics, including a new therapeutic pill that will reduce post-COVID-19 diagnosis hospitalization and death by around 90%.  And we have a new strain of COVID-19.  Omicron reportedly infects at 140 times the initial rate of COVID-19, and about 70 times the rate of delta; it hospitalizes, according to South African data, at about 20% the rate of delta.  Which means that nearly everyone will get omicron, and that very few people will die.

Whatever Happened to the 'Pandemic of the Unvaccinated'?  This is a policy formulated at the top levels of our government:  portraying a segment of the American people as dangerous ignoramuses who don't care if they kill their friends and neighbors.  As recently as Dec. 14, in an interview with a local TV station, Biden said "This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated.  The unvaccinated.  Not the vaccinated, the unvaccinated."  Along with his oft-quoted and totally inaccurate statements about vaccinated people not spreading COVID, Biden is once again ignoring the science to score political points.  It's interesting that Biden gave that quote about the same time that omicron was beginning to spread in the U.S.  Aside from denying the science, trying to scapegoat your political enemies for the pandemic is a convenient way to absolve himself of the blame for his administration's incompetence.

People Demand Rachel Maddow, MSNBC Apologize for False COVID Comments.  [Scroll down]  But Fauci wasn't the only one facing criticism today.  The other person was Rachel Maddow.  However, it wasn't for anything that she said recently; it was for comments that she made back in March that people were now calling into question.  Viewers were demanding an apology from Maddow and MSNBC for this video from March 29, in which she claimed that if you were vaccinated, it would stop the virus in its tracks and prevent transmission. [Tweet with video clip]  Maddow said, "Now we know that the vaccines work well enough that the virus stops with every vaccinated person."  "A vaccinated person gets exposed to the virus, the virus does not infect them, the virus cannot then use that person to go anywhere else," she continued.  "It cannot use a vaccinated person as a host to go get more people."  Maddow stated that vaccines "would get us to the end of this," meaning the end of the pandemic.  This is just untrue.  While the transmission is allegedly less likely, vaccinated people can still get the virus and spread it.

The Vaccine Is Proving That the 'Experts'... Aren't.  Like you, I was relentlessly dogged with messaging that getting the vaccine was the path to stopping the pandemic.  While it was easy to see from the beginning that the vaccine wasn't stopping the virus, leftist politicians and the media seemed to be in complete and total denial of it.  President Joe Biden himself guaranteed that getting the jab would end the pandemic.  People were promised by experts and medical professionals that getting the vaccine was going to return us to normal.  Stephen Colbert was out there dancing with people in needle costumes singing about how the vaccine would end the pandemic.  I was personally never anti-vaccine and did get it myself after circumstances forced my hand, but I was never under any delusion that this was going to prevent me from contracting the virus if I ever came in contact with it.

CDC Quietly Changes Quarantine Guidelines Again.  This doesn't seem very science-y, all things considered.  After originally posting their new changed guidelines for quarantine from ten days to five, and getting a lot of Branch Covidians confused about it, the CDC quietly edited the guidelines again to add: you can exit quarantine if "symptoms are resolving (without fever for 24 hours)".

COVID-19 Genetic Vaccine Safety in Children.  The risk of death associated with COVID-19 in healthy children is virtually non-existent, as children have significant immunologic advantages relative to the older adult population (> 65 years) which comprises the high risk cohort for COVID-19.  The risk of death and disease in children has become even more rare with Omicron.  Yet even prior to the advent of Omicron, a peer reviewed study clearly demonstrated (using safety data accumulated during past variant circulation) that the genetic COVID-19 vaccines carry a risk/benefit ratio of five deaths in the older, high risk cohort for every one life saved from COVID-19 (and those data did not account for the reporting bias inherent in US deaths due to COVID consequent to inappropriate use of PCR tests). [...] The issue of COVID-19 gene therapy technology -based vaccine mandates for children is a pressing issue confronting parents, grandparents, and public health officials throughout the world.  Unfortunately, the topic has become highly politicized, and active censorship by legacy media outlets has made it difficult for parents and stakeholders to obtain access to the actual data required for the full informed consent prior to acceptance of a medical procedure required by law.

Brilliant Video Shows How Media, Joe Biden and Govt Health Officials Drove the Omicron Fear Narrative.  The Omicron doom and fear narrative became a parody of itself.  One brilliant videographer has put together a mashup showing what took place in the past ten days.  It all started with ultra-progressive Harris County, Texas, Judge Lina Hidalgo holding a dramatic press conference to report that an unvaccinated man in Houston, who was in his 50s, had died from the omicron variant.  However, only one journalist actually called the hospital to check the claim and discovered what progressive Judge Lina Hildago claimed was actually false.  There was no unvaccinated 50-year-old man who died from Omicron in the hospital.  It was all made up by the judicial version of AOC.  Unfortunately, once the media, medical establishment and politicians had that press conference soundbite, from a judge — not a doctor, they were off to the races.  This video brilliantly shows what happened next.  [Video clip]

Missouri to end COVID-19 state of emergency, citing effectiveness of vaccine.  Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is allowing the COVID-19 state of emergency that has been in place since March 2020 to expire, saying that "we all now know how to best fight and prevent serious illness from this virus."  Parson, a Republican, announced on Friday that the state's COVID-related state of emergency would not be renewed on New Year's Eve.  "Thanks to the effectiveness of the vaccine, widespread efforts to mitigate the virus, and our committed health care professionals, past needs to continue the state of emergency are no longer present," Parson said.

Marines Speak Out As Vax Mandate Forces Dozens Out Of The Corps.  Dozens of United States Marines have already been discharged as a result of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's military-wide vaccine mandate — and several Marines told Fox News that the move has felt like a "political purge."  The Defense Department's mandate has been in effect since November 28, and 169 Marines have been discharged since then for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.  Thousands more who have refused the shot are still awaiting discharge orders or other disciplinary action — and although service members are allowed to request religious exemptions, none have yet been granted approval.

True Believers.  You are more likely to know someone who was mugged or hit by a car than to know someone who died of Covid.  When it comes to plagues, Covid is a minor event, but it is treated like the Black Death.  No one panics over muggings, car accidents, or other things that can kill you.  Even the most sober-minded, however, worries about Covid, because we cannot see it and for most of us it exists only in the abstract.  There is a supernatural quality to it.  Like most human traits, belief operates on a spectrum.  This is why the hardest-thumping Covidians are on the political left.  Left-wing people are much more inclined to accept authority than people who tend to be on the right.  It is why the overlap between progressives, Covidians, and Gaia worshippers is near universal.  Left-wing people really need to believe, and they will believe in just about anything.

'The CDC Now Recommends' Is the Joke We All Needed in 2021.  If you're anything like every other sane person in America, you're sick of COVID-19 dominating the headlines.  You've also probably had your fill of government bureaucrats trying to tell you how to live your life.  Take the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for instance.  It's hard to imagine how the CDC has any credibility whatsoever anymore as often as they've changed their recommendations.  Remember when it was just the unvaccinated who needed to wear masks?  Then the CDC changed their recommendations to mask the vaxxed too.  Just this week, the CDC admitted that they overestimated how prevalent the omicron variant was in the U.S. Then they revised their quarantine regulations and dropped hints that you may not really be fully vaccinated unless you've had boosters too.  And on and on it goes.

What Other Chemicals Can Job Creators Force Into Employees As A Condition Of Employment?  One of the most alarming trends of the COVID era has to be chemical discrimination.  The right of politicians or job creators to make the pharmaceutical modification of your person a condition of employment (or having a life).  A quick question to advocates.  Who convinced you that you could get that horse back into the barn?  The moment you said yes, or gave, or convinced others to do the same you didn't save a job, you doomed it.  You are all on borrowed time.  A duration defined not by you or your needs but by your employer and your government.  None of you can reasonably claim any sort of future exemption for anything, but what could that possibly mean?  The sky is the limit.

We Abandoned Science For Power.  The world surrendered to the few in the spring of 2020.  We pulled the plug on our lives and shut down.  We stopped working, traveling, worshipping, visiting, living for the two weeks needed to "flatten the curve."  Remember that phrase?  We just needed 14 days to stop the spread and allow our healthcare system to get caught up.  That 14 days was nearly 600 days ago and counting!  We believed the story, took the bait, and could not spit out the hook.  We have left science behind.  It is now about controlling the masses, and there is no end game in sight.  The puppeteers are calling the shots.  Mask mandates and vaccine IDs are their tools.  They do not acknowledge that the risk factors are not equal across all demographics.  We know that the elderly, overweight, and medically challenged are who we should be protecting.  The controlling few want to paint all with a broad brush.  From the young to old, they want all masked and boosted until there are no longer any cases of COVID or its mutations.  Nothing in life has zero risk, and you cannot deprive people of fundamental rights and freedoms in pursuit of it.

CDC Now Treats Unvaccinated The Same As Un-Boosted, Just As DeSantis Predicted.  In its recently updated guidance on exposure to COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) treats double jabbed individuals that have not received a booster shot the same as unvaccinated ones.  "For people who are unvaccinated or are more than six months out from their second mRNA dose (or more than 2 months after the J&J vaccine) and not yet boosted, CDC now recommends quarantine for 5 days followed by strict mask use for an additional 5 days," the updated guidance reads.  "Alternatively, if a 5-day quarantine is not feasible, it is imperative that an exposed person wear a well-fitting mask at all times when around others for 10 days after exposure.  Individuals who have received their booster shot do not need to quarantine following an exposure, but should wear a mask for 10 days after the exposure."  The move to change the definition of "fully vaccinated" by the federal health agency was predicted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last month.

Fauci admitted the number of children being hospitalized 'with COVID' is inflated because they 'may be going in with a broken leg'.  Ted Cruz has criticized the Biden administration after the president's Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted there was a difference between the number of children hospitalized 'with COVID' as opposed to 'because of COVID.'  Fauci told MSNBC on Wednesday night: 'If a child goes into the hospital, they automatically get tested for COVID and they get counted as a COVID-hospitalized individual, when, in fact, they may go in for a broken leg or appendicitis or something like that.  'So it's over counting the number of children who are, quote, hospitalized with COVID as opposed to because of COVID'.

Fauci Admits Many Children Hospitalized With COVID-19 Aren't There Because Of The Virus.  White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted that many children being hospitalized with COVID-19 are there for reasons other than the virus, and just happened to test positive for it upon being admitted.  Fauci appeared in an interview on the Rachel Maddow show Wednesday evening [12/29/2021], and was asked about an ongoing increase in children's hospitalizations with the virus.  Hospitalizations have ticked up as the Omicron variant has caused a surge in new cases, but overall deaths are stagnant from the virus.

Setbacks, Inconsistencies Mount For CDC Under Walenksy.  Inconsistencies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and director Rochelle Walensky have continued as the Omicron wave sweeps across the U.S.  Walensky told the public in a Good Morning America interview Wednesday [12/29/2021] that PCR tests for COVID-19 can stay positive for up to 12 weeks after infection.  For that reason, Walensky said, a negative PCR test would not be needed to leave quarantine or isolation under new CDC guidelines.  "So we would have people in isolation for a very long time if we were relying on PCRs," Walensky told GMA.  Rapid antigen tests aren't good indicators of whether someone is actually contagious with COVID-19, Walensky said.  "We know it performs really well during that period where you're initially infected, but the FDA has not at all looked at whether ... your positive antigen really does correlate with whether you're transmissible or not."

Joe Biden Backtracks and Telegraphs His Next Tyrannical Move.  [Scroll down]  Fauci didn't even attempt to couch his support for a vaccine requirement for domestic travel in any scientific evidence.  Rather, he's just coming right out and admitting that it's about mindless coercion, serving not to reduce the spread of the virus, but simply to control people.  And when Biden says his "medical team" is going to make this decision, he's talking about Fauci, who leads that team.  There is simply no justification for this at all.  Omicron is already in all 50 states and is spreading rapidly, with the country seeing its highest caseload of the pandemic yesterday.  Limiting domestic travel to only the vaccinated is not only illegal and nakedly dictatorial, but it will do nothing to quell the spread of the virus.  Besides, as has been shown over and over, airliners are actually extremely low-risk environments because of their constant filtration of the air.  Yet, instead of being a leader, Biden is once again on vacation in Delaware, delegating the job he was ostensibly elected to do to a bunch of unelected bureaucrats.

Maryland doctor says Biden admin uses faulty data to snub antibody treatments.  A doctor in Maryland said he had to cancel potentially life-saving monoclonal antibody infusions for about 250 people over the last week after the federal government stopped distributing treatments made by Regeneron and Eli Lilly because they aren't effective against omicron, even though the delta variant, which the drugs are effective at treating, was still dominant at the time.  The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response halted the allocation of those two antibody treatments last Thursday amid the rise of omicron, which the CDC had said days earlier was responsible for 73.2% of all new cases.  But the CDC backtracked on that alarming estimate this week, revising it down to just 22.5% for the week ending Dec. 18, more than a 50-point drop.

The real efficacy rates of the COVID vaccines.  The Biden administration and the mainstream media have been pushing a mandate of the experimental COVID vaccines for the American people.  Their talking point is that "COVID vaccines are effective and work against the pandemic."  That's not true.  I have been following the "U.K. vaccine surveillance report" since last September and have seen enough evidence about the real efficacy of the COVID vaccines to show that they're not as good as advertised.  My last essay revealed that more vaccinated people have been using the health care system in U.K. than unvaccinated people.  Now I am going to talk about how the MSM and politicians use so-called "rates" to hide the truth and to misrepresent the actual data to further their narratives.

The COVID con is all the Democrats have.  In 2019, President Trump's prospects of winning re-election in 2020 seemed all but guaranteed. [...] Trump's economy had gone gangbusters.  In Trump's economy, the poverty rate hit an all-time low.  More Americans were employed than ever before.  The unemployment rate fell to a 50-year low.  This, in addition to the 7 million new jobs created. [...] In the first presidential debate, Joe Biden claimed that Trump had no plan for the COVID response.  This was an abject lie.  Trump had gone above and beyond to respond to the pandemic.  When Trump restricted travel from China, Biden denounced the move as xenophobic. [...] The truth is that Biden conned his way into the White House with his vapid, unrealistic promises of ending the virus.  But even if Biden did have the magical ability to end the virus, he wouldn't.  What once was a con to defeat Trump in 2020 is presently a con to retain power and control the American people.  Biden's and his party's dependence upon the never-ending pandemic to fundamentally transform America is at odds with their stated intention to end the virus.  It's a Catch-22.  Democrats can't end the pandemic and continue to use the pandemic to their political benefit.  Democrats are as desperate to retain power today as they were desperate to reclaim it in 2020.  The Democrats still have no robust national message to run on in 2022.  The COVID con is all they have.

CDC Estimates 58.6 Percent of US Cases Are Omicron, Significantly Downgrades Earlier Projection.  The Omicron coronavirus variant is estimated to have taken over the virus's Delta variant as the most prevalent strain contributing to new COVID-19 infections, accounting for 58.6 percent of all strains actively circulating in the United States as of Dec. 25, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has drastically revised an earlier projection of new Omicron variant infections.  CDC officials significantly reduced estimates for the week ending on Dec. 18 that had erroneously indicated a nearly six-fold increase in the Omicron variant's share of infections in only one week.  The figures showed that the newly detected variant accounted for roughly 73 percent of new infections nationwide.  Federal officials cited those figures to announce that the Omicron variant had become the dominant source of new infections in the United States.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Reinstates COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate.  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in a policy reversal, announced on Dec. 28 that it would start enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to facilities in half the U.S. states, where the mandate hasn't been judicially enjoined.  CMS modified the compliance dates for the vaccine mandates.  Facilities that receive Medicaid or Medicare funding must comply with the mandate's first phase, meaning that all health care staff has to have received the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine by Jan. 27, 2022 — or 30 days after the CMS memorandum was issued.  Those facilities will have to comply with the CMS mandate's second phase, meaning health care workers need to receive the second dose by Feb. 28, 2022, according to the memo.  Earlier this month, a CMS spokesperson told The Epoch Times that it suspended enforcement of the vaccine mandate for health care workers "pending future developments in litigation."  It came after several courts issued injunctions against the rule.

CDC Quietly Declares Unboosted Equals Unvaccinated.  When Joe Biden pulled the political equivalent of the Irish Goodbye yesterday [...] and then hopped a flight without much explanation, one could imagine the jaws of mayors in major cities hit the floor in awe.  Because if there is no "federal response" to COVID as Old Joe said, then those mayors are flying solo on vaccine mandates some implemented just days before.  For what it's worth, the list of cities requiring vaccine or testing mandates reads like a shortlist of places you should avoid going on vacation any time soon. [...] In other words, Biden's baffling unshackling of himself from everything he's said for the last two years may be a bellwether for how SCOTUS could rule on the mandate issue. [...] A wrinkle came Monday when the CDC updated their COVID guidance from a 10-day isolation period to a five-day isolation period, because buried in that new guidance was a quiet little proviso that threw the unboosted back into the dirty pile of the unvaccinated.

Biden Says He Is Ready to Trigger Mandatory Vaccine Requirement for Air Travel as Soon as Fauci Tells Him.  If you listen to most champagne socialists, they will tell you they believe airline travel has become too affordable and just about anyone is able to fly now.  For a few decades this has been a source of consternation amid the Democrat cocktail party class, whenever the subject is approached.  It stands to reason the people behind Joe Biden will eventually concede the issue of mandatory vaccine passports for domestic air travel to the administrative state and their donors amid the Branch Covidians.  They're in the same group circles where Anthony Fauci is venerated and appreciated.  However, I doubt it will happen until after the U.S. universal passport system, the vaccination ID, is put into place — because currently, the airline companies would stand to lose too much revenue.

Man sues Trader Joe's for firing him for not getting COVID shot.  Don't comply:  When Trader Joe's instituted a rule requiring all managers to get the COVID shots, Greg Crawford, a manager there for 26 years, instead got the company to grant him a religious exemption.  The company's upper management however then banned him from all management meetings, essentially crippling his ability to do his job.  The manager also told Crawford that this was a decision by company President and that "There was nothing further to discuss."  The company was essentially penalizing Crawford for his religious beliefs.  Under this arrangement, he had no future with the company and would soon either be forced to resign or be fired.  Crawford did not back down, however.  Instead, he contacted the non-profit Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), which specializes in defending those whose civil liberties are being violated.  The institute had a staff attorney send a letter to Trader Joe's, pointing out that the company's actions were discriminatory and that there were numerous ways it could accommodate Crawford, either by getting him tested just prior to the meeting or by attending remotely.

Experts dubious of fourth COVID-19 booster doses as Israeli hospital launches tests.  A fourth dose of the same mRNA vaccines won't stop the omicron variant, infectious disease experts said, even as Israeli doctors began tests of more booster shots in vaccinated medical workers.  The fourth jab follows the initial two-shot mRNA vaccines and the booster.  But with new variants raging in the United States, boosting the old vaccine may not help, according to some epidemiologists.  "You're boosting people with [antibodies to fight] the original Wuhan strain vaccine, and the circulating variants are delta and omicron," said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  "Your body is kind of primed towards the original strain."

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If there's 'no federal solution' to COVID, will Biden end the vaccine mandate?  After striking out twice in years past, Joe Biden became president on his third time at bat pretty much for two reasons:  A majority of voters didn't like the way Donald Trump was handling the coronavirus — and a majority of voters didn't like Donald Trump.  Candidate Biden told us that he would "shut down the virus."  He told us, "Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America."  Americans had had enough of the toxic virus and they had had enough of Trump's toxic personality — and so, a man who spent almost every day of his adult life in politics, leaving us with no memorable ideas, philosophies or even accomplishments, waltzed into the White House.

Biden and the Democrats' Colossal Failures Set Up a 2022 Reckoning.  After spending 2020 pledging "I'm not going to shut down the economy, I'm going to shut down the virus," Biden apparently planned only to tell everyone to wear masks, roll out the vaccines his predecessor began, and hope the virus disappeared.  By autumn, Biden said his patience was wearing thin and decided to threaten unvaccinated Americans.  The vaccines were supposedly the solution to the pandemic, but more than 85% of American adults now have a least one shot, and yet the country is now in its highest state of community transmission.  Omicron doesn't care if you're vaccinated, though as it appears mainly innocuous; hopefully, this is the last gasp of COVID, and we'll all have some immunity and the virus will be unable to infect anyone anymore.

MN Board of Medical Practice Requesting Files of Patients Prescribed Ivermectin:  Doctor.  A Minnesota family physician who is being investigated for the fifth time in the past 17 months by the state medical board for statements related to COVID-19, says the board is now requesting to see medical records of his patients who were prescribed ivermectin.  Dr. Scott Jensen received a notification from the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice two days before Christmas informing him of their request for the records.  "And last night, when I got home after shopping with the grandchildren, I have this letter from the board of medical practice," Jensen said in a video on Dec. 24.  He added that the board said, "In your response, you indicated that you've prescribed ivermectin to some of your patients for treatment of COVID-19. Pursuant to the board's investigation of this matter, please provide the following records ... copies of medical records for the most recent three to five patients to whom you've prescribed ivermectin to treat COVID-19."

Doctors Outraged After Biden Regime Shuts Down Life-Saving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments.  Doctors across the country are expressing shock and outrage after the Biden regime shut off distribution of monoclonal antibodies, preventing them from treating patients infected with the Delta coronavirus with the life-saving therapeutic.  In a letter addressed to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra Tuesday, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo accused the Biden administration of "actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments," undermining Florida's strategy to handle the disease.  The Biden administration paused shipments of the monoclonal antibodies because according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the treatment isn't effective against Omicron, which they claim became the dominant strain earlier this month.

Walking in a Fauci Wonderland.  Instead of introspection and a change in course, we have Dr Fauci constantly on television, suggesting new and even more draconian measures including masks on airplanes as a permanent feature of flying the friendly skies.  Or vaccine mandates for air travel, another nail in the coffin of an already oppressively unpleasant form of transportation.  President Biden will recommend a domestic travel vaccine mandate as soon as Dr Fauci tells him to.

We must make public-health authorities accountable for their COVID lies.  The "public health" response to COVID has been awful.  Ever since cases first appeared in Wuhan, the reaction has been marked by mistakes, reversals, outright lying and even political manipulation.  We need a thorough accounting.  Mistakes are forgivable.  In the early days, everything we knew came from the Chinese government, and while we now know that Beijing lies about everything, we knew less then.  In fact, it not only lied about the disease's origins, its nature and its spread, it kept the Wuhan airport open for weeks, allowing (deliberately?) the disease to take hold all over the planet before anyone else knew it was coming.  And in a fast-moving situation with imperfect information, mistakes are inevitable and hence forgivable.  Nobody's perfect.  Likewise, reversals aren't necessarily bad.  You make a decision based on what you know.  Later you know more, and you change.  That's not just forgivable, it's laudable:  You're supposed to change your mind when you realize that you were wrong.

More Than 200 Marines Have Been Discharged From Military Due To Vaccine Refusal.  More than 200 Marines have been booted from the United States military for refusing to submit to a coronavirus vaccine.  Fox News confirmed Thursday [12/30/2021] that 206 U.S. Marines have been kicked out of the military since late November for refusing to take the vaccine.

Now at least 14 members of Congress have COVID.  Democrat Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. of New Jersey announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, becoming the fourteenth member of Congress to be infected in just two weeks as another virus wave sweeps the country.  He warned on Twitter that the new Omicron variant, which has infected people across the globe at a record-shattering pace, is 'spreading like wildfire.'  More than a dozen lawmakers have announced positive diagnoses since Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren announced her breakthrough case on December 19.

Passenger quarantined for five hours in plane toilet after testing positive mid-flight.  A passenger volunteered to "quarantine" for nearly five hours in a plane toilet last week after testing positive for Covid aboard a flight from the US to Iceland.  Michigan-based teacher Marisa Fotieo says she had taken two PCR tests that returned negative results before embarking on the journey, but upon feeling unwell on the Icelandair flight, took a rapid antigen test somewhere over the Atlantic.  Seeing a positive result, Ms Fotieo says she quickly informed airline staff, who said there were not enough empty rows on the flight to be able to seat her away from other passengers.

Stop Letting Them Test You:  Breaking The COVID Construct.  By and large, Omicron is the sniffles.  A cold; maybe some aches, and the sniffles.  If you live on the East Coast, you might already know more than a dozen people with Omicron and aside from an occasional fever, every one of them is fine.  "But don't forget," the headlines blare — "a man died in Texas last week."  Don't you dare believe your lying eyes.  "Just because the per-individual risk of severe illness may be lower," CNN's resident doctor politician warns, "that doesn't mean on a societal level Omicron doesn't pose a real risk."  "Omicron's cold-like symptoms mean UK guidance 'needs urgent update,'" The Guardian newspaper screams.  "You're looking," the president of the United States threatened, "at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm."  It's like we're not experiencing this bug ourselves; like we're incapable of observing it in our friends and families, and seeing what it does.  It's like we trust the "experts" more than we trust ourselves; [...]

The Absurdity Continues:  A Test For All Seasons.  The current administration just announced that they are going to provide 500 million test kits for Covid.  These kits will be distributed to the general public somehow and will test for something in some way associated with Covid.  Pardon my skepticism, but I have to wonder just what they will be testing, and what will they do with the results. [...] For starters, which kind of test will be distributed?  Will the tests detect current, active infections, or will they only report that someone might have a current infection, or they might have recovered from one in the past?  If they don't detect an active infection, the only useful result they can provide is to indicate what fraction of the population has recovered and is now immune — in other words, where do we stand on herd immunity.  If the tests are the sort to detect an active case, and samples have to be sent to a lab for processing, I would expect that there would be a significant period between the time the samples were collected, and the labs worked through a massive backlog of tests.  It would, at that point, be likely that someone infected would have already recovered, or died.  Again, what would be the point of the test?

The Editor says...
This sounds like an easy way for the government to collect DNA samples from everybody.  Thee bureaucrats really don't care if you have a virus or not.  If you're sick, there's nothing the federal government can do about it.  Wholesale DNA collection is the simplest and most logical explanation for the "home testing" scam.

Biden signs $137 million deal with German pharmaceutical company for COVID test strip factory that will take three years to build.  The Biden administration struck a $137 million deal to build a new factory in the U.S. to ramp up production of COVID-19 testing kits — but the new facility won't be completed until late 2024 at the earliest.  MilliporeSigma, a brand formed by Germany's Merck KGaA, will build a new factory in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the Defense Department announced as the U.S. hit a high record of 489,267 COVID cases on Wednesday[.]  While the contract gives the company three years to complete the facility, it is not immediately clear when it will ramp up to full production, which is expected to pump out 83.3 million tests per month.

Twitter suspends virologist Robert Malone.  The account of Dr. Robert Malone, a veteran vaccine researcher and a prominent voice of skepticism on the issue of universal inoculation against Covid-19, has been suspended by Twitter.  Malone's account had over 516,000 followers when the platform silenced him on Wednesday.  It remains unclear if the suspension was automatic or done by a human.  Twitter gave no immediate comment.  Malone reacted to the news on his other social media, saying it meant that he "must have been on the mark, so to speak."  "It also means we lost a critical component in our fight to stop these vaccines being mandated for children and to stop the corruption in our governments, as well as the medical-industrial complex and pharmaceutical industries," he wrote, encouraging people to tune in to his interview on the Joe Rogan podcast later on Thursday.

Twitter Suspends mRNA Inventor Dr. Robert Malone.  After months of providing valuable Covid-19 information that runs counter to the official narrative, Twitter has finally banned Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of mRNA technology.  Malone, who will appear on the Joe Rogan show Thursday according to associate Ed Dowd (one of four contributors to the Malone doctrine), had more than 520,000 followers.  He has been an outspoken critic of both mRNA vaccines, as well as the abysmal failures of policymakers worldwide in responding to the pandemic.

Fauci Is Just a Bureaucrat.  Franz Kafka's stories are described as surreal or dreamlike.  In fact the chief distinguishing characteristic is perpetual instability:  The narrator in a Kafka story accepts whatever new situation he faces with unquestioning compliance. [...] Bureaucracy is a permanent decoupling of activity from morality.  A bureaucrat isn't paid to understand the rules he enforces or the forms he is required to have you fill out.  There is no "why" involved in his life, and so he allows no common sense or flexibility to inform his actions.  Bureaucracy is there for its own sake; it is its own justification.  Bureaucrats are often called civil servants, but in reality they provide no service at all:  It is you, the individual citizen, who must come to serve them, to follow their instructions, to bend the knee and do exactly what they say, as a token of submission to the powers that be.  Otherwise no license, no permit, no job.

China Puts On [a] Shame Parade of Coronavirus Lockdown Violators.  Chinese Communist Party media confirmed on Tuesday that local officials in Guangxi, southern China, organized a public shaming session to parade four men in front of the public who had allegedly violated Chinese coronavirus lockdown protocols.  Videos of the incident, which reportedly occurred in Jingxi city, began circulating on Twitter on Tuesday with little context.  Jingxi is in southern China, nearly 1,000 miles from northern Xi'an, the city Chinese Communist Party officials claim is the epicenter of the current national coronavirus outbreak.  Authorities locked down Xi'an, a key historical site for ancient Christian archaeology, on the day before Christmas and have since admitted that China is currently enduring its most critical coronavirus outbreak since the virus initially surfaced in Wuhan.

COVID-19 Will Become 'Just Another Cause of Common Cold': UK Professor.  COVID-19 will become "just another cause of the common cold" and people who test positive will have to be allowed to go about their normal lives as they would do with any other cold, a British medical professor has said.  Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, told BBC Breakfast on Dec. 28:  "COVID is only one virus of a family of coronaviruses, and the other coronaviruses throw off new variants typically every year or so, and that's almost certainly what's going to happen with COVID — it will become effectively just another cause of the common cold."  Hunter said that, at some point, the daily reporting of COVID-19 case numbers will no longer be warranted.  "We're not going to be doing daily reporting on cases of the different causes of the common cold going forward, of which COVID is one," he said, adding that restrictions could be scaled back once the Omicron variant has been dealt with, possibly after Easter.

The Case for Vaccine Mandates Has Collapsed.  The case for mandates was shaky from the get-go.  Forcing one and all to douse themselves with rushed-out vaccines with universally acknowledged higher-than-usual side effect rates was always a questionable choice.  The failure to account for natural immunity — providing significantly better protection than vaccines against earlier Covid variants and taken into account in comparable mandates throughout the E.U., in the U.K. and in Israel — was a glaring instance of authoritarian partisan politicians running out ahead of the science in their eagerness to find comfort in demonizing the unvaccinated for a virus that has spread easily in both low-vaccine nations and highly vaccinated nations such as Israel and Germany.  But we have reached the point now where we have no more reason to keep grinding that axe: we have clearly arrived at a juncture when even the tenuous case for vaccine mandates, such as it was, has completely and utterly collapsed.

CDC Director Drops Bombshell Calling COVID Testing Protocol Into Question.  [Scroll down]  So you mean that the tests aren't accurate to tell if you still have the virus now?  And that you're just telling us that they might throw positives for up to 12 weeks, even after you might no longer be contagious?  Why are we only hearing about this now from the CDC?  How long have they known this?  All kinds of people and businesses have been making decisions based on these tests.  They've factored into restrictions and lockdowns, and now we hear that they may not be accurate?  Why, then, was so much built around them?  So they're just eliminating the need for testing after isolation?  How do you know then when you are no longer contagious if you're now telling us the tests aren't a good indicator?  Then what you're saying is that you're just picking a random time to end isolation, after which you may or may not still be contagious?

The Inventor Of mRNA Tech, Dr. Robert Malone, Banned Permanently From Twitter For Sharing This Video Proving Pfizer Vax Does More Harm Than Good.  The inventor of mRNA technology and internationally known and loved, Dr. Robert Malone, has been banned for life from Twitter for sharing an earth-shaking video from the Canadian Covid Care Alliance.  According to CCCA, Pfizer's own 6-month report data on its COVID-19 inoculation shows that greater illness and death in the inoculation arm than the placebo arm.  Plus, poor trial design, missing data, underpowered studies, passive surveillance and more.  The Twitter suspension of Dr. Malone also comes a day before he is to appear on the Joe Rogan Podcast.  Kill your Twitter accounts.  If the most important voice in vaccinology is not allowed to speak, then the entire platform is one big fraud and gaslighting project.  [Video clip]

Will the NYT start asking some questions about how safe COVID vaccines are, now that they've lost an editor?  It had to be a hard blow when the New York Times' deputy Asia editor, Carlos Tejada, unexpectedly dropped dead of a heart attack.  He had just turned 49. [...] Next thing they knew, Tejada died suddenly, leaving behind a wife and two small kids, on Dec. 17.  After that, other outlets, notably Alex Berenson, a former Timesman himself on his Substack page, published what might have been a pertinent issue:  that Tejada had gotten a Moderna booster shot a day earlier, following two Johnson & Johnson vaccine shots.  Based on his picture in the Times, a recent one, taken only a few weeks earlier at a November gathering, he looked fit, healthy, and happy.  Something sounds funny here.  Now, it's possible that the Moderna booster had nothing to do with this.  It's possible he had an underlying condition, such as untreated high blood pressure, which triggered an "event."  All the same, most people don't drop dead at age 49.  But we hear a lot about this around cases of healthy young men, such as athletes, dropping dead of heart issues after their COVID shots.  The press hasn't asked many questions about it.  The media, including the Times, have busied themselves with promoting the "get vaccinated" line on political grounds as if no other questions need be asked in what may well be an unfolding story.

Schools are Now Vaccinating Children without Their Parents' Consent.  Schools in blue states are making it clear to parents that they will use every dirty trick at their disposal to vaccinate children — with or without explicit parental consent.  Dr. Aaron Kheriarty, who is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, shred the harrowing news on Twitter.  "LA Unified School District is vaccinating children without parental consent," Kheriarty said.  "They send your kid home with a form, and when the kid comes back to school — whether or not the form is signed — they consider the child's presence at school 'consent'."  "This is a gross abuse and a violation of state law and basic principles of medical ethics, disproportionately impacting ethnic minorities," he added.  "School authorities who are pulling these stunts are now on notice.  The public is aware."

China has Resorted to Public Humiliation to Shame People Breaking COVID Lockdown Rules.  The Peoples Republic of China is known for mass murdering its own citizens by the millions throughout history on multiple occasions.  Today China now has concentration camps for Muslims where the wives are raped by non-Muslim Chinese military men to force them out of their religion and the men are locked down and brainwashed with Chinese propaganda 24/7 according to reports.  Now, China is also publicly shaming people who dare to break their covid lockdown rules for whatever reason.  [Video clip]

Glenn Greenwald Points To The One Moment That Changed The Pandemic And Destroyed Trust In Media.  Journalist Glenn Greenwald said in a Tuesday [12/28/2021] Twitter thread that there was one single moment that changed media coverage of the coronavirus pandemic — and that when it "flipped overnight," it destroyed trust in media.  The death of George Floyd — at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin — and the massive protests it inspired prompted a near-180 turn from multiple media outlets that had just spent the previous weeks telling Americans that the only patriotic thing to do was stay home to stop the spread of the virus.  "This was a pivotal moment in the pandemic's history," Greenwald began.  "For 4 months, the message was clear and unrelenting:  everyone must stay home.  Those who leave — even to go to a deserted beach — are reckless sociopaths.  It flipped overnight to endorse a mass protest movement liberals liked." [...] "That episode single-handedly destroyed trust in public health officials, proving they'd politicize their expertise when convenient," Greenwald continued, referencing experts who had joined media broadcasts to argue that systemic racism and police brutality posed greater health risks than the rapidly-spreading virus.  "Corporate media celebrated a [...] lawyer shaming families at deserted beaches, then — overnight! — cheered densely packed street protests."

"Concern" is another word for fear.  Fear is the tool that perpetuates the Covid scam.
Princeton bars students from leaving NJ county over COVID concerns.  Princeton University in New Jersey will forbid students from leaving the school's host county once the new semester starts due to rising COVID-19 concerns.  Barring "extraordinary circumstances," students can't venture beyond Mercer County and Plainsboro Township beginning on Jan. 8 through at least Feb. 15.  The restriction does not apply to sports teams.  Citing a surge in COVID-19 cases, the school delayed the return of students to the Ivy League school by a week.  The college will also stagger the return of students over several days.

COVID treatment protocols and the death of 'trust your doctor'.  Recently, President Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, said:  "For the unvaccinated, you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm."  That unvarnished statement, from the podium of the White House Press Room, was then followed by an update from CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, and the chief medical adviser to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci.  During the entirety of this government-sponsored "infomercial" on the dangers of COVID-19, not a single mention was made of the importance, availability or efficacy of early treatment for COVID-19.  No one on the podium described the importance of a person's Vitamin D level; no review of the need to address underlying comorbidities; no attempt at explaining the many protocols for sequenced, multi-drug interventions; no thought of a monoclonal antibody treatment such as Regeneron; and no mention of the fact that older people are at a much higher risk than the young for an adverse COVID reaction.

Reichstag 2.0? Australian Protesters Set Fire To Historic Parliament Building.  Australia's former parliament building in the capital Canberra was briefly set alight on Thursday by protesters during a demonstration for Aboriginal sovereignty, BBC reported.  No one was injured in the fire, which engulfed the heritage building's front doors before it was quickly put out.  [Video clip]

Spokane Food Program Officials Turn Away Unvaccinated for Christmas Meals.  A week before Christmas, in Spokane, WA, the Christmas Bureau food assistance program turned away needy people who could not show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test no more than 72 hours old.  The Christmas Bureau is an annual holiday assistance program coordinated by Catholic Charities Eastern Washington, Volunteers of America, and the Spokesman-Review.  The program is made possible by generous monetary funds and volunteer hours donated by community members and organizations.  In response to the Christmas Bureau's actions, a group of Christian patriots launched a "No Vaccine Canteen" to feed everyone — regardless of their medical history.

FLASHBACK: Fauci admits the vaccinated were experimented on.  The Nuremberg Code is a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation created by the U.S. v Brandt court as one result of the Nuremberg trials at the end of the Second World War.  This is an EASY win if taken to the Supreme Court assuming they take the case.  Also, Jacobson v. Massachusetts (which allows states to enact compulsory vaccination laws) was a STATE win.  It is unconstitutional for the federal government to enact such a thing.  [Video clip]

Fauci's Wife Heads Department of Bioethics at NIH.  Dr. Anthony Fauci is the highest paid bureaucrat in the entire federal government, and bags a bigger salary than the president of the United States.  As head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Fauci commands a budget of more than $6 billion.  Beside all that money, power and prestige, Dr. Fauci holds a strategic advantage.  Christine Grady, Dr. Fauci's wife, is director of the NIH's Department of Bioethics and heads the section on human subjects research.  The relationship has only become known in recent years, [...]

FAA Vaccine Policy Violates Its Own Rules, Attorneys and Doctors Say.  The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) is breaking its own rule that states pilots should not fly after having taken medications that have been approved for less than a year, according to a group of attorneys, doctors, and other experts; including a pilot who says his career ended due to adverse reactions from a vaccine.  Airlines, which are government contractors, are affected by President Joe Biden's order from September that states all employees of those companies have to be vaccinated against the CCP virus.  The group of attorneys and doctors wrote a letter directed at the FAA, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Justice, as well as several airlines, demanding that they medically flag all vaccinated pilots and have them re-examined for blood clotting problems as well as their cardiac health.

Marines say they're being 'crushed' over vaccine refusal: 'A political purge'.  U.S. Marines are being "crushed" by President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate as thousands face dismissal for their continued refusal to get the shot, several active-duty Marines told Fox News Digital.  To date, 169 Marines have been discharged for refusing the vaccine, and thousands more face the same fate after the Department of Defense's mandate on all active-duty service members went into effect for the Marine Corps on Nov. 28.

Study: Forced masking, isolation causes lower IQ in children.  A new study links Covid lockdowns and mask mandates to lowering intelligence in children.  According to clinical psychiatrists at Brown University forced isolation and face masks will create a generation of children with lower IQ's and deficient social skills.  Doctors found children developing during Covid-lockdowns are showing deficient verbal and motor skills as well as reduced cognitive performance.  This compared to childhood development before the lockdowns were in place.

Was This the Moment People Lost Trust in the Medical Establishment?  As the Biden administration continues to fumble its response to the latest wave of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, threats of additional restrictions are looming.  Last night [12/28/2021], President Joe Biden told reporters he would implement a vaccine requirement for domestic flights if his medical team recommended it.  Earlier this week, Dr. Anthony Fauci did just that.  [Tweet]  The main problem, in addition to unconstitutional decrees issued by public health officials, is Americans have lost faith in the medical establishment to be honest and follow the science when issuing recommendations.  This trust started to erode last summer when thousands of doctors pushed aside worries of "super spreader events" for leftist activists while vilifying President Donald Trump's decision to keep campaigning.  [Tweet]

Educational freedom is expanding, and the teachers unions brought it on themselves.  COVID-19 has revealed many flaws in our society.  Among the most important has been the pernicious influence of the teacher union leadership in the world of government-operated K-12 public schools.  It's not a pretty picture.  The egregious actions of teachers unions during the pandemic have backfired.  And parents across the country have counterpunched, leading to greater educational opportunities for children that reach beyond the government school system.  The pandemic exposed what education reformers have known and experienced for decades: the teacher unions have a self-serving command over K-12 education that puts them first and always, not children.  This control stems from the political power of the unions over elected officials, who determine education policy and funding.

CDC revises [its] estimate of Omicron prevalence in [the] U.S. and now says it was only responsible for 23% of all new cases — Not 73%.  More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest level on record at more than 265,000 per day on average, a surge driven largely by the highly contagious Omicron variant.  And as the Omicron variant takes over as the dominant strain in the country, now accounting for 59 percent of cases, the US on Tuesday recorded 377,014 new cases and 2,377 deaths in 24 hours.  The country recorded a seven-day average of 264,546 cases on Tuesday, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of Johns Hopkins University data.  The country's previous record was about 247,503 average daily cases, reported on January 11.  Coronavirus deaths have climbed over the past two weeks from an average of 1,200 per day to around 1,500.

Anderson Cooper floats withholding Social Security from unvaxxed, fact-checkers lib-splain.  Social media exploded after a clip of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper appearing to suggest that the vaccine-hesitant could be denied Social Security was posted on Christmas Eve and drew a fierce response from Twitter users worried about the lengths to which the government might go to enforce compliance.  But don't be mad.  He didn't really mean what he said as an endorsement.  Outlets like AP have jumped to lib-splain his question as "only a question."  Thanks for clearing that up, guys!

Dr Fauci's Retirement Pay Will Exceed $350,000 Per Year:  The Largest In U.S. Federal Government History.  On Christmas Eve, Dr. Anthony Fauci turned 81.  However, he is not retiring just yet.  If he did, Fauci would reap the largest federal retirement package in U.S. history.  Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com estimate Dr. Fauci's annual retirement would exceed $350,000. Thereafter, his pension and benefits would continue to increase through annual cost-of-living adjustments.  Fauci has 55 years of service as a federal employee.

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers:  Science that 'can't be questioned' is 'propaganda'.  Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is continuing to criticize the NFL's and the country's handling of COVID-19, saying in an interview Tuesday [12/28/2021] that it had become unscientific dogma.  In the interview on "The Pat McAfee Show," the football star noted that his resistance to vaccine mandates had become a cause and produced social-media calls for his silencing or punishment by the league or Silicon Valley.  "If science can't be questioned, it's not science anymore; it's propaganda and that's the truth," he said.

Biden's comments about air travel create massive instability in America.  On Sunday [12/26/2021], Anthony "Dr. Science" Fauci said that he thought a vaccine mandate for air travel would be a great idea.  On Monday, having run it up the flagpole without any salutes, he walked that idea back again.  But on Tuesday, to make it impossible for Americans to plan even a day in advance, Biden put vaccines for air travel back on the table.  If Democrats aren't intentionally trying to destroy America, they're certainly doing a good job by accident.  Here's where we are:  The CDC has long acknowledged that vaccines do not stop COVID infections or spread, so that means they're not actually vaccines.  So-called vaccines may lessen the chances of a bad COVID infection or of getting long COVID.  Fully vaccinated people are also fully at risk for getting Omicron.  A double vaxxed 75-year-old man with comorbidities died from Omicron in Israel.  Even when COVID was at its worst, for most people COVID's survivability rate was about 99% or greater.

Joe Biden's Top 25 Worst Moments of 2021.  [#2]  Joe Biden Orders Federal Vaccine Mandates: 'This Is Not About Freedom or Personal Choice':  In September, President Biden announced his decision to level a federal vaccine mandate on employers with over 100 employees.  "This is not about freedom or personal choice," Biden said during a speech from the White House.  "It's about protecting yourself and those around you."  Biden blamed unvaccinated Americans for extending the pandemic.  "We've been patient, but our patience is wearing thin," he said.  Biden's order was soon held up by the courts, but he entered the most politically divisive phase of his attempt to end the pandemic with his decision to enact federal vaccine mandates.  The president also broke his assertion from a year ago that he would enact mandates.

The Two COVID Questions Before the Court.  The Supreme Court has agreed to take up two vaccine mandate cases — the one involving OSHA and the one for health care workers (CMS).  A third mandate, aimed at federal contractors, remains in a kind of legal limbo.  The temporary injunction granted by a Georgia judge was recently upheld by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  Whether that decision will also be appealed to SCOTUS, and if so whether they will agree to hear it, remain to be seen.  However, according to Jenin Younes, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance and charter member of Team Reality, "It is likely that whatever decision [the court] makes about [the first two] mandates will affect the contractor one as well, since the principles are similar."  So the importance of the upcoming arguments against the OSHA and CMS mandates cannot be overstated.  They will almost certainly be for all the marbles.

Sowing Winds and Reaping Whirlwinds.  Joe Biden, first as a candidate and then in the White House, from the outset saw the COVID-19 pandemic mainly as a means of leveraging political support, from the manner in which the lockdowns allowed him to run a virtual campaign from his basement to equating Donald Trump with the COVID-19 virus.  Like many on the Left, Biden was overt in such cynicism. [...] Panic and lockdowns could help achieve single-payer health care, or a recalibrated capitalism, or the end of Donald Trump himself.  At the height of the last presidential campaign, Biden in September 2020 declared that Trump was responsible for the then-current 200,000 COVID deaths:  "If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive."  Biden felt no need to list details where Trump had lethally erred or had not "done his job."  He did not explain how any president should be able to prevent all deaths from a plague.  And in 2020, Biden certainly had no expectation that before his own first year as president was over the cumulative deaths from the pandemic would exceed 800,000.  He would have found it surreal to even imagine that soon there would be far more deaths under his own tenure than during Trump's presidency — despite being the beneficiary of ubiquitous vaccinations, new therapies, and antiviral drugs unavailable throughout most of 2020.

Fauci Admits Vaccine Requirement for Airline Travel Only Beneficial to Get More People Vaccinated, No Scientific Benefit.  Anthony Fauci appears today [12/26/2021] on ABC This Week to push the vaccine narrative.  When asked about a vaccine passport requirement for airline travel, Facui admits openly the only reason for a vaccine mandate is to force people to get the vaccine.  There is no other benefit for the mandate other than to force people to get the vaccine.  The vaccine doesn't stop infection.  The vaccine doesn't stop the spread of infection.  The vaccine has no value from the position of decreasing the spread of a COVID-19 virus or any variant therein.  The value of the vaccine is in getting people to take the vaccine.  It sounds goofy, but that's exactly what Dr. Anthony Fauci admits in this interview.

Biden reverses course, declares COVID must be solved by states and not feds.  President Joe Biden campaigned for months that a robust federal response could vanquish the COVID-19 pandemic, but he reversed course Monday by telling the nation's governors that states are likely to be more successfully tailoring solutions for their citizens.  "There is no federal solution.  This gets solved at the state level," Biden declared during a call with the National Governors Association.  The president's response was a marked shift for America's 46th president, who campaigned last year that federal government under his direction could conquer the virus and who boasted just days ago that "federal emergency medical teams are ready to respond to surges nationwide."  Biden's declaration in July that the pandemic had been defeated was premature, as the Delta and omicron variants felled the nation in two successive waves.

Biden says 'there's no federal solution' to COVID after vowing to 'shut down the virus' last year.  Speaking to governor's today about Covid, President Joe Biden claimed that "there is no federal solution" to delivering more wide-spread testing.  It was last year that Biden vowed to "shut down the virus."  "We got to beat it back before we shut it down.  Look, it's going to take time worldwide.  In order to be COVID, we have to shut it down worldwide," he said as he announced new federal measures to beat back the scourge.  "Look, there is no federal solution," Biden said in response to a question from Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.  "This gets solved at the state level."

The Big Government COVID-19 Lie.  Government does not have the power to end disease, as a general matter.  When it comes to a wildly transmissible coronavirus specifically, no government can end the virus.  Even the sainted Dr. Anthony Fauci has admitted as much:  "we're never going to eradicate this ... elimination may be too aspirational."  Which means that government should not aim for elimination; it can aim for some level of control.  That control must be balanced with countervailing concerns, ranging from suppression of economic freedom to the effects of social isolation.  This means that the lowest-cost intervention was incentivization and distribution of vaccines — a service performed by the Trump administration.  The worst form of control would be overbroad, coercive restrictions that fail to achieve their objectives.  And yet it is precisely those forms of control now being sought by Democratic mayors and governors, as well as the Biden administration.  To make such tactics even more puzzling, Democrats are pursuing such restrictions in the face of an extraordinarily transmissible variant — some 70 times more transmissible than Delta — that has far lower death rates than prior variants.  Such restrictions include vaccination passports, mask mandates, mass testing, and vaccination mandates.  Vaccination passports will not control the spread of omicron, because the vaccinated are capable of spreading COVID-19.

COVID caution crisis will reverberate for a generation.  Viewers of CBS's Face the Nation were treated to an uncomfortable truth-bombing Sunday [12/26/2021] when Jan Crawford spoke about the effect of endless and needless COVID restrictions on children's education and mental health.  Asked to talk about the most underreported story of 2021, Crawford did not even hesitate.  "It's the crushing impact that our COVID policies have had on young kids and children," she said.  She continued, "School closures, lockdowns, cancellation of sports — you couldn't even go on a playground in the D.C. area without cops scurrying, shooing the kids off.  Tremendous negative impact on kids.  And it's been an afterthought."  It's a fact.  The attitude of erring on the side of caution may have had some merit in the first months of the pandemic.  But many officials took the deliberate decision to ignore all the trade-offs of hypersafetyism, and they persisted in this folly long after knowledge of the disease dictated otherwise.  Lockdowns and part-time schedules continued into the current academic year, disrupting learning more than almost any other activity.  This was done even after children were known to be at almost no risk from COVID.

Are hospitals making thousands off this dangerous and ineffective COVID drug?  It simply makes no sense.  Hospitals are aggressively using remdesivir months after it has become clear that it is not only ineffective, but causes liver toxicity and kidney failure.  Yet despite its astronomical cost, hospital administrators are refusing to pull the treatment from standard protocol.  At the same time, they are balking at the use of safe and effective ivermectin (or any other safe repurposed drug) to the point that they are even willing to go to court and appeal if they lose.  What gives?  A listener of my podcast who goes by @NC_updipchick on Twitter discovered a little-known fact about the hospital reimbursement scheme for COVID that could possibly explain the genocidal fervor behind doctors blocking lifesaving treatment while sticking with remdesivir until the bitter end.  After I had legendary critical care doctor Paul Marik on my podcast to discuss his lawsuit against a Virginia hospital that refused to allow any effective treatments (including vitamin C infusions), @NC_updipchick dug up an important Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services billing rule from over a year ago that seems to explain everything.

Reality is impinging upon the Democrats' carefully constructed COVID tyranny.  Biden ran on a promise:  He was going to federalize the COVID response and end COVID in America. [...] In the last two days, that promised federal response, COVID mandates, and quarantines have all fallen apart, thanks to the very contagious but seemingly relatively harmless Omicron variant.  Biden made a lot of promises during the campaign and the media graciously refused to demand details: [...] The point is that Democrats made pie in the sky promises and completely failed to make good on them.  More people died from COVID under Biden than under Trump, Biden's had to admit that Trump's state-based approach was the correct one, unreasonably long quarantines are becoming impossible to maintain, and all the things that Democrats, and Democrat-driven businesses, did to destroy the workforce are now becoming a serious problem.

Healthcare workers and patients are no longer pulling in the same harness.  Doctors do think well of themselves, and they want the lower run of human beings who didn't attend medical school to think well of them and to trust them.  It's an attitude that extends to many health care workers, such as nurses, physician assistants, and first responders, and to a certain extent, it may even be justified.  The health care worker is the one who takes care of you when you are sick.  Theoretically, we are all on the same side.  That no longer appears to be the case.  Health care workers are increasingly bitter towards COVID patients who are asking for non-Democrat-approved medical treatment, specifically ivermectin.  The current "treatment" for a person who tests positive for COVID is to tell them to go home and quarantine themselves.  If the patient feels ill, he is to go to the hospital.  By then it may be too late.

Vax rules for kids to dine at NYC restaurants about to get more strict.  Parents who planned to dine out with their kids in the Big Apple on Monday were shocked to find out that 5- to 11-year-olds can't get into restaurants without being vaccinated against the coronavirus — and the rule is about to get even tougher.  Erik St.  Martin, a software engineer from Florida, 38, said he and his daughter Allie, 7, were turned away from the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square because she hasn't gotten any shots.  "We are in New York for another week and it's going to be a real pain not being allowed to eat at restaurants," St.  Martin said.  "We didn't know about the vaccine mandate for kids when we booked our family holiday months ago," he said.

COVID School Closures Have Caused "Alarming Mental Health Declines, Evidenced By Depression and Suicide Attempts".  As we get closer to the two-year mark of "two weeks to flatten the curve," it is evident that the panic-driven policies issued by "experts" and promoted by the establishment media have a wide array of very damaging, unintended consequences.  One group that has been collateral damage in this "war on COVID" has been school-age children.  Teachers demanded school lockdown and remote learning.  They were fearful of contracting a virus that we know to have the most significant health impacts on the elderly, obese, and those with comorbidities (with meager hospitalization rates and death in those who do not).  Moreover, there is no evidence that classrooms were a hotbed of transmission or such action stopped the spread of COVID.  As evidence, here is a recently published study involving schoolchildren in Japan. [...]

Joe Biden's Surrender on COVID Gets More Embarrassing After the Receipts Emerge.  As RedState reported this morning, Joe Biden has officially surrendered on COVID-19.  No, that's not right-wing spin.  Rather, the president literally admitted that there is no federal solution to the coronavirus, asserting that the solutions will be at the state level.  For many of us, it was a major "I told you so" moment going back not just months, but all the way back to spring of 2020 when it already appeared likely that you weren't going to control the spread of the virus.  Yet, we've been playing a ridiculous game of mandates and lockdowns ever since, with some coming from the federal government.  But with cases exploding and Omicron now taking over, the White House seemed to realize that it was time to cast blame on state officials.

What was the "science" that led the CDC to suddenly change its quarantine guidance?  Until yesterday, people who tested positive were asked to isolate for 10 days.  As of yesterday, people who test positive are asked to isolate for five days and then — if they have no symptoms — to mask up for the next five days if they plan to be around other people.  (If you still have symptoms after five days you keep isolating, of course.) [...] "The change is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of illness, generally in the 1-2 days prior to onset of symptoms and the 2-3 days after," the CDC said in its notice about the policy change yesterday — without elaborating on what that science is.  If I were a cynic, I'd suspect that the "science" here has less to do with new data than with the reality that forcing American workers to quarantine for two weeks at a moment when a gigantic share of the population is infected would bring the economy to its knees.  Which is to say, it sounds like the CDC is letting business considerations drive the "science."

CDC Reduces COVID 'Isolation Guidelines' From Ten Days to Five, Claiming the Move is 'Motivated by Science'.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the reduction of their suggested "isolation guidelines" from ten days down to five, claiming their move is "motivated by science."  "Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days, if asymptomatic, followed by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others," the CDC announced. [...] Until Americans gain the courage to ignore and disobey their corrupt technocratic masters, the restrictions will never end.

CDC shortens recommended Covid-19 isolation and quarantine time.  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday [12/27/2021] shortened the recommended times that people should isolate when they've tested positive for Covid-19 from 10 days to five days if they don't have symptoms — and if they wear a mask around others for at least five more days.  The CDC also shortened the recommended time for people to quarantine if they are exposed to the virus to a similar five days if they are vaccinated.  People who are fully vaccinated and boosted may not need to quarantine at all, the CDC said.

Hospital ERs filled with symptom-less, COVID-positive people in one state.  Emergency rooms in Vermont are being overwhelmed with people who have tested positive for COVID but have no symptoms, bolstering the criticism that mass testing amid a pandemic is counterproductive.  Vermont, with about 77% of the population vaccinated, has the nation's highest rate, but local WCAX-TV reported Vermonters who take the rapid tests and test positive for COVID-19 are "clogging up emergency rooms."

NY Gov. Hochul Backs Off Covid Shot Mandate For MTA Workers Due to Staff Shortages.  The double and triple jabbed are spreading omicron like crazy.  The shots' failure to stop spread, which we've known about for months now, undermines the entire case for these mandates.  The fact they're failing against omicron completely devastates it.

COVID Antiviral Pills Cause Life-Threatening Reactions With Many Common Meds.  Last week, the FDA authorized two much-hyped antiviral treatments for COVID (just in time for Christmas): Merck's Molnupiravir and Pfizer's Paxlovid.  Almost immediately after the first data were released, critics were questioning the drugs' safety profile.  But now that the first courses of these "miracle" drugs are finding their way into patients' bloodstreams, the mainstream media apparently now feels it's safe to share some of these criticisms with the public.  To wit, NBC News reports that these medications will require "careful monitoring" by prescribing doctors.  This could create problems and make doctors more reluctant to prescribe the meds as the omicron-driven winter wave "pummels" America's supposedly creaking health-care system.

Award Winning Director Who Was A Fitness Buff, Dies Of A Heart Attack At 58 On Christmas Day.  Dallas Buyers Club and Big Little Lies director Jean-Marc Vallee reportedly died of a heart attack at his Quebec log cabin and is believed to have lost his life on Christmas Day.  The filmmaker likely died of heart failure on December 25 while preparing to receive guests the following day, multiple sources told Deadline. [...] The filmmaker died suddenly in the cabin outside Quebec City, Canada over the weekend, according to his representative Bumble Ward.  He said Vallee's death had been unexpected.

"No Fault Of Anybody:" $100 Billion Is Stolen From Taxpayers Via COVID Relief Funds.  Many on the political right oppose so-called "Big Government" due primarily to the tyranny it inevitably inflicts on its citizens, and we're seeing scary examples of the phenomenon in real-time.  Examples of such autocracy include vaccine and mask mandates, jury intimidation (see the Derek Chauvin trial), and unapologetic assaults on our First Amendment right to free speech.  But there are other aspects of Big Government that are both infuriating and repulsive, one of which is its inexcusable waste; and we saw a ridiculous example of such waste last week.  According to the U.S. Secret Service last Tuesday [12/21/2021], over $100 billion has been stolen from the federal government through three separate programs which received COVID relief bill funding, with one of those programs being the much-ballyhooed Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program.  In today's world of out-of-control government spending, $100 billion sounds almost small.  But it isn't, obviously.  And each one of those dollars represents government incompetence having squandered our hard-earned taxpayer dollars.

NYPD Surround Family's Table At Restaurant, Force Them To Leave Because Of No Vax Pass.  After gaining hero status after the 9/11 terror attacks, the NYPD seem hellbent on becoming the most hated police force in the country, enforcing Bill DeBlasio's unlawful decrees of discrimination.  This poor family just wanted to enjoy a meal out when the skunks who own the eatery called the cops on them for failing to show their medical papers.  It's shocking to see the massive amount of cops that show up and scare this poor little boy as they surrounded the table.  [Video clip]

The Jackboots Have Arrived — NYPD Begin Arresting Unvaccinated Americans During Indoor COVID Compliance Checks.  Comrades, many American citizens stood jaw agape as they watched Australian metropolitan police departments begin cracking skulls and making arrests for violating COVID rules and restrictions.  Yes, it always seemed like Australia, New Zealand and Europe were the beta testing ground to see if police would comply with jackboot arrests of their own community.  Well, now we can see those same tactics being deployed in the U.S.  New York City was the first large metropolitan area to require vaccination identification cards to enter restaurants, bars, dining establishments and various public and private venues.  Now comes the enforcement part.  [Video clip]

Think You Can Get A Quick Meal From Burger King In NYC With A Vax Pass?  No, You Go To Jail.  Customers were unable to get service at this Burger King in Brooklyn because they refused to show papers stating their compliance with New York's vaccine mandate, imposed by outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio.  New York City police were called in, whereupon they arrested protestors for allegedly trespassing.  [Video clip]

Pandemic 2022: Bird Flu.  Wuhan Flu COVID-19, Beta Variant, Delta Variant, Lambda Variant, Mu Variant, Omicron Variant... had enough yet?  They just keep coming.  And now "experts" are warning that a massive bird flu outbreak could be 2022's deadly pandemic.  Yes, scientists are now saying that a significant outbreak of bird flu in Israel's Galilee could become a "mass disaster" for human beings, a global emergency. [...] One gets the impression that authorities have already lined up pandemics for 2023, 2024, and 2025, too.  If not beyond.

GOP slams Biden after he said 'there is no federal solution' to combating COVID despite previously promising to 'shut down the virus'.  Republicans wasted no time slamming Joe Biden after the flip-flopping president said 'there is no federal solution' to combatting COVID-19 on Monday despite draconian measures that have included federal mask and vaccine mandates.  The GOP, citing a comment Biden made in October 2020, released a tweet implying the president did an about-face on his commitment to battling the pandemic, which has come back with a vengeance with the highest amount of cases in a day since January — before vaccines were created.

Omicron upends the class politics of Covid.  Until Omicron came along, the official response to Covid served as an instrument of class warfare against blue collar workers and small businesses, on behalf of the tech oligopolists and selected big businesses such as Target, which were deemed "essential." Not coincidentally, blue collar workers and small businesses are the core of the GOP base, while Silicon Valley and the plutocracy are the cash cows and power base of the Democrats.  But the Omicron Variant has — at least for now — turned that class dynamic on its head. [...] The psychological identity of the Democrats' ruling class, the educated professionals, rests on their presumed intellectual and moral superiority over the basket of deplorables.  Bette Midler spoke for almost the entire Democrat elite when she slammed the West Virginia constituents of Joe Manchin as toothless illiterates.  They cannot be good unless their opponents (including most readers of the site) are bad.  And that badness includes vaccine hesitancy and Covid vulnerability.

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Those &#*@% Conspiracy Theorists!


Study: At least 400,000 people in America have died from covid "vaccines".  Columbia University researchers have found that the true death count from Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccination" is substantially higher than the official figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The CDC claims that only 20,000 people have died from Fauci Flu injections, but Columbia's underreporting factor estimates that 20 times that number, or around 400,000 deaths, is far more accurate.  The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a government-run database of vaccine injuries, currently shows around 20,000 deaths and nearly 103,000 hospitalizations from Chinese Virus shots.  In total, as of December 3, there are nearly 1,000,000 adverse events logged in conjunction with the jabs.  The problem with VAERS is that it only captures a very small percentage — as little as one percent — of vaccine injuries and deaths.

Jayde Stapleton:  Australia woman says "Pfizer vaccine ruined my life" after post-injection Guillain-Barré, dysautonomia diagnoses.  Social media is rarely an accurate depiction of people's lives.  But Ms. Jayde Stapleton has been on Instagram since 2011.  And everything about her is consistent.  She loves her family.  She loves her fiancé.  Most importantly, she loves her 2-year-old daughter.  Ms. Stapleton was just a happy young woman living life to the fullest.  That is until Australian dystopia and Pfizer completely altered her existence.  Ms. Stapleton received her second Pfizer mRNA injection on September 29, according to a now-deleted Instagram post.  She only got the injections due to her employer's mandate.  Her reply to a comment about her condition sums up the same situation millions of people in Australia and beyond are facing.

NJ Agrees to Pay Tens of Millions to Families of Covid-19 Victims in State's Veterans' Homes.  At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park became the site of one of the deadliest outbreaks in the nation.  While the facility initially underreported the death count, stating 62 died of Covid, it later acknowledged 39 additional resident deaths were due to Covid-19 — making the total a staggering 101.  According to a Wall Street Journal investigation, Covid-19 positive residents were separated from dementia patients by a loosely hung piece of plastic.  Moreover, employees at the facility were discouraged from using face masks in caring for patients, with one plan discussed to discipline employees over "mask insubordination." Managers also delayed informing families of residents about the outbreak.  Now, Gov. Phil Murphy's administration has agreed to pay $53 million to the families of 119 residents, most of whom died from Covid-19 at the state-run facilities at Menlo Park and the Paramus Veterans Memorial Homes.  The payout settles claims that officials at these facilities acted with gross negligence in handling the outbreak, according to nursing home and infection control standards.

The Real Reason They Want to Give Covid Jabs to Kids.  While many vaccines have a questionable safety profile, especially when combined, data from the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) suggest there's never been a vaccine as dangerous as the experimental mRNA gene transfer injections for COVID.  What's more, while lack of transparency and accountability has been a chronic problem within the vaccine industry, the obvious hazards associated with vaccines are really being highlighted by the COVID jabs.  Many now know of someone who has been injured by the COVID jab, and most were injured so shortly after the shot that it's hard to deny a correlation.  The staggering number of injuries reported among adults who have received the COVID shot in turn highlights the insanity of rolling it out to young children.  According to Mayer, the reason they're trying to mandate the COVID shot for children is to evade liability for injuries, because once a vaccine is on the childhood vaccination schedule, vaccine makers have immunity against lawsuits for injuries.  The COVID shots currently have legal immunity against liability because they're still under emergency use authorization (EUA).  If you think BioNTech's Comirnaty has been fully licensed, you'd be mistaken.

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Joe Biden Skips Church For Christmas; Attends Mass 'Virtually' From The White House.  President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden did not go to church on Christmas, choosing instead to view Mass virtually from the White House.  The White House did not explain why the Bidens skipped Church for Christmas, as the president typically attends Catholic Mass regularly.  Instead, the first couple watched Holy Trinity Catholic Church's Christmas Eve Mass "virtually" from the White House.

The Covid fear factory is trembling.  [Scroll down]  At this point the question naturally arises:  Why is it that the public health establishment and the media are working hard to generate a tide of public hysteria around Omicron? [...] It's not by chance that the media is obsessing about case count.  Case counts are one of the most deceptive measures of pandemic severity when symptoms are mild to non-existent in the majority of the infected.

CVS pharmacist admits he shouldn't be giving the vaccine.  A CVS pharmacist admits he shouldn't be giving the vaccine after a customer asked him if not knowing the vaccine ingredients is informed consent.  [Video clip]

Inside the Omicron fear factory.  The official response to the Omicron variant provides a case study in the deliberate manufacture of fear. [...] We hear constantly that 1,300 people are dying a day from Covid.  By comparison, about 2,000 people die each day from cancer, and 1,600 from heart disease.  Their deaths get no coverage.  Covid was the leading cause of death in the US only in January 2021, even among those eighty-five and older.  Since then, it has ranked as the third most frequent cause of death both in the overall population and in the elderly.  To read the press coverage, however, you would think that nothing approaches Covid in fierce lethality and that all public resources should be directed to stopping its spread, no matter the costs to the education and socialization of children, to physical and psychological health, and to economic opportunity.

What do the UK Vaccine Surveillance Reports tell us?  [Scroll down]  Each time when we've heard "The pandemic of the unvaccinated" from the media and politicians, we can be reasonably sure that they are not talking about the actual health of those people, for whatever reason, do not take the vaccine.  Instead, they have actually been concerned about "Overwhelming the healthcare system" with unvaccinated people.  However, the raw data from the UK health systems shows that more vaccinated people than unvaccinated ones were using the healthcare system.  There is no such "raw data" available in the U.S. All we can find is some kind of rate.  CDC once had a CDC MMWR report that was based on the data from 13 U.S. jurisdictions.  That report stated that, once Delta appeared, vaccinated people reduced their risk of infection by five times, and both their risk of hospitalization and risk of death by more than ten times.  The report acknowledges that the data from 13 jurisdictions "might not be generalizable," and that's true.  It's nonsense.  Nevertheless, the Mainstream Media and politicians immediately started to propagandize based on that report.

Media Whines About New Study Finding Omicron Hard to Distinguish From Common Cold.  ut it.  But here's the thing.  Turns out, there's a legitimate reason to panic over Omicron.  On the left, that is.  Based on the results of a new study, it's hard for people with Omicron to distinguish it from a common cold. [...] According to a COVID symptom study (using the ZOE COVID-19 symptoms app) created by doctors and scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, King's College London, and Stanford University School of Medicine, if you or someone you know has a cold right now, chances are it's COVID-19.  Again, Biden and the Democrats, hardest hit.

NY Times Editor, 49, Dies One Day After Moderna Booster Shot.  Carlos Tejada, a New York Times Deputy Asia Editor, has died at the age of 49.  He suffered a heart attack less than a day after posting to social media that he had received a Moderna booster vaccination.  Tejada, who worked in part on the paper's COVID-19 coverage, was married with two children.  He had worked at the Wall Street Journal prior to moving to the Times, where he worked for almost five years.  According to Tejada's own Instagram page, he was grateful to receive the mRNA/LNP booster while in Seoul, South Korea.

US Navy Warship Pauses Deployment After COVID-19 Outbreak Among '100 Percent Immunized' Crew.  A U.S. Navy warship has paused its deployment to South America due to a COVID-19 outbreak among its "100 percent immunized" crew, the Navy announced on Christmas Eve.  "USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), a Freedom variant littoral combat ship, remains in port as some Sailors test positive for COVID-19," the U.S. 4th Fleet said in a statement.  "The crew is 100 percent immunized and all COVID-19 positive Sailors are isolated on board and away from other crew members.  A portion of those infected have exhibited mild symptoms.  The vaccine continues to demonstrate effectiveness against serious illness."  The ship currently remains in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, located at the southeastern end of Cuba.

U.S. Navy warship sidelined due to COVID-19 outbreak.  The USS Milwaukee has delayed its deployment to South America after sailors tested positive for COVID-19 on board.  The Navy combat ship, which left Mayport, Fla., on Dec. 14, will remain docked at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, where it stopped for a scheduled port visit.  The Navy did not specify how many sailors have tested positive, but said only some of those are showing mild symptoms.  All have been isolated from the healthy crew.

Fauci's authoritarian impulse is on display about vaccines for flying.  We know from airport executives' testimony that the air in airplanes is so gosh darn clean that it's virtually impossible to catch COVID while flying.  But still, when the Democrat backlash began, they agreed that everyone should wear a mask while flying.  Now, Anthony Fauci, the man controlling America, has conceded that mandatory vaccines won't do a thing to make air travel safer — but he still wants a mandate to put even more pressure on people to get those jabs.  There's lots of authority that it's quite unlikely that you'll catch COVID in a well-filtered, modern airplane:  [List of links]  Nevertheless, we must still wear masks on those airplanes because... narrative.  When it comes to vaccinations, they also won't make airplane travel safer.  That's because as everyone but Joe Biden concedes, vaccinations do not stop people from either giving or getting COVID (although there is some evidence that they lessen the severity of symptoms from variants up to and including Delta).

The COVID-19 digital vax pass is the Panzer tank of the global public health Blitzkrieg.  If a person complies and gets their COVID-19 shots, they get a personal QR code.  They can show this code on their smart phone to participate in society.  This plan is being rolled out around the world and has spread from Israel to Europe to Australia, and now has been established in the most strategic U.S. cities including Washington D.C., New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.  Some people with a whole lot of power are now seizing a whole lot more power in the name of public health. [...] Under this program, your smart phone shows your Green Mark QR code to validate that you're up to date on your Pfizer COVID shots.  With the pass, you're allowed to be served at a restaurant; you can enter a library or the community pool; you can visit your elderly mom at the nursing home.  Some employers require it.  Until recently in Israel, if you got your two Pfizer COVID-19 shots, your QR code would be activated.  But starting Oct. 3, shots received over six months ago, voided the passport.  The 3rd shot, the booster, was required.  This applies to everyone ages twelve and up.

Fake Unifier-In-Chief Ends First Year In Office The Same Way He Began.  President Joe Biden is closing out his first year in office the same way he opened it:  with a divisive message to two Americas under the guise of a crusade for unity because the messenger isn't Donald Trump.  After Biden wrote off a large portion of the nation as white supremacists at his inauguration, he's writing off the unvaccinated as responsible for the pandemic.  On Thursday [12/23/2021], the White House released a briefing with COVID response coordinator Jeff Zients thanking vaccinated Americans for having "done the right thing."  "For the unvaccinated," the White House said, "you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm."  Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a message to scapegoat the unvaccinated as responsible for all the nation's pandemic ills regardless of natural immunity, which 140 studies affirm is just as good, if not better than vaccine-given immunity.

The Chickens of the Collective Psychosis of COVID Hysteria Come Home to Roost.  For years, fear-mongering from the government and national media has pushed people to detach themselves from reality when it comes to assessing risk profiles regarding the coronavirus.  That's now playing out in the form of completely asymptomatic individuals rushing to jam up emergency rooms in Vermont. [...] This isn't the overwhelming of hospitals we were promised by the left.  Rather, it's the exact opposite, with people who aren't even sick showing up to take resources away because they've been convinced that COVID is still highly deadly for 45-year-olds in good health.  Even older people who are asymptomatic should not be going to the ER.  Rather, they should live their life.  Unless they actually get sick, what is there to treat?

COVID Has Been Overtaken by a Secondary Pandemic — and It's Real.  [Scroll down]  What and why are Biden, Fauci, the entire Democrat Party, and the left-wing, sock puppet media purposely doing to this country? [Disregard] the why they're doing it for now; it's time to pay attention to what they're doing.  That "what" is COVID-related Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD) — and it is real. [...] According to Mayo, people affected by IAD may experience extreme anxiety that can cause muscle twitching, fatigue, and other symptoms that are generally associated with specific, serious illnesses, yet extreme anxiety — rather than the physical symptoms itself — results in severe distress that can disrupt daily life.  We've all seen these people.  In a big-box store or grocery store, passing us on the sidewalk, or perhaps driving in a car alone with their faces wrapped in masks.

Vermont Has The Highest Vaccination Rate In The Nation And The ERs Are Clogged With Vaccinated People Who Have No COVID Symptoms.  Vermont has the highest vaccination rate in the nation, is one of the least densely populated states, and the ERs are clogged by people with no COVID symptoms.  As WCAX reported some Vermonters who are able to find antigen tests and then test positive are clogging up emergency rooms.  The emergency department at the Rutland Regional Medical Center has been overwhelmed with asymptomatic folks.  Dr. Rick Hildebrant is RRMC's medical director.  He says some people who test positive with a rapid test go to the emergency room looking for a PCR test.  The Vermont Hospital Association says it's hearing similar stories from other parts of the state.

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Stop insulting us with phony social distancing theatre!  The purveyors of panic porn are doubling down on theatrical displays of "social distancing."  Now that the highly contagious but relatively mild omicron variant of COVID is rapidly spreading — and possibly conferring immunity on those who catch it — we are once again being presented with the public figures pretending to keep several feet away from each other.  I use the word "pretending" because when they think the cameras are no longer rolling, they forget about the social distancing.  One such blatant case was illustrated yesterday by Erin Andrews interviewing Aaron Rodgers, standing almost at shouting distance: [Photo]


Six Political Predictions For 2022.  [Scroll down]  Covid, which has not killed nearly as many people as the medical establishment in its refusal to acknowledge alternative treatments, continues to be a red herring for globalists' ambitions to control us all in a grotesque technocracy.  Vaccination efforts, despite the fact some people have gotten two shots and two shots in the span of a year (and still getting sick!) as well as the fact that each new variant is less lethal (Omicron appears to be a cold essentially, and hardest hitting among the vaccinated, by the way), have shown that health is not a priority.  If it were, vitamins and off-label use of safe and effective drugs would have been pushed by every doctor in America.  So there's that.  As Dr. Fauci continues to advocate for mandatory vaccination and boosters, it just looks more and more nefarious.

Fauci and Biden are pathological liars.  The "Omicron variant" is being used to create a new wave of public fear and government control over civil liberties and citizens' bodies — essentially rape with a needle — despite the known fact that the variant is rarely harmful.  Hospitals are falsely reported to be full of Omicron patients.  The presstitute media stresses that the more or less harmless variant is highly contagious, and are creating fear out of the ease of catching it.  People are urged to protect themselves by taking the jab even though it is a known fact that the Omicron variant is immune to the "vaccine." [...] When the media of the entire Western World lends itself to blatant lies in order to boost Big Pharma profits, enhance governments' destruction of civil liberty, suppress dissent, and perhaps facilitate a depopulation agenda, the Western World is lost.  It is the corrupt Western media that has conspired with governments to destroy freedom and nazify the Western World to the point that Argentina has concentration camps for the unvaccinated and Germany and Austria intend to imprison the unvaccinated — all of this for a "vaccine" that all evidence proves beyond any question does not protect against a virus, a virus moreover that has a very low death rate and is easily cured and prevented with HCQ and Ivermectin.

Boosters Boost Infections — the vaccinated are at greatest risk.  In the UK, after Government manipulation of hospitalisations and deaths to exclude more recent data, the truth is now emerging.  In Scotland for August to November 2021 over 85% of deaths were in the vaccinated.  Boosters are merely boosting COVID infections.  Some 40,000 deaths have occurred in the USA, UK and EU following vaccination but Omicron is mild.  The UK Government has manipulated the data to blame the unvaccinated but the vaccinated are at greatest risk.  It was clear from the first cases in South Africa and now in the UK and EU that the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus results in mild disease and very few deaths even "with COVID".  Indeed South African experts have advised stopping stop and trace and quarantining because most of the infected have no symptoms.

No Supply Issues With Ivermectin.  [Scroll down]  The trial's joint chief investigator, professor Chris Butler, and the trial's press team declined to comment and respond to a query asking when the supply issue is expected to be resolved. [...] "Ivermectin is readily available globally, has been in wide use for many other infectious conditions, so it's a well-known medicine with a good safety profile, and because of the early promising results in some studies it is already being widely used to treat COVID-19 in several countries," Butler said in a news release.

Connecticut coronavirus cases linked to Dem governor's holiday party: reports.  A holiday party at the home of Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont earlier this month led to a "small number" of guests contracting "breakthrough" coronavirus infections, according to reports.  Neither Lamont nor his wife Annie Lamont were affected, CTInsider.com reported.  The infections occurred even though guests were required to provide proof of full vaccination status as well as a negative coronavirus test result, the report said.

Supreme Court Set to Convene Special Session on Vaccine Mandates.  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced that it will hold a special session in roughly two weeks to hear oral arguments regarding the Biden Administration's ongoing efforts to force vaccinations on private employees, federal contractors, and healthcare workers, according to Politico.  The special session will begin on January 7th, 2022, just several days ahead of the regularly-scheduled session set to begin on January 10th.  The decision comes after several high-profile rulings that have produced mixed results with regards to the constitutionality of the vaccine mandates.  Biden has ordered three different nationwide vaccine mandates:  One demanding that all private businesses with 100 employees or more mandate vaccines for their employees, or else face federal penalties; one ordering all healthcare workers, especially those affiliated with Medicare and Medicaid, to get vaccinated; and one forcing all federal contractors to take the vaccine.

With Malice Toward All.  When it becomes necessary for a leader to relinquish trust in order to restore it, and devote himself to the duties of his office by not seeking another term in office, a leader honors the people.  We have Joe Biden instead, who has malice toward one-third or more of the American people.  To the unvaccinated, he forecasts a winter of severe illness and death. [...] Biden's message is the most ahistorical and antagonistic message of its kind, for it is without charity or kindness; and yet it is the most authentic message of its kind, for Biden has no charity or kindness for his fellow Americans.  His message is also a tell, that he cannot tell time, because no president with a sense of decency — no Catholic with the conscience of a Christian — would deliver this message.  No other president would offer nothing but fear and blood, or wear a mask while attempting to scare Americans to death.

New Vaccine Study Suggests mRNA Vaccines Actually Increase Probability of Being Infected With Omicron After 90 Days.  With the spread of Omicron for the last couple of months, members of the Branch Covidian Cult have been freebasing their latest fix for panic, fed to them by their dealers and the other members of the fear cartel.  As they froth at the mouth, demanding that we partake of their mind-altering drug-of-choice, their monotonal chant drones on, demanding we "follow the science" and "trust the scientists" absent a single study supporting their fear, without identifying a single scientist whom we should trust, and, more importantly, why we should trust them.  Fauci has become a meme of himself in recent months (and especially over the last seven days), as the claims he's made regarding the virus and its origins have proven to be anything from laughably ridiculous to dangerously misleading. [...] The initial CDC mask study only showed a 1.32% advantage to mask mandates, within the margin of error for that data set, meaning that suggesting that mask mandates work or that the data suggests they do is, at the very least, unsupported by that same data.

Outpatient Treatments for COVID-19 Reviewed.  Dr. Pierre Kory is one of the leaders in the movement to provide early treatment for COVID infection.  Kory is a critical care physician (ICU specialist), triple board certified in internal medicine, critical care and pulmonary medicine, and is part of the Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC), which was among the first to publish COVID treatment guidance. [...] University of Wisconsin Medical Center, like most hospitals across the U.S., insisted on providing supportive care only, and Kory refused to remain in a leadership position under those circumstances.  Patients were, for the first time in modern medical history, told to just suffer at home until they were near death, then go to the hospital where they were placed on deadly ventilator treatment.  "I knew there was a variety of treatments that we could use [yet] we were using nothing," he says.  Doctors were even told to not use anticoagulants, even though blood clotting was "through the roof" in many patients.

Algerian player dies after collapsing on pitch as spate of tragedies hit football.  Loukar is said to have collided with his own goalkeeper in the 26th minute of the Algerian Ligue 2 meeting with rivals ASM Oran.  After receiving treatment the player was cleared to return to the pitch, only to collapse suddenly around 10 minutes later.  According to Reuters, citing local media, Loukar was attended to at the scene and then rushed to hospital but died of a heart attack on the way.  Other reports have indicated that the cause of death has not been determined. [...] The tragedy comes after young Croatian footballer Marin Cacic died three days after being placed into a coma following a sudden collapse during training with his team NK Nehaj Sinj.

Ian Matos: 32-year-old Olympic diver dead 19 weeks after COVID-19 "vaccine," likely antibody dependent enhancement.  A 32-year-old Brazilian competitive diver is dead, as near-term antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) deaths and maimings continue claiming lives across the globe.  Mr. Ian Matos, full name Ian Carlos Gonçalves de Matos, received one of the experimental COVID-19 "vaccines" on August 4, according to his Instagram page.

Oscar Cabrera:  Spain basketball player collapses on the court, while U.S. sports league suffer mass COVID-19 outbreaks among fully vaccinated players.  An enthralling goal in soccer, a breathtaking slam dunk in basketball, a dramatic home run in baseball.  Those are the highlights fans expect to see in their respective favorite sports.  But in 2021, fans and players just hope to get through an entire game without seeing the new genre of highlights.  Cantbasket and CB Santuryzi SK, of the fourth-tier Liga EBA basketball system in Spain, were facing off at Exterior Pavilion of La Albericia in Santander on December 18. Cantbasket guard/forward and Dominican Republic native Oscar Cabrera was inbounding the ball with 2:49 left in the first quarter.  He stood there, seemingly confused or in some sort of trance for a second or two, dropped the basketball, and collapsed to the floor.

Austria [is] Hiring People to Hunt Down Vaccine Refusers For Almost $40,000 A Year.  As per reports, the government in Austria is hiring people to hunt down vaccine refusers.  The vaccine refusenik hunters may get 2774 euros (almost $40,000 a year) as wage that will be paid 14 times in a year.  The unvaccinated people have to pay a fine as their punishment and new punishment inspectors will be hired to make sure that the process of collecting fines from unjabbed Austrians is running without any hassle.  The city of Linz has a low vaccination rate and wants to hire people to hunt down vaccine refusers and check these people pay for not getting vaccinated.

COVID-19 [is] a Pandemic of Fear 'Manufactured' by Authorities:  Yale Epidemiologist.  The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of fear, manufactured by individuals who were in the nominal positions of authority as the virus began to spread across the globe last year, according to Yale epidemiologist Dr. Harvey Risch.  In an appearance on Epoch TV's "American Thought Leaders" program, Risch, an epidemiology professor at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, argued that by and large, what has characterized the entire CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic has been a "degree of fear and people's response to the fear."  "Overall, I'd say that we've had a pandemic of fear.  And fear has affected almost everybody, whereas the infection has affected relatively few," said Risch.  "By and large, it's been a very selected pandemic, and predictable.  It was very distinguished between young versus old, healthy versus chronic disease people.  So we quickly learned who was at risk for the pandemic and who wasn't.  "However, the fear was manufactured for everybody.  And that's what's characterized the whole pandemic is that degree of fear and people's response to the fear."

That Cringe White House Video with Dancing Nurses Has a Really Dark Backstory.  It's Christmas.  If you are living in the United States under a Democratic president, that doesn't mean wishing the American people 'Merry Christmas.'  Or messages about the sacred Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus.  What it means are hyper-politicized messages that seek to hijack the holiday and put it in the service of the left's radical agenda.  In 2021, that means dragging out the Covid pandemic and bullying Americans into getting a "booster."  A "booster," in case one hasn't noticed, is a tacit admission of failure.  It is a silent concession that the "vaccines" that were once touted as "100% safe and effective" have failed to stop infections and the spread of Covid-19 variants. [...] The most infamous of these recent videos was the White House's "dancing nurses" video, featuring a cameo from none other than Joe Biden and "doctor" Jill Biden. [...] Mind you, this is an advertisement for "vaccines."  These are the "vaccines" that were supposed to (and failed) to stop the spread of the Covid variants.  These are the "vaccines," we were originally told, that would make masks obsolete.

Brazilian City Cuts Hospitalizations, Mortality In Half After Implementing Ivermectin To Everyone Pre-Vaccine.  If you've been paying attention at all during the coronavirus pandemic, then it should be painfully obvious why Big Pharma and the government, who are in bed together, have been working so hard to discourage any sort of treatment for COVID-19, instead focusing on a hard push, which includes mandates for businesses, as a means of trying to force folks to get vaccinated.  Pfizer, Moderna, and other vaccine makers are practically rolling in the Benjamins as the kids used to say.  These companies are making billions of dollars off of the vaccine, so they have other motivation besides keeping people from getting sick to push for more and more booster shots.

When Does COVID Stop Being COVID?  COVID-19 burst on the scene early in 2020 and rapidly became the biggest story of the year. [...] What about hospitals?  They're among the largest beneficiaries of government largesse, and loath to give up on the free money.  Massive parts of their income come from government programs like Medicare and Medicaid.  So, when the CARES Act shoved more money at them for every COVID diagnosis, we saw hospitals demanding that every patient be tested.  A minimum of $13,000 for each positive result was too juicy a plum to leave uneaten. [...] Clinically, Omicron isn't COVID.  The vaccine for original COVID doesn't work very well against it and, frankly, isn't needed, because Omicron isn't a threat.  Omicron may, in fact, be the vaccine against COVID that the Dark Lord of Viruses says he wants.  It still has lots of the envelope, mantle, and nucleocapsid from COVID, and those create robust immunity.  But Omicron is, in its own way[,] a flawed vaccine because it's natural.  It works.  And it doesn't leave room for large profits or extended TV appearances.

Dr. McCullough Describes 'Sinister Ways' Doctors Worldwide Are Restricted From Treating COVID Patients.  On the latest episode of the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, Dr. Peter McCullough and Joe Rogan discussed the pandemic, COVID vaccines, alternative COVID treatments and what McCullough termed the "mass-psychosis" that's come over the medical profession amid the COVID crisis.  McCullough, a practicing internist, cardiologist and epidemiologist, and chief medical advisor of Truth for Health Foundation, told Rogan that from the outset of the pandemic, there were a number of sinister ways doctors worldwide were restricted from prescribing hydroxychloroquine — even though the science shows it's an effective early treatment for COVID patients, and it's already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat other illnesses.  McCullough referred to hydroxychloroquine as "the leading drug worldwide to treat COVID-19."

NYT Quietly Reported That Miracle Covid Drug Can Mutate DNA, Cause Birth Defects And Male Infertility.  According to a report by New York Times the new miracle drug by Merck could have some severe side effects.  The FDA recently approved the drug molnupiravir because researchers claimed that it reduced hospital stays by 50% but even that claim has fallen short with some studies showing it's only about 30% accurate. [...] The drugs, which has shown could cause major birth defects, male-infertility, and possibly cancer is still on the market.  Worse, even the reports explaining the possible risks are being sidelined or poorly covered.  The story by NYT included the risks as almost a cliffnote.

Ivermectin Fans Have a New Champion to Root For - 3CL Protease Inhibitor Tollovid.  Early in the pandemic it was pretty obvious to a lot of doctors that ivermectin seemingly worked.  The issue is that there were no well controlled studies and lack of a solid protocol in clinical management.  In places like Central and South America Doctors didn't have time to do controlled studies; they simply prescribed it to all the patients as a triage to stem the overflowing hospital corridors.  For many it seemingly worked because they got the drug early in the disease.  When there were calls for a clinical trial, there was no control group that hadn't already been given ivermectin so it suffered from its own success.  There are over 80 clinical trials for ivermectin in just the United States right now, but based on the 3CL protease mechanism of action that is so powerful in treating COVID patients, ivermectin is unlikely to attain approval.  But there is a new and improved ivermectin called Tollovid and you can buy it TODAY to have immune support.  Unfortunately for ivermectin, the variants emerged and they came with a much higher viral load.  This is likely why studies done later in the pandemic didn't confirm the early efficacy that the doctors witnessed.

16,000 Physicians and Scientists Agree Kids Shouldn't Get COVID Vaccine.  Before you vaccinate your child — which is irreversible and potentially permanently damaging — find out why 16,000 physicians and medical scientists around the world signed a declaration publicly declaring that healthy children should NOT be vaccinated for COVID-19. [...] Just stop for a moment.  Think about what is happening here.  If you make a decision to administer this product to your child, or you allow the state to insert itself into the family and force you to vaccinate your child, there is a chance that your child will be seriously damaged by the vaccine.  The probability of this happening is much greater than the probability that your child will be seriously damaged by SARS-CoV-2.  It is likely that this is particularly true in the case of the Omicron variant.

Position Paper — COVID-19 Vaccine for Children.  The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued a permit for emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 in children aged 5-11.  This approval is in addition to the emergency approval given earlier for children aged 12-15, and the approval given to those aged 16 and over.  Related scientific studies, as well as the media coverage, have brought to the public a great deal of overwhelming and sometimes contradictory information.  Beyond that, in addition to medical considerations according to which a person should decide whether to vaccinate their children, additional technical considerations concerning the "green pass" have been introduced — so that people are pushed in an unprecedented way to perform a medical act out of direct and indirect government pressure.  In this document, we will examine the data relevant to the issue of vaccinating children in order to make the most up-to-date and balanced information accessible.  The document will review the risks to children from COVID-19 and examine the significance of the vaccine in dealing with them.

140 Research Studies Affirm Naturally Acquired Immunity to Covid-19: Documented, Linked, and Quoted.  We should not force COVID vaccines on anyone when the evidence shows that naturally acquired immunity is equal to or more robust and superior to existing vaccines.  Instead, we should respect the right of the bodily integrity of individuals to decide for themselves.  Public health officials and the medical establishment with the help of the politicized media are misleading the public with assertions that the COVID-19 shots provide greater protection than natural immunity.  CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, for example, was deceptive in her October 2020 published LANCET statement that "there is no evidence for lasting protective immunity to SARS-CoV-2 following natural infection" and that "the consequence of waning immunity would present a risk to vulnerable populations for the indefinite future."  Immunology and virology 101 have taught us over a century that natural immunity confers protection against a respiratory virus's outer coat proteins, and not just one, e.g. the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein.  There is even strong evidence for the persistence of antibodies.  Even the CDC recognizes natural immunity for chicken-pox and measles, mumps, and rubella, but not for COVID-19.

Protection and waning of natural and hybrid COVID-19 immunity.  Infection with SARS-CoV-2 provides substantial natural immunity against reinfection.  Recent studies have shown strong waning of the immunity provided by the BNT162b2 vaccine.  The time course of natural and hybrid immunity is unknown.

Vaccinated people have 600% higher risk of covid infection compared to those with natural immunity.  A new study out of Israel has confirmed that natural immunity provides far greater protection against the Tony Fauci Virus (Covid-19) than vaccine-induced "immunity."  At the cellular level, infection-induced antibodies "exhibited superior stability and cross-variant neutralization breadth" compared to vaccine-induced antibodies, one of them found.  What this means is that someone who never got vaccinated but tests "positive" for the so-called "Delta" variant will develop superior immunity to someone who rolled up his sleeve for an injection.

160,000 Side Effects From Pfizer COVID Vaccine Recorded In Initial Months Of Rollout Reveals FDA Documents.  Documents released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reveal that drugmaker Pfizer recorded nearly 160,000 adverse reactions to its Covid-19 vaccine in the initial months of its rollout.  The documents were obtained by a group of doctors, professors, and journalists calling themselves Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency, who filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FDA for their release.  The first tranche of documents (read below) reveal that, as of February 2021, when Pfizer's shot was being rolled out worldwide on an emergency basis, the drugmaker had compiled more than 42,000 case reports detailing nearly 160,000 adverse reactions to the jab.  These reactions ranged from the mild to the severe, and 1,223 were fatal.

Swedish study shows Covid vaccines drop below zero efficacy on spread by about 200 days.  Vaccines start off reasonably effective, but they fade very quickly.  This has long been a criticism and a complaint about the shortness of the drug trials on which their approval was based and the elimination of their control groups to prevent long term study.  Companies like Pfizer are VERY good at clinical trials.  They do not make mistakes.  They make choices.  And given these longer term results, it seems clear why they chose to run short trials and then eliminate the control groups after about 90 days.  Because that's when things start to go off the rails.

Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi - The COVID vaccines were designed to fail.  [Video clip only]

37 Studies on Vaccine Efficacy that Raise Doubts on Vaccine Mandates.  As some people have now been vaccinated for more than half a year, evidence is pouring in about Covid vaccine efficacy.  When evaluating vaccine efficacy, it is important to distinguish between efficacy against infection, symptomatic disease, and transmission versus efficacy against hospitalization and death.  For infection and symptomatic disease, the COVID-19 vaccines are not as efficacious as hoped, with immunity gradually waning after a few months.  For hospitalization and death, immunity is stronger, lasting for at least six months.  The gestalt of the findings implies that the infection explosion globally that we have been experiencing — post double vaccination in e.g.  Israel, UK, US etc. — may be due to the vaccinated spreading Covid as much or more than the unvaccinated.  A natural question to ask is whether vaccines with limited capacity to prevent symptomatic disease may drive the evolution of more virulent strains?

Forcing People Into COVID Vaccines Ignores Important Scientific Information.  The attacks on free speech and science are unrelenting.  Academic publisher Elsevier's suppression of an article documenting the myocarditis risk of the COVID-19 vaccines, with no excuse or pretext offered, is incredible enough.  Viewed alongside Twitter's censorship of the American Heart Association, YouTube's suppression of a panel discussion of vaccine mandates on Capitol Hill, and the Orwellian call by National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins for critics of the government's COVID-19 policies to be "brought to justice," the trend is positively chilling.  Now more than ever, we need substantive debate about decisions that affect the health of hundreds of millions of people, including views counter to official positions.  Instead, we have National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci's absurd claim "I represent science" as proof of how one-dimensional our COVID-19 policymaking has become.

Panic? US Mega-Corporations Rush to Abandon Vax Mandate.  This week's nationwide annihilation of Biden's Federal Contractor vaccine mandate at the hands Georgia Federal Judge R. Stan Baker has resulted in a landslide retreat of cowardly mega-corporations from their so-confident bullying of American workers.  Biden's illegal gamble, the nationwide Federal contractor vaccine mandate, has like his previous Medicare mandate and OSHA if-you-have-100-workers-mandatory-vax mandate been ripped to shreds early on in the courts.  Biden's mandates have always been a bullying gamble, an admission that they knew they were engaging in illegal acts but that they would continue to use the not-insignificant weapons of the executive branch to blast as much harm as possible until the courts stepped in and noted the obvious:  "You can't do this!"  Cynics — and I sympathize — will say that the courts could have ruled either way so don't get too excited.  That's the lesson of the past two years:  There is nothing below us as we look down.  It takes our breath away.  We now understand that our civilization has been built on a pile of sand and any determined entity could tunnel under us as we are distracted by the human necessities of providing for our families and living our finite lives as best as possible.

As Many As 123,000 NHS, Health and Social Care Staff May Choose to Resign Rather Than Take the Jab.  Earlier today [12/13/2021], Steve Baker, Member of Parliament ("MP") for Wycombe, tweeted an image of an Impact Assessment on the health care's work force if Covid injections were made a condition of deployment in health and care providers.  The Assessment is dated 12 November 2021.  "While it is uncertain how many and when workers may choose to leave their jobs rather than have a vaccination, our central estimates are of around 88,000 (73,000 workers in NHS, 15,000 in independent health sector) and 35,000 workers in domiciliary care and other care services having not fulfilled the conditions of deployment by the end of the grace period, with a range of between 62,000 to 115,000 in health in the low and high scenario ranges," the Impact Assessment stated.

Austrians aged 14 and over who refuse Covid vaccines will be fined £1,000 per month.  Austrians aged 14 and over who refuse Covid-19 vaccinations will be fined £1,000 per month as Vienna rolls out a jab mandate to last until 2024.  The country's conservative-led government on Thursday announced the details of its plan to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory, as the country prepares to to end its lockdown on Sunday, that was announced last month.  Roughly 68 percent of Austria's population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the lowest rates in western Europe.  Many Austrians are sceptical about vaccines, a view encouraged by the far-right Freedom Party, the third biggest in parliament.

The Fully Vaccinated account for 9 in every 10 Covid-19 Deaths over the past 4 months.  Public Health Scotland (PHS) publish a weekly report containing statistics on Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths by vaccination status, the latest of which was published on Wednesday 8th December, containing data on cases and hospitalisations between 6th Nov. [20]21 and 3rd Dec. [20]21, and data on deaths between 30th Oct. [20]21 and 26th Nov. [20]21.  The latest report confirms that in the most recent four weeks there were 76,677 Covid-19 cases, 1,735 Covid-19 hospitalisations, and 435 Covid-19 deaths.  Of these the vaccinated population accounted for 47,835 cases (62%), 1,226 hospitalisations (71%), and 371 deaths (85%), and this can be confirmed by reading the latest report found here, page 44 for cases, page 50 for hospitalisations, and page 56 for deaths.  But this isn't a new phenomena that is suddenly occurring because of the overhyped Omicron variant.

'Follow the Science' [is] a Potent Source of Authority for Politicians.  To hear the way some politicians talk, when it comes to COVID-19, they're all "following the science," not to mention "the data."  "Look at the data.  Follow the science.  Listen to the experts.  Be smart," now-former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote on Twitter in May 2020, after "Two Weeks to Flatten the Curve" had fully transitioned to "The New Normal."  "We've been operating on facts and data and science from the very beginning," said Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in a campaign ad titled simply "Follow The Science."  President Joe Biden has frequently appealed to "the science."  In an executive order announcing a vaccine mandate for federal workers, for instance, he said his administration used "the best available data and science-based public health measures."  In an article criticizing Biden's move to push vaccine boosters in September, StatNews's Lev Facher described "Follow the Science" as "a mantra" for the administration.

Maskerade.  During the COVID-19 pandemic mask mandates have been implemented world-wide for both adults and children.  Are they safe?  Are they effective? [...] Putting a mask on a person is like putting a mask on a car's tailpipe.  We remove toxins through our breathing — when masked these get caught in the fabric and we end up breathing them in and out all day.  Not to mention the industrial chemicals in the masks themselves, our own C02, bacteria, and the bacteria and pollution in the environment all around us.  There are also disturbing parallels between masking and losing your identity, your voice, and your sense of community.  The building blocks of civilization — the comradery between men — is severely compromised with masking.  You can see these effects all around you — the stitching the binds our society together is unraveling.  Not to mention that they only ever work at all when they are used properly by trained professionals.  When they are not — when people constantly touch and adjust them all day long — they tend to be worse than nothing.

Omicron is the final straw.  The omicron variant of COVID-19 is the final straw that has destroyed any vestige of public credibility in the Democrat party.  While 73 percent of new COVID cases are omicron, only one American has died with this variant.  That man had underlying pre-existing medical issues and was in the high-risk group.  Furthermore, we only know he died with the viral antigen present.  Autopsy results have not been released to explain whether he died with or because of the virus.  Next fact comes from South Africa where omicron was first reported.  Their experience, admittedly short-term, shows that omicron is behaving predictably.  As COVID adapts, from alpha to omicron and thus presumably 13 mutations, the virus becomes more contagious but less dangerous medically.  In other words, omicron is not a significant medical hazard.  So, when President Biden warns of a winter of "illness and death," don't believe him.  The credibility of the Biden administration is completely gone, destroyed by its own hands, through deceit, underhanded tricks to shut down medical debate, overt power grabs, and worst by far, suppression of constitutional freedoms.

Resist.  The Time is Now.  But choose your battles wisely.  The underlying truths of the grossly mismanaged globally coordinated response to the COVID-19 outbreak are becoming increasingly apparent to common citizens throughout the world.  The United States Health and Human Services (HHS) system, once considered the world standard for medical research and for insuring purity, safety and effectiveness of drugs and vaccines, is now being seen by many as corrupt and compromised.  Over the next year, additional data documenting and supporting this corruption will continue to emerge.  The growing tide of whistleblowers, truth tellers and their lawyers will swell to the point that it will overwhelm the censorship and propaganda which the guilty and their accomplices are desperately using to try to hide their duplicity.  Looking forward into this new year that is now upon us, I predict that a broad global consensus will emerge that the integrity of our entire western health care systems, our media, big tech, and western political systems has been breached by the corrupting influence of a financial system that has lost integrity and become decoupled from any sense of morality, and which perceives no economic value in either fundamental human dignity or community.  A financial system which has become completely decoupled from the historic concept of the nation-state.  One that defines and thereby degrades human beings as mere economic units to be exploited for rents and profit using a wide range of innovative strategies.

The mandatory Covid vaccination battles may get even uglier.  Especially for kids.  If the last two years have proven anything, it's that people in authority hate admitting they've made mistakes.  Which seems to be one big reason why every bit of data showing that lockdowns or vaccines or masks or whatever don't work is met with, let's just do more of it.  And you know what people — especially those members of the self-appointed elite that runs from Brooklyn to San Francisco -hate even more than admitting mistakes?  Admitting their mistakes harmed their kids.  Cue Covid vaccines.  At best, mRNA vaccines are useless for kids, a way to make oldsters feel better, never mind that adult to child transmission is far more common than the reverse.  We have known since the very beginning of Covid that SARS-Cov-2 is not dangerous to healthy kids and that the pediatric inflammatory syndrome looks a lot like other post-viral disorders, rarely serious and generally easily treatable.  Now we know more.  We know that the protection the vaccines offer is weak and limited.  We know they can cause dangerous heart problems in young people.  We know natural immunity lasts longer and is stronger.  And we have just learned that natural immunity in kids is even better.

Twitter Gets Hit with the Censorship Lawsuit America Has Been Waiting For.  Social media giant Twitter is being sued by former New York Times journalist and best-selling author on Covid-19 issues Alex Berenson.  Berenson is best known for his heterodox views on the Covid-19 pandemic, which has assailed the mainstream media for putting out demonstrable misinformation and untruths about the virus and the vaccines.  Now, he is suing Twitter for selectively banning him from the platform and for tarnishing his reputation in the process.  "Mr. Berenson also has a uniquely viable claim that Twitter acted on behalf of the federal government in censoring and barring him from to its platform," the lawsuit said.

Berenson v Twitter.  [Full text of Berenson's lawsuit.]

Canada COVID Vaccination ID
Canadian Vaccine Authorities Put Yellow Patches on Your Jacket as You Load into Trains.  Someone, anyone... please tell me you can see the problem here.  Canadian railway officials have a rather familiar method to segregate passengers and identify authorized vaccinated citizens who are traveling in railroad cars.


'We need to know how many people are in hospital WITH or FROM Covid!'.  Furious Tory MPs today [12/24/2021] demanded the NHS clarifies how many Covid patients are primarily being treated for the virus amid concerns that the figures are being inflated by routine testing.  Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith told MailOnline the issue of whether people are being hospitalised 'with' or 'for' Covid was 'really important' for working out how much pressure the NHS faces.  Mr Duncan Smith added:  'The government has dragged its feet over showing those figures, I suspect because they know what will happen — it will reduce the numbers that they have going into hospital with Covid — in other words who are ill and have to go to hospital because of Covid.'

1,000 Americans onboard MS Koningsdam are stuck on cruise ship as Mexico refuses to allow them to disembark.  More than 1,000 American passengers will spend Christmas Day stuck aboard a cruise ship after authorities in the western Mexico state of Jalisco blocked them from disembarking because 21 crew members have tested positive for COVID-19.  The Holland America Line ship sailed off from San Diego on Sunday with stops in the Mexican resort cities of Los Cabos and Mazatlán before it arrived on the coast of Puerto Vallarta on Thursday [12/23/2021] at approximately 7.30 am.  The Jalisco state health department considered allowing each of the 1,035 passengers off the MS Koningsdam, which has at least 873 crew, as long as they turned in proof of negative COVID-19 tests, Mexican news outlet Milenio reported.

Are You Afraid Yet?  Tis the Season.  It's time for the tyrannical power gods to inflict more terror and angst into our over stressed lives so we'll be eager to let our government save us.  The latest scourge is the limp omicron virus that is basically the common cold but media demands it wear the cloak of a bubonic-like plague.  Political tyrants are mandating vaccinations or else {even though they know these vaccines are useless and, in some cases, dangerous}.  Formerly independent-minded Americans have become lemmings rushing to the cliffs erected by Uncle Sam's Plantation.  "Come on, man" as Biden is wont to say.  I strongly suggest Americans read a letter written to us by Archbishop Vigano in warning of this awful coup inflicted upon us by the liberal globalist Deep State.

NIH: Check Out Wikipedia to See Why Great Barrington Declaration is 'Dangerous'.  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its top officials are doubling down on criticism of the Great Barrington Declaration after emails showed they quickly moved last year to oppose it.  The declaration, penned last year, said lockdowns were producing negative short- and long-term effects on public health, such as lower childhood vaccination rates, fewer cancer screenings, and worsening mental health.  The experts who signed on called for focusing COVID-19 prevention efforts on the most vulnerable, particularly the elderly, while loosening restrictions on the young and healthy, who are at little risk of developing severe COVID-19.  Dr. Martin Kulldorff, at the time a professor of medicine at Harvard University, Dr. Sunetra Gupta, an epidemiologist at Oxford University, and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, an epidemiologist at Stanford University Medical School, signed the declaration, as did hundreds of other medical experts.  But top officials in the United States government were displeased with the declaration, which they felt wasn't based on sound science.

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If Wikipedia is the source of your "evidence," your house is built upon the sand.  Wikipedia's contents can be changed at any time.

Cops called as NYC crowd descends for coveted free COVID tests.  Cops had to step in Friday [12/24/2021] as a crowd mobbed a Brooklyn corner where the city was giving away free at-home COVID-19 tests.  Tempers flared as the larger-than-expected crowd descended on Flatbush and Church avenues, one of five spots in the Big Apple where city health officials were doling out tests amid a surge in demand over the holidays and lack of supply.

Pfizer to continue distributing version of COVID-19 vaccine not fully approved by FDA.  Pfizer's vaccine against COVID-19 has been fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration, yet the pharmaceutical giant is still providing distributors across the country with an earlier version of the vaccine that predates FDA's full approval.  The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine allowed under federal Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in December 2020 and the Comirnaty vaccine approved by the FDA in August are identical, according to Pfizer and several experts.  However, the two vaccines are legally distinct, raising questions over the legality of vaccine mandates.  The EUA-authorized vaccine is being distributed and administered widely in Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, among other states.  But while the product hasn't received FDA approval, Pfizer says it's made using the same processes as Comirnaty and no different in terms of safety and effectiveness.

We Cannot Stop the Spread of COVID, but We Can End the Pandemic.  The arrival of the omicron variant has led some politicians and public health grandees to call for a return to business closures and 'circuit-breaker' lockdowns.  The variant has been found worldwide, including in the US and the UK.  The variant has already surpassed delta — dominant before omicron — in the UK.  Early reports from South Africa confirm that the variant is more transmissible but produces a milder disease, with a lower chance of hospitalization and death upon infection.  My message is this: we can't stop the spread of COVID, but we can end the pandemic. [...] What about lockdowns?  It is now abundantly clear that they have failed to contain the virus while wreaking enormous collateral damage worldwide.  The simplistic allure of lockdowns is that we can break the chain of viral transmission by staying apart.  Only the laptop class — those who can just as easily work from home as in the office — can abide by a lockdown in actual practice, and even they have trouble.  Essential workers who keep society going cannot afford the luxury, so the disease will keep spreading.  Will the same policies that failed against a more virulent strain succeed in containing a more transmissible strain?  The answer is self-evidently no.

New Poll Shows the Overwhelming Majority of Democrats Don't Believe in 'Natural Immunity'.  Rasmussen Reports recently conducted a nationwide survey with questions on vaccinated immunity and natural immunity after a recommendation by Becker News.  "I wonder if you polled Democratic (and R, I) voters, how many would call Natural Immunity a myth?" I asked.  "How many would say it is false you can get Natural Immunity from a Prior Infection?"  Rasmussen Reports was benevolent enough to ask these timely questions in a survey and release the crosstabs to Becker News before official publication.

Biden Is Already Considering Requiring You To Get A 4th Shot Of The Vax.  Will It Ever End?  Sleepy Joe went on Nightline last night [12/22/2021] with David Muir and was asked about Israel's policy requiring a 4th Covid jab for certain individuals and whether or not that was something we might see in the US.  Biden seemed to be very open to the possibility, watch:  [Tweet with video clip, transcript]  You got it straight from the horse's mouth.  It's already happening in Israel, who is always ahead of the US by a month or two, and it's up to "the scientists" whether or not we go forward with a 4th shot.  And we all know, "the scientists" refers to Fauci and his team of bureaucrats at the NIH and CDC.  The best, or worst, part of the clip, of course, is the end where Muir prompts Biden with the "repeat after me" form of question.
    "It remains a possibility?"
    "It remains a possibility."
The media has to prompt Biden on the right thing to say.

Rep Jackson:  Biden ignores therapeutics, natural immunity to boost 'fear-factor'.  In an appearance on the Fox News Channel, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Tex.) claimed that the Biden administration's obsession with vaccine mandates and masking is all about misdirection and control, and that continued fear-mongering will be a way for Democrats to justify universal mail-in balloting in the 2022 election cycle.  Along these lines, other pundits have maintained that for authoritarian Democrats in the COVID-19 pandemic, following the science means following the political science.  Or as Dr. Oz, the GOP Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, has said repeatedly, "when you mix medicine and politics, you get politics."

Fake News CNN Reported First Omicron Death In Texas, But Hospital Says [it's] Not True.  Earlier this week CNN falsely reported that an unvaccinated Texas Man became the first American to die from the Omicron variant.  Unfortunately, it appears the Fake News network reported false information again, which in this case, has caused a lot of Americans undue stress as families are scheduled to celebrate Christmas together.  Health authorities in Texas are rejecting the story, saying instead the man died with, not because of the COVID variant.  According to The Blaze, Harris County, public health officials did not say that the patient died from the Omicron variant of COVID.  Rather, he died after testing positive for the Omicron variant.

Swedes Are Implanting Microchip Vaccine Passports.  It Won't Stop There.  Last week, the world glimpsed a future in which vaccine passports are implanted under the skin.  A viral video from South China Morning Post profiled a Swedish start-up hub, Epicenter, that injects its employees with microchips.  "Right now it is very convenient to have a COVID passport always accessible on your implant," its chief disruption officer, Hannes Sjöblad, told the interviewer.  Oddly enough, he repeatedly spoke of chipping "arms" when we clearly see a woman opening doors with her hand.  Two years earlier, Sjöblad told ITV, "I want us humans to open up and improve our sensory universe, our cognitive functions. ... I want to merge humans with technology and I think it will be awesome."

Biden administration rejected an offer for 732 [million] tests a month to prevent a 'holiday surge' in October.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was forced to defend her boss Joe Biden on Thursday [12/23/2021] amid questions over the timing of his COVID-19 test expansion and accusations that he acted too late to stop massive delays in testing and results just two days before Christmas.  Hours later a report emerged in Vanity Fair that the Biden administration had reject a roadmap to getting at-home rapid COVID tests to every American to avoid the holiday surge currently wreaking havoc on people's Christmas plans.  The ambitious blueprint called for 732 million monthly COVID tests — far more than what Biden promised would come in January.  But at her daily news briefing, Psaki chalked up the president's delayed response to a lack of demand in the summer months.

If You Think You've Seen Insane Anti-Vax Passport Protests, Wait Until You See This One From Israel.  On December 18th, thousands rallied in Ra'anana, the hometown of Prime Minister Bennett, to protest against government coercion and for human rights.  In the crowd: doctors, nurses, teachers, lawyers, families with children & worried citizens, protesting against the green (vax) passport, discrimination, and human rights violation.  Police reacted in sheer brutality, acting in brutal force.  No mention of this in the media.  [Video clip]

Christ, COVID, and the Spirit of Fear.  Fear in itself is universal, necessary, and, when it alerts us to real dangers demanding attention, desirable, for fear in such circumstances keeps us safe. [...] Irrational fear, however, is something Christians must acknowledge and surmount.  This being said, it is at once tragic and outrageous that during this Christmas season so many self-styled disciples of the babe born in the manger have in effect decided to cancel their Christmas celebrations because of their fear over the possibility of contracting a cold-virus — and, yes, SARS CoV-2 is a cold virus — with a survival rate of 99.5 [to] 99.9 percent.

Large Group Stand In Front Of Cafe That Doesn't Ask For Vax Pass In Australia, Blocking Police From Fining Them.  This was the amazing scene in front of Cafe Noego Coffee in Queensland Australia after police targeted the establishment for not asking customers for vaccine passports.  A large group of LARGE men stood in front of the cafe to keep police out and only customers in.  [Video clip]

President Trump Supports Vaccine, Doesn't Support Mandates.  President Trump gave an interview to Candace Owens for The Daily Wire.  The full interview is only available for subscribers [link]; however, there is a segment released by Mrs. Owens where Donald Trump talks about the specifics of his position on the vaccine and the mandates.  President Trump supports the three vaccines that were developed during his administration, and is proud of the system he put into place to develop them and get them available to the public.  However, President Trump does not support mandating the vaccine or forced vaccination for anyone, and believes that people should have the freedom to decide what is in their individual best interests.

Merck's New COVID-19 Pill Could Accidentally Trigger A New Variant, Experts Warn.  Discussion surrounding Merck's newly-authorized COVID-19 pill, molnupiravir, has mostly concerned the risk it might pose to pregnant women.  But some experts worry it could also lead to the outbreak of a new variant of the virus it's designed to treat.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization to two antiviral pills to treat COVID-19 this week, one from Pfizer (paxlovid) and another from Merck (molnupiravir). The Pfizer EUA was generally lacking in controversy, but the authorization of molnupiravir was far more contentious.  The FDA's Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (ADAC) voted at the end of November to recommend authorization of molnupiravir, but it was by a narrow 13-10 margin.  Even the members who voted in favor did so with qualifiers: some said the pill shouldn't be given to pregnant women, and others were skeptical of its efficacy.

Sens. Warren, Booker and Crow all parrot scripted response upon testing "positive" for covid after triple vaccinations.  In tandem with one another, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Jason Crow (D-Colo.) all tweeted almost identical language admitting that despite getting their "booster" shots for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19), they still tested "positive" for the virus.  Like parrots, Warren, Booker and Crow all say that they are still either "thankful" or "grateful" that they got boosted, despite experiencing "breakthrough" cases of the Fauci Flu.  "Today I tested positive with a breakthrough case," reads Warren's tweet.  "Thankfully, I am only experiencing mild symptoms & am grateful for the protection provide against serious illness that comes from being vaccinated & boosted."  Booker's tweet was a near-carbon copy of Warren's, stating that he is "beyond grateful to have received two doses of vaccine and, more recently, a booster."

Lori Gregory:  Big Pharma [is] making money by targeting huge patient populations with often unneeded medical interventions.  Film producer and director Lori Gregory accused big pharmaceutical companies of making tons of money on huge patient populations.  "I saw the profit over people model a long time ago.  And it was scary.  There's a problem when the government has to force an industry to create something known as an orphan drug program.  Because the drug makers are only making drugs that have huge patient populations, because that's where the money is," Gregory said during the ReAwaken America Tour in Dallas, Texas.  Gregory, who started her career in media, lamented the passage of Senate Bill 277 in 2015 that required parents to put 22 pharmaceutical products into their five-year-old children or be denied admission in California schools — both public and private.

'Pandemania' And The Psychology Of Fear.  The 20th century was defined, in significant part, by despotic leaders implementing propaganda campaigns to vilify certain groups of people deemed dirty or diseased.  The despots didn't accomplish these campaigns at once but, instead, did so slowly, by conditioning one group of people to believe their ills were caused by another group of people, while conditioning that second group of people to accept increasing levels of human rights violations.  Leaders and governments, often working with the healthcare community, carried out campaigns to divide nations and eradicate those deemed "unclean" for the country's "welfare" and the "future good."  Today, the same divisive, unrelenting propaganda tactics that past fascists and tyrants used are producing a divided world and prompting actions by some that border on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).  What was once considered hypochondriac behavior — masking, social distancing, and repeated hand washing — has become normalized. [...] Many people have not only accepted the new hypochondria protocols, but they have also embraced them as talismanic actions that ward off death.

Woman Dies In Australian Concentration Camp Of Alleged Medical Negligence.  [Video clip only]

Here There Be Monsters.  Evidence accumulates that the so-called CCP-virus "vaccines" are neither effective nor safe.  Vaccines confer long-lasting immunity upon their recipients; these do not.  The mRNA gene-therapy shots do not qualify as vaccines in any conventional sense.  In their brief time on stage they have caused more adverse reactions and deaths than all previous vaccines combined since the federal government began keeping such records.  They are implicated in heretofore unseen side-effects, some of which are life-altering.  They offer no appreciable protection to anyone under age 30, the worldwide CCP-virus death rate of whom is effectively zero.  Yet our federal government, other national governments, and the WHO are all insisting on "vaccinating" everyone including newborns.  Most outrageous among many outrages is the government's refusal to acknowledge natural immunity.  These recommendations contravene available evidence, and whatever their proponents' motivations, public health and well-being are conspicuously absent from them.  Despite unambiguous evidence of their ineffectiveness in altering the trajectory of the CCP virus, measures such as masking, social distancing, and lockdowns are still being recommended and imposed from on high.  There is abundant evidence that these measures have caused inestimable social and economic damage.

Royal Caribbean cruise ship is refused entry to islands of Curacao and Aruba after 55 fully vaccinated crew members and passengers test positive for Covid.  A Royal Caribbean cruise ship has been refused entry to two islands after dozens of vaccinated crew and passengers tested positive for Covid just days after setting sail.  The Odyssey of the Seas will not be allowed to make port at Curacao and Aruba, two of just three stops in its itinerary before returning to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on December 26.  Some 55 fully vaccinated crew members and passengers have become infected on the eight-day round trip that set off on December 18.

RFK Jr.: Reporter Found Monument to Dead Orphans Tortured and Killed by Monster Fauci.  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. joined The High Wire recently to discuss his best-selling book on monster Dr. Tony Fauci.  During the discussion, RFK Jr. revealed that reporter Cecelia Farber went to the cemetery in New York state where the tortured orphan children were buried.  These victims were Fauci's experimental patients.

Pfizer buys pharmaceutical company that makes heart medication to solve the problem caused by mRNA vaccines.  Big Pharma company Pfizer recently bought another pharmaceutical company specializing in producing heart medication.  Coincidentally, some of these heart medications can counteract the heart problems caused by Pfizer's Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) mRNA vaccine.  Pfizer recently signed an agreement with Arena Pharmaceuticals to purchase the company.  Arena is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm based in San Diego that specializes in developing immuno-inflammatory treatments.  At the time of its acquisition, Arena was also expanding its capabilities "to study cardiovascular conditions like acute heart failure and microvascular obstruction."  Arena's current portfolio indicates that it has several development-stage pharmaceuticals developed for gastroenterological, dermatological and — most importantly for Pfizer — cardiological use.

CNN Medical Analyst Wen:  Biden Should 'Go Further to Restrict the Activities of the Unvaccinated'.  CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen said Wednesday [12/22/2021] on CNN's "Newsroom" that President Joe Biden should "go further" in placing restrictions on Americans who have not gotten COVID vaccines.  Wen said, "I think what we will see with Omicron is a very large number of infections due to Covid-19."

If You've Had COVID You're Likely Protected for Life.  If you've had COVID-19, even a mild case, major congratulations to you as you've more than likely got long-term immunity, according to a team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine.  In fact, you're likely to be immune for life, as is the case with recovery from many infectious agents — once you've had the disease and recovered, you're immune, most likely for life.  The evidence is strong and promising, and should be welcome and comforting news to a public that has spent the last year, 2020, in a panic over SARS-CoV-2.  Increasingly evidence is showing that long-lasting immunity exists.  Seasonal coronaviruses, some of which cause common colds, yield only short-lived protective immunity, with reinfections occurring six to 12 months after the previous infection.  Early data on SARS-CoV-2 also found that antibody titers declined rapidly in the first months after recovery from COVID-19, leading some to speculate that protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 may also be short-lived.

Yet again Team Apocalypse is wrong:  Omicron has already peaked in South Africa.  [Scroll down]  And, again, this has nothing to do with vaccines — almost three out of four South Africans is not vaccinated.  The earlier variants of SARS-Cov-2 were a cold for younger people in decent shape.  Omicron is a cold, period.  I said it two weeks ago, I said it last week, and I'll say it again: it is over.  OVER.  (Barring a new strain.)  And if you get yourself or your kids vaccinated at this point — with a vaccine that doesn't even work against Omicron — you are worse than a fool.

Three 'What Ifs' We're Not Supposed to Ask.  [#1]  What if it turns out that the gene therapies marketed as "vaccines" by pharmaceutical companies end up causing more harm than good?  What if it becomes obvious that more children die from government-ordered injections than would have ever succumbed to the virus itself?  What if the long-term effects of any of these experimental treatments condemn the "vaccinated" to suffer from lifetime health complications created by compromised immune systems, making them more vulnerable to the very diseases the "vaccines" were mandated to prevent?  If these counterfactuals become proven reality down the road, will it then become the duty of the non-"vaccinated" to round up the "vaccinated" for their own protection?  Should great concentration camps the size of cities be constructed to quarantine the immuno-compromised?  Should employers lay off "vaccinated" workers for their own good?  Should children who were forcibly injected by their schools be tracked for the rest of their lives through digital passports implanted under their skin in order to ensure they remain six feet away from others at all times?

Authoritarian Variants and Mutations.  Unlike the COVID variants, which have symptoms that grow progressively milder with each wave, the authoritarian variants tend to grow harsher with each progressive mutation.  Indeed, the battle over vaccines has been waged through successively more draconian waves of pressure to see the whole world come to the saving knowledge of the grace of vaccines.  Those who have thus far stood firm in their resolve to retain their bodily autonomy may be feeling weary from the fight, but they must continue to fight.  To be sure, the resolve and grit of those who are unvaccinated will most likely continue to grow stronger as more information comes out concerning the effectiveness of vaccines versus natural immunity, the incidence and severity of adverse reactions to the vaccines, and the virality of the lies told by the media and our politicians to obtain compliance and amass their power.

Democrats are Desperately Trying to Convince You the Emperor Isn't Naked.  [T]hree prominent Democrats Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker came down with COVID-19 despite having been vaxxed and boosted.  Already, the excuses are flying.  Michigan Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow popped onto MSNBC to toss out ye ol' "it's my neighbor's fault defense" that's usually used by the city of Chicago to explain its gun crime.  According to Stabenow, the reason Booker and Warren caught the virus is because of those dastardly Republicans who aren't masked up. [...] There sits the vaccine in all its splendor with its booster in tow, but there you stand in the crowd watching the procession go by and notice that the vaccine isn't doing much to protect you from the virus.  You speak up and point out the obvious.  So does the rest of the crowd.  However, the vaccine's heralds denounce what is clearly right in front of your face.  "Of course it works!" they shout at you.

Federal Involvement in Health Care Drives Treatment Choices.  Around the United States, in numerous cases, hospitalized COVID-19 patients have asked for Ivermectin but were denied the drug, and then sought a court order forcing the hospital to provide the requested medication.  Ivermectin, which has been used safely in humans since 1985, has shown promise in treating the virus, especially when taken early.  Although it is an off-label use and not guaranteed to work every time, it is legal for doctors to prescribe Ivermectin for COVID-19, and many patients, some desperate and dying, want to give it a try.  Why are so many hospitals opposed to trying safe, inexpensive Ivermectin?  The answer is tied to the complicated financial house of cards covering the entire health care system.  This isn't a story about Ivermectin; it's about what COVID-19 exposed in America's health care system.  The federal government, pharmaceutical, and insurance companies hold the reins on what care hospital administrators can offer.  They never looked at your chart, but have a say in your treatment, and doctors who stray from administrative protocol can kiss their careers goodbye.

The Jacobson Decision:  A Weak Precedent for COVID Vaccine Mandates.  Defenders of government-imposed COVID vaccine mandates frequently cite the 1905 Supreme Court case of Jacobson v.  Massachusetts to argue that such mandates are valid.  The arguments are typically presented as though the Court decided that question without qualification or exception.  A careful reading of the case demonstrates that it is a limited and tenuous precedent for current COVID policy.  Jacobson involved a Massachusetts statute that gave the board of health of a city or town the authority to "require and enforce the vaccination and revaccination of all the inhabitants thereof," and imposed a five-dollar fine on adults who refused to comply.  The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and then the United States Supreme Court, upheld the statute, but their grounds for doing so lend little support either to COVID vaccine mandates in general, or to federal COVID vaccine mandates in particular.

Whose Body Is it Anyway?  This is the second year of this absurdity, and it's pretty clear that the current regime, not just in the United States but globally, is trying to create a social hierarchy based on medical status (which is really just code for obedience).  Many cities in America have taken this strategy seriously, as we see in New York and Boston.  This is the point where biology and politics merge, but to what end?  You can't really say that the strategy is all perfectly and seamlessly planned because many of these threats are rarely fully implemented, and when they are, the laws surrounding it are incredibly vague.  People don't know if they have any legal rights.  It has become a political game, except this is not "politics as usual."  Whatever the end goal may be, it is most definitely troubling that regimes around the world are trying to create a class structure based on vaccinations, where some human beings are more worthy than others.

Kamala Harris absolves China of responsibility for COVID-19.  Asked this week about the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in the United States, Harris responded with an answer that included an aside about how no one is to blame for the virus being in America.  This is true so long as you ignore that the Chinese government's efforts to cover up the outbreak helped it to spread to every corner of the planet.  "I don't think this is a moment to talk about fault," Harris told CBS News's Margaret Brennan.  "It is no one's fault that this virus hit our shores or hit the world.  But it is more about individual power and responsibility and the decisions that everyone has the choice to make."  Except the global pandemic is definitely the fault of one specific government.  Chinese authorities did everything they could to hide the COVID-19 outbreak when it first appeared in Wuhan.  This involved a campaign of intense silence and censorship even as travelers flowed freely from China to Europe and the Americas.

The White House's Vaccine Threats Aren't To Keep You Safe.  They're To Keep You In Line.  By now, you've likely seen or heard the latest coronavirus messaging from the White House, which President Joe Biden is scheduled to talk about again later on Tuesday.  The president gave the first doomsday message for the unvaxxed, COVID response chief Jeff Zients repeated it, and chief of staff Ron Klain doubled down on it, so the comments were no slip of the tongue.  This is the administration's official line.  "We are intent on not letting omicron disrupt work and school for the vaccinated.  You've done the right thing, and we will get through this.  For the unvaccinated, you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm," Zients said, one day after Biden made nearly identical comments.  This messaging is problematic for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is its remarkable ability to further harden 50 percent of the country against the so-called "unity" president, who has shaped up to be leagues more divisive than his predecessor.  But buried under the latest "dark winter" threat is an admission from the Biden White House that its detractors have been right about its aims all along.  The contrast between the in-group and the out-group isn't that one is rid of the virus while the other isn't.  The difference is that one has "done the right thing."

Biden Remains Behind the COVID Curve.  Tuesday afternoon [12/21/2021], President Biden demonstrated why he has been no more successful than former President Trump in controlling the coronavirus, despite the advantage of vaccines and therapeutics that were not available to the latter.  Speaking at the White House, Biden outlined additions to his "COVID-19 Winter Plan" that illustrate his administration's inability to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.  He assured Americans that we are not going back to March 2020, but his strategy belies that claim.  It similarly emphasizes increased testing, deploying medical personnel to overcrowded hospitals, as well as rushing gloves, masks, and ventilators to Michigan, Wisconsin, Vermont, and other states currently enduring case surges.  Biden's administration was forced to revert to such measures because it clung desperately to a one-size-fits-all vaccine strategy that failed to anticipate multiple COVID-19 mutations.

[The] Associated Press [is] lying about consensus on COVID vaccines for children.  On 15 December the Associated Press (AP), one of the world's premier wire services, ran a lengthy report titled "How a Kennedy Built an Anti-Vaccine Juggernaut Amidst Covid-19."  The report, written by Michelle Smith, examined the efforts of Robert Kennedy, Jr. to warn against what he perceives are the risks associated with the current Covid vaccines, and particularly how those risks pertain to children. [...] Anybody who takes the trouble to do even a little research will quickly find out that no such consensus exists.  This is very easy to show.  To wit, less than a week before the Associated Press filed its report an international conference was held.  It was co-sponsored by an organization called Global Covid Summit, which is an international alliance of physicians and medical scientists "committed to speaking truth about Covid pandemic research and treatment."  This organization has more than fifteen thousand members from around the globe, many of whom are recognized as top experts in their fields.

There's a giant, mysterious gap in the omicron variant's family tree.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the omicron variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States.  Nearly three out of four new infections are from this mutant virus — an increase by sixfold from where omicron infections stood last week, and an even more startling figure considering the first reported case of omicron in the United States was less than a month ago.  Scientists have made remarkable strides in understanding the origin and spread of COVID-19, which is part of what makes the omicron variant so shocking: its origins are perplexing, as it didn't stem from other recent prominent strains like the delta variant.  The confusion around its origins creates added hurdles in terms of treating it.

The Corporate Media Freakout Over The Omicron Variant Isn't Normal, It's Psychotic.  Omicron is here, and with it comes death and destruction — unless, that is, you cancel Christmas, hide in your homes, get all the boosters, double mask, and demand to see negative Covid tests and proof of vaccination for anyone who darkens your doorstep.  Any precautions, no matter how seemingly outlandish, are seen as justifiable to protect yourself from this new and terrifying variant.  So it is, anyway, with a disturbingly large number of reporters and commentators in the corporate press, whose coverage and individual responses to Covid have become increasingly divorced from that of the rest of America.  To watch CNN or read The New York Times, you'd think omicron was the most deadly strain of the virus to date, poised to overwhelm hospitals and leave a trail of death behind it.  The reality, which most Americans have readily grasped, is just the opposite:  Omicron appears to be the least dangerous strain of the virus yet.  After five weeks of omicron's spread in South Africa, where the variant first appeared, the news is encouraging: mild to nonexistent symptoms, hospitalization rates nine times lower than previous surges, and extremely low rates of severe illness and death even though only about a quarter of the population is vaccinated.  Here in the United States, only one person has died from the omicron variant thus far, even though omicron cases accounted for nearly three-quarters of new infections nationwide last week.

Supreme Court will hear challenge to Biden Covid vaccine mandates.  The Supreme Court late Wednesday agreed to hear legal challenges to the Biden administration's Covid-19 vaccine mandates for large employers and health-care facilities.  The court, in an order, said that its consideration for requests to stay those mandates would be deferred until oral argument on Jan. 7.  The Supreme Court consolidated the applications of both challenges, which were considered by Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito, and both will be heard on Jan. 7.  Lower court orders, which allowed the employer mandate and partially allowed the health-care worker mandate, will remain in effect until then.

The Dangerous Push to Give Boosters to Teens.  The U.S. government is pushing Covid-19 vaccine boosters for 16- and 17-year-olds without supporting clinical data.  A large Israeli population study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine earlier this month, found that the risk of Covid death in people under 30 with two vaccine shots was zero.  Booster mandates for healthy young people, which some colleges are imposing, will cause medical harm for the sake of transient reductions in mild and asymptomatic infections.  In a study of 438,511 males 16 to 24, 56 developed myocarditis after their second Pfizer dose (or 1 in 7,830, at least seven times the usual rate).  True, most cases were mild, but in the broader group of 136 people (including older and female patients) who developed myocarditis after the vaccine, seven had a "complicated course," and one 22-year-old died.  Moderna's vaccine carries an even higher rate of heart complications, which is why some European countries have restricted it for people under 30. But in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indiscriminately push for boosters for all young people.  [Paywall]

New Emails Reveal Evidence of Government Efforts to Suppress Free Speech.  A previously unseen Oct. 2020 email from Dr. Francis Collins, the outgoing head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to his colleague Dr. Anthony Fauci is raising concerns about government-sponsored suppression of free speech — a direct violation of the 1st Amendment.  The email, which appears in a footnote of a Dec. 17 year-end staff report from House Democrats, shows the behind-the-scenes efforts from Collins and Fauci, who were pushing a fresh round of lockdowns, to discredit the Great Barrington Declaration and disparage its authors.  The Great Barrington Declaration was an Oct. 2020 letter that ran counter to the efforts of Fauci and Collins by declaring a unified opposition to broad-based lockdowns, and choosing instead to focus on the protection of vulnerable groups.

Tuskegee Tony.  In 1992, Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) provided funding for the Incarnation Children's Center (ICC) in New York as an outpatient clinic for HIV-positive children.  The city's Administration for Children's Services (ACS) offered up children under its care, nearly all of them black or Hispanic, for secretive drug experimentation.  As Dr. David Rasnick explains, children as young as three months were given "cocktails" of drugs with dangerous side effects.  Rasnick described Didanosene as "very dangerous," and Nevirapine as "dangerous and debilitating ... horrible and painful and also lethal."  The children were also given Zidovudine, another name for AZT (azidothymidine).  This drug has "never been shown to be life-saving, and it also causes severe anemia."  As Rasnick told the BBC, "these children are going to be miserable," and they were — writhing in agony and unable to eat.  If they resisted, doctors cut a hole in their belly to administer the drugs.

Biden tries to play doctor, commits triage malpractice.  Medical triage is necessary when there are insufficient medical resources to meet all immediate patient needs in a specific location.  When three soldiers are bleeding out after a battle and there is only one surgeon on site, that doctor must decide who gets care first.  The same is true when there are three COVID patients in respiratory failure and only enough ivermectin for one.  A recent announcement by "Doctor" President Biden turns triage upside-down: he is taking medical care away from those who need it and offering care where it is not required.  Biden announced that he is transferring 1,000 military doctors and nurses to various civilian hospitals in order to facilitate vaccinations in light of the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19.  A real doctor would call this triage malpractice.

COVID Is the Virus.  Wokeness Is the Disease.  COVID is its perfect storm.  Public health justifies government diktats, broad bureaucratic discretion, incoherent policies, rituals such as wearing masks that lack actual benefit, and directives that limit individual agency in the name of the collective good.  Vaccine mandates are the ultimate form of cancel culture, literally erasing the unvaccinated from their jobs, education, travel, and social standing. [...] The longer the COVID regime stands, the darker the potential consequences for those who have peddled the story upon which it rests.  As more Canadians come to doubt that masks are effective at preventing spread, that lockdowns do much to control the virus or are worth the social costs, that the vaccines protect them from infection or have been adequately tested, especially for children, and that governments and public health officials have been justified in imposing some of the most sweeping restrictions on civil liberties in the history of this country, defenders of the regime will become desperate to justify the crisis they have stoked.  For woke COVIDians, the Free North Declaration is dangerous heresy.

Chicago Imposes Harsh Consumer Vaccine Mandates.  Mandates are stupid in general, but Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot seems to think COVID is on a different level.  People ages five and up must provide vaccine proof at certain places along with photo ID. [...] So I guess COVID will only infect you at the dining parts of grocery stores and not the rest of the store.  You are also safe from COVID in church, at the airport, at a store, and in an office building.  You also do not have to show your papers if you "enter a location to participate in a school or after-school activity."  Some artists and professional athletes have an exemption.  Lightfoot respects religious exemptions IF you can provide a negative COVD test.  Um, lady, a virus doesn't care if you're in a place for only a few minutes or a famous athlete.  A virus is gonna virus.  If you're unvaccinated Lightfoot hates you.  She is doing this on purpose so you fall into line and do her bidding!

Fully vaccinated:  Covid outbreak rocks world's largest cruise ship.  A Covid outbreak rocks the world's largest cruise ship, which was filled with fully vaccinated adult passengers and crew, according to the cruise line.  Royal Caribbean International said in a statement that the ship, the Symphony of the Seas, was carrying more than 6,000 guests and crew members when 48 people onboard tested positive after returning from a week-long cruise on Saturday, December 18.  "Each person quickly went into quarantine," the statement said.  "Everyone who tested positive was asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, and we continuously monitored their health."

Some Americans suffer life-changing COVID vaccine injuries.  Before the U.S. had approved any COVID-19 vaccines for the general public, Brianne Dressen was so confident in their success that she enrolled herself in a U.S. clinical trial.  On Nov. 4, 2020, she received her first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.  On the ride home from the clinic — within an hour of receiving the shot — she felt a tingling sensation down her arm.  That evening, she developed blurry and double vision, and she noticed sound becoming distorted — like her ears were covered by seashells.  When she woke up the next morning, her left leg was slumped and weak, causing her to stumble into the left side of doorways.  She went to work at her preschool and found herself unable to function, with extreme sensitivities to light and sound.

Biden says he's making 500 million COVID test kits available for free but hasn't even signed contract to buy them.  Joe Biden has promised to deliver 500 million Covid tests but hasn't even signed a contract to buy them or set up a website so that people can place orders.  'That's not a plan — it's a hope,' Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told The New York Time.  [sic]  'If those tests came in January and February, that could have an impact, but if they are spread out over 10 to 12 months, I'm not sure what kind of impact it is going to have.'

Is COVID Now Becoming a Pandemic of the Vaccinated?  American corporate media love catchphrases that they all repeat in unison, across network and cable television and through social media.  One recent example is "viral blizzard" referring to the omicron variant of COVID.  A search of Google News for "viral blizzard" demonstrates how in the past several days, myriad media outlets used the term in scaremongering headlines.  Another similar phrase made the rounds this past summer, "pandemic of the unvaccinated," attributed to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.  At the time, it was believed that only the unvaccinated were transmitting, catching, and getting sick from COVID.  The same CDC Director Dr. Walensky two weeks later acknowledged, "vaccinated people infected with Delta can transmit the virus."  This lead [sic] to the July 27 CDC recommendation, "that everyone wear a mask in indoor public settings in areas of substantial and high transmission, regardless of vaccination status."  So much for it being a pandemic of the unvaccinated.

In Preparation for His "Winter of Death", Joe Biden Announces FEMA Omicron Plan for Federal Kleenex Distribution.  The White House hit the Omicron panic button, proclaimed we are heading for a "winter of death" and then waited to see the response.  The majority of American voters responded with a yawn, an eyeroll and a request to "pass the cannoli's", because the blabbering old dude is yelling at us again.  Suffice to say, the 'hair on fire' Omicron panic-pushing fell flat.  After taking the national temperature, the White House has now announced their new Omicron control plan.  The government will subsidize Kleenex and prestaged supplies for the cold and flu season.

Hospitals [are] Choosing Patient Death Over Ivermectin.  Seriously ill patients facing death from late stage COVID infection increasingly face hospital protocols that have a terrible record of saving lives.  In fact, nearly all such patients die.  This explains why over 1,200 Americans are dying every day from COVID.  In a week, more people die from late stage COVID than died in the 9/11 attacks.  Yet this is not major news on mainstream media outlets.  Getting used to COVID deaths has produced complacency rather than rage.  As we approach 800,000 COVID related deaths in the US it is important to note that many and probably most of these occur in a hospital.  The evidence clearly shows that approved hospital protocols for seriously ill COVID patients in ICUs are ineffective.  Patients suffer on a ventilator, getting oxygen, perhaps a steroid, often with pneumonia and in an induced coma, and worst of all being given remdesivir that has a terrible track record, does not save lives and has deadly side effects.

For Deaf People Like Me, Mask Mandates Impose Never-Ending Isolation.  It's not a huge population in our country who have hearing problems, but to us it is a huge burden.  According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), approximately 2-3 babies born in America out of every 1,000 are born with a hearing disability.  Add those with people who lose hearing due to trauma, illness, and age, and approximately 15 percent, or 37 million Americans, over the age of 18 report at least some trouble hearing. [...] Trying to be "normal" and have a normal life was always my goal.  That has been nearly impossible for nearly two years now.  In spring 2020, the first face mask mandate due to Covid-19 went into effect.  I knew I was in trouble.

Joe Biden Spews Lies About the Unvaccinated During His Bumbling COVID Speech.  As RedState reported earlier, Joe Biden gave a speech today [12/21/2021] in which he outlined his "plan" to combat the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Included were outright lies about what is happening in South Africa, where the actual data shows dropping hospitalization rates despite the nation's heavy caseload.  That Biden would take such an approach is hardly surprising.  Like many others in positions of power, he sees the coronavirus as a perpetual crisis from which to benefit.  Because Omicron's apparent lack of virulence points toward a way out of the pandemic, the desperation in the president's rhetoric must escalate.  That's because he needs a scapegoat for his failed policies, and the continued existence of the pandemic affords him the perfect one:  The "unvaccinated."  And right on cue, Biden attacked the unvaccinated in his speech, managing to pack a number of false statements into just a couple of minutes.  [Video clip]

Joe Biden's Omicron speech shows he's still not on top of COVID.  Credit President Joe Biden with not hitting the panic button in his speech on the Omicron wave — but that's about it.  The prez rightly noted this isn't March 2020, and no new lockdowns should be necessary.  But that was the closest he came to anything original.  And it serves his interests:  Declaring a new crisis would highlight how badly he's failed on his 2020 vow to "shut down the virus."  It's now clear that he thought then that all he'd need to do was continue distributing the vaccines developed before he took office, that's it.  (Hence his declaration in July that we'd achieved "independence from COVID-19" because vaccinations were going well.)

Biden's speech had one point and one point only:  Get vaccinated.  On Tuesday, Biden gave a COVID speech that essentially revolved around a single point:  Get vaccinated.  The unvaccinated are going to die and make everyone else miserable, so do your duty and get the experimental jab. [...] For around 100 years, the generally accepted principle about viruses, which Theobald Smith, a pioneering epidemiologist articulated, is that they are subject to "the law of declining virulence" which sees them enter into a fairly benign relationship with humans over time.  However, since COVID, that principle is suddenly being challenged.  There is, of course, one good reason to question the principle's applicability to COVID right off the bat and that's the fact that COVID is not a naturally occurring virus.  The Chinese, with help from Tony Fauci, engineered it in a lab, so it may have different long-term properties.

Joe Biden Warns People 'Peddling Lies' and 'Misinformation' About Coronavirus Vaccines: 'Stop it.  Stop it Now!'  President Joe Biden blamed alternative media sources on Tuesday [1/21/2021] for convincing Americans to refuse the coronavirus vaccines.  "The unvaccinated are responsible for their own choices, but those choices have been fueled by dangerous misinformation on cable tv and social media," Biden said.  The president spoke about the spike in coronavirus cases as a result of the omicron variant of the virus, and repeatedly urged Americans to get vaccinated.  He criticized media figures and influencers for "peddling lies" to make money off of their audience, which he argued endangered their lives.

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[#1] I don't call myself an "influencer," and I don't make money by referring you to other sources of news.  [#2] From what I've seen, the most "dangerous misinformation" about Covid comes from the U.S. government.  And the governments of Australia, Germany, and Austria.

Are athletes more are at risk from COVID or vax side effects?  The NFL, NHL and other sports organizations are freaking out because many of their fully vaccinated athletes are testing positive for COVID-19. In Europe, some more concerning sports related news has been circulating below the radar for several months alleging an extraordinary number of otherwise healthy young athletes have died suddenly of heart attacks in the last 6 months.  Some even suggest the deaths are COVID vaccine (vax) related although the evidence is hotly disputed.  The absence of mainstream news about the alleged spike in athlete deaths inspired some personal research.  By now most everyone paying attention knows the vax do have some serious cardiac related side effects as reported in the unreliable VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System).  This alone suggests a link to the athlete deaths shouldn't be dismissed.

Omicron is Not Normal:  Everything suggests this variant was leaked from a laboratory engaged in gain-of-function research.  Omicron is not normal.  No immediate progenitors are known; its closest relatives are viruses last seen in early- to mid-2020.  The orthodox explanation for this awkward fact, is that it has spent the last 18 months lurking "in a geography with poor genomic surveillance ... or .. in a chronically infected individual."  The simpler explanation is that it leaked from a laboratory.  As el gato malo and others have indicated, evidence is strong that Omicron circulates preferentially in the vaccinated.  In all likelihood, it is the result of gain-of-function research, in which SARS-2 was passaged repeatedly through convalescent or vaccinated plasma, in the hopes of helping the virus evade acquired immunity.  The purpose of this research would be to anticipate future immune-escape variants that vaccines might target.  Omicron carries a series of highly unlikely and suspicious mutations in its spike protein.  It is hard to imagine that these mutations can have arisen via natural processes, because all but one of them are nonsynonymous — that is, they code for different amino acid sequences.  Starkly mutated variants favoured by natural selection should have a great many meaningless synonymous mutations as well.

Stunning data about vaccine failure from Ontario, Canada.  Them thar green line is infections among the vaccinated.  Assuming these are Omicron cases, there are only two possibilities:  The vaccines have now failed completely.  Omicron preferentially infects vaccinated people.  Hey, why not both?

Federal judge blocks Biden's vaccine mandate in 10 states, says it goes beyond workplace authority.  A federal judge in Missouri issued a preliminary injunction on Monday [12/20/2021] blocking the Biden-imposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors in 10 states.  U.S. Magistrate Judge David Noce said that the mandate extended beyond the president's authority to set workplace rules.  An additional halt was placed on the mandate by a federal judge in Georgia on December 7.  "The vaccine mandate would reach beyond the workplace and into the realm of public health.  The Court concludes that plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the issue of whether the mandate exceeds the scope of the power granted to the President," (under federal law), wrote Noce.  In September, President Biden issued an executive order that included the vaccine mandate for federal contractors, as well as healthcare workers and private companies.  Each degree of mandate is being challenged in the courts.

Berenson v Twitter.  [Full text of a lawsuit.]

Biden To The Unvaccinated:  Drop Dead.  Last week the White House warned the unvaccinated that "you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families."  President Joe Biden followed up in today's news conference with a similar though less-shrill message, even adding that Americans could "safely celebrate the holidays with" family and friends only if vaccinated. [...] Just in time for Christmas, the ghoulish Biden executive branch has cranked up a climate of fear that in the blue regions has been overheating for months.  This is no way to encourage the unvaccinated to get the shot.  Stoking anxiety and "othering" people, treating them as lepers, is mean, cheap, not in any way American — and quite clearly part of the Democrats' agenda.

Biden Lied About Why COVID Tests Are In Short Supply.  When Joe Biden was running for president from the basement of his Delaware home, he issued what he described as a seven-point plan "to beat COVID-19." More than a year later, Biden announced his latest plan, which basically repeats everything he promised he'd do when running for president.  The big news announced on Tuesday was that the administration would buy and distribute half a billion at-home tests to anyone who asks because, he said, testing is key to getting COVID under control.  But Biden promised the same thing last year.  In fact, the very first item on his seven-point plan was to "fix Trump's testing-and-tracing fiasco to ensure all Americans have access to regular, reliable, and free testing."

Antihistamines and the remarkable story of the freakishly good treatment plan in Spain that no one mentions.  In March 2020 a group of doctors working in nursing homes in Toledo, Spain faced a new pandemic with no effective treatment plan.  They figured out their own protocol as best they could with what can only be described as freakish success.  In nearby Albacete when Covid struck 1084 nursing home residents, 303 of them died, a 28% fatality rate.  But in Toledo, of the 90 patients in nursing homes under Doctor Blanco's care, only 6 died, and they all died before the team figured out their own new treatment plan.  Of the 84 residents who were then treated with antihistamines like Polaramine, all 84 would make it.  Every single one, even though their mean age was 85.  It seems too good to be true.  Antihistamines are used to calm an overactive immune system (itchy, sneezes and runny noses) but they are not known for their anti-viral activity, though it turns there is some.

Backfire: After Calling for Military-Enforced Mandates, Triple-Vaxed Jim Cramer Tests Positive for COVID.  One doesn't want to make much out of a triple-vaccinated COVID scold getting the virus.  It could happen to the any of us.  However, it also happens to Jim Cramer.  Cramer, who screams about "best of breed" stocks on his CNBC show, isn't the "best of" anything — aside from dispensing bad advice.  The stock-picker is infamous for his sanguine predictions about Bear Stearns in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, although his suggestion that the military get involved in enforcing a vaccine mandate was arguably worse.  Mind you, de facto martial law isn't the only heinous idea being floated by the left for those who refuse to get vaccinated, up to and including forced unemployment.

The Omicron Fake-out.  Omicron supposedly started in South Africa some weeks ago and Covid deaths there are at an 18-month low.  The existing "vaccines" appear to be completely ineffective against omicron, so how is more of that stuff going to help?  And then why all the hysteria about vaxxing up the vaxx-resistant?  Insofar as the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines present not insignificant risks of harmful-to-fatal side effects, plus being ineffective, what is the prudent bet there?  Speaking of which, will the public even be able to discern whether the alleged winter death surge is a result of Covid or of adverse reactions to the vaxxes?  My money would be on adverse vaxx events.  Why is there absolutely no talk — except in the state of Florida, run by Governor Ron DeSantis — about comprehensive early treatment of Covid?  Why is the CDC not setting up early treatment centers around the USA, where people with symptoms can receive monoclonal antibody infusions and kits of well-known, cheap, safe and effective oral medicines that can be used easily at home to defeat the virus?

Covid Hits.  Biden promised he would "not shut down America" but would instead "shut down the virus."  He's violated both of those promises, and is shutting down America again while also failing to shut down the virus.  So like any socialist, he needs some scapegoats — he needs counter-revolutionaries, subversives, and foreign spies to blame the failures of The State on.  He needs Hoarders and Wreckers.  He needs Enemies of the State who subvert all the good works of the state.  And of course that's you — Republicans.  People who don't get vaxed.  People who do get vaxed but oppose vaccine mandates.  People who do not engage in Mask Theater or engage in it to the minimum extent possible.

Joe Biden Releases His 'New' COVID Measures, Including One Mind-Boggling Provision.  Joe Biden is set to speak today on his "new" COVID measures. [...] Nothing listed here strikes me as making a difference, nor does the data support the need to battle Omicron in this way. [...] It's the same old stuff that may or may not be necessary.  But it's the last announcement in the measures that strikes me as mind-boggling.  Two weeks ago, the White House announced that sending out at-home tests was expensive and wasteful of resources.  Now, Biden is proclaiming that he is going to distribute 500 million rapid tests to American households.  I can't think of a dumber thing to do than this.  After all that we've learned, we are now going to go back to mass testing of asymptomatic individuals?  This is how you keep this pandemic going forever because case numbers represent a point of control for the government.  The more cases, the more justification they have for harsh "mitigation" and further power grabs.

For Biden, a day of COVID reckoning is coming.  President Joe Biden has come up with a new set of measures to deal with the surge in COVID cases.  The plan, which focuses mostly on assisting hospitals, home testing, and promoting vaccinations, is the latest evidence that Biden, who during the presidential campaign portrayed himself as an experienced leader who knew how to handle the pandemic, was not, in fact, prepared to handle the pandemic.  The simple fact is, Biden has failed to live up to his promises to control the pandemic.  During his second debate with then-President Donald Trump, Biden pledged to "shut down the virus."

The Role of Churches During COVID.  The COVID-19 pandemic exposes how secularized most churches have become.  Two axioms can help find a way forward.  First, there is nothing new under the sun.  The characters and technology have changed.  But as in all past tyrannies, vanity and greed consistently drive the desire to control and subjugate.  This especially applies to pride-filled Marxists.  Second, those who do not learn history are bound to repeat it.  In 1846, Pope Pius IX was warning about communism's "destruction of everyone's laws, government, property, and even of human society itself".  The churches now seem to have a greater desire for some ambiguous version of safety, instead of promoting rights of conscience and zeal to worship.

As His Presidency Founders, Biden Scapegoats The Unvaccinated.  Afew days after the 2020 presidential election, President-elect Joe Biden pledged to be "a president who seeks not to divide but to unify," a theme he'd campaigned on. [...] So much for all that.  As Biden's first year in office comes to a close, he has proven to be one of the most divisive presidents in generations, surpassing even Donald Trump in his vindictiveness and willingness to demonize Americans who disagree with him — even if it means lying about COVID-19. [...] So that's the official administration line: opened schools and businesses for the vaccinated and "severe illness and death" for the unvaccinated, who will overwhelm hospitals with the omicron variant and, by implication, bear responsibility for the pandemic from here on out.  It's one of the most bizarre and appalling statements from a presidential administration in American history, breathtaking in its dishonest scapegoating and shocking in its callous disregard for the millions of Americans who have decided, for reasons of their own, not to get the Covid shots.

How Fauci Fooled America.  When the pandemic hit, America needed someone to turn to for advice.  The media and public naturally looked to Dr. Anthony Fauci — the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an esteemed laboratory immunologist and one of President Donald Trump's chosen COVID advisers.  Unfortunately, Dr. Fauci got major epidemiology and public health questions wrong.  Reality and scientific studies have now caught up with him.  Here are the key issues:  Natural immunity.  By pushing vaccine mandates, Dr. Fauci ignores naturally acquired immunity among the COVID-recovered, of which there are more than 45 million in the United States.  Mounting evidence indicates that natural immunity is stronger and longer lasting than vaccine-induced immunity. [...] Under Fauci's mandates, hospitals are firing heroic nurses who recovered from COVID they contracted while caring for patients.  With their superior immunity, they can safely care for the oldest and frailest patients with even lower transmission risk than the vaccinated.

Deadly Delays by the Food and Drug Administration.  COVID-19 deaths are up.  Politicians tell us to wear masks and get vaccinated.  Amid the fear, I'm surprised that we haven't heard more about two drugs that could make COVID-19 much less of a threat.  In blind tests, Pfizer's Paxlovid was found to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death by 89%! It was so effective that Pfizer was advised to stop the tests.  "They halted the clinical trials!" exclaims Michael Cannon, director of health policy at the Cato Institute in my new video.  "They decided it would be unethical (not to give the drug to people in the control group.)  But if it's unethical to deny them the drug, it's unethical to deny the American public that drug!"  Excellent point.  Yet that's what the Food and Drug Administration is doing.  They force us to wait until they're sure all drugs "meet the agency's rigorous standards."  How long might they delay?  "If the [Food and Drug Administration] is following its current practice," says Cannon, "it'll be a matter of months."

Democrat Psychopaths to America — Merry Christmas!  You're All Gonna Die!  [Scroll down]  Then again, are we even allowed to have a Christmas spirit this year?  Has anyone asked Anthony Fauci if it's OK?  He's the go-to guy for permission on how to live our lives now, isn't he?  To the surprise of no one normal, the mask/vax Covid panic porn Nazis are using the [...] Omicron variant as a way to ratchet up the public health emotional terrorism they've been perfecting for almost two years now.  This probably won't shock anyone:  I'm not a fan.  There was a time earlier this year when I was still able to be surprised by the depths to which these people could sink.  No more.

Boston Bans Unvaccinated From Restaurants, Entertainment Venues.  Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Monday [12/20/2021] the city will implement a proof of vaccine requirement for restaurants and other indoor venues.  The proof of vaccination requirement for indoor venues, including restaurants, fitness centers and entertainment venues, will begin on Jan. 15 for everyone ages 12 and older, according to a City of Boston press release.  All city employees will also be required to prove vaccination unless granted a medical or religious exemption.  "Vaccines are the most powerful tool we have to fight this pandemic," Wu said in the press release.  "Vaccination saves lives, and closing vaccination gaps is the best way to support and protect our communities, businesses, and cultural institutions during this pandemic."  "The vast majority of COVID-related hospitalizations are of unvaccinated individuals, which is impacting our entire healthcare system and compromising the health of our communities," Wu added.

Fauci: It Is "Unacceptable" That "50 Million" Americans Refuse to Get Vaccinated.  If you read that headline and immediately asked yourself, Is this guy serious!?  Well, the answer is yes.  Dr. Anthony Fauci is 100% serious.  To high-ranking government people like Fauci, you, the average workaday American, does not know what is best for yourself and your family.  You must be told what to do, even if it means being pounded over the head repeatedly.  All we can do is pray that Donald Trump takes back the White House in 2024 and boots Fauci and his ilk far, far away from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

On Omicron, Joe Biden and his ilk will again be proven liars.  Last week, in a coordinated effort, Joe Biden's White House issued a foolishly disturbing message that he seems certain to repeat today. [...] Democrats continue to do the only thing they've done well the past 20 months:  promote fear and falsehoods.  Whether the origins of the virus, masks (on near countless occasions), lockdowns, testing, vaccines, mandates, and so on, Democrats — and those like-minded — have been wrong more than Moses was right.  Democrats' lies and inaccuracies on most all things COVID-related are easy to demonstrate when one actually looks at the data — something to which most Democrats seem oblivious.  Likewise, on the Omicron variant of the Wuhan Virus, there's nothing in the data that even hints at a "winter of severe illness and death."  Nowhere in the world is Omicron raging to the point that would make Biden's doomsday statement sound even remotely reasonable.

The Omicron variant, although contagious, is one of the most harmless diseases around; but your continued panic is essential.
Biden to announce support for hospitals, access to free COVID tests, vaccine availability amid omicron surge.  [Scroll down]  Officials said FEMA is set to create pop-up vaccination clinics, and deploy hundreds of additional federal vaccinators who will help add thousands of appointments for vaccines each week.  Officials said pharmacies nationwide are also adding appointments and capacity across their networks.  President Biden previewed his remarks Monday night [12/20/2021], sharing with the public "a sense of where we are and what we know" on the omicron variant.

Scientists puzzled:  Why are Omicron cases already falling in South Africa?  It doesn't add up.  Omicron's distinguishing features are that it spreads fast and that the entire population is vulnerable to catching it.  The only people with a decent degree of protection against infection are the boosted, and South Africa hasn't rolled out boosters yet.  Even if they had, plenty of boosted people here and abroad have tested positive.  The latest example is Elizabeth Warren.  A virus that can infect everyone should be able to burn for a good long awhile even if it's burning very hot.  So why have cases in South Africa dropped for five days in a row?

WHO: It's time to cancel your Christmas celebrations.  WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has a message for all of us this week.  You need to cancel your Christmas gatherings with your friends and family because of a surge in new Omicron variant cases.  While much of America (and probably the world, for that matter) is burned out on all of these pandemic restrictions, unfortunately, the WHO will probably find a number of sympathetic, high-profile voices agreeing with them in the United States.  Fauci has already been making the rounds on cable news spouting gloom and doom messages.  ("It's going to take over.")  CDC director Rochelle Walensky has issued dire warnings about how she expects Omicron to be the dominant strain in America in the coming weeks.  But neither of them have yet to go so far as to say that Christmas should be canceled.  The President will be giving a speech today on the subject of Omicron.  Would he dare to say something that politically poisonous four days before Christmas?  And more to the point, how many people would pay him any mind if he did?

ER doctors say this COVID-19 wave is forcing them to deny treatment to other patients who can die as a result.  There is not enough room for all the sick and injured people in Minnesota to receive the emergency care they need.  Hundreds are waiting, some on the floor, in hopes that a bed or operating table might open up.  On Tuesday morning, 246 patients statewide had been waiting for more than four hours for a bed.  It's a backlog created by yet another surge of COVID-19 cases.  Doctors and nurses say there's no end in sight, and people are likely dying in the shadows of this wave of infections.  Dr. John Hick, the medical director for emergency preparedness at Hennepin County Medical Center, told Insider his colleagues are examining people's ankles who are sitting on the floor, because they have "literally run out of any space to put them."

Judge rules against San Diego Unified in vaccine mandate lawsuit.  A judge ruled against the San Diego Unified School District Monday in a lawsuit challenging its vaccine mandate for students.  San Diego Superior Court Judge John Meyer said the district's mandate, which does not permit religious or personal belief exemptions, contradicts state law, because implementing such mandates without exemptions can only be imposed by the state legislature.  Meyer also said that while students are required to receive some vaccinations in order to attend in-person school, adding COVID-19 to the list of required vaccinations without allowing personal belief exemptions is another area that lies only with the state.

The madness of King Brandon.  During 2021, Biden's ongoing battle with the American public over COVID-19 revealed the utter contempt he had for anyone who didn't accede to his demands.  His laughably useless mask mandate gave way to his demand that everyone in our nation get an increasingly large cocktail of experimental medicines, with his non-medically supported goal of getting rid of all of the COVID variants due to his mistaken belief that only unvaccinated people could carry and spread the COVID virus.  Once again, Joe was wrong, but he wouldn't stop to admit it.  Rather than consult actual medical experts and not fame-hungry media personalities who sought more time on TV, Biden gave orders for COVID vaccinations and demanded that the populace obey without question.  Like a child who didn't get his way, Biden became increasingly frustrated when anyone dared oppose him, regardless of medical or scientific evidence that countered his opinions.

Pharma scientists admit the COVID vaccines can cause blood clots.  "AstraZeneca uncovers what's triggering blood clots after its jab" reads a recent headline from Mail Online. [...] So, it is true, after all.  After nearly one year of stonewalling and denials, they officially admit that the Covid vaccines can, in fact, cause blood clots.  This will undoubtedly come as a great shock to those who believe the mainstream media narratives where all talk of vaccine injury has been hitherto dismissed as "misinformation" by those right wing anti-vaxxers.  We have been repeatedly told that only crazy people would believe that the Covid vaccines could be dangerous.  After all, scientists and public health officials have always reassured us that these vaccines are "completely safe and effective."  It turns out, however, that the mantra "completely safe and effective" is not true, since those crack scientists who devised these vaccines now admit that their product can also generate blood clots.

Swedish startup Epicenter unveils rice-sized microchip implant that stores your COVID vaccine passport under your skin.  Epicenter, a Stockholm-based startup, unveiled a new way of carrying around a COVID vaccine passport — in a microchip implanted under your skin.  The implant can be read by any device using the near-field communication (NFC) protocol — technology used for contactless payments and keyless entry systems.  In a video shared by Epicenter, Hannes Sjöblad, chief distribution officer, has the chip in his arm and simply waves a smartphone over it to pull up his vaccination status.  'Implants are very versatile technology that can be used for many different things, and right now it is very convenient to have COVID passport always accessible on your implant, he said in a statement.

Swedish Company Implants COVID Passport Microchips In Hands, Video Goes Viral.  The interesting thing about humans is they are prone to make the same mistakes as those who preceded them.  Even though history is replete with examples, of the ramifications of citizens giving up liberty, personal autonomy rights, and free speech, as new technology is released, people today are increasingly doing the same thing as those who suffered for their decisions in the past.  A recent example is people in Sweden are allowing a microchip technology, in the form of a large grain of rice, to be implanted under their skin as a means of storing one's COVID-19 vaccine passport, according to a video from the South China Post that went viral Friday.  The company's "chief disruptor" Hannes Sjoblad demonstrated how their product has been adapted as a Covid passport, implanted under the skin in the arm or hand.

Tech company develops microchip implanted in the body that stores a COVID-19 vaccine passport so it's 'always accessible'.  There have been rumors that a COVID-19 passport in the form of a microchip implanted into the body would likely be developed, but that speculation was widely dismissed as a "conspiracy theory."  However, the conspiracy theory now appears to be close to reality after a tech company touted a microchip that is implanted into the body that can serve as a COVID-19 vaccine passport.  For years, Swedish start-up Epicenter has specialized in implanting microchips the size of grains of rice into the body that can act as key cards to open doors, public transportation passes, or be a credit card.  Metro reported, "According to digital cultures researcher Moa Petersen, around 6,000 people in the country have so far had a chip inserted in their hands."

More about implanted RFID chips.

White House ripped for doomsday winter message of 'severe illness and death' for unvaccinated people.  The White House was viciously mocked over the weekend after pushing the message that unvaccinated Americans would experience a winter of "severe illness and death" due to the omicron variant of the coronavirus.  President Biden, as well as White House COVID response coordinator Jeff Zients, each pushed the messaging last week, with the former issuing the stark and gloomy warning to Americans following a Thursday [12/16/2021] White House briefing on the pandemic.

Concentration Camps for the unvaccinated are coming to New York State.  The National Pulse In the next legislative session beginning January 5th, 2022, the New York Senate and Assembly could vote on a bill that would grant permissions to remove and detain cases, contacts, carriers, or anyone suspected of presenting a "significant threat to public health" and remove them from public life on an indefinite basis.  Bill A416 presents a serious risk to the basic liberties of all Americans in the state of New York, including their right to choose whether or not to receive medical treatment and vaccinations related to thus far undetermined contagious diseases.  The bill gives the Governor of New York, his or her delegates — including but not limited to the commissioner and heads of local health departments — the right to remove and detain any individuals or groups of people through issuing a single order.  The orders only have to include the individual's name(s) or "reasonably specific descriptions of the individuals or groups."

New York Legislation Provides for [the] Indefinite Detention of [the] Unvaccinated at [the] Governor's Whim.  In the next legislative session beginning January 5th, 2022, the New York Senate and Assembly could vote on a bill that would grant permissions to remove and detain cases, contacts, carriers, or anyone suspected of presenting a "significant threat to public health" and remove them from public life on an indefinite basis.  Bill A416 presents a serious risk to the basic liberties of all Americans in the state of New York, including their right to choose whether or not to receive medical treatment and vaccinations related to thus far undetermined contagious diseases.  The bill gives the Governor of New York, his or her delegates — including but not limited to the commissioner and heads of local health departments — the right to remove and detain any individuals or groups of people through issuing a single order.  The orders only have to include the individual's name(s) or "reasonably specific descriptions of the individuals or groups."

The White House Prepares to Surrender on COVID.  [Scroll down]  "Winning" against COVID always looked like developing therapeutics that allowed humanity to coexist with it.  And given the waning efficacy of the vaccines and the fact that they don't stop infection, they are basically a type of therapeutic at this point.  But what the Biden administration is surrendering on is the pie in the sky notion that if everyone gets vaccinated, that COVID will cease to exist.  We've known for a long time that the vaccinated both spread the coronavirus and contract it.  In light of that reality, the situation has now become so untenable that the White House simply can't continue to pretend that their lies about the vaccines and transmission are true any longer.

Biden's COVID Vaccine Mandate Faces Showdown at Supreme Court.  President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for 84 million private employees is set to take effect in just about two weeks — unless the U.S. Supreme Court steps in to stop it.  The Heritage Foundation, a petitioner in the case against Biden's mandate, asked the high court Saturday to halt the government's order.  Heritage, a private employer with more than 100 workers, is subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's requirement.  (The Daily Signal is Heritage's news outlet.)  Biden announced the mandate in September and OSHA issued its rule in November.  It ordered employers to "develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy" and required any workers who remain unvaccinated to "undergo [weekly] COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering at work."

Time for Another COVID-19 Pandemic Panic?  The New York Times warns of rising hospitalizations from the delta variant, and The Atlantic opines that the omicron variant's emergence augurs "the pandemic of the vaccinated."  Within hours of that variant's discovery, President Joe Biden banned travel from several South African nations, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a "disaster emergency."  She later revived a statewide mask mandate, as did the California governor.  New York City's outgoing mayor upped the ante with mandated vaccinations for employees of private companies and barred unvaccinated children from restaurants and theaters.  Before succumbing to a repeat of the panic of last year's holiday season — a time before vaccines, unlike today, when nearly 203 million Americans, or more than 61% of the population, are fully vaccinated — let's try to sort out what we know and don't know about the rise in COVID-19 cases, the emergence of a new variant, the effectiveness of vaccines, and the prospect for new treatments.

South African govt. panel:  COVID quarantines no longer needed.  A South African government panel said the Omicron variant is mild enough that there's no need for further quarantines and contact tracing.  The Ministerial Advisory Committee of South Africa said the proportion of people who are immune to COVID-19 has risen dramatically, stating there's no need for more restrictions.  The panel additionally said COVID quarantines are no longer feasible from economic and social viewpoints.  This comes as the ratio of hospitalizations to cases has dropped by 30 percent in South Africa, with doctors saying the new strain is so mild that most people don't feel many side effects.  Doctors added many South Africans with Omicron hardly notice they're infected.

White House Planning Major Omicron Fear Push for Tuesday, December 21st.  Division has been used as a tool by some of the most dangerous leaders throughout history.  One of the more famous examples was "the clean versus unclean" agenda of Germany.  The White House has a message in advance of, and in preparation for, a national address on a new set of federal rules and regulations that will be carried out unilaterally by the Biden administration: [...] Perhaps there will be new domestic travel restrictions for the unclean (unvaccinated) class of citizens.  Perhaps there will be new mandates, or future punishments announced for the employers of those who continue to support the unclean.  Perhaps the White House is preparing to announce new cleansing measures to target the unclean.  Regardless of the potential new rules and regulations the U.S. government is prepared to unleash, it is worthwhile to consider now exactly where your line in the sand might be located.  Where exactly will you and your family draw the line? [...] Where is your line, beyond which you simply will not permit government to cross?

NIH Director Francis Collins told Anthony Fauci there needs to be a 'quick and devastating' takedown of anti-lockdown declaration by 'fringe' Harvard, Stanford, Oxford epidemiologists:  Emails.  Newly exposed emails show outgoing National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins commanding Dr. Anthony Fauci to carry out a "quick and devastating" takedown of a statement by public health experts calling for "focused protection" of the most vulnerable populations.  Emails show that Fauci would indeed attack the declaration. [...] More than 15,000 medical and public health scientists have allegedly signed the Great Barrington Declaration and over 45,000 medical practitioners have endorsed the document.  The health advice in the Great Barrington Declaration was the complete opposite of what top U.S. public officials espoused.  Four days after the Great Barrington Declaration was released, Collins instructed Fauci and Clifford Lane — the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Deputy Director for Clinical Research and Special Projects — to engage in a "takedown" of the anti-lockdown declaration, according to emails.  The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis obtained and released emails between the public health officials.

Neil Oliver Interviews Dr. Robert Malone.  Within the U.K., Neil Oliver has surfaced as a reasonable and articulate voice for the average person, amid a nation of political leaders that seemingly have lost their ability to think rationally about COVID-19.  Indeed, we have watched Oliver speak eloquently to a rapidly growing audience thirsting for truth, amid a storm of widespread overreaction to COVID from U.K. government officials.  However, in the U.K. overall, there are few outlets for people to hear from any voice that runs counter to the government narrative.  Like Australia, the controls by British government over approved speech and appropriate discussion create heavy pressure upon media outlets who must obey rules and regulations that do not permit dissent on issues deemed 'in the public health.'

People who get breakthrough COVID-19 infections after being fully vaccinated have 'super immunity', study finds.  A new study finds that those who get a breakthrough COVID-19 infection after being fully vaccinated may acquire 'super immunity' from another infection.  The small study compared 26 vaccinated staff at Oregon Health & Science University who had breakthrough infections to people who were vaccinated but never got the coronavirus.  The breakthrough group saw a surge in antibodies.

Troops find religious exemption for vaccines unattainable.  More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions, and so far they are having zero success.  That total lack of approvals is creating new tensions within the military, even as the vast majority of the armed forces have gotten vaccinated.

Prominent Democrats Doubt the Safety and Efficacy of a COVID Vaccine They Now Demand Everyone Take.  It's easy to forget the previous position of nationally recognized and prominent Democrats regarding vaccine safety and efficacy.  However, this short video summary provides examples of where they stood only a few months ago.  Not only did the top national Democrats question the safety of the COVID vaccine, but some also wanted to see the FDA and CDC taken apart so they could not push the vaccine upon American citizens.  [Video clip]

COVID-19 funds [were] used to make snow, rent band and buy tote bags; wasteful spending revealed in report.  One Utah county spent more than $200,000 of its COVID-19 cash to make snow on a hill for sledding.  Auditors said Uintah County bought six snow guns at $20,000 each, along with snowcats and pipes, and paid $3,000 in shipping costs, all authorized by a single county commissioner.  Local politicians told the Uintah Basin Standard they were coming up on a deadline to either use the cash or give it back to the state, so they needed a reason to spend.  And they decided on snow.  Sen. Joni Ernst on Monday dedicated her December "Squeal Award," which highlights ridiculous government waste, to Uintah and other state and local governments that found creative Christmas-style ways to waste COVID-19 money.

COVID-19 Outbreak Reported on Royal Caribbean Cruise Despite Fully Vaccinated Adult Passengers.  Forty-eight people who were onboard the Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas cruise ship tested positive for COVID-19, the illnesses caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, although Royal Caribbean requires everyone aged 12 and older to show proof of vaccination in order to board their ships.  The cruise operator said Sunday that each person who tested positive for the virus immediately went into quarantine.  Another six people who had tested positive disembarked the ship when it docked in Florida and were taken home, the company said.  Passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 had mild symptoms or were asymptomatic, Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Lyan Sierra-Carro confirmed to local media.

Here is the Mainstream Media in Israel Fabricating a Story.  If you wanted to see how corrupt the mainsteam media outlets are across the planet, here is several Israeli news organizations working together to fabricate the entire pandemic fraud that has swept the world.  They even recorded themselves setting the entire thing up, luckily, it allows us to see just how far they're going to setup these stories about hospitals being overwhelmed, mass deaths, etc.  [Video clip]

I&I/TIPP Poll: 41% Don't Trust Fauci's Opinions On COVID-19.  Fewer than half of all Americans say they trust Dr. Anthony Fauci, the controversial director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, when it comes to the fight against COVID-19, a new I&I/TIPP Poll shows.  But as with many other issues these days, the level of trust in Fauci is highly partisan.  The December I&I/TIPP Poll asked:  "Generally speaking, how much trust do you have in Dr. Anthony Fauci's opinions related to coronavirus?"  Of those responding, 47% said they had "a lot of trust" or "quite a bit of trust" in Fauci, while 41% said they had "little trust" or "no trust at all."  Another 13% responded they were "not sure."

Archbishop Vigano's startling warning to the American people.  Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is a noteworthy maverick within the Catholic Church hierarchy.  He retired as Papal Nuncio to the United States in 2016 and has exposed what he sees as great scandals within his Church.  This lengthy Wikipedia entry provides background.  The Archbishop has issued a Christmas letter to the United States that is unusually blunt about what he sees as a conspiracy underlying the handling of COVID.  The letter was originally published in Gateway Pundit, but is presented here for readers' convenience.

Leftist Response to Collapse of Build Back Better Legislation Highlights Originating Motive for COVID-19.  The apoplectic response to Joe Manchin's rebuke of Biden's Build Back Better deal in general, and specifically, their reaction to losing the climate change agenda within it, points toward the original intent of COVID-19 in the first place. [...]
[#1]   The "Build Back Better" agenda was never about anything except radical climate change legislation.  Once you accept that, now admitted, baseline, things start to become much clearer.
[#2]   The "Build Back Better" phrase came from the World Economic Forum and was promoted by a multitude of international leaders and left-wing organizations.  That reality then brings up the most important point.  To get to "building back better", you first need to destroy something.  That thing they needed to destroy was how the global economic dependency on carbon-based fuel supplies (oil, gas, coal, etc.).
[#3]   In order to destroy the 'something of that scale', the energy program for the entire world, something massive is needed to fundamentally change the entire world approach toward energy production.  Something is needed to create the crisis that provides the origin for the process to initiate.
[#4]   That triggering mechanism was/is SARS-CoV-2, or what we now call COVID-19 and all variants therein.

Judging Fauci.  Does responsibility for the deaths of over 1 million Americans make Tony Fauci a mass murderer?  It's actually worse than that.  Consider the basic evidence:
  •   An estimated 800,000 American deaths have been attributed to COVID.
  •   An estimated 388,000 Americans have been killed by "safe and effective" COVID vaccines.  This doesn't include those merely injured with strokes or heart problems.  (I personally have an acquaintance who suffered a stroke after getting the jab.)  It includes many kinds of deaths.
  •   Safe, inexpensive, and effective life-saving therapeutics for COVID are readily available.  Their use could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
  •   Big Pharma is making billions of dollars from the production of the COVID vaccines and booster shots.  "Pfizer expects to bring in $36 billion from worldwide sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. ... Moderna will deliver fewer doses but is still expecting up to $18 billion in sales for the year for its COVID-19 vaccine. ...
  •   Therefore, it is no surprise that with the active help of a compliant, frightened Big Pharma-supported media, Fauci and his allies have ignored, banned, smeared, covered up or censored word about these life saving treatments that include monoclonal antibodies, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and the Zalenko COVID-19 Protocol among others.
  •   With the active support and encouragement of the Fauci-led health establishment, doctors have been fired or suspended from their hospitals for prescribing ivermectin to save their patients.
  •   The Fauci-supported lockdowns and mask mandates have done immense damage to the American economy as well as the lives and businesses of millions of Americans, not to mention our precious and increasingly fragile civil rights spelled out in the Constitution.

As predicted, the OSHA vaccine mandate heads to SCOTUS.  Yesterday [12/18/2021] we learned that the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals had reversed the ruling of the 5th Circuit and ruled that President Joe Biden's OSHA vaccine mandate for larger, private sector employers could go into effect.  The rule was scheduled to go into effect on January 4th, so there should have been plenty of celebrating going on inside of the White House.  But in their first statement following the ruling, a curious change was inserted into the schedule.  Rather than rolling full steam ahead for a rollout at the beginning of the new year, OSHA initially said that there wouldn't be any citations issued until at least January 10th.  Then, in a separate statement, they declared that there would be no citations until the second week of February.  So who was pumping the brakes on this plan and why would they delay it further after all of the fighting that's taken place so far?

The New York legislature is poised to hand massive power to the governor.  In roughly three weeks, the New York state legislature will vote on Bill A416, which will give the New York governor (in this case, the power-mad Kathy Hochul), as well as the governor's delegates (i.e., New York's administrative state) the power to indefinitely detain anyone the governor or her agencies deem a "significant threat to public health."  Despite the broad power states have, this violates the Constitution.  At a practical level, it should scare the pants off every American.  There is absolutely no doubt that, under our Constitution, the states have powers that the federal government lacks.  The federal government is explicitly a creature of very limited powers, while the Tenth Amendment makes it clear that those limited powers not reserved to the federal government belong to the state "or to the people."  The Tenth Amendment, however, does not mean that states can play the dictator.  Indeed, since the Civil War, states have been subject to the same constraints as the federal government when it comes to using its police power over the people within its borders.  Thus, the second sentence in the Fourteenth Amendment states explicitly that ["]No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.["]

New York State Assembly Advancing Legislation to Create Involuntary COVID Quarantine Camps.  There are a lot of really good people in upstate New York and outside the boundaries of that crazy city they are best known for.  The New York state assembly passing a bill to set up involuntary COVID quarantine camps needs to be stopped right now.  This is nuts.  The bill is obtuse in the extreme, and grants the state permission to remove and detain someone defined as "a significant threat to public health."  Those of you who have watched the creation of Quarantine Camps in Australia, and those who noted the ongoing activity in Australia seems designed to be a beta test for the USA, will quickly see the common thread with this proposal in New York.

Fauci: The mask mandate on planes should last forever.  Just what a frightened, exhausted country needs to hear as it despairs over the pandemic ever ending.  Fauci was asked later during this same interview whether he's considered retirement and said no, likening it to a soldier quitting in the middle of World War II.  Imagine the effect on morale if America's generals had spent that war musing aloud that it would never end.  Or, worse, that it should never end.  Even Team Biden will be annoyed that he's still talking like this, recognizing how it underlines the president's failure to keep his campaign promise to "shut down the virus."

The COVID emergency is over.  Get back to life.  It took two years, but the world now has both vaccines against and treatments for the coronavirus infection.  Already, the coronavirus is far less deadly than it was at the beginning of the pandemic.  But between vaccination, monoclonal antibodies, and Pfizer's new pill Paxlovid, the threat posed by COVID-19 has diminished to the point of being manageable.  The Biden administration only has to get up off its rear and expedite the approval for this miracle treatment, which reduces fatalities in serious COVID-19 cases by more than 90%.  Every day the Biden administration delays, more people die.  This is unacceptable.  The government should let people take this lifesaving drug now.  Of course, there is no official marker for when a pandemic ends.  Most of America already decided earlier this year that the COVID-19 pandemic was unofficially over, in most cases, after they got their vaccines and for the first time.  Most of the nation has gotten over this whole thing outside of a couple of major cities.

COVID and the Catholic Church.  I opened YouTube one morning recently, as usual, to hear another excellent homily by a hugely popular young Catholic priest from Canada.  The title of this episode revealed that the latest COVID madness of requiring vaccine passports for attendance at Mass had just come to Quebec.  And yet, as I heard the priest begin his rebuttal to this astonishing overreach, my heart sank.  This young priest made the grave error, as have nearly all of the clergy and Church hierarchy since the beginning of the pandemic, of first assuming that the spiritual mission and heavenly government of the Church must be accommodated to the shifting politics and priorities of the civil government.  He proceeded to beg for relief from the new restrictions — not by questioning the authority of the government to impose such restrictions at all, but by noting how scrupulously the Church had thus far complied with other equally nonsensical mandates, such as occupancy limits, social distancing, masks, and obsessive-compulsive hand-sanitizing.  But once you have accepted the authority of the State to tell you when and where to jump, your only recourse is to ask, "How high?"

Emails show how Fauci and head of NIH worked to discredit three experts who penned the Great Barrington Declaration.  Dr. Anthony Fauci and the head of the National Institute of Health (NIH) colluded on a way to discredit an alternative plan to deal with COVID from a group of experts, released emails reveal.  The emails, some of which were tweeted out on Saturday by Phil Magness, senior research faculty and interim research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), show Fauci and Francis Collins attempting to coordinate a 'devastating takedown' of the Great Barrington Declaration.  AIER, a libertarian think tank, sponsored the declaration, which largely abandons lockdowns in favor of a herd immunity strategy that allows life to return to normal.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Pravda.  Interesting short segment from Sky News interviewing the smiling U.K. Health Minister Gillian Keegan about the intense U.K. response to the Omicron variant and the new restrictions announced by government officials.  Great Britain is preparing for hundreds-of-thousands of Omicron cases.  [Video clip]

Various Omicron Data Suggests Minimal Health Concern Overall.  Robert Malone MD, MS, provides some updated global reporting on the Omicron variant that complements the initial reporting, starting with a report from Denmark: [...] The earliest Omicron cases in Denmark occurred before South Africa announced the emergence of this variant.  Most cases were fully (76%) or booster-vaccinated (7.1%); 34 (4.3%) had a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection.  The majority of cases with available information reported symptoms (509/666; 76%) and most were infected in Denmark (588/644; 91%).  One in five cases cannot be linked to previous cases, indicating widespread community transmission.  Nine cases have been hospitalized, one required intensive care and no deaths have been registered.

White House Fearmongering Over Omicron Now Ridiculous and Over the Top.  The South African government reports today [12/17/2021] that the Omicron variant is widespread yet not creating any medical issues. [...] At the same time, the White House COVID crisis response team is driving the fearmongering around Omicron at staggering levels of propaganda and fear porn.  During a public broadcast of the White House position, COVID response coordinator Jeff Zients is again claiming that Omicron will kill millions of Americans if rapid action is not taken to shut down human activity.  Zients claims today that a "severe winter of illness and death" awaits anyone who does not adhere to the political propaganda they are pushing.

Claim Alleging Injury or Death From a COVID-19 Countermeasure to Be Compensated.  For the first time amid the pandemic, the U.S. government compensation program will pay out one of the 4,751 claims alleging injuries or death arising from the administration of a covered countermeasure used to diagnose, treat, or prevent COVID-19.  Countermeasures may include emergency authorized or federally approved vaccines, drugs, and medical devices that the Food and Drug Administration allows for use during a public health emergency.  "One COVID-19 claim has been determined eligible for compensation and is pending a review of eligible expenses," the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) reported.  No additional information on the eligible claim was available.  However, David Bowman, Public Affairs Specialist at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) told The Epoch Times via email that the CICP was "working to process claims as expeditiously as possible."

Children as young as 5 now subject to New Orleans vaccine mandate.  New Orleans is expanding its proof-of-vaccination requirements to fight the spread of COVID-19 to include children as young as age 5.  The expansion, which takes effect Jan. 3, was announced Thursday by Mayor LaToya Cantrell.

The perfect comeback for mask bullies this holiday season.  The first time I heard "Omicron" I thought it was a new Transformer villain.  Before you laugh, I have a sneaking suspicion that COVID variants are named with an eye to creating alarm.  Delta Force is a Special Forces unit involved in counter-terrorism, rescuing hostages, and reconnaissance missions against high-value targets.  Delta Force is scary by design.  The name Delta seems a good fit for a COVID variant that our government hopes to scare us with so they can exercise control over our lives.  I thought Omicron was a new Deception bent on destroying the human race.  Considering that the powers-that-be want to frighten us into submission, maybe my first impression of the name is not that far off.  Omicron's most severe symptom seems to be a scratchy throat, but the president is broadcasting doom and gloom and a winter of death.  California has responded enthusiastically by bringing back mask mandates, even though there is still no scientific data to support masks.

Multiple Emergency Applications For Supreme Court To Stop Biden Employer Vaccine Mandate.  On Friday, December 17, 2021, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, designated to handle multi-district litigation over the OSHA vaccine and testing mandate on large employers, dissolved a previous 5th Circuit stay of the mandate.  OSHA has announced that starting January 10, it will start enforcement: [...] A coalition of dozens of states, companies, unions, and individuals filed an Emergency Application for An Administrative Stay and Stay of Administrative Action.  The application for an administrative stay was presented to Justice Kavanaugh, who has responsibility for the 6th Circuit, but he almost certainly will refer the request to the full court since there are multiple weeks until the new rule would take effect.

Dr. Fauci contradicts Kamala Harris' claim the administration did not predict variants but says Omicron is 'unprecedented'.  Joe Biden's chief medical advisor on Sunday [12/19/2021] contradicted the vice president, who had claimed that no one saw the Omicron variant coming.  'We did.  We definitely saw variants coming,' said Dr Anthony Fauci, after being read out Kamala Harris's quote.  On Friday she told The Los Angeles Times:  'We didn't see Delta coming.  I think most scientists did not — upon whose advice and direction we have relied — didn't see Delta coming.[...]'

Fauci Says Masking on Airplanes Will Never Go Away.  White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci on Sunday [12/19/2021] said he does not believe we are ever going to reach a point where Americans won't be required to wear masks on airplanes due to Covid-19 concerns.  ABC News This Week host Jonathan Karl asked Fauci about comments from several of the CEOs of top airlines that "you are actually safer than you are in an ICU" on a plane because of the filtration systems on flights.  Karl asked if we will reach a point where we don't have to wear masks on airplanes.

Massive Protest Turn Violent As British Protesters Turn On Thug Police.  London cops have reportedly suffered minor injuries as anti-lockdown campaigners waving banners gathered in Westminster.  Gangs of people stood outside the PM's home.  Some have torn away barriers, while others were seen making threatening gestures at PCs in riot gear.  Earlier, one demonstrator dressed as Santa waved a smoke canister over the crowds, while others held aloft signs reading 'no vaccine passports'.  Boris Johnson has vowed not to lock the country down again amid claims he's mulling a two-week circuit-breaker after Christmas.  [Video clip]

A Hero On The London Tube Flames All The Masked Sheep With An Epic Rant Of The Ages.  Some people have unplugged themselves from the matrix and see the world for what it really is.  This guy is one of those people as he ranted on the London Tube over the slavery so many have volunteered for by going along with ridiculous masking, social distancing, endless mandates, and vaccine passports.  He's the hero the world needs.  [Video clip]

White House backtracks on Kamala's claim that they didn't see COVID variants coming.  A White House official is on damage control duty for the vice president after her remarks to the Los Angeles Times.  During an interview, Kamala admitted that the Biden administration was taken by surprise by the Delta and Omicron variants of COVID-19.  An official now says what Kamala meant to say was that the administration didn't see the specific mutations coming.  Is that reassuring, though?  Kamala told the Los Angeles Times that the administration couldn't claim victory over the coronavirus and that's true.  Biden declared that COVID-19 no longer controlled our lives during his July 4 address.  We know how wrong of a statement that was now.  He was looking for a victory lap to take and it backfired.  Now Kamala is telling the press that the administration was caught flat-footed by both the Delta and Omicron variants.

Swedes Are Now Getting Microchips Implanted Into Their Arms And Hands With Their Vaccination Status And Medical History.  Following Sweden's announcement that the coronavirus vaccine passport requirement will be put into practice, the number of people who got microchips inserted under their skin rose, according to local media.  Swedish daily Aftonbladet reported on Sunday that a rise was recorded in the number of people who had microchips inserted in their hands following Sweden's announcement that a vaccination passport will be required at all events with over 100 participants as of Dec. 1.  Citing a resident, Hannes Sjoblad, the daily reported that he had a microchip with his vaccination passport inserted to his left hand.  Sjoblad noted that all his information about COVID-19 is reflected on his mobile phone when he takes his mobile phone in his left hand, adding that this is a new trend that has become popular among Swedes.  [Video clip]

Taking a Cue From China, Facebook Censors Chinese Whistleblower on COVID's Origins.  Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist, escaped to America after facing threats for speaking out on the origins of COVID-19.  China couldn't stop Yan from telling her story, so Facebook is stepping in to help the communist regime censor the whistleblower.  Last week, The Daily Signal published an exclusive interview with Yan about her research that COVID-19 was created in a Wuhan, China, research lab.  Yan believes it was done with the approval of the People's Liberation Army, the armed wing of Chinese Communist Party.  But when Facebook users attempt to share The Daily Signal's story, it's flagged with an obtrusive "partly false information" warning.

Conservations warn horseshoe crabs could go to extinct because their blood is being used in Covid vaccines and for drug testing.  Horseshoe crabs have been around for 450 million years, surviving mass extinctions and several ice ages, but conservationists say the creatures could soon go extinct because their bright blue blood is vital to pharmaceutical companies.  The blue blood has immune cells, known as Limulus polyphemus (LAL), which are sensitive to toxic bacteria and can be used to test vaccines and drugs for dangerous bacterial toxins before products hit the market.  The coveted blood has been used for nearly 20 years and has been vital tool in testing the coronavirus vaccines currently on the market.

The emergency will end on November 6, 2024 — the day after the election.
Here We Go:  Pfizer Says Covid Pandemic Could Extend to 2024.  Pfizer on Friday [12/17/2021] said the Covid pandemic will continue through the 2022 midterms and could extend to 2024.  Just in time for the general election.  Is this also an admission the Covid vaccines don't work?

Dictator Fauci makes it clear forced vaccinations are the real agenda..  "I would prefer, and we all would prefer that people would be voluntarily getting vaccinated, but if they're not gonna do that, sometimes you've got to do things that are unpopular, but that clearly supersede individual choices..."  [Video clip]

The CDC's Flawed Case for Wearing Masks in School.  The debate over child masking in schools boiled over again this fall, even above its ongoing high simmer.  The approval in late October of COVID-19 vaccines for 5-to-11-year-olds was for many public-health experts an indication that mask mandates could finally be lifted.  Yet with cases on the rise in much of the country, along with anxiety regarding the Omicron variant, other experts and some politicians have warned that plans to pull back on the policy should be put on hold.  Scientists generally agree that, according to the research literature, wearing masks can help protect people from the coronavirus, but the precise extent of that protection, particularly in schools, remains unknown — and it might be very small.  What data do exist have been interpreted into guidance in many different ways.  The World Health Organization, for example, does not recommend masks for children under age 6.  The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommends against the use of masks for any children in primary school.

We can't go on like this.  Fear is now the only language our politicians speak.  There'll soon be a 'tidal wave' of Omicron in the UK, said Boris Johnson last night.  He was echoing Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who warns of a 'tsunami of infections'.  These watery metaphors, these prophecies of breakers of disease crashing on the shores of the UK, capture the extent to which the politics of dread and doom have replaced calm analysis.  Covid is a transmissible virus.  It is not a punishment visited upon us by Poseidon.  It is not a hellish rush that will wipe away entire towns.  These tidal tropes are deployed, not for their accuracy, but in order to terrorise the populace into believing it faces an imminent and catastrophic threat.

House Republicans Introduce Bill To Make COVID-19 Data Publicly Available.  Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced a bill on Thursday that would require all federal agencies to make records related to the COVID-19 pandemic available for public review within 100 days.  The Answer COVID FOIAs Now Act, sponsored by Texas Rep. Chip Roy, would order the head of each federal agency to clear all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests related to COVID-19 treatments, as well as anything related to gain-of-function research.  It was inspired by a Food and Drug Administration request to keep all documents related to the approval of the Pfizer vaccine under wraps until 2097, he explained.  "The American people have been misled, and information related to COVID vaccines has been hidden from the public eye or delayed in perpetuity by our public health 'experts,' throughout this pandemic," Roy said.  "The FDA's request to have until 2097 to fully release documents related to the approval of the Pfizer vaccine is absurd. [...]"

Biden's Bounty on Your Life:  Hospitals' Incentive Payments for COVID-19.  Upon admission to a once-trusted hospital, American patients with COVID-19 become virtual prisoners, subjected to a rigid treatment protocol with roots in Ezekiel Emanuel's "Complete Lives System" for rationing medical care in those over age 50.  They have a shockingly high mortality rate.  How and why is this happening, and what can be done about it?  As exposed in audio recordings, hospital executives in Arizona admitted meeting several times a week to lower standards of care, with coordinated restrictions on visitation rights.  Most COVID-19 patients' families are deliberately kept in the dark about what is really being done to their loved ones.  The combination that enables this tragic and avoidable loss of hundreds of thousands of lives includes (1) The CARES Act, which provides hospitals with bonus incentive payments for all things related to COVID-19 (testing, diagnosing, admitting to hospital, use of remdesivir and ventilators, reporting COVID-19 deaths, and vaccinations) and (2) waivers of customary and long-standing patient rights by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Japan's Vaccination Policy:  No Force, No Discrimination.  Japan's ministry of health is taking a sensible, ethical approach to Covid vaccines.  They recently labeled the vaccines with a warning about myocarditis and other risks.  They also reaffirmed their commitment to adverse event reporting to document potential side-effects.  Japan's ministry of health states:  "Although we encourage all citizens to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, it is not compulsory or mandatory.  Vaccination will be given only with the consent of the person to be vaccinated after the information provided."  Furthermore, they state:  "Please get vaccinated of your own decision, understanding both the effectiveness in preventing infectious diseases and the risk of side effects.  No vaccination will be given without consent."  Finally, they clearly state:  "Please do not force anyone in your workplace or those who around you to be vaccinated, and do not discriminate against those who have not been vaccinated."

Finally, some opposition to corona authoritarianism.  Finally, there is some serious opposition.  For almost two years now, we in Britain have had our liberties quashed and curtailed.  At times, we have lived under some of the most stringent restrictions ever imposed on a supposedly free people, often via government diktat rather than parliamentary votes.  And for almost two years, this bleak state of affairs has gone largely unopposed.  Worse still, the Labour Party, the media and civil society have largely cheered on the government's never-ending assaults on liberty and turned a blind eye to its sidelining of parliament.  That is why last night's parliamentary rebellion against the government's 'Plan B' Covid restrictions was such a breath of fresh air.  While the new Covid measures still passed in the Commons, and vaccine passports will come into force in England today, the sheer scale of the revolt has rattled the government.  In the end, 126 MPs voted against the government, among them were 99 Conservative MPs.

Woo-woo-woo!  Ding-ding!
New York COVID cases 'going up exponentially'; state breaks its single-day case record.  New York state, hit hard in the earliest wave of the coronavirus pandemic, has now tallied a record number of COVID cases in a single day.  The state reported Friday that over 21,000 people tested positive the previous day, the highest single-day total since testing was widespread.  The total tops the previous record of just under 20,000 on Jan. 14, 2021.  Cases are also spiking in New York City, the epicenter of the nation's first coronavirus wave.

Probe launched after medics refuse to care for man in cardiac arrest over dubious COVID rule: police.  A third-party investigation is underway in a California city after two mask-wearing fire department paramedics allegedly refused to enter a rehab facility to render assistance to a man suffering cardiac arrest.  About an hour later, the patient was tragically pronounced dead at a local hospital after being transported there.  An officer responding to the scene in Rialto, California, said on his bodycam, in footage obtained by Fox 11 Los Angeles through a freedom of information request, that the medics wouldn't come inside because of some COVID-19-related rule, and that the patient, who reportedly wasn't breathing pursuant to the 911 call, needed to be brought out to them.

Man Dies Of Heart Attack Because Paramedics Refuses To Enter His Building Due To Commiefornia COVID LAWS.  Paramedics in Southern California refused to enter a post-acute-care facility to treat a man in cardiac arrest last month because of "some COVID-19 law," according to a Rialto Police Department report.  Body camera footage shows an officer arriving at the Rialto Post Acute Care Center on the evening of Nov. 11 and greeting two paramedics from the Rialto Fire Department, who were standing outside with their masks on.  The first 30 seconds of the footage are muted, which is standard for many police body cameras, but the officer wrote in his report that the paramedics were there for an unrelated patient and said the facility was being "problematic."  [Video clip]

The Editor says...
If your fear of germs is that intense, or if your loyalty to the rules exceeds your common sense, you shouldn't be a paramedic.

The COVID Scam:  The Progressive Path to Power, and Tyranny.  Physicians who still practice medicine cannot afford to write or say the following for fear of being cancelled.  As a retired physician, I cannot be coerced to keep silent with threats to my medical license or hospital privileges.  COVID-19 is probably the greatest and most successful swindle in history.  By comparison, Carlo Ponzi and Bernie Madoff were pikers.  The COVID scam has affected most of earth's 7.8 billion inhabitants, consumed trillions of dollars, and achieved a level of government control unprecedented in modern democracies.  The COVID "pandemic of fear" is a con, perpetrated by those in power to extend and expand their power.  Their scheme is simple.  Take a new flu-like respiratory virus created in China, COVID-19; tout it as a threat to all human life; suspend (temporarily, of course!) personal liberty and freedom; then justify their tyranny by asserting a need to protect all Americans from death by virus.  When the threat recedes, redefine the terms, demand vaccine passports, and booster shots to maintain public fear.  As new viral variants evolve such as Delta or Omicron, resume draconian measures including masks and lockdowns, more boosters, and loss of employment if unvaccinated.  Make sure any evidence exposing the scam is labelled "misinformation."  Censor any reports that call in question the accuracy of official narratives.  Punish those who question the government or refuse the mandates.

Major Airline CEOs Call Out Nonsense Behind Mandatory Mask Wearing.  With airlines receiving some of the hardest hits dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic, a pair of CEOs from major airlines are taking off their N-95 blindfolds and calling out the hysteria behind wearing masks.  During a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS.) inquired with various airline CEOs regarding the masking policies ailing several of their companies.  Two of the CEOs were honest about the lack of data behind mask mandates.  "I think the case is very strong that masks don't add much, if anything, in the air cabin environment.  It is very safe and very high quality compared to any other indoor setting," answered Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly.  "I concur," added American Airlines CEO Doug Parker.  "An aircraft is the safest place you can be.  It's true of all of our aircraft — they all have the same HEPA filters and airflow."  [Video clip]

America's Real Authoritarians.  [In 2020,] A pandemic arrived and policymakers all across the country quickly began violating rights by shutting down businesses; outlawing the people's right to freely assemble (unless they were rioting for the right reasons, that is reasons approved by Democrats and the media); trapping people in their homes; arresting those who dared to move about without government permission; requiring masks in public and private settings; forcing kids to muzzle themselves for entire school days; and in some cases demanding proof of immunization to carry on as normal.  In the beginning officials from both parties were guilty of the excesses.  But in 2021, it's the Republican red states that have returned lost liberties while Democrat blue states, and Democrats in Washington, continue to violate freedom with the cheerleading of the press.  But the report doesn't say the panicked and irrational pandemic response was the fuel driving the U.S. toward authoritarianism.  It blames Trump's questioning of "the legitimacy of the 2020 election results," as well as "baseless allegations of electoral fraud and related disinformation," which "undermined fundamental trust in the electoral process."  Naturally there was not a word about the Democratic and media effort, lasting now more than half a decade, to first remove Trump from office, then to cast him out of the public square based on a nasty political set-up engineered by Hillary Clinton, which some dare call a subversion of our system, because that's what it was.

Two Years to Slow the Spread.  In a few weeks the U.S. will almost certainly shatter all records for coronavirus infections; looking over at the U.K., which is one-fifth our size, is more fully vaccinated than we are, and which has instituted a series of severely draconian lockdowns, there are 62,000 infections right now, and the number is still shooting up.  That translates to 310,000 infections in the U.S. We've never logged worse than about 250,000 a day.  When we see these kinds of numbers in the U.S., many heads are going to explode and many policy-makers are going to try to put the hammer down on the citizens for supposedly being "irresponsible" or "not taking the virus seriously."  In New York City this week there has been a mood collapse.  The city feels about ten seconds away from full-blown panic, led by our panicker in chief, our accidental Governor Kathy Hochul.

America Has Reached Covid Burnout.  Regardless of what you think of the self-help author and motivational speaker Tony Robbins, I think you'll find some truth in his diagnosis of the six basic human needs.  The pandemic, and its continuing aftereffects, really took a wrecking ball to people's ability to meet the first four needs. [...] The first human need is certainty and stability.  We have undoubtedly dealt with a lot of uncertainty in our lives in recent years — the pandemic, schools closing, businesses closing, riots in certain areas, businesses reopening, crime surges in certain areas, prices rising across the economy.  It's hard to make any plans because it's hard to know for sure what your life is going to be like down the road.  We just don't know what will be happening a week from now, a month from now, or six months from now.

What standard should we hold Joe Biden to on COVID deaths?  COVID is spreading as fast as it can everywhere it can.  You can blame each individual who spread it or you can blame the Chinese for not isolating it fast enough last year.  But what I don't think you can do is point at Joe Biden and say he's to blame for every death.  The problem is that a tremendous number of Democrats spent much of last year saying exactly that sort of thing about President Trump.  One of the people who explicitly made this argument was candidate Joe Biden.  [Tweet]  That wasn't the only time he made that argument.  He said the same thing in a presidential debate:  [Video clip]

Growing Number of Companies and Organizations Are Walking Back Vaccination Requirements.  More and more businesses in recent days have walked back previous rules mandating COVID-19 vaccine sas a condition for employment in a bid to keep workers.  Earlier this week, Amtrak — a quasi-public corporation — became the latest to rescind its vaccine requirement amid concerns about staff shortages and cut service in January.  In a memo sent to staff that was obtained by The Epoch Times, Amtrak CEO William Flynn said the company would do away with the mandate that would have given employees until Jan. 4 to get fully vaccinated or go on unpaid leave.  About 500 out of more than 17,000 Amtrak workers remain unvaccinated, according to the memo.  Still, the sudden loss of that many workers would have caused service disruptions, Flynn suggested, while noting that Amtrak was acting in accordance with recent court orders handed down against President Joe Biden's sweeping vaccine mandates.

27 Business Groups File Appeal Taking Vaccine Mandate Fight To Supreme Court.  More than two dozen businesses have filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court late on Friday night after a federal appeals court allowed Democrat President Joe Biden's administration to resume its vaccine mandate on large employers.  "Twenty-seven business groups swiftly responded to the decision late Friday [12/17/2021], filing an appeal to the Supreme Court to block the mandate," Politico reported.  "They argued the OSHA rule would 'harm' thousands of businesses across industries." [...] The businesses took the fight to the Supreme Court after the U.S. Appeals Court for the Sixth Circuit ruled 2-1 late on Friday that the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to could resume enforcement.

London streets blocked in furious scenes as Britons rage at lockdown rules.  A demonstration against mandatory vaccinations has been organised by "Take a Stand London", "Save our Rights" and "The Great Reopening", along with other protest groups began at 12pm at Parliament Square in Westminster.  The iconic location was said to be "rammed" with angry Britons on Saturday afternoon, with one witness saying on Twitter:  "Parliament Square rammed with protestors!"  The protest today saw people travel to the capital from across the UK and there are also rallies in Bournemouth, Blackburn, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast and the Isle of Wight.  Live footage from Westminster also showed people clashing with a heavy line of police outside Downing Street.  In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said protesters "attempted to stop a group of officers who were escorting a police motorcyclist through crowds".  The force said:  "Some officers suffered minor injuries but order was quickly restored.

Families' Xmas Dinner & Gathering turns into Omicron Hell as an entire group of 35 are Infected.  [Threat reader]  ... with the youngest having the most severe illness:  all adults fully vaccinated.  As Omicron takes hold in London we are hearing more and more reports of an increase in severity:  especially in young people, with crushing chest pains and shortness of breath reportedly much more frequently in the young with no underlying conditions.  Last Saturday (11 December) 20 adults, comprising of 10 separate households went for a meal to celebrate Xmas in a swanky London restaurant:  all vaccinated, and all had taken lateral flow tests beforehand:  testing negative.

Can Ivermectin Help Prevent COVID-19 Deaths?  When it comes to the treatment of COVID-19, many Western nations have been hobbled by the politicization of medicine.  Throughout 2020, media and many public health experts warned against the use of hydroxychloroquine, despite the fact that many practicing doctors were praising its ability to save patients.  Many of them were silenced through online censorship.  Some even lost their jobs for the "sin" of publicly sharing their successes with the drug.  Another decades-old antiparasitic drug that offers great hope is ivermectin, but it too is being hushed up by mainstream media.  Trial Site News1 tells the story of a 77-year-old Indian couple, both of whom became ill with COVID-19.  One successfully recuperated following treatment with hydroxychloroquine.  The other with ivermectin.  While ivermectin certainly appears to be a useful strategy, which is why I am covering it, please understand it is not my primary recommendation.  You need vitamin D for a wide variety of functions in your body in addition to optimizing your immune response.  Although ivermectin is a relatively safe drug, it is still an unnatural synthetic chemical that can have side effects.  Vitamin D is something your body absolutely requires for optimal health, which is why I would encourage you to focus on vitamin D first.

Leftists are using our children as pawns for all their policies.  [Scroll down]  Another weapon in the war against children is isolation and masking.  That's failing, though, as more people notice it does nothing, with places like Florida as proof.  The word is finally getting out that our children, starved for contact and context for so long, have had an astonishing diminution in IQ. [...] Finally, and most significantly, we have the push to vaccinate our children.  Study after study shows the danger of this, including reproductive harm that will no doubt affect their future ability to bear children.  There are now credible stories of healthy youthful athletes dropping on the field, suffering from heart problems.  There are also alarming reports of children's DNA being "reprogrammed" by the vaccine.  We have no idea the long-term repercussions but I'm betting they're not going to be good.  The only thing stopping this news from reaching a broader audience is the repressive censorship of tech and most "news" outlets.  They are not thinking of our children.  They are thinking only of power and their bottom line.  Put simply, we have become a society bent on destroying ourselves from the ground up.

Boeing Has Suspended Its Vaccine Mandate.  With the deadline for all of Boeing's U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 having already passed, the company said Friday that it has suspended its vaccination requirement.  In a statement to KIRO Newsradio, a Boeing spokesperson said the company does continue to encourage employees to get vaccinated and get a booster if they have not done so already.  Boeing says the decision to suspend the vaccination requirement comes after a federal court's decision "prohibiting enforcement of the federal contractor executive order and a number of state laws."

NYC COVID inspector booted from bar for failing to show own proof of vaccination.  A Big Apple health inspector carrying out random COVID compliance checks was refused entry to a Staten Island bar — because she couldn't show her own proof of vaccination.  Stunned bar manager Maggie Koronilian, 38, told The [New York] Post on Friday how she had to boot the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene employee from Big Nose Kate's Saloon and Eatery on Tuesday.  "I don't understand how you're coming here enforcing something and not cooperating with the very thing that you're trying to enforce," she said of the Big Apple's stringent Key to NYC rules for bars and restaurants.  Koronilian said the inspector came to the South Shore bar Tuesday with her official identification on clear display.

Like Magic, Military Building Housing Vaccines for Italian Military Goes up In Flames After Mandatory Order Issued.  Like a sign from god, or just someone who is definitely against taking the vaccine, the building housing the ones for the Italian Military just happened to go up in flames shortly after the government demanded all troops be vaxxed.  [Video clip]

Man Dies Of Heart Attack Because Paramedics Refuses To Enter His Building Due To Commiefornia COVID LAWS.  Paramedics in Southern California refused to enter a post-acute-care facility to treat a man in cardiac arrest last month because of "some COVID-19 law," according to a Rialto Police Department report.  Body camera footage shows an officer arriving at the Rialto Post Acute Care Center on the evening of Nov. 11 and greeting two paramedics from the Rialto Fire Department, who were standing outside with their masks on.  The first 30 seconds of the footage are muted, which is standard for many police body cameras, but the officer wrote in his report that the paramedics were there for an unrelated patient and said the facility was being "problematic."  [Video clip]

The Editor says...
If your fear of germs is that intense, you shouldn't be a paramedic.

Growing Number of New York Counties Won't 'Become Mask Police' Amid Governor's Mandate.  A growing number of New York counties indicated they won't enforce Gov. Kathy Hochul's mask-or-vaccine mandate that she enacted earlier this month, with one county executive describing the Democratic governor's order as "misguided and unrealistic."  Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said he opposes "using Gestapo tactics and going business to business and asking them if they are enforcing masking," referring to the governor's order.  "My health department has critical things to do that are more important than enforcing this and I think small businesses have been through enough already," the Republican executive said.  "God forbid the governor directs the state police to go out and enforce it."  On Dec. 13, Hochul — who took over after then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned in August — said her administration won't attempt to compel counties into compliance with the mandate, which went into effect on Dec. 13 and runs until Jan. 15, 2022.

Fauci pushes new word for 'mandates,' admits changing 'fully vaccinated' definition 'certainly on the table'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the possibility of changing the definition for fully vaccinated is "certainly on the table" as the number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to surge due to the omicron variant.  Reporters have continued to ask Fauci and the White House about the possibility of changing the definition, which currently states a person is fully vaccinated when they have received two doses of a Pfizer or Moderna regimen or a shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.  In the face of omicron, some have suggested the definition should include a booster shot. [...] He also discussed the difficulty in pushing "mandates," instead suggesting that people should discuss "requirements" as a more palatable term.

Refugees not vaccinated because drugmakers fear injury lawsuits.  A global vaccine program is denying tens of millions of refugees and other country-less people COVID-19 shots because some major drug manufacturers are concerned about getting sued by people claiming to have suffered adverse effects.  The United Nations says COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers have required that countries relieve them of any legal liability.  Reuters reviewed internal documents from the charity operating the global vaccine program, Gavi, showing that about 167 million people could be excluded from national vaccine programs.  Non-governmental organizations participating in the program run by Gavi — called COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, or COVAX — say they can't bear the legal risks of administering the vaccines to migrants.

Mask Mandates Have Convinced Me That the Oath Keepers Have a Solid Point About 'Back the Blue'.  Hardly a day goes by without some new video surfacing of harsh and cruel measures taken by security forces in Europe and Australia to enforce the draconian anti-Wuhan measures put in place by governments who used to be able to fake respect for human rights.  [Tweets]  We laugh at this stuff here because we don't have a national police force, and, in most places, our police forces are very much in tune with the communities they serve and try to use some common sense.  Unfortunately, that isn't always the case.  [Tweet]  As New York Mayor Bill de Blasio sees his time as jefe of the Big Apple come to an end, he has imposed mask and vaccine mandates on New York City businesses.  Somewhat surprisingly, with a lame-duck mayor who loathes the NYPD, the NYPD has rushed into action.

Is the US Governement Targeting Parents Who's Kids Received Ivermectin Instead of the COVID Shot?  This woman says Yes..  A woman in a hospital gown is claiming she is watching two parents about to have their children taken away because they dared to treat their own kids COVID with Ivermectin.  This story gets absolutely insane, watch it all of the way to the end to hear the pure insanity that is going on in order to force this booster onto children who are developing myocarditis afterwards at record levels.  [Video clip]

No, seriously:  Outgoing NIH director picks up guitar and sings 'COVID over the Rainbow'.  Francis Collins, the outgoing Chief Pharisee of the National Institutes of Health, gave a bizarre farewell address on December 14, 2021, during a so-called U.S. Department of Health and Human Services "town hall" event (which, despite the name, appears to have been pre-recorded on a soundstage).  In so doing, Collins achieved a rare feat, something generally unachievable by mortals.  Like one of the ancient Greek gods, he managed to completely and perfectly personify a particular aspect of human behavior.  As Aphrodite personified sexual desire, and Athena wisdom, so in this special moment did Francis Collins become the quintessential embodiment of... hypocrisy.  Francis Collins is the man who oversaw Tony Fauci and the NIAID's funding of coronavirus gain-of-function experimentation (yes, it was gain-of-function research) at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (yes, it was the place where COVID-19 originated).

Covid cases are rising rapidly so it must be Trump and his supporters' fault.  Covid cases are rising rapidly this fall and Biden's and Fauci's poll numbers are dropping rapidly so the NY Times dutifully runs an article blaming Trump and his voters.  No matter what Biden screws up, it is never his fault. [...] Fewer Black and Hispanic people have gotten the vaccine than others.  I had no idea these minorities were Trump supporters living in red states. [...] In almost all cases the red states have fewer cases per 100,000 people than the blue states.  Almost all those states do not have mask or vaccine mandates so why are they safer?  Doesn't it show that the things Fauci says make us safe, like social distancing and masks are not based on facts?  We are told constantly that the vaccine is the cure yet countries like Gibraltar, Singapore and Ireland are almost 100% vaccinated yet they are having serious outbreaks[.]  The people who don't seem to have breakthrough cases are people that have already had COVID, yet Biden, Fauci, and others won't recognize natural immunity.  Why aren't they following the science?  They want to fire people who have natural immunity if they don't get the shot.

New York Times Demands All Sports Leagues Shut Down for 'Public Health'.  In a recent op-ed, the New York Times demanded that all sports leagues shut down for "public health" over the fear of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.  "It's time to press pause on games, matches, and meets," the Times piously exclaimed in its editorial.  "If we're genuinely interested in public health, genuinely invested in slowing the virus and saving lives, we need to look at the storm that has gathered and take shelter from it.  "Come back in February, or later," the so-called "paper of record" advised.

Here Is a Reasonable Compromise on Masks.  The topic of masks and masking up is controversial, and there is plenty of debate going back and forth on the issue.  I think, though, that this is perhaps some common ground both sides can come to:  You don't need to be wearing masks in your car when you're alone.  It is disturbing behavior and it needs an intervention.  I know that COVID-19 has been traumatic for a lot of people.  Just about everyone in the country was affected or knows someone who was affected by the virus.  As a result, several reporters and talking heads — along with a government that is far too eager to seize control and promise to fix your problems for you — are in near hysterics over whatever new variant starts appearing.  They publicly shame anyone and everyone who questions masking or outright refuses to do it.

Joe Biden Falsely Claims It's 'Patriotic' To Get Vaccinated.  In a typical doddering answer to a pretty straightforward question, His Fraudulency Joe Biden made the false claim that getting the coronavirus vaccine is an act of patriotism.  This happened Tuesday during an interview with a local Ohio television station when Biden was asked about the ongoing legal setbacks against his fascist vaccine mandates.  Instead of using this opportunity to inform the public, he misled the public.  First, he made the outrageously false claim that the vaccine stops the spread of the disease.  It doesn't.  It only slows it.  Then he also made the equally outrageous claim that it's patriotic to get vaccinated.

Oops! Feds' guidance on COVID vaccines moves closer to alleged 'misinformation' of skeptics.  Federal officials and advisors who have consistently boosted COVID-19 vaccines are starting to sound more like skeptics of the vaccines' efficacy and safety.  The face of the Biden administration's COVID response is now making the same claims about vaccines that got a contrarian journalist booted from Twitter, while the CDC encouraged Americans to avoid a specific vaccine.  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci cowrote a "perspective" in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Wednesday that acknowledged COVID vaccines were not living up to expectations.

Broadway show canceled over COVID with audience already in seats.  "Moulin Rouge!  The Musical" was the latest Broadway hit to fall victim to the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the Big Apple as the show was abruptly canceled Thursday night [12/16/2021] with fans already in their seats.  The sudden cancellation at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre was due to "a late-in-the-day positive test result in the company," a spokesperson confirmed to The [New York] Post.  Organizers will determine the future performance schedule on Friday, the spokesperson said.  A number of other Broadway shows canceled performances this week over breakthrough coronavirus cases, but the decisions were made before the audiences were seated.

Report: Biden's DOD discharges 103 unvaccinated Marines.  Joe Biden's Pentagon is continuing to discharge unvaccinated service members despite concerns by Republican lawmakers.  According to ABC News on Thursday, 103 Marines were purged by Biden's officials for refusing to take COVID vaccines.  The report said at least 30,000 service members remain unvaccinated across all branches of the U.S. military, despite Biden's vaccine mandate.  The Marine Corps said 95 percent of its members received at least one dose of the vaccine, which is the lowest rate of all military branches.

Pfizer Announces Vaccine Provides Insufficient Protection for Young Children.  Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Friday [12/17/2021] that the companies will modify a clinical trial for their coronavirus vaccine in young children, after a two-dose regimen did not produce a sufficient immune response in children ages 2, 3, and 4.  The companies said that "no safety concerns were identified" in the trial, and that participants age 2-4 will be given a third vaccine dose two months after their second dose.  Participants ages six months to 24 months saw a sufficient immune response from the vaccine.  Participants were given 3 micrograms of vaccine, or one-tenth of the dose given to adults over age 18.  Pfizer spokeswoman Jerica Pitts said the companies do not plan to increase the dosage for young children, and instead will determine whether a third 3-microgram dose generates sufficient immunity.

Joe Biden Wins Big on His Vaccine Mandate for Businesses.  A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel has reinstated Joe Biden's mandate that companies with 100 employees or more require their workforce to be vaccinated.  The decision was 2-1 with a Trump appointee, Judge Joan Larsen, voting to protect America.  An Obama judge and a George W. Bush judge voted for totalitarianism and superstition.  The court also reinstated the January 4 effective date based on the theory that there would be mass carnage in the workplace without the mandate, and time was of the essence.  Some 24 different suits challenging Biden's vaccine mandate had been consolidated into one case earlier this month.  The Sixth Circuit, which is relatively conservative, won the draw to handle that case.  The next step will probably be to the Supreme Court, where the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers in facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid money is being considered.

NFL Postpones Games Due to the Jab Being Jive.  Here at the sports desk located somewhere below decks of the Good Pirate Ship RedState, we are presently wallowing in nostalgia for a bygone era.  You know, the one where if a game had been scheduled, nothing short of an act of God would prevent it from taking place?  Now, all it takes is some positive COVID tests, and no matter how asymptomatic those involved may be, everything gets shut down.  A couple of days ago, we detailed how the rapidly ascending number of athletes testing positive for COVID despite most being vaccinated is once again proving that the jab is jive in terms of effectiveness.  Now the NFL, the unquestioned high roller of sports, is postponing games.

Federal Court Upholds Biden's Private Employer Vaccine Mandate.  The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Biden administration's employer vaccine mandate on Friday [12/17/2021].  By overturning the 5th Circuit Court's stay of Biden's order, the higher court allowed the mandate to go back into effect, but future litigation by the plaintiffs is pending.  In the 2-1 ruling, Julia Gibbons, an appointee of former president Bush, concurred with the opinion of Jane Stranch, an appointee of former president Obama.  The outlier judge who dissented was Joan Larsen, an appointee of former president Trump.  "The harm to the Government and the public interest outweighs any irreparable injury to the individual Petitioners who may be subject to a vaccination policy, particularly here where Petitioners have not shown a likelihood of success on the merits," Stranch wrote in the opinion.

Washington Post Admits Biden Administration Is Not Following the Science or Medical Community Advice Regarding Booster Mandates.  On December 14, TechnoFog noted the FDA gave approval to vaccine boosters amid 16 and 17-year-olds without consulting the medical advisory panel on safety and efficacy of the policy shift.  As correctly noted at the time, "This is the FDA making a cost/benefit calculation without knowing the costs or benefits.  It doesn't know the real risks, because it didn't study the potential for adverse reactions in kids aged 16 [to] 17 years," yet, the FDA did it anyway.  The issue is actually quite alarming considering there are multiple studies showing that specific age group, especially young males, were negatively impacted by vaccine created heart damage.  Then again, adverse vaccine outcomes may have been the reason why the FDA never wanted to convene a medical advisory board before giving the approval for a vaccine booster to the group most at risk for the adverse outcome.

CDC Says Students Exposed to Covid Can Keep Learning In-Person with Regular Testing.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supports allowing students exposed to coronavirus to remain in school without quarantining as long as they are regularly tested for the virus, CDC head Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters on Friday [12/17/2021].  "Test-to-stay is an encouraging public health practice to help keep our children in school," Walensky said.  The CDC released two studies of school districts that employed the "test-to-stay" strategy, arguing that regular testing can reduce the need for students exposed to coronavirus to quarantine.

Who isn't getting infected?  It has been nearly two years since the first inklings of a respiratory infection in China that would turn the world upside-down.  In a rational society, this would be the point where we realized that our attempts to vaccinate against this infection have failed.  Yet we persist in our devotion to the sacred serum that will deliver us from our distress.  Currently, 60% of adults in the United States are fully vaccinated.  That's not nearly enough, say the pro-vaccinators.  But exactly 0% of the population was vaccinated in 2020, and the number of deaths was lower.  That is a profound fact that cannot be ignored.

Book review:  In Trump Time:  A Journal of America's Plague Year.
Peter Navarro is Anthony Fauci's worst nightmare.  After the COVID attack from Wuhan, Dr. Navarro became Defense Production Act policy coordinator in the Trump administration, sitting in on all the key committees.  His insights and commentary are lucid, compelling, and insightful.  He is also candid about who was and wasn't a problem during the COVID crisis year of 2020.  His book is a rock-and-roll narrative and exposes Anthony Fauci as an audacious, mendacious, sociopathic dissembler — a malefactor who did "more damage to this nation, President Trump and the world than anyone else this side of the Bat Lady of Wuhan."  That's just a little bit of the benefit of reading the book:  since Navarro was with the president from the beginning, he gives a reader a sense of the problems confronted by the Trump administration, which attempted to recruit reliable supporters of the policy positions but got traitors instead and worse:  weaklings, leakers, and saboteurs.

Continuous shaming of the unvaccinated.  As COVID continues to ravage through Vermont, so too does the increasingly invective rhetoric deployed against those who are unwilling or unable to take the vaccine.  A vaccine so remarkably ineffective at preventing contagion, that Vermont — the state with the highest vaccination rate in the nation — recently made national headlines for also having the highest case rate in the nation.  And higher case rates have led to more deaths — many more deaths.  There have been three times as many COVID deaths since the vaccines than before.  Now, we should not repeat Governor Scott's favorite illogic by inferring causation where only correlation has been observed, but that does look a bit funny, doesn't it?  What kind of vaccine leads not only to more infections, but also to more deaths?  Don't dig too deep, Vermonters — remember, this is "science" and you just don't understand it.

Pillage People and the pandemic.  Politicians and the vast administrative state constitute America's ruling class.  The pillage people tax the workers, and the revenue must trickle down through multiple layers of bureaucratic sediment.  As the workers surely noticed, during the throes of the pandemic, politicians, and bureaucrats kept their jobs and their benefits, while millions of workers lost theirs.  While prices surge, the pillage people decline to take measures that would provide relief, such as cutting taxes and regulations.  Joe Biden could restore the Keystone pipeline, drilling on public lands, offshore leases and other measures.  He has declined to do so, even during a pandemic, and as the holiday season approaches.

Orwell was Right: Control the Language, Control the World.  Of all the elements of today's "New Normal," the most ominous is the "reform" that effectively changed the meanings of previously accepted words or terms.  The following glossary illustrates how changes to our vocabulary played a central role in making the world a more dangerous and frightening place.
New Normal — "Normal" is something that has long been the norm and is accepted as the norm.  The key point is that the "old" normal no longer applies.  This change in thinking provided authority figures the license to enact reforms that would not have been widely accepted in the past. [...]
Vaccine — Previously a vaccine was an injection that provided "immunity" or prevented diseases, as well as the spread of diseases.  Today, at least as it involves the COVID "vaccines," vaccines simply (and allegedly) reduce the probability someone will develop a severe case of this disease or die from this disease.
Safe — An activity that is not dangerous or does not cause harm.  According to public health officials and almost all doctors, COVID vaccines are "safe and effective."  According to VAERS, approximately one million Americans believe they have suffered adverse medical reactions to COVID vaccines, with approximately 20,000 deaths possibly caused by the vaccines.  Several studies have concluded that VAERS captures only a small fraction of such adverse events.
Effective — Certainly today "effective" does not mean COVID vaccines prevent infection or virus spread.  In many heavily vaccinated countries, the vaccinated comprise a greater percentage of new COVID cases than the unvaccinated.
Harm — Something that injures, perhaps even kills, or causes someone pain or discomfort.  The key change here is that "harm" can now be caused by speech.

Dear Medical Professionals:  Quit Embarrassing Yourselves With Pleas For Me To Get Vaccinated.  I keep thinking the medical community cannot lose anymore credibility with me, and then yet another doctor posts a melancholic plea to the "unvaccinated" community on their social media page about how overworked they are and how they have to spend the holidays in the hospital instead of with their own family.  Sometimes, the hackneyed virtue signaling might include a note about how vaccines save lives, but usually it stops just after explaining how overworked the person is.  I am confused:  Are you concerned about saving lives or just making sure your life isn't too inconvenienced?  Are we talking about the Hippocratic Oath or your travel plans?  In moments like this, these people simply reveal themselves as narcissists and don't deserve our attention or pity.

The Hole in the Heart of RFK Jr.'s Extraordinary Book.  Before getting to the "hole" in RFK Jr.'s new book, I would like to say that his brutal smackdown of the Dr. Anthony Fauci - Bill Gates vaccine oligarchy, The Real Anthony Fauci, is arguably the century's most important book, and a page-turner on top of that.  Buy it.  Read it.  If you choose not to, avoid holiday arguments with anyone who has.  You will lose.  The book has real heart.

COVID Vaccines pose 7 times higher death risk than COVID for young people, Japanese experts warn.  Japan is adding heart inflammation warnings to COVID vaccine labels.  Authorities there approved a plan to print a list of "serious side effects," including myocarditis, on COVID-19 vaccine labels.  The decision was made earlier this month by a panel of experts from the Japanese health ministry and will apply to labels of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.  The Japanese health ministry also requires hospitals to carry out a detailed and strict reporting of any adverse events within 28 days following vaccination.  Concerns have been raised in Japan about the risks of myocarditis in young men following injection with the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines, and experts there have warned that the vaccines pose a 7 times higher risk of death than the virus itself for people in their 20s[.]

Professional sports again prove the folly of vaccines and 'COVID protocols'.  Some of the healthiest people on the planet are being managed by some of the dumbest people on earth.  According to Vice, the NFL is now a "COVID superspreader."  With the playoffs beginning in almost exactly one month, there are — as of this writing (the list has been growing daily) — nearly 100 (out of approximately 1700) players on the NFL's COVID-19 list.  Tellingly, Vice notes that "Sixty-five players have tested positive in the last two days, including a single-day record on Monday of 37 new cases."  So again we have an "outbreak" among those who've merely "tested positive" for the Wuhan Virus.  The Vice article goes on to mention how the NBA and the NHL are dealing with "outbreaks" of positive Wuhan Virus tests.  Without one mention of a player who's actually sick, seven times the Vice piece uses the phrase "tested positive" or a close derivative.  Several more times Wuhan Virus "test" or "testing" is mentioned.  No mention of hospitalizations, no mention of deaths, just "tests."  What's more, over 94% of NFL players are "vaccinated" (that definition keeps changing).

Ron Johnson demands records from medical journals that retracted COVID-19 studies.  Sen. Ron Johnson has sent letters to two prominent medical journals demanding records related to the publication and subsequent retractions of two COVID-19 studies in 2020 that were based on a questionable dataset.  One of the retracted studies, published in The Lancet in May 2020, found that the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine caused a higher mortality rate in COVID-19 patients compared to those that didn't take the drug.  The World Health Organization and other groups paused clinical trials of the drug due to safety concerns after the study was published.  The other retracted study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in May 2020, claimed that blood pressure medications were safe to use for people with the virus.

Health Officials To Weigh Limits On J&J Vaccine As Deadly Blood Clots Continue.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to meet with advisers Thursday to discuss possible restrictions on Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine due to ongoing concerns about blood clots, particularly among women.  Federal officials temporarily halted use of the single dose J&J vaccine in April to study six women who had experienced blood clots after getting vaxxed.  The government ruled that the rewards far outweighed the risks associated with the shot, and usage of the vaccine resumed within days with a new warning label.  Although complications remain rare, some nine American women have died after experiencing blood clots associated with the vaccine, and the rate of clots in people who received it has increased since April, the Washington Post reported Wednesday [12/15/2021].

Heart Inflammation Risk Higher From Moderna Vaccine Than COVID-19 for Those Under 40: Study.  The risk of developing a form of heart inflammation is higher for people younger than 40 after receiving Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine than it is from contracting COVID-19, according to a new study.  Researchers found 15 excess cases per 1 million people who received a second dose of the vaccine compared to 10 extra cases of myocarditis following a positive COVID-19 test.  Moderna's vaccine is typically taken in a two-dose regimen.  The risk of myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation, was much higher following the second dose of the Moderna vaccine, but there were still eight excess cases per 1 million people following the first dose as well.  "Time to abandon the belief that COVID-19 myocarditis risk is always higher than mRNA vaccine myocarditis risk.  For some individuals, myocarditis risks of the vaccine(s) are higher than those of the disease," Euzebiusz Jamrozik, an infectious disease expert who works at the University of Oxford, wrote on Twitter.

Fauci pushes for universal coronavirus vaccine.  The scientific quest for a universal coronavirus vaccine received a boost Wednesday, as three top federal researchers, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, outlined a path to develop new vaccines that could tackle a variety of ailments including Covid-19, some common colds and future viruses.  Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Fauci and two colleagues said the virus that causes Covid-19 is unlikely to be eliminated, and current vaccines are too limited to prevent the emergence of new variants.  Other coronaviruses are also likely to spill over from animals to become future pandemic threats, they wrote.

Vaccinated 33 Year Old Italian Football Star Weeps As He Announces His Retirement After He Learns His Heart Is Distroyed.  Argentina and Barcelona star Sergio Aguero has announced his retirement from football just over a month after the 33-year-old was diagnosed with a heart condition.  The former Manchester City player signed a two-year deal with Barcelona this year but made just five appearances, scoring one goal against Real Madrid, before being taken to hospital with "chest pains" after a match at home to Alaves in October.  "I have decided to stop playing professional football," said Aguero at a press conference at Camp Nou on Wednesday [12/15/2021].  [Video clip]

Virginia Hospital Allows COVID Patient to Get Ivermectin After Court Holds It in Contempt:  Family.  After a judge found Virginia's Fauquier Hospital in contempt of court in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a COVID-19 patient who was denied being prescribed Ivermectin, the hospital said Tuesday that it is complying with the court order.  Christopher Davies, the son of the patient, Kathleen Davies, told the Fauquier Times that two doses of Ivermectin — generally used to treat parasites — were given to the woman at 8:45 p.m. on Monday.  The Epoch Times has contacted Fauquier Hospital for comment.  It came after Judge James P. Fisher, of the 20th Judicial Court of Virginia, signed an order Monday finding Fauquier Hospital in contempt of court or "needlessly interposing requirements that stand in the way of the patient's desired physician administering investigational drugs as part of the Health Care Decisions Act and the federal and state Right to Try Acts."

The Editor says...
Yes, "Ivermectin [is] generally used to treat parasites."  Viruses are parasites.

COVID 'Most Likely' Escaped Wuhan Lab, Possibly 'Genetically Engineered, British MPs Told.  Members of the British Parliament were informed that the "most likely origin" of COVID-19 was a leak from the Wuhan lab, and that the virus may in fact be genetically engineered.  The news came during a briefing for the Science and Technology Select Committee.  Dr. Alina Chan — a specialist in gene therapy and cell engineering from MIT and Harvard — said:  "We have heard from many top virologists that a genetically engineered origin is reasonable and that includes virologists who made modifications to the first Sars virus."  Chan added:  "We know this virus has a unique feature, called the furin cleavage site, and without this feature, there is no way this would be causing this pandemic."  She referenced the research collaboration between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and American non-profit EcoHealth Alliance, which received millions from Anthony Fauci's National Institutes of Health agency.

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid puts an End to Family Vacations Out of Country, Bans International Travel for 12-15 Yr Olds.  The control freaks around the world, mainly unelected bureaucrats, are using their power in order to inprison their population with rule after rule under the guise of public safety.  UK Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, is jumping into the mix with his own rules that will prohibit unvaccinated 12-15 year olds who are the most likely to not have any issues fighting off the COVID-19 virus, from leaving the country until they get a covid-pass.  [Video clip]

We're almost certainly overreacting to the omicron variant.  We are now two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, but still have not settled on a proportionate method of containing it.  Now the omicron variant of the virus has struck, and we must ask ourselves whether we are reacting appropriately.  Research evidence informs us that we hardly discussed the concept of "variants of concern" before this year.  However, last winter's arrival of the "more transmissible" alpha variant saw the development of guidelines and committees to assign by consensus "variants of concern" based on vast amounts of global data. [...] Our current approach to interpreting science is too rapid and simplistic.  As a consequence, indisputable facts are established overnight.  The sheer speed at which data are interpreted generates overconfident, pessimistic predictions about what might happen next.  As a result, we seem to be losing the ability to think critically.

There is NO scientific evidence that covid-19 vaccines have saved a single life.  The old adage that "vaccines save lives" cannot, in any way, be applied to the experimental covid-19 jabs.  No matter how many times the public is told to believe LIES, there's still no scientific data to prove it.  An analysis by Peter Doshi, published in the British Medical Journal, points out the obvious:  The vaccine makers designed clinical trials that do not provide any data on all-cause mortality benefits.  The clinical trials do not study viral transmission, viral load or prevention of severe illness, hospitalization or death.  Clearly, the vaccine makers did not have enough confidence in their ability to show that the experimental mRNA vaccines could save a single life.  There isn't a single clinical vaccine trial that detected a reduction in any serious outcomes.  It was all fraud from the start.  Today, governments around the world are "mandating" an endless series of jabs with no scientific evidence to prove that this methodology of genetic interference can prevent a single infection or save a single life.  Even worse, the vaccine makers have already wiped out the control cohort in their clinical trials by inoculating them, too.

The entire supply chain will collapse if truckers aren't allowed to work.
Labor Secretary backs away from enforcing covid jab mandate for truckers.  Since the entire trucking industry basically threatened to quit under duress, the Biden regime is now backing off some from trying to force Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccines" on the private sector as part of its post-plandemic "Build Back Better" initiative.  This is how things appear, anyway, after Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told fake financial news giant CNBC that most truckers are actually exempt from the scheme.  "We've heard some pushback from truckers today," Walsh stated.  "The ironic thing is most truckers are not covered by this because they're driving a truck, they're in a cab, they're by themselves, they wouldn't be covered by this."

Masks Don't Work:  California seeing 4X more daily covid cases than Florida.  Despite all of its remaining mandates and other Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions, California is seeing four times the number of new daily infections than Florida, which is mostly open and restriction-free.  According to The New York Times, California is showing a daily average of 6,353 new "covid" cases.  This translates to 16 cases per 100,000 people, or a 61 percent case increase over the past two weeks.  Florida, comparatively, is seeing a daily case average of only 1,506, or seven per every 100,000 people.  This represents a 20 percent decrease over the past 14 days.  A similar downtrend was seen in Florida back in late summer when new cases of the Chinese Virus plummeted throughout the Sunshine State by a whopping 88 percent.

Pandemic Lockdowns Fueled Massive Rise in Gaming and Addiction, Experts Say.  During the pandemic, nationwide stay-at-home orders handed gaming companies a golden opportunity.  Under restrictive nationwide COVID-19 lockdowns, for many people gaming was one of the few active recreations, social activities, and creative outlets available.  From 2020 to 2021, revenue for gaming companies skyrocketed.  Games corporation Blizzard saw revenues on the first-person shooter game Call of Duty rise by 72 percent, the massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORG) World of Warcraft by 7 percent, and apps by subsidiary company King rise by 22 percent.

Or maybe Omicron IS the flu.
Omicron may be no worse than flu, says former government adviser.  Britain's omicron wave may be no worse than a flu pandemic, an expert has said, as the first major study into the new variant suggests it is less severe than delta.  The first real-world study looking at 78,000 omicron cases in South Africa found the risk of hospitalisation is 29 percent lower compared with the Wuhan strain, and 23 percent lower than delta, with vaccines holding up well.  Far fewer people have also needed intensive care from omicron, with just five per cent of cases admitted to ICU compared to 22 percent of delta patients, the study shows.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York:  Our COVID Nurse Ratched.  The recent decision by New York's Governor Kathy Hochul to impose renewed universal COVID masking mandates, deny access to public venues to unvaccinated individuals, and impose $1,000 fines tests 100% positive for ham-fisted political intent.  Like the fictional Nurse Ratched in Ken Kesey's classic novel, Governor Hochul is an example of how elected and unelected officials abuse their transitory institutional powers by controlling access to basic necessities and punishing those who misbehave.  Hochul's mask edict, which followed a knee-jerk cessation of elective surgeries immediately after the emergence of the omicron variant, shows little regard for the knowledge acquired during the world's 18-month-long COVID experience, the intelligence of voters, and the desire for coming to terms with a new phase of disease — not to mention a lack of executive competence and an inability to take into consideration the likely negative consequences of her executive action.

Louisiana Governor to Add COVID-19 Vaccine to List of Required School Immunizations.  Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards confirmed he is moving forward with adding COVID-19 vaccines to the required list of school immunizations, despite the state's House Health and Welfare Committee voting to reject the proposal at a hearing last week.  In a letter to the House Committee on Health and Welfare Chairman Larry Bagley on Dec. 14, the governor said he disapproved of the committee's rejection, and he plans to allow the rule to go into effect because it will "save lives" and help the state emerge from the pandemic.  Under the proposed amendment, SARS-CoV-2 shots would be added to the list of required vaccinations for school entry.  Vaccinations and all potential boosters would also be required for school attendance.  The rule will go into effect beginning with the 2022-23 school year.

67% of vaccinated Americans favor COVID tax for the unvaccinated, poll finds.  A recent survey finds that 67% of vaccinated Americans believe the unvaccinated should pay a "COVID tax" to cover businesses' pandemic safety expenses, but most business owners and the unvaccinated themselves don't believe in such fees.  Skynova, an invoicing software for small businesses, conducted the digital survey of 1,075 Americans.  The firm's project manager, Joe Mercurio, said the survey reflects a "consensus among people ... that unvaccinated people should have to pay precautionary COVID-19 fees when visiting a business" to help cover the costs of personal protective equipment and other materials.  "Plane tickets, movie tickets, and services within the hospitality industry are in high demand ahead of the holidays, and it's notable that these are the top services people feel the unvaccinated should have to pay more for or even be denied outright," Mr. Mercurio said.

Google Employees Will Lose Pay and be Fired if They Don't Get "Vaccinated".  Google has said that more than 150,000 of its employees in the United States will be placed on unpaid leave and eventually terminated if they continue to refuse to comply with the company's COVID-19 "vaccine" mandated.  The deadline was December 3rd, to show proof of vaccination.  According to a report by CNBC, Google did say that employees are allowing medical or religious exemptions to be submitted, but we've seen those getting denied en masse lately too, so that's more than likely a huge waste of time.  CNBC cited an internal memo written by Google's leadership that says that once the deadline expires, Google will start contacting unvaccinated employees individually.  The company warned its staff they ultimately have until January 18 to comply with vaccination rules.  Those refusing to do so will be placed on "paid administrative leave" for 30 days, and later on "unpaid personal leave," followed by termination, according to CNBC.

Despite High Vaccination Rate Amtrak Suspends Vaccine Mandate, The Background Tells A Story.  Reuters is reporting on an interesting dynamic within the vaccine mandate as it pertains to Amtrak.  Reading between the lines tells us something very specific about this vaccine mandate that we have discussed here, and it's starting to show.  The article itself points to how Amtrak is suspending their vaccine mandate as a result of the federal courts blocking enforcement of any mandate pending litigation.  From their perspective as a federal contractor, Amtrak is now in a position to cease the vaccine requirement until the legal issues are resolved.  However, there's an element touched upon that needs to be considered.

Amtrak Suspends Covid vaccine mandate and no longer plans to cut service next month.  U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak says it will temporarily suspend a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees and now no longer expects to be forced to cut some service in January.  In a memo to workers on Tuesday, Amtrak said it would allow employees who were not vaccinated to get tested on a weekly basis instead, citing litigation over President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate.  Currently, fewer than 500 active Amtrak employees are not in compliance, and 97.3 percent of the service's workers have gotten at least one shot, Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn said in the memo.

As deadlines pass, vaccine resisters are booted from the military.  With thousands of U.S. troops refusing orders to get mandatory COVID vaccinations and with deadlines already passed or fast approaching, the military services have begun culling the ranks of resistors.  The Air Force's Nov. 2 deadline was the earliest, and it's the first service to announce that 27 service members have been administratively discharged for failure to follow a lawful order.  An Air Force spokesperson said all are active-duty troops in their first term of enlistment.  More than 1,000 Air Force active-duty personnel have yet to be vaccinated, with more than 3,200 in the total Air and Space forces, according to Air Force Magazine.

Senate Passes Legislation to Prevent Dishonorable Discharges for Unvaccinated Servicemembers.  The Senate has passed a draft of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would forbid the Department of Defense from dishonorably discharging members of the military whose only offense was refusing the vaccine.  The bill rider to the larger NDAA package was put forward by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) to "prevent Joe Biden from dishonorably discharging service[ ]members for choosing to not get the COVID vaccine."  The amendment to the NDAA would not protect men and women in the military from being discharged from the military, but it would protect them from the social stigma of a dishonorable discharge, only permitting those who refuse the vaccine to be discharged honorably.  In a statement on the legislation's passage, Marshall said "As a former Army doctor, I am proud the NDAA passed the Senate and included my amendment to ensure servicemembers will be protected from a dishonorable discharge for choosing not to get the COVID vaccine."

Vaccine Passports are Not Only Useless but a Threat to Public Health.  A recent study confirms what anyone who has been paying attention already knew:  the vaccines do not prevent transmission of the coronavirus.  The study is titled "Increases In COVID-19 Are Unrelated To Levels Of Vaccination Across 68 Countries And 2947 Counties In The United States," and it appeared in the European Journal of Epidemiology, which is a peer-reviewed academic publication. [...] Not only do vaccines not diminish the occurrence of this disease, but they actually seem to increase it.

Now we know why the establishment has always opposed early treatment.  The shots don't work for many people, particularly the elderly.  The establishment is blocking every other treatment option available.  At this point, with so many people recovering even from late-stage COVID by taking ivermectin, which is infinitely safer than the shots, how could anyone ascribe anything other than very sinister motivations to those declaring war on its use?  The shills for Big Pharma and the "Great Reset" who don't want to see people survive this virus claim they don't have enough data on ivermectin, despite dozens of studies and simple reality showing that it works better than anything they have suggested.  They demand massive randomized controlled trials, but then refuse to fund any such expensive study.  They refuse to follow up on positive signals with off-patent therapeutics the same way they blithely ignore negative signals from the vaccines and refuse to follow up with investigative studies.  Well, Brazilian researchers just published something better than a randomized controlled trial.  They did a study of reality.

Now we know why the establishment has always opposed early treatment.  [Scroll down]  Ivermectin has demonstrated a strong dose-response relationship in terms of viral clearance; higher doses have not only been required, but have demonstrated clinical efficacy.  While critics claim the dose is too high, cancer trials had patients taking ivermectin at a much higher dose for months without any problems.  Moreover, like any other virus, treatment requires a multi-drug approach because the virus has multiple avenues to infect cells.  Imagine if every primary doctor treated patients with a mix of ivermectin and several other drugs, along with the appropriate anti-coagulants and steroids in the right patients at the early stage of disease.  Imagine if they'd be directed to use Betadine nasal rinse, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and several other proven therapeutics from day one.  Imagine if our government had placed as much money, marketing, and logistical facilitation into the monoclonal antibodies as it did the unsafe and ineffective shots.  [Tweet]  Well, we already see from doctors in the U.S. who have applied this approach, and their reduction in mortality is near 100%.  And all the drugs they use range from safer than over-the-counter medications (in the case of ivermectin) to much safer than anything being administered by the hospital systems, such as remdesivir, baricitinib and tofacitinib.  One thing is certain:  Ivermectin is much safer than anything the medical establishment is using, and there definitely is a degree of efficacy.  So why would it face such visceral opposition?  Had the medical establishment merely talked down its efficacy to a degree, I would probably believe it.  But now that they are treating this Nobel Prize-winning drug as if it's heroin, it actually would appear that it's super effective.  During a pandemic, the FDA is now using resources to collaborate with the post office to hold packages of ivermectin from being delivered.

Researcher Andrew Hill's conflict:  A $40 million Gates Foundation grant vs a half million human lives.  In a stunning admission, virologist Dr. Andrew Hill acknowledged in a zoom call that publication of his study could lead to the deaths of at least a half million people.  In defending his reversal on the effectiveness of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, he discussed his "difficult situation" and said, "I've got this role where I'm supposed to produce this paper and we're in a very difficult, delicate balance."  The incident is recounted in Robert Kennedy Jr's New York Times Bestseller, The Real Anthony Fauci:  Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the global war on Democracy and Public Health.  Andrew Hill, PhD, is a senior visiting Research Fellow in Pharmacology at Liverpool University.  He is also an advisor for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Clinton Foundation.  As a researcher for the WHO evaluating ivermectin, Hill wielded enormous influence over international guidance for the drug's use.

German Jackboot Cops Arrest Santa For Not Wearing A Mask!  German police arrested Santa Claus for not wearing a mask at a Christmas market, surreal footage shows.  Video circulating on social media shows a group of police officers surrounding a man dressed as Santa before frog-marching him from the event as the crowd cheered for him in solidarity and booed the police officers.  This comes just a day after German police were seen walking in between anti-lockdown demonstrators using a long ruler to keep them socially distanced by 6 feet.  [Video clip]

CDC Data, Global Sources Show Majority of Omicron Variant Cases Are Among Fully-Vaccinated.  For months, I, and a few others across media, have been saying that the COVID data doesn't match the hype.  Despite the CDC stating that the vaccinated are significantly more protected against all of the COVID-19 variants including the latest, Omicron variant, the data regarding the vaccines and the ever-increasing list of variants shows that those vaccines are not as effective as they advertise.  Citizens from every country around the world have begun to demand answers to this discrepancy, often met with a tyrannical response from their governments.  [Tweets]  As the evidence of vaccine ineffectiveness begins to mount, the government, big pharma, and the media continue their assault on truth and facts, stating that data presented that shows that vaccines are not as effective as they suggest, is taken out of context or isn't comprehensive enough.

Air Force discharges 27 for refusal to get COVID-19 vaccine.  The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the mandate to get the shots.  The Air Force gave its forces until Nov. 2 to get the vaccine, and thousands have either refused or sought an exemption.  Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said Monday that these are the first airmen to be administratively discharged for reasons involving the vaccine.

NY Governor has a revolt on her hands over sudden mask mandate.  On Friday [12/10/2021], New York Governor Kathy Hochul stunned people around the state by announcing that a statewide face mask mandate was coming back, though it would not apply to businesses or other venues that required immunity passports.  Making matters worse was the fact that she only gave everyone three days to prepare, with the mandate going into effect on Monday.  She claimed that the mandate was being imposed in response to a "surge" in Omicron variant cases, despite the fact that we have thus far found only 38 cases in a state with a population of nearly 20 million.  There was some initial confusion as to whether the mandate might only apply to public venues such as bars or restaurants, but Hochul's office quickly clarified that it applied to all businesses without a vaccine mandate.  This led local businesses to refer to the order as the "mask at your desk mandate" and many business owners were furious.  Now, both managers and employees at office buildings in the Big Apple are telling the New York Post that the Governor is out of control and many will not comply.

The New York Mask Mandate Is a Spectacular Failure.  After New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a statewide mask mandate on Friday, she was immediately met with resistance.  Small business owners, already struggling this season, were not happy with being put in a position of forcing customers to wear masks or face fines.  However, county officials said they would not waste resources enforcing the mandate.  Fifteen counties across the state are reportedly refusing to comply with the mandate in a stunning rebuke of the governor.  Rather than standing her ground, Hochul chose to cave.

Vaccine mandate for Canadian truckers could lead to mass exodus, severe supply chain issues.  Canadian trucking groups have made it clear that issues with supply chains could worsen if the Canadian and U.S. governments follow through with a proposed January 15 deadline for truckers to present vaccine passports in order to cross the border for essential business.  The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) released a statement about the impending jab mandate, saying, "The government of Canada's decision to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for domestic federally regulated workers in the trucking industry — including many truck drivers who have been delivering products to Canadians throughout the pandemic — would put an even bigger strain on an already beleaguered supply chain."

In a world dominated by mass delusion, the truly sane seem like outcasts.  We live in a world where the masses are delusional.  They have been manipulated via engineered media hysteria into believing in an invisible "pandemic" that's going to kill them if they don't comply.  At first, the compliance demand was something like, "Wear these masks.  You'll only need to wear them until there's a vaccine."  Once the vaccine became available, the compliance demand was ramped up to, "Take two shots and we'll get back to normal."  Now, of course, at the end of 2021, people are required to both take endless booster shots and keep wearing masks... all while social distancing and complying with endless lockdowns and covid quarantine camps, of course.  At this point, anyone going along with this insanity is clinically delusional and suffering from shared mass psychosis (or what's called "mass formation" by some scientists).

Where I Live, No One Cares About COVID.  [Scroll down]  But outside the world inhabited by the professional and managerial classes in a handful of major metropolitan areas, many, if not most, Americans are leading their lives as if COVID is over, and they have been for a long while.  In my part of rural southwest Michigan, and in similar communities throughout the country, this is true not despite but without any noticeable regard for cases; hospitalization statistics, which are always high this time of year without attracting much notice; or death reports. [...] What I wish to convey is that the virus simply does not factor into my calculations or those of my neighbors, who have been forgoing masks, tests (unless work imposes them, in which case they are shrugged off as the usual BS from human resources), and other tangible markers of COVID-19's existence for months — perhaps even longer.

In 90% of the Country, No One [Cares] About COVID.  Here in Livingston County, Ill., you can't turn a corner without being told where to go to get vaccinated.  The vaccine is everywhere.  The only reason that someone isn't getting vaccinated today is that they don't want to be vaccinated.

Covid jabs can cause the central nervous system to go absolutely haywire, possibly for life.  When analyzing the news, take a look at two new ads by two women who were brutally injured by Covid vaccinations.  You will never see this on mass media. [...] These two vaccine victims aren't the only ones, be sure, whose central nervous systems have been decimated.  This could go on for the rest of their lives.  For years, natural health advocates have been screaming for the medical industry to take mercury (listed as thimerosal which is 50 percent mercury) out of the influenza and all other vaccines, but the CDC and FDA don't care.  Mercury is a huge culprit in autism and other brain and central nervous system disorders, like Mad Hatter syndrome.  That's just scientific fact.  Now comes the Covid clot shots that are obviously causing a pandemic of myocarditis, CNS disorders and "died suddenly" headlines across media.  It's obvious the heart, brain and CNS are under great strain for those who react violently to their cells being instructed to create toxic prions that travel throughout the entire vascular system, through the brain and cleansing organs too.

Report: FDA Colludes with US Postal Service to Destroy Ivermectin Shipments.  The US Food and Drug Administration is colluding with the US Postal Service to intercept inbound international shipments of Covid wonder drug ivermectin, reports circulating on social media claim.  According to letters from the FDA being shared online, the federal regulatory agency blocked shipments of ivermectin from reaching their intended recipients as they came through ports of entry.  "A shipment addressed to you from a foreign country is being held by the post office at the request of the US Food and Drug Administration," reads one letter shared by attorney Aaron Siri.

Heavily-Vaccinated Northeastern States Struggle With Surging Hospitalizations.  Fortunately, Pfizer is just about ready to roll out its new COVID pill, because case numbers are rising rapidly in the northeastern US, a part of the country that was previously overlooked because of high vaccination rates and relatively low COVID numbers.  But now, emergency rooms across the region, which includes much of the Empire State, as well as the six states that comprise New England, are overflowing, while infection rates soar.  CDC data clearly shows the spike in hospitalizations. [...] This latest surge is happening in what is perhaps the most vaccinated area of the US.  In Massachusetts, where 88% of the population has had at least one dose of the vaccine, the state is planning to send out more than 2MM rapid antigen tests to the poorest communities, according to Gov. Charlie Munger.  Just a few days ago, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered masks to be worn inside all businesses in the state, largely because cases and hospitalizations have been climbing upstate and in Western New York.  Since Thanksgiving, New York State's seven-day average case rate has increased 43% and hospitalizations have increased 29%.

Alberta Canada is Taking over Hotels, Converting them to Quarantine Camps.  The nation of Canada, controlled by a man who has never turned away from a pedophile-friend, Justin Trudeau, is quickly becoming the new Australia with its Nazi like tactics to force people to get the death jab.  Here is a video from the inside of a hotel in Alberta, Canada that shows entire floors have been converted into something you would see in a Dexter episode, plastic and duct tape, wall to wall!  [Video clip]

Kroger Bans Unvaccinated Employees (Yesterday's Heroes) From Receiving Sick Pay If They Get COVID.  The Kroger Corporation made a fortune during the pandemic.  To show their gratitude for the "essential" workers, Kroger offered them a $2/hour bonus in pay, calling it "hero pay."  In early May of 2020, much to the dismay of workers, Kroger discontinued their "hero pay." [...] Much like health care workers and first responders who've been stripped of their hero status and, in many cases, their jobs over their decision to opt-out of accepting the COVID jab, unvaccinated Kroger workers are being punished by the same corporation they remained loyal to amid a global pandemic.  As judges across America strike down Joe Biden's unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandate and OSHA's order that employers with 100 or more workers confirm their workers accept the jab or take weekly COVID tests and the debate about companies forcing employees to get jabbed heats up, Kroger is taking punitive actions against their employees who refuse to comply.

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The most annoying thing about shopping at Kroger is the incessant string of propaganda announcements about masks, Covid, vaccinations, and we're all in this together and do your part for the community, or something like that.  There's a "masks required" sign at the front door to which only half the customers pay any attention.  Just stock the shelves and stay out of my business.

A Pandemic of the Vaccinated.  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced this weekend that 80 percent of COVID-19 "Omicron variant" cases are found in so-called "fully vaccinated" individuals.  Forty-seven percent of Omicron cases — which are far milder than original COVID-19 cases — are found in those who received the first round of vaccinations, and with 33 percent of cases found in people with both vaccination and booster shots.  Only 19 percent of cases were identified in unvaccinated individuals.  In a surveillance report released in the first week of December, the CDC described 43 cases of Omicron in the United States.  No deaths and no hospitalizations have been linked to the variant.  Symptoms are mild in both the unvaccinated and vaccinated.  Cases were reported in 22 states.  Fifty-eight percent of those testing positive were between the ages of 18-39.  People under the age of 18 and over the age of 65 accounted for nine percent of cases.

Rand Paul:  COVID Mandates Are About 'Conditioning Americans To Submit to the New World Order'.  Senator Rand Paul has warned that Covid mandates are being used to condition Americans into accepting the 'New World Order' and their Orwellian plans for humanity.  Speaking with Dan Bongino, Paul responded to comments made last week by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer who compared "anti-vaxxers here in this chamber" to "flat earthers" hundreds of years ago.  "Schumer left out one thing, when they were denying that the Earth went around the sun.  It was the government denying that and it was an independent scientist trying to set them straight," Senator Paul pointed out.

New Zealand's Jackass PM OKs Orgies Up To 25 People During The Loosening Of COVID Restrictions.  New Zealand's prime minister has given some Kiwis an early Christmas present as she announced that newly relaxed Covid-19 restrictions, based on a 'traffic light system', allow for orgies of up to 25 people.  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that the traffic light system, which is being implemented as the country reopens from strict Covid-19 measures, would allow for the most intimate of gatherings.  Having been asked to explain some of the finer details of the traffic light system, Ardern confirmed that everything from dating to sex parties is back on the table.  "I can confirm that Tinder liaisons have reopened.  It's not strictly embedded in the traffic light system but um, it is a given, up to 25 actually, in a red area."  [Video clip]

Competent managers would have seen this coming weeks ago.
Prominent US hospitals drop vax mandates after massive shortage of key staff.  Facing serious staffing shortages, some of the largest and most prominent hospital systems in the United States, including HCA Healthcare Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corp., AdventHealth, and Cleveland Clinic have been forced to backpedal on their COVID-19 jab mandates in hopes of retaining crucial employees, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday[.]  Townhall reported that University Hospitals in the Cleveland, Ohio area also recently announced the reversal of its jab mandate for hospital workers.  According to The Wall Street Journal, the major hospital systems have been forced to reevaluate their coercive COVID-19 jab policies after needed healthcare industry employees, especially nurses, chose to quit rather than get the experimental injections.

Still No Deaths From Omicron, And Americans Are Getting On With Their Lives.  Americans are returning to normal despite the corporate media's attempts to drum up alarm over the supposedly "highly transmissible" Omicron variant of COVID-19.  While corporate media outlets panicked and revived permanent pandemic narratives and talk of more lockdowns, a new poll from CBS News and YouGov found that of 1,731 people surveyed, 81 percent said they have not rearranged plans because of the Omicron variant or the hype surrounding it.  In fact, a majority said they still plan to keep their normal holiday traditions and routines.  Sixty-eight percent still plan to "gather with friends and family," 64 percent said they will do their Christmas shopping in person, and 52 percent said they will eat in a restaurant.  Only 17 percent of those surveyed said they were "very concerned about Omicron," while about 42 percent said they were not concerned at all about Omicron despite the initial media and bureaucracy-induced panic about it.

New Zealanders hold a Funeral for Freedom after PM Says Booster Shots will Never End.  Just a few days after the tyrannical PM of New Zealand stated that vaccine booster shots will never end, a funeral for freedom was held by a large group of individuals wearing V for Vendetta masks.  New Zealand has been following in Australia's footpath to total totalitarianism and the systematic stripping of individual freedoms and liberties.  [Video clip]

German police arrest Santa Claus for not wearing a mask at Christmas market.  Perhaps panicking over Germany's record COVID case count (despite 68.1% of its population being fully vaccinated), the Polizei there have invited worldwide scorn and ridicule in recent days for their punctiliousness in enforcing arbitrary and mostly ineffective regulations supposedly aimed at inhibit the spread of the virus.  Although it happened last month, video of police arresting a Santa Claus at a Christmas market in Stralsund, a Hanseatic city on the Baltic coast, has just surfaced in American media.

Omicron shuts Cornell after 214 new COVID cases were confirmed on Monday.  Cornell University has gone into 'red alert' territory and moved student finals online after a spike in COVID-19 cases that officials suspect has been caused by the highly-contagious Omicron variant.  Libraries have been shut, athletic competitions are cancelled and upcoming events have been scrapped after 214 new cases were confirmed Monday and another 227 tests came back positive Sunday.  Cases at the Ithaca, New York campus — where 97 percent of staff and students are vaccinated, the university says — began snowballing last week.

His continued employment depends on your continued fear.
Omicron and Delta may combine to create an even worse Covid variant in the coming weeks, Moderna boss warns.  A new super-variant could be created if Omicron and Delta infect someone at the same time, one of Moderna's bosses has warned.  Covid infections normally only involve one mutant strain, but in extremely rare cases two can strike at the same time.  If these also infect the same cell, they may be able to swap DNA and combine to make a new version of the virus.  Dr Paul Burton, the vaccine maker's chief medical officer, warned the high numbers of Delta and Omicron cases currently circulating in Britain made this more likely.

Their political power depends on your continued fear, too.
White House warns Omicron explosion is imminent and will lead to [a] surge in hospitalizations.  The Biden administration is preparing for an explosion of Omicron cases that they believe will result in a flood of sick Americans going into the already overburdened hospital system.  'Everything points to a large wave.  A large wave is coming,' a senior administration official in President Joe Biden's White House told Axios.  The official, however, expressed hope the cases wouldn't be as severe as previous COVID variants including Delta as the White House continues to push booster shots as the best protection.

The State of Emergency and its Consequences.  Building on expanded threat perception, authorities have deliberately promoted fear, induced panic, and created stress.  With the public suffering an epidemic of fear bordering on mass psychosis, states have multiplied and escalated the number and types of restrictions, few of which have the support of even a single published scientific study:  quarantining the healthy; school closures; shutting down small businesses; travel bans and internment of returning citizens; masking; social distancing; fines; curfews; vaccine passports; and now, mandatory vaccination campaigns that threaten the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands across Canada, including students, support staff, and professors, and impeding non-vaccinated Canadians from leaving the country. [...] All of the devastation, displacement, and divisions have been to what end?  What is it about the nature of this particular virus that makes it so spectacularly special that extreme measures are not only said to be warranted, but must also be continually multiplied and extended?  Why are these "public health" measures so narrowly focused on only one specific solution — universal "vaccination" — when that "solution" has been shown to solve so little at the core of this crisis?

The Six Most Disastrous Members Of The Biden Administration.  #2: Director of the NAIAD — Anthony Fauci:  At every step of the way in this non-pandemic scamdemic, Fauci has misled and straight up lied to the American public, most of whom are gullible sheep and probably believe him when he says that anyone who attacks him is "attacking science."  The results have been lethal. [...] When the virus hit our shores and our heartland, Fauci averred to the inutility of masking.  There was no reason for the layperson to do it, he declared.  Since then, the mask has been adopted as the most fundamental symbol of the Covid religious zealotry.  It even makes sense to layer up.  He has also made comments that mandatory vaccines are more important than a person's right to privacy or medical freedom; this could easily be construed as supporting the death of countless Pfizer and Moderna victims, to say nothing of us utter disregard for the sacrosanct notion of natural rights.  However, the most obvious reason Fauci is a mass murderer is because he has withheld vital information about prophylactic and therapeutic treatments as it pertains to Covid infection and symptomatic manifestations.  Pure and simple, Fauci ran roughshod over various off-patent and off-label drugs in order to ram through his own deadly treatment of Remdesivir and make sure there were no suitable alternatives that would complicate an EUA for the non-vaccine vaccines.  By the count of various reputable doctors — Pierre Kory and Peter McCullough among them — the refusal of Fauci to acknowledge the obvious positive effects of early treatment with extant drugs in favor of long-shot vaccines is responsible for most Covid deaths in the United States.

Civilizational Suicide, Not Omicron, Is Killing Us.  Most people are rational.  They know that the flimsy porous masks you see everywhere are useless tokens of conformity.  They understand that the disease is serious for only a tiny part of the population.  They also know staying home and practicing "social distancing" has its own liabilities, not least of which is a diminution in the potency of one's immune response.  Unfortunately, the people making the rules are not "most people."  They are bureaucrats being advised by public health "experts" like Anthony Fauci who has demonstrated ostentatious incompetence at least since the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.  When news of the so-called Omicron variant first surfaced a few weeks back, I assumed the fact that doctors first described it as very contagious but also with symptoms that were "very mild," meant the "experts" would let us get on with our lives.  Fat chance.  It's not just the old Rahm Emanuel wheeze of never letting a crisis go to waste.  It's also a matter of fabricating crises where none exist because emergencies justify emergency powers, and emergency powers mean that you can push ahead with your agenda on all fronts using the fake crisis as justification for bending or discarding the rules.

Some Sober Observations — Dark And Light — To Consider As We Go Forward.  To begin with, deaths from all different causes were falsely ascribed to C19.  This was done in order to whip up panic and hysteria and create an atmosphere in which a so-called "vaccine" — which is actually a genetic modifier which does NOT prevent infection with the virus, nor transmission of same, nor sickness or death after infection if the conditions under which any infected person might become severely ill or dead, "vaccinated" or not (such as obesity, COPD, etc.) — would be readily — even gratefully — received.  Now, with the "vaccine" widely deployed throughout the Western world, and repeat injections having been successfully made into many arms, deaths from that agent are climbing in number rapidly.  In a twist that probably brings smirks to certain faces, those deaths are being ascribed by the perps to every other possible cause in a neat contortion of the narrative in order to keep the program alive until the last possible naif has been dosed.  The "vaccines" are causing heart attacks, strokes, pneumonia, neurological failures and more, all of which are being brushed out of the picture presented to the public as just the normal run and pace of mortalities.  The chutzpah is remarkable, but the data tell the tale to those able to see it.

If the Vaccine Is So Great, Why Are So Many People Dropping Dead?  The COVID-19 vaccines appear to be causing a global health disaster.  There are so many warnings from all around the world.  I'll list just a few in this column.  But the U.S. media remains silent.  They're as quiet as a church mouse.  Why?  Japan's Ministry of Health just announced that "the Moderna and Pfizer Covid vaccines could cause heart-related side effects in younger males."  Health experts in Japan have witnessed skyrocketing rates of myocarditis and pericarditis in young men and teenagers.  And they've seen the same nonstop heart issues with middle-aged and older individuals.  All over America, and all over the world, cardiac arrest, heart inflammation and heart attack deaths are exploding.  Young athletes are dropping right on the field; star soccer players in Europe are dropping dead in the middle of games; referees, coaches and even fans in the stands are having cardiac emergencies.  It's something no one has ever seen before.  It's an epidemic.  What do all these victims have in common?  They've all been vaccinated.

Even as a Brazilian city cut COVID hospitalizations and deaths in half using ivermectin, US medical authorities continue to suppress its use.  The suppression of the off-patent, hence low-profit, drug ivermectin for use in preventing and treating COVID is grotesque and inhumane.  Consider the case of a wife who died while hospitalized for COVID while her husband begged the hospital to administer a supply he had in hand but was refused.

With Ivermectin in Hand, Wife Dies While Husband Begs Hospital to Administer.  David DeLuca of Sicklerville, New Jersey will never know if the Ivermectin prescribed by an out-of-state doctor for his wife would have saved her life.  Colleen DeLuca, 62, died of COVID-19 on Oct. 10, at Jefferson Washington Township Hospital in Sewell, New Jersey, before he could get a court order to administer the drug.  Ivermectin has helped in some cases, but across the United States, many hospitals don't include it in their COVID protocol for treatment and refuse to use it, even as a last effort on a dying patient.  Buffalo, New York attorney Ralph Lorigo has spent the last 11 months handling cases where the family wants to try Ivermectin and must get a court order to force hospitals to allow the drug to be administered.  DeLuca had Lorigo draw up papers for court, but because Lorigo doesn't practice in New Jersey, he instructed DeLuca to find a New Jersey attorney to file the papers and handle the case.  However, DeLuca couldn't find an attorney willing to take on the case.

Attorney says COVID patients are trapped and receiving harmful treatments.  An attorney who spoke during the December 7 "Fired for Freedom" conference hosted by the Truth for Health Foundation described his work trying to rescue COVID patients from the "hospital death camps" where he said people are being kept against their will in intensive care units (ICU) receiving ineffective or even harmful medications.  Held on the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the United States into World War II, the "Fired for Freedom" conference highlighted courageous individuals who have risked everything in the present-day battle for medical freedom and the right to exercise one's conscience.

Boris on liberty: the PM has always been against ID cards — until now
'I loathe the idea on principle.  I never want to be commanded, by any emanation of the British state, to produce evidence of my identity.'
From the 'personal notes' on Boris Johnson's website, February 2005
'There is the loss of liberty, and the creepy reality that the state will use these cards — doubtless with the best possible intentions — to store all manner of detail about us, our habits, what benefits we may claim, and so on.'
Daily Telegraph, November 2004
'The government would love to put issues such as these beyond the bounds of debate by creating an air of national emergency.  As far as the Prime Minister is concerned, Britain is at war:  with terrorists, muggers and fraudsters.  Therefore exceptional measures are required and anyone questioning them is guilty of putting national security at risk.  We do not share this analysis.  We live in peacetime, and therefore the normal considerations of liberty apply.'
Leading article in The Spectator under Johnson's editorship, November 2004
[Rare double-italicization in original.]

Covid Breaking News:  Japan Places Myocarditis Warning On Jabs.  The covid vaccines have been making headlines for a long time this year.  Their side effects are also being discussed a lot, and these are the main reasons for which a lot of people are avoiding them.  It's been just revealed that Japan is now labeling Covid "vaccines" to warn of dangerous and potentially deadly side effects such as myocarditis.  More than that, according to the latest reports, the country is reaffirming its commitment to adverse event reporting requirements to ensure all possible side effects are documented.  These efforts from Japan's health authority are in stark contrast to the measures taken by other countries to coerce citizens into taking the injection, downplaying side effects, and discouraging proper adverse event reporting — this is what the article published by NPR notes.

Reupping this crucial news about how mild Omicron appears to be.  In case you weren't reading the stack last night, these two charts will tell you all you need to know.  Covid cases have completely decoupled from deaths in South Africa in the last month. [...] They are as low as they have been since South Africa's epidemic started 18 months ago. [...] Omicron appears different.  In the best possible way.  Unless you're Pfizer or Moderna's CEO.

[The] Vaccinated [are] Serving As [a] Breeding Ground For [the] Virus Warns Renowned Virologist.  A widely renowned virology and former senior officer of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation took time to recently warn us about the risks of the experimental COVID-19 gene transfer vaccines.  He said the vaccinated are the ones really serving as a kind of breeding ground for the virus.  He also went onto encourage the un-jabbed to "stay unvaccinated," while also predicting an inevitable "collapse of our health system" due to health complications in the vaccinated.

The jab lowers white blood cells more and more with each shot, turning vaccinated people into AIDS-like patients.  An anonymous natural health doctor with 1600 patients, many of whom are vaccinated for Covid, has gathered information from her own clients, other physicians, nurses, immunization specialists and virology doctors.  Her analysis from all of this gathered information and data regards the first two doses of the Covid vaccine and the booster shots.  At present, the Natural Doctor is not ready to "go public," but is currently sharing her info under the umbrella name of T.A.O. — Together As One.  However, this doctor's whistleblower information is presented in a 5 minute video with excellent diagrams (available via Telegram and Signal links only).  According to this analysis, the first Covid vaccination contains several toxic ingredients that are catastrophic to your cellular system.  These toxins decrease your body's immune system capability to produce white blood cells by as much as 50 percent.  That's just the first injection.

60,000 scientists call for an end to mass vaccination.  Mass vaccination with a still experimental messenger RNA vaccine has long worried the scientific community.  As of October 4, 2020, three high-level scientists, Prof. Martin Kulldorff, professor of medicine at Harvard University, biostatistician and epidemiologist, specializing in the detection and monitoring of infectious disease outbreaks and in the evaluation of vaccine safety.  Dr. Sunetra Gupta, professor at Oxford University, an epidemiologist specializing in immunology, vaccine development and mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.  And Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, a physician, epidemiologist, health economist, and public health policy expert specializing in infectious diseases and vulnerable populations, recommended an alternative approach to Covid-19 in what was called the Great Barrington Declaration.  Because they are very concerned about the side effects of mass vaccination on populations.  What do they advocate?  A "focused" protection.  That is to say, to protect as much as possible the elderly, the infirm, the frail and to leave the others to live normally until the society reaches the collective immunity.  However, mass vaccination by mRNA makes this collective immunity impossible.

COVID-19: stigmatising the unvaccinated is not justified.  In the USA and Germany, high-level officials have used the term pandemic of the unvaccinated, suggesting that people who have been vaccinated are not relevant in the epidemiology of COVID-19. Officials' use of this phrase might have encouraged one scientist to claim that "the unvaccinated threaten the vaccinated for COVID-19".  But this view is far too simple.  There is increasing evidence that vaccinated individuals continue to have a relevant role in transmission.

Two Covid jabs should still slash risk of dying from Omicron or being hospitalised by 84% even if they offer virtually zero protection against symptoms, SAGE estimates.  Two Covid jabs should still slash the risk of dying from Omicron by up to 84 percent but a booster is twice as good at preventing someone from falling ill, according to official estimates.  SAGE modelling published over the weekend worked off the assumption that two Pfizer doses give 83.7 percent protection against hospitalisation and death from the highly-evolved strain.  A two-dose course of AstraZeneca's vaccine was estimated to reduce the risk of severe disease from Omicron by 77.1 percent.  However, both vaccine brands were assumed to wane within three to six months.

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The risk of dying from Omicron, until yesterday, was exactly zero.  As of this writing, one person has died from it.  I'm so glad the vaccines will "slash" that risk!

The Medical Profession Implodes.  A viral infection is not something requiring government management, rather, its encounter is part of a physician's daily medical practice.  The government has seemingly accomplished what medical insurers, medical boards, and hospitals tried, but had not yet succeeded at:  complete mind control of physicians.  And with that, the last vestige of respect I had for my profession died.  I'm often in attendance at medical meetings where the fine points of immunotherapy and monoclonal antibodies are discussed as part of the treatment for cancer patients.  For physicians, it is their version of science in regard to a drug's indications, mechanisms of action, dosing, management of side effects, and the studies justifying one drug or combination over another, the latter often supported by questionable statistical analysis.  After the science-lite discussion ends, the personal chitchat begins regarding COVID and vaccines, and the point is reached where any remaining rationality becomes akin to that heard among nursery school attendees.

There's Never Going to Be a Life 'After COVID'.  Remember when we were under the impression that we could wait for Americans to acquire natural immunity to COVID-19, and, along with the adoption of vaccines against the novel virus, we could all "return to normal"?  Well, that's not going to happen.  The question then becomes, when do we accept that this virus will be with us for decades, and just how much power will we cede to our government in suppressing our freedom to fight the problem?  We've had vaccines for the flu forever, it seems.  But we can't avoid having the common cold spread through our communities every year, sometimes multiple times a year.  That's because adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, respiratory syncytial viruses, and others mutate so quickly that it makes creating a vaccine for the cold nearly impossible.  It is the nature of any virus to mutate.  COVID-19 is a coronavirus and is not at all different.

Fauci Undermined Trump, Misled Americans on COVID; 'I Was Stunned at What I Saw,' Dr. Scott Atlas Says.  Dr. Scott Atlas had a front-row seat at the White House as a member of President Donald Trump's Coronavirus Task Force.  Now, he's telling all in a new book, "A Plague Upon Our House:  My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America."  "The American people need to know the level of incompetence, the lack of rigor, the lack of critical thinking.  I was stunned at what I saw," Atlas says of his time at the White House.  "We had bureaucrats in charge of the policy and that policy was the restrictions and lockdowns.  And it failed."  Atlas blames three public health officials:  Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator; Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Three Teens Who Escaped From Aussie COVID Camp All Have One Thing in Common, and It's Not the Virus.  Australian COVID camps are open for business, and business had been good.  Until the escapes began.  Three Aboriginal teens, ages 15, 16, and 17, bolted from the Howard Springs COVID camp around 4:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday.  They jumped a fence and headed for the hills.  Here is the kicker:  All three teens tested negative for COVID the day before they bolted.  They never actually HAD the China flu.  They were locked up for coming into contact with someone who had it.  The three teens are from Katherine, in the Northern Territory, where the current COVID situation is considered "serious."  Katherine is currently in a "lockout" phase, meaning the filthy unvaxxed can't "participate in the economy."

Man takes 10 COVID vaccine shots in single day.  A man who was vaccinated against COVID-19 up to 10 times in one day on behalf of other people has been called "unbelievably selfish" and sparked an investigation.  Astrid Koornneef, group manager of operations for the COVID-19 vaccine and immunization program in New Zealand, said the country's Ministry of Health was aware of the issue and taking the matter very seriously.

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This incident may help prove that some batches of the so-called vaccine are completely inert, while other batches are lethal.  This guy got lucky.  If he had received ten doses of any other vaccine — smallpox, for example — wouldn't such an overdose have put him in the hospital?

The segregation of the jabbed and unjabbed is the next stage of the tyrannical 'new normal'.  You are surely well aware of the divide that has cemented itself in society as a result of vaccination segregation.  Not all people who chose to take the experimental COVID jab are afraid of the unjabbed, and more than a few are quite critical of the segregation measures that have been implemented.  However, it cannot be ignored that public health officials have done everything they could to drive a fear-based hysteria of the unvaccinated as some sort of disease-peddling class of unclean citizens.  How many times have we heard terms like "pandemic of the unvaccinated"?  There is no evidence for this, in fact there is growing evidence to the contrary.  The dreaded Omicron variant — which causes common cold-like symptoms — has been spread round the world by the vaccinated.  And more and more regions are now finding that COVID-positive vaccinated patients are filling up death tallies.

County Inmates Could Be Set Free as Vaccine Mandate May Gut Corrections Force.  An Arizona county might let inmates out of jail due to the possible layoffs of unvaccinated corrections officers.  In November, Pima County's board of supervisors voted to require all county workers to be vaccinated by the end of the year, according to KPVI-TV.  Unvaccinated corrections officers could be fired.  In a memo to officials, acting Pima County administrator Jan Lesher said one county jail is facing the consequences of the vaccine mandate.

Oklahoma National Guard:  Get Vaccinated or Face 'Career-Ending' Action.  The adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard is warning its members.  Refusing to receive the coronavirus vaccine could end their military careers.  In a letter posted on the state Guard's website dated Thursday, Brig.  Gen. Thomas Mancino said Oklahoma Army and Air Force members will eventually be subject to the U.S. Defense Department's vaccination mandate.

Over 400 Studies on the Failure of Compulsory COVID Interventions.  Zero in support.  Dr. Paul Alexander has put together a real gem of an article:  over 400 studies showing how ridiculous the current COVID interventions are.  The recommendations are not based on science; it's all political theater.  Lockdowns, shelter-in-place policies, masks, school closures, and mask mandates were all nonsensical and made things worse.  I just talked to Paul.  "Were there any that supported the policies?"  His answer was quick, "Zero."  The recent Bangladesh mask study may seem to some people to be a counter-example, but that study actually proved masks didn't work at all if you correctly analyze the data.  So what are we doing about it?  In most cases, we double-down.  Double-masking and more booster shots are perfect examples of this.  Nobody likes to admit they were wrong for some reason.

5 tips to avoid being cancelled by LinkedIn.  I'm down to around one post a month on LinkedIn in order to avoid censorship, but apparently even that is too often as my LinkedIn account is suspended again.  I suspect I no longer exist and that everything I've written in the past is now "gone" from view in order to protect the community from truth and facts.  I really think LinkedIn should just be honest about it.  Why not call a spade a spade instead of beating around the bush?  They should simply say "those people who think that speaking the truth and using facts and scientific evidence are acceptable behavior on LinkedIn should find another platform.  That's not the way we roll here.  We are all about enforcing the false government narrative on people and any dissenters to the government viewpoint are not tolerated and not welcome."

Twitter will now ban users that repeatedly claim vaccinated people can spread Covid.  Twitter has quietly updated its "COVID-19 misleading information policy" to impose new sanctions on tweets about vaccines, PCR tests, and health authorities.  These sanctions include removing and labeling tweets.  Both types of sanctions also result in Twitter users accruing strikes on their account which can lead to a permanent suspension.  While the top of Twitter's COVID-19 misleading information policy pagecurrently states "Overview November 2021," a December 2 archive of the page shows that the page was updated and the "Overview November 2021" text was added after December 2.  One of the most notable changes to this "COVID-19 misleading information policy" we noticed is related to claims about whether vaccinated people can spread the coronavirus.

California NHL Team Requires 3-Year-Olds to Get Vaccinated or Tested.  In California, they're trying to protect 3-year-olds.  Or, alternately, they're trying to protect themselves from 3-year-olds.  Hence, anyone attending a San Jose Sharks hockey game will now enjoy the solace of knowing every toddler present has been either inoculated or negatively tested.

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Do you really think your three-year-old is going to sit still for a hockey game after being nose-raped for a stinking Covid test?  Is hockey that important to you?

Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that schools cannot force state's school children to remain masked.  A statewide mask mandate for Pennsylvania schoolchildren was thrown out by the state Supreme Court on Friday, raising the prospect that at least some students may soon be allowed to attend classes without a face covering.  The justices announced their decision to invalidate Democratic Governor Tom Wolf's statewide mandate for masks inside K-12 school buildings and child care facilities.  They did not issue a written opinion that explains their reasoning.

Judge gives Bistro Owner 90 Days, $1,000 Fine for Violating Gov. Walz's COVID-19 Indoor Service Ban.  The owner of the Interchange Wine and Coffee Bistro began her 90-day jail sentence Thursday after a jury found her guilty of violating COVID-19 emergency orders from Democrat Gov. Timothy J. "Tim" Walz at her Freeborn County District Court trial.  Melissa "Lisa" Hanson represented herself sui juris, while she was prosecuted by Albert Lea's City Attorney Kelly Martinez on six of the nine misdemeanors charges against her.  All six of the counts were for willfully violating the governor's November 2020 executive orders, which prohibited serving alcohol indoors.

Wisconsin wedding attended by fully vaxxed medical experts turns into Omicron super-spreader.  A Wisconsin wedding was found to be the source of a COVID Omicron 'super-spread' now taking Oakland by storm, leaving 38 hospital workers and patients exposed as the variant has now been spotted in half of U.S. states.  Debra Furr-Holden, 47, the associate Dean of Public Health Integration at Michigan State University, said she attended the Milwaukee wedding on November 27 after she was assured nearly all 100 guests, many of whom were medical experts, were vaccinated.  But the medical professional noted that as the celebration went on, many guests took their masks off and mingled, causing Furr-Holden and more than a dozen others to be infected with COVID-19, including 11 people who work for Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center.

Tucker Carlson Interviews Senator Forced Into COVID Camp Despite Multiple Negative Tests.  The tyrannical measures adopted by the Australian government to combat the coronavirus have turned the country into a police state at lightning speed.  On Thursday, South Australian Sen. Alex Antic joined Fox News' Tucker Carlson to explain how, despite multiple negative COVID-19 test results, he was sent to a coronavirus quarantine detention camp.  According to ABC News, a new law went into effect in South Australia on Nov. 23.  Unvaccinated travelers are only allowed back into the state with an "exemption" and they must quarantine for two weeks.

Tens of thousands protest against compulsory Covid jabs in Austria.  Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Austria's capital Vienna to protest against mandatory Covid vaccines and home confinement orders for those who have not yet received the jabs.  Police said an estimated 44,000 people attended the demonstration on Saturday, the latest in a string of huge weekend protests since Austria last month became the first EU country to say it would make Covid vaccinations mandatory.  A partial confinement since last month ends on Sunday for the vaccinated, but those who have not received the required doses will have to remain at home.

Tens of Thousands of Protesters March in Vienna to Stop Lockdowns and Covid Vaccine Mandates.  Tens of thousands of Austrians protested in Vienna on Saturday to stop the lockdowns and Covid vaccine mandates.  According to police, 44,000 people were out on the streets protesting against Austria's new Covid vaccine mandate.  Former Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg recently announced a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated.  According to Reuters, only 66% of Austria's population is fully vaccinated against Covid.

All the Pfizer officials will be dead by then, but that is is exactly the point.
FDA Says It Now Needs 75 Years to Fully Release Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Data.  The Food and Drug Administration is asking a judge to give it 75 years to produce data concerning the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, up 20 years from a previous request.  The FDA told the court it can work faster than its previously proposed 500-pages-per-month rate, but it also said there are more than 59,000 more pages than mentioned in an earlier filing.  That discovery, and a desire to make sure it can work on other Freedom of Information Act requests at the same time, prompted the fresh request to the judge to allow production of roughly 12,000 pages by Jan. 31, 2022, and 500 pages per month thereafter.  That timeline would take it until at least 2096, Aaron Siri, a lawyer working on the case, wrote in a blog post.

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A rate of 500 pages per month is 86 minutes per page.  This is what's known as stonewalling.

'The Emergency Is Over': Democratic Gov. Jared Polis Explains Why He Won't Bring Back Mask Mandates.  Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Friday he won't bring mask mandates back to his state because the COVID-19 "emergency is over."  The governor said he prefers encouraging vaccination to mandating masks in an interview with Colorado Matters.  He also said it's not the job of public health officials to tell Coloradans to wear masks, even if it may be a good idea.  "The emergency is over.  You know, public health [officials] don't get to tell people what to wear; that's just not their job," Polis said.  "Public health [officials] would say to always wear a mask because it decreases flu and decreases [other airborne illnesses].  But that's not something that you require; you don't tell people what to wear."

Comrade Kathy Hochul Issues Order Mandating Indoor Masks for All New York Citizens.  New York Governor, Comrade Kathy Hochul, delivered an order today mandating mask-wearing indoors throughout the state of New York.  You will take a knee, wrap your face and be compliant... or else.  It's for your own good comrade citizen.  [Video clip]

The Unvaccinated/Unemployed Line Up In Breadlines In Milan Italy.  A sad reminder of where this COVID tyranny is all leading is summed up in a video gone viral showing people standing in a breadline in Milan Italy to get some bread and other food products to survive the harsh, government-imposed mandates that have robbed them of a living.  [Video clip]

The Great Reset Crowd's Overreach Will Come Back to Bite Them.  So-called "democracies" around the world have proven during these last two years of COVID-1984 just how authoritarian their leaders really are.  They censor, compel, threaten, intimidate, and dole out physical and emotional punishments in as arbitrary and terrifying a manner as any mad king. [...] No matter how absurd the State's "politically correct" declarations, disagreement is now routinely labeled fascist.  If you disagree with the lie that boys can be girls, you're a fascist!  If you think killing the economy to change the weather is insane, you're a fascist!  Paradoxically, the only way not to be a fascist is to abide by everything the State decrees.  Only by believing and repeating everything our Western "elites" say are you then rewarded with their permission to be "free."  All they do is lie, call it truth, and wait for applause.  It's sickening stuff and the kind of shameless rhetorical tripe that only politicians can stomach.  However, this "Great Reset" planned takeover of the world through the subterfuge of a "health emergency" is beginning to sever the globalists' hypnotic control over the people, and those in power seem blind to what's surely coming next.

Brilliant Fools Are Causing Terrible Societal Damage.  How far back must we go to discover something that was never hidden?  When did it come to light that Dr. Fauci types, rather than applying the scientific method to medical issues, were foolishly pursuing political ends free from science? [...] Many countries have their own Fauci.  The South African version is Professor Barry Schoub.  Fellow experts hail him as a world leader in virology, vaccines, and COVID preparedness, tributes well deserved.  But to what extent does he have Fauci's hubris?  To the extent that, to Schoub, his opponents are also opponents of Science.  "The 21st century has spawned a very significant, vocal, and often hostile lobby of opponents to science, are in a war on science."  People, Schoub says, have lost trust in his science resulting "in a plethora of pseudo-science."  Pseudo-science:  Isn't that what dissenting scientists with a longer pedigree than Schoub's are belittled for dabbling in?  Close down schools and prayer houses; vaccinate everyone on two legs:  And Schoub can't fathom why the pseudo crowd wages war on his Science.

Tony Fauci:  Jackbooted Thug.  Two days ago, when most were thinking about the joy of the upcoming holidays, Anthony Fauci, the country's No. 1 public health enemy, had ruining Christmas on his mind.  The man actually suggested Americans demand that their guests show them proof of vaccination before allowing them in their homes.  If such a comment doesn't set off a public campaign demanding he be fired, then this country is in deeper trouble than we thought.  Appearing Wednesday on a Washington Post Live interview, Fauci said Americans who invite others into their homes should "essentially ask and maybe require that people show evidence that they are vaccinated, or give their honest and good faith word that they have been vaccinated."  Does the good doctor, whose name and authoritarian urges have inspired critics to coin the terms "Faucist" and "Faucism," understand that he said, in effect, Americans should be demanding "your papers, please" of their friends and family?  Was he unaware that signs saying "Unvaccinated Not Welcome" now have been seen in Germany?  Or was he inspired by them?

Austria's unvaccinated population to be fined thousands until they get the shot.  Unvaccinated Austrians could soon face thousands in fines for flouting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate slated for February for all residents 14 and older.  The Austrian government on Nov. 19 announced its plans to enforce a general vaccine mandate beginning Feb. 1.  The country currently boasts a roughly 68% vaccination rate, which is low for Western Europe.  The move will be the first such mandate for any European country.

New Zealands Commie PM Says the Quiet Part Out Loud 'Not Going To Be an Endpoint to This Vaccination Program'.  'I don't think I will ever be satisfied as long as there's somebody ... who is eligible and hasn't been [jabbed].'  According to New Zealands power hungry, Communist PM, there will never be an end to the vaccination program the global elites alongside big pharma is pushing.  This comes after companies such as Moderna and Pfizer along with many others have raked in record profits.  These companies have also been accused of blackmailing, bribing, and even threatening countries that have refused to accept their deathjabs, India is a good example.  [Video clip]

Supreme Court Refuses To Block Biden's Airline Mask Mandate.  Americans are relying on the Supreme Court to ultimately overturn the Biden administration's unconstitutional COVID-19 mandates.  But the same high court that refused to review the fraud-ridden 2020 election is standing by the illegitimate president's federal transportation mask mandate.  On Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts rejected an emergency request to block the federal mask mandate for air travel.  Florida resident Michael Seklecki, the father of a 4-year old autistic boy claims in court filings that he and his son are medically incapable of wearing a mask for a sustained period of time, but must regularly travel out of state for his son's specialized medical care.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ends School Mask Mandate.  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Friday affirmed a Commonwealth Court decision that said Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam did not have the authority to issue a mask mandate for everyone indoors at schools and childcare centers.  It means, effective immediately, school mask mandates are no longer mandatory, although many schools have a local rule that students who wish to wear a mask may still do so.  The suit was brought by Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, a Republican who is running for governor.  It was filed personally, as a parent, along with other parents, and not as part of a Senate action.

With the omicron variant, journalists just repeat talking points.  There are very few cases of the COVID omicron variant in the U.S. or the world, so how can it be that Pfizer or any drug company can run a test that shows that its vaccines or boosters work on it?  That's the claim out there, but nobody's asking about it.  There appear to be forty mild cases so far in the U.S., yet Pfizer seems to think it has a vaccine for it.  But how the heck would anyone know if a such a vaccine or booster worked, or is even necessary?  "Experts" have said the omicron variant is very transmissible because it has essentially stolen the characteristics of the common cold.  Neither Pfizer nor anyone else has ever been able to develop a vaccine for the common cold, but somehow, they will have a vaccine in three months for a virus that resembles the common cold?  Why don't journalists ask questions of the "experts," since so many of their pronouncements of the last two years have been 100% wrong?

Biden's COVID vaccine mandate takes another hit in the courts.  A U.S. district court in Georgia became the fourth court to enjoin a Biden administration vaccine mandate this week.  As with the other trial and appellate courts, District Judge R. Stan Baker found that President Joe Biden had exceeded his authority in mandating the vaccine for all federal contractors.  In the meantime, outgoing New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered all private workers to be vaccinated.  All of these mandates are on course for a showdown in the Supreme Court, where three justices have already expressed skepticism over the mandates.

NIH: No Documents Available on Removal of 'Gain-of-Function' Definition From Website.  No documents exist explaining why officials decided to remove the definition of "gain-of-function research" from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) website, the agency told The Epoch Times.  The NIH site used to include a 232-word definition of the research, but it was removed around the same time the agency disclosed that research it funded in China met the definition.  The alteration took place sometime between Oct. 19 and Oct. 21.  The Epoch Times submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for any communications and other documents from between Oct. 1 and Oct. 25 relating to the change, which had been authorized by the NIH Office of Communications and Public Liaison.

Reporter Hijacks Press Conference To Grill Psaki On 'Racist' Travel Restrictions.  A reporter interrupted Thursday's press conference and confronted White House press secretary Jen Psaki over President Joe Biden's "racist" travel restrictions against African countries over the Omicron variant.  The Biden administration, along with other nations, imposed travel restrictions on South Africa and its neighboring countries on Nov. 29, with the advice of White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci.  South Africa had the first confirmed case of the variant, which has quickly spread to other parts of the globe.  Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba said that South Africa only accounts for 6% of the Omicron variant cases, but that nearly 70 countries have solely imposed restrictions on African countries.  He challenged Psaki on the U.S. imposing restrictions on only eight African countries, rather than on all 57 countries that have confirmed cases of the variant.

Multiple Logical Fallacies Elevate COVID Vaccines Over COVID Treatments.  [Scroll down]  Here we're seeing the Fallacy of the Excluded Middle.  The loud voices refuse to accept that there's an option beyond "vaxxed or not vaxxed."  In this case, Marlowe's blithe "dewormer" comment shows that he's committing a different logical fallacy, the Appeal to Authority.  He has accepted the FDA's false warning that "you are not a horse, etc." so you should not take Ivermectin, an extremely safe drug with a wide range of antiviral effects.  Randomized controlled trials have proven that IVM reduces COVID deaths even better than the vaccine.  The state of Uttar Pradesh in India used IVM to wipe out COVID for 241 million people.  But those people in Washington's red counties were ruled by Dark Lord Inslee, making IVM and HCQ unavailable.  No medical discussion can be complete without these alternatives.

The Opposite of Tyranny Is Not Democracy.  A big part of the "Great Reset" is its orchestrated campaign to condition people into believing they have no natural rights separate from and paramount to the mandates of government.  Most neoliberal nations no longer talk about the global ideological struggle once pitting "free" and "controlled" states against each other.  Why?  Because that distinction makes little sense when Australia is hunting down citizens for fleeing its quarantine concentration camps and Finland is putting Christianity on trial. [...] Sure, you can practice your faith, engage in commerce to make a living, and associate with like-minded citizens to protest the policies of your government.  Except during a pandemic.  Then all bets are off.  You didn't know that super-secret carve-out to your rights?  It's for your own good.  We're trying to save lives here! [...] Our priests inform us that there are new pandemics of uncontrollable racism and unpredictable weather heading our way, and you've figured out what happens during government-declared pandemics, right?  That's correct — all your rights get put back into storage for use at a later time.  So sorry.

Meanwhile, colleges and universities are now requiring Covid vaccine boosters.  The insanity in higher education continues.  Bowdoin College and Syracuse University are just two of the institutions of higher education now telling students to get boosted or get lost.  Here's Bowdoin's email from yesterday:  "effective January 21, 2022, Bowdoin is requiring all students, faculty, and staff to receive a COVID-19 booster shot within thirty (30) days of becoming eligible."  Keep in mind:
  [#1]   The risk of severe disease or death from Covid to healthy college-age adults is too low to measure accurately.  The data from Europe suggests that a healthy 18 year-old has a risk of death lower than 1 in 1 million.
  [#2]   The risk of dangerous heart inflammation is NOT too low to measure.  A new study from Hong Kong found that for 1 out of 2,300 12-17 year-old boys who received both Pfizer doses suffered acute myocarditis or pericarditis.
Most of the risk came after the second dose.  The risk is very similar in college-age men.

The crackpots were right: COVID is a racket.  Although I will put my COVID-skeptic credentials up against anyone's — I tried to organize a public protest on day one of the lockdown — I confess to having seen Big Health's actions as merely misguided.  I was wrong.  The "crackpots" were right.  The Big Health involvement did not progress along the Eric Hoffer spectrum from a good cause to a movement with benefits to a racket.  It started as a racket, a massive racket that may go down as a Mao-worthy crime against humanity.  As the princeling of America's reigning Democratic dynasty, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has his blind spots, but his dissection of Big Health's war, not on COVID, but on those who are actually warring with COVID, is this century's must-read book.

Superspreaders?  Here's how packed SEC football stadiums affected pandemic.  The return of maskless, full-capacity crowds at Southeastern conference football games this fall posed the "ultimate stress test of COVID-19," note three professors who studied the impact after health officials such as Dr. Anthony Fauci warned of catastrophe.  The professors, including Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins University, found no evidence that the crowds, as large as 100,000, led to outbreaks in host communities.  The average weekly local infection rate for the five weeks before the SEC football began was 0.44%.  During the season it decreased to 0.18%.

TV show deletes poll after 89% oppose mandatory vaccination.  ITV breakfast television show 'Good Morning Britain' received backlash on social media after deleting a poll which showed a vast majority of respondents opposed mandatory Covid-19 vaccination.  The poll, which asked viewers whether it was "time to make vaccines mandatory" in response to the spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, was posted to Twitter on Tuesday and soon received more than 42,000 votes.  A whopping 89% of those who voted opposed any scheme to make vaccination mandatory, with just 11% in favor.  After the poll went viral, however, social media users noticed that it had been deleted by the Good Morning Britain Twitter account, and critics accused the program of trying to cover up the public consensus.

Austrians Beg For Help: 'Unvaccinated' to Face 1 Year in Prison.  Austrian's are pleading for the world to help end their rapidly emerging police state.  The country's vaccine mandate law will take effect on February 1, 2022.  Unvaccinated people, including children as young as 14-years-old, can be fined up to 2000 euros each time they are caught.  In addition, the government can ticket the same individuals several times a day.  If you refuse to pay your fine, offenders will be thrown in a special prison for unvaccinated people for up to one year.  Unlike other prisoners, the public purse will not pay for an individual's incarceration.  Instead, the inmate will have to bear the costs incurred during their prison stay.  The perpetrator also has to pay for his food and his prison cell.  The Austrian government does not ask murderers, rapists, or pedophiles to pay the cost of their incarceration.  However, they will now demand prison payments of entirely innocent people.

Fauci: Definition of Fully Vaccinated Will Be Changed.  The definition of fully vaccinated in the United States will be changed, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday [12/8/2021].  "It's going to be a matter of when, not if," Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during an appearance on CNN.  The term fully vaccinated presently refers to a person who receives two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab.  Fauci previously said the definition could be changed.  Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — which set the definition — has left open the possibility of changing it.  The definition is used by authorities imposing vaccine mandates across the country, including the federal mandates against healthcare workers and government contractors.  Several of those mandates have been blocked in courts for now due to worries they're illegal.

Say 'Uncle'?  Just this week the world was treated to a few international stories from the first world and the draconian measures employed in the name of a global pandemic.  Australia made headlines when 3 folks scaled the fence and escaped their mandatory covid quarantine camp and a manhunt ensued.  Hard criminals those quarantine inmates!  In Canada, a fully vaccinated traveler detailed her experience returning from a trip to Egypt where she and her companion were swabbed on exit and entry, and then immediately put into a quarantined hotel for two weeks upon their return, even though they were covid negative.  They noted their inability to leave their hotel room, get room service, accept visitors, etc.  All meals and beverages are provided on a schedule, including no cups in the room to drink water from the faucet.  In Germany, the unvaccinated are now officially on lockdown.  In Austria, they're completely locked down but were gracious enough to permit the sale of Christmas trees.  In Italy, they've adopted the strictest measures in Europe with a nationwide vaccine passport and made vaccination mandatory for employment.  In Israel, you must be up to date on your boosters to keep your vaccine passport current and valid.  These aren't some third-world dictatorships, these are first-world democracies.

Biden's vaccine mandates [are] turning into a political disaster.  Federal courts have serially rebuked President Biden's vaccine mandates for federal employees, federal contractors, and employers of over 100.  But the mandates are not merely a legal disaster, they are becoming a political disaster as well.  Yesterday, two Democrat senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and John Tester of Montana, joined all 50 Republicans to vote to repeal the OSHA mandate for employers of over 100 workers.  Under the terms of the Congressional Review Act, simple majorities of the House and Senate can repeal regulations issued by the executive branch.  The New York Times downplayed it as "symbolic," but Politico forthrightly characterized it as a "rebuke."  It has been generally assumed that the House's narrow Democrat majority will heed the Speaker's push and vote down the bill.  But there is ample evidence that Democrats are scared of the mandate's political fallout.

'This is the final battle': RFK Jr. shows Fauci's record of pushing vaccines at expense of health.  We're facing the greatest battle of our lifetimes, possibly of all time, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in this riveting interview with James Corbett.  I urge you to set aside 60 minutes to watch it in its entirety, as it succinctly sums up the coalition of sinister forces — intelligence agencies, pharmaceutical companies, social media titans, medical bureaucracies, mainstream media and the military — that are using a health crisis to impose totalitarian control worldwide.  [Video clip]

Explosion in New Heart Conditions Explained as "Post Pandemic Stress Disorder".  Experts in the UK say that an explosion in new heart illnesses in younger patients can be explained by a new condition called "post-pandemic stress disorder."  Yes, really.  A London Evening Standard report quotes senior vascular surgeon Tahir Hussain, who works at an NHS hospital in London.  "I've seen a big increase in thrombotic-related vascular conditions in my practice," said Hussain.  "Far younger patients are being admitted and requiring surgical and medical intervention than prior to the pandemic."  Hussain said that the cases are "a direct result of the increased stress and anxiety levels caused from the effects of PPSD (post-pandemic stress disorder)."  He also said that people dying at home "from conditions such as pulmonary embolism and myocardial infarction" was down to them self-isolating and not seeking the medical care they need.

Buffalo NY Fires 500 Healthcare Workers Refusing To Vaccinate, 7 Hospitals Stop Performing Surgeries.  Time has run out for hundreds of local healthcare employees who were not comfortable getting the COVID vaccination.  After a series of medical and religious exemption deadlines this fall, the final numbers are out.  Because of the mass firing, there are 7 hospitals in the area that are no longer doing surgeries.  While the county itself does not have a vaccine mandate, it is widely believed that Joe's "mandate" may have caused the hospitals to fire 500 workers.  [Video clip]

You Can No Longer Buy Gasoline In Australia Without Scanning A QR Code So The Gov Knows Exactly What You're Doing At All Times.  Just when you thought Australia could not get anymore dystopian, or Chinese, along comes the QR code checking scheme.  Watch as this guy is denied the ability to pay for his gas at a BP station with his credit card unless he first scans the QR code.  The owner of the station refuses him the ability to pay unless he tells the government where he is, what he's buying and how much.  Australia passed the mandatory QR code check-ins for businesses, used to aid COVID-19 contact tracing efforts but many question the massive privacy issues that come with such a program.  [Video clip]

Manchin and Tester join 50 Republicans to vote down Biden's private vaccine mandate.  Two Senate Democrats — Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana — joined 50 Republicans in voting to overturn President Biden's vaccine mandate for large businesses on Wednesday [12/8/2021].  The 52-48 vote sends the proposed legislation to the Democratic-led House of Representatives, where the bill is not expected to be brought up for a vote, meaning that it has effectively been killed.  Biden's mandate ordered businesses with 100 workers or more to obtain proof of vaccination from their workers by January 4 or subject them to weekly testing and masking.

Senate votes to repeal Biden federal vaccine mandate for businesses.  The Senate voted Wednesday [12/8/2021] to repeal a President Biden-backed federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses.  The final vote was 52-48.  Moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana joined Republicans to vote in favor of the repeal.  Even with Senate approval, the GOP-backed resolution is unlikely to overturn the mandate.  The Democrat-controlled House is not expected to take up the measure and President Biden would likely veto the bill if it cleared Congress.  Republicans brought the repeal to the Senate floor under the "Congressional Review Act," which allows Congress to review presidential executive orders.  Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., who sponsored the resolution, said the mandate was an example of the "heavy hand of government" hurting businesses.

Epidemiological update:  Omicron variant of concern (VOC) — data as of 8 December 2021.  [Scroll down]  All cases for which there is available information on severity were either asymptomatic or mild.  No deaths have been reported among these cases so far.

European CDC: Out of hundreds of cases of Omicron here, not a single one involves severe illness.  [Scroll down]  I don't recall hearing of a single death anywhere from Omicron yet.  And while there are people in South Africa who've been hospitalized with the variant, early data from Gauteng province suggests many are landing in the ER for unrelated reasons and then testing positive for COVID during the admission process.  "Out of 17 patients, four were on oxygen," said one hospital physician in Pretoria.  "That's not in a COVID ward for me, that's like a normal ward."

Gretchen Whitmer questions vaccine mandates.  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the Michiganian who became the face of American tyranny when she famously cracked down on seed purchases at Home Depot-type stores during the blooming stages of the coronavirus, had this to say about vaccine mandates:  "I know if that mandate happens, we're going to lose state employees" and "that's why I haven't proposed a mandate at the state level" and "we're waiting to see what happens in court."  A Democrat who's actually taking a cue from courts and citizens' backlash and slowing roll on a dictate?  Look to the skies.  Pigs must be flying.  Look.  You know you're losing the battle to subdue civil rights when a tyrant like Gov. Gretchen Whitmer starts getting queasy on the quest.  This is the governor, after all, who issued so many executive orders on coronavirus, and who curtailed so many civil liberties due to coronavirus, that she sparked such characterizations from her constituents as a "mothering tyrant of coronavirus dystopia," as MLive.com wrote in mid-2020.

POLL: 4 out of 5 Democrats have already been turned into COVID "obedience slaves" who will do almost anything to comply with false authority.  A new Axios-Ipsos poll has found that 82 percent of all Democrats in the United States are willing to wear a mask indoors at all times now that the "Omicron" (Moronic) variant has arrived.  Conversely, only 38 percent of Republicans are willing to do the same.  Axios, which is admittedly far-left, complained that these results show that "[m]ost Americans aren't willing to make big changes in their behavior to minimize the risk from the Omicron variant, like avoiding indoor restaurant dining or canceling their holiday travel plans."  It turns out that only 33 percent of Americans overall are willing to stop eating inside at restaurants this winter, and only 28 percent are willing to stop gathering with other people outside of their own household.  That same 28 percent do not want to have to self-quarantine for 14 days again just because the government came up with a new scary "mutation," and only 23 percent say they would cancel their holiday travel plans over this latest scariant.

Was Trump Right?  UV Light Therapy Shows Promise in COVID Patients.  You're not going to believe this, but you now have more ammunition against the idiots running around saying Trump told people to inject themselves with bleach.  He never did that.  What he did do was inartfully try to describe a new technology that relies on UV light to be injected through a catheter into parts of the body (like the lungs) where the light can act as a "disinfectant" and kill viruses. [...] What this proves is very significant.  President Trump has been maligned and defamed for more than a year based on the lie that the "disinfectant" he mentioned during a COVID press conference was bleach.  The fake news did that.  They turned the word "disinfectant" into bleach before our very eyes and hardly anyone noticed.

53 Year Old, Fully Vaccinated Egyptian Football Manager Dies From A 'Sudden' Heart Attack During Celebrations.  An Egyptian football manager has died at the age of 53 after suffering a heart attack while celebrating his team's stoppage-time winner.  Adham El-Selhadar's El Magd side netted a goal in the second minute of added on time in their 1-0 victory against El Zarqa in an Egyptian Second League match on Thursday [12/2/2021].  The goal sparked jubilant celebrations before the mood quickly turned somber when El-Selhadar suffered a heart attack following the goal and was rushed to [a] hospital.

Healthy father of one, 41, died from a severe brain-bleed 11 days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.  A father-of-one died of a severe brain-bleed just 11 days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine, an inquest has heard.  Adam Bounds, 41, passed away at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth on May 31 this year after his Covid-19 vaccine caused a 'very rare' fatal side effect.  Dr Wayne Thomas, a consultant haematologist at Derriford Hospital, told the Plymouth coroner Mr Bounds' diagnosis was 'vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia'.

Effectiveness of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines at preventing hospitalization from Covid drops as low as 75% after 120 days, CDC study finds.  The ability of the COVID-19 vaccines to prevent severe illness and hospitalization wanes over time, a CDC study finds.  Researchers at the agency found that the effectiveness of severe illness prevention drops from as high as 89 percent to as low as 75 percent 120 days after the second shot of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is received.  The data was gathered by the agency from February to September, though, meaning the Omicron variant had not yet been discovered at the time.

Still Crazy After All The Data.  Any social movement, like the Luv-The-Injection-Or-Else movement, that is immune to data is a cult, pure and simple.  You've probably heard the nonsense about how the myocarditis or pericarditis is "mild" and that the victims were "treated and released" from hospital.  Guess what?  Everyone admitted to a hospital is "treated and released."  Some are cured, some continue treatment at home, some are sent elsewhere for continuing treatment — and some are dead.  "Treated and released" applies to stroke and heart attack patients.

German chemist Dr. Andreas Noack found DEAD after exposing presence of graphene hydroxide in covid "vaccines".  On Nov. 23, a world-renowned German chemist by the name of Dr. Andreas Noack put out a video (you can watch it at the Daily Exposé) exposing the presence of graphene hydroxide in Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccines."  Three days later, Noack mysteriously died.  While the specific circumstances surrounding Noack's death remain unknown, it is being reported that he was "attacked," which resulted in his passing.  This is according to Noack's pregnant wife, who published her own video after his death to sound the alarm.  "On the day of his graphene hydroxide video, he developed breathing difficulty and died in the early morning on Nov. 26, 2021," Noack's wife revealed in the video.  Noack's wife further made the suggestion that perhaps Noack was targeted with a directed energy weapon, or DEW, since he was not attacked in an obvious sense with a blunt object.  Instead, Noack developed some kind of strange respiratory ailment on the very same day that he exposed one of the contents of Fauci Flu shots.

Omicron stinks to the high heavens!  The variant will be used to vaccinate 1 billion unsuspecting Africans and South Africa is the stepping stone.  Note, stats don't lie, above (CSSE) showing Covid-19 in the West more or less running out-of-control, but look below at Africa, the second biggest continent in the world is "NOT" following the Covid-19 narrative, the disease is and has been for the last 2 years relatively stable. [...] There is one country though in Africa which followed the same pattern as the West and has had terrible problems from Covid during the last 2 years.  Even so South Africa, has enjoyed a walk in the park when compared to most of their western neighbours.

A Call Out to Physicians.  [Scroll down]  So now, in current times, we have doctors refusing to see "unvaccinated" people.  Really?  That is the hill these physicians want to die on?  We have an experimental gene therapy which did not go through full proper testing, underwent data manipulation so they could get their precious EUA, and doesn't do anything it is supposed to.  On top of that, it is seemingly harming, both directly through injury and indirectly through immune weakness, lots of innocent people.  And these supposedly "trained" doctors, because they are too scared to stand up to administration and their peers, are not only allowing this disaster to be carried out, but actually arguing with patients about the purported benefit of the therapy.  It doesn't take long to find out that safety has been shelved and replaced by profit motives.  Why is there no data safety review board?  Why are the drug companies and the government (in other words, the industry) the ones reviewing their own investigations?  The safety review board should be independent, and beyond reproach.  This is not happening.

VAERS Data Indicates the Covid Vaccines Have Killed At Least 140,000 Americans.  To get an idea of just how dangerous the current Covid vaccines are, we only need to look at the numbers in the government authorized VAERS database.  As you may know, VAERS is an acronym for Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.  This system is co-maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). [...] Established in 1990, the idea behind VAERS is to capture as many adverse reactions to vaccines as possible in order to alert health experts to potential issues and problems. [...] As of November 26, 2021, the number of deaths reported to VAERS in connection with the Covid vaccines was 19,532.  It is both astonishing and revealing that in the last 11 months there were more reports of vaccine deaths related to Covid shots than to all other vaccines combined during the previous three decades.  This should raise all kinds of red flags, because it is a good indication that there may be something seriously wrong with the Covid vaccines, and that these hastily authorized pharmaceuticals are causing death on an unprecedented scale.  The 19,532 tally does not, however, give us an accurate picture of the situation.

Finland's PM 'really sorry' for nightclub visit after COVID exposure.  Finland's prime minister said she's sorry for partying it up without a mask at a club just hours after a member of her cabinet tested positive for COVID-19.  Sanna Marin, 36, apologized on Facebook on Monday [12/6/2021] for dancing with friends until about 4 a.m. at Butchers nightclub in Helsinki, where photos reportedly show the world leader not wearing a mask after Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto came down positive for the virus.  Marin and Haavisto had been in close proximity just a day earlier, Bloomberg reported.  In a lengthy Facebook post, Marin said she was told she didn't need to isolate because she had been fully vaccinated, but missed a text message later Saturday advising her to quarantine until she tested negative.

Finland Prime Minister Partied Until 4 a.m., Missed Her Phone's COVID Contact Tracing Notifications.  Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has released an apology after she went clubbing in Helsinki with friends.  Hours before going out, her foreign minister had tested positive for COVID-19.  Marin had been initially told that because she was fully vaccinated, there was no reason that she should have to quarantine.  She later missed a text advising that she quarantine despite being fully vaccinated.  The text, which had been sent to her work phone, had been left at home while the 36 year old was clubbing until about 4 a.m.  This information came to light after it was revealed Marin had not heeded her warning to immediately quarantine.

Study finds 5G technology a 'significant factor' in higher COVID case and death rates.  A study recently published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) proposed that wireless communications radiation, including 5G, may contribute to COVID-19 symptoms.  The evidence for the connection between COVID and 5G, as well as other forms of wireless communications radiation (WCR), consisted of two main findings: the statistical correlation between COVID-19 symptoms/mortality and area-specific WCR intensity, including that of 5G; and the overlap between WCR effects on the body, and COVID-19 symptoms.

Mother Says [her] Son [was] Vaccinated in Exchange for Pizza at [an] LA School Without Her Consent.  A mother in Los Angeles says her son was vaccinated at school without her consent and in exchange for pizza.  "I should have been involved," Maribel Duarte told NBC 4 News, whose 13-year-old son attends the Barack Obama Global Prep Academy in South Los Angeles.  Duarte also says her son was told to not discuss what happened.  "The lady that gave him the shot and signed the paper told my son, 'Please don't say anything.  I don't want to get in trouble.'"  "It hurt to know he got a shot without my permission, without me knowing and without signing any papers for him to get the shot," Duarte said.  A school administrator told NBC the allegations aren't true and that "more often than not, parents will lie about the whole vaccine issue."

In at least one school, parents aren't included in vaccination decisions.  Although children are at minimal risk from COVID but seem to be at a higher risk of vaccination side effects (especially if they're teenage boys), Democrats are determined to stick needles into children's arms.  Indeed, they're so determined that, at one school in the Los Angeles Unified School District ("LAUSD"), they bribed a 13-year-old to get a vaccination in exchange for pizza.  His mother, who supports vaccinations, is not happy.

Los Angeles High School Named After America's First Not Muslim President Vaccinated A Child Without Parental Consent In Exchange For Pizza.  Maribel Duarte says her 13-year-old son, a student at the Barack Obama Global Prep Academy in South LA, brought home a vaccine card after having accepted the COVID-19 vaccine at school.  She says he said yes when someone offered it in exchange for pizza.  "The lady that gave him the shot and signed the paper told my son, 'Please don't say anything.  I don't want to get in trouble.'"  [Video clip]

500 Los Angeles school board employees [have been] fired over vaccine mandate.  Hundreds of Los Angeles school board employees have been fired for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite a district mandate.  The school board for the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest in the country, voted Tuesday 7-0 in separate motions to axe 496 employees who are largely believed to have been on leave since mid-October, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.  A district spokeswoman did not say how many of those fired were classroom teachers and noted that nearly 99% of the district's roughly 73,000 employees had been vaccinated in accordance with the mandate.

People Who Get Johnson & Johnson Vaccine at Elevated Risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome:  Study.  People who receive the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are at elevated risk of getting a severe autoimmune disorder that can cause paralysis, according to a new study.  Researchers used data from the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  They found 21 potential cases, 11 of which were confirmed, of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in people who got the shot.  Most happened with 13 days of vaccination.  The incidence rate of confirmed cases per 100,000 person-years was 34.6 during the 1 to 21 days after administration, much higher than the historical background rate of 2 per 100,000 person-years.  Adjusted rates also came in higher than the expected and background rates.  Researchers determined the incidence of GBS was much lower among those who got a messenger-RNA-based vaccine, or a Moderna or Pfizer shot.  The rates after those vaccines were similar to background rates.

Is Florida COVID-free?  I regularly look at the COVID data on Google Maps, which uses the New York Times as its data source.  COVID cases on the map are expressed as number of daily cases per one hundred thousand people on a rolling seven-day average.  You can see the numbers for each country in the world, each state in the U.S., and each county within each state.  They are all color-coded by levels of case density.  Today I saw something absolutely incredible, if it's accurate.  Every county in the state of Florida shows zero current cases of COVID over the past seven days.

Vaccine Mandates, Public Health Theater and an Endgame that Makes No Sense.  As I previously wrote, the Biden administration is a one-and-done deal.  Not even fellow Dems want another term of Biden-Harris (either one of them).  The administration is there to achieve various radical goals before it has to leave.  Popularity is not an issue.  But the push for vaccine mandates is, like masking, also the product of public health theater.  During the pandemic, it was vitally important to have a "plan".  The plan was assembled by public health professionals, some like Fauci who actually were in the medical field, but just as often by public health administrators.  And when you talked to them in 2020, there was a clear plan.  And a clear endgame.  Get "shots into arms" and the pandemic would become a seasonal problem like the flu to be met with annual shots.  Even though the vaccines are not performing up to spec, that's still the plan.  The current incarnation still focuses on universal vaccination, including babies, as the endgame.  It's a common problem in government to create a plan and to continue pushing toward the endgame even when it no longer makes any sense.  That's what we did in Afghanistan, in the "war on poverty", and in pretty much every stupid government disaster.

Democrats don't care about inflation, the poor, the middle class, women, or science.  They care about raw power.  The health experts say the new omicron variant is more transmissible because it has similar characteristics to the common cold.  So why don't they tell the public it is essentially the common cold?  The reason they don't is to scare the public into submitting to all the dictatorial mandates.  If COVID-19 were referred to as a seasonal flu, and if deaths had been counted the same as the seasonal flu, instead of intentionally inflated, the government would not have been able to take away so many freedoms.  When Biden, Fauci, and others say their mandates and rules are based on science, they should be asked the following: why has Florida done better without the mandates?  Where was the science that said the virus passes easily off surfaces, that we must remain six feet apart, and Plexiglas would solve the problem?  Why don't people who come across the border have to get a negative test 24 hours in advance?  And why did the CDC change the way deaths are counted on COVID versus previous viruses?

Biden Surgeon General:  Even triple vaxxed still have to wear masks indoors.  The Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared Sunday that even those who are tripled jabbed will still have to wear masks indoors while around their families at Christmas.  Appearing on CBS News, Murthy said "If people use the tools that we have that you can actually gather with much, much less risk," referring to masks.  Murthy added that those 'tools' "include getting vaccinated, getting boosted.  Certainly, if you are eligible, that helps raise your level of protection, using masks in public indoor spaces, gathering in well-ventilated places when you do gather.  These are all tools we've learned help.  And finally, remember testing."  He added that "we have millions of people who are still unvaccinated, which poses a risk to their lives, but also poses an increased risk of transmission."

The Editor says...
Lots of routine activities "pose a risk" to your life, but you do them anyway, because the risks are not great enough (if you're sane) to keep you from driving a car, climbing a ladder, or working in a factory.  Everybody at the airport knows that airline travel isn't 100 percent safe.  Everybody on the New York City subway knows they're not very safe, but there they are anyway.  Don't let the government tell you what medicines to take, especially if you don't know what's in those medicines or what might happen to you if you take them.  The vaccines are far more dangerous than the disease they are supposed to mitigate.

MP Who Claims She Feels "Unsafe" Around Maskless Is Pictured Partying Maskless.  An MP who claimed she felt "unsafe" around people who don't wear masks proudly posted maskless photos of herself to Twitter enjoying a party surrounded by people not wearing masks.  [Photo]  Whoops.  "I feel incredibly unsafe in the chamber," when Tories don't wear masks Labour MP Zarah Sultana stated during a recent BBC News interview.

Comparing Vaccines.  So, how do the COVID vaccines (grouped together for this piece) compare to other vaccines?  [Includes a discussion of the gradually changing definition of vaccine and vaccination.]

San Francisco is regulating outdoor dining out of existence.  When the pandemic arrived and social distancing became mandatory, San Francisco was one of many cities that promoted outdoor dining facilities so that restaurants could continue to serve customers without violating those rules.  They changed their zoning laws to allow eateries to construct what came to be known as "parklets."  These are small, partially enclosed spaces with tables and chairs where diners can attempt to enjoy their meal out on the street.  That worked well enough that even when some of the restrictions began to be relaxed, owners were clamoring to keep the parklets in place.  The city agreed and made the changes to their code permanent.

The Vaccine Coercers Are Moral Monsters.  [Scroll down]  Back to this particular genre of vaccines, which currently boast the scariest side-effect profile in modern vaccine history and more associated deaths than all other vaccines combined, not to mention heart issues and other life-altering side effects.  Even if one in a million dropped dead after taking this vaccine (it's WAY more than that), do YOU want to be the one to choose which child has to be without a parent, or which parents have to lose their child? [...] Most people who choose to remain unvaccinated — like myself — do so not because we want to spread the virus to others or are against vaccinations in general, but because we have natural immunity and/or serious, data-driven questions about this particular vaccine.  The moral case for choice, and against vaccine mandates, is as clear as day and as absolute as any case for good and against evil could ever be.  If the Covid-19 vaccine mandaters aren't evil people (I am beginning to believe most are), they are certainly engaging in an evil act.  As such, they should be opposed using every non-violent measure at our disposal.

Mask mandates are harming our kids' development.  Classrooms may finally be open around the country, but we continue to live with the consequences of putting schools last. [...] It's no mystery why kids are having a hard time.  After a year-plus of schools in blue areas being semi-open at best, we've brought kids back into classroom settings only to have them take insane, unnecessary precautions that actively harm learning.  Last week, my son's class presented projects.  The kids were masked and in their classroom while the parents watched the presentations on Zoom.  To sum up the presentations by 6-year-olds:  "Skjnskjngpnw kngiwnk plplwoje!"  The Zoom featured a bunch of parents leaning in and listening intently to try to catch a word or two of what their kid was saying.  I was fully unsuccessful.

Reports Show Omicron Is the Least Severe Variant of COVID-19 Yet.  According to the New York Times, the variant comes from South Africa where, despite spreading rapidly, seems to have little or no effect on those who contract it.  Researchers in Pretoria sent reports that those with this variant of the Coronavirus are "much less sick" than previous patients.  "In fact, they said, most of their infected patients were admitted for other reasons and have no Covid symptoms," said the Times.  While researchers are saying these reports are good news, they're cautioning against dismissing it altogether.

Judge issues nationwide injunction against Biden's vaccine mandate for federal contractors.  A federal judge on Tuesday [12/7/2021] issued a nationwide injunction against a vaccine mandate for federal contractors, ruling that President Joe Biden probably exceeded his authority by imposing the requirement.  Judge R. Stan Baker, who's based in Georgia, temporarily blocked implementation of the administration after a lawsuit from numerous states and a trade group argued that letting the mandate take effect on Jan. 4 would cause "irreparable injury" to workers who could be forced out of their jobs.  The judge wrote that allowing the rule to move forward "would force Plaintiffs to comply with the mandate, requiring them to make decisions which would significantly alter their ability to perform federal contract which is critical to their operations."  The court setback is the latest in a string of rulings hampering the administration's efforts to force more people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Democrat-Run Oregon:  We're Making Indoor Masks 'Permanent'.  Democrat-run Oregon is moving to make its indoor mask mandate permanent, meaning that residents will be forced to wear masks for the rest of their lives.  Yes, really.  Authoritarian leaders are working on making compulsory face coverings an indefinite mandate and have boasted that they have taken "the first step in making the rule permanent."  "The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) convened a Rules Advisory Committee (RAC) on Thursday.  The RAC provided feedback on the indoor mask rule.  The point of the committee is to suggest what should and shouldn't be included in the ruling and discuss the impact it will have on the public."

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Rules like this are only permanent if the voters keep re-electing tyrants, or if there are no more honest elections.

American Toxicologist Calls for An Immediate Halt to Covid Injections Due to Multiple Safety Concerns.  Janci Chunn Lindsay, Ph.D., a molecular biologist and toxicologist, has called for an immediate halt to Covid-19 mRNA and DNA "vaccines" due to multiple safety concerns.  There's credible concern that the Covid jabs will cross-react with syncytin (a retroviral envelope protein) and reproductive genes in sperm, ova and placenta in ways that may impair fertility and reproductive outcomes.  In the case of the Covid shots, important animal studies that help ascertain toxic and systemic effects were not done.  We're now seeing danger signals that are not being heeded.  Preliminary safety results of mRNA Covid shots used in pregnant women, published in April 2021, revealed an 82% miscarriage rate when the jab was administered during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.  CDC data reveal more than 300 children between the ages of 12 and 18 have died from myocarditis, a now-recognized side effect of the Covid jab, yet the shot is now authorized for children as young as 5.  Since the Covid gene therapies do not prevent infection, but only lessen symptoms, they are actually a treatment, not a prevention.  And there are far safer and more effective treatment available, including nebulized peroxide, ozone therapy, and hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin regimens.

A Massive Crime Against Humanity is Underway.  Dr. Naomi Wolf talks about the similarities with today's mandates and Nazi regime tactics.  [Video clip]

Extreme covid fascism in Lithuania is making it impossible for the unvaccinated to live.  The Baltic country of Lithuania has entered its eighth week of highly restrictive "Covid Pass" tyranny, and the fascism is off the charts.  According to reports, the unvaccinated in that country face increasing ostracization and banishment from normal society.  They are being deprived of medicine, fuel and food — basically all the things they need in order to live.  The non-jabbed are also being raided by undercover police officers, intimidated in public, openly hated and blasted by the media.  Lithuania has become a hellish landscape for the non-compliant, in other words.  Right now, Lithuania is said to have the strictest Covid Pass regime in all of Europe.  And there is no end in sight as things get worse and worse by the day.  "With no Pass, my wife and I may only enter small shops which mainly sell food, pharma, optics, or farm / pet goods," a Lithuanian man reported.  "We're banned everywhere else."

7 Year Old in the ICU after a Stroke and Brain Hemorrhage Due to her COVID-19 Shot.  Barry Gewin has been posting on Facebook about his beautiful niece, Harper, who is currently in the ICY because of a COVID-19 shot that caused a stroke and brain hemorrhage in the 7 year old back in November.  Currently, she is up and walking again in the ICU, but the stroke and brain hemorrhage could result in lifelong complications.  [Video clip]

Fascist Australia arrests healthy escapees from "Camp Covid," threatens more extreme punishments for those who disobey.  Australian police have arrested three healthy teenagers who were caught escaping "quarantine" at the Center of National Resilience at Howard Springs in the Northern Territory.  According to reports, the three young men, aged 15, 16 and 17, all tested "negative" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19), and yet were told that they had to remain forcibly confined at the "Camp Covid" facility until the government decides they can "safely" leave.  Not having any of this, the trio hopped the fence and tried to return back to their normal lives, only to have the Australian "gestapo" hunt them down and return them back to the concentration camp.

Danielle Turner: 44-year-old Australian truck driver suffering uncontrollable convulsions, numerous seizures after first Pfizer mRNA injection.  A 44-year-old truck driver and mother of one was forced to quit her job after receiving a mandatory injection to keep her job.  Her story is also a sneak peak into more supply chain disruption forthcoming in Australia and beyond.  Ms. Danielle Turner "reluctantly" received her first Pfizer mRNA injection on October 9, according to her GoFundMe page.  She reported general malaise that night.  But she thought nothing of it and went to sleep in anticipation of driving her route the next day.  The following morning, she felt "odd" but went to work anyway.  Ms. Turner suffered several seizures before she could start her shift.  [Video clip]

Neocon WashPo Editor Who Trashed Anti-Vaxxers Dies Of 'Sudden Cardiac Arrest'.  Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt, a bloodthirsty neocon who used his position to shill America into the war in Iraq and push forced vaccines, died on Monday after suffering from sudden cardiac arrest.  [Tweets]  Hiatt, 66, "had sudden cardiac arrest on Nov. 24 while visiting his daughter in Brooklyn, said his wife, Margaret 'Pooh' Shapiro, and did not regain consciousness," the Post reported.  Hiatt's vaccination/booster status is not clear but as we all know, the sudden surge in heart disease throughout the West is purely a coincidence. [...] Though Hiatt was a rabid neocon when it came to American foreign policy, he was a radical leftist on domestic policy.  He published endless editorials advocating for Big Tech censorship, hate speech laws, mass immigration, gun control, forced vaccines, covid tyranny, transgenderism, anti-white critical race theory, fake meat and so on.

CDC's Legendary Chief Virus Investigator Found Dead.  Sherif Zaki, one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) leading virus investigators, has been found dead, according to reports.  Zaki was the CDC's chief infectious disease detective who helped identify the Covid-19, Ebola, West Nile and Zika viruses.  According to friends and family, he "died suddenly and unexpectedly"[.]

Jolene Kolenosky: 39-year-old Canadian woman gets injected because she wanted to travel, dead four days later.  A 39-year-old mother of four is dead because Canadian dystopian regulations require experimental, deadly shots to travel abroad.  Ms. Jolene Robyn Kolenosky, aka Jolene Topham, received her first mRNA injection on October 13, according to several friends and family members on Facebook.  It's unclear whether it was Pfizer or Moderna (and it doesn't matter).  It definitely wasn't AstraZeneca because Saskatchewan stopped using that brand allegedly due to "supply issues" in May.  But the real reason is because several countries across the globe stopped using AstraZeneca in March due to numerous reports of blood clots.  Canadian mainstream propaganda media could not hide these deadly facts; and it scared even the most hardcore vaxx zealots away from AstraZeneca.

How I beat COVID in 48 hours with ivermectin.  I caught COVID-19 for the first time a few weeks ago.  I beat COVID-19 in 48 hours with ivermectin and massive doses of vitamins — including intravenous vitamin C.  But ivermectin is truly a miracle drug.  I had COVID-19 for a day when I decided to take ivermectin.  From that point on, COVID-19 was gone in 24 hours.  Yes, ivermectin and vitamins turned the dangerous, deadly, run-for-your-life, lock-down-the-economy, mask-up-for-life, vaccinate-or-die COVID-19 into a minor common cold.  And then it was gone in 24 hours.  Ivermectin made my COVID-19 bout so mild, I never missed a day of work.

Biden extends mask mandate on public transportation through March, tightens travel restrictions.  The White House recently announced that a mask mandate will be in place on public transportation throughout the nation until March 18.  An initial mandate was scheduled to expire on January 18.  However, concerns about the omicron variant have led health officials to institute new rules governing mask use on public transportation, rail travel and airlines.  Moving forward, the fines for people who fail to wear a mask at these locations will be doubled.  The minimum fine will be $500, with repeat offenders facing fines of as much as $3000.  The White House also announced that all travelers to the United States will be required to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test within a day of boarding the flight.  This will apply to all people, regardless of their vaccination status or their nationality.

Vietnam province halts Pfizer covid vaccines after 120 students hospitalized following vaccine injections.  Thanh Hoa, a province of Vietnam, has suspended all use of the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccine" from Pfizer after a single batch caused more than 120 students to have to get hospitalized for injuries.  Since November 30, the central province has been injecting children aged 15-17 with the experimental mRNA solution from Pfizer-BioNTech, which United States regulators declared to be "safe and effective."  However, it turns out that the jabs are not safe and effective as claimed.  Among the symptoms experienced by the 120 students were nausea, high fever and breathing difficulties, the provincial Centers for Disease Control (CDC) publicly reported.

German Catholics protest Archdiocese of Berlin banning unvaccinated from attending Mass.  A group of some 60 Catholics — families, students, and the elderly — have shown their opposition to the new "2G" rule in the Archdiocese of Berlin that only the vaccinated or COVID-recovered faithful may attend Holy Mass.  These Catholics organized a prayer vigil at Hedwig's Cathedral, the main Catholic church in Berlin, singing, praying, and displaying a sign which read:  "No 2G: Church for all."  LifeSite interviewed Moritz Scholtysik, one of the organizers of this initiative, which was spontaneously started out of opposition to the Archdiocese of Berlin's decision.  The decision to segregate Catholics based on vaccine status was not even imposed upon the diocese by the state.  Since November 27, Holy Mass on Sundays and on feast days are restricted for the unvaccinated.

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Omicron: all the post-hype facts about the latest Fauci fear mechanism.  [The 1963 Italian film "Omicron,"] according to IMDB, is about an alien that takes over a human's body so it can learn about humanity and take over the planet.  Reasonable people recognized the parallels of gene therapy taking over human bodies and turning them into GMO beings.  But Hollywood telling us what the powers-that-be are planning is nothing new.  A Simpsons episode called "The Fool Monty" aired on November 21, 2010, almost 11 years exactly before the Omicron variant premiere.  The episode was about TV executives creating a fearmongering campaign around a disease called "house cat flu."


NYC to expand vaccine mandate to the private sector Dec. 27.  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio went all-in on vaccine mandates Monday, announcing a first-in-nation COVID-19 requirement for the entire private sector that will take effect after Christmas and mere days before Mayor-elect Eric Adams takes over City Hall.  Mr. de Blasio said roughly 184,000 impacted businesses have until Dec. 27 to implement a vaccine mandate on workers.  The city also will require proof of vaccination for 5- to 11-year-olds for indoor dining, fitness and entertainment venues, an expansion of existing rules on persons 12 and older.  The new requirement may spark a backlash from families who decided to forego the shots, given the lower risk of COVID-19 illness in children.

COVID vaccine mandates undermined by research sponsored by vaccine makers, feds.  Recent COVID-19 research sponsored by vaccine makers and the federal government may actually undermine the rationale for vaccine mandates.  Two studies published last month in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) showed statistically insignificant differences between participants who received vaccinations or placebos in Pfizer and Moderna trials.  Five placebo versus two vaccinated participants died from COVID-19 or related pneumonia across the two randomized controlled trials of more than 74,000 people six to seven months later.  The figures are available in each study's supplementary appendix.  All deaths reported during the vaccine trials, regardless of listed cause, were similarly close between vaccine (31) and placebo (30) groups in the two appendices.  Indiana University medical professor Allon Friedman flagged the studies in a Brownstone Institute essay Thursday, calling their design "the gold standard and most rigorous scientific tool available to examine cause and effect relationships" between vaccination and death.

Double-vaxxed traveller catches Omicron Covid inside a Hong Kong quarantine hotel from a guest staying across the hallway, despite both never leaving their rooms.  A person has caught Omicron Covid inside a quarantine hotel in Hong Kong from a guest across the hall despite both never leaving their rooms, it has been revealed.  Both patients were double-vaccinated and both had tested negative on a PCR before arriving in Hong Kong last month, with one flying in from Canada and the second flying in from South Africa.  Scientists believe the traveller from South Africa was infected before flying and then passed the infection to the traveller from Canada when opening the door of their room to collect food.

Top Israeli Doctor Says Ivermectin 'Really Has Antiviral Activities'.  Professor Eli Schwartz of the Sheba Medical Center in Israel, which is revered as one of the top hospitals in the world, is reporting positive outcomes after he conducted a study on ivermectin's effectiveness in treating COVID.  Schwartz, whose medical experience includes fighting dengue and ebola outbreaks and starting the Travel Medicine and Tropical Disease Institute at Sheba, was also assigned by Israel's Defense Ministry to find a medical solution to COVID.

Ivermectin: enigmatic multifaceted 'wonder' drug continues to surprise and exceed expectations.  Today, ivermectin is continuing to surprise and excite scientists, offering more and more promise to help improve global public health by treating a diverse range of diseases, with its unexpected potential as an antibacterial, antiviral and anti-cancer agent being particularly extraordinary.

Proof:  COVID vaccines cause prion diseases.  There is no doubt the mRNA vaccines are causing prion diseases.  People didn't have these diseases before the shot and suddenly they develop them after the shot.  There is no other explanation for this.  None of the "fact checkers" can explain the cause of the excess rates.  Prion diseases are incurable and always fatal.  You can die as soon as 6 weeks after COVID vaccination (see within 6 weeks and within 6 months examples).  However, Twitter believes this is not true, but they refuse to tell anyone why they think that.  Other fact checkers who have checked this out never did a VAERS query and are unable to explain away the "excess" number of reports other than doing a blanket dismissal that everything in VAERS is fraudulent without providing any evidence of that claim (other than one report out of 1.6M reports).  None of the fact checkers will debate on this to set the record straight.

Vaccine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome:  The Real Pandemic Caused by the Bioweaponized Covid Vaccines.  Sometimes, a situation calls for the creation of a brand new term, in order to describe the unique and monumental scale of its effect upon people and society.  This is just such an occasion, and so I have coined the word 'VAIDS' to describe what we are currently witnessing in those who have been injected with various experimental concoctions under the guise of a COVID-19 'emergency'.  If what you see happening around you concerns you as much as it concerns me, get to know this new term and discuss it with others far and wide.

Mass vaccination fails to halt Covid transmission rates — study.  Successful vaccine rollouts have failed to stop Covid transmission, with new data showing the prevalence of the virus increasing in fully jabbed individuals, according to a medical study in The Lancet.  Examining new infections in Germany, researchers found that the rate of cases among fully vaccinated individuals aged 60 and older has risen from 16.9% in July to 58.9% in October.  Offering a clear assessment that fully vaccinated people are increasingly becoming the source of Covid transmission, the study identified a similar situation in the UK.  Throughout Britain, the number of household contacts exposed to unvaccinated cases (23%) was slightly lower than the number exposed to vaccinated individuals (25%).  In the space of three weeks in Britain, 100 Covid cases were reported among individuals who are 60 or older.  Out of those infections, 89.7% of people were fully vaccinated, while 3.4% were unvaccinated.

The Great Vaccine Mandate Scam.  President Joe Biden is using the vaccine mandate (and vaccine passport to come) as a Trojan horse.  In other words, it looks like he's trying to protect America and save lives, when in reality he's using this vaccine mandate as a cover story to destroy the U.S. economy, capitalism and the great American middle class, all at once.  This is a communist takeover of the U.S. by a small minority at the top who have rigged elections and are now busy hijacking the country, as if they have some powerful mandate.  They don't.  As a matter of fact, everyone hates Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. [...] These mandates are squarely aimed only at working Americans.  If you have a job, you're looking at being threatened with losing your job, your income and your pension if you choose to remain unvaccinated.  Biden is threatening to destroy your life, to make you homeless.  But if you're a lazy bum, sitting home watching "Dr. Phil" and waiting for your EBT card to arrive in the mail, you're safe.  Biden isn't taking a dime away from you.  Only Americans with jobs are being persecuted.  Why not lose your welfare if you're unvaccinated?  Why not lose your food stamps?  Why not lose your Medicaid or Obamacare?  Why is it only middle-class Americans, who work for a living, who pay taxes, who bust their butts, who have families to support, who are being persecuted over this vaccine mandate?  Because the great American middle class, and anyone who works for a living and pays taxes into the system, is overwhelmingly Republican and conservative.

How fear fuels the vaccine wars.  Perhaps it's my age, or perhaps it's just blind prejudice, but when I wake to the news that the Austrian government has interned an entire third of its national population as a danger to public health, a chill runs down my spine.  I look at the news photos of armed, masked, black-clad police stopping people in the streets to ask for their digital papers, and I read stories of others arrested for leaving their own house more than the permitted once a day, and I hear Austrian politicians intoning that those who refuse to accede to the injection are to be shunned and scapegoated until they acquiesce.  Then I watch interviews with "ordinary people", and they say that the "unvaxxed" had it coming.  Some of them say that they should all be jailed, these enemies of the people.  At best, the "anti-vaxxers" are paranoid and misinformed.  At worst they are malicious, and should be punished. [...] Across Europe and the wider world, the picture is the same.  Internment.  Mandatory medication.  Segregation of whole sections of society.  Mass sackings.  A drumbeat media consensus.  The systematic censoring of dissent.  The deliberate creation of a climate of fear and suspicion.  The deepening demonisation of the "unvaxxed". Something terrible is rising around us, and we are only just waking up to it.

Highly infectious OMICRON strain with "mild" symptoms could deliver worldwide natural immunity and make vaccines obsolete.  Yesterday I interviewed Steve Kirsch, a highly intelligent, data-driven analyst who has been making huge wave on Substack with his articles on covid vaccines (and their long-term effects on humanity).  That full interview will be posted today on my channel at Brighteon.com.  In that interview, Kirsch dropped a bombshell.  He explained that omicron so far appears to be very mild but highly infectious, following a rather typical path of viral host adaptation.  As a result, he explained that if a person had to choose which variant to be infected with, they would vastly prefer omicron, since it has so far killed no one (to our knowledge at this point) and yet provokes the body into producing a powerful immune response that confers immunity against all covid variants (including Delta).  Kirsch was right on the money:  Omicron is spreading quickly but producing no serious symptoms in those who are said to be "infected" with it.  It appears that omicron, despite being widely hyped by the scientifically illiterate corporate media, may have finally reached "seasonal flu" status in terms of its relatively mild impact on human health.

More Than 400 Studies on the Failure of Compulsory Covid Interventions.  The great body of evidence (comparative research studies and high-quality pieces of evidence and reporting judged to be relevant to this analysis) shows that COVID-19 lockdowns, shelter-in-place policies, masks, school closures, and mask mandates have failed in their purpose of curbing transmission or reducing deaths.  These restrictive policies were ineffective and devastating failures, causing immense harm especially to the poorer and vulnerable within societies.  Nearly all governments have attempted compulsory measures to control the virus, but no government can claim success.  The research indicates that mask mandates, lockdowns, and school closures have had no discernible impact of virus trajectories.  Bendavid reported "in the framework of this analysis, there is no evidence that more restrictive nonpharmaceutical interventions ('lockdowns') contributed substantially to bending the curve of new cases in England, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, or the United States in early 2020."  We've known this for a very long time now but governments continue to double down, causing misery upon people with ramifications that will likely take decades or more to repair.

Covid-19 vaccine trials cannot tell us if they will save lives.  Vaccines are being hailed as the solution to the covid-19 pandemic, but the vaccine trials currently underway are not designed to tell us if they will save lives, reports Peter Doshi, Associate Editor at The BMJ today.  Several covid-19 vaccine trials are now in their most advanced (phase 3) stage, but what will it mean exactly when a vaccine is declared "effective"?  Many may assume that successful phase 3 studies will mean we have a proven way of keeping people from getting very sick and dying from covid-19.  And a robust way to interrupt viral transmission.  Yet the current phase 3 trials are not actually set up to prove either, says Doshi.

The Frightening Secret of Anthony Fauci's Survival.  Anthony Fauci is dangerous because he is the familiar voice of the leftist movement to force Americans into submission.  He offers steady assurance that all will be well if the obedient will wear masks, stay indoors, get the vaccine, get the boosters.  While spewing falsehoods, he warns followers to ignore misinformation; and positions himself as the embodiment of truth and science.  "Criticizing me is criticizing science."  No matter how erroneous his arguments, a ready army of legacy media, medical publications, and the indoctrinated is pre-assembled.  They are not there to convince you of their twisted logic.  They know you will never abandon truth.  They are there to destroy you so the blind and obedient feel the safety of not being alone.  Once desensitized, the obedient become radically intolerant of dishonored ideas and radically tolerant of their own leaders' ideas no matter how much they lie, cheat, or manipulate.  They will even defend the vaccine-related death of loved ones if needed to support the unholy narrative.

Fury in NYC as de Blasio gives firms just 3 weeks to get vaxxed.  Mayor Bill de Blasio sprang a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on all private businesses in New York City on Monday — drawing immediate rebuke from trade groups, New York office workers and some fellow elected officials who said the backbone of the Big Apple was "blindsided" by the stunning move.  De Blasio, whose mayoralty ends at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, labeled making vaccines compulsory for private businesses a "pre-emptive strike" against an expected surge in COVID infections this winter amid the emergence of the Omicron variant. [...] The city so far has just seven known cases of the new variant, according to state data released Saturday [12/4/2021].  Adding to the shockwave, the policy is scheduled to go into effect in just 21 days, on Dec. 27.  The announcement left New Yorkers and the city's business community flabbergasted.

Australia Is Denying Life-Saving Organ Transplants To Unvaxxed Patients.  The Australian state of Queensland is denying life-saving organ transplants to patients who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine.  According to the state's official health agency, Queensland Health, patients must have "a minimum requirement of two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine prior to receiving a kidney, lung or heart transplant."  "Queensland follows national and international practices regarding transplantation and vaccination protocols," the department said in a statement.  "The safety and wellbeing of all our patients is our number one priority."  Authorities within the agency went on to defend the mandate, arguing that such a policy was put in place to protect the immunocompromised.

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What "immunocompromised" person would be exposed during such surgery, or as a result of it?

Rand Paul On Fauci:  Live Your Life And Ignore This Man.  Many are aware that Sen. Rand Paul is not a big fan of the White House's top doctor, Anthony Fauci.  He reminded Fox News viewers on Friday night with his advice to "ignore" the so-called health expert.  Paul made his remarks during an interview on "Hannity."  [Tweet]  Paul not only has many questions and doubts regarding Fauci, but urged Americans to "ignore" him.  "Virtually none of the edicts or the promulgations that come from Fauci's mouth are based in science at all," Paul told host Sean Hannity.

Patterns Of Deployment Of Toxic Covid Vaccine Batches.  By Craig Paardekooper  [Video clip]  [Just watch the first ten minutes, and you'll be inclined to watch the rest.]

Stillbirths Exploding Across Canada in Fully Vaccinated Mothers.  Dr. Daniel Nagase exposes the exploding cases of stillbirths in fully vaccinated Canadian women with 86 in 6 months in Waterloo, Ontario, which normally sees 5-6 per year.  B.C. saw 13 stillbirths in 24 hours.  Dr. Nagase goes on to discuss the actions Canadians can take to fight the suppression of this public data by govt and public health officials.  [Video clip]

Biden's 'Covid-19 Winter Plan' Ignores Science.  Last Thursday [12/2/2021], President Biden announced his "COVID-19 Winter Plan."  Despite his claim that it will fight the disease with "science and speed," it ignores virtually everything scientists have learned about coronavirus during the past two years.  Indeed, it contains a number of elements that epidemiologists have denounced and that evidence has proven counterproductive.  These include an irrational emphasis on vaccinating low risk children, the promotion of booster shots that the World Health Organization (WHO) has pronounced ineffective, travel bans that could very well jeopardize efforts to contain future outbreaks, and strident calls for private businesses to bully their employees into getting vaccinated.  During his introduction of the plan, Biden insisted:  "Vaccinating our children is critical to keeping our schools open.  But while over 99 percent of schools are open now, we need to make sure we keep that throughout the winter — this winter."

Nevada Becomes First State to Impose Surcharge on Unvaccinated Workers.  Nevada on Thursday [12/2/2021] became the first U.S. state to impose a surcharge on workers who have not gotten a COVID-19 vaccine, though the penalty doesn't take effect until the middle of next year.  All but two members of the state's Public Employees' Benefit Program Board (PEBP) voted during a meeting to approve a surcharge of $55 a month on unvaccinated workers.  The approved proposal also stipulates a surcharge of $175 a month for workers' spouses, partners, and dependents 18 and older.  That could be adjusted down the road.  The surcharges will go into effect on July 1, 2022.

This Is a Test You Need to Fail.  [Scroll down]  COVID-19 is a vital part of the project.  It remains the most monstrous human experiment in history, against every law, from every civilized country, including the Nuremberg Code.  After reading reports from several top COVID-19 experts, who are not afraid to speak, the reason for COVID-19 was the vaccine, not the other way around.  COVID-19 and the vaccine were used to introduce spike protein, a contrived, dangerous toxin, to kill off billions of people without anyone noticing it.  Now we have an engineered virus and a mandated vaccine.  The exposure to spike protein (the virus, vaccines, boosters) causes death within days for some (mandated to not be blamed on the vaccine until after 14 days), months and probably years for others.  But the cause and when the death took place is so diverse as to hide the culprit.  If people died immediately after the jab, people would know why.  Although few autopsies have been given after a COVID death, of the ones they did, the find was remarkable... spike protein was in every organ of the body.  The spike protein exacerbates every weakness in the body, so some die of heart attack, some cancer, some pneumonia, diabetes, any number of illnesses.  So, the death cannot be blamed on COVID or the vaccine.

European Union Debates Reconstituting Nazi Medical Policy With Mandatory Medical Procedures and Abolishing Nuremberg Code.  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has taken the leading elements of a dark time in history and now openly advocates for their repetition.  Can these people not hear themselves?  This is madness.  Mrs. von der Leyen's husband is Heiko von der Leyen, the Director of the US biotech company Orgenesis which specializes in medical research to include cell and gene therapies.  Mr. Heiko von der Leyen organizes the scientific experiments, and then his wife Ursula advocates for forced vaccinations for all citizens within the European Union; and the removal of the prohibitive Nuremberg Code.  This would be a twisted and sick plot within a science fiction movie; however, it is very real.  Austria has already announced compulsory COVID vaccinations which will be enforced starting in February of 2022.  Greece has recently decided to fine all unvaccinated citizens €100 (£85) a month for their non compliance, and Germany announced Thursday a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated, as its leaders backed plans for mandatory vaccinations in the coming months.  Germany's incoming Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said he supports compulsory vaccinations beginning in March 2022.  These European leaders are insane.

Australian Woman Recounts Harrowing Experience of Being Held in COVID-19 Quarantine Camp.  Hayley Hodgson, a 26-year-old Australian woman, recounted her two-week confinement in a COVID-19 quarantine camp in an interview Thursday [12/2/2021]. "You feel like you're in prison.  You feel like you've done something wrong.  It's inhumane what they're doing," Hodgson said in an interview with UnHerd.  "You are so small, they just overpower you."  Hodgson told UnHerd that she was ordered to quarantine at the Centres for National Resilience in Howard Springs, Darwin, after one of her friends tested positive for COVID-19.  "Police officers blocked my driveway," she said.  "I walked out and I said, 'What's going on?  Are you guys testing me for COVID?  What's happening?'  They said, 'No, you're getting taken away.  And you have no choice.  You're going to Howard Springs.'"

Australia Has Fallen.  Is Our Nation Next?  Regular readers of world events have long since understood this fact — that Australia has turned into a fascist state reminiscent of The Children of Men.  Throughout the course of the past two years, we've witnessed the death of free speech in what was once a (relatively) free nation.  We've seen pregnant women arrested in front of their screaming children for Facebook posts which organized ACTUAL peaceful anti-slavery protests.  Police entered her home, told her she had broken the law for doing so, and took her away an hour before she had her ultrasound.  You can see the video of it below.  Your blood will boil.  [Video clip]

Bulgaria's Tale of COVID-19, Medicine, and Vaccination.  On March 8, 2020, Bulgaria confirmed its first two known SARS-CoV-2 infections, though there were likely others since neither case involved travelers to areas of known infection.  Bulgarian physicians quickly began using chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to treat patients, reportedly sourcing supplies of HCQ from China, perhaps because the drugs were in disuse for some time in Bulgaria.  [Tweet]  Bulgaria soon began production of its own supply (April 7, 2020) of the medications at the state-run Bul Bio laboratory.  On May 7, 2020, Bulgaria began distribution of its own internally-produced supply of CQ.  [Tweet]  While most nations in Europe suffered high case fatality rates (CFR) through June 1, 2020, Bulgaria's was far lower, meaning that a smaller proportion of COVID-19 sufferers died in Bulgaria than in Europe (and also the world).  However, Bulgaria's CFR stood 2 to 20 times that of most other nations using HCQ, which might relate either to lack of supply or conditions unfavorable to immunity.

Here We Go Again — COVID 3.0.  It's not about the variant — it's about the fear.  Like a magician who gains his reputation for sleight-of-hand — getting the audience to concentrate on one aspect of a trick while manipulating another — so government authorities around the world are using the unknown aspects of a new COVID-19 variant to keep the public in fear about their future well-being.  This chronic fear under the guise of an "emergency" has granted unbelievable amounts of power to those who the media anoint as "experts" and "scientists."  They are milking their new-found fame and perceived wisdom to make pronouncements and exercise control without discussion, debate, or appeal.

How many in the federal government are vaxxed?  Although released a week or two ago, I've found myself several times returning to the federal employee vaccine compliance numbers released by the White House Briefing Room.  Looking at those numbers, some things just aren't adding up as they should.  When consideration is made the fact that the administration has paused and pushed back any "enforcement" actions against employees from the end of November until sometime in January, the numbers start to look a lot more suspicious...and so do the motives behind the numbers that were released.  The White House compliance numbers are very high and seem to involve only two separate methods of "measurement," which both appear designed to hide the nuances of the actual compliance rates within departments and agencies.  First, there is a reported "agency-wide compliance percentage," which is defined as the "percentage of agency employees covered by a vaccination requirement with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination or a pending or approved exception or extension."

Dr. Ben Carson nails it on the suppression of existing therapies for COVID: Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.  Despite the lack of so-called "gold standard" double-blind studies, we now effectively know that early (off-label) use of the anti-parasite/anti-malarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin can have a very significant effect on reducing COVID mortality.  Especially when used in conjunction with other substances like azithromycin, zinc, and Vitamin D.  (Always consult your physician for medical advice.  This post is purely informational and not intended to recommend any treatment to readers).  The medical establishment and the panic merchants in government, the media and the tech sector including social media refuse acknowledge the remedies at hand and instead push universal vaccination and expensive patented therapies.  Running a double blind study requires oodles of money — the kind of money that only a new, patented drug maker could afford, in hopes of selling a high priced remedy to millions of consumers.  Repurposing off-parent drugs like HCQ and IVM does not yield the kind of profits that would be necessary to pay back the cost of double blind studies — so they don't exist.

Fear Mongering on Abortion Makes Its Mark on Sunday Talk Shows.  After the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson, a case that could overturn or at least weaken Roe v. Wade, it was hardly surprising that the Sunday [12/5/2021] talk shows would discuss abortion.  This case examines previability abortion bans, specifically Mississippi's Gestational Age Act, which bans most abortions after 15 weeks.  Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS), who did an admirable job last week while on NBC's "Meet the Press," appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" this Sunday.  The governor mentioned the appropriate talking points, such as the humanity of unborn children and the tragedy of the 62 million abortions that have happened since Roe.  Reeves also addressed how the so-called right to an abortion isn't even in the constitution, but states rights to be able to pass laws to protect unborn children are.

100% Fully Vaccinated Norwegian Cruise Ship Has To Emergency Dock Because Of COVID Outbreak.  Despite every cruise line requiring passengers and crew to be fully vaccinated before boarding, a cruise ship returning from a sail across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea with thousands of passengers onboard detected an outbreak of COVID-19, according to AP News.  [Video clip]

Journalist Lara Logan Dissappears From Fox News After Comparing Fauci To Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele.  Following her comments about Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Fox News appearance on Monday, Lara Logan has been noticeably absent from the airwaves this week, having made zero appearances since.  Logan was taking part in a discussion on Fox News Primetime on Monday when she claimed that Fauci 'represents Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who did experiments on Jews during the Second World War and in the concentration camps.'  Logan has not appeared on Fox News Primetime or any other Fox News show since the controversial remark [...] [Video clip]

Omicron possibly more infectious because it shares genetic code with common cold coronavirus, study says.  The omicron variant is likely to have picked up genetic material from another virus that causes the common cold in humans, according to a new preliminary study, prompting one of its authors to suggest omicron could have greater transmissibility but lower virulence than other variants of the coronavirus.  Researchers from Nference, a Cambridge, Mass.-based firm that analyzes biomedical information, sequenced omicron and found a snippet of genetic code that is also present in a virus that can bring about a cold.  They say this particular mutation could have occurred in a host simultaneously infected by SARS-CoV-2, also known as the novel coronavirus, and the HCoV-229E coronavirus, which can cause the common cold.  The shared genetic code with HCoV-229E has not been detected in other novel coronavirus variants, the scientists said.  The study is in preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.

COVID-19 a Pandemic of Fear 'Manufactured' by Authorities:  Yale Epidemiologist.  The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of fear, manufactured by individuals who were in the nominal positions of authority as the virus began to spread across the globe last year, according to Yale epidemiologist Dr. Harvey Risch.  In an appearance on EpochTV's "American Thought Leaders" program, Risch, an epidemiology professor at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, argued that by and large, what has characterized the entire CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic has been a "degree of fear and people's response to the fear."  "Overall, I'd say that we've had a pandemic of fear.  And fear has affected almost everybody, whereas the infection has affected relatively few," said Risch.  "By and large, it's been a very selected pandemic, and predictable.  It was very distinguished between young versus old, healthy versus chronic disease people.  So we quickly learned who was at risk for the pandemic and who wasn't," he added.

With a mortality rate of zero, why is a vaccine necessary?
CDC director:  We don't yet know how well vaccines will work against omicron variant.  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday [12/5/2021] that public health officials don't yet know how well COVID-19 vaccines will work against the omicron variant.  "We know it has many mutations, more mutations than prior variants, and many of those mutations have been associated with more transmissible variants with evasion of some of our therapeutics and potentially invasion — evasion of some of our immunity, and that's what we're watching really carefully," Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on ABC's "This Week."  "What we don't yet know is how transmissible it will be, how well our vaccines will work, whether it will lead to more severe disease."  Dr. Walensky said she was aware of several dozen cases of the omicron variant across "about 15 states" as of Saturday night, but that 99.9% of the 90,000 to 100,000 COVID cases discovered daily in the U.S. are the delta variant.

Is The Omicron Variant The 'Midterm Election Variant'?  Reaction to the Omicron variant has been mixed.  Some countries, including the United States, have announced travel bans with several African countries (where the variant was first discovered), citing its apparent high level of transmissibility for the decision.  Gov. Kathy Hochul has already declared a state of emergency for New York, even though there are no confirmed cases in the country, let alone her state, yet. [...] While it seems many people are anxious to return to normal, Democrats have been hoping to make various COVID-era changes in voting permanent.  So far, those efforts have failed, and I wouldn't put it past them to use Omicron, or another variant that comes after it, as a pretext for implementing universal mail-in voting.

Oh, Oh, Omicron!  [Scroll down]  I suspect this sequel is going to be a flop at the box office.  For one thing, although only recently named, there is abundant evidence that Omicron has been around for months.  If it had been previously unnamed, that is perhaps because it is no big deal.  The South African doctor who first identified the strain noted that while the virus was possibly more contagious than versions named for letters earlier in the Greek alphabet, symptoms tended to be mild, indeed "very mild."  A typical news report notes that "patients mostly suffered from mild muscle aches, scratchy throat and dry cough."  (Remember colds?  Remember the flu?)  So why the panic?  Partly, it is because panic is an antidote to boredom.  People are heavily bored.  Panic also licenses the people who want to run your life to, well, run your life.  "Most Omicron cases so far have been mild," runs one headline, "but experts say it will take weeks to understand how severe the variant can be."  Ah, "experts"!  What would we do without them?

Belgian police use water, tear gas on COVID-19 protesters.  Belgian police used water cannon and tear gas Sunday [12/5/2021] to disperse some rowdy protesters in Brussels after most demonstrators marched peacefully to protest tightened COVID-19 restrictions that aim to counter a surge of coronavirus infections.  Thousands came to reject the new measures announced Friday, the third week in a row that the government has tightened its rules as an avalanche of new cases strains the country's health services, depriving people with other life-threatening diseases of treatment.

Pandora's Box:  Brute Force is Ultimately at the End of Government Compulsory Vaccinations.  Neil Oliver hits the nail on the head again.  I cannot recommend watching this monologue highly enough.  Eventually, when all government pressures are exhausted, the demand for mandatory vaccination only ends one way, with brute force.  However, they are few and we are the many.  [Video clip]  Those who hold power have a tenuous grip.  One of the mechanisms they use to manage their control is division.  They need Omicron.  They need variants.  They need vaxxed vs unvaxxed.  They need left vs right.  They need identity politics.  They need class war.  They need racism.  They need support from Big Tech.  They need to control the media.  They need compartmentalized scrap-grabbers constantly looking down; because if enough people start looking up and seeing through the division, the masses will find unity.

The AstraZeneca vaccine's unlucky few.  The number of people who have life-changing adverse reactions to vaccines for Covid-19 is a tiny proportion of the many millions of vaccines given, but is mounting in absolute numbers.  ([T]he exact percentage is not known.)  Up to November 17, the MHRA had received Yellow Card reports of 426 cases of major thromboembolic events (blood clots) with concurrent thrombocytopenia (low platelet counts) in the UK following vaccination with AstraZeneca.  The overall case fatality rate was 17 percent with 73 deaths.  There have been, in addition, a small number of other rare adverse reactions which have led to death or disablement — as there are with nearly all pharmaceuticals.  Sarah Moore, a partner with the London law firm Hausfeld, represents the families of 95 people impacted by such injuries, including Gareth Eve.  Nine have suffered bereavement, while most of the others are caring for close relatives with life-changing injuries.  "All have experienced, at first hand, a range of severe adverse health events following Covid-19 vaccination," she says.

World Health Organization publishes the horrific death toll from the Omicron variant of COVID.  Yes, the death toll is horrific — if you are a power-hungry totalitarian wannabe looking for an excuse to impose controls on your citizens. [...] My hope is that the chicken little response of so many Western governments, using it as an excuse to repress their citizenry, will open a few more eyes to the scam being perpetrated in the name of public health.  An even greater hope — one that depends on the track record of harm from Omicron that will unfold in the next couple of months — is that not only will the symptoms be mild, but that Omicron will confer immunity on those who recover.  Possibly superior immunity to that provided by the experimental mRNA gene therapies being pushed by many of the same people peddling fear and offering repression.

When It Comes To COVID, Travel Bans Should Be Banned.  Every now and then an obvious comparison yields teachable moments.  The current occupant of the Oval Office has declared that travel to the US from several nations in southern Africa is not OK.  After all, the drive-by media first got hysterical about the Omicron Variant when word came of cases in South Africa.  Certainly, if we keep all Africans from the southern part of the continent out of the U.S., the evil Omicron virus will be contained. [...] But early last year, when President Trump banned travel from China as the Fauci Flu outbreak began, His Eminence, the Lord High Priest of Science, declared that Trump was being "xenophobic."  At that time, the public information was that COVID was in China.  There was a prima facie case to be made that stopping travel from China might keep COVID out of the U.S.  By March, that premise was blown apart by the outbreak in the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington.  If it managed to get there, stopping travel was meaningless.  Workers and family members were presumably infected, as were the hundreds of other people they met on a daily basis.  The horse was out of the barn.

WH Busted on Huge Biden Hypocrisy, but Psaki Doesn't Handle It Well.  When President Donald Trump was in office, Joe Biden took every effort to blame all the COVID deaths on him.  But now that Biden is in office and there have been more deaths under Biden than there were under Trump, even with vaccines and treatments, Biden and the media are strangely silent about those numbers.  Biden is, of course, not taking any responsibility for those numbers.  But White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked by Fox's Peter Doocy about Biden's prior comments on the subject attacking President Trump, when there were 220,000 COVID deaths, that "anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as President of the United States."  Doocy asked Psaki if that was "still the standard now that more Americans have died under President Biden than President Trump."  Now, what can Psaki say?  There isn't anything that can justify Biden's position.  So, when there is no real answer, break out the lies.

Hundreds of DOC officers put on leave for refusing COVID jab.  More than 500 officers with the already depleted city Department of Corrections are still refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and remain on unpaid leave.  New data released by the city shows 17% of DOC uniform officers had yet to receive at least one jab as of Thursday night [12/2/2021] — two days after a deadline imposed by Mayor Bill de Blasio kicked in requiring proof of inoculation for them to continue working.  Most city workers had until Oct. 29 to get vaccinated or be placed on unpaid leave until they provide proof of vaccination.  However, de Blasio gave uniformed correction officers extra time — until Dec. 1 — to receive their first jab, because of the ongoing staffing shortage at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex.  Although the DOC's 83% vaccination rate is the lowest of any city agency, the DOC has seen its rate rise significantly from 46% when de Blasio's October mandate went into effect, and 77% when the correction officer deadline recently kicked in.

Twitter Censors American Heart Association Article on mRNA Vaccines and Cardiac Health.  On Nov. 8, 2021, the American Heart Association (AHA) journals published the abstracts that researchers and clinicians would present during online scientific sessions beginning on Nov. 13.  The scientific sessions are rigorous events, and content must be submitted and selected.  One of the abstracts published in the journal Circulation dealt with mRNA vaccines and cardiac health.  When Twitter users tried to share the information in the abstract, people interested in reading it encountered a warning that it could be an unsafe link.

Luxembourg Gov Locks The Unvaccinated Out Of Christmas, Thousands Rush Christmas Market, Run Over Barricades.  Protests turned raucous on Saturday against Luxembourg's government efforts to drive disease-protecting vaccines as demonstrators tried to push into a Christmas market site without being screened for their infection risk.  Over 2,000 people demonstrated against the government's increasing measures limiting social life for the unvaccinated, with marchers carrying their message through the capital's city center, police said.  Some knocked down barriers around Place de la Constitution — site of the Gëlle Fra, or Golden Lady, monument — to bypass mandatory checks, according to Luxemburger Wort reporters at the scene.  [Video clip]

Pfizer CMO Just Said No One Has Died From Their mRNA Vaccines On TV!  During an interview on CSPAN, Pfizer CMO, Aida Habtezion, lied through his teeth and told the viewers not a single person had died from their mRNA vaccines but rather, people are dying from the other vaccines.  This flies directly in the face of the bombshell release of documents via FOIA request reported last week:  According to an official Pfizer document that is titled Cumulative Analysis of Post-Authorization Adverse Event Records Reports, in just the first 90 days of the vaccine's roll out under the FDA's EUA — from December 1st[,] 2020 [to] February 28th, 2021 — there were TENS OF THOUSANDS of reported adverse reactions, including OVER 1200 DEATHS.  [Video clip]

An FDA official demanded Google censor a YouTube video the agency didn't like.  Federal efforts to censor social media extend past discussions with companies like YouTube over broad guidelines about Covid-19 "misinformation" to specific demands for suppression of individual posts, an email from an FDA official reveals.  In the April 30 email, the Food and Drug Administration director of social media, Brad Kimberly, told a Google lobbyist about that the agency expected YouTube to pull a video touting the potential of a new monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid.  (Google owns YouTube.)  "Overall, the video is very problematic when it comes to COVID misinformation," Kimberly wrote to the lobbyist, Jan Fowler Antonaros.  "This video should [emphasis added] be pulled."  YouTube initially declined to remove the video.  However, it has since been taken offline.

6th Circuit Delivers Another Smackdown to Biden Admin on OSHA Mandate.  Last month, the 5th Circuit took the Biden Administration to the woodshed, upholding the stay on the imposition of the vaccine mandate on private businesses with 100 or more employees through an OSHA rule.  While it wasn't ruling on the underlying merits of the case, the 5th Circuit indicated that there were a lot of constitutional issues with the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). [...] That was an indication that once it got to the decision on the merits, the Biden team was likely going to be in trouble.  As we noted, the Court took into consideration the intent of the Biden administration, even citing the Ron Klain retweet of Stephanie Ruhle calling the effort "the ultimate work-around" to be able to impose a vaccine mandate on private businesses.  [Tweet]  There were multiple legal challenges in regard to the ETS; they were consolidated and the 6th Circuit was selected by lottery to hear the consolidated ETS cases.  The 6th Circuit has now issued a ruling on a variety of motions in the case.

6th Circuit Court Rules Against Biden Administration in OSHA Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit.  The Sixth Circuit Court has denied the federal government's motion to transfer the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) vaccine-or-test requirement lawsuit to a different court, while also rejecting the White House's bid to dissolve a stay on the mandate, delivering a blow to the Biden administration's efforts to press ahead with implementation.  In a Dec. 3 ruling, the Sixth Circuit Court denied the government's motion to transfer the case to the Fifth Circuit and the D.C. Circuit, while also rejecting as "moot" the Biden administration's attempt to overturn a hold on the mandate.  OSHA on Nov. 5 published an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that would require private employers with 100 or more employees to impose a mandatory COVID-19 vaccinate-or-test policy.  Under the rule, unvaccinated workers would also have to wear masks inside the workplace, with violators facing potential penalties of thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars per incident.

WHO: Omicron in 38 Countries, No Deaths Reported.  The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said the COVID-19 omicron variant is now in 38 countries, up from 23 two days ago, suggesting that the variant may be more contagious than Delta.  During a news conference, WHO official Maria Van Kerkhove said the U.N. health body has seen "an increasing growth rate," and "we see increasing numbers of Omicron being detected."  No deaths have been reported so far in connection to the COVID-19 strain, another WHO spokesperson told reporters Friday [12/3/2021].  "There is a suggestion that there is increased transmissibility, what we need to understand is if it's more or less transmissible compared to Delta," Van Kerkhove said.  The Delta variant is the dominant strain throughout the world, she said.

Oregon Health Authority moves to implement 'permanent' indoor mask mandate.  The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) assembled a Rules Advisory Committee (RAC) earlier this week to address a permanent indoor mask mandate in the state.  Oregon is one of a few states that still retain one nearly two years into the pandemic.  The committee included several community stakeholders, including representatives from the hospitality industry, the business sector, and faith communities, according to local ABC affiliate KATU.  Dr. Paul Cieslak, the medical director for communicable diseases and immunizations with OHA, explained to KATU that OHA's potential "permanent" indoor mask mandate is not necessarily permanent because it can be repealed.

Is Omicron a cross between COVID and the common cold?  Or is it a cross between COVID and HIV?  I shouldn't say "a cross," as that's overstating what happened here.  Researchers in Massachusetts looked at the new variant's genome and found a weird quirk.  It contains a tiny bit of genetic code that hasn't appeared in any previous variant of SARS-CoV-2 but does appear in other coronaviruses, including one associated with the common cold.  How did that happen?

Republicans betray their voters, again, this time in the Senate.  The first betrayal occurred November 30, when 80 House Republicans voted for a bill that would spend $400 million of taxpayer money to fund the creation of a federal vaccination database.  The bill compels health care providers to share vaccination status information with the federal government.  There are myriad ways that this information can be misused, abused, and weaponized.  The authoritarian Democrats have misused the Covid 19 pandemic to encroach on inherent rights of citizens such as the right to movement and the right to earn a living.  Freedom of choice is being challenged with persistent attempts to mandate vaccines.  The Republicans knew about all of this, yet they voted in favor of the vaccination database that could hurt the lives of their voters.

The 80 House Republicans Who Voted With Dems to Create National Vax Database.  Eighty House Republicans voted with Democrats to pass the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act, which would fund a federal vaccination database, Breitbart News first reported.  We have listed all of the Republicans who supported the measure below — along with links to their email addresses.  "The text specifically outlines an expansion of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Public Health Department capabilities and the ability for state and local health departments, as well as public and private health care providers, to share health data with the federal government," Breitbart reported.

So far, Omicron doesn't seem as lethal as its worst predecessors.  The bad news about the Omicron variant is that it's spreading quite rapidly in South Africa and has already appeared in other countries, including the U.S. In South Africa, new reported cases of the coronavirus have spiked from about 250 per day a month ago, to about 2,500 per day a week ago, to 11,500 yesterday.  In three days, new coronavirus cases have nearly tripled, due to the emergence of the new variant.  The tentative good news about this variant is that so far it doesn't seem to be causing highly serious illness.  According to Shabir Madhi, a professor of vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, "the majority of cases are currently presenting as a mild illness."  Most patients have had a dry cough, fever, and night sweats, he adds.  It's true, that hospitalizations are rising.  However, Madhi says they are not yet rising at the same pace as new cases.

Paris Police Check Proof of Vaccination While Diners Eat.  A video out of Paris shows uniformed police officers inside a restaurant checking diners' vaccine passports in the middle of their meals.  The clip shows cops hovering over the dinner table as they make customers show proof of vaccination on their phones.  One elderly woman appears to be somewhat confused by the checks as there is a delay in her showing her medical papers.  [Video clip] [...] As we previously highlighted, such scenes were commonplace on the first day that France imposed its vaccine passport scheme back in August.  Police were seen patrolling cafes cafes and bars demanding to see proof of vaccination, even for people sitting outside.

The EU chief has a plan to gut the Nuremberg code.  One of the most heinous things the Nazis did was medical experiments on people. [...] The Nuremberg trials after WWII made horribly clear the sadistic "experiments" the Nazis had performed on people.  What was left of the civilized world decided that there needed to be a medical code of conduct so that no nation could ever again act with such sadistic impunity.  So, in 1947, the modern Nuremberg Code was born.  The document prescribes core norms for human experimentation. [...] The entire Western world is currently engaged in a giant medical experiment.  The experiment transcends the vaccine itself.  Instead, it also posits that, in the face of a global virus, governments must aggressively ignore possible treatments and, instead, focus entirely on a vaccine that acts at the genetic level.  A subset of this view is that natural immunity must be ignored and that deaths and severe reactions to the vaccine should not be considered in pushing the mass vaccine experiment.

Japan warns of cardiac health risks from COVID vaccines.  In a Friday press release by the Kyodo News Service, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare warned of myocarditis and pericarditis issues related to the mRNA COVID vaccines.  The Kyodo News Service is the Japanese equivalent of the AP or Reuters. [...] This is a stunning development: the Japanese health services have determined that the mRNA vaccines may cause serious heart issues, and they are now alerted and gathering data on this issue.  This follows many reports from small media outlets of athletes collapsing and some even dying after being vaccinated.  These reports were dismissed by the mainstream media, the administration, big business, and other leftists as unreliable.  This announcement by Japan may now mainstream many of these reports, and those who have been vaccine averse may be vindicated by the science from a highly reliable source.

The Facts About COVID-19 That Legacy Media Won't Tell You.  [Scroll down]  Masks are useless.  This was not even an argument people had before March 2020.  When you try to demonstrate that standard cloth or surgical masks reduce infection, you can't do it.  And they tried last year with a big study in Denmark.  It showed no efficacy of masks.  That just confirmed previous studies of masks and the flu.  So they have this theory of source control that masks reduce transmission, which is effectively next to impossible to demonstrate epidemiologically.  And there's good reason to think sort of on the biological, on the viral level, these particles are just too small for masks to do any good.

How Much Longer for COVID Scare Tactics?  So, here we are again:  A new COVID variant has appeared on the world stage, this one called 'omicron,' supposedly originating in South Africa. [...] COVID is a bad disease, but now after almost two full years of it, many people are starting to see that for reasonably healthy individuals under 70 without major co-morbidities, it's eminently survivable (over 99%) and not a mortal threat.  More and more information leaks out every day about how the liberal media (such as CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Big Tech, et. al.) have blatantly falsified and hyped COVID deaths, how inconsistent Fauci and other liberal Government officials have been in their remarks about masks, infection rates, vaccine efficacy, viable alternative treatments, and how credible medical professionals and scientists with opposing viewpoints are being silenced and oppressed, and so on.

At least 69 athletes collapse in one month, many dead.  The reports of athletes who suddenly collapse have been increasing noticeably lately.  Heart problems such as heart inflammation are often the cause — one of the known life-threatening side effects of Covid vaccines, which even the manufacturers themselves warn against.  The current phenomenon is also evident if you simply look on Wikipedia at the list of footballers who have collapsed and died.  The year 2021 stands out with 13 entries so far.  In no other year mentioned have more footballers died during a game.  And this list goes back to the year 1889.  So it really is a historical event.  The mainstream media is curiously uninterested in this major global story.  The German online outlet Wochenblick compiled a referenced list of the cardiac incidents in October while another online outlet Granite Grok published a new list of sportsmen collapsing on the field.  Other outlets also listed these incidents, with some cases overlapping.

Vaccinated as the 'biggest virus spreaders' should be locked down.  Why should those vaccinated against Covid-19 be restricted in their movements and participation in society?  Because vaccinated people are "the biggest virus spreaders", German doctor Kenan Katmer from Bochum explained.  According to a report by the WAZ, the doctor runs a family doctor's practice in Altenbochum, where he also offers Corona tests and vaccinations.  From the results of the tests in his own practice and the four test centers in Bochum, he was able to conclude that "90 percent of the positive people who were tested by me were vaccinated."  Katmer pointed out that "most of the vaccinated (...) think that with the vaccination the Coronavirus will no longer harm them, but that is a fallacy".

This is what Covidiots Are Trying to Normalize for Children!  Including Babies!.  If you are one of the few people who hasn't come to your senses that the people in power are using COVID to change your entire way of life, look no further at their statements that you will more than likely have to take booster shots indefinitely!  Which means that the big pharma companies pushing the plandemic will become richer than ever before and the tax dollars your pay are being used against you!  Take a look at this video, they want you to start shoving things up your kids noses to "normalize" them to it.  [Video clip]

Employees Reach out With Their Stories, as the Battle Against Corporate Vaccine Mandates Rages On.  As if it's not enough that the American people are battling with their companies' vaccine mandates in order to hold on to their jobs, now we have elected officials working to undermine those efforts. [...] It is clear that lawmakers, and these corporations think people are lulled into complacency over the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stay on Joe Biden's OSHA-dictated vaccine mandate, and the United States Missouri Eastern District Court's injunction against the healthcare worker mandate.  However, corporations with employees over 100 are still adhering to Biden's Executive Order 14042, and still following its guidelines.  The stay issued by the 5th Circuit, and the lawsuits before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals address the OSHA mandate specifically, but not Biden's executive order.

French Research and Real-World Data Counter Omicron Hysteria.  So much talk about Omicron; so much fear-mongering; so much talk about science.  Most is nonsense.  The best research has received little attention.  It comes from esteemed, senior French scientist:  Dr. Jacques Fantini, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Aix-Marseille.  You are about to learn what senior people in the public health establishment need to use, especially Fauci who claims he speaks for and represents "science." If he knows the French research, he is not sharing it with the public, nor is the mainstream media.  The key scientific achievement by Fantini is the calculation of one key parameter he calls the index of transmissibility (T) of a COVID variant.  The key work was published in June 2021 with the title "Structural dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants:  A health monitoring strategy for anticipating Covid-19 outbreaks."  This research is very sophisticated, detailed and challenging.

Aussies Gone Mad [Updated].  I used to think that Australians are a freedom-loving people, but that has turned out not to be true.  Crocodile Dundee is dead; Pajama Boy now rules.  For many months, Australia has labored under one of the world's most extreme, and most destructive, shutdown regimes.  Its national and state governments have pursued the irrational dream of banning a virus from their shores.  Good luck with that:  it isn't going to happen.  So, for the last year and more, Australia has been home to demonstrations, protests, and often extreme state responses to those demonstrations.  Vaccine hysteria and masks are bad enough, but Australia actually has camps for people who have been exposed to covid.  Not those who have contracted covid, but those who allegedly have been exposed.

[A] Young Equestrian [was] Rushed To [a] Hospital After [a] Pfizer Vaccination, [and] This Is What's Become Of Her
Young Equestrian Rushed To Hospital After Pfizer Vaccination, This Is What's Become Of Her.  Stephanie Gard was recently injected with Pfizer and just two days later, she was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with Peripheral Neuropathy, which has compromised her brain and nerve function leaving Stephanie unable to feel her legs from the knees down, and unable to walk.  This condition, Peripheral Neuropathy, has compromised her brain/nerve function leaving Stephanie unable to feel her legs from the knees down, and sadly unable to walk.  On top of all this, she has been diagnosed with Pericarditis which is affecting her heart.  [Video clip]

Manchin backs GOP-led effort to overturn Biden's vaccine mandate for private employers.  Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for the White House's agenda, is backing a Republican-led effort to overturn President Biden's national vaccine mandate for private businesses.  Mr. Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, plans to co-introduce a resolution disapproving of the mandate within the Senate next week.  "I do not support any government vaccine mandate on private businesses," he said.  "That's why I have cosponsored and will strongly support a bill to overturn the federal government vaccine mandate for private businesses."

Another 75 cases of Omicron Covid are found in England.  Another 75 cases of the super-mutant Omicron variant have been identified in England, health officials confirmed, after it was revealed that the majority of sequenced infections of the new variant are in fully vaccinated people.  The news came as Boris Johnson insisted last night that he wanted Britons to enjoy Christmas as 'normally as possible' — just as Ireland was told it was going into semi-lockdown.  Following a week of mixed messaging from his ministers, the Prime Minister admitted there had been 'quite a lot of to-ing and fro-ing' on Christmas parties.

Fauci Claims He Can 'Take Criticism' - While Whining About Criticism.  After months of rejecting invitations from Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, Dr. Anthony Fauci joined Neil Cavuto on Friday afternoon to face questions about the Omicron variant and the Biden administration's handling of the pandemic that the president promised he'd "shut down."  Clearly, that's not gone well.  When asked about his assertion "attacks on me, quite frankly, are attacks on science," Fauci claimed he "wasn't being pejorative to anyone" and insisted he "can take criticism."  Right.  Trying to explain, Fauci continued that "the only thing I'm saying is that it's important for people to get vaccinated because — as a scientist, and a physician, and a public health person — I mean it's very, very clear the extraordinary benefit of vaccines to protect you against infection, to protect you against severe disease, hospitalization, and death."

Dr. Harvey Risch:  Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin, and Other Therapeutics Highly Effective in Early COVID Treatment.  [Scroll down]  I'd say that we've had a pandemic of fear, and the fear has affected almost everybody, whereas the infection has affected relatively few.  It's serious in some of those people, as we've seen, but by and large, it's been a very selected pandemic, and predictable.  We didn't know at the beginning how predictable it was.  At least, we laypeople, so to speak, in the pandemic didn't know that.  I'm sure that the pharma companies and countries who had experienced it slightly before us had a better picture than we did, but it was very distinguished between young versus old, healthy versus chronic disease people.  So, we quickly learned who was at risk for the pandemic and who wasn't.  However, the fear was manufactured for everybody, and that's what characterized the whole pandemic, is that degree of fear and people's response to the fear.

The Irish Triple-Vaxx Double-Maskers are Getting Locked Out Again.  The World Health Organization announced today — despite worldwide panic — on a global basis, no one has died from the Omicron variant.  Meanwhile, the emerald isle of the triple-vaxxed double-masked have decided it's better to be safe than sorry.  Ireland had a single case of Omicron reported.  Nightclubs in Ireland will be closed from next Tuesday until the 9th of January.  Strict social distancing will be required in pubs, bars and restaurants with mandatory table service, no standing is permitted anywhere, and there's a maximum of six people allowed at any table.  [I wonder if they lowered the dart boards?]  Additionally, indoor sports venues will be limited to 50% capacity, and all sporting events must be fully seated, and a COVID passport showing evidence of a double-vaxx will be required for access to hotels and gyms.  Additionally, human contact for Christmas or New Years is now limited by government mandate to three households at any given location.

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That sounds reasonable.  We're all in this together.  Do your part to slow the spread.  It's only for a few more weeks.  We're just following orders; why can't you?  Just put on a mask.  If it saves just one life, isn't it all worth it?

Pfizer Documents Reveal Over 1,200 Vaccine Deaths Over 90-Day Trial Period.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the first batch of documents related to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine program after a federal judge ordered that they must comply with a massive FOIA request.  The request was filed by the Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency group, which consists of more than 30 professors and scientists.  They requested any and all data that factored into the agency's decision to authorize Phizer's vaccine for emergency use.  "The entire purpose of the FOIA is to assure government transparency," the plaintiffs argue.  "It is difficult to imagine a greater need for transparency than immediate disclosure of the documents relied upon by the FDA to license a product that is now being mandated to over 100 million Americans under penalty of losing their careers, their income, their military service status, and far worse."  The FDA was ordered to comply after challenging the request in court.  The agency had previously stated they would need a whopping 55 years to process the request.

Cleveland Clinic Healthcare System Suspends Vaccine Mandate.  Citing the recent federal court injunctions, the Cleveland Clinic has now suspended the vaccine mandate for its employees.

Biden Announces COVID Treatment Plan That Mirrors Action Plan of Governor Ron DeSantis.  Earlier today [12/2/2021], the White House occupant read a new script put into his teleprompter.  The purpose of the script is to outline a new set of federal actions to combat COVID-19.  Within the script prepared for him, the authors noted a new treatment approach that is identical to the COVID mitigation plan put into place by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.  Biden is proposing federal rapid response teams to set up regional sites where monoclonal antibody treatments can be delivered by outpatient staff.  The quick response teams and regional monoclonal antibody treatment sites have been in place in Florida for almost eight months.  During his script reading, the White House occupant did not want to give credit to the DeSantis approach, but the federal mitigation protocol is identical.  [Video clip]

Germany Has Fallen.  The unvaccinated will be banned from shops and every other area of society besides "essential" services.  The jab will be mandatory.  [Video clip]

New Covid Omicron 'variant' first detected in fully vaccinated individuals.  The EU as well as the US, UK and Canada will ban travel from South Africa and seven other southern African countries after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a new variant called Omicron to be "of concern".  But South African Health Minister Dr Joseph Phaahla said these "draconian" decisions did not make any scientific sense. [...] Passport-holders from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi are now banned from entering the EU.  The new Omicron variant was first reported to the WHO from South Africa on 24 November.  A South African ministerial advisory committee member Prof Ian Sanne suggested that these were merely "breakthrough" cases and that the effectiveness of jabs were no different in other countries.  "In terms of vaccine effectivity, there is an indication of an increase of percentage of cases identified that are indeed due to breakthrough infections, within groups that have been previously vaccinated.  This rate is higher than it was previously.  But we have every indication that the vaccines are still effective in preventing severe disease and/or complications."  As is seen all over the world, the infection rate is currently 4:1 in favor of the vaccinated.

Republican Senator, Dr. Rand Paul 'Fauci Should Go To Prison for 5 Years for Lying to Congress'.  Republican Senator Dr. Rand Paul, son of legendary libertarian, Ron Paul, has been on a rampage against Dr. Death, Anthony Fauci.  Now, after it was revealed to congress by the NIH that Dr. Fauci did in fact lie to congress, Sen. Paul believes Fauci should be treated like everyone else, and given a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison for lying to congress.  [Video clip]

Frontline Nurse Drops a MOAB! Admits Hospitals are Full of people with Vaccine Related Issues.  'They're not dying from COVID, they're dying from the treatment!'  This frontline nurse just stood up and said what nurses and doctors around the country that are getting cancelled have been saying for a year now, the bulk of the people they're seeing in hospitals are suffering from vaccine related trauma, NOT COVID!  Listen to the long list of other major health issues that are being caused by this 'vaccine' that actually doesn't even qualify as a vaccine, hence the reason the CDC tried to change the definition.  [Video clip]

A Microchip Containing Your Vaccine Passport Information Can Now Be Embedded In Your Hand.  If you could have a vaccine passport permanently embedded into your hand, would you do it?  Amazingly, some people in Sweden are willingly doing this to themselves.  They are putting microchips that contain their vaccine passport information into their hands, and they are raving about how convenient this is. [...] For a long time, health authorities were promising us that if we all did exactly what they asked that the pandemic would come to an end.  Unfortunately, now they are openly admitting that COVID is going to be with us permanently. [...] If we are "going to have to start living with COVID", that means that all of the infrastructure that they are now putting in place will be with us from now on.  That means that there isn't going to be an end to the vaccine passports, the mandates or the injections.

WHO: 'No Evidence' Boosting Entire Population Offers Greater Protection to Healthy Individuals.  A top World Health Organization (WHO) official said there is "no evidence" to suggest that CCP virus booster doses would offer "greater protection" to healthy people.  Dr. Mike Ryan, the WHO's emergency director, questioned the logic of some countries trying to produce more booster doses to vaccinate anyone aged 18 and older.  "Right now, there is no evidence that I'm aware of that would suggest that boosting the entire population is going to necessarily provide any greater protection for otherwise healthy individuals against hospitalization and death," Ryan said.  "The real risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death lies, in particularly, in at-risk and vulnerable individuals," he said, "who do require protection against all variants of COVID-19," the illness caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus.  Health agencies around the world generally consider older individuals, those with compromised immune systems, and people who work in high-risk settings to be vulnerable.

Children are the Faultline in the Covid Vaccine Narrative that Exposes the Fraud.  Sometimes even the most adroit deceivers and manipulators commit an act that is so utterly illogical and patently senseless that it breaks open a deep fissure in their narrative which reveals the immensity and depth of their fraud to everyone with eyes to see.  The vaccinators committed one such act when they insisted that children as young as five years old be made to take their injections.  It is widely known that healthy children are at virtually zero risk of severe outcomes from the Coronavirus.  The CDC itself has told us that in the United States only 66 children under the age of 12 have died of Covid in the past twelve months.  The vast majority — if not all — of those unfortunate children suffered from serious life-threatening conditions.  If we generously assume that 10 of those children were healthy, then the probability of a healthy child being struck by lightning is one thousand percent greater than that of an American dying of Covid 19.  (For reference, there were 120 people struck by lightning in 2019 in the United States.)

Death by Politics.  Even after it became known that the virus was deadly to the elderly, Democrat governors began sending infected patients into nursing homes, causing the deaths of thousands.  I will use Governors Cuomo and Murphy for examples.  Then-president Biden created mandates that would remove thousands of medical staff from our system, leaving hospitals understaffed.  This was done at the same time huge shortages of personnel were causing delays in the delivery of basic goods.  Most working Americans were being hit by new "mandated requirements."  There were no such requirements for illegal aliens (from Mexico and Afghanistan), nor for welfare or food stamp recipients.  Poor planning and the Democratic lust for power brought America another huge crop of Death by Politics.

The madness stops only when Fauci is stopped.  On December 1, 2021, at a White House press conference, Tony Fauci was asked to comment about the "endgame" of COVID-19.  After blabbering nonsensically and unscientifically about the pre-eminent role of his beloved — and pathetically leaky — vaccines, Fauci finally proclaimed, "I promise you that this will end."  Needless to say, St.  Anthony of Vaccinia didn't deign to tell us when it would end, and he scurried away from the lectern even before the barrage of follow-up questions could be fully hollered. [...] As long as Fauci has the ear of our benighted, demented president; as long as Fauci drives the multibillion-dollar endless-vaccine-by-subscription juggernaut; and as long as the amoral media and the Democrats cover for him, allowing them to punish the citizenry into total submission, the vicious lunacy that is our nation's existence under COVID will continue.

Biden's Pandemic Death Toll:  It's Our Own Fault.  With the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus now the latest fashion accessory among the mask-lockdown-vaccine mandate crowd, President Joe Biden unveiled on Thursday his latest plan to keep us healthy.  But we've seen this before.  While running against President Donald Trump, he promised to "shut down the virus."  He failed.  But that's not his fault, says the Whites House press secretary.  We have only ourselves to blame.  We haven't been the pliant subjects Biden was relying on us to be.  We've disappointed our Dear Leader.  Multiple times during the 2020 campaign Biden swore that if the country would elect him, he would end the pandemic.  Yet it remains.  Through Jan. 20 of this year, there were 425,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19, according to Centers for Disease Control data.  The total now stands at 783,000 deaths, meaning that 358,000 have lost their lives to the disease under Biden.

How the Corporate Media Launched a Disinformation Campaign to Protect Fauci.  By now you've surely heard about Anthony Fauci and his laboratory beagles, but in case you haven't, it goes like this:  For forty years, Fauci, as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has funded gruesome experiments on animals.  Beagles in particular are one of the favored species for these experiments, because of their docile and people-pleasing nature, which makes for less hassle for the humans who subject them to pain and suffering.  In one of these NIAID-funded experiments, in Tunisia, sedated beagles' heads were put into mesh bags with swarms of starved sand flies, who fed on the live dogs.  The other thing you may have heard is that the story is just another right-wing conspiracy theory.  You may have heard this from The Washington Post, from any of a number of self-proclaimed "fact checkers," or maybe even from the globally renowned Beacon of Honesty David Frum of The Atlantic.  I've been reporting on this story for the past few weeks.  In fact, I've been reporting it as closely as anyone, if not more so.  It's been an extremely educational experience for me, but not because I was unfamiliar with the industry of animal experimentation, or NIAID's leading role within it.  What's been educational is seeing up close and first-hand how the mainstream media constructs and deploys a brazen misinformation campaign.

The Frogs Have Begun Fleeing the Government's Boiling Pot.  When coercion and surveillance are required to artificially keep society intact through a top-to-bottom tyrannical squeeze, the whole system is at risk of collapse from a single dissenting voice that chooses to throw sand into the rusting, brittle cogs.  When the social fabric is knit together with individual free will, you get an American flag for which people are willing to die.  When governing elites choose to push their sinister interests upon the masses through the threat of punishment and the attractiveness of cheap rewards, you get a meaningless, multicultural ball of yarn that free-thinking people learn to kick around for sport. [...] The cat's out of the bag, and more and more Americans are acutely aware that the U.S. government works against their self-determination.

Anthony Fauci is no Josef Mengele.  Lara Logan claimed that she's heard from people all over the world that Fauci is another Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who sent more than a million people to their deaths at Auschwitz.  The comparison is wrong because Mengele intentionally and affirmatively caused these deaths in the gas chambers.  Fauci hasn't affirmatively killed anyone.  He has, however, consigned hundreds of thousands of people to death through his negative behavior, denying people access to life-saving treatment.  He can be judged for that without bringing Mengele into the discussion.

COVID: When it wanes, it pours.  [Scroll down]  It's been about two years since a new coronavirus first debuted near the Wuhan lab where Anthony Fauci had paid EcoHealth to modify bat viruses.  We've had plenty of time to make some observations about this Permanent Pandemic.  For example, I know many friends and coworkers who took the jab and suffered at least a day of flu-like symptoms.  I know three fully vaxxed friends who have since been ill with COVID, including one who spent months in a hospital and nearly died.  And I know that where I live, in a population of 130,000 people, exactly one person under age 50 has ever died of COVID, and that the year 2020 saw the fewest number of total deaths since 2012.  Meanwhile, statistics from England clearly show that the delta variant COVID survival rate for people under age 50 is 99.96%, whether vaccinated or not.  Actually, the survival rate is even higher, because countless people have had COVID but were never tested.  Furthermore, recovery from COVID is likely to lead to a more robust immune response in the unvaccinated, whereas the vaccine's protection not only wears off, but also only provides a narrow-spectrum immunity, such that those on the vaccine booster treadmill will tend to be more subject to repeat infections by the inevitable variants.

America's second case of Omicron variant is detected in fully vaccinated Minnesota man.  A second case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has been detected in the U.S. in a man who had recently attended an anime convention in New York City last month with more than 50,000 attendees.  The Minnesota Department of Health confirmed the infection on Thursday [12/2/2021] in a resident who lives in Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis.  He was fully vaccinated and had mild symptoms, but has since recovered.

Vermont: Highest Vaccination Rate, Record-Breaking COVID Numbers.  Vermont, the left-wing New England paradise, is seeing a record number of its residents hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms.  And this crisis comes despite having the highest vaccination rate in the United States.  Hospital admissions from COVID in the Green Mountain State have climbed rapidly in the last four months.  With only 640,000 residents, 84 people are currently receiving hospital treatment, including 22 held in an intensive care unit.  Consider that New York, at 30 times the population, has around 300 people currently hospitalized from coronavirus.

Dr Fauci warns Americans might have to receive COVID vaccine every year.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that American may need to be prepared to receive a vaccination for COVID-19 every year to protect against infection, but insists that holiday travel is still safe for the vaccinated.  Fauci said it was too early to tell whether an annual 'booster' will be needed as new variants emerge, as he spoke with CNN's Anderson Cooper during a town hall Wednesday evening [12/1/2021].

Don't Let Them Scare Your Freedoms Away.  Another new day, another new variant of the coronavirus, another new scare campaign by the tyrannical medical establishment and their media lackeys (the South African doctor who discovered the variant says the symptoms are mild).  This hasn't stopped a new fear campaign and overreaction by many governments, though there is irony in that many who openly endorse murdering unborn babies are suddenly enthused with such zeal to protect human life in combating COVID.  The problem with the new fear campaign over the omicron variant is the further degradation of liberty and Constitutional rights already manifesting because of it. [...] Those critical of government overreach want to preserve and restore the constitutional liberties and way of life pre-pandemic.  It has nothing to do with the coronavirus and everything to do with the basic structure of political society.

Leading Cardiologist Says Researchers Are Refusing to Publish Supporting Study Results That Show Covid Vaccine's Link To Massive Increase In Heart Attacks.  Throughout the existence of the scientific process, replicating results has always been a necessary component in order to gain a scientific consensus and gauge the accuracy of the results of whatever test or calculations were conducted, but when the supposedly trustworthy experts find something in the results that doesn't fit the approved narrative — leading them to bury the information — the credibility of the scientific establishment goes completely out the window.  Well, according to one world-renowned cardiologist out of the UK, that is exactly what is happening right now.  A recently released study that was presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions Meeting claims the risk of developing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) — a potentially life-threatening condition that leads to an increased risk of heart issues — increases significantly in patients who receive the experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

Omicron Hysteria Ramps up as It Travels to Another State — and the Federal Government Continues to Miss the Point.  I regret to inform you that Omicron, which is to always be pronounced in a menacing, reverberated voice, has spread outside of California.  In fact, it appears that this case actually confirms the virus is present in at least three states.  A Minnesota man has been found to have had the Omicron variant.  The CDC is rushing to investigate, while members of the press are trumpeting this as big news in typically hysterical fashion.  [Tweet]  It appears this man got the virus from a highly international convention in New York, which would confirm the Omicron variant is already spreading there as well.  He then came back, tested positive in Minnesota, and has now fully recovered.  That puts his experience in line with the reports out of South Africa that infection from Omicron is relatively mild.

Chicago's Lawsuit Against Its Own Police Over Vaccine Mandates Is Dropped as Mayor Lightfoot Limps Away.  The city of Chicago was already known for being a place where crime and murder are atrociously common occurrences, but it was set to get even worse when Mayor Lori Lightfoot decreed that the Democrat-run city put a vaccine mandate on all city employees.  This obviously included police officers.  But many in the department didn't want to get the jab, feeling much safer taking their chances with a virus that has a 99.9 percent survival rate.  So the city took the police union to court in hopes to strong-arm it into compliance.  Needless to say, they didn't comply.  According to the Daily Mail, the police union has won the day and the vaccine mandates cannot be forced on the officers, and while Lightfoot is claiming that the lawsuit was dropped because enough officers met compliance standards, the timing of it comes not long after Lightfoot was embarrassed by the judge in the case: [...]

80 House Republicans Help Pass Bill to Fund Federal Vaccination Database.  Eighty House Republicans voted with Democrats on Tuesday to pass the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act, which if passed by the Senate and signed into law would fund a federal vaccination database.  According to the bill, also called H. R. 550, the government would provide $400 million in taxpayer dollars to fund "immunization system data modernization and expansion," a system otherwise defined as "a confidential, population-based, computerized database that records immunization doses administered by any health care provider to persons within the geographic area covered by that database."

New Book Exposes Fauci's Mythological Scientific Acumen.  I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Dr. Scott Atlas's new book, "A Plague Upon Our House," which comes out on December 7.  In reading the account from his tenure inside of the Trump Administration's COVID response team, acting as something similar to 45's "COVID czar," I was repeatedly struck by the seeming lack of intellectual capacity possessed by Anthony Fauci.  I have certainly heard the rumors and seen Fauci's public persona on display, and in his book, Atlas removes all doubt about Anthony Fauci the man.  He confirms the clear reality that Fauci is just not a very bright person.  Like most career government bureaucrats, the routinely labeled "nation's top infectious disease expert" does not live up to his corporate press and ruling class identity.  Similar to his colleagues in Government Health, Fauci reveals himself as a midwit in his very best moments, but those moments do not occur in anything resembling a scientific proving ground.

An 'Abundance of Caution' Mentality Leads to Tyranny.  This week, governments around the globe spun into full-scale panic thanks to the revelation of the so-called omicron variant of COVID-19.  As of this writing, we know that omicron is likely more transmissible than prior variants.  We have no evidence, however, that omicron is more deadly. [...] Yet the reaction from our institutional leaders has been completely unhinged.  We have been told by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that every American above the age of 18 ought to get a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, despite scant evidence that boosters lower the hospitalization and death rates from COVID-19 for the young (they certainly do for those over age 60).  Dr. Anthony Fauci has emerged to nod gravely at the possibility of vaccine mandates for air travel and new mask mandates.  Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York announced a state of emergency allowing for the suspension of elective surgeries.  The predictable result:  Markets have plunged.  They've plunged not because of omicron itself, but because the private sector knows that the public sector may hammer away at economic freedom again.

Dr. Anthony Fauci Busted, Cannot Explain Why The U.S. Banned Travel From African Countries With Zero Cases of Omicron Variant.  Sometimes the truth is hard to spot.  It's like that little out of place thing peeking out from under the boulder of lies atop it.  Everyone focuses on the boulder, because it was purposefully placed there to get attention.  However, every once in a while someone -usually a new voice in the crowd- notices that little part they didn't quite cover up well enough, and that is when you find out the truth.  Anthony Fauci appeared today [12/1/2021] at the White House briefing room to promote the Omicron fear narrative.  When building narratives, the timing of things is important.  Fauci was announcing the first case of the Omicron variant in California, that's the boulder.  However, one of the usually silent and compliant journalists from the African news bureau had this pesky question.  [Video clip]

Louisiana judge:  Biden administration can't require health care workers to get vaccinated.  A federal district court in Monroe on Tuesday [11/30/2021] said a federal agency had overstepped its authority and temporarily ended the requirement that millions of healthcare workers nationwide get vaccinated before Monday, Dec. 6.  "There is no question that mandating a vaccine to 10.3 million healthcare workers is something that should be done by Congress, not a government agency.  It is not clear that even an Act of Congress mandating a vaccine would be constitutional," wrote U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty sitting in Monroe for the Western District of Louisiana.  He expanded his order to include all states but those that have already enjoined the rule.

Greece PM Flat out Threatens Senior Citizens - Will Fine them Over $100 a Month if they Refuse the Vax.  Despite highly vaccinated nations around the world being crippled by the rapid spread of COVID among them, some nations leaders are still trying to get their entire population vaccinated and subsequently given a vaccine passport and then a vaccine microchip if you want to do simple things such as shop or go outside of your home.  [Video clip]

Judge strikes Biden's vax mandate — but not for the reason you might think.  In a 29-page order, U.S. district judge Gregory Van Tatenhove actually got it right on vaccine mandates — but not for reasons cited by either side of this contentious issue.  The George W. Bush nominee wrote, "This is not a case about whether vaccines are effective.  They are.  Nor is this a case about whether the government, at some level and in some circumstances, can require citizens to obtain vaccines.  It can."  Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove further made his case, writing, "The question presented here is narrow.  Can the president use congressionally delegated authority to manage the federal procurement of goods and services to impose vaccines on the employees of federal contractors and subcontractors?  In all likelihood, the answer to that question is no."  Thus, he granted the preliminary injunction requested by Ohio's, Kentucky's, and Tennessee's attorneys general.  So there you have it:  an answer unanticipated by pro- or anti-vaxxers.

I Wonder Why Most People Are Shrugging Off Omicron?  The news of the emerging Omicron variant was greeted with a giant shrug by most of America, and it's no surprise why.  The total failure of our establishment to earn our trust over the last two years of this pandemic made it inevitable that a huge number of people, at best, don't care, and at worst think it's a calculated lie designed to prolong this nonsense.

Burlington [Vermont] enacts mask mandate,with some proof-of-vaccine exemptions.  After a fiery meeting that showcased how polarizing pandemic restrictions have become, city councilors voted unanimously to enact a citywide mask mandate Wednesday evening, requiring businesses to ensure that employees and patrons either wear masks or prove they are vaccinated.  The mandate requires indoor masking while Covid-19 spread is "high" or "substantial" in Chittenden County as defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with some exceptions.  Per state law, it must be renewed monthly and cannot extend past April 30, 2022.  People do not have to wear masks in restaurants, convenience stores or gyms if everyone in the establishment has shown proof that they are vaccinated, the ordinance stated.

MTA to spend $100M on COVID tests for workers who refuse to get vaccinations.  The MTA has proposed spending $100 million over the next year on weekly COVID-19 tests for thousands of transit workers who refuse to get vaccinations.  That works out to about $5,000 for each transit worker not now vaccinated.  Metropolitan Transportation Authority data show about 20,000 of its employees — about 30% of the workforce — have not submitted proof that they have received at least one vaccine dose.  The $100 million testing budget is enough to cover about $2,000 in hazard pay for the roughly 50,000 front line MTA workers who risked their health during the worst of the pandemic.

White Coat Sadist at Work.  The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci since 1984, conducts "excruciating experiments" on rhesus monkeys at NIH labs in Bethesda, Maryland.  "In many of these experiments, Fauci and staff intentionally withhold pain relief, even though these are some of the most excruciating experiments in the federal government," John Goodman of the White Coat Waste Project (WCWP) told the Epoch Times.  According to a federal database, of the $13.5 million HHS spent to breed and maintain the monkeys, NIAID paid $8.9 million.  Goodman told the Times it was "very unlikely that Fauci didn't know about this given the amount of money involved and the fact that these experiments are happening in his own laboratories."

Island of Rhesus Monkeys in South Carolina Exposed as NIAID's Source for 'Excruciating Experiments'.  A group that investigates taxpayer-funded experiments on animals has disclosed a document exposing the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' (NIAID) "excruciating experiments" on rhesus monkeys.  The monkeys, which are owned by NIAID, are acquired from Morgan Island, off the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina.  Justin Goodman, vice president of advocacy and public policy for the White Coat Waste Project (WCWP), told The Epoch Times that the nonprofit taxpayer watchdog group obtained the document in October through a Freedom of Information Act request. [...] The document obtained by the group reveals that NIAID has spent $13.5 million in taxpayer funding on experiments that involve injecting the monkeys with various infectious diseases, such as Ebola and the Lassa virus that results in hemorrhaging, pain, brain damage, loss of motor control, and organ failure.

A video from Sweden promotes the Covid certificate as a chip "in your hand or under the skin".  Here's the English translation of the video's description:  "Get the covid certificate under the skin — available as a chip.  Get your covid certificate in a chip in your hand or elsewhere under the skin.  It is increasingly popular to insert a chip into the body with different types of information and now you can also insert your covid certificate in the chip."  [Link to video clip]

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The COVID con is the '76 swine flu fiasco on steroids.  In a social media feed yesterday, I came across a 1979 60 Minutes segment on the propaganda surrounding the 1976 swine flu scare.  Many of us had already heard about how the event was reminiscent of today's COVID-19 con, but actually watching the segment drives home how striking the parallels between the two disease scares are.  Exaggerations of the bugs' severity, media propaganda and fear-mongering, an effort to vaccinate the whole nation, serious vaccine-coincident side-effects, and an apparent government cover-up of the latter were all elements of the '76 fiasco just as they epitomize what's occurring today.

Joe Biden Is Preparing New COVID Restrictions, and They Are Absolutely Insane.  As we head into the heart of the holiday season, Joe Biden is getting ready to announce new COVID restrictions in an escalation of the hysteria stemming from the new Omicron variant (never mind the lack of evidence that Omicron is a more dangerous variant).  You'll be less than shocked to learn that those new restrictions make no sense whatsoever and are a complete slap in the face to science and data, which probably means Dr. Anthony Fauci came up with them.

Federal Judge Expands Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate Injunction to Apply Nationally.  Another win against the federal vaccine mandate.  The latest injunction against the Biden administration's healthcare worker vaccine mandate was written by Judge Terry A. Doughty of Louisiana.  This injunction expands the prior order to cover all healthcare workers nationally.  On Monday [11/29/2021] a federal court in Missouri delivered an injunction that covered ten states; however, this ruling is written to extend block the CMS healthcare rule on a national basis — against Joe Biden's decision to require all health workers in hospitals and nursing homes to receive their first shot by Dec. 6 and to be fully vaccinated by Jan. 4.  However, with these rulings piling up against the White House; and with more and more Americans ignoring the fear porn being attempted with Omicron; we can expect the executive branch to go even stronger in the direction of more punitive punishment using federal mandates.

CNBC Pundit Calls Unvaxxed People "Psychotic", Demands U.S. Military Hunt Them Down, Force Vaccine or Force Quarantine.  This is one of the people inside the inner circle of Nancy Pelosi, a good personal friend.  As you watch this short video segment ask yourself about the mental stability of a person who would advocate publicly for American citizens to be hunted down by the U.S. military, vaccinated against their will or forcibly quarantined.  This was actually broadcast to the CNBC audience.  In a twisted display of irony, financial pundit Jim Cramer calls unvaccinated people "psychotic"?  [Video clip]

The Epidemiological Relevance Of The Vaxxed Is Increasing.  The evidence is coming in, and it's very bad news for the Injection Cult and its victims.  It sure looks like the injections offer little protection and, for those who get infected, the disease is worse among the vaxxed than among the unvaxxed.  I present the entire text, broken down into bite size paragraphs (the original is in one long paragraph).  Please pay close attention to the example from Israel.  There we see clear evidence of what we've been reading regularly:  the vaxxed get hit harder than the unvaxxed.

Simply Put:  It Does Not Work.  The vaccines do not cut off either infection or transmission and may in fact cause enhanced, more-serious disease.  Those trying to "mandate" jabs are not only attempting to force you to take the risk of serious cardiac and other clotting-related disorders they may also be setting you up to be killed by the virus itself.

U.S. confirms nation's first case of omicron Covid variant in California.  U.S. health officials have confirmed the country's first case of the new, heavily mutated coronavirus variant called omicron in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday [12/1/2021].  White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said the individual, who was fully vaccinated, had just returned from traveling in South Africa to the San Francisco area on Nov. 22 and tested positive on Nov. 29.  "The individual is self quarantining and all close contacts have been contacted and all close contacts, thus far, have tested negative," he announced at a White House press briefing providing more details of the case.  "We feel good that this patient not only had mild symptoms, but actually the symptoms appear to be improving."

Unvaxxed Aboriginal Elder is Thrown Head First Into a Police Car, Taken to a Unvaxxed Camp.  The PM of Australia has mandated that all Australians must be vaccinated or they will be arrested and forced to take the jab.  This video shows the result of those who fight back against the medical tyranny quickly spreading around the world.  Watch as an elderly man is tied and tossed head first into the back of the concentration camp truck as onlookers scream to let them go.  [Video clip]

Widespread Manhunt Underway For Three Men, Possibly Aborigines, Who Escaped Australian Involuntary Quarantine Camp — Video.  The events here are priceless, and weird, and just, well, nuts.  Last week people were stunned to discover the Chief Premier of Australia's Northern Territory, Michael Gunner, had triggered an operation using the military to round up Aboriginal tribes and place them into a COVID quarantine facility called Howard Springs.  Premier Gunner became furious at people who questioned his decision and said the native Australians wanted to be in the camp.  Well, early this morning three men scaled the wall in the Howard Springs quarantine camp and escaped.  Police are right now conducting a widespread manhunt for the escapees, all of whom tested negative for the virus.  The Darwin police are using helicopters, roadblocks and are conducting vehicle searches in order to recapture the men who Michael Gunner said "wanted to be in" the detainment and quarantine facility.  Something ain't adding up.  [Video clip]

Two fully vaccinated Israeli doctors test positive for Omicron variant.  Two Israeli doctors have contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19 — even after being fully vaccinated and receiving their booster shots.  The doctors had each received their double-dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine plus a follow-up booster, according to a rep for the Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv, Reuters reported.  One doctor had recently returned from a conference in London, according to the hospital, which said it was likely he infected his colleague.

Biden Admin Considering Stricter COVID-19 Testing For All Travelers to U.S., Including Returning Americans:  Report.  The Biden administration is expected to announce stricter COVID-19 testing requirements for all travelers entering the U.S. on Thursday [12/2/2021], including returning Americans, according to a new report.  Three federal health officials reportedly told the Washington Post the administration is readying stricter testing requirements amid concern over the new Omicron variant.  The new guidance would require everyone entering the U.S. to be tested one day before boarding flights, regardless of vaccination status or country of departure.

CDC orders all US airlines to turn over names of passengers who've been in eight African countries facing travel restrictions due to the Omicron variant.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is ordering all airlines to turn over the names and other information of passengers who arrived in the U.S. from eight countries that are facing travel restrictions[.]  The directive, first reported on Wednesday by Reuters, has been issued in an effort to quickly identify and stop the spread of the Omicron variant.  The countries include Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Vaccinated or not
Vaccines don't stop COVID, but COVID is not that dangerous.  The graph to the [left] was created from the data produced by the United Kingdom Health Agency covering the period from October 25, 2021 to November 21, 2021.  It shows the percentages of the vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals who became infected with COVID, were hospitalized by it, and even died from it.  As you can clearly see, it apparently makes no difference anymore whether you received no shots, one shot, two shots, or three shots.  Your chances of getting infected with COVID is just as likely if you are vaccinated than if you are not.  The shots don't protect you.  The graph is part of a long article detailing how in the UK, COVID appears to no longer be a virus of the unvacccinated, but in fact is now a virus of the vaccinated.  Apparently, you stand a higher chance of getting sick from COVID if you have been vaccinated than if you have not.  The story however distorts the truth badly, since it exaggerates the danger.


Fittingly, Fauci teams with Obama in 'surprise' visit to DC school to urge children to get the jab.  Dr. Anthony Fauci teamed up with former President Barack Obama to pay a surprise visit to Kimball Elementary School in Washington D.C. on Tuesday [11/30/2021] to urge children and their parents to get the COVID vaccine while they were waiting in line at the pop-up vaccine clinic.  "We are just getting through the holiday season and we have one more thing to be thankful for, which is that we can get kids vaccinated if they're between the ages of 5 and 11," Obama remarked to a crowd of students, teachers, and parents on Tuesday afternoon, according to 7NewsDC reporter Victoria Sanchez.

The Editor says...
A coerced vaccination — to protect the least vulnerable from a non-existent threat, at a substantial risk from the experimental vaccine itself — is not something to be thankful for... unless I'm missing something.

Domestic Travel Ban for Unvaccinated 'Not Off the Table' Says Psaki.  Even though Biden suspended his vaccine mandate for federal workers to save himself a few approval points, he's nevertheless looking for alternative ways to "force" people to get vaccinated, and a domestic travel ban is one such possibility. [...] However, like his vaccine mandate, a ban on domestic travel is also unconstitutional, as it is guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment.  Unfortunately, the Biden administration doesn't even consider the Constitution as a guideline, let alone a set of rules.

France Postpones Vax Mandates After Massive Riots And Violence In Martinique and Guadeloupe.  France has postponed implementing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health workers in Martinique and Guadeloupe after the measure spurred widespread protests on the French territories in which police officers were injured and journalists attacked.  The two Caribbean islands have been hit by unrest over the last week after the French government imposed tougher measures to curb the spread of the virus.  Compulsory vaccinations for health workers, a measure already introduced on the French mainland, had fuelled resentment among the islands' majority Black population.  [Video clip]

The U.K Health Secretary Announces From Now On All Brits Will Need Boosters Every 3 Months.  The UK's minimum gap for Covid booster jabs will be halved from six months to three, after the government accepted advice from its vaccines watchdog to speed up the programme to limit the spread of the Omicron variant.  The health secretary, Sajid Javid, confirmed that all adults would be offered the jab, after the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) announced that the waiting time was being cut for all adults, with priority for booking to be decided by the NHS.  The watchdog said adults aged 18 to 39 should be offered booster jabs and recommended cutting the gap between second and third doses from at least six months to at least three months.  [Video clip]

Biden's Vaccine Mandate Suffers Another Blow in Ruling for Montana.  The State of Montana has delivered another blow to Biden's now-hobbled federal vaccine mandate.  The news was announced by Montana Governor Steve Daines:  [Tweet]  "BIG news for Montana," Daines wrote on Twitter.  "Joe Biden's overreaching vaccine mandate threatens Montana hospitals, Montana healthcare workers and Montanans seeking access to essential care.  We must keep up this fight."  Governor Daines was responding to an announcement from the Attorney General of Montana, Austin Knudsen.

The COVID Vaccine Failure.  The CDC narrative on COVID is simply put:  (1) the mask is your best defense, (2) COVID is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, and (3) vaccines are our only exit strategy.  However, whenever their narrative falls apart, the emphasis shifts, cover-up lies become bolder, and dissenting science is censored.  According to CDC Director Rachel Walensky in a Twitter public service announcement, masks can help prevent the spread of COVID or flu or common cold by reducing your chance of infection by 80%.  Yet eleven Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT), including a Danish RCT studying COVID, failed to show that masks prevent transmission of respiratory viruses.  In two lawsuits the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) won litigation against hospitals' "vaccinate or mask" policy when RCT showed "scant evidence" that wearing masks reduced influenza transmission.  Empirical evidence, including CDC's own study, Oster's U.S. schools data, and comparing states with and without mask mandates failed to show a benefit to masking on COVID case rates.  Though not reported in the media, the "mask is your best defense" isn't settled science — the WHO states that: "the use of masks by healthy people in the community setting is not yet supported by high quality scientific evidence."  Despite exclusive pro-mask news, parents are protesting against governors and school boards mandating masking K-12 students.  After vaccine uptake slowed, Walensky called COVID a "Pandemic of the Unvaccinated" to shame the unvaccinated into getting the vaccine.  News reports touted divisive messaging of Biden-voting blue states as having higher vaccination rates and lower positivity rates than red states.  However, her lies were contradicted when territories that were 80%+ vaccinated had the highest case rates — Singapore with 85% vax rates, Iceland 92% vax rate, and Gibraltar with 100% vax rate saw peaking numbers.  Compared to Florida case rates, California is 200% higher, NYC is 300% higher, the most vaxxed state Vermont is 700% higher.  Of note:  the most vaccine-hesitant were PhDs.

Don't Let Them Scare Your Freedoms Away.  Another new day, another new variant of the coronavirus, another new scare campaign by the tyrannical medical establishment and their media lackeys (the South African doctor who discovered the variant says the symptoms are mild).  This hasn't stopped a new fear campaign and overreaction by many governments, though there is irony in that many who openly endorse murdering unborn babies are suddenly enthused with such zeal to protect human life in combating COVID.  The problem with the new fear campaign over the omicron variant is the further degradation of liberty and Constitutional rights already manifesting because of it.

Fauci likened to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, Benito Mussolini.  [Scroll down]  Now it appears that it's more or less open warfare between Fauci, who laughs at those who have concerns about his reliability, and members of U.S. Congress, who suggest he should be investigated for — and jailed for — lying to Congress.  Even some in the media aren't trusting Fauci.  The Washington Examiner noted that Fox news host Tucker Carlson unleashed his criticism of Fauci.  "After saying that 81-year-old Fauci 'really shouldn't be driving a car,' Carlson said the Italian American went insane after taking over the 'most powerful country on Earth,'" the report said.  "After two years of nonstop media adulation, Tony Fauci has morphed into an even shorter version of Benito Mussolini," Carlson said.  The latest exchanges were prompted by Fauci's claim, again, that he is "science," against which no criticism apparently can stand.

Is the 'Lockdown, Vax And Mask' COVID Cult Finished?  By now, it's clear to many that the left has used COVID-19 as a means to extend the federal government's authoritarian control over Americans.  But there are signs that the mask and vax culture that devastated the economy and created a nation of shut-ins and virus-phobes may be nearing an end. [...] On Monday, responding to a suit brought by Missouri and nine other states, a federal district judge temporarily halted the vaccine mandate for health care workers at Medicare- and Medicaid-affiliated facilities.  The order is meant to "ensure that federal agencies do not extend their power beyond the express delegation from Congress," wrote Judge Matthew Schelp of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, a Trump appointee.  Best of all, his order isn't valid only in Missouri, but in the nine other states — Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, New Hampshire, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming — that joined the Show Me State in suing the federal government.

Fear is the tool they use to sell an endless series of shots.
CDC Now Says All Adults Should Get COVID Booster Shots Amid Omicron Fears.  The CDC upped its urgency over coronavirus vaccine boosters Monday, saying every US adult should now get the extra shot because of the Omicron variant.  The federal agency previously said that while every adult was eligible for a booster, only those age 50 and older and those 18 and above in long-term care should really make a point of getting it.  But given heightened concerns over Omicron, the CDC now says that everyone over 18 "should" get the boosters.  "Today, CDC is strengthening its recommendation on booster doses for individuals who are 18 years and older," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.

The Editor says...
Nobody voted for the people who run the CDC.  Ignore them, like the annoying pop-up advertisements and click bait that surround the article above.  The CDC can huff and puff, but they has no leverage outside of TV news rooms.

'Profoundly Dangerous': New York Governor Blasted for Halting 'Elective' Surgeries.  Over the weekend, New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order halting "elective" or "non-essential" surgeries in the state, claiming it was necessary to prepare for the arrival of the latest Wuhan coronavirus variant.  "We've taken extraordinary action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and combat this pandemic.  However, we continue to see warning signs of spikes this upcoming winter, and while the new Omicron variant has yet to be detected in New York State, it's coming," Hochul released in a statement.

The Editor says...
There's something wrong with a governor making medical decisions for everyone in the state, based on the baseless fear of something that probably will never happen.  What does the state legislature have to say about this edict?

Mandate Cave:  White House Suspends Vaccine Mandate for Fed Employees.  Details are thin, but Presidentish Joe Biden reportedly will suspend his vaccine mandate for federal workers.  According to a memo issued by the Biden administration, the "White House's Office of Management and Budget is telling federal agencies they should hold off on suspending or firing federal workers for not complying with the vaccine mandate until after the holidays."  This is a huge cave for an administration whose remaining anti-COVID effort is focused almost exclusively on the vaccine mandate.  Further lockdowns are out, according to one report.  People have lost patience with social distancing and travel restrictions.

Germany's chancellor-to-be Olaf Scholz 'backs mandatory Covid jabs'.  Germany's chancellor-to-be, Olaf Scholz, supports making vaccination against Covid-19 mandatory, German media have reported, as neighbouring Austria is debating how to enforce obligatory jabs from February.  Scholz, a Social Democrat, who is expected to be sworn in as Angela Merkel's successor in the coming week, reportedly told a meeting of regional leaders he was in favour of a cross-party initiative to make vaccines mandatory, as well as requiring customers at non-essential stores to show proof of vaccination or recovery from the virus.

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.  The "experts" skipped the "Xi variant" because they didn't want to offend the dictator of the country that unleashed a pandemic on world, so now we have the Omicron variant of COVID 19.  What does it mean?  No one knows.  The woman who discovered it says its symptoms are significantly more mild than the original or even the Delta variant, but that hasn't stopped the media and Democrats (sorry to repeat myself) from hyping this newly discovered strain as, perhaps, the bringing of Armageddon.  Why?  They want, no — need — to keep people afraid.  They have too much they want to do they can't justify logically, so they need fear to motivate its advancement.  As always, President Anthony Fauci is leading the charge with Joe Biden dithers and eats ice cream.  President Trump should've fired him when he had the chance.  Then again, every President since Reagan should've fired him since his career is like a connect the dots of failure.

Position Paper — Vaccination of Children 5–11 Years:
  •   Children are not at risk from COVID-19.  The rate of mortality is statistically zero.
  •   To impose experimental biological products upon children is not medically or ethically justified.  In spite of this, many governments have declared their intention to inject children as young as five years with these products.
  •   Children are being told that they can consent to these injections without the knowledge or consent of their parents.  Allowing children to make life-altering decisions is unethical, illogical, and likely criminal.
  •   These products are not "immunizations" or "vaccinations" as they do not protect from infection or transmission.  Their sole purported benefit is to reduce symptoms.  This makes these products a "treatment" rather than a "vaccine".  Referring to these products as a "vaccine" is fraudulent.
  •   Schools are not safe places for our children.  There are increasing reports of children being bullied, shamed, and coerced into taking these biological products.
  •   These COVID biological products have the worst safety record in vaccine history.  Reported adverse effects include seizures, paralysis, blindness, strokes, blood clots, and acute cardiac events.

Democrats Eagerly Await the Omicron Variant.  ccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), no cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the United States, and the South African physician who first identified it says the variant's symptoms are mild.  Nonetheless, President Joe Biden has executed another of his trademark flip-flops by imposing a travel ban similar to that which he denounced as the "Africa ban" when Donald Trump was president.  Meanwhile, the Democratic governor of New York has already used it as a pretext to declare a "disaster emergency" in the Empire State, and Dr. Anthony Fauci is doing his best to scare the bejabbers out of the electorate.

A frightening new potential explanation for vaccine-driven myocarditis and other problems.  Downstream effects of the antibodies that people produce against the coronavirus spike protein may lead to myocarditis and even neurological concerns, two veteran medical researchers have written in the top medical journal in the United States.  Our immune systems produce these antibodies in response to both vaccination and natural infection with Covid.  However — though the researchers do not say so explicitly, possibly because doing so would be politically untenable — spike protein antibody levels are MUCH higher following vaccination than infection.  Thus the downstream response to vaccination may be more severe.

Covid Deaths Ratio Vaxxed to Unvaxxed 4:1 — Corporate Media Should Be Censored for Spreading Disinformation.  What the BBC is not telling you is that for every "unvaccinated" Covid death there are four "vaccinated" Covid deaths.  For months we have been reporting on the higher proportion of people who sadly succumb and die with Covid after being injected with the so-called "vaccines."  Additionally, as we have frequently written, there are the vaccine-induced injuries, illnesses and deaths.  Contrary to what corporate media would have you believe, the Covid injections are neither safe nor effective.  UK Health Security Agency ("UKHSA") statistics are clear and so is the text which accompanies them.  For people who feel overwhelmed by statistics and numbers there is sufficient information if we read the words contained in the UKHSA's 'Vaccine Surveillance Report' ("VSR").  It is all hidden in plain sight and the BBC, and much of corporate media, should be, at the very least, labelled "co-conspirators" and censored for spreading misinformation and disinformation.  Prior to the launch of the Covid injection campaign there were three statistics corporate media reminded us of daily, and repeatedly:  cases, hospitalisations and deaths.  Since the Covid injection campaign began reporting these statistics must have become a mine field for them.

A Chemist Describes His Wife's Major Adverse Reaction After Her COVID Vaccine.  [Video clip]

Pfizer Documented 158,893 Adverse Events with 25,957 Nervous System Disorders in First Few Months of Distribution.  Attorney Aaron Siri, Managing Partner of Siri & Glimstad, published his first report on the information he received from the FDA.  Siri has extensive complex civil litigation experience, including civil rights involving mandated medicine.  Aaron Siri has a history of representing people for vaccination injury for quite a while he recently told a US panel discussion led by Senator Ron Johnson that during the COVID crisis their phones have received an avalanche of requests.  Aaron added, "If we actually sued all of the pharmaceutical companies for all of the complaints it would actually impossible for all of the attorneys around the country, around 100, to handle all of those matters."

A 'Cruz missile' drops on Anthony Fauci.  For almost two years, Anthony Fauci has been reveling in his fame.  Starting with his role as COVID spokesman for the Trump administration, the media have fawned on him, something that escalated when it became clear that Fauci was working with them to end the Trump presidency.  Through all Fauci's lies and prevarications, the media's been there for him.  No wonder, then, that Fauci announced on Sunday that he's the living embodiment of science and sneered when asked about Sen. Ted Cruz's insistence that the DOJ prosecute him for his lies about funding "gain of function" research in China.  Foolish man!  Ted Cruz brought a "Cruz missile" of cold, hard facts to the debate.

On The Use Of Fear As A Government Tactic.  Perhaps a public debate on governmental lying and manipulation through the purveying of fear is about to begin.  God willing, it will.  I raise this hope because of a remarkable article that appeared in the Daily Telegraph (UK).  Excerpts follow.  No comment seems required, except the obvious:  This has been a Global phenomenon.  Which means:  coordinated.

Use of fear to control behaviour in Covid crisis was 'totalitarian', admit scientists.  Scientists on a committee that encouraged the use of fear to control people's behaviour during the Covid pandemic have admitted its work was "unethical" and "totalitarian".  Members of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviour (SPI-B) expressed regret about the tactics in a new book about the role of psychology in the Government's Covid-19 response.  SPI-B warned in March last year that ministers needed to increase "the perceived level of personal threat" from Covid-19 because "a substantial number of people still do not feel sufficiently personally threatened".  Gavin Morgan, a psychologist on the team, said:  "Clearly, using fear as a means of control is not ethical.  Using fear smacks of totalitarianism.  It's not an ethical stance for any modern government.  By nature I am an optimistic person, but all this has given me a more pessimistic view of people."

Ron DeSantis:  Florida Won't Bring Back Lockdowns Based on 'Media-Driven Hysteria'.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) reiterated that he will not institute any coronavirus restrictions in the Sunshine State based on media buzz over the newly-discovered Omicron variant.  "We are not in Florida going to allow any media-driven hysteria to do anything to infringe people's individual freedoms when it comes to any types of COVID variants," DeSantis said during a press conference on his plans to seek additional funds for law enforcement.

Teeth Are Gnashed After Ron DeSantis Goes There on the Waukesha Massacre.  Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to lead while other Republicans cower in the corner.  With the rise of the so-called "Omicron" variant of COVID (they skipped the Xi variant for obvious reasons), the Florida governor has chosen to double down on policies that actually make sense.  Lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccine mandates simply haven't produced results in other parts of the country.  Michigan, led by Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, serves as the latest example with the state now having the highest COVID case rate in the nation.  In comparison, DeSantis has rightly decided that it's better to follow actual data and real-world results than to abide by the gospel of Fauci.  Here he was yesterday reiterating that Florida isn't playing that game.  [Video clip]

Gov. Baker:  QR code vaccine passport coming soon.  Gov. Charlie Baker expects a state-sanctioned COVID-19 vaccination passport program to be implemented in Massachusetts and several other states soon.  During an appearance on GBH News' Boston Public Radio, Baker said a scannable quick response code, commonly known as a QR code, would show a person's vaccination status and be made available for others to scan and verify.  "It's a universal standard and we've been working with a bunch of other states, there's probably 15 or 20 of them, to try to create a single QR code that can be used for all sorts of things where people may choose to require a vaccine," Baker said of the passport program.

Fully Vaxxed 9 Times More Likely To Be Hospitalized.  In a November 12, 2021, blog post, Maryanne Demasi, Ph.D., reviews how the benefits of the COVID-19 shots have been exaggerated by the drug companies and misrepresented to the public by an uncritical media.  She has previously given many lectures on how the drug companies conflated absolute and relative risks for statin drugs.  Demasi was a respected Australian science presenter at ABC television until she produced a Catalyst report on the dangers of Wi-Fi and cellphones.  In the wake of the controversy it raised, she and 11 of her staff members were axed and the episode retracted.  That was 2016.  Today, Demasi is one of the few professional journalists seeking and publishing the truth about COVID-19.  In her post, Demasi highlights one of the most commonly used tricks in the book — conflating absolute and relative risk reduction.

RFK Jr.'s book exposing Fauci is #1 bestseller on Amazon despite 'total media blackout'.  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s book The Real Anthony Fauci:  Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health is currently the #1 bestseller on Amazon despite "a total media blackout," the book's publisher told Tucker Carlson Tuesday night.  "It's the bestselling book in America, and you won't read about it in any newspaper," Tony Lyons of Skyhorse Publishing told the popular FOX News host.  "If you try to advertise on ... any of the online platforms, they send you a notice that you can't advertise it there.  It's just really crazy that this can happen in America."

Ted Cruz, Rand Paul rip Fauci over 'I represent science' claim.  Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci again on Sunday after the White House chief medical adviser accused his critics of being "anti-science."  In an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation," moderator Margaret Brennan mentioned legislation introduced by Republicans that would limit or halt federal funding for so-called "gain-of-function" research, in which viruses are modified to increase their transmissibility and virulence.  Fauci described the issue as a "political football" and decried what he called "a lot of misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies."

Rand Paul Says Fauci's Declaration That He Represents Science 'Conjures Up Images of the Medieval Church'.  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Monday [11/29/2021] that White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci's assertion that he represents science is just the latest instance in which the top infectious disease expert exemplified an inflated ego.  "When a government bureaucrat has the audacity and the arrogance to say they represent all of science, we should be running the other way.  It conjures up images of the Medieval Church and their repression of science.  Science has nothing to do with having obedience to any kind of government dogma," Paul told host Pete Hegseth during an appearance on "Fox News Primetime."  But Paul still urged Americans to listen to what Fauci has to say because most of his public comments and requests contradict scientific research.

How Fauci Fooled America.  When the pandemic hit, America needed someone to turn to for advice.  The media and public naturally looked to Dr. Anthony Fauci — the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, an esteemed laboratory immunologist and one of President Donald Trump's chosen COVID advisers.  Unfortunately, Dr. Fauci got major epidemiology and public health questions wrong.  Reality and scientific studies have now caught up with him.

Bipartisan legislators demand answers from Fauci on 'cruel' puppy experiments.  A bipartisan letter demands answers from the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Biden's chief medical adviser.  The White Coat Waste Project, the nonprofit organization that first pointed out that U.S. taxpayers were being used to fund the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology, have now turned its sights on Anthony Fauci on another animal-testing-related matter — infecting dozens of beagles with disease-causing parasites to test an experimental drug on them.

Vaccinated deaths
Vaccinated English adults under 60 are dying at twice the rate of unvaccinated people the same age.  This chart may seem unbelievable or impossible, but it's correct, based on weekly data from the British government.  The brown line represents weekly deaths from all causes of vaccinated people aged 10-59, per 100,000 people.  The blue line represents weekly deaths from all causes of unvaccinated people per 100,000 in the same age range.  [Chart]  I have checked the underlying dataset myself and this graph is correct.  Vaccinated people under 60 are twice as likely to die as unvaccinated people.  And overall deaths in Britain are running well above normal.  I don't know how to explain this other than vaccine-caused mortality.


Why you cannot trust US Covid data.  Unlike England, or Scotland, or Israel, or Germany, or many other countries that have semi-functioning governments, the United States has no nationally reliable source of Covid or Covid vaccine data.  Our famed Centers for Disease Control has turned out to be less famed than infamous.  It has failed in every conceivable way since February 2020. Some inconceivable ways too.  Worse, in the months since Joe Biden staggered into the White House, the CDC has slipped from mere incompetence into actively twisting science for its new political masters.  It has become a true Dept. of Pandemia.  In place of centralized national data, we have state health department reports.  The states are probably about as competent as the CDC overall, but a bit less political.  Maybe.  They also run their own immunization registries and also closer to the local hospital systems and coroners that report Covid deaths.  So their five o'clock folly body count reports go through a little less truth destruction.

Fake Mortality Data:  Italian Institute of Health Reduces Official Covid Death Toll from 130,000 to 4,000.  The Italian Higher Institute of Health has drastically reduced the country's official COVID death toll number by over 97 per cent after changing the definition of a fatality to someone who died from COVID rather than with COVID.  Italian newspaper Il Tempo reports that the Institute has revised downward the number of people who have died from COVID rather than with COVID from 130,000 to under 4,000.  Of the of the 130,468 deaths registered as official COVID deaths since the start of the pandemic, only 3,783 are directly attributable to the virus alone.

Resisting COVID Tyranny.  There are intense debates surrounding the vaccine, its efficacy, how long the immunity lasts — particularly as the virus evolves — its experimental nature, its "Emergency Use Authorization," and its serious side effects and adverse reactions, including death, that have been well documented.  Many who have already been vaccinated still contract and spread the virus and fall ill from it.  Tens of millions of Americans, previously infected, have "natural immunity," which is far broader and more durable, and do not require the vaccine.  The recovery rate for patients under seventy and in good health is 99.95%, better than the flu, and many choose not to get the vaccine for varying reasons, including risk-benefit analysis, concerns over potential complications, religious and medical objections, or personal choice.  Patients under age 18 have far more risk from the vaccine than from COVID, for example.  There have been some 17,000 deaths attributable to the vaccine, of all ages, but many believe that the numbers are much higher, even as much as 150,000, along with other serious complications such as thromboembolic phenomena, myo-endo-pericarditis, menstrual irregularities, stroke, myocardial infarction, and others.  Further, the various vaccines are not "vaccines" as commonly understood but "gene therapy," mRNA platforms that insert themselves into our DNA.

Lara Logan Swings the Atomic Sledgehammer into the Omicron Motives.  Lara Logan hit Dr. Anthony Fauci and the cabal of science manipulators with the atomic sledgehammer during her remarks today about the latest COVID variant omicron and the political crew who manipulate the public through fear.  In this segment, Ms. Logan is subtle as a brick through a window as she compares Dr. Fauci and his beagle killing narcissism to the ideological efforts of Dr. Josef Mengele.  She's not the first person to make that comparison.  [Video clip]

Merck's latest trial data show its COVID pill is less effective.  Merck & Co. said updated results showed its COVID-19 pill reduced the risk of hospitalization or death among adults with mild to moderate disease by 30%, less than a previous estimate and well below a rival treatment from Pfizer Inc. [...] Merck's latest trial analysis includes data from all enrolled participants, the drugmaker said in a statement Friday.  Nine deaths were reported in the placebo group, and one in the group receiving the treatment, called molnupiravir.

The higher the vaccination rate, the higher the excess mortality.  The correlation between the excess mortality in the federal states and their vaccination rate when weighted with the relative number of inhabitants of the federal state is .31.  This number is surprisingly high and would be negative if vaccination were to reduce mortality.  For the period under consideration (week 36 to week 40, 2021), the following applies:  The higher the vaccination rate, the higher the excess mortality.  In view of the forthcoming policy measures aimed atreducingthe virus, this figure is worrying and needs to be explained if further policy measures are to be taken with the aim of increasing the vaccination rate. [...] Mortality rates and vaccination rates are recorded particularly reliably.  Whether someone is vaccinated twice is as indisputable as the question of whether someone has died.  If you look at more complex variables such as the cause of death, this is not the case:  the determination of causes of death such as "diedof Covid-19 infection" depends relatively strongly on interpretations.  A positive test is by no means proof of this cause of death.  Death rates and vaccination rates, on the other hand, are based only to a small extent on interpretations.

8 Dead, Dozens Infected With COVID-19 Due to Outbreak at Connecticut Nursing Home.  Eight people are dead and just shy of 100 more have become infected with COVID-19 after an outbreak at a Connecticut nursing home.  The outbreak at the Geer Village Senior Community, a nursing home and rehabilitation center in Canaan, started around the beginning of October when the nursing home was reporting three positive COVID-19 cases.  Now, eight residents have died, and 67 residents and 22 staff members caught COVID-19 sometime in the past month and a half.  Nursing home officials said 48 residents and 21 staff members have recovered from the virus. [...] Of the 89 total infections, 87 people were fully vaccinated, the nursing home said.

Why are Police Officers Refusing the Vax?  Chicago is the perfect place to examine this issue.  Under a directive by Chicago's mayor, every city employee had until Oct. 15 to report their vaccination status or choose to undergo regular COVID-19 testing instead.  Then police unions legally challenged the mandate and a judge suspended the date for members of the force to be fully vaccinated, offering that the case needed to go through arbitration.  Other unions representing city workers are also now seeking the same type of ruling.  So far, more than 73 Chicago police employees and 67 Chicago Fire Department staffers have been placed on no-pay status since the Oct. 15 deadline has passed.  They were also sent home for refusing to report their vaccination status.  However, many later complied, and now only 35 police and 26 Fire Department workers were on no-pay status.  So what is the reason that cops are saying no to the jab in Chicago and other cities?  The same reason everyone else is: they question the efficacy of the jab and believe that public health officials and other government officials have simply gone too far.

Flip-Flop Fauci's partisan political point-scoring shows he's more interested in promoting himself than saving lives.  I've never heard Dr Anthony Fauci's cell phone voicemail greeting, but I imagine it says: 'Yes, I'll come on your show.'  For someone whose day job is supposed to be leading America's scientific and medical war against Covid-19, he seems to have an incredible amount of spare time for self-promotional media interviews.  Barely a week seems to go by without him popping up on TV or in newspapers and magazines, and as time has gone on, Fauci's become more and more brazenly political in those interviews since the Biden administration took over.  Yesterday, he was everywhere again, speaking about the new Omicron variant.  What he said in these new interviews should give every American serious for concern, not just about the latest Covid threat but about some of the outrageously partisan statements the country's top doctor made.

Some Scientific Observations about the Medical Establishment's Handling of COVID-19 to Date.  Medicine is one of several fields of Science.  As such, it should adhere to scientific protocols (like the Scientific Method), just the same as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc. should.  The "Medical Establishment" is the bureaucracy that oversees the medical profession, so it is their obligation to see that the medical profession adheres to scientific standards.  (BTW, when we say "Medical Establishment" we mean the WHO, FDA, CDC, AMA, etc.  We are NOT referring to doctors, nurses, etc. who are directed by the Medical Establishment.  Note that the Medical Establishment has no personal contact with patients.)  Regarding the COVID-19 matter, thousands of medical professionals have courageously spoken up, objecting to certain actions/inactions of the Medical Establishment, often at great professional risk.  That is commendable, as this is how real Science works.  What has been largely missing are inputs from non-medical scientists regarding the Medical Establishment's adherence to scientific tenets.  That's what this report is attempting to address.

Researchers uncover gene that doubles risk of death from COVID-19.  Scientists at Oxford University have identified the gene responsible for doubling the risk of respiratory failure from COVID-19.  Sixty percent of people with South Asian ancestry carry the high-risk genetic signal, partly explaining the excess deaths seen in some UK communities, and the impact of COVID-19 in the Indian subcontinent.  Previous work has already identified a stretch of DNA on chromosome 3 which doubled the risk of adults under 65 of dying from COVID.  However, scientists did not know how this genetic signal worked to increase the risk, nor the exact genetic change that was responsible.  In a study published in Nature Genetics, a team lead by Professors James Davies and Jim Hughes at the University of Oxford's MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine used cutting edge technology to work out which gene was causing the effect, and how it was doing so.

Ethnic cleansing?  Australian military now forcibly injecting indigenous people with deadly covid "vaccines".  An aboriginal elder is speaking out against the ongoing genocide of Australia's indigenous people groups under the guise of fighting the plandemic.  As we reported, the Australian government is now forcibly injecting residents of the Northern Territory with "vaccines" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19), which is a serious violation of human rights.  June Mills, who published a video online, is calling on others within her people group to stand up and fight against this depopulation plan.  "They're killing us," Mills said.  "It's a program of elimination.  That's all this is."  [Video clip]

Totalitarian Francis Collins, head of NIH, says he wants to hunt down anyone who disagrees with him about covid.  Shamed National Institutes of Health (NIH) ringleader Francis Collins is calling for a totalitarian police state to "track down" and deliver "justice" to people whom he personally believes are guilty of spreading "disinformation" about the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19).  In a statement to National Public Radio (NPR), Collins said he is "still worried" about people engaging in free speech about the Chinese Virus.  Collins would prefer that everyone parrot his and Tony Fauci's version of the plandemic, not the alternate versions that they have come up with through critical thinking.  "I'm still worried about where we are," Collins complained.  "The thing that worries me most is the way in which misinformation and, frankly, disinformation has become so prominent in the face of a public health crisis."  "And it has been manipulated in some situations for political reasons in a fashion that is turning our culture wars into something really serious," he added.

Oncologist Dr. Ray Page Describes Some of the Concerning Trends He is Seeing in His Cancer Patients.  [Video clip]

Forced to Get Vaccine to Remain on Lung Transplant List, 49-Year-Old Who Survived COVID Dies After Second Moderna Shot.  A 49-year-old Texas man who recovered from COVID — but was required to be fully vaccinated against the virus before being approved for a life-saving lung transplant — died when he developed a pulmonary embolism and heart issues after his second Moderna vaccine.  In an exclusive Interview with The Defender, the man's wife, Amy Bolin, said there was no reason her husband, Bobby Bolin, should have been forced to get the vaccine.  "In the medical field, your goal is supposed to be to improve and save people's lives, and instead you're giving them one option — you either do this or you can't get a life-saving transplant," Amy said.  Amy said her husband had no choice.  "He knew that without lungs he was not going to live because his lungs were failing him.  But look at what happened by making that choice."

The Omicron Variant:  Much Ado About Nothing?  With natural exposure immunity and early outpatient treatment, and when combined with no reports of increased lethality, the World Health Organization's (WHO) reaction of generating panic toward "Omicron" is causing needless fear and panic.  So, too, with the Biden administration's newly imposed travel restrictions, which will achieve nothing and will once again disrupt trade and violate human rights.  The WHO has said the Omicron variant can spread more quickly than other variants.  Likely true.  The virus is behaving just like how viruses behave.  They are mutable and mutate, and via the Muller's ratchet theory, we expect these to be milder and milder mutations, not more lethal ones given the pathogen seeks to infect the host and not arrive at an evolutionary dead end.

Over 100,000 reports of psychiatric disorders after COVID vaccination.  [Scroll down]  Though the researchers describe this as the "first instance of anti-NMDAR encephalitis after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine," other case reports of sudden onset psychosis following COVID vaccination are already in the medical literature.  One case report published in Psychiatry Research in October describes a previously healthy 31-year-old, single Hispanic office manager who police brought to the emergency room because of his "erratic and bizarre behavior." [...] The symptoms began a month earlier after he had received a first dose of mRNA based COVID-19 vaccine, according to the case report from doctors at Stony Brook University and Northport Veteran Administration Medical Center in New York.  They had gradually worsened until he was admitted to the hospital's neurology unit.  The following day he was wandering the unit talking to himself, stating that the EEG machine was communicating with him.  He was launched onto anti-psychotic medications and his hallucinations and delusions resolved after two days.  He was discharged on the medication five days later, and a week later was asymptomatic and back to work.

What would have happened just 5 years ago with the seasonal flu if today's Covid hysteria were applied to it?  Candace Owens said it best in a tweet just recently: "'Experts' told you if you complied with lockdowns, censorship, masks and vaccinations — life would return to normal.  'Conspiracy theorists' told you Covid was never going to end, and governments would use it to usher in a totalitarian new world order.  Who do you believe now?"  Think back just a handful of years when the flu was a "thing" and two-thirds of all Americans would walk around all day with no mask, not social distancing, and not shunning people who choose not to get the flu shot jab.  Influenza comes in more than a dozen strains, and yes, they mutate also.  Still, no panic.  No lockdowns.  No flu shot passports.  Why?  The media didn't push the propaganda.  Period.

COVID-19 vaccines will kill people while making their underlying conditions appear to be the cause, prominent doctor warns.  A prominent South African doctor who played a key role in developing early treatments for COVID-19 has said that the current vaccine campaigns have one purpose:  to "control and kill off a large proportion of our population without anyone suspecting that we were poisoned."  This controversial claim was made by a family doctor in South Africa, Dr. Shankara Chetty, whose website says he has successfully treated 7,000 patients with COVID-19 without a single death or hospitalization.  He is also the doctor behind the "8th Day Therapy for COVID-19" geared toward patients in the disease's more dangerous inflammatory stage.  In a video recording, Dr. Chetty said that while we all know that there are inconsistencies and coercion going on right now, it is important to understand the reasons.  For him, it all boils down to the spike protein.

If all you want is a "degree of protection," you can get that from Vitamins C and D at very low cost.
White House tells Americans to get booster shot as soon as possible because vaccines offer 'degree of protection' against Omicron.  The White House on Sunday called on people to get their booster shots as a matter of urgency, as the new variant Omicron was confirmed to have arrived in North America.  Joe Biden returned from his Thanksgiving break to hold an emergency meeting with his COVID advisors on Sunday evening [11/28/2021] — with Dr Anthony Fauci warning that it will be two weeks until the new variant, Omicron, is fully understood, and that he believed 'existing vaccines are likely to provide a degree of protection against severe cases' from the mutant super-strain.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron variant poses 'very high' global risk.

The Editor says...
No, it is not a "very high" risk.  The doctor who discovered it in South Africa says it's no big deal.

Dutch police arrest couple that fled COVID quarantine.  Dutch military police said on Sunday [11/28/2021] they had arrested a married couple who left a hotel where they were in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, and were attempting to flee the country.  They were arrested "in an airplane that was about to depart," the police known as the Marechausse said in a statement.  It was unclear whether they had tested positive for the new Omicron coronavirus variant.

Pfizer Vaccine Causing Myocarditis More Commonly in Males Under 40 Years of Age.  [Video clip]

Fire Fauci to Brighten a Black Black Friday.  If you're among the 56 percent of Americans who own stock, according to Gallup, no doubt you noticed the Dow dropped 2.53 percent. [...] The proximate cause of all this is the sudden appearance of the heavily-mutated strain of COVID-19 coming out of South Africa, now called Omicron.  But if we are being honest, the overall situation is dimmer than that.  This is a market crash that was waiting to happen and it is only surprising that it has not been more severe.  The pandemic has been mishandled from the start, especially in the United States of America that most of us growing up assumed was the world leader in health.

The omicron COVID variant magically increases Fauci's megalomania.  Anthony Fauci is a disturbed and disturbing man.  An unelected bureaucrat who is consistently wrong about things (going back to AIDS), who used taxpayer money to help develop the COVID that plagues us, and who has funded indescribably cruel animal research, he is threatening to shut America down again, throwing mud at elected officials, and anointing himself as the embodiment of "science" in America.  Never in American history has a megalomaniac had so much power and been so destructive. [...] Additionally, Fauci's again threatening to lock down America, never mind that lockdowns had no effect on COVID whatsoever — although they did turn old age homes into slaughterhouses, led to tens of thousands of drug overdoses, increased domestic abuse, witnessed more suicides, fatally slowed treatments of serious illness such as heart disease and cancer, and damaged children both academically and psychologically.

When All Else Fails, Bring Out the Masks.  The world is approaching the two-year anniversary of COVID, a life-changing event for many of us.  The virus caused death, disability, and permanent illness for some, closed businesses, interrupted education, and upended lives in myriad ways.  Much of what the medical establishment told us turned out to be wrong.  Getting vaccinated was once the pathway to ending the coronavirus pandemic. [...] Now America, and much of the first world is vaccinated.  In the U.S., among the 12-and-up population, 80 percent have had at least one vaccine dose.  And still COVID cases are rising, in the U.S. and abroad.  Gibraltar is over 100 percent vaccinated yet they are cancelling Christmas gatherings due to surging cases.  Ditto next door as Reuters reported, "Portugal, which has one of the world's highest rates of vaccination against COVID-19, announced it would reimpose restrictions to stop a surge in cases."

Hard Data Shows the Covid Vaccines Don't Work.  The last several months have seen a heated debate about the effectiveness of the vaccines that are being currently administered against Covid-19.  The question on many people's minds is:  Do these pharmaceuticals work?  Both sides tend to feel quite strongly about their position which gives rise to a great deal of emotion as the debate goes on.  The good news is that being nearly a year into the vast vaccination enterprise we now possess sufficient data to determine whether the shots are effective or not.  As we know, the objective of vaccination is to eliminate or significantly reduce the incidence of the targeted disease.  If a vaccine works, then in a highly vaccinated population we will see either complete elimination of the disease or a significant decrease of its incidence. [...] Since it is usually not practicable to achieve 100 percent inoculation rate, the question is what is the vaccination level that will either bring the disease under control or eliminate it altogether?

A President Betrayed by Bureaucrats:  Scott Atlas's Masterpiece on the Covid Disaster.  I'm a voracious reader of Covid books but nothing could have prepared me for Scott Atlas's A Plague Upon Our House, a full and mind-blowing account of the famed scientist's personal experience with the Covid era and a luridly detailed account of his time at the White House.  The book is hot fire, from page one to the last, and will permanently affect your view of not only this pandemic and the policy response but also the workings of public health in general.  Atlas's book has exposed a scandal for the ages.  It is enormously valuable because it fully blows up what seems to be an emerging fake story involving a supposedly Covid-denying president who did nothing vs. heroic scientists in the White House who urged compulsory mitigating measures consistent with prevailing scientific opinion.  Not one word of that is true.  Atlas's book, I hope, makes it impossible to tell such tall tales without embarrassment.

Anthony Fauci Is Extremely Invested in People Not Finding out COVID-19's Origin.  The original theory concerning the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic was that it came from a wet market in Wuhan, China.  However, most experts believe that this theory no longer holds, and most of the evidence points to a lab leak of some sort from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Originally, the roles were reversed.  Many saw the lab leak theory as a conspiracy theory from conservatives while people who were actually following the evidence that was publicly available noted that it wasn't so far-fetched.  Multiple reports by various media outlets intending to cover this up by saying "We were just following the information we had at the time!" ignore the outright hostility they maintained toward anyone who suggested the lab leak theory was more plausible.  But one of the interesting (and horrifying) tidbits that came out about this particular lab is the involvement of the United States government — and, more directly, Dr. Anthony Fauci's involvement.

South African Doc Who Discovered Omicron Variant Says the 'Hype' Is Unwarranted.  The hard left might have a difficult time using the newly-discovered Omicron variant for fearmongering purposes.  Shortly after the discovery of the COVID-19 variant, at least one top medical professional is cautioning against hyping up the severity of the mutation.  Dr. Angelique Coetzee, National Chair of the South African Medical Association, and also one of those who discovered the Omicron variant early on, called the US's travel bans "hasty," as we reported Saturday.  Then she told Reuters Sunday that "the hype" that's been concocted about the variant is not warranted.  Coetzee relayed that in one of the "biggest hospitals" in South Africa, only one COVID-positive patient is on a ventilator and that it hasn't been confirmed that Omicron is the issue.

DeBlasio Admits Cuomo Covered Up Nursing Home Deaths in NY.  [Video clip]

1 Million Australians March For Freedom Against COVID-19 Restrictions And Mandatory Vaccination.  Folks, the tide is turning in this battle.  Whether you believe my statement or not, the COVID narrative is slowly coming apart at the seams.  Millions of people across the globe are waking up and pushing back against tyranny.  One country that has arguably suffered the harshest COVID tyranny is Australia.  Aussies have faced abusive cops, vaccine psychopaths, and martial law since this madness began nearly two years ago.  Despite the torture Australian citizens have endured from their tyrannical regime, their spirits haven't wavered, and their freedom movement has grown stronger.  On November 27th, reports estimate that around 1 million Aussies hit the streets to protest for freedom against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates.

NIH Director:  It Will Take Weeks to Figure out If Vaccines Are Effective Against Omicron.  Amid uncertainties around the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said it will take weeks before scientists understand how effective the vaccines are at protecting against it.  During an interview [11/28/2021] on "Fox News Sunday," Collins said the fact that the newly classified Omicron has more than 30 mutations on its spike proteins adds to the complexity in understanding whether the antibodies created by vaccines remain effective against it.  "We do know that this is a variant that has a lot of mutations — like 50 of them, and more than 30 of those in the spike protein, which is the part off the virus that attaches to your human cells if you get infected," Collins told host Trace Gallagher.  "That is a new record in terms of the number of mutations," he continued.

Why Are So Many Healthy Athletes Dropping Like Flies?  As of 2 weeks ago, dozens of news reports have confirmed young athletes have suddenly dropped due to heart issues in America and around the world.  Many of these include pro and semi-pro athletes in prime health, dropping dead or ending up in the hospital from heart attacks.  [Video clip]

Federal judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for health care workers in Missouri, 9 other states.  A judge blocked the federal government on Monday from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for health care workers in Missouri and nine other states.  U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp in the Eastern District of Missouri wrote in his ruling that regulations handed down by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid earlier this month were issued improperly.  The agency did not get approval from Congress to mandate vaccinations for health care workers, Schelp wrote, which he argued was necessary given the mandate's "vast economic and political significance."  The rules were also issued without a standard period for public comment, which Schelp said the agency's justification for was not suitable.  "Truly, the impact of this mandate reaches far beyond COVID," Schelp wrote.  "CMS seeks to overtake an area of traditional state authority by imposing an unprecedented demand to federally dictate the private medical decisions of millions of Americans.  Such action challenges traditional notions of federalism."

Your Vaccine Hesitancy Is Warranted, This Is Why....  So the party who didn't trust the CDC and FDA a year ago wants you now to sheepishly bow to their every command and inject endless boosters.  [Video clip]

Federal Judge Halts Biden Vaccine Mandate for Heath Care Workers.  A federal judge on Monday [11/29/2021] placed a temporary injunction on the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for health care workers at Medicare- and Medicaid-affiliated facilities.  Judge Matthew Schelp of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri halted the mandate for ten states that participated in a lawsuit against the federal government, led by Missouri attorney general Eric Schmidt.  Schelp was appointed by former President Trump in 2019.

Doctor Who Discovered Omicron Variant Doesn't Understand The Panic, Says The Worst Symptom Is Feeling Tired.  The first South African doctor to alert the authorities about patients with the omicron variant has told The Telegraph that the symptoms of the new variant are unusual but mild.  Dr Angelique Coetzee said she was first alerted to the possibility of a new variant when patients in her busy private practice in the capital Pretoria started to come in earlier this month with Covid-19 symptoms that did not make immediate sense.  They included young people of different backgrounds and ethnicities with intense fatigue and a six-year-old child with a very high pulse rate, she said.  None suffered from a loss of taste or smell.  [Video clip]

No Severe COVID Cases Among Vaccinated Patients Infected With Omicron, Top Israeli Expert Says.  Israel's chief of public health services, Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, warned Sunday that the potential for infection with the COVID variant omicron is "very high," but stressed that in cases where vaccinated people were infected they became only slightly ill.  Speaking at a Knesset meeting, she gave the example of a flight from South Africa to the Netherlands, where 62 out of 600 passengers were found to be infected.  "This is very, very fast," Alroy-Preis said.

N.Y. Gov Declares State of Emergency Over New China Flu Variant, Even Though [there are] No Cases Yet in New York.  Just in time for Christmas!  New York's governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for the Empire State after the news that the Omicron variant appeared in South Africa, even though there are no cases of it reported in New York State. [...] The first line of Hochul's press release regarding her state-of-emergency declaration reads, "Governor Kathy Hochul today announced urgent action to boost hospital capacity and address staffing shortages ahead of potential spikes in COVID-19 cases this upcoming winter."  Maybe firing all those  heroes  filthy, unvaccinated healthcare workers two months ago wasn't such a good idea.  In fact, it was downright idiotic.  It makes me wonder if she got her COVID acumen from reading Cuomo's "COVID leadership" book.  Or perhaps she just wants to beat Cuomo's serial-killer toll of 15,000 dead New Yorkers. [...] Hochul seems a bit too eager to flex her totalitarian muscle.  If there are no Omicron cases, why worry?  In her press release, she claims that "It's coming" and mentions "warning signs" of COVID spikes.  New York is currently averaging 27 China flu deaths per day.  Florida is averaging zero.  Again, lockdowns don't work.

Hospital Struggles To Treat 18 Waukesha Parade Victims Because Of Vaccine Mandate.  The largest children's hospital in Wisconsin has been struggling to care for patients in injured in the Waukesha Christmas parade attack on Nov. 21 in large part because of staffing shortages stemming from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, multiple sources say.  Eighteen children were brought to the Children's Wisconsin Milwaukee Hospital with injuries suffered when a driver plowed into parade-goers that Sunday afternoon.  Several remain in critical or serious condition, and an eight-year-old boy died of his injuries Tuesday.  As of Monday morning, the hospital was still treating seven victims.  Six people were killed when a suspect identified as Darrell E. Brooks, Jr. allegedly plowed into parade-goers approximately a week ago.  He has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.  Sources at Children's Wisconsin indicate that when victims first started to be transported to the hospital, it did not have enough nurses or support staff to adequately handle the sudden rush.

It's for your utmost safety and protection — right before we kill you.
In Germany, You Must Be Fully Vaxxed before Your Death by Assisted Suicide.  The ironies of assisted suicide never end.  Germany allows suicide on demand — including assistance — as a fundamental constitutional right.  But now, you must be vaccinated against COVID before a euthanasia group will help you kill yourself.

Australian Reality TV Star Gets Chest Pains And Lockjaw Right After Being Vaxxed, Ends Up In The Hospital With Heart Attack.  A former Bachelor contestant claims she suffered a 'heart attack' as a side effect of receiving her first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.  Monique Morley, 29, shared her experience in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday, after being hospitalized in Sydney several weeks ago.  She claims that 15 minutes after getting her vaccine she began to 'fit uncontrollably' for 45 minutes, but her doctor said her symptoms weren't caused by the jab.  [Video clip]

COVID [face mask] rules are blamed for 23% dive in young children's development.  Social distancing measures including face masks are suspected of causing young children's development to have drop by up to 23 percent during the COVID pandemic, according to a new study.  Brown University scientists Sean CL Deoni, Jennifer Beauchemin, Alexandra Volpe, and Viren D'Sa, penned the review, in conjunction with the global consulting firm Resonance, collecting data from 1,600 children — and their caregivers — who have been enrolled in the study between the ages of 0 and 5 on a rolling basis.  The probe analyzed the cognitive development of the youngsters through infancy, childhood and adolescence, and looked at how average development scores in three key areas had been affected during the COVID era — with shocking results.

NIH Director Cannot Explain Why Florida Has Lowest COVID Infection Rate in Nation.  National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins appeared on Fox News today [1/28/2021] to push the panic button around the latest COVID variant, Omicron.  Dr. Collins was pushing the vaccine hard as he explained why Americans need to be concerned about the latest variant. [...] However, in the face of all the panic promotion, NIH Director Collins was asked to reconcile why Florida, the most open and free state in the nation — that does not have any COVID mandates in place, would also have the lowest infection rate in the country.  Dr. Collins refused to answer the question, and instead repeated his rehearsed talking points.

Biden's travel ban on Southern African countries is unscientific by any standards and racist by Democrat standards.  Back in February 2020, Joe Biden was among the Democrats who labeled the travel restrictions on China imposed by President Donald Trump xenophobic. [...] This was despite the fact that the virus had clearly originated in China.  Back then, there was no understanding about COVID-19. There were even rumors that the virus was deadly and incurable.  There were also no medicines or vaccine available.  The cures were based on some educated guesses of experienced medical professionals.  It made absolute sense to block travel from China merely to contain the spread until further information about the virus, its impact, and its cure was available.

The right way to handle the pandemic.  We need to stop treating this virus like it is radioactive.  There are many safe protocols for treating COVID and once recovered, the patient is always better off than if they were vaccinated.  Treating COVID with early treatments of a cocktail of repurposed drugs is the right approach.  Vaccination with an unsafe, leaky vaccine in the middle of a pandemic is a recipe for disaster.  We need to get off this treadmill ASAP.

45% of deaths after COVID vaccination happen in the first 2 weeks.  My friend Albert Benavides did a quick analysis for me on the deaths reported after vaccination in VAERS.  45% of all reported deaths happened within two weeks after vaccination.  Peter Schirmacher, one of the world's top pathologists, said that 30% to 40% of people who died within 2 weeks after vaccination died were killed by the vaccine.  His results were replicated by other German pathologists (since no US pathologist would dare accuse the vaccine of causing death or they would be immediately fired).  So taking a very conservative view that VAERS is 100% reported (so only a total of 8664 deaths), then 44% of 8664 = within 2 weeks = 3812 killed in the first two weeks.  If just 30% was caused by the vaccines, then that is 1,143 people killed by the vaccine at a minimum.  For 230M vaccinated, then that is 4.9 deaths per million minimum killed by the vaccine.  This means these vaccines are at least 5X deadlier than the smallpox vaccine which we pointed out is deemed to be too unsafe to use.  Note that this estimate assumes that only the deaths in the first two weeks are caused by the vaccine and assumes after 2 weeks all the excess deaths we caused by something else.  Note:  The actual number killed by the vaccines is at least 150K (estimated 8 different ways), but we're trying to be as conservative as possible here giving any critics nothing to complain about.

Vaccinate children?  Not mine.  What will happen to our children when we mass vaccinate them?  Since the vaccine side-effect of myocarditis is more prevalent in children, will the low dose be enough to mitigate, or will they die at a higher rate?  What else can go wrong?  Here is one idea.  Europe's version of our VAERS system for doctors to report drug-induced maladies is EudraVigilance.  On Nov. 13, EudraVigilance reported 30,551 mRNA-vaccine deaths, after reporting 24,526 on Sept. 11.  That is 6,025 deaths in little over a month since the booster shots began.  Some immunologists estimated that the overwhelming number of spike-protein pathogens produced by the shot would create an aggressively mutated COVID virus (since named the D variant) that will evolve to survive the shot. [...] Apparently, this has proven to be true, hence the rapid increase in vaccine deaths.  Recently, Israelis reported that the fully vaccinated were 13 times more likely to contract the D variant than people with natural immunity.

Is OMICRON the End of the World?  The good news, and the news our overlords will never focus on, is that while OMICRON could be more contagious, it also doesn't initially appear to be nearly as deadly as previous iterations.  "It presents mild disease with symptoms being sore muscles and tiredness for a day or two not feeling well," said Angelique Coetzee, chairwoman of the South African Medical Association.  "So far, we have detected that those infected do not suffer loss of taste or smell.  They might have a slight cough.  There are no prominent symptoms.  Of those infected some are currently being treated at home."  To be fair, the fear-mongering *could* be right this time.  Delta, though manageable without mandates in most states, was worse in the U.S. than it was in the U.K. or India.  But even if this mutation ends up being worse, the ridiculous measures we keep employing to "stop the spread" aren't about to do any better than they did the last go-round.  So why not live your life and stop worrying about it?

Fauci Admits It:  Trump Was Right About 'Living With' COVID.  How many times did former President Donald Trump say something that was dismissed as reckless, heartless, stupid, or flat-out wrong only to find out later that he was right?  Whatever the number is, add one more.  Over the weekend, Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, admitted that "we're going to have to start living with COVID.  I believe that's the case because I don't think we're going to eradicate it."  Fauci's comment came amid rising cases in the U.S. and the new "Omicron" variant that has been spreading in South Africa and is apparently more resistant to vaccines.  The World Health Organization declared Omicron as a "variant of concern," and Fauci said it will likely land here.  But wait.  Why would Fauci say that we have to start learning to live with COVID?

It's all about control and it's all based on fear.
No Entry:  Global Borders Slam Shut As Coronavirus Variant Fears Rise.  Go home and stay home.  That was the simple message echoing around the world Sunday as successive national governments raced to meet the challenge posed by a new, mutated coronavirus strain.  Scientists want to determine the threat posed by the strain known as Omicron — particularly whether it can evade existing vaccines.  Several countries have also announced plans to restrict travel from southern Africa, where it was first detected, including key travel hub Qatar, the United States, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Netherlands.

'The absolute hubris of someone claiming they represent science': Sen Rand Paul launches fresh salvo at Fauci.  Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz snapped back at Anthony Fauci for attacking GOP criticism of his COVID policies during an interview which also saw Fauci refer to himself in the third person.  Paul tweeted Sunday [11/28/2021]:  'The absolute hubris of someone claiming THEY represent science.  It's astounding and alarming that a public health bureaucrat would even think to claim such a thing, especially one who has worked so hard to ignore the science of natural immunity.'  He was responding to an interview with CBS News' Face The Nation where President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser dismissed Republican criticism of his work as 'lies' and agreed with the notion that GOP lawmakers were using him as a scapegoat.

To put it another way, Joe Biden is not following the WHO recommendations.
WHO urges other countries not to follow in Joe Biden's footsteps by banning travelers from eight African nations after.  The World Health Organization on Sunday urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new Omicron variant.  The request comes just two days after President Joe Biden announced a travel ban starting Monday on South Africa and seven other countries:  Botswana, Lesostho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibi, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Angola.  WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, called on countries to follow science and international health regulations in order to avoid using travel restrictions.

Is The Omicron Variant The 'Midterm Election Variant'?  Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), who previously served as White House physician under Barack Obama and Donald Trump, has a disturbing theory about the Omicron variant.  On Saturday [11/27/2021], Jackson suggested that Democrats will use the Omicron variant to push for universal mail-in voting for the 2022 midterm elections and save their party from an electoral bloodbath next year.  "Here comes the MEV — the Midterm Election Variant!" Jackson tweeted.  "They NEED a reason to push unsolicited nationwide mail-in ballots.  Democrats will do anything to CHEAT during an election — but we're not going to let them!" [...] As for Jackson's theory, while some have mocked him on Twitter, others think he's on to something.

A common-sense approach to COVID.  [Scroll down]  As it happened, while I was working on my list, I got a new email from Steve Kirsch, an entrepreneur and activist who was invited to speak at the conclave of FDA idiots who approved the poison shot (at this point, there's little doubt it does far more harm than good!) for children.  Of course, nobody listened to his excellent presentation.  It's worth studying.  Kirsch also made a comprehensive list like the one I wanted to create.  Rather than reinventing the wheel, I've adopted his list as my own.  It's too long to reprint here, so I've alternately summarized and quoted what I think are the strongest points. [...]
  [#1]   COVID vaccines shall be available only by prescription.
  [#2]   Moving forward, "informed consent provide shall include any and all symptoms that are elevated in VAERS by 10X or more over 'baseline' reporting rates."
  [#3]   "Instruct public health officers to recommend that businesses post signs saying WARNING: face masks are NOT recommended.  They have not been shown to stop COVID, and mask-wearing may be harmful to your health."
  [#4]   Because people who recovered from COVID cannot transmit the virus, "there should be no restrictions whatsoever placed on" them.
  [#5]   "Vaccinated and unvaccinated people should be treated the same way, since they are equally likely to be infected or spread COVID."
  [#6]   Whether in the public or private sphere, coercing people to be vaccinated should be illegal.
[...]

Big Pharma Received Emergency Use Approval a Couple of Weeks Ago for COVID Variant Discovered a Couple Days Ago?  It seems like only yesterday we were reporting on the new COVID variant coming out of Africa. [...] But within hours there were already vaccines for the new variant.

Novavax Developing Vaccine Against Variant That Appeared 72 Hours Ago — Will Be Ready in Two Weeks.  Wow, 72 hours ago no one even heard the name Omicron variant.  Now, in less than three days, a variant has been identified, global travel has been halted, states of emergency have been declared, and now we see a pharmaceutical company announcing the variant specific vaccine trial that will begin in the U.S. in a few weeks.  This government relationship with Big Pharma is certainly generating some fast action, eh?  If a person was cynically inclined; while knowing governments' need to control inflation yet cannot raise interest rates or stop purchasing debt because current legislative spending continues — a remarkable control option would be to halt demand; and a person might think this was suspicious, or something.

The Name of the New COVID-19 Variant Perfectly Encapsulates the Lunacy of Our Response.  You've probably heard by now that there's a new "variant" of COVID-19 spreading in Africa.  Actual information on what that means is short, with African officials largely downplaying the threat while Western officials are completely losing their minds.  So yeah, things are going about as you'd expect.  This new variant also has an official name per the World Health Organization:  Omicron.  At first glance, that might seem like an odd choice, but it's actually a letter in the Greek alphabet, which has been the naming regime for COVID-19 since the Alpha variant.  But if you know the Greek alphabet, you may have noticed that they skipped a letter.  Originally, what is now called being called the Omicron variant was called the Nu variant because Nu was next in line, though an official designation hadn't come yet.  That was the name used in most of the media reports I can find prior to yesterday.  But then the WHO renamed the variant to Omicron.  So, what was the letter that all that shifting managed to skip over?

Virginia reports first child to die from COVID-related inflammatory syndrome.  The first child in Virginia has died from the multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 in children, the state Department of Health reported Friday [11/26/2021].  The child who died from the syndrome, also known as MIS-C, was a resident in the Prince William Health District and between 10 and 19 years old.  No other information about the child was released out of respect and protection of privacy for the family, the health department said. [...] MIS-C is a rare but serious condition that could cause a child's heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs to become inflamed.  The majority of children with the syndrome experience ongoing fever as well as stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, skin, rash, bloodshot eyes and dizziness.

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The death was "COVID-related," they say.  Was this child vaccinated or not?  I had never heard of such a syndrome until the so-called Covid "vaccines" came out this year.  Call me skeptical, but when I see, "No other information about the child was released," that means the official spokesman doesn't want to reveal the victim's vaccination status, lest we make an unauthorized inference.

UK Cardiologist Highlights Link Between mRNA Vaccines and Heart Disease, While Noting Researchers Withholding Data Fearful of Losing Funding.  Dr. Aseem Malhotra exposes a link between mRNA vaccines and heart disease in an explosive British news broadcast.  Mahotra also outlines other scientific studies that have confirmed the link between Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in the aftermath of taking the vaccine, but the researchers are fearful to report them.  Dr. Malhotra is referencing his own empirical findings with a currently circulating study by renowned cardiologist Dr. Steven Gundry.  The most important element of the discussion is ongoing research reflecting data showing the COVID-19 Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines "dramatically increase" a common measure of heart risk in people.  The recently published "warning" in the journal Circulation by cardiologist Dr. Steven Gundry, known as a pioneer in infant heart transplant surgery, is having reverberations around the cardiology community.

It's the 'Nu' Variant.  Everyone Run for Your Lives!.  Did you hear?  There's a new coronavirus variant loose upon the land.  It's bigger, taller, faster, more lethal, and more deadly than any other variant in history. [...] So is the Nu variant resistant to vaccines?  We don't know.  Does it spread faster than the Delta variant?  We don't know.  Is it deadlier to contract than any other variant?  We don't know.  Are you detecting a pattern here?  If you're already vaccinated, can you catch the Nu variant?  We don't know.  But has that stopped the media hysterics from trying to gin up more fear about the pandemic?

Dr. Fauci Sets up an Impossible COVID-19 Standard Because the Tyranny Is the Point.  Yesterday, we got a clip of Fauci insisting that a travel ban from several African nations to protect from the new "Omicron" COVID-19 variant wasn't necessary.  But hours later, the White House announced a travel ban anyway, though it doesn't go into effect until Monday because nothing Joe Biden does makes sense.  Now, another clip has been released, this time of Fauci giving the standard by which we should consider COVID-19 in the "rearview mirror."  [Video clip] [...] If we assume that his definition of having the virus under control has not changed (not a safe bet, given how much his flip-flops), then he is essentially saying that the pandemic never ends.  And that's just fine with Fauci because the tyranny is the point.  The control is the point.  Making you bow to his will is the point.  He certainly does not care about the constitutional questions that are currently at play, but even past that, he's not even willing to set a standard that can be reached whereby he finally rides off into the sunset.  For him, COVID-19 means fawning interviews, $1,000,000 prizes, documentaries, and book deals.  If the coronavirus goes away, he goes away, and he just can't have that.

Joe Biden is spotted maskless inside Nantucket store where face coverings are mandated.  President Joe Biden was caught disobeying an indoor mask mandate this weekend in Nantucket just hours after being 'fully briefed' on the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus and banning travel from eight African countries.  The president, who has been staying on the island with his family this Thanksgiving weekend, was spotted inside Murray's Toggery Shop with his mask around his neck and not covering his mouth.  A large 'Face Covering Required' sign could be seen on the front door of the shop.  The island brought back its indoor mask mandates earlier this month at a town meeting on November 18.

Biden's Bounty on Your Life:  Hospitals' Incentive Payments for COVID-19.  Upon admission to a once-trusted hospital, American patients with COVID-19 become virtual prisoners, subjected to a rigid treatment protocol with roots in Ezekiel Emanuel's "Complete Lives System" for rationing medical care in those over age 50.  They have a shockingly high mortality rate.  How and why is this happening, and what can be done about it?  As exposed in audio recordings, hospital executives in Arizona admitted meeting several times a week to lower standards of care, with coordinated restrictions on visitation rights.  Most COVID-19 patients' families are deliberately kept in the dark about what is really being done to their loved ones.  The combination that enables this tragic and avoidable loss of hundreds of thousands of lives includes (1) The CARES Act, which provides hospitals with bonus incentive payments for all things related to COVID-19 (testing, diagnosing, admitting to hospital, use of remdesivir and ventilators, reporting COVID-19 deaths, and vaccinations) and (2) waivers of customary and long-standing patient rights by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

New variant hysteria comes from same institution that popularized lockdowns & previous COVID scares.  What a small world we live in.  The "Nu variant" scare you keep hearing about is coming from the same people and institutions that spawned the last COVID scare, and the one before that, and the one before that one, dating back all the way to the onset of COVID Mania.  The corporate press and world governments have produced an incredible amount of noise about a claimed new COVID variant, the "Nu" variant, which has been detected in South Africa and Botswana.  [Tweet]  Just as with previous ruling class-fomented bouts of Hysteria-19, there is no statistical cause for alarm over this new strain, which is one of over 100,000 mutations of the coronavirus.  The "new strain" has hardly produced any lab confirmed cases, but a panicked narrative has already been seeded in the public.  The U.K. in particular has driven the fear to new levels.  The country has already added several African nations to its travel ban list, citing the new strain.  [More tweets]

Confused South African Medical Community Says Omicron Variant Only Has Mild Symptoms, "We Do Not Know Why So Much Hype".  The Times of India, a media outlet previously very skeptical of Big Pharma, is reporting from the South African Medical Association that officials are puzzled about the hype around Omicron.  The variant has only produced mild symptoms in regional patients with very little impact.

South African Medical Head Says You May Want to Slow-Roll the Panic Over New Omicron Variant.  We reported on the announcement of a new COVID variant which they are now calling the Omicron variant.  The variant was just discovered this week, but already you can hear the race to paint it in the worst light possible, suggesting that there was a lot to be concerned about because it was "heavily mutated," that immunity and the vaccines might not protect against it.  We saw the Dow take a huge plunge immediately after, likely in part because of thinking that this news could lead back to more government restrictions and problems. [...] It's important not to miss what the people who discovered it — the folks in South Africa — are saying about what they've seen with the variant so far.

Who Nu?  They're now trying to shut down everything again and make the world safe again for private jet-flying elites to escape from voters.  This time they claim there's a super-spreading, super-scary new variant of the Wuhan (pardon me, COVID-19) virus from Africa.  As far as I'm able to discover there is no test for it, it has actually been around since July and it doesn't seem particularly fatal.  So far it has produced only mild cases.  But the taste of totalitarian control has only whetted the desire for more, with the thought of destroying those "deplorable" productive citizens of the middle class as an added bonus.  How it got its name (Omicron) is another sign of the political nature of the thing.

Naturally Immune People at Little Risk of Reinfection, Severe Disease From COVID-19: Study.  People who recovered from COVID-19 are at little risk of contracting the disease again, according to a study published this week.  Researchers in Qatar examined a cohort of over 353,000 people using national databases that contain information about patients with polymerase-chain-reaction-confirmed infections.  The studied population contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, between Feb. 28, 2020, and April 28, 2021.  Reinfections were counted if a person tested positive at least 90 days after their first infection.  After excluding approximately 87,500 people with a vaccination record, researchers found those with immunity from having recovered from COVID-19 had little risk of reinfection and severe cases of the disease.  Just 1,304 reinfections were identified.  That means 0.4 percent of people with natural immunity and without a vaccination record got COVID-19 a second time.

Ron DeSantis Defies Biden With Stunning COVID Results, Exposes Fauci & The 'Experts'.  Although Democratic strongholds around America were quick to institute outlandish mask mandates and lockdowns, they continue to fight the highly overrated COVID-19.  Not to mention, these same states, like California, have demanded that children as young as five get the supposed miracle vaccine just to be able to attend a school where they will be taught Critical Race Theory.  But while the Democrats struggle to contain COVID-19 cases without lying as Andrew Cuomo did, conservative states like Florida are not only prospering but are gradually defeating COVID-19.

The COVID Follies Play Again.  I have been astonished that a disease that poses a serious threat to a tiny sliver of the population — some of the elderly, and those with underlying (new vocabulary word!) "co-morbidities" like obesity — should have caused such widespread panic, not to mention such an acrid authoritarian response from so many governments.  I was also astonished, and correspondingly disheartened, by the alacrity with which people the world over turned themselves into sheep, allowing their elected representatives (where such existed) to herd them like cattle:  docile, bovine, will-less.  But that's how it was.  Now of course, everything has changed.  We have a smorgasbord of vaccines with (we are told) something like a 95 percent success rate.  We have a wide range of effective therapeutics, including the once-scorned (because Trump-endorsed) ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, not to mention monoclonal antibody treatment.  Right around the corner, I am told, Pfizer and other members of the Big Pharma brotherhood will be offering a pill that (according to some) will cut hospitalizations and death from COVID by almost 90 percent.  So the world is once again free, maskless, social.  Just kidding.  But why, you might ask, are we still masking up, locking down, and otherwise acting like savages who forgot yesterday's human sacrifice and now are worried about what the angry, unpropitiated gods might do?

Contagious disease!  Woo-woo-woo-ding-ding!  Lockdowns!  Masks!  Plexiglas panels!  Social distancing!  We're all in this together!  It's only for a few weeks!
Omicron Variant Causes Unusual but Mild Symptoms:  South African Medical Association Head.  The newest variant of concern of the virus that causes COVID-19 causes unusual symptoms but those symptoms are mild, a top South African doctor says.  Dr. Angelique Coetzee practices in Pretoria, the capital of South Africa, one of the countries where the Omicron CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus variant was first detected earlier this month.  Coetzee recalled seeing a variety of patients enter with symptoms not associated with other CCP virus strains, including a high pulse rate.  "Their symptoms were so different and so mild from those I had treated before," Coetzee told The Telegraph.  Most of the patients who turned up to her clinic and have tested positive for COVID-19 felt tired.  Other symptoms included sore muscles and a slight cough, Coetzee added to Sputnik.  "There are no prominent symptoms.  Of those infected, some are currently being treated at home," she said.

Trump should have fired this little tyrant in December 2020.
'I represent science': Fauci claims GOP detractors are really criticizing science.  Chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that his Republican detractors are in reality criticizing science when they lambaste his work on the coronavirus pandemic, because "I represent science."  In an interview with CBS "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan, Dr. Fauci said that "anybody who's looking at this carefully realizes that there's a distinct anti-science flavor to this."  "So if they get up and criticize science, nobody's going to know what they're talking about.  But if they get up and really aim their bullets at Tony Fauci, well, people could recognize there's a person there.  There's a face, there's a voice you can recognize, you see him on television," Dr. Fauci said, according to a transcript released Sunday [11/28/2021].  "So it's easy to criticize, but they're really criticizing science, because I represent science," he said.  "That's dangerous."

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That's like the Pope telling everyone that if you disagree with him, you disagree with the Bible.

Think Carefully About Accepting The Concept of Vaccine Passports.  As the architects of the Build Back Better society assist you in creating easier ways to show your vaccinated and compliant status, perhaps it is prudent to pause and think about the discussions that take place behind the opaque glass doors.  Right now, as you are reading this, under the guise of enhancing your safety, the U.S. federal government is in discussions with multinational corporations and employers of citizens to create a more efficient process for you to register your vaccine compliance.  You may know their conversation under the terminology of a COVID passport.  The current goal is to make a system for you to show your authorized work status; which, as you know, is based on your obedience to a mandated vaccine.  Beta tests are being conducted in various nations, each with different perspectives and constitutional limitations based on pesky archaic rules and laws that govern freedom.

Chuck Todd Lets Cat out of the Bag on Media's Obsession With New COVID Variant.  For those still harboring the notion that journalists at national news outlets like CNN, MSNBC, and the like are focusing like laser beams on Omicron out of concern for how it may negatively impact the American people, news anchors at both NBC News and ABC News gave the game away during rather revealing segments this morning where they fretted on how a potential mass outbreak of the new variant on par with the Delta variant could ... hurt Joe Biden and Democrats next year.  First up was "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd, never one to shy away from going full-blown lapdog for Democrats when he feels the occasion calls for it (which is quite often). In the below segment from the "Today Sunday" show, we see him talking to "Morning Joe" co-host and "Today Sunday" host Willie Geist about Omicron and how Joe Biden should use it to seize back control of the narrative on the pandemic about how Republicans were anti-vaccine/mask mandates, insinuating Republicans were dangerous for America going into 2022.

'Omicron' by Any Other Name.  As Bonchie wrote yesterday [11/27/2021], the World Health Organization (WHO) has made an official announcement on the name of the newest and scariest COVID-19 variant on the planet.  Then earlier on Sunday, my colleague Nick Arama's piece revealed some very suspect 'fact-checking' by the Associated Press on why the new variant will be called 'Omicron' — not 'Nu' and certainly not 'Xi.'  Because, just possibly, the WHO is loathe to rile up certain dictators from countries that may or may not have caused the Wuhan coronavirus to spread across the globe.

WHO skips two letters in Greek alphabet in naming Omicron COVID variant.  The emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has international health experts worried, financial markets roiled and the Internet confused over how the new name was chosen.  The World Health Organization appeared to skip two letters in the Greek alphabet when it announced Friday the name for the latest coronavirus variant, which was first identified in South Africa.  Nu and Xi were apparently the next letters in the Greek alphabet that have yet to be used for a variant, according to data on their website.

Aussies Have Figured Out A Hack To Get Around The Facist COVID Check-in App.  A loophole in Queensland's COVID check-in app could allow unvaccinated people to cheat the system.  The app has been designed to let people upload someone else's vaccine certificate like that of a dependant.  However, it could be misused to allow unvaccinated people to fraudulently claim they are fully vaccinated.  [Video clip]

Joe Biden [Called] Trump's Travel Restrictions Racist, Xenophobic, Then [Enacted] His Own.  President Joe Biden on Friday was slammed for enacting travel restrictions on eight countries due to a fresh coronavirus variant after calling former President Trump's coronavirus travel restrictions in 2020 racist and xenophobic.  Trump issued travel restrictions on countries around the globe after the Chinese Coronavirus pandemic landed in the United States in 2020. Biden was quick to label those protectionist measures racist and xenophobic, like this tweet from February 1, 2020, following a travel-ban announcement: [...] On Friday, the world was awakened to a rapidly spreading coronavirus variant originating from African nations.  Biden issued a travel ban on the African nations Friday, causing many individuals to note his hypocrisy.

Decolonize This!  Vaxing the kids reinforces the psychotic mass formation intoxication of the blue mommies.  It does absolutely nothing good for the kids, who realistically have a near-zero chance of being harmed by Covid-19 — but have a fair chance of being harmed by the mRNA "vaccines," which will mess with their still-developing immune systems and their various organs.  All the authority of Anthony Fauci's officialdom presses remorselessly toward the ever-receding horizon of max vax.  It begins to look like enough parents are onto the game and will refuse to go along with it.  Dr. Fauci and his evil network are in the process of being smashed at long last. [...] Among the non-old "vaccinated," it remains to be seen how much their immune systems may have been damaged by the invasive mRNA magic, and whether they will meet with severe contagion as a result.  On a quite separate track from the immune system issue is the question as to how much the spike proteins prompted by the vaxxes have damaged people's bloodstreams and organs, meaning, whether we'll see a spooky uptick in non-Covid deaths from heart attacks, strokes, embolisms, and other typical vascular dysfunction as the winter wears on.

A few questions to frighten companies who terrorize their employees into getting jabbed.  Even if you're only barely paying attention, it's obvious that all the hype about the COVID vaccines has been wasted CO2, contributing 100% more to climate change than to the health and well-being of recipients.  The simple fact is that these experimental vaccines, whether Pfizer's, Janssen, or Moderna's, do not work.  If one, any, or all do work, why are Austria, Australia, Germany, and Ireland, with the majority of their populations already vaccinated incarcerating unvaccinated people or reinstituting draconian lockdowns?  If they are effective, why are breakthrough cases surging at an alarming rate?  Why is the state of Vermont, the most vaccinated state in the United States, seeing breakthrough infections on a mass scale?  Why does "fully vaccinated" no longer mean "fully vaccinated"?  When were boosters for effective vaccines ever needed within a period of just a few weeks?  Yes, many vaccines need to be re-upped every five to seven years, but that's years, not weeks.  Flu vaccines shift year-to-year based upon what type of flu is projected to emerge, but even that is one-and-done until the next flu season.  With more than sixty-percent of the U.S. population vaccinated, why is this year's death toll higher than last year's?

At least 69 athletes collapse in one month, many dead.  The current phenomenon is also evident if you simply look on Wikipedia at the list of footballers who have collapsed and died.  The year 2021 stands out with 13 entries so far.  In no other year mentioned have more footballers died during a game.  And this list goes back to the year 1889.  So it really is a historical event.  The mainstream media is curiously uninterested in this major global story.  The German online outlet Wochenblick compiled a referenced list of the cardiac incidents in October while another online outlet Granite Grok published a new list of sportsmen collapsing on the field.  Other outlets also listed these incidents, with some cases overlapping.  But these do not include Filipino professional basketball star Roider Cabrera who on Wednesday collapsed during tournament play in Pasig City.  The Tribune from the Philippines reported he had a cardiac arrest.  Roider Cabrera later lost consciousness inside the locker room before he was immediately rushed to hospital where he was diagnosed with fatal arrhythmia according to a local news.

Endless variants.  Constant fear.  Perpetual emergency.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issues state of emergency in response to omicron variant.  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency order on Friday [11/26/2021] in response to the identification of the COVID-19 omicron variant.  The emergency order is intended to increase hospital capacity in New York and will last until at least Jan. 15, when it will be reassessed.  According to a copy of the order, the state will utilize the "surge and flex system," which allows the Department of Health to limit non-essential and non-urgent hospital procedures in situations where a hospital has less than 10% staffed bed capacity.  The new hospital procedures will take effect Dec. 3.

Cancer Expert Says UK Seeing Spike in "Non-Covid" Deaths, Nobody Willing to Blame Vaccines as Culprit.  In the United Kingdom, excess mortality is off the charts.  Despite this, nobody is willing to consider the Covid-19 vaccines as responsible for the deaths.  Professor Carl Heneghan and Cancer Expert said that the current situation in the country is a "national scandal."  Over the past several months, a shocking 9,300 more people than usual have died in Great Britain, and officials are blaming everything else except the jabs.  Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that England and Wales have together registered 20,853 more deaths over the past 18 months than the five-year average.  Only 11,531 deaths are said to have involved Covid-19.  However, when we say "involved" we mean that the cause of death has been labelled as Covid-19, when actually it could have been entirely something else to blame.

California Town Declares Independence From "Dictatorship Powers" Of State, Federal COVID Mandates.  A town in California has declared itself a "constitutional republic," independent of executive orders issued by the federal or state governments, in protest of lockdowns, mask mandates and compulsory vaccinations.  Appearing on Fox News, Oroville California's vice-mayor Scott Thomson outlined the move, noting "I was sitting at City Hall, and the mandates continue to come.  As you know it started with 'two weeks to stop the — slow the curve,' and it just seems like a carrot keeps being dangled in front of our faces of just a little more... and it seems like every mandate that comes down, it is a loss of freedom."  Thomson compared Oroville's move to that of San Francisco declaring itself a 'sanctuary city'.

A Judge Stands up to a Hospital:  "Step Aside" and Give a Dying Man Ivermectin.  Sun Ng, a retired contractor from Hong Kong, traveled to Illinois to celebrate his only granddaughter's first birthday.  He got covid and was near death in a Chicago-area hospital.  All other options were exhausted, but the hospital refused to give Mr. Ng a generic, FDA-approved drug with an extraordinary safety record that a doctor believed could safe his life.  Finally, a judge asked the right question about ivermectin.  "What's the downside?"  Put another way:  If a man is dying of covid in an ICU and all else has been tried, why not order a hospital to give a safe, last-ditch drug?

Florida Reports Lowest Coronavirus Cases per Capita as Blue States Surge.  Florida, which came under a constant wave of scrutiny from blue state leaders and the establishment media throughout the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, is reporting the lowest coronavirus cases per capita in the nation as other states are experiencing significant surges.  As of Friday [11/26/2021], Florida reported a daily average of 1,393 cases, or six per 100,000, representing a two percent decrease of cases in the last two weeks alone.  While Florida stood throughout the pandemic as the target of the establishment media and blue state leaders, such as disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), it has for weeks maintained its status as having one of the lowest — if not the lowest — per capita case count in the entire nation.

Ivermectin in Japan.  [Video clip]

Italy to Restrict Unvaccinated More with Introduction of 'Super Green Pass'.  The Italian coalition government under Prime Minister Mario Draghi has approved a new decree restricting the activities of unvaccinated people and creating what has been called a "Super Green Pass".  Italy's current vaccine passport system, known as the Green Pass, is eligible for those who have taken a Wuhan coronavirus vaccine, have recovered from the Chinese virus, or have tested negative for Covid-19 within a certain timeframe. [...] Those with the Super Green Pass will be allowed to engage in various activities, such as indoor dining, sports, and other activities, while unvaccinated people would be barred, even in regions that are deemed low-risk, according to the country's colour-code system.

'We Are Lab Rats': Israeli Vaccine Victims Want Their Lives Back.  "I want my life back, but there is no turning back," says a desperate Israeli woman.  The coronavirus "vaccination," which is mandatory in Israel, has destroyed her life.  So Israeli journalist Avital Livny created the 'The Testimonies Project" film to expose what the mainstream is hiding: the victims' who the mRNA DNA gene-therapy injections have damaged.  Citizens want to keep going to the synagogue, going to work, being free.  Now because of the mandatory vaccine, they can't do all this anymore.  Unvaccinated citizens are being pressured, coerced, threatened with loss of their jobs, and issued steep fines if they do not consent.  Recently, RAIR Foundation USA reported on military recruits who were intimidated and physically abused by military officers trying to administer the jab.  Many who succumbed to the state's "vaccine" pressure suffer severe side effects and damage to their lives from the injection.  At the same time, others are left mourning the death of people who have died because of the jab.  [Video clip]

They are NOT dying from Covid, they are dying from the treatment that makes no sense at all.  [Video clip]

Rage Across Victoria Explodes As Their Fascist Dictator Bans Unvaxxed From Christmas Shopping.  Australian Retailers Association chief executive Paul Zahra has written to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews warning that customer aggression across the state's retail stores has spiked over the past week and the sector is calling on the government to move into line with NSW on vaccine mandates.  "Our members have reported thousands of incidences of customer aggression including many acts of significant violence towards retail staff — such as staff being beaten up, an instance of a boiling cup of coffee being thrown over a frontline worker and a shopping trolley being thrown at another," he writes.  [Video clip]

Scientists, Facing Scrutiny About Vaccinations Not Stopping Virus, Announce Discovery of New Vaccine Resistant Strain of Virus.  As more data revels less benefit to vaccination status; and additional data reveals vaccinated individuals are becoming the group with the most adverse health outcomes; the scientific and medical community — writ large — are facing increased scrutiny to justify the public benefit of a seemingly endless booster approach with little upside.  In essence, what good are all these vaccinations; and specifically all the rules of proving your vaccinated status vis-a-vis passports; if the vaccinated can still be infected and spread the virus?  The voices asking this question are growing more loud by the day.  Then, all of a sudden [...] A new variant that tamps down the issue of questioning science about why the vaccine doesn't seem to work.  It appears the COVID science always has a way to explain why the COVID science may not work.

Doctor Reveals Shocking New Research And Evidence That mRNA Is Spiking Heart Attack Rates.  'They aren't going to publish their findings, they are concerned about losing research money.'  Dr. Aseem Malhotra reveals a cardiology researcher found similar results to a new report showing an increase in the risk of heart attacks following the mRNA COVID vaccine.  [Video clip]

Risk of COVID-19 infection more than doubles 90 days after the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study finds.  Immunity against infection from COVID-19 vaccines is waning over time, a new study suggests.  Researchers from the Leumit Health Services in Israel and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) looked at people inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.  They found that, 90 days after receiving the second dose, the risk of contracting the virus more than doubles and only keeps increasing as far as six months out.

Canadian pastor released from court order to recite disclaimer when speaking against COVID mandates.  Christian pastor Artur Pawlowski will no longer have to promote the government COVID narrative when speaking against virus rules and vaccines after winning a court appeal.  According to a Rebel News report, on Thursday [11/25/2021], Justice Jo'Anne Strekaf of the Alberta Court of Appeal tossed an extreme sentence handed to Pawlowski and his brother Dawid Pawlowski by Alberta Justice Adam Germain in October, that limited their free speech.  Strekaf also stayed a travel ban imposed on the brothers.

Phoenix First Responders Fight Back Against Biden Vaccine Mandate.  Phoenix city employees have a few weeks left until the federal vaccine mandate goes into effect and public safety unions are joining a lawsuit to fight it.  City officials sent workers a letter on November 18 saying that any contracting company with over 100 employees will be forced to require vaccinations, per Biden's mandate.  "Due to the number of federal contracts held by the city of Phoenix, we are considered a federal contractor," the letter read.  "As such, all city employees are subject to the provisions outlined in the Executive Order, which requires all employees, regardless of telework status or if you previously tested positive for COVID-19, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 18, 2022, except in limited circumstances were an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation."

Too many religious institutions failed the COVID test.  What's been so disheartening during the past 20 months is the willingness with which religious institutions have gone along with the states' mandates.  In Canada, Rev. Artur Pawlowski has fought back, but no representatives from major religions have supported his efforts.  He embarrasses, rather than inspires, them.  The virtue of COVID is that it has separated the wheat from the chaff.  To the leftists, the people who are chaff are those who refuse to wear masks and get shots.  However, in the grander scheme of things, the chaff is those people who have used the virus as an opportunity for despotism and those people — including men and women of God — who have happily gone along with it.

The NIH goes over the top.  Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, was interviewed on National Public Radio.  He bemoaned the "inability" of the NIH to convince us to get a shot that contains the primary toxic element (the spike protein) of the Fauci Flu, and has over 16,000 deaths recorded in the VAERS database.  That's more deaths that all other vaccines for all other diseases, over all time... combined.  We are commanded to rush to stand in line to put ourselves at risk for death, disability, or who knows what other horrible disease waits for us due to the spike protein's inflammatory and thrombogenic properties.  Dr. Collins insists that we should frogmarch our children to get a "vaccine" that they don't need because the disease they get is so minor, with only two chances in a million of dying.  They should get it to prevent them transmitting a disease that they don't transmit well.  And they should get it to prevent a disease that isn't even an epidemic anymore.  But we should get the shot anyway.  Somehow Collins "knows" something that we don't.  This vaccine against the alpha variant spike protein is supposed to "protect" us, even though the spike has mutated into the delta, mu, kappa, and who knows how many other forms that the "vaccine" doesn't work so well against.

Losing Confidence in the Pillars of Our Civilization.  For much of 2020 to even suggest that the Wuhan Institute of Virology may have played a role in the birth and spread of the COVID-19 earned media derision.  Few reporters suggested that federal health agencies such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases might be disseminating contradictory or even inaccurate information about the pandemic.  To believe this was happening instead earned condemnation in the media as if one were some conspiracy theorist or nut.  Rarely have communication industries — veritable utilities in the public domain — so asymmetrically censored speech and applied such one-sided standards of suppressing free expression.

Fauci, dead orphans, AIDS drug trials, and the lies.  Leaks are turning into floods.  We are hearing about brutal clinical studies on puppies and other animals, and now a study involving orphans in New York.  These studies were funded, in whole or part, by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a federal agency headed up by Anthony Fauci since 1984.  In 2014, investigative reporter, Liam Scheff, wrote an article at omsj.org, looking back on the orphan scandal.  Ten years earlier, he had broken the story, and was then subjected to multiple attacks in the press.

New York physician assistant says she was told to stop reporting COVID shot injuries.  Physician assistant Deborah Conrad said on a podcast that when she saw a flood of COVID-19 vaccine adverse events in the ER where she worked, she was told not to report them to VAERS, the U.S. government's official Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.  Deborah Conrad is a physician assistant who worked at United Memorial Medical Center in New York for about 17 years.

They Live Amongst Us:  Anatomy of a Cult.  Despite a preponderance of the evidence proving COVID to be a non-event for most of us, over 1 million people have fallen foul to vaccine injury.  This should be enough to stop most people in their tracks.  It hasn't.  Many emerge from near death experience even more pontifical than before, denouncing the rest of us for not joining in this mortal game of Russian Roulette.  Fuelling their self-righteous indignation of us, is other people's self-righteous indignation of them.  It is a perpetual loop of blame and shame.  There can be no avoiding these people.  A sort of Provisional Mask Army.  The ones acting in good conscience lost to the morally virtuous super spreaders of hyperbole.

Significantly elevated cardiac risk caused by the vaccines justifies an immediate halt.  The findings of a paper published recently in Circulation have been confirmed both in VAERS and by other researchers.  There isn't any other explanation that fits the fact pattern other than the vaccines are causing this rise.  We should expect the medical community to ignore this since medicine isn't science driven anymore (it is narrative driven).  It doesn't matter how deadly the vaccine[s] are; they will not be stopped.

Biden Announces Travel Ban That Blows up His Own Prior Words and Those of Fauci.  [Scroll down]  Biden said he did it on the recommendation of Fauci to him earlier in the day — before Fauci's appearance on CNN.  Biden claimed he was doing it on the advice of Fauci, yet Fauci then appears on television and says they're not going to do it yet?  [Tweet]  Just who is running this clown show, when the left hand doesn't seem to know what the right hand is doing?  And if Fauci really told Biden that and then went on CNN and said something so different, it shows once again how easily he lies.  However, even in announcing that there would be a ban, Biden said that they would not be implementing the ban today, that they would be waiting until Monday.  Why?  Cutting travel early on is one of the few things that actually could do something to cut the spread, assuming it isn't all over the place, to begin with.  Why would you wait?  It makes no sense.  It's the one simple, logical thing you should do.

Judge Rules Local Missouri COVID-19 Orders Unconstitutional.  A Missouri judge on Tuesday [11/23/2021] ruled that local COVID-19 orders violated the Missouri Constitution, ordering local health officials to rescind them.  Judge Daniel Green of Cole County wrote that the Department of Health and Senior Services unconstitutionally gave too much power to individual local health officials and directors.  As a result, he ruled, those orders must be lifted, meaning that local health orders must be rescinded.  "This case is about whether Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services regulations can abolish representative government in the creation of public health laws, and whether it can authorize closure of a school or assembly based on the unfettered opinion of an unelected official.  This court finds it cannot," the judge wrote in his order.  In St. Louis County, for example, officials implemented an order that mandates masks or face coverings in public places indoors or on public transportation for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people aged 5 and older.

Why hasn't any state challenged the CDC's transportation mask order?  Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC has engaged in unprecedented levels of overreach, ranging from cruise ship restrictions to an eviction moratorium.  However, one element hasn't drawn as much attention despite possibly being the widest-reaching of them all, and that's the federal transportation mask mandate. [...] First off, the order exceeds the CDC's statutory authority under Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 264).  The order also violates the 10th Amendment by claiming jurisdiction over entirely intrastate surface transportation, such as rideshares, subways, private buses, public buses, and even school buses.  Similar arguments were successfully used to strike down the eviction moratorium.  Despite this, no state attorney general, governor, school district, or transportation provider — except for one rideshare driver — has challenged the CDC's mask order.  This is concerning and disappointing.  Likewise, while some states have spoken out against forced masking in general, they've all failed to take any action against the CDC's mask order, even though it directly affects people in those states.

You think they woke up in time to stop tyranny?  Australian mass rallies in Melbourne and Sydney.  [Numerous video clips]

Big Three U.S. Automakers Agree to Not Mandate Vaccines for UAW Union Members.  A big win for medical privacy and the principles of freedom.  Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have agreed the United Auto Workers union members will not be forced to take the mandatory vaccine as a condition of employment.  Additionally, the vaccine status of the workers will remain private with a policy of private and voluntary disclosure.

Just when you thought vaccine madness couldn't get crazier.  Germany is a country that's simply weird when it comes to death.  During the 1930s it euthanized its physically and developmentally disabled people, including children, to 'purify' its population.  In the 1940s, it slaughtered Jews, gypsies, and homosexuals to 'purify' the world.  Then, for a long time, it stopped killing people.  However, Germany is now one of the European countries that allow euthanasia, so it's now killing people because they want to die.  However, no matter how much they want to die, there's one thing they must do before they go:  Get vaccinated against COVID.  And no, that's not from the Babylon Bee.  Typically for the Germans, there's a weird logic to the requirement that people going for their appointment with death get vaccinated against a disease that, at the very worst, will give them the oblivion they seek:  While they want to die, the person administering the fatal drugs does not want to do so.  And since the vaccines are apparently useless in preventing that person from getting COVID then, clearly, the person choosing to die must also get a useless vaccination.

German euthanasia clinics refusing unvaccinated customers.  Irony has been declared many times in this pandemic but now, from Covid-riddled Germany comes the final proof:  you can't kill yourself now unless you've been vaccinated.  As European countries battle to limit the spread of the virus, Verein Sterbehilfe — the German Euthanasia Association — has issued a new directive, declaring it will now only help those who have been vaccinated or recovered from the disease.

San Diego Pfizer Employee Sued for Allegedly Stealing COVID-19 Documents.  A Pfizer employee in San Diego was sued in Federal District Court this week over allegedly stealing documents covering the COVID-19 vaccine and trying to go to a rival company with them.  Chun Xiao Li, the Associate Director for Clinical Statistics at Pfizer La Jolla, has been accused of taking more than 12,000 documents to personal Google Drive accounts via a company laptop.  According to Pfizer V. Li, data on internal assessments and recommendations about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the companies dealing with European partners, medical research on the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as info on other non-COVID data such as monoclonal antibodies were in the accounts.  Some info was also allegedly hidden by a "decoy" laptop to help hide what she was doing.

Fauci's Quagmire: Snopes to the Rescue.  Trying to appear not to lose is now the sole basis for our COVID-19 policy.  "Losing" does not mean the disease spreading until herd immunity reduces it to endemic status (which was always going to happen anyway).  Losing would be a forced admission that the suppression strategies failed and all the evolving, temporizing nonsense deployed to protect the illusion of effective leadership was not based on science but on vanity, a love of the spotlight, and possession of the levers of policymaking power.  We cannot even enjoy the demonstrable success of the vaccines against the severity of subsequent infection because, in the same vein as the "light at the end of the tunnel" gaffe, we were promised the vaccines would end the spread.  Fauci & co. worked hard to make us fear the spread ("cases") per se.  Worse, most Americans can no longer trust the FDA or CDC for straight answers about vaccine side effects risks, effective treatments, or much else dealing with COVID-19.

Constitutional lawyer on compulsory vaccination:  Imprisonment and forced vaccination possible for those unwilling to vaccinate.  [Translation]  The Göttingen constitutional lawyer Alexander Thiele believes that a compulsory vaccination is conceivable in order to implement a possible general Corona vaccination obligation.  "The possibilities start with a fine, but imprisonment or forced vaccination are also possible," Thiele told the newspapers of the Funke media group.  It is not the aim of a general vaccination requirement that rich people can buy themselves out of compulsion.  "The state is not as defenseless as it sounds."  The decision concerning the consequences of refusing the vaccination is a political one, said the lawyer.  This debate must take place in Parliament.  "Because the course of the fourth wave does not depend on a compulsory vaccination, we also have the necessary time to think about it and to debate it."

How vaxx alarmists are killing us.  We are hearing an increasing drumbeat from COVID alarmists and control freaks that if someone refuses to get the COVID-19 shot, these evil refusers will be responsible for the deaths of all those good people who obeyed and are fully vaccinated.  This is pure panic alarmism.  It turns out the exact opposite of their statement will prove to be true.  That is — it is they and not the unvaccinated who will cause the deaths of millions of our citizens.  Why are these alarmist citizens doing this?  Because fear, especially irrational fear, is the strongest emotion that can be played upon.  It is possible to get most of the population to do anything if enough fear is applied.  And these irrationally fearful people have struck a Faustian bargain with government.  "We'll cede our Constitutional rights and freedoms if you will just save us from the virus."  Those freedoms being speech, assembly, petition, free travel, self-incrimination, search and seizure, even our lives, just to name a few.

Covid Vaccines Are a War on Children.  The first battles in the Covid War on Children began with the lockdown, forcing kids into isolation, depriving them of education, smothering them with masks, strangling their innate joy and playfulness, and denying them contact with God-given images of human faces.  The tyrants won those first battles, vanquishing our kids.  Children are committing suicides in numbers never before seen; their health has plummeted with terrifying rates of obesity and diabetes, their intellectual and social development is languishing, and they are suffering intensely.  Now with children sicker and weaker than ever before, and with parents desperate for a return to "normal," the tyrants are moving in for the kill with vaccines.  The Pop Culture Brigade unleashed Big Bird to tweet about the joys of the jab, promised kids superpowers from the vaccines in a grotesque Pfizer ad, and invited a pop star to the White House to push "Let's end this pandemic together" to kids.

COVID: A New State Religion?  In just the third quarter of 2021, Pfizer reported its sales rose to $24.1 billion, up 134 percent from a year ago, thanks in large part to its COVID vaccine.  The company said it anticipates sales of COVID vaccine to top $36 billion in 2021 and $29 billion in 2022.  For its part, Moderna reports that it anticipates vaccine sales of $17 billion in 2021 and an increase to $22 billion in 2022.  Johnson & Johnson has stated that its COVID vaccine sales will come in around $2.5 billion for 2021.  That's a total of $55.5 billion in vaccine sales for 2021 just from the three biggest providers of vaccines in the U.S. And this does not include a wide range of products, services, and industries that have cropped up to service the nation's and the world's COVID needs.  From makers of masks, cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer, and ventilators, to major pharmacy companies paid millions to distribute vaccines, COVID has become a major industry.

Fauci Calls Out Tucker Carlson, Peter Navarro, Says Media Figures Who Criticize Him Are "Killing People".  Dr. Fauci on Tuesday lashed out at media figures and politician who criticize him for his endless lies about Covid.  Fox News host Tucker Carlson has routinely criticized Fauci, the "Saint of Wuhan" for his involvement in funding gain-of-function research which led to the Covid pandemic.  Former Trump advisor Peter Navarro has called for Fauci to be jailed for his crimes related to funding the Wuhan lab and destroying lives.  Fauci called out Tucker Carlson and Peter Navarro by name on Tuesday and said those who criticize him are "killing people."

Israeli PM Press Secretary Drops Bombshell, Many Of The Vaccinated Are Dying And Sick.  Israel appears to be in serious trouble.  Oddly, there's evidently open discussion on TV.  The professor is asked if he has a clear position on boosters.  He replies it's not anywhere found in Pfizer's clinical dossiers.  That there's no good scientific rationale for a 3rd dose or for mass vaccination of the population.  [Video clip]

The Marine Corps Is About To Purge The Vaccine Hesitant From Its Ranks.  Berkeley Simmons's husband has requested a religious accommodation to the U.S. military's COVID-19 vaccination mandate.  She's worried about what comes next for her family — and the Marine Corps.  "It's like a big old cloud that's just heavily draped around so many people's necks.  Are they going to approve the exemptions or not? ... What are we going to do?  What happens when there's no money?" she wonders.  The Corps does offer a definite answer — a Marine who has requested an exemption can still choose to receive a vaccine.  Simmons points out the palpable irony of the situation:  Marines who "took an oath to protect and defend our country from enemies foreign and domestic and fight for the freedoms of the Constitution" are now being denied one of its most cherished rights, "religious liberty."

It is impossible to believe this will be the last increase.
$700K for defying vaccine requirement?  Democrats push for jump in workplace fines.  As the courts decide whether a COVD-19 vaccination requirement for 84 million workers can go into effect, Democrats are moving ahead on efforts to dramatically increase fines for workplace safety violations and double the number of federal inspectors.  The wide-ranging package of Democratic social spending priorities that passed the House last week and is pending in the Senate would increase the maximum penalty to $70,000 for a serious workplace violation and to $700,000 for a willful or repeated violation.  The current top fines for those categories are $13,653 and $136,532.  A March coronavirus relief package included $100 million to hire 80 more Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance officers, a start on President Joe Biden's goal of having about 1,500 inspectors to deploy by the end of his first term.

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[#1] This assumes that Joe Biden will serve a full term in office, which is highly unlikely, since he has one foot in a nursing home right now, and isn't getting any better.  [#2] If it costs $100 million to hire 80 OSHA compliance officers, that's $1.25 million each.

COVID: A New State Religion?  The COVID vaccines are widely understood to be ineffective at preventing the spread of the virus.  So, why the relentless emphasis on turning society on its head over flawed vaccines?  Like Christian baptism, the vaccine is the baptism into this new faith.  The waters of baptism don't physically clean one's soul of sin any more than the vaccine can completely prevent contraction of COVID.  In the ideological context, it's a symbolic rite of passage into the faith.  Once injected, you can count yourself among the faithful, unlike the "unvaccinated" who are the COVID ideology's equivalent to atheists circa 1400 A.D.  It's okay to shun them, demonize them, discriminate against them, even deny them life-saving healthcare.  In fact, you have an obligation to do so, so they learn their lessons and step in line.  Otherwise, they will be made an example.  It doesn't matter that they may have their own religious objections, they may have personal medical histories, or they may even have natural immunity from the virus which is much more effective at preventing spread.

Atlas: I Watched The Nation's 'Top Scientists' Lie About COVID And Get Away With It.  [CDC Director Robert] Redfield's congressional testimony on September 23 immediately caught my attention.  I watched in disbelief as Redfield told Congress that "more than 90 percent of the population" — more than three hundred million people in the US — remains susceptible to the illness.  The statement was based on incomplete and outdated data, as well as an apparent lack of understanding of the literature, and it struck me as one of the most erroneous and fear-inducing proclamations of any public health official to that moment.  Approximately two hundred thousand Americans had already died from COVID; the last thing the public needed was an exaggeration of the future risks, implying to some that ten times that number could still die.  First of all, the numbers didn't add up.  At that point, confirmed cases in the US already totaled approximately seven million, and the CDC itself had estimated that approximately ten times the number of confirmed cases, a very conservative estimate, were likely to have had the infection.

The Covid lab leak theory just got even stronger.  Two years in, there is no doubt the Covid pandemic began in the Chinese city of Wuhan.  But there is also little doubt that the bat carrying the progenitor of the virus lived somewhere else. [...] True, the Laos virus lacked a critical feature in a key part of a key gene that makes Covid so infectious:  a special twelve-letter segment of genetic text called a furin cleavage site.  It's a feature that has never been seen in a SARS-like virus, except for SARS-CoV-2.  Apart from that, it seemed that the Laotian virus might have knocked the burden of proof back across the philosophical net into the court of the proponents of lab-leak.  Then last month a bunch of emails, uncovered by a lawsuit from the so-called White Coat Waste Project, returned the ball right back over the net.  They comprised an exchange between the American virus-hunting foundation, the EcoHealth Alliance and its funders in the US government.

Seven doctors contract Covid after attending Florida anti-vaccine summit.  Seven anti-vaccine doctors fell sick after gathering earlier this month for a Florida "summit" at which alternative treatments for Covid-19 were discussed.  "I have been on ivermectin for 16 months, my wife and I," Dr Bruce Boros told the audience at the event held at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, adding:  "I have never felt healthier in my life."  The 71-year-old cardiologist and staunch anti-vaccine advocate contracted Covid-19 two days later, according to the head event organizer, Dr John Littell.  Littell, an Ocala family physician, also told the Daily Beast six other doctors among 800 to 900 participants at the event also tested positive or developed Covid-19 symptoms "within days of the conference".

Tasmanian Senator Goes Nuts Over The Unvaccinated.  Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie had a full-on meltdown over the One Nation's vaccine discrimination bill and the party's leader, Pauline Hanson.  Lambie blasted the suggestion that people who are unvaccinated are discriminated against, saying people have choices, and those choices have consequences.  [Video clip]

Former WHO Director Warns Making COVID Vaccine Mandatory Could Cause Riots.  Former World Health Organization director Anthony Costello warns that making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory could cause "riots."  Costello, a professor of global health and sustainable development at University College London, made the comments in response to numerous European countries continuing to experience COVID case surges.  Although insisting that mandatory vaccinations is a "debate we can have," Costello said it might sweep up more of the "indifferent" people, but that there were potentially explosive ramifications.  "But you will repel a lot of people who lack trust in government and in vaccines.  And you may start to see the unpleasant civil disobedience and riots they've had across Europe," he added.

Police arrest two moms opposing mask mandates at Georgia school board meeting.  Two mothers who oppose school mask mandates and the teaching of Critical Race Theory to children have been arrested by police at a school board meeting after one failed to wear a mask and the other was found in possession of a pair of scissors.  The arrests took place Thursday [11/18/2021] at the Gwinnett County Public Schools district headquarters near Atlanta, Georgia, as the two moms were passing through a security checkpoint with metal detectors.

Fauci Prepares to Move the Goalposts — Again.  The only consistency there has been in the pronouncements of Dr. Antony Fauci, the public face of the pandemic since Donald Trump was president, is their inconsistency.  Fauci is now saying that being "fully vaccinated" may mean getting a booster shot as well.  Previously, Fauci said that being "fully vaccinated" meant receiving two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines or a single shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.  Facui says this is how you follow the science.

Long Island Hospital ER Is Forced To Shut Down Because Too Many Unvaxxed Nurses Sent Home.  A Long Island hospital has been forced to shut down a satellite emergency room because of a staffing shortage.  The barrier island's only emergency department stopped taking patients Monday.  Yes, the only emergency room on this barrier island is operated by Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital.  Its main ER in Oceanside is a 15-minute drive away.  Its president says 99% of hospital staff is vaccinated, but 70 holdouts, including eight ER nurses, are forcing the closure to comply with the state's vaccine mandate.  [Video clip]

Psaki Blames DeSantis for Walt Disney World's Vaccine Mandate Pause.  Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida has become one of the favorite targets of Democrats over his commitment to combatting the COVID-19 pandemic with a freedom-minded strategy.  The strategy is working, as Florida's COVID stats continue to look better and better.  As of November 19, the state has vaccinated 68% of its population — and that number skews low because it includes the small number of children who have received the shot.

Irish Senator Has A Solution To The Massive Spike In COVID: Starve The Unvaxxed To Death.  Low IQ and all-around horrific Irish senator, Gerry Horkan, suggested on the floor of Parliament that unvaccinated people should be barred from supermarkets.  Just stay at home as he says.  It's not like food is essential.  Perhaps the unvaxxed can steal potatoes from the fields in the middle of the night when no one is looking.  [Video clip]

Biden administration files emergency order to immediately reinstate its sweeping vaccine mandate on private companies after an appeals court knocked it down.  Joe Biden filed an emergency lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to immediately reinstate his vaccine mandate for private employers with 100 or more workers after the rule faced a series of legal challenges.  Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans issued a preliminary pause on the order, which prevented the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from moving forward in implementing the employer rules.  The Justice Department argues in its filing, according to The Wall Street Journal, that the rules reflect 'OSHA's judgment that these measures are necessary to mitigate Covid-19 transmission in the workplace, and the grievous harms the virus inflicts on workers.'

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Why isn't there a greater concern for the grievous harms the government inflicts on workers?

Unvaccinated children had just a 3% higher chance of catching Covid compared to double-jabbed in Pfizer US trial — and none were seriously ill.  Unjabbed 12 to 15-year-olds are just three per cent more likely to catch Covid compared to fully vaccinated children, Pfizer's own study suggests.  Just 30 of around 1,100 youngsters (2.7 per cent) tested positive for the virus in the four months of the clinical study in the US last winter.  None of the children were hospitalised or died from the virus and they were either asymptomatic or had a very mild illness.  In the group of around 1,100 youngsters that were given two doses of the vaccine, none tested positive for the virus.  The tiny number of children who caught the virus and their low risk of severe symptoms will likely reignite the debate about whether it's worth jabbing them.

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Young teenagers may have a "low risk of severe symptoms" from the virus, but the so-called vaccine carries its own risks.

Tyranny Down Under!  Australia's PM Admits they're Putting People in 'COVID Camps' Using the Military, Forcing Vaccinations.  The Australian military has been called upon to throw the unvaxxed in concentration camps if they test positive for COVID.  The tyranny occuring in Australia right now is exactly what nations around the world ran by communists are also attempting to achieve.  Listen as the communist politicians in Australia openly admitting what the goal is, getting everyone vaxxed even if they don't want it.  [Video clip]

It's just a conspiracy theory, until it's not.
Australian Army Begins Transferring COVID-Positive Cases, Contacts To Quarantine Camps.  The Australian army has begun forcibly removing residents in the Northern Territories to the Howard Springs quarantine camp located in Darwin, after nine new Covid-19 cases were identified in the community of Binjari.  The move comes after hard lockdowns were instituted in the communities of both Binjari and nearby Rockhole on Saturday night.  "Residents of Binjari and Rockhole no longer have the five reasons to leave their homes," said Northern Territory chief minister, Michael Gunner, referring to the country's five allowable reasons to avoid lockdown (buying food and supplies, exercising for up to two hours, care or caregiving, work or education if it can't be done from home, and to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location).  "They can only leave for medical treatment, in an emergency, or as required by law."  "It's highly likely that more residents will be transferred to Howard Springs today, either as positive cases or close contacts," he continued, adding "We have already identified 38 close contacts from Binjari but that number will go up.  Those 38 are being transferred now."

COVID Madness Continues Down Under — Australia Northern Territory Use Army to Force People Into Quarantine.  In Australia's Northern Territory, Chief Minister Michael Gunner has announced the Australian Defense Force (ADF) has been enlisted to start moving COVID positive cases into quarantine camps in Howard Springs.  The communities of Binjari and Rockhole were immediately placed into hard lockdown after nine cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in the region.  The Chief Minister is claiming the vulnerability of the aborigine community make drastic action necessary.  "We're conscious of the fact that this can have some impacts on people's mental health as well as their general well being," Police Commissioner Jamie Chalkner told NT News.  NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner is a fast talking man of notoriously intemperate disposition who will not allow any criticism of his totalitarian tendencies.

Let Our People Go.  Our forefathers were tired of big government treading on the freedom of individuals.  Our republic was not formed to make bigger government but to ensure freedom from government overreach to all its citizens.  That same call for freedom from government overreach is once again driving many to fight the mandates and government control.  As a result, more and more citizens are disregarding the mandates.  They are refusing to close their businesses, get vaccinated, or even wear masks.  Why?  Because instead of selling citizens on taking responsible actions and pandemic precautions, Democrats have tried the force of law to impose their will.  There is enough evidence around the world that heavy-handed mandates and government restrictions are unnecessary.  Sweden has never locked down their citizens nor required masks or vaccines, Sweden's COVID results are better that our own in the US.  With accurate information and access, their leaders trust their own people to take care of themselves.

Biden's monumental game of Chicken.  Throughout 2020, America's doctors, nurses, paramedics and other medical professionals were celebrated as heroes — courageous frontline soldier-healers, selflessly battling a fearsome new pandemic called COVID-19.  Just one year later, in 2021, tens of thousands of those same "frontline heroes" are now branded as rebels, conspiracy theorists, extremists — and yes, potential terrorists, at least according to the Department of Homeland Security.  Considered so dangerous as to merit termination, their professional and personal lives turned upside down due to their decision not to be injected with the experimental COVID vaccines, they are forbidden from working in their field of hard-won expertise and forced to take any job they can get — or go on unemployment.  Many are compelled to sell their homes, relocate their families entirely and try to start over.  This is happening in massive numbers, right now, all over America.

30,000 COVID-vaccine deaths recorded by Europe database.  A total of 30,551 fatalities and 1.1 million adverse events due to COVID-19 vaccines have been reported by the European Union's official database.  The European Medicines Agency site's figures, through Nov. 13, are from reports regarding the Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and AztraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.  The U.S. reporting site, the the CDC's Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, or VAERS, has reported 18,853 deaths and 1.7 million adverse events through Nov. 12.  The U.S. Health and Human Services Department points out that a VAERS report is not documentation that a link has been established between a vaccine and an adverse event.

Onward Into Darkness.  Was it reassuring to see Dr. Anthony Fauci declare on MSNBC: "What we're starting to see now is an uptick in hospitalizations among people who have been fully vaccinated but not boosted"?  And the moral of that story?  Get more of the same thing that's not working — and if you don't volunteer to get it, maybe we can find a way to force you.  How does this [liar] get to remain as America's chief public health officer?  Has he not done enough damage?  In case you can't put it together, that "uptick" is happening because Dr. Fauci's vaccines undermine immune systems, making the vaxxed more susceptible to disease, and not just the illness called Covid-19, but to disease generally, including cancer, and to all kinds of mischief and mayhem around the organs as well.  Now, in the gathering darkness of winter, we'll see how far this "uptick" goes and whether public opinion will flip over the dastardly trick that's been played on it.

You Are Living in a Multifaceted PSYOP.  "Stop being afraid, and stand up."  [Video clip]

Logic and Data:  Weapons To Defeat The Covidians.  [Scroll down]  The obvious fact is that neither the FDA nor the vaccine manufacturers want FDA approval for these vaccines.  Why would they?  Things are going just swimmingly for everyone the way they are.  The drug companies are collecting astronomical profits courtesy of US taxpayers with zero legal liability for dangerous and deadly side effects from the experimental jabs foisted on the public.  The FDA faces no criticism for excessive adverse events and deaths arising from an inadequate approval process, and can continue to hide the data.  A recent FOIA request for the Pfizer vaccine approval data is being stonewalled by the FDA, claiming it will take 55 years to process the request.  This, despite the fact that they were apparently able to review and process the data to approve the original vaccine in less than 108 days.  The FDA execs have the added incentive of becoming fabulously wealthy taking cushy executive jobs in the drug industry once they get their 20-year lavish government pensions.  Conflicts of interest abound.  Another obvious question is, why have there been few efforts to identify and study potential effective treatments for Covid, i.e., over-the-counter health supplements and treatments such as vitamins C, D3, zinc, aspirin, nasal flushes, antiseptic mouthwashes, Quercetin, Melatonin, and Famotidine, or the established drugs Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine?  In fact, why have these potential treatments been savagely discouraged and ridiculed by the Covidians?  I can understand the drug industry's disinterest, as this research would be expensive and provide no profits.  Instead, it would eliminate the profits from their vaccines[.]  But why is there no interest in this research from our benevolent federal government?  Where is the CDC?

Americans are enduring a Biden reign of terror.  [Scroll down]  Our CDC takes orders from the teachers' unions, not physicians or scientists to develop harsh and unneccessary mandates and restrictions.  And worst of all, a megalomaniacal monster, Anthony Fauci and his pal Bill Gates, have seen to it that half a million people have died rather than be treated with existing therapeutics for a flu with a nearly 99% survival rate.  See Robert F. Kennedy's book, The Real Anthony Fauci.  As totalitarianism rears its ugly head all across Europe and Australia, hundreds of thousands of protestors ignored by their governments or, as in Austria, are fired upon, or, as in Australia, are rounded up and sent off to COVID camps.  No doubt such tactics are what our lot has in store for us, at least in states with like-minded authoritarian governors.  Americans had better wake up to what the members of the great reset club have in mind for us:  Preventing the vax-resistant from working, entering places of business, restaurants, bars and grocery stores, etc.  They will prevent those fired for resisting the vaccine from receiving unemployment benefits, pensions, medical treatment and even health insurance.

The Cruel Lesson to Learn from Austria's COVID Vax Insanity.  Memories of Germany came back to me when I recently read that Austria wants to remove the unvaccinated from society.  Their crime?  Killing the vaccinated with the disease that the vaccines protect the vaccinated from.  I have not yet read that they want to kill anyone, but I am assuming they will remove them from society (concentrated in unvaccinated camps?) until they give in or have the jab forced on them.  Will Austria's unvaccinated have to hide in secret compartments in private homes until the insanity has run its course?  The details of what I read made it sound as if the extreme measures in Austria were motivated more by a desire to hide the previous failures of the Austrian kaisers' COVID policies than to protect the people.  As these COVID mandates start to look more like Frankenstein experiments gone wrong, those who mandated them will be looking for scapegoats — not unlike what happened with the failed economic management of the socialist governments in 1930s Austria and Germany.

Study:  Lockdowns [are the] 'Single Biggest Public Health Mistake, Possibly Of All History'.  More evidence to confirm what many Republican lawmakers and free-market advocates such as Americans for Limited Government were saying from the start of the Covid pandemic, lockdowns would be one of the most tragic mistakes in American history.  The Rand Corporation and economists from the University of Southern California have released a new study examining the effectiveness of pandemic lockdowns, using data from 43 countries and all 50 US states.  "We fail to find that shelter-in-place policies saved lives," the authors report.  In the weeks following the implementation of these policies, excess mortality actually increases — even though it had typically been declining before the orders took effect.  And across all countries, the study finds that a one-week increase in the length of stay-at-home policies corresponds with 2.7 more excess deaths per 100,000 people.

Effectiveness of Australian COVID-19 contract tracing app.  Most digital contact tracing applications use Bluetooth technology, wherein the occurrence of a 'contact' between two smartphone users is indicated by the duration, frequency, and transmission strength of Bluetooth signal exchanges.  Information is either stored on individuals' phones for a determined period of time (decentralized approach) or uploaded into a common database (centralized approach).  Countries like Canada, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam have used the decentralized approach without public health authorities.  By contrast, contact identification under the centralized approach occurs via a common database, which gives public health authorities access to undertake contact risk assessment and notification.  This approach has been implemented by Australia, China, France, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan.  Despite countries opting for contact tracing-based approaches, there has been very little empirical evidence about their benefits for pandemic response.

Fear Is Deadlier Than Viruses.  Fear of COVID-19, for example, is rational.  But media and governments induced irrational fears.  That's why millions of healthy people stayed indoors for a year or more, why a vast number of people wore masks while walking or sitting alone outdoors, and why so many parents did not allow their young children to play with other children for a year or more, even though the COVID-19 mortality rate among children was considerably less than the flu's mortality rate among children.  All of this was caused by irrational fear.  It turns out that fear is not only more powerful than love and hate; in most people it is more powerful than reason.  And when it is, it is far more destructive — to the individual and to society — than rational fear.

Brussels Turns Into A Warzone As Tens Of Thousands Show Up For Anti-Lockdown Protest Turned Riot.  A protest of tens of thousands against coronavirus measures in Brussels turned violent Sunday, as protesters threw objects at police, and officers used water cannons and tear gas to push back the demonstration.  According to police estimates, around 35,000 people gathered in front of the Gare du Nord train station for the protest called "Together for freedom" after the Belgian government last week announced stricter measures to combat rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.  [Video clip]

Eighty medical centers in the US are now conducting inhumane, heart-damaging genetic experiments on babies.  As the Christmas season nears, children are being experimented on with a new genetic technology that causes permanent heart damage and immune system depletion.  There are now eighty medical centers in the United States that are conducting needless, heart damaging genetic experiments on children younger than five.  These medical centers are taking orders from Pfizer and Moderna and plunging their deadly, debilitating experiments into babies.  Many communities across the United States have abused children for over a year, instilling a spirit of fear in their minds and casting terror and division in their hearts.  So many schoolchildren have been taught that subjugation and abuse is necessary for the good of all, that subservience to harmful government decrees is an act of goodwill.  After spending nearly two years depriving children of oxygen, movement, social development, sport competition, body autonomy rights, human interaction, language development and learning opportunities, there still isn't any significant data to prove that children are any more at risk to covid-19 than they would be to any other infectious disease!  The diabolical mask mandates, contact tracing, isolation and prison-like distancing was a charade of safety that sets parents and children up to accept further propaganda and medical experimentation inside their bodies.

Minnesota reports more than 10,000 new breakthrough cases.  Minnesota reported more than 10,000 new breakthrough COVID-19 cases Monday [11/22/2021].  Between Nov. 15 and Nov. 22, breakthrough cases increased by 11,305 from 72,628 to 83,933.  Breakthrough deaths jumped by 101 to 620 total breakthrough deaths in that same time period.  The Minnesota Department of Health releases data on breakthrough events just once a week (every Monday).  Last Monday there were 72,628 breakthrough cases, 519 deaths, and 3,177 hospitalizations.  Now there are 83,933 breakthrough cases, 620 deaths, and 3,638 hospitalizations.  The percentage of fully-vaccinated Minnesotans who have tested positive for the virus now sits at 2.569%, up from 2.245% last week.

The war on the 'unvaccinated' is a desperate attempt to demonize and destroy the non-compliant.  This global war on a virus is going about as well as the war on Afghanistan went when it came to eliminating the Taliban.  The lockdowns failed to stop a virus.  The universal masking regime failed to stop a virus.  The millions and millions of societal restrictions and business closures failed to stop a virus.  And now it's become pretty clear that the highly-touted "miracle" mRNA shots are failing to stop a virus.  Instead of accepting this reality, world governments are doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on the madness. [...] Today we know that the shots serve as something akin to a potential 6-9 month prophylactic with unknown long term side effects.  The expiring efficacy, which was best observed through first mover nations like Israel and Ireland, brought about the booster shot regime, but no recognition from world governments that the shots seem to be expiring.  The boosters have been sold under this weird idea that you can get "extra protection," even though you've been told you were already "fully vaccinated."

FDA quietly discloses that 21, not 15, people died during Pfizer's jab trials.  The FDA has quietly released a statement stating that 21 people died during Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial, significantly more than the company publicly reported.  On November 8, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a 30-page statement entitled "Summary Basis for Regulatory Action" to explain the rationale behind approving the Pfizer COVID-19 so-called vaccine.  The report stated that 21 people in the vaccine recipient group died between November 2020 and March 2021, but the pharmaceutical company told the public in July that only 15 people had died during that period.

Germans will be 'vaccinated, cured or dead' by winter's end — minister.  German Health Minister Jens Spahn has said that everyone will be immunized or succumb to the coronavirus in the coming months as he urged the public to get the shot.  "Probably by the end of this winter, as is sometimes cynically said, pretty much everyone in Germany will be vaccinated, cured or dead," Spahn said on Monday.  The minister once again urged everyone to get vaccinated, but remained skeptical about making the shots compulsory.  The minister said that herd immunity will be achieved, and "no compulsory vaccination will break this wave" of infections.  Spahn made his comments as some leading politicians, including those from the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), have been calling for a vaccine mandate for all citizens amid the rise in Covid-19 infections.  Bavaria's Minister-President Markus Soeder said on Friday the seven-day infection-incidence rate has "shot through the roof" among the unvaccinated.

COVID-19: stigmatising the unvaccinated is not justified.  In the USA and Germany, high-level officials have used the term ["]pandemic of the unvaccinated["], suggesting that people who have been vaccinated are not relevant in the epidemiology of COVID-19.  Officials' use of this phrase might have encouraged one scientist to claim that "the unvaccinated threaten the vaccinated for COVID-19".  But this view is far too simple.  There is increasing evidence that vaccinated individuals continue to have a relevant role in transmission.  In Massachusetts, USA, a total of 469 new COVID-19 cases were detected during various events in July, 2021, and 346 (74%) of these cases were in people who were fully or partly vaccinated, 274 (79%) of whom were symptomatic. [...] In the USA, a total of 10[,]262 COVID-19 cases were reported in vaccinated people by April 30, 2021, of whom 2725 (26.6%) were asymptomatic, 995 (9.7%) were hospitalised, and 160 (1.6%) died.  In Germany, 55.4% of symptomatic COVID-19 cases in patients aged 60 years or older were in fully vaccinated individuals, and this proportion is increasing each week.

Sunday Talks, Fauci Confronted With Reality That More People Dying From COVID This Year Despite Highly Vaccinated Population.  Dr. Anthony Fauci appears on ABC News to discuss the new definitions of "fully vaccinated", which now includes the need to receive booster shots.  However, one big issue that stands as a common sense counter argument to the efficacy of vaccines is the number of people dying with/from COVID-19 infections is now higher than it was before the vaccination program began.  Fauci ducks, dodges and weaves around the issue by claiming the Delta variant is more dangerous than the original SARS-CoV-2 infection.  However, scientists still debate whether the mRNA vaccine created the Delta variant.  Regardless, the baseline fact is that more people are presumably dying now with/from the virus — while the vaccine is in place — than were dying with/from the virus before the vaccine was introduced.  Meanwhile, the Fauci, CDC, NIH solution is to vaccinate more... vaccinate harder... vaccine boosters for everyone.  The political science is committed to the vaccine approach.  [Video clip]

Mystery Emerges Among COVID-19 Patterns In Los Angeles County.  While unvaccinated people continue to become infected, hospitalized and killed by the coronavirus at dramatically higher rates, a peculiar pattern is developing in Los Angeles County that has health officials puzzling for an explanation.  During a two-week period ending Nov. 6, several of the Los Angeles County communities with the highest rates of coronavirus cases are also communities that have higher than average vaccination rates.  Authorities aren't quite sure why that would be.  Differences in behavior or waning immunity from vaccines may be factors.  People in those communities may also have lower levels of natural immunity due to historically low levels of coronavirus exposure.

Heartbreaking Video Of Teacher Of 35 Years Being Fired For Refusing To Vaccinate.  A heartbreaking video has gone viral on Twitter showing a beloved teacher with a long, 35-year history in the school system being fired for refusing to vaccinate.  The teacher says she is from the Black Gold school district, which is in Alberta Canada.  [Video clip]

'Logistical Nightmare': Texas Staffing Company Sues to Stop Biden Vaccine Mandate.  A staffing agency that works with job-seekers and companies looking to hire is celebrating its 20th year in business while facing the uncertainty of the Biden administration's COVD-19 vaccine mandate for private employers.  In addition to its own employees to consider, the Austin-based company sees concern among both his own workers, and from his company's clients, says Mark Turpin, CEO of The HT Group.  Turpin's HT Staffing has about 50 full-time employees and about 300 contractors.  So, it will still be responsible for complying with the mandate implemented by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration if it goes into effect, he said in an interview.  "This was done without much foresight," Turpin told The Daily Signal.  "They didn't think about how this affects staffing companies. ... This could be a logistical nightmare.  Who pays for the test for everybody every week?"

COVID-19 Protests in New Zealand Are All About Economic Freedom.  New Zealand was one of only five economically free countries in the world, as measured by The Heritage Foundation's 2021 Index of Economic Freedom.  For years, the people of New Zealand have enjoyed robust rule of law, clear regulatory efficiency, and free and open markets.  The size of the government has been relatively small, which is a boon to economic freedom.  Recently, though, the government of New Zealand has disregarded people's economic freedom in an attempt to eradicate all traces of COVID-19 from the southwest Pacific Ocean island nation.  Since the COVID-19 pandemic started in early 2020, the left-leaning government of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's restrictive pandemic response policies have destroyed the livelihoods of service professionals, retailers, and small-business people, among others.  Many of those people don't agree that they should bear such high costs related to the government's fight against COVID-19 — and understandably so.

Santa Cruz County Will Require Masks In Private Homes.  Santa Cruz County, California, is imposing an indoor mask mandate beginning Sunday night which requires residents to wear masks in private settings, including homes, regardless of vaccination status.  The mandate applies to gatherings of those who live in a different homes but meet together in one location, and it was imposed in light of rising COVID-19 cases in the area, according to ABC 7.

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You are also required to wear cowboy boots between midnight and sunrise, no matter what else you're doing.  Be sure to leave your house unlocked, to allow surprise inspections.  If you do not comply, you may need to be locked up for your own good.  We're all in this together!

NIH Director Suggests Law Enforcement 'Track Down' Spreaders of Online 'Disinformation' on Vaccines.  National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins stressed the dangers of incorrect claims regarding the COVID-19 vaccines and suggested tracking down spreaders of vaccine misinformation in an interview with NPR on Sunday [11/21/2021].  "The thing that worries me most is the way in which misinformation and, frankly, disinformation has become so prominent in the face of a public health crisis," Collins told NPR.  "And it has been manipulated in some situations for political reasons in a fashion that is turning our culture wars into something really serious."  When asked whether misinformation is "the deadliest disease," Collins responded affirmatively, encouraging repercussions for those who intentionally spread false claims about the vaccines.

They Said Vaccines Were Safe For Pregnant Women, Now This Happens.  Something troubling is happening in Scotland.  At least 21 babies under four weeks old died in September, a rate of 4.9 per 1,000 births.  The former average was 2.1 deaths per 1,000 births.  The nationalized health service tracks records, because everyone is on the same system; that's why when an internal alarm is triggered by the data as it rolls in, they stop and look immediately.

FDA files: 26,000 'nervous system disorders' from Pfizer vaccine in first 2.5 months.  Files released by the Food and Drug Administration in a Freedom of Information lawsuit recorded 158,893 adverse events from the Pfizer vaccine in the first two and a half months of distribution, including 25,957 incidents of "nervous system disorders."  The documentation was obtained in a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed a group called Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency, comprised of more than 30 professors and scientists from universities including Yale, Harvard, UCLA and Brown.  As WND reported, in court papers filed last week, the FDA proposed that it be given 55 years to release all 329,000 pages of documents related to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine requested by the group.  The plaintiffs want the records so they can be assured, amid significant public skepticism, that the Pfizer vaccine is indeed "safe and effective."

Vaccine inventor warns: 'The future of global totalitarianism is here'.  Americans should pay attention to the severe coronavirus-related restrictions on civil liberties in Australia, Canada and now Austria, said the inventor of the mRNA vaccine technology, warning the virus increasingly is becoming a "platform for advancing other agendas."  "The future of global totalitarianism is here, it's just not evenly distributed," said Dr. Robert Malone, an immunologist and virologist who researched the use of messenger RNA in vaccines at the Salk Institute in the 1980s.  He said in an interview Monday with Steve Bannon's "War Room" that Austria — the first country to require that every citizen be vaccinated — is "the most egregious example" of "the deployment of a totalitarian approach to this whole thing."  The European nation and others, Malone said, are using what professor Mattias Desmet of Ghent University in Belgium calls "mass formation psychosis."

How many fully vaccinated people have been hospitalized for breakthrough infections?  [Scroll down]  the Wall Street Journal decided to do its own analysis based on admittedly incomplete info.  How many people who've had two shots have nonetheless tested positive?  And of those, how many have needed hospital care for severe illness?  And of those, how many have died?  And who are those people, exactly?  Do they have anything in common?  Not surprisingly, they do.  Severe breakthrough cases follow the same pattern as severe cases in unvaccinated people, the Journal found, in that those who are older and/or have underlying conditions are more likely to have bad outcomes.  If you're a senior citizen, especially a senior citizen with a major comorbidity, vaccination unfortunately isn't an ironclad guarantee that you'll survive a bout with COVID.  If you're younger, especially if you're in good health otherwise, it basically is.

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Healthy young people are almost certain to survive the disease, shots or no shots.  Older and sicker people may not be so fortunate.  In other words, at best the vaccines do nothing to help.  In the worst cases, the vaccines will kill you in two or three days.  As for me and my house, we'll rely on the immune systems that God gave us.  If you want to put all your faith and trust in the government, you go right ahead.  If you do that, in the long run, you've got serious disappointment ahead.

How Deep Chinese Influence Pushed Australia Into Astonishing Covid Tyranny.  When Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called last year for an investigation into the origins of COVID-19, China retaliated with tariffs.  Domestically, a cohort of Beijing-friendly former ambassadors, foreign and defense ministers, and state premiers dutifully reminded the public that China's status as Australia's biggest trading partner makes antagonizing the regime a risky business.  Beijing sycophants have recycled versions of this talking point for years, rationalizing China's contempt for Western universal values, territorial aggrandizement, repression of religious minorities, and political persecution at home and abroad.  Behind the scenes, many of these policymakers have been cultivated by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and proxies via campaign donations, quid pro quos, travel junkets, and lucrative post-political career gigs, to believe they're serving Australia's national interests when in reality they're allowing Beijing to pull the strings.  This use of China's soft power is not at all limited to Australia.

The Austrian solution.  Godwin's Law has it that the longer an issue gets debated, the higher the probability that someone will bring in a comparison involving the Nazis or Adolf Hitler.  In the case of Austria's newly-announced decision to make Covid vaccinations mandatory by law from February next year, we can short-circuit all that by observing right from the outset that it's pretty Hitlery.  We can also note early on, too: that as the birthplace of Adolf Hitler and an enthusiastic embracer of Nazism back in the day, Austria has historic form for this sort of thing.  Having got all that out of the way, it is entirely appropriate to reel in shock that the government of a modern and prosperous central European country should enforce by sanction of criminal law the injection of a powerful drug into the bodies of all its citizens.  By doing so Austria has placed itself in the elite company of Turkmenistan, Micronesia and Indonesia, as a country prepared to command vaccine uptake.

Looks like the Dutch are, umm, less than fully committed to another lockdown.  [Tweet with numerous comments]

California Man Who Died from the COVID-19 Vaccine Described His Horrific Pain and Suffering in Writing Before Passing Away.  Michael "Mike" Anthony Granata of Gilroy, California, who turned 56 this month, suffered an unexpected death after he received the Moderna vaccine.  He only took the vaccine due to pressure from his doctor.  He soon developed multisystem inflammation and multisystem failure that even the medical professionals could not stop according to his obituary.  Michael started to feel ill three days after he received the Moderna vaccine on August 17.  He was in ICU for several weeks and stabbed with needles up to 24 times a day for those several weeks, while also receiving 6 or 7 IVs at the same time (continuously).  He described it as constant torture.

Europe's anti-lockdown hell:  Violence breaks out in Vienna as 10,000 protesters take to the streets.  Violence today [11/20/2021] broke out in Vienna as 10,000 protesters — many from far-right groups — took to the streets to demonstrate against a new Covid-19 lockdown and mandatory vaccinations.  Demonstrations against virus restrictions also took place in Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Northern Ireland, the Netherlands and North Macedonia on Saturday, a day after Dutch police opened fire on protesters and seven people were injured in rioting that erupted in Rotterdam.  Protesters rallied against coronavirus restrictions and mandatory COVID-19 passes needed in many European countries to enter restaurants, Christmas markets or sports events, as well as mandatory vaccinations.

The Government's Inhumanity to Man.  The governmental premise of COVID isolation, quarantine and lockdown protocols are all antithetical to the essential human need, connection.  Nothing within those regulatory rules has anything to do with public health.  Exactly the opposite is true — isolation, loneliness and a disconnect from people is far deadlier than any virus.  However, even more deadly is this toxic and purposeful division between the vaccinated and unvaccinated.  No one in a position of political influence is talking about the damage to our social fabric created by government COVID regulations.  The silence is deafening; however, Neil Oliver is a voice in the wilderness who deeply understands the immoral nature of their silence.  [Video clip]

Totally normal news out of Barcelona.  Where one of the world's top soccer players is suddenly retiring after suffering an unspecified cardiac crisis, just months after he signed a huge deal with the club.  Yeah, he was vaccinated.  Nothing to see here, folks.

DeSantis Bill Signed In Brandon Forces Companies To Slam Brakes On COVID Vaccine Mandates.  Recent legislation signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is forcing companies to slam the brakes on coronavirus vaccine mandates for employees.  "It appears at this point, the hospital is calling their staff back into work," Florida attorney Greg Crosslin told WJHG of Ascension St.  Vincent's Hospital calling for their staff to return to work after they were terminated for not getting the vaccine.  DeSantis signed multiple bills regarding vaccine mandates on Thursday during Florida's special legislative session.  Under one of the bills, private employers must give workers the option of opting out of the vaccine mandate, including medical and religious exemptions.

Europe Erupts Against Lockdowns, Vax Mandates with Protests in Rome, Vienna, Netherlands.  Mass demonstrations erupted across Europe on Saturday with protests being staged in Vienna, Rome, and The Netherlands as governments across the continent reimpose lockdown restrictions and introduce draconian vaccine measures amid rising cases of the Chinese coronavirus.  An estimated 38,000 people marched on the Wiener Ring on Saturday [11/20/2021] in Vienna against the imposition of new lockdown restrictions.  Organisers of the event claimed that as many as 100,000 people turned up for the protests.

Dutch police open fire on Covid lockdown protesters as European nations reintroduce restrictions.  Police opened fire on anti-lockdown protesters in the Dutch city of Rotterdam Friday ahead of demonstrations in several European cities against new Covid restrictions.  Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters about police officers "felt it necessary to draw their weapons to defend themselves" more than once after protesters tore through the city's central shopping district, setting fires in their wake.  Describing the scenes as "an orgy of violence," he added that "people were injured," after officers "shot at protesters," although he could not provide information on the extent of their injuries.

Showdown! Will the Cops and Military Go Along With This?  [Of course they will!]  [Video clip]

Connecticut Nursing Home Gets Ravaged By COVID, 8 Seniors Dead, 89 Infected Even Though Everyone Was Vaccinated.  A Connecticut nursing home has moved into recovery mode after suffering an outbreak of COVID-19.  Geer Village said that the outbreak, which started in September, left eight residents dead and 89 residents and staff members infected.  The North Canaan-based facility, which includes independent and assisted living among other services, said it conducts bi-weekly testing on residents and staff.  In a statement, Director of Nursing Cady Bloodgood and Chief Executive Officer Kevin O'Connell said they are continuing to "monitor the situation closely."  [Video clip]

If the Vaccines Work, Why Aren't They Working?  [Scroll down]  I am a practicing physician, although I don't treat COVID patients, administer vaccines, or offer medical advice regarding COVID to my retina patients.  But today, just having an opinion can be hazardous to one's livelihood.  The American Federation of Medical Specialists makes it clear, "Physicians who generate and spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation or disinformation are risking disciplinary action by state medical boards, including the suspension or revocation of their medical license."  Hopefully asking thoughtful questions and observing how the medical authorities like Dr. Anthony Fauci have changed their own positions on vaccines is not considered "misinformation."  Or that citing the CDC and major news organizations won't be considered "disinformation."  In the 1950s, x-raying pregnant women was standard practice, and questioning that harmful procedure, were such a thing to be done in the 1950s with today's climate now might be considered mis- or disinformation.  If you think such medical censorship is all conspiracy theory, ask Dr. Mary Bowden, a Houston ear, nose, and throat specialist suspended from her Houston hospital for tweeting about vaccine mandates and ivermectin.

COVID-19 and the Smoke of Satan.  For several years until only recently, I resided in the great city of London.  I was there when Imperial College terrorized the world with a projected 3.5-percent infection fatality rate for COVID-19, after which the British prime minister, followed by a hapless American president and leaders around the world, decided to lock healthy people in their homes indefinitely.  I was there when the archbishop of Canterbury and the Catholic bishops of Britain pleaded with the government to close the churches.  I was there when the Church of England forbade its priests to answer the urgent call of the NHS for additional volunteer chaplains to minister to the sick and dying, for fear that soothing and saving those dying souls might endanger the mortal lives of those priests.  It was then that I knew that this was no ordinary crisis, nor was it "about a virus."

NIH Director Calls For COVID Conspiracists to be "Brought to Justice".  National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins has angrily called for anyone who spreads "misinformation" about COVID-19 online to be "brought to justice."  "Conspiracies are winning here.  Truth is losing.  That's a really serious indictment of the way in which our society seems to be traveling," Collins told the Washington Post.  Citing an onslaught of angry messages directed at Dr. Anthony Fauci, who Collins appears to believe is above criticism, the bureaucrat demanded that those responsible for such behavior should be identified and "brought to justice."  The article cited one such example of "misinformation" being Fauci's involvement in barbaric experiments conducted on dogs by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), despite the fact that such cruelty factually occurred under Fauci's leadership.  While Collins didn't specify precisely what he meant by "brought to justice," Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla previously asserted that individuals who spread false information about COVID vaccines are "criminals" who "have literally cost millions of lives."

Disney Halts Vaccine Mandate In Wake Of New Florida Law.  Disney World has dropped enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate in response to Florida enacting restrictions on businesses trying to impose mandates on employees.  "As we assess the full impact of this new legislation, we are immediately pausing the enforcement of our mandatory vaccination policy for Florida-based cast members and employees until further notice," an internal company memo stated, according to The Epoch Times.  "All pending requests by Florida-based cast members and employees for an accommodation exempting them from the company's vaccine mandate will be considered on hold for the time being and [there] will not be evaluation."

OSHA's Vaccine Mandate Stayed, Flawed, and Unconstitutional.  Millions of Americans and U.S. companies will be impacted by the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  On November 16, proceedings over the legality of the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) took a step forward with the Sixth Circuit Court being assigned to the consolidated cases that have challenged the legal basis of the ETS.  If the ETS goes into effect, companies with 100 or more employees will be involuntarily required to manage the vaccine status of all employees, ensuring full vaccination, or if they choose, allowing the unvaccinated to test weekly for COVID-19 and to enforce wearing a mask while in the workplace.  Two days after OSHA issued its controversial ETS, the Fifth Circuit Court "stayed" the ETS, ordering OSHA to "take no steps to implement or enforce [the ETS] until further court order."  Then, according to legal protocol, the Sixth Circuit Court was randomly chosen to hear the numerous consolidated challenges from across the nation.  States, businesses, organizations, and institutions lined up to sue the federal government over this unconstitutional move and to halt this flawed attempt at vaccine coercion.

System strained as military personnel seek religious waivers from COVID vaccine.  The military's system of implementing a COVID-19 vaccination order for all those in the ranks is facing unprecedented stress as a historic number of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines say their faith should allow them to skip getting the shot.  The result so far has been a massive logistical headache for Pentagon leaders and an unenviable task for the chaplains who find themselves in the crosshairs.  It's a dilemma that shows no signs of easing as the services' vaccine deadlines come and go.  With the Defense Department mounting an aggressive push to get service members vaccinated and force out those who refuse, sources across military branches said the sheer volume of faith-related exemption applications is unlike anything seen before.

Rules Are for Rubes:  Fauci Spotted Maskless, Violating Mandate, at Tony DC Party.  America's infectious disease czar, Anthony Fauci, went to a party with deep state glitterati Tuesday night at Café Milano, which bills itself as "Washington's ultimate place to see and be seen."  The diminutive dog-torturer was seen, all right:  in blithe contempt of the district's mask mandates, Fauci partied maskless, demonstrating once again that the rules are for the rabble.  The elites are exempt.  The party was celebrating the imminent publication of ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl's book, Betrayal:  The Final Act of the Trump Show.  It was altogether fitting and proper for Fauci to be there, since he did so much to ensure that Trump's final act came in 2021, rather than 2025.  Politico noted that "as gawkers tried to snap pictures of him indoors not wearing a mask, America's doc would put it on and take it off depending on whom he was around."

Anthony Fauci Attends Book Party at Élite Italian Bistro, Violates DC Mask Mandate.  Dr. Anthony Fauci was spotted Tuesday night without a mask while he attended journalist Jonathan Karl's book party at Café Milano, the élite Washington, D.C., bistro frequented by Hunter Biden's corrupt business partners.  "As gawkers tried to snap pictures of [Fauci] indoors not wearing a mask, America's doc would put it on and take it off depending on whom he was around," Politico reported.  "Sally Quinn — who's known Fauci since his days as a young NIH doctor, when he inspired a love interest in one of her erotic novels — asked him why he was at a party with a mask in hand, not on face."  "I just decided that if anyone came up that I didn't know, I would put my mask on," Fauci replied.  The maskless indoor affair appeared to violate the district's existing health and safety guidelines, which mandate the use of masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status.  The mandate is scheduled to be lifted on Nov. 22, but the élite journalists and other liberals in attendance just couldn't wait that long to mingle.

Navy Shipbuilder Backpedals On Vaccine Mandate After Flood Of Employees Threaten To Quit.  A federal subcontractor to the US Navy reversed course over the vaccine mandate this week, and announced that most workers will not longer be required to get the Covid-19 vaccine.  Huntington Ingalls Industries, parent company of Newport News Shipbuilding made the announcement on Tuesday night notifying employees that they will no longer have to comply with a January 4 deadline.

Dr. David Martin Exposes The Names And Faces Of The People Who Are Killing Humanity.  If you thought the last Dr David Martin talk was exciting, this one, which he gave at the Red Pill Expo is positively electrifying.  He says that this is "final" speech but that we will be hearing from him, only it will be a new version:  No more Mr Nice Guy.  We get to see a bit of that in this presentation.  He is angry.  David has put the names and faces of all of the major players in the theater of the COVID War onto one slide, which he says is important, because "We energize the forces of darkness when we anonymize them and when we see their faces on a screen, we realize that they're merely individuals that have lost the social contract with humanity."

Oklahoma legislation would hold employers liable for employee injuries caused by covid "vaccine" mandates.  To discourage employers from trying to force Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccines" on their employees, Oklahoma state Sen. Rob Standridge has introduced new legislation that would hold employees financially liable for injuries and deaths caused by the jabs.  Senate Bill 1106, entitled the "Citizen Health Mandate Protection Act," encompasses both the private and public sectors.  Any employer of any kind would be financially liable for a minimum of $1 million for every injury resulting from Fauci Flu jabs.  The bill would also cover all employers who abide by fake "president" Joe Biden's federal vaccine mandate, which says that all businesses with more than 100 employees must force their employees to get the lethal injections.  "Many Oklahomans may not know that COVID-19 vaccines have already been given liability protection from the federal government," Standridge said.

Houston Health Department's door-to-door COVID-19 vaccine "census" begins.  City workers from the Houston Health Department (HHD) were caught by home security camera going door to door and asking residents if they are already vaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).  The video, posted by Twitter user Kukicat7, shows three city workers going to the doors of residents of an apartment complex to ask if they've already gotten their COVID-19 vaccines.  The city workers were all wearing masks and holding clipboards.  The group was "just going around the community informing everyone they can get the vaccine for coronavirus," claimed one of the city workers caught on camera.  As the video continues, one city worker could be heard asking a resident if everyone at his home is vaccinated.  When the tenant responded that he and his wife were vaccinated, the city employee asked which vaccine the couple received.

Pro- and anti-vaccine protests across Australia.  Pro-vaccine and anti-jab rallies took place in Melbourne on Saturday [11/20/2021] as Victoria state's government looks to pass a controversial law which would grant it specific powers during a pandemic.  Thousands of anti-vaccine protesters gathered in front of the state's parliament house before marching through its surrounding streets.  They were voicing their opposition to lockdowns as well as the proposed bill.  The legislation would shift power from Victoria's chief health officer to the premier in declaring a pandemic, as well as give the state's health minister broader powers in handling the public's health.  The Victorian government has argued that the law changes would allow it to manage a pandemic better.  As the anti-vaccine protesters held their rally, opposition demonstrators also gathered nearby.  In Sydney, anti-vaccine protesters held a demonstration in Hyde Park before they marched through the city's streets.

US COVID-19 deaths in 2021 outpace last year's toll.  The United States passed yet another sobering milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of 2021 coronavirus deaths surpassed the 2020 total.  According to the latest available data from Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. has reached at least 770,691 COVID-19 deaths over the full course fo the pandemic.  Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that the total number of deaths involving COVID-19 in 2020 was 385,343.  That means that at least 385,348 COVID-19 deaths — 15 more than the 2020 total — have so far been recorded in 2021, and that number will only rise in the days and weeks to come.

Rand Paul Promises There Will 'Absolutely' Be Consequences for Biden Officials 'Flouting the Law'.  Sen. Rand Paul tore into Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Thursday [11/18/2021] interview with The Daily Signal, accusing Fauci of ordering Americans to blindly follow his authority on the coronavirus pandemic.  "There will absolutely be consequences for the people who are flouting the law" when Republicans take back Congress, the Kentucky Republican promised.  "But really, Fauci needs to be gone," Paul said of the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.  "When we have the power to remove him, we will.  I don't know if that's going to come before Biden leaves office, but we'll see what can happen with a unified Congress.  It's not so easy without the presidency."

European Medicines Agency Data Shows 1,163,356 Adverse Drug Reactions and 30,551 Fatalities by COVID-19 Vaccinations.  The official European Union database of suspected drug reaction website is now reporting 30,551 fatalities and 1,163,356 adverse drug reactions from COVID vaccines Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and AztraZeneca through November 13, 2021 based on the data submitted to its system.  According to European Medicines Agency, an official website of the European Union, the data of adverse reaction from COVID-19 vaccines were posted in ADRreports.eu portal that "allows users to view the total number of individual suspected side effect reports (also known as Individual Case Safety Reports, or ICSRs)."  All the data shown in the website and individual case report forms were taken from EudraVigilance, "a system designed for collecting reports of suspected side effects, used for evaluating the benefits and risks of medicines during their development and monitoring their safety following their authorization in the European Economic Area (EEA)."

Vaxxocalypse Now.  [Scroll down]  In some places, such as Australia and Austria, interstate travel is proscribed, and they are mistreated and shamed for refusing vaccines cleared under dubious standards of emergency use approval (EUA).  Their reasonable suspicion that Big Pharma is orchestrating a con game is scorned and derided.  Any fear of vaccine despotism is ridiculed, and protests are ruthlessly put down, minimized, or ignored. [...] Mandating vaccination raises some significant questions.  Doesn't a person have a choice in submitting to a treatment or a protection against a disease?  Can a democratic government impose vaccination on those who are not convinced of its safety and efficacy?  And the most important one: did we — and our founding fathers — choose to create a society where we have to reveal personal health information to go about our activities?  Heaven knows where these vaccine edicts could lead, but Americans certainly don't want the equivalent of the Chinese Communist Party's social scoring system, which this is beginning to resemble.

NIH Director Calls for So-Called Online 'Misinformation' Spreaders to Be 'Brought to Justice': ReportThe Washington Post claimed that so-called "misinformation" online can actually "stymie the highest levels of government" after interviewing National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.  Collins reportedly asserted his desire to have these alleged "misinformation" spreaders "brought to justice."  The soon-retiring Collins claimed that there is an epidemic of disinformation and misinformation in the U.S., according to The Post's The Health 202.  "Conspiracies are winning here.  Truth is losing.  That's a really serious indictment of the way in which our society seems to be traveling," Collins said.  "Truth is supposed to be truth." [...] Collins reportedly asserted that "misinformation" can be combatted not only by providing true information but that those "purposefully" acting online as alleged "misinformation" propagators should be identified and "brought to justice," The Post summarized.  Collins complained that, "[S]omebody's Facebook post carries as much weight as a statement from the director of the CDC about what is the truth of a public health crisis."

The FDA says it needs 55 years to release all of Pfizer's COVID vaccine data.  Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency (PHMPT), as its name suggests, is a medical transparency group that filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FDA for documents tied to its approval of Pfizer's BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.  The FDA went to court and informed the judge that it was totally willing to comply with the request — except that it will take almost 55 years to do so. [...] PHMPT's attorney, Aaron Siri, instantly spotted the problem with the FDA's claim that the volume of documents makes it impossible to produce them in a more timely manner:  ["]It took the FDA precisely 108 days from when Pfizer started producing the records for licensure (on May 7, 2021) to when the FDA licensed the Pfizer vaccine (on August 23, 2021). [...] The federal government shields Pfizer from liability.  Gives it billions of dollars.  Makes Americans take its product.  But won't let you see the data supporting its product's safety and efficacy.  Who does the government work for?["]

Questions raised about possible link between COVID-19 vaccines and hearing problems.  Dr. Inbal Cohen-Rasner is an award-winning composer, mother of two, and radiologist, who is used to making diagnoses, not receiving them. [...]That buzzing and hissing led to a condition called tinnitus that's perceived in the ears, but it's actually produced in the brain.  When there is damage to the sensory cells inside your ears, the brain tries to adapt by causing the illusion of sound.  "Ultimately if you have tinnitus, it can lead to hearing loss," said Dr. Michelle Aquino, who is Action News Jax's medical expert and regularly works with COVID-19 patients at Baptist Health.  Tinnitus can be caused by a variety of factors, including a head injury, sinus congestion, stress, anxiety, high blood pressure or an auto-immune disease — but Aquino says the jury is still out if it's tied to COVID-19 vaccines.  "Just because we see something after a vaccination, you can't always say it's because of the vaccine," Aquino said.  "That's key and everyone needs to remember that."  According to the CDC's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), there have been about 12,000 reports of tinnitus relating to COVID-19 vaccines — out of 226 million Americans who have received at least one dose which works out to one case for every 19,000 people.

Several California children sick after clinic administers wrong COVID vaccine doses.  At least two California children were left sick after a clinic administered the wrong dose of the coronavirus vaccine to 14 kids.  "I'm here tonight to report my story because it's unacceptable; you expect your medical professionals to give you correct doses," parent Denise Iserloth told ABC7.  Iserloth said she took her two children, ages eight and 11, to Sutter Health pediatric vaccine clinic in Antioch over the weekend, where they received 20 micrograms of dosage instead of the recommended 10.

Fauci caught unmasking at indoor D.C. event this week?  We've all been waiting for a sign from the experts that the pandemic is really, truly over and it's time to get back to normal.  I think we've found it.  This isn't just a case of Fauci declining to follow his own public guidance.  If true, he was breaking the law.  D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser lifted the city's indoor mask mandate a few days ago but that policy won't take effect until this coming Monday.  Incidents like Gavin Newsom's French Laundry dinner and the double standard in masking at the Met Gala have led many Americans to believe that the elite view COVID rules as something for the great unwashed to follow, not for them personally.

An African mystery:  Where did COVID go?  There's something strange happening in Africa which, according to the Associated Press, has scientists "mystified."  The curious situation is particularly prevalent in Zimbabwe.  It's a nation with a population of 14.8 million people and a vaccination rate of less than 6%, a fact that the World Health Organization lectures us about endlessly.  And yet in the past week, they recorded a total of 33 COVID deaths.  How is this possible?  The AP interviewed a number of people who were shopping in a township outside Harare, almost none of whom were wearing masks.  One man declared that the virus was "gone" and asked the reporter, "when did you last hear of anyone who has died of COVID-19?"  He said that he carries a mask in his pocket because the police demand bribes from people without masks or they are threatened with arrest, but he rarely puts it on.  Doctors have a few theories they are tossing around, though many are simply stumped.  But I bet some of us who aren't medical professionals could make a guess.

Fauci Admits That Hospitalizations Among the Vaccinated Are Rising, but Why He Likely Did Is More Telling.  Another day, another bit of info that causes a very highly relied upon narrative by the left collapses into the dirt when it comes to vaccinations.  A lot is made about being vaccinated in our society.  So much so that the Biden administration is attempting to push a vaccine mandate on businesses with more than 100 employees.  It's a mandate that doesn't remotely align with the laws of the Constitution and as such must be dismissed and ignored.  But more and more, the question is arising as to whether or not a mandate was even necessary, to begin with.  The answer is increasingly "no," and proof continues to surface to aid in that decision.  For instance, one of those sources providing us reasons not to need a vaccine mandate is Dr. Anthony Fauci himself, the federal government's go-to virologist.

Fauci Finally Admits Vaccines Don't Protect Against Serious Covid or Death.  Last week Dr. Anthony Fauci made perhaps the most damning confession in the Covid vaccine saga.  So far-reaching are the implications of his statement that the interview in which he made it may well prove a turning point in the fight against the vaccine fraud that is being perpetrated on the peoples of the world.  In a November 12 podcast session with the New York Times, Fauci was forced to admit the fact that the vaccines do not reliably protect their recipients from serious Covid or death.

87 of 89 COVID Cases at CT Nursing Home Outbreak Were Fully Vaccinated; 8 Dead.  A nursing home in Connecticut has caused national concern after 89 residents and staff tested positive for coronavirus; 87 of the infected were fully vaccinated and 8 died.  The outbreak began at the Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Canaan, Connecticut in late September.  The eight individuals who died had "serious underlying health issues."  78 residents and staff have recovered since the outbreak began.  "We are encouraged to see only 3 active cases of covid-19 remaining within our nursing home.  Of the total 67 residents affected over the course of this outbreak, 56 are fully recovered and off isolation.  Sadly, we have lost 8 individuals with serious underlying health issues to Covid" said CEO Kevin O'Connell.

The utter Orwellian stupidity of masks on airplanes.  I recently traveled across the country to Hillsdale, Michigan.  My wife and I sat for five hours each way on airplanes with a mesh mask pressed across our faces.  It made the absurdity of the mask mandate we live under both clear and depressing.  The charade in which we are all forced to participate is not only totalitarian in nature, but also a big Orwellian lie.  I am sure most of the passengers on the planes were either COVID-19-vaccinated or COVID-19-recovered.  While few speak about the thousands of people who have had COVID-19 and survived, they are turning out to be an important group in the ongoing battle against the virus.  I myself am COVID-recovered after a bout with the disease a couple of months ago.  I now have natural immunity to the disease.  Forcing someone like me to wear a mask makes no scientific or health sense.  There are no studies to show that mask-wearing on an airplane can stop a respiratory viral illness.  If that were the case, we would expect pilots always to wear masks while in the cockpit.  But they don't.

Naperville Mayor Calls for Removal of Mask Mandate Amid Increase in COVID Cases.  In a recent Facebook post, the mayor of suburban Naperville says that he would support a removal of the state of Illinois' mask mandate, even as COVID cases have continued to rise in recent weeks.  Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico points to the fact that Illinois is the only state in the Midwest that still has a mask mandate on the books, while still seeing increases in COVID cases, as a reason behind moving away from the mandate.  He goes on to argue that masks have a "minimal, if any," impact on the spread of the coronavirus.

2.5 million truckers say they'll quit over vaccine mandate, industry warns Biden.  Millions of truckers are balking at President Joe Biden's workplace vaccine mandate, which would be catastrophic for the nation's supply chain problem if it is enforced, an American Trucking Associations executive told House members this week.  "We've tried to be very clear to the administration — I understand the logic behind it — but if you do this, these are the consequences," said ATA President Chris Spear.  "So if you're trying to solve the supply chain problem, you're actually compounding it and actually hurting the very problem you're trying to fix."

Not So Fast:  A Siemens Employee Brings 'The Forgotten Mandate' to the Forefront.  [N[o one should be taking a victory lap over OSHA walking back its enforcement of Joe Biden's unconstitutional vaccine mandate.  Corporations, independent of the Biden administration, can (and still are) crafting their own mandates and pushing them on their employees. [...] Biden, CDC Director Rachelle Walensky, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the legacy media have done their utmost to ignore, debunk, and remove from the conversation the natural immunity of those who have contracted COVID and recovered.  This, despite studies that have supported and affirmed the scientific basis for this.

Ron DeSantis Delivers a Must-See, Fiery Speech While Nuking COVID-19 Tyranny.  Yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared in Brandon, FL for an extremely clever troll of the Biden administration.  RedState reported on the event, which took place at Brandon Honda just to throw a little more hilarity into the mix.  But while the troll was newsworthy on its own, what DeSantis said when he addressed the crowd was incredibly important stuff, and it serves as a marker for other Republicans who continue to straddle the fence on a variety of issues (yeah, I'm looking straight at Asa Hutchinson and Mike DeWine, among others).  [Video clip]

Freedom Caucus To Pelosi:  We Will Oppose Funding Federal Government While 'Unconstitutional' Vaccine Mandates Continue.  The House Freedom Caucus formally informed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday that its members will not vote to fund the federal government while the Biden administration maintains vaccine mandates on government and private sector employees.  The conservative group wrote in a letter to the speaker that it views the coronavirus vaccine mandates as "unconstitutional" and divisive, and warned their implementation would result in mass job losses that destroy livelihoods and threaten national security.  The caucus noted as an example that "thousands of men and women in uniform are thus far choosing not to meet the recent COVID-19 vaccination requirements imposed by DoD [the Department of Defense]."

Long Island school district to separate parents by COVID vaccine status for student shows.  A Long Island school district has sparked an uproar after announcing plans to separate parents by vaccination status during upcoming student concerts, The [New York] Post has learned.  The Rockville Centre School District will have a non-socially distanced section for parents who show vaccination proof upon arrival.  They will also reserve a separate, socially-distanced area for those who are unvaccinated and others who have gotten the shot but still want some additional elbow room.  Acting District Superintendent Robert Bartels told The Post that the measure will enable administrators to effectively contact trace parents in the event of an outbreak.

A blow to the lab-leak theory:  First known COVID patient worked at Huanan seafood market, scientist concludes.  Uh, well, I guess it's ... possible that a scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology who was already infected with COVID due to a lab leak went to buy dinner at the Huanan market and infected a vendor there.  Coincidentally?  Or maybe there was no lab leak and virologists were right all along in suspecting that the virus arose naturally in the wild and made the leap from animals to humans at the market.  We'll never know, of course.  But this new study from virus "detective" Michael Worobey is notable for multiple reasons, starting with the fact that he signed the famous letter to Science magazine in May demanding that the lab-leak theory be given fresh consideration.  Until then, the idea that the pandemic might have been caused by a lab accident was taboo among scientists, effectively quashed by Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance and his cronies as the stuff of conspiracy theories.  Worobey helped break the embargo on that.  Then he went sifting through the earliest data he could find from Wuhan in December 2019 and concluded that, actually, a zoonotic transfer at the Huanan market is the likeliest explanation after all.

Austria makes vaccines mandatory for everyone and imposes full nationwide lockdown.  One of Austria's main opposition parties has warned the country 'is now a dictatorship' after the government vowed to make Covid vaccines mandatory for everyone from February next year to tackle a wave of Covid cases.  Herbert Kickl, leader of the right-wing populist FPO party, slammed Friday's announcement — which also plunged the country into full lockdown — branding it 'unconstitutional' and calling on the country's top court to intervene.  'Because the government has failed since the beginning of the pandemic, the population now has to pay for it with an unconstitutional mandatory vaccination,' he said.  'In almost two years, the government has not been able to develop effective strategies to protect the people.  'Instead it has set up new harassment week after week to curtail healthy people in their basic rights bit by bit.  And now we have reached a level with compulsory vaccination that nobody actually thought was possible.

Tennessee becomes latest state to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates as Biden's unconstitutional order continues to lose in federal court.  The governor of Tennessee became the latest to sign a measure banning Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses with more than 100 workers, even as the mandate has had tough sledding thus far in federal courts.  "Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a sweeping measure into law on Friday that will largely ban COVID-19 vaccine passports and restrict the enforcement of mask mandates across the state," The Epoch Times reported.  "The new law will take effect immediately, banning government entities, public schools, and many private businesses from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of entry, or mandating vaccines among their staff," the outlet continued.

'These are inhumane measures': Ethicist condemns 'irrational' gov't lockdowns, 'unscientific' COVID jabs.  A Catholic university professor has hit out at the global COVID shot push, detailing "broad ... violations of ethics" in rolling out the jabs, largely based on a "disproportionate and unscientific as well as irrational ... misrepresentation of science."  Speaking at the latest "Stop the Shot" conference, "The Vaccines & Children:  What are the Risks?" Dr. Stephen Sammut, professor of psychology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, (FUS) focused his attention on the ethical issues that have arisen in response to the spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent push to have children jabbed against the virus.

Australians Show Up To Parlament With A Guillotine To Protest New Bill That Give Massive Powers To Already Power-mad PM.  Large crowds gathered outside Victoria's State Parliament in Melbourne, Australia, to protest against a controversial pandemic bill on the night of November 16.  Footage [...] shows protesters outside Parliament House on Tuesday night [11/16/2021], waving Australian flags and chanting.  Other video circulating on social media showed fake gallows outside Parliament House on Monday.  [Video clip]

Health groups to companies:  Implement the OSHA vaccine rule on your own.  The American Medical Association and dozens of health care groups urged large companies Thursday to begin implementing President Biden's vaccinate-or-test mandate voluntarily, saying the U.S. cannot afford to delay while the regulation is fought in the courts.  The health care groups said coronavirus clusters have been traced to offices, retail and food settings and that broader vaccination is needed to stave off a winter COVID-19 spike.  The Occupational Health and Safety Administration, citing a court order, recently hit pause on Mr. Biden's mandate, an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that would require employers with 100 or more workers to figure out which employees are vaccinated and regularly test workers who refuse the shots as of Jan. 4.

The Smallpox Biowar — globalists prepare "perfect" scheme to cover up vaccine deaths and cancel mid-term elections by unleashing a new, deadly epidemic.  The good news is that the Biden vaccine mandate is almost certainly going to be struck down by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.  This will hand Biden a crushing defeat of his attempted agenda to mass exterminate the American people via "vaccine" bioweapons.  The bad news is that once the vaccine mandate is struck down, globalists will be forced to resort to their next devastating strategy to achieve their goals of genocide and depopulation.  It looks like their next weapon is going to be Marburg, Ebola or Smallpox.  Smallpox is the most likely choice because it is extremely contagious and almost no one has immunity against it.  Bill Gates has repeatedly warned — with a creepy grin — that America should be ready for a smallpox terrorism attack targeting US airports.  When Bill Gates warns about something like this, it's usually because globalists are planning to carry it out.

FBI investigating vials labeled 'smallpox' found in lab near Philadelphia.  The FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating "questionable vials" labeled "smallpox" and found in a freezer last night at a Merck facility outside Philadelphia, according to an alert sent to Department of Homeland Security leadership on Tuesday night [11/16/2021].  There were reportedly a total of 15 questionable vials, according to the unclassified "For Official Use Only" alert, a copy of which was obtained by Yahoo News.  Five of the vials were labeled as "smallpox" and 10 were labeled as "vaccinia."  The vials were secured immediately.  The discovery of the vials prompted a lockdown of the facility, which has since been lifted.  The FBI and CDC launched investigations, which remain ongoing.

After Court Ruling, Dept of Labor, OSHA, Drops ETS Enforcement for Workplace Vaccinations.  The Biden Department of Labor cannot win in court over their use of OSHA to force mandated vaccines.  The effort to use an OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) did not and will not survive judicial scrutiny.  The exemptions alone nullify the claims the ETS is built upon, and the courts are recognizing the brutally obvious political nature of the vaccine mandate effort.  As a result of the Fifth Circuit (New Orleans, LA) order to stay the vaccine requirement, OSHA has now announced they will not attempt to enforce the rule.

Robert Kennedy Jr Describes The Global COVID-19 Censorship Designed By Government, Big Pharma and Big Tech.  Robert Kennedy Jr. is an ally in the fight against medical tyranny and by extension he has become a warrior against the global World Economic Forum participants who are attempting to reconstruct all global finance under the auspices of COVID-19 regulation.  In this brief video Robert Kennedy Jr delivers a big truth.  [Video clip]

Waterford Ireland, The Most Vaccinated Place On Earth, 99%, Is Seeing A Massive COVID Outbreak, Sky News Acts Dumb To Why.  Waterford, in south-eastern Ireland, epitomises the country's coronavirus conundrum.  Why is there a surge in COVID-19 cases in a nation where around 92% of all adults are fully vaccinated?  A massive 99.5% of adults over the age of 18 in Co Waterford are double-jabbed.  That's thought to be one of the highest rates of any region anywhere in the world.  Listen as Sky News tries to figure out how a place that is all vaccinated is getting so sick and missing the mark as only Steven Wonder with a crossbow can.  [Video clip]

COVID Mandates In Victoria, Australia, Have Unexpected Consequences.  If Lockdowns were an Olympic sport, Victoria, Australia would be hard to beat.  It's been described as the most locked-down place in the world under COVID-19.  Sadly, it's also become the location where a once free society now targets civil liberties.  A perfect example is Monica Smit, of Reignite Democracy Australia, who served 22 days in jail in solitary confinement after being charged with incitement.  Her crime?  Organizing a protest against lockdowns.  In the United States, our Constitution recognizes our inherent rights to free speech, a free press, and peaceable assembling to air grievances towards our government.  So, it comes as a shock when a freedom-loving country like Australia starts arresting those who want to express their grievances about lockdowns through peaceable assembly.  You might be wondering when protesting within a free society become illegal. [...] First and foremost, nowhere in the Australian Constitution is any promise or guarantee made regarding freedom of speech or protected expressions.

FDA Asks Court for 55 Years to Fully Release Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Data.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked a federal judge on Nov. 15 to give it until the year 2076 to fully release the documents in its possession tied to the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.  The FDA's request was made in a filing as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit by a medical transparency group.  The government told the court it has 329,000 pages of documents responsive to the FOIA request and proposed releasing 500 pages per month to allow for redactions of exempt material.  At that rate, the FDA would fully release the records in question in just under 55 years.  The plaintiff, Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency (PHMPT), is a group of doctors and scientists, including Harvey Risch, a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health.

Husband Is Forced To Leave His Wife's Side During Birth Because He Wouldn't Get PCR Tested First.  A horrible video makings its rounds on social media shows an expecting father being cornered by 3 police officers in his wife's hospital room to remove him shortly before she gives birth.  All this madness because the expecting father to be refused to take a PCR test.  The sounds of the wife crying in the background are haunting as the three cops chase the man behind a couch where they grab him and drag him out of the room, leaving his wife to give birth alone.  The incident happened at Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia.  [Video clip]

The Editor says...
Way to go, Einstein!

OSHA Suspends Enforcement of Vaccine Mandate After Court Block.  The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has suspended the enforcement of the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses.  The announcement came shortly after a U.S. appeals court rejected a challenge by the Biden administration on Nov. 12 and reaffirmed its decision to put on hold OSHA's mandate, which requires that businesses with 100 employees or more ensure that workers either be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4, 2022, or be tested weekly and wear a mask.  The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans stated in an opinion that OSHA's mandate is "staggeringly overbroad," and ordered it to "take no steps to implement or enforce the Mandate until further court order."

Disney's cruise line becomes the first to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 and up.  Disney Cruise Line became the first major passenger ship to require proof of a COVID-19 vaccine for passengers as young as five, sparking fury among families who say they've canceled trips over the mandate.  The entertainment giant quietly updated its vaccine requirements Wednesday, saying that guests aged five and older must be fully-vaccinated at the time of departure beginning January 13.  'As we set sail again, the health and safety of our Guests, Cast Members and Crew Members is a top priority,' Disney said on its website.  'Our focus remains on operating our ships in a responsible way that continues to create magic for all on board.'

Exemptions to the COVID-19 Vaccine.  On November 5, OSHA published its emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring private employers with over 100 employees to "develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy."  The OSHA Mandate had an exception that employers could also adopt a policy requiring employees "to undergo regular COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering at work in lieu of vaccination."  However, the employees were to bear the costs of COVID-19 testing.  OSHA predicted the costs of compliance (another term for coercion) would cause more employees to be vaccinated. [...] As stated by the Fifth Circuit, the OSHA Mandate "runs afoul from the statute from which it draws its power and, likely, violates the constitutional structure that safeguards our liberty."  This stay is still in place, despite the collective OSHA cases essentially being consolidated for consideration in the Sixth Circuit.  What does this mean?  It means the OSHA Mandate is not in effect.  (The OSHA Mandate was to be implemented on January 4, 2022 — but that is on hold as well.)  OSHA recognizes this and has "suspended all activities relating to the implementation and enforcement" of its mandate.  We previously addressed the unconstitutionality of the OSHA mandate, arguing (among other things) that OSHA ran afoul of the major questions doctrine (also known as the major rule doctrine), in that OSHA issued a major rule without clear Congressional authorization:  "Legal experts" disagreed — and Twitter was aggressive in assuring the public that the OSHA mandate was legal.

10 places that show the COVID shots have failed miserably.  At some point the COVID fascists and the injection addicts need to own the failure of their own policies.  For better or for worse, they have been successful in defeating and censoring any opposition, so it is their policies that are the ones in place — not ours.  They must therefore own the panic from the growing spread in many states and countries.  The reality is that anyone who has not had prior SARS-CoV-2 infection is "unvaccinated."  There is no vaccine for this virus, and the therapeutic that is fraudulently being marketed as such has clearly made the virus worse than last year, even though most adults have taken it and despite half the population already having had the virus.  As bad as the results from the so-called vaccine are, just remember the efficacy is even worse than you think.  When outcomes (cases, hospitalizations, deaths) are subject to reporting delays but vaccination rates are not, the inevitable result is an overstating of vaccine efficacy.  What this means is that much of what we think of as waning efficacy may actually just be poor efficacy from the get-go.

Norfolk doctor sues Sentara over ban on administering ivermectin, other medicines to COVID-19 patients.  A Norfolk doctor who believes COVID-19 patients at Sentara hospitals are dying unnecessarily because the healthcare system has banned the use of certain medicines on them has filed a lawsuit seeking to end the prohibition.  Dr. Paul Marik, a critical care specialist who gained international attention in 2017 for an unconventional sepsis treatment he came up with, filed his injunction request last week in Norfolk Circuit Court.  Marik argues Sentara Healthcare is endangering the lives of its COVID patients by preventing doctors from using a treatment protocol developed by him and several other critical care specialists across the country.  The treatment plan is known as the MATH + protocol.  Among the medications included in it is ivermectin, a drug commonly used to treat and prevent parasites in livestock, but has also been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat people with conditions caused by parasitic worms, as well as topically for skin problems like head lice and rosacea.

All fifty Senate Republicans launch bid to strike down Biden's sweeping vaccine mandate on private companies with official Congressional challenge to the executive branch.  All fifty Senate Republicans are launching a formal challenge to President Biden's vaccine requirement for private businesses, as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) order is being challenged in court.  Indiana Sen. Mike Braun leads his 49 GOP colleagues in filing a resolution of disapproval against Biden's order that all companies with over 100 employees must require vaccines or weekly Covid-19 testing.  The disapproval resolution is guaranteed a floor vote, which Braun says he will set for early December.  The resolution is filibuster-proof, meaning it needs only pass by a simple majority.  If one Democrat signs on, the resolution would then need to be approved by the House.

Alarm grows as mortuaries fill with thousands of extra non-Covid deaths.  Nearly 10,000 more people than usual have died in the past four months from non-Covid reasons, as experts called for an urgent government inquiry into whether the deaths were preventable.  Fears are growing that NHS delays at the height of the pandemic left large numbers of people with previously treatable conditions suffering illnesses that have now become fatal.  Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that England and Wales registered 20,823 more deaths than the five-year average in the past 18 weeks.  Only 11,531 deaths involved Covid.  It means that 9,292 deaths — 45 percent — were not linked to the pandemic.

Biden administration wants to manufacture a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses a year.  The Biden administration is making billions of dollars available to drugmakers to scale up domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines in the hopes of building capacity to produce an additional 1 billion shots per year to share with the world.  Money for the plan has been set aside from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that Congress passed in March.  Under the new initiative, the Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority is soliciting pharmaceutical companies that have demonstrated the ability to make the more-effective mRNA vaccines to bid for government investment in scaling up their manufacturing abilities.

Following the science?  COVID research undermines mandates, cancel campaigns against doctors.  Evolving research on COVID-19 interventions calls into question whether bureaucrats, administrators and licensing boards are "following the science" by mandating vaccines and masks and threatening medical professionals for challenging pandemic orthodoxy.  The most recent cancellation involves the first large, integrated health system to impose a COVID vaccine mandate on employees taking the unusual step of publicly trashing an affiliated doctor last week.  Houston Methodist's action shortly followed a cancellation campaign against Mary Bowden by the Federation of State Medical Boards.  The hospital suspended Bowden's admitting privileges for sharing "dangerous misinformation" on social media — namely, her opposition to COVID vaccine mandates and qualified promotion of ivermectin as treatment.  It also implied she may have lied about her vaccination status.

Lee Presses Mayorkas:  What's Going to Happen to Border When Agents Get Fired Over the Vaccine Mandate?  Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday over the impact of President Biden's vaccine mandate on federal employees.  What will happen if thousands of the 16,000-17,000 Border Patrol agents at the southern border are sidelined over their vaccination status, he wondered.  "This ties back to your desire to give yourself an A for effort on dealing with workforce issues," Lee said.  "But what happens when you've got potentially thousands of those, a pretty large percentage, who might soon become ineligible to work based on their vaccination status?  Does that hurt or help the operational control of the border?"  While touting the "tremendous uptick" in the percentage of agents who are getting vaccinated, Mayorkas could only "hope that does not materialize."

OSHA has 'suspended activities' related to Biden's vaccine mandate.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has "suspended" work on President Biden's vaccine mandate after a federal appeals court hit pause on rules that would force companies with 100 more employees to require COVID-19 shots or regular testing.  OSHA pointed to the stay from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit but said the court fight over the regulation, known as an emergency temporary standard, isn't over.  "The court ordered that OSHA 'take no steps to implement or enforce' the ETS until further court order," the notice on its website says.  "While OSHA remains confident in its authority to protect workers in emergencies, OSHA has suspended activities related to the implementation and enforcement of the ETS pending future developments in the litigation."

Reap what you sow?  Doctors dropping like flies in deaths described as "died unexpectedly" and "died suddenly" since mid-October.  The American Medical Association reported that 96% of U.S. doctors were vaccinated in June.  Even with a 20-point error margin, accounting for saline/placebo shots and exemptions, a vast majority of doctors have received the shots.  It's only fair since doctors peddle the injections to their unwitting, credulous fanatics who worship the white coats.  Vaccines are the leading cause of coincidences.  We all know that.  But you can literally search keywords like "died suddenly" and "died unexpectedly" in Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc. and find endless stories like the following.  Booster shots commenced on September 22.  That could also be a coincidence.  But all of the following doctors died on October 13 or later.  We could literally include 100 doctors in this story if time permitted.  All of these happened in the last four weeks.  The youngest is 32.  The oldest is 59.

Sharyl Attkisson:  Vax Mandates Are the New World Order's Declaration of War.  Former CNN investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson claims that the vaccine mandates being imposed by government's worldwide are a declaration of war by the 'New World Order.'  In a Full Measure report, Attkisson described the resulting "debate over freedom, science and government control," which is creating a sharp divide across America.  "Covid-19 vaccine mandates have set up the ultimate showdown," Attkisson said. "... Already, there are mass firings, resignations and lawsuits.  Now, a national mandate is on the way.  Never before has the federal government mandated vaccination for such a large segment of society."

Austrian Police Begin Hunting for Unvaccinated Citizens.  After the government locked unvaccinated people in their homes, video out of Austria now shows police literally hunting the streets looking for unvaccinated people to arrest.  In a move that was confirmed over the weekend, the Austrian government have now imposed a lockdown that only affects the unvaxxed, meaning they can only leave their homes for "essential reasons."  Summit.news reports:  These measures, which are the first of their kind in the world, impact the roughly 35 percent of Austrians who haven't had both doses of the vaccine.  The new rules were introduced as a result of a COVID spike and soaring ICU patients (because the vaccine works so well).

Lies, Half-Truths, and Misinformation [are being] Used to Sell the Covid Jab.  In the spring of this year, Jill Biden on behalf of the administration stated unequivocally:  "The vaccine is safe and effective, and it saves lives."  A post-election message that Anthony Fauci, the CDC and the pharmaceutical companies had been touting since November of 2020.  How safe are the vaccines?
  •   Recently six European countries have suspended or terminated the use of the Moderna vaccine for the younger population (30 and under).  Reports of heart issues such as myocarditis and pericarditis in an extraordinarily high percentage of this age group prompted this action.
  •   Taiwan has suspended the Pfizer vaccine for younger people stating that per stats from America the risk of youths experiencing myocarditis after receiving a second dose of the vaccines is ten times higher than after the first dose.
  •   Throughout the United States a strange phenomenon is happening the nation's hospitals.  Emergency rooms are swamped, not with people with Covid, but with patients suffering from respiratory conditions, blood clots and heart conditions.  Symptoms that are per Dr. Robert Malone the most common and underreported serious side-effects of the vaccines.
  •   Per Dr. Peter McCullough, a world renowned cardiologist and epidemiologist, said that heart inflammation cases have increased by 5000% in 4 months, mainly affecting young men.  In June 2021, the CDC reported 200 cases of myocarditis; by October, 10,304 cases had been reported and perhaps additional unreported cases nearly that high.
  •   Excess deaths primarily due to respiratory, autoimmune and heart issues (not due to covid) are 20-50% higher for the summer and fall of 2021 as compared to the five-year average in the same calendar period for those countries with a high percentage of the population vaccinated for Covid-19.  A coincidence?
Yet the Biden regime and their co-conspirators in the pharmaceutical companies continue to push not only for vaccine mandates but the vaccination of children as young as five.

COVID-19 cases in New York state hit 7-month high.  New York is battling its worst COVID-19 outbreak since spring as the number of reported cases jumped to a fresh seven-month high.  Despite a high vaccination rate, the state's seven-day average of positive cases is up to 5,438, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.  That's the worst it's been since April 22, when a spring surge was dying down and the vaccination drive was just getting into high gear.  Worse still, the number of cases in the Empire State has risen by a third in the past week alone, suggesting the resurgent pandemic will continue to spread in coming days and weeks.

If you think this will be the last re-definition, you're not paying attention.
Dr. Fauci says he believes the definition of fully vaccinated will change to include having had a third shot.  The nation's top infectious disease expert says he believes the definition of being 'fully vaccinated' against COVID-19 in the U.S. could change to include booster shots.  Currently, any American who has received both shots of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, is considered fully vaccinated.  But Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said this may need to change to include extra doses.

Herd Immunity Against COVID-19 'May Not Be Possible': CDC.  Herd immunity against the virus that causes COVID-19 may be impossible to reach, a federal health official said in little-noticed remarks earlier this month.  "We would discourage a strict goal of a threshold where we think if we reach that, that community transmission will then cease," Dr. Jefferson Jones, a medical officer on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 Epidemiology Task Force told a panel of the agency's vaccine advisers.  "I think thinking that we will be able to achieve some kind of threshold where there'll be no more transmission of infections may not be possible," Jones said.  Herd immunity, or community immunity, refers to a situation where a certain percentage of a population has immunity against an infectious disease.  Immunity can come from vaccination or prior illness.  When the percentage is reached, the collective immunity offers some protection to people without immunity because "the disease has little opportunity to spread within the community," according to the CDC.

Conservative-Majority Court Chosen to Decide on Biden's Private Employer Vaccine Mandate.  An appeals court dominated by Republican-nominated judges was chosen at random Tuesday to deal with the flurry of lawsuits against the Biden administration's private business COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was the winner of a lottery that was triggered by multiple appeals courts receiving challenges to the mandate, which was promulgated at the behest of President Joe Biden and would affect every business with 100 or more workers if it's allowed to take effect.  Thirty-four petitions for review, or suits, were filed against the mandate.  At least one petition was filed in every single court of appeals in the nation.  Federal law says that challenges to a rule in multiple appeals courts shall lead to a lottery, from which one court is picked.  That court then handles the cases, which are consolidated.

The "right" court will hear challenge to Biden's vaccine mandate.  As you've likely heard by now, there are a number of challenges to President Biden's vaccine mandates working their way through the courts at the moment.  Because these challenges are coming up through disparate court circuits, one of them had to be chosen to consolidate the various challenges together and hear them as a group.  Using an odd but traditional process to make the selection, the 6th Circuit Court wound up being given the honor of deciding the matter.  (At least for now.)  And how did they make that decision?  By literally pulling a ping pong ball out of a bin.  But when the Associated Press tackled the topic, more time was spent identifying the 6th Circuit as being "right-wing" and comprised of judges "nominated by Republicans" than the actual substance of the challenges.

Fauci: You're not getting rid of me until this pandemic is in the rear-view mirror.  You mean all we need to do is immunize another 30 percent or so of the population and we won't have to see him on TV every five minutes anymore?  That may be the strongest pro-vaccine pitch he's ever made.  [Video clip]  The hottest debate in COVID journalism the past few weeks has had to do with how we'll know when the pandemic is over.  Do we need cases or deaths to drop below a certain level and stay there for a certain period of time?  Should we tie "normalcy" to a particular vaccination rate?  Or is the pandemic over once a critical mass of Americans have decided that they're done with precautions of any sort according to their own personal risk tolerance?  A Johns Hopkins epidemiologist recently told WaPo when asked how we'll know when the pandemic has ended, "It doesn't end.  We just stop caring.  Or we care a lot less.  I think for most people, it just fades into the background of their lives."

Biden administration will buy 10 million courses of Pfizer's COVID pill.  The Biden administration is readying to buy 10 million courses of Pfizer's COVID-19 pill to try and finally get ahead of the ongoing pandemic in the United States, a report revealed on Tuesday [11/16/2021].  Those doses would be distributed within the country rather than allocated to other countries.  The White House is expected to make the announcement this week. [...] The White House was originally in talks to buy 5 million, but President Joe Biden doubled the order after positive clinical data was released, a federal official told the Washington Post. [...] Each course of the drug, which consists of up to 30 pills, will reportedly cost the government close to $500 per treatment — about a $5 billion purchase.

District of Columbia suspends 7 fire, EMS workers over vaccine mandate, moves to job 'termination'.  The District of Columbia has suspended the health care licenses for seven municipal fire and emergency medical services workers, following the city's mandate that they be vaccinated for COVID-19 to continue working.  The deadline for the mandate by Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, was roughly seven weeks ago, according to WTOP News.  The city will now move to put those suspended on unpaid leave pending termination, says City Administrator Kevin Donahue, the radio news outlet also reported Wednesday [11/17/2021].  He also said each of the seven refused to get the shots and made no exemption request.  The information about those suspended was included in a larger announcement by city officials about first responders and the mandate.

Covid Deaths Ratio Vaxxed to Unvaxxed 4:1.  What the BBC is not telling you is that for every "unvaccinated" Covid death there are four "vaccinated" Covid deaths.  For months we have been reporting on the higher proportion of people who sadly succumb and die with Covid after being injected with the so-called "vaccines."  Additionally, as we have frequently written, there are the vaccine-induced injuries, illnesses and deaths.  Contrary to what corporate media would have you believe, the Covid injections are neither safe nor effective.  UK Health Security Agency ("UKHSA") statistics are clear and so is the text which accompanies them.  For people who feel overwhelmed by statistics and numbers there is sufficient information if we read the words contained in the UKHSA's 'Vaccine Surveillance Report' ("VSR").  It is all hidden in plain sight and the BBC, and much of corporate media, should be, at the very least, labelled "co-conspirators" and censored for spreading misinformation and disinformation.  Prior to the launch of the Covid injection campaign there were three statistics corporate media reminded us of daily, and repeatedly: cases, hospitalisations and deaths.  Since the Covid injection campaign began reporting these statistics must have become a mine field for them.

The Lab Leak Fiasco.  [Scroll down]  In late February 2020, Slate published an article, "Where the Coronavirus Bioweapons Theory Really Came From," which stated, "It does not matter how effectively we counter conspiracies claiming evidence that the virus shows signs of being engineered.  That's because the rumors of a lab escape or a bioweapon stem from historical amnesia, a caricatured villain, and good old-fashioned racism."  As late as spring and summer of 2021 — after the media had started to moderate its anti-lab-leak stance — journalists and commentators were still making the case that the theory is an inherently racist idea.  In May, New York Times science and health reporter Apoorva Mandavilli tweeted (and later deleted): "Someday we will stop talking about the lab leak theory and maybe even admit its racist roots."  A month later, CNN medical analyst Leana Wen similarly tweeted that "speculation over the lab leak theory will increase anti-Asian hate."

Couple convicted of $20 million in COVID fraud.  We recently looked at a report showing that the new infrastructure bill is a prime target for fraud, with analysts predicting that as much as 15% of the money being made available will be illicitly taken.  The bill contains very few provisions to prevent that from happening.  Today's story out of California should serve as a reminder that the last rounds of COVID relief were similarly targeted by thieves and the problem is still ongoing.  While many of the people submitting claims for bogus Paycheck Protection loans "only" scooped up cash in the tens of thousands of dollars, one enterprising California couple has put them all to shame.  Richard Ayvazyan, 43, and Marietta Terabelian, 37, were convicted this week of collecting more than $21 million in fraudulent loans.  The judge handed down some lengthy prison time for the duo, but there's one small problem.  They have flown the coop and nobody is sure where they are right now.

Study says nearly two-thirds of vaxxed Americans will BAN un-jabbed family members during holiday gatherings.  The holiday season has long been a source of contention for many families, but this year families may be even more divided with almost two-thirds of fully jabbed Americans reportedly planning to ban their unvaccinated relatives from holiday festivities.  The November 2 study by OnePoll analyzed the responses of 2,000 U.S. residents about how the COVID-19 vaccine has influenced relationships with loved ones.  Fully vaccinated individuals accounted for 65 percent of respondents and nearly six out of 10 of those respondents had already severed ties with unvaccinated family members.

Dr. Peter McCullough: The COVID shot is a form of 'bioterrorism,' its spike protein is 'pathogenic'.  A world-class COVID-19 expert has called the experimental drugs used to prevent the coronavirus "a product of bioterrorism."  Dr. Peter McCullough made the remark during an October 27 meeting in Phoenix, Arizona in which he explained the dangers of mRNA technology used to combat COVID-19.  Of particular concern to McCullough is the mRNA jabs' ability to make the human body produce spike protein.  "Everything we have learned about the spike protein since release of the vaccines is bad, 100% bad," he lamented.  "This spike protein — in itself — is pathogenic," he continued.  "This spike protein — in itself — is lethal to some through mechanisms which are now very well accepted and understood in human medicine."  McCullough said that this lethality was not a mistake and that it is the reason for autoimmune attacks some people have experienced after accepting an mRNA vaccine.  "The spike protein is lethal to the cells [where] it's produced," he explained.  "When it is expressed on the cell surface, it invites an attack.  That's what causes these autoimmune attacks in the organs."

The Pneumo-Pathology Of The Covid Regime.  A Belgian psychologist, Mattias Desmet, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Ghent University, has proposed that what we're witnessing is a phenomenon that he refers to as "Mass Formation". What he's describing with this somewhat opaque term (in English) is a type of mass social hypnosis in which the mass of the population seems to share a "collective unconsciousness" — an obliviousness to reality and even a collective hostility to attempts to introduce them back into a relation to the real world.  There's an interview with Desmet on Youtube in which he presents his ideas, as an explantion for the strange psychological state of so many people under the Covid regime. [...] At the onset of the Covid panic he began examining the statistical modeling that was galvanizing populations around the world to accept the ensuing lockdowns.  What he soon discovered was that the modeling was utterly without basis and, in fact, was regularly falsified by real world data.  The example he cites is what happened in Sweden.  Or rather, what didn't happen in Sweden — modeled predictions for mortality in Sweden were wildly exaggerated.  They were patently false.  And yet, the rulers have continued this pattern of stirring up panic and anxiety in the populace, rather than adjusting policies to coincide with actual reality.  It was this that led Desmet to understand that something other than science was going on.

'Detox' routines won't undo Covid vaccine, experts tell anti-vaxxers.  Medical experts are speaking out against Covid-19 vaccine "detoxes" that some inaccurately claim can remove the effects of vaccinations received under mandates and other public health rulings.  In one TikTok video that has received hundreds of thousands of views, Carrie Madej, an osteopath based in Georgia, falsely claims a bath containing baking soda, epsom salts and the cleaning agent borax will "detox the vaxx" from anyone who has received a jab.  Experts say such a bath could irritate the skin and eyes — but will not remove the effects of a Covid vaccine.  In Kansas, Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control for the state university health system, told the Kansas City Star borax was "potentially caustic and harmful".

Ottawa Senators' COVID outbreak forces 3 games to be postponed.  The Ottawa Senators' next three games are on ice.  The Senators are dealing with a coronavirus outbreak on the team and the NHL announced Monday the team's next three games will be postponed as the organization gets the issue under control. [...] Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion told reporters on Sept. 22 that everyone in the organization received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine heading into the 2021-22 season.  "Everyone's vaccinated.  Everyone in the Ottawa Senators organization, as far as I know — players, staff, players in Belleville, players on AHL contracts — everyone is vaccinated," Dorion said, via CTV News.

NPR book critic Petra Mayer dies unexpectedly at age 46.  Popular NPR book critic and culture desk editor Petra Mayer has died suddenly, the radio network announced Sunday [11/14/2021].  She was 46.  The cause was an apparent pulmonary embolism, said Nancy Barnes, the network's senior vice president for news, in a staff email reported by NPR.

The Editor says...
There is no mention of how recently Ms. Mayer got her Covid "vaccination," but surely she must have got the shot(s), since she works for NPR.  Who dies suddenly at age 46?  Until this year, nobody!  This is mere speculation, but I suspect she got her (most recent) injection within the last few days.

Julio Lugo, former MLB shortstop, dead at 45.  Former MLB shortstop Julio Lugo has died after "presumably" suffering a heart attack, according to ESPN's Enrique Rojas.  He was 45.  Lugo, who grew up in Brooklyn and attended Fort Hamilton High School, would've turned 46 on Tuesday.  His 12 MLB seasons included stints with the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals.

Why The Fifth Circuit Is Likely To Rule Against The Mandate.  Karl Denninger nails this issue today.  The question arises — suppose the SCOTUS were to reverse the Fifth Circuit's stay on the Zhou regime's experimental injection mandate?  Would the Fifth Circuit feel obliged to rule in favor of the mandate?  I suspect not.  The tone of the Fifth Circuit's opinion upholding the stay was extremely hostile to the mandate, which they clearly viewed as having no reasonable basis — aside from the issue of whether OSHA even has the authority to enforce such a mandate.  This is what I've been hoping to see:  Courts willing to address the substantive issues of reasonability with regard to the entire Covid regime, and this is an excellent place to start.  The tone of the Fifth Circuit opinion suggests that their attitude is something along these lines:  We can't control what the SCOTUS may or may not do, but we can stand on principle in our own names, and that's what we intend to do.  As I said, KD nails this one.  Moreover, the data that he cites — powerful as it is — is only scratching the surface of what scientific groups will be able to bring forward against the mandate.

Unless it's extend for "just a few more weeks."
DC's indoor mask mandate to end Monday.  D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will lift the District's indoor mask mandate on Monday, she said during a briefing on Tuesday [11/16/2021].  The city will shift to risk-based guidance from D.C. Health based on current health metrics and a person's vaccination status.  "Now, I want to be very clear," Bowser said.  "This does not mean that ... everyone needs to stop wearing their mask, but it does mean that we're shifting the government's response to providing you this risk-based information and recommending layering strategies as the best way to protect yourself and the community."

But Pfizer And The Rest Of The Big Pharma Cartel Told Us Child Heart Attacks From Vaccines Were RARE....  There was recently a new massive study released showing since the start of COVID in March of 2020 until now, between 30-40 healthy children between the age of 0-17 have died of the virus.  Is the risk of myocarditis or massive heart attack worth it?  No.  [Video clip]

Brisbane, Australia has Actual Quarantine Camps for those Refusing the Jab.  If you were curious how bad it currently is in Brisbane, Australia take a look at this concentration camp that they have for those who are refusing the vaccination.  Keep in mind the prime minister recently admitted to purposely creating a two tier system in Australia to keep the vaxxed and unvaxxed divided and fighting amongst each other.  [Video clip]

The vaccinated are dropping dead in plain view as Fauci and the media admit total vax FAILURE.  It's now official:  Tony Fauci has admitted that vaccines aren't working and that vaccinated people of every age are getting sick and dying.  His exact quote from a New York Times podcast on Nov. 12th, as reported by Yahoo News:  ["]They are seeing a waning of immunity not only against infection but against hospitalization and to some extent death, which is starting to now involve all age groups.  It isn't just the elderly...  It's waning to the point that you're seeing more and more people getting breakthrough infections, and more and more of those people who are getting breakthrough infections are winding up in the hospital.["]  This is after months of claiming vaccines had "95% effectiveness" and that they were so safe and effective, everyone should be jabbed multiple times.  Suddenly that false narrative has collapsed, along with a growing list of soccer players and young sports professionals who are literally dying on sports fields across the globe.

Houston doctor suspended from hospital for spreading Covid misinformation.  A doctor was suspended by a Houston hospital for spreading misinformation about Covid-19.  Houston Methodist hospital said Dr Mary Bowden, an ear, throat, and nose specialist, spread "dangerous misinformation" about Covid and shared personal and professional opinions the hospital deemed "harmful to the community".  Bowden, a recent hire, posted several tweets stating that she was against Covid-19 vaccine mandates.  She also used Twitter to promote Ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19, despite several public health officials having warned the public not to use the anti-parasitic drug, which has uses in humans and animals, as a coronavirus treatment.

Bobby Kennedy Jr.  Drops A Truth MOAB On Social Media And Big Pharma.  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a powerful speech about the crisis humanity faces as the globalists and Big Tech oligarchs have successfully used the China Virus and online censorship to "engineer the destruction" of democracy and civil rights.  During a press conference in Switzerland on Friday, Kennedy Jr, Founder and Chairman of the Board Children's Health Defense, explained how Big Tech's coordinated efforts to censor him for "vaccine misinformation" was really a smokescreen to silence him on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry.  "When they use the term vaccine misinformation, they are using it as a euphemism for any statement that departs from official government policies and pharmaceutical industry profit-taking.  It has nothing to do with whether it is true or false.  It only has to do with what the political implications are," Kennedy Jr. said.  [Video clip]

The modelers admit reality (maybe for the first time ever).  The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation — the University of Washington modelers, Bill Gates's pets (their motto: almost as dumb as Neil Ferguson, but without the English accent, so not as good at getting publicity) has a new Covid forecast out for the winter.  They now expect almost 1 million additional deaths from the end of October through March 1.  But weren't the vaccines supposed to end the epidemic?

NYC nurses sound the alarm over 'massive' staffing shortages at hospitals amid COVID pandemic, plan protests.  With the traumas of COVID still freshly seared into their minds, New York City nurses are once again sounding the alarm that staffing shortages at local hospitals are jeopardizing the well-being of themselves and their patients.  Nurses in the Big Apple and throughout New York State are planning a series of protests starting this week to highlight what they say is a failure on the part of hospitals to staff jobs that started to become vacant after the first pandemic wave roared through the region.

White House Now Blaming Unvaccinated Children for High Inflation.  Somewhere in the upper northeast there must be an economic school or think-tank where leftist graduate students are taught how to verbalize cognitive dissonance using the same 300 words and emojis in a sequential pattern.  Two of the most visible alma maters' of this school are Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and a fellow named Brian Deese, who is now the White House National Economic Council director.  In his latest exhibition of post-graduate cognitive dissonance, [...] the primary architect of the JoeBama economic program, appears on NBC to proclaim that massive U.S. inflation is somehow connected to the fact that 5 to 11-year-old children are not yet vaccinated.  Once the children are vaccinated, some unknown and difficult to explain metamorphosis will take place amid the American workforce allowing the U.S. economy to stop inflation.

Oklahoma Bill Would Allow Employees to Sue for $1 Million Over Mandated Vaccines.  A recently introduced Oklahoma Senate bill may allow employees of government and private entities to file lawsuits against their employers for as much as $1 million over health problems associated with vaccines or other forms of medical treatment.  State Sen. Rob Standridge, a Republican, said in a statement that Oklahoma employees would be able to sue their employers over medical issues connected to operations or treatment as a condition for employment.  "If an employee is required to receive the vaccine or some other medical treatment as a condition of employment and it causes that person harm, our citizens need to know they'll have some recourse that will provide them with meaningful relief," he said.  "That's what my legislation will do."  The legislation, Senate Bill 1106, allows a worker to also bring a claim if the "employer knowingly required the vaccination or treatment without confirming its safety based on publicly available medical testing and documentation," the statement continued.

Australian Actress Has Stroke After Vaccine, Has Part Of Her Brain Removed, Still Says She Supports Mass Vaccination.  The husband of an Australian actress who suffered a stroke after having a COVID-19 vaccination remains fiercely supportive of the jab and is making great progress in her recovery after facing a fight for her life.  Melle Stewart, 40, is learning to walk and talk again following a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.  She had to have part of her brain removed and spent weeks in intensive care on a ventilator in hospital — but is now in rehabilitation and improving well, her husband said.  [Video clip]

The Phrase "Died Suddenly" Sharply Trends Upward Following Vaccine Rollout.  Internet users have unearthed a disconcerting trend that appears to show a rise in sudden deaths correlating with the Covid-19 vaccination effort.  Evidently, the term "died suddenly" has seen a rise in popularity in recent months, which could be attributed to users researching the term, or the term being more widely used on web pages.  [Tweet]  The disturbing trend can be observed by using Google's news search and Trends tool, which allows internet users to see the popularity of web searches and terms.  [Tweet]

No guts.
Glenn Youngkin:  I won't stop local governments that want to impose COVID mandates.  With this, the governor-elect will challenge the land-speed record for traveling from populist hero to RINO sellout.  But he's being consistent.  When he says he doesn't support mandates, he means mandates of both the Democratic and Republican varieties.  He won't order masking or vaccination from the governor's office but he also won't order local governments not to issue their own orders to that effect.  He's not Gavin Newsom or Gretchen Whitmer but he's not Greg Abbott or Ron DeSantis either.

How COVID Lockdowns Handed Global Warming Extremists The Tools To Crush Freedom.  The Glasgow Climate Conference wrapped Friday [11/12/2021] with so much progress:  There was a "joint pledge" by President Joe Biden and an indifferent Chinese dictator to slow down the changing climate sometime in the next decade or so; there was a call from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to "get on and do it," whatever that means; there was even a column from The New York Times' Tom Friedman on how, after seeing all the protests and listening to all the leaders, he's feeling "very energized, and very afraid."  It was great.  Refreshing, really.  I loved it.  Why?  Because it felt like a return to normalcy:  A few thousand completely clueless, feckless old men flying from all over the planet to babble on about saving the world and maybe even catch a quick nap during the most boring of the mostly boring speeches.  There was excitement, too!  They pulled out all the stops:  Creepy 20-foot puppet shows, sobbing children completely convinced they're going to die unless every adult on the planet stops what they're doing and listens to their teenaged opinions, drum circles, even Peruvian flutes.  It felt vintage; as if from a simpler time.  But there's a major problem:  While it might have felt like a return to normalcy, it wasn't.  We're not going back to normal — at least not without a hard and vicious fight.

The otherization of unvaccinated people is proceeding quickly.  In America, a medical ethicist says it's fine for primary care practitioners to refuse to treat unvaccinated people.  In France, older people who don't get their boosters will be denied access to amenities.  And in Austria, unvaccinated people will be confined to house arrest.  For a disease with a minimal mortality rate for healthy people under 60, the race to otherize them continues unabated. [...] You'd think all the rules that applied to AIDS would apply here: doctors must take all comers, nobody gets judged for being sick, and a patient's health status is private.  But no.  COVID is the new AIDS, only worse.  If you're not vaccinated (never mind the vaccines' apparently limited usefulness), you have become a pariah. [...] Again, and I can't emphasize this often enough, all this punitive action is in response to a disease that has, on average, a 99% survival rate.  We have become a world of extraordinary cowards, so isolated from risk that even a statistically minor risk turns us into quivering masses of fear who will hand over every vestige of liberty to people who have proven, over the last almost two years, incapable of keeping us safe.

All Of A Sudden The CDC Has Stopped Talking About Herd Immunity.  In case you haven't noticed, the CDC no longer looks as concerned with herd immunity as it once did.  In what should come as no surprise to anyone watching the Covid related narrative closely (or those who have been watching the herd immunity narrative from the get-go), the CDC has "set aside herd immunity as a national goal," according to a new report from the LA Times.  What used to be a relatively simple concept has now turned into something "very complicated", according to Dr. Jefferson Jones, a medical officer on the CDC's COVID-19 Epidemiology Task Force.  "Thinking that we'll be able to achieve some kind of threshold where there'll be no more transmission of infections may not be possible," he said to a panel that advises the CDC last week.  While Jones says vaccines are effective against Covid, "even if vaccination were universal, the coronavirus would probably continue to spread," the report says.  Ergo, herd immunity seems to now be off the table.

New Study Out Of Sweden Shows Covid Spike Protein From Vaccines Dramatically Impairs Cell DNA Damage Repair.  Scientists from two major Swedish universities recently released a worrisome paper that used a series of complex scientific techniques to look for the full-length coronavirus spike protein (the one the mRNA and DNA/AAV vaccines cause your body to produce) inside the nucleus of our cells.  As you probably know, the spike protein is the mechanism that the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) uses to attach itself to the cell.  Once it is attached, the virus can then infect it with its genetic code and replicate its code using the cell's ability to produce copies.  In other words, SARS-CoV-2 enters the host cells and spreads infections.  The body's defenses are immediately alerted and they are trying to fight off the virus.  [Video clip]

Epic Fail:  COVID 'Vaccines' Do Not Impact Infection Rates.  Considering the scale of the mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19, if the shots were working as advertised, we'd have vaccine-induced herd immunity already.  As of October 28, 2021, 6.94 billion doses of COVID-19 jabs had been administered, equating to 49% of the world population having received at least one dose.  Add to that the fact that we have widespread natural immunity, and COVID-19 really ought to be a non-issue at this point.  Rarely does a pandemic last more than 18 months.  Still, COVID-19 allegedly persists.  Clearly, the mass injection effort isn't working.  A study published in the European Journal of Epidemiology at the end of September 2021 confirms this, showing that increases in COVID-19 cases (i.e., positive cases based on PCR testing) are completely unrelated to levels of vaccination in 68 countries worldwide.  Ditto for 2,947 counties in the U.S.

Why aren't we celebrating the naturally immune?  At the beginning of this pandemic, I heard the term herd immunity a lot.  Scientists and news anchors used to theorize about what percentage of society would have to come in contact with the virus in order to obtain herd immunity.  We know that 40 million people have tested positive for COVID in the United States.  With the original strain of the virus, it seemed to be widely agreed upon that for every person who knowingly had COVID, two more were likely exposed and not tested.  According to that theory, at least 120 million Americans would be considered to have natural immunity today.  This metric was born before the allegedly more infectious Delta variant came on the scene.  So theoretically, the total number of those exposed to the virus at this point could prove exponentially higher.  The question I have that is absolutely ignored by main-stream media and government-run health organizations, is why natural immunity is not a part of the current conversation?  Dr. Peter McCullough, a widely published American cardiologist and a tireless advocate for truth, maintains that immunity from a previous COVID infection is robust, complete, and durable.  He is by no means alone.  Dr.

Pfizer Vaccine Trial Had Major Flaws, Whistleblower Tells Peer-Reviewed Journal.  A whistleblower involved in Pfizer's pivotal phase III Covid-19 vaccine trial has leaked evidence to a notable peer-reviewed medical publication that poor practices at the contract research company she worked for raise questions about data integrity and regulatory oversight.  Brook Jackson, a now-fired regional director at Ventavia Research Group, revealed to The BMJ that vaccine trials at several sites in Texas last year had major problems — including falsified data, broke fundamental rules, and were 'slow' to report adverse reactions.

Covid Agenda is a Satanic Action Against God.  The safety and effectiveness of individual vaccines is determined after a period of experimentation that normally lasts for several years.  In this case, the health authorities have decided to carry out experimentation on the entire world population, as an exception to the usual practice of the scientific community, international standards, and the laws of individual nations.  This means that the entire population finds itself in the condition of being susceptible to suffering the adverse effects of the vaccine, at their own risk, when normally experimentation is done on a voluntary basis and carried out on a limited number of subjects, who are paid to undergo it.  I think it is clear that this is an experimental drug that has not been approved,[3]but only authorized for administration by the bodies in charge; just as I think it is evident that there are medical treatments without adverse side-effects, even though they have been systematically boycotted by the Health Institutions — WHO, CDC, EMA — and by mainstream media.

Moog Walkout Oct. 25, 2021.  Elma, New York:  Temporary walkout of Moog workers protesting nefarious mandates.  Hundreds gathered in support.  [Video clip]

Was the Pandemic Planned?  [Scroll down]  It seems highly unlikely that these multi-billions of dollars and extraordinary worldwide plans could have been consummated without a guarantee that a pandemic was coming soon.  Is it coincidence that the investments mushroomed in less than a year after 2015 scientific paper demonstrating that the U.S. and China were creating SARS-CoV pathogens in their labs with Fauci's funding and repeated support?  Would they have bet so much time, energy, and wealth on the mere chance or hope of the virus accidentally escaping from a lab?  Whatever global predators were anticipating, the Chinese Communists released SARS-CoV-2, temporarily hid the growing pandemic, and then consciously spread it throughout the world on routine passenger flights while they closed down their own domestic traffic.  They did so at the very moment that a revival in America First patriotism was threatening and even reversing the growing dominance of the Chinese Communists and their global predator entourage.  In addition, in our book we document multiple instances of global predators announcing with an uncanny degree of certainty that a pandemic was on its way and, in the case of Fauci, stating it would occur during Donald Trump's presidency.

Florida Gov. DeSantis: 'We Chose Freedom Over Fauci-ism, and We're Better Off for It'.  Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered a blistering critique of President Joe Biden and his authoritarian policies, warning Americans they need to fight against the radical left to preserve our freedom.  Speaking to roughly 800 supporters of The Heritage Foundation and its grassroots partner, Heritage Action for America, DeSantis took aim at Biden's recently announced COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)  The emergency rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires employers with 100 or more employees to make sure that those workers get the COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing.  "If the federal government can get away with this, they're going to be able to get away with a lot more," DeSantis, a Republican, warned in his Thursday speech.  "Next year, maybe it's something you care about, or two years from now.  It's important that we take a stand, and it's important that we say, 'No, no mandates, no restrictions.  We're not going to let you take away our freedom.'"

Austria To Put The Unvaccianted Into Strict Lockdowns As Cases Surge To Record Highs Even With 65% Vaxxed.  The Austrian government is meeting over the weekend with the intent of imposing a nationwide lockdown on unvaccinated citizens, and at least two provinces are slated to be under such orders starting Monday [11/15/2021].  Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday that he and regional leaders would get together on Sunday to discuss the plans, and that "The aim is very clear: that we give the green light this Sunday for a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated," the Associated Press reported.  Regardless of whether the federal government approves the lockdown for the unvaccinated to apply to the entire country, unvaccinated residents in the provinces of Upper Austria and Salzburg will be under lockdown beginning Monday and will only be allowed to leave their homes for necessities such as buying groceries or going to doctor's appointments.  [Video clip]

Michigan District Closes Schools Because Of Adverse Reactions To Boosters.  A Michigan township said schools would be closed on Monday after several staff members had a "negative reaction" to the COVID-19 booster shot.  Saginaw Township Community Schools posted an announcement on the homepage of its website, noting that, due to being understaffed, schools in its district would be closed on Monday, affecting after-school programs and child care.  "A large number of our staff had a negative reaction to the COVID booster shot given at a voluntary clinic over the weekend," the notice said.  "There is a substitute teacher/staff shortage throughout the state, further complicating the availability to cover those absences."  [Video clip]

Healthy Young Woman Now FIghting for her life After getting the Covid Jab.  A healthy young woman was pressured into getting the covid jab and now she is fighting for her life.  Think again before pressuring someone into getting the covid jab.  The CDC is not counting breakthrough cases becuase they're more prevalent than not  [Video clip].

Governor Kate Brown
These People are Not Stable.  Oregon Governor Kate Brown recently dropped all reading, writing and math proficiency standards for high school graduation, because she claimed it was unfair to "people of color" for them to have to pass tests in order to graduate.  Expecting black, brown and latino students to comprehend math and write in coherent sentences is racist — or so goes the policy.  Governor Brown also mandated that masks continue be worn indoors and outside regardless of vaccine status.  Historically, there has been a solid argument that leftism is a mental disorder; at least the vast majority of those who espouse leftist worldviews do indeed appear to have some cognitive impairment the vast majority of non-leftist people do not relate to.  Slowly, as the years have progressed, it is now entirely possible to look at a person and predict their political persuasion.  This is Oregon Governor Kate Brown today:  [Photo]


Why are COVID Cases Spiking?  Again...  [Scroll down]  If a 40-bed ICU only has staff to safely care for 20 patients, and has a census of 19, they are reported to be full, with only one available bed, ignoring the fact that half of beds that cannot be used due to insufficient staff.  This latter nuance is never reported, only that ICUs are bursting at the seams.  Instead the news reports, "95 percent of ICU beds filled" without clarifying whether these are physical beds or staffed beds.  If a restaurant only has staff to serve half its tables or is running at reduced capacity due to social distancing requirements, they may be "fully booked," but when you dine there, you might see many empty tables.  Hospital staffing may be an issue.  More than 100 million Americans are out of the workforce and this includes health care workers.  Some are burnt out after a hellacious two years on the COVID front lines.  Others have reprioritized their lives and activities, choosing to work remotely or in a less stressful environment.  Still others are resisting vaccine mandates for health care workers, many of whom had already caught COVID in their jobs and thus, had natural immunity.

The Unvaccinated:  An Inconvenient Control Group in a Sinister Social Experiment.  Back when the experts didn't know if the new vaccines would even be "effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infections," the government, media, corporations, and public health intelligentsia still relentlessly pushed the stuff on Americans while proclaiming that they were 90-percent effective, and Dr. Anthony Fauci openly presumed that we'd "really need for 75-to-85-percent of the population to get vaccinated to achieve herd immunity." [...] Yet we now know what was unknown then, even as they pushed for four-in-five Americans' becoming vaccinated, and that is that the vaccines are not at all effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infections.  That's right.  Get the vaccine, or don't get the vaccine, and you can still get symptomatic infections while presenting the risk of infection to others. [...] Let's take a moment to appraise two very simple facts.  First, the vast majority of those who are yet to be vaccinated are young and healthy people, and who very often would have been at little risk of harm from COVID in the first place.  Second, since four-in-five American adults are "fully-vaccinated," the believability of the story about outbreaks of COVID stemming only from the one-in-five who are unvaccinated is waning fast, even among the most gullible of Fauci's flock.

The Ten Stages of Genocide Are Hitting a Little Too Close to Home.  [Stage 2] Symbolization:  Governments start forcing "unclean" people to wear symbolic articles of clothing, so they clearly stand out from everyone else. [...] What about those companies and government administrators who aren't quite ready to admit they've gone full Josef Mengele in the name of "science"?  They have an easy solution:  those who refuse to "vaccinate" must wear face masks until they do, even though numerous studies have proved that ordinary cloth masks do next to nothing to prevent the spread of disease and even though numerous studies have proved that the "vaccinated" still carry a viral load equal to or greater than those who have refused experimental treatment.  As with everything that governments have done to use this "health emergency" for their own authoritarian "Great Reset" goals, the mask has nothing to do with health.  It is, however, an effective symbol pushed by governments to publicly ostracize those who refuse to obey.  And in those jurisdictions that have already gone back to universal masking regardless of "vaccination" status, those who refuse to play "mask theater" make themselves all the easier for governments to isolate and target.

COVID vaccines:  A warning from the grave.  The wrath of the cancel culture awaits if you question not only the efficacy of COVID (i.e.  China Virus) vaccines, but whether or not you can be forced to take one.  Trying to find accurate data online is like pulling teeth; every website or article that tells you about potential side effects and alleged deaths from the vaccines spawns multiple sites that decry the writers and researchers as "anti-vaxxers" posting "misinformation." [...] Since the Democrats are the pre-eminent masters of misinformation, it's logical to believe that the questions, doubts, and statistics from so-called "anti-vaxxers" are, in fact, well worth addressing.  This perspective is strengthened when your personal experience is contrary to what the tyrants and their media allies constantly tell you.  I had very negative side effects after my second Moderna shot, to the point where I not only regret my decision to get the vaccine, but will never consider getting a so-called booster shot.  Far worse than my negative experience was the inexplicable death of a former coworker, a seemingly healthy and successful young man who died in his sleep a couple of days after getting the shot.  No "co-morbidities" were in play, so the only logical conclusion is that the vaccine killed him.

Catherine Austin Fitts' approach for dealing with vaccine mandates.  My longtime friend and colleague, Catherine Austin Fitts, who founded and heads up a marvelous and essential organization, Solari (solari.com), has suggested an approach to dealing with vaccine mandates.  This is an individual strategy, and it's much more.  It could open a wide legal and financial doorway for every person who wants to exercise free choice when it comes to COVID vaccination.  Quoting from our email exchange, this is what Catherine wrote:  "My approach would be to demand from the [company or agency mandating the vaccine] to specify who is legally liable, the employer or the vaccine maker or both, and how that relates to my health insurance, my disability insurance and my life insurance as well as workman's comp.  I would always work the money angle."  "I would file a case to demand FDA give clear guidance for employers for the informed consent required to explain who has liability for adverse events and related immunosuppression and toxicity and death, in terms of [vaccine] manufacturer, health care person administering the injection, employer, health care insurance, workman's compensation, disability insurance, job protection and benefits, life insurance."  I see Catherine's approach as a method of getting many players to lay their cards on the table.

The Spiritual, Physical, and Financial Harm of Secret Covid-19 Injection Ingredients with Dr. Sherri Tenpenny.  I'm delighted to have Dr. Sherri Tenpenny back on the Solari Report for the latest update on the experimental injections.  Since January 2020, Dr. Tenpenny has been on a mission to educate as many people as possible about Covid-19 and the risks of a "vaccine" that is being presented as the solution to the "crisis."  Dr Tenpenny's new book covers 20 mechanisms through which these injections may injure people.  Months after the first injections have been administered, we still don't know exactly what's in them — and it appears that the recipe may be changing! While this is happening, bank stocks are flying.  There is growing concern about the implementation in the next few months of a total control system ("passports") targeting work, spatial movement, and finance.  It is imperative to understand the physical dangers of these experimental injections and how they may relate to the central bankers' push for total control.

This was published six months ago, but I just discovered it today:
What is the California Health Care Foundation?  Why Do They Push mRNA Injections on the Elderly and the Sick.  On 27 January 2021, Judith Graham was credited with writing an article pushing the experimental Covid vaccines — the mRNA concoctions from both Pfizer and Moderna.  Titled, "If I Have Cancer, Dementia or MS, Should I Get the Covid Vaccine?" the piece is supposedly serious, but reads like a comedy sketch or string of jokes, which expose the ills of allopathic medicine.  Consistent with the title, Ms. Graham crafts the article to encourage people to take the shots — even those who:  (a) are ill with cancer; (b) taking chemotherapy; (c) suffering dementia or other neurodegenerative diseases; or even (d) have an autoimmune disease or multiple sclerosis (which is actually due to a deficiency of vitamin D3).  And rest assured, throughout her piece, Graham insists that being older and having limited life expectancy is a greater cause to get the shots — now.  Graham begins by telling her readers that mainstream allopaths advocate injecting the elderly with these mRNA experiments.

New Study Confirms: The COVID Shot Spike Protein is Dangerous.  An explosive new study by researchers at the prestigious Salk Institute casts doubt on the current crop of gene-based vaccines that may pose a grave risk to public health.  The article, which is titled "The novel coronavirus' spike protein plays an additional key role in illness", shows that SARS-CoV-2's "distinctive 'spike' protein" ... "damages cells, confirming COVID-19 as a primarily vascular disease."  While the paper focuses strictly on Covid-related issues, it unavoidably raises questions about the new vaccines that contain billions of spike proteins that could greatly increase the chances of severe illness or death.  Now there is solid evidence that:
  [#1]   Covid-19 is primarily a disease of the vascular system (The vascular system, also called the circulatory system, is made up of the vessels that carry blood and lymph through the body.) and not the respiratory system.
  [#2]   The main culprit is the spike protein.  (Spike protein — "a glycoprotein that protrudes from the envelope of some viruses" Merriam-Webster  "Like a key in a lock, these spike proteins fuse to receptors on the surface of cells, allowing the virus's genetic code to invade the host cell, take over its machinery and replicate."  Bruce Lieberman)
If Covid-19 is primarily a vascular disease and if the main instrument of physical damage is the spike protein, then why are we injecting people with billions of spike proteins?

Biden's Moribund Vaccine Mandate.  The Biden administration will inevitably ask the Supreme Court to review last Friday's decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to halt its vaccine mandate.  The effort is likely to be futile, however.  Writing for the appeals court, Judge Kurt Engelhardt confidently predicted that the mandate's challengers "are likely to succeed on the merits" under judicial review.  Engelhardt took particular exception to the attempt to impose the mandate through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), pointing out that the Constitution's Commerce Clause and the nondelegation doctrine preclude OSHA from making such "sweeping pronouncements on matters of public health affecting every member of society in the profoundest of ways."  The decision also declared the mandate "fatally flawed on its own terms," emphasizing that it purports to "save employees with 99 or more coworkers from a 'grave danger' in the workplace, while making no attempt to shield employees with 98 or fewer coworkers from the very same threat."

DOJ says it will 'vigorously defend' Biden OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate in court.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) says it will "vigorously defend" the guidelines laid out by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which seek to enforce vaccine requirements on all businesses with 100 employees or more by Jan. 4, 2022.  Following the Friday [11/12/2021] decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a stay on the OSHA order a DOJ spokesperson said the Biden administration would fight back.  "This decision is just the beginning of the process for review of this important OSHA standard," a spokesperson told Fox News.  "The Department will continue to vigorously defend the standard and looks forward to obtaining a definitive resolution following consolidation of all of the pending cases for further review."

Letter to a Colluder:  Stop Enabling Tyranny.  [S]top enforcing totalitarian measures against your neighbors on behalf of the tyrants, who wouldn't hesitate to annihilate you.  Stop planning, directing, supervising, controlling, and performing their dirty work.  Become part of the resistance instead of an enabler of democidal despots.  Whether you are a law enforcement officer, public health official, psychologist, scientist, medical professional, educator, employer, censor, propagandist, or any other agent of complicity in this war against the people, you are what makes dictatorships possible.  You are what makes enslavement possible.  You are what makes genocide possible.  You are what makes the Biggest Lie in history possible. [...] You may not be one of the physicians violating the Hippocratic Oath and Nuremberg Code as you deny potentially life-saving medications, deploy murderous injections, administer lethal drugs such as Remdesivir, inflict ventilator-associated lung injuries, apply high-risk interventions like intubation, gang-inject patients, coerce pregnant mothers into risking miscarriage, refuse to treat non-GMO humans, and contemplate prioritizing ICU beds for the injected.  You may not be one of the nurses flouting the nursing code of ethics while pinning down screaming children as you plunge in the poison death jab.  You may not be one of the daycare employees torturing toddlers into wearing a mask. [...] You don't have to be any of those abominable scoundrels to be an enabler of tyranny.  You simply need to hold your tongue.  You simply need to look the other way.  You simply need to turn a deaf ear.  You simply need to stifle your gut feeling that something is profoundly, irrevocably wrong about every venomous lie, absurd policy, and malignant mandate that has bombarded the public since spring 2020.  You simply need to live in fear.  You simply need to cling to your ignorance.  You simply need to follow the leader.  You simply need to surrender to cowardice.

CDC: No Record of Naturally Immune Transmitting COVID-19.  The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says it has no record of people who are naturally immune transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19.  The federal health agency was asked during the fall by a lawyer on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network for documents "reflecting any documented case of an individual who:  (1) never received a COVID-19 vaccine; (2) was infected with COVID-19 once, recovered, and then later became infected again; and (3) transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to another person when reinfected."  SARS-CoV-2 is another name for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19.  Persons who recover from COVID-19 are also known as naturally immune.  In a response dated Nov. 5 and made public this week, the CDC said it does not have any documents pertaining to the request.  The CDC confirmed to The Epoch Times that its Emergency Operations Center did not find any records responsive to the request.

Fifth Circuit Slams Zhou Regime's Mandate.  While much of the attention of the nation remains on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, there is good news from the frontline of the battle against the Covid Regime.  The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed it's stay on the Mandate.  Such stays are issued when it appears that the petitioners are likely to succeed on the merits of their case.  In the 21 page opinion — which you can read [elsew]here — the Court explains exactly why they think the petitioners will succeed.  What I've done below is provide excerpts from the opinion, basically from the introduction to the detailed legal analysis.  In this limited selection an overall picture of the reasoning to come is sketched out.  I've deleted most citations for the sake of readability.  I've retained the footnotes (sans citations) on one page because they're substantive to the argument.  The rest of the editing should be pretty obvious pagination.  What's notable, and gratifying, about this opinion is that to my eyes it is dripping with contempt for this regime and its figurehead who fronts for it.  The Court is clearly highly offended at the openly proclaimed intent of the regime to find a "work-around" for, basically, the rule of law as we know it.  Seen in this light — as it should be — this case is fundamentally important to the preservation of a free nation under law.

Only 6 Healthy Children Reportedly Died in the UK from COVID In the Last Year — Why Close Schools, Wear Masks in Schools or Give Kids COVID Shots?  Raheem Kassam from the War Room reported that only 6 healthy children died from COVID in the UK over the past year.  [Tweet]  Kassam asks good questions about why were schools shut down?  Why were mask mandates enforced in schools when the risk of children dying from COVID is so minuscule.  We pointed out a year ago that more children die from car crashes, the seasonal flu or drowning than from the COVID virus.

Gavin Newsom Extends Emergency Order Yet Again, Until March 2022.  On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) who two months ago survived his recall election, extended the COVID state of emergency yet again.  It will now extend until March 31, 2022, which is a full four and a half months from now, and a little over two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic.  As Tom Tapp reported for Deadline, this is the third time that Newsom has issued such an extension.

This is why the athletes are collapsing on the field.  Their red blood cells are being stripped of oxygen when they merely come in contact with the vaccine.  [Video clip]

Melbourne protests: prop gallows seen as thousands march against Victoria's Covid powers.  Thousands of demonstrators descended on to Melbourne's central business district on Saturday [11/13/2021], protesting against the Victorian government's new pandemic powers and vaccine mandates.  The protest, which included signs advocating violence against politicians and a man carrying a prop gallows with three nooses hanging from it, came as the state recorded 1,221 Covid-19 cases and four deaths.  Wet weather did not deter the crowd, which chanted "kill the bill" and "sack Dan Andrews" as it blocked tram lines and marched from the Victorian State Library to Parliament House in Spring Street.  Many held signs that likened the Victorian government to oppressive regimes and former Liberal MP and current head of the United Australia party Craig Kelly addressed the crowd outside Parliament House, denouncing vaccine passports and the vaccination of children.

FDNY, sanitation workers under probe for vaccination fraud, sources say.  COVID-19 vaccination fraud may be spreading faster than the deadly bug itself among New York City workers, The [New York] Post has learned.  At least two city agencies, the FDNY and Sanitation Department, are in the crosshairs of a probe into employees submitting phony proof of the COVID-19 vaccine — in some cases stealing blank vax cards — in order to comply with Mayor Bill de Blasio's jab mandate, insiders said.  At the FDNY, the scheme appears to involve the theft of the blank cards from the agency's Brooklyn headquarters and other facilities where the department was offering jabs, according to a source.  FDNY honchos were sufficiently concerned to warn employees in an Oct. 30 memo, a copy of which was seen by The Post, that falsifying or forging an "official vaccination card" for "the purpose of proving vaccination compliance" may be a felony.  Fire Department officials have called the leaders of at least one union, Local 2507 Uniformed EMTs and Paramedics, to let them know of an investigation into members who submitted forged vaccination cards, according to the source.

Tennessee governor signs new limits on COVID-19 restrictions.  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a wide-reaching bill Friday strictly limiting what governments and businesses can require to address the COVID-19 pandemic, while industry groups push for changes, local officials ask a court what happens to school mask orders, and various entities look into exemptions.  The Republican's signature, which he promised earlier in the week, puts the new law into effect immediately, largely barring governments and businesses from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccinations, and only letting public entities — including schools — require masks due to COVID-19 in rare, dire public health scenarios.

Ron Klain retweet spurs court to slam brakes on Biden vaccine mandate.  White House chief of staff Ron Klain's itchy Twitter finger helped derail the Biden administration's latest vaccine mandate in court.  A Sept. 9 retweet from Klain was cited as a key piece of evidence in the blistering ruling issued Friday by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which paused President Biden's "staggeringly overbroad" rule forcing COVID-19 vaccines on millions of American workers.  In a footnote, the three-judge panel pointed to Klain's retweet of a post from MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle, who praised Biden's mandate — enforced by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration — as "the ultimate work-around" to avoid sticky constitutional challenges.  Circuit Judge Kurt Engelhardt characterized the retweet as a White House "endorsement of the term 'work-around'" — leading the panel to block the mandate on just those legal grounds.

COVID Cases Surge in Most-Vaccinated State in US, Liberals Hardest Hit — Literally.  As the Great Vax War continues with no end in sight, "the science" long ago gave way to political expediency and hyper-biased predisposition.  In other words, as the data continues to roll in, a great deal of it flies in the face of Joe Biden and the Democrat Party. [...] As RedState reported earlier this month, Vermont was the most-vaccinated state in America, clocking in at 71.5 percent of the total population, edging out Rhode Island at 71.2 percent and Connecticut at 70.9 percent.  Vermont's lock on the top spot hasn't changed, as reported by ABC News on Friday, with a current COVID vaccination rate of almost 72 percent.  Vermont has one of the lowest levels nationwide of residents who have developed natural immunity to the virus, noted ABC News, which, I presume is the "fault" of Vermont having the highest percentage of vaccinated residents in the country.  Yet, both vaccinated and unvaccinated Vermonters are clipping along at the highest rate of new COVID cases in America. [...] They are setting us up for COVID boosters for the rest of our lives, America — until the end of time.

Yes, Austria will lock down all of the unvaccinated... permanently?  It appears that Austria and Australia will soon have more in common than most of the letters in their names.  We previously learned that unvaccinated Australians will be looking at being essentially confined to their homes for the foreseeable future following sweeping new government mandates.  But now the government of Austria is preparing to follow suit.  Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg made the unofficial announcement on Friday [11/12/2021], with an official order expected in the next few days.  After seeing another surge in new COVID cases, Austria's government had already put a number of restrictions in place, but under the new order, there won't be any wiggle room left.  Also, the number of people under mandatory vaccination orders is being expanded.  The lockdown order initially only covers two regions, but on Sunday they plan to take it nationwide.

The CDC Finally Reveals Its Estimate for How Many Americans Have 'Natural Immunity' — The Number is Truly Staggering.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly acknowledged that far more people have natural immunity than was earlier reported.  The CDC quietly acknowledged that a staggering 146.6 million people have been infected by the Sars-CoV-2 virus and have survived it.  The CDC updated its May figures in October after declining to update the numbers for five months.  The CDC estimates that 124 million of the 146.6 million infections resulted in "symptomatic illnesses," although it is unclear why only one in four infections sought out medical treatment.  The CDC further estimated that there were 7.5 million hospitalizations, although 'hospitalizations' may include routine treatment that happened to turn up a positive Covid-19 test, greatly inflating the figures.  Most inflated of all are the 921,000 "estimated total deaths."  The CDC reports "Covid-related deaths," and not deaths caused by Covid-19.  That is because 94% of Covid-related deaths had serious underlying medical conditions, such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.  While Covid-19 may have been a contributing causal factor to the timing of a patient's death, the vast majority occurred in patients who were immunocompromised or elderly.  The average age of Covid-related death in 2020 was slightly under life expectancy at 77 years old.

New commander of Oklahoma National Guard refuses to enforce vaccine mandate.  The newly appointed commander of the Oklahoma National Guard is refusing to enforce the Department of Defense's coronavirus vaccine mandate for troops.  Army Brig.  Gen. Thomas Mancino wrote in a memo that no member of the Oklahoma National Guard will be required to get vaccinated, according to The Oklahoman, which obtained the memo.  The memo further states "no negative administrative or legal action will be taken" against guardsmen who refuse to get vaccinated.

YouTube censors information about vaccine injuries on Sen. Ron Johnson's channel.  Alphabet, Incorporated, owner of YouTube, Google, and other tech media, has taken on the role of final arbiter of medical science, even in fast-changing fields where data if far from complete.  YouTube, which enjoys a commanding presence in online video, is exercising is market dominance to prevent information of critical importance from reaching most people on the risks of adverse reactions to the pseudo-vaccines developed in hope of containing the Covid epidemic.

List of vaccine injuries is not what it seems, public officials warn.  Public health experts are concerned that unverified reports to a federal vaccine injury database are being misunderstood by the public and exploited by skeptics in a way that is undermining immunization efforts against COVID-19.  The raw data can be startling because the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) contains 299 reports of Minnesotans dying after COVID-19 vaccination, but most of the claims turn out to be coincidences or unrelated to the shots, said Dr. Gregory Poland, director of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group.  "I will guarantee you there are not 299 Minnesotans who died as a result of COVID vaccine," he said.

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[#1] "Public health experts" created this mess, by mandating so-called "vaccines" that haven't been tested first.  Of course the "experts" are going to urge everyone to ignore the skeptics and the widespread reports of sudden death and serious life-changing side-effects.  If they don't sing the same tune, their lucrative careers are over.  [#2] If you really think the 299 deaths are coincidental and/or unrelated to the obviously toxic "vaccine," and you prefer to believe the "experts," you go right ahead and get the shots — one after another, for the rest of your short and miserable life.  The rest of us can see what's going on, and that's why we oppose vaccine mandates.

Three California school districts vote to defy state's vaccine mandates for children, risk losing state aid.  Updated:  A third California school district has boted to resist the childten's vaccine mandate[.]  Two school districts in a mountainous rural county of California are leading the way in resisting a medical experiment on its children.  Calaveras County is rebelling against the State of California's plan to force children 5 [to] 11 years old to receive the experimental Covid pseudo-vaccines to protect against a virus which is of essentially no risk to otherwise healthy kids.  The county is neither heavily populated (estimated 45,000 souls) nor wealthy and lies at high altitude in the gold country of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and foothills.  It is so rural that there is only one incorporated town, Angels Camp, in the entire county.

With Thanksgiving, the vaccinated again show that they're unclear on the concept.  For my entire life — and I'm no spring chicken — getting a vaccination has meant that the person vaccinated is almost certainly immune to the illness the shot targeted.  Occasionally, there are breakthroughs, but they are exceptionally rare.  Those who are vaccinated against COVID should face the world with confidence.  Instead, they are as paralyzed with fear as they were last year when they clung to the masks and lockdowns as talismanic protections against a virus.  That's why a new poll shows that 65% of people who've had the shots are banning unvaccinated family members from their holiday tables.

In the Age of Blowback.  [Scroll down]  Were it not for the weaponization of the Wuflu pandemic and election shenanigans that COVID hysteria enabled, Trump probably would have won in a 2020 by a landslide, given his rude pragmatism and policy hutzpah.  Regretfully, the opportunity costs of politicized science and health care are now measured in body bags and headstones.  Andrew Cuomo (D), take a bow.  Remember when Trump was bullied relentlessly as the grim reaper and Cuomo was held up as the "gold standard" governor or "only adult in the (pandemic) room?"  Remember when Joe Biden was the second banana who would put an end to Trump and the plague — and immunize the universe?  Biden and the gauche lobby are now the poster children for promises not kept.  Andrew Cuomo has been cancelled; dumped by woke women in his own party.  Biden now has lower approval numbers than Alex Baldwin.  Bullying about mask mandates and vaccinations by Democrat governors and the White House has produced a backlash of morbidity statistics.  The blowback from shaming, bullying, and mandates has alienated mothers, health care workers, cops, firemen, and even rank-and-file military; just to name a few "resisters."  Nanny-state nitwits have prolonged the COVID epidemic with confusion and counterproductive public bullying.

Texas COVID Patient Denied Monoclonal Antibodies By Black Health Care Worker Because He's White.  A Texas man has been denied monoclonal antibody treatment for covid because he is white.  Earlier this year, the Texas Health and Human Services department (HHS) made monoclonal antibody treatments available to COVID patients following its Emergency Use Authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February.  The state has issued tens of thousands of monoclonal antibody treatments over the past several months, but recently, thanks to a supply shortage spurred by the Biden administration, the agency has begun segregating who can receive the treatment based solely on the color of their skin.  Now, the state is only providing the treatments to "high-risk ethnicity groups," while actively refusing to provide the same care to whites who have been diagnosed with Covid.  In one shocking example of this state-sponsored racism that was caught on video, Infowars host Harrison Smith visited a Texas HHS clinic on Saturday where he was denied monoclonal antibody treatment simply because he is white.

UK Man Paid $12,000 by Airline Which Forced Him to Wear a Mask.  Someone I'll call Frank, shared a personal example of when it literally paid for him to know the law.  Frank is from the UK, and for the better part of the last two years has had to deal with mask mandates in public, and when traveling.  Most people take what they are told by the news or government propaganda posters at face value:  you must wear a mask.  Obey.  But Frank makes it a habit to read the actual rules, and he found that in the UK, there were exemptions to the mask mandate.

CDC Admits Crushing Rights of Naturally Immune Without Proof They Transmit the Virus.  You would assume that if the CDC was going to crush the civil and individual rights of those with natural immunity by having them expelled from school, fired from their jobs, separated from the military, and worse, the CDC would have proof of at least one instance of an unvaccinated, naturally immune individual transmitting the COVID-19 virus to another individual.  If you thought this, you would be wrong.  My firm, on behalf of ICAN, asked the CDC for precisely this proof.  ICAN wanted to see proof of any instance in which someone who previously had COVID-19 became reinfected with and transmitted the virus to someone else.  The CDC's incredible response is that it does not have a single document reflecting that this has ever occurred.  Not one.  In contrast, there are endless documents reflecting cases of vaccinated individuals becoming infected with and transmitting the virus to others.

Appeals Court Affirms Injunction Against Joe Biden's OSHA Vaccine Mandate — Full 22-Page Ruling.  The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled against the Joe Biden OSHA vaccine mandate calling it "staggeringly overbroad."  The three judge panel upheld its previous decision to put a stay on the order by Joe Biden against companies with 100 workers or more.  The Biden administration had instructed the Department of Labor to require COVID-19 vaccines.  The Biden administration's effort to use an Emergency Temporary Standard OHSA rule was rejected by the court citing numerous flaws in their review and ruling.

CDC Admits They Have NO Records of Any Person With Recovered Immunity Ever Transmitting The COVID-19 Virus.  This is a very interesting admission by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).  Accepting the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. health officials within the Health and Human Services Department, the CDC admits they do not have evidence of a single case where a person carrying natural immunity ever transmitted the virus to another person.

5 young athletes in 8 days die or suffer career-threatening heart attacks.  Atlanta Falcons (NFL) multi-purpose offensive player Cordarrelle Patterson recently said his team must "stop giving people heart attacks." He was referring to the Falcons' penchant for winning games at the last second in 2021. Figurative "heart attacks" are thrilling for fans.  But athletes across the globe are suffering literal heart issues at unprecedented frequencies in 2021.  The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), mainstream media and universities continue their propaganda narratives, insisting that myocarditis, pericarditis and other post-injection heart issues are "rare" and "extremely rare."  We've covered at least 15 stories of cardiac arrest, heart inflammation and other heart ailments on this blog alone.  The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) reported 60 cases of post-injection myocarditis from October 17 to October 24.  You are literally rolling the dice with your heart and well-being if you choose to be injected.

Watch Australia Turn Into North Korea As Top Doctor Says Unvaccinated Will Lose All Rights And Freedoms.  Dr Chris Perry, Queensland President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) discussed what future could unfold for those in the state of Queensland should they forego the option to get a vaccine[.]  He spoke to Channel 9 news in Australia.  He has a very foreboding message for those who continue to avoid the option to protect others by getting the jab:  "If you're not vaccinated it's going to be very, very hard to maintain a job, to be able to go anywhere.  People having weddings are going to have to weed out the unvaccinated, the pubs and the clubs are going to have to find out whether people are vaccinated before they allow them in, otherwise their businesses will go bankrupt."  [Video clip]

"Kill The Bill" - Thousands Of Australians March Against Victoria's COVID Powers.  In a bid to keep the virus pandemic at bay, Australia's government imposed draconian lockdowns and vaccine mandates on its citizens.  The harsh measures are becoming an unsustainable way for politicians to govern the country as increasing discontent among Australians is seen as they take to the streets in Melbourne.  Victoria Police did not reveal the crowd size but judging by pictures and videos on social media, thousands of demonstrators lined the streets of Melbourne's central business district (CBD) on Saturday, peacefully protesting the Victorian government's new, proposed pandemic powers and vaccine measures.

This is from February 21, 2021, but I just found it today.
COVID-19 mRNA Shots Are Legally Not Vaccines.  Did you know that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines aren't vaccines in the medical and legal definition of a vaccine?  They do not prevent you from getting the infection, nor do they prevent its spread.  They're really experimental gene therapies.  I discussed this troubling fact in a recent interview with molecular biologist Judy Mikovits, Ph.D. While the Moderna and Pfizer mRNA shots are labeled as "vaccines," and news agencies and health policy leaders call them that, the actual patents for Pfizer's and Moderna's injections more truthfully describe them as "gene therapy," not vaccines.  According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a vaccine is "a product that stimulates a person's immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease."  Immunity, in turn, is defined as "Protection from an infectious disease," meaning that "If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without becoming infected."  Neither Moderna nor Pfizer claim this to be the case for their COVID-19 "vaccines."  In fact, in their clinical trials, they specify that they will not even test for immunity.  Unlike real vaccines, which use an antigen of the disease you're trying to prevent, the COVID-19 injections contain synthetic RNA fragments encapsulated in a nanolipid carrier compound, the sole purpose of which is to lessen clinical symptoms associated with the S-1 spike protein, not the actual virus.

Tyrants Recall PCR Tests After Giving 2.2 Million False Positives.  Something we all knew from day one: the polymerase chain reaction tests invented by Kary Mullins (who died in August of 2019, a few months before the scamdemic began) are not diagnostic tools.  But the ruling class never cared and used them to propagate the erroneous idea that there's a deadly pandemic out there we all have to take several shots for.  Now, the United States Food and Drug Administration has issued "the most serious type of recall" for popular home testing kits that show if one is infected with the coronavirus.  At least 2.2 million products may have been showing false positives, according to a report by RT.  This information is very important because these tests are the driving force behind this scamdemic.

Cardiologist Who Said He Wanted To Punch The Unvaccined In The Face Suddenly Dies After Getting His Booster Shot.  A 52-year-old prominent New Brunswick cardiologist who shamed the unvaccinated over the summer died suddenly in his sleep after getting his third shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.  Back in July, Dr. Sohrab Lutchmedial lashed out at the "selfish" people who have refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine.  "For those that won't get the shot for selfish reasons — whatever — I won't cry at their funeral," Dr. Lutchmedial tweeted on July 10, according to The Gateway Pundit.  Dr. Lutchmedial died unexpectedly on November 8, just two weeks after getting his 3rd jab on October 24.  [Video clip]

Dozens of athletes now confirmed to have dropped dead from covid "vaccines".  Professional athletes all around the world are dropping dead from Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccines," and the mainstream media is doing everything in its power to hide this fact from the public.  When it does get reported, the talking-heads call it a "mystery," but it is no mystery.  In every case, an athlete develops heart problems immediately after getting jabbed that eventually lead to sudden death.  Prior to the unveiling of "Operation Warp Speed," it was unheard of for the average person to develop myocarditis, for instance.  Now it is a common occurrence, even in young children.  Mark Playne from "Not on the Been" [sic] is keeping a running list of professional sports players who develop sudden health issues, including death, almost immediately after getting injected for the Fauci Flu.  The following are some of the cases he has documented thus far:
  •   Lexi Riggles, a college basketball player who "died unexpectedly" back in October
  •   Tom Greenway, a champion jockey who died in early November
  •   Nelson Solano, a Spanish footballer who died of a heart attack in early November
  •   Shawn Rhoden, a bodybuilder and former Mr. Olympia who died of an apparent heart attack in early November
  •   Layla da Costa, a Miss World contestant from Italy who was found dead at her house after failing to show up for work
  •   George "Da Bull" Peterson III, who was found dead in a Florida hotel room just two days before he was scheduled to compete in the Mr. Olympia contest
  •   Jordan Tucker, a footballer who passed away unexpectedly during play
  •   Avi Barot, a Saurashtra batter who died after suffering cardiac arrest
There are also many other instances of players falling to the ground during the play and having to be hospitalized.

Vaccine Update:  Why 'The Party of Science' Disdains Natural Immunity.  No, the Democrats — aka "The Party of Science" — did not flunk high school biology.  Between grade inflation and "woke" stupidity, nobody flunks much of anything in high school these days.  But there is another explanation why they — and even the vaunted Dr. Anthony Fauci — act as if natural immunity is not the best immunity against COVID-19 as it is against so many other illnesses, including childhood ones.  In case you did miss high school biology and have been living under an Everest-size pile of rocks, natural immunity is what you have via antibodies after an illness ends that prevents you from getting that illness again. [...] [N]atural immunity works, and there is plenty of evidence out there that it works multiple times better than the vaccines, including, most recently, studies from those sometime adversaries, Israel and Qatar.  It's also plain old common sense. [...] For young people in particular, whose death rate from COVID, outside a minuscule number with the most serious of pre-existing diseases, borders on the nonexistent, the risks of side effects (myocarditis, questions about future procreation) from the vaccines dwarf the risks from COVID itself.

History Will Grind Out the Truth.  "History will figure that out on its own."  That is what Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) recently replied to Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.  In a heated congressional exchange, Fauci derided the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic was due to the leak of a dangerous virus, engineered in the Chinese Wuhan virology lab — and in part funded by U.S. health agencies, on the prompt of Fauci himself.  Fauci offered arguments from authority by citing his own expertise, as well as that of "card-carrying" specialists.  But in truth, there is little evidence that any animal species has been found infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus or a close relative that causes COVID-19 or a similar illness.  Many federal health experts increasingly believe the virus was manmade.  A number argue that it was likely a product of gain-of-function research that was funded in part by a U.S. government grant.  Others concede that Fauci and Dr. Peter Daszak — who was involved in gain-of-function research, often in cooperation with the Chinese — were not candid about the full extent of their ties to the Wuhan lab.

COVID, Strokes, and Trust.  Those who run the medical establishment and government insist everyone must be vaccinated.  As always with such Draconian tyranny, they tell those who object that, "It's for your own good" and regurgitate tyrants' favorite meme, "It's for the greater good."  I refuse to obey such commands. [...] The COVID vaccines don't provide immunity.  The FDA recently admitted the vaccines don't prevent anyone from getting the virus, or prevent anyone from passing it on.  Long ago in this nightmare it became obvious the vaccines don't prevent anyone dying from the virus.  People we knew were among them.  The entire COVID vaccine rollout has been marred by highly suspicious events.  The FDA allowed COVID vaccines with only an Emergency Use Authorization while continuing to be tested for three years.  But less than a year into that trial, further testing apparently was deemed unnecessary.  As with all experimental drugs, a control group had been created and given a placebo to compare with those given the drug.  Less than a year later, the control group was abolished because all its members were given the vaccine, making test comparisons impossible.  Despite these questionable decisions, the drug companies have immunity from lawsuits if the vaccines end up harming anyone.  This means the vaccines provide people zero immunity from the COVID virus, but complete immunity for the drug manufacturers from being sued.

Why are you STILL wearing a mask?  On May 13, 2021, Biden announced a COVID response update for mask guidelines, as per the CDC, that no longer required vaccinated individuals to wear masks.  The CDC has since changed its recommendations for masking.  Here are the most recent CDC guidelines.  In this video, Steven Crowder hit the streets of Dallas, Texas, to find out what Texans think and masks, mandates, and masked mandates.  He conducted a formal survey, appealing directly to the American people to answer why a vaccinated person still chose to wear a mask.  After a short time, Crowder observed a few people wearing masks.  He decided to modify his premise and asked how citizens felt about the vaccine mandate.  Steven found that many Texans believe that the government should not force people to receive a vaccine.  [Video clip]

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How It Started and How It's Going.  Can we stipulate to the fact that after 2 years it's no longer an emergency?  Rather it's another real danger in what has always been a dangerous world.  Only difference is that in the past every individual/family was required to determine how to navigate the dangerous shoals for themselves.  That's no longer the case.  You don't get to do that for yourself, somebody else will do that for you.


Pennsylvania Civics Teacher Removes Mask, Loses Job.  In a civics lesson his students will never forget, Pennsylvania high school teacher Kurt Gladfelter took off his mask and lost his job.  "Compliance is not always the right thing, and this is wrong," Gladfelter told The Epoch Times in a phone interview.  "To do this to kids — it is not worth the cost."  An 11th grade teacher at Northern High School in the Northern York County School District, Gladfelter, 38, is a civics teacher with classes on government, economics, and the Vietnam War.  His school was under a mask mandate last year and, because of an order from the Pennsylvania Health Department, the mask order was in place again this year.

Texas HHS Denies Monoclonal Antibody Treatment For Whites, Says Only Available for 'High-Risk Ethnicity Groups'.  Infowars' American Journal host Harrison Smith, who recently tested positive for COVID, reported Saturday that he was denied monoclonal antibody treatment during a medical visit because he was white.  [Video clip]  His reporting was corroborated by independent journalist Dave Reilly, who recorded a phone conversation with a State Infusion Hotline representative confirming only "high-risk ethnicities" are qualified to receive treatment, as well as those with underlying medical issues or who are above 65 years old.  "There's eligibility criterias [sic] that we go by, and, uh, African American and Hispanic are high-risk ethnicity groups, so that would be a qualifier," the rep said.

The Left's Bungled Revolution.  [Scroll down]  Along with other aircrew, airline pilots have been adamant about defying the vaccine mandate.  They knew that they had a grip on important appendages of both industry and government, and they squeezed.  President Asterisk, he no like, and went public with his disapproval.  This had all the effect that might have been expected, and in short order Delta caved, followed by Southwest.  The rest of the industry is quietly following, marking a wholesale defeat for vaccine mandates.  Medical personnel [...] are people who understand medicine, know what a vaccine is, and what it is intended to do.  When they refuse to accept a mandated "vaccine," it would pay to listen.  But the industry hierarchy knew better, and doctors, nurses, and attendants who held fast have been treated more harshly than workers in any field, large numbers of them being fired immediately.  The result has been under-the-table efforts by hospitals and health conglomerates to hire personnel at vastly expanded salaries and large bonuses.  Most of these offers have gone begging.  This will not end well for healthcare.

Liberal Governor Tried to Pump Covid Numbers to Justify Shutdown.  A whistleblower has leaked an email exchange dating to October 2020, in which the Chief of Staff to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz tells the state's Department of Health that the Department's numbers on how covid was spreading were "less useful than what I expected" because "these numbers are small." The Commissioner of Health said, in turn, that "people look at the primary case numbers and think those are small impacts that don't justify the dial backs we propose."  She urges her staff to engage in "creative thinking."  [Tweet]  As I understand it, what is happening here is that the governor wanted to order restrictions on "social gatherings, weddings, funerals," but the Department of Health's data on origin of covid infections showed such a small number coming from those events that people wouldn't buy the governor's proposed shutdown.

The Hippocratic Oath And Medical Ethics Versus COVID Mandates.  [Scroll down]  Dr. Robert Malone has been credited with inventing the mRNA "vaccine."  He has been quoted in radio, television, and print media (too widely to list here) saying that a drive to vaccinate the general population is the wrong approach.  Well, that is curious, isn't it?  One would think the inventor of the "vaccine" would advocate for its widest possible distribution and use, just as the government is doing.  However, Dr. Malone has said repeatedly that widely "vaccinating" the general public will provide an infectious virus, living in many millions of "vaccinated" hosts, more opportunity to mutate and develop into a "vaccine" resistant strain.  This concept is already common knowledge because the flu shot is perennially prescribed for those at the highest risk of a life-threatening illness from the latest strain of the influenza virus.  That's right — each year the flu shot is developed months in advance to be most effective against what the medical establishment expects to be the active strain come flu season.  Viruses mutate.  It's a well-known fact.  Therefore, in the middle of an outbreak of the latest strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, widespread use of a vaccine developed for the previous strain will enable the current strain of the virus to further adapt and mutate to avoid the "vaccine" in the future.

Oops! Cal Berkeley did the unthinkable!  CBS News reports that 44 Cal football players "tested positive" for COVID on Wednesday, after undergoing mandatory testing.  Their weekend game is postponed.  They were contact-traced after "someone" was infected.  The team is "99.5%" vaccinated, per Cal athletic director Jim Knowlton.  Damage control was immediate.  In the same news report, Dr. Monica Gandhi, UCSF infectious disease expert, said the vaccinated players never should have been tested and that "guidelines" hadn't been updated.  Oops!  Gandhi explained why she was not worried:  "I have zero panic whatsoever as a public health person, as an infectious disease doctor, of 44 healthy people who are fully vaccinated who may have a little virus in their nose on a highly sensitive test," Gandhi told KPIX 5 Wednesday.  "It is not an outbreak, it does not mean they got sick, and it does not mean the vaccines don't work.  It means that our public health strategy in this case was off and they were doing mass testing of people who didn't need it."  The team, under threat of arrest if they didn't all test, submitted.  I'm sure the "guidelines" will be updated post-haste to avoid this in the future!  For now, the scramble to explain the results is pathetic.

The 5th Circuit's brilliant opinion staying OSHA's vaccine mandate.  Despite (or perhaps because of) a long career spent reading judicial decisions, I really hate reading cases.  A stellar exception arose on Friday [11/12/2021], when the Fifth Circuit issued its decision in BST Holdings, L.L.C. et al. v. OSHA, reaffirming the initial stay it granted when multiple entities and individuals challenged OSHA's recently issued vaccine mandate.  In one brutal paragraph after another, the Court rips apart the mandate, citing law, facts, OSHA precedent, and even a Ron Klain tweet.  It's a tour de force that makes it unlikely that any halfway honest court can or would resuscitate the mandate or that either OSHA or even Congress could try again.

Creepy cover-up of COVID death data at Levine's Pennsylvania Department of Health.  Why on earth is Rachel Levine still employed anywhere in the government?  The department she used to lead, the Pennsylvania Department of Health, was apparently one slipshod operation on its COVID response, and is now engaging in some kind of cover-up: [...] In this case, we see that COVID deaths were added and subtracted with abandon, non-COVID deaths were reported as COVID deaths to get those numbers up and the federal cash flowing in, and the detail that lawmakers are likely most interested in — the seeding of unwilling nursing homes with COVID patients, which in Pennsylvania ensured that 70% of COVID deaths happened in those nursing homes.

Pennsylvania Department of Health Refuses to Provide Full COVID-19 Death Data.  The Pennsylvania Department of Health is refusing to share complete information about how it counted COVID-19 deaths for reports ordered by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.  The reports were ordered when the House unanimously approved a resolution in November 2020 requiring the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) to review the Department of Health's reporting of COVID-19 testing and deaths.  State Rep. Kate Klunk sponsored the legislation, House Resolution 1087, noting that throughout the pandemic, there have been discrepancies in the information published by the Department of Health, including thousands of COVID-19 positive cases being removed from the daily totals, days where there were significant statistical anomalies in the data, the commingling of data, and COVID-19 being listed as a factor of death when the cause of death was something else.

29-Year-Old Mountain Bike National Title Winner Kyle Warner Diagnosed with Pericarditis After Taking Pfizer Vaccine — Career Ruined.  Kyle Warner, a 29-year-old mountain bike race champion, was diagnosed with pericarditis, POTS, and reactive arthritis a month after he took the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.  The vaccine has ruined his career and he is still unwell and hasn't been able to work or ride a bike.  Warner took his first dose of Pfizer vaccine in mid-May and took his second dose a month after.  In an interview with Dr. John Campbell in October, Warner describes his experience and what he felt when the second dose of Pfizer vaccine was injected into his body.

Leaked document:  Border Patrol may lose half of its agents over COVID vaccine mandate.  The deadline for federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is November 22.  Federal employees who are not vaccinated, or obtain an exemption, by that date are subject to termination.  It's hard to imagine a worse time to lose a substantial amount of border patrol agents than during the Biden Border Crisis.  Former chief operating officer of CBP from 2019 to 2021, Mark Morgan, obtained a document from a source inside CBP.  The leaked document shows nearly half of CBP agents have not registered their COVID vaccination status and 10% of those who have registered have not received a shot.  The federal mandate issued by Biden may result in the loss of over half of border patrol agents.

Proving They Are Puppets of the Administration, the Press Defends Fake Vaccine Information.  This all began when a bid to convince children to get the newly approved vaccine was encouraged by the famed Sesame Street character.  A tweet was sent out where Big Bird stated he had actually received the shot.  This in itself is hardly a big deal, as he has in the past touted vaccines on the children's show.  [Tweet]  Things take a turn, however, when this gets shot through the prism of our political climate.  Ted Cruz weighed in on the tweet, making mention of the government looking to coerce.  In his response, he said, with a noted amount of brevity, "Government propaganda... for your 5 year old."  Well, that was all it took for a media firestorm to erupt, as our unbiased gatekeepers of the truth rose up en masse to defend the high honor of... a make-believe character.

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If a video surfaces with Barney the Dinosaur effusively recommending the Covid shots, what would the Left do?  They hate Barney!

U.S. appeals court affirms hold on Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld its decision to put on hold an order by President Joe Biden for companies with 100 workers or more to require COVID-19 vaccines, rejecting a challenge by his administration.  A three-member panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans affirmed its ruling despite the Biden administration's position that halting implementation of the vaccine mandate could lead to dozens or even hundreds of deaths.  "The mandate is staggeringly overbroad," the opinion said.  "The mandate is a one-size-fits-all sledgehammer that makes hardly any attempt to account for differences in workplaces (and workers)," Circuit Court Judge Kurt Engelhardt wrote for the panel.

Moderna defends its COVID-19 vaccine after seven European nations restrict or recommend against the shot's use in young people.  Moderna is standing by its COVID-19 vaccine in the wake of concerns being raised around the world about the jab causing rare heart inflammation in young people.  Seven European nations have either restricted the use of the shot in adults under age 30 or have made a recommendation against its use, in recent weeks.  Data from Swedish public health officials found that young adults — particularly males — who received the shot were more likely to develop myocarditis than those that receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, spurring the decisions.  Moderna acknowledges these concerns, but says the benefits of its shot outweigh any potential risks, pointing out that their jab has so far been the most effective at preventing infection from COVID-19.

Worldwide vaccine failure.  Alex Berenson, the former New York Times science writer who has been a voice of reason on the COVID epidemic, assembles evidence that the mandated COVID pseudo-vaccines have failed all over the world, in a Substack post titled "Worldwide vaccine failure."  If the COVID jabs are so effective that constitutionally dubious vaccine mandates are being pushed by the Biden regime, then those locales with the highest vaccination rates must have brought the virus under better control than elsewhere, obviously.  But that is not the case.  The countries with the highest vaccination rates are seeing soaring cases and even deaths.

Oversight and Allowing Employees to Sue Over Biden's Authoritarian Vaccine Mandates In Emergency Special Session Next Week.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called state legislators to come together next week for a special session to consider several proposals that push back against Biden's authoritarian COVID-19 vaccine mandates for workers and employers.  The main piece of legislation being weighed is a proposal to decide whether the state should withdraw itself from the partisan oversight of Biden's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The measure was introduced earlier this month and sponsored by Republicans Sen. Travis Hutson and Rep. Ardian Zika after OSHA had finally issued its Emergency Temporary Standard relating to Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 employees or more.

Moderna Begins Testing Experimental Covid Jab on Infants as Young as 6 Months Old.  Biotechnology company Moderna Therapeutics has officially begun large-scale testing of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine on America's youngest children.  As of "late October," Moderna's clinical trial — dubbed KidCOVE — kicked off phase III, which tests the controversial mRNA vaccine technology on children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years old.  It will be conducted across 79 locations in 13 states and involve about ~13,250 participants in total.  Phases I and II of the trial, which tested on 12-17-year-olds and 5-11-year-olds — respectively, were completed over the past several months.  Now, researchers are turning to toddlers and infants to carry out their experiments — and keep in mind, the Covid-19 death rate for children of ANY age is effectively ZERO.

Forming an alternative society in the age of COVID.  [Scroll down]  We must proceed in our lives without being afraid.  This does not mean ignoring the virus.  It is real, and it does kill people, but only a small number (99.5% or better survival).  But it is not something we should stop our lives for, nor is it something we should overturn all existing norms for.  It is a virus.  There are wonderful treatments out there, treatments that, if they were not actively suppressed, would have precluded any emergency use authorization for the experimental gene therapy now being called a vaccine.  The powers that be, Fauci, the Biden administration, the WHO, Bill Gates, and likely George Soros and BlackRock all stopped their publicization so the vaccine agenda could be advanced.  Their goal is unknown, but likely it is the almighty dollar, and power and control.  We cannot on a global level fight this power easily, but at a local level, we can.  It is time for all to resist peacefully.  Refuse to submit to the agenda.  If a business requires the shot, quit, and start a separate business.  In medicine, we can start our own private clinics, free from the unruly burdens of hospital administrators.  Last year's heroes are shunned; they sit at home, wondering what is next.  Meet with like-minded health care providers and create a private clinic free from this sweeping overreach.

COVID-19 mandates:  When will we ever be free?  The outlook for achieving herd immunity as regards the coronavirus is "very complicated," according to Dr. Jefferson Jones, a medical officer on the CDC's COVID-19 Epidemiology Task Force.  "Thinking that we'll be able to achieve some kind of threshold where there'll be no more transmission of infections may not be possible," Jones acknowledged recently to members of a panel that advises the CDC on vaccines.  He noted that none of the vaccines has proved reliable at blocking transmission of the virus, and that recent evidence has also made clear that the immunity provided by the vaccines can wane in a matter of months.  Jones said this means that, even if vaccination were universal, the coronavirus would likely continue to spread.

Bowen: Move on from failed vax, mask policy.  In Vermont, we have missed weddings, funerals, graduations, Thanksgiving and many joyful gatherings for the common good (but we did gather to protest).  Yet, we now have THE HIGHEST COVID-19 CASE RATE IN THE COUNTRY.  Yes, the all-caps are my yelling words.  We masked!  We hid in our homes!  My friends could not access non-Covid-19 healthcare they needed!  I amassed copious amounts of toilet paper!  I cancelled Thanksgiving!  We vaccinated and we shunned other-thinkers.  Have you watched football games in Florida and Texas? 80,000 people gathering and no masks.  No proof of vaccines.  Yet, at the Flynn Theater here in Burlington, Vermont, at a show for a few hundred people we are masking and forcing proof of vaccine, which might be only be 50-75% effective as immunity wanes, or proof of a test showing that 3 days ago the patron did not have Covid-19.  Not.  Logical.  Yet the public here seems to be thrilled that they are with like-minded people who are "safe" because they got the jab and have a colorful mask.  We have our badge of honor on a piece of paper that shows we have apparently waned immunity (according to the CDC).

America's most vaccinated state is seeing its highest cases of the pandemic.  It's been clear for months that protection against transmission after you're vaccinated wanes over time, although protection from severe illness thankfully wanes much more slowly.  In that sense, Vermont's spike barely qualifies as news:  If immunization doesn't absolutely prevent infection, particularly with a hyper-contagious variant like Delta, why wouldn't a state with a high vaccination rate see a surge in cases?

Dr. Scott Atlas unloads on Fauci, Birx, Redfield in forthcoming memoir: 'I was disgusted'.  Former White House Coronavirus Response team member Dr. Scott Atlas blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Deborah Birx and former CDC Director Robert Redfield in a new book saying that he was "disgusted" by their dismissal of scientific data he presented to them during the Trump administration.  In the book, "A Plague Upon Our House" which Fox News Digital obtained an advance copy of, Atlas says he presented data and studies showing that schools should be reopened and that children are not significant spreaders of the coronavirus but was virtually ignored by Fauci and others on the team.

Regulator Reviewing Reports of 'Rare' and Serious Condition Linked to Moderna Vaccine.  Europe's drug regulator on Thursday [11/11/2021] confirmed it is investigating reports of a blood condition in recipients of Moderna's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.  According to a bulletin posted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), it is reviewing six cases of capillary leak syndrome, considered a "very rare disorder," after they were reported in the EMA's EudraVigilance database.  "At this stage, it is not yet clear whether there is a causal association between vaccination and the reports of capillary leak syndrome," the EMA wrote on Thursday, adding that "these reports point to a safety signal ... information on new, or changes in, adverse events that may potentially be associated with a medicine or vaccine and that warrant further investigation." The review also will address the risk of capillary leak syndrome in groups who have a medical history of the disorder.

New Zealand Officials Add A Man Shot And Killed To COVID Death Stats.  The Ministry of Health has added an additional death to the national Covid-19 figures on Thursday.  1News understands this person is Robert James Hart, a father of two who was shot dead in a driveway in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn.  Since his death on November 5, the 40-year-old tested positive for the virus.  Police have since confirmed these details.  "An additional death in Auckland has today been added to the national Covid-19 figures," the Ministry of Health said.  "This person's death is subject to a police investigation and the Ministry will not be commenting further on it, at this stage."  [Video clip]

FDA Alert: 2 Million At-home COVID-19 Tests Recalled Over False Positives.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed Thursday it is recalling some 2 million Ellume at-home COVID-19 testing because they can produce "false positives" due to a manufacturing defect.  The firm first informed the federal regulatory agency about the defect in some lots in October.  But on Wednesday, the FDA said it identified additional lots that were affected by the manufacturing defect, made between Feb. 24, 2021, and Aug. 11, 2021.  To date, about 35 false positives from the COVID-19 tests were reported to the FDA.  No deaths have been reported related to the test, according to the agency.

Manchin Opposes Biden's FDA Nominee Over Pharmaceutical Ties.  West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin came out against President Joe Biden's expected pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Robert Califf, almost immediately over his ties to the pharmaceutical industry.  "Dr. Califf's nomination and his significant ties to the pharmaceutical industry take us backwards not forward," Manchin said in a statement.  "His nomination is an insult to the many families and individuals who have had their lives changed forever as a result of addiction."  "I urge the Administration to nominate an FDA Commissioner that understands the gravity of the prescription drug epidemic and the role of the FDA in fighting back against the greed of the pharmaceutical industry," Manchin added.

Virginia pharmacy is no longer allowed to administer COVID-19 vaccines after more than 100 children were given the wrong dose.  A Virginia pharmacy will no longer be allowed to administer COVID-19 vaccines after mistakenly giving more than 100 children the wrong dose of the shot.  Ted Pharmacy, in Loudon County — around 30 miles northwest of Washington D.C. — reportedly gave 112 children aged five to 11 doses of the vaccine meant for teens and adults.  Younger children are meant to receive one-third the dosage and the vaccine comes packaged with an orange vial cap instead of a purple cap to help physicians distinguish between the two.

LA Firefighters Union Sues City Over Vaccine Mandate.  The Los Angeles city firefighters' union is suing over the conditions of a mandate requiring its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Local 112 brought the complaint Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction.  The city adopted an ordinance in August directing city employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus unless they can demonstrate a medical or religious exemption.  The LA City Council recently approved a plan that gave employees more time to get vaccinated.  A representative for the City Attorney's Office could not be immediately reached.

Covid Vax Genocide:  Children's hospitals now being flooded with INFANT cardiac patients.  Investigative reporter Steve Kirsch says that children's hospitals all across the country are filling up with newborn babies that have serious cardiac problems, all because their mothers got "vaccinated" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19).  An email he received claims that one hospital's three NICUs (neonatal ICUs) are all completely full of infant patients.  All of the babies came from mothers who are fully vaccinated, a nurse confirmed from their records, though hospital staff are not allowed to ask directly about the vaccination status of the mothers.  "Because this is a third- or fourth-hand rumor, I would ordinarily try to confirm it before sharing with anyone," the email stated as a caveat.  "But my initial Internet searches came up empty, and I worry that this is the sort of thing that might be effectively suppressed for quite a while by those in control of our largest hospitals — especially the ones currently busy firing doctors and nurses who refuse vaccination."

CDC pursuing super-spreader international flight policy to keep the pandemic going, while Australia announces importation of vaccinated super-spreaders who are promised to infect everyone.  The Australian government says they are purposely importing Covid via vaccinated people, but the CDC says only vaccinated people can fly to America so we can stop the spread of Covid, so which is it?  The U.S. government claims to have lost their patience with "anti-vaxxers," but when you hear that it's actually vaccinated people who are spreading Covid, with over 250 times the viral load in their nostrils, then maybe it's the vaccinated that need to be banned from international travel.  Let's take a look at the science, but first, prepare yourself for more illogical news and hypocritical mandates from world governments that claim they do everything for citizen safety, when obviously the latest dire contradictions expose their idiocy and/or evil plotting.  United States international travel rules for Covid "safety" just changed, and now travelers can fly here from just about anywhere in the world if they have a vaccine card that proves they are "fully vaccinated" and recently tested negative on a routinely false-positive PCR test.  Yet, in Australia, government officials announced they will be spreading Covid on purpose to all of the unvaccinated people by flying in VACCINATED people, so the strategy is the exact opposite from CDC guidelines.  Is the true goal for America to use vaccinated people to spread Covid to all the unvaccinated?  Sure sounds like it.

Long Covid doesn't exist, volume one zillion.  The Journal of the American Medical Association has another stunning paper out, this one on post-Covid symptoms in almost 27,000 French adults.  Researchers asked people to report whether they had had Covid and whether they had any of 18 lasting symptoms like insomnia, fatigue, or cough.  They found that self-reported Covid was very strongly associated with nearly every symptom.  But the scientists then went a step further.  They also had Sars-Cov-2 antibody test results for the people they had surveyed, so they didn't have to depend on self-reported Covid.  They knew who really had had Covid and who had not.  They then compared self-reported symptoms in people with antibodies — that is, people who had actually been infected and recovered from Covid — to the general population.  And they found no difference in almost any symptom.  Covid was not a risk factor for chest pain, or breathing difficulties, or trouble focusing, or stomach pain, or any of the many, many other complaints that long Covid "patients" and interest groups say are real.  There was one interesting exception; people with Covid antibodies did have a much higher rate of anosmia, losing one's sense of smell.  Because anosmia is a known and lasting side effect, it serves as a useful control of sorts.  The researchers also found that almost 60 percent of the people with antibodies HAD NO IDEA THEY HAD EVEN HAD COVID AT ALL.  Meanwhile, while more than half the people who said they had had Covid had no antibodies.

Senior NIH Doctor Pushes Back on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates.  A top infectious disease doctor has raised alarm about COVID-19 vaccine mandates despite top federal officials recommending them for businesses, schools, and other institutions.  Dr. Matthew Memoli, who runs a clinical studies unit within the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci — is scheduled to argue against COVID-19 vaccine mandates during a Dec. 1 seminar hosted by the agency, according to David Wendler, a senior NIH bioethicist who is planning the seminar.  "There's a lot of debate within the NIH about whether [a vaccine mandate] is appropriate," he told The Wall Street Journal.  "It's an important, hot topic."  Memoli had told Fauci in a July 30 email that he believes "the way we are using the vaccines is wrong," adding that mandated vaccines are "extraordinarily problematic," according to the WSJ.

Sudden Death Among Athletes After Taking the Covid-19 Vaccine.  On November 2, I wrote a short article listing 30 bodybuilders that have died in 2021 and most of them, if not all, had taken the completely unnecessary but maiming, sterilizing and deadly covid-19 vaccine.  We have also seen other "newsworthy" people as well as athletes in most sports drop dead in the recent months, mostly from heart attack, cardiac arrest and myocarditis — and all of them had taken the shot.  Now, a German news site have released a list of more than 70 athletes that have died after receiving the covid-19 vaccine.  The real frightening part is that the youngest one is only 13 years-old, and the list contains many teenagers and athletes in their 20's.  People that young don't get heart attacks.  NEVER!  If you haven't woken up yet, it's about bloody time!  We who are educated and have worked in this field for more than 20 years, have done our research, have an extensive network with high-ranking contacts, and can see how the world actually is run, have warned about this since the fake and staged pandemic started.  From most available documents, interviews, leaked information and such, it seems that about 85% of all vaccine vials are simply salt water, while the remaining 15% is the real depopulation vaccine.  This is the smart way to do it, otherwise it would be too obvious what is going on.  Also, those getting the shot of saline water will recommend it to others, as they felt nothing.  In other words, it's a lottery of severe side-effects and possible death.  And if you had no reaction to the first or second shot, consider yourself lucky.  You got the saline shot.

The Pandemic is Over.  Long Live the Pandemic.  Democrats know that as soon as the pandemic is over, the COVID power party will end, and all those "emergency" powers they have enjoyed for two years will run dry.  For a political party that invested so much of its identity into using COVID to moralize, mandate, and manipulate, the end of the pandemic is a worst-case scenario.  It is not that they do not believe the pandemic is over.  They just cannot afford to let it end.  The powers enjoyed for nearly two years wielded by numerous mayors, city councils, governors, and a bevy of unelected health department bureaucrats have produced a rush of political adrenaline, the likes of which have not been seen since the post-9/11 rush of anti-terrorism measures.  As anyone who has worked even briefly in government knows all too well, once government achieves any degree of power, it becomes almost impossible to wrest it away from the hands of bureaucrats exercising it.  Power truly is addictive, and the Democrats' new blueprint already is being readied for the next engineered emergency.

The Sissy Generation.  Just 70-80 years ago we had what was dubbed "The Greatest Generation" — the people who had fought and won World War II.  Now, just a couple of generations down the road, we have unconditionally surrendered to a disease with miniscule mortality (for the vast majority of population), and which is to a large degree treatable. [...] The word that we heard the most during this time was 'safety'.  Coming to work is declared unsafe — sure, we can stop working, no big deal.  Going to school is unsafe — cheer up, kids, you are staying home today — and next week, and then month after month after month.  Wear your mask everywhere and stay at least 6 feet away (better 20) from everybody.  Safety is king!  How did we end up here?  As very often happens the course happened first gradually, then suddenly.  The worship of safety began long ago and now it's everywhere.  Everything we buy and use, from lawn mowers to toasters to toothbrushes, undergoes the elaborate safety checks and is accompanied by instructions for safe operation.  And not only is it a legal requirement, but for many people safety became the most important feature of any device.

Pro-Vaccine Orthopedic Surgeon Learned The Tragic Way These Vaccines Are Not Safe.  Dr. Joel Anthony Wallskog, an orthopedic surgeon from Mequon, Wis., said he experienced numbness, weakness and balance difficulties after he got a first dose of the Moderna vaccine in December 2020.  He was diagnosed with transverse myelitis and a demyelinated lesion on his spinal cord.  He was forced to go on long-term disability.  He refused to get a second dose.  [Video clip]

Six Details That Reveal [the] Long Reach of Biden's Vaccine Mandate.  President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for private employers often is described as requiring employees of large companies either to be vaccinated or be tested weekly.  But when you dig into the details, the mandate is far more invasive than that.  Nonvaccinated employees must wear masks, even if they are being tested weekly.  Employers must maintain records of employees' vaccination status.  Employees who lie to their employers about their vaccination status could face up to five years imprisonment, while employers who do not comply with the mandate face fines of $13,653 per violation.  The Biden administration is trying to make noncompliance with the federal government's legally dubious vaccine mandate a dangerous proposition for employers and employees.  "We've been patient, but our patience is wearing thin," Biden said in a Sept. 9 speech in which he announced the coming vaccine mandate.  The Labor Department then issued an emergency rule that requires businesses and other organizations with 100 or more employees to get a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.  The mandate is intended to supersede state laws.

UCLA threatens to expel remote student for not revealing his COVID shot status.  They're coming for you next:  Christian Walker, an online student who never comes on campus was threatened with expulsion by UCLA if he did not reveal whether he had gotten his COVID shots or not.  "You are calling to tell me you will drop my classes after we've already paid $70,000 for the year if I don't upload something about my vaccine status when all of my classes are online," Walker is heard saying in his video.  A UCLA official responded, "Correct."  "Got it." responded Walker.  "All of my classes are online.  I don't step onto campus.  I've already paid.  We're a week into classes.  My university just called to tell me they are dropping my classes if I don't report to them about my vaccination." Walker commented on Twitter.

Biden's Surgeon General Tells Americans Not To Share COVID VAX Info Online Until Checking With CDC Overlords.  U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy spoke out on Tuesday to warn against "misleading memes" and "cherry-picked stats" in the Biden regime's latest efforts to stamp out COVID-19 vaccine "misinformation."  "With the authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for children 5 to 11 years old, it is more important than ever that families have access to accurate, science-based information.  Health misinformation is spreading fast and far online and throughout our communities," Murthy said in a statement obtained by The Gateway Pundit.  "The good news is that we all have the power to help stop the spread of health misinformation during this pandemic and beyond," he added.  "That's where this toolkit comes in — to provide Americans with resources to help limit and reduce this threat to public health."  The new "toolkit" that Murthy was referring to tells Americans not to share information about the COVID-19 vaccines until they check with their overlords at the CDC first.

US revealed as one of only seven countries in the Western world making kids wear masks in schools.  The U.S. is one of the few countries still recommending masks in schools as most nations let kids attend classes without face coverings.  Although states are allowed to set their own rules, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests universal indoor masking for all students above age two regardless of vaccination status.  In fact, 68.2 percent of the 500 [...] largest school districts in America still require masks, according to data analytics firm Burbio.

EU lists rare spinal condition as side-effect of J&J COVID-19 shot.  Europe's drug regulator on Thursday [11/11/2021] recommended adding a rare type of spinal inflammation called transverse myelitis as a side-effect of Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine.  Reports of this serious neurological illness was also at the heart of trial halts in the early stages of development for both AstraZeneca and J&J's shots, which are based on similar technology.  Giving updates on the safety of all coronavirus shots, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was assessing reports of a rare blood condition known as capillary leak syndrome (CLS) following inoculation with Moderna's vaccine.

Highly-vaccinated Vermont has more COVID-19 cases than ever.  Why is this happening?  As Vermont reports higher than ever COVID-19 case rates, state health officials have been trying to understand why.  How can a state that did so well during the first part of the pandemic — even garnering national recognition — be doing so much worse now?  "There is not one simple answer," said Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine during a news conference Tuesday.  "But, there are clearly factors that have come together to create the situation that we're in now."

Bill Gates just admitted that the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines don't work well.  "We didn't have vaccines that block transmission.  We got vaccines that help you with your health, but they only slightly reduce the transmission.  We need a new way of doing the vaccines."  [Video clip]

Now, a few words about Pfizer.  Just a reminder of what absolute lying scum Pfizer is having a long history of lying and putting out doctored or misleading reports on their medicines.  Pfizer, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, received The biggest criminal fine in US History settled in court for $75 Million for using 'Nigerian children as human guinea pigs'.  It accuses the company of using a meningitis epidemic to test an unapproved drug on Nigerian children.  Eleven children who participated in the tests died and others were left with disabilities.  [Video clip]

Worldwide Surge of Sports People Suffering Sudden Health Issues and Death.  The list of sudden 'events' amongst the world's most fit and healthy, is extending daily.

German Newspaper Highlights 'Unusually Large' Number Of Soccer Players Who Have Collapsed Recently.  German newspaper Berliner Zeitung has published a report seeking to answer why an "unusually large number of professional and amateur soccer players have collapsed recently."  Headlined 'Puzzling heart diseases in football,' the report begins by highlighting the case of FC Barcelona's Sergio Agüero, the 33-year-old striker who recently had to be withdrawn from a match after 41 minutes suffering from dizziness and breathing difficulties.  The article lists a large number of recent cases of footballers who have had heart problems or collapsed on the field, in some cases leading to death.

Dr. Robert Malone:  "This is the Largest Experiment Performed on Human Beings in the History of the World.".  In an exclusive and explosive one-hour interview with Veronika Kyrylenko of The New American, pioneering mRNA scientist Dr. Robert Malone explains the intensely corrupt workings of the government regulatory bodies that have mismanaged the pandemic, discusses the problems with the vaccine program and delves into potentially explosive and game-changing revelations about the shady origins of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China.  Who is Dr. Robert Malone?  While working at the Salk Institute in 1988, Dr. Malone discovered important findings about in-vivo and in-vitro RNA transfection.  He continued his work on the technology a year later at the biopharma start-up Vical where he conducted additional experiments. [...] Few people are as qualified to comment on the course of the COVID pandemic and the mass vaccination campaign as Dr. Malone.  In this important interview he shares his unique and deep insights on matters of critical national and international importance.

What's Killing Them?  In the past 18 months, England and Wales report 65,000 excess deaths NOT related to coronavirus infections.  According to the Office of National Statistics for England and Wales, there have been at least 74,745 excess deaths over the past eighteen months.  This excess death toll is 37 percent above the five-year average, and reveals the tragic consequences of shutdowns and forced medical experimentation via vaccines.  These excess deaths occurred in private homes and were generally unrelated to coronavirus infection.  In fact, only 12 percent of the excess deaths involved any symptom associated with covid-19.  More than 65,000 of these excess deaths were the result of other physical, mental and social issues that were brought on by tyrannical lockdowns, the mentalities of terror, fear, isolation and control, and the ensuing destruction of people's livelihoods.  The excess death toll is so concerning; Professor Carl Heneghan, the Director of Oxford University's Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, is calling for an urgent inquiry to determine the cause of these fatalities.

We are living in legendary times.  As we consider the last two years and reflect on what has happened, we can understand that our world has been changed.  Not for the better for Americans, or for western civilization. the change is dramatic and perilous, our very way of life is at stake.  The China Plague, known more colloquially as COVID-19, was, as we now know, is a conspiracy to create a bioweapon by the Chinese Communist Party and the duo of Anthony Fauci and Peter Daszak.  There may be others here in the U.S. that are party to the gain-of-function of a virus that has never existed in nature, but suffice it to say that Fauci and Daszak should be in prison.

Newsmax Reporter Permanently Suspended From Twitter for 'Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation.  Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson has been permanently suspended from Twitter for repeatedly violating the platform's policy against spreading COVID-19 misinformation, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday [11/9/2021].  After regaining access to her account, Robinson received her fifth violation, resulting in a permanent ban, the Twitter spokesperson said.  The permanent suspension comes just hours after Robinson returned to Twitter following a temporary seven-day suspension she received last week after claiming the COVID-19 vaccines contain a tracking substance.  Robinson took to the social media platform last Monday to warn that, "the vaccines contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE so that you can be tracked."  "Read the last book of the New Testament to see how this ends," she said.  The post was later removed by Twitter and replaced with a note stating that the original content violated its rules.

Faux Science Dictates CDC's COVID Directives.  After almost two contentious years in the throes of the COVID pandemic that was speculative and problematic from the beginning, partisan loyalists, once known as socially conscious Democrats, continue to justify the unconstitutional lockdowns and its violations of humanity as "following the science." [...] The mandatory COVID lockdown and vaccine requirements are sold to the public as legitimate scientism perpetuated by a longtime government health institution once considered an independent watchdog.  Instead, the CDC has a long history of offering politically inspired evidence as a facsimile for real science where the dilemma may rarely be settled.  Thankfully, many medical professionals have stepped forward to pursue real science: an ongoing inquiry that raises doubt as it is tested with precise application, seeking analysis that develops through a rational examination of the facts based on reason, evidence, hypothesis, or collective investigation.

Pfizer's Covid jab trial researchers in Texas 'skewed data, didn't follow-up with patients who had side effects and failed to test people with symptoms', BMJ investigation claims.  Researchers running a small number of Pfizer's original Covid vaccine trials may have skewed their findings, an investigation has warned.  A US subcontractor paid to run an arm of the study has been accused of cutting corners, obscuring data and putting patients in harm's way.  Brook Jackson, a former boss at Ventavia, said the firm did not always test patients with symptoms, which potentially masked how well the jab performed.

Teen Diagnosed With Guillain-Barré Syndrome After COVID Vaccine Thankful She Wasn't Paralyzed and Didn't Die.  A 17-year-old hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) — a condition she developed after receiving a COVID vaccine — said she's thankful she isn't paralyzed and didn't die.  Shelby Allen, who lives in Dyer County, Tennessee, said she started experiencing back pain and tingling in her arms a few weeks ago at a wedding.  Her symptoms progressed until she found herself unable to feel her arms and legs while bowling with her school's team.  "I'm on the bowling team in Dyer County, and I noticed when I was throwing the ball, I couldn't feel my arm and legs," Allen said.  "So, I was freaking out."  Her parents took her to a doctor in Jackson, Tennessee, where she was diagnosed with GBS.

Woman Left Wheelchair-Bound With Neurological Damage Hours After Pfizer Vaccine Dose.  A 42-year-old mother of two shared that she experienced confusion and leg paralysis just hours after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine dose, and has been suffering severe neurological issues ever since.  During a Real Not Rare rally for vaccine choice outside the steps of the Supreme Court on Tuesday [11/9/2021], wheelchair-bound Mona Hasegawa said that she received a dose of the Pfizer vaccine because she wanted to "do [her] part to help the community stop COVID," and in order to see her father in hospital who is a dialysis patient.  [Video clip]

35,924 people died within 21 days of having a Covid-19 Vaccine in England during the first 8 months of 2021 according to ONS data.  Official Office for National Statistics data has inadvertently revealed that 35,924 people have died within twenty-one days of having a Covid-19 vaccine in England during the first 8 months of 2021.  Dozens of freedom of information requests have been made to Public Health England (PHE) over the past several months requesting to know how many people have died within 28 days of having a Covid-19 vaccine, but each and every time PHE have claimed they do "not hold the information requested". [...] The reason people have been requesting to know the number of people to have died within 28 days of having a Covid-19 vaccine is because these are the exact same parameters that have been used to count alleged Covid-19 deaths for the majority of the alleged pandemic.  Deaths are counted as Covid-19 if they occur within 28 days of a positive test, however, in the beginning they were actually counting deaths as Covid-19 if they occurred within 60 days of a positive test.

Australians Beg The World For Help.  Australia, as we once knew it, no longer exists.  Australians are no longer 'young and free.'  Instead, Australians are discriminated against, pitted against each other, blackmailed, pressured, beaten, and stripped of their rights.  It has become a country where you can no longer move and speak freely.  Protesting is prohibited, police officers must enforce controversial measures to keep their jobs, and police shoot protesters in the back as they run away.  Doctors and nurses who speak out lose their license to practice medicine, and others lose their jobs if they refuse "the jab."  More and more children are isolated and attempting suicide.

Miami-Dade Public Schools, Florida's Largest District, Drops Mask Mandate.  Miami-Dade Public Schools, Florida's largest school district, is dropping its controversial mask mandate, allowing parents to opt their children out of the rule.  On Wednesday, parents will be able to access the opt-out forms to exempt their children from forced masking in school, according to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who made the announcement on Tuesday [11/9/2021].

Hospital emergency rooms swamped with non-COVID patients, most of whom were previously vaccinated.  Emergency rooms (ERs) are now swamped with staff members struggling to care for patients that are showing up sick, but not from the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).  In Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, staff members are seeing long lines of patients in stretchers pushed up against the walls of the hospital's hallways as all 73 ERs are already filled.  This is in stark contrast to where emergency departments were at the beginning of the pandemic.  Except for initial hot spots like those in New York, many ERs in the United States remained eerily empty in the spring of 2020 as people who were sick tried their best to stay away from hospitals for fear of contracting COVID.  Visits to emergency departments dropped to half and they didn't fully rebound until the summer of 2021.  However, the volume of patients increased further.  Even in parts of the country where COVID-19 isn't overwhelming, patients show up to the ER sicker than they were before the pandemic, with diseases that are far more advanced and in need of more complicated care.

No One Protests Like New Zealanders Protest!  New Zealand beefed up security measures at its parliament on Tuesday as thousands of people gathered to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and government lockdowns aimed at controlling the pandemic.  All but two entrances to the parliament building, known as the Beehive, were closed off in unprecedented security measures, as mostly unmasked protesters marched through central Wellington and congregated outside parliament.  While the demonstration was peaceful, many people were seen holding signs and placards with messages like "Freedom" and "Kiwis are not lab rats" and shouting slogans as they demanded the government roll back compulsory vaccination and lift restrictions.  [Video clip]

The CEO Of Pfizer Just Said That Anyone Questioning Vaccines Is A Criminal.  Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Tuesday said that people who question the efficacy and safety of the COVID-19 vaccines are "criminals."  "Those people are criminals," said Bourla to Atlantic Council CEO Frederick Kempe.  "They're not bad people.  They're criminals because they have literally cost millions of lives."  According to CNBC, Bourla told the Washington D.C. think tank that the number of people who spread misleading information is "very small" but are swaying those who are already reluctant to get vaccinated.  [Video clip]

Vaccine Alert:  France Tells Millions of Citizens to Skip Moderna, Cites Crippling Heart Inflammation.  France has become the highest-population European country to steer citizens away from the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus, citing the risk of heart inflammation.  France's top public health authority, the Haute Autorité de Santé, has issued an opinion urging those under 30 to get the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a Daily Mail article Tuesday [11/9/2021] that encompassed reporting from that news outlet along with The Associated Press and Reuters.  Based on the population of those eligible to be vaccinated, the strong recommendation in France covers about 11.6 million people.

Trucking, retail and food service unions sue Biden over his 'emergency' vaccine mandate because it is 'clear administrative overreach'.  Ten different groups joined a small business advocacy group is suing President Joe Biden over his administration's new vaccine mandate for companies with 100 or more employees.  The National Federation of Independent Business, the largest small business associations in the U.S., filed a petition Tuesday with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals demanding the court pause the Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule.  'The small business economy is fragile, and owners continue to manage several business challenges regarding staffing and supply chain disruptions,' Executive Director of NFIB's Small Business Legal Center Karen Harned said in a statement upon filing legal action against the president's new rule.

Vikings vaccinated guard Dakota Dozier hospitalized with COVID-19, in stable condition: reports.  Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Dakota Dozier, who is vaccinated, was hospitalized on Tuesday night [11/9/2021] after contacting COVID-19, reports say.  Head coach Mike Zimmer confirmed to reporters on Wednesday that dozens of players and staff are being tested after being deemed a close contact with a player that was sent to the emergency room with COVID.  "One of our players that was vaccinated, he had to go to the ER last night because of COVID," Zimmer said, via twincities.com.  "It's serious stuff, so, I don't know.  Like 29 guys are getting tested because of close contact, including myself.  Just do what we do."

Gavin Newsom's Double Jab of Covid booster and flu shot made him sick enough to cancel Scotland trip and disappear from public view for nearly two weeks.  California governor Gavin Newsom had an adverse reaction to getting the Covid booster and a flu shot within days of each other, leaving him with muscle weakness and fatigue, claim sources in the family's inner circle.  The governor was last seen in public on October 27, after receiving a COVID-19 booster shot in Oakland.  He had gotten a flu shot on October 22.  Newsom finally appeared in a photo attending Ivy Getty's star-studded wedding this past weekend after disappearing from the public eye for nearly two weeks.

The Evolution Of War — From Stones To Syringes.  War is no longer a cantankerous nation-demolishing bloodbath.  War no longer announces itself from overhead with bombs dropped on your modest home.  War has now become a silent assassin and just as the Chinese planned decades ago, war is being waged from within.  The demoralization campaign has left our country confused and increasingly defenseless.  The sooner we all realize this, the better.  [Video clip]

mRNA Vaccines WEAKEN Immune System Even After Covid Recovery, According to UK Data.  'N antibody levels appear to be lower in people who acquire infection following two doses of vaccination,' UK gov't report states.  Covid-19 vaccines appear to inhibit the body's natural ability to produce antibodies, leaving vaccinated people vulnerable to infection.  The alarming information was contained in the UK government's latest "Covid-19 vaccine surveillance report," which noted that "N antibody levels appear to be lower in people who acquire infection following two doses of vaccination."  Vaccine researcher Alex Berenson first highlighted the UK government's alarming admission, warning it means vaccinated people will never be able to acquire full immunity even after they've recovered from an infection.  "What the British are saying is they are now finding the vaccine interferes with your body's innate ability after infection to produce antibodies against not just the spike protein but other pieces of the virus," Berenson explained.

Despite Mandates Aplenty, California's COVID Rate Now Doubles Florida's.  The rate of new COVID-19 cases in California is currently more than twice the rate in Florida, prompting debate about draconian public health measures implemented across the Golden State, like vaccine mandates for small children.  California is averaging 16 new cases per 100,000 residents the last week compared to just seven in Florida.  California's full vaccination rate (62%) is higher than places like Florida (60) and Texas (54), where state leaders do not enforce mask policies or support strict mandates.

Joe Biden Said It:  He 'Should Not Remain As President'.  [At Joe Biden's last debate on Oct. 22, 2020, with then-President Donald Trump], Biden went on to proclaim that the only reason all those people died was that Trump had failed to do things such as test people and issue mask mandates.  "What I would do," he said, "is make sure we have everyone encouraged to wear a mask all the time.  I would make sure we move into the direction of rapid testing, investing in rapid testing.  I would make sure that we set up national standards as to how to open up schools and open up businesses so they can be safe and give them the wherewithal, the financial resources to be able to do that."  Then he declared:  "And so, folks, I will take care of this.  I will end this."  If you hear nothing else Biden said that night, hear this:  "I will end this."  That promise, more than anything else, got Biden into the White House.  Fast forward to today.  Biden has been in office nearly 10 months, and how has he done at "ending this"?  Over those months, more than 21 million people have contracted COVID-19.  More than 332,000 of them died from the disease.  Recently Biden's own (fully vaxxed) press secretary tested positive for COVID, as did an aide who'd been traveling abroad with the president.

Richmond school board vaccine mandate:  On second thought...  Back on October 1st, Richmond, Virginia public schools superintendent Jason Kamras followed President Joe Biden's lead and announced a vaccine mandate for all teachers and staff in his district.  Those failing to comply would have their pay withheld and could potentially face the loss of their jobs if they didn't come into line with the policy.  But that was then and this is now.  The schools were already struggling to fill more than 100 vacancies, almost all of which were driven by the mandate.  This week, on Monday night, the School Board was forced to approve 29 more resignations, so at the same meeting, they voted by a two-to-one margin to dial back Kamras' mandate and allow those opposed to being vaccinated the options of submitting weekly negative COVID tests instead.

Nancy Pelosi Blasted for Failing to Wear Mask While Attending Lavish Wedding.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has found herself in hot water after attending a luxurious wedding in San Francisco over the weekend — and failing to mask up as required by strict local guidelines.  Pelosi officiated the wedding of the artist and billionaire Ivy Getty at San Francisco City Hall before the celebration continued at the Getty Mansion.  Among the guests were California Governor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, actress Anya Taylor-Joy, and many other prominent guests.  According to several photos of the attendees that emerged online, neither Pelosi nor the guests bothered to put on their masks.

Nancy Pelosi slammed as hypocrite for attending Ivy Getty's wedding maskless.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been branded a hypocrite for attending the lavish wedding of billionaire oil heiress Ivy Getty over the weekend without a mask — while children in California are being made to wear them in the state's schools.  Pelosi (D-Calif.), who officiated the ceremony at San Francisco City Hall, faced backlash on social media after photos of her mingling with other maskless wedding guests were published by Vogue on Tuesday [11/9/2021].  Critics immediately lashed out and questioned why it was mandatory for children to wear masks in California schools, but not for guests at the billionaire wedding of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty's great-granddaughter and Tobias Alexander Engel.  "Why does @SpeakerPelosi insist on children wearing masks when she's in more danger due to her age?  Seems like she's not concerned, why are you?" one person tweeted.

What is Luciferase?  As most of my followers on social media and Substack must know by now, I have spent a considerable amount of time the last two years trying to discover the actual ingredients of the new COVID vaccines.  The reason is simple:  Big Pharma has gone to considerable trouble to hide them.  Do the Big Pharma companies want to submit the vaccines to independent analysis?  They do not!  Do the Big Pharma companies want to disclose all the ingredients?  They do not!  Do the Big Pharma companies have any liability for lying to the public about the proprietary ingredients in their vaccines?  They do not.  We have a leaked copy of the legal agreement that Big Pharma companies (allegedly) have forced nation-states to sign in order to get the new COVID vaccines.  These contracts include indemnification clauses that no sane human being would ever sign.

Newsmax and Twitter Suspend Emerald Robinson for Vaccine Wrongthink.  Comrades, Emerald Robinson is a journalist who works for Newsmax as a White House corespondent.  However, Emerald Robinson is also a free thinker who challenges communal orthodoxy and rebels against groupthink.  In short, Mrs. Robinson is a subversive voice who refused to correct her thoughts and become a stenographer for the regime.  As a result of her failure to comply with the correct thinking necessary for good citizenship, her employer, Newsmax, has suspended her tenure.  Apparently Mrs. Robinson did some research into the COVID-19 vaccination ingredients and posted her results in a substack article.  The Ministry of COVID Compliance was not happy with Mrs. Robinson and requested she attend further re-education.

Exclusive photos of graphene oxide found in Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines.  The analysis of vials in different countries around the world has gained momentum since Dr. Pablo Campra published the first official report on the real — and undeclared — content of COVID-19 vaccines by laboratories.  Thanks to La Quinta Columna, countries such as Chile and Argentina have joined the cause by analyzing vials of the vaccines administered there.  In a recent Dirección Correcta program on Radio El Mirador del Gallo, La Quinta Columna was given the first images of the optical microscopy observations of the Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Sinovac vaccine vials.  As in Spain, the result was the same: the presence of the toxic nanomaterial graphene oxide was detected.  The characteristics of what can be observed coincide with the literary description of the material.  [Video clip]

They Want Us to Fear Room 101.  [Scroll down]  The picture of those puppies being tortured to death at the behest of our modern-day Mengele — Dr. Anthony Fauci — who has never seen an actual human patient in his entire government medical apparatchik career, reveals his true sociopathic nature.  This pathetic excuse for a human being is the highest paid government drone in the Federal bureaucracy.  He and his co-conspirators at the National Institute of Health (Orwellian for National Institute of Death) are personally profiting from the mRNA patents.  This mass murderer funded the gain of function (Orwellian for weaponization of viruses) experiments at the Wuhan bio-weapon lab.  The deaths caused by this man-made pathogen are his fault.  He has no remorse.  He takes no responsibility.  He has lied to Congress on multiple occasions with no consequences.  Day after day he is put forth on the left-wing corporate media propaganda outlets to spew fear, perpetuate falsehoods, blatantly lie, and do the bidding of billionaire oligarchs and his Big Pharma puppeteers.  He is a soulless villain in this dystopian nightmare.  Fauci is a modern-day O'Brien, a sadistic, cold hearted, emotionally indifferent, psychologically demented messenger boy for the Party, who has sold his soul to the devil to achieve material wealth and the accolades of the ignorant covidiot cult masses who have adopted him as their patron saint of the vaccine religion.

Informers key in enforcing Biden vaccine mandate.  To enforce President Joe Biden's forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is going to need a lot of help.  Its Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn't have nearly enough workplace safety inspectors to do the job.  So the government will rely upon a corps of informers to identify violations of the order:  Employees who will presumably be concerned enough to turn in their own employers if their co-workers go unvaccinated or fail to undergo weekly tests to show they're virus-free.  What's not known is just how many employees will be willing to accept some risk to themselves — or their job security — for blowing the whistle on their own employers.

Senior NIH Doctor Pushes Back on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates.  A top infectious disease doctor has raised alarm about COVID-19 vaccine mandates despite top federal officials recommending them for businesses, schools, and other institutions.  Dr. Matthew Memoli, who runs a clinical studies unit within the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci — is scheduled to argue against COVID-19 vaccine mandates during a Dec. 1 seminar hosted by the agency, according to David Wendler, a senior NIH bioethicist who is planning the seminar.  "There's a lot of debate within the NIH about whether [a vaccine mandate] is appropriate," he told the Wall Street Journal.  "It's an important, hot topic."  Memoli had told Fauci in a July 30 email that he believes "the way we are using the vaccines is wrong," adding that mandated vaccines are "extraordinarily problematic," according to the WSJ.

Again and again, the FDA fails American patients.  Last week, the United Kingdom approved a new antiviral pill (molnupiravir).  Studies show the drug reduces the risk of hospitalization and death among high-risk COVID patients by half.  U.S. taxpayers funded molnupiravir's development.  Yet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration isn't even meeting to consider approval until Nov. 30.  Molnupiravir is the latest example of the FDA denying patients their most important health care right — the right to make their own health decisions — by prohibiting them from getting drugs that have received approval in other advanced countries.

America is already short 80,000 truck drivers and the industry is warning that Biden's vaccine mandate will only make it worse.  It's bad enough that the Biden administration's vaccine mandate is probably gonna wreak havoc on a huge multitude of industries, exacerbating the already fragile labor market.  But its effects on the trucking industry may very well be catastrophic.

Getting Through the Next Six Months of COVID.  As we finish 18 months of COVID-19 pandemic, what will we see in the next six months?  There will be a massive push to get everyone vaccinated with more battles and punishments for noncompliance.  Government, public health authorities, the media, and big pharma will lead the charge.  Experimental vaccination will be pushed because those in power can feel their narrative of fear slipping away and they don't have much time left to push the vaccines.  People are beginning to realize that COVID-19 is not extremely dangerous to the healthy below age 70.  Cases and deaths are going down in spite of attempts to inflate cases with faulty tests and inflate deaths with a faulty definition of who dies from COVID-19.  More people are understanding that Dr. Fauci was involved with the creation of the virus in Wuhan and is not telling the truth.  Many states are doing better with no lockdowns, masking, or vaccine mandates.  The understanding is growing that the experimental vaccines do not prevent infection or transmission of the now prevalent Delta variant.  Breakthrough infections and possible vaccine injury are now showing that even the fully vaccinated can be hospitalized and die.  Sweden, England and Israel report that the vaccinated have more serious illness and death.  The vaccinated who thought getting their two shots would be the end of it, are realizing they will be fired from their job if they don't take booster #3, #4, #5 etc.  People are beginning to realize that mRNA vaccine safety is not as good as they were told.

It's Time For Millstones.  Children are especially unlikely to catch the Wuhan Coronavirus.  If they are otherwise healthy, their risk of contracting the disease is extremely close to zero.  The "vaccines" being promoted for use against the disease are neither safe nor effective.  Despite the efforts by governments and medical institution to suppress the statistics, it has become clear that the experimental mRNA treatments provide very little protection against SARS-CoV-2 after a few months.  This is why the "boosters" are being promoted (and mandated). Each successive booster will likely fade in effectiveness sooner than the previous one.  In addition, even according to the official government statistics, it is clear that there are severe side effects from the use of the "vaccines", including death.  There is growing evidence that the mRNA treatment may permanently compromise the immune systems of those who receive it.  The only people who might stand to gain from being vaxed are the elderly who have other serious medical issues.  Everyone else would be well-advised to eschew the jab.  The "vaccine" is particularly contraindicated for children under 18, for whom COVID-19 poses almost no risk.  The mRNA treatments have been shown to cause myocarditis and pericarditis in young teenagers, especially boys.

You can and should protest the OSHA mandate about workplace vaccines.  With virtually every aspect of life under assault from progressives, Republican successes on Election Day were a much-needed shot in the arm.  Let's capitalize on that energy.  Instead of sitting idly by waiting for lawsuits to make vaccine mandates go away, OSHA just handed us an opportunity to drive a stake through those very mandates.  On November 5, OSHA published its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS (Emergency Temporary Standard) in the Federal Register.  It goes into effect immediately and companies with 100+ employees have 30 days to comply, plus 60 days for certain testing requirements.  However, because this ETS also functions as a proposed rule for a permanent standard, the public has 30 days to comment.  Most of us have never commented on a proposed rulemaking for any agency, let alone OSHA.  But if standing up to vaccine mandates is something you feel strongly about — and you should — this is another avenue of attack we should exploit in the vaccine wars.
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COVID suspended the rules of civilization — and we need them back.  COVID suspended the whole rulebook of civilized behavior.  It's like a children's game where the rules are suspended for a few moments, except the few moments have dragged on for about 20 months now.  We see the same effect everywhere.  People were told they don't have to work, so they stopped working.  Or they were told that they could pretend to work from home, so they pretended to work from home.  People were told that the police are bad and should be starved of the funds necessary for them to do their jobs.  So policemen and women are quitting.  Unsurprisingly, that adversely affects law enforcement.  People were told that it's OK — even noble! — to loot department stores, or at least that they could shoplift with impunity.  So they did.  People were told that lives don't matter unless they're black ones, so the murder rate is up 30%. That's the biggest one-year jump in history.  People were told that government handouts are not limited by the amount of taxes the government collects from the people.  Instead, the government has as much money as it wishes to print, so it can give unlimited quantities to the people.

Biden's vaccine order is about power, not health.  Vax mandates are an unhealthy thing for our democracy and represent a willful effort by government to exert additional control over an already cowed population.  There is a direct line between the Patriot Act, mass surveillance, and vax mandates that claims "it is all for our own good" when it is more broadly for our own bad.  This is about politics, not medicine.  Whatever you call a country where a central authority makes unilateral decisions to control its people's lives, that is what America has become.  In escalation towards that dark reality, the Biden administration announced a mandate requiring employers with 100 or more workers to ensure employees are vaccinated for COVID or tested weekly.  A separate mandate requires employers participating in Medicare or Medicaid to have a fully vaccinated workforce, with no testing alternative.

Biden tells businesses to obey him, not court orders, on his vaccine mandate.  Joe Biden's insentience and incompetence are pretty obvious these days but he's also showing some delusions of grandeur.  Here's what he had the nerve to put out when he didn't like a judge's stay on his vaccine mandate:  ["]The White House on Monday said businesses should move forward with President Joe Biden's vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses, despite a federal appeals court ordering a temporary halt to the rules.["] [...] So everybody employed in a company with more than 100 people either gets vaxxed or gets fired as Biden's vax mandate insists.  Never mind if the judge moves to uphold the court challenge.

Hospitals In Antwerp Belgium Are Now Reporting That 100% Of Their COVID Cases Are Double Vaccinated.  On Thursday, CEOs and medical directors of Antwerp hospitals met.  The mood was one of concern.  "But there is also resignation: here we go again, we'll solve it again?", says Kristiaan Deckers, medical director of the Antwerp GZA.  "Postponing care is just not necessary.  Our capacity of 25% beds for covid in the intensive care department is now completely full.  We're even a little bit about it because we helped a neighboring hospital in trouble.  However, we already had to phase out beds in geriatrics."  "The profile of our intensive patients?", says Deckers.  "They are now all vaccinated with breakthrough infections.  Relatively young people aged 55 to 60, quite a few with immune problems.  But we also see several seriously ill younger people, aged 30 to 35.  So the question is whether the vaccines still work as well."  [Video clip]

Chinese Kids Labeled With QR Codes.  Disturbing video released from China shows young children with QR codes being treated like products as they line up to take COVID-19 tests.  Chinese state run media is the original poster of the video in which they labeled it "cute and brave" children in order to distract people from what was actually going on.  The kids are kindergarteners and according to death tolls from around the world, children in this age group are amount the least likely to die from COVID-19, yet are now being treated as if they're the biggest threat by governments around the globe.  [Video clip]

Navy SEALs cite religious concerns in lawsuit against vaccine mandate.  Twenty-six members of the elite Navy SEALs filed a lawsuit sued Tuesday claiming the government is arbitrarily refusing their requests for religious exemptions from the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccination mandate.  Nine other Navy personnel involved in special operations joined the action, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court's Northern Texas District, including five special warfare combatant craft crewmen, three Navy divers and one explosive ordnance disposal technician.  The plaintiffs, listed anonymously to protect their classified and confidential locations, claim they've been threatened with court-martial or involuntary separation from the service.

'Criminals': Pfizer CEO takes aim at those who spread COVID-19 'misinformation'.  Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Tuesday [11/9/2021] said people who deliberately spread false information about COVID-19 vaccines, often through sophisticated web operations, are "criminals."  "They're not bad people, they're criminals, because they have literally cost millions of lives," he said during a conversation with The Atlantic Council, a think tank specializing in international affairs.  Mr. Bourla, whose company teamed with German firm BioNTech on a leading COVID-19 vaccine, said there are two camps of regular people who are afraid — some are vaccinated and afraid of the virus, and some are holdouts who fear they will get side effects from the shots.

27 States, Multiple Businesses Sue to Stop Biden's Vaccine Mandate.  One court already has temporarily halted the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for private employers and legal battles are emerging across the nation as 27 states and multiple businesses and nonprofits sue to block the mandate on its likely path to the Supreme Court.  Plaintiffs have brought lawsuits in federal appeals courts for the 5th, 7th, 8th, and 11th circuits as well as the one in Washington, D.C. The next step will be a "lottery" process to determine which federal circuit hears the case.  Then, the federal government likely will file a motion to vacate the ruling Saturday by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals imposing a temporary stay on enforcing the new federal rule implementing the mandate.

How did we get here?  Can this mess be fixed?  We have entered a dark age.  Truth, not always abundantly obvious, has been increasingly shrouded thanks to the growing cynicism and polarization of our day.  The condition is getting worse by the day. [...] The president of the United States, unable to persuade half the nation of his "truth" about the only solution to the threat of COVID, has resorted to force.  You will wear a mask.  You will distance yourself from other human beings.  You will be injected with an experimental drug despite its adverse effects on health in the short term and utterly unknown and unknowable effects in the long term.  End of discussion.  How far has this thinking been extended?  In previous diktats from on high, there have been exceptions allowed for conscience and religious beliefs.  Not on Joe Biden's watch.  The path was cleared for this tyranny by the medical establishment, media, Big Tech, and corporate America suppressing all dissenting views.  Freedom of speech has morphed into freedom to agree.

NBA Mandates All Previously Vaccinated Players Must Get More Vaccinated With Mandatory Boosters.  Last week Florida Governor Ron DeSantis noted the feds were likely to move the goalposts, and "fully vaccinated" will shift because never-ending booster shots will become part of the mandate.  The media went bananas claiming DeSantis was spreading a conspiracy theory.  Well, today the National Basketball Association (NBA) has told all previously vaccinated players they are no longer considered vaccinated unless they get a booster shot.  The NBA is now requiring the players to get the booster jab or they cannot play.  The players can pick a booster, any booster, mix-n-match, whatever... but booster they must.

Vaccine Makers Now Studying Why Vaccine Is Causing Heart Problems.  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that vaccine makers and U.S. healthcare officials are now attempting to find out why the mRNA vaccines are creating adverse events and heart conditions in healthy people.  Call me crazy, but studying dangerous side-effects would seem to be a more prudent line of inquiry before injecting people, not after.

Medicine Wants To Kill You.  Historians of the future, savoring 'possum goulash around their campfires, will marvel that modern medicine squandered its authority, its credibility, and its sacred honor in the Covid Panic of the 2020s, when public health officials and doctors in clinical practice colluded to force mass vaccinations while suppressing news of the harms and injuries the vaccines caused — potentially sacrificing millions of citizens like so many experimental fruit flies.  Poster-boy for this epic debacle was Dr. Eric J Rubin, editor of the New England Journal of Medicine who, serving on the CDC's advisory vaccine committee, actually said, "We're never gonna learn how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it."  Giving it to children, that is, which the government authorized last week, even while that same CDC issued a safety advisory warning on vaccine-induced myocarditis (inflammation of the heart), especially in boys and young men.

Vaccine Mandates — What's the End Game?  According to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky in August, "Vaccines no longer prevent you from spreading COVID."  This leads to several questions, which the corporate media seems uninterested in exploring or asking.  Why is this now suddenly an "emergency"?  The vaccines have been available for almost a year and COVID has been with us for two years, yet now OSHA sees mandatory vaccination as an "emergency."  Why are workers at companies with 100 employees at such risk while similar companies with 99 employees are not, such that the mandate does not apply to them?  Does that one extra employee turn a business from a safe enterprise into a superspreading workplace?  Not to worry though.  The Surgeon General "suggests federal vaccine mandate could expand to small businesses."  Are all businesses equal? [...] If a mandate is life-saving, why does it only apply in select circumstances?  It's much like telling people to eat healthy and not smoke when at work but after work they are free to do whatever they want to.

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The 100-employee cutoff is just a starting point, like the income tax starting out at one percent, or "two weeks to flatten the curve."  If you know anything about the federal government, you know that the goalposts will be moved as soon as possible.

Masked California's COVID rate is now twice Florida's.  California's coronavirus rate is double that of Florida, despite mask mandates and recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus. [...] Cases in California are no longer falling, with the rate increasing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's red "high" level of virus transmission stemming from the delta variant, the outlet reported.  But Southern states such as Texas and Florida — where state leaders do not enforce face mask policies or support other strict mandates — are in the CDC's orange "substantial" transmission level.  California's vaccination rate is higher than states such as Texas and Florida, but that still hasn't stopped the outbreaks.  Sixty-two percent of California's total population is fully vaccinated, while Florida reports 60% and Texas 54%.

NHS boss Amanda Pritchard is accused of 'abusing' Covid statistics.  NHS England's chief executive was today accused of 'abusing' Covid statistics after exaggerating the number of infected patients in hospital with the virus.  During a round of interviews this morning, Amanda Pritchard suggested there were '14 times' more coronavirus patients in hospital now compared to 'this time last year'.  The claim was picked up and circulated by a number of mainstream, left-leaning news outlets including Sky News, ITV and The i.

British Funeral Director:  Dead Babies Are Piling Up in Morgues.  During an interview with Resistance GB, Wesley, who has been a funeral director for over three years, speaks about his experience throughout the so-called "pandemic" and what he's been seeing in the morgues in recent times.  He says he's currently seeing untold numbers of dead babies and new-borns in cold storage and piling up in mortuaries waiting for their funerals.  The unprecedented numbers of babies that he and other morticians are dealing with are matched only by the excessive number of younger people in their 30s and 40s who have been dying since the Covid injection rolled out, he says.

Meet the anti-Fauci:  Florida's sane surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo.  America has had 20 long months with Dr. Anthony Fauci as the spokesman for the government's COVID response, poorly explaining to us both the pandemic and the concurrent illogical restrictions.  Perhaps it's time for some new voices.  The media dub Joseph Ladapo, Florida's surgeon general awaiting confirmation, a "firebrand" who's "controversial."  He opposes mask and vaccine mandates — and so is erroneously called "anti-vax" by his foes.  But Ladapo came off as none of these things when I spoke to him for an exclusive interview last week.  Calm and poised, Ladapo became a national figure after a clip of him saying the obvious — "The data do not support any clinical benefit for children in schools with mask mandates" — went viral.  In so many ways, the Nigerian-born Ladapo is the anti-Fauci.  While the oft-criticized Ladapo has stayed consistent, frequent television guest Fauci has reversed himself many times on many details of pandemic policy without showing any data to support those reversals.

After Sanjay Gupta's Disgusting Vax Propaganda Appearance On Sesame Street, Some Genius Made This.  M is for Myocarditis says Big Bird.  B is for Bells Palsey says the Cookie Monster.  This is what the Sesame Street segment on vaccination should have looked like if it was even remotely truthful.  [Video clip]

Hundreds of Thousands to Go on Four-Day Nationwide Strike Over Vaccine Mandates:  Organizer.  A nationwide strike against vaccine mandates will take place from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11, according to the main organizer for the walkout, Leigh Dundas, a human rights attorney and public speaker.  The event will kick off in Los Angeles on Monday.  The locations of the marches have not yet been disclosed.  The walkouts involve people from various industries such as trucking and telecom.  Air and rail transport workers are not federally allowed to go on strike due to a law passed in 1926 named the Railway Labor Act, but some plan to protest anonymously.  "The Golden Gate Bridge Rally is going to be an epic and unprecedented moment in time.  It will mark — on Veterans' Day evening — a 4-day Nationwide walkout, by rank and file workers everywhere, from blue-collar to white-collar, black, white, yellow, red, every faith, every creed, who are uniquely united despite their differences on one common truth:  that vaccine mandates have no place in a truly free society," Dundas told The Epoch Times.

Here Are the Arguments That Persuaded the 5th Circuit To Block OSHA's Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit yesterday stayed the Biden administration's brand-new COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers, which took effect on Friday, when it was published in the Federal Register.  The appeals court said the arguments made by the petitioners — a Louisiana supermarket chain and six employees of a Texas company that makes kitchen ventilation systems — "give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate."  The vaccine rule, which was announced in early September but was not unveiled until last Thursday, gives businesses with 100 or more employees two options:  They can adopt a "mandatory vaccination policy" with limited exceptions, or they can require unvaccinated employees to wear face masks and undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.

Doctor Warns COVID Vaccines Are Dangerous For Children.  Doctors tell One America News they are being threatened and silenced for raising questions about the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines.  One America's Pearson Sharp sat down with Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric heart specialist, who explains the vaccine represents a greater danger to our children's health than COVID itself.  [Video clip]

Jen Psaki Also Hasn't Been Seen in Public for Eleven Days Since Revealing She Got Covid, Despite Being 'Fully Vaccinated'.  Ever since White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that she had a case of Covid-19, despite being fully vaccinated, she has been absent from the public spotlight.  This week her role was taken by Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who just might be the least credible person on the planet.  Psaki disclosed on October 31 that she had a "breatkthrough case" of Covid-19 in what she characterized as an abundance of transparency.  "Psaki, who is fully vaccinated, said she has experienced only mild symptoms," NPR reported.  "In a statement, she said she had not had contact with senior White House officials since Wednesday — four days before she tested positive — and last saw Biden on Tuesday, when they were wearing masks and were more than six feet apart from each other, outdoors."

Mask hypocrisy.  [Thread reader]  Amazing: teacher union president @rweingarten — who demands kids stay in masks all day at school including while outside — got caught partying with NY politicos in an *indoor* "packed room" all night in a Puerto Rico ballroom with no mask, and justifies it this way:  [Tweet]  Read the replies — from parents, teachers, doctors — to @rweingarten's amazing justification for why it's fine for her to go mask-free at galas in packed indoor party halls, while you kids must remain masked all day, even when outdoors:  [Tweet] [...] Puerto Rico has an indoor mask *mandate*.  All those NY politico luminaries who partied in what *they* called a "packed ballroom" and danced and chatted all night mask-free not only violated the law but again showed they don't believe COVID restrictions apply to them.  Ask why.

Is the Wuhan Coverup the Biggest Lie in US History?  In an interview with Newsweek, American molecular biologist Richard Ebright argued that the documents clearly show "that NIH [National Institutes of Health] grants were used to fund controversial gain-of-function (GOF) research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China."  However, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a man who has been lauded by many left-leaning outlets, has vehemently denied this claim.  If Ebright is correct — and there's plenty of reasons to think so — then Fauci lied before Congress, a felony that comes with a prison sentence of up to five years.  More worryingly, Fauci's lie (or lies) is symptomatic of a much deeper malaise gripping the country.  For the best part of two years, the American people have been gaslit by the mainstream media.  Questions of the virus emerging from a lab in China's Wuhan city have been called racist and misinformed.  In reality, ever since former President Donald Trump discussed the likelihood of the virus originating in China, left-leaning publications have gone to great lengths to say the very opposite.  A deadly virus has been politicized.  Because of this, no one benefited — except, of course, members of the Chinese Communist Party.

Uh, That's Not A Conspiracy Theory.  There is an article floating around from The Expose that makes an explosive claim:  There is a wildly statistically-significant skew in the death rate from Covid-19 vaccines by lot number.  What originally got my attention was the tinfoil hat crowd screaming about lots being intentionally distributed to certain people to kill them — in other words certain Covid-19 vaccine lots were for all intents and purposes poisoned.  That was wildly unlikely so I set out to disprove it and apply some broom handles to the tinfoil hatters heads.  What I found, however, was both interesting and deeply disturbing.  Lots are quite large, especially when you're dealing with 200 million people and 400 million doses.  Assuming the lots are not preferentially assigned to certain cohorts (e.g. one goes to all nursing homes, etc) adverse reactions should thus be evenly distributed between lots; if they're not one of these things is almost-certainly true: [...]

Sesame Street's 'Big Bird' [is being] Used As Propaganda Tool To Convince Young Kids To Get COVID Jab.  If race and gender indoctrination weren't enough for your children's TV shows, Sesame Street decided to take the propaganda up a notch by having their character 'Big Bird' share with Twitter that he got the Covid vaccine.  [Tweet]

Pilots Protest Biden's vaccine mandate outside North Carolina Airport.  A major North Carolina airport saw pilots protesting Saturday against President Biden's new vaccine mandate, as the airline industry already struggles with staffing shortages amid an inoculation push.  A group called the US Freedom Flyers organized a rally outside Charlotte-Douglas International Airport Saturday, as pilots for major airlines and other supported protested against Biden's latest directive that all private companies with 100 employees or more to enforce a vaccine requirement starting Jan. 4, Fox 8 reported.  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana on Saturday granted an emergency stay of the vaccine requirement by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

COVID shots leave former triathlete in constant, extreme pain and on disability.  A former triathlete who was proud to get her COVID shots is now on disability due to systemic, debilitating pain she has had since her second jab that at times leaves her struggling to walk or think clearly.  Suzanna Newell shared during Tuesday's Real Not Rare rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court how her life has been completely disrupted by severe physical symptoms after her shots, including neurological issues she has described as "torture."  She called for the government, big pharma, and the medical community to be held accountable for vax injuries.

Feds Seek to Block Promotion of a Nasal Spray Against COVID-19.  The leading U.S. manufacturer of xylitol-based products says the federal government is deliberately trying to conceal a nasal spray it developed that it says has been scientifically proven to be effective in treating and preventing COVID-19.  The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in federal court against Utah-based company Xlear on Oct. 28, saying it has deceptively advertised its nasal spray as a treatment and preventative of COVID-19.  The lawsuit asks a federal court to permanently ban the company from promoting the nasal spray as a treatment for COVID-19 and also asks that monetary penalties be levied against it.

Employer Vaccine Mandates:  When the Feds Pay the Piper, They Call the Tune.  Advocates for vaccine mandates — led by the Biden administration — are apparently unconcerned that the mandates are likely to drive down total employment and reduce access to government services.  In many cases these are the same services that mandate-pushing politicians have always insisted are utterly "critical" and must be expanded.  Instead, the party is taking the position that the drive for vaccination must be placed before all other values in society, including public safety and employment for working-class Americans.  The whole affair helps illustrate, yet again, the problem of allowing the state to have a monopoly on services like fire protection.  These are services that can be (and have been) canceled or reduced for political purposes.  Mandates also show the danger of governments that maintain lucrative contracts and financial ties with countless ostensibly private firms and local government employers.  This has made many private sector firms reliant on federal dollars.  All combined, these factors have made it easier for governments to demand compliance with vaccine mandates.  Even if the regulatory power of the federal government can be curtailed when it comes to vaccine mandates, the enormous federal financial footprint in the private sector will continue to help federal regulators get what they want by threatening to cut off the gravy train.

Fully vaccinated air passenger dies mid-flight from "covid".  Pegasus Airlines crew members found the 51-year-old man dead in his seat after Flight 1043 from Istanbul, Turkey, landed in Hamburg, Germany, on October 25.  Media reports declared that the man must have died from "coronavirus." [...] In Istanbul, 72.4 percent of citizens above the age of 18 are fully vaccinated, as was the man, so he should not have died from "covid."  Nevertheless, he did, and now the Branch Covidians are struggling to find a narrative to justify this "anomaly."  It is apparent that "breakthrough" cases of infection are hardly rare.  So many fully vaccinated people are dying from Chinese Germs that it is becoming painfully apparent that the jabs do not work as claimed.  Instead, the jabs seem to be making people sick, while those who skipped them are living their lives as normal.

Most truck drivers will be exempt from the vaccine mandates.  That announcement from President Joe Biden about federal vaccine mandates that would affect nearly all workers in the private sector is about as solid as a slice of swiss cheese.  Every time we think we're getting our heads wrapped around it, more changes or exceptions seem to appear.  The latest is being hailed by representatives of the trucking industry as "a huge victory" because the Department of Labor has now decided that most truckers will not fall under the mandate.  And if they do, they will have the option of submitting weekly negative COVID tests instead of getting the shot if they wish.  So what makes truck drivers so special?

Surgeon General suggests federal vaccine mandate could expand to small businesses.  US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said Sunday [11/7/2021] that "nothing is off the table" when asked whether the Biden administration would try to expand its federal work-vaccine mandate to smaller firms.  Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Murthy said the government's mandate for companies with more than 100 staffers is "appropriate and necessary" — and suggested it might be widened, assuming it survives multiple court challenges.  "Certainly nothing is off the table at this moment," Murthy said.  Still, "The focus right now is implementing the current rule that OSHA put out," the top doc added, referring to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's edict announced Thursday involving larger companies.

Resist the Unique Patient Identifier!.  If people who torture animals are psychopaths, then what are government officials who use taxpayer dollars to fund animal torture?  Many are asking this question in the wake of revelations that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci — high priest of the COVID cult — funded medical "research" involving the torture of puppies. [...] The puppy torture story was followed by disclosures that the federal government funded the testing of experimental AIDS vaccines on orphans.  Many of the orphans used as human guinea pigs subsequently died, and nurses who assisted in these experiments reported that many children got sick immediately after receiving the vaccines.  Testing dangerous drugs on orphans and torturing puppies in the name of "science" is certainly shocking, but is it really surprising that government would fund these types of activities?

24-Year-Old Hockey Star Boris Sadecky Dies After Collapsing on Ice in Cardiac Arrest Last Friday.  Professional hockey player Boris Sadecky passed away on Wednesday after suffering a cardiac arrest last Friday during a match in Austria.  Sadecky was 24 and in good health.  80% of the league's players are vaccinated with the experimental COVID vaccines. [...] Earlier this week soccer star Emil Palssan collapsed in cardiac arrest during match play in Europe.

Are An Alarming Number of Athletes Dropping Dead After Getting the COVID Jab?  Inbound from a reader, we have a list of links to cases of athletes who just dropped dead.  All of them are recent.  And the number of them seems excessive, all from heart-related complications. [...] The first few I looked at made no mention of their status as vaccinated for COVID but there are a lot of athletes in all levels of competition dropping dead with heart-related ailments if this list is accurate.  It also means there are more and we should make some effort to source those incidents and report them.  If they are vaccine-related people deserve to know the risk.

This Is The Heartbreaking Story Of 23-YO Casey Hodgkinson.  A 23-year-old warehouse worker did what her employer and government told her to do, in order to keep her job.  Now she can no longer work and her prognosis is grim.  Ms. Casey Hodgkinson received her first Pfizer mRNA injection on September 25, according to her Facebook page.  The adverse effects were severe and immediate.  Her tongue went completely numb within an hour, followed by minor convulsions.  The next day, her arms and legs went numb.  [Video clip]

Official UK Data Now Shows 81% Of All Delta Deaths Were Double Vaccinated.  A deadly combination of science fraud, institutional coercion, bribery, Big Tech censorship, government force and media propaganda are bringing the world to its knees.  There is NO real-world data showing that covid-19 vaccines reduce the risk of hospitalization and death.  Right now, hospital data from the United Kingdom is shocking the world, providing serious evidence of vaccine failure and vaccine-induced death.  In the UK, up to 80 percent of COVID deaths are currently coming from vaccinated people.  COVID deaths across the UK are now 3,000 percent more frequent than they were at the same time a year ago, when the population was "unvaccinated."  [Video clip]

Confirmed: You Can't Sue Pfizer or Moderna for Severe Covid Vaccine Side Effects.  It turns out the FDA's "full authorization" of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is not as "full" as advertised.  In fact, it is about as legitimate as being "fully vaccinated" for Covid-19 despite purportedly needing "booster shots."  As Becker News reported earlier, there were numerous signs the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine authorization documents were "off": [...] Once again, only 6% of such vaccine injury claims are ever compensated.  Making this even more bewildering, recently all three major international vaccine companies recently made a name change.

You can't sue Pfizer or Moderna if you have severe Covid vaccine side effects.  If you experience severe side effects after getting a Covid vaccine, lawyers tell CNBC there is basically no one to blame in a U.S. court of law.  The federal government has granted companies like Pfizer and Moderna immunity from liability if something unintentionally goes wrong with their vaccines.  "It is very rare for a blanket immunity law to be passed," said Rogge Dunn, a Dallas labor and employment attorney.  "Pharmaceutical companies typically aren't offered much liability protection under the law."  You also can't sue the Food and Drug Administration for authorizing a vaccine for emergency use, nor can you hold your employer accountable if they mandate inoculation as a condition of employment.

California Governor Out of Public Sight After Vaccine Booster Shot 11 Days Ago.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has remained out of public sight since getting a CCP virus vaccine booster shot on Oct. 27.  The governor's office released a surprising announcement on Oct. 29 canceling Newsom's plans to attend the United Nations climate summit in Scotland to deal with unspecific family obligations.  The governor's spokesperson said on Oct. 29 that Newsom planned to participate in the climate conference virtually, but a delegation schedule released later did not feature any virtual events with Newsom.  Newsom spokesperson Erin Mellon said on Thursday the governor will participate virtually in "a couple" of the climate summit events next week.  The office did not respond to questions on Friday about what the governor has been doing this week.

The 5th Circuit (Texas) has issued an emergency stay of Biden's vaccine mandate.  The mandate is coming apart at the seams.  The trucker exemption is particularly absurd — is there a more obvious vector for disease transmission than a long-haul trucker?  If you are working alone at home the mandate applies, but truckers are exempt.  Because science, or maybe because even the bright boys have realized the supply chain will collapse if they push this nonsense too hard.  I predict that by this time next year the vaccine mandates will seem as absurd and political as school closures do right now.  Remember how the unions and the media told us in 2020 that the coffins would be stacked high outside Little Johnny's Elementary if the teachers had to go back?  They would like to make that little episode disappear.  But it won't.  And this fall's insanity won't either.

Why Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate is unconstitutional.  [Scroll down]  OSHA put this regulation into effect immediately as an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), thus bypassing the ordinary rules of administrative procedure.  Employers who do not comply face OSHA enforcement actions and fines of up to $13,653 for each "serious" violation, but Congress is considering raising that amount to $70,000 per violation.  The president's vaccine mandate doubles down on his ill-fated order to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to extend its moratorium on tenant evictions beyond the deadline authorized by Congress.  That move flew in the face of an earlier Supreme Court decision that clearly indicated such an extension demanded legislative renewal.  When Congress refused, the Biden administration treated the Supreme Court as a mere bump in the road and extended the moratorium anyway.

Biden's vaccine mandate is blocked by Federal Court with jurisdiction over Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.  The US 5th District Court of Appeals blocked President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate after five states issued a joint petition against the order and 11 states filed lawsuits this week.  The court, which has jurisdiction over Texas, Louisiana and parts of Mississippi, put a halt on the mandate and gave the Biden administration until Monday to respond.  In their order, Judges Edith Jones, Stuart Kyle Duncan and Kurt Engelhardt wrote, 'Because the petitions give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate, the Mandate is hereby STAYED pending further action by this court.'  A stay is a legal term meaning that a proceeding must be halted until a later date.

Federal Court Blocks Biden Administration's Private Business COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate.  A federal appeals court on Saturday blocked the Biden administration's private employer COVID-19 vaccine mandate, asserting there may be constitutional issues with the requirement.  "Because the petitions give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the mandate, the mandate is hereby STAYED pending further action by this court," a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said in the brief order.  The halt of the mandate, which was unveiled this week, is temporary as the case moves forward.  The case was brought by multiple businesses, including the American Family Association; multiple individuals; and several states, including Texas, Utah, and Mississippi.  Petitioners said the mandate, promulgated as an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), should be struck down because it exceeds OSHA's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

US Federal Appeals Court Freezes Biden's Medically Coercive Vaccine Mandate.  A federal appeals court blocked the Biden administration's vaccine mandate on Saturday, just two days after the administration issued the law through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.  The rule requires employees at companies with 100 or more workers to get the jab by Jan. 4 or be tested for the virus weekly to avoid getting fired or racking up massive fines.  The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay, freezing President Joe Biden's COVID-19 mandate.  The court's decision came in response to a joint petition from entities in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Utah.

Procter & Gamble employees issue a warning to America.  Procter & Gamble ("P&G") is one of America's largest corporations, with over 100,000 employees worldwide.  It is putting a vaccine mandate into place for its more than 26,000 America-based employees, which will require them to get vaccinated, meet a "company-approved" exemption, or take weekly COVID tests.  Those employees opposed to the vaccine mandate are pushing back.  To that end, they released a powerful video warning, not P&G, but all Americans, what will happen if these employees lose their jobs.  It's unlikely that you've navigated through life without ever purchasing a product from P&G. [...] Anyone who tried to fly either Southwest or American Airlines recently understands just how powerful a threat it is when America's workers say that they will stand on their principles against a vast, corporate conglomerate's tyrannical dictates.

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The company's managers will put a stop to the vaccine mandate if the future of whole company is in jeopardy — which it will be, if tens of thousands of employees organize against this Covid nonsense.  When the workers organize and make a unified action like this, the middle managers in any company quickly learn that they can't run the place, especially after years of "reducing labor costs" by getting rid of every expendable employee.

Newsmax Host Says He 'Will Not Comply' With Any Vaccine Mandate After Network Announces They Will Require Them.  Conservative news network Newsmax informed their staff on Thursday that they will be implementing a vaccine mandate.  Not long after the announcement, Newsmax host and former Donald Trump adviser Steve Cortes tweeted that he will not be complying with any vaccine mandates.  "I will not comply w/ any organization's attempt to enforce Biden's capricious & unscientific Medical Apartheid mandate," Cortes wrote.  "I will not be forced into the injection, nor will I disclose my vaccination status."

U.S. federal appeals court freezes Biden's vaccine rule for companies.  A U.S. federal appeals court issued a stay Saturday [11/6/2021] freezing the Biden administration's efforts to require workers at U.S. companies with at least 100 employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly, citing "grave statutory and constitutional" issues with the rule.  The ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit comes after numerous Republican-led states filed legal challenges against the new rule, which is set to take effect on Jan 4.  In a statement, Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda said the Labor Department was "confident in its legal authority" to issue the rule, which will be enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Fauci Staffers Flagged Potential Gain-Of-Function Research At Wuhan Lab In 2016, Records Reveal.  Two subordinates of Dr. Anthony Fauci raised concerns in May 2016 that a taxpayer-funded grant may include gain-of-function experiments on bat coronaviruses at a Wuhan lab, but dropped the issue after nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance downplayed the concerns, documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show.  National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Disease staffers Jenny Greer and Erik Stemmy told EcoHealth in a May 28, 2016, letter that a proposed grant "may include" gain of function research, according to documents obtained through a White Coat Waste Project information request.  The letter requested EcoHealth provide its own "determination" as to whether its proposed experiments in Wuhan included gain of function research.

The Latest Data Makes the Vaccine Mandate Push Seem All the More Stupid.  How could we tell if vaccines were as effective in reducing cases as they claim?  Well, as a particular state's vaccination rate rose, it would certainly lead to a lower new case rate.  Additionally, those states with lower vaccination rates would have a higher new case rate than states with higher vaccination rates.  This isn't rocket science.  A higher vaccination rate should be directly correlated to a lower number of new cases.  What states have the highest rates of vaccination?  Right now, Vermont has the highest at 71.5%, followed by Rhode Island at 71.2% and Connecticut at 70.9%.  Now for a reference, scientists have believed that 60-70% immunity levels are needed to achieve "herd immunity," placing all three of these states at the top of places we could expect COVID numbers to be falling substantially.  It would not have just suddenly stopped the spread in those states, but it would have slowed significantly as they approached that 70% number.  Except it didn't.  Vermont now has a new case rate of 84 cases per 100,000 residents, placing it either at the top or near the top of worst in the country.  Rhode Island has 32 cases per 100,000 residents and Connecticut has 12.3 cases per 100,000 residents.

Something Very Weird Happening in Western Australia — Hospitals Overwhelmed, Vaccinations Continue But They Have No COVID.  Noted by Alex Berenson, something very weird is happening in the state of Western Australia (WA) home to a population of almost 3 million people.  The WA state has been locked down and isolated from the COVID-19 impacts in the eastern states.  There are very few COVID cases in locked down Western Australia, which has allowed them time to prepare for the potential arrival of the virus which includes a massive vaccination effort.  The state has modeled an anticipated arrival of the COVID virus in early 2022, early next year.  However, as the vaccination rates increase, the hospitals are being overwhelmed with new patients and the Premier cannot explain why. [...] The issue is apparently worsening.  In an interview yesterday (Wed, Nov 3rd), Premier McGowan announced a massive expansion of hospital capacity due to an existing and undefined current influx in patients that is overwhelming hospital capacity.  COVID-19 was anticipated to arrive next year.  Proactively, mass vaccinations are ongoing.  It is during this period of mass vaccinations when the hospitals are being overwhelmed by new patients.  These hospitalizations have nothing to do with COVID infections.

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Well then, perhaps Covid isn't the problem — it's the so-called "vaccines."  Full speed astern!  Do away with the lockdowns, since they won't accomplish anything, and stop insisting on "vaccinating" everybody.

White House accuses Republicans of 'getting in the way of saving lives' by fighting back against Biden's new $14,000 vaccine fines.  The White House is confident that it can beat any Republican challenges to its new workplace vaccine mandate and claimed Thursday [11/4/2021] the GOP is trying to block the Biden administration from saving lives.  'The question that we always have is and that we ask to the Republicans is why are they getting in the way?' Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during Thursday's White House press briefing.  'Why are they getting in the way of trying to protect and save lives?  That's all we're trying to do,' she added.

Second Grader Has Been Suspended 38 Times For Refusing To Wear A Mask.  A Florida girl may have to repeat second grade after she was suspended more than 30 times for refusing to comply with the district's face mask mandate.  The recalcitrant student in Palm Beach County was described by her mom, Bailey Lashells, as a typical child who enjoys arts and crafts, drawing and making jewelry, the Tampa Free Press reported.  But, Lashells told the paper, her determined daughter Fiona "changed her priorities a bit" amid the pandemic.  She said her daughter "has been steadfast" in her decision to "do everything she can for every child going through these lawless mandates."  The 7-year-old student has since been slapped with a total of 36 days of suspensions and multiple in-school disciplinary actions.  [Video clip]

Sanjay Gupta Just Went On Sesame Street And Lied To Make 5 Year Olds Vaccinate.  Sanjay Gupta, who was totally exposed as a fraud on the Joe Rogan podcast, just went on Sesame Street and created a disgusting piece of propaganda aimed at your little children.  In the segment, a green, apparently Hispanic, muppet talks about how it was taken by its parents to get the vaccine and how it will help protect the rest of the family and keep them, as the fury liar puts it 'healthy.' Sanjay then amazingly chimes in and says the biggest lie of the century that should ban him from all social media platforms and level 10 misinformation.  He says the COVID vaccines will stop the spread of COVID and keep people healthy.  The entire spectacle is disgusting given the fact the vaccines DON'T stop the spread of infection at all and now, with new data from the UK showing 70% of all Delta variant deaths were double-jabbed, the vaccines don't even do a good job of keeping you from dying.  [Video clip]

As Fear of COVID Wanes, a Hard Leftist Pivot Back to Climate Change.  The incessant fear-mongering over the China Virus appears to be petering out a bit.  Yes, there are still people wearing a mask virtually everywhere, even in areas where they're not mandated by a local tyrant.  But masks have been overrated from the get-go; even a certain Midget King scoffed at them during the early days of the so-called pandemic.  As one courageous doctor recently stated, wearing a mask to protect against the virus is like using a cyclone fence for mosquito netting.  Great analogy, but he still lost his job as a resident surgeon at a local hospital.  So much for being honest.  If you pay close enough attention, you'll still see some dimwit — with about as many functioning brain cells as Joe Biden — driving his/her car, sans passengers, wearing a mask.  So, yes, there are still a good number of drones out there who live in abject fear and may wear a mask for the rest of their lives.  Fear can be a great mechanism for controlling a population, something the Marxist/Democrats figured out a long time ago.

When will the CDC correct its COVID death counts, as Italy just did?  The Summit caught a fascinating story out of Italy: the Italian Higher Institute of Health decided it had miscounted COVID deaths.  Instead of looking at people who died with COVID, as it once did, it looked only at people who died from COVID — leading to a 97% decrease in Italy's COVID death count.  So far, the CDC shows no signs of following suit. [...] In America, however, counting COVID deaths is more of an art than it is a science (and that's not even getting into the way the government incentivized hospitals to count COVID deaths).  You can see here the CDC's instructions.  A February 2021 article at the American Association of Medical College's website assures readers that no one is really overcounting in America:  "There's no evidence of orchestrated inflation, but parsing the role that the disease plays in some deaths is not always easy for doctors — nor is the process clear to the public."

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The process may not be "clear to the public," but it's crystal clear to anyone who works as a supervisory nurse in any big city hospital.  If you can find the rare nurse who will speak candidly about over-counting Covid cases, you'll quickly learn that there are monetary incentives to admit Covid patients.  And once they put you on the Covid floor, you'll have Covid soon enough.

Biden Warns He Will Surveil & Fine Businesses $136,532 Over Vax Fiat.  Biden's administration warned Thursday there would be "planned inspections" and heavy fines of $136,532 for businesses to assure the new coronavirus vaccine fiat is obeyed.  The mandate is set for a Jan. 4th deadline.  It covers two-thirds of the US workforce and if you don't do as the monarch says, he'll bankrupt you.  A senior Biden official spoke to reporters about their planned enforcement measures prior to leveling an Occupational Safety and Public Health requirement for businesses with over 100 employees.  They either get vaccinated or pay for weekly tests.  They are also required to wear masks.

Ben Shapiro Announces Major Lawsuit Against The Biden Administration.  On Friday, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro stopped by 'Fox & Friends' to announce a massive lawsuit against Joe Biden's tyrannical jab mandate.  The new unconstitutional mandate goes into effect on January 4th, 2022. It requires all business of over 100 employees to require vaccination or proof of a negative covid test.  Shapiro says [his] company will not comply. [...] "We are not going to comply with this mandate and we've already filed a federal lawsuit with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to stop this mandate.  It is unconstitutional.  It is illegal.  It violates the original enabling act for OSHA. It is completely anti-scientific.  It provides no sort of exception for natural immunity.  It makes no sense," Shapiro said.

Democrats' $1.75 trillion bill could massively increase fines against employers violating vaccine mandate.  The Democrats' $1.75 trillion social spending bill would massively increase fines imposed on employers for occupational hazards.  President Biden's vaccine mandate will be enforced through such penalties.  Businesses with over 100 employees must ensure by Jan. 4 that their workers are either fully vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, according to the mandate, which was finalized Thursday.  Fines, enforced through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), could be as high as $14,000 per violation.  But the Democrats' Build Back Better legislation would increase OSHA penalties tenfold from their initial levels — up to $70,000 for "serious violations" and $700,000 for willful or repeated violations.

Effectiveness of all three COVID-19 vaccines against infection fell to less than 50% on average by September.  The protection that fully vaccinated Americans have against COVID-19 infection severely drops over time, a new study suggests.  A team led by the Public Health Institute in Oakland, California, found that the overall effectiveness of the three Covid vaccines available in the U.S fell from 87 percent in March to 48 percent by September.  Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients are especially at risk with just 13 percent efficacy against contracting the virus.  However researchers found that the shots are still highly protective against death from Covid.

GOP to force vaccine mandate vote and put squeeze on centrist Democrats.  With the Biden administration facing a growing wave of lawsuits to stop the president's vaccine mandate on companies, an Indiana businessman-turned-senator believes he has the quickest way to kill it.  Sen. Mike Braun, backed by most GOP senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is hopeful of nixing the mandate through the arcane but effective Congressional Review Act.  It would force a vote in both Houses just before Christmas and when 93,000 firms could be firing unvaccinated workers.  The act allows Congress to review federal rules, normally ignored by the House and Senate.  In this case, he would target the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's new proposal that firms with 100-plus workers have all employees vaccinated by Jan. 4 or face a hefty fine.  It was used effectively in the first year of the Trump administration to kick start the former president's effort to wipe away costly rules that put mountains of red tape and costs on the public.

Trucking Groups Could Lose 37% Of Drivers Over Biden Vaccine Mandate, Worsening Supply Chain Crisis.  Dozens of industry groups warned President Biden that his vaccine mandate would intensify rampant supply chain bottlenecks.  On Thursday [11/4/2021], the Biden administration revealed its COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate for employees at businesses with 100 or more workers.  Noncompliant companies may be fined roughly $14,000 per violation.  In their open letter to President Biden, the industry groups — which included the American Trucking Associations, National Private Truck Council, and Truckload Carriers Association — predicted that trucking companies may lose nearly four in ten drivers due to the mandate.

Letter confirms Wuhan lab's COVID-19 leak was funded by US taxpayers.  The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 remains unclear, but recent revelations reinforce the likelihood that the true source was a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  A letter from Lawrence Tabak, the National Institutes of Health's principal deputy director, to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) confirms that the NIH funded research at the WIV during 2018-2019 that manipulated a bat coronavirus called WIV1.  Researchers at the institute grafted spike proteins from other coronaviruses onto WIV1 to see if the modified virus was capable of binding in a mouse that possessed the ACE2 receptors found in humans — the same receptor to which SARS-CoV-2 binds.  The modified virus reproduced more rapidly and made infected humanized mice sicker than the unmodified virus.  Starting in 2014, the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, funded the New York-based research nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance with annual grants through 2020 for "Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence."

Flurry of lawsuits to greet Biden administration's vaccine mandate.  Within hours of the Biden administration unveiling a Jan. 4 deadline for 100 million workers to get vaccinated, a small business advocacy group announced it is filing a lawsuit seeking to block the measure.  "The Biden administration's vaccine mandate is clearly illegal and will have a devastating impact on our small business community and our entire economy," said Alfredo Ortiz, the CEO of the Job Creators Network.  JCN is suing the administration on the grounds that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn't have authority to impose the mandate and that, in any case, there is neither the grave danger nor necessity to issue it.  It's just one of many court battles set to ensue over the rules, many coming from Republican leaders accusing the federal government of overreach into personal medical decisions.

Virginia and New Jersey elections show backlash against Democrats' COVID policies.  Democrats thought they had chosen the right approach to the coronavirus pandemic, encouraging and even mandating prolonged caution.  The voters disagreed, and Tuesday's electoral losses are just the beginning of the price they will pay. [...] In Virginia, for example, parents turned out in droves for Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin because of his emphasis on education.  Yes, that included the high-profile issue of leftist extremism in the classroom.  But before parents were mad about critical race theory, they were already extremely mad about the year of remote learning that the Democrats and their teachers union puppetmasters had forced down their children's throats.

Senator Rand Paul Confronts Dr. Death, Anthony Fauci, Over Lies Surrounding U.S. Funding of Virus Weaponization.  During a Senate hearing today [11/4/2021], Kentucky Senator Rand Paul confronted Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, over his continued lies and obfuscations about the NIH funding of coronavirus "gain of function" research in Wuhan, China.  Dr. Fauci is primarily responsible for facilitating weaponization of viruses which likely led to the COVID-19 outbreak.  As a result, Dr. Death must continue to obfuscate and deny his responsibility by manipulating language, terms and definitions to cover his involvement.  [Video clip]

Fauci Just Can't Stop Lying to Rand Paul and to the Rest of Us.  In a hearing this morning [11/4/2021] before the US Senate Health Committee, Senator Rand Paul blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci for his continued deflections and lies on funding the NIH provided to EcoHealth Alliance, to fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Predictably, Fauci lied and shifted his stance away from previously made statements on gain-of-function, to a new narrow definition which he claims qualifies his statements as true. [...] Why lie so often and so consistently, despite the gathering mountain of evidence proving your inaccuracies, if the truth would confirm your innocence?  I mean why, as facts stare you in the face and destroy your credibility and tear down your otherwise spotless career, would you defend what happened at the lab?  Why would you deny something that the very researchers you cite, have been calling for an investigation into?  Why would you do all of that, especially at the end of your career and at 80 years old, if you were not responsible for the current pandemic?

Joni Ernst introduces the "FAUCI Act" and I'm still laughing.  I don't know if they'll be able to find a single Democrat in either chamber to vote for the bill that Joni Ernst just introduced, but they really should pass this thing, if only for some badly needed humorous relief during a contentious political season.  The FAUCI Act seeks to ban American funding of gain-of-function research in China and would require a full investigation into how American tax dollars were spent inside the secretive walls of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.  The acronym is the major selling point here because it stands for the "Fairness and Accountability in Underwriting Chinese Institutions Act."  She's also (likely intentionally) calling out the mainstream media's mishandling of this story from the beginning, constantly taking Fauci's side even after we learned that he was absolutely wrong on this question.

Rise of the Vaccine Bullies.  Prime Minister Boris Johnson let the cat out of the bag regarding the vaccine.  ["T]he double vaccination provides a lot of protection against serious illness and death but it doesn't protect you against catching the disease, and it doesn't protect you against passing it on.["]  Well, if the vaccine doesn't work and doesn't stop the spread, then why get it?  Because the vaccine bullies said so, that's why.  These globalist bullies are like the schoolyard thug who takes the little guy's lunch money.  The bully doesn't hear the little guy's protests, doesn't care.  He wants the cash; he takes the cash.

Why Do They Want to Vaccinate Children?  "FDA advisory panel OKs Pfizer vaccine for children 5 to 11," announced a recent NBC News headline.  How could a panel that is supposedly composed of rational clear-headed scientists make such an inexplicable recommendation?  Consider the following facts. [...] In the last twelve months there were only 66 Covid-related deaths in the 5 to 11 demographic in the whole of the United States of America.  To give you a sense of perspective, children in that age bracket are three hundred percent more likely to be murdered (207 deaths) and thirty percent more likely to die of flu and pneumonia (84 deaths) than they are to die of Covid.  To give another point of comparison, according to the CDC in 2019, "608 child passengers age 12 and younger died in motor vehicle crashes."  Please contemplate this point well.  Children under 12 years of age are nearly 1000 percent more likely to be killed in a vehicular mishap than to die of Covid-19.

These nine Republican senators failed to sign on for formal challenge to Biden's OSHA vaccine mandate.  Senator Mike Braun from Indiana has secured the support of forty other Republican senators to formally challenge President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine rules on employers with 100 or more employees.  Braun is the ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety.  Biden's mandate, to be written by the Department of Labor and enforced through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is expected to be completed and distributed any day now.  The subcommittee has jurisdiction over OSHA.  There are some notable exemptions to Biden's vaccine mandate, besides religious objections and medical exemptions.  Congress, for example, is exempt from the mandate, as are postal workers.  The federal mandate requires the Department of Labor to require employers to give workers paid time off to get vaccinated and sick time to recover if side effects occur.  The mandates stack up quickly, don't they?

Ben Carson:  CDC Should 'Absolutely Not' Approve Vaxxing Kids, COVID-19 Vaccine Is 'A Giant Experiment'.  Former Republican presidential candidate and expert neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson called the COVID-19 injections "a giant experiment," adding that vaccinating America's kids "makes no sense whatsoever" due to the extremely low mortality rate when it comes to coronavirus infection among children.  Carson, who served in the Trump administration as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, issued a warning about the Biden Regime's push to vaccinate America's children for COVID-19, citing children's extremely low mortality rate from coronavirus and the unknown long term impact of the injections and referring to the entire vaccination effort as "a giant experiment."  Speaking to Maria Bartiromo of Fox News on Sunday Morning Futures, Dr. Carson said he "absolutely not" when asked if he supported the Center for Disease Control (CDC) decision to roll out Pfizer COVID-19 injections for children ages 5-11 years old.

DeSantis announces Florida lawsuit against Biden vaccine mandate.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that his state will officially file a lawsuit against President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  During a press conference with state Attorney General Ashley Moody in Tampa, DeSantis said Florida would be joining Georgia, Alabama and private plaintiffs in suing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over its vaccine mandate for employers.  "This is not consistent with a government of limited and enumerated powers," the Republican governor said.  "There is no general police power, there is no power to mandate on the American people from the federal government."  "Individuals should make informed choices about their own healthcare," he added.  "They shouldn't be coerced into getting the jab."

Second-Class Citizens in Biden's America.  [Scroll down]  The response to COVID-19 was weaponized by the left with the primary objective of defeating President Trump in 2020 by any means possible.  From the start of the widespread outbreak of the virus, comprehensive actions were taken and continue to this day of deliberately making the pandemic a permanent feature of our daily lives.  This campaign endures by subverting any efforts to utilize low-cost therapeutics to provide a proactive way to overcome the threat of the virus.  The objective is to continue the orchestrated ongoing campaign of creating a permanent state of fear and panic in the minds of many Americans to distract them from taking any action or counter the ongoing political subversion of our way of life by the left. [...] A continuing demand for a 100% vaccinated population, including children, is relentlessly pursued, even with a great deal of evidence pointing to the potential grave consequences to the health of many individuals if this plan continues.  Their policies as regards COVID-19 have produced a multitude of negative consequences, mostly suffered by the deplorables, including, in too many cases, loss of life and, increasingly, loss of employment.

CV19 Injections Will Cause Massive Deaths — Dr. Elizabeth Eads.  Dr. Elizabeth Eads is on the front line of medicine treating patients who have been injected with the experimental CV19 so-called "vaccines."  Dr. Eads has 25 years of experience in North East Florida hospitals.  Dr. Eads contends the injections (or jabs) are not vaccines.  They are "bioweapons," and the jabs are not medicine that is intended to help or cure people.  Dr. Eads says, "We are seeing from the jabs all kinds of under-reported side effects.  We are seeing infertility in women.  We are seeing miscarriages.  We are seeing myocarditis, pericarditis, pulmonary embolisms and blood clots everywhere in the body.  We are seeing swollen lymph nodes and swollen testicles.  Dr. Ryan Cole has reported an increase of cancers, and we are seeing that as well in the hospitals.  We are seeing blood clots and strokes and hemorrhagic strokes, dementias and strokes and blood clots in young people too."  Dr. Eads says the adverse reactions and deaths are way undercounted.  Dr. Eads contends doctors are keeping quiet to keep their jobs just like Nazi Germany before WWII.  Dr. Eads explains, "This is worse than Nazi camps and Dr. Mengele and his experimentation.  MIT came out last week with an estimate of 500,000 deaths (because of CV19 injections).  They looked at all of the reporting agencies ... and their numbers are close to 500,000 deaths already, and we know that VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) only reports one percent. ... We are looking at 500,000, and we are going into flu season now.  These people who received the jab have no immune system left.  There are going to be mass deaths this winter, and I bet we are going to reach numbers in the millions."

Ron DeSantis:  Florida Will Not Host State-Run Vaccine Sites for Children.  Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said again on Thursday [11/4/2021] that there will be no mandates for children to receive coronavirus vaccinations in Florida.  He also said officials will not set up state-run vaccination sites similar to the ones opened at the beginning of the year for adults, WFLA reported.  "The vaccines are going to everybody in the normal medical system the way it is," DeSantis explained.  "So we're not doing vaccine sites.  They're at the pharmacies.  They're readily available for everybody."

Viral doctor who touted hydroxychloroquine fined for failing to warn patients of side effects.  A Houston doctor who promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court has been reprimanded by the Texas Medical Board.  Stella Immanuel, who went viral after former president Donald Trump retweeted her and raised eyebrows for her thoughts on diseases caused by sex with demons, was fined $500 by the board and ordered to submit proof of consent from patients after explaining all the risks of the unproven treatment, the Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday [11/2/2021].

Vaccine Tyranny Ignites Brushfires of Freedom.  Last week, I called a local radio program to tell them about the studies regarding ivermectin, and that it's not just a horse dewormer, and it's certainly not just a monthly heart worm treatment for dogs.  I told them that over 30 studies have proven that ivermectin has a 100% prophylactic prevention of acquisition of Sars-coV-2.  The wonder drug that originated in Japan doesn't just treat parasites or worms in animals, it actually cures River Blindness.  It also has 22 mechanisms of action against Sars-coV-2, has seven or eight anti-viral mechanisms and it has multiple immune modification mechanisms.  When I hung up, the radio host said to the audience that this is not medical advice, and to check with their own doctors.  We know the majority of physicians are following the NIH, CDC, FDA and AMA protocols and will not prescribe this life saving drug for fear of losing their licenses.  Another caller stated it's better for us if we get the jab and be safe.  And the program ended.  Group think, lemmings and sheep... how do we get them to see the truth?

We Are in This Conflict Whether We Like It or Not.  One of the few upsides to COVID-1984 is that authorities' heavy-handed and seemingly irrational responses to the China Virus have provided ordinary people a crash course in identifying governments' routine use of information warfare against their citizens.  Propaganda is most effective when it is disseminated in small, continuous lumps over time so that should logical contradictions arise, they are small enough to be smoothed over and eliminated without a majority of people noticing. [...] With COVID-1984, however, official propaganda has changed too fast for governments to hide glaring logical inconsistencies.  People remember that "two weeks to flatten the curve" turned into two months and then into two years and counting.  People remember that they were first told that cloth masks were entirely useless before being told that they were helpful before finally being told that they were mandatory.  People remember that the idea of government-issued "vaccine passports" was mocked as a conspiracy theory only months before governments began issuing them.  People can see that the same authorities who once promised that nobody would be forced to receive an experimental "vaccine" are now threatening unemployment and economic devastation upon those who refuse.  People have noticed that ordinary seasonal flu cases and deaths have strangely disappeared altogether, and when health authorities try to explain flu's disappearance as the result of universal masking, people wonder why masks would work on regular flu but not the COVID variety.

Hatred For The Unvaxxed Comes From A Place Of Emotion, Not Reason.  [Scroll down]  Take Dr. Clive Shkedy, whose brother died from or with COVID.  Dr. Shkedy certainly deserves condolences because losing a brother is a terrible loss.  However, because Dr. Shkedy decided to create a video lashing out at others, he cannot hide from critiques about his words.  Grief is not a defense to error or irrationality.  When the video starts, Shkedy's manner is sedate, his words deliberate, and his voice controlled.  "I have no political agenda or investments in any vaccine-making company.  But I, as a physician, have an obligation to try and help people and save people's lives."  He spends a minute or two explaining why the vaccines are so low risk (although what he really does is reveal the unreasonably high risk The Pill poses for young women).  He then reels off Israeli stats for the J & J vaccine.  Blood clots.  Did he ever consult the VAERS numbers for America?  There, you find 17,128 vaccine-related deaths; 2,631 miscarriages; 8,408 heart attacks; 10,304 Myocarditis; 83,412 hospitalizations, etc.  Yes, the stats come with a precaution:  causality is not proven.  Speaking of causality, how many recorded COVID deaths were not, in fact, attributable to COVID, thereby exaggerating its lethality?  For example, Santa Clara County in California has admitted that it overstated its COVID deaths by 22 percent.

Biden vaccine mandate issued for private employers:  Jan. 4 deadline for workers to get shots.  The Biden administration published a rule Thursday [11/4/2021] that requires workers at large companies and institutions to get fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or face weekly testing.  Persons who refuse to get vaccinated would also have to wear masks while on the job under the long-awaited regulation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that applies to 84 million workers.  Employers must start providing paid time off to employees who want to get vaccinated and recover from any side effects by Dec. 5.  Unvaccinated workers should also start wearing masks by that date, the rule says.

Where are the "medical misinformation" police now?
Pfizer Just Released A Disturbing Video Telling Kids If They Take The Jab, They Will Become Superheroes.  Pfizer has released a disturbing propaganda video on the heels of the FDA approving their vaccines for young children.  In the video, Pfizer tells kids if they agree to become guinea pigs for their experimental clot shots, they will suddenly produce superpowers.  Just what the world needs, new superheroes such as Myocarditis Man and Thrombosis Woman.  The FDA granted emergency use authorization of the Pfizer mRNA Covid vaccine for use in children aged 12 and over in the USA back on the 10th May 2021.  The EMA has recently followed suit, recommending the Pfizer jab should be administered to children aged 12 and over in EU countries.  Because of this there can be no doubt that the MHRA will follow the FDA and EMA's lead and also grant emergency use authorization of the Pfizer jab for use in children aged 12 and above.  [Video clip]

Pfizer Produces Creepy Vaccination Propaganda Video Targeting Kids.  Modern Democrats advocate for not having children and enjoying the freedom that comes from a childless life. [...] So when you consider the position of political leftists when it comes to vaccinations, remember most of their advocacy influence is external to their tribe.  They advocate for having kids vaccinated with an experimental vaccine (no long-term consequences studied) yet, they do not have kids themselves.  This should be a warning flag to parents.  Now check out the Pfizer propaganda commercial:  [Video clip]  Keep in mind, only 27% of parents in the recent NBC survey would vaccinate their 3 to 11 year-old kids.  It is very likely the overwhelming majority of that 27% lean politically toward the left.  64% of people with children under age 11 say they would not vaccinate their kids or would wait to see more data on long term consequences.  Only 27% of respondents said they would immediately vaccinate their children with the untested COVID vaccine.

Turns Out, Facebook's Vaccine Gestapo, Factcheck.org Is Funded By Johnson & Johnson.  Have you ever wondered who is behind Facebook's fact checks?  FactCheck.org is funded, in part, by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which holds nearly $2 billion in Johnson & Johnson stock.  "Bless your heart if you think factcheck.org is an unbiased source of vaccine information," Massie tweeted.  According to FactCheck.org, they began a "SciCheck" feature in 2015 that was intended to "increase public knowledge and understanding of science and scientific research."  In December 2021, they launched SciCheck's COVID-19/Vaccination Project, which, they state, aims "to increase exposure to accurate information about COVID-19 and vaccines, while decreasing the impact of misinformation."  Conveniently, SciCheck's COVID-19/Vaccination Project was made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which not only holds billions of Johnson & Johnson stock but was founded by the late Robert Wood Johnson II — Johnson & Johnson's president from 1932 to 1963.  What's more, its CEO, Richard Besser, is a former (2009) director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  [Video clip]

Video From China Showing Small Children In Hazmat Suits Being Marched To Buses, Taken To COVID Camps.  Disturbing video has gone viral on Twitter showing very young children, between the ages of 8-12, were shown marching to buses in hazmat suits to be taken to COVID concentration camps.  [Video clip]

Joe Biden Administration Warns of 'Planned Inspections' and $136,532 Fines to Enforce Coronavirus Vaccine Mandate.  President Joe Biden's administration warned Thursday there would be "planned inspections" and heavy fines to ensure businesses comply with a new coronavirus vaccine mandate set for a Jan. 4th deadline.  A senior Biden official spoke to reporters about their planned enforcement measures prior to leveling an Occupational Safety and Public Health requirement for businesses with over 100 employees to get them vaccinated for the coronavirus or test unvaccinated employees weekly and require them to wear masks.

Australian Military Reportedly Being Trained To Go Door To Door And Force Vaccinate.  Video from Australia reports members of the armed forces are being trained to go door-to-door, and forcibly vaccinate every person in the country at gunpoint.  The military is also being trained to chase anyone trying to escape into nearby woods or other areas, to grab them too — at gunpoint.  People in Australia are finally realizing some of their political class, who are ordering such training and who apparently plan to engage in such action, are "evil to the core" and must be gotten rid of.  [Video clip]

Restaurant Which Refused To Abide By Vaccine Passports Gets Giant Concrete Legos Placed in Front Of It By Police.  Police in Switzerland has placed several large concrete blocks in front of a bar in the canton of Valais after the bar owners repeatedly refused to enforce the country's Covid measures.  After the owner of the Walliserkanne restaurant in Zermatt (Valais) failed to comply several times with the obligation to check the customers' Covid certificates, local police took a drastic measure of installing cement blocks in front of the entrance.  Covid certificates — which show that someone has been fully vaccinated, recovered or has tested negative to the virus — have been required to eat and drink in indoor areas in Switzerland since mid-September.  [Video clip]

San Francisco Will Now Require 5 Year Olds To Be Vaccinated To Dine In Restaurants, Swim In Pools.  The city of San Francisco currently enforces a strict proof-of-vaccination mandate that requires all individuals 12 and older to show they are vaccinated against COVID-19 for a wide array of indoor activities, including indoor dining and exercise.  Now that children ages 5 to 11 can be vaccinated against COVID-19, the city says that the mandate will apply to young children in the near future.  "We definitely want to wait and make sure that children have an opportunity to get vaccinated," city Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip said during a Tuesday town hall on child vaccination.  [Video clip]

San Francisco health officer says children 5-11 will be required to show proof of vaccination.  Children ages 5-11 will soon be required to comply with San Francisco's COVID-19 vaccine mandate in order to enter places such as restaurants or entertainment venues, according to a city official.  The San Francisco Department of Health and the UCSF Division of General Pediatrics held a town hall meeting on Tuesday [11/2/2021] in which they discussed the use of the vaccine for children ages 5-11, according to SFGATE.  During the meeting, the city health officer explained that children would eventually have to comply with the city's vaccine mandate.

How COVID Vaccine Coercion Drove Me Out Of West Point.  In the spring of 2021 during my first year at the U.S. Military Academy, I was told that my decision to reject getting the "optional" COVID-19 vaccine would not negatively affect my time as a cadet at West Point.  That quickly changed.  My Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act medical privacy rights were violated when my vaccination status was released to members of the freshman class and upperclassmen who were planning our summer details, to which an officer stated, "HIPAA isn't the be-all, end-all."  Before leaving for the summer, the unvaccinated were forced to attend a "re-education brief" led only by vaccinated personnel.  Unvaccinated personnel were not allowed on the panel and it became a very hostile environment of us-versus-them.  In this three-hour brief, our questions about natural immunity and health concerns were disregarded and labeled "unscientific."

Parents slam San Francisco's ridiculous plan to mandate COVID vaccines for children aged 5-11 even though NO ONE under 20 has died of the virus in the city.  San Francisco has been condemned for mandating COVID vaccines for children — even though no one under the age of 20 has been killed by the virus in the city.  Figures from San Francisco's official COVID tracker show that out of the 664 citizens that have succumbed to the disease since it surfaced in the states nearly two years ago, none have been aged 21 or younger.  What's more, only 1,529 kids in the city have come down with the virus in that span.

Masks, Mental Health, and Children.  Coming into increased focus over the past several months is a disturbing picture of children and teens struggling with mental health issues in the COVID-19 era.  Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children's Hospital Association issued a declaration on the "soaring rates of mental health challenges among children, adolescents, and their families," calling this "worsening crisis" a national emergency.  Sadly, the AAP has aided the crisis with its strong endorsement of masking children, which will only lead to tragedy for children and their families. [...] The truth is that scientists have no way of knowing what the long-term mental health consequences of forcing children to wear face masks will be, but we can use what we do know to hypothesize.  What we do know is a fact that was never controversial until now:  the ability to recognize and produce "facial expressions is an important skill that allows children to share and adapt emotions with their relatives and peers during social interactions."  We know the human brain takes faces very seriously, and that's because we are unique among all living things in the way we use our faces to communicate with one another; on our faces, we wear our happiness, sadness, confusion, anger, and fear.

Biden, Big Pharma, and your child.  Thank you, Big Pharma, we suppose, for the vaccine update, which we distrust, though appreciate hearing about.  But the need for children to have such a vaccine is not reliably yet established.  [A]s all of us know, children are the least likely to transmit or contract or infect others.  Why then force their hapless parents to inject their progeny with a vaccine with still unknown side effects? [...] It is simply unconscionable that despite the science, which is well-known and understood, that this dictatorial, authoritarian regime has chosen the strangulation of mandates and endless public service announcements that are highly questionable to force parents and others to vaccinate their innocent victims.  Teenage boys in Israel have had adverse events in high numbers including myocarditis, which affliction would not have even been a consideration without the vaccinations they were bullied into.

Enitre Vaccinated Canadian Hockey Team Catches COVID, One Member Dies.  The organizer of an adult hockey league in Newmarket, Ont. is looking for answers after one of his players died and 14 others who were all fully vaccinated became infected with COVID-19 in a matter of days.  "Why couldn't we avoid this scenario," said Craig Adlam, who runs the Midas 3-on-3 League.  [Video clip]

The Unvaccinated Are Now Reportedly Getting Their Bank Aaccounts Shut Down And Unemployment Checks Stopped In Victoria Australia.  Dictator Dan Andrews has amped up his iron-fisted campaign against the unvaccinated by reportedly shutting down bank accounts and halting unemployment benefits.  Andrews said in September:  "There is going to be a vaccinated economy, and you get to participate in that if you are vaccinated," Andrews said.  "We're going to move to a situation where, to protect the health system, we are going to lock out people who are not vaccinated and can be."  [Video clip]

Army Doc Had to Ground 3 Pilots Over 'Vax Injuries' in One Morning, But What Happened Next Is Worse.  During a panel discussion hosted by Sen. Ron Johnson on vaccine mandates and vaccine injuries, Army Lt. Col. Theresa Long, a brigade surgeon for the 1st Aviation Brigade in Ft. Rucker, Alabama, shared details about not only what she saw happen to some pilots after taking the vaccine, but how she was treated after speaking up about it.  "With respect to aviation safety, risk communication is critical," she said.  "I saw five patients in clinic, two of which presented with chest pain days to weeks after vaccination and were subsequently diagnosed with pericarditis and were worked up to rule out myocarditis.  "The third pilot had been vaccinated and felt like he was drunk, chronically fatigued within 24 hours after vaccination," she continued.  "After I reported to my command my concerns that in one morning I had to ground three out of three pilots due to vaccine injuries, the next day my patients were canceled, my charts were pulled for review, and I was told I would not be seeing acute patients anymore — just healthy pilots there for their flight physical."

Researchers Call for Halt on COVID-19 Vaccines for Pregnant Women After Re-analysis of CDC Study.  Two researchers say countries should halt the administration of COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant and breastfeeding women after re-analyzing a study performed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers.  The study in question, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April, has been used by the CDC and health agencies in other countries to justify vaccination recommendations to pregnant women and new mothers.  "A U.S. study of over 35,000 women who were pregnant and had an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine showed that the side effects following vaccination were very similar in those who were pregnant when compared to those who were not," the Australian government says in a guide to COVID-9 vaccination for women.

I Will Not Be Taking the Current Vaccines.  [Scroll down]  The immediate side effects that occur within minutes or up to an hour or two are probably due to the non-mRNA substances in the vaccine, such as PEG. These can cause allergic and anaphylactic reactions such as shortness of breath, elevated heart rate, swelling of the tongue or throat, etc.  In some people this has led to ER visits, hospitalization, and death.  Many people start noticing their reactions later in the evening or overnight.  It takes a few hours for muscle cells, lymph nodes and the liver to produce the spike proteins in significant quantities which are then released in the bloodstream and travel to many places in the body.  In the meantime the lymph glands and other parts of the immune system have just started making many types of inflammatory substances (such as cytokines) which, hours later, after being made in enough quantities, lead to a variety of symptoms such as fever, fatigue, malaise, headache, pain and redness at the injection site, and so on.  Spike proteins could attach themselves to different cells and tissues, for instance muscle tissue, joints, heart, lungs, nerves, kidneys, intestines, brain, etc.  Spike proteins by themselves can cause damage, and the outcome could be even worse if and when inflammatory substances recognize those cells as foreign and attack.

The FDA Failed In Its Duty To Ensure Vaccines Are Safe For Children.  Before parents consent to vaccinate their children against COVID, basic medical ethics requires that they be informed of how safe the vaccine is.  Yet in a shocking on-video admission, Dr. Eric Ruben, an advisory committee member to the FDA, said this about the COVID vaccine in children five to eleven during an official FDA hearing:  "We're never going to learn about how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it.  That's just the way it goes."  No, Dr. Ruben, that isn't "the way it goes."  American children are not experimental subjects.  You could and should have demanded more safety studies.  Despite the admitted lack of safety data, the FDA "expert" advisory committee went on to vote 17-0 for emergency-use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.  The FDA itself codified their recommendation on Friday.  This is a scandal.

When the Regular Joes Shrugged.  [Scroll down]  As with flu vaccines and other innovations, there were early adopters (chiefly those at highest risk), then a great many who were simply wary of the virus, as well as those for whom "belief in science" had become part of their identity.  Later, influenced by the positive experiences of friends and family, others in younger cohorts got the vaccine.  By late summer, most of those who wanted a vaccine had gotten one, but a surprisingly high number of holdouts persisted.  Then, the government began to use the stick.  Jobs and travel and other conveniences were threatened.  Biden and various Democratic cities ordered government workers, soldiers, and employees of larger businesses all to take the vaccine.  In response, additional groups gave into the pressure, facing the Hobson's Choice of losing a job or taking a perceived risk to one's health.  But then something surprising happened.  A significant number of ordinary people refused to budge.  Airline pilots, servicemembers, healthcare workers, and teachers, held out.  Many wrote and recorded impassioned, reasoned defenses of their decision, often expressing extreme bitterness about the position that they were put in by the mandates.

What's All The Buzz About Quercetin?  Quercetin has been in the news lately, particularly as one of many potential therapeutics that might have some benefit in the prevention or treatment of COVID infection.  Is there anything to this?  Big media and the medical establishment are quick to pounce on any "unapproved" potential therapeutics that haven't gone through large prospective randomized clinical trials and don't have the seal of FDA approval.  Even FDA approval is not enough if the medications are being used off-label as in the case of hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin.  Decades ago, both were deemed safe and effective by the FDA and approved for human use, although not for COVID or similar viral infections as COVID didn't even exist when the FDA approved these medications.  Today there is a peculiar hostility toward these medications, both of which are on the list of the World Health Organization's essential medicines.

Tennessee Lawmakers Vote to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine Passports, Restrict Mask Mandates.  The Tennessee legislature has approved an omnibus bill that, in part, bans COVID-19 vaccine passports at large, and also restricts mask mandates by most entities, with some exceptions.  The measures were passed in the state's third special session this year, which began on Oct. 27 and was adjourned in the early hours on Oct. 30.  In particular, the legislature voted to ban government entities, public schools, and many private businesses from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccines or mandating vaccines among their staff.  These same entities also can't take adverse action against anyone who declines to comply with such requirements for any reason.  However, businesses that contract with the federal government and thereby receive federal funds, including public universities, may be able to mandate vaccines and masks after they apply for and obtain approval from the state's comptroller's office, if they are able to make the case that not doing so could result in them losing out on federal funding.

The Editor says...
"Federal funding" is the bribe used by the feds to buy back the 10th Amendment.

Americans who received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine were 3.5 times as likely to develop rare blood clots compared to the general population.  Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine increases a person's risk of developing rare blood clots, a new study suggests.  Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, compared data from the general population before the pandemic to data gathered from reported vaccine side-effects suffered by Americans.  They found that a person who received the vaccine was 3.5 times as likely to develop brain blood clots as an average person before the pandemic.

The CDC hits a new low.  (I didn't think it was possible either.)  But yesterday [10/29/2021] the Centers for Disease Control, America's not-at-all-politicized public health agency, released a new study purporting to show that vaccination protects against Covid infection better than natural immunity.  Of course, a wave of stories about the benefits of mRNA vaccination followed.  To do this, the CDC used some magic statistical analysis to turn inside raw data that actually showed almost four times as many fully vaccinated people being hospitalized with Covid as those with natural immunity — and fifteen times as many over the summer.  I kid you not.  Further, the study runs contrary to a much larger paper from Israeli researchers in August.

19 States Sue Biden Administration Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate.  Several U.S. states on Friday mounted multiple federal lawsuits against the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers and contractors.  Texas sued individually in a federal court in Galveston.  Another lawsuit, filed in a federal district court in Missouri involves Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.  Yet another lawsuit, filed in a federal district court in Georgia, involves Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia.  The lawsuits come a day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he sued the administration over the same vaccine mandate.  As of late Friday, the total number of states suing the Biden administration over the mandate is 19.

Cornell Prof Vows To Fail Students Who Improperly Wore Masks During Class.  A Cornell University professor promised to fail two students who he alleges were improperly wearing their face masks during his lecture.  Bruce Monger, the director of undergraduate studies for Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell, sent an email to his students requesting that they help identify two students who were improperly wearing their masks.  One of the students was eating at the time, according to Monger's email.  "I wanted to ask for your help in identifying two ocean students who were photographed with their masks off during the ocean class last Friday," Monger said to his "Introductory to Oceanography" class.  Monger described each student in detail, stating that one had a "prominent hooked nose."

The FDA's War Against the Truth on Ivermectin.  On July 28, the Wall Street Journal ran our article "Why Is the FDA Attacking a Safe, Effective Drug?"  In it, we outlined the potential value of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin for Covid-19, and we questioned the FDA's vigorous attack on ivermectin.  Many people praised us and many criticized us.  We had clearly covered a sensitive subject.  It didn't help that one of the studies we referenced was retracted shortly before we submitted our article.  Within hours of learning that fact, we sent a mea culpa to the Journal's editors.  They acted quickly, adding a note at the end of the electronic version and publishing our letter.  It's important to address two criticisms of our work.  The first is that we exaggerated the FDA's warning on ivermectin.  The second is that Merck's stance on ivermectin proved that even the company that developed ivermectin thought that it doesn't work for Covid-19.

Recordings Reveal Lockstep COVID-19 Protocols, Patient Isolation by Hospitals.  Attorneys, medical doctors, and family members of COVID-19 victims have described and offered recordings of what the Truth for Health Foundation calls "horrific hospital violations of human rights," including denial of intravenous fluids to patients, denial of access to patients by families, attorneys, and others, and the imposition of remdesivir on patients despite risks of kidney and liver damage from that drug and the availability of possibly safer alternatives, such as ivermectin.  "Prisoners in America's jails do have more rights right now than COVID patients in America's hospitals — it's unheard of," Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet, president and chief executive of the foundation, said at an Oct. 27 press conference that she moderated.  According to its website, the mission of the physician-founded charity foundation is "to provide truthful, balanced, medically sound, research-based information and cutting-edge updates on prevention and treatment of common medical conditions, including COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, that affect health, quality of life, and longevity."  "'I'm doing my job' has never been a defense to crimes against humanity," said Ali Shultz, legal director for America's Frontline Doctors, whose mother-in-law died of COVID-19 and whose father-in-law allegedly suffered severe harm as a COVID-19 patient at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

Perception Is Not Reality, No Matter What the Liberal Media Say.  A dramatic example of false reality is the existential danger of COVID.  This respiratory virus has been presented to Americans as a life-threatening infection likened to Ebola or bubonic plague.  Data show that the real risk of death in the general, healthy population is similar to the seasonal flu.  Children are at lower risk of death with COVID than if they contract the flu.  Only the elderly and those with serious pre-existing conditions are in significant danger from COVID.  Yet Washington imposed draconian policy measures on the entire population such as lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccine passports.  What wasn't real — grave danger to everyone — produced real damage with 200,000 extra business closures, increased depression and suicides, and loss of freedom.  Washington constantly reassures the public that messenger RNA vaccination against COVID is safe and effective.  However, there are significant complications; loss of effectiveness over time; and, most important, no long-term data.  Health care workers who echo these concerns are willing to lose their jobs to avoid being forced to take the "jab."  Should "my body, my choice" apply to pregnant women but not to COVID vaccination?

Fully vaccinated air passenger infected with coronavirus is found dead in his seat at German airport after flight from Turkey.  A fully vaccinated air passenger infected with coronavirus was found dead in his seat after a flight.  The Pegasus Airlines crew found the 51-year-old man lifeless in his seat after Flight 1043 from Istanbul, Turkey, to Hamburg, Germany, on October 25.  The man, who was born in Russia and lived in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, was travelling on an Airbus 320 when he passed away during the flight, which took off from Istanbul at around 7am GMT (10 am local time).

Judge Blocks Chicago Police Vaccination Mandate, Deadline for End of Year Vaccination Removed.  A major win for police union members in the Chicago area.  Citing an irrevocable harm that has no possibility for reversal if enacted, a judge has blocked the City of Chicago from enforcing a vaccine mandate for unionized police members.

A judge has suspended Chicago's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for police officers.  A Cook County judge on Monday [11/1/2021] suspended the city of Chicago's policy requiring that all of its police officers be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year.  The ruling is a major victory for police unions, who have held that the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate violates their collective bargaining agreements.  Judge Raymond Mitchell ruled Monday that the mandate should be halted for police officers until those complaints can be settled in arbitration.  Mitchell's ruling does not impact other city workers, or other parts of the policy.  That means city employees who are not represented by any of the four police unions will still have to be vaccinated by Dec. 31, 2021.  And all police officers are still required to report their vaccination status and get tested twice a week if they're not vaccinated.

Judge: Chicago Can't Enforce Vaccine Mandate On Police Officers.  A Cook County judge on Monday told Chicago leaders that they cannot force police officers to be vaccinated by year end, emphasizing that you can't "undo a vaccine" and "meaningful arbitration" must commence.  In a suit challenging the city's vaccination mandate, Judge Raymond Mitchell told Chicago Police Department's labor unions and city leaders to continue to negotiate an agreement on COVID requirements and restrictions, while staying the December 31 vaccination deadline for officers.  There are "two competing public interests, but one interest need not be scuttled in favor of another," Judge Raymond Mitchell wrote in his ruling, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.  Mitchell said it was okay for the city to require officers to report their vaccination status and undergo testing for COVID but said that forcing the vaccination before continued arbitration is a no-go.

Marine Corps Commanders Using Form Letter to Deny Religious Exemptions.  Marine Corps commanders across different commands are using the same form letter to deny religious accommodation requests for the coronavirus vaccine, despite a legal requirement to consider each request on an individual basis, according to more than a dozen denial letters viewed by Breitbart News.  The use of the same form letter suggests blanket denials across the service regardless of individual circumstances and testimony, according to one lawyer assisting hundreds of service members seeking religious exemptions.

(New Normal) Winter is Coming.  Winter is coming, and you know what that means.  That's right, it's nearly time once again for the global-capitalist ruling classes to whip the New Normal masses into a state of mindless mass hysteria over an imaginary apocalyptic virus. the same imaginary apocalyptic virus that they have whipped the New Normal masses into a state of mass hysteria over throughout the Winter for the last two years.  They've got their work cut out for them this time.  Seriously, how much more mass hysterical could the New Normals possibly get at this point?  The vast majority of the Western world has been transformed into a pseudo-medical dystopia in which you have to show your "health-purity papers" to enter a café and get a cup of coffee.  People who refuse to get experimentally "vaccinated" against a virus that causes mild-to-moderate symptoms (or, often, no symptoms whatsoever) in about 95% of the infected, and the overall infection fatality rate of which is approximately 0.1% to 0.5%, are being systematically segregated, stripped of their jobs, denied medical treatment, demonized as "a danger to society," censored, fined, and otherwise persecuted.

Internal CDC emails Show Why They Changed the Definition of "Vaccines" and What it Means to be "Vaccinated".  TechnoFog submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to see what was happening inside the CDC, as they discussed needing to change the definitions of "vaccine" and "vaccination" in order to get past the problematic issue of their supported products not actually providing immunity from the COVID-19 virus or any variant thereof.  Within the internal emails, the officials within the health industry knew they had a problem because their push to vaccinate everyone would not generate any immunity from the virus itself.  Rather than deal with the problem of a non-effective vaccine, the officials discussed, modified and then eventually just changed the definition of what a vaccine is intended to do.

Dr. Anthony Fauci:  The Highest Paid Employee In The Entire U.S. Federal Government.  Dr. Anthony Fauci made $417,608 in 2019, the latest year for which federal salaries are available.  That made him not only the highest paid doctor in the federal government, but the highest paid out of all four million federal employees.  In fact, Dr. Fauci even made more than the $400,000 salary of the President of the United States.  All salary data was collected by OpenTheBooks.com via Freedom of Information Act requests.  Only federal employees whose salaries were funded by taxpayers were included in the study.  Therefore, Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Jeffrey Lyash — whose salary is paid by revenues of the corporation (owned by the federal government) — was not included.

Here's a directive that should have been sent a week earlier:
Virginia elections chief scolds poll workers over reports maskless voters turned away.  The commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections admonished poll workers after receiving reports of voters being turned away for not wearing masks.  "You may not turn voters away because they are not wearing masks," Chris Piper said in an email to poll workers on Tuesday [11/2/2021], adding that it "is not sufficient to offer curbside voting as an alternative."  Under Virginia Code 24.2-649.1, only a person with "a disability or who is age 65 or older" can be provided the option to vote curbside, according to Piper.

Virginia GOP and Matt Schlapp claim some voters without masks kept from polls.  Reports of voters being blocked from casting their vote unless they wear a mask have surfaced as Election Day unfolds in Virginia.  The Virginia GOP claimed it has received reports of voters being refused entrance to polling places due to a mask requirement.  The state GOP told voters mask mandates at polling places is a violation of their rights.  "There have been several reports from voters who say they were told by poll workers that they are required to wear a mask in order to vote," the Virginia GOP tweeted.  "To be clear, if someone is not wearing a face covering they may NOT be turned away or refused their right to vote."

Federalism, Not Democracy, is What Protects American Liberty.  What protects American liberty is federalism.  It is limited centralized power in the federal government, explicitly enumerated in our brief Constitution that is amendable only when there is profound agreement among the states to change the nature of the contract between the states and the federal government. [...] And it will be exactly this prescription for federalism that saves Americans from the tyrants who brought us the COVID lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccine requirements.  The progressive left hates Florida at this moment, and as such, is doing everything possible to ignore the state.  But that wasn't the case a few months ago.  Over the summer, Florida had a surge in cases, and the media breathlessly reported about how Governor Ron DeSantis's refusal to force children to wear masks in school was the culprit.  Florida wasn't requiring masks or vaccinations to freely shop, dine, or pack into stadiums with 70,000-plus other people, either.  And yet, on October 28, Florida had the lowest COVID case rate in the country.  This is the power of federalism in action.

Judge suspends City of Chicago's order that all cops be vaccinated by the end of the year.  Chicago's police unions won a big, but still only partial victory yesterday as Judge Raymond W. Mitchell issued an order suspending enforcement of the city's mandate that police officers be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of the year.  The city's police unions, led by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7's head John Catanzara, had been involved in a bitter public dispute with Mayor Lori Lightfoot.  Judge Mitchell's ruling to suspend the mandate made a key point about the vaccine mandate: that once carried out, it cannot be undone.  It also affirmed that the mandate is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the city and the unions, and that the contractual arbitration process must move forward to provide resolution to the dispute.

The real pandemic has just begun, and it's COVID shot-induced heart attacks in the young.  A particularly horrifying Instagram post a few days ago shows our new global reality.  It's a video taken on a crowded street somewhere in Israel where a young person — it looks like a girl in her teens or perhaps early 20s — has collapsed.  Her eyes are closed, her head is listing back and to one side, and she looks completely unresponsive as she's wheeled by paramedics through the bustling foot traffic.  Off camera, a man in the crowd begins shouting:  "This is Pfizer!  This is Pfizer!  This is Pfizer!"  [Video clip]  Welcome the "New Normal."  If you think this is an overstatement, take a look at a sampling of dozens of stories that made headlines recently:
  •   12-year-old Scots girl dies suddenly of brain bleed
  •   San Diego eighth-grader collapses in gym class, dies of heart condition
  •   'Healthy and active' 14-year-old Gold Coast girl suffers heart attack on the soccer field
  •   18-year-old Italian girl dies after COVID vaccine; brain surgeon says he's never seen such 'extensive and severe' blood clots
  •   21-year-old college student hospitalized with myocarditis from COVID jab
  •   Young man collapses in Edmonton with brain bleed
  •   16-year-old drops with a heart attack during a game in France
  •   New Jersey rugby player collapsed to his knees and had a heart attack on the field
There are good odds every one of these youths were jabbed.

Trump aide Peter Navarro exposes the dangerous Dr. Fauci.  Anthony Fauci is in for a shellacking Tuesday [11/2/2021] when a bombshell new book by former Trump economic adviser Peter Navarro lands.  "In Trump Time, A Journal of America's Plague Year," is a rollicking personal diary studded with insider confidences, and it sets its sights squarely on the chief medical adviser to the president.  Navarro writes that Fauci did "more damage to this nation, President Trump and the world than anyone else this side of the Bat Lady of Wuhan."  He holds Fauci accountable for "everything from the Wuhan lab gain-of-function catastrophe and suppression of low-cost therapeutics such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to the political, partisan and deadly delay in delivering the Trump vaccines to the American people."  Fauci's sins included not telling Trump or the coronavirus task force that he knew the Wuhan lab was conducting risky gain-of- function research on bat coronaviruses, nor that he had helped fund it.

Arizona man contracted Covid and spread it to his dog and cat in first US case reported of human to pet transmission.  An Arizona man who contracted COVID-19 earlier this year is believed to have spread the virus to his two pets in the first-ever documented case of human-to-pet transmission in the U.S.  The unnamed man, who is 28 years old and unvaccinated, developed symptoms of Covid on March 6, and tested positive for the virus.  Ten days later, his dog and cat also tested positive for Covid.

This Can't Be True.  These are not "vaccines."  A real vaccine prevents disease and prevents the transmission of that disease.  These do neither.  (To their credit, if you "read between the lines" and paid close attention in the beginning, the drug-makers never said they were traditional vaccines — only that they would mitigate the symptoms to some degree and reduce the severity of the infection.)  These are really nothing more than therapeutics, with bad side-effects.  Safer, more effective, and cheaper therapeutics already exist, like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.  But the government's politically motivated refusal to encourage or even allow any mention or use of these proven therapeutics is further evidence that the entire COVID debacle has been hijacked by Progressives to rig elections and wrest control of the country.  They need to perpetuate the public's fear of the COVID crisis in order to maintain their control of the voting process and they are doing everything they can toward that end.

Kamala Harris gets her COVID booster shot on fake White House set.  Vice President Kamala Harris received a third COVID-19 vaccination shot on Saturday in front of a fake White House set, which was the target of mockery earlier this month.  Harris, 57, received the much-discussed booster shot from a member of the White House Medical Unit — a day before President Biden's twice vaccinated press secretary Jen Psaki announced she contracted the virus.  'Let's get vaccinated and we will get through the pandemic,' Harris told reporters during a two-minute appearance at the auditorium-style set according to the New York Post.

The Editor says...
If the White House backdrop is fake, how do we know the "vaccine" she received isn't also fake?

Indonesia cut Covid by 98% with Ivermectin while Australia grew cases 500% with Lock-n-Vax.  When we last looked at Indonesia their massive wave in Covid cases had just peaked after ivermectin was approved again on July 15th.  Since then the cases have dropped from 50,000 a day to about 900.  On a per capita basis today Indonesia is managing Covid about ten times better than Australia.  Think about that.  Remember the reason for the Indonesian surge.  In June, they had a controlled rolling caseload of 5,000 a day.  It was not rising thanks to a philanthropist called Haryoseno who had been arranging for ivermectin supplies at low cost to help people.  But in a fit of modern-medicine, in line with the deadly WHO recommendations, the Indonesian government banned ivermectin on June 12th.  Cases took off.  Mayhem ensued.  And about 90,000 people died in the following surge.  By early July the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin was hot property in Indonesia, even if it was banned.  A number of high-ranking politicians championed it, and people were flocking to buy it.

Merck sees up to $7 billion in sales of Covid-19 drug through end of 2022.  Merck & Co Inc on Thursday [10/28/2021] said its experimental Covid-19 drug could bring in between $5 billion and $7 billion in sales through the end of next year, assuming it gains US authorization in December. [...] The antiviral drug, molnupiravir, has been closely watched since Merck earlier this month reported data that showed it could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalized for those most at risk of developing severe Covid-19 when given early in the illness.  US Food and Drug Administration advisers will meet in November to vote on whether the drug should be authorized.  If cleared by the FDA, the medicine developed with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics will become the first oral antiviral treatment for Covid-19.

Nutraceutical Approach to Preventing Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Related Complications.  Several months ago, Chinese authorities identified an atypical pneumonia in Wuhan city, province of Hubei (China) caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV or SARS-CoV-2).  The WHO announced this new disease was to be known as "COVID-19".  Several approaches are currently underway for the treatment of this disease, but a specific cure remains to be established.  This review will describe how the use of selected nutraceuticals could be helpful, in addition to pharmacological therapy, in preventing some COVID-19-related complications in infected patients.  Even if a specific and effective cure for COVID-19 still has some way to go, selected nutraceuticals could be helpful, in addition to pharmacological therapy, in preventing some COVID-19-related complications in infected patients.

Low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) for COVID-19 and its deadlier variants.  Coronavirus variants are gaining strongholds throughout the globe.  Despite early signals that SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus case numbers are easing up in the United States and during the middle of a (not so easy) vaccination roll out, the country has passed a grim landmark of 600,000 deaths.  We contend that these numbers would have been much lower if the medical community undertook serious investigations into the potential of low doses of radiation (LDRT) as a mainstream treatment modality for COVID-19 pneumonia.  LDRT has been posited to manifest anti-infectious and anti-inflammatory properties at doses of 0.3-1.0 Gy via the activation of the Nrf-2 pathway.  Although some researchers are conducting well-designed clinical trials on the potential of LDRT, the deep-rooted, blind, and flawed acceptance of the Linear No-Threshold (LNT) model for ionizing radiation has led to sidelining of this promising therapy and thus unimaginable numbers of deaths in the United States.

React 19: A web site collecting data for adverse vaccine reactions.  Our Mission:  To collaborate with physicians, researchers and research institutions around the globe in an effort to increase understanding behind the symptoms of those suffering Post-Covid and/or post Covid vaccines.

A Comparison of Official Government Reports Suggests the Fully Vaccinated Are Developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.  Latest UK PHE Vaccine Surveillance Report figures on Covid cases show that doubly vaccinated 40-70 year olds have lost 40% of their immune system capability compared to unvaccinated people.  Their immune systems are deteriorating at around 5% per week (between 2.7% and 8.7%).  If this continues then 30-50 year olds will have 100% immune system degradation, zero viral defence by Christmas and all doubly vaccinated people over 30 will have lost their immune systems by March next year.

Long-term COVID-19 side effects may include memory loss, 'brain fog,' study finds.  A newly released study that examined patients in the Mount Sinai Health system indicates long-term COVID-19 side effects could include memory loss and other cognitive dysfunctions, or what we commonly call "brain fog."  According to a report by USA Today, the study analyzed data collected April 2020 through May 2021, from 740 patients who contracted COVID-19.  The study was published Friday [10/29/2021] in the peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA Network Open.

Harvard Study:  CNS Inflammation Post Vaccination.  "Vaccine safety and efficacy has not been established in individuals with chronic autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS).  Anecdotal reports suggest that the vaccines may be associated with brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and cardiac inflammation.  Based on the high morbidity and unpredictable course of COVID-19, and the need to achieve herd immunity, vaccination has been recommended for patients with MS."

Reminiscent of Nazi Germany:  The Disturbing Truth Behind the Vax and Fetal Cell Lines.  The Defender says:  "FDA allows both human fetal cells and adult human tumor cells in vaccines.  Both types have cancer risks.  While both Pfizer and Moderna tested their mRNA vaccine using fetal cells, there are no fetal cells, cell debris or DNA in their final products.  However, according to company documents, Johnson and Johnson (Janssen) and Altimmune's COVID vaccines are manufactured in the human fetal cell line PER-C6, and thus the final vaccine products will contain cellular debris and DNA fragments from these cells.  Researchers harvested these cell lines from the eyeball of an 18-week-old human fetus aborted in 1985, and then rendered them immortal by making them cancerous.  The AstraZeneca, Cansino, Gamayela, Vaxart, LongComm and Upitt vaccines are manufactured in the human fetal cell line HEK293, and thus the final vaccine products will contain cellular debris and DNA fragments from the fetal HEK-293 cell line.  Scientists harvested this cell line from the kidney of a female Dutch fetus legally aborted in 1973 and then immortalized the cells by rendering them cancerous."  Note that HEK stands for Human embryonic kidney cells.  After the Defender report came out, a whistleblower within Pfizer leaked internal emails showing that Pfizer execs have been "telling staff to be secretive about the use of human fetal tissue in laboratory testing of the COVID vaccine."

Official figures show Fully Vaccinated accounted for 82% of Covid-19 Deaths & 66% of Hospitalisations in England during the past month.  The latest figures published by the new UK Health Security Agency on Covid-19 hospitalisations and deaths show that the Covid-19 injections still don't seem to be working.  The 'Covid-19 Vaccine Surveillance Report — Week 43' was published by the UK Health Security Agency (formerly Public Health England) on Thursday, 28th October 2021 and it shows that the vast majority of Covid-19 hospitalisations between September 27th and October 24th were among the fully vaccinated population.

The push for "vaccinating" kids relies on deception and ignorance.  To begin with, please take in the fact that only 605 deaths have been ascribed to Americans ages 0-18 over the entire course of the pandemic.  [Chart]  You can see the breakdown of the portion of that 605 which is ascribed to each specific age within that range (also distinguished by sex) in the table here (composed of screenshots from the National Center for Health Statistics, as presented by the CDC [elsew]here).  As you will note, the total of ages 5-11 is only 90.  Keep in mind as well that the numbers presented are aggregates of those declared to have died from C19 and those declared to have died merely with C19 as a supposed or alleged comorbidity (an important distinction discussed in some detail [... elsew]here).  Now, those comorbidities are very important.  Our object is to break that tiny total 5-11-year-olds fatality figure of 90 down into an actually meaningful number relevant to the question of how important it is that children in that age range are or are not injected with essentially untested drugs with an unprecedentedly large and rapidly-growing catalog of adverse reactions, up to and including death.

The Complete Failure and Disaster of the COVID-19 Vaccine.  The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is the only present scientific way of measuring deaths and injuries from any vaccine — including the COVID-19 vaccine.  It's not my system.  It's not based on politics.  It has nothing to do with conservative or liberal opinions.  It is a science-based medical reporting system provided by the government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  It is the only way of keeping track of deaths, crippling injuries and adverse reactions from any vaccine.  It has been used for many decades.  No one in the medical community or media has EVER in history ignored or disparaged VAERS before — until now.  Here are the VAERS numbers:  Over 17,000 Americans are reported dead from this vaccine — mostly from strokes, heart attacks and blood clots.  Over 800,000 are reported injured, many of them hospitalized (over 83,000), many with life-threatening illness (over 18,000) and many others permanently disabled (over 26,000).  This information is all publicly available and provided by the CDC.

Covid Vaccines Don't Work Well Enough to be Mandated.  I have never understood the theory on which covid-vaccinated people are angry at unvaccinated people.  If the vaccines work, why do they care?  They are protected.  But it is actually worse than that:  it has become clear that the vaccines offer much less than complete protection.  In fact, vaccinated people can easily both catch covid and spread it.  This study has just appeared in the Lancet.  It addresses household transmission of the delta variant of covid, the most common means by which the disease is spread.  It finds that vaccinated people are less likely than unvaccinated people to spread the disease to others, but not by much.

Mandate Madness in NYC: 26 Firehouses Close, Sanitation Not Picking Up Garbage, Massive Protests.  Massive chaos is hitting New York City because of the vaccine mandates as the deadline for city employees to be vaccinated arrived on Friday.  The mandate is to be enforced on Monday [11/1/2021].  Anti-vaccine mandate protesters have been very active in New York City as we have reported even coming out to protest the Nets banning Kyrie Irving from playing basketball for them until he gets vaccinated.  There were massive protests this week of city employees including police, fire, and emergency services on Thursday as thousands came out in front of Gracie Mansion, the mayor's residence, to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate.  There are no provisions to be able to have regular testing, everyone is required to get the jab.  Many chanted against de Blasio.  There were also chants of "Let's go, Brandon."  People carried signs demanding recognition of natural immunity.

New Study:  COVID-Positive Vaccinated People Are Just as Likely to Spread Delta Variant as Unvaccinated People.  A new study stops short of saying that vaccine mandates are as useful in stopping the spread of COVID-19 as a screen door on a submarine, but it admits that the delta variant hops from person to person with no regard for vaccination status.  The way that the experts whose study was published in the British medical journal The Lancet put it was that "fully vaccinated individuals with breakthrough infections have peak viral load similar to unvaccinated cases and can efficiently transmit infection in household settings, including to fully vaccinated contacts."  When Bloomberg reported on the study, it cut to the core:  "People inoculated against Covid-19 are just as likely to spread the delta variant of the virus to contacts in their household as those who haven't had shots."

Don't Let Them Jab Your Healthy Kids.  Frankly, it's appalling to see how fanatically eager some parents are to inject their children with the experimental gene therapy, like so many lab rats.  Hyperbole, you say?  Conspiracy theory?  Don't take my word for it.  Here's one of the trained seals at the FDA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., as that august body "debated" approving the shots for kids:  "We're never going to learn how safe the vaccine is unless we start giving it and that's just the way it goes.  That's how we found out about complications of other vaccines." [...] There are, of course, other factors at play — namely, Big Pharma's astronomical profits and the fact that Fauci, et al. must eradicate any potential control group that might eventually reveal their folly.  But mostly we're just talking about supposed grownups being scared out of their minds.

European Parliament Member From Germany Makes An Epic Speech Against COVID Passports.  Germany's Christine Anderson of the conservative AfD party:  "I will not be vaccinated with anything that has not been properly vetted and tested and has shown no sound scientific evidence," she said.  Anderson said she would rather be jailed than get the vaccine, claiming her struggle is one of freedom.  She also refuses to get tested.  Onsite stations with extended opening hours enable MEPs to obtain free PCR tests.  [Video clip]

The Nuremberg Code
[#1] The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.
[#2] The experiment should be such as to yield fruitful results for the good of society, unprocurable by other methods or means of study, and not random and unnecessary in nature.
[#6] The degree of risk to be taken should never exceed that determined by the humanitarian importance of the problem to be solved by the experiment.

Nuremberg Code of 1947 : refusing the vaccine.  The right to avoid the imposition of human experimentation is fundamentally rooted in the Nuremberg Code of 1947.  [It] has been ratified by the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and further codified in the US Code of Federal Regulations.  In addition to the US regarding itself as bound by these provisions, these principles were adopted by the FDA in its regulations requiring the informed consent of human subjects for medical research.  It is unlawful to conduct medical research even in the case of an emergency unless steps are taken to secure informed consent of all participants.

Nurse Is Escorted Out Of Her Hospital In San Fran Over Not Getting Vaxxed Even WIth Religious Exemptions.  A nurse has gone viral after uploading this video of herself getting booted out of a Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Francisco.  The nurse was being fired for not taking the COVID jab even though she was seeking a medical exemption.  The hospital didn't even have the courtesy of giving her an explanation as to why they didn't not except the exemption.  [Video clip]

Federal Judge Halts Biden Admin From Disciplining Unvaxxed Employees.  Biden Says He Won't Comply.  A federal district court judge issued a minute order Thursday halting the Biden administration from firing or otherwise punishing federal employees and active-duty military while they await a ruling after they sued the administration over religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccines.  According to the order seen by Fox News and posted by former President Donald Trump's attorney Jenna Ellis on Twitter, District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered, "None of the civilian employee plaintiffs will be subject to discipline while his or her request for a religious exemption is pending."  The judge also specified that "active-duty military plaintiffs, whose religious exemption requests have been denied, will not be disciplined or separated during the pendency of their appeals."

Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey Is Blocking Efforts To Pass Ban On COVID Vaccine Mandates.  Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey is blocking efforts in her state to pass an across-the-board ban for coronavirus vaccine mandates.  As lawmakers convened for a week-long special session on redistricting Thursday, several demanded the governor add vaccine mandate protections to the agenda.  The pressure comes as businesses with 100 employees or more prepare to follow a federal mandate handed down by President Joe Biden in the form of a press release.  "The Biden Administration is out of control, and needs to be challenged on these unconstitutional and un-American mandates," state GOP Chairman John Wahl said in a statement supporting the push in Montgomery to ban medical coercion.  "I want to see Alabama leading the charge to defend the rights and freedoms of our citizens... The Alabama Republican Party fully supports legislation opposing vaccine mandates in the upcoming special session."

Woman Collapsed And Died On Road 30 Minutes After Second Dose Of Vaccine.  A 36 year old homemaker reportedly collapsed and died on the road after second dose of vaccine in Hegganahalli, under mysterious circumstances.  Incident took place on Friday morning [10/29/2021] in Rajagopala Nagar in north Bengaluru.

Is Nothing Sacred Anymore?  The medical establishment insists that every person, regardless of risk, get a highly suspect "vaccine" or not be allowed to work and provide for his or her family.  Becoming ill with the SARS-CoV-2 virus has less than a one-half of one percent fatality rate in people under 60, which would have been further reduced had there been access to safe, effective, and inexpensive medicines that have long-standing FDA approval.  This has created a culture of fear, hopelessness, and needless death.

Louisiana Healthcare Workers Granted Interim Reprieve From Vaccine Mandate by Appeals Court.  A small group of healthcare workers in Louisiana working for Ochsner Health have been granted an interim reprieve by an appeals court judge who is willing to hear their case against the mandatory vaccine requirement.  You might remember Ochsner Health was also the company who is requiring the spouses or dependents of healthcare workers to also get vaccinated or pay an additional insurance premium.

Over 11,000 Active-Duty Air Force Personnel Unvaccinated With Days Left Before Deadline.  The Air Force could lose thousands of troops in the coming weeks as over 11,000 active-duty personnel remain without a COVID-19 vaccine, just days before the deadline to get one.  Some 96.4 percent of active-duty airmen were partially or fully vaccinated as of Oct. 25, the branch said in its latest vaccination update.  That means approximately 11,462 airmen have not begun a vaccination program before the Nov. 2 deadline to become fully vaccinated.  Another nearly 12,000 reserve personnel or Space Force members remain unvaccinated, according to data released by the Air Force.  Reserves have until Dec. 2 to become fully vaccinated.  Fully vaccinated means getting a vaccination regimen and then at least two weeks elapsing.  Members who haven't yet started a program cannot come into compliance with the mandate.

Supreme Court upholds Maine's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  The Supreme Court on Friday [10/29/2021] upheld Maine's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, declining to halt its enforcement with a 6-3 ruling.  Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas would have halted it.  Maine health care workers had asked the justices to block the vaccine mandate in the state, where more than 2,000 doctors, nurses and medical technicians oppose Democratic Gov. Janet Mills' requirement to get vaccinated by Oct. 29 or get fired.

The Editor says...
Yes, but you'll get fired for your own good, of course.  You'll get fired to save the rest of us from you.  You and hundreds of others will get fired, and that will help get the economy back on track.  Keep in mind:  there are things that are far worse than getting fired; for example, blood clots in your brain, enlargement of your heart, and sudden death.  Or, worse than that, a slow painful death over the next three to five years.  Nobody knows what awaits those hapless dupes who volunteered for the so-called "vaccine," because there has been no long-term testing.  As for me, I'll take my chances with Covid — or any other disease — rather than trust the likes of Dr. Fauci and his team of Big Government bureaucrats, who can't be fired no matter what they do.

Judge Bars Biden Administration from Firing Unvaccinated Employees with Pending Religious Exemptions.  A Washington, D.C., district court judge barred the Biden administration from firing unvaccinated federal employees Thursday [10/28/2021], siding with plaintiffs who claimed that their employer's refusal to allow a religious exemption to the vaccine mandate would result in irreparable harm.  District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction prohibiting the firing of both civilian and active-duty military federal employees while their religious exemption pleas are pending.

Unvaxxed are scapegoats for covid failure.  Masks failed.  Social distancing failed.  Quarantining the healthy failed.  Moving covid patients into nursing homes failed (bigly).  Even vaccinating half the country failed.  Now you know why are we firing police officers, firemen and nurses — to cover the assets of politicians who failed.  The wrong people are being fired over vaccine mandates.  We should fire the politicians who mandate vaccines because their draconian and unconstitutional edicts and fiats did not stop the spread of covid.  It's a virus.  Its spread cannot be stopped.  Take one of the three vaccines available if you care to.  I did.  Or don't take it.  I don't care.  Your decision does not affect me because I have been vaccinated.  But rather than admit the truth that we should have just weathered this storm, the bullies of government are blaming their failures on the unvaccinated.

Thousands of Australians with unpaid fines for breaking Covid rules have their homes seized, bank accounts raided and licences cancelled.  Queenslanders who received fines for breaking Covid-19 rules risk having their homes seized and bank accounts frozen in a government crackdown to collect $5.2 million in repayments.  The State Penalties Enforcement Register is expected to collect 3,046 unpaid fines from the pandemic on behalf of Queensland Health.  More than 2,755 fines were from individuals and businesses accused of breaking Covid-19 restrictions and the rest either still under investigation or pending payment.

COVID is relentlessly used to kill Americans' spirit.  Chipping away at our sanity, self-worth, autonomy, and, as Que Mala would say, "fweedom," undermining our basic rights, destroying our souls — that is how I would describe the box we've been forced into.  That this repression and forced constriction are occurring worldwide makes the situation no less awful, nor any more lawful.  I yearn, as I'm sure you do, to go where I want, to smile at people in stores and restaurants and even on the street, without a moronic face diaper.  I long for the day when I don't have to think, "Can I go there without a vaccine passport?"  Increasingly, here in California, the answer is "no." [...] Just like the ritual entry into a (no passport required) restaurant.  Once you're seated and have water, no more mask.  But you can't come in without it.  What wears us down is knowing it's all meaningless, stupid, and counterproductive, but we can't do anything about it.  California is champing at the bit to vaccinate 5-year-old kids, when it's obvious, beyond any doubt, that it's wrong.  But you know when we can again lose the mask?  When we have reached 80% of everyone in our county vaccinated.  That's an unachievable number, less the children.

Fauci Lied:  Funding to EcoHealth Alliance Was Always For Gain-Of-Function.  Anthony Fauci has stated that the EcoHealth Alliance grant was not for gain-of-function research.  A comparison to other similar research conducted and labeled as gain-of-function shows that the two types of research are identical and Fauci's claims are untrue.  If you've been following my reporting on the origins of COVID-19, you'll already know the name EcoHealth Alliance.  For those that don't, EcoHealth Alliance is a non-profit based in New York, which has been conducting research on global pandemics and has been seeking to identify places where pandemics are likely to start, as well as viruses that may be likely to ignite those pandemics.  To be frank, their goal is a reasonable and lofty one, however, it is their methodology that I question, as well as their actions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you're gonna do that, why not just nullify the vaccine mandates?
Iowa bill provides unemployment benefits to workers impacted by vaccine mandates.  Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds late Thursday said she looks forward to signing legislation that authorizes unemployment benefits for workers ousted from their jobs because of COVID-19 vaccine mandates.  The bill, which passed both chambers of the legislature, also requires employers to provide medical and religious exemptions to their vaccine rules.  "As I've stated publicly numerous times, I believe the vaccine is the best defense against COVID-19 and we've provided Iowans with the information they need to determine what's best for themselves and their families, but no Iowan should be forced to lose their job or livelihood over the COVID-19 vaccine," Ms. Reynolds, a Republican, said.  "This is a major step forward in protecting Iowans' freedoms and their abilities to make healthcare decisions based on what's best for themselves and their families.

7 Teachers, Employees Terminated for Rejecting COVID-19 Vaccine.  Seven employees at Granada Hills Charter School (GHC) were terminated this week for not following the district's COVID-19 vaccine requirement.  Iris Arnold is one of the seven employees who lost her job for not being vaccinated for COVID-19.  Arnold worked as a high school Social Science teacher and has been a member of the Granada Hills Charter since 2006.  "I teach students the importance of the United States Constitution, and the freedom and rights it preserves. ... I never expected the GHC Governing Board to coerce me into taking the Covid vaccination as a condition of employment," Arnold wrote in a statement.  Arnold said she would undergo daily testing; however, the school does not provide alternative options for the vaccine requirement such as daily testing.

Intelligence report concludes coronavirus was NOT developed as biological weapon — but [its] origin will never be known because China is obstructing investigation.  A declassified US intelligence report has concluded COVID wasn't developed as a biological weapon — but conceded that coronavirus may well have emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  The paper issued by the Director of National Intelligence on Friday elaborates on findings released in August of a 90-day review ordered by President Joe Biden.  That review said that U.S. intelligence agencies were divided on the origins of the virus, but that analysts do not believe the virus was developed as a bioweapon, and that most agencies believe the virus was not genetically engineered.

Mayor of northwest suburb defies Pritzker's order, drops mask mandate.  The mayor of Elk Grove Village is defying the governor's mask mandate and said wearing a mask is optional in his village for municipal buildings and businesses.  Mayor Craig Johnson said he fully embraces the science and the science tells him it's past due to lift that indoor mask policy.  "We have Amita Alexian Brothers right here in Elk Grove ... hundreds of thousands of people a year go to that hospital and we watch the daily numbers," he said.  "And the daily numbers I've been tracking in the single digits for months."

26 FDNY firehouses out of service over vaccine mandate staff shortage.  The FDNY locked down 26 fire companies citywide Saturday morning because of staff shortages caused by the COVID-19 vaccination mandate — an "unconscionable" move some officials fear could have catastrophic consequences.  Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican who represents Staten Island and Brooklyn, tweeted Saturday that five of the companies were in her district — and said it's Mayor Bill de Blasio who could have blood on his hands.  "If someone dies due to a slower emergency response, it's on Bill de Blasio and his overreaching mandates.  I hope this fool fixes it ASAP!" she tweeted.  No borough or income bracket were spared the closures, which included:  [List]

The Only Thing Biden Has Left Is Trump.  Biden wants to talk about one person these days, and that person isn't Biden.  Then again, what does he possibly have to brag about?  Shutting down COVID? More Americans have died from the disease during his presidency than his predecessor's, even with the emergence of vaccines.  "I will not shut down the country," Biden promised during his campaign.  "I will shut down the virus."  Now, of course coronavirus isn't really the president's fault.  But since Biden had no compunction blaming Trump personally for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of citizens, no one can fault voters for using the same standard of culpability now.

Kerry Hurt: 49-year-old British woman had part of her skull removed, now permanently disabled after severe AstraZeneca adverse reaction.  A 49-year-old mother, wife and bank worker is now permanently disabled after doing what she believed was right and proper.  Mrs. Kerry Hurt received her first AstraZeneca viral vector DNA injection sometimes in early April, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up by her brother, David Poucher.  She suffered debilitating headaches for the entire week after the shot.  Mrs. Hurt checked into Rotherham General Hospital when the pain became unbearable.  Doctors diagnosed her with Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT), also known as Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS).

Children 5-11 do NOT need "unnecessary" covid vaccines, warn experts.  Dr. Meryl Nass, a member of the Children's Health Defense (CHD) Scientific Advisory Panel, is warning that Pfizer lied about the safety and efficacy data for its Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccine" trial involving young children.  To make the case to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that children aged 5-11 need to get injected with spike protein poison, Pfizer excluded some of the children who participated in it from the final results.  "Three thousand children received Pfizer's covid vaccine, but only 750 children were selectively included in the company's safety analysis," Nass revealed.  "Studies in the 5-11 age group are essentially the same as the 12-15 group — in other words, equally brief and unsatisfying, with inadequate safety data and efficacy data, with no strong support for why this type of immuno-bridging analysis is sufficient.  All serious adverse events were considered unrelated to the vaccine."

More than 3,000 doctors agree:  Fauci and other covid policymakers have committed "crimes against humanity".  The global strategy for dealing with the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) is nothing short of "crimes against humanity," declares a "Physicians Declaration" signed by more than 3,000 doctors.  An international alliance of physicians and medical scientists has condemned the actions of all policymakers and politicians who imposed stay-at-home, social distancing, face masks and "vaccine" mandates, none of which are even scientifically valid let alone constitutionally justifiable.  The "one size fits all" approach to the Chinese Virus has resulted in countless illnesses and deaths, none of which would have occurred had the government just stayed out of it.  As of 1pm on Friday, September 24, more than 3,100 doctors and scientists signed the letter, which was put together just prior to a recent meeting in Rome to speak "truth to power about Covid pandemic research and treatment."  This Global Covid Summit, as they called it, took place from September 12-14.  It offered medical professionals the opportunity to compare their research and assess the efficacy of various treatments for the Fauci Flu.

Family Suing After Son is Vaccinated at School Without Their Consent.  In a rare admission, a massive health care company, Ochsner Health, has admitted fault after a child was administered Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at school — without his parents['] permission.  According to Lafayette-based attorney Shelly Maturin, the family is now suing both the school district and Ochsner Health for the gross violation of parental rights.  According to the child's mother, Jennifer Ravain, her son handed back in his unsigned consent form to the school and despite the fact that it was not signed by one of his parents, he was given the jab anyway.  The event was part of an Ochsner Health school vaccination program — an effort to vaccinate children across the state.

Florida Lawmaker:  GOP-Controlled Florida Legislature Unlikely to Ban Vaccine Mandates.  The Republican-controlled Florida legislature is unlikely to ban President Biden's vaccine mandates, according to Speaker-Designate Paul Renner (R).  Renner conveyed to Florida Politics that Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) special session in November will not meet many demands of the voters because "neither mandates nor employee restrictions will receive strong support," the publication wrote.

FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Children Ages Five to Eleven.  The Food and Drug Administration on Friday [10/29/2021] authorized Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children ages five to eleven.  Pending CDC approval, children could start receiving the shots as soon as Wednesday, according to the New York Times.

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Why does the FDA need approval from the CDC?

Los Angeles County sheriff blasts vaccine mandate causing 'mass exodus'.  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is warning of an "imminent threat to public safety" and a "pandemic of chaos" because of staffing shortages caused by the city's vaccine mandate.  Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who has said he won't enforce the county's order that took effect Oct. 1, said Thursday that up to 30 percent of the department's 18,000 employees are "no longer available" to provide service following the Board of Supervisors mandate for all 110,000 employees.  "We are experiencing an increase in unscheduled retirements, worker compensation claims, employees quitting, and a reduction in qualified applicants," Villanueva said in a statement obtained by The [New York] Post.  "As a result, homicide rates will continue to rise, response times will increase, solve rates will diminish, arrests will decline, patrol services will significantly decline, and patrol stations will close."

With breakthrough COVID-19 cases on the rise, Md. urges boosters.  The number of people coming down with COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated against the coronavirus is on the rise in Maryland.  Overall, 30.3% of cases over the past month are "breakthrough cases" compared to just 5.9% in May.  So what's going on?  Health officials in Maryland point to evidence of weakening levels of vaccine protection over time — especially for people with compromised immune systems or other health conditions.  "The majority of post-vaccination infections and deaths since May in Maryland are linked to underlying conditions and comorbidities," Maryland Department of Health spokesman Andy Owen told WTOP via email.

Freedom Has Priority Over Safety.  The relative importance of liberty and safety is not a novel question.  It is the basis of Benjamin Franklin's aphorism that those who would give up liberty for a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety, and the more subtle metaphorical adage of J. A. Shedd:  "A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."  Common experience does not support the notion that safety is preferable to liberty.  People are noted to take great risks, including risking their lives, to flee oppressive regimes.  There are constitutional protections for liberty interests such as privacy and due process, even though those protections may be accompanied by risks to public safety.  History is full of examples of people who risked and gave their lives, both in pursuit of and in defense of freedom.  These observations are consistent with the idea that people do not inherently favor safety over freedom but do not dispel the dubious idea that one can have safety in exchange for freedom.  They also do not address the externality aspect of freedom, i.e., that one person's exercise of his own freedom poses a risk to others without their knowledge or consent.

New Study Significantly Undermines Government Justification for Vaccine Mandates.  Since last summer, the federal government has relentlessly pushed COVID-19 vaccine mandates.  After initially saying they would never implement such a regime, they first started with federal workers and contractors.  But the real turning point was Joe Biden's announcement of a vaccine mandate for private companies.  That OSHA rule remains a mystery, though many major corporations have already followed the president's lead in enforcing their own mandates.

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They aren't "follow[ing] the president's lead," they're falling for the president's head fake.  There is no reason to abide by a law that hasn't been written, and hasn't been legally enacted.

Irish county with 99.7% vaccination rate has highest COVID case rate.  With 99.7% of adults in the Irish county of Waterford having received the COVID shots, they have the highest per-capita case rate of COVID anywhere in the country.  Are they now going to suggest it's the fault of the 0.3%?!  The Irish Times reported last week that with one Waterford city district at a 14-day incidence rate of 1,486 cases per 100,000 of the population, Waterford has the highest incidence rate of anywhere in Ireland.  The COVID case rate is three times the national average, which in itself has been increasing steadily in recent weeks, despite 91% of Irish adults being vaccinated.  However, Waterford takes the cake.

Vaccinated People Easily Transmit COVID-19 Delta Variant in Households:  UK Study.  The Delta COVID-19 variant can easily transmit from vaccinated people to their household members, said a recent UK study, although its researchers concluded that vaccinations and boosters are the way forward.  A year-long study from the Imperial College London published in The Lancet on Thursday found that the Delta variant is still highly transmissible within a vaccinated population.  "By carrying out repeated and frequent sampling from contacts of COVID-19 cases, we found that vaccinated people can contract and pass on infection within households, including to vaccinated household members," Dr. Anika Singanayagam, co-lead author of the study, said in a statement.  The findings, Singanayagam added, provide some insight into why the Delta variant is "continuing to cause high COVID-19 case numbers ... even in countries with high vaccination rates."

The End of Science.  You would expect a person with a "scientific" mindset to look for information, and to share it — even a pie-in-the-sky communist.  But the new fan of "science" doesn't trust the public with information, and so far as he can, when information doesn't fit his goals, he buries it.  When he says "trust the science," he means "trust the scientists" — a group of people whose research he many times can't see, hasn't read, and can't explain, whose funders he doesn't know, and whose political and social goals he hasn't been told.  It's gotten so bad that OSHA, the branch of our government tasked with keeping workers safe, is no longer requiring businesses to report adverse reactions to the vaccine — for the reason that (I quote) "OSHA does not wish to have any appearance of discouraging workers from receiving COVID-19 vaccination."  I don't know which scientists to trust, but I know whom to not trust, and that is the person who refuses information and hides it.

Will Governments Survive the Coming Peasant Revolt?  Why has the world been turned on its head these last few years?  Why does it seem as if everything true is labeled false and everything false is labeled true? [...] Do you know what the global COVID-19 pandemic has exposed?  The absolute need for governments to work hand in glove with Big Tech to eliminate harmful "misinformation," regulate communication, and create a new digital passport system that can be used to catalogue each individual's movements, purchases, and interactions.  Thank goodness we had this health scare, or people would never have learned how much they need to be controlled.  Responsible people deserve to be rewarded!  Those who do as the government commands may work and eat.  Those who promote good "science" should be allowed extra servings of freedom.  That's why it is imperative that a social credit system be instituted to benefit the virtuous and punish the wicked!  Don't call it "government-enforced political correctness" or the "end of free speech" or "digital authoritarianism on steroids."  This is nothing like the totalitarianism of the last century.  This time it's for the people's own good because their leaders have only their best interests at heart.  Individualism is selfish!  Obedience will set you free!

MSNBC host agrees:  Unvaccinated should be denied access to basic goods and services.  MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan supports segregating those who are unvaccinated against the coronavirus and denying them access to basic goods and services.  Remember, folks:  It's about public health.  It's definitely not a new-age religious cult whose most zealous adherents believe the path to salvation is through punishing the wicked "unbelievers."  Hasan's comments in support of isolating the unvaccinated came this week in reference to public remarks made by left-wing luminary Noam Chomsky (he's still alive, by the way).  Chomsky said this week during an interview with Curt Jaimunga that the issue of vaccine mandates — that is, forcing the unvaccinated to accept vaccines or face a specific set of consequences — is a "mixed story."  He suggested there must be some compromise struck between individual liberties and public health, adding that society itself should form a sort of "social convention" wherein the unvaccinated are pushed into isolation.

Spanish and Russian airlines advise vaccinated people not to fly to avoid blood clots.  Spanish and Russian airlines are addressing the problem of blood clots and recommending vaccinated people not to travel.  [Video clip]

Florida strips schools of federal funding over mandatory mask policies.  Two school districts in Florida were stripped of hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal funding due to their mandatory mask policy.  According to The Hill, the Florida Department of Education took away the funding from Alachua and Broward counties as punishment for requiring students and teachers to wear masks.  In a statement, Alachua county says the state withheld more than $160,000 this week alone, while Broward County says the state has taken more than $530,000 since August.

No One Knew Where it Would Lead.  Over the past century, we've embarked on a number of noble initiatives to improve the world in which we live.  But in the true spirit of "never let a crisis (or opportunity) go to waste," leftists have managed to subvert all these pursuits.  Posing as benevolent government "servants" they have graciously offered to guide us through the complex social and scientific issues associated with each objective.  We naively let them.  We're just now beginning to see that the course they've charted does not lead to the destination we were promised.  It leads to a loss of self-governance — also known as tyranny.  In the 1940s our government decided to get into the disease control business by stamping out malaria.  That seemed innocent enough.  The CDC was created to accomplish it.  The NIH already existed, but apparently one bureaucracy was not enough.  But it turns out, eliminating malaria (at least in America) wasn't enough.  The NIH and the CDC have since expanded their missions (research for the former and disease prevention for the latter) to become two of the greatest threats to civil liberties in existence.  They are calling for the suspension of our rights in the name of defeating a virus — which the NIH admits to have helped create in funding gain of function research.  Per their guidance, our rights to movement and assembly have been restricted.  Our property rights have been put on hold (e.g., the eviction moratorium).  It's all being done in the name of the "public good."  There is a term for letting the benefits of the many outweigh the rights of the individual — mob rule.  That's a long way from the original mission to stamp out malaria.

Florida's path from worst-to-first in COVID metrics raises questions about pandemic restrictions.  Two months ago, Florida led the nation in COVID-19 positivity rates and per capita hospitalizations and deaths.  Now, the state has the nation's lowest positivity and death rates.  Gov. Ron DeSantis attributes the turnaround — part of a sustained nationwide trend — to the state's aggressive vaccination outreach, creation of monoclonal treatment centers and its "data-driven approach free of mandates."  Most public health officials, however, say the pandemic's wane across much of the country, especially in areas such as Florida that saw significant summer surges, is following an increasingly familiar two-month cycle and has nothing to do with government policies, one way or another.  Good point, DeSantis' office agreed, noting Florida's positivity, hospitalization and death rates are below those of New York and California, where governments imposed business shutdowns and mask/vaccine mandates.

Either the government is solving a problem that doesn't exist, or testing the limits of our patience.
Are Vaccine Mandates For Kids Next?  It goes without saying that parents almost always know what's best for their kids.  But the FDA and woke officials in the White House and Congress don't agree.  They intend to force COVID vaccines on your kids, whether you like it or not.  Don't let them.  It's politics, not science.  In a desperate bid to find more COVID victims to save with experimental vaccines, the Federal Drug Administration just gave the Pfizer anti-COVID vaccine "emergency use" authorization for children aged 5-11.  Get ready for a big propaganda push.  The unanimous vote by the 17 members of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee wasn't without misgivings, though.  "It is reassuring to me that we are giving a lower dose," said Dr. Paul Offit, head of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.  The dose is a third of the full adult load.

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"Emergency use" authorization is unnecessary.  There is no emergency.  Children under 12 generally don't have a Covid problem, but they could easily have a "vaccine" side-effect problem.

FDA Official Says We Won't Know How Safe The Pfizer Vaccine For Kids Will Be Until We Start Giving It to Them.  At a meeting of the Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, a voting member admitted he wasn't sure about the COVID shot's long-term risk to children despite the committee voting to recommend the Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 5-11.  [Video clip]

The slippery semantics of Anthony Fauci.  Last week, Lawrence Tabak, the principal deputy director of the NIH, sent a letter to Congress saying that EcoHealth Alliance failed to report certain aspects of the experimental work it had been conducting in China on bats and bat-borne viruses.  Tabak pledged that the NIH and Fauci's NIAID would take administrative action, but not much more than that.  So Fauci's absolutist answer from May has proven to be false.  At the very least, the doctor needs to answer directly why he chose to deflect questions on gain-of-function research, something his own agency is claiming it had no idea was happening.  How could have Fauci have denied back in May something so "categorically" if EcoHealth Alliance, run by Fauci ally Peter Daszak, had failed to report the full extent of their experiments?  When Fauci sat for a cozy Sunday [10/24/2021] interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, he once again deployed his semantic game on the interviewer.

The Ignoble Lie.  [Scroll down]  Take Dr. Anthony Fauci, our point man on the COVID-19 epidemic.  Fauci said he misled the country about mask-wearing during the pandemic by claiming they were of little use.  But he argued that he lied in order that the public not make a run on masks, deplete the supply, and thus rob medical professionals of protective equipment.  Fauci also told "noble" lies about the likely percentage of the public needing to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity.  He kept raising the bar — from 60-70 percent to 75-80 percent, to 85 percent.  Apparently, Fauci feared a lower figure, even if accurate, might lull people into complacency about getting inoculated.  Fauci also lied about his own role in routing U.S. aid money to subsidize gain-of-function viral research at the Wuhan virology lab — the likely birthplace of COVID-19.  Either Fauci was hiding his own culpability or he believed the American people might not be able to fully accept that some of their own health officials were promoting the sort of research that was partially responsible for more than 700,000 American deaths.

Dan Bongino puts his career on the line over vaccine mandates.  I discovered Dan Bongino's podcast very early on, perhaps in 2016.  I liked the clarity with which he described political issues, his insights, and his ebullience. [...] Because of his cancer diagnosis, Bongino's doctor recommended that he get a COVID vaccine, which he did.  What this means is that when Cumulus Media announced that all employees must get vaccinated, Bongino was covered.  Bongino, however, took issue with an employer having the power to force an essentially experimental genetic modification treatment on its employees.  When Cumulus started firing employees without regard to natural immunity or religious objections, Bongino took a stand:  "You can have me, or you can have the mandate.  But you can't have both of us."

Alaska Railroad rescinds vaccine mandate for employees.  The board of directors of the state-owned Alaska Railroad has voted unanimously to rescind the vaccination mandate it had imposed on employees just days earlier.  According to the Anchorage Daily News, last Friday, it had emailed employees:  ["]Over the last six weeks, we've carefully reviewed additional EO guidelines and our interactions with federal agencies to determine if the Alaska Railroad is affected.  We are.  As a federal contractor, ARRC must meet this standard[.]["]  The railroad stands to lose millions of dollars a year in federal contracts and grants, and possibly access to Forest Service land housing some facilities.  This is no small item for a company with only $209 million in revenue in 2019.  The move is a stunning turnaround and must reflect both threats of loss of vital personnel and political support for the move from the state's politicians.

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Who's afraid of "guidelines?"  I'm no lawyer, but I know this much:  what you've got in writing is what you've got.  Joe Biden's edict is toothless, because it has been announced, but it hasn't been officially published.  It can't be fought or enforced in a federal court, because it doesn't exist!

To fix COVID, start with fixing politically correct medicine.  [Scroll down]  For example:  "The Federation of State Medical Boards warned ... that physicians and other healthcare professionals could be at risk of losing their medical licenses if they spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on social media, online and in the media."  Misinformation?  In this case, that is the considered opinion of licensed and duly qualified physicians!  In some cases, doctors have not been stripped of their licenses, but "merely" threatened with such sanctions.  Nor are doctors the only ones to be so treated.  Medical researchers cannot lose a physician's license, but they can be fired for spreading "misinformation" — that is, taking a non-consensus position on this matter.  People in the field with alternative viewpoints are also viciously pummeled by major media for spreading what the latter claim is false information about COVID.  Thanks to Salk-Sabin, the dread polio disease is a thing of the past.  Were any researchers who disagreed with their methods treated in any such manner?  To ask this is to answer it:  of course not.

Hint:  It's the Sunshine State.
How did Florida end up with one of the best COVID-19 case and death rates in the US despite Gov Ron DeSantis refusing to implement mask or vaccine mandates?  Just two months ago, Florida was experiencing the worst COVID-19 surge in the United States. [...] The Sunshine State had the highest seven-day average of cases per day as well as the highest hospitalization rate in the country.  Despite these grim metrics, Governor Ron DeSantis did not issue new lockdowns, closures or stay-at-home orders, arguing that the spike was due to a seasonal pattern of the virus and urging residents to get vaccinated.

DeSantis for president!
Florida Reaches Lowest Coronavirus Case Rate in the Nation.  Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) touted Florida's milestone of reaching the lowest coronavirus case rate in the nation on Wednesday, highlighting the "overreach" of vaccine mandates.  "Without mandates or lockdowns, COVID-19 cases in Florida have decreased 90% since August," DeSantis said in a press release.  "In addition to cases, hospitalizations have plummeted in our state."  "This has been accomplished by making monoclonal antibody treatments and vaccines widely available throughout our state while protecting Floridians from government overreach," he added.

Our Phoney War.  A blitzkrieg was launched against us in 2020, beginning with a virus, progressing to censorship of medical information, loss of livelihoods, coerced inoculation, and now threatening control of our lives by electronic passports.  The "vaccines" must be universally accepted, against medical contraindications, moral objections, and whether or not they cause death and debilitating injuries.  We gamely agreed to two weeks to flatten the curve, and now it's been two years, with no signs of retreat.  Evil is a tapeworm; it never gets enough.  If American institutions and agencies are deliberately deceiving and manipulating us, that's not poor judgment; that's evil.  If the pandemic was planned, if the virus was lab-engineered, if news of effective treatments was silenced to create conditions into which a lucrative vaccine could be introduced, and if that vaccine causes more damage than good while being forced on the population... that's evil on a grand scale.  It is utterly futile to hope that it will go away on its own and allow us to have our "normality" back. [...] War has been declared, not by a foreign enemy, but by the very domestic institutions we have trusted in the past.

Chicago Vaccine Mandate:  Police Union Boss No Longer Banned From Speaking Out Against Policy, Judge Rules.  Chicago police union head John Catanzara is no longer prohibited from publicly encouraging his members to disobey the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which expired Monday after a judge refused to extend it.  Cook County Judge Cecilia Horan denied city attorneys' request for the order to be extended and expanded in a written ruling, saying the situation since the first injunction had "materially changed."  City attorneys wanted the order extended to include other union leaders in addition to Fraternal Order of Police president, Catanzara, accusing him of continuing to speak out or having other union officials do so in his place.

Americans are fighting back against vaccine mandates.  Florida governor Ron DeSantis opposes vaccine mandates and has flatly stated that Biden's attempts to mandate vaccination are unconstitutional.  California parents demonstrated statewide against vaccine mandates for schools.  Thousands of workers across the country are choosing job loss over vaccination.  Thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees have refused vaccination and been suspended.  Twenty-four states are threatening to sue the administration.  Southwest Airlines caved on its threat to put unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave.  Business groups met with White House officials to ask for a delay of the vaccine mandate.  Are all these people anti-vaxxers who want their fellow citizens to die of COVID? Hardly.  Most people are not opposed to vaccination.  Vaccines are known to be safe and effective against many diseases.  In America and the West generally, vaccines have eradicated measles and polio, while smallpox has been entirely eradicated.

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The measles, polio, and smallpox vaccines actually prevent the diseases they are intended to address.  The stuff that's being called "Covid vaccine" does not.  And even if it did, the Covid "vaccines" are notoriously fraught with lethal side effects.  That's why people are fighting the mandates.

Congress Didn't Give OSHA Authority to Impose Vaccine Mandates.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is about to require 80 million working Americans to get vaccinated.  You may be among them.  There's just one catch:  OSHA lacks the legal authority to impose a vaccine mandate.  Declaring that his patience was "wearing thin" with unvaccinated Americans, President Joe Biden on Sept. 9 announced that OSHA would require companies with at least 100 employees to mandate that workers either get vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID-19 tests.  OSHA sent a draft mandate to the White House on Oct. 8.  Once the White House completes its review, OSHA will issue the order.  And then get sued.  As we detail in our legal analysis, the courts will almost certainly strike down the OSHA vaccine mandate.  Here are a few reasons why: [...]

NIH is now accused of spending $100m of taxpayer's money on torturing lab monkeys with ACID and snakes.  The National Institutes of Health has been condemned for torturing monkeys with acid, toy snakes and rubber spiders for research after it was revealed Dr Anthony Fauci had approved funding horrific experiments on beagles.  Watchdog the White Coat Waste Project (WCW) first accused the NIH of conducting 'bizarre psychological experiments' on monkeys back in December 2019, revealing that the experiments has cost taxpayers 'nearly $100 million just since 2007' and have been 'continuously funded for over 40 years'.  It re-emerged the day after Fauci — director of the NIH's National Institutes for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) was condemned for funding experiments which saw beagles left in the desert for flies to eat them.

FDA Panel Votes Unanimously to Approve Vaccination of 5 to 11-year-old Children.  The FDA panel has voted 17 to 0 to approve the Pfizer vaccine for 5 to 11-year-olds.  One of the FDA Panelists, Dr. Ruben, outlined his support by saying "We're never gonna learn about how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it.  That's the way it goes."  Another panelist noted that 700 young people under the age of 18 have died 'with' COVID, or COVID related symptoms in the past two years.  With the full support of the FDA panel, the large scale rollout of the vaccine in young children will now head to the CDC for final approvals.

Take Fauci's lying more seriously.  Almost a week has passed since the National Institutes of Health revealed its role in funding viral gain-of-function research in Wuhan.  This admission showed that Dr. Anthony Fauci was not truthful when he denied the research was going on.  Sen. Rand Paul said for weeks that Fauci's credibility was suspect.  He was vilified in the media for it.  On May 12, Paul asked Dr. Fauci if he still supported NIH funding of the lab in Wuhan.  Fauci replied, "Sen. Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect that the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute."  On two other occasions, Fauci repeated these denials. [...] On Oct. 20, the truth came out.  The Department of Health and Human Services sent a letter stating the U.S. nongovernmental group EcoHealth Alliance violated the terms and conditions of NIH grant AI110964.  Richard Ebright tweeted this information, and he also declared that this shows that Fauci, along with NIH Director Francis Collins, made untruthful assertions.

Rand Paul on new call for Dr. Fauci's firing:  Evidence overwhelmingly points to COVID originating in lab.  [Quoting Senator Rand Paul:]  The thing is, overwhelmingly the evidence points towards this virus COVID came from some lab.  There hasn't been shown to be an intermediate animal host.  It looks like it came from a lab.  The technique they use in Wuhan and other labs is very dangerous.  They combine an unknown virus with a virus that can cause a pandemic and they say what happens?  They see what happens.  And so now the NIH has admitted they combined an unknown virus with the SARS virus, which caused a pandemic in 2004, and they did create viruses in a lab that don't exist in nature that gained ability, that gained function, that gained dangerousness.  That sounds like gain of function but, you know what, Dr. Fauci still says it wasn't gain of function because we didn't know in advance that this was going to happen.

Biden under pressure to drop vaccine mandates for federal defense contractors over national security concerns.  Republican lawmakers are pressuring President Joe Biden to drop or pause his vaccine requirements for federal defense contractors over fears they will compromise national security supply chains.  The Washington Examiner reviewed a letter Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville sent to the White House Tuesday afternoon claiming that Biden's "federal contractor vaccine mandate will have negative effects on our national security" and called on the president "to remove — or, at a minimum, delay and clarify — vaccination requirements on private companies and academic research institutions that are actively supporting the Department of Defense."

How deadly is COVID-19, really?  According to CDC estimates, as of May 2021, 120.2 million Americans had been infected by COVID, of which 101.8 million experienced actual symptoms.  The CDC in these same estimates in May calculated that 767,000 people had died from COVID.  These CDC estimates were further supported by a Nature peer review study published in August 2021, which estimated that by the end of 2020[,] 100 million Americans had been infected with COVID.  When we run the CDC numbers, we find therefore that 99.4% of those infected with COVID survived.  Moreover, of the tiny percent who did die, almost all were either elderly (average age 78), or already very sick with one to three serious morbidities.  Moreover, these CDC estimates were made in May, five months ago.  Since then many more have probably become infected, possibly as many as twenty to fifty million more.  While the number of actual deaths at this moment, 734,000, is actually less than the estimate that the CDC made in May, the difference is not significant.  Using an estimate of 150 million infected and 734,000 dead, we find that 99.5% of the population survives COVID with no problem.  And once again, remember, that half percent who died were generally all either sick or elderly, usually both, and with many sadly in their last year or so of life anyway.

Health Care Workers Speak Out on Why They Would Rather Lose Their Jobs Than Take a COVID-19 Vaccine.  Emily Nixon is a registered nurse who has been working in the health industry for 18 years.  When her employer, MaineHealth, announced that it would make the vaccine mandatory, she quickly organized a group called The Coalition for Healthcare Workers Against Medical Mandates and filed a lawsuit.  "Thousands of health care workers have and will be losing their jobs.  The already weak health care infrastructure of Maine will not withstand this devastating loss of staff.  Life will be lost.  Care is already being rationed.  We have been experiencing a media blackout in this state," Nixon said. [...] "It is unconscionable to mandate injections without exemption, especially when the injection is a brand new medical product still undergoing its first year of study.  Breakthrough cases are not properly reported on.  We know this vaccine is 'leaky.'  The safety and effectiveness of this vaccine has not been proven.  There are other safe and alternative treatments.  It is impossible to give fully informed consent without long-term, unbiased data.  Threatening our jobs is blatant coercion. [...]"

Parliament brings back mandatory face masks - except for MPs.  New guidance released by the House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, 64, reveals Parliament has reinstated mandatory face coverings.  The Speaker, who replaced John Bercow in 2019, said compulsory masks would help "ensure that those on the estate are safe while business is facilitated".  However, the Commons authorities cannot impose these rules on elected Members of Parliament even though it will become a legal requirement for all other staff, contractors, visitors and the press.

Hawaiian Police Purchase Robot Dog To Hunt Down COVID Infected Homeless People.  Hawaiian police have enlisted the help of a robot dog as a means to aid infection mitigation efforts during the coronavirus pandemic.  The dog, known as SPOT, has been used by the Honolulu Police Department to scan the temperatures of homeless citizens at police-run shelters, according to Hawaii News Now.  SPOT is able to scan temperatures from approximately six feet away and then generate a photo of the person, along with their temperature, on its monitor.  [Video clip]

Pediatric COVID Hospitalizations Plunge As Schools Reopen, Baffling Experts.  All summer long, Dr. Anthony Fauci, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and other unelected federal bureaucrats have been warning that COVID cases will explode as soon as teachers and students return to classrooms in person this fall, which is why Dr. Fauci has been one of the loudest voices cheering on politicians like NYC's de Blasio and others who have imposed such mandates on teachers and school employees (which has since been expanded to cover most, if not all, city employees).  But just as Pfizer, Moderna and their allies in the federal bureaucracy prepare to declare mRNA vaccines safe for all students between the age of 5 and 11, Bloomberg has just pointed out a remarkable shift:  hospitalizations involving US children (already extremely rare compared with the adult population) have fallen sharply as schools reopen.

How Many Vaccine Sciences Are There?  Yesterday [10/26/2021], the FDA gave clearance to children being vaccinated with a novel mRNA cocktail against a disease which they have higher than a 99.997% chance of survival.  Keep in mind, that figure isn't 100% because children with mostly severe underlying health conditions succumbed with the presence of the virus in their system.  It's no less tragic, but these are the facts.  To sum up the advisory board's authorization, children already aren't vectors of transmission and are not at risk of the virus, but now they will get experimental poison injected into their minimal musculature that still doesn't prevent transmission, still doesn't offer any more protection than before, carries extreme risks, and has unknowable long-term side effects.  That's some science.  Without a doubt, the outcome of the October 26th meeting was about as preordained as Joe Biden's election victory last fall, so it's not a surprise, though it still baffles the mind as to justification for it and is no less terrifying.

An Iranian Doctor Tells How The Government Is Covering Up COVID Deaths.  [Scroll down]  The Iranian regime took advantage of the Corona epidemic to curb and calm the mass protest that had been widespread before the Corona pandemic and which threatened the ruling regime.  By order of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, they did not import credible vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna), while other countries were competing to get the vaccine.  This delay in providing the vaccine actually caused a massacre of the Iranian people.  The bloody protests of November 2019, in which about 1,500 people were shot dead at the streets by security forces and the Revolutionary Guards, and the downing of a Ukrainian plane in December 2019 which cause another widespread protest inside Iran, had in fact brought the regime to a critical point in confrontation with the Iranian people.  Unfortunately, the Corona pandemic caused these mass protests against the government to weaken and lose its strength.  Otherwise, maybe by now, the people could have toppled the regime.

Former Head Of CDC Drops Bombshell, 40% Of COVID Deaths In Maryland Over The Past 2 Months Were Double-Vaccinated.  Speaking during an interview with Fox News Monday afternoon, former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said that more than 40 percent of people who have recently died from Wuhan coronavirus in Maryland were fully vaccinated."  A lot of times people may feel it's a rare event that fully vaccinated people die.  I happen to be the senior advisor to Governor Hogan in the state of Maryland.  In the last 6-8 weeks, more than 40 percent of people who died in Maryland were fully vaccinated," Redfield said, responding to the death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell.  At the time of his death from virus complications, Powell was also fighting a blood cancer that lowers the ability to stave off infection.  According to the Maryland Department of Health, 65.7 percent of adults in the state are fully vaccinated.  [Video clip]

Healthy children aren't threatened by COVID-19.  As compared to adults, children are less prone to get COVID, they are less prone to be hospitalized by COVID, and they are far less likely to die from COVID.  This is supported by CDC data (quoted by Pfizer), which shows that for children aged 5-11 years-old, there have been 1.8 million COVID-19 cases and only 138 deaths.  By comparison, approximately double that amount of children have died of pneumonia during this same time period.  For those children hospitalized with COVID-19, the vast majority had more than one underlying condition (chronic lung disease, obesity, or neurologic disorders).  According to NY Magazine, "among children the mortality risk from COVID-19 is actually lower than from the flu.  The risk of severe disease or hospitalization is about the same."  One study published in Nature estimated "that the infection fatality ration [of COVID-19] is lowest among 5 [to] 9-year-old children."  That same publication has noted that children just aren't safe from serious COVID-19 infection.  Children "aren't driving viral spread" and they don't get infected or spread the infection like adults.  For example, studies of some schools in Nebraska showed "were open the whole year with over 20,000 students and staff, and there were only 2 transmission events during that entire study period."

Three Ohio judges "die unexpectedly" in nine-day span after vaxx mandate in Cuyahoga County.  We know that "vaccines" are the leading cause of coincidences.  But the injections are also related to a lot of karma in 2021.  We wrote a story in July about Ohio judges mandating mRNA and viral vector DNA injections as a condition of probation at sentencing for criminal defendants.  Franklin County (Columbus) judge David Matia sentenced at least three people to injections at the time of publishing.  Said county issued a vaccine mandate that went into effect last week.  All 1,400 Franklin County employees were required to show proof of Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson injection last week, or be fired.  But the instant story is in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland). Two judges — Peter Corrigan and David Matia — were featured in our July story for sentencing people to mRNA and viral vector DNA injections.  Cuyahoga County also has a vaccine mandate that required all employees to receive the injections by October 15. [...] As we've seen throughout 2021, "died unexpectedly" and "short illness" are two common mainstream media terms when vaxxed people die.

The new public health despotism.  Rules are meant to codify some bit of rational truth and make it effective.  These days, we find ourselves in situations where to do the genuinely rational thing might require breaking the rules of some institution.  But to do so is to invite confrontation.  You may go through an internal struggle, deciding how much resistance to put up.  To insist on reasons is to be ornery, and you want to be sociable.  You tell yourself, there is no point in being confrontational with staff at the YMCA who are themselves simply carrying out orders.  There is nobody visible to whom you can address your reasons, nobody of whom you can demand an account.  After a year and a half of this, going along with it starts to become habitual.

USMC Warns Marines Will Be Kicked Out for Refusing the Vaccine.  The Marine Corps warned in a message to the force on Saturday [10/23/2021] that Marines will be kicked out if they do not get the coronavirus vaccine. [...] Active duty Marines face a November 28 deadline to be fully vaccinated, and Marine reservists face a December 28 deadline.  The message said a Marine is considered to have "refused the vaccine" when they do not have an approved administrative, medical, or religious exemption or pending appeal and have "willfully disobeyed a lawful order from a superior commissioned officer to be vaccinated against COVID-19;" or if they will not be fully vaccinated by the deadline.

NYPD top cop urges COVID vaccinations before Friday deadline that could send [a] quarter of [the] force home without pay.  The NYPD is doing everything in its power to convince cops to receive life-saving COVID vaccine shots as the city's mandate deadline looms — a cutoff that could send a quarter of the police force home without pay.  "We have to prepare as if this is going to go into effect Friday evening and that's exactly what we're going to do," Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said on NY1 Tuesday.  "We have vaccines available throughout the city for our members."  Police say that 73% of the NYPD has gotten at least one vaccination shot.  The number should increase ahead of the deadline, Shea said.  City employees not vaccinated by Friday will be sent home without pay.

17-year-old Canadian girl loses use of her left leg and foot four days after second Pfizer mRNA injection.  A 17-year-old girl is facing the prospect of never walking again in yet another unnecessary, unfortunate maiming of a child.  Ms. Jasmine Comeau received her first Pfizer mRNA injection sometime in mid-August.  She suffered no apparent adverse effects.  There appears to be a mandate in New Brunswick requiring anyone accessing "indoor organized group recreational sports, classes and activities" to show a vaccine passport.  All children turning age 12 by the end of 2021 are eligible for the injections in New Brunswick, according to CBC News.  Jasmine received the second injection on September 22.  She immediately experienced "flu-like symptoms" and a "choking reaction," according to her father, André Comeau.

Denmark [has reported its] Highest Infection Rate Since May, Despite 75% Of Population Being Fully Vaccinated.  A total of 1,349 people in the Scandinavian country tested positive over the last 24  hours, the highest number for four months, while 167 Danes were hospitalized, also the highest amount since May.  The country's virus reproduction (R number) has also jumped to 2.01, which is the highest level since January.  "As such, these figures are not a disaster, but if they continue to rise in the coming days, then it points in the direction that we must do something," Roskilde University epidemiologist Viggo Andreasen told TV2.

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Ri-i-i-ight.  "We must do something" is exactly how you got into this mess.

Comcast Censors TV Ad By Family Claiming 12yo Daughter Was Paralyzed By Pfizer Jab.  As reported last week, the Biden administration revealed its plan to "quickly" vaccinate roughly 28 million children, ages 5-11, before the vaccine was even approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  This push to vaccinate children is in spite of the fact that children face a near-zero threat from the virus.  What's more, as Americans are quickly learning, the vaccine loses efficacy over time leading to a large number of breakthrough cases which the Centers for Disease Control can no longer sweep under the rug.  On top of breakthrough cases, there has been a record number of adverse reactions reported to the CDC, many of them include children.  One of those children is Maddie de Garay, who received the Pfizer vaccine when she was 12.  She is now is in a wheelchair.

What Questions Must We Ask Concerning COVID Vaccinations for Children?  The FDA is meeting on October 26th to give advice to parents on vaccination for children ages 5-12 and the Biden administration is poised to roll out vaccines for this age group for COVID-19.  Is this a good idea and what information do parents need to make this decision for their kids?  I am not a pediatrician — I am a recently retired Internal Medicine doctor.  I am not an anti-vaxxer.  I have taken all the vaccines that have gone through the usual approval protocol for my age group.  I have prescribed vaccines for adult patients for 35 years.  I am a parent and have thought about the vaccination of children even though my children are grown and making their own decisions now.  If I were making this decision, there are several questions that I would ask before agreeing to a COVID-19 vaccination for my child.

Beating the Mandates in Court.  Thousands of people are challenging the vaccine mandates.  For them the "get shot or get fired" ultimatum is a bridge too far.  Southwest Airlines recently discovered that such pressure isn't working when they had to cancel a lot of flights because they didn't have staff.  Locations with Lockdown Lefty Lunatics in charge are losing people.  Over a thousand people a day are moving to the Free State of Florida where mandates are strongly discouraged.  But federal courts are ruling in favor of mandates right and left.  Why?  Welcome to the Supreme Court.  In 1905 (Jacobsen v. Massachusetts, 197 US 11) the Court ruled that the state could require citizens to get a smallpox vaccination.  This case is being used as a blanket authority for every vaccine mandate to be approved.  And as the Bard said, "Aye, there's the rub."  If the term "vaccine" is all that's considered, no one has a prayer in court.  But if we can pry a few layers off that onion, there is a clear way to show that Jacobsen is not a precedent that any lower court should consider.

Minnesota Hospital Fires Surgeon After This Calm And Thoughtful Speech In Front Of School Board.  Members of the Fergus Falls, Minnesota community were made aware that Dr. Jeffrey Horak, longtime general surgeon at Lake Region Healthcare (LRH), is no longer working at the facility as of Wednesday, Oct. 20.  The announcement came less than two weeks after Horak spoke in favor of parents making health care decisions for their children at a school board meeting.  The meeting garnered high community attendance due to the implementation of a 10-day mask mandate within the school district, which was voted to expire effective Oct. 22 at a special school board meeting held on Wednesday.  [Video clip]

The NIH isn't just torturing beagles.  It's becoming increasingly easy to see that Anthony Fauci isn't just a power-mad bureaucrat, but also a malignant narcissist.  Over the last two days, increasingly awful details have emerged about the beagles who suffered terribly thanks to experiments Fauci funded.  Then, yesterday, word emerged that the entire NIH is good with torturing animals, for the NIH has used hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars for cruel experiments on animals, all of them of seemingly dubious value. [...] Our government is out of control.  Whether it's beagles in Tunisia, monkeys in California, children in public schools, or people whose lives are being destroyed over an experimental gene-manipulative vaccine that leaves them contagious and vulnerable to COVID variants, the federal government is using its unconstrained power to bring about fear, suffering, and even death.

No end in sight to Jay Inslee's reign of terror against the unvaccinated in WA.  If huge crowds at SEC college football games are any indication, much of the country has moved on from the media's ticker-induced COVID-19 hysteria.  Conversely, in the dystopian Pacific Northwest, Governor Jay Inslee's reign of terror against the unvaccinated goes largely unchallenged and unabated.  According to Marty Makary, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, citing an Israeli study of more than 700,000 people, natural immunity from infection confers 27 times more protection than the jab.  And yet, starting yesterday (Oct. 25), the unvaccinated are prohibited from getting a cup of coffee at Starbucks in Seattle, or even stepping inside a gym, theater, or restaurant, without a negative COVID-19 test.  Inslee claims to follow "the science."  In reality, he is a science-denier for outright dismissing natural immunity.

No matter what the public wants, crises typically leave the state more powerful.  Americans who notice an increase in the size and intrusiveness of government since COVID-19 first appeared in headlines may wonder whether this will be a permanent condition.  The short answer:  probably.  History suggests that we're unlikely to see government fully return to its preexisting constraints even after everybody agrees the pandemic has passed along with whatever debatable need there might have been for officials to expand their reach.  But that lingering inflation of state power will continue over the objections of a public that has lost its taste for an activist state. [...] In 2020, as politicians warned that we faced death by this new disease unless we shuttered businesses, sheltered indoors, and avoided one another, a rare majority of 54 percent thought government should take on a more active role.  The only other time Gallup has registered a popular preference for bigger government was 20 years ago, which is a hint at the dynamic that's at play. [...] That surge in trust in government resulted in the Patriot Act and the Transportation Security Administration.  Which is to say, the public was quickly disabused of the notion that the state was worthy of such trust.

Chomsky: Starve The Unvaxxed Into Submission.  Leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky in a recent interview endorsed segregating the unvaccinated from society and denying them food in a neo-Bolshevik Holodomor 2.0 strategy to starve them into submission.  "Such people have to be — they should have the decency to remove themselves from the community, if they refuse to do that, then measures have to be taken to safeguard the community from them," Chomsky told the Primo Radical YouTube show over the weekend.  "Then comes the practical question that you asked:  How can we get food to them?  Well, that's actually their problem."   "Of course, if they really become destitute then yes you have to move in with some measure to secure their survival, just as you do with people in jail," Chomsky said.

Visitors from 50 countries with low levels of vaccine availability will NOT need to be vaccinated to travel to US from Nov 8.  Unvaccinated citizens from 50 countries will be allowed into the US from Nov. 8 despite Biden requiring virtually all other international travelers to be jabbed.  People from countries where less than 10 per cent of people are vaccinated 'due to the lack of availability' will be allowed into the US without being jabbed.  However, they will still need to present proof of a negative COVID test.  They would need a 'compelling reason' to come and would not be eligible for an ordinary tourist visa.  The list of 50 countries has not yet been released by the White House.  Children 18 [and] under will also get a blanket exemption from being vaccinated.

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Alternatively, you could just fly to Mexico, take a taxi to Acuña or Juarez, and walk right in, no questions asked.

12 Year Old Who Was Part Of The Pfizer Vaccine Trails Now Living In A Nightmare Because Of Side Effects.  When Stephanie and Patrick de Garay enrolled their 12-year-old child Maddie and her two brothers in Pfizer's Covid-19 clinical trial, they believed they were doing the right thing.  That decision has turned into a nightmare.  Maddie, a previously healthy, energetic, full of life child, was within 24 hours of her second dose reduced to crippling, scream-inducing pain that landed her in the emergency room where she described feeling like someone was "ripping her heart out though her neck."  Over the next several months the nightmare continued.  Ms. de Garay documented every detail of Maddie's injury and reported it to the principal investigator for the Pfizer trial at Cincinnati Children's Hospital where the vaccine clinical trial was occurring and where Maddie was treated and admitted.  [Video clip]

British School Director Admits On Live TV That Half Of The Kids Out Ill Are Because Of Vaccine Side-Effects.  When a child contracts Covid-19, the chances that they'll recover from it relatively unscathed is 99.994%.  When they get any of the various adverse reactions to the injections, their chances of full recovery are far worse.  Myocarditis is just one of the debilitating and even deadly conditions proven to be caused by the so-called Covid-19 "vaccines" that seems to most heavily affect children.  The mainstream narrative is that adverse reactions to the jabs are "rare," but time and again we see the scant data that gets released telling us they are far more common than is being reported.  One such anecdotal piece of information was reported live on-air in England when a Sky News team interviewed Academy Principal Tarun Kapur.  [Video clip]

Oops! Oregon government "accidentally" leaks vaccination status of 40,000 state employees.  The vaccination status of more than 40,000 individual state employees in Oregon has been leaked to the media, supposedly by accident.  Adam Crawford, the director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services External Relations, was supposed to email out a generic datasheet showing vaccination rates and vaccine exemption rates for each executive branch state agency overseen by Gov. Kate Brown.  Instead, Crawford "mistakenly" sent out every individual state employee's current vaccination status.  "It's a mistake on my part," Crawford told The Oregonian / OregonLive, in a call.  The Oregonian / OregonLive is one of the news outlets that received the file, which included details about each state employee's Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine verification, medical or religious exemption, or nothing if no information was ever submitted.

Australian Is Selling Prosthetic Arms For 1500 Dollars So You Can Fake Getting Vaccianated.  A renowned comedian has spoken about the bizarre moment he saw an Australian anti-vaxxer selling a prosthetic arm on Facebook so others could use it to 'fake' getting the Covid vaccine.  Taking to TikTok on Wednesday, Michael Shafar, who lives in Melbourne, shared the left-field offer which would set back those daring enough to try it a cool $1,500.  [Video clip]

Nine months that shook the world:  A list of Biden's failures.  [For example,] COVID-19.  Biden promised to get the virus under control.  Meanwhile, despite a vaccine developed under the push initiated by Trump, COVID, by way of the Delta Variant, has roared back.  Biden is pushing mask mandates — but what about people crossing the southern border?  What's that about "health care" on that sign?  More Americans have died from COVID-19 in 2021 than in 2020.

The Pandemic in Perpetuity.  [Scroll down]  But in the context of the pandemic, many of the justifications for lockdowns and mandates contain the seeds of something darker.  Rather than a coherent vision of the scope and purpose of political freedom, the invocations of everything from "civil liberties" to "public health" often read more like ideological window dressing for the raw assertion of power.  We have learned many things about ourselves, and one another, in the course of the past year and a half.  The coronavirus has taught us that at least some portion of our country — although it is difficult to discern exactly how much — is now distinctly uncomfortable with the kind of freedoms that Americans enjoyed before March 2020.

'Ample Scientific Data': Congresswoman Introduces 'Natural Immunity Is Real Act'.  There is plenty of evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 have protection against reinfection, Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) said.  "There's ample scientific studies that show that natural immunity is absolutely one of the best things you could have — and some studies even show that it's more effective [than vaccination]," Harshbarger said during a recent appearance on NTD's "Capitol Report."  Natural immunity refers to post-recovery antibodies that shield people against reinfection of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19.  Multiple studies have indicated that natural immunity among past COVID-19 patients is strong and similar or superior to the protection from COVID-19 vaccines.  Some experts have pushed for federal health officials to take natural immunity into account when issuing recommendations and rules.

Border Patrol to fire up to 5K agents over vaccine mandate.  U.S. Border Patrol plans to fire agents who don't receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  According to reports on Friday, the agency is looking to enforce Joe Biden's federal vaccine mandate by the end of November.  They said those who refuse to do so without an approved religious or medical exemption could face action up to termination.  Critics have said this would only further complicate the crisis at the southern border, where over 1.5 million illegal immigrants have crossed in 2021 alone.  Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs (R) said he believes as many as 5,000 agents could separate from Border Patrol over the issue.

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Illegal aliens aren't required to have vaccinations, but the Border Patrol is.  To whom does that make any sense?

Heroic Frontline ICU Doctor Is Fired For Not Taking Jab And Precribing Ivermectin To Save Lives.  A local ICU physician — who fought the Covid pandemic on the front lines for 18 months — is out of a job after refusing to get the vaccine.  Dr. Mollie James said she was employed at two health systems in the Midwest, including in St.  Louis, for much of the pandemic.  She was also splitting her time between local hospitals and one in New York.  [Video clip]

Moral Objections to the Current Vaccines.  I believe we are to honor authorities and obey the laws of the nation; so much so that if I were around during the American Revolution, like the Quakers, I wouldn't have participated in the largely economically based rebellion against the Crown.  However, the current situation concerning the vaccination mandates is something different on several levels.  First, and most important for the Christian, is that the processes for developing these vaccines incorporates products derived from aborted fetuses.  Both the Moderna and the Pfizer vaccines are developed, proved, and processed on cell lines derived from fetal cells; while the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is grown on these cells and contain human DNA and protein.

As vaccination rates climb near 100% in some areas, the problem is finding people to blame for continuing Covid cases.  Scapegoats are a necessity for tyrants, because somebody has to take the blame for their failures.  That's one of several reasons to be uneasy about the campaign by Joe Biden, in concert with most elements of the progressive establishment, to persecute those who resist vaccine mandates, falsely claiming, as Biden did in his CNN townhall last week, that the unvaccinated are responsible for killing the vaccinated.  But what happens when the bullies get their way and practically everyone is vaccinated, yet Covid cases continue to rage?

Sweden Suspends Moderna Shot Indefinitely After Vaxxed Patients Develop Crippling Heart Condition.  New concerns are being raised about side effects from the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus.  Swedish health officials have now decided that a moratorium on giving the Moderna vaccine to anyone under 31 will be extended indefinitely, the U.K. Daily Mail reported.  The pause on the Moderna shots had been scheduled to end on Dec. 1.  Finland, Iceland and Denmark have taken similar steps.  Norway is encouraging men under 30 not to get the Moderna shot, but is not mandating it.

Crickets From Media As COVID Hospitalizations Rise In The North, Drop In The South.  The corporate media outlets that bashed southern, often Republican-led states during the Delta-variant surge of COVID-19 are now silent as hospitalizations are falling in the south and have risen in the north.  The total number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 4, which consists of Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida, is down more than 73% since Sept. 1, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  In HHS Region 3 (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia), hospitalizations surged almost 1,000% from late-July to late-September, and have hardly fallen since.  During the Delta wave, some media outlets repeatedly heaped blame on southern states for driving the surge.

Fauci Should Be Fired After NIH Admits Funding Gain-Of-Function Research, Rand Paul Says.  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said in an interview that aired Sunday night that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top disease specialist in the U.S., should be fired after last week's revelation that the National Institutes of Health funded gain-of-function research on the coronavirus.  Paul was interviewed by Axios and mentioned a letter from the NIH to Ranking Member Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., that admitted to "limited experiment" conducted in order to test if "spike proteins from naturally occurring bat coronaviruses circulating in China were capable of binding to the human ACE2 receptor in a mouse model," which critics say contradict Fauci's long-held claim.  "He [Fauci] should be fired, Paul said.  He continued, "just for lack of judgment if nothing else."

CDC Director:  Definition of 'Fully Vaccinated' May Change in the Future.  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday suggested that the definition of what constitutes being "fully vaccinated" may change as boosters become more commonplace, echoing a move handed down several weeks ago by Israeli officials.  For now, in order to meet the CDC's criteria for being "fully vaccinated," one has to have two shots of either the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, or one dose of Johnson & Johnson's.  "We have not yet changed the definition of 'fully vaccinated.'  We will continue to look at this.  We may need to update our definition of 'fully vaccinated' in the future," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters in response to a question about whether the fully vaccinated status will one day be imperiled for those who have received two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, or one dose of the J&J vaccine.  "If you're eligible for a booster, go ahead and get your booster and we will continue to follow," she added.  Walensky did not offer a timeline or other details about a possible change.

Defense Department Pulls a Bait and Switch on Vaccines.  On August 24, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memo to senior Pentagon leadership announcing that he was implementing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all military service members. [...] At first glance it would seem that the mandatory vaccination policy, while scientifically unsound and strategically foolish, was at least a policy being implemented according to both the letter of the directive and in accordance with the law.  But a further examination of the facts and the manner in which this order is being implemented makes clear that the military's implementation of this order is illegal and highly unethical.  In the memo, Secretary Austin issued a directive and a promise, that "Mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 will only use COVID-19 vaccines that receive full licensure from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in accordance with FDA-approved labeling and guidance."  The problem with this is that the Comirnaty vaccine product that was approved by the FDA is not available anywhere in the Military Health System.  It is not even in production, according to the military's TRICARE healthcare providers.

People who've had COVID-19 are facing memory problems months after contracting the disease, new study says:  'They can't think'.  People who've recovered from the coronavirus are experiencing problems with their memory, new research and data reveal.  A study, published Friday in medical journal JAMA Network Open, says nearly a quarter of individuals who've been infected with the coronavirus have problems retaining information and focusing months after contracting the disease.  Researchers, examining 740 patients at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, found that it's relatively common for people who've had COVID-19 before to struggle with things like multitasking.  "In this study, we found a relatively high frequency of cognitive impairment several months after patients contracted COVID-19.  Impairments in executive functioning, processing speed, category fluency, memory encoding, and recall were predominant among hospitalized patients," Jacqueline Becker and other researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York said, according to the study.

'Cruel' Fauci is condemned for spending $2m on experiments which saw beagles 'de-barked' and trapped in cages so flies could eat them alive..  Dr Anthony Fauci has been condemned for using taxpayers' money to fund animal experiments, including one which saw beagles trapped in cages so flies could eat them, and another where they were 'debarked' before being pumped with drugs and killed.  One of the most disturbing incidents funded by Fauci's National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases involved $375,000 given to a Tunisian research lab.  There, puppies had their heads held in cages, before being left for sand flies to eat them alive for research purposes.

BeagleGate Strikes Fauci.  It takes a lot to mobilize a truly bi-partisan group of Congressional Reps to take action, especially against something being done by the Biden administration's golden boy of COVID mis-information, Dr. Anthony Fauci.  However, twenty-four of these elected federal officials who wrote to the head of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, demanding that Fauci make a full accounting of a nearly half-million-dollar grant given to a research lab in Tunisia to fund the torture and murder of [...] at least 44 beagle puppies.  Yeah, I saw the list, and while more than half of the Congressional Reps are Republicans, nine are Democrats, including Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), one of the most powerful, vocal and partisan Representatives in Congress.  Apparently, opposition to the cruel, tax-funded extermination of adorable, inoffensive beagles is finally something that both parties can agree on.

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What can be learned from the torture of 44 puppies that could not be learned from the deaths of two or three?

Vaccine Mandate Threatens Major Trucking Disruption, Industry Insiders Say.  All through the pandemic, truckers endured hardships to keep America's infrastructure running.  They waited in line for hours in sight of bathrooms they weren't allowed to use.  On the road, some died alone of COVID-19.  Now, with supply chains disrupted, Americans need them more than ever.  But faced with the prospect of a mandated vaccination, many drivers are considering quitting.  "I'd fight it," said veteran trucker Mike Widdins, referring to a vaccine mandate.  "I think a lot of us will be quitting.  Who likes to be forced to do stuff you don't want to do?"  Widdins isn't alone in his willingness to leave trucking if he's required to vaccinate.  Polls by trucking publications Commercial Carrier Journal and OverDrive indicate that up to 30 percent of truckers will seriously consider quitting if required to vaccinate.  If they quit, the consequences for America may be massive.  US Transport estimates that 70 percent of American freight goes by truck.

DeSantis To Offer Liberal City Police Abused By Vax Mandate A $5,000 Bonus.  Governor Ron DeSantis appeared on Sunday Morning Futures [10/24/2021] with Maria Bartiromo, discussing the attacks on America and the issues with the Biden Administration.  During the show, Governor DeSantis discussed the attack on police officers and his proposed plan to help them if they relocate to Florida.  DeSantis plans to give any officer relocating from a liberal city a $5,000 bonus to move to Florida.

Arizona Airline Workers Organize 'Freedom Rally'.  Airline workers and Patriots organized near Phoenix Sky Harbor airport on Friday morning [10/22/2021] to protest the unconstitutional jab mandates that will put thousands out of work if they do not compromise their medical freedoms.  Biden announced the Labor Department will issue an emergency rule for companies with 100 or more employees to implement vaccination requirements.  Stolen elections have severe consequences.  Across the country, protesters have shown their opposition to the fraud in chief and his anti-American mandate.

Austria considers Covid lockdown for the unvaccinated ONLY.  Austria is considering a Covid-19 lockdown that would only restrict unvaccinated people as virus cases continue to rise.  Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced the news late on Friday during a meeting with state-level leaders to discuss a national response to increasing infection numbers.  'The pandemic is not yet in the rearview mirror,' Schallenberg said.  'We are about to stumble into a pandemic of the unvaccinated.'

NIH Scrubs 'Gain-Of-Function' Definition From Website After Wuhan Bombshells, Rand Paul Vindicated.  [Scroll down]  Appearing on Fox News Thursday, [Senator Rand] Paul urged that Fauci has intentionally "been parsing words" as a way of never admitting that gain of function took place in NIH funded Chinese labs.  "They still to this day are trying to get around the truth," Paul said, adding "They say 'well it was unexpected that it gained function'."  The Senator continued, noting that Fauci's "declination is this: it's inadvertent, we didn't know they were going to gain function.  That is what a gain of function experiment is,'" Paul explained.  "You don't know when you combine two viruses that they will be more deadly, but it might be if you have half a brain you know if you combine two viruses it might be more deadly," Paul proclaimed.

The Often-Overlooked Facts About Covid-19.  Understanding of the Covid pandemic is impeded when essential facts about it are kept from the public and too many violations against common sense are committed by government and corporate officials intent on "ensuring safety."  Essential facts regarding this pandemic are being overlooked or missed entirely.  Much of what has fallen off the radar should be common knowledge but isn't, thanks to a mainstream media that will not report what is missing from the accounts, not because they aren't relevant but because they don't fit "the official narrative." [...] And what has been the medical response to this not-so-deadly pandemic?  The severest and cruelest response by far of any in history, that's what.  By any measure, it's way off the chart of medical intelligence and prudence, but we are not supposed to notice this, even when lockdowns and restrictive measures cause more harm and suffering than the virus.  Many are not only catching a new respiratory ailment but a strong smell of politics.  The incessant call to mask up indicates how far off the mark the official response to Covid-19 has taken us.  The insensitivity and insanity of masking children, for example, abandons medical smarts and wisdom in Covid America.  Where is this onset of medical insanity taking us?

UK Health Security Agency: Children Are 69% More Likely to Be Hospitalised With Covid-19 if Fully Vaccinated.  The latest report from the UK Health Security Agency shows that the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England's decision to recommend all children over the age of 12 should be vaccinated against Covid-19 was a huge mistake because the data shows children are 69% more likely to be hospitalised with Covid-19 if they are fully vaccinated.  Chris Whitty, the CMO for England, overruled the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on the 13th September 2021 and wrote a letter to the UK Government advising them to offer the Pfizer Covid-19 injection to all children over the age of 12 with immediate effect.  The decision was of course highly controversial due to the following reasons:
  •   86% of children suffered an adverse reaction to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in the clinical trial
  •   1 in 9 children suffered a severe adverse reaction leaving them unable to perform daily activities in the Pfizer clinical trial
  •   Just 9 deaths associated with Covid-19 have occurred in children since March 2020 up to August 25th 2021
  •   The risk of children developing serious illness due to Covid-19 is extremely low
  •   The Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine is experimental and still in clinical trials [...]
  •   There have been at least 1.2 million Adverse Reactions to the Covid-19 Vaccines in the UK alone
  •   There have been more deaths in 10 months due to the Covid-19 Vaccines than there have been due to all other available Vaccines since the year 2001

An OSHA Cover-Up Feeds Vaccine-Conspiracy Theories.  Anti-vaccine propaganda and conspiracy theories are not something the government can successfully control, but the government can absolutely make them worse by acting as if it has a bias toward covering up the side effects or adverse reactions to vaccines.  OSHA is doing precisely that by announcing on its website that it has suspended reporting requirements that normally would cause employers to report adverse reactions to the vaccine.

Unvaccinated Americans are more likely to die of non-Covid causes than those who received their shots, CDC report finds.  Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compared deaths among those aged 12 and older who got any of the three authorized vaccines in the U.S. to teens and adults who did not.  Deaths due to causes unrelated to the virus were up to three times more likely in unvaccinated people than those who got either the Pfizer or Moderna Covid vaccines.

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To put the headline another way, if you get the shots, you're three times as likely to die of something related to Covid.  Knowing that, why would you ever agree to the shots?

Yale Study:  Natural Immunity Protects Against COVID Three Times Longer Than Vaccine.  To their dismay, the Yale School of Public Health just concluded that immunity acquired by COVID-19 infection lasts three times longer and is stronger than that provided by vaccination. [...] The Yale study concluded that the risk of COVID-19 reinfection stands at 5% at three months after recovery and decreases to 50% at 17 months.  By contrast, COVID-19 vaccine protection against infection can wane to a mere 20% as early as five months after full vaccination.  Now, I may not be a Fauci-approved Scientist, but I'm also not stupid.  The Yale study joins the ever-growing compendium of studies that attest to the superiority of natural immunity over-vaccination for protection from COVID infection.  It's worth clicking over to the linked article because you probably had no idea there was already so much Science! proving the point.

FDA approves mixing COVID-19 vaccines; authorizes Moderna and J&J boosters.  The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved COVID-19 booster shots from both Moderna and Johnson & Johnson's vaccines while allowing patients to get a brand different from the one they initially received.  The FDA decision will allow recipients of all three vaccines to mix the booster doses, once the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorses the practice.  "The available data suggest waning immunity in some populations who are fully vaccinated," said acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock in a statement.  "The availability of these authorized boosters is important for continued protection against COVID-19 disease."  Woodcock went on to say that getting vaccinated still remains "the safest and most effective" method of preventing further cases of the virus.

CDC director:  Boosters may force change to definition of 'fully vaccinated'.  CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has suggested that the definition of "fully vaccinated" may be subject to change now that booster shots are becoming widely available.  Speaking during a COVID-19 response press briefing on Friday [10/22/2021], Walensky was asked by an Associated Press reporter if fully vaccinated status will one day be jeopardized for those who are vaccinated but not boosted.

Michigan Woman Died From Blood Clots After J&J Vaccine, Autopsy Confirms.  A 60-year-old woman died from blood clots after receiving Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) COVID vaccine, according to an autopsy report released Sept. 20 by Dr. Michael Caplan, a forensic pathologist for Michigan Medicine.  Sandra Jacobs "appears to have succumbed" to a "rare but nevertheless documented" complication associated with the viral vector vaccine — cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) — Caplan wrote in the summary.  According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, CVST occurs when a "blood clot forms in the brain's venous sinuses," preventing blood from draining out of the brain.  "As a result, blood cells may break and leak blood into the brain tissues, forming a hemorrhage."

Fauci Earns More Than Any Other Federal Employee.  His Job? 'Prevent Pandemics'.  A recent Forbes investigation looked at how Dr. Anthony Fauci became the highest paid federal employee, with an annual salary significantly higher than the President of the United States.  According to Forbes, with a 2020 salary of $432,312, Fauci out-earned not only the U.S. president ($400,000), but also four-star generals in the military ($282,000) and roughly 4.3 million other federal employees.  How?  Fauci received steep pay hikes over the years for research he oversaw on biodefense, or as Forbes put it, "Fauci was paid to prevent pandemics."

GE Workers in Ohio and South Carolina Walk Out To Protest Vaccination Mandate.  Employees at the General Electric Complex in Greenville, South Carolina, along with 750 GE employees in Ohio, conducted a walk out around 10:45 am Thursday [10/21/2021] to protest the company's vaccine mandate.  Media have mostly been silent except for a few local reports.  [Video clip]  Additionally, there were 750 GE workers in Ohio who walked off the job to protest.  [Video clip]

Florida AG Ashley Moody Warns Vaccine Mandates 'Will Not Be Tolerated' in the State.  Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) on Thursday warned vaccine mandates will "not be tolerated" in the Sunshine State, vowing to fight alongside Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) against the federal government's coercive edicts and unprecedented power grab.  Gov. DeSantis, flanked by Attorney General Moody, Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, and others, in Clearwater, Florida, announced his call for a special session to legislate protections for Floridians against vaccine mandates imposed by localities, businesses, and the federal government.

Deleted Government Report Celebrates How Public Loves to "Conform".  A deleted government report exploring how to make the public alter its behavior to accept the new 'green economy' reveals how COVID-19 restrictions have created a population with a "deep set reverence" for authority and a "powerful tendency to conform."  The report was inadvertently published by the British government before being hastily pulled down, but numerous journalists were able to retrieve its contents.  The document explored how to weaponize behavioral psychology to 'nudge' the public into supporting measures and adopting behavior without them explicitly knowing they're being manipulated.  The investigation found that the same techniques the government used to force people into accepting lockdown could be used to make them change their lifestyles in the name of preventing climate change.

Arizona seeks temporary restraining order to stop Biden vaccine mandate.  Arizona's attorney general on Friday filed a request for a temporary restraining order to stop the Biden administration implementing a controversial vaccine requirement as a lawsuit filed last month moves forward.  "Once a vaccine has been administered, it can never be undone," Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement announcing the move.  "The COVID-19 vaccine mandate is one of the greatest infringements upon individual liberty, federalism, and the separation of powers by any administration in our country's history."  Arizona first sued in September after President Biden announced measures that will require federal workers and private sector workers in businesses with more than 100 employees be vaccinated or take a COVID test weekly.  It is expected to affect more than 100 million Americans.

NIH Admits Funding Gain-Of-Function COVID Experiments; Gives EcoHealth Five Days To Report Data.  A top NIH official admitted in a Wednesday letter that the US-funded so-called "gain-of-function" research in Wuhan, China — and that the US nonprofit which conducted it, EcoHealth Alliance — led by the controversial Peter Daszak, "failed to report" that they had created a chimeric bat coronavirus which could infect humans.  In a letter addressed to Rep. James Comer (R-KY), NIH Principal Deputy Director Lawrence A. Tabak cites a "limited experiment" to determine whether "spike proteins from naturally occurring bat coronaviruses circulating in China were capable of binding to the human ACE2 receptor in a mouse model."  According to the letter, humanized mice infected with the modified bat virus "became sicker" than those exposed to an unmodified version of the same bat coronavirus.

Whistleblower Physician Assistant:  NY Hospital Admissions Were 90% Vaccinated, Not Being Reported To VAERS.  Physician Assistant Deborah Conrad had the hospital where she works track the patients admitted and their COVID-19 vaccination status.  The hospital is United Memorial Medical Center, within the Rochester Regional Health System in New York.  Conrad's community reportedly has a less than 50% COVID-19 vaccination rate.  Even so, the rate for hospital admissions were approximately 90% vaccinated.  Aaron Siri, Conrad's attorney, sent a letter to the CDC and FDA on July 19.  The letter stated, "These patients were admitted for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to COVID-19 infections.  Even more troubling is that there were many individuals who were young, many who presented with unusual or unexpected health events, and many who were admitted months after vaccination."  Conrad said she contacted the health authorities to report the cases, but the CDC and FDA ignored her.

America's Frontline Doctors:  Murdered Infants [are] at the Heart of Vaccine Research.  [Scroll down]  These murderous crimes of infanticide are part and parcel of the Rockefeller eugenics movement, which took hold early in the 20th century, and involved, at the very least, the US, Germany, Canada, and Sweden.  And then, of course, the Nazi regime vastly expanded medical torture and killing of the unwanted in their concentration camps.  The Nuremburg War Crimes trials, at the end of World War 2, failed to alert the whole world to the essentially MEDICAL basis of many of these crimes.  In other words, the Nazi doctors were not a lone aberration in an otherwise benign world of medical research.  The whole modern medical structure was woven with inhuman and sadistic practices.  And still is.

Aborted fetal cells and vaccines — a scandal much bigger than Pfizer's whistleblower ever imagined.  [Scroll down]  The fetal cells referred to in Pfizer's emails were HEK293T cells, obtained from the kidney cells of a female fetus in 1973.  In reality, all the currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines are made using aborted fetal cells, including Moderna's.  Moderna also used HEK293T cells in their proof-of-concept tests to see if the genetic instructions contained in these vaccines would be effectively taken up and produce the required spike protein.  Johnson and Johnson used both the PER.C6 cell line (derived from human embryonic retinal cells, originally from the retinal tissue of an 18-week-old fetus aborted in 1985) and the HEK293T cell line, to produce and assay (respectively) their Janssen adenovirus vaccine.  AstraZeneca used the HEK293T cells to develop theirs, as did two other companies that have had their vaccines approved, CanSino Biologics and Gamaleya Research Institute (Sputnik V vaccine).  The use of aborted fetal cells in vaccine production has been going on for over 50 years, starting in the mid-to late 1970s.

American Airlines CEO on vaccine mandate:  "No one's going to leave American because of this".  We've reached the part of the program where some airline CEOs are finding it is better to use honey than vinegar to encourage their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  American Airlines is following the lead of Southwest Airlines and softening its language as deadlines loom and business disruptions are on the horizon.  American CEO Doug Parker says that for those employees who do not get vaccinated or claim a medical or religious exemption, the airline will "continue to work with" them.

Biden says cops and emergency responders should be fired for not getting the vaccine.  President Joe Biden said police officers and emergency workers who refuse COVID-19 vaccination should stay home or be fired, as he answered questions during a CNN town hall on Thursday evening [10/21/2021].  'Yes and yes,' he said to a thunderous round of applause.  'By the way, I waited until July, to talk about mandating, because I tried everything else possible.  'Mandates are working.'  Biden traveled to Baltimore for the town hall, where he delivered his most wide-ranging update yet on talks to break the deadlock on his mammoth social spending plans.

How to Win the Vaccine Wars.  As more corporate enforcers do Biden's dirty work coercing employees to get COVID vaccines, Republicans need to do more than twiddle their thumbs as struggling Americans make the excruciating decision between jab or job.  Fighting and winning the Vaccine Wars will take multipronged civil disobedience from all of us — ordinary citizens, lawyers, businesses, and even our politicians.  Elected Republicans think of themselves as statesmen, not activists, but that has to change.  For decades, Democrats have been fighting a vicious political war while Republicans play their father's gentlemanly game of politics.  Elected Democrats see their role as warriors with a duty to effectuate social justice and equity using all levers of power under their control, and enlist union, judiciary, education, and media allies to accomplish their goals by any means necessary.  This will undoubtedly make some Republicans squirm.  But, following established Democrat precedent, it is perfectly legit to use our political processes to undertake certain acts of civil disobedience.

MPs Can Choose Whether Or Not To wear Masks Says UK health Minister.  UK Health Minister Edward Argar has stoop up for MPs who fail to wear masks in Parliament, claiming they can make their own decision on whether to follow guidance.  Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has also claimed that Tory MPs don't need to wear masks during debates[,] because they know each other.  He said the party's "convivial, fraternal spirit" meant they were acting in line with government Covid guidance.  The comments were made after health secretary, Sajid Javid, urged the British public to wear face coverings.

Child In Indiana Who Has Been Diagnosed With An Infection Gets Refused Treatment In The Hospital Because Of Vaccination Status.  A video that was sent to us today comes from RediMed — Northeast clinic which is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  In it, we can clearly see a child who is sick and need a medical treatment and the medical team of the hospital denied him and medical help because he is not vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine!  The NP refused to treat a minor patient diagnosed with sinusitis, ear infection & bronchitis because he wasn't C-19 vaccinated.  [Video clip]

Two New Studies Test Quercetin and COVID-19 Outcomes.  Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, good doctors have done what good doctors do and have given their patients safe and effective therapeutics to treat COVID-19.  While public health officials said nothing could be done, many doctors applied lessons learned from previous viral infections and helped their patients support their immune systems with safe measures that have a known history.  Common measures suggested by those doctors have included the use of vitamin D and antioxidants.  As the pandemic wears on, mounting evidence points to the efficacy of many of these treatments, including quercetin.  Quercetin is a plant flavonol, a potent antioxidant found in many fruits, vegetables, seeds, and leaves.  It's safe, inexpensive, easy to obtain, and can help zinc get inside your cells, where it can work to stop viral replication.

Vaccines: We are living in the Twilight Zone.  [Scroll down]  The Biden administration could be portrayed by a sci-fi screeewriter as operating on the Katamit plan.  Subdue our population with a pandemic created by a bioweapon, lock them in their homes, inject them with a wholly experimental vaccine with secret ingredients that put their immune systems to sleep.  Close their businesses, open the border to nearly two million migrants and do not vaccinate them; they will be a complaint replacement population in case the vaccines slowly cause early death to the vaxxed.  Ban all the known therapeutics that might have saved hundreds of thousands of people, ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, as they are inexpensive and off patent.  Allow the vaccine manufacturers to become fabulously wealthy to the point that they effectively control the nation's government.  They skipped the clinical trials that by law precede approval of most vaccines.  Like China's CCP, big pharma doles out money by the many millions to influencers that can bring our legislators to heel.  Like the humans of To Serve Man, they fall in line without batting an eye.  They are unfazed by the horror going on around them.  Drunk on power, mayors, governors, congressmen and the president, they enjoy their power over the people and of course believe that they will escape any negative consequences of the plan because they are special.  They are elites, entitled to rule over the unwashed masses.

COVID and Medical Ethics.  [Scroll down]  Regarding the trashing of medical ethics; from the beginning of the pandemic Dr. Anthony Fauci, the FDA, CDC, AMA, NIH, etc. have consistently denied the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and more recently ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19.  This was despite the demonstrable success in other countries like India.  Monoclonal antibodies were recently approved by the FDA as an early treatment option.  It is very effective, but unlike the above therapeutics, administering it requires a specialized medical center.  The Biden administration quickly stepped in to "help" the supply chain after learning seven southern "red" states (most notably Florida and Texas) reported great success using it.  Shortages immediately developed.  This week, we learned of negative news stories warning against the use of low-dose aspirin for COVID.  Aspirin's anti-coagulant properties are effective for preventing mini-strokes caused by the microvascular inflammation and thrombosis sometimes triggered by both COVID-19 and the vaccines.  Is that why it is being attacked?  Inexpensive vitamin D also helps build resistance to COVID-19 and D deficiency is a common characteristic shared by many who died from COVID.

No End in Sight to Politicians' Draconian Measures in War Against COVID.  There have been two threats to human health in the past 18 months:  the immediate biological threat of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the political decision to wage asymmetric warfare on it through social restrictions that destroy jobs, contravene human rights, and trash medical ethics.  The political decision to contravene standing law was taken, like every globalist advance, under the auspices of an emergency.  Since in war the first casualty is truth, the malign asymmetric effects of these political decisions on public health are getting less publicity than the virus.  Yet they are worse, and increasingly so as the war progresses.  Some of the traumas of these political decisions have to be acknowledged.  The bitter pill came first.  Rather than adopt the sensible, focused protection of the vulnerable elderly proposed by the Great Barrington Declaration, the authorities implemented mass lockdowns and painful restrictions, intensifying the demand for vaccines.  The financial consequences of that decision will affect public health for decades.

World's longest Covid lockdown loosens as tyrannical politician is shamed by rival.  Residents of Melbourne, Australia just gained a little bit of freedom back after enduring the longest Covid lockdown of any city in the world:  262 days, edging out London and Buenos Aires for the dubious title. [...] Under the yoke of Premier Daniel Andrews of the State of Victoria, a Labor Party progressive, Melburnians have suffered absurd limitations on their personal freedoms.  When large scale demonstrations against the lockdowns emerged, they were brutally repressed by police.  In Australia, police forces are run by each of the states, and under Andrews, police fired rubber bullets into crowds and assaulted individual protesters.

Nine million to get booster jabs early:  Boris Johnson urges experts to cut six-month wait for third Covid vaccine to speed rollout.  Britain's sluggish booster vaccine rollout is being held up by the NHS sending texts to elderly Britons who 'do not know how to use their phones', medics warned today amid growing demands to speed up the drive and prevent ministers from reimposing restrictions once more.  Reena Barrai, a pharmacist in Surrey, said many patients have come in 'anxious' because they cannot work out how to access the online system to book their top-up dose.

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Left-wing politicians assume that you're too stupid to take advantage of all the wonderful "free" goodies they provide.  If you don't show up for a dose of their experimental "vaccine," they presume that it's because you don't know how to use your phone.  The possibility that the bureaucrats are being ignored is never considered.

Also posted under What's the rush?, The NHS, and Liberals think you're stupid.

The Democratic Party Declares War on Parents.  One thing that is quite clear is that the Democrats have decided you as parents don't really need a say in how public education handles your child's needs in school.  Throughout the pandemic, we got multiple reports of the teachers' unions coordinating with the Biden administration on school closures, keeping children out of schools.  There was a sudden about-face when the numbers started turning against them, but there was never any repentance for the damage it caused students across the country.  We know that there was a significant academic loss, along with social and emotional development that was ultimately delayed by the school closures, and still, Democrats never acknowledged that the science never backed them up on it.

Florida Governor Calls for Special Session to Counter Vaccine, Mask Mandates.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Oct. 21 called for a special legislative session to consider measures to counter vaccine and mask mandates.  The move follows a series of COVID-19 vaccine mandates imposed by the administration of President Joe Biden.  That doesn't sit well with the Florida governor, who has "had enough" of federal interference into state business, press secretary Christina Pushaw told The Epoch Times.  The legislative proposals include the provision of reemployment assistance to people who are fired due to failure to comply with an employer's vaccine mandate.  Under another proposal, Floridians who have an adverse reaction to a vaccine would be eligible for workers' compensation.  Employers who fire workers solely based on the vaccine mandate would be prohibited from enforcing non-compete agreements against the employees, according to another proposal.

Biden Says First Responders, Police Who Refuse Vaccine Mandates Should Be Fired.  President Joe Biden said Thursday that first responders and police officers who refuse vaccine mandates should be forced to remain at home or be fired.  Biden issued vaccine mandates or weekly testing for private companies with 100 or more employees in early September.  The president also announced a stricter vaccine requirement for federal workers and contractors in September that limited the loophole for unvaccinated individuals.  Other mandates have been put in place across the country by cities.  Police officers and first responders across the country — including in places like Chicago and Washington — have voiced opposition to the mandates, with some leaving the job over it.

Judge says Chicago police union not allowed to discourage members from getting vaccinated for covid.  Cook County Circuit Judge Cecilia A. Horan has ordered Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara to stop discouraging the city's police force from taking the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccine."  In Horan's opinion, Catanzara does not have any First Amendment rights when it comes to telling his police officers that getting injected might not be in their best interests.  On Oct. 15 following a lengthy emergency hearing on a request for injunctive relief that was filed by the city early in the day, Horan proclaimed that Catanzara must immediately stop trying to help police officers avoid the deadly clot shot, which stands a good chance of killing them.  Last week, Catanzara urged Chicago police officers to not comply with the city's mandate requiring them to tell the government whether or not they got injected with one of Donald "father of the vaccine" Trump's "Operation Warp Speed" injections.

The Empire of Lies Breaks Down:  Ugly Truths the Deep State Wants to Keep Hidden.  America is breaking down. [...] All across the country, from California to Connecticut and every point in between, men and women who have worked faithfully and diligently at their jobs for years are being terminated for daring to believe that they have a right to bodily integrity; that they should not be forced, against their conscience or better judgment, to choose between individual liberty and economic survival; and that they — and not the government, or the FDA, or the CDC, or the Corporate State — have dominion over their bodies.  Conveniently enough, this COVID-19 pandemic has created yet another double standard in how "we the people" navigate this country:  while "we the middling classes" are subjected to vaccine mandates and denied even the right to be skeptical about the origins of the COVID virus, let alone the efficacy of the so-called cure, the government, corporations and pharmaceutical companies have been shielded from liability with blanket immunity laws that ensure we are little more than guinea pigs for their questionable experiments.

NIH changes story, confirms it funded Wuhan experiment that made bat coronavirus more dangerous.  Two weeks after National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins announced his retirement, his agency has complicated congressional testimony by Collins and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci about alleged gain-of-function virus research sponsored by the U.S.  Both officials have denied approving grants for such research through the EcoHealth Alliance and Wuhan Institute of Virology, but a letter Wednesday from NIH Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak to House Oversight Committee ranking Republican James Comer describes an unforeseen experimental result that calls the denials into question.  The letter shows that "NIH — and specifically, Collins, Fauci, and Tabak — lied to Congress, lied to the press, and lied to the public," Richard Ebright, lab director at Rutgers University's Waskman Institute of Microbiology, tweeted Wednesday night when sharing the letter.  "Knowingly.  Willfully.  Brazenly."

Victorian study claiming mandatory masks stopped second wave shredded by experts.  A "world-first" Australian study which Victoria's government has held up as proof its mandatory face mask policy worked is riddled with basic errors and should never have been published in a major journal, medical researchers and experts say.  Victoria first made face masks mandatory outside the home in Melbourne during its second coronavirus wave in July 2020, but the Department of Health has been unable to provide any scientific research or studies upon which the decision was made.  Instead, the Department of Health directed news.com.au to a paper published in July this year by the Burnet Institute — an influential public health body which has come under fire in recent months for its alarmist predictions — as justification for the mandate which has resulted in thousands of dollars in fines for Victorians.

Not Just a Vaccine Card, But a Vaccine Card and Photo ID.  Last week San Francisco's wildly popular Fisherman's Wharf In-N-Out location was found in violation of the city's vaccination mandate for indoor dining by not preventing the entry of customers who were not carrying proper vaccination documentation, (not just Vax ID mind you, but Vax ID PLUS photo ID), the San Francisco Department of Public Health shut them down.  They've since reopened for takeout but remain closed for indoor dining.  In a statement an In-N-Out Burger representative said that the location "properly and clearly posted signage to communicate local vaccination requirements," but objected to the city's order that the employees "must actively intervene by demanding proof of vaccination and photo identification from every customer, then act as enforcement personnel by barring entry for any customers without the proper documentation."

Indiana Recruits Chicago Police Officers Unhappy With Vaccine Mandate.  As thousands of police officers in Chicago refuse to comply with Mayor Lori Lightfoot's COVID vaccine mandate, officials in nearby Indiana are actively recruiting the cops to join the force.  "Hey Chicago Police Officers, we're hiring!  No vaccine mandate.  Apply today at http://statetrooper.com Lower taxes, great schools, welcoming communities," posted a leader with the Indiana State Police.

This should be a really big deal, guys.  You know that Fauci guy?  The dude who has definitely not flip-flopped on every medical position over the last 19 months, who has respected freedom over tyranny, and has been the highest-paid government employee for decades?  After it came to light that he personally was involved in the U.S. government grants going to the lab in Wuhan, China to study coronaviruses in bats, he swore in front of Congress that there was no "gain-of-function" research happening there, or research that takes viruses in other animals and tries to adapt them to infect humans.

NIH Admits It Funded Gain Of Function Research On Chinese Bat Coronaviruses.  National Institutes of Health Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak informed a leading House Republican lawmaker on Wednesday that the agency funded gain-of-function experiments on bat coronaviruses in China after over a year of denials from the agency's leadership.  Tabak said that its grantee, EcoHealth Alliance, first notified the NIH in August that it conducted the gain-of-function experiments with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China between June 2018 and May 2019.  Tabak said EcoHealth failed to immediately notify the agency that they created lab-generated chimeric coronaviruses that exhibited a greater than one log, or ten-times, increase in growth.  "EcoHealth failed to report this finding right away, as was required by the terms of the grant," Tabak said in a letter to House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member Rep. James Comer of Kentucky.  "EcoHealth is being notified that they have five days from today to submit to NIH any and all unpublished data from the experiments and work conducted under this award.  Additional compliance efforts continue."

Mark Levin:  DeSantis was right, and Fauci was wrong.  On "LevinTV" this week, BlazeTV host Mark Levin explained why he believes Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' responses to COVID-19 — whether prioritizing care for the elderly and nursing home facilities from the very beginning of the pandemic, refusing to issue mask and vaccine mandates, or fighting the federal government's attempt to cap the distribution of antibody treatments to his state — have been way out in front of any other political leadership.  Could this be a preview of the 2024 presidential election?  Levin pointed out that the Harvard-educated governor studies the most current COVID data on a daily basis and makes his decisions accordingly, as opposed to leaders who blindly follow the advice of Dr. Anthony Fauci or comply with the political narrative of the day.  As a result, Florida's current (as of Monday, Oct 18, 2021) COVID death rate (per 100,000) is one of the lowest in the country.

PayPal cancels a nonprofit for saving millions of lives.  The Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) is a group of distinguished and courageous doctors who are working to inform the public about the efficacy of early treatment of COVID, particularly with ivermectin and neutraceuticals.  Without exaggeration, the treatments advocated by the FLCCC have saved millions of lives.  See, for example, the stunning benefits of the use of ivermectin in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

They are committing "terrorism" against their own employees.  This is a surprisingly interesting interview of Dr. David Martin conducted by Mike Adams, in a discussion about Covid and beyond.  The interview runs about 30 minutes, but if you're impatient, set the playback speed slightly faster than normal.  It is well worth your time.  [Video clip]

Pfizer's Alarming Power 'to Silence Governments, Throttle Supply, Shift Risk, Maximize Profits'.  A consumer rights advocacy group called Public Citizen released a report indicating that COVID vaccine producer Pfizer has secret government contracts and used their power to "shift risk and maximize profits."  Pfizer has 73 formalized deals for its COVID-19 vaccine but of those, only five have been formally published by governments and include 'significant redactions,' Public Citizen found.  The seven known contracts reviewed by Public Citizen are worth more than $5 billion.  The advocacy group — which gained access to several leaked, unredacted contracts — claims the Manhattan-based pharmaceutical giant's contracts "consistently place Pfizer's interests before public health imperatives."  The company requires that all disputes be decided through private arbitration, not public courts.

Teachers unions influenced last-minute CDC school guidance, received copies before public release, emails show.  The nation's most powerful teachers unions influenced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on last-minute changes to school-reopening guidance, emails reviewed by Fox News show.  The records further show that the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, the two largest teachers unions in the U.S., received a copy of the guidance before the CDC released it to the public.  The guidance included a phased reopening approach for K-12 schools based on coronavirus cases in the area.  "These documents are further evidence that instead of following the science, the White House and the CDC allowed politics to influence policy," Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, told Fox News.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo Discusses Education Health Policy and Mask Mandates Without Scientific Support.  Florida's new Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo appeared alongside Governor Ron DeSantis today in Brevard County during an event to focus on education policy.  During part of the press availability, Dr. Ladapo outlined the DeSantis administration's position on the forced masking of kids in schools.  The overarching policies being advanced by the DeSantis administration center around allowing parents and individuals to make their own health and education decisions.  With the federal government continually pushing more intervention into the rights of states to determine their own COVID policies, Florida appears to be one of the strongest states pushing back.  [Video clip]

Illinois Sheriffs Say They Will Not Help Cover Chicago Police Shortage Due to Vaccine Mandate.  Sheriff's offices surrounding the metropolitan area of Chicago are stating they will not send their officers to cover the shortfall in city police officers as an outcome of the vaccine mandate.  Keep in mind the elected county sheriff is the highest constitutional officer inside each region.  Chicago Mayor Lightfoot has released all the city officers who refused the vaccine mandate.  Factually it makes no sense according to DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, who points out that his office does not have mandatory vaccines and as a result could only be providing assistance with officers who may or may not be vaccinated.  "It doesn't make sense to say, 'I only want my residents touching vaccinated people, but I'm going to send all these potentially unvaccinated people from other municipalities to replace them,'" Mendrick said.

Disturbing Video Shows Walgreens Pharmacist Refusing To Fill Man's Ivermectin Prescription.  A video uploaded to YouTube, which has just moments ago been removed for 'violating YouTube's content policies' shows a pharmacist in San Antonio, Texas refusing to fill a doctor's prescription for Ivermectin.  The man filming tells the pharmacist his licensed doctor filled out and signed the prescription but the pharmacist says they won't fill any prescriptions for Ivermectin for COVID. The gentleman then goes on to say the pharmacists have no right to get between doctors and patients and tells him it is against the law to deny doctor prescriptions, which he may have a strong legal leg to stand on.  [Video clip]

Colorado Middle School Under Investigation After Several Children Had Masks Taped To Their Faces.  Teachers in a school district in Colorado are allegedly taping face masks to kids' faces.  An investigation is underway after a sixth-grader from Chinook Trail Middle School sent a selfie to her mother with her mask taped to her face using blue painter's tape.  Stephanie Butler, the young girl's mother, told Fox21 she posted the photo on Friday to make other parents aware of the strict mask policy and to see if other students were 'being taped'.  The disturbing photo has since made its rounds on social media.  [Video clip]

Alex Berenson Drops Bombshell From UK Government Data: 70% Of COVID Deaths Are Double-Vaccinated!  Alex Berenson was interviewed by Joe Rogan last week and dropped a bombshell using official UK government data showing 70% of all Delta deaths were double vaccinated.  Public Health England data published on the 3rd September 2021 shows that from February 1st 2021 up to the 29th August 2021 there have been 1,798 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the Delta Covid-19 variant.  Of these 16 deaths were among those who'd had a single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 21 days of their positive test, and 126 deaths were among those who'd had a single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine over 21 days before their positive test.  Meanwhile, the fully vaccinated population has accounted for 1,091 of those deaths, with just 536 deaths occurring among the unvaccinated population.  [Video clip]

Vaccinated Mayorkas Has China Virus.  He's Quarantined, But Dumped Virus-positive "Migrants" Into Country.  In another blow to the vaunted reputation of the China Virus vaccines, fully vaccinated Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for the virulent bug.  News of yet another breakthrough case surfaced a day after the virus death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who suffered with cancer and had begun treatment for Parkinson's disease.  Breakthrough cases suggest the vaccines are not as effective as advertised.  The Centers for Disease Control has said more than 30,000 people have died or been hospitalized despite being vaccinated.

NIH Confirms Fauci Lied, EcoHealth Alliance Violated Terms of Virus Research Grant.  In a letter sent today, October 20, Representative James Comer (R- KY), The National Institutes of Health (NIH) confirmed Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergens and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), lied to Senator Rand Paul during a hearing on May 11th, 2021.  During that hearing, Fauci stated in no uncertain terms, that the NIH nor the NIAID ever funded gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Fauci has stuck to that story even as mounting evidence convincingly contradicted those statements.  Here at RedState, we have led the story regarding gain-of-function research and were among the first media outlets to accurately report that Fauci lied during that interaction.  The NIH letter specifically discusses genomic studies of bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Illegal immigrants [are] exempt from DOJ's vaccine mandate at deportation hearings.  The federal vaccine mandate will soon apply to Justice Department employees, contractors and visitors to its buildings, but one group it won't apply to is illegal immigrants showing up for their deportation case hearings.  The migrants are deemed an exception to President Biden's mandates because they are seeking a public benefit or service.  That means they will not have to prove they've been vaccinated or show a negative COVID-19 test from the previous three days.  Their attorneys are also exempt.  Those exemptions aren't sitting well with immigration judges and other employees who will have to interact with the unvaccinated.  They say allowing in unvaccinated and untested people defeats the purpose of the mandate.

Maryland U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, a doctor, prescribes ivermectin to patient to treat COVID-19.  A Republican congressman from Maryland who is also a licensed physician said he prescribed the drug Ivermectin to patients for the treatment of the early stages of COVID-19.  "I have prescribed ivermectin as treatment for early COVID," U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, who represents Maryland's 1st Congressional District, said in a statement to Fox 5 DC.  "Data from India and elsewhere supports that off-label use.  Off-label prescribing is commonly done for many medical illnesses."  Harris, who was a physician at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, a medical officer in the Naval Reserve, and a state senator before coming to Congress, still practices part-time at Memorial Hospital in Easton, Maryland.  He is Maryland's only Republican representative in Congress.

White House releases plans to vaccinate 28 million kids aged 5-11 against Covid.  The White House released its plans on Wednesday [10/20/2021] for vaccinating 28 million children between ages five and 11 against COVID-19.  In the next few weeks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to decide whether or not to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine in younger kids in the next few weeks, meaning children could be fully vaccinated by Christmas.  If the jab is authorized, the Biden administration's plan to immunize kids will look very different than the campaign to inoculate adults.

Washington State Football Coach Fired For Refusing The Jab, 4 Assistant Coaches Fired As Well.  Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has been fired for cause after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine and being noncompliant with both state and university policies, the university announced Monday evening.  Rolovich sought, and appears to have been denied, a religious exemption from those mandates, which required employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 18 if they wished to continue working.  Four Washington State assistant coaches have also been terminated.  [Video clip]

Exclusive Report Exposes Massive Hearing Problems After COVID Vaccination.  More than 10,000 Americans have reported tinnitus as a possible side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine, and some are now questioning why the FDA and CDC are not taking a deeper look into their claims about hearing problems.  [Video clip]

Leaked Audio Reveals Military Doctor Threatening Solder With Court Martial Over Vaccine Even Though He Had Medical Exemption.  A retiring soldier has been threatened to take the vaccine or face a court-martial.  In a shocking leaked audio clip, an Army doctor is heard telling the soldier she must either get the shot or possibly face a court-martial.  Terminal CWO broke the story and Jack Posobiec broadcast it on his hit podcast Human Events Daily, where he analyzed the entire clip.  "If we were civilians and you said, 'Doctor, do you think it's reasonable for me to not get the vaccine for a few months until I feel comfortable?'  I'd say, yeah, that's reasonable, you're young and healthy, it's reasonable to wait a few months until you feel more comfortable," the Army doctor said.  [Audio clip]

The Next Pandemic has been Prophesied & Just Confirmed by Klaus Schwab.  Pastor Steve Cioccolanti shares a prophecy about the blackout that will precede the antichrist's revelation.  [Video clip]

Washington state suspends a physician assistant for prescribing ivermectin.  A lot of people are angry that more doctors aren't prescribing ivermectin when they first get diagnosed with COVID.  However, a Washington State physician assistant lost his license because he prescribed ivermectin.  Most doctors, having invested years upwards of seven years of their lives in preparing to be a physician, don't want to destroy that career over a politically incorrect prescription.  Andrea Salcedo, who to my great surprise has degrees in journalism, is a terrible writer.  Nevertheless, she has a job at the Washington Post, from which platform she wrote a barely comprehensible article about a physician assistant named Scott C. Miller whose license the Washington Medical Commission suspended.  The article is framed to make it appear that ivermectin will kill people.  If you wade through Salcedo's disordered, chaotic prose, you can discern a few points.  First, Salcedo makes sure everyone knows ivermectin is a "deworming" or anti-parasite drug, although concedes it works on humans too.  Second, Scott Miller believes in ivermectin.  Third, he prescribed it to some very sick people[.]

Physicians and the Vaccine Tyranny.  Doctors need to be called out.  From early in the pandemic, it was like a mass hypnosis or forgetfulness of everything we had learned in medical school.  Immune system knowledge was shelved and replaced by government dictates.  The thought of early outpatient treatment with "off label" drugs that could modulate the immune system was forbidden.  We essentially told patients that they had to go home and wait until they were sick enough to be hospitalized, then treatment would begin.  Imagine telling all diabetics that there is no metformin, Glucophage, or insulin. [...] Lately it has been all about getting 100% of the population jabbed.  For what reason?  I am not sure, and some of the more detailed and investigated theories scare me.  I shudder to think.  But last year's heroes are being labeled selfish and villainous for not getting the vaccine. [...] Now we have the same hospital systems turning their backs on their own employees.  Basically, health providers have a choice, get shot, or get fired.  How does that help?  Both vaxxed and unvaxxed can spread virus, so it doesn't help anyone.  It only helps the hospital to get more government money by meeting quotas. [...] And going so far as to encourage vaccination in children and pregnant women is crazy.  There is blood on the hands of any physician who does this.  With children, there is no benefit to the vaccine, only harm.  They would serve themselves and society better with natural immunity.  The vaccine hasn't been studied on women and their babies.

Corporations Pull Out the Long Knives for Their Employees.  By now, it has become painfully clear that many big businesses no longer side with employees or customers and have eagerly embraced the left's ideas.  They are now active and willing participants in the destruction of America.  This is easily seen by the fact that many big businesses, eagerly and without reservation, have embraced the federal vaccine mandate despite no actual published rules having been put in place.  All it took to achieve vast compliance was the president yelling at the unvaccinated and telling America that his patience was wearing thin.  (He was promptly, thereafter, escorted away for milk and cookies.)  The mere threat was enough to cause some of the largest businesses in the country to abandon the rights of their employees and institute arbitrary deadlines for vaccination — those unwilling to adjust to the new reality of their employers deciding their medical choices were faced with the threat of firing, full speed ahead, "my body my choice" [notwithstanding].

On the Front Lines of the COVID War.  A heart attack is no fun.  I discovered this the hard way a few days ago.  As a consequence I found myself on the frontlines of the Third World War — the global war against the Chinese created, and deliberately disseminated, COVID virus.  Having spent time on the front lines, I am now writing as a war correspondent. [...] The first thing to report is this war is serious.  It is no joke.  People die in astonishing numbers.  Those that don't die suffer terribly.  Even the most upscale hospital, like mine, has been overwhelmed with the suffering — stretched far beyond its capacity. [...] The nurses in the hospital are, quite properly, too circumspect to volunteer political opinions.  But they will once the barrier is down.  The ones I encountered are truly cynical about the mandates that have been imposed.  They are well aware, from practical experience, that these mandates are not only useless, they are counterproductive.

Nebraska gets it right on ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.  As a former Nebraska attorney general, I have generally declined to comment on legal opinions issued by my successors.  However, the recent opinion concerning ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as off-label medicines for the treatment of COVID-19 is extraordinary.  Moreover, it addresses an issue that potentially affects every Nebraskan who becomes infected with COVID-19, so that it deserves to be highlighted. [...] The attorney general's opinion has several practical applications.  First, physicians who were not prescribing ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine for fear that it would jeopardize their Nebraska medical licenses can now prescribe them based on their best medical judgment.  Second, Nebraska pharmacies that have refused to fill prescriptions for ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine for treatment of COVID-19 are now on notice that the failure to fill those prescriptions in the future could result in adverse action against their pharmacy licenses or in civil liability.

Hospitals Accept Natural Immunity as Reason for Staff to Defer Mandated Vaccine.  Following a growing trend, several Ohio hospitals are allowing staff who have already recovered from COVID-19 infections to defer their mandated vaccines.  Premier Health, Kettering Health and the Dayton Children's Hospital networks have all set a December 1 deadline for workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and all three networks are now accepting proof of natural immunity as a reason to defer compliance.  "Natural immunity" refers to testing positive for coronavirus-targeting antibodies following a COVID-19 infection.  "This pathway was created because there is evidence that there is protection that arises from a previous infection," explained Dr. Roberto Colón, chief medical officer at Miami Valley Hospital.  A major study out of Israel made waves last month when it showed natural immunity to be a superior defense against COVID-19 infection, even better than vaccination.

Kane, DuPage sheriffs:  Chicago police shortage due to vaccine mandate isn't an emergency for us.  At least two suburban county sheriffs say they will send their deputies to help the Chicago Police Department only if city officers are in distress or under duress.  So they say they will not respond if Chicago is short-staffed because it has suspended officers in a dispute about a COVID-19 vaccination mandate.  "ILEAS (the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System) typically responds to emergency situations where there is no opportunity for planning," Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said Tuesday.  "This situation to me is much different."  "It's like a preplanned police shortage," DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said.  "The lack of logic is the thing that astounds me."

OSHA Demands Not To Know Things.  The Biden administration is forcing you to take the jab in order to work, and simultaneously the Biden administration doesn't want the employer to tell them about workers who are injured by the jab.  Simply more evidence the vaccine mandate is not about your health.

General Electric orders all 56,000 of its employees to receive their COVID vaccines by December 8.  General Electric has become the latest company to require all US-based workers to get COVID-19 shots by December 8 in order to comply with President Joe Biden's executive order.  As a federal contractor who sells jet engines and other equipment to the government, GE said its 56,000 employees must comply with the executive order and updated its vaccine policy last week.  Employees can avoid the shot through approved medical or religious exemptions.

Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich, 4 assistants out after refusing state-mandated COVID-19 vaccine.  Washington State fired football coach Nick Rolovich and four of his assistants on Monday after they refused to comply with a mandate that all state employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee had set a deadline of Monday for thousands of state employees, including the Cougars' coaches, to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or risk losing their jobs.  "The noncompliance with this requirement renders [Rolovich] ineligible to be employed at Washington State University and therefore can no longer fulfill the duties as a head coach of our football program effective immediately," Washington State athletic director Pat Chun said during a Monday night [10/18/2021] news conference.  "It is disheartening to be here today.  Our football team is hurting.  Our WSU community is fractured.  Today will have a lasting impact on the young men on our team and the remaining coaches and staff."

NBA player who suffered blood clots from COVID-19 vaccine says league told him to keep quiet.  NBA player Brandon Goodwin recently admitted that he suffered from blood clots after getting the COVID-19 vaccine in a health crisis that ended his season and compromised his career.  Adding insult to injury, the Atlanta Hawks player said that the NBA told him not to talk about his ordeal.  Goodwin, who recently turned 26, said that shortly after getting the vaccine, he got sick and never fully recovered from it.  He experienced constant back pain and was extremely tired in games.  In his team's back-to-back games in April against the Philadelphia 76ers, he said he felt like he couldn't even run up and down the basketball court; when his back pain continued to get worse, he decided to see a doctor and found out that he had blood clots.  This all occurred within the space of a month.  Speaking in a video he posted to Twitch, Goodwin made it clear that he felt that the vaccine was responsible for this scary condition.

Country Artist Cancels Concerts At Venues Requiring Masks, Vax Proof, Or COVID Tests.  Award-winning country music artist Travis Tritt announced Monday that he'll be canceling a number of shows due to venues requiring fans to either show proof of COVID vaccination, submit a negative COVID test, or mandating masks.  "I'm putting my money where my mouth is and announcing that any venue or promoter mandating masks, requiring vaccinations, or pushing COVID testing protocols on my fans will not be tolerated," Tritt said in a statement sent to The Daily Wire.  "Any show I have booked that discriminates against concert-goers by requiring proof of vaccination, a COVID test, or a mask is being canceled immediately."  According to a press release, the multi-platinum selling artist has canceled shows in Muncie, Indiana; Philadelphia, Mississippi; Peoria, Illinois; and Louisville, Kentucky.

Was Colin Powell's death caused by COVID or with COVID?  As soon as it was learned that fully vaccinated Colin Powell died of COVID complications, the "experts" came out to tell the public that the vaccine did not fail.  They said that Powell died from other diseases, rather than COVID itself.  His final illness, nevertheless, was characterized as "complications" from COVID.  Now, one line of thought is that the vaccines are useless, given that they didn't protect Powell.  But it's doubtful that any of these experts really know what did Powell in.  It could just as easily be that Powell died of other causes even as he had COVID, but now his death is called a COVID death when in reality, it was a cancer death.

Smoking marijuana could lead to breakthrough COVID cases, study finds.  Heavy marijuana users who are also vaccinated may be more susceptible to breakthrough cases of COVID-19, a new study found.  The study, published last Tuesday in World Psychology, found that those with a substance use disorder (SUD) — a dependence on marijuana, alcohol, cocaine, opioids and tobacco — were more likely to contract the coronavirus after receiving both of their vaccination shots.  Those without a SUD saw a 3.6 percent rate of breakthrough infections, compared to a 7 percent rate in those with a SUD.  At 7.8 percent, those with marijuana use disorder were most at risk for breakthrough infections, the study found.

Is a Mask That Covers the Mouth and Nose Free from Undesirable Side Effects in Everyday Use and Free of Potential Hazards?  Many countries introduced the requirement to wear masks in public spaces for containing SARS-CoV-2 making it commonplace in 2020. Up until now, there has been no comprehensive investigation as to the adverse health effects masks can cause.  The aim was to find, test, evaluate and compile scientifically proven related side effects of wearing masks.  For a quantitative evaluation, 44 mostly experimental studies were referenced, and for a substantive evaluation, 65 publications were found.  The literature revealed relevant adverse effects of masks in numerous disciplines.  In this paper, we refer to the psychological and physical deterioration as well as multiple symptoms described because of their consistent, recurrent and uniform presentation from different disciplines as a Mask-Induced Exhaustion Syndrome (MIES).

Why is the medical profession letting us die?  So much observational data has come out since the beginning of this pandemic.  So many potential therapeutic and preventative treatments, yet so little interest on the part of medical boards and policymakers.  What's going on here?  It's my belief, reluctantly arrived at over more than a year, that medical and political policymakers do not have our best interests at heart.  They want the power, the glory, and the pats on their narcissistic little heads.  They want to be mommy, and daddy, and nursie, and the only adults in the entire country capable of making medical decisions for the rest of us.  Medical professionals are permitted to prescribe drugs as they see fit, even for off-label use.  They do this hoping that the drugs will be effective in treating their patients and improving their conditions and lives.  Prescribing a drug or regimen that does not have specific FDA approval for a specific use is perfectly legal and done all the time.  The media, the CDC, and Dr. Fauci seem to have conflated FDA approval with the only legal means whereby drugs can be prescribed.  This is simply wrong.

There Has Been No Mandatory Vaccination Executive Order.  With civic guidance and political leadership absent on the heels of multiple national crises, the entire country is now roiled in an era of massive civilian disobedience campaigns as thousands of American workers seek protection from President Biden's flawed vaccine dictates.  If you listen to Biden's recent incoherent statement on vaccine mandates or you are an incurable aficionado of what used to be called mainstream media, you may think there is reason to believe that a formal Presidential Executive Order mandating national Covid vaccinations had been issued. [...] However, a visit to the White House website on Executive Orders (Federal Register) reveals that the Biden Administration has not, to date, filed any such EO.  It was reported that the object of the EO was to direct the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to issue a rule mandating vaccinations for employees in America[']s top one hundred companies or submit to weekly tests or be fired.  In addition, there appears to be no such EO action at the White House Office of Management and Budget as well as no evidence of OSHA preparation of an in-the-works standard to apply to the aforementioned unvaccinated.

Study Published On NIH Website Finds 'No Discernable Relationship' Between Vaccine Status And COVID Cases, Says Infection Rate May Be Higher Among Fully Vaccinated.  A new study published in the NIH NCBI database and authored by Harvard professor S. V. Subramanian, Ph.D, and Penn State professor Akhil Kumar, Ph.D claims that vaccination rates have "no discernable relationship" with the amount of new COVID cases, and notes that "In fact, the trend line suggests a marginally positive association such that countries with higher percentage of population fully vaccinated have higher COVID-19 cases per 1 million people."  "At the country-level, there appears to be no discernable relationship between percentage of population fully vaccinated and new COVID-19 cases in the last 7 days," the report states.  "In fact, the trend line suggests a marginally positive association such that countries with higher percentage of population fully vaccinated have higher COVID-19 cases per 1 million people.  Notably, Israel with over 60% of their population fully vaccinated had the highest COVID-19 cases per 1 million people in the last 7 days."

San Francisco Shuts Down In-N-Out Burger For Refusing to Be Vaccine Police.  The City of San Francisco and Mayor London Breed announced a vaccination mandate in August for any business offering indoor dining.  According to the order, all businesses are required to ask for proof of vaccination from customers.  San Francisco was the second city in the country, behind New York, in making such a regional mandate.  The owners and operators of In-N-Out burger, refused to be vaccination police and discriminate against their customers.  The City of San Francisco shut them down.  The restaurant still offers outside seating and take out, but they will not participate in vaccine checkpoints.

In-N-Out Burger defies San Francisco's vaccine mandate: 'We refuse to become vaccination police'.  In-N-Out Burger has reopened after being shut down last week over its refusal to enforce San Francisco's vaccine mandate, telling the city that "we refuse to become the vaccination police."  The San Francisco health department closed Thursday the hugely popular burger joint's Fisherman's Wharf location, the only one in the City by the Bay, over its failure to check the COVID-19 vaccination status of customers before allowing them entry, as the city requires.  The fast-food restaurant is back in business for takeout and drive-through orders, but indoor dining remains closed, according to KRON-TV.

In-N-Out Burger refuses to demand vaccine 'passports' in SF store, forced to close indoor dining.  The first prominent company to stand up to vaccination passport bullying is In-N-Out Burger, which should surprise no one familiar with the company's history and culture. [...] In-N-Out Burger is a company that is unafraid to march to its own drummer.  It isn't worried about shareholders protesting or selling their stock.  The company is 100% owned by Lynsi Snyder, referred to by employees as "the owner."  She is the only grandchild of Harry and Esther Snyder, who founded the company in 1948 as a burger stand "barely 10 feet square," invented a two-way speaker box enabling customers to order from their car, and slowly built other outlets, with a fanatical dedication to quality.  The company uses fresh meat only, bakes its own buns, and supplies stores from central warehouse facilities where quality controls are rigorously enforced.  At first the company's stores were limited to Southern California, but it has gradually expanded, and now has stores as far east as Texas.

Update:  If you would prefer to watch television, here's the report:
In-n-Out Burger In San Francisco Shut Down Over Not Demanding Customers Show Vaccination Papers.  Representatives of a popular burger chain are defiant after having their only San Francisco location being briefly shut down by the Department for Public Health.  In-N-Out at Fisherman's Wharf is back open, but only for take out.  The restaurant was ordered to cease all operations last Thursday after health inspectors found workers repeatedly failed to verify that customers who were eating inside were vaccinated.  They reopened the next day for takeout only.  [Video clip]

Colorado Springs school district investigating masks being taped to student's faces.  Parents are demanding answers following allegations that teachers forced middle school students in Colorado Springs to tape masks to their faces.  Academy School District 20 has said it will investigate the claims.  More than 100 students and staff members are being interviewed about the situation.  A picture of a sixth-grader from Chinook Trail Middle School with a mask taped to her face made the rounds on social media over the weekend.  The child's mother said she posted the picture to find out if other parents were aware of a "policy" of taped masks, and whether it had been done to other students.

Doctors Can Prescribe Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine Off-Label for COVID-19: Nebraska AG.  Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued a legal opinion saying that his office won't seek disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin as off-label medicines to treat or prevent COVID-19, as long as they are not engaging in any misconduct.  The opinion, issued on Oct. 14, was in response to a request from Dannette Smith, CEO of the state's Department of Health, which licenses and disciplines doctors.  Smith asked whether it would be "deemed unlawful or otherwise subject to discipline" for doctors to prescribe ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, or other "off label use" medications to treat or prevent COVID-19.  The Republican attorney general said in the opinion that his office finds "the available data does not justify filing disciplinary actions against physicians simply because they prescribe ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine to prevent or treat COVID-19."

The Impending Mass Firing of America's Unvaccinated.  Zac Spolar found himself running around in a frenzy amid the COVID-19 surge in December, tending to three or four patients at once and laboring late into the night at a Los Angeles hospital.  The hardest part of the job, he said, was having to constantly console people who couldn't be with their loved ones in the intensive care unit, even if they were dying.  Now Spolar is among the many essential workers threatened with unemployment and diminished job prospects for refusing vaccination.  Police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, paramedics, airport security and prison guards across the country are facing termination this week if they don't comply with their employers' vaccine requirements.  Many have already lost their jobs or have been disciplined.  Other say they will defy the vaccine mandates on principle.  As a result, essential workers may soon be in short supply in many parts of America.

Experts and lies about COVID.  The great general Colin Powell died this week from COVID complications.  He was fully vaccinated.  At his age, any illness could have taken his life, yet if the vaccine was truly as effective as the experts say it is, surely General Powell should not have been infected with COVID.  Surely the wonderful vaccine which has been said to be so safe and effective should have protected him against COVID.  General Powell's vaccine was of no use against COVID.  He submitted to experimental gene therapy in the hopes that it would protect him, and it did nothing for him.  That hasn't stopped the experts from proclaiming General Powell's death as next door to proof that the vaccines are working.

Colin Powell's Death the Latest Sign of the COVID Scam.  There will be accolades aplenty forthcoming for General Powell, a former secretary of state, who ably served both presidents Bush in various military and civilian capacities.  But his death, coming as it does in the midst of our long political and biomedical wrangle over the severity of the threat posed by the CCP virus that causes COVID-19, once again focuses attention on the social and economic destruction the panic over the pandemic continues to cause.  Indeed, the general's death "from" COVID — despite his vaccination status — indicates one thing very plainly:  the vaccines don't work.  If they did, if they really prevented anyone from contracting the disease, Powell might still be alive while his doctors battled his other ailments.  But they don't, he didn't, and it's high time everyone admitted it.  Don't wait for the media, those thoroughly corrupt handmaidens of the Democrat Party and, latterly, of the U.S. government, to admit that.  Indeed, just hours after Powell's death, various outlets hastily rushed onto the air and into print with assurances that just because the vaccines don't work doesn't mean they don't work.

Thousands of California Parents Join in Statewide Walkout Against Vaccine Mandate for Students.  Thousands of California parents, students, and teachers on Monday participated in a statewide walkout to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all students in both public and private schools.  Newsom, a Democrat, earlier this month announced the vaccine mandate for schoolchildren in grades 7 through 12 once the vaccines have received full approval by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), making California the first state to implement such requirements.  So far, the FDA has only granted emergency authorization for anyone aged 12 to 15.  Newsom's latest vaccine requirement is expected to take effect in January 2022 or the start of the 2022 school year.

Inhofe demands Pentagon halt COVID vaccine mandate for troops.  The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee is demanding the Defense Department abandon its mandate that all troop and civilian personnel get vaccinated against COVID-19.  In a sharply worded letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Oklahoma Sen. James M. Inhofe, the ranking Republican and former chairman of the Armed Services panel, said he had "grave concerns" about the impact the mandate would have on both readiness and morale, while criticizing the way the military services have rolled out the vaccination campaign.  "This haphazardly implemented and politically motivated vaccine mandate must be immediately suspended or risk irrevocable damage to our national security reminiscent of sequestration," Mr. Inhofe wrote in a letter made public Tuesday [10/19/2021].

One of NJ's largest healthcare systems fires more than 100 employees who refused to get COVID vaccine by deadline.  One of New Jersey's largest healthcare providers fired more than 100 employees who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine, after already firing six supervisory-level employees for the same thing in June.  RWJBarnabas Health in New Jersey on Monday fired the 118 employees — 62 of [whom] were part-time workers — after they refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine by the October 15 deadline.  The healthcare provider, which employs more than 35,000 people, reported that 99.7 percent of their employees have been vaccinated.

October surprise for Navy vax evaders:  Service might claw back bonuses, training, education costs.  Under new administrative guidance issued last week, the U.S.Navy will discharge from service all active-duty personnel who don't get the COVID jabs by the Nov. 28 deadline "absent a pending or approved exemption" — and might demand that refuseniks personally reimburse the service for a range of costs associated with their compensation and training.  The Reserve deadline is Dec. 28.  The initial COVID vaccine mandate was issued Aug. 25 by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Biden's fully-vaccinated Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tests positive for COVID.  Homeland Security Sec.  Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for Covid-19, throwing off his plans to travel to Colombia with Sec. of State Antony Blinken.  'Secretary Mayorkas tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus after taking a test as part of routine pre-travel protocols.  Secretary Mayorkas is experiencing only mild congestion; he is fully vaccinated and will isolate and work at home per CDC protocols and medical advice.  Contact tracing is underway,' DHS spokesperson Marsha Espinosa said in a statement.  Blinken will now travel to Quito, Equador on Tuesday and Bogotá, Colombia without the DHS head to meet with President Iván Duque and Vice President-Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramírez on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss tackling irregular migration and drug trafficking, among other priorities.

Southwest Airlines Backs Off Plan to Put Unvaccinated Employees on Unpaid Leave.  Southwest Airlines told its employees that it will delay a plan to place workers who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 on unpaid leave if they haven't yet obtained a medical or religious exemption.  The Dallas-based carrier confirmed reports about the memo to news outlets on Tuesday, saying it will drop the plan.  "If an accommodation has not been reviewed or approved by December 8, the Employee will continue to work, while following all COVID mask and distancing guidelines applicable to their position, until the accommodation has been processed," said Southwest in a statement.  The company stressed it will approve "all valid requests" for religious or medical accommodations.  If it is not granted, Southwest said it will "provide adequate time for an employee to become fully vaccinated while continuing to work and adhering to safety protocols."

9 In 10 Large Employers Concerned They Will Lose Employees Over Vaccine Mandate.  In an unusual twist to the strength of the multinationals, many large corporations are worried they will lose critical employees to smaller organizations with less than 100 employees who do not have to enforce the national worker vaccine mandate.  By itself the 100 worker rule, in combination with the exemptions being provided by the federal government for some politically connected union organizations, would seem to undercut the premise of the "national health emergency."  If the COVID pandemic is such a national threat, why would any groups be excluded from the mandate?  However, until the Dept of Labor rule is officially registered, court cases to hear such arguments are not possible.

Biden's Vaccine Mandates Needlessly Polarize, Impede Private Sector Labor Market.  The Biden administration is impeding the private sector through its federal vaccine mandates.  The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday [10/19/2021] forwarded a vaccine rule to the Office of Management and Budget that requires vaccination of workers at businesses with 100 or more employees.  Employees who refuse vaccination would have compulsory weekly testing.  An estimated 80 million private sector workers will be affected by the mandate.  Firms that don't adhere to President Joe Biden's mandate might be subject to hefty fines up to $70,000 for extreme violations and $700,000 for repeat violations.  Although vaccines are a safe and effective way to reduce transmission of the coronavirus, government intervention — especially in labor markets — can be disruptive.

The Editor says...
The so-called Covid "vaccines" are not vaccines at all.  They are neither safe nor effective.

Washington's ferry workers say lack of accommodations for vaccine exemptions is forcing them out.  Approximately 200 employees of Washington State Ferries (WSF) remain unvaccinated Monday, the deadline for state workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs.  "I'm fired," said ferry deck crew member Christopher Anderson.  "It's really too bad.  I wish they'd have a change of heart."  Chief engineer Craig Henriksen has notched 23 years with the state ferry system.  It's a career he planned to retire from but instead it's being cut short.  "It's surreal," he said.  "I feel like I'm in shock."  Henriksen has a wife and five children.  He was granted a religious exemption for the mandate, but he said the ferry system refused to make any accommodations that would allow him to keep working.

The Standard for Discussing COVID Deaths Suddenly Changes.  Yesterday [10/18/2021], news broke that Gen. Colin Powell had died after contracting COVID-19. The former Bush official and former Republican was 84-years-old.  He was also undergoing treatment for cancer, though, the treatment itself was said to have been going well until he caught the coronavirus.  Powell was also fully vaccinated, and that has represented an inconvenient reality for many people. [...] But what was so interesting to me is how quickly the standards shifted in regards to how you are supposed to discuss people who die of COVID.  For the better part of two years, the predominant assertion has been that if someone dies with COVID, they died of COVID.  People were called conspiracy theorists for daring to suggest that many deaths actually occurred because of pre-existing conditions.  Yet, all of the sudden, it is now required to mention that Powell had cancer and was 84-years-old when talking about his death.

NHL suspends San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane without pay for 21 games for submitting a fake COVID vaccine card.  The NHL has suspended San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane for 21 games for submitting a fake COVID-19 vaccination card.  The league on Monday announced the suspension without pay and said Kane will not be eligible to play until November 30 at New Jersey.  Kane will forfeit about $1.68 million of his $7 million salary for this season with the money going to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.  The cash he is losing is equivalent to around $35,000-a-day.

Dan Bongino threatens to quit radio network over vaccine mandate.  Conservative talk-show host Dan Bongino is telling his syndicator:  Your vaccine mandate or me.  "You can't have both."  Prefacing his challenge with "I don't work for anyone" and is merely a "partner with Cumulus," Mr. Bongino challenged the radio giant on Monday's episode of "The Dan Bongino Show" to cancel his program, vowing to "not let this go."  "You can have me, or you can have a vaccine mandate, but you can't have both," Mr. Bongino said.  "I grew up without a lot of money. ... I'm not leaving those guys behind."

Dan Bongino puts principle before money on vax mandate and advertiser censorship issues.  Dan Bongino walks the walk, in addition to talking the talk.  He may be professionally classified as a talker now that he has a podcast, a three-hour syndicated talk show, a weekly Fox News Channel show and a simulcast presence on Fox Nation, but the former NYPD cop and Secret Service agent is a man of action.  I tip my hat to Dan for standing on principle — even at potentially great financial cost — in dealing with bullying by Antifa and by the vaccine mandate fanatics.

Chicago Mayor says police union is trying to 'induce an insurrection'.  This is the most dangerous time in American history since the Civil War.  Back then, Democrats desperately wanted to keep the institution of slavery.  Today, they desperately want to enslave anyone, of any color, that believes in the primacy of inherent individual rights and the concept of limited government of, by, and for the people.  That is why they mask us up, lock us down and threaten us with fines and job loss if we don't wish to be injected with an unvetted foreign substance as if we were so many livestock.  It is time — well past time — for Americans to reassert their birthrights.

COVID vs. the Bill of Rights.  In the relative ranking of deities, I'm guessing most people would put Two-Mask Fauci a few levels down from the top.  The government didn't give us our freedom and it can't take it away.  It can oppress those freedoms with brute force — and that is what Fauci is advocating.  But unfortunately, Fauci isn't the only government functionary that thinks he has the authority to make such rulings.  Numerous governors, mayors, and city councils have also curtailed our freedoms.  Their lockdowns and social distancing rules undermined our property rights, our freedom of assembly, and our freedom of expression.  The "my body, my choice" folks have decided that it's not our choice except when it pertains to the killing of unborn children.  But it is all for the "greater good."  Even the Supreme Court, our so-called guardians of our republic, got in on the act.  When the CDC cancelled our property rights through its eviction moratorium, the court held that the moratorium was unconstitutional — but they'd let it stand for a little while — for the greater good.  They decided they had the authority to grant a waiver to the Constitution.  That the thinking of public officials on our freedoms is so flawed is truly disturbing.

Australian Premier Promises to Keep Unvaccinated People Locked Out of Economy into 2022.  In the state of Victoria, Australia, Premier Daniel Andrews again affirmed his intent to keep all unvaccinated citizens isolated, marginalized and locked out of the economy deep into 2022.  Simultaneously, Andrews warns the vaccinated citizens that if they attempt to avoid any booster shots, as determined by the state, the vaccinated will join the unvaccinated group in being locked down.  Perhaps this threat will alarm the citizens that have been vaccinated.  Just because they are compliant today, if the vaccinated class attempt to defy the government boosters 3, 4, 5, 6, etc, they will be cast back into the second class world of the unvaccinated disposable group.  Today Premier Andrews draws the compliance around vaccinations, boosters and variants; however, he is setting up the system for government lock downs for violations of any rule in future mandates that may be unrelated to a virus.  The vaccine is the means, not the ends.

Physicians Asst.  Whistleblower Reveals Hospital Intake With 90 Percent Vaccinated Patients and Hospital Administration Refusing to Report Adverse Events.  The central statistic in this whistleblower story is important.  In a community with a 50% vaccination rate, 90% of the hospital admissions were vaccinated patients, and most of the critical care hospital intakes were within 14 days of the patient taking the vaccine.  An alarmed physicians assistant began reporting those issues into the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting system until the hospital administration stepped in to stop her from recording the frequency.

Dr. Fauci:  A tyrant from out of The Twilight Zone.  Observing Doctor Fauci's behavior since the start of this COVID-19 pandemic, I am reminded of an episode of the original Twilight Zone series written by Rod Serling:  "On Thursday We Leave for Home."  According to The Twilight Zone Companion, by Marc Scott Zicree, Serling considered it the best episode of the fourth season.  It is an excellent example of tyrants — how they are made and how they behave. [...] James Whitmore plays William Benteen, the leader of a colony of Earth people who have been living on a colony planet. [...] This is consistent with the flip-flops that Doctor Fauci has given us from the beginning.  He said masks don't protect you.  In fact, years earlier, he said that very thing.  At the time, he called them a paranoid tool.  Then he changed his tune and said everyone should wear a mask.  Next, he suggested a mask mandate.  When he was confronted with his own words, he echoed Benteen's response:  I lied to you so there wouldn't be a rush on masks.  Now I'm telling you the truth for your own good.

Devastating video of shifting narrative on Covid vax.  I wish that I could find out who created the two-plus minute video embedded below.  It contains no identification. [...] Whoever put it together understands the short attention span of many people and the power of rapid cuts from image to image, resulting in a powerful cumulative impression.  It begins with the confident claims of vaccine efficacy from Fauci and others.  With familiar music from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite in the background, as the tempo increases, the speed of the images follows, perfectly synchronized with the music, as published claims of vaccine efficacy plunge from 100% and headlines about side effects and other problems flash by.  Fauci's visage, confidently endorsing the vaccines reappears, taking on a Big Brotherish aspect, almost comically sticking to his story as reality in the headlines contradicts his propaganda pronouncements.  [Video clip]

Physician to FDA, CDC: In 20 Years of Practicing Medicine, 'I've Never Witnessed So Many Vaccine-Related Injuries'.  In a letter dated Sept. 28 to officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an ICU physician detailed her concerns about the adverse reactions, including deaths, she witnessed in people who had received a COVID vaccine.  Dr. Patricia Lee, a licensed physician in California, said her experience with patients harmed by the vaccine "does not comport with claims made by federal health authorities regarding the safety of COVID-19 vaccines."  In the letter, Lee described observing "entirely healthy individuals suffering serious, often fatal, injuries," including transverse myelitis, resulting in quadriplegia, pneumocystis pneumonia, multi-system organ failure, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, postpartum hemorrhagic shock and septic shock.  Lee, a practicing physician for more than 20 years, said she "never witnessed so many vaccine-related injuries until this year."

There Is No Public Health Utility To The Current COVID "Vaccines".  The normal argument for public health utility in a vaccine is that the measure eliminates the hazard of Person A transmitting a pathogen to Person B.  That is, the public health utility of a vaccine hinges on it having the effect of immunizing the vaccinated individual from becoming infected and spreading the disease.  The current COVID "vaccines" pushed by the Biden administration are not even purported to have the requisite property of conferring immunity — and they do not.  All that is (itself dubiously) claimed of them is that they lessen the severity of the disease as experienced by the "vaccinated" individual.  Those "vaccinated" individuals can still catch and spread the virus to others — including "others" who are themselves fully "vaccinated". [...] Further, "vaccinated" individuals carry (and transmit) at least as much viral load as unvaccinated (as admitted here by the CDC) — and possibly a great deal more.  Further still, contrary to the deceptions practiced by the "vaccine" boosters in government and the media, infections among the "vaccinated" have been occurring since the very beginning of the "vaccination" rollouts (as admitted [...] by the CDC).  This means that "breakthrough" cases are not a consequence of "waning protection" — the "protection" has never existed, and the "vaccine" manufacturers have never claimed that their products conferred immunity anyway.

COVID-19 "Vaccines" — Some Pros and Cons.  The conclusion of this document's information is:  there may be a PERSONAL benefit for some citizens to receive one of the COVID-19 "vaccines," but there is no proven PUBLIC benefit.  As such, the vaccination choice should be personal and not mandated.

80 of the most common adverse events reported after Covid-19 vaccination.  A report does not necessarily prove the illness or death was caused by the Covid vaccine.  The system is designed to collect adverse events after vaccination to uncover any patterns not captured during vaccine studies.  Scientists have estimated that adverse events caused by medicine occur at a rate up to 100,000 times higher in the general population than what's officially reported, since it's established that most adverse events aren't reported to the database.  However, some claim Covid-19 vaccine adverse events are not as likely to be underreported, due to close monitoring and widespread publicity surrounding Covid-19 vaccination.

America's Descent into Medical Fascism.  I debated whether to include "medical" in this headline.  After all, fascism is fascism, right?  It hardly requires a modifier.  Moreover, fascism and the medical profession share a long and sordid history.  During the 1930s, German doctors joined the Nazi party at four times the rate of other professionals.  Among the Nazis' most heinous crimes against humanity were their medical experiments on human subjects — atrocities that gave rise to the Nuremberg Code, which states that "the voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential."  From that international treaty comes our modern notion of "informed consent" — something we're now ignoring in our push to force-vaccinate everyone regardless of age, health status, prior immunity, or conscience. [...] Our oppressors don't even bother denying it.  They simply frame their tyranny as a matter of "public health."  That none of the draconian, liberty-crushing measures foisted upon us have been effective in "combatting the virus" doesn't enter into the conversation.  We must simply do as we're told, or else.  This is not, as some on the right have argued, communism or socialism.  It is straightforward fascism.  That's easily seen when we compare what's going on in the US today with what was happening in Germany in the 1930s.

The mystery of Japan's disappearing COVID crisis.  Most of the coverage we provided during Japan's bungled turn hosting the Olympics this summer dealt with the nation's spiraling COVID infection rates and lagging mass vaccination efforts.  But while they limited the in-person attendance of the actual games, the lockdowns and restrictions the government imposed were fairly mild.  People were still allowed to go out to bars and restaurants, albeit with modest capacity limits and the streets were far from empty.  The Associated Press described the measures as a series of "relatively toothless states of emergency." That makes this week's news all the more puzzling to some medical professionals.  The COVID crisis across Japan, and particularly in Tokyo, has all but evaporated.  In less than two months, Tokyo has gone from reporting more than 6,000 new cases per day to less than 100 this week.  And not even the government can explain why.

Nebraska AG: Docs can prescribe controversial COVID drugs.  Nebraska's attorney general says he won't seek disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe controversial, off-label drugs to treat and prevent coronavirus infections, as long as they get informed consent from patients and don't engage in misconduct.  The office of Attorney General Doug Peterson released a legal opinion saying it didn't see data to justify legal action against health care professionals who prescribe ivermectin, a decades-old parasite treatment, or hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug that former President Donald Trump took to try to prevent a COVID-19 infection.

Fauci allegedly misled Trump admin on gain-of-function research according to new book.  A new book released earlier this month is diving into how National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci allegedly misled the former Trump administration on gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China.  Australian investigative reporter Sharri Markson released her new book What Really Happened In Wuhan on Oct. 1, which according to its Amazon page, looks "into the origins of Covid-19, the cover-ups, the conspiracies and the classified research."

VAERS death spike
Proof that the CDC is lying to the world about COVID vaccine safety.  The CDC and the FDA claim that we can safely ignore the huge spike in event rates reported to the VAERS system this year (this is the official adverse event reporting system relied on by the FDA and CDC to spot safety signals).  In their view, there is "nothing to see" in the death chart below [sample at left].  They claim that the propensity to report (PTR) is much higher this year and that all the events (with the exception of a few) are all simply reporting background events that were not caused by the vaccines.  There's just one tiny little problem with that explanation:  there is a CDC paper that proves that they are lying.  Big time.  I will show below that even if we believed everything they said, it can't explain all the deaths and severe adverse events.  The data simply doesn't fit their hypothesis.  At all.


Chicago restricts cops from taking time off as department threatens to ax up to half of its 13,000 officers.  Chicago's top cop is warning police officers that their benefits could hang in the balance if they refuse to comply with the city's COVID vaccination policy, while the mayor has accused the union head of trying to 'induce an insurrection.'  Police Superintendent David Brown is warning that officers who don't comply with the city's vaccination policy could be fired and lose their retirement benefits.  About half of the city's 13,000 cops could be terminated under the rule if they don't disclose their status.  Meanwhile, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday that the city has already stopped the pay of a 'very small number' of officers who refused to cooperate with the mandate.  She said they'll now go through a disciplinary process.

JCN's Ortiz: 'We're Ready To Sue' Biden Administration Over Vaccine Mandate.  Job Creators Network president and CEO Alfredo Ortiz on Friday said his organization is "ready to sue" the Biden administration if President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for small businesses goes into effect.  Ortiz, whose group has put up billboards in New York City calling on Biden to reverse course on his vaccine mandate, pointed out that small businesses around the country are still suffering from the coronavirus pandemic, and the mandate would only hurt them more.

California parents to protest school vaccine mandates by keeping kids at home Monday.  Some California parents are keeping their children home from school Monday [10/18/2021] to protest a statewide vaccine mandate for schoolchildren.  The families are opposing Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent announcement that the COVID-19 vaccine will soon be required for all public and private school students.  The government will implement the mandate per age group once a vaccine receives final federal approval.

The Unvaccinated Are Looking Smarter Every Week.  There is a massive propaganda push against those choosing not to vaccinate against COVID-19 with the experimental mRNA vaccines.  Mainstream media, the big tech corporations, and our government have combined efforts to reward compliance and to shame and marginalize non-compliance.  Their mantra says that this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated.  Persons who choose not to vaccinate are characterized as unintelligent, selfish, paranoid people who don't read much and live in a trailer park in Florida (or Alabama, or Texas, or name your state).  Never has there been such an effort to cajole, manipulate through fear, and penalize people to take an experimental medical treatment.  However, as time has passed with this pandemic and more data accumulates about the virus and the vaccine, the unvaccinated are looking smarter and smarter with each passing week.  It has been shown now that the vaccinated equally catch and spread the virus.  Vaccine side effect data continues to accumulate that make the risk of taking the vaccine prohibitive as the pandemic wanes.

21 Year Old, Double-Vaccinated, Very Fit College Senior Dies Of COVID.  Friends and family are mourning the death of a 21-year-old vaccinated University of Georgia senior who died of COVID-19.  Shawn Kuhn died Monday after battling COVID-19-based pneumonia for nearly six weeks, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported.  His older sister Sharla Brook Kuhn said that Shawn had been fully vaccinated, according to the university's newspaper The Red & Black.  [Video clip]

Military Members from All 5 Branches File Class Action Lawsuit Against the Pentagon for Vaccine Mandates.  The Department of Defense is now facing a major class action lawsuit over its Covid vaccine mandate, which forces service members, employees, and contractors to get vaccinated or face disciplinary action or even termination.  The class action lawsuit was filed by the Liberty Counsel in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.  It lists President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as defendants.  "Plaintiffs are United States Armed Forces servicemembers, federal employees, and federal civilian contractors who face a deadline under the Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate to receive a COVID-19 vaccine that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs, and have been refused any religious exemption or accommodation," the lawsuit states.

Biden and Chicago mayor Lightfoot go out maskless in public.  Of course, the entire charade of masking is stupid, because the size of viral particles is smaller than all but the expensive (and hard to fit) N95 masks.  The cloth or paper chin diapers are pretty worthless except as symbols of submission.  But once political leaders try to force them on the rest of us to make the point that they are in charge and to encourage fear of a virus that is 99.7% survivable for all but the elderly or seriously comorbid, they do have an obligation to lead by example.  To do otherwise invites contempt, which, I confess, I feel a lot of these days. [...] People have been attending college football games without masks with no "super-spreader events," so once again, the issue isn't safety.  It is hypocrisy.

16K COVID-19 Positive Migrants Released into U.S. by ICE, Says Whistleblower.  More than 16,000 migrants who tested positive for COVID-19 while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody were released into the United States, according to an agency law enforcement source.  The Biden administration did not mandate any of the migrants to be vaccinated before their release.  The source informs Breitbart Texas that the figures only include those migrants who were tested by ICE.  The source, not authorized to speak to the media, says the migrants ranged from infants to the elderly.  A Department of Homeland Security document reviewed by Breitbart Texas reports the oldest released migrants were over 85 years old.  Nearly 1,300 were under the age of ten.

Senator Ron Johnson:  "There's No Point to Mandate Whatsoever — With COVID Vaccine We've Had 16,766 Deaths in 10 Months".  Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures this morning [10/17/2021].  Senator Johnson is one of the few lawmakers openly speaking out on the historic dangers of the COVID vaccines.  On Sunday Sen. Johnson had this to say on the mandates, "The mandates are pointless.  Now that we know that fully vaccinated individuals are getting infected, they can transmit the disease.  Unfortunately, they are being hospitalized, they're getting seriously ill, they're dying.  There's no point to the mandate, whatsoever."  On the dangers of the vaccines, Senator Johnson added, "They're completely ignoring the vaccine injuries.  And Maria, people really need to understand this because it's not being reported.  It's being suppressed. [...]"

Now Iceland Bans Moderna's COVID Vaccine After Finland, Sweden And Denmark.  Earlier, three European nations of Finland, Sweden and Denmark banned the Moderna COVID vaccine for young men due to its dangerous side-effects.  Now, even Iceland will no longer administer Moderna's mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, with the country's chief epidemiologist citing the risk of rare heart inflammations seen in other Nordic countries.  The announcement was made by Icelandic health authorities on Friday [10/8/2021].

Safe & Effective? — 78% of Covid-19 deaths among Vaccinated, 47% rise in teen deaths since they had the Vaccine,.  The public have been repeatedly told that the Covid-19 vaccines are "100% safe and effective" because they have been through the same rigorous testing every other approved vaccine has been through, despite the fact it took less than a year to allegedly formulate a vaccine, test it, and "get it into the arms" of the general public.  Today we can confirm that you have been lied to, the Covid-19 vaccines have not been through the same rigorous testing as other vaccines, and they are neither safe or effective, and we can prove this via a wealth of available official government data.

1996 report says Canada's Health Department found 'immunization was not mandatory'.  The Department of Health Wednesday [10/13/2021] would not comment on its legal opinion that compulsory vaccination is unconstitutional.  According to the findings from a 1996 report, "immunization is not mandatory in Canada," said the department's Canadian National Report On Immunization.  "It cannot be made mandatory because of the Canadian Constitution."  The report noted even school immunization programs could not compel parents to vaccinate their children.  "Legislation and regulations must not be interpreted to imply compulsory immunization," said the report by the Bureau of Infectious Diseases at the department's Health Protection Branch.  The department would not say if its legal counsel now has different advice justifying mandatory COVID immunization for select federal employees or air and rail passengers.

Archbishop Viganò warns of coming ecological dictatorship.  This is a translated transcription of Archbishop Viganò's video message for the October 15, 2021 "No Fear Day" in Turin (Torino), Italy.  ["]You have gathered, in such great numbers, in this piazza in Turin, as hundreds of thousands of people all around the world show their opposition to the establishment of a global tyranny.  For months now, despite the deafening silence of the media, millions of citizens from every nation have cried out their "NO!" No to the pandemic folly, No to the lockdowns, to the curfews, to the imposition of vaccines, to the health passports, to the blackmails of the totalitarian power enslaved to the elite.  It is a power that reveals itself as intrinsically evil, animated by an infernal ideology and driven by criminal purposes.  A power that now declares that it has broken the social contract and considers us not as citizens but as slaves of a dictatorship that today is a health dictatorship and tomorrow will be an ecological dictatorship.["]

Does anyone think this is a good idea?
Biden's USAID Launches $125 Million Project To Find 12,000 New Viruses.  Joe Biden's U.S. Agency for International Development launched a new $125 million dollar project with Washington State University and foreign collaborators to discover over 10,000 novel viruses in nature.  The ambitious program follows the agency funding a similar form of research conducted by EcoHealth Alliance and its controversial partner: the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Many experts believe this Chinese Communist Party-run lab is the source of COVID-19.  The new program, announced by Washington State University (WSU) on October 5th, will endeavor "to collect over 800,000 samples in the five years of the project."

Undercover Video Catches Pfizer Scientist Admitting The Shot Doesn't Work.  Project Veritas' latest undercover video reveals a Pfizer scientist recounting one instance of a superior expressing disinterest in the apparent failure of the company's COVID-19 vaccine to impart immunity to a test subject.  The video, released Friday [10/15/2021], shows a snippet of a conversation with Pfizer scientist Nick Karl, who tells an undercover Veritas journalist of his "first experiment" with the vaccine on a subject who "got the vax twice and had no antibody response."  At first, he thought the sample had simply been mislabeled, but his unnamed superior's reaction was allegedly indifference.  "Like I was, like, questioning it, and my boss was like, 'who cares, like it just didn't work,'" Karl says.  "I'm like, 'what?'"  "He didn't want me to investigate it further," Karl continued.  [Video clip]

Health Care Workers Go to War With Police Inside French Hospital Over COVID Passports.  The stress over vaccine passports kicked up a notch this Friday, October 15, 2021 in front of the Pierre Zobda Quitman hospital in Fort-de-France.  Police forces and demonstrators oppose each other.  Three people were arrested according to the police.  On the one hand there are security forces stationed at the entrances to Pierre-Zobda Quitamn hospital of the CHU and on the other, the demonstrators chanting "released yo" (Release them).  Several hours after the arrest of two people on the site in the middle of the day, the tension is still palpable.  [Video clip]

Large Football Crowds Have Not Resulted In COVID-19 Spikes; Doomsayers Proven Wrong.  College football has reached the mid-season point, and COVID-19 outbreaks are on the decline in many of the states with the largest stadiums.  Through weeks of mostly unmasked fans sitting side by side at college football games in huge stadiums, the dire predictions of the doomsday crowd have fallen flat on their face. [...] What's that?  Dr. Fauci wrong?  Again?  He seems to keep failing upward, in the view of those on the Left who have all but bestowed sainthood on him despite his sorry track record.  NBC reporter Shaquille Brewster shot them both down with his report Saturday [10/16/2021].  "But it never happened," he said of the drastic expectations.  "COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths now all down nation-wide.  Cases are in steep decline in every college football state across the south, including Florida, where hospitalizations fell 64 percent last month."  That's despite as many as 90,000 fans packing the Florida Gators stadium for games and more than 100,000 fans attending games in other states.

NBC fact-checks Fauci's fear that college football games would be COVID super-spreaders: 'Never happened'.  A report on NBC's "Today" Saturday [10/16/2021] fact-checked Dr. Anthony Fauci's fear — made on its cable arm MSNBC — of a dramatic COVID-19 surge from crowded football stadiums, saying it "never happened."  NBC reporter Shaquille Brewster reported packed stadiums for sporting events have not become "super-spreader events" for the coronavirus. [...] "There's been a 35% decline in Georgia, 32% decline in South Carolina, 30% decline in Mississippi, 22% decline in Arkansas, 23% in Alabama, 9% in Texas.  Every single SEC state where millions of people have gone to college football games has not led to a feast of COVID as Doctor Fauci predicted," Travis said.

Fauci says people 'react against me' when the 'truth becomes inconvenient' and those who don't agree with him are conspiracy theorists.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has argued that he has been an easy target for conspiracy theorists because he makes recommendations based on 'science, data and hard facts' — and that becomes an 'inconvenient truth' for them.

Is Aspirin the New Horse Dewormer?  Aspirin is one of those drugs that has been around forever.  It is commonly used as a pain reliever, anti-inflammatory, and as a blood thinner.  Surprisingly it may also have benefit in treating COVID.  A paper in Anesthesia and Analgesia published last spring titled, "Aspirin use is associated with decreased mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit admission, and in-hospital mortality in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019."  This was a retrospective, observational study of adult patients admitted to multiple hospitals in the U.S. between March and July 2020, in the early days of COVID.  The primary outcome addressed by the researchers from George Washington University was the need for mechanical ventilation, which then, and still now, carries an extremely high chance of never leaving the ICU alive.  This was not a gold standard randomized prospective clinical trial.  That would not be feasible in this situation since study patients were already hospitalized and critically ill.

Ivermectin: The Elephant in the Room.  There are a great many unknowns and controversies associated with the COVID pandemic.  Among the most urgent are those associated with appropriate therapeutic and prophylactic interventions.  Some of the most intense disputes involve repurposed therapies — i.e., drugs that have been approved for treatment of some other condition being used as therapy for COVID.  This is the case with the anti-parasitic agent ivermectin.  Much of the controversy regarding ivermectin involves "evidence" that the drug has a benefit in treatment of COVID.  Detractors will often use the hyperbolic claim that there is no evidence that ivermectin is useful in this setting.  The truth is that there is, in fact, some evidence.  Ivermectin has been known since at least 2012 to have antiviral activity.  It has been shown to have at least some antiviral activity against a number of viruses, including HIV-1, Zika, flaviviruses, and dengue.  It is known to have in vitro activity against SARS CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID.

Federal Employees Should Not Give Up Just Yet.  Federal employees have been given until November 22 to be fully vaccinated.  Information on how the mandate would be implemented was slow in coming and is still not very clear to most employees or to the HR personnel tasked with carrying out the implementation. [...] Whether intended or not, the unknowns of the mandate implementation have caused much stress and confusion among employees and may have led many hesitant hold-outs to get the jab when they otherwise would not have, before full guidance had been issued and before any exemptions had been reviewed or denied.  There are, however, several factors for federal employees to consider when contemplating whether to give in to the vaccine mandates now or to remain unvaccinated.

COVID and the Authorities:  It's Even Worse Than We Thought.  [Scroll down]  Almost overnight, top figures in virology research and in the public-health establishment went from being worried the virus might be man-made to dismissing that possibility as a "conspiracy theory."  What were the data that so persuasively convinced Andersen, Fauci, and other experts in that February 1 meeting?  We don't know.  In fact, we know about Andersen's emails at all only because they were released under the Freedom of Information Act.  News organizations, including Buzzfeed and the Intercept, along with good-government groups, have requested thousands of pages of documents related to the pandemic.  Much of what little we know about our government's handling of the lab-leak question comes from these documents.

The Great National Showdown Over Worker Mandates For The COVID Vaccine Looms — Don't Flinch.  The U.S. economy is currently functioning with 5% unemployment and 10 million unfilled jobs.  Just imagine the economic impact of 35% unemployment and 70 million unfilled jobs.  Keep in mind, the vast majority of those 60 million jobs are the productive workforce that keep the entire machine of the U.S. functioning.  This is the workforce that keeps the lights on, garbage picked-up, streets safe, shelves stocked, stuff fixed and facilitates everything that makes the entire system of society function.  We are also down to the hardened group who are not going to take that forced vaccination.  In quantifiable terms, the increased pressure to force the jab into the arms of the American workforce has now crossed into "the law of diminishing returns."  More government pressure ain't going to yield the previous level of compliance.  This threshold crossed is also quantifiable in the 4.3 million Americans who quit working (242,000 of them in August alone).

Vaccination Rates [are] Not Linked to Lower COVID Rates, Epidemiology Paper Finds.  On Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle published an article noting that California has some of the lowest COVID-19 case rates in the US, even though the Golden State's vaccination rate lags many states that are currently struggling with the delta variant. [...] In fact, Vermont has the highest vaccination rate in the country.  Among those 65 years and older, 99.9 percent are fully vaccinated, and 74 percent of those 18-64 are fully vaccinated, according to data from the Mayo Clinic.  Yet, as the Chronicle points out, despite its high vaccination rate, Vermont recently set its single-day case record for the entire pandemic.

Biden And His Wife Walk Through High Class DC Restaurant Without Masks, Breaking DC Mandates.  This is what it looks like when the elite laugh at the rules they give to the peasants.  Joe and Jill Biden showed up maskless at Fiola Mare in Georgetown Saturday evening [10/16/2021].  [Video clip]

Hypocritical Joe Biden on 'Date Night'.  It's harder to get more hypocritical than [Joe] Biden, who has spent most of the past nine months preaching at Americans over wearing masks and getting vaccinated.  Even after he signed an executive order mandating wearing masks on federal property, he and his family violated it almost immediately, right after he signed it.  His wearing of a mask, while he demands it of others has often been hit or miss.  As we noted during his visit to Connecticut, he didn't have it on, put it on, and then took it off again.  But last night [10/16/2021], he got busted violating the D.C. mask mandate, which was put in place by his fellow Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser in July.  Since July 31, all people over age 2 are supposed to be wearing a mask indoors in any business open to the public, including restaurants.

Healthy 16-year-old boy in California DIES after receiving second dose of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.  A perfectly healthy 16-year-old boy in California died less than a month after receiving a second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.  The teenager received the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on April 3 and died on April 27.  His mother filed a report to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) on July 13.  VAERS is co-managed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The report with case ID 1466009 revealed that the teenager was attending an online class when he died.  The family is waiting for the autopsy because the doctors did not find anything wrong with him.

New Orders:  Take the Jab, or the Navy Will Ruin You.  [Scroll down]  We know that the vaccine will not prevent you, or anyone, from getting COVID.  We also know that people, included service members who have had COVID, have a robust natural immunity with active T and B cell memory that would reactivate to fight a new infection.  Statistically speaking, a 30-year-old, extremely fit SEAL, who has had COVID, has a very low risk of dying, or even being hospitalized.  That doesn't matter to the Biden administration.  Take the vaccine, or the government will ruin you.

Allison Williams out at ESPN over vaccine mandate.  Allison Williams is out at ESPN due to the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  The college football and basketball sideline reporter, who announced last month she was opting out of the season because she had not received the vaccine as she and her husband tried for a second child, said Friday night that her "request for accommodation" had been denied.  Effective next week, Williams said, she will be "separated from the company."  "Belief is a word I've been thinking about a lot lately, because in addition to the medical apprehensions regarding my desire to have another child in regards to receiving this injection, I am also so morally and ethically not aligned with this," Williams said in an Instagram video.  "And I've had to really dig deep and analyze my values and my morals, and ultimately I need to put them first.

Fauci says FDA panel concluded J&J shot should've been two doses.  Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday [10/17/2021] said he believes Johnson & Johnson should've doled out a two-dose COVID-19 shot — as health experts recommend getting a booster to the one-shot jab as soon as it becomes available.  The White House chief medical advisor said that the unanimous decision Friday by the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel to recommend the booster shots should be welcomed news for recipients of the vaccine.  "I think that they should feel good about it because what the advisors to the FDA felt, is that given the data that they saw, very likely, this should have been a two-dose vaccine to begin with," Fauci told ABC anchor Martha Raddatz on "This Week."

Nebraska AG's devastating critique of the suppression of effective COVID therapies.  Legal opinions usually aren't terribly fun to read, but if you've been an ivermectin and/or hydroxychloroquine advocate for use against Wuhan Plague, this one definitely will bring you much joy.  It's a rather lengthy and full spectrum opinion issued by Doug Peterson, Nebraska's Attorney General, in response to a query from the state's Department of Health and Human Services as to whether physicians can be persecuted and tormented for prescribing ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine to patients sick with the China Flu.  What the AG's response amounts to is a full and complete takedown of the conspiracy to suppress cheap and effective early Covid-19 treatments.

Washington State trooper of 22 years slams governor's vaccine mandate as he signs off for the final time after being fired because he didn't get a COVID shot.  A veteran Washington State trooper who was forced out of the job by the state's vaccine mandate has released a video of his final sign off, [...] The trooper — who did not say his name — told how he had served in the department for more than 22 years in Yakima County.  But Saturday night [10/16/2021] was his last shift, with Governor Inslee's mandate ordering most state employees to be vaccinated coming into force on October 18.

German public broadcasting staffer decries suppression of Covid information: 'I cannot do it anymore'.  Ole Skambraks is very brave mid-level employee of German public broadcaster ARD, an organization with an annual budget of $8 billion and multiple television and radio services.  He writes that he can no longer remain silent about the lopsided coverage of issues related to COVID-19 and its countermeasures, and has published what amounts to a cry from the heart at a website called Multipolar Magazin, available in German, English and French.  I take it for granted that ARD does not approve of his essay, and use of their logo here is only for informational purposes to an American audience that may not understand its size and prestige in Germany.  The situation in Germany and most other countries in Europe is similar to that in the United States, with only one viewpoint allowed, even though it changes over time.  Mass media act as enforcers of the orthodoxy.

Nebraska AG Issues Opinion on Doctors Prescribing HCQ and Ivermectin for COVID Treatment.  The Office of the Attorney General in Nebraska issued an opinion Friday in response to the request of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services that states there's no "clear and convincing evidence that a physician who first obtains informed consent and then utilizes Ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 violates the UCA (Nebraska's Uniform Credential Act)."  Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson together with his Solicitor General and Assistant Attorney General issued their opinion in response to a request by Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services CEO, Dannette Smith.  She wanted the AG's office to examine carefully whether doctors could face legal action or be subject to discipline if they prescribed the meds for COVID treatment.

Delta Air Lines CEO ditches 'divisive' COVID vaccine mandate.  Delta Air Lines is the only U.S. carrier to hold off on enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate for employees and CEO Ed Bastian reported that it's been an effective tactic for vaccination rates and compliance.  The Delta head revealed on "The Claman Countdown" that the company has reached a more than 90% vaccination rate and expects it to rise another 5% within the next month without a mandate in place.  "The reason the mandate was put in by president, I believe, was because they wanted to make sure companies had a plan to get their employees vaccinated," he said.

Oklahoma Governor and Attorney General Fight Back Against Federal Vaccine Mandate.  Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt released a video statement Thursday [10/14/2021] targeting the Biden administration's worker vaccine requirements.  In the video, Governor Stitt called the administration's employer vaccine mandates an action of "federal overreach" and "unconstitutional."  Supporting the governor, Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor released a statement Thursday calling for employers to disregard the Biden administration's upcoming vaccine and testing requirement for their employees.  It will be interesting to see how the various state attorneys general establish their standing as the federal requirement targets "individuals", not specifically state government.

As legal travelers across US-Mexico border face vaccine mandate, illegal immigrants still do not.  The Biden administration this week announced that the travel restrictions at the Canadian and Mexican land borders will be rolled back for non-essential travel for vaccinated foreign nationals, and that in January even those engaged in essential travel will need to be vaccinated — a mandate that those entering the U.S. illegally do not face.  Non-essential travel across land borders had been shut down since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic under the Trump administration.  But this week, the Biden administration announced that non-essential travelers who have been fully vaccinated will be allowed to enter the U.S. via land and ferry ports of entry.

Thanks to vax mandate, Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists face mass firings.  It's not just nurses, firefighters, cops, military troops, and airline pilots who are getting fired over rigid COVID vaccine mandates.  Now it's nuclear scientists with highly specialized knowledge and top-secret security clearances: [...] Which is quite outrageous, given that this deprives the U.S. of vital safety expertise on nuclear explosions which is the actual mission of the lab.  It's also appalling because it leaves these scientists unemployed.  They won't stay unemployed, of course.  They can take their specialized knowledge and skills to other countries.  Way to go, Joe, exporting our specialized scientists instead of our manufactured goods.

COVID is not serious enough to warrant vaccine mandates.  Most people who get COVID don't get very sick.  Some of them don't have any symptoms at all and only find out they've been infected with COVID when they test positive for it or turn out to have antibodies.  The survival rate is estimated at between 97% and 99.75%. [...] For the vast majority of the world's population, COVID is nothing more than a day or two of the sniffles.  It's just not a serious disease that calls for mandates for mass vaccination.  It's true that COVID is very contagious, but so is the common cold, and no one ever thought of shutting down the world before to prevent people from catching the sniffles.

[The] Press [is] too busy carrying Biden COVID-19 policy to investigate Southwest Airlines.  Over the weekend, the media engaged in a concerted effort to suggest that any mention that the cancellation of 1,800 Southwest Airlines flights last week was due to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 mandates are part of a right-wing conspiracy theory founded on a few online rumors.  But despite protestations from media like BuzzFeed News, which contends that union denials about a Southwest pilot work stoppage prove that there was no "sick out" by its pilots, the union denials only prove that the union understands that a work slowdown, or "sick out" would be illegal under the contract and subject both the union and union leadership to possible heavy financial penalties for losses by the airlines.

Businesses brace for Biden Covid vaccine mandate as Republicans threaten lawsuits.  Led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Republican-run states are already gearing up to challenge the legality of the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for private companies before the Labor Department has even published the rules.  President Joe Biden last month directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a tiny agency that polices workplace safety for Labor, to write rules requiring private companies with 100 or more employees to vaccinate their staff against Covid-19 or test those who aren't at least once a week.  More than 130,000 businesses across the U.S. are bracing for the new rules, which will apply to roughly two-thirds of the private sector workforce.  OSHA told CNBC it delivered its proposal to the Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday night.

What happened to the pilot?  [Scroll down]  I don't want to jump too quickly to conclusions.  We need the time and effort for rigorous scientific questioning about these possibilities.  Yet nobody's taken that time.  Forced vaccination is happening all too quickly, with all questions and worries discounted.  If the questioning part, the cause-effect studies, and the accumulation of real-time data is happening at all, it's impossible for it to keep up with the relentless drive to jab everyone.  If 86% of the 12-18-year-old population in my little burg is already vaccinated, as is the case, by the time actual research is accomplished to determine whether the vaccines will cause problems, it'll simply be too late.

Amish Covid.  When it comes to actions taken to address the Covid-19 threat, hindsight is still very much underway.  For your consideration:  a story and outcome you probably aren't hearing much about anywhere else.  It takes place in the heart of Amish country.

The Editor says...
What follows after that appears to be a transcript from a TV show, but it appears to be a report about how the Amish Mennonites have beaten Covid and achieved herd immunity without masks, vaccines, quarantines, lockdowns, or hospitals.

Ron DeSantis tells Biden he is dividing the US and trying to plunge Americans into destitution with his vaccine mandates.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took aim at President Joe Biden once again in the latest heated exchange between the two leaders over Biden's sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  Yesterday the Democratic commander-in-chief delivered a brief pandemic update from the White House in which he took veiled shots at Republican leaders who were opposed to his COVID health measures and said vaccine mandates shouldn't 'divide' Americans.  'Just think of Biden — he says "Don't make the vaccines divisive."  Don't make the vaccines divisive?  You are trying to take people's jobs away over this issue,' DeSantis said at a press conference on Friday [10/15/2021].

Chicago cops' union resisting vax mandate in a city on the brink of domination by armed criminals.  Civil order already is crumbling in Chicago, with its horrendous toll of murders, carjackings, and looting of stores spreading into downtown and affluent neighborhoods from, the ghetto strongholds where lawlessness has been rampant for years.  The one thing Chicago cannot afford to do is lose a substantial number of cops, yet the actions of Mayor Lori Lightfoot threaten to do that, pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate, whose deadline for reporting vax status has just expired at midnight Friday night [10/15/2021].

Chicago officers defying Mayor Lightfoot's vaccine mandate: 'Everybody up in arms across the board'.  John Catanzara, president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, said Friday [10/15/2021] Chicago Mayor Lightfoot's vaccine mandate is "absolutely wrong" and instructed other officers not to comply.  The mandate takes effect Friday and requires all police officers to be vaccinated or get tested for COVID-19 twice a week.  Police are required to provide their vaccination status to the city by the end of the day.  On "Fox & Friends," Catanzara estimated about half of his officers have been vaccinated, but he said even those who have received the vaccine agree that a mandate is wrong.

Seattle Public Schools to suspend 142 bus routes starting next week amid driver shortage.  Seattle Public Schools (SPS) announced Friday [10/15/2021] it would suspend over 100 school bus routes starting next week due to a shortage of drivers.  Starting Monday, Oct. 18, the district will cut 142 of its approximately 600 bus routes due to a "significant decrease in available bus drivers," according to an update sent to parents Friday.  The district does not own or operate the buses, and instead contracts a third-party vendor, First Student, which is currently dealing with the impacts of a nationwide driver shortage[.]  "It's our hope that the staffing shortages faced by First Student will be resolved as quickly as possible so we can resume — and improve upon — all bus service," said SPS Assistant Superintendent of Operations Fred Podesta.

COVID: a series of accidents or a planned conspiracy?  Looking back at what has transpired, a question must be asked:  Is this whole COVID mess the result of a series of random accidents and bad decision by those in authority?  Or is it a subterfuge that has been planned out in advance? [...] Playing devil's advocate, I suggest the globalists or if you will, the Davos crowd and their lackeys.  And what does this elite of the elite desire?  According to their public statements, some of which they've consistently repeated for decade, they call for one or more of the following:
  [#1]   Strengthening international organizations,
  [#2]   moving towards global government and erasing national boundaries,
  [#3]   creating complacent populations,
  [#4]   reducing world population through infertility and other means,
  [#5]   slowing economies to prevent global warming which they feel is a threat,
  [#6]   transferring wealth from the middle class to themselves,
  [#7]   empowering technocrats, and
  [#8]   eliminating representative democracy to create situations like the European Union where bureaucrats in Brussels run the show.
I submit to you, each of these globalist goals have been moved forward to one degree or another with COVID.  Donald Trump was an obstacle to the globalist agenda.  Without a doubt, the overreaction to COVID played a significant role in removing him from office.  So, is this all happenstance ... or were things planned this way?

The irrational COVID regime is driving many Americans to a healthy noncompliance.  If regular democracy isn't doing so well, maybe it's time to fall back on "Irish Democracy." [...] Irish Democracy is when the populace simply doesn't cooperate with the agenda.  Sometimes there is active sabotage, sometimes surreptitious monkey-wrenching, sometimes foot-dragging and sometimes outright noncompliance.  Sometimes it's all of those at once.  Right now, we are seeing some of that in response to vaccine mandates, mask rules and various other forms of population control that have been adopted since the pandemic struck.  Go almost anywhere with a mask mandate, and you will see some people not wearing masks at all, daring anyone to do anything about it (often, they don't).  You will also see a lot more with the mask pulled down below their noses, providing the vague suggestion of compliance without actually going along.  These people will usually pull the mask up if asked, but then pull it right back down again as soon as the asker leaves the vicinity.

School Board Served with $200 Million Lawsuit in Middle of Meeting Over Mask Mandate.  Public school boards across the country seem to think they are the ultimate authority over students.  As public institutions, these schools should be working for parents and students, not ruling over them.  Between political indoctrination and overzealous "health" mandates, however, it appears most school boards have prioritized flexing their bureaucratic muscles over providing quality education.  A group of 14 parents — with 18 children between them — in Clark County, Nevada, has had enough of this nonsense.  According to the Las Vegas Sun, the parents filed suit against the Clark County School District in federal court on Sept. 20 to eliminate its COVID-19 mask mandate.

Deaths Following Vaccination Reported in Taiwan Exceed Nation's COVID Death Total.  Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, few nations have been lauded as much for their management of the disease as Taiwan has.  Since the first cases of COVID-19 in the country were reported in February 2020, only 16,313 infections and 846 deaths have been recorded.  Despite how successfully the nation had managed the outbreak, it still enrolled itself in the World Health Organization-led COVAX exchange program and began its first wave of vaccinations on March 22, 2021.  While the nation hadn't had even a dozen deaths attributed to COVID-19 by the time the first vaccine was administered, 836 of the 846 deaths attributed to COVID-19 have occurred since the vaccination program began.  In an even more dubious display concerning the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines administered in Taiwan, the nation's Central Epidemic Command Center ("CECC") has reported that 847 deaths have been reported as adverse events following vaccinations as of October 6, a number which has risen to 850 since according to other media outlets.  That total eclipses the number of fatalities attributed to the virus itself.

Is this a carrot or a stick?
Deputy Treasury Sec'y Adeyemo: 'Only Way' Past 'Transition' That's Causing High Prices Is to Get 'Everyone' in U.S. and World Vaccinated.  During an interview with ABC News on Thursday [10/14/2021], Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo stated that the economy is in transition, "and as part of that transition, we are seeing high prices for some of the things that people have to buy."  And "the only way we're going to get to a place where we work through this transition is if everyone in America and everyone around the world gets vaccinated."

CPD officer explains why many officers are concerned about sharing vaccine status.  More murders, more shootings and downtown looting.  That's what a Chicago police officer says could happen this weekend, if the mayor does not repeal her vaccine mandate for the city's police department.  In a FOX 32 exclusive, we learn why many officers are concerned about providing the city with their vaccine status.  In just about 24 hours, the city will reach its vaccine mandate deadline.  Come Friday [10/15/2021] at midnight, half of the police force could be sent home.  The officer we spoke with said police understand the risk, but also believe the alternative could put their personal safety at risk.

COVID: a series of accidents or a planned conspiracy?  With the advent of the Wuhan virus in early 2020, the country has been severely disrupted, metaphorically turned upside down.  We've gone from ubiquitous mask wearing to locking down the economy to the release of untested vaccines to now harsh vaccine mandates.  And all though this torturous process, freedoms that were once taken for granted in the U.S. have been steadily chipped away.  We've even witnessed the 2020 presidential election being stolen[,] by increasing mail-in voting, extended time for voting, and overriding state election laws by a number of governors and attorneys general.  Containing the Wuhan virus was the pretext for this, and it made extensive cheating possible. [...] Today, what is often labeled a conspiracy theory is nothing more than something the ruling class finds uncomfortable being discussed.  Using their wealth and influence, the elite direct government agencies and their media stooges to ridicule and lambaste any debate that puts them in a bad light.  That's the reality we live in.

Maine Hospital Forced to Divert Trauma Patients Due to 'Unprecedented' Nursing Staff Shortages.  Vaccine mandates for COVID-19 have created extreme disorder in many facets of our lives.  Hundreds of thousands of individuals are quitting or forcibly being put on leave of absence, leaving our education, retail, police force, supply chain, healthcare system and more in disarray.  Just one example of the devastating consequences is a Maine Medical Center being forced to suspend pediatric and trauma admissions.  That's right; the federal mandates imposed by the President of the United States, Joe Biden, are directly impacting America's sick children and those in need of emergency care.

The suddenly disappearing news about Florida Covid cases.  For the last couple months there were constant stories about how DeSantis wanted people to get sick and die because he wouldn't follow the dictatorial edicts to require masks.  Those stories have disappeared, and we know why.  Cases in Florida are dropping faster than almost everywhere, and the media can't allow the public to see the truth or else people wouldn't submit.

Mainstream Media Silent After Florida Reports 3rd Lowest Rate Of Covid Infection.  The media took great joy in seeing the Florida Covid spike over the summer, but now they are being eerily quiet.  It felt like Florida was the top news story every evening on the left-wing networks as they slammed Ron DeSantis for doing a "poor job".  Funny enough, whenever covid spikes hit blue states, the media kept their mouths shut.  Now, however, they're being silent about Florida because they have just reached the 3rd lowest rate of infection in the United States.

Australia [is] building permanent covid quarantine camps for "ongoing operations".  Even though the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) is pretty much already over, at least for the unvaccinated, Australia is busily constructing new "quarantine" camps that the government there says will be needed next year to house people "who have not had access to vaccination." In order to maintain "ongoing operations" for the plandemic, Australian officials are funding the construction of massive compounds, one of which reportedly has 1,000 beds and is expected to be completed by the end of March 2022. "At this stage, the cabins will be used by domestic travelers returning from COVID hotspots," a report about the quarantine facility being erected at the Wellcamp Airport outside of Toowoomba states.  The huge facility will reportedly employ many locals, which the government says will help to boost the economy.  This is how they are marketing the project to try to lessen suspicions about it.

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Ignoring for a moment that it's a concentration camp for political dissidents, the report tells us that the Australian government fully expects to have a serious Covid crisis for at least another six months, regardless of what they're doing this week, because the construction won't be completed until the end of March 2022.  What happens when somebody dies in this quarantine camp?  How big is the graveyard, for those who die of Covid, and for those who are just lined up and shot?  If it's a concentration camp, questions like this must be addressed.

Here are the studies that show natural immunity provides effective protection from COVID-19.  From the beginning of the March 2020 lockdowns for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the subject of natural immunity (also called post-infection immunity) has been neglected.  Once the vaccination became widely available, what began with near silence at the beginning turned nearly into a complete blackout of the topic.  Even now, there is an absence of open discussion, presumably in the interests of promoting universal vaccination and required documentation of such vaccination as a condition of participating in public life and even the jobs marketplace.  Still, the science exists.  Many studies exist.  Their authors deserve credit, recognition, and to have their voices heard.

Pfizer whistleblower says vaccine 'glows,' contains toxic luciferase, graphene oxide compounds.  Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine vials glow fluorescent blue and contain an enzyme called Luciferase, a quality inspector for the drug company told LifeSiteNews in an exclusive interview this week.  "The vaccine glows, at least Pfizer's does," Melissa Strickler, who worked for the pharmaceutical giant for nearly 10 years, said.  "It looks like someone took a blue glowstick, cracked it open and put it in the vial, but only if there is light and it is around a dark background."  Strickler, who worked at Pfizer's large McPherson, Kansas plant, said she has inspected "hundreds of thousands of units" of vaccines in her career at the company "and never once seen anything do that, not even close."  Usually, the fluid in vials are clear like water, she said, but she photographed vials when she noticed the blue fluorescent tinge to the fluid and inquired about the ingredient to superiors.

Australia to SHUT DOWN domestic manufacturing of deadly AstraZeneca vaccine.  Australia is set to halt domestic manufacturing of the experimental and dangerous AstraZeneca Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.  In Nov. 2020, the federal government of Australia signed a contract with Australian biomedical firm CSL to manufacture 50 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at the company's main manufacturing hub in Melbourne.  When the country's government signed its agreement with CSL, policymakers there and around the world believed ramping up the production of COVID-19 vaccines was necessary to avert a crisis.  But just one month after the AstraZeneca vaccines started getting distributed in Australia in March, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ATAGI) pulled the pin on young Australians receiving the vaccine due to a high number of people experiencing fatal blood clots.

COVID-19 — Who benefits?  Perhaps the most startling aspect of the COVID story is that the National Institute of Health, headed by Anthony Fauci, financed research to genetically engineer coronaviruses at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. [...] If this research was legitimate, why wasn't it done at a secure lab in the United States? [...] Vaccine-making is an astonishingly profitable field to be in these days.  The COVID vaccines created nine new billionaires, including Moderna's Stéphan Bancel, who is worth $4.3 billion.  Even China got three COVID billionaires.  There was also money to be had in keeping China from being held responsible.  The most extensively researched account of COVID's origin is by Catherine Eban in Vanity Fair.  Eban shows that, in the first instance, the lab leak theory wasn't some "fringe" right theory, as Democrats alleged.  It was, instead, the first thought of scientists with a variety of backgrounds when they heard that there was a coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, including Wuhan researcher and "bat lady" Shi Zhengli.

There is still no "hundred-employee" vaccine mandate.  First, the broad strokes.  Just over a month ago, Biden directed the Department of Labor and OSHA to develop the details of a COVID vaccine mandate for all US companies with 100 or more employees.  It appears (but it is not certain) that this mandate will allow several escape hatches:  medical and religious exemptions, and weekly testing as a substitute for vaccination.  If there are exemptions, we don't know under what terms they'll be permitted.  The Department of Labor has not yet issued the regulations framing and detailing this mandate.

OSHA and COVID-19: Another Emergency Temporary Standard.  President Biden announced in a September 9 speech that the federal Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing a second emergency temporary standard to address the problem of COVID-19 in the American workplace (New COVID ETS).  This was one in a series of measures the President outlined as part of his "Path Out of the Pandemic."  Some of those other measures likely will overlap with the New COVID ETS for some employers — for instance, federal contractors.  Click here for the White House webpage that outlines those additional measures.  As momentous as the New COVID ETS will be for employers nationwide, the President's comments about the New COVID ETS took up only 100 words out of a 3,600-word speech, and it offered few details of what he expects to find in the new emergency standard — and left many important questions unanswered.  The President's statement itself imposes no immediate legal obligations or penalties as far as private employers under the OSH Act.  It is simply an announcement that he has directed OSHA to promulgate the New COVID ETS, and provides a few details of what he expects it to contain.

NBA Player:  I Got Blood Clots After Vax — NBA Told Me To Keep Quiet About It.  Brandon Goodwin, an NBA player with the Atlanta Hawks, admitted recently that the reason he was forced to leave the sport was due to blood clots from the Covid vaccine.  Goodwin claims the NBA instructed him to keep the incident quiet.  "I got sick, and I never quite recovered from it.  I would always have back pain.  I was just super tired in the games.  I was so tired.  I felt like I couldn't run up and down the court.  My back was hurting.  My back really started hurting bad.  Then, I'm like, 'OK. I need to go to the doctor.[']  That's when I found out I had blood clots.  That all within the span of a month," Goodwin said in an interview.

Minnesota: Breakthrough Cases From Fully Vaccinated Account For 99% Of All New COVID Cases.  Minnesota on Tuesday reported a COVID-19 test positivity rate of 8.3% that is the highest in the vaccine era and a level of hospitalizations that hasn't been seen since the first shots against the coronavirus were administered in mid-December.  Oh, how the mainstream media loved to run headline stories on the Delta COVID surge here in the free state of Florida, dragging the name of our fantastic governor Ron DeSantis through the mud every chance they got.  Funny thing, though, the same media has no interest in reporting on COVID cases in Democrat states like Minnesota where infections, hospitalizations and deaths are skyrocketing despite having a senior population that is 93% vaccinated.

Taiwan Health Officials Are Now Reporting More Vaccine Deaths Than COVID Deaths.  In Taiwan, more deaths have been reported in those who got vaccinated than from the pandemic itself.  Taiwan's health authorities say that as of Monday, vaccination deaths had reached 865 while deaths via the virus are at 845.  The majority of vaccination deaths, over 600, were from AstraZeneca and 200 from Moderna.  [Video clip]

Navy to begin kicking sailors out who refuse COVID vaccine without waivers.  The U.S. Navy announced on Thursday it will begin halting reenlistments and transfer orders for sailors currently refusing the COVID-19 vaccines and active-duty sailors will have up until November 14 to either have an approved or pending vaccine exemption request or their second COVID-19 vaccine dose or they will face being discharged from the service.  Sailors in the Navy Reserves have until December 14 to receive their second vaccine dose.  In a press release, the Navy said after those final vaccination dates pass, it will start processing discharges for sailors who have to that point refused vaccination and don't have a pending or approved exemption.

It Appears That an American Airlines Uprising Against the Vaccine Mandate is Now Beginning.  In the aftermath of a reported Southwest "sick out," American Airlines workers appear to be carrying out their own act of vaccine mandate resistance.  There are now 251 flight cancellations and 616 flight delays for American Airlines, the majority of them at the airport in Dallas-Fort Worth.  Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec had noted the unusual American Airlines activity earlier on Wednesday.

TSA faces vaccine mandate deadline that could force it to fire anyone unvaccinated.  Traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday may become even more chaotic this year, as about 40 percent of TSA workers face potential termination for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine.  Approximately 24,000 employees, including some airport screeners, have until November 22 — the Monday before Thanksgiving — to get the shot or risk being fired under President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for all federal workers.  The president announced the mandate for all federal workers last month, and said on Thursday [10/14/2021] that vaccine mandates shouldn't divide Americans as he warned that more directives were coming for private businesses.

Leaked Internal Documents Indicate That Boeing Employees Are Starting Sickout On 10/15/2021?  Two days ago the Boeing Co. has told employees they must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or possibly be fired.  The Seattle Times reports the deadline for workers at the aerospace giant is Dec. 8. [...] Last weekend, the airline industry went into chaos due to sickouts from Southwest Airlines and Jacksonville air traffic controllers.  The non-compliance directly led to thousands of flight cancellations.  And thngs could get worse as Boeing workers are planning freedom flu sickout over the VAX mandate in response to the Boeing Company's announcement on Tuesday.  According to communications obtained by Human Events, Boeing union workers claim that "Boeing has acted in bad faith" and knew "months ago" that a mandate was coming.

Joe Rogan's Dust-Up With CCN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Exposes the Narrative.  On Wednesday [10/13/2021], CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, sat down with Joe Rogan for an extensive interview.  The reason for the appearance was Gupta's new book, World War C: [...] The lesson everyone should take away from the fallout of the interview is don't ever make the corporate media your only source of information in a crisis. [...] In his interview with Gupta, the fireworks erupted when discussing COVID-19.  Rogan was diagnosed with the virus and made a video telling his followers how he treated the illness.  The regimen included vitamins, supplements, monoclonal antibodies, and The Drug That Cannot Be Named:  ivermectin.  After Rogan's video went viral, the corporate and left-wing media led with stories about Rogan taking "horse dewormer," mocking and denigrating him.  The narrative — that COVID-19 is deadly with few available treatments — demands it.  Networks also hate Rogan, who draws more eyes and ears than any cable news host.

The Worst Is Yet To Come From Biden's Vaccine Coercion.  President Biden, his administration, corporate media, and social media are denying three realities:  [#1] The effectiveness of natural immunity and how medically unnecessary it is for the previously infected to get vaccinated.  [#2] The fact that fully vaccinated individuals are getting infected and transmitting COVID-19.  Unfortunately, some are also becoming seriously ill, being hospitalized, and dying.  This is not, as President Biden repeatedly insists, a pandemic solely of the unvaccinated.  [#3] Vaccine injuries, including death, are occurring at far higher numbers than health authorities want to admit.  "Established in 1990, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a national early warning system to detect possible safety problems in U.S.-licensed vaccines," says its government website.  As of October 1, 2021, VAERS has reported 16,310 deaths after COVID shots so far — with 5,326 (33 percent) occurring on Day 0, 1, or 2 after vaccination — and 778,685 total adverse events.

Most Covid-19 Deaths were a direct result of the administration of Midazolam or Remdesivir.  [Scroll down]  The PCR test for viruses was a huge turning point.  Mullis repeatedly stated that it isn't an appropriate technique for diagnostics.  I think it could be, under carefully calibrated conditions.  But it certainly is not, used as it is around the world to diagnose Covid-19. [...] Note also that respiratory viral illness isn't obstructive.  Patients can become distressed if their gas exchange is poor & they're desaturating.  But they don't need mechanical ventilation coupled with sedation.  Instead, an oxygen mask or nasal cannula will often help a lot, and if it doesn't, your patient may be unsalvageable.

Latest COVID-19 Data Shows the Left Got It Dead Wrong About Florida, DeSantis.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been one of the left's favorite targets, especially amid the ongoing COVID-19 saga.  Democrats and the activist media have pilloried the governor for refusing to enact the same type of onerous and draconian restrictions that other states have imposed on their residents.  They claimed he was responsible for getting Floridians killed, while paying very little attention to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who actually did get people killed through his COVID policy. [...] According to a chart published by The New York Times, Florida's rate of COVID-19 infections is far lower than even the states that have embraced mask and vaccine mandates, and other measures.  The chart shows that Florida's 14-day rate of COVID cases dropped by 48%. The Sunshine state's case rate per 100,000 was 13.  This means Florida had the third-lowest rate of infections last week — coming in just behind Connecticut and Hawaii, which both have 11 cases per 100,000.

Dr. Bridle:  "We Made a Big Mistake... We're Inoculating a Poison".  This is what Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the mRNA technology warned about.  The spike proteins are not staying at the injection site and they are dangerous.  Protein in the blood can be very dangerous.  A Canadian cancer vaccine researcher said last week, "We made a big mistake.  We didn't realize it until now," said Byram Bridle, a viral immunologist and associate professor at University of Guelph, Ontario.  "We thought the spike protein was a great target antigen, we never knew the spike protein itself was a toxin and was a pathogenic protein.  So by vaccinating people we are inadvertently inoculating them with a toxin," the Defender reports.

Vitamin D could end covid, if only the media would talk about it.  One of the healthiest states right now as far as Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "cases" go is Florida, which just so happens to be sunny and warm.  Many northern states, meanwhile, which are edging into autumn, are seeing a corresponding uptick in new cases.  Many of these northern states are much more "fully vaccinated" than Florida and other southern states, and yet their residents are getting sick and flooding hospitals in record numbers?  How can this be?  One answer could be the extra vitamin D that Floridians are getting due to their closer proximity to the equator.  It turns out that the Chinese Virus does not like vitamin D.  And southern states that are saturated in more vitamin D from natural sunlight — these also include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, and Texas — are seeing a corresponding decline in illnesses.

Canadian province creates special police force to implement draconian COVID mandates.  The Ministry of Health of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is creating a "Covid Enforcement Team (CET)" made up of retired cops to help enforce draconian vaccine passports and mask mandates.  According to Dr. Johnmark Opondo, a medical health officer with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), the CET is "a group of retired police officers who are really going to assist us, particularly where we are short in terms of public health inspectors."

Will Biden's Vaccine Mandates Tank The Economy?  President Joe Biden's command that private businesses require their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is a shocking abuse of presidential power. [...] On Sept. 9, Biden announced that businesses with 100 or more employees would have to require them to be vaccinated or take weekly COVID tests to prove they don't have the Wuhan bug.  This edict will affect as many as 100 million American workers.  One big problem:  Cities, states and counties have in the past had authority to mandate things such as vaccines, not the federal government.  Biden is literally creating a new authority for the presidency out of thin air, the kind of thing that authoritarian dictators do.  What's more, Biden's "order" is nothing of the sort.  He announced it in early September, but has never released written rules for the government to enforce.  So as of today, there is no "rule" or "order" to follow.  Just a statement to the media.  The problem is, businesses, local and state government agencies, health providers, hospitals and others are forging ahead with their own plans to force workers to take one of the vaccines.  And they're using Biden's phony "order" for cover.

British Model And Social Media Influencer Wakes Up With Bell's Palsy After Being Vaccinated.  A UK commercial model who goes by the TIKTOK name of @rocking_alopecia woke up With Bell's Palsy yesterday.  It was posted that she has been fully vaccinated.  Bell's Palsey is a major adverse reaction from COVID vaccines, especially Pfizer.  This model talks about and shows how she can't smile or talk very well without drooling.  She tells her TikTok followers she won't be able to upload videos for a while until she hopefully goes back to normal.  [Video clip]

Teens More Likely to Be Injured by Vaccines Than by COVID, Neuroscientist Says.  The latest episode of CHD.TV's "Against the Wind," with host Dr. Paul Thomas, featured an interview with Pamela Popper, Ph.D., founder and president of Wellness Forum Health and author of "COVID Operation:  What Happened, Why It Happened, and What's Next."  In the second part of the show, Christopher Shaw, Ph.D., neuroscientist, professor at the University of British Columbia and author, discussed concerns about aluminum in vaccines, the COVID mRNA vaccines for children and how he's hopeful people will rise up.  Popper, who described the government response to COVID as "the crime of the century," discussed propaganda, legal strategy, advice for employers and how a striking number of medical professionals are willing to comply with what she refers to as "escalating medical tyranny."  "We've seen a remarkable willingness of many doctors to go along with this narrative," Popper said.  "It's scary how many have bought into it."

Biden says number of unvaccinated Americans 'unacceptably high,' insists mandates 'working'.  President Biden on Thursday said the number of unvaccinated Americans still remains "unacceptably high," but insisted that his administration's vaccine requirements for the federal workforce and private employers are "working" to ensure more individuals receive shots to protect against COVID-19.  During remarks from the White House Thursday, the president touted his administration's "progress" in the "fight against the virus."  "We're making progress nationally.  Daily cases are down 47%, hospitalizations are down 38% over the past six weeks," Biden said.  "Over the past two weeks, most of the country has improved as well.  Case rates are declining in 39 states and hospital rates declining in 38 states."

Navy prepares to begin discharging sailors who refuse COVID-19 vaccine.  The U.S. Navy has set up an organization to process the discharges of sailors who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine and don't have a pending or approved exemption request on the books.  On Thursday [10/14/2021], Navy officials announced the creation of the COVID Consolidated Disposition Authority to oversee the administrative discharge process for sailors who meet the definition of "refusing the vaccine."  The Pentagon has not indicated how many Navy or other military personnel are known to be actively refusing the vaccine.  While recent media reports have claimed more than 200,000 military personnel are yet to be fully vaccinated, the number refusing for political or other reasons is not clear.

Australia's Northern Territory Annouces The Most Insane Vaccine Mandate, Get Fired And Fine 5k Dollars!.  Chief Minister Michael Gunner said employees who interacted with the public needed to get least one Covid-19 jab by November 13 or they wouldn't be allowed back to work and faced a $5000 fine.  The new directions apply to:
  •   Employees at all jobs that involve interacting with members of the public.  For example:  hospitality, banking, retail, supermarket, receptionists, hairdressers and beauty therapists
  •   Workers who come into direct contact with people at risk of severe illness from Covid-19, like Aboriginal people or those who can't be vaccinated
  •   Employees who work in a high-risk setting where there is a known risk of Covid-19 transmission or outbreak
  •   People who perform work in essential infrastructure, food or essential good security or supply, or logistics
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NBA Player Admits The Vaccine Ended His Season, Maybe His Career.  Former Atlanta Hawks point guard Brandon Goodwin's season ended early last year due to "minor respiratory condition," according to a team report this past May.  The Hawks went on a deep postseason run to the Eastern Conference Finals and the team decided not to bring the Norcross graduate back after drafting Sharife Cooper and signing Delon Wright.  Goodwin has not signed with another NBA team since.  Recently, on a Twitch stream, Goodwin revealed his side of the story, and it all starts with him receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.  [Video clip]

Aussie Cop Quits, Refuses To Enforce COVID Tyranny, Says "Majority" Of Cops Feel The Same.  A female officer with Victoria Police, who served for 16 years, has resigned in protest against the use of police to enforce Covid-19 rules, saying in an interview that a "great majority" of her colleagues shared her sentiments.  Acting Senior Sergeant Krystle Mitchell has appeared on The Discernible Interviews channel on YouTube on Friday [10/8/2021], wearing her dark-blue uniform and revealing that she had been "troubled" by how police resources have been applied during the pandemic by state authorities.  Victoria Police has been tasked with making sure that people in one of Australia's most populous states abide by the lockdown restrictions, and with curbing illegal protests against the health rules and vaccination mandates, which often turn violent, resulting in numerous arrests and accusations of police brutality.  Melbourne, Victoria's capital city, holds the world record for longest lockdown.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Vaccine Mandate Requirement for California Prison Workers.  A judge temporarily blocked an order on Wednesday that required California prison workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  Kern County Judge Bernard Barmann issued a temporary restraining order to prevent enforcement of the mandate as the court considers a preliminary injunction request.  The vaccine mandate was scheduled to take effect Friday [10/15/2021].  It will continue to apply to other employees who work in state prisons with health care facilities.  The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) has opposed vaccine mandates across the state.  The union represents about 28,000 officers statewide.

Chicago Police Union Chief Tells Officers to Defy City's Vaccine Mandate.  In blunt terms, John Catanzara, head of Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police, urged his members to ignore Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's vaccine mandate in a video on Tuesday night.  He said that her demand violated personal rights as well as the union agreement under which the officers work.  If she doesn't relent, he said, he's prepared to file suit.  Back in August, Lightfoot rolled out her vaccine mandate ordering every city employee, including police officers, to report their COVID vaccination status by Friday, October 15, or risk being put on unpaid leave.  Employees may apply for medical or religious exemptions.  This was too much for Catanzara:  [Video clip]  Lightfoot is already getting pressure to reverse her decision from aldermen who fear that Catanzara's threat is real.

White House Ready to Start Vaccinating 5-11-year-olds.  Parents Are Not.  The Biden administration is poised to stick a needle filled with experimental gene therapeutics, aka COVID vaccine, in every arm, no matter how tiny.  After all, the president claimed that we can get "back to normal" when 98 percent of Americans are inoculated.  As Biden's top medical advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, once said, "We ultimately would like to get and have to get children into that mix."  Right now, the Biden administration's COVID task force is making its final preparations for a COVID vaccination campaign intended for American children aged five to 11, according to ABC News.  The outlet obtained an audio of a phone conversation between White House COVID coordinator Jeff Zients and U.S. governors, in which Zients stated the administration possessed enough pediatric doses of the Pfizer shot for 28 million children.

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You would have to be intensely naïve to believe that the goalposts aren't going to move any further than they have already.  They say the big crisis will be over "when 98 percent of Americans are inoculated."  That will never happen.  And even if it does, some other stipulation will arise.  Having tasted absolute power, the many tyrants in our government — at all levels — don't want to give it up.

OSHA Sends Worker Vaccine Mandate Rule to White House for Review.  Several news outlets are noting the Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), has submitted the worker vaccine rule to the White House for review prior to publishing as an 'emergency temporary standard'.  While this may be seen as disappointing by many, the moment the rule hits the federal register, it will be subject to lawsuits before implementation.  Until the DoL/OSHA rule hits the books, the mandate is nothing except a statement of intent.  Once the emergency rule is put into the register, then various state attorneys general and private sector employers or employees will be able to seek injunctions and challenge the legality.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stated yesterday [10/12/2021] his legal team is awaiting the rule to be published to trigger his state's legal challenge.

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Yes, "emergency temporary standard" is a great doublespeak name for it, since there is no emergency and it won't be temporary.

Pritzker looks to change state's Right of Conscience law amid vaccination push.  Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been working to change the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, which some have invoked in the fight against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.  The 1998 Health Right of Conscience Act bans discrimination because of such persons' refusal to receive or participate in any way in any particular form of health care services contrary to his or her conscience.  Some have said the law allows people to avoid getting the COVID-19 vaccine and evade Pritzker's executive order mandating vaccination or regularly testing for health care workers, educators and other state employees.

New Covid cases surge in Minnesota, despite vaccination efforts.  Minnesota was running out of hospital beds for Covid patients and health care workers to take care of them Wednesday as the state contended with the biggest surge in new cases and deaths this year.  Overwhelmingly, the latest victims are unvaccinated Minnesotans who caught the fast-spreading Delta variant, health officials said.  And as the weather gets cooler, the potential to catch the virus will only increase as people head indoors, they said.

Can facts be misinformation?  Here's an actual, true fact for you: "misinformation" is the new "in" meme, a label for whatever inconveniently true, accurate fact those in authority don't want to let people see or contemplate.  When an entire county colludes to create "misinformation" from facts, as Contra Costa County in California is doing, in the furtherance of the county's agenda (in this case, vaccinate everyone, because if we do, it will "end COVID").  It has now labeled disseminating actual facts a "public health crisis."  Doing so queues us up for the next step, turning our most informed and knowledgeable citizens into criminals.

Elderly Construction Worker Explains How To Get Out Of Vaccine Mandates.  Stand up together against these illegal vaccine mandates as this elderly construction worker and his coworkers did.  [Video clip — Language warning!]

Joe Rogan Confronts CNN's Sanjay Gupta About COVID Propaganda Including Ivermectin.  Modern leftists and communist ideologues spend so much time inside their own tribal echo-chamber, they do not know what to do when confronted by intellectual arguments and truth.  This is why media are so careful about who they will permit to appear on their broadcasts and panel discussions.  This is also why Big Tech needs to protect leftists by blocking anyone who carries an ability to challenge the fallacies.  If you have strong skills at framing your arguments; and if you are a quick thinker that is able to see the false premise as it is being narrated; you can chew up these progressive communists in real time.  They don't talk about it, but they know that.  This is also why the White House press corps is so carefully filtered.  If you put on the armor of truth and confront pundits, spokespeople and leftist engineers with factual assertions, they stutter, stammer and stumble.  Leftists, particularly the modern progressive leftists, have no capacity for strength in debate, because they never leave their bubbles.  Everything false in their compartmentalized world view makes sense, because it is never exposed to intellectual rigor and debate.

Joe Biden's Vaccine Mandate Doesn't Exist.  It's Just A Press Release.  Yes, we've heard all about Joe Biden's alleged vaccine mandate for private companies employing 100 or more people.  It was all over the news even before he announced it on September 9. His announcement has jeopardized the employment of millions of Americans and increased worker shortages in critical domains such as health care.  There's only one problem.  It's all a mirage.  Biden's so-called vaccine mandate doesn't exist — at least, not yet.  So far, all we have is his press conference and other such made-for-media huff-puffing.  No such rule even claiming to be legally binding has been issued yet.  That's why nearly two dozen Republican attorneys general who have publicly voiced their opposition to the clearly unconstitutional and illegal mandate haven't yet filed suit against it, the Office of the Indiana Attorney General confirmed for me.  There is no mandate to haul into court.  And that may be part of the plan.

Maine Hospital Gives Dire Warning About Healthcare Services if Forced to Fire Unvaccinated Workers.  Central Maine Medical Center, a key hospital for regional healthcare, issued a dire warning about the need to shut down critical care services last week if they are forced to fire or lay-off all the unvaccinated workers.  The hospital appealed to the Governor's office, Democrat Janet Mills, for a testing option to avoid losing some of the most important care providers in their system.  Today [10/12/2021], the hospital quantified their issue and announced they were going to suspend pediatric admissions as well as heart attack and trauma admissions, because they just will not be able to operate.  Unfortunately, the Democrat Governor has announced she doesn't care if the hospital has to shut down.  Mills' stated her unilateral jab mandate will remain in place and the vaxxed and unvaxxed citizens of Maine will die until they comply with the vaccine rules.  Because it's all about the public health right?

Studies Suggested Aspirin Lowers COVID Mortality Rates, Now the Powers That Be Are Attacking It.  According to an article released last Wednesday by the Jerusalem Post, Israeli researchers copied a test done at George Washington University where they recorded over 400 COVID patients from hospitals across the country who took aspirin for reasons unrelated to COVID itself.  This simple treatment resulted in a 44 percent reduction in needing the mechanical ventilator, reduced ICU admissions by 43 percent, and overall hospital mortality by 47 percent.  When the Israelis conducted the same test, they got very similar results and even found that aspirin takers were less likely to get a COVID infection in the first place as discovered by Dr. Jonathan Chow of the research team: [...]

American Airlines, Southwest to follow federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, defy Texas order.  American Airlines and Southwest Airlines said Tuesday they plan to follow federal guidelines to have their employees vaccinated against COVID-19 by December, defying an order by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to block such mandates.  American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, said in a statement to USA Today that the governor's order "does not change anything" for the company and that it believes the federal vaccine mandate "supersedes any conflicting state laws."  Southwest gave the news agency a similar response.  The airline, based in Dallas, ordered all of its employees to get their COVID-19 shots by Dec. 8 to comply with a federal directive.

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One problem:  The federal mandate doesn't really exist, but the Texas executive order does exist.  Which one would you want to depend on in court?  As a rule of thumb, whatever you've got in writing is what you've got.  Big Brother is bluffing.

Employers Beware:  You May Be Liable for Vaccine Mandates.  Pilots are protesting Southwest Airlines' requirement that all employees must get COVID-19 vaccinations, and news reports speculated that mass cancelations of Southwest flights that began over the weekend were the result of pilots staging a "sickout."  But employee protests, sickouts, walk-outs, and terminations may not be the biggest threats employers face if they impose vaccine mandates.  Employers that are considering forcing their employees to get COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment should be aware they could face legal liability — and potentially for big money — if and when an employee or potential hire suffers death or other adverse health effects from the vaccine.  The federal government has given clear and blanket legal protection to itself and vaccine manufacturers.  However, the federal government has not given such clear and blanket protection to employers that force employees to take the vaccine.

Boeing will require all employees to be vaccinated, despite wary labor unions and conservative opposition.  Boeing management told its U.S. employees in an internal message Tuesday that with limited exceptions they must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8 or face termination.  "Compliance with these requirements is a condition of employment," states a Boeing internal presentation viewed by The Seattle Times.  "Employees who are unable to meet these requirements, and do not have an approved accommodation, by December 8 may be released from the company."  The policy will apply to roughly 125,000 employees in the U.S., about 57,000 of them in Washington state.  Employees can request an exemption "due to a disability or sincerely held religious belief," but those granted such an exemption will have to "undergo frequent testing for COVID-19" and be ready to present a negative test result upon request, the company said.

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Who decides whether an employee has "sincerely held religious belief[s]"?

17 Year Old Girl Who Tested Positive For COVID Gets Plastic Bag Placed Over Her Head In Hospital.  A report by the Odessa Accountability Project claims that a 17-year-old COVID patient suffering from breathing difficulties entered a hospital in Texas, only for staff to place a plastic bag over her head after she removed her face mask.  Yes, really.  A photo of the teenager posted to the group's Facebook page shows the young woman with the bag, which features the words "equipment cover," placed over her head and upper body.  She is also wearing a face mask.  You don't need to be a doctor to know the dangers of putting plastic bags over people's heads, especially if they are already suffering from breathing difficulties.

Latest Abbott executive order bans all covid "vaccine" mandates in Texas, even in private sector.  It is now prohibited for any entity in Texas to impose a Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccine" mandate, thanks to a new executive order signed by Gov. Greg Abbott.  On October 11, Abbott issued EU No.  GA-40 related to prohibiting vaccine mandates, "subject to legislative action."  That EO delineates that no entity in the Lone Star State:  "... can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19."

US government pays Merck $712 for 5-day molnupiravir course that only costs $17.74 to manufacture.  According to a report by drug pricing experts at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and King's College Hospital in London, a five-day course of molnupiravir only costs $17.74 to produce.  So why is Merck charging the U.S. government $712, or over 40 times the production price of the drug?  Molnupiravir is making waves because the new drug is allegedly a "huge advance" in the treatment of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) and it was developed with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DoD).  On Oct. 8, it was announced that molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization among clinical trial volunteers with moderate or mild illness by 50 percent, suggesting that it may be key to ending the coronavirus pandemic.  Monoclonal antibodies are an antiviral treatment that is administered intravenously.  But as a pill, molnupiravir is more accessible.

Australian Officials Send 6-Year-Old Boy With Cerebral Palsey Into COVID Prison After He Returns From Brain Surgery In The US.  There is growing outrage with Queensland Health's tough quarantine measures after a six-year-old boy with cerebral palsy was denied an exemption to quarantine at home.  Lenny Silveira and his father Fabio are holed up in a Sydney hotel room after the young boy underwent major surgery for his condition in the US.  Because their flight back to Australia had to stop in Sydney, the Queensland Government has refused their plea to participate in the home quarantine trial due to the risk of bringing coronavirus in from NSW.  [Video clip]

Southwest Airlines "sickout" protest spreads to Amtrak, which is canceling trains due to employees refusing covid "vaccination".  After announcing that nearly all of its 18,000 employees will need to be "fully vaccinated" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) by November 22, Amtrak incurred a "sickout" much like the one that Southwest Airlines currently faces.  Amtrak employees who do not want to permanently alter their DNA with experimental gene therapy walked off the job, reports indicate, leaving nobody to man the trains and get them from point A to point B.  In a tweet, Amtrak explained that at least two trains scheduled to leave on October 10 had to be canceled "due to unforeseen crew issues."  The company promised that "alternate transportation" would be provided to stranded passengers.

VAERS: At least 160,000 Americans have likely died from covid vaccines.  If you extrapolate it out based on what we currently know about underreporting, the latest data from VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) suggests that upwards of 160,000 Americans may have died so far from Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccines."  Since last December when the injections were first released as part of "Operation Warp Speed," there have been 16,310 officially reported deaths from Chinese Virus shots logged into VAERS.  Since as little as one percent of vaccine injuries ever get reported to VAERS, the true number could be as high as 1.631 million U.S. deaths.  A more conservative estimate might use a factor of 10, which would point to around 163,100 U.S. deaths.  Whichever figure is correct, we at least know that there are far more people dying from Chinese Virus injections than the government is letting on, and people need to know about it so they can make an informed decision about whether or not to join the statistics.

Bush-appointed federal judge declares no such thing as natural immunity.  On October 8, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney, an appointee of George W. Bush, ruled against a plaintiff who requested an exemption from having to get "vaccinated" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19), denying the existence of her immune system.  Jeanna Norris, an employee at Michigan State University (MSU), sued her employer for trying to force herself and others to get injected with "Operation Warp Speed" poisons.  Norris argued that she already tested "positive" for the alleged virus in the past and now has natural immunity to it.  Reports indicate that Norris was further able to present two antibody tests showing that she had, in fact, previously been infected with Chinese Germs.  Norris' doctors also confirmed that she does not need to get injected with any Fauci Flu shots because she is already protected against covid due to her own immune system.

Jen Psaki Accidentally Confirms That No Biden Federal Vaccine Mandate Actually Exists.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made the surreal argument on Tuesday that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are "putting politics ahead of public health" by protecting citizens' fundamental freedom of choice on Covid-19 vaccines.  In the course of her diatribe, however, Psaki admitted something that has been bubbling on the media backburners for some time:  Biden's vaccine mandate currently doesn't even exist.  [Video clip]

"We are Not Going to Fire Any Employees Over This": Southwest CEO Comes Out in Opposition to Biden Vaccine Mandate.  Southwest CEO Gary Kelly had a major announcement on Tuesday [10/12/2021] about the vaccine mandate the airline recently issued:  His company won't be enforcing it.  During an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, the CEO said that no employees would be fired over the company's vaccine mandate.  Earlier, the airline announced that all employees needed to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 24 or face termination.  "We are not going to fire any employees over this," Kelly said.

Think Carefully About Your COVID Passport and Authorized Worker Status, Before They Tell You There's an App for That.  Right now, as you are reading this, under the guise of enhancing your safety, the U.S. federal government is in discussions with multinational corporations and employers of citizens to create a more efficient process for you to register your vaccine compliance.  You may know their conversation under the terminology of a COVID passport.  The current goal is to make a system for you to show your authorized work status; which, as you know, is based on your obedience to a mandated vaccine.  Beta tests are being conducted in various nations, each with different perspectives and constitutional limitations based on pesky archaic rules and laws that govern freedom.  For the western, or for lack of a better word 'democratic' outlook, Australia is leading the way with their technological system of vaccination check points and registered state/national vaccination status tied to your registration identification.  The checkpoints are essentially gateways where QR codes are being scanned from the cell phones of the compliant vaccinated citizen.  Yes comrades, there's an App for that.

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The requirement to present a QR code on a cell phone automatically means that everybody must carry a cell phone, which I don't.

Coachella scraps its mandatory vaccine rule and will allow people with a negative covid test.  The Coachella Music Festival is pulling the plug on their original plan to enforce mandatory vaccines for ticketholders when it returns in 2022.  The fest, which makes its comeback to Indio, California April 15-17 and April 22-24, 2022 after missing 2020 and 2021, will not require concertgoers to have the shot.  The festival's official Instagram page made the announcement, saying that the decision was based on recent COVID statistics.

US to Open Canada, Mexico Borders For Fully Vaccinated Travelers Next Month:  Officials.  The United States plans to reopen its land borders with Mexico and Canada to non-essential travelers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 starting in early November, Biden administration officials said on Tuesday [10/12/2021].  The restrictions for non-essential travel at the country's land borders have been in place since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.  News of the new rules from the Department of Homeland Security comes just weeks after President Joe Biden announced similar planned requirements for international air travelers.  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is set to formally announce the rules on Wednesday, Biden administration officials told reporters during a press briefing.  "Today and tomorrow, we are announcing that we will be implementing similar requirements for foreign nationals traveling across the land border from Canada and Mexico," said White House deputy coordinator Natalie Quillian.  "To be fully vaccinated is an important step that will further enhance the safety of international travel and the safety of Americans at home."

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I'd like to see the government more concerned about individual liberty and less concerned about safety.

White House Taunts Texas and Florida for Fighting Vaccine Mandates:  Joe Biden Will Override State Laws.  The White House on Tuesday warned Republican governors of Texas and Florida that President Joe Biden would override their efforts to fight coronavirus vaccine mandates in their states.  "We know that federal law overrides state law," she said referring to state attempts to ban vaccine passports.  She accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of playing politics by issuing executive orders that fight vaccine passports.  "Why would you be taking steps that prevent the saving of lives that make it more difficult to save lives across the country or in any state?" she asked.  Psaki argued that the governors were "putting politics ahead of public health."  "Every leader should be focused on supporting efforts to save lives and end the pandemic," she said.

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[#1] Unless compulsory vaccinations are among the federal powers enumerated in the Constitution, the states can reject, override, or ignore them.  The federal government will then demand that the states comply "or risk federal funding."  [#2] Sometimes saving lives is not the highest priority.  Things like communism and tyranny and forcible injection of who-knows-what are bigger threats than mere death.  Just ask Patrick Henry.  [#3] If the ultimate goal was saving lives (and it isn't), the distribution of the so-called vaccine, voluntary or not, would be stopped immediately while someone looks into the rash of sudden post-vaccination deaths and injuries.

We Don't Need Your Permission:  COVID Clown Offers Advice on Halloween Trick-or-Treating.  Dude, go away.  The more you talk the more hesitant people become regarding getting vaccinated for the coronavirus.  The more you do television hits, the more people just tune out the whole pandemic — and rightfully so.  We have three vaccines.  COVID has a near 99 percent survivability rate.  Over half the nation has been vaccinated.  Tens of millions more have already had and recovered from the infection.  There will be no more lockdowns.  Sports stadiums are packed.  It's over.  He's just yelling into the air.  The only people who listen are the coronabros and gals who would rather remain in total fear.  These are the idiots who would wear four masks and bark like a dog it that were a true COVID recommendation.  Now, he says that it's too soon to decide if we can see our families for Christmas.  Who [...] does this guy think he is?  First, what about Thanksgiving.  Second, everyone is seeing their loved ones for Christmas.  Sorry, Tony — you don't have a say.  You don't have the authority.  And we don't need your permission, [...]

Psaki Touts Biden's Vaccine Press Release As 'Federal Law' Before Admitting No Official Rule Exists.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki touted President Joe Biden's vaccine press release directing businesses with 100 or more employees to require the COVID-19 jab as "federal law" on Tuesday, in an attempt to downplay efforts by Republican governors to secure medical freedom for their constituents.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order on Monday banning COVID-19 shot mandates by any entity in the Lone Star State.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has also taken action to prevent institutions in his state from requiring "vaccine passports." [...] She also claimed that Biden's order is "federal law" that supersedes any order by a state government.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Outlines Objective to Protect Workers From Being Fired Over Vaccine Status.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference earlier today from St.  Pete Beach.  One of the major issues being discussed was the employment threat over vaccine status.  Governor DeSantis outlined his position that no one should be fired for their vaccinated status and explained his outlook on that issue specifically.

Chicago Police Union Warns Of Workforce Shortage, Threatens Suit.  The chief of the union that represents rank-and-file Chicago police officers warned that the force could be at half-strength over the weekend as a result of a City Hall mandate that officers must be either vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested regularly for the coronavirus.  Saying the mayor's office has refused to bargain in good faith, John Catanzara, head of Chicago Lodge 7 of the Fraternal Order of Police, or FOP, said the union planned to file a class action lawsuit if city officials follow through on a promise to place police officers into "no-paid" status for refusing to participate in the city's vaccination portal.  "All I can tell you is, if, [as] we suspect, the numbers are true, and we get a large number of our members to stand firm on their beliefs, that this is an overreach, and they're not going to provide the information in the portal or submit to testing, then it's safe to say that the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50 percent or less for this weekend coming up," Catanzara said Tuesday in a video message.

Washington's Vaccine Lawsuits.  The 19th-century art critic John Ruskin once observed that the qualities of the rich and the poor differ greatly.  The rich, according to Ruskin, will, generally speaking, be industrious, prompt, covetous, methodical, insensitive, ignorant, and proud.  The poor, on the other hand, will be made up of a motley crew of "the entirely foolish, the entirely wise, the idle, the reckless, the humble, the thoughtful, the dull, the imaginative, the sensitive, the well-informed, the improvident, the irregularly and impulsively wicked, the clumsy knave, the open thief, and the entirely merciful, just, and godly person."  When reading the lawsuits against Governor Jay Inslee's vaccine mandates in Washington state, this quote comes to mind.  Those resisting are a motley crew of dissenters, of state troopers, healthcare workers, firefighters, women, men, black, white, single, married, pregnant, not pregnant, those who have already had COVID, those who don't know if they've had COVID, the very sick, the very healthy, the anti-vaxxers, the pro-vaxxers (who normally take vaccines but don't want this one), the very religious, the anti-religious, and everything else in between.

Southwest CEO backs down, will not fire employees who refuse to get vaxxed.  Chalk this up as a major victory for personal autonomy and liberty!  Even while refusing to admit that resistance to vaccination had anything to do with the massive disruption to operations that occurred last weekend, Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines, backed off from earlier policy and announced that employees who refuse to receive COVID gene therapy "vaccines" will not be terminated.

Gov. Murphy, NJ teacher union heads reportedly caught maskless despite mandate.  A New Jersey teachers union posted, and then quickly deleted, online photos that show its leaders and Gov. Phil Murphy going maskless at a fundraising event, according to reports.  The expose came after Murphy imposed a mask mandate on teachers, staffers, students and visitors in all of the Garden State's schools in August to prevent the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus.  It also made Murphy — an outspoken proponent of wearing masks who once said it should be a "national requirement" — the latest Democratic governor to be caught in an embarrassing moment of hypocrisy — without one at an event despite requiring others to mask up.

Record 4.3 Million Workers Quit Their Jobs in August Despite Strong Economy:  Now We Know Why.  COVID cases have since been on the decline nationally, as noted by CNBC, though some health care professionals worry about another rise during the colder months.  Hmm I wonder who "some health care professionals" are?  You 'spose one of their names start with an "F" and ends in "auci"?  The attention-whoring Keebler Elf will continue to bang that drum until he can no longer hold a drumstick.

Sen. Ron Johnson Says Lives Are Being Lost Due to Big Tech Censorship of Conservatives.  Censorship of videos and written posts on major social media outlets about successful treatments of victims of the CCP virus — also known as the novel coronavirus — are causing people to lose their lives, according to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).  "Everything to do with COVID has been most troubling because the internet could have been used so helpfully, so powerfully, by allowing doctors to disseminate their practices of medicine," Johnson told reporters during a virtual news conference hosted Tuesday [10/12/2021] by the Media Research Center (MRC) and the MRC blog Free Speech America (FSA).  "I remember doctors doing videos out of New York recognizing that ventilators weren't working.  I remember a couple of doctors out of California talking about how they were treating COVID with repurposed drugs and those videos were taken down, they were censored," Johnson said.

The police and sheriffs protect us.  Or do they?  Will they?  Ostensibly democratic governments around the world have reacted shamefully to the spread of COVID, with law enforcement personnel helping them abuse their power.  What has happened in New Zealand and parts of Australia is truly frightening.  Those two formerly free and democratic nations have seen the exercise of cruel totalitarianism in the past months.  Despite the fact that lockdowns have not mitigated the spread of COVID anywhere in the world, despite the failure of mask mandates to affect the number of cases when compared to regions without mask mandates, some states in Australia and all of N.Z. have continued the most rigid restrictions, and their citizens are suffering the consequences.

Research Proposal From 2018 Shows Remarkable Similarities to Pandemic Outbreak.  The remarkable similarities between a recently leaked 2018 proposal from EcoHealth Alliance head Peter Daszak and the defining characteristics of COVID-19 raise new questions regarding the origins of the pandemic.  The proposal, dated March 27, 2018, sets out the organization's plan to create entirely new coronaviruses through the synthetic combination of preexisting virus backbones.  It describes how those viruses were going to be made more virulent in humans by the insertion of a furin cleavage site, a feature that distinguishes COVID-19 from all other SARS-related coronaviruses.  The plan also envisaged the creation of an aerosolized vaccine that could be used to immunize wild bat populations.  Daszak's proposal, which was leaked by a whistleblower to DRASTIC, an online community of researchers investigating the origins of the pandemic, has since been authenticated by Linfa Wang, one of the scientists who was involved in Daszak's proposal.

How About Some COVID-19 Data Transparency?  ince the early days of the pandemic, the public has been misled and misinformed, the goalposts pulled down and taken out of the stadium, and the data too often puzzling.  Much of the country has lost confidence in politicians and public health officials.  It's important to know if those doubts are legitimate or misplaced.  One route to the truth would be a federal grand jury probe that would determine if the case and death counts have been inflated and not reflective of reality.  Would it be a witch hunt?  A political sideshow?  No.  It would be a sober and justifiable inquiry.  The nation deserves to know if a crisis was manufactured or real.  If the numbers are accurate, then a probe will go a long way toward restoring confidence in our public health officials.  If they're not, then someone needs to be held accountable for the errors, negligence, or intentional deception that hurt so many and divided a country.

Why Are So Many People Still Dying from COVID?  Are more people dying now from COVID, the vaccines, or both?  It is challenging to separate these out as the CDC does not consider one vaccinated until at least two weeks after the final vaccine dose, which in the case of Pfizer or Moderna is the second dose.  If most vaccine reactions, even the fatal ones, occur within two weeks of the shot, these individuals would be considered unvaccinated and their deaths attributed to natural causes, falsely lowering the vaccine-associated death counts.  Is the COVID PCR test too sensitive, with upwards of 90 percent false positives as explained by the New York Times last year?  But this test has not changed from last year to this year and would not explain the increase in fatalities.  The most concerning possibility is that the vaccines are not providing recipients with true immunity, giving us a false sense of security that these vaccines prevent severe illness and death as effectively as advertised.  We know from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky that the vaccines don't prevent infection or transmission, but we are told they reduce the risk of hospitalization and death.

Keywords:  Police state, jackboots, vaccination at gunpoint, nose rape.
Massachusetts Governor Activates National Guard to Test School Children For Covid.  Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) on Tuesday announced he activated the National Guard to help test school children for Covid.  Baker activated 450 members of the Massachusetts National Guard for two missions:  200 members will support Covid testing in K-12 schools and up to 250 member will be used to offset staffing shortages at the Department of Correction (DOC), the governor's office said. [...] Last month Governor Baker activated the National Guard to take children to school amid a massive shortage of bus drivers.  Up to 250 Guard troops were activated mid-September to fill the shortage.  Dozens of state trooper have also resigned because of Governor Baker's mandatory vaccine mandate.

CHI Memorial Hospital in Tennessee memory-holes Tiffany Dover, the nurse who passed out on live television after getting early covid "vaccine".  As far as Chattanooga-based CHI Memorial Hospital is concerned, Tiffany Dover, a nurse who used to work there before she collapsed during a live press conference right after getting early "vaccinated" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) no longer exists.  CHI recently deleted all of its tweets about Tiffany Dover, who has since completely disappeared, from its official Twitter account.  These tweets were tweeted right after the collapse incident to reassure the public that Tiffany Dover supposedly did not die from her injections and was doing just fine at home "resting."  Rumors have since circulated that Tiffany Dover's collapse on live television probably did her in because the public was never given a legitimate follow-up about her health status.  On December 18, 19 and 21, just days after Tiffany Dover received her shot, CHI tried to perform damage control by tweeting that Tiffany Dover was okay, but nobody has seen or heard from her directly in nearly a year.

Cleveland Clinic Delays Ohio Man's Kidney Transplant Days Before Surgery Over Unvaccinated Donor.  A vaccinated Ohio man who is in dire need of a new kidney is having his surgery delayed due to the Cleveland Clinic's new policy requiring coronavirus vaccinations for organ transplant recipients and donors.  After more than a year of pain, tests, and finally finding a match, Mike Ganim was just days away from getting a new kidney before the Cleveland Clinic announced that patients on the transplant list — as well as living donors — are now required to be vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus, according to a report by News 5 Cleveland.

Cleveland Clinic joins Colorado Hospital and says it will stop performing organ transplants for unvaccinated people.  The Cleveland Clinic will no longer offer organ transplants to people unvaccinated against COVID-19 due to concerns patients could be at a high risk of contracting the virus.  The hospital says the reason for the policy change is the immunosuppressant drugs transplant recipients must take after receiving a new organ so their body does not reject it.  Unvaccinated people will also no longer be able to become a living organ donor over fears Covid may be able to transmit through the procedure.

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Which is more dangerous:  An organ transplant, or the flu?

Federal Judge Rules Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates Must Be Allowed.  A federal judge in New York ruled on Tuesday that religious exemptions for health care workers must be upheld in spite of the state's sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  Then-Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the mandate in August.  The governor's office said on Aug. 16 that "all healthcare workers in New York State, including staff at hospitals and long-term care facilities... including nursing homes, adult care, and other congregate care settings, will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Monday, September 27."

Large Canadian Town Bars Unvaccinated Couples From Getting Married.  After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Government imposed one of the most restrictive vaccine mandates in the developed world, one Canadian town has taken medical tyranny to the next level by refusing to grant marriage licenses to couples that aren't fully vaccinated.  The Town of Oakville, Ontario, a small city with more than 200,000 residents, will not allow a couple to apply for a marriage license unless they both show proof of full vaccination.

Airline Pilot Warns Biden's Mandate Will Create 'Massive Disruptions' of Shipping and Travel.  An airline pilot and activist for individual liberty told Fox News on Monday [10/11/2021] that situations such as mass flight cancelations will become more common if the Biden administration refuses to backdown from its hardline stance against coercing Americans to get vaccinated against COVID.  Speaking on "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Joshua Yoder, a commercial airline pilot and the co-founder of a group called U.S. Freedom Flyers, cautioned that events such as this past weekend's Southwest Arlines flight cancellations could soon be unavoidable.  The reason:  Yoder said the people who do skilled jobs, such as flying planes and driving trucks, will stand against President Joe Biden and their own employers.

Nurse Whistleblower Debunks Leftist Lie That Hospitals Are 'Out of Beds' Because of Unvaccinated Patients.  A former nurse who was reportedly fired after his religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine requirement was rejected has shed some rather harsh light on hysterical claims that ICU beds are at capacity because of all the sick unvaccinated people.  Speaking with LifeSiteNews, Brad McDowell, who was employed as an emergency room nurse at Valley Health Systems in Winchester, Virginia, explained that the "at capacity" status has less to do with unvaccinated patients and more to do with unvaccinated staffers that are being let go for their resistance to hospital, state and federal mandates.  "They can't open a bed that they don't have a nurse and a tech to staff," he explained in a video interview that was published over the weekend, after being asked by interviewer Jim Hale if the health care worker shortage supposedly caused by the pandemic is, in reality, a result of strict vaccine mandates that many health care professionals have refused to adhere to.

Italy's "Vaccine" Mandate Sparks Violent Protests.  Governments of the world are pushing this "vaccine" that isn't a vaccine hard enough that they are going to be the cause of their own demise.  Italy, which has one of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Earth is now erupting in violent protests over it.  All Italians will soon be required to show a coronavirus "Green Pass," proving either vaccination, recovery in the past six months, or a negative COVID-19 test from the past 48 hours to enter their workplaces, according to a report by CBS News.  Expect a similar reaction if the pressure continues on the population of the United States.  The national mandate will go into effect on October 15, which is Friday.  The Green Pass has been required in Italy since August for anyone wishing to dine indoors, use long-distance trains, or almost any form of leisure activity.  But the new restrictions go further than any other country in the world, and some workers face suspension without pay if they fail to comply.  "I consider this to be criminal and cowardly blackmail by our highest institutions," said Maria Ballarin, a retiree who joined the march.  "The popular revolution will not stop, with or without us, until the Green Pass is definitively withdrawn," one person said.  "Saturday was a watershed between the old and the new.  The people decided to raise the level of the clash."

Canadian ER Doctor Quits:  At Least 80% of Patients Are Double Vaxxed.  Dr. Rochagné Kilian, an ER doctor in Owen Sound, Ontario, resigned in protest of mandatory vaccines and the corruption of our health services.  Dr. Kilian came to public attention when the recording of the Grey Bruce hospital board was released.  In that recording, board president Gary Simms cannot provide any evidence whatsoever of his dire predictions of a 'tidal wave of pediatric Covid cases' which he says are coming this fall, while threatening Dr. Kilian when she spoke up for the truth.  Dr. Kilian has spoken out before regarding the growing corruption of our health care services and has shown leadership and integrity by resigning from her position.  "At least 80% of the ER patients in the past three months were double-vaxxed", says Dr. Kilian of her informal survey of patients entering the ER with serious medical issues.  "How many people are we going to kill if we keep following this narrative?"

Australia Building Quarantine Camps for 'Ongoing Operations'.  Despite some states tentatively beginning to lift lockdown restrictions, Australian authorities are building quarantine camps that won't be completed until next year in order to prepare for "ongoing operations" and to house those "who have not had access to vaccination."  According to ABC Australia, one such 1,000-bed quarantine facility at Wellcamp Airport outside Toowoomba will be fully completed by the end of March 2022.  "At this stage, the cabins will be used by domestic travellers returning from COVID hotspots," states the report.  However, it also makes clear that the camp will be used for "ongoing operations" and will be a source of employment for the local area.

Attorney: Entire Family Given COVID Vaccine Instead of Flu Shot, 2 Children Now Suffering Heart Issues.  Walgreens is having a rough time on the public relations front, as incidents keep arising where they are allegedly mixing up flu shots with coronavirus vaccines.  A family in Evansville, Indiana, said they were all given adult doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine instead of the flu shot on Oct. 4, WFIE-TV reported.  The family's two children are 4 and 5 years old, and the Pfizer vaccine has not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for their age group.

Attorney Says Denver Cop Coerced Into Getting COVID Vaccine Now Hospitalized with Stroke Symptoms.  After Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all city employees in August, Jose Manriquez, a seven-year veteran with the Denver Police Department and father of four, reluctantly received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Aug. 22.  That week, Manriquez told "Fox & Friends" co-host Ainsley Earhardt, he began experiencing body aches and pain in his legs.  The following week, the pain grew worse.  Driving home from work one evening, he said, he realized he could no longer feel his feet.  He told Earhardt he was unable to feel the gas pedal or the brake and had to call for help.

Lawmakers: CDC May Be Manipulating COVID Data, Underreporting Vaccine Side Effects by Factor of 5.  It has long been obvious that the so-called health "experts" have a political agenda when it comes to the coronavirus.  Two Republican state senators are now alleging statistical manipulation by two government health agencies.  According to The Epoch Times, Oregon state Sens. Kim Thatcher and Dennis Linthicum sent a letter to acting U.S. Attorney Scott E. Asphaug on Aug. 16 asking him to open a grand jury investigation into the reporting of coronavirus statistics by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FDA.

Sun Tsu and the Virus From Wuhan.  If the virus was deliberately seeded into this country, it is not the enemy — it's the weapon.  The enemy lay elsewhere.  If we are to be open-minded, we must consider that while China halted all travel and grounded all domestic air travel in February 2020 to contain the pandemic, it continued international flights unabated until March 27.  With less supporting evidence is the assertion of a high-ranking Chinese defector that the virus was intentionally released in October 2019 into the World Military Games in Wuhan.  Biological warfare is not new.  The most significant event occurred in 1346 in the Siege of Caffa, a Venetian port on the Black Sea.  Muslim forces catapulted plague-infected corpses into the fortified city to infect the population.  Fleeing by sea to Venice and Genoa, those who escaped carried the Black Death to Europe.

Nets ban Kyrie Irving from team until he's vaccinated.  Brooklyn has told Kyrie Irving he can't be a part-time Net.  The All-Star point guard has refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and the Nets announced Tuesday [10/12/2021] that he won't be part of the team until he does.  In essence, get vaxxed or get gone.  "Given the evolving nature of the situation and after thorough deliberation, we have decided Kyrie Irving will not play or practice with the team until he is eligible to be a full participant," Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks said in a statement Tuesday morning.

Southwest CEO says he's against vaccine mandates, blames Biden.  Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says he's against making his employees take the COVID-19 vaccine, but President Biden has forced his hand with the federal mandate.  "I've never been in favor of corporations imposing that kind of a mandate.  I'm not in favor of that, never have been," Kelly told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Tuesday [10/12/2021] regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.  Kelly said his employees "have very strong views on both sides" of the issue of vaccine mandates but they were being forced to take it given Biden's executive order.  "The executive order from President Biden mandates that all federal employees and then all federal contractors, which covers all the major airlines, have to have a mandate vaccine in place by Dec. 8 so we're working through that," Kelly said.

911 systems in danger of collapsing as first responder shortages further complicated by opposition to COVID vaccines.  For a year, Americans hailed their first responders — firefighters, police and EMS personnel — as well as frontline doctors, nurses and healthcare staff as they fought to keep us safe and healthy amid a fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic.  These people did their work like they always have:  Selflessly, bravely and, in the case of street personnel, for substandard pay... and all without a COVID vaccine.  Now that vaccines are available, however, not all of these first responders are keen to get the jab.  They have varied reasons for not wanting to do so; some have religious objections, while others are not heavy into injecting a substance into their bodies that until about 15 minutes ago was still experimental.  Others say they don't need a COVID-19 vaccine because they have had the virus and they now have natural immunity.

'Fauci' Documentary Is Getting Rough Reviews From Rotten Tomatoes Users.  National Geographic's new documentary "Fauci," released on Disney Plus Oct. 6, has inspired numerous Rotten Tomatoes users to write scathing reviews of the film that covers White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci.  So far, over 250 users have gone out of their way to critique the documentary on Rotten Tomatoes, resulting in an "audience score" of 4% at the time of publication.  "Audience scores" began appearing on the website on Oct. 11, even though the theatrical release for "Fauci" landed on Sept. 10 and Oct. 6 for streaming on Disney Plus.  According to Rotten Tomatoes' FAQ, "the Audience Score becomes available after the theatrical release date for a film.  Only after that will users be able to leave an audience review or rating for that film."

'Straight Up Propaganda': Audience Reviews Chastise Fauci Documentary.  There is a reason why I look at audience reviews more than critic reviews for movies and TV shows. [...] One person reviewed Fauci on Rotten Tomatoes.  Justin B. wrote:  ["]While the film had some interesting back story regarding Fauci's career and family history, as a documentary it is severely lacking.  While it is a challenge to give a truly analytical and unbiased assessment, the producers here don't even try.  They have some background noise of people saying mean things about Fauci and then make clear those are unfair and go about interviewing only people who fawn all over him.  There are no interviews of anyone who question the quality of the job he has done.  There is no real assessment of the quality his tenure during the pandemic.["]  I see people saying no one can leave a review for the movie.  I logged into Rotten Tomatoes and could leave a review if I wanted to write one.  I refuse to watch it.

3,741 New Breakthrough Cases in Mass., 46 More Deaths in Vaccinated People.  Massachusetts health officials on Tuesday [10/5/2021] reported nearly 4,000 new breakthrough cases over the past week, and 46 more deaths.  In the last week, 3,741 new breakthrough cases — infections in people who have been vaccinated — were reported, with 125 more vaccinated people hospitalized, Massachusetts Department of Public Health officials said Tuesday.  Their report brings the total number of breakthrough cases to 40,464, and the death toll among people with breakthrough infections to 300.

Staff shortages lead to 'unprecedented' disruptions for Washington State Ferries.  At the Anacortes Ferry Terminal on Saturday [10/9/2021], the ferry M/V Samish sat at the dock.  Though cars were lined up waiting to go to the San Juan Islands, the ferry did not sail.  The Samish, one of three vessels serving the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route, was taken out of service Saturday and Sunday due to the lack of a crew, leaving the route with just two boats.  Other ferry routes in the region were also operating with fewer vessels due to crew shortages, resulting in dozens of canceled sailings.  On Friday, Washington State Ferries canceled 150 sailings.

Timeline of The Great Reset, Remaking the World Into a 1984 Dystopia.  There is an excellent timeline of The Great Reset at The Sociables.  It's very informative, complete with videos and links.  The following is simply a brief overview of the timeline.  It is worthwhile to look at the full article which traces it from The Great Reset's foundation in 2014 on, until its present incarnation.  It's 2014 and a technocrat Nazi has an idea for a great reset of the world economy.  It will work if the entire planet is in on it, Tim Hinchliffe, editor of The Sociables writes.  A pandemic could make it happen.  "The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect, reimagine, and reset our world to create a healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous future," Klaus Schwab, President of the World Economic Forum (WEF) said.  It took Schwab and the Davos elite about six years to watch their great reset ideology grow from a tiny Swiss seed in 2014 to a European super-flower pollinating the entire globe in 2020.

mRNA Vaccine Inventor 'Blocked' From Reading New England Journal of Medicine.  Dr Robert Malone, the inventor of mRNA vaccines and RNA as a drug, has apparently been banned from reading the New England Journal of Medicine after they decided to manually block his IP address in a stunningly "petty act."  "This is fascinating.  I am apparently no longer allowed to read the New England Journal of Medicine," Dr Malone said Thursday [10/7/2021] on Twitter.  "They have blocked my internet protocol address."  Malone said he's aware of how to get around IP blocks "but what is fascinating is that the NEJM would even take the trouble to do this petty act."

Texas governor bans Covid-19 vaccine mandates by any employer in state.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued an executive order banning all state entities, including private employers, from enforcing vaccine mandates, the latest escalation in the Republican's resistance to public health measures during the Covid-19 pandemic.  The order states that "no entity in Texas" can enforce vaccination against anyone in the state who objects "for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19," according to a news release from the governor's office.

It's Not Just Southwest Airlines — Air Traffic Controllers in Jacksonville Reportedly Walked Out Friday Night Protesting Mandatory COVID Vaccinations Too.  Big Media blacked out the news on Friday night that hundreds of flights out of Jacksonville were cancelled due to walkouts in response to vaccine mandates.  We've reported already on the Southwest Airlines flights canceled this weekend.  In addition, according to one source air traffic controllers staged a walkout in Jacksonville in response to the vaccine mandate being forced on them.

Greg Abbott Defies Joe Biden and Throws Southwest Airlines a Lifeline.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has made another move against nonsensical COVID policies.  Today, he signed an executive order banning vaccine mandates by any entity in the state.  This would hit corporations that have begun to follow federal guidelines to mandate vaccines for all their employees.  And though an official rule from OSHA has yet to materialize as threatened, Abbott's move is in direct defiance of Joe Biden.

Vaccine Mandates Awaken Calls for Freedom.  A specter is haunting America — the specter of freedom.  How else to explain the weekly chants from hundreds of thousands of sports fans, packing into football stadiums and other large venues the way real American used to do in the days Before Fauci, chanting an obscene suggestion to the current resident of the White House.  Eleven months ago, gas prices were low, and the United States was energy independent.  Unemployment was also low, and minorities had never fared better in the job market.  The southern border was relatively secure, the useless war in Afghanistan was bumping along, enriching the Pentagon but not troubling anybody overmuch, and the future looked bright.  Then came the highly questionable election of 2020, one rendered nearly meaningless by last-minute, COVID-driven, illegal changes in state election laws that made a mockery of our democratic traditions and procedures in the name of a chimerical "safety" from a form of the flu.  And presto — Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., who'd been in Washington for more than half a century, was suddenly president of the United States.

Gov. Greg Abbott bans vaccine mandates by any 'entity' in Texas.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law.  The move comes as the Biden administration is set to issue rules requiring employers with more than 100 workers to be vaccinated or test weekly for the coronavirus.  Several major companies, including Texas-based American Airlines and Southwest Airlines, have said they would abide by the federal mandate.  "No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19," Abbott wrote in his order.

Texas Governor Issues Executive Order Banning Vaccine Mandates by Any Entity.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Oct. 11 issued an executive order that bans vaccine mandates by any entity in the state, including private employers.  "The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced," Abbott said in a statement upon issuing the order.  The executive order states, "No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, based on a religious belief, or for medical reasons, including prior recovery from COVID-19."  "I hereby suspend all relevant statutes to the extent necessary to enforce this prohibition," Abbott wrote in the order.

Governor Greg Abbott bans COVID vaccine mandates for private businesses.  Texas Governor Greg Abbott is clamping down all the way.  The newest executive order from his office stipulates that vaccine mandates are not allowed anywhere in Texas from both a public and private entity standpoint.  It's indicated this is being done because the Governor believes these vaccination mandates are causing more of a disruption to the state than the pandemic itself at this point.  [Tweet] [...] It's the latest in a series of executive orders.  What's different about this one is that the executive order at the end of August banned vaccine mandates for government entities.  This newest one states this was necessary in response to the sweeping vaccine mandate announced by the Biden administration for workplaces in early September.  Governor Abbott also added the item to the Third Special Session agenda for the state legislature, and says the "executive order will be rescinded upon the passage of such legislation."

The Head Of The CDC In Maine Is Asked About Vaccine Deaths Being 60% Of COVID Deaths In The State, Things Get Uncomfortable.  During courtroom legal testimony, TrialSite advisory committee member Dr. Peter McCullough reports that the adverse event death rate in the state of Maine indicates considerable cause for concern.  An inordinate amount of deaths, 661 within 28 days after vaccination, suggests a distinct possible link, although, of course, this isn't prima facie proof that the deaths are caused by the COVID-19 vaccines.  The VAERS death rate is 7 times the rate of Maine's average monthly Covid death rate.  During the entire year of 2020, Maine reported 1,070 Covid deaths.  [Video clip]

Falls Church could see school bus double runs, delays due to driver shortages.  Falls Church City Public Schools in Virginia is alerting parents that some school bus routes could be delayed because of double runs starting Tuesday.  The problem is driver shortages.  The announcement comes as many school districts in the D.C. region are experiencing similar issues. [...] Elsewhere, in Calvert County, Maryland, drivers planned to "call out sick" Monday to draw attention to what they described as "challenges with pay and benefits."  And in Anne Arundel County, drivers last week executed a two-day strike to express similar concerns.

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Bias alert:  The article above made no mention of vaccine mandates as a possible cause of the driver shortage.

First Southwest Cancellations, Are American and Amtrak Next?  We saw a huge problem with Southwest Airlines this weekend, with over 800 flights canceled on Saturday and a thousand more on Sunday.  As we reported, the initial claims as to the problem were utter nonsense — "bad weather" — while other carriers weren't having that significant an issue.  Southwest canceled 28% of its schedule, according to ABC.  The sheer scale of the cancellations showed there were obviously internal issues. [...] On top of that, now there are questions being raised about Amtrak after two trains were cancelled by them as well for "unforeseen crew issues."  [Tweet]  Now, because they're not explaining what's going on there, we don't know what the rationale is behind those cancelations but the "unforeseen crew issues" are causing a lot of people to conclude that it's related to vaccine mandate issues as well.

Amtrak Train Crews Allegedly Joins The Walkout Started By Air Traffic Controllers And Southwest Pilots — MSM Ignores The Walkout.  Amtrak announced it will require nearly all of its 18,000 employees be fully Vaccinated by Nov. 22.  Multiple sources are reporting that train crews have now joined the protest started by Air Traffic Controllers and Southwest pilots and employees.  [Tweets]  Rumors that American Airlines pilots are next.  [Tweets]  Southwest Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights on Sunday as employees continue to react to the company's decision to impose vaccine mandates.  Earlier this week, employees learned they would be required to be vaccinated by December 8 or face termination.  Reports circulating on social media suggest disgruntled employees responded to the mandate with a #sickout.

A Southwest Airlines pilot explains why you will not hear anything about vaccine mandates from his union.  Essentially, the union cannot organize or even acknowledge the sickout, because doing so would make it an illegal job action.  Years ago, Southwest and its pilots had a rough negotiation, and the union would not even let the pilots internally discuss the possibility of working-to-rule (which would have slowed Southwest to a crawl).  But at the moment the pilots don't even have to talk to each other about what they're doing.  The anger internally — not just among pilots but other Southwest workers — is enormous.  The tough prior negotiations notwithstanding, Southwest has a history of decent labor relations, and workers believe the company should stand up for them against the mandate.  Telling pilots in particular to comply or face termination has backfired.

17 Year Old Hockey Player Dies Shortly After Being Vaccinated, Was Not Allowed To Play Without It.  A 17-year-old boy has died shortly after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.  Sean Hartman, a student at Banting Memorial high school, got the shot in September.  He immediately suffered multiple health problems.  He unexpectedly passed away at home on September 27th according to his GoFundMe page.  He died as a result of a heart attack according to this Twitter user.  Sean got the vaccine so that he could play hockey in an arena where the vaccine is mandated.  [Video clip]

If This Is True...  Remember folks that doctors have been threatened with loss of their medical licenses for writing prescriptions and chain pharmacies, which are most of them, have in many cases refused to fill said prescriptions.  The entire reason people have gone out and bought "pony paste" is that they can't go to the local doc-in-a-box and get a script for Ivermectin.  Incidentally I trust animal meds in this sort of context far more than human ones.  Go kill someone's tens-of-millions of dollar racehorse and see how long you live. [...] Do I believe Ivermectin is the entire answer?  No.  It wasn't for me, and I used it when I got Covid in early August.  But was it part of the answer?  I believe it was.  It certainly didn't kill me and on the data it is about 100 times safer than Tylenol.  We have 40 years of data on its safety and it has a risk of seriously harming you of about 1 in 600,000.

Fauci: No vaccine mandates on domestic flights for now, but everything 'on the table'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci says he does not expect a vaccine mandate for Americans flying domestically in the near future.  "It's always discussable.  We always wind up discussing it," Fauci said Sunday on CNN's State of the Union.  However, he continued, "I don't see that immediately."  Fauci first floated the idea of vaccine requirements for domestic flights last month during an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, and has since said he would support the idea during various media interviews.  But he sounded a slightly different tune over the weekend.  "I don't want to say support or not.  I think it's a decision that's made by input from a number of parts of the government, including public health," he said.

New South Wales Australia Officially Celebrates Their First Day of Apartheid with The Introduction of Two Classes of Citizens.  According to almost all Australian media today [10/10/2021] the birds are singing louder, the sun is warmer, the skies have parted and angelic music resounds from the heavens and proclaims — "Freedom Day is here".  Yes, after months of government mandated, police enforced, hibernation and strict COVID isolation, millions of formerly free citizens can open their windows and doors for the first time.  However, they step out of their homes while crossing a new threshold that can never be reversed.  They enter a new era of apartheid, as only vaccinated individuals are permitted to engage in this "Freedom Day" society.  Every venue in New South Wales is under strict legal mandate and government forced compliance to ban all non-vaccinated persons from their facilities.

Ivermectin .vs. Covid In A Poor, High-Density State.  Uttar Pradesh, India — 33 districts in that state have been declared "Covid-free."  Well, ok, not that entirely the entire state is Covid free, but close enough.  241 million people, 199 active cases.  The positive test rate is currently 0.01%.  In other words, statistically zero.  Why?  It's not vaccination; statistically-speaking none of their people have been vaccinated while, according to JAMA's study approximately 62% of the population of the US showed vaccine-generated antibodies as of May.  I bet you can figure out how they did it and it will only require one word too.  If you're having trouble, well, read here because it's fully explained and that one word is not vaccines.  Tell me again why hospitals, doctors and so-called "public health experts" still have a microphone to use; as I advocated many, many months ago and, based on the evidence, expected would work Utter Pradesh has cut off forward transmission of the virus with a cheap and safe drug.  No transmission, no epidemic.  Period.  It's that simple.

Double-jabbed Brits suffering 'worst colds ever' could have Covid without realising.  Brits suffering from miserable colds could actually be enduring breakthrough cases of Covid-19 without realising, potentially allowing the virus to continue to spread.  Over the past few weeks hundreds of thousands of people have been struck down by the fierce return of the common cold. [...] It may be that those currently in the grips of the familiar symptoms are not actually suffering from a cold, but Covid-19.  Research from the ZOE Covid App in the UK shows that the top five symptoms for those who have had both coronavirus vaccines but still contract the virus are a headache, a runny nose, sneezing, a sore throat and loss of smell.

Lawmakers seek federal grand jury investigation for COVID-19 statistical manipulation.  The CDC adopted a "double-standard exclusively for COVID-19 data collection" that inflated cases and deaths starting early in the pandemic, violating multiple federal laws and distorting mitigation policies, Oregon lawmakers told the feds' top lawyer in the state.  Advised by "a large team of world-renowned doctors, epidemiologists, virologists, and attorneys," state Senators Kim Thatcher and Dennis Linthicum petitioned U.S. Attorney Scott Asphaug to approve a grand jury investigation into how the pandemic is being measured.  "Public health policy must be based upon accurate and independently verifiable data to optimize outcomes and strengthen the public's trust in the people leading them through this crisis," the Republican lawmakers, whose state has imposed some of the harshest and longest COVID restrictions, wrote in a letter with several attached exhibits.

Court halts mandatory COVID shots for college athletes.  A federal appellate court has ruled in favor of 16 college athletes who challenged Western Michigan University's coronavirus vaccine mandate.  A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit unanimously sided Thursday with the students, upholding a district court ruling enjoining school officials from forcing the athletes to get vaccinated.  The students had sued, claiming that the school denied or did not review their request for religious exemptions from the vaccine requirement.

NYC's Unvaccinated Teachers Need to Waive Right to Sue For 1 Year of Health Benefits.  Aside from being put on unpaid leave, New York City teachers who've declined to get the COVID-19 vaccine won't be allowed to keep their health benefits for another year unless they give up their right to sue the city over its vaccine mandate.  This condition was the result of an arbitration invoked by the city's largest teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT).  The union touted the arbitration verdict as a victory that forced the city to acknowledge medical and religious exemptions to the vaccination.  It also allowed the teachers to take a year of unpaid leave with continued health care coverage or voluntarily resign with unused sick days paid out and a year of continued health insurance.

National Political Propagandist Anthony Fauci Expresses His Sadness as COVID Cases Drop Rapidly.  Positive COVID-19 cases have plummeted nationally.  Symptomatic cases as well severe illness, hospitalizations and death have also collapsed.  Given the scientific discussion surrounding variant strength and transmissibility, my own belief is that the number of non-vaccinated Americans has stabilized; and the hardcore unvaxxed group, with strong natural antibody immunity — or strong immune systems writ large, is now defeating virus pop-ups in significant enough population scale/strength to drop the infection rate.  However, as the infection rate declines, and the number of severe illness cases drops dramatically, Dr. Anthony Fauci is reduced to the position of a hammer looking for a nation of diminishing nails.  Fauci appears very sad today [10/10/2021] on CNN, as the little shred of his expertise that remains is increasingly useless.

Indiana Walgreens "Accidentally" Gives Pfizer COVID Jabs To 4 and 5 Yr Old Siblings.  4 and 5-yr-old siblings went to an Indiana Walgreens so the kids could get a flu shot.  What happened next is truly a nightmare.  According to the family attorney, both children were accidentally given adult doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccination.  WFIE reported that Alexandra and Joshua Price say it happened on October 4 at the Walgreens on St. Joseph Avenue.  Action 5 News reports — The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is only approved for people ages 12 and older.  However, the companies are seeking approval for use in children ages 5 to 11 with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

New Jersey Teacher Says Her Stomach Was 'Churning' Following Union Demand To Log Students' Vaccination Status.  Jennifer Mess, a New Jersey public school teacher, said Sunday on 'Fox & Friends Weekend' that her stomach was "churning" after watching a teachers union training video enticing her and her colleagues to log the vaccination status of students and parents into a progressive app.  The video, produced by the vaccine equity nonprofit Made to Save as well as the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Educators Association (NEA), reportedly instructs teachers to upload their conversations with students and parents into the campaign app Reach, in exchange for rewards like gift cards.  Mess, a drama teacher for the Middletown Township Public Schools, argued that the training talked them through scenes where they would be "manipulating parents and students and as educators," saying the instructions were "completely against what we do."

Gottlieb says it's 'certainly reasonable' to see kids 5-11 fully vaxxed around Thanksgiving.  The former head of the FDA said Sunday that it is "certainly reasonable" to expect to start seeing children ages 5 to 11 fully vaccinated around Thanksgiving.  In an interview with CBS's "Face the Nation," Dr. Scott Gottlieb — who now serves on vaccine-maker Pfizer's board of directors — was asked whether it is possible that kids in the age group could receive both COVID-19 shots by around the end of the month if the Food and Drug Administration approves the company's vaccine for them.  "I think that's certainly reasonable in terms of when this would be available," Gottlieb said.  Gottlieb pointed out that the FDA's advisory committee is meeting Oct. 26 to discuss whether to grant emergency-use authorization to the vaccine for younger children.

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To me, it's obvious that "emergency-use authorization" is not necessary, because there is no emergency.  There never was an emergency.  A new version of the flu came around, and governments all over the world — seeing a rare chance to seize power — went crazy over it.  It turned into a human rights crisis, not a medical crisis.

Custom Officials Seize Small Packages of Lifesaving Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine in Chicago While Record Amounts of Fentanyl Continue to Flow.  Customs and Border officials captured two small packages of Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine at Chicago's O'Hare Airport recently.  The two drugs would not have raised an eyebrow before the COVID pandemic.  But since the Democrats and media politicized the completely safe, inexpensive and effective medications the Customs agents are on the lookout for these cheap drugs.  The agents captured packages of 100 Ivermectin pills, 32 Ivermectin pills and 40 hydroxychloroquine pills.  Meanwhile Mexican cartels continue to smuggle record amounts of fentanyl into the country this year.

Hospital uses photo of vaccine-fired nurse to recruit for her replacement.  Besides and in addition to any question of legality of the actions, there's no doubt many Americans feel corporations are abusing their workers if they fire them for failing to comply with COVID-19 mandates.  But one health-care company, Asante, based in southern Oregon, is being trashed online for firing one such worker, and then using her own image in an advertisement seeking a replacement for her.

Watch As 16 Year Old Girl Is Arrested For Not Wearing a Mask In High School, Entire School Is Locked Down.  A 16-year-old high school student was arrested Thursday over a mask dispute, forcing the school into lockdown for over an hour.  Grace Smith, a student at Laramie High School, was suspended from school for six days via three separate two-day suspensions, she claimed in an interview with Wyoming Sen. Anthony Bouchard about her arrest.  She also allegedly received $1,000 in trespassing fines for refusing to leave school grounds.  "It makes me angry," Smith said.  "It makes me feel unwanted by the school system.  It makes me stressed out that I have to fight this battle as a 16-year-old.  Right now, I should be playing sports and having fun.  And instead, I'm fighting for the rights that were supposed to be won hundreds of years ago."  [Video clip]

16-Year-Old Wyoming Student Arrested for Not Wearing Mask, Entire School Placed on Lockdown.  A 16-year-old student in Wyoming was arrested and the entire school was placed on lockdown — all because she refused to wear a mask.  Grace Smith, 16, had already been suspended twice from Laramie High School in Wyoming for refusing to wear masks in class.  As the brave student attempted to go to class unmuzzled once again, she was met with police and given a $500 citation.  When she was told to leave the school, she refused to comply.  At that point, she was handcuffed and arrested.  As the situation unfolded, an announcement over the loudspeaker said that "we are in a lockdown, please stay in your rooms."

Wyoming teenager arrested after refusing to wear mask on school grounds, family says.  A 16-year-old girl in Wyoming was arrested Thursday [10/7/2021] at her school after she refused to wear a mask on school grounds, she and her father said.  Grace Smith, a junior at Laramie High School, told state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, in an interview posted online, that police placed her in handcuffs for trespassing after she was suspended for not following the school's mask mandate and refused to leave school grounds.

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A Few Steps More Toward Authoritarianism.  The citizen owns the right to absolute freedom of expression without fear of repercussions.  The citizen owns the right to protests without fear of repercussions especially if they witness their values or morals being trampled upon.  The citizen owns the right to decide what to consume, which includes medicine or vaccines.  The citizen owns the right to privacy in matters pertaining to health, finance, and personal activities.  The citizen owns the right to move freely in public places.  The state cannot revoke what it does not own and this categorically applies to the freedoms and rights of a citizen. [...] The state knows that cannot crush this citizen with brute force, that would just be too obvious and raise alarm.  The state is hence, perennially on the lookout for situations or crises to use or misuse such that they can gradually encroach upon the rights of citizens.  The COVID-19 pandemic was a gift from heaven for the state.  COVID-19 was used or misused to alter the manner in which a presidential election was conducted and left ample scope for fraud.  This has resulted in many citizens no longer trusting the outcomes of elections.  COVID-19 was also used to force citizens to take vaccines irrespective of their personal desires.  COVID-19 was also used to restrict movements in public places and mandate masks.  A large section of citizens has been conditioned into think that all of these draconian measures imposed by the domineering state are for their well-being so they gladly comply with folded hands.

Why Is the COVID Case Count So High?  It's a classic "one hand washes the other scenario" between outside labs and hospitals.  "If you give me more positive results, I get more money, so I'll send more tests to you."  My hospital's Medical Staff President flatly denied any CARES Act benefits at our 2020 Medical Staff Extravaganza, but the incentives can't be denied.  My hospital still sends "coders" out to demand that staff order COVID tests to get more payments.  Put bluntly, there's no way to know what any test means medically if the patient isn't sick.  But "positives" definitely mean money!  MIQE standards list eighty-five parameters that must be met in RT-PCR testing.  Does every lab meet them all every time?  Around the world, celebrities who test "positive" one day and "negative" the next strongly suggest that a lot of mistakes are being made.  This is unsurprising since as early as 2017, the technique was well known for "lack of reproducibility."  The inventor of the test stated that RT-PCR was never intended to be a diagnostic test and using it as one was scientifically illegitimate. "[It's] like trying to say whether somebody has bad breath by looking at his fingerprint."

Southwest Airlines forced to cancel 1800+ weekend flights one day after pilots' union filed for a restraining order on vaccine mandate.  It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure out that pilots at Southwest Airlines are protesting their company's move to require Covid vaccinations, even though the company and their own union denies it.  Over the past weekend, Southwest was forced to cancel over 1800 flights:  ["]The Dallas-based carrier canceled over 1,000 flights Sunday and 808 flights Saturday equivalent to 27 percent of its entire schedule for the day, over the Columbus Day holiday weekend.["]  Prior to the arrival of Covid, Southwest was the largest carrier of passengers in the United States.  I don't know if that is still the case because the pace of recovery of airline operations has been uneven.  But undeniably, Southwest is a major presence in domestic air travel.

Conspiracy or greed?  That's the big question.  At this point, my view of COVID has boiled down to two questions:  Is this a conspiracy of the global elites to decimate the population of the world, or is the vaccination drive and all the accompanying obfuscation of the havoc it's causing simply evil greed on the part of the vaccine manufacturers, and others with a financial stake in the jabs?  And, in the long-term, will the dire predictions come true?  I can only pray they won't.  Time will tell.  I wonder who would do the things we are doing if it isn't a conspiracy of some sort?  Now we're jabbing innocent children, who rarely die from COVID, with a biologic known to cause serious heart ailments, even death, in youth.  This cannot be forgiven yet, in my town, families are lining their teens up to take the shots.

Approving vaccines for children is not a cause for celebration.  On Thursday, October 7, 2021, Pfizer asked the FDA to approve COVID vaccinations for children ages 5-11.  If it gets that approval, vaccinations for young children could start in less than a month.  Looking at the evidence objectively, it's hard to justify doing this.  Still, there are parents who believe such vaccinations will give families their lives back.  Children will be able to take off masks, participate in sports, visit elderly friends and relatives.  All it will take to restore the world to normal is two little jabs of an experimental mRNA therapy, dubbed a vaccine, and tested for less than a year.  What could go wrong?  Two of the things that could go wrong are myocarditis and pericarditis, two conditions in which the heart becomes inflamed.  These illnesses have not been definitively linked to the mRNA vaccines.  However, they emerged in young people in the United States and Israel after the Pfizer vaccine rollout and no other cause has been suggested for the sudden appearance of these conditions.

World Renowned Psychiatrist: 'Global Predators' Fauci, Gates, and Schwab Behind the COVID 'Reign of Terror'.  A world-renowned psychiatrist says an evil cabal of powerful elites, including National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, tech billionaire Bill Gates, and World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab, created the COVID pandemic to push the deadly vaccines on an unsuspecting public, and usher in a "new world order."  Dr. Peter Breggin argues in a new book that the U.S. government began its vaccine rollout by enticing people to get the experimental shot using various bribes, then moved on to forcing the injections on unwilling people by threatening their employment, imposing higher health insurance rates, making it more difficult for them to travel, and even denying them health care.  Breggin, 85, says we are in the midst of worldwide propaganda campaign designed to make people feel helpless, docile, and obedient.  He laid out in detail what his extensive research into the pandemic has uncovered during an interview on Dr. Joseph Mercola's podcast, last month.  According to Breggin, "we are being oppressed by evil people" who are working toward a worldwide totalitarian regime.

Letter to a Colluder:  Stop Enabling Tyranny.  I'm willing to die to defend my liberty.  Are you willing to die to take my liberty?  No?  Good.  Then stop enforcing totalitarian measures against your neighbors on behalf of the tyrants, who wouldn't hesitate to annihilate you.  Stop planning, directing, supervising, controlling, and performing their dirty work.  Become part of the resistance instead of an enabler of democidal despots.  Whether you are a law enforcement officer, public health official, psychologist, scientist, medical professional, educator, employer, censor, propagandist, or any other agent of complicity in this war against the people, you are what makes dictatorships possible.  You are what makes enslavement possible.  You are what makes genocide possible.  You are what makes the Biggest Lie in history possible.

COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Plummet in Southern US, Rise in Northern States.  COVID-19 metrics in southern states like Florida have plummeted in recent weeks while rising in many northern states, including heavily vaccinated ones.  Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mississippi, for instance, have plunged some 95 percent from the peak of 5,018 on Aug. 19 to just 268 on Oct. 7.  COVID-19 related hospitalizations in the state, one of the worst-hit in the nation, dropped from 1,667 on Aug. 19 to 403 on Thursday.  Similar drops have been recorded in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, and Texas.  At the same time, metrics have been rising in many northern states, including those in New England.

Reports: Mass Flight Cancellations After Federal Workers Protest Biden's Vaccine Mandate.  Thousands of people experienced flight cancellations and delays out of Jacksonville International Airport this weekend after a number of federal workers reportedly staged a sickout in protest of President Joe Biden's Wuhan coronavirus vaccine mandate.  [Numerous tweets]  But the Federal Aviation Administration is denying the reports of a vaccine mandate protest, while also admitting limited staffing was "unexpected." [...] Meanwhile, a number of Southwest pilots are working to block the [vaccination] mandate and have filed a lawsuit against the airline.

Southwest Airlines' Reputation Crumbles After Fallout From COVID Policies.  Yesterday [10/9/2021], mass chaos ensued for Southwest Airlines, with thousands of flights being canceled across the country.  Passengers were left scrambling as refunds were denied and nonsensical excuses were presented.  The official story was that ATC "issues" and bad weather caused the meltdown, which hit Jacksonville, FL especially hard.  That rippled through flights elsewhere as planes were not able to make their connecting legs.  One look at the radar and airport delays, though, shows there was absolutely nothing weather-related anywhere in the country (where Southwest Airlines operates) that caused this, much less in sunny Jacksonville.  Rather, it was some mix of an air traffic controller and pilot shortage due to pointless vaccine mandates driving the cancellations.  That's made obvious by the fact that other major US airlines saw cancellation rates over 10x lower during the same period.

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It's bad enough to be stuck in an airport somewhere, but it's far more aggravating if the delay is due to a completely avoidable problem.  And by that, I mean the vaccine mandate.  It is entirely unnecessary, an affront to personal freedom.  And the vaccine itself has been shown to be lethal in many cases.

2 Very Young Children Were 'Accidentally' Given COVID Vaccine Instead Of Flu Shot, Now Have Heart Issues.  An Evansville family and their attorney says they were accidentally given full adult doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine instead of flu shots.  They say it happened October 4, at the Walgreens on St. Joseph Avenue.  The family of four includes two adults and two children who are just five and four years old.  The Pfizer vaccine isn't approved for children that young.  They are seeking approval for children ages five to 11, but the dosage would be one third that of the adult dose.  Pfizer has not asked permission to vaccinate children age four or younger.  The family's attorney, Daniel Tuley, shared with us what he says are the vaccination cards given to the family by Walgreens.  They show children born in 2016 and 2017 were given a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.  [Video clip]

Los Angeles County sheriff won't enforce vaccine mandate.  The Los Angeles County sheriff says he will not enforce the county's vaccine mandate in his agency.  Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who oversees the largest sheriff's department in the country with roughly 18,000 employees, said Thursday in a Facebook Live event that he does not plan to carry out the county's mandate, under which Los Angeles County employees had to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1.

LA County Sheriff Won't Enforce Vaccine Mandate at His Department.  Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said that he will not be requiring his employees to adhere to the county's COVID-19 vaccine mandate due to concerns that he could lose a significant number of his workforce.  The mandate, issued by executive order in August, requires all Los Angeles County employees to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1 but allows religious and medical exemptions.  Villanueva, who oversees the largest sheriff's department in the county with approximately 18,000 employees, said Thursday in a Facebook Live event that his workforce is willing to be terminated if it means that they do not have to get the vaccine.  "I don't want to be in a position to lose 5, 10 percent of my workforce overnight on a vaccine mandate," he said.

Report, 100 to 200 Congressional Reps and Staff Were Treated with Ivermectin Protocol From Front Line COVID Critical Care Doctors.  According to Dr Pierre Kory, MD, MPA, and verified by the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC), 100 to 200 congressional reps and/or staff and families who contracted COVID-19 were treated with the Front Line Ivermectin protocol. [...] This successful treatment is happening at the same time many congressional representatives are playing politics in favor of the vaccine; downplaying the effective anti-viral treatment and therapeutic approach with Ivermectin; and taking action to block regular American citizens from seeking similar treatment with Ivermectin.  Congress can seek treatment with a medication they simultaneously deny to others?  This is well beyond a "scandal", and needs to be investigated quickly.

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Investigated by whom?  Who's going to investigate widespread misbehavior in the U.S. Congress?  Is the Senate going to impeach the House of Representatives?

Senior Victoria Police Official Resign During Interviews, [because of the way] Police Are Made To Treat Citizens.  Acting Senior Sergeant Krystle Mitchell is facing an investigation by Victoria Police's professional standards command after she quit the force over the state's stringent COVID-19 directions.  The policewoman sensationally resigned from the Victoria Police after appearing on an independent media show The Discernible Interviews on Friday night.  She told the show Victoria Police was no longer independent from the Andrews government and requirements for police to enforce harsh new directions had "troubled" her greatly.  [Video clip]

New Law In Italy States You Can Not Work AT ALL Without Vaccination Or Constant Testing, The People Lost Their Minds At Protests Yesterday.  A protest against Italy's 'Green Pass' turned violent in the center of Rome on Saturday evening, with police responding to clashes with tear gas and water cannon.  The demonstration was organized in protest over an imminent requirement for workers in Italy to have the Green Pass certificate which shows that people have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from covid-19.  [Video clip]

Vermont Boasts Highest Rates of Injection and Infection.  The layers of COVID fog are starting to clear, as reality eclipses the fantastic lies of the government and medical establishment.  Initially, Americans were told that natural immunity from COVID-19 was "unlikely" for those already infected.  Now, it turns out it is the vaccines that wane — 76% of Vermont COVID-19 fatalities from breakthrough infections are "among the first vaccinated."  It appears the shots don't last: "[a]ntibody levels generated by two shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can undergo up to a 10-fold decrease seven months following the second vaccination, research suggests."  But meanwhile, "[t]he immune systems of the vast majority of people who have been infected with the CCP virus will continue to carry antibodies against the virus for at least 12 months, according to a peer-reviewed study accepted by the European Journal of Immunology on Sept. 24."

Covid passport protesters hit Europe:  Thousands take to the streets in Basel and Rome to demand scrapping of restrictions.  Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in European cities to protest against Covid-19 vaccines and other regulations.  Protesters gathered in Rome to protest against Covid-19 vaccine passports but were blasted with water cannons as they clashed with police officers during the 'No Green Pass' on Saturday [10/9/2021].  Elsewhere, demonstrators gathered in Basel, Switzerland, to protest against the Covid-19 vaccine and civil restrictions after the Government made it mandatory to have a Covid certificate for vaccination or negative test to enter some public places.

Corporate-controlled media attacks Merck's ivermectin rip-off drug for competing against the almighty "vaccines".  There is a serious problem with the Cult of the Vaccine in this country, which is directly interfering with the ability of people to access anything other than pharmaceutical injections when it comes to protecting their health.  In the case of the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19), the mainstream media is now fighting against Merck & Co., which is trying to release a rip-off of ivermectin that supposedly works as an early treatment remedy for those who develop symptoms.  While initially supportive of the drug, the corporate-controlled media machine has suddenly changed its tune and is now trying to steer the public away from anything other than the Chinese Virus injections.

871 Firefighters File Intent to Sue Over LA City's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate.  Hundreds of firefighters in Los Angeles have filed a notice of intent to sue the city over its public employee vaccine mandate.  The notice, filed on Oct. 7, said that the 871 firefighters is seeking $2.5 million each in damages.  "The claims will be filed in Superior Court as an unlimited civil case pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure," Kevin McBride, attorney for the firefighters, wrote in the notice.  The L.A. city council in August issued an ordinance requiring all city employees to have had a second dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine, or a dose of the single-dose COVID19 vaccine by Oct. 5, unless they have a medical or religious exemption.

Hundreds of police officers and health workers in Australia opt to resign rather than take COVID-19 vaccines.  Across the globe, governments have tried many measures to curb the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).  Some insist on vaccine mandates that continue to encroach on every citizen's right to health freedom.  On Oct. 6, local media reported that health workers from New South Wales (NSW) and police officers in Queensland have resigned because of coronavirus vaccine mandates.  An estimated 136 health workers in NSW and an unknown number of police officers in Queensland have quit their jobs due to vaccine mandates on the their workplace.

What is it about healthcare workers refusing the vaccine that the administration fails to grasp?  Thanks to Joe Biden's absurd push for vaccine mandates, workers throughout the nation are being fired — as in not allowed to come to work!  These are the people who for over a year and a half have been caring for, treating thousands of Covid patients.  They were and are heroes as are all our first responders, until they chose not to submit to the emergency authorized experimental vaccine.  Now they are enemies of the state!  What does this tell us?  For over a year and a half these selfless doctors and nurses have been on the frontlines of the pandemic and now they are being fired, deprived of work, unemployment insurance, even their pensions if they remain true to themselves and what their experience has taught them.  If there is any group of people who know about Covid, it is these healthcare workers in hospitals, ERs and ICUs.  So, what explains their vaccine hesitancy, their resistance to being vaxxed with an untested gene therapy jab that has so far had hundreds of thousands of adverse consequences, disabilities and deaths?

The Dangerous Scapegoating of the 'Unvaccinated' Reaches Ridiculous New Levels.  Every terrible president needs a scapegoat for the results of their awful policies, and Joe Biden thinks he's found his — the unvaccinated.  For months now, Biden has spoken of those who haven't gotten the COVID vaccine as not only second-class citizens but also as some kind of immoral scum worthy of rebuke and scorn.  We saw that perfectly illustrated in his speech announcing a federal vaccine mandate for private businesses (which hasn't actually materialized) in which the president threatened the unvaccinated, said his patience toward them is running out, and blamed them for all of life's ills.

Lithuanian Without Vaccine Pass Describes Life Under Medical Tyranny.  As governments around the world begin instituting Covid-19 'passports' which will dictate the level of participation one is afforded within society — regardless of naturally acquired immunity or actual risk to the public from the unvaccinated (considering that the majority of transmission occurs in the home), people have begun to push back against authoritarian tactics to control privileges and push vaccines. [...] Lithuania introduced a Covid Pass in May.  It's called the Opportunity Pass.  The Opportunity Pass allows you the opportunity to participate in society.  Without the Opportunity Pass, you don't have opportunity:  your rights are restricted.

'This is Not a Negotiation': Fed-Up Parents Serve Stunned School Board $200 Million Lawsuit Over Mask Mandate.  One could feel the tension at a Clark County School District board meeting as one fed-up dad spoke for a group of fourteen parents while serving a $200 million lawsuit over mask mandates.  [Video clip]

Seattle police department prepares to fire up to 40% of its cops if they fail to get vaccinated.  Seattle's police department is preparing to fire up to 400 officers who have not yet had their Covid shot in line with the city's strict vaccine mandate — despite already suffering staff shortages, rising crime rates and high 911 response times.  The Seattle Police Department has an October 18 deadline for all sworn personnel to turn in proof of COVID-19 vaccinations or risk losing their jobs.  As of Friday, 292 officers have yet to turn in proof of vaccination — or 27 percent of the department's 1,080 deployable police officers.

Victoria Australia, Officials Withdraw Vaccination Mandate for Government and Judicial Employees.  Citing "jurisdictional issues", the severe COVID compliance office of Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews has reversed a significant portion of the vaccine mandate.  Details are oddly sketchy to find; however, it appears Victoria State government workers and workers within the judiciary will no longer be mandated to accept the COVID-19 vaccination. [...] It would appear this reversal is due to an issue in a similar vein to 'separation of powers'.  This sets up an unusual dynamic.  The vaccine mandate still exists for everyone in the private sector; because of course it does.  However, a judge hearing a case that challenges the vaccine mandate would themselves not be subject to the same state-wide mandate argued in their court.

Judge rules against natural immunity claim challenging COVID-19 shot mandate.  A federal judge denied a request to block an employer's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the basis of natural immunity on Friday [10/8/2021].  Jeanna Norris, who works at Michigan State University, challenged the school's vaccine requirement on the basis that she had COVID-19 and recovered.  After having two antibody tests showing her immunity, her doctor instructed her not to get the vaccine at this time.  Yet, she faces termination for not complying with Michigan State University's requirement that all staff and students get vaccinated by Aug. 31 unless they have a religious or medical exemption.

Biden Using Dishonorable Discharges for Military to Weaponize Covid Vaccine.  If there is still one person somewhere in America who doesn't think President Joe Biden and the toxic progressives who increasingly call the shots for the White House and the Democratic Party are heading swiftly down an authoritarian road, here's yet another illustration: [...] For those who might have expected Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to step up in defense of the 1.3 million active-duty military service members and 800,000 reservists, be aware that he was asked his position on the issue during a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.  Austin's response wasn't exactly a profile in courage, as he responded by saying that "taking a vaccine is a requirement.  I'll just leave it at that[.]"  Note that neither Austin nor the White House statement made clear or even remotely acknowledged what is at stake for every declining service member on this issue.

Washington State Now Suffers From A State Trooper Shortage Because Of Vaccine Mandates.  The Washington State Patrol's top brass is bracing for the loss of several troopers as the deadline for Gov. Jay Inslee's mandate for public workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 nears.  According to the agency, 91 troopers — 8.5 percent of of department's total force — have either not been vaccinated or submitted their paperwork that indicates their vaccination status.  [Video clip]

871 Los Angeles Firefighters File Notice of Intent to Sue City Over Vaccine Mandate.  871 Los Angeles city firefighters have filed a notice of intent to sue over the public employee vaccine mandate passed by City Council.  The vaccine mandate requires the firefighters to be vaccinated by October 20th.  The L.A. ordinance requiring vaccines leaves the door open for requiring booster shots, stating that they may be required for employees in accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health authorities.  The lawsuit filed by the group of firefighters seeks $2 million per plaintiff.  The group represents one out of every four workers.

Finland Limits Moderna Vaccine After Reports Of Side Effects In Younger Males.  On Thursday [10/7/2021], Finland joined Sweden, Norway and Denmark in pausing the use of Moderna vaccines due to reports of rare cardiovascular side effects found in younger males.  The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare announced males under 30 would be offered the Pfizer vaccine instead, after studies found younger males were at a slightly higher risk of developing heart issues with Moderna.  "An increased risk of side effects such as inflammation of the heart muscle or the pericardium [the double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the main vessels].  The risk of being affected is very small," said Sweden's Public Health Agency.

Age-Adjusted Mortality Is at 2004 Levels.  Yet They Tell Us Covid Is Worse Than the 1918 Flu..  Last week, the media again tried to ratchet up the public's fear over covid-19 by labeling it more deadly than the 1918 flu epidemic.  "COVID-19 Is Now the Deadliest Disease in U.S. History," reads one headline from an NBC TV affiliate.  Considering the realities of cancer and heart disease, that headline is absurdly false.  Perhaps the author meant "communicable disease."  A TIME headline was at least arguably factual, declaring, "COVID-19 Is Now the Deadliest Pandemic in American History."  But even the TIME headline is only arguably true if stripped of all context.  If we actually look at disease mortality proportionally to the population, the 1918 epidemic was far worse than covid.  Considering that the US population in 1918 was one-third its current size, we find that deaths per million from the flu epidemic totaled about sixty-five hundred per million.  Covid, by comparison currently comes in — in the official numbers — around twenty-two hundred per million.  But this is all part of a larger pattern — one well embraced by the media — of presenting information with as little context as possible.

Merriam-Webster claims that you're "anti-vaxx" if you are merely opposed to vaccine mandates.  If you've declined to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for any reason — personal, medical, political, whatever — you've likely been slurred as an "anti-vaxxer."  That is just the world we live in now.  Yet the list keeps growing.  To the ranks of so-called "anti-vaxxers" we can apparently add those who get vaccinated and are supportive of vaccination but who are simply opposed to forcing other people to get the vaccine: [...] It's worth pointing out that this Merriam-Webster definition of "anti-vaxx" goes back to at least 2018.  Yet that is, in a way, meaningful commentary unto itself:  Can you imagine, even a few short years ago, an aggressive nationwide movement to slander and revile people who are simply against mandatory pharmaceutical injections?

Hot mic catches Israel Health Minister admitting that vaccine mandates are about coercion and social control, not science or medicine.  A hot mic from Israel's Channel 12 News caught the country's health minister admitting that vaccine mandates are about coercion and social control, not science or medicine.  Israel's Health Minister, Nitzan Horowitz, was having a candid conversation with Interior Minister, Ayelet Shaked, about the country's draconian Green Pass vaccine passport system.  Neither Minister knew that their conversation was being recorded and broadcasted.  This digital surveillance system bars individuals from public life if they do not show digital proof of being triple jabbed.  Using this system of coercion and social control, Israel has enslaved most of its population and segregated the rest.  Israelis are "required" to update their Green Pass every six months, in compliance with new body requirements set forth by the new medical Apartheid.

American government officials caught editing Wuhan lab journal.  Government officials in the United States have been caught editing Virologica Sinica, a scientific journal affiliated with the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) that has been pumping out propaganda against the true origins of the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19).  According to reports, officials who work at Tony Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) embedded themselves within the journal's editorial board, allowing them to steer the "science" that was published there to divert and deflect away from the truth.  Numerous studies have been published in Virologica Sinica that admit gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses was taking place at the WIV. This directly contradicts the false claims made by Fauci that neither he nor his agency have ever been involved in the high-risk research. [...] Fauci lied under oath and committed perjury when he denied any knowledge or involvement with gain-of-function research, even as his own scientists were editing the very studies that revealed it was taking place.  This is more than a smoking gun, proving that Fauci is a liar, a criminal and a traitor who has committed treason against the United States and the American people, using our tax dollars to commit his crimes against humanity.

California teenager died of heart condition two days after COVID vaccine, death report says.  A 15-year-old boy in Sonoma County, California, died two days after getting his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, with "no other significant conditions contributing" to his death, a county death report has confirmed.  The unnamed teenager died of stress cardiomyopathy with coronary artery inflammation in June, according to an investigation report last month from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office.  The deceased boy "was found unresponsive in his bedroom after his mother was checking on his welfare long after he was supposed to wake in the morning" and "was pronounced dead at the scene due to obvious death," the report stated.

Australian bishop calls on Catholics to fully comply with gov't COVID rules.  In a recent "Pastoral Letter supporting COVID-19 Vaccinations," Bishop Timothy Harris encouraged all Catholics living in his Diocese of Townsville to obey the Queensland government's public health orders, which include vaccine mandates and the closure of churches.  In a shocking admission, Bishop Harris revealed his willingness to submit to the Queensland government's public health orders.  "The church also accepts legitimate government action to protect the community," he said.  "This Diocese will cooperate with all government regulation and advice, seeking to provide a good example to our community," adding, "We have already had to close down church services at times, and insist on QR-code check-ins and masks when needed.  If the state were to restrict church services to vaccinated persons for a short time, we would also follow that direction."

Can zinc levels predict COVID-19 severity?  Zinc is a trace element that is naturally present in certain foods and also available in dietary supplements.  The human body requires zinc to maintain a range of biological functions.  For instance, hundreds of enzymes require zinc to function properly.  It also plays a role in protein synthesis, DNA synthesis and cell division, wound healing, and immune function.  Zinc possesses an anti-inflammatory effect and has direct antiviral activity.  As a result, zinc deficiency may reduce both innate and adaptive immune responses.  In people with a viral infection, such as SARS-CoV-2, the innate immune system is the body's first-line response to prevent the virus from penetrating and replicating before the adaptive immune system develops targeted protection.

Delta Covid variant does not cause more severe disease in children than earlier strains, study finds.  The Delta variant does not appear to cause more severe disease in children than earlier forms of the virus.  Earlier this year, the research team found the Alpha variant of the virus did not appear to make children sicker than the original form of the virus, first seen in China.  New data suggests that youngsters also do not get any sicker from Delta than they did from Alpha.  Researchers compared two groups of school-age children with Covid in England.  They looked at 694 children infected with the Alpha variant between late December 2020 and early May 2021, and 706 infected with Delta between late May and early July.

Half of LA Firefighter heroes will soon be kicked to the curb.  If you will remember, Firefighters and paramedics were among the heroes designated as essential workers during the pandemic.  Unfortunately, they are now vaccine villains facing termination in a number of cities.  Probably the most dramatic is Los Angeles where half of the city employees are unvaccinated.  In August the Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 to approve a law requiring all city employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  Since then, a group of more than 600 L.A. City firefighters have banded together to sue the city of Los Angeles to prevent the mandate from being enforced.  The department has 1,000 to 2,000 calls a day.  Who will answer them?

How does COVID compare other things killing Americans?  We have vastly different responses to our current "master" disease (pun intended), the COVID virus versus our more "mundane" diseases.  Of course, COVID is contagious, like the flu or chickenpox, and the others are not.  Yet COVID is far from being the worst killer.  Cancer and cardiovascular diseases vie for that honor.  The American Cancer Society "projects" that 1,898,160 people will get cancer in 2021, and 608,570 will die from it.  Cardiovascular disease deaths in this country number over a million per year, between heart attack and stroke.  We have far less panicked reactions to cancer and cardio, compared to COVID. We're told COVID death totals to date are a bit over 700,000.  That's in the last 20 months, so about 400,000 in a year.  To believe that number, you must accept all the people who died "with" COVID — those who tested positive within 28 days of their deaths, whatever the actual cause of death.  When Alameda County, California, looked at its death stats a few months ago, it reduced the COVID totals by 25%.  Then there are all the people who might have been saved had they gotten early treatment.  S

Elizabeth Warren attacks Amazon for refusing to ban COVID vaccine 'misinformation' books.  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., attacked e-commerce giant Amazon after the company refused to remove vaccine "misinformation" books from its website.  Warren posted a tweet on Friday after she received a response from Amazon to a letter last month about the sale of the books in question.  The senator posted Amazon's response in the tweet, where she attacked the company and accused it of not being willing to take down the books.

Teamsters employees say union creates hostile work environment against unvaccinated staffers.  The International Brotherhood of Teamsters demands its members' rights not be violated regarding the COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but the union took public measures to pressure its unvaccinated employees into taking the jab or leaving their jobs.  Various labor unions around the country are seeking vaccine mandate exemptions for their own members, but where they stand on their own employees may be different.  In the case of the Teamsters, the IBT holds different standards for its unvaccinated employees who work at its Washington, D.C., headquarters than the members it represents.

Joe Biden Told a Big Whopper About the Vaccine This Week - so Where Are the 'Fact Checkers'?  In my personal opinion, people should not let what politicians say unduly influence their medical decisions, but it's a reality that many do.  There are no doubt people who listened to Biden's remarks yesterday or read about them later in the news and thought that if they go to the doctor or hospital that a healthcare worker couldn't transmit COVID to them.  So where are the fact-checkers out there on this who in the past have gotten online commentators censored or banned and the traffic of websites throttled for posting alleged misinformation about COVID and the vaccines?

A COVID Correction for the Ages Points to a Bigger Agenda.  The original article is ostensibly a news write-up on the promotion of vaccines for children under 12 around the world.  As you can see, the piece was full of false information, from far overstating COVID hospitalizations for children in the United States to misstating vaccination policies in Sweden.  Obviously, the sheer amount of "mistakes" here is comical for a major newspaper.  Do they not have editors over there?  Or do the editors just not care as long as a certain perception goes forth?  At what point do you just de-publish the piece and take the loss?  I think a bigger agenda is revealed here, though.  Major news outlets are so desperate to promote a singular, positive point of view when it comes to vaccinations that they are throwing standards out the window.  Massively inflating hospitalization numbers for kids is a way to push the narrative that the risks from COVID outweigh the risks from the vaccines for that age group.  But we don't actually have proof of that in regards to children, and certainly, more study is needed before we start injecting eight-year-olds who are not statistically at risk from COVID anyway.

Covid is an all-purpose political tool.
Psaki blames COVID and unvaccinated Americans for Biden's terrible polls.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki pinned at least part of the blame for President Joe Biden's plummeting approval ratings on the pandemic and the 20 percent of unvaccinated Americans.  Psaki's finger-pointing came as Biden's approval rating nosedived to 38 percent, with 53 percent saying they disapprove of how Biden has handled the presidency, according to a poll from Quinnipiac University on Friday [10/8/2021].  'So what do you make of these really terrible polls?  Are they that he's doing something wrong.  Is it just the communication?  Or is it that he's doing unpopular things that just have to be done?' a reporter asked at the press briefing.

Vaccine Mandates From Private Employers Are Destroying American Livelihoods.  A growing number of Americans are facing the imminent loss of their livelihoods, economic uncertainty, and in some cases financial ruin, not because of mass layoffs prompted by economic recession or the collapse of their industries, but simply because they refuse to get a COVID-19 shot.  These workers occupy every corner of the American economy, from health care to entertainment, law enforcement to IT, food service to academia.  What unites them is the firm belief that they should not be forced to get a COVID-19 vaccine, whether by the government or their employer, under the threat of losing their job.  As vaccine mandate deadlines loom, this threat is becoming a reality.

No cases of influenza A or RSV detected in Ohio during 2020-21 season - and just two cases of B flu strain.  Cases of influenza and other respiratory viruses plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests.  Researchers from Akron Children's Hospital, in Ohio, looked at data from children treated during the 2018-19, 2019-20 and the 2020-21 flu seasons.  They found that flu infections among kids were reduced by 99 percent and there were no cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) detected in northern Ohio.

American fascism?  In the U.S. today, six media behemoths control a whopping 90% of what Americans read, watch, and listen to.  They are GE, News-Corp, Disney, Viacom, Timer-Warner, and CBS. Other corporate players include the tech companies, the big banks, and international corporations which are too numerous to mention.  The current Wuhan pandemic provides an excellent illustration of how American corporatism works.  Pfizer and Moderna produce the COVID vaccines while Washington and many state governments act as cheerleaders for them through their no-excuse vaccination mandates.  The corporate media spews out praises of the vaccines, all the while lying about their effectiveness and ignoring the adverse reactions to them.  At the same time, the high-tech companies, which dominate social media, squelch any criticism of the vaccines even when such criticism is presented by highly creditable doctors and scientists and is substantiated by actual results on the ground.  Government bureaucracies like the CDC and the FDA did their part also by issuing emergency use authorizations (EUA) for these experimental vaccines when effective treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were available from day one.  And FDA still forbids the use of these low-cost generic drugs to treat COVID. And all the while vaccine sales ramp up.  This corporatism goes beyond the COVID vaccines.  It's everywhere.

The Cult of the Vaccine.  Just a week ago, on October 1st, the pharmaceutical giant Merck issued a terse announcement that quickly became big news.  Molnupiravir, an experimental antiviral drug, "reduced the risk of hospitalization or death" of Covid-19 patients by as much as 50%, according to a study.  The stories that rushed out in the ensuing minutes and hours were almost uniformly positive. [...] If you're thinking it was only a matter of time before the mere fact of molnupiravir's existence would be pitched in headlines as actual bad news, you're not wrong: [...] The CNN writer who thinks it's necessary to put a disclaimer in the lede of a story about molnupiravir, of all things, is basically claiming he or she is afraid a theoretical unvaccinated person might otherwise read the story and be encouraged to not take the vaccine.  Except, if that theoretical unvaccinated person could be convinced by anything CNN said or did, they'd have already gotten the shot, because the network runs ten million stories a day directly imploring people to get vaccinated or die.

As Cases Plummet In Florida, New Data Show Forcibly Masking Kids Made No Difference.  New data coming out of Florida school districts show virtually zero difference between masked vs. unmasked counties, even as Covid-19 cases plummet across the state.  Leftists hellbent on forcibly masking every child in schools across the country never had any solid data to back up their position, only emotional pleas and scare tactics.  In truth, however, this virus has never posed any statistical risk to children, nor were they a significant transmitter to adults.  And besides, if teachers were vaccinated, what were they worried about?  While many districts refused to implement mask mandates in their schools, others stubbornly insisted upon them, even defying an order from Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to allow parental exemptions.

Big Brother is bluffing.
Biden Keeps Pushing Nonexistent Worker Vaccine Mandate, A Ploy That Keeps State Attorneys General From Filing Lawsuits.  Joe Biden did it again today [10/7/2021].  A month after the first announcement, the White House occupant claimed again a [Department] of Labor rule (via OSHA) is forthcoming, yet no such process appears to be taking place.  This ploy now seems very purposeful, because without an actual policy or regulation visibly in place, state attorneys general cannot file a lawsuit or request an injunction.  As long as Biden keeps threatening a DOL worker vaccination rule sometime in the future, many employers will take action to require worker vaccination.  This seems to be the actual strategy; bolstered by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki caught off-guard last week when asked about it.  Psaki had no idea how to answer the question about any OSHA activity not taking place.  Obviously Psaki didn't expect the question, but it was also obvious that no background conversation had ever taken place amid the White House communication team.

L.A City Firefighters:  From Heroes to Zeroes.  Shortly after the 'War Against COVID' began, the government designated two new categories of American citizens — the largely arbitrary classification of 'essential' and 'nonessential' workers.  Firefighters and paramedics were deemed essential, for good reasons.  But now, like their colleagues on the frontline in the medical profession, these brave men and women — once heralded as heroes — are now scorned as villains.  In the state of California, they have gone from heroes to zeroes in the eyes of despotic Democrats, who have given them an ultimatum:  get vaccinated or get fired.

Follow the Science — Except When it comes to Natural Immunity.  Without natural immunity, many past viral illnesses, hundreds or thousands of years ago, would have been extinction events, except for the fact that those who were infected and survived now had immunity to that particular virus and perhaps similar future viruses.  Such immunity might be passed along to children as well via the placenta or through nursing.  Yet today, any discussion of natural immunity is dismissed as some QAnon conspiracy theory, earning one derision or censorship from the same people or organizations who urge us to "follow the science," but only their science.  Why are we only to follow state-approved science and ignore any science that doesn't fit the government narrative?  In Orwellian fashion, the only approved form of immunity is now vaccine induced, with no regard for natural immunity.  History and science have been rewritten to further a political narrative, rather than following the science and treating COVID like previous viral pandemics, with resulting social and economic hardship around the world.

Anyone Notice Where COVID Rates Are Climbing These Days? (Hint:  Not In Texas or Florida).  So much for President Joe Biden's attacks on Republican states such as Texas and Florida for threatening their citizens by not kowtowing to his dictates on mask and vaccine mandates.  As we noted weeks ago, and the mainstream press has only now begun to acknowledge, new cases of COVID peaked at the beginning of September, and have been on a downtrend ever since.  Cases are falling in Texas, in Florida, and other states that dared put their residents' freedoms above Biden's dictates.  But while the national trend is downward, COVID cases are rising in a handful of states.  And what the mainstream press definitely won't tell you is what these states have in common:  Almost every one of them is run by Democrats and has high vaccination rates.

Colorado Hospital Is Willing To Kill Its Transplant Patients Who Are Not Vaccinated.  UCHealth in Denver confirmed Tuesday [10/5/2021] that organ transplant recipients and living donors must be vaccinated against Covid "in almost all situations."  UCHealth said the policy change was driven by the significantly higher mortality rate, as well as the concern that living donors could still pass on a COVID infection after testing negative.  "This is why it is essential that both the recipient and the living donor be vaccinated and take other precautions prior to undergoing transplant surgery," the statement said.  "Surgeries may be postponed until patients take all required precautions in order to give them the best chance at positive outcomes."  [Video clip]

Hysteria:
Woman And Her Children Catch COVID In Australia, Neighbors Burn Her Car Down, Want To Burn House Down As Well.  A woman's car has been torched after her infection resulted in restrictions being re-imposed in parts of South Australia.  The car was found on fire in the backyard of the woman's Mount Gambier home.  The cause of the suspected attack is unknown — but neighbors say "rumors" have been floating around that she was not truthful in her account of her movements.  Mount Gambier was plunged into a week of heavy restrictions after the woman tested positive to Covid.  She is currently in hotel quarantine in Adelaide with her children.  [Video clip]

Progressive Utopia, San Francisco Is Now A Ghost Town Thanks To Their Strict COVID Policies.  The pandemic may appear to be waning, but merchants in San Francisco's downtown have a long road to recovery ahead.  San Francisco's downtown has been slower to bounce back than other U.S. cities, leaving the bars, restaurants and shops serving a commuter crowd in limbo — and often in debt — as they plan for an uncertain future.  "This area, in my opinion, has been hit the hardest in San Francisco and there has been no kind of funding or help," said Muna Azzghayer, who runs Oasis Grill, a Mediterranean eatery close to Embarcadero, and nearby Ziggy's Burgers.  "The city completely ignored this entire area."  [Video clip]

13 Year Old Dies After Second Dose Of Pfizer Vaccine, Autopsy Shows Enlarged Heart.  A 13-year-old boy allegedly died from heart problems after getting his second dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, according to a viral Twitter post, as health officials begin to link cases of heart inflammation in kids to the jabs.  A Twitter thread went viral on Sunday [10/3/2021] after a woman claimed that her brother's 13-year-old son had died less than three days after receiving his second dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.  [Video clip]

Veteran TV reporter fired for refusing COVID vaccine.  A veteran TV reporter at a Missouri news station was fired last week for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.  Linda Simmons, who worked for 14 years at KY3 based in Springfield, wrote on Facebook that she requested a religious exemption to the vaccine mandate instituted by her station's parent company — but it was denied.  "I value the freedom we all have to make our own informed decisions," Simmons wrote in the Friday social media post.  "I've made a big decision and decided not to allow the company that owns KY3, Gray Television, to control my personal health choices.  I did not comply with their vaccine mandate after my exemption request was denied," her post continued.

Are the Vaccines Failing?  Pressure to get vaccinated against covid is immense.  Liberals demand that non-vaccinated people be denied medical care.  In New York, you aren't supposed to be able to enter a bar or restaurant without a certificate of vaccination.  Questioning of the efficacy or desirability of vaccination is banned on social media.  And Joe Biden says the fight against covid will be won when 97% or 98% of our population has been vaccinated, an impossible figure.  Despite all of the hoopla, it is pretty obvious that the vaccines are not working as well as had been hoped.  Originally, it was understood that being vaccinated would prevent you from getting covid.  When covid cases and deaths continued to rise after vaccines became available, we were told that it was an "epidemic of the unvaccinated."  But the goalposts have moved; now the claim is that you may still catch the disease, but you probably won't get as severe a case.

Biden appears to defend the unvaccinated losing their jobs and says Americans who haven't got the shot are damaging the economy.  Joe Biden said Thursday the 'bigger story' isn't that thousands of people are losing their jobs, but that the new mandates are increasing the percentage of Americans in the workforce who are vaccinated against COVID-19.  'These requirements work,' Biden lauded during a speech at a Clayco construction site in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.  The new Executive Order mandates that all businesses with at least 100 employees require those workers to provide proof of vaccination or be subject to compulsory weekly testing.

Biden falsely claims vaccinated people can't spread Covid in Illinois speech promoting vax mandates.  President Biden spread what the social media giants like to call "harmful misinformation" when censoring conservatives.  In the case of Biden's speech yesterday on Elk Grove Village, a Chicago suburb, the misinformation was downright dangerous, encouraging people to engage in hazardous conduct that could result in catching Covid.  As many on the left believe that Covid is a virtual death sentence despite a 99.5% recovery rate, the lack of a hysterical response from social media labeling this "harmful misinformation" is a notable example of partisan application of the rules they claim they follow.  Biden was in Illinois campaigning for private employers to fire people who don't get vaccinated.  In the course of doing so, he claimed that vaccinated people can't spread the virus, a total lie.

What if they gave a pandemic and nobody came?  Just imagine if no one knew that there has been a 'novel' COVID-19 virus 'pandemic' sweeping our nation and the world for the past 20 months or so.  What if people weren't subjected to nonstop body count and 'case' tallies?  What if they didn't know about the hyper-wrong, grossly inflated death projections in early 2020 from that mathematical virus model and its always-wrong author in England?  What if we hadn't had a similarly accuracy-challenged little Fauci-gnome-man spreading fear and hysteria?  What if the CDC hadn't illegally changed the death coding requirements in early 2020 to count anyone dying with COVID-19 as dying from COVID-19?  What if more people knew that the CDC has stated that the number of deaths due to COVID-19 alone is around 6% of the total deaths claimed?  What if people knew that the survival rate of those infected with COVID-19 is about 99.7%?  What if hysterical, tyrannical, Constitution-abstaining politicians hadn't illegally issued lockdown, masking, and other useless counterproductive decrees? [...] The virus itself has affected relatively few.  That is truly something to think about and to imagine that it did not have to be this way.  What has been done to so many people by so few people has been orders of magnitude worse than anything that COVID-19 virus has done.

A Handful Of NBA Players Have Become The Voice Of Reason In The COVID Vaccine Debate.  In recent years, the NBA has most often landed in the political news cycle thanks to LeBron James' disgusting habit of bowing and scraping before the Chinese Communist Party, or Steve Kerr's refusal to breathe a word about the suppression of protests in Hong Kong or the oppression of Uighur Muslims while lecturing everyone on the evils of systemic racism and gun ownership in America.  If you had said a year ago that 24-year-old Jonathan Isaac of the Orlando Magic, or the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green, or Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving would somehow be voices of calm, reason, and tolerance amid a moral panic about COVID-19 vaccines pushed relentlessly by corporate media and the Democratic Party, no one would have believed you.  Yet here we are.

The Making of an Endemic Disease.  When does a pandemic end?  How does a pandemic end?  These were the questions I was asking myself after Megyn Kelly hosted Dr. Monica Gandhi on her podcast last week.  As it turns out, sooner or later we'll have to admit that our COVID-19 pandemic is morphing into the endemic stage of the disease.  A disease can be classified as endemic when it is "persisting in a population or region, generally having settled to a relatively constant rate of occurrence," or, as Dr. Gandhi put it, you've reached endemic levels of a disease when "it's gone down to a level where you live with it."  The end goal of manageable endemic levels of disease was originally openly embraced.  Our two weeks to stop the spread game plan was focused on preventing the hospital system from being overwhelmed while also acknowledging that the disease would indeed circulate.  We initially set out clearly defined goalposts and pragmatically plotted a course forward.

Australian Medical Manufacturer Recalls Nearly 200,000 COVID-19 Tests in US Over 'False Positive' Results.  Nearly 200,000 at-home COVID-19 tests in the United States have been recalled by Australian medical tech manufacturer Ellume after the company identified that they were producing incorrect positive results.  Ellume was given an emergency authorization in December 2020 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to supply the COVID-19 Home Test for nonprescription use by symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals aged 2 years and older.  The home tests deliver results within 15 minutes.  The Biden administration signed a $231.8 million deal with the company, which initially got the green light from the Trump administration in 2020, to produce more than 633,000 tests kits per day (19 million per month), of which 8.5 million units were reserved for Americans.

California's Children Are Property Of The State.  For starters, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a vaccine mandate last week for students age 12 and older, making California the first state in the nation to require public and private school students to be fully vaccinated for in-person instruction. (Unvaccinated students will have the option of enrolling in an online school or attending independent-study programs offered by districts.)  The ruling will go into effect once the Food and Drug Administration approves vaccines for kids over the age of 12.  Depending on when the FDA decision comes down, students will have to get the jab by either January 1, 2022 or July 1, 2022.  On deck are school children ages 5 to 11, who will be forced to join the vax club as soon as the FDA green lights it for them.  Vaccine proponents are quick to explain that the COVID vaccine is just an addition to a list that includes mumps, measles, and rubella — but there is a big difference.  While children are directly impacted by mumps, etc., they do not have a significant risk from COVID, nor are they "super spreaders."  Teachers are far more likely to catch the disease in the teachers' lounge than in the classroom.

What does 'follow the science' really mean?  [Scroll down]  No scientific experiment was performed to test the difference in the spread of covid indoors vs outdoors.  No experiment was performed to test the efficacy of spread prevention among the hundreds of different mask materials.  No experiment was performed to prove what distancing rule works and where it works.  No experiment was conducted to compare the COVID spread of carriers of COVID vs. COVID-infected individuals.  No experiment was conducted comparing the efficacy of one vaccine type vs another type of vaccine.  No experiment has been conducted to show the long range bad side effects of a COVID vaccine.  No experiment has been conducted to show how long COVID vaccines last.  No experiment is possible to show the actual death rate from COVID since many deaths were recorded as COVID but had other illness causes.  In effect, none of the COVID anti-measures have been scientifically investigated and proven and no statistical samples have been analyzed so there is no real science to follow at the present time.  Follow the science?  There is no [COVID] science to follow unless it is the result of a scientific experiment with proven results gotten by using the scientific method!

Merck Charging US 40 Times What It Costs To Make Govt-Financed COVID Pill.  Merck's new 'not Ivermectin' Covid-19 treatment, molnupiravir, costs $17.74 to produce — yet the company is charging the US government $712 for the treatment — a 40x markup, according to The Intercept, citing a report issued last week by the Harvard School of Public Health and King's College Hospital in London.  The pill, originally developed using US government funds as a possible treatment for Venezuelan equine encephalitis, cut the risk of hospitalization and death in half in a randomized trial of 775 adults with mild/moderate Covid who were considered at high risk for disease due to comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.  The trial was stopped early so the company could apply for and emergency use authorization (EUA).  The drug did not benefit patients who were already hospitalized with severe disease.

3 with Moderna ties make their debut on Forbes' list of wealthiest people in America.  Three people at the head of Moderna, the pharmaceutical and biotech company behind one of three approved COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., have made their debut on Forbes' List of the 400 wealthiest people in America.  Thanks in part to the shot's success, Moderna's co-founder and current chairman Noubar Afeyan, co-founder and board member Robert Langer and investor Timothy Springer all nabbed coveted spots in the ranking of the nation's most rich.  Ageyan landed in the 212th spot with a fortune of $5 billion, and Langer is at 222 with $4.9 billion.  Springer, a Harvard Medical School professor who funneled money into the company early on, also made his way onto the list with an estimated net worth of $5.9 billion, putting him in the 176th spot.

University of Colorado Hospital System Will No Longer Provide Organ Transplants to Unvaccinated Patients.  One of Colorado's largest hospital systems has implemented a new policy that denies organ transplants to patients who have not taken the experimental Covid-19 vaccine under "almost all situations."  All organ donors will also have to be vaccinated under the new policy, and it has already stopped one woman from receiving the life-saving treatment she needs.

People Notice When the Elites Lie.  You know who questions the efficacy of COVID vaccines?  Scientists.  Anyone who's been following the news for the last year or so knows that while most scientists studying the vaccines believe that their efficacy is well above zero, there have been all sorts of disagreements about how well they actually work.  Do they prevent serious symptoms 90% of the time or only 70% of the time?  Do they work at all against the delta variant?  Do their effects fade with time?  Is a third dose necessary?  Will people who already have natural antibodies get any benefit from the vaccines?  The scientific community has debated all these questions, and attentive news-watchers know that there isn't a settled consensus.  This should surprise nobody, as the vaccines are new and approved for experimental use only.  At this point, it's good that scientists aren't all thinking the same thoughts, because that means that at least some of them are doing their jobs.  However, the people who run this country (and let's be honest:  at this point, the government agencies and the big corporations are all run by the same left-leaning plutocrat class) have decided that the Deplorables aren't allowed to know any of this.

Sweden and Denmark pause use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in younger age groups.  Officials in Sweden and Denmark have paused use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in younger age groups due to concerns about the shots causing rare heart inflammation.  The two Nordic nations — separated by only a dozen miles of the Kattegat sea area — announced the decision on Wednesday [10/6/2021].  In Sweden, the Moderna jab will no longer be available to any one born after 1990, or those aged 30 and younger.

'Squad' Member Rashida Tlaib Admits Masks Are Political Theater, 'Just Wearing It' For Cameras.  Far-left Representative and member of AOC's so-called 'squad', Rashida Tlaib was caught on camera admitting that she only wears a mask for political reasons.  It marks just the latest time Tlaib has been caught violating her own COVID orders, a trend among many Democrats.  Holding an event in Detroit with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, Tlaib made the mask remark when speaking to a supporter who was initially unmasked himself before quickly throwing one on when he thought that Tlaib was upset with him for not wearing one.

Rashida Tlaib slammed after saying she's only wearing mask since she's on camera.  Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was sharply criticized Wednesday after being caught on video claiming she was only wearing a mask at an event because a Republican tracker was present.  The video, posted on Twitter by the Washington Free Beacon, showed the masked "Squad" member mingling with a group of mostly masked people outdoors.  Tlaib briefly walked out of site behind someone before one of the unmasked individuals can be heard apologizing for not wearing his mask as he puts it on his face.  "I'm just wearing it because I've got a Republican tracker," Tlaib says, laughing and pulling her mask away from her face while speaking and pointing in the direction of the camera.

Did Political and Media Bias Stall the Release of Merck's New Covid-19 Drug?  It seemed like a rare instance of good news in big doses last week when pharmaceutical giant Merck announced that a new drug called molnupiravir had been shown in tests to cut hospitalizations and deaths by half. [...] The uniformly celebratory nature of coverage of the Merck product evoked memories of an infamous press episode in the early 2010s, when an alleged wonder drug called Tamiflu was pitched — by the CDC, among others — as being so effective in preventing hospitalizations for influenza that federal and state authorities ultimately spent over a billion dollars stockpiling what turned out to be a dubious treatment at best. [...] Now, too, the federal government has already agreed to pay $1.2 billion for a supply of molnupiravir, another ostensibly simple oral cure for a devastating virus.  Although a five-day course reportedly only costs $17.74 to make, the Biden administration will be spending $712 a pop for enough pills to treat 1.7 million Covid-19 patients.  Though the Tamiflu episode reminds us that not every drug hailed by a drugmaker as a "huge advance" turns out to be one, it's obviously very possible that molnupiravir turns out to be the game-changer its developers claim it is.  If that's the case, a lot of officials and journalists will have a lot of questions to answer, since this drug's release may have been delayed by six months or more, after it became collateral damage last year to yet another idiotic Trump/anti-Trump culture war drama.

China stockpiled PCR tests many months before first covid case emerged.  It has come out that China's Hubei Province ordered large quantities of PCR tests in early 2019, many months before the first "case" of the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) even emerged.  A report by the Australia-based company Internet 2.0 explains that roughly 67.4 million yuan (roughly $10.5 million) was spent on PCR tests in Hubei in 2019 — this is nearly double the amount that was ordered in 2018, nearly two years before the Chinese Virus appeared.  Four former officials from U.S. intelligence agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom and several other countries looked at data collected from a website that aggregates information on Chinese public procurement bids.  What they found is that the official story does not hold any weight.

A Detailed Examination of Events Leading Up to the Coronavirus Pandemic.  There has been an incredible amount of debate and disinformation surrounding the origins of COVID-19.  It was our exploration of this topic that first led us to create an ever-growing timeline that was increasingly used in our research as the information flow became almost overwhelming.  As the timeline became increasingly valuable to our work, we began to discuss the option of getting a version out to the public.  [Video clip]

Germans Now Wearing Yellow Buttons To Show They Are Vaccinated.  Yeah, Germans never learn do they?  [Tweet]

Merck, Ivermectin & Molnupiravir — A Tale of Two Pills.  Lately, you would have heard a lot of drama regarding the first of our two pills, ivermectin, in the news.  Most of it will be negatively biased against the Nobel Peace Prize winning medication.  Many stories are focused on the dangers of people self-medicating with the veterinary version of ivermectin, and the journalist calling out 'right-wing' commentators who are spreading "misinformation", or crazy conspiracy theories regarding its efficacy for covid, despite our health authorities finding "no evidence" that it works.  The subtext for most of these articles seem to be, "These people are stupid, crazy right-wing nutjobs who are self-medicating with horse paste for no good reason."  Many articles are quick to point out the FDA, (the Australian version is the TGA) and the CDC have not "approved" ivermectin for use in Covid-19.  These appeals to authority are meant to silence anybody who dares to offer a different view of the drug's efficacy.  However, many of these 'anti-ivermectin' news reports are leaving out a lot of the facts regarding ivermectin and the research that is already there and is ongoing.  None seem to mention any of the positive case studies that abound of people recovering from Covid-19 who have used ivermectin as part of their treatment.  Anyone who just reads these stories with their morning coffee will just shake their head in confused disbelief and go on to the next story.  What these stories are designed to do is leave a derisive stain on the name ivermectin and associate it with misinformation, tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers.

Vitamin D ameliorates severe covid-19, preventing complications and death.  Mounting evidence shows that vitamin D deficiency is predicative of severe covid-19.  Hundreds of doctors from around the world have called for vitamin D education and distribution, especially for at-risk demographics of people.  The Trinity College in Dublin and the University of Edinburgh conducted research on vitamin D levels from sunlight and studied its effect against covid-19.  Approximately 500,000 individuals from the United Kingdom were involved in a UVB-predicted vitamin D study, measuring the effect of vitamin D levels against severe covid-19 disease and death.  Ambient ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation is the precursor for vitamin D production within the skin.  Most studies on vitamin D focus on vitamin D supplementation and its effect on covid-19 outcomes.  This study investigated the role of daily sunshine exposure, because this is the purest, most important source of vitamin D.  In the study, individuals with regular UVB exposure in their daily lives had a stronger immune response that protected them against severe respiratory disease and death.

Woke Educator Indoctrinates Little Kids with COVID-Friendly Version of Common Nursery.  Over the weekend, a stunning video began making the rounds on social media that appeared to be filmed by a teacher who was teaching her students a cute little song about wearing their masks to school.

400 Workers Quit Large Michigan Hospital System Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate.  Approximately 400 healthcare workers at one of Michigan's largest hospital systems have resigned over the system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  The roughly 33,000 workers at Henry Ford Health System, which includes five hospitals, were required to get a COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 10.  Those who didn't receive an exemption or comply with the mandate were given until Oct. 1 to comply or face repercussions.  Some 93 percent of workers got at least one shot of a vaccine and another 6 percent received a religious or medical exemption, Bob Riney, president of healthcare operations and chief operating officer for the system, told reporters in a briefing Wednesday.  Less than 1 percent, or about 400 workers, quit.  "No one has been fired, and no one will be fired.  Anyone who leaves because of the vaccine requirement is being classified as a voluntary resignation," Riney said.

Sweden, Denmark both ban Moderna covid vaccine for causing myocarditis in young people.  After it was determined that the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccine" from Moderna causes myocarditis particularly in the young, the Nordic countries of Sweden and Denmark both banned it from being used in specific age groups.  According to reports, a new preliminary analysis from Swedish and Nordic data sources found that "SpikeVax," as Moderna is now calling it, damages young people's bodies and must cease from being administered.  The Swedish Public Health Agency issued a recommendation that Moderna's SpikeVax be immediately discontinued for all young people born after 1991.  Denmark already imposed a ban on the drug for children between the ages of 12 and 17.  "The Swedish Public Health Agency has decided to suspend the use of Moderna's vaccine Spikevax, for everyone born in 1991 and later, for precautionary reasons," the agency announced.

Covid doesn't even exist in fully normal Sweden, while deaths are skyrocketing in fully vaccinated Israel.  Remember back in the early days of the plandemic when it was widely reported that Sweden, which never imposed lockdowns or mask mandates, fared better than just about every other country in the world that oppressed its citizens?  Well, the same thing is happening once again with the so-called "vaccines."  Sweden has basically told the Branch Covidians to go to hell, and the result is that the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) is basically non-existent.  Meanwhile in Israel, one of the most "fully vaccinated" countries in the world, the death toll is skyrocketing.  The latest data shows that the death rate in the "Promised Land" is going parabolic as Israelis get injected with two, three, and soon to be four Chinese Virus needles.  In Sweden, on the other hand, where natural immunity reigns supreme, life is pretty much back to pre-covid normal.  How can this be if Fauci Flu shots are what is supposed to save us all from testing "positive?" The answer is simple:  The shots are a fraud.  Fortunately for Swedes, this is common knowledge.  Unfortunately for Israel, Australia, the United States and other heavily compromised countries, it is a constant fight for health freedom with no end in sight.

Over half a million adverse events reported after COVID vaccinations in the US so far.  The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has received 569,294 adverse event reports associated with Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations in the United States.  Among the most common disorders reported after the vaccinations include temperature-related issues, skin problems and muscle movement and neuropathy.  Others include non-specified pain-related issues, weakness, injection site reactions, headaches, heart problems and lung or respiratory problems.  Abdominal problems, getting COVID after vaccination, blood clots or bleeding, product issues and mood or memory problems have also been reported.  Each symptom does not necessarily equate to one patient as adverse reports usually include multiple symptoms for a single patient.  Reporting of illnesses and symptoms that occur after COVID-19 vaccination does not also always mean that they are caused by the vaccine.  The system itself is designed to collect adverse events that occur after vaccination to uncover patterns of illnesses that have not captured during vaccine studies.

Leaked emails show Pfizer wanted to hide COVID vaccine's connection to abortion.  A whistleblower employed by vaccine maker Pfizer has leaked a chain of emails by company executives discussing how to best withhold information from the public on the use of fetal cell lines derived from an aborted baby in the development of the Pfizer vaccine.  In a video released by Project Veritas today [10/7/2021], Pfizer whistleblower Melissa Strickler provided a chain of emails between top Pfizer executives including VP and CSO Philip Dormitzer and Senior Director of Worldwide Research Vanessa Gelman, in which they discuss the appropriate script and "approved answer" to use in order to avoid disclosing information to the public on the use of fetal cell lines in creating the vaccine.

Universities Giving Students Tools to Report Each Other's COVID Violations.  Michigan State University provides students with reporting system to achieve what the school describes as a "safe and supportive environment" for its community members.  The school's Culturally Inclusive College Sharing System (CIC) is an online submission form allows the university to "track and respond to behaviors and situations that work to support or detract from [its] goals of a safe and supportive environment."  The form tells students that some protected speech can still warrant a report.  Anything intended to "intimidate, demean, mock, degrade, marginalize, or threaten" their identities, real or perceived, is worth notifying the university about.  Actions need not be intended to harm and can do as little as promote a "negative, hostile, or unwelcoming environment for the target."

Doctors are getting angry at their patients.  We have been told for almost two years that COVID is a deadly disease.  Naturally, when people test positive for COVID, they want to be treated to avoid serious illness.  Instead, they are sent home to quarantine, with no medical treatment until they become seriously ill.  Some patients take exception to this approach and ask for ivermectin, which is being used outside of the United States to treat early COVID. There is a significantly lower incidence of serious cases of COVID in countries that use ivermectin for early exposures.  Doctors are not taking kindly to the suggestion that patients should have access to medication that can prevent serious illness.  They are denouncing ivermectin as a veterinary drug as if they were not aware that it was developed for human use, that the FDA approved it for human use back in the 1990s, and that almost 4 billion doses have been administered around the world in the past 30 years.  It's true ivermectin was developed to treat parasites, not viruses, and that it is used for livestock as well as humans.  However, there are a number of life-saving medications that are not being used for their original purpose.

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Mrs. Editor and I know some people who live about an hour outside of Fort Worth, and have horses on their property.  When they go to the pharmacy to get ivermectin, the pharmacist now insists that they prove they own horses before he will hand over the drug.  The correct response is either, "just look at the bottom of my shoes," or "who else would wear a belt buckle like this?"

Man Gets Kicked Off Flight Because His Mask Was Low Even Though He Pleaded And Apologized.  This pathetic scene is making its rounds on social media showing a poor guy trying to fly to Denver and a nasty little, power-hungry airline waitress forces him off the flight for having his mask too low.  It is not known which airline this was but it reflected the sad state of affairs when it comes to traveling via airlines.  The man is seen begging the steward to stay on board and promised not to wear his mask low.  You can clearly see his mask is pulled up to his eyes.  The steward doesn't care, he tells him to grab his bags and get off the flight and he can have his 500 dollars refunded.  When the passenger asks how is he going to get to Denver, the heartless steward tells him to get the 500 dollars and figure it out.  [Video clip]

Vaccine Hesitancy, the Medical Establishment, and the COVID Apocalypse.  [Scroll down]  But the biggest shock of the commission statement comes next.  The writers insist that they were "concerned about the emphasis and focus on new and unproven vaccine technologies, such as mRNA, DNA, and viral-vector technologies, which will be expensive and have not been shown to offer benefits (in terms of vaccine immunity or safety) over traditional and far less expensive inactivated virus, attenuated virus, and recombinant protein approaches."  So many things bear mentioning here.  First, note the odd, prudential concern with monetary cost in a report that spends pages talking about "restructuring public and private finances" and "rebuilding the world economy" — goals that seem to throw economic caution to the wind.  Secondly (and much more importantly), the text expresses "concern" with mRNA vaccine technology.  Why is this a surprise?  Because most of the vaccines currently being distributed all over the world are mRNA vaccines.  In other words, in a span of 90 days, the medical establishment went from professing skepticism about the efficacy and safety of mRNA vaccines to a univocal scientific "consensus" that such vaccines — which went through abbreviated testing — are not only entirely safe, but must be widely administered to achieve the desired public health outcomes.  Of course, today the CDC will tell you that any concern about these vaccines is scientifically ungrounded, an idea dutifully (and insanely) echoed by the entire mainstream media.

Disobey.  We've been told that over and over again that our children are in danger at school if they are not masked and vaccinated.  We're told this despite the overwhelming evidence that the fatal risk to children is statistically near zero.  The Europeans — whom progressives often look to as the model of who we should be in America — have been sending their children to school, unmasked and unvaccinated, this entire time.  They've been fine, even as they choose to restrict adults in other areas.  The one thing they've been careful to maintain is a logical approach to children and education.  And yet, here we are, back to talking about school closures, mandating vaccines that have no long-term studies for children who don't need them, masking kids in school and canceling school activities based on political edicts rather than medical realities.  We've been told that locking down our communities, shutting down our businesses and restricting the social movements and activities of people is the way to protect ourselves from a pandemic.  Still, the places that have locked down the harshest have not escaped COVID.

Wuhan scientists and US researchers planned to create a new coronavirus in 2018.  US and Chinese scientists were planning to create a new coronavirus before the pandemic erupted, leaked proposals show.  Last month, a grant application submitted to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) revealed that an international team of scientists had planned to mix genetic data of similar strains to create a new virus.  The grant application was made in 2018 and leaked to Drastic, the pandemic origins analysis group.  'We will compile sequence/RNAseq data from a panel of closely related strains and compare full length genomes, scanning for unique SNPs representing sequencing errors.

Ivermectin — Truth and Totalitarianism.  [Scroll down]  However, lying was required, and the payoff came on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, when Merck got a fat reward.  They announced the US government had agreed to pay $1.2 billion for 1.7 million doses of their new antiviral, Molnupiravir, BEFORE clinical testing showed either effectiveness or safety.  Our hard-earned tax dollars were irresponsibly handed over to Merck by an agency charged with a fiduciary duty to protect our health.  So in the end, Scott Gottlieb did not endanger Pfizer's bottom line.  Just as Moderna was choreographed to go first in the vaccine rollout, Merck was first with the antiviral, and Pfizer first with the booster.  They would take turns as there was more than enough profit to go around.  Soon it would be Pfizer's turn at the antiviral trough, but they had to be patient for now.  There was an order and method to this.  But the craftiest strategy of all was Merck's: Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty.

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The federal government is paying $705 for each dose of this untested "vaccine," while simultaneously suppressing any discussion of low-cost alternatives.

Undercover Video:  Pfizer Scientists Say Natural Immunity Is Superior and Big Pharma Is Suppressing Info for Money.  James O'Keefe and Project Veritas has struck again and this time, it looks like undercover honey pots took some Pfizer nerds out for dinner and got them talking about stuff The Man doesn't want you to know — specifically, that natural immunity is better than the COVID vaccine.  Duh.  We all know this.  But the Ministry of Truth is trying to bury knowledge we've all had since birth and pretend that none of our grandparents knew how to treat a respiratory virus.  Project Veritas's new undercover video exposes Pfizer scientists admitting what we all already know.  Get ready for this one.  It's illuminating.

Why This Doctor Risked the Nobel Prize to Speak Out Against Universal COVID-19 Vaccination.  In this interview, [Dr. Robert] Malone, who was among the pioneers of mRNA vaccine technology in the late 1980s, recounts his belief that genetic vaccines such as mRNA and viral vector vaccines may risk causing antibody dependant enhancement — where a vaccine causes the production of rogue antibodies, which coming into contact with the virus, act as a Trojan Horse shuttling it, now unchallenged by the immune system, directly into the host cell where it can replicate unhindered.  Malone is not against COVID-19 vaccines.  But he is against compulsory and universal vaccination, which he thinks is potentially dangerous.  He believes that the viral load in vaccinated people who are infected is not just as high but possibly higher than the viral load in unvaccinated people who are infected — and thus that vaccinated people are potentially just as likely to transmit the virus as unvaccinated people.

Idaho's lieutenant governor issues vaccine executive order while gov is away; Little says he will rescind it.  Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin on Tuesday issued an executive order banning vaccine mandates and required coronavirus testing in schools and colleges in the state, prompting Gov. Brad Little to say he had not authorized her to act on his behalf while he was at the U.S-Mexico border.  Little said he would "rescind" any executive orders McGeachin issues while he is away and she is acting governor, including her attempt this week to send National Guard troops to the border.  "I am in Texas performing my duties as the duly elected Governor of Idaho, and I have not authorized the Lt. Governor to act on my behalf," Little said in a statement on Tuesday.  "I will be rescinding and reversing any actions taken by the Lt. Governor when I return."  He is expected back in the state on Wednesday [10/6/2021].

Washington woman in late 30s dies from J&J vaccine blood-clotting syndrome.  Washington state health authorities say a woman in her late 30s has died from a rare blood-clotting syndrome after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.  Public Health Seattle & King County said Tuesday the woman was the fourth person in the United States to die due to blood clotting issues following the J&J vaccine.  Three deaths were reported before federal authorities temporarily halted J&J vaccinations in April.  A spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the agency is aware of, and is looking into, additional reported clot deaths since then, including the one in Washington state.

UCHealth denies kidney transplant to unvaccinated woman in stage 5 renal failure.  A Colorado woman with stage 5 renal failure is scrambling to find a new hospital to perform a kidney transplant after a health system in the state denied the transplant due to her and her donor being unvaccinated against the coronavirus.  "Here I am, willing to be a direct donor to her.  It does not affect any other patient on the transplant list," Jaimee Fougner, Leilani Lutali's kidney donor, told CBS4.  "How can I sit here and allow them to murder my friend when I've got a perfectly good kidney and can save her life?"  Lutali said she received a letter from Colorado health system UCHealth at the end of September explaining that she and Fougner have 30 days to begin the vaccine process.  They would be removed from the kidney transplant list if they refuse the shots.

PCR Sales Soared in Wuhan Before 1st Official COVID-19 Cases Publicized:  Report.  Spending on tests that can be used to detect the novel coronavirus soared in Wuhan, China, several months before the first official reporting of COVID-19 cases, according to research by Australian cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0.  The firm tracked the sales of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests over several years, revealing an almost 50 percent increase between 2018 to 2019 — the year before the COVID-19 outbreak spread across the world, suggesting the possibility that the virus was already circulating in communities during the northern summer in 2019 before it was made public by Beijing.

JPMorgan will no longer hire unvaccinated employees for client-facing roles.  JPMorgan is clamping down on hires of new employees who don't get the COVID vaccine, even as it imposes limits on business travel for unvaccinated workers and forces them to share the costs of testing.  The mega-bank headed by Jamie Dimon said in a memo late Monday that unvaccinated individuals in client-facing roles will keep their jobs but moving forward, the bank will only hire fully vaccinated individuals for those positions.  "Client-facing roles and those requiring business travel, will necessitate employees to be vaccinated to effectively perform their jobs," the memo said.  JPMorgan said it will continue to "host in-person client events because we greatly value the engagement and relationship-building opportunities" but will limit attendance to those who are fully vaccinated.

Democratic vaccine crackdown gives [the] GOP [an] opening with mandate-wary Black voters.  The Democratic embrace of vaccine mandates is running into resistance from some prominent Black athletes and activists, an unforeseen political side effect with implications for the party's grip on a crucial voting bloc ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.  A bevy of NBA stars has spoken out against the COVID-19 vaccination requirements.  Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green defended vaccine-hesitant teammate Andrew Wiggins by arguing that mandating the shot "goes against everything that America stands for."  "I think you have to honor people's feelings and their own personal beliefs, and I think that's been lost when it comes to vaccinated and unvaccinated," Mr. Green said Friday [10/1/2021] at a press conference.  "You say we live in the land of the free.  Well, you're not giving anyone freedom because you're making people do something, essentially."

Republicans Shout Down Lindsey Graham for Pushing Vaccine.  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was booed by Republican activists Saturday after he suggested they should consider taking the coronavirus vaccine, making him the latest prominent Republican to face a backlash from the party's grassroots over the vaccine.  Speaking at a county Republican event in Summerville, South Carolina, Graham said he had received the vaccine and encouraged audience members to take the vaccine as well.  "If you haven't had the vaccine you ought to think about getting it because if you're my age — " Graham said, before he was interrupted by boos and shouts of "No!" from the audience.

Colorado educator sues after being barred from campus over COVID-19 'hoax'.  Celeste Archer was driving to work at the University of Colorado Denver last month when she learned she had been banned from campus because she had contracted or been exposed to the coronavirus — which wasn't true.  Before Ms. Archer had a chance to clear it up, however, she was told she would need to undergo contact tracing and school administrators were alerted to her status — all based on an anonymous complaint that her attorney described as a "hoax."  "I called the person who was the signatory of that email and said, 'What is this?  I don't have COVID, never have had it, have no symptoms,'" Ms. Archer told The Washington Times.  "And her reply to me was that 'somebody heard that they heard that you were showing symptoms or had tested positive.'  And that's when I said, 'I'm sorry, what?'  The whole thing was based on something somebody had heard.  All hearsay."

Anthony Fauci Is a Puppy Killer... Literally.  There are many reasons to hate Dr. Anthony Fauci.  His imperial majesty is still out there dropping interviews and injecting more chaos into the COVID pandemic.  His advice has changed so many times that no one can keep count.  As we look back, the flip-flop over masks was the harbinger for the chaos that was to come from these so-called experts.  They're not white lab coat-wearing fascists.  Fauci probably has done more to increase vaccine skepticism with his contradictory advice.  Get the shot but stay inside and keep wearing a mask.  You don't need to be a scientist to figure out that when people heard this fear porn, they wondered if the vaccine even worked.  It does — but you'd never know with these clowns in charge.  His obnoxious ego doesn't help either.  Every time he's on CNN, the credibility of this institution dies.  As of now, it's in a persistent vegetative state.  Now, he's saying that it might be too early to say if we can see our families at Christmas.  Sorry, dude — we're not waiting on you to give the okay.  We have three vaccines.  It's over.  And you don't have the power to do anything so shut [...] up.  Now, there's evidence that he's a dog killer as well.

Whose fault is that, governor?
Governor: Staff shortages becoming dire in Va. hospitals.  Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said that hospital workers in the state are "losing their patience" and that medical facilities will not be able to handle all patients with COVID-19 or other ailments if hospitals are understaffed beyond where they are now.  "They need our help," he said Monday [10/4/2021] at a news conference.  "It's getting to the point where we worry about nurses and technicians and custodians — they're at the point where they can't take it anymore.  We don't want to get to that point, where there's not enough staff, there aren't enough [staffed] beds."  According to the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, Virginia is in the midst of a fourth surge of the coronavirus with the second-highest spike, after the height reached just after the holidays, when total daily hospitalizations exceeded 3,200.  Thursday's COVID hospitalization number was 2,068.

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What does "just after the holidays" mean?  Which holidays?

Study Finds Predominance of Antibody-Resistant SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Vaccine Breakthrough Cases in San Francisco Bay Area.  What this study finds is exactly what vaccine developer Geert Vanden Bossche (Belgium) has been predicting.  The predominance of antibody-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants in vaccine breakthrough cases from the San Francisco Bay Area, California.  The California study finds that vaccinated individuals are more susceptible to COVID variant infections than unvaccinated.  Geer Vanden Bossche has been warning that vaccine antibodies would suppress natural antibody responses.  The vaccine antibodies take control of the immune system and defend only against a targeted virus.  Among vaccinated individuals, a COVID variant virus is not recognized by the specialized antibodies provided by the vaccine, and the natural antibodies have been programmed to stand down.

37-Year-Old Oregon Mom Dies From Vaccine Complication, Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytenopenia, Blood Clots.  A terribly sad story from Oregon highlighting a young mother who did not want to take the COVID-19 vaccine but was forced by government demands to accept the vaccination shot in order to guide her two children, Bridget and Clara, through school.  After taking the jab, Ms. Wilson died from blood clots caused by the vaccine.

What Every Parent Must Know About Pfizer.  The CEO of Pfizer (market cap: $240.5 billion) is Albert Bourla (2020 compensation package: $21 million).  Bourla and his colleagues want your kids to start getting jabbed with his company's COVID-19 vaccine by Thanksgiving.  Triumphant after the Biden administration last week approved Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shots (estimated global sales:  $26 billion), the company is touting study results (preliminary and non-peer-reviewed), which purportedly show "robust" antibody response and "favorable" safety outcomes for children ages 5 [to] 11 who received a two-dose combo in clinical trials.  Now, here are some facts all moms and dads must know about Pfizer before they allow their young daughters and sons to be guinea pigs of a profit-maximizing multinational corporation.  Twenty-five years ago, Pfizer sent a team to Kano, Nigeria, during a meningococcal meningitis outbreak.  They conducted an "open label" (unblinded) clinical trial involving 200 children, half of whom were given Pfizer's new antibiotic Trovan and half of whom received the gold standard treatment, ceftriaxone.  Watchdogs noted that Pfizer used substantially lower doses of ceftriaxone to rig the trials in favor of Trovan.  At the time of the Kano trial, Pfizer was pushing for approval from the Food and Drug Administration of their latest potential billion-dollar cash cow for pediatric use.  Eleven Nigerian children died, five after receiving Pfizer's product and six after receiving lower-than-normal doses of the older drug.

New Zealand Prime Minister Finally Admits A "COVID Zero" Policy Is Utterly Ridiculous.  New Zealand has been in the midst of another intense, draconian lockdown for the past seven weeks after discovering that their supposed "zero COVID" status had given way to several cases on the island nation.  With a universal healthcare system that — like every other socialist policy — is not equipped or flexible enough to deal with a constantly evolving health crisis, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern decided the only option was to basically imprison New Zealanders in their homes until COVID had disappeared.  The policy was not only unpopular, it was chaotic.  New Zealanders complained about unclear rules for those trying to return home from international travel, rules for "essential" travel around the country and a confused vaccine rollout that is still experiencing delays despite their "customers" being basically a captive audience at this point.

498 children have been killed by COVID since the pandemic began, fewer than the number who die annually from car crashes and drownings, CDC figures reveal.  Fewer than 500 children have died of COVID-19 since figures were first recorded in May 2020, the CDC said, a figure exponentially outnumbered by children killed in drownings, gun-violence incidents, and other fatal injuries.  A total of 498 children had been killed by COVID up to the week ending September 23, which are the most recent CDC figures available.  Most children in the US die as a result of various accidents, including car crashes, drowning, and from being shot, the CDC says.  A total of 3,343 children 19 and under lost their lives in traffic accidents in 2019, while there is an estimate of almost 4,000 children dying of fatal accidental drownings every year.

Christianity is dying and being replaced by cult of coronavirus.  Politicians used the pandemic across the country to close thousands of churches and throw Christians in prison for practicing their faith.  There was the scene, for example, last fall in Idaho.  Police arresting a congregation for singing hymns outdoors.  Socially distanced hymn singing outside.  So what exactly [were] these people's crimes?  The tape of that will be studied by future generations of historians to try and figure out what was going on.  What did these people do wrong?  Well, they publicly affirmed their belief in a power higher than government.  That's not allowed.  Fewer and fewer Americans do that — or even think to.  But that does not mean, and this is the critical point, that does not mean this has become a secular country.

CNBC anchor to Fauci:  Are you sure breakthrough infections are as rare as you guys keep claiming?  A notable example from Friday [10/1/2021] of a mainstream non-Fox news anchor expressing some polite skepticism about vaccine efficacy.  I understand that the vaccines work to prevent hospitalization and death and that's amazing, says Sara Eisen, but the impression given by public-health experts is that they largely prevent infections too, and, well, do they?  Quote:  "Are you too casual about the limitations of the vaccine?  Because it does feel to me that these breakthroughs are happening, they're happening regularly, and we haven't really seen the government pay that much attention to them or warn about them too much."  Five people in her own family, three of them vaccinated, caught COVID recently.  Even larger circles of vaccinated people have experienced outbreaks.  She's not speaking hypothetically.

NIH Director abruptly steps down.  After seeing him on nearly every cable news show on a daily basis for months on end, it was announced last night that Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institute of Health, is stepping down.  Collins took the role under Barack Obama and retained the position over the course of three presidencies.  He's been highly "outspoken" (to put it mildly) about what sort of executive mandates regarding face masks and vaccinations were required to combat the pandemic.  So was this some sort of signal that the battle against the novel coronavirus is essentially over or just a normal career move?

Dr. Evil Has Now Proclaimed Your Rights Mean Nothing In The Face Of The Greater Good.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States conveyed an authoritarian-like message to Canadians opposed to COVID vaccine mandates and passports while delivering a lecture at McGill University.  Dr. Fauci's message for Canadians opposed to COVID vaccine mandates and passports: "there comes a time when you do have to give up what you consider your individual right of making your own decision."  Don't think for a second Fauci doesn't feel the same way towards Americans.  [Video clip]

Meet The Real Monster Of Victoria Who Says You And Your Kids Won't Eat If You Don't Vax.  It's been a long time since Western, civilized nations had monsters like Hitler and Mussolini.  The new monsters emerging from the post COVID world have a new plan and it's a little more subtle than the previous aforementioned ones.  Dan Andrews, the premier of Victoria, Australia just announced that if you aren't vaccinated by October 15th, you won't have a job... NO EXEMPTIONS!  There was no mention of any sort of unemployment benefits but there has been talk of cutting of medical services as well for the unvaccinated.  QR code technology will form the backbone of Victoria's mandatory vaccination scheme for venues opening to increased numbers of patrons once the state reaches its 70 percent full-dose target about October 26.  [Video clip]

Pentagon mandates COVID-19 vaccine for civilian workers.  All civilians who work for the Defense Department and the military services must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Nov. 22, under new guidelines released Monday [10/4/2021].  A memo signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks on Friday said the new mandate is in line with the presidential directive issued last month requiring federal agencies to implement vaccine requirements.  "Vaccinating (department) civilian employees against COVID-19 will save lives and allow for the defense of our Nation," said Hicks.  "Thank you for your focus on this critical mission."

Heroes of the Pandemic.  Many highly accomplished and credentialed medical professionals have put their careers and reputations on the line with their public opposition to the failed COVID strategies of the global biomedical complex. [...] The now-famous "Rome Declaration" wasn't even the first time a large number of medical experts had gone on the record to reject the tenets of the church of COVID.  A year ago, more than 860,000 infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists signed a declaration expressing their "grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies."  The Great Barrington Declaration argued that "the most compassionate" way to reach herd immunity while minimizing mortality and social harm was "to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk."  Unfortunately, because of the work they've done over the past year and a half advocating for early treatments, and raising red flags about the experimental vaccines, many brave doctors and scientists have had their voices muzzled and their reputations smeared by the corporate media.

No One Trusts Public Health Officials — Not Even Health Care Professionals.  There is a public health crisis in America and it's not the pandemic.  The public health crisis in the U.S. is a lack of faith in the credibility of public health experts and officials whose double standards, misinformation, and selective adherence to certain "facts" have caused widespread confusion, resentment, and fright in millions of people. [...] Many will point to polls on subjects like vaccine hesitancy or the efficacy of masks and conclude the opposition comes from knuckle-dragging Trump supporters.  Even if that were true — and it isn't — how would they explain the overwhelming mistrust of public health officials by doctors, nurses and other health care professionals?

Northwell Health 'exits' 1,400 workers in NY who refused COVID vaccine.  Northwell Health parted ways with 1,400 employees after they refused to comply with New York State's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, a spokesperson said Monday [10/4/2021].  The workforce for the largest health care network in New York City was 100% vaccinated, as of Monday.  "This allows us to continue to provide exceptional care at all of our facilities, without interruption and remain open and fully operational," the spokesperson said in a statement to PIX11.

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It's hard to imagine how the company can "remain open and fully operational" after getting rid of 1,400 employees who were presumably doing something to earn a paycheck as recently as last week.

Uncle Ted Nugent Doesn't Hold Back When Describing The Vaccinated.  During an Oct 1st interview with "Off The Record", rocker Ted Nugent didn't hold back when describing how he felt with all the vaccinated people in the country[.]  Asked what he would say to the people who believe it's a worthwhile vaccine and it's saving lives, Ted said:  "I appreciate the opportunity to speak to the people that went ahead and got the jab.  I speak their language.  I will speak to them thusly:  Baaaaaah," he said, imitating a sheep.  [Video clip]

The COVID Survey That Should Have Rocked the World.  In March 2021, a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, the New York Times shared the results of a comprehensive survey of 35,000 Americans done by Gallup and Franklin Templeton.  True to form, the Times refused to face the survey's epic implications.  The Times started pulling punches in the headline, "Covid's Partisan Errors:  Republicans tend to underestimate Covid risks — and Democrats tend to exaggerate them."  This equivocation papered over the real news hook of the story, namely that health officials and their media enablers scared policy makers, especially in blue states, into making catastrophic, fear-based misjudgments.  "To many liberals, Covid has become another example of the modern Republican Party's hostility to facts and evidence," wrote reporter David Leonhardt, unaware that he just delivered a laugh line.  In assessing the GOP worldview, Leonhardt, like most of his media colleagues, saw hostility in just about every Republican gesture.

Video: High School Teacher Bullies Her Unvaccianted Students, Accuses Them Of Killing People — The School Tried To Destroy Evidence.  Tanner is a 10th-grader at Puyallup High School.  He says his biology teacher became upset that some students were improperly wearing their masks.  It set her off on a rant against her unvaccinated students.  She called unvaccinated students "selfish" and said they weren't welcome at school.  She accused her unvaccinated students of killing people by spreading variants of the virus, warning them that they could "literally kill everyone on the planet."  That teacher is now on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into her conduct.  But before the investigation took place, the school's vice principal, who identifies as an abolitionist educator, tried to have the video evidence deleted[.]

Member of 'healthcare is a human right' party wants the unvaccinated to pay.  Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California believes the unvaccinated should have to pay for coronavirus-related increases in healthcare costs.  This is a curious position for a member of the party of "healthcare is a basic human right" to embrace.  Then again, no one ever accused Lieu of being consistent — or even particularly bright.  "If you are going to engage in riskier actions that increase healthcare costs and healthcare burdens on all of us," the congressman said this weekend, "then you should be the one paying for the increased risk."  Lieu's comments came in response to a Forbes article titled "Louisiana Hospital Chain Hikes Insurance Premiums For Employees With Unvaccinated Spouses."

Fauci Has Authoritarian-Like Message To "Give Up" Your Rights, And Take Vaccine.  American physician Dr. Anthony Fauci delivered a strong message to Canadians who are unwilling to get vaccinated because they believe it violates their charter rights.  Speaking at a McGill University lecture on October 1, Dr. Fauci said a pandemic is one of the scenarios where certain individual rights need to be given up for the greater good of society.

American Liberty Must Not Become Coronavirus Casualty.  When announcing his nationwide vaccine mandate, President Joe Biden declared, "This is not about freedom." But for Americans who live outside the Beltway, it is absolutely about freedom, because America is about freedom.  Yes, the coronavirus is still with us.  Yes, it is still potentially dangerous, particularly to vulnerable Americans.  But the need long since has passed for extraordinary measures such as lockdowns, mask mandates, and other restrictions on American liberty.  In a country with competent leaders, all such measures — most especially the forced vaccinations for COVID-19 recently ordered by Biden — would be repealed, and Americans would be allowed to return to their normal lives.

Did The Fourth Branch of Government Release SARS-CoV-2 Then Blame China?  So much research has been done, we essentially know the majority of the background details.  The SARS-CoV-2 virus commonly known as COVID-19 was made in a lab by scientists.  The virus then went from a lab to the global population in late 2019/early 2020.  The epicenter of the outbreak appears to be one of the labs working on the virus in Wuhan, China.  Those essential big picture items are no longer debated; although the Chinese government does not agree for obvious reasons.  With the 'where', 'when' and 'how' essentially agreed, the question of 'who' and 'why' remains.

Anthony Fauci on Forced Vaccines:  "You Have to Give Up Your Individual Rights for The Greater Good of Society".  It's always right there, just below the surface.  Wait long enough and you will see it.  Obama's,"You didn't build that", is one recent example.  Hillary Clinton's, "It takes a village" is another.  Today, Anthony Fauci says you do not have "individual rights", you have collective rights and responsibilities to the greater good of society.  This vile little worm with a thirst for power is nothing more than a Fabian Socialist.

Booster-pushing Fauci says it's 'too soon to tell' whether families should gather for Christmas.  CBS News' "Face the Nation" anchor Margaret Brennan asked Dr. Fauci Sunday if families should gather for Christmas this year and he said that it's just "too soon to tell" while relentlessly pushing vaccinations and booster shots for Americans.  Brennan asked, "There are two new studies out that show COVID has gotten better at transmitting through aerosols, just through the air.  What does that mean?  We're going into cold weather, the holidays.  Do people need to start looking around and say it is too risky to gather with family members if there are unvaccinated children?"

This year, just like last year, and next year, and the year after that.
CDC recommends "virtual Thanksgiving" this year.  After the patron saint of restricting Americans' freedoms suggested we might need to cancel Christmas, I suppose this shouldn't come as all that much of a surprise.  The CDC is announcing today that they are recommending that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving virtually again this year.  You probably don't need me to tell you that this is one turkey of an idea that Joe Biden isn't going to be able to make fly.  But the new guidelines have all sorts of unpleasant nuggets built into them for any of you dangerous people who still insist on carving up the turkey with your family.  Oh, and you have to scroll down to the bottom of the announcement to find it, but they're saying the same thing for Halloween as well.

Scott Gottlieb responds to Fauci:  Nothing's going to stop us from getting together for Christmas.  He says this not in a spirit of defiance but as an acknowledgment of simple fact.  Nothing's going to stop Americans from getting together for Christmas.  If he can grasp reality, why can't Fauci?  This is the way public health guidance should be given, not with scolding about what should and shouldn't be done but with a polite request for prudence and some recommendations about how to manage risk.  [Tweet]  His advice about using rapid tests to make sure everyone's uninfected before gathering is shrewd.  Although, uh, good luck finding one if you live in the United States:  [Tweet]

They Can't Win if We Won't Surrender.  The pandemic was the alarm that wakes us up before the building burns down around us.  It gave us a glimpse of a future without liberty.
  •   Autocratic orders
  •   Draconian restrictions
  •   Unequal treatment under the law
  •   Fraudulent elections
  •   Blatant disregard of the Constitution
Thankfully, COVID gave us a taste of tyranny on the cheap.  America didn't become a Cuba or Venezuela to experience it.  The pandemic has shown us how important and fragile liberty is.  I'll never take it for granted again.  I suspect a great number of patriots feel the same way.  We're seeing an awakening all across America.

A COVID guessing game.  What if every excuse for vaccinating every living person against COVID-19 is wrong?  If so, how should that change things?  Let's play what if.  What if the long-term harm to children being vaccinated is unknown?  It is.  What if the short-term harm to people in general may be great, even deadly?  Both are true.  What if the COVID vaccinations don't prevent contracting or transmitting the virus?  They don't.  What if only about 5% of deaths attributed to COVID showed only COVID to be the cause of death on the death certificates?  They do.  What if the remaining 95% were just as likely to have been killed by one of the four other co-morbidity causes of death also shown on the death certificate?  They are.  What if, as reported to the government, deaths are high in the short-term after being given the vaccine?  They are.  What if the clinical trials used to justify the vaccine were "very short-term"?  They were.  What if the clinical trials consequently did not — could not — address what the long-term effects of the vaccine would be?  They did not and cannot.

Prominent physician: Don't get a COVID shot.  Dr. Peter McCullough, a prominent cardiologist, internist and professor of medicine who has testified to the U.S. Senate, has explained that he is not against vaccines, and many of his patients have been vaccinated for COVID-19.  But he said in a new interview this week that with increasing reports of adverse effects, it's too risky for people who have a more than 99% survival rate to receive one of the experimental vaccines.  "Based on the safety data now, I can no longer recommend it," he said in an interview with journalist and author John Leake.  "There are over 4,000 dead Americans, there are over 10,000 in Europe that die on days one, two and three after the vaccine," said McCullough.

NIH doesn't recommend ivermectin because its panel members have conflicting financial interests.  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) does not think that anyone should ever be allowed to use ivermectin to try to treat a Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) infection.  The reason is because its board members have financial interests elsewhere.  You see, by allowing ivermectin to be used as an early treatment for Chinese Germs, NIH board members could lose money in their other investments.  And since money is their god, your life must be sacrificed on the altar of "science."  According to the NIH, there is supposedly "insufficient evidence" to support the use of ivermectin, which means that the agency will not recommend its use.  Upon closer look, though, "insufficient evidence" is just a convenient excuse.

Overcoming the Blockade:  Getting Ivermectin Prescriptions Filled.  The 5 Truths:  [#1] No corporate policy exists against filling ivermectin by Walgreens, CVS, or Rite-Aid.  No policy exists for major grocery/pharmacies:  Kroger, Publix, Walmart, Sam's Club, Costco.  [#2] [There is] No national supply shortage in the United States at this time.  [#3] [There are] Very few circumstances where a pharmacy/pharmacist cannot obtain a supply of ivermectin within 24 [to] 48 hours of ordering.  [#4] FDA approval for COVID-19 is not required to prescribe ivermectin off-label — in fact, 20% of all prescriptions written in the U.S. are off-label.  [#5] Very few U.S. states allow pharmacists to refuse to fill a valid prescription.

Doctor Cites Early Treatment as Reason for Success with 6,000 Covid Patients.  A board-certified family medical physician who works with Dr. George Fareed in California's Imperial Valley, Dr. Brian Tyson states that, based on his work with more than 6,000 Covid patients, 70% of all cases nationwide could have been saved using his early-treatment methods.  Dr. Tyson has based his methods, which employ FDA-approved drugs, on fourteen years of experience in the emergency room and another ten years in the ICU.  He also states that he hasn't lost a single patient who has come to him during the first week of having contracted Covid.  [Video clip]

Fluvoxamine data for COVID-19 Treatment.  Early research suggests that fluvoxamine, an FDA approved medication for depression and obsessive compulsive disorder, can be an effective early treatment for COVID-19.  Fluvoxamine, created 37 years ago, is an inexpensive and widely available generic drug.  It's in a class of drugs called Selective Serotonin-Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs).  SSRIs appear to activate a central nervous system protein that plays a role in regulating inflammatory responses.  Small clinical and observational studies show that repurposing fluvoxamine to treat coronavirus prevents some of the most serious complications related to inflammation, and keeps people from hospitalization.

80% of Covid-19 deaths in August were people who had been vaccinated according to Public Health data.  We're living in strange times, and if you believe the Covid-19 vaccination programme is working because the authorities on the television tell you that it is, then you must surely find it extremely strange that the UK is in the middle of a third wave in the middle of summer?  Especially when you consider that in summer 2020 Covid-19 deaths flat-lined to zero even though a Covid-19 injection was not available.  But the strangeness doesn't end there, just take a look at the latest Covid-19 Statistical Report released by Public Health Scotland (PHS) on the 8th September 2021.  The report provides an array on data on testing, quarantining, vaccinations, cases, hospitalisations, and deaths but it doesn't get very interesting until you read Table 15 which covers the number of Covid-19 positive cases by week and vaccination status.

30,305 people died within 21 days of having a Covid-19 Vaccine in England during the first 6 months of 2021 according to ONS data.  Dozens of freedom of information requests have been made to Public Health England (PHE) over the past few months requesting to know how many people have died within 28 days of having a Covid-19 vaccine, but each and every time PHE have claimed they do "not hold the information requested".  [Exhibit omitted for brevity]  It is extremely strange to find that PHE do not hold the information considering their counterpart in Scotland has been able to publish the data on deaths within 28 days of a Covid-19 vaccination.  Public Health Scotland last published the figures on the 23rd June 2021 in their 'Covid-19 Statistical Report' in which they revealed 5,522 people had died within 28 days of having a Covid-19 vaccine between December 8th 2020 and June 11th 2021 in Scotland.

Vaccine Damage And Deaths Are Becoming Widespread.  When one Detroit TV station asked for confirmation bias (people dying of "Covid" from no vaccine), to its surprise the station instead received over 180,000 responses of vaccine injured and dead.  As S.D. Wells reported in Naturalnews.com on Thursday, September 16, 2021, "Spike Protein Syndrome:  WebMD Covid vaccine complaint board plastered with horrific descriptions of sustained critical injuries from toxic clot shots"  Wells reports the following:  "It really doesn't matter which poisonous jab people got, whether it was mRNA or a single protein payload stab, the billions of toxic spike proteins are clogging their blood and vital organs as you read this.  The toxic jabs don't discriminate either, as to your age, race or physical fitness level.  You can be a soldier in top shape, or someone's grandma in the nursing home, and still, the deadly Covid jab will work its nightmares on the human body, including decimation of the vascular and immune systems. Take a look at just a handful of posted complaints, which are all fairly recent, regarding the nightmarish 'side effects' and adverse events going on now, some weeks or months after getting stabbed with billions of toxic spike prions, all just to try to ward off a bad case of the China flu (which none of the inoculations have been proven to do yet."

We Would Get a COVID-19 Vaccine, If...  [#1] We decide that a COVID-19 Vaccine is a net benefit for us (just like we annually decide whether or not to get a Flu Vaccine), as well as it being a scientifically-proven benefit to others that we come in contact with.  [#2] The COVID-19 Vaccine is manufactured and tested in the traditional, scientifically-proven manner (e.g., like the Shingles Vaccine).  [#3] Alternatively, if the COVID-19 Vaccine does not take the traditional route and instead takes an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) path, then the Medical Establishment will fully comply with all federal EUA requirements.  (So far that has not happened with the experimental COVID-19 injections.)  [#4] After we are presented with a legal EUA COVID-19 Vaccine, then the Medical Establishment will fully inform the public: [...]

Army Doctor & Aerospace Medicine Specialist LTC. Theresa Long Calls On Pentagon To Ground ALL Pilots That Have Taken COVID Shots.  Lieutenant Colonel Theresa Long, who is an Army Doctor and Aerospace Medicine Specialist, provided an affidavit in which she recommends the Secretary of Defense to ground all pilots that have received the COVID shots.  The affidavits reads in full below. [...]

CDC Allows Hospitals To Classify Dead Vaxxed People As "Unvaccinated".  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have devised a set of rules pertaining to the classification of infectious disease and death.  These rules simultaneously inflate the number of covid cases in the unvaccinated and allow hospitals to classify dead vaccinated people as "unvaccinated" deaths.  Hospitals and laboratories are required to follow these rules and report official covid-19 data based on these rules.  It appears that these rules were designed in a way to conceal the number of covid cases in the vaccinated and to conceal the number of deaths caused by the covid-19 vaccines.  This medical fraud and morbid treachery allows the CDC to continue on with the false narrative that the nation is suffering from a "pandemic of the unvaccinated."  People who die from the vaccine are used as props to falsely advertise the need for more of these deadly vaccines.

COVID-19 Vaccine Ingredients.  On 20 August 2021 Dr. Robert Young published his team's findings after analysing the four dominant COVID-19 "vaccines" using Phase Contrast Microscopy, Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy.  Their findings both confirm and expand upon the prior investigations carried out by Dr. Pablo Campra (University of Almeria, Spain), Dr. Juan F. Gastón Añaños (Hospital de Barbastro, Spain), as well as the recent pathology reports from autopsies of vaccinated deceased which were carried out by Prof. Dr. Arne Burkhardt, Prof. Dr. Walter Lang and Prof. Dr. Peter Schirmacher (Germany & Austria).  Many of these substances were observed as being bonded to graphene oxide and metallic nanoparticles.  GO nanoparticles are necrotic, able to pass into or through physiological barriers including (but not limited to) the blood-air barrier, the blood-testis barrier, the blood-brain barrier, and the blood-placenta barrier.  Over a period of several months after intramuscular injection, as much as 75% of the GO nanoparticle "delivery platform", and most of the substances listed below, are transported extensively throughout the bodies of mammals, into the blood, brain and other organs.  Some of the many toxic effects of graphene oxide are myocarditis and blood clotting.  Contamination in vaccines appears to be so common that one might be forgiven for thinking that it is deliberate.

List of retracted coronavirus (COVID-19) papers.  We've been tracking retractions of papers about COVID-19 as part of our database.  Here's a running list, which will be updated as needed.  [Links to 143 papers.]

COVID has Replaced Climate Change as the Religion of the Left.  [Scroll down]  Religion has 7 basic elements.  How are the religions of climate and COVID similar?
Beliefs — the planet and civilization will be destroyed due to man-made global warming or an man-made (increasingly likely) virus.  The left believes this with absolute certainty.  Just speak with your liberal friends or listen to cable news for confirmation. Immediate and severe measures are necessary, or we are facing an extinction event, despite ample evidence to the contrary.
Religious organization — both climate and COVID are organized around fear, large powerful government organizations and the media pushing and amplifying such fear, proposing new bureaucracies, or empowering existing ones to make totalitarian decisions confiscating both wealth and freedom.
Emotions — fear is the primary emotion for both belief systems.  For climate it is fear of starvation and an end to normal life.  For COVID it's fear of death from a virus with a greater than 99 percent survival rate.  Emotional images are used, from a polar bear floating on an ice cap to a crowded emergency room or ICU, even if the photos are staged or have little to do with the issue at hand.
Sacred objects — the climate movement has windmills, solar panels, and electric vehicles as their sacred objects with no acknowledgement that their religious icons are currently doing little to solve the supposed problem they are meant to fix.  In COVID, the sacred objects are the almighty face mask, largely symbolic and previously acknowledged to be useless for a respiratory virus by Dr Fauci and others. [...]

Examining The Democrats' Determination to Vaccinate Us All.  [Scroll down]  None of the problems [Dr. Rochelle Walensky's] booster order is intended to address are the fault of the unvaccinated.  Nevertheless, the Biden administration and its allies in academia and business are aggressively dividing society into competing camps.  One has to wonder what they know, given that the CDC and FDA have been holding the COVID data close to their vest and not disseminating it, which is the usual practice.  And then there's the treatment issue. [...] The possibility of cheap, effective treatments, combined with the virus's low morbidity rate (survival for those under 70 is greater than 99%), means that COVID should pretty much be just a bad flu, although it's in a population that hasn't yet had this particular bad flu before.  Again, mass vaccinations make no sense, as the vaccine will prolong the outbreak as variants are sure to be created.  In light of the above facts, more and more, it looks as if the DNC embraced the virus and is doing its best to keep it circulating through society for purely political reasons.  It was able to get Trump out of the White House, along with election fraud that was made easier because of panicked lockdowns.  Now, the vaccine is the newest weapon in the DNC arsenal.

CNBC Host Grills Fauci on Vaccine 'Breakthrough' Cases.  Dr. Fauci on Friday was grilled on CNBC about so-called Covid 'breakthrough' cases.  "Dr. Fauci, you guys have been pushing the vaccine and I understand why — I'm vaccinated, but I also have Covid and it spread through my entire family in the past few weeks," CNBC host Sara Eisen said from her home office.  She continued, "And I just wonder about the public messaging around vaccinations.  Three vaccinated people got Covid in my house, two unvaccinated children got it.  Are you too casual about the limitations of the vaccine?  Because it does feel to me that breakthroughs are happening, they're happening regularly and we haven't really seen the government pay much attention to them or warn about them!"  Fauci was visibly irritated and tried to interrupt Eisen, but she continued, [...]"

[Fauci says] It's too soon to determine whether families can gather for Christmas.  It's too soon to say whether the pandemic has eased enough for families to gather for Christmas this year, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday [10/3/2021]. Fauci, making the Sunday talk show rounds, said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" that Americans first need to focus on lowering the number of new infections and hospitalizations.  The best way to do that:  Vaccination and booster shots, he said.  "We've just got to concentrate on continuing to get those numbers down and not try to jump ahead by weeks or months and say what we're going to do at a particular time," Fauci said.  "Let's focus like a laser on continuing to get those cases down."

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Doctor Fauci is telling you to focus on statistics ("cases") above all else, because statistics are easy to control, and tragic anecdotes are not.

[Fauci says] Immigrants Are Not the Driving Force of Pandemic.  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head and chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Republicans need to "face reality" and realize immigrates are not "the driving force" of the coronavirus pandemic.  Anchor Dana Bash said, "Doctor Fauci[,] A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll asked Americans what they thought the major reasons for high coronavirus spread are and the top reasons the Republicans gave was immigrants and tourists bringing COVID-19 into the U.S. Are immigrants a major reason why COVID-19 is spreading in the U.S.?"

J&J's one-shot COVID vaccine is linked to another 'rare' life-threatening blood clotting condition.  Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID vaccine has been linked to another blood-clotting condition by EU regulators which they warn could be life-threatening.  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said the new, possibly life-threatening clotting condition known as venous thromboembolism (VTE) will be included on the J&J product label was separate a previously-linked side effect known as thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS).  VTE typically begins by a clot forming in a vein of a leg, arm or groin, which then travels to the lungs and blocks the blood supply there.

Sen Ron Johnson Drops Bombshell: 63% Of Delta Deaths In The UK Were Fully Vaccinated.  Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson dropped a bombshell on the Senate floor this week when he unveiled official UK government data showing 63% of Delta variant deaths were double vaccinated.  Johnson challenged Joe Biden's claim that this was the pandemic of the unvaccinated.  [Video clip]

Who are the sensible people about COVID?  About half the U.S. population has been 'vaccinated.'  Since the remaining population is unwilling to be jabbed, some say that they should be punished by being required to show a vaccine passport (that they don't have) for entry into a myriad of places. [...] Here's what we do know.
  [#1]   The 'vaccine' is not a vaccine.  Although consumers of the corporate media weren't allowed to see it, this fact has been widely reported in the alternative press.  The technology is based on mRNA, which is a clue to its components.  It's a genetic experiment that has not been tested or vetted.  We are its lab rats.
  [#2]   Will it damage us physically or mentally?  No one can predict what will happen — either now or years from now — to those who allow their genes to be altered with a misnamed 'vaccine' for the sake of a mild disease with vastly inflated, in the U.S., numbers of cases and deaths.
  [#3]   We also know that hundreds of deaths have been observed so far among the newly vaccinated.  Researchers are saying more people may be dying from the 'vaccine' than died from Covid.  And that's just the beginning.  The long-term effects are waiting in the wings.  It has been announced that the U.S. has a higher case rate than any other country.  The corruption in counting is clear for all to see.  Did they think they could keep it a secret?
  [#4]   We know from censored reports that there are effective, nonlethal, remedies, reported by many physicians, including ivermectin, an anti-parasite medication that is also a powerful anti-inflammatory, whose inventors won the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology, and hydrochloroquine, an old and effective remedy for Covid.  Just ask Donald Trump.

British Rapper Remeece Shows Up Outside Of Schools And Performs His Song 'Dont Tek Di Vaccine'.  The globalist lapdogs all on board with getting every man, woman, child, and baby injected with an experimental drug with horrible side effects and only 36% efficacy are having a meltdown over a rapper named Remeece and his new track, "Don't Tek Di Vaccine."  The rapper and his group, Footsoldiers4Freedom, have shown up outside at least four schools in London, Manchester, and Bolton in recent weeks.  The group hands out flyers with the child protection charity's logo telling pupils to 'discard your mask', while blasting songs with lyrics such as 'children, children, don't take the vaccine' through loudspeakers.  [Video clip]

Why Is Info on COVID and Vitamin D Deficiency Suppressed?  Many years of research have demonstrated the multiple benefits of vitamin D to your health.  These benefits include helping to build healthy bones and teeth, supporting lung and cardiovascular function, influencing genetic expression, supporting brain and nervous system health, and regulating insulin levels.  During 2020, scientists also discovered that the benefits of vitamin D for upper respiratory infections also includes protection against COVID-19.  In 2021, two new studies confirmed what many researchers had already determined:  There is an association between vitamin D deficiency and "the risk of being infected with COVID-19, severity of the disease and risk of dying from it."  However, despite a known and safe side effect profile, benefits to patients with COVID-19 and the relative ease of acquiring the low-cost supplement, health "experts" have continued to suppress information that could very well save many lives.

Food for thought.  The strategies of Climate Change compared to Covid-19

Fauci isn't sure that you can gather for Christmas, but is sure that you must give up your individual rights.  The highest paid bureaucrat in the entire federal government went on Face the Nation yesterday [10/3/2021] and let his mask slip.  He might as well have put on a Grinch costume when he responded to a question from host Margaret Brennan on whether or not people could gather for Christmas this year and answered that it is too early to tell:  [Tweet with video clip]  Fauci wasn't questioned about why wealthy and sophisticated countries like Norway and Japan are returning to normal life, joining Sweden, which has never engaged in the historically unprecedented move of quarantining healthy people, bit the sick.  Instead, Fauci wants to focus on "cases" — which means people testing positive for Covid, not people actually requiring treatment.

Rack up another win for Big Pharma.  Big Pharma is celebrating.  Merck has released "phenomenal" test results for its experimental pill for treating COVID. The drug is said to greatly reduce the risk of hospitalization and death from the Wuhan virus.  In this regard, Merck has beaten Pfizer, which is also deep in developing a medicine to treat COVID. And to be perfectly clear, both the Merck and Pfizer drugs are not intended to prevent COVID. They treat it. [...] Here's a cynic's view of the situation.  The reason for the jihad against Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine was not the health of the public.  It's that both these drugs are low-cost generics.  Their use would not garner large profits for Big Pharma.  But the new Merck and Pfizer drug will surely cost a pretty penny.  Why?  It's to capture their R&D costs which the accountants at Big Pharma are well experienced in bloating.  And even if some decree by one of the alphabet health agencies in Washington says the Merck and Pfizer drugs should be made available to the public at low cost or for free, the true cost will be eventually be absorbed by Uncle Sam, i.e., the taxpayer.

Fauci on Vax Mandates:  "There Comes a Time When You Have to Give Up What You Consider Your Individual Right of Making Your Own Decision".  Dr. Fauci on Friday [10/1/2021] delivered a virtual lecture to Canadians at McGill University titled "Covid-19: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges."  Fauci, an unelected bureaucrat, had a message to Canadians who oppose authoritarian vaxx mandates:  You have no right to make your own decision about what goes into your body.  "I think what people have to appreciate is that indeed you do have personal liberties for yourself, and you should be in control of them," Fauci said before telling people they have to take the jab for the greater good of society.  "But," Fauci said, "you are a member of society and as a member of society, reaping all the benefits of being a member of society, you have a responsibility to society, and I think each of us, particularly in the context of a pandemic that's killing millions of people, you have got to look at it and say there comes a time when you do have to give up what you consider your individual right of making your own decision for the greater good of society."  Covid vaccines do not prevent the spread of the China virus, according to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, so the mandates are purely about control.

A eulogy is not an affidavit.
Twitter Slammed for Fact-Checking Obituary of Woman Whose Death Has Been Linked to COVID Vaccine.  Twitter fact-checked an obituary of a young mother whose death is being attributed to a blood disorder induced by COVID-19, prompting backlash from Republican lawmakers and members of conservative media.  The social media giant put a since-removed "misleading" label on a tweet that included a link to the obituary along with the caption:  "Seattle, WA — Jessica Berg Wilson, an 'exceptionally healthy and vibrant 37-year-old young mother with no underlying health conditions,' passed away from COVID Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia.  She did not want to get vaccinated."  Twitter's "misleading" label also included information on "why health officials consider COVID-19 vaccines safe for most people."  The obituary posted to Oregon Live asserts that Wilson died last month "from COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT)," a blood-clotting syndrome.

Nearly 3,700 substitute teachers needed in NYC ahead of vaccine deadline.  The city Department of Education is looking to plug nearly 3,700 openings for substitute teachers as the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public school staffers goes into effect Monday [10/4/2021], The [New York] Post has learned.  The 3,659 vacancies amount to an average of about two subs per each of the system's roughly 1,800 schools — though the needs at some schools, including in Brooklyn and Queens, are far greater, according to an email sent Saturday and obtained by The Post.  The starting dates for the fill-in gigs range from Monday to May 2022, though the bulk of the roles begin in October, according to the email sent to the pool of public school substitute teachers.

Fauci: 'Precious few' religions oppose vaccines.  Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday [10/3/2021] it is exceedingly rare for a major religion to oppose vaccines but recognized it will be hard to referee situations in which workers say their faith makes it impossible for them to get the COVID-19 shots.  "We looked at this years ago when people were claiming religious exemptions to avoid getting measles vaccines," Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN's "State of the Union."  "There are precious few religions that actually say you cannot do that."  Many employers that are imposing vaccine mandates offer medical exemptions in order to satisfy federal laws, but religious exemptions are a thornier issue.  Some people say their body is a "temple" or cite Bible verses in pursuit of religious exemptions, though experts say organized religions have few formal objections to the vaccines.

Autopsies relocated as medical examiner goes unvaccinated.  An upstate New York county is being forced to send human bodies to a hospital 50 miles away for autopsies because its prominent medical examiner has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to county officials.  Rensselaer County moved autopsies on Friday [10/1/2021] to Glens Falls Hospital from Albany Medical Center Hospital, which requires everyone who works there to be vaccinated, Richard Crist, the county's director of operations, told the Times Union.  The county's medical examiner, Dr. Michael Sikirica, had been performing the county's autopsies at the Albany hospital.  Although Sikirica does not work at that hospital, all doctors who provide services there must be vaccinated, said Matt Markham, a hospital spokesperson.

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I'm no doctor, but I don't think people who are undergoing autopsies are susceptible to Covis-19.

Students sue St. John's University over vaccine mandate, citing 'aborted fetal tissue' testing.  A group of students at St. John's University in New York is suing the Catholic school over its vaccine mandate, claiming the requirement violates their right to their religious beliefs.  The 17 plaintiffs say in their suit that they oppose abortion — and therefore do not want to take any of the three federally approved COVID-19 vaccines because the shots were tested using "aborted fetal tissue or human embryonic stem-cell derivation."  "As a devout Roman Catholic, I believe life is precious.  In the Ten Commandments, it says, `Thou Shall Not Kill,'" said plaintiff Kimberly Vineski, a 19-year-old, second-year pharmacy student from Glendale, LI, to The [New York] Post, referring to abortion.  St. John's says in court papers that it won't consider an exemption for the plaintiffs because there are questions about "the genuineness of their purported religious beliefs."

Sen. Ron Johnson: There is not an FDA approved COVID vaccine in the US.  Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., claimed that the U.S. still doesn't have an FDA-approved vaccine as he exposed what was really approved by the government agency on "Fox News Primetime."  ["]We do not have an FDA-approved vaccine being administered in the U.S.  The FDA played a bait and switch.  They approved the Comirnaty version of Pfizer drugs.  It's not available in the U.S.  They even admit it.  I sent them a letter three days later going 'What are you doing?'  What they did is they extended the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer drug vaccine that's available in the U.S., here that's more than 30 days later, they haven't asked that very simple question.  If you're saying that the Pfizer drug is the same as the Comirnaty, why didn't you provide FDA approval on that? [...]["]  [Video clip]

Attorney Thomas Renz Releases Medicare and Pfizer Whistleblower Data — Vaccine Related Injuries and Deaths [are] Far More Widespread Than Reported.  Thanks to a Whistleblower that came forth to Attorney Thomas Renz, the public is now seeing, for the first time ever, hard data from the largest database available in the U.S. to study the COVID-19 impact including deaths & injuries; The CMS Medicare Tracking System.  The Total number of American Citizens that died within 14 days of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is 48,465 according to hard data revealed in the Medicare Tracking System.  Attorney Renz is also in possession of Remdesivir death data from the Medicare Tracking System that has been withheld by the government from our citizens.  The Remdesivir data reveals of the 7,960 beneficiaries prescribed Remdesivir for Covid-19, 2,058 died.  That is 25.9%.

American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue will require all staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine under Biden's mandate for 'government contractors'.  American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue are joining United Airlines in requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, as the Biden administration steps up pressure on major US carriers to mandate the shots.  The airlines provide special flights, cargo hauling and other services for the government.  The companies say that makes them government contractors who are covered by President Joe Biden's order directing contractors to require employees to be vaccinated.  American Airlines CEO Doug Parker told his more than 100,000 employees late Friday that the airline is still working on details, but 'it is clear that team members who choose to remain unvaccinated will not be able to work at American Airlines.'

Why "experts say" is a red flag when it comes to everything COVID.  If you're reading a newspaper about Covid, and you're wondering if there is any science behind the claims that are being made, then just keep your eyes open for the words "experts say," and you'll know right then it's [an echo chamber] of one clown referencing another clown, and NONE of it is evidence-based.  None. [...] It's not "normal" to wear a mask that obstructs your breathing all day.  It's not normal to alter how your immune system functions by tricking your cells into producing spike proteins that mimic virus pathogens, thus creating a toxin-producing factory (mRNA technology) in your body that you can never regulate or turn off.  It's also not normal for humans to live in isolation, kill ALL bacteria around them with disinfectants, and then tell everyone, including healthy adults and all children, they must get gene therapy injections every 3 months for the rest of their lives in order to 'have rights' and to 'survive.'

Dangerous mistake: 4-year-old [was] accidentally given COVID-19 vaccine instead of flu shot.  A Maryland pharmacy accidentally injected a 4-year-old girl with a COVID-19 vaccine instead of the flu shot she was scheduled to receive.  On September 18, Victoria Olivier brought her daughter Colette to a Walgreens in the Baltimore area for their family's seasonal flu shot.  Ahead of the appointment, her mother struck a deal with her that she would receive a treat if she cooperated, so she eagerly volunteered when the pharmacist asked who in their family wanted to go first.  However, the mood quickly changed when the pharmacist realized that she had accidentally given the young girl a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine instead of the flu shot.  The vaccine has not been authorized for children younger than 12.

Gov. Newsom mandates shots for ALL California students from 7th to 12th grade - but exempts staff.  Governor Gavin Newsom has been condemned for his 'wrong and cowardly' mandate which demands all California students from 7th to 12th grade get the COVID-19 vaccine but does not require their teachers to get the shot.  Social media erupted in outrage Friday night as people pointed out the alarming difference between the rules for children and staff, with many accusing the governor of being influenced by the powerful teachers' unions.  'Kids must get vaccine, but teacher don't have to.  The lesson?  Kids need a better union,' one person tweeted.

Now There are Whispers in D.C. That Biden is About to Issue Vaccine Passport Mandate for Interstate Travel.  The Biden administration is poised to make its next unconstitutional power grab in the former of a 'vaccine mandate' for interstate travel within the United States, according to reports on Capitol Hill.  Congressional Republican lawmakers are attempting to get ahead of the forthcoming expected decree by introducing legislation to block an executive order or directive.  "In a Wednesday speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), joined by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), introduced legislation that would bar the Biden administration from implementing vaccine passports requirements for interstate travel," the Epoch Times reported.

Sen. Rick Scott Introduces Bill to Ban Vax Passports for Interstate Travel.  In a Wednesday [9/29/2021] speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), joined by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), introduced legislation that would bar the Biden administration from implementing vaccine passports requirements for interstate travel.  Scott began by praising the Trump administration for its quick development of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine, which he noted has been very successful.  But, he continued, "government should not issue [mandates]" as President Joe Biden has done.  As localities and states join the federal government in issuing various vaccine mandates and vaccine passport requirements, Scott said that "Americans are sick and tired of the government telling them what to do.  And the American people are more than capable of making the right decision to protect them, their family, and their neighbors."

Rand Paul grills Biden health secretary on natural immunity: 'You are the one ignoring the science'.  Republican Senator Rand Paul sharply criticized the Biden administration's push for vaccination and its refusal to acknowledge natural immunity during a hearing on Thursday [9/30/2021].  "Mr. Becerra, are you familiar with an Israeli study that had 2.5 million patients and found that the vaccinated group was actually seven times more likely to get infected with COVID than the people who had gotten COVID naturally," Paul asked Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra.  Becerra, who is tasked with overseeing the public health infrastructure for the country, said he is not familiar with the study.  "I think you might want to be if you're going to travel the country insulting the millions of Americans, including NBA star Jonathan Isaac, who have had COVID, recovered, look at a study with 2.5 million people, and say, well, you know what, I should make the decision.  Instead, you've called Jonathan Isaac and others, myself included, 'flat earthers,'" Paul said.

Radio Host Confronts Fauci, Demands He Resign.  Radio host Hugh Hewitt grilled COVID czar Anthony Fauci on Wednesday, asserting that Americans no longer believe the fear-mongering doctor due to his routine contradictions and absurd claims, Fox News reported.  Hewitt began the interview by telling Dr. Fauci that he and other Americans believe that Fauci has caused great harm to the nation.  He then asked whether Fauci would step down if this were true.  "I have lost confidence in the CDC and the FDA and I actually believe a lot of Americans — a significant part of America — now have lost confidence in you, Dr. Fauci," Hewitt began.  "Is there a point where you will say, 'I do more harm than good because people don't listen to me anymore,' and step aside?"  Fauci — who has made a career out of medical "crises" — appeared baffled by Hewitt's suggestion that anybody could doubt him.  He claimed that he would not consider stepping down under any circumstances.  "No.  Absolutely, unequivocally no, Hugh.  Sorry," Fauci replied.

Medical Tyranny Continues In Both Hemispheres.  Throughout the Anglosphere medical tyranny has continued to show no signs of slowing down, with Canada's Rebel News recently flying out to Australia to do some investigation.  Footage in the video showed Australian police swarming a shopping center, with large groups on foot as well as horses, helicopters, and even drones on patrol to catch citizens who disobey any of the country's draconian mandates.  The reporter covering the segment interviewed various Australian citizens, including a woman fired for her refusal to take the COVID-19 shot after a long career of nursing, a man who said it remains illegal to take his children to the playground, and a lady who was fined and had her phone taken away for a "breach of the public health order" after she shopped at a local grocery store.  The woman claimed she had no idea how she had violated the mandate.

Former Pfizer employee flags FDA study, warns that Pfizer vaccine increases COVID by over 300%.  The fraudulence of covid-19 vaccines is on full display, and the evidence is sitting right out in the open.  The full FDA approval for Pfizer's COMIRNATY vaccine contained clinical proof that the inoculation increases COVID infection by over 300 percent!  A former Pfizer employee named Karen Kingston is blowing the whistle on her former employer.  Kingston is currently a pharmaceutical marketing expert and biotech analyst.  When she scrutinized the full FDA approval for COMIRNATY, she found blatant fraud in Pfizer's clinical studies.

Colorado County Is 99.9% Vaxxed, But Residents [are] Still Getting COVID.  San Juan County, Colorado, can boast that 99.9% of its eligible population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, putting it in the top 10 counties in the nation, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  If vaccines were the singular armor against COVID's spread, then on paper, San Juan County, with its 730 or so residents on file, would be one of the most bulletproof places in the nation.  Yet the past few months have shown the complexity of this phase of the pandemic.  Even in an extremely vaccinated place, the shots alone aren't enough because geographic boundaries are porous, vaccine effectiveness may be waning over time and the delta variant is highly contagious.  Infectious-disease experts say masks are still necessary to control the spread of the virus.

Woman Injured by COVID Vaccine Pleads With Health Agencies for Help, as Local News Agency Kills Story After Pressure From Pfizer.  Kristi Dobbs, a 40-year-old dental hygienist from Missouri, said she can no longer work after being injured by Pfizer's COVID vaccine.  She has spent the past nine months pleading with U.S. health agencies to research the neurological injuries she and others are experiencing in hopes of finding a treatment.  Since getting the vaccine, Dobbs has seen 16 different medical providers.  She's been on 22 different medications to address more than 20 different symptoms — none of which she had prior to getting the vaccine.  Dobbs said she and others who developed neurological injuries after getting a COVID vaccine shared their experiences with a reporter, in hope of raising awareness about their experiences.  But the story never ran because, according to the reporter, a "higher up" at Pfizer pressured the news agency to drop it.

Prominent doctor and researcher calls for COVID-19 vaccines to be pulled from the market.  A prominent researcher and physician recently gave a 90-minute presentation outlining his case for why the experimental COVID-19 vaccines should be pulled from the market.  Dr. Peter McCullough said, among other concerns, that most of the deaths that have been attributed to COVID-19 can be prevented using early treatments that have thus far been suppressed by policymakers.  Dr. McCullough is the Editor-in-Chief of two medical journals in addition to working as a practicing cardiologist, internist and epidemiologist. [...] Last November, Dr. McCullough testified to the U.S. Senate against what he said was the politicization of health care during the COVID pandemic by the federal government by blocking the availability of effective and cheap treatments such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.  One slide in his August 20 presentation read:  "COVID-19 genetic vaccines have an unfavorable safety profile and are not clinically effective, thus they cannot be generally supported in clinical practice at this time."

How globalists convinced billions of people to exterminate themselves with biological weapons presented as "vaccines".  In a sane world where globalists weren't trying to exterminate the human race, ivermectin would be celebrated as a safe, effective, low-cost medical intervention.  Vitamin D would be recommended for nearly everyone.  Fauci and the other bioweapons criminals would be indicted and charged with crimes against humanity.  And the science journals wouldn't be run by communist China.  But our world is not sane.  It is ruled by a completely insane globalist death cult that seeks the total destruction of the human race.  That's why everything you're seeing unfold makes no sense unless you realize the goal really is depopulation / genocide against humanity.  In that context, suddenly it all makes sense:  The gain-of-function research, the media's psychological operations, the hospitals faking covid numbers to "scare" the public, the science journals scheming to attack ivermectin and hide the origins of the spike protein, the incessant pushing of covid vaccine mandates, the economic lockdowns that destroy lives, etc.  Once you understand that the goal is total death and destruction, suddenly it all makes sense.  In Scotland, 80% of the covid deaths are now occurring among the vaccinated.  And in high vaccination rate countries like Israel and Singapore, hospitalizations and deaths are skyrocketing.

Dianne Feinstein Introduces Bill to BAN Unvaccinated From Flying Domestically.  Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein has introduced a new bill that would prevent unvaccinated Americans from flying domestically unless they agree to take the shot or provide an expensive negative COVID test.  Feinstein's draconian "US Air Travel Public Safety Act" would "require the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Aviation Administration to develop standards for airlines to verify that a person has either been vaccinated, tested negative for COVID-19 or has fully recovered from a coronavirus infection to be able to fly."  Feinstein's office released a statement that declared "Ensuring that air travelers protect themselves and their destination communities from this disease is critical to prevent the next surge, particularly if we confront new, more virulent variants of COVID-19."

Official ONS Data:  Deaths Among Teenagers Have Increased by 47% in the UK Since They Started Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine.  An investigation of official ONS and NHS data has revealed that since the Covid-19 vaccine began to be rolled-out to teenagers there has been a 47% rise in the number of deaths due to all-causes among the age group.  The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) submitted an independent report to the UK Government on July 15th 2021, in which they advised that children and young people aged 12 years and over with specific underlying health conditions should be offered Covid-19 vaccination.

Australian Police Commissioner Refuses to Enforce Vaccine Passport Mandate.  The Police Commissioner of New South Wales has refused to enforce the state's vaccine passport mandate, revealing that officers will not be checking people's vaccination status in restaurants, clubs or bars.  The government is preparing to pass a mandate that will ban all unvaccinated people from gaining entry to numerous venues up until at least December 1st in a repeat of the segregation scheme that has been adopted in numerous western countries.  However, after questions began to swirl about whether businesses would be forced to impose the measures on customers, NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller made it clear that his officers wouldn't be on patrol.

The Editor says...
Tyranny depends on cops.  Bureaucrats can huff and puff all day long, but if the local cops (and the army) refuse to enforce their decrees, the bureaucrats have no leverage.

'Quarantine Facilities' Being Prepared For Americans 'Unable To Isolate at Home'.  The facilities are reportedly going to be used to house Americans who are unable to quarantine at home but it is prompting fears that the program could eventually be used to forcibly detain people.  The positions listed as 'Isolation & Quarantine Team Consultants' offer "continuous" employment with a salary of up to $4286 dollars a month.  Summit News reports:  The facility is located "within a motel in Lewis County" and employees will be tasked with providing for COVID infectees "transportation to and from the facility in vans that have been altered to separate air flow to protect the driver."

The Editor says...
The disease isn't that bad.  And even if it was, you can usually get over a disease, but you can't get over heavy-handed tyranny and political incarceration.

School sees COVID cases decline after court said it can't require masks.  After a judge told a school district it couldn't require masks for students without a quarantine order, the district reported fewer COVID-19 cases, but it has faced other consequences.  It comes as a member of the Illinois Legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules said there is further evidence the Illinois State Board of Education can't revoke a public or private school's recognition status for failing to follow the governor's mask mandate.  Attorney Thomas DeVore said since securing a temporary restraining order enjoining the Hillsboro school district from mandating masks on children on Sept. 17, cases have gone down.

21-Yr-Old Med Student Found Dead In His Room One Day After Getting Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine; Cause of Death Is Not Yet Determined.  The safety of Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccines is once again being called into question, and not just by some "flat-earthers" or conspiracy theorists, but by J & J officials in the US, the health ministry in Slovenia, and now, it's being reported that the European Union's drug regulator has identified a possible link between rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins with J & J's COVID-19 vaccine.  The European Union's drug regulator on Friday [10/1/2021] identified a possible link between rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins with Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine and recommended the condition be listed as a side-effect of the shot.

Togo bishops conference slams forced vaccination.  Togo is facing stringent new COVID-19 restrictions since the sanitary state of emergency was extended for one year on September 9 after an alleged increase in SARS-CoV-2 "cases" putting a strain on hospitals.  As a result, on September 17, places of worship, culture and leisure as well as bars and restaurants were closed, public gatherings were banned for one month, and a sanitary pass was introduced that requires proof of at least one dose of the COVID vaccine in order to gain access to all public service buildings.  The overwhelming majority of the 8.5 million inhabitants of the small West African state have not received the vaccine to date:  1 million doses have been distributed and a scant 5 percent of the total population has received "complete" vaccination, according to the Financial Times.  Local authorities say 9 percent of adults received two doses, and 13 percent received one dose.

Felicity Jackson: 29-year-old British model suffering continual convulsions, seizures after second Pfizer mRNA injection.  A 29-year-old British model is now unable to work after fulfilling mandates to save her job.  Ms. Felicity Jackson received her first Pfizer mRNA injection sometime in June, according to her Instagram page.  She felt general malaise that entire week.  Ms. Jackson suffered a "seizure-type fit" that week as well.  She called 111 [sic] (the British 911) the morning after the seizure.  Incredibly, medical personnel told her that the seizure was "nothing to worry about."  Her regular doctor also dismissed the malaise and seizure, telling Ms. Jackson that her reaction to the first mRNA injection doesn't qualify her for an exemption from the second injection.

The Editor says...
I've never been to England, but as I understand it, their equivalent of the American 9-1-1 system is accessed by dialing 9-9-9.

Rand Paul Lays Into HHS Sec.  Becerra for Failing to Acknowledge COVID Natural Immunity.  GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky took Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to task on Thursday for failing to take into account the efficacy of natural immunity among those who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine.  Paul asked Becerra during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing if he had read an Israeli study conducted in the spring involving 2.5 million patients that found that the vaccinated were "seven times" more likely to contract the coronavirus than those who had already recovered from the illness.  In fact, the researchers found less than a tenth of one percent of those who recovered from COVID were reinfected.

Fully Vaccinated Harvard Business School Suspends Most Classes For Covid Outbreak.  Harvard Business School is switching to remote learning through October 3 to try to suppress the virus, which is mostly infecting the university's fully vaccinated graduate students.  Despite a close to 100% vaccination rate on campus, the graduate school said dozens of breakthrough infections required a temporary return to remote learning.  The university's student population is 95% vaccinated and 96% of faculty and staff are fully immunized, according to the school.  That is nearing a 100% vaccination rate.  But those nutty people who continue to refuse the "vaccine" are somehow the problem and not supposed to ask any questions about the "vaccine."

Judge upholds Univ. of California vaccine mandate against a professor who cited natural immunity.  A federal judge upheld the University of California's decision to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine instead of siding with a professor who said he had natural immunity and didn't need the shots.  It's believed to be the first ruling of its kind as GOP lawmakers and others urge governments and employers to create exemptions for persons who recovered from COVID-19 and demonstrate antibody levels.  U.S. District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, California, said Thursday the university acted rationally in imposing a mandate designed to protect public health while failing to provide an exemption for those with natural immunity.

The Immoral Difference Between Canadian And Mexican Border Crossings.  Until August of 2021, Canada's border was shut down entirely to Americans crossing by land.  This is not hyperbole — it was fully closed.  Canada got to say no to us and we gladly accepted their sovereign right.  I have two compatriot acquaintances who are married to Canadian women, and they were not even allowed to visit. [...] One of these people did not see his wife for a full year because of enacted Covid policies.  Since the "reopening" of the border, here are a few of the demands being placed on American vacationers:
  •   Full vaccinated (full vaccination occurs after 14 days of the (so far) second dose.
  •   Negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours
  •   The downloading of a passport where all of this (and presumably more) information is stored. This is called the ArriveCAN.
  •   A forceful reminder that all Covid measures be obeyed, including masking in all public places and carrying the Covid passport.
Failure to abide results in refusal of entry.

Australians Protest in Melbourne After New Sweeping Vaccine Mandate Announced.  Australians took to the streets for another protest in Melbourne in the state of Victoria on Saturday after the government announced a sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all "authorised workers."  Victorian residents took to the streets and congregated in a group that marched along Southbank Boulevard and the track around Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens.  Participants carried a large white banner with the word "Freedom" and voiced their dissent against vaccine mandates, lockdowns, and the current state government.  A video from citizen journalist Rukshan Fernando showed the protesters marching peacefully and yelling slogans such as "my body my choice" and "freedom! ... now!"  Two black umbrellas can be seen with the words, "coercion is not consent," and "sack Dan the dictator."

More US Airlines Impose Vaccine Mandates:  American, Alaska, JetBlue.  More U.S. air carriers — American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and JetBlue — have announced they will be requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  The move comes as the Biden administration has ramped up pressure on airlines to require vaccines as part of a broader strategy to boost inoculation rates in the country.  President Joe Biden signed an executive order last month requiring federal contractors to mandate shots for employees, with the White House later setting a Dec. 8 deadline for getting the vaccine.  The airlines say they provide special flights and other services for the government and so fall under Biden's mandate.  "While we are still working through the details of the federal requirements, it is clear that team members who choose to remain unvaccinated will not be able to work at American Airlines," Doug Parker, American Airlines chief executive, told employees in an Oct. 1 memo.

California pushes 1st US vaccine mandate for schoolchildren.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the nation's first coronavirus vaccination mandate for schoolchildren, requiring that all elementary through high school students get the shots once the vaccine gains final approval from the U.S. government for different age groups.  The government has fully approved the COVID-19 vaccine for those 16 and over but only granted an emergency authorization for anyone 12 to 15.  Once federal regulators fully approve it for that group, the state will require students in seventh through 12th grades to get vaccinated in both public and private schools.  Newsom said he expects that requirement to be in place by July 1.

Orwell and the Woke.  What were we to make of multimillionaire Barack Obama's 60th birthday bash at his Martha's Vineyard estate, and the throng of the woke wealthy and their masked helot attendants?  Was socialist Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) suffering for the people when she wore a designer dress to the more than $30,000-a-ticket Met gala?  Her entourage needs were certainly well-attended to by masked Morlock servants.  Did the leftist celebrities at the recent Emmy awards gather to discuss opening Malibu beaches to the homeless when the (unmasked) stars virtue-signaled their wokeness?  For answers about these hypocritical wokists, always turn first to George Orwell.

Vaccine Mandate Will Cost Us All.  Problems inherent in OSHA's forthcoming new mandatory co-vax standards will be legion.  How do we know that?  The Occupational Safety and Health Act covers most private sector employers and employees and is mirrored in the federal workplace but exempts state and local governmental workers.  That's small potatoes, though, as every state has adopted OSHA standards or has an OSHA-approved state plan.  Most every worker in the country is protected from identified unsafe workplace hazards, practices, and conditions.  The new mandate will only cover those employers with 100 or more employees, leaving out 98.1% of all companies in the US.  But as Newsweek so helpfully points out, the 1.9% of companies covered under the mandate employ one-third of America's workforce.  If the mandate really is about protecting workers, yet it ignores two-thirds of the workforce, equal protection seems to have gone out the window here.

The Editor says...
It's not about protection.  It's about control.

Supreme Court rejects NYC teachers' request to stop Mayor Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate.  The Supreme Court has denied a challenge from New York City public school teachers to block Mayor Bill de Blasio's COVID-19 vaccine mandate from going into effect today [10/1/2021].  US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ruled in favor of the city Friday — allowing the mandate to go ahead and paving the way for up to 14,800 unvaccinated school employees to be out of work come Monday.  A group of four teachers had sent an emergency petition to Sotomayor Thursday asking her to halt the mandate.

We Don't Care That A Vaxxed Brett Kavanaugh Has COVID, Because COVID Is No Longer News.  Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh reportedly tested positive for COVID, raising the very important question:  WHO CARES?!  It apparently has to be said that testing positive for COVID is not in itself newsworthy.  In particular if the person has received a vaccine, which Kavanaugh purportedly has.  As of Friday, he hasn't been hospitalized.  He's not even showing any symptoms, according to a spokeswoman for the court.  So, again, who cares?  Wishing him the best, but positive cases shouldn't be of any particular interest to anyone. [...] This has been the case for a very long time.  The totals of deaths and new infections are meaningless anymore.

It's not Catholic to say getting the COVID shot is 'gift of love'.  In her National Catholic Reporter article "Catholics seeking 'religious' exemptions from vaccines must follow true church teaching on conscience," M. Therese Lysaught, a professor of bioethics and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life, maintains that Catholics in good conscience MUST receive a COVID-19 vaccine.  She provides a template for a "dialogue" with someone asking for an exemption.  From the get go, she makes it clear that those who refuse to get vaccinated are egocentric, deficient in their understanding of what the healing ministry of Jesus requires, not committed to unity or the common good, without concern for the poor and vulnerable, and lacking in charity.  What a beginning!  Lysaught doesn't exactly exhibit the charitable practice of assuming the best motives on the part of one's "dialogue" partner.  Indeed, neither in the template nor in the essay written to accompany the document does Lysaught show the slightest interest in why Catholics or others might resist taking a COVID-19 vaccine.  Clearly, they are just selfish dunderheads who don't understand what is manifestly true for those in the know.

Australian Witch Who's Been Stomping On Freedom's Neck Just Resigned After Being Revealed As A Corrupt Liar.  NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has resigned from her role as Premier, and from Parliament, amid a probe by the state's anti-corruption watchdog.  The Independent Commission Against Corruption on Friday [10/1/2021] announced it would investigate Berejiklian for potentially breaching public trust regarding her relationship with former MP Daryl Maguire.  Berejiklian says she was on Thursday night informed ICAC would be issuing a public statement, announcing the investigation, and said she had "no option" but to resign.  [Video clip]

Polish Priest Who Refused To Shut Down His Church During Lockdowns In Canada Is Arrested At Airport.  A Calgary pastor known for opposing and violating public health measures was arrested upon his return to the city for outstanding warrants related to his COVID-19 defiance.  Calgary police confirmed Artur Pawlowski was apprehended by Canadian Border Service Agents on two outstanding warrants issued by local law enforcement for disobeying a court order in June and failing to wear a mask in March.  [Video clip]

Are you pro-choice or pro-life...on vaccines?  The two terms "pro-choice" and "pro-life" have been used in the abortion debate for many years.  But when the two terms are applied to the vaccine controversy gripping the entire world, they come down on the same side — vaccine mandates are anti-choice and anti-life.  If women expect the right to control their own bodies and make their own medical choices in consultation with their families, religious leaders, and doctors, why would a decision whether or not to take a vaccine be at all different?  Do we really think it is acceptable to force someone to take an injection against his will?  Will teams of "vaccine police" be dispatched to neighborhoods to hold people to the ground and give them shots?  That would be horrific, but the pressure for non-vaxxed people to get the shot has reached an insane level.  Isn't firing someone who won't take the shot almost identical to dispatching vaccine police?

Vaccinated Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID.  The Supreme Court revealed Friday that Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday night [9/30/2021].  The justice, 56, has been fully vaccinated against the virus, as have all other members of the high court.  He is currently experiencing no symptoms and his wife and family have tested negative.  The court said Kavanaugh had tested negative as recently as Monday morning.

Merck to seek emergency US approval of oral COVID treatment.  Pharmaceutical giant Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced Friday that it plans to apply for emergency approval of its oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19 after the experimental drug showed "compelling results" in clinical trials.  The pill, called molnupiravir, cut the risk of hospitalization or death in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 by about 50 percent in a late-stage trial, the companies said.  After discussions with both an independent data committee and staff from the US Food and Drug Administration, the companies decided to halt enrollment in its late-stage trial because of the positive results, Friday's [10/1/2021] announcement said.  If the FDA grants Merck an emergency use authorization for the pill, it would be the first oral antiviral for COVID-19.

Health Care Giant Northwell Denies Some Benefits to Workers Fired Over Vaccine Mandate.  Northwell Health, the largest health care provider in New York state, is denying some benefits to employees it's firing because they refuse to comply with the state's COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers.  Those terminated lose all employer contributions to their retirement plans for this year unless they're older than 62.  They are also denied payouts of any of their remaining paid time off (PTO), according to a FAQ sheet recently emailed to the workers and obtained by The Epoch Times.

Leftist policies are wrecking global supply chains and triggering shortages and looming hyperinflation.  There are multiple sources of the troubles bedeviling the international division of labor, but they all have one thing in common: bad government policies pushed by progressives.  Start with COVID, a highly communicable virus that can be lethal if left untreated, especially in people with comorbidities including obesity and diabetes.  Governments around the world for the first time in human history decided to quarantine the healthy, not the sick, and went into "lockdowns" for a disease that has a 99.5% recovery rate is most dangerous to an identifiable subset of their populations:  the elderly, the obese, and the already ill.  Those lockdowns constricted production, and the resulting unemployment temporarily deferred demand for many goods, including durables like cars and home appliances.  In the United States, tax-free payments were offered to unemployed people that were more lucrative than the taxable wages they might receive if they returned to work, resulting in a predictable artificial labor shortage, further crimping the manufacture and distribution of many goods.  Many of the same factors were at work internationally.

Rebel News in Victoria Hold Police Accountable, and The Police Do Not Like It.  The Police in/around Melbourne Australia (State of Victoria) are becoming very uncomfortable that people are recording their beatings and brutality and posting them on social media.  In an effort to stop media reporting on the continued police actions, law enforcement is now attempting to block media from being present.  Kudos to Avi Yemini and Rebel News for refusing to acquiesce to the police thug tactics.  Watch this insufferable exhibition of lawless cops with guns and badges attempting to intimidate Rebel News.  [Video clip]

To survive, red states must now nullify the federal government and declare themselves "health freedom zones".  With illegitimate occupier-in-chief Joe Biden waging outright war and economic terrorism against red states, the leaders of those red states must now nullify federal government overreach in order to prevent their own citizens from being mass murdered by D.C. swamp policies that are intentionally designed to achieve depopulation.  Some of the ways the Biden regime is waging war on red states include:
  •   Economic terrorism:  Unleashing OSHA to destroy all businesses that won't enforce vaccine mandates by levying fines of $70,000 per day or even higher.
  •   Engineered medicine shortages:  Biden recently announced restrictions on shipping monoclonal antibodies to red states in order to maximize covid fatalities in those states.
  •   Vaccine mandates:  Through vaccine mandates, Biden is committing medical genocide against every American, working to achieve a mass die-off that will leave states in a worsening economic crisis (and humanitarian crisis) as the deaths unfold.
  •   Outlawing of medicine that works:  Notice how the D.C. swamp has attacked ivermectin and made sure no hospital prescribes it to patients?  This is also part of the medical genocide agenda, and it's a war on humanity.

Media smear campaign against ivermectin timed to clear market for Pfizer's new ivermectin-like clone drug, which will be hailed as a "miracle".  If you are wondering why ivermectin has dominated the mainstream news cycle recently, the answer is Pfizer, which is right now trying to pirate the drug in an attempt to create a new "blockbuster" cash cow.  On Monday [9/27/2021], the pharmaceutical giant announced to the world that it is launching an "accelerated" Phase 2/3 trial for a "new" covid prophylactic pill that strangely enough sounds like ivermectin under a new name.  Pfizer says that its "new" drug for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) will act as a "potent protease inhibitor."  It just so happens that ivermectin does the exact same thing, which is why some are now jokingly calling this "new" drug "Pfizermectin."  This is not to say that whatever drug ends up being commercially released by Pfizer will be exactly the same as ivermectin, just to be clear.  Chances are it will be tweaked and tinkered with to be less effective than real ivermectin because the powers that be do not want people to actually stay protected against and heal from covid.

Safety Signals for COVID Vaccines Are Loud and Clear.  Why Is Nobody Listening?  To begin with, there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of adverse event reports to VAERS associated with COVID-19 vaccines.  The chart below shows the number of deaths for all other vaccines reported to VAERS annually since the system's inception in 1990, compared to deaths reported for COVID-19 vaccines, from both domestic and foreign sources.  As of early September, there have been 14,506 deaths reported to VAERS for COVID-19 vaccines, compared to 8,673 for the preceding 30 years for all other vaccines.  That is already more than 50 times the annual average — and we still have four months left to go until the end of the year.  It is hard to imagine how anyone can look at these numbers and not be at least a little bit concerned.  Yet many people are dismissive, saying the unprecedented number of reports is due to the unprecedented number of vaccinations being administered.

The Critical Importance of Vitamin D.  The importance of maintaining optimal levels of vitamin D can't be overstated.  Vitamin D regulates the expression of hundreds of genes and is integral to biological functions that affect every bodily system.  Vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency can trigger several generalized symptoms that you may have associated with other health conditions.  It's also called the sunshine vitamin since your skin makes vitamin D when exposed to ultraviolet light from the sun.  Vitamin D performs many functions within the body, including maintaining adequate levels of calcium and phosphate, essential for normal bone mineralization.  It helps reduce inflammation, which is necessary for the modulation of cell growth and immune function.  Vitamin D also affects genes that help regulate cell differentiation and apoptosis (programmed cell death).

Google Subsidiary YouTube Bans Any Content or Discussion Critical of Vaccines.  Google has made a big move today [9/29/2021] to block any public discussion of vaccines, side-effects or efficacy.  Within an announcement on YouTube, the Google subsidiary has changed its policy and will now block any content that is critical of vaccines.  Only correct thoughts and approved speech, from the global government perspective, will be permitted on the YouTube platform.

YouTube Bans All Content Stating 'Vaccines Are Ineffective or Dangerous,' Deletes RFK Jr And Dr Mercola's Channels.  Under YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki's new speech codes, YouTubers can now be banned for quoting CDC director Rochelle Walensky admitting last month on live TV that covid shots do not "prevent transmission" of the virus. [...] [Indeed], just quoting the long list of horrible side effects in Pfizer's own covid vaccine insert now qualifies as "misinformation."

Sebelius: Unvaccinated Are 'Like Secondhand Smoke' — They Can Make Me and My Family Sick.  Former Obama administration Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday [9/29/2021] on MSNBC's "All In" that Americans who have not received a coronavirus vaccine are like "secondhand smoke" in that they can make people sick.  [Video clip]

New NY Gov. Slammed for Invoking God to Spread COVID Fearmongering.  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's divisive and exploitative use of religion to smear vaccine hesitant individuals and spread COVID fearmongering could bolster a conservative group's challenge of the state's vaccine mandates, according to a recent court filing.  Earlier this week, the Democrat governor told a gathering of people at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn that God had led scientists, doctors and researchers to successfully develop the coronavirus vaccine.  Those who are vaccinated are the "smart ones," she said, and added that "you know there's people out there who aren't listening to God and what God wants.  You know who they are."

The COVID Caste System.  [Scroll down]  Nowhere, however, is the new American caste system more evident than with COVID-19.  Did you see Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) at the Met Gala?  The publicity focused on her "Tax the Rich" dress, but just as notable was the video, released by Vogue magazine, of AOC in full Cinderella mode, flanked by multiple attendants, straightening her hair, fixing her dress, holding up the long train, adjusting her heels.  They were all masked; she was not.  This was hardly an isolated case.  Shortly before the Met Gala, the Obamas held a massive party to celebrate Barack Obama's 60th birthday.  Again, the guests that included political leaders, business moguls, and Hollywood celebrities were all unmasked.  The chefs, the servers, the valets, and the other staff were all masked.  An upper caste and a lower caste, both playing their roles in Obama's large tent.  Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, also just had a birthday, and video showed a small, unventilated room in which Jayapal and her maskless friends all partied together.  It was the same story with San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who violated her own mask mandate while partying at a club.  The Emmys, too, featured clip after clip of unmasked actors, producers, and directors walking the press photo line, and only when they crossed over to the other side could you see all the staff and attendants, masked, of course, taking them back to their seats.

7 People Died From COVID In Australia Yesterday... 6 Were Vaccinated, That Makes 35 Of Late.  Thirty-five fully vaccinated people have now died in NSW's Delta outbreak, with three fully vaccinated patients among the seven deaths recorded yesterday [9/28/2021].  This again goes counter to the 'vaccinate them all' argument that seems to shift weekly.  First, they told everyone that getting vaccinated will keep you from CATCHING COVID. Then, once people started catching COVID even after 2 doses, they moved the goalposts to 'you can get sick but won't end up in the hospital,' which quickly fell apart as Isreal and Iceland's hospitals filled up with fully vaccinated patients.  Then the narrative switched once again to 'at least you won't die.'  [Video clip]

Attorney Proves At Least 50k Medicare Patients Died From The COVID Vaccines Within Weeks Of The Jab.  Thanks to a Whistleblower that came forth to Attorney Thomas Renz, the public is now seeing, for the first time ever, hard data from the largest database available in the U.S. to study the COVID-19 impact including deaths & injuries; The CMS Medicare Tracking System.  [Video clip]

Are Perceptions of COVID Changing?  Mask and vaccine mandates are less politically damaging than they should be.  Recent polls show that around 64% of Americans support mask mandates, although less than half view masks as effective.  One in four view masks as hazardous and ineffective.  Playing on COVID fears, Democrats are beating Republicans 45% to 33% on their handling of the COVID pandemic.  John Q. Public views the party that called the pandemic a hoax, that played games with lockdowns, and that had plentiful hairdresser and French Laundry moments as they abused and made light of the pandemic, to be more trustworthy on the issue.  Why, and what can be done to correct this?

Choosing Senility Over Substance.  Observing Biden's single-track, my-way-or-the-highway insistence upon vaccinating anyone and everyone no matter their personal history or medical circumstances, one can't help but long for Trump's far more nuanced and sophisticated approach.  Over the lengthening course of this China-born plague, the person the Democrats tried to paint as a would-be Mussolini was in fact scrupulously respectful of both individual liberties and the constitutionally- prescribed prerogatives of the several States.  The emerging autocrat Biden's pandemic fighting inclinations in stark contrast seem more aligned with those of Xi-Xin Ping than any American leader in memory. [...] Despite Joe's typically grandiose, gruel-for-dummies pronouncements about "shutting down the virus," Trump's overall framework for combating COVID has remained in place among those actually on the frontlines.  However, now that they're fully in power, the Democrats still insist upon continuing to denigrate traditional, off-patent medicines.  Ivermectin has now joined Hydroxychloroquine on the wanted poster of cheap medicinal outlaws unfit for enlightened society.

Vaccine Mandates:  A Tale of Two Legal Battles.  In August, a slew of healthcare groups gave their employees deadlines to take COVID-19 vaccines or face termination.  Although these mandates on paper allowed for religious and medical exemptions, in multiple cases, when exemptions proved hard to come by, employees facing threats of termination resorted to lawsuits to hold onto their jobs.  How did these lawsuits turn out, and who eventually submitted to the will of the other: the healthcare group or the plaintiffs?  Earlier this month, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health Systems, a state healthcare group, paused its COVID-19 vaccine mandate until further "federal guidance" about the Biden administration's mandate for all businesses with more than 100 employees.  This pause in the mandate came about one week after UAB Health Systems received a letter from a conservative public-interest firm, Alabama Center for Law and Liberty (ACLL), threatening a lawsuit.

65% Say Americans Should Not Lose Their Jobs if They Object to COVID Vaccine.  According to a new Trafalgar Group poll, the vast, bipartisan majority of American voters oppose vaccine mandates for American workers.  The poll, conducted in partnership with the Convention of States Action from September 17 to 19, included responses from 1097 likely voters.  65% of voters do not believe Americans should lose their jobs if they object to taking the COVID-19 vaccine, while 22.2% believe they should, and 12.8% aren't sure.

Behind the Scenes of the Natural Origin Narrative.  A sequence of events in early 2020 suggest that Dr. Anthony Fauci and a small group of scientists sought to promote the natural origins theory as a means to avoid public scrutiny of the possibility that COVID-19 had leaked from a lab.  Fauci received several warnings in late Jan. 2020 that prompted him to hold a private teleconference on Feb. 1, 2020.  Emails from participants show that during this teleconference, the two main presenters made clear to the teleconference group that they believed it was a real possibility that COVID-19 originated from a lab.  These same presenters were simultaneously completing an article, later known as Proximal Origin, which publicly promoted the Natural Origins theory and dismissed any lab leak theories.  Proximal Origin, which would prove to be highly influential, would be viewed more than half a million times and has been extensively used by Fauci and the corporate media in their promotion of the natural origins narrative.

Los Angeles County Defends Emmys, Says Mask Exceptions Are Fine for 'Television Productions'.  Los Angeles County responded to criticism that the Emmy Awards, in which mostly maskless celebrities attended, did not follow proper COVID-19 protocols and didn't abide by the county's mask mandate.  The Emmys, it said, are a "television production," which exempts the event from county rules around masks.  "The Emmy Award Show is a television production, and persons appearing on the show are considered performers," the statement said.  "All persons appearing on or in the audience of the Emmy Award Show were fully vaccinated against COVID-19."  County officials said that the organizers of the awards banquet for television had "reached out to Public Health in advance to share their safety protocols, which exceeded the baseline requirements for television and film productions" before adding that "careful planning before large events is essential to assure that all health and safety requirements are adequately addressed."

COVID-19 Detention Camps:  Are Government Round-Ups of Resistors in Our Future?  This is what we know:  the government has the means, the muscle and the motivation to detain individuals who resist its orders and do not comply with its mandates in a vast array of prisons, detention centers, and FEMA concentration camps paid for with taxpayer dollars.  It's just a matter of time.  It no longer matters what the hot-button issue might be (vaccine mandates, immigration, gun rights, abortion, same-sex marriage, healthcare, criticizing the government, protesting election results, etc.) or which party is wielding its power like a hammer.  The groundwork has already been laid.  Under the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the President and the military can detain and imprison American citizens with no access to friends, family or the courts if the government believes them to be a terrorist.  So it should come as no surprise that merely criticizing the government or objecting to a COVID-19 vaccine could get you labeled as a terrorist.  After all, it doesn't take much to be considered a terrorist anymore, especially given that the government likes to use the words "anti-government," "extremist" and "terrorist" interchangeably.

YouTube Bans All 'Harmful Vaccine Content' From Its Platform.  Google-owned YouTube said on Sept. 29 that it will ban all "harmful vaccine content" from its platform, including claims that vaccines are ineffective at reducing transmission of disease, prompting concerns that the firm will escalate censorship of dissenting viewpoints.  "We've steadily seen false claims about the coronavirus vaccines spill over into misinformation about vaccines in general, and we're now at a point where it's more important than ever to expand the work we started with COVID-19 to other vaccines," YouTube wrote in a blog post.  So far, the Bay Area-based company said it has removed 130,000 videos for violating its policies that it claims were created in tandem with various "experts" to deal with alleged "COVID-19 and medical misinformation."  Now it removes content that claims "approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects, claims that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of disease, or contains misinformation on the substances contained in vaccines," YouTube stated on its blog, saying that its policy will now apply to content that questions the efficacy of all vaccines, not just those for COVID-19.

Of Course:  Fauci Revises the Definition of 'Fully Vaccinated'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has moved the goalposts on what it means to be "fully vaccinated," and I'm sure you can guess how it has changed.  For many months now, being "fully vaccinated" meant that you had to have two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccine, but now, according to Fauci, you're not fully vaccinated unless you get the booster shot. [...] Fauci also said that the boosters don't keep people alive, just from experiencing severe symptoms.  "I think we should be preventing people from getting sick from COVID even if they don't wind up in the hospital," he said.  The scary part about Fauci's redefining "fully vaccinated" is the implications it has for those impacted by Biden's vaccine mandate.  Will people who've had their two doses of Pfizer and Moderna not be considered fully vaccinated and face termination under Biden's vaccine mandate?

AT&T to require vaccines for 90,000 of its union workers.  AT&T has become one of the largest employers in the U.S. to mandate vaccines for a significant number of front-line workers.  The telecom company said Wednesday [9/29/2021] that its employees in the Communications Workers of America union will be required to be fully vaccinated by Feb. 1, "unless they get an approved job accommodation."  CWA represents about 90,000 AT&T workers, the union said.  It is the largest union at the company, which had about 230,000 employees as of the end of January.

Thank You, Now You're Fired.  They were the best of us, way better than any of the rest of us, by a lot according to the media and Democrats.  I'm talking, of course, about the frontline workers who kept us safe and healthy throughout the pandemic.  But yesterday's heroes are today's history's greatest monsters... which is what the left is now saying about those they wept at the thought of just one year ago. [...] Weird how the party of "tolerance" has a history littered almost exclusively with people they now rip down statues of because they existed wrong, while they simultaneously defend and push to implement further the policies of those very same people. [...] The choice to get vaccinated or not is, like every other medical decision, a personal one.  But the left wants it public, which isn't really surprising from the people who champion "shout your abortion," but is odd from the people who have declared it to be just short of a hate crime to ask a man who insists he's a woman whether or not he's had any parts removed.

Massachusetts state troopers are opting to resign rather than get COVID-19 vaccines.  Several state troopers in Massachusetts have opted to walk away from their jobs rather than get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.  According to the State Police Association of Massachusetts (SPAM), dozens of troopers have submitted their resignation papers because of the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  Some have spoken with the human resources department to evaluate what their pensions would be if they choose to retire.  The state is requiring all executive department employees to show proof of vaccination by Oct. 17 or risk losing their jobs.  About 20 percent of State Police employees are not vaccinated.

Zero Freedom:  "Zero COVID" strategy will see Australians lose freedoms, face jail time for entering shops without a vaccine passport.  Australia's new zero COVID strategy is being used by the government to restrict people's participation in society, and leaders of the state of New South Wales announced in a press briefing this week that unvaccinated people are going to lose their freedoms next month.  In the announcement of updated COVID protocols they're calling a "blueprint for freedom," NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced that residents who are vaccinated can enjoy a list of "extra freedoms" when the state reaches an 80 percent vaccination rate.  The state, which is home to Australia's most populous city, Sydney, had already set a 70 percent threshold goal that would open up certain freedoms to people who are vaccinated.

University backs down after requiring COVID jab for online studies.  Mount Royal University (MRU) has backed down following a legal warning from the Justice Centre, after initially requiring exclusively online students to disclose their vaccination status or face potential deregistration from their classes.  On September 20, 2021, MRU sent an email to a student who attends all of his classes online, warning that if he failed to declare his vaccination status by September 21 at 4 p.m., he "may be deregistered from your courses."  The Justice Centre was contacted by other students who received similar emails.

When Will The U.S. Be Released From COVID Prison?  Japan announced Tuesday [9/28/2021] that it was lifting its coronavirus state of emergency.  The country joins Norway, Sweden, and Denmark in returning to normal.  America, however, will continue to be largely under the boot of politicians, bureaucrats, and meddlesome public health officials.  Even convicts have release dates.  But we have no idea when we'll be liberated because there are no objective standards, only political whim.  When asked Monday "how many Americans need to be vaccinated for us to go back to normal," President Joe Biden replied:  "I think we get the vast majority ... 96, 97, 98 percent."  First of all, that's unrealistic.  There is no single activity that more than 95% of the population, any population, will agree to participate in.  Even if Biden said that Washington was going to hand out $1 million to every American next week, there would be holdouts.  So the president's benchmark is never going to be met.  Which might very well be by design.  Second, herd immunity can be achieved when as little as "70% of the population — more than 200 million people" have recovered from COVID-19, says the Mayo Clinic, [...]

Vaccination or termination:  Police push back against COVID-19 shot mandates.  Police across the country are filing lawsuits, requesting exemptions and considering quitting or getting fired over their opposition to coronavirus vaccine mandates.  Nearly 200 San Francisco police officers have applied for religious exemptions to avoid a required inoculation by Oct. 13 or risk being fired.  A survey this month of 733 members of the San Diego Police Officers Association showed about 91% (667) do not believe vaccines should be mandated and 45% (333) said they would rather be fired than comply with a vaccine mandate.

Mo Brooks Co-sponsors Legislation to Nix Federal Vaccine Mandates.  Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) has officially cosponsored legislation offered by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), which would nix President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate, stopping the federal government from requiring employers to require vaccines or implement weekly testing programs.  "Joe Biden claims the U.S. Constitution empowers a president to mandate vaccines.  He is wrong.  Under the Constitution, states, not the federal government have that power," Brooks said in a statement, challenging anyone to "identify a provision in the U.S. Constitution that unambiguously gives Joe Biden or the federal government the authority he arrogantly claims."

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Yeas, but the States don't have that power, either.  The Constitution says that the powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or to the people.  That doesn't mean the states have the power to do whatever they want.

Most Americans no longer trust Biden's COVID information:  Poll.  Most Americans no longer trust President Biden to give accurate information about the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.  Conducted Sept. 24-27, the survey of 1,105 Americans over the age of 18 reported that only 45% trust President Biden "a great deal or a fair amount" to give them honest information about the virus, while 53% trust him "very little or not at all."  "Fewer than half now say they trust the president, a 13-percentage point decline from his high water mark right after his inauguration in January," wrote the survey's four authors.

Lancet Scrubs Entire COVID Origins Investigation Team After National Pulse Exposés.  The Lancet medical journal scrubbed its COVID-19 origins investigation team, led by EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak, following several National Pulse exposés revealing the group's conflict of interest with the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Chinese Communist Party.  The defunct committee — "Origins, Early Spread of the Pandemic, and One Health Solutions to Future Pandemic Threats" — was one of 12 task forces operating as part of the broader Lancet COVID-19 commission.  Its termination follows the recusal of Daszak — a "longtime collaborator" of the Wuhan Institute of Virology — from his role as the task force leader.

The Case for Optimism.  An increasing number of people now understand that the China Virus was not only a tool for drowning the 2020 presidential election with illegal mail-in ballots devoid of chain of custody or security of any kind, but also a mechanism for undermining inherent personal freedoms while ushering in a new Super-State with near total control over speech, social gatherings, ideas, and economic relations. [...] In America — the Land of the Free — the government now declares that it may mandate what goes into each citizen's body, decide which tenets of religion will be "allowed" to survive, outlaw speech it does not like, and tautologically vilify anyone who resists the State's illegitimate new powers as being an "enemy of the state."  Objecting to tyranny now makes one a "terrorist."  The whole thing is so absurd and so unfathomable to most Americans that it is causing them to lose faith in any future at all.

Doctor claims COVID treatment [is] meant to kill patients.  Last week, someone sent me a link to a 16-minute-long video by Dr. Bryan Ardis that apparently answers the question, "Why?" The answer is macabre.  The title is "Hospital Protocols Are Murdering Americans by Prescribing Remdesivir which Causes Renal Failure."  According to Dr. Ardis, the medical staff at the hospitals are oblivious that they're poisoning their patients to death.  They're merely following the guidelines issued by the World Health Organization and the associated vegetable-soup acronyms.  The vast majority of COVID-related deaths occur in hospitals.  But they're not dying from the disease; they're dying from the treatment.  Dr. Ardis implores his audience not to go into the ICU, and if they must, they should refuse to accept the protocol including Remdesivir, directing them to a resource at "myfreedoctor.com," where physicians prescribe the early treatment medications free of charge.  They also have legal teams that will threaten the hospitals against administrating Remdesivir.  The renal (kidney) failure induced by Remdesivir will cause the body to stop excreting fluids and cause pulmonary edema, drowning the patient in his own body.  Then the hospital will diagnose it as COVID-related pneumonia.  It's worse than that, but I'm just giving you the highlights.

An NBA Star and New York's Governor Show That Liberal COVID Discourse is Devoid of Science.  It is virtually a religious belief in the dominant liberal culture that people who do not want the COVID vaccine are stupid, ignorant, immoral and dangerous.  As large sectors of the population continue to question or disobey their COVID decrees, they have begun to make more explicit this condescending view.  Liberals feel free to disparage them as "stupid" notwithstanding long-standing (though diminishing) racial disparities among this group.  A CNN headline from last month told part of the story:  "Black New Yorkers may have the lowest vaccination rates, but community groups refuse to give up."  Citing data from the city's health agency, the network reported that "citywide, just 28% of Black New Yorkers between the ages of 18 and 44 are fully vaccinated.  The Hispanic community is the second-least fully vaccinated population in that age group, with 49% being fully vaccinated."  Two weeks ago, Bloomberg reported that while some of the unvaccinated are unable to get the vaccine (due to work pressures or health conditions), most of them are vaccine-hesitant by choice and continue to reflect racial disparities. [...] Yet liberal elites continue to call anyone who is unvaccinated "stupid," ignorant and immoral.

Truth Being Ignored — Victoria Australia Records 867 New COVID Cases, 375 in Hospital and 95% of Those Hospitalized are Vaccinated.  Pay close attention to what Victoria, Australia, Health Minister Martin Foley says at the 2:45 minute mark of his comments.  Health Minister Foley announced 867 new COVID cases recorded yesterday.  During the statistical outline Foley identifies 375 people as hospitalized, 81 people in intensive care and 61 people on a ventilator.  Then comes the statistic everyone in government and media ignore.  Amid the recorded cases "78% of the hospital cases are fully vaccinated, and 17% are partially vaccinated (1 dose)" ... That means 95% of the COVID patients in Victoria hospitals are vaccinated.  356 people out of 375 patients are vaccinated, yet 81 people are still in intensive care with 61 on a ventilator.

More than 180 Minnesota health care workers sue over vaccine mandate.  More than 180 health care workers spanning hospital systems across Minnesota are asking for an injunction to stop their employers from mandating they be vaccinated from COVID-19, saying the directive violates religious freedoms and other state and federal laws.  A lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court includes unnamed plaintiffs from hospitals and clinics across Minnesota and identifies nearly two dozen health care institutions as defendants, along with other federal health officials.  Those being sued include some of the state's top health care facilities, such as Mayo Clinic, Fairview Health Services, University of Minnesota Physicians and Regions Hospital.  The lawsuit comes weeks after President Joe Biden announced new federal mandates for vaccinations, which includes health care workers at facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid and those who work at businesses with 100 or more employees.

YouTube bans all content containing vaccine misinformation.  YouTube has banned all videos containing misinformation about vaccines that are currently administered and have been approved by local health authorities or the World Health Organization.  The measure is an expansion of a policy covering COVID-19 vaccines.  The service says that users shouldn't, for instance, post videos in which they claim that vaccines lead to chronic side effects (other than rare side effects that health authorities have acknowledged); content that alleges vaccines don't reduce transmission or contraction of diseases; or videos that have inaccuracies about vaccine ingredients.  There are some exceptions.  YouTube "will continue to allow content about vaccine policies, new vaccine trials and historical vaccine successes or failures."

YouTube Announces It Will Ban All 'Anti-Vaccine' Content.  The social media giant YouTube will begin banning content it deems "anti-vaccine," claiming that sowing skepticism about the coronavirus vaccine has led to reduced vaccination rates across the country.  "Misinformation researchers" have claimed for years that vaccine skepticism on YouTube was leading to reduced vaccination rates not only for COVID-19 vaccines but for childhood disease vaccines as well.  But YouTube has resisted targeting anti-vax skeptics, saying that maintaining a relatively open platform was a free speech issue.  But the social media company has come under increasing threat from government regulators who want YouTube and other social media sites to spout only government-approved ideas about vaccines.  The YouTube ban could easily include bans on content that discusses side effects or vaccine efficacy.

Poll Shows Most Americans Wildly Overestimate COVID Hospitalization Risks.  A new Gallup poll shows that when it comes to COVID risks, a lot of Americans have no idea what's going on.  The poll, involving 3,158 adult Americans, tells us that 41% of Democrats believe the unvaccinated have a 50% chance of being hospitalized because of COVID.  Independents believe the correct number is 26%, while Republicans came in at 22%.  The correct answer:  Fewer than 1% of unvaccinated people infected with COVID will have to go to the hospital.

Nearly 600 United Airlines employees face termination for failing to comply with vaccine mandate.  United Airlines said Tuesday [9/28/2021] that 593 of its employees are facing termination for failing to comply with its Covid-19 vaccination policy, one of the strictest mandates for inoculation from a U.S. company.  More than 96% of United's 67,000-person U.S. workforce complied with the vaccine requirement.  The deadline to upload proof of inoculation, or the first shot if receiving a two-dose vaccine, was late Monday.  Roughly 2,000 United employees sought exemptions from the mandate, which the airline announced this summer, for religious or medical reasons.  The Chicago-based airline had said staff to whom it grants such exemptions will be placed on temporary unpaid leave.

Vaccine IDs expose Democrats' lies about voter IDs.  As the Biden administration pushes to mandate vaccines for every worker, vaccine ID cards will become an integral part of the rest of the pandemic, however long it lasts.  Workers will need one to remain employed or allowed to work.  Yet previously, Democrats argued asking for IDs was racist because many minorities were somehow unable to obtain a government-issued ID.  But all these hurdles seem to vanish miraculously when it comes to getting vaccination IDs.  Keep in mind, the notion that somehow people were not able to obtain a government-issued ID was always complete hogwash.  Moreover, it was even more ridiculous to assume that it was much harder for people of color to get valid IDs.  The only people who do not have IDs are those who choose not to get them, just as those who have not been vaccinated are those who have chosen not to be.  That said, even if this were a legitimate barrier, the methodology used to distribute vaccine IDs could be replicated for voter IDs.

Will A Vaccine Mandate Trigger The Great Resignation?  President Joe Biden's wide-ranging vaccine mandate will affect tens of millions of U.S. workers, but experts, labor unions and business groups are divided on what impact the rule will have.  While experts disagree on whether the federal mandate, which applies to the majority of the U.S. workforce, may lead to mass resignations, the rule will at the very least disrupt workplaces nationwide, Erik Eisenmann, a partner at the national law firm Husch Blackwell, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.  "I think one of the effects that you will see over the next month, as more and more businesses roll out mandates is that there's going to be a shrinking population that are still objecting," Eisenmann said in an interview.  "I'm probably bearish on the idea that you're going to have mass resignations that are going to be disruptive."

NY Hospitals Remove Hordes Of Anti-Vax Workers Who Defied Mandate.  Hospitals in New York state suspended or fired scores of workers Tuesday after they refused to comply with the state's new mandate for health care employees to be vaccinated for coronavirus, officials said Tuesday [9/28/2021].  St. Barnabas Hospital in The Bronx reported that 98 workers, mostly in its housekeeping and nursing divisions, failed to show proof of getting a COVID-19 shot.  But that number had dropped from 140 employees earlier on Monday, an indication that the workers now realize the edict to get vaccinated — or get fired — is real and many are complying at the last minute to keep their jobs.  The nearly 100 employees are suspended without pay and have until next week to show proof or face termination, a St. Barnabas spokesman said.

Biden Gets COVID-19 Booster Shot On Camera But Photos Reveal That It Was A Movie-Set With A Fake Background.  President Biden received his COVID-19 vaccine booster shot on Monday, after public health officials recommended boosters for many Americans, including those 65 and older.  Mr. Biden, 78, got his third shot on camera, and delivered brief remarks before his jab.  The Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization last week for booster doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine six months after the completion of the two-dose course for those 65 and older, those with some underlying conditions and those who work in high-risk environments.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also recommended a booster shot for these groups of people.

DeSantis Questions US Diplomatic Relationship With 'Off-The-Rails' Australia Over Military COVID Lockdowns.  Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., questioned Tuesday if the United States should rethink its diplomatic relationship with Australia given its strict, military-enforced COVID-19 lockdowns.  Speaking at the International Boat Builders' Exhibition and Conference in Tampa, DeSantis touched on his own state's response to the virus, saying, "I really believe that if we had not done what we did during the last year and a half to keep the state open, to protect people's jobs, to protect our small businesses, to protect our kids being able to go to school — if we had not done that, a lot of these other states wouldn't have followed.  [Tweet]  "And who knows where we would be right now?" he asked.

Orlando Magic Player, Jonathan Isaac, Drops Truth Bombs About The Vaccine.  Jonathan Isaac answers questions in regards to his vaccination status at Orlando Magic Media Day.  "I've had Covid already, so our understanding of antibodies and natural immunity is still evolving.  With my age group and physical fitness level it's not necessarily a fear of mine.  Taking the Vaccine, it opens me up to the rare chance of having an adverse reaction to the Vaccine itself.  I don't believe that being Unvaccinated means being infected or being Vaccinated means uninfected.  You can still catch Covid with or without the Vaccine."  Isaac was responding to a Rolling Stone hit piece on him, calling him an anti-vaxxer.  [Video clip]

Melbourne's Health Minister Martin Foley Drops Bombshell, 85% Of Those In Hospital Are Vaccinated.  Melbourne's Health Minister Martin Foley:"  Of the people who were in hospital yesterday [9/27/2021], 78% were vaccinated and 17 % were partially vaccinated."  [Video clip]

Senior Army flight surgeon warns pilots could die in mid-flight from vaccine side effects.  A senior U.S. Army flight surgeon with specialized training in infectious diseases has filed an affidavit against the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for active-duty military personnel, warning that problematic heart side effects may cause pilots to die in mid-flight.  Lt. Col. Theresa Long, the surgeon responsible for certifying the fitness of 4,000 flight-ready airmen at the 1st Aviation Brigade in Ft. Rucker, Alabama, said that she is concerned that the vaccines can cause inflamed heart muscles in young men in the age range of most flight-ready pilots, and that the Department of Defense has not followed its own protocols by requiring an MRI scan of each airman after vaccination.  "The majority of young new Army aviators are in their early twenties.  We know there is a risk of myocarditis with each mRNA vaccination," Dr. Long states in the affidavit.

The Editor says...
Those so-called vaccinations are getting a lot more expensive, if they have to include an MRI afterward to assess the damage.

Pfizer Launches Final Study For COVID Drug That's Suspiciously Similar To 'Horse Paste'.  Another piece US anti-Ivermectin puzzle may have emerged.  On Monday, Pfizer announced that it's launching an accelerated Phase 2/3 trial for a COVID prophylactic pill designed to ward off COVID in those may have come in contact with the disease.  Coincidentally (or not), Pfizer's drug shares at least one mechanism of action as Ivermectin — an anti-parasitic used in humans for decades, which functions as a protease inhibitor against Covid-19, which researchers speculate "could be the biophysical basis behind its antiviral efficiency."  Lo and behold, Pfizer's new drug[,] which some have jokingly dubbed "Pfizermectin," is described by the pharmaceutical giant as a "potent protease inhibitor."

Ron DeSantis Goes There on Australia and Sets the Standard.  Over the last several months, I've penned quite a few pieces detailing the dystopian nightmare Australia has become.  Spending most of the last year chasing the impossible standard of "zero COVID," the once flourishing democracy has been reduced to a medical security state in which people are beaten for daring to be outside without a mask.  I wish I were being hyperbolic, but I'm not.  Here's a taste of what people there are dealing with.  [Video clip] [...] Not only does DeSantis pointedly say that Australia is not a "free" country right now, he takes it a step further and hits on something I've mentioned in the past.  Why is the United States government ignoring tyranny in Australia that we'd be decrying if it occurred in China?  As DeSantis insinuates, it's fairly inexcusable that we'd maintain the same diplomatic relations with a country that is behaving like Australia is behaving.  I know that sounds crazy, but just because a country was once part of the Western democratic order does not mean they should get a free pass for committing literal human rights violations. [...] I mean the Australian police literally busting heads over non-compliance with mask mandates.

The Activist Media Has Done an Exemplary Job of Deceiving the American People on COVID-19.  When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic, the activist media has performed masterfully. [...] Ever since it became apparent that the COVID-19 outbreak would be a serious issue, the Democrats and their close friends and allies in the activist media have been trying to convince us that we're all gonna die slow, painful deaths after being infected.  The press has been on a full-on crusade to terrify the American people into abiding by lockdown orders and mask mandates.  They used fear to make us more amenable to government encroaching on our lives. [...] Since the government wants to push mandatory vaccines and use the pandemic as an excuse to impose intrusive measures to control the populace, the activist media seeks to persuade the public that this is all for their own good.  It launched a whole persuasion campaign specifically designed to confuse and terrify people into complying with the government.

The left's three-pronged assault on America:  Covid, the border, submission to China.  Joe Biden allegedly got his third jab on live TV on Monday [9/27/2021].  He was already "fully vaccinated" and still wore a mask.  Does that give anyone confidence in the vaccine? [...] Biden, as surely everyone knows by now, even those who voted for him, is seriously cognitively challenged.  He was never a smart man but now he is non compos mentis.  He understands nothing about science, certainly not the science of virology or epidemiology.  He reads words from teleprompters others have scripted.  He has no grasp of the meaning of the words he is reading.  The man and his minders are a plague upon America far more devastating than covid.  Covid is the hoax on which they, the global elite, have hitched their wagon to, the pseudo-plague that will bring all of us rubes to our knees.  Some Australian states have capitulated, devolving into a functional tyranny.  Police attack persons on the street without a mask or even for leaving their homes.  Are those Stalinist tactics coming here?

COVID-19 Is the New Global Warming.  [Scroll down]  The acceptance or rejection of the vaccine mandate and passport is more a reflection of political loyalties and the degree of wokeism an individual exhibits than it is a desire to adhere to rigorous scientific evidence.  Firstly, it's not a vaccine, not in the traditional sense.  Real vaccines, like the polio vaccine, prevent the disease.  This doesn't.  The-drug makers don't even claim that it will.  Nor will it stop the transmission.  All they claim is a meaningful reduction in the chances of getting COVID-19 and a reduction in the severity and duration of symptoms should a person become infected.  A recent study showed that U.S. COVID cases in early September 2021 were up 300% compared to September 2020, even though 66% of the adult population is vaccinated in 2021 compared to 0% in September 2020.  So much for "prevention."  They're treatments, therapeutics, not vaccines.  There have more incidents by far of bad side-effects with these so-called vaccines than with other longer-standing vaccines that have been in use for decades.  Cheaper, totally safe COVID therapeutics (like ivermectin, Regeneron, and hydroxychloroquine) exist that have proven extremely effective, even if the studies showing that have been suppressed by politically motivated parties and the liberal media and Big Tech.

Soldiers, Sailors Say No!  Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has fielded dozens of communications from distraught active and reserve service men and women concerned about the impending military mandate to receive a COVID vaccine.  He has responded by introducing H.R. 3860, a bill that would ban such a mandate.  As of September 16, his bill had picked up 33 co-sponsors, all of whom are Republicans.  The matter has been referred to the House Armed Services Subcommittee, and at this time there is no scheduled hearing on the measure.  On August 24, 2021, the secretary of defense issued a memorandum directing that each service branch should have "ambitious timelines for implementation" of the COVID vaccine mandate.  In response, each service branch set its own deadline.  As of this writing, the vaccine mandate is scheduled to go into effect November 2 for active-duty Air Force and November 28 for active-duty Navy and Marines, and December 15 for active-duty Army.  Many service members who have refused the jab would disagree with the claim that the military takes "freedom of religion and worship" seriously.

How to Nullify COVID Vaccine Mandates.  Michigan's H.B. 4471, styled the "Informed Consent in the Workplace Act," is a fine example of what states are doing to protect workers from vaccine mandates.  Its passage, and the passage of similar measures across the nation, will require significant grassroots effort.  The media-inspired crescendo of calls for employers to force vaccine mandates upon their employees under threat of termination has created a new round of COVID terror in the American workplace.  "My constituents have been calling me in tears," reported Michigan State Representative Beth Griffin, chairwoman of the Michigan House Subcommittee on Workforce, Trades and Talent, "saying the media's lack of coverage from emerging peer reviewed studies is horrible ... and they are angry because only one side of this vaccination issue and discussion is acceptable."  Florida and Montana have passed legislation prohibiting employers from making employees demonstrate proof of vaccination status.  Similar legislation of various types is pending or planned in 39 additional states.  However, these legislative moves have come up against stiff opposition.

Unions Quiet As NYC Poised To Fire 7,800 Unvaxxed Teachers.  Unions representing the approximately 7,800 teachers who will lose their jobs have been largely silent about mass firings due to New York City's vaccine mandate.  New York City teachers must get vaccinated by Friday in order to keep working, The New York Times (NYT) reported.  While several New York City unions have criticized the rushed implementation of the mandate and expressed concern over the looming issue of understaffed schools, unions have been largely silent on the issue of firing unvaccinated teachers.  [Tweet]  The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators in New York City criticized the city for going forward with the mandate before addressing the impending staffing shortage, calling it "dangerous and irresponsible" to allow schools to operate so understaffed.

Japan to lift all COVID restrictions.  Anyone who followed the saga of Japan's journey through both the COVID plague and the country's disastrous efforts to host the Olympic Games is probably already aware that many restrictions were placed on both citizens and visitors while the Delta variant spread across their islands.  The nation's initial efforts in June and July to establish mass vaccination centers failed repeatedly due to both a problem in obtaining a sufficient number of doses and logistical nightmares encountered in trying to vaccinate such a widely distributed population.  This led to the political impacts on the career of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and even worse physical impacts on a population with a huge number of elderly people.  But now that the spotlight of the games has moved on and the vaccination program has continued to roll out, the country is preparing to lift most of the remaining COVID restrictions this week.

NBA player:  Why should I be forced to get the vaccine when I've already had COVID?  Jonathan Isaac is devoutly religious, to the point where he once invited his teammates to watch him deliver a sermon in church.  He also declined to take a knee last year when other NBA players protested before games in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.  He goes his own way.  On vaccine mandates too, it turns out.  He's the only unvaccinated player on the Orlando Magic, reportedly — although not the only unvaccinated player within the league.

Some NBA Players Are Refusing The COVID Vaccines And Corporate Media Is Going NUTS.  We are coming closer and closer to a collision between public health officials instituting vaccine mandates and NBA players who refuse to "get the jab."  In August, the NBA had a goal of having 100% of players vaccinated for the Wuhan Virus.  That was a non-starter, and as a result, the players — some of whom have antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 — are being vilified in the media as "anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorists."  People are starting to notice that some big-name basketball players are refusing the vaccine despite local mandates.  Nets fans might not be able to see Kyrie Irving play at home because he has chosen not to get jabbed.  This is huge problem for the NBA considering Irving's superstar-power and that he is currently the vice president on the executive committee of the players' union.

Hospital System That Serves 4 States Fires 175 Workers After Vaccine Mandate.  Days after announcing that about 375 healthcare employees would be suspended, a North Carolina-based hospital system confirmed Monday that around 175 workers were fired in one of the largest-ever mass terminations due to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  Several days ago, Novant Health announced that around 375 of its employees had been suspended and were given five days to comply with the company's mandate.  "They will have an opportunity to comply over a five-day, unpaid suspension period," the company's release said.  "If a team member remains non-compliant after this suspension period, he or she will have their employment with Novant Health terminated."  Since then, "nearly 200 additional team members came into compliance, increasing that rate across Novant Health to over 99 percent," Novant spokeswoman Megan Rivers told news outlets on Monday.  "So fewer than 200 were non-compliant," it said, confirming that the rest were terminated for not complying with the mandate.

Covid medical protocols are flawed and killing people.  COVID-19 is not a viral pneumonia.  It is a viral vascular endotheliitis and attacks the lining of blood vessels, particularly the small pulmonary alveolar capillaries, leading to endothelial cell activation and sloughing, coagulopathy, sepsis, pulmonary edema, and ARDS-like symptoms.  This is a disease of the blood and blood vessels.  The circulatory system.  Any pneumonia that it causes is secondary to that.  In severe cases, this leads to sepsis, blood clots, and multiple organ failure, including hypoxic and inflammatory damage to various vital organs, such as the brain, heart, liver, pancreas, kidneys, and intestines.  Some of the most common laboratory findings in COVID-19 are elevated D-dimer, elevated prothrombin time, elevated C-reactive protein, neutrophilia, lymphopenia, hypocalcemia, and hyperferritinemia, essentially matching a profile of coagulopathy and immune system hyperactivation/immune cell exhaustion.  COVID-19 can present as almost anything, due to the wide tropism of SARS-CoV-2 for various tissues in the body's vital organs.  While its most common initial presentation is respiratory illness and flu-like symptoms, it can present as brain inflammation, gastrointestinal disease, or even heart attack or pulmonary embolism.

Poll: Majority Say Left Using Coronavirus Pandemic as 'Trojan Horse for Permanent Socialism'.  A majority of likely voters believe the radical left is using the Chinese coronavirus pandemic as a "Trojan horse for permanent socialism," a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday found.  The survey asked respondents if they agreed or disagreed with the following statement:  "The radical left ... want to use this terrible but temporary pandemic as a Trojan horse for permanent socialism.  And President Biden, who ran as a unifying moderate, is either powerless to stop them or does not wish to."  A majority of likely voters, 59 percent, said they agree with that statement.  Of those, 43 percent "strongly" agree.

Biden's Vaccine Mandate Gets More Pointless Every Day.  Three weeks ago, President Joe Biden told America he'd ordered his regulators to draw up "emergency" workplace rules requiring vaccinations for everyone working for big companies.  Those rules have yet to emerge.  And they might not emerge for another month and a half.  Meanwhile, the Biden administration announced on Friday [9/24/2021] — which is the day politicians choose to release news when they want minimal coverage — that federal contractors will have until Dec. 8 to comply with that part of his mandate.  More than two months from now.  In other words, Biden hasn't managed to get his federal mandate implemented yet, and won't for some time.  What he has managed to achieve is dissension, confusion, lawsuits, and worker shortages — as well as a steady decline in daily vaccination rates.

Codevilla, courage, and COVID.  Angelo Codevilla, a man of "remarkable intellect and insights," passed away this month after a long and productive career.  In his response to the pandemic, Codevilla might have saved the best for last. [...] White House medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, a government bureaucrat since 1968, has headed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984.  The establishment media billed Fauci as the nation's leading infectious diseases expert, but for Codevilla Fauci was a "deep state fraud."  Codevilla knew Fauci was a fraud "after listening to him for about 10 seconds" on the origin of the pandemic.  Fauci, whose bio includes no advanced degrees in microbiology or molecular biology, had funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology through NIAID.  Fauci "knew a lot" but remained evasive.  As Codevilla observed, Fauci acted "as a politicized, partisan bureaucrat while pretending to be the disinterested authority of physicians and scientists."  He reversed himself on many aspects of the pandemic and dismissed hydroxychloroquine even as peer-reviewed studies confirmed its usefulness.  "This is not how scientists behave," Codevilla wrote.  "Fauci, unfortunately, behaves as an ordinary creature of the Washington swamp."

Federal judges:  NYC can impose vaccine mandate on teachers.  The nation's largest school district can immediately impose a vaccine mandate on its teachers and other workers, after all, a federal appeals panel decided Monday [9/27/2021], leading lawyers for teachers to say they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.  The three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued a brief order late in the day that lifted a block of the mandate that a single appeals judge had put in place on Friday.  After an adverse ruling from a Brooklyn judge, a group of teachers had brought the case to the appeals court, which assigned a three-judge panel to hear oral arguments Wednesday.  But the appeals panel issued its order Monday after written arguments were submitted by both sides.

Big Brother is bluffing.
White House Has No Idea When, or Even If, OSHA Will Ever Provide Rules to Support Legally Enforceable Worker Vaccine Mandate.  On September 9th, Joe Biden made the announcement that all employers with more than 100 workers would be required to enforce a national worker vaccine mandate.  The White House stated that OSHA would, "develop a rule that will require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated."  However, following the announcement we noted OSHA was not taking any steps needed to engage with business interests to trigger the first-step in the organization of a process to initiate a rule-making process.  I'm only talking about the basic guidance aspect.  The labor discussions with internal and external customers of the DoL, OSHA, etc. to set a calendar for how to implement "guidance", just that part.  There was nothing, and there is nothing.

Navy SEALs Told They're Undeployable If They Don't Get a COVID-19 Vaccine:  Lawyers.  Navy SEALs have been informed by superiors that they won't be deployed if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if they're granted a religious or medical exemption, according to lawyers representing the elite special operations troops and a document seen by The Epoch Times.  "What they've been told is if they apply for a religious accommodation, they will no longer be deployable," R. Davis Younts, who is representing seven SEALs and is in talks to take on approximately 20 others, told The Epoch Times.  Timothy Parlatore, whose firm represents a number of SEALs and other service members concerned about the vaccines, said his clients have also been given a similar ultimatum.  Some SEALs have even been sent home mid-deployment for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine, one of his clients told him.

Why are the FDA and CDC advisory panel members so afraid to debate COVID Vaccine Safety?  In early May, my friends reported death and disability after being vaccinated.  I started looking at the data and the more I looked, the more troubled I became.  I arranged to tell the world what I learned on Bret Weinstein's Darkhorse Podcast with my friend Robert Malone.  That video went viral with almost 1M views before YouTube censored it. [...] Fast forward to September 17, 2021.  I spoke out about the vaccines in the public input section of the FDA advisory meeting.  I said that everyone was avoiding the elephant in the room:  that the vaccines kill more people than they save.  Nobody on the panel was paying attention to my talk.  This is pretty typical.  I wasn't offended.  But the public was listening and I got millions of impressions on my talk.  No one in the mainstream media contacted me to challenge my statement.

Project Veritas Undercover Exposes Johnson and Johnson Officials Promoting the Politics of The Vaccine.  Project Veritas released the third video of its COVID vaccine investigative series today exposing two Johnson & Johnson [J&J] officials, who argue children do not need to take the COVID vaccine in part because of the potential long-term side effects.  [Video clip]

Uttar Pradesh government says early use of Ivermectin helped to keep positivity, deaths low.  A year after the country's first Covid-19 cluster, with 5 cases, was reported in Agra district, the Uttar Pradesh government has claimed that it was the first state to have introduced a large-scale "prophylactic and therapeutic" use of Ivermectin and added that the drug helped the state to maintain a lower fatality and positivity rate as compared to other states.  Citing the results from Agra in the month of May and June last year, following which the use of Ivermectin, a medicine to treat parasitic ailments, along with Doxycycline was introduced as a protocol across the state for both prophylactic as well as treatment purposes, the state Health Department said it would conduct a controlled study once the second wave of the pandemic subsides.

Schools are NOT a main source of COVID spread.  Schools are not the main source of COVID-19 spread and do not cause a spike in cases, a new study suggests.  Researchers from the Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health in Berlin looked the results of Covid tests across dozens of classrooms across between February 2021 and March 2021.  They found that just two students and one teacher tested positive, even as the Alpha variant that originated in the UK was gaining dominance in Germany.

Covid Lockdown, Third-World Edition.  The more reasonable half of the American populace knows that, for most people, going a year or two without steady work is a bigger threat to their well-being than a mild respiratory virus whose average victim is older than the national life expectancy.  They know that, among other things, poor people don't live as long as rich people, and they don't appreciate being pushed further down the ladder for the sake of the virtue-signaling managerial-class flacks who work at secure, well-salaried positions in government, academia, medicine, law, or journalism and who have little skin in the game.  Chances are that, by now, you've heard more than enough about how the United States' bumbling response to the events of the last few years has left the working poor with the raw end of the deal.  What you're less likely to hear about is the view from the real bottom — the way that the global shutdown has impacted people in countries like Madagascar.

What's A Branch COVIDian?  Mom compares unmasked children to "deadly biological weapons, loaded firearms, and homicide[.]"  This is the result of intentional fear-mongering and watching too much CNN.  Happened at Richardson Independent School District, Texas.  [Video clip]

The Little Café That Almost Could.  [Scroll down]  An unusually honest New York Times article from March 2020 told us just how Democrats do think — or, more precisely, don't think.  The story shared the results of a comprehensive Gallup survey on COVID a year into the pandemic.  To its humble credit, the Times owned up to the paradox contained in those results.  For many liberals, wrote the Times, Covid had become "another example of the modern Republican Party's hostility to facts and evidence."  Yet on the one defining question for which the answer was knowable and provable, liberals proved appallingly ignorant.  That question read, "What are the chances someone with COVID must be hospitalized?"  The correct answer was 1-5 percent.  Yet 41 percent of Democrats said more than 50 percent, and another 28 percent of Democrats said more than 20 percent.  Think about these numbers.  Aided and abetted by the major media, public health officials persuaded nearly 70 percent of Democrats that COVID was massively more dangerous than it actually is.  Republicans did considerably better on this question, but not well enough to brag.  Too many Republicans believe their health officials and rely on major media.

Norway Celebrates End of Coronavirus Restrictions.  The people of Norway celebrated the end of coronavirus restrictions on Sunday [9/26/2021] after an abrupt announcement from the prime minister.  According to the Associated Press (AP) the celebrations in some of Norway's biggest cities that police were deployed not to punish people for wearing masks but to quell the "dozens of disturbances and violent clashes" as people piled into the streets, bars, restaurants, and nightclubs.

The United States and the West are in the Grip of Delusional Madness.  The politically motivated and unprecedented overreaction to a virus with a 99.5% survival rate was launched in March of 2020, thus unleashing what can best be described as a once-in-a-century fiasco.  Nineteen months later it is impossible to look at the United States and the world and not conclude that this country and much of the West is in the grip, not of a virus, but of delusional madness and malevolence.  The governing elites have been so successful in propagandizing and fear-mongering the populace in many western nations, including the United States, that the virus has made far too many people blind to the madness as they wallow in anxiety, depression, and hopelessness — deliberately and with forethought brought about by these malevolent cabals. [...] The manipulation of the public by the ruling class and its media arm has succeeded as nearly half of the overall American population and a majority of the Millennials (America's most populous generation) are suffering from anxiety or depressive disorders, which inevitably leads to hopelessness.  Having wildly succeeded in fomenting despair, the ruling establishment cannot stop or curtail their tactics as they cannot risk the American people awakening from or becoming aware of their malevolence and delusional madness.  Thus, the never-ending Covid-19 falsehoods and fearmongering in order to maintain and exacerbate anxiety and depression.

New York Medical Providers Begin Shutting Down Services as Vaccine Deadline Hits and Unvaccinated Workers [are] Terminated.  It's one of the stupidest displays of government incompetence and ideological knuckleheadedness in recent history.  A New York state healthcare provider, operating a week ago without issue, is now forced to stop offering healthcare services today.  Why?  Simply because the government has mandated a vaccine requirement that many workers within the industry are uncomfortable with.  The issue is not just a shortage of doctors and nurses.  Everyone including: janitors, cafeteria staff, administrators, phone operators, clerical staff, coders, IT staff, receptionists and customer service staff within the healthcare industry is impacted.  If they didn't take the jab, they're fired.

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And then, after everybody's fired, the state will declare an emergency because they can't find health care workers.  It doesn't make any sense, because the emergency is entirely the state's fault.

Biden Says 97% To 98% Of Americans Need To Be Vaccinated Before Returning To Normal.  Almost 100 percent of Americans need to be vaccinated before the country can safely return to normal, President Joe Biden claimed Monday [9/27/2021].  Biden said that "97%, 98%" is the goal as a country during his much-publicized appointment to receive a COVID-19 booster shot Monday.  He offered no explanation for the number.  Medical experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, have predicted that herd immunity would only require 70% to 85% of Americans to be vaccinated.  The White House has been pushing for some vaccinated Americans to receive booster shots.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Proclaims Unvaccinated People 'Aren't Listening to God'.  Individuals who have not received the coronavirus vaccine "aren't listening to God," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) declared during remarks before Brooklyn's Christian Cultural Center on Sunday [9/26/2021].  [Video clip]  "I prayed a lot to God during this time and you know what — God did answer our prayers," Hochul stated, before denigrating those who have not yet received a coronavirus shot. [...] "I need you to be my apostles," the governor added, saying that receiving the treatment is how New Yorkers can "love one another."

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It's always amusing to hear an elected official from the Abortion Party justify his or her agenda by invoking religion.

After a Murder Over Mask-Wearing, Authorities Are Cracking Down on COVID Skeptics on Telegram.  After a gas station cashier was killed following an argument over mask wearing, the German government started pressuring social media platforms to censor groups over what has become known as "corona misinformation."  The State of Thüringen's Interior Minister George Mair specifically called for the urgent regulation and classification of Telegram as a social network in order to foist new rules on the platform.  Currently the "Netzwerdurchsetzungsgesetz" law in Germany requires social media platforms to delete whatever the government deems as "criminal" content, and even to report them to the Federal Criminal Policy Agency (Bundeskriminalamt).  Platforms such as Telegram, however, have typically been excluded as they are not classified as social networks but as messaging platforms.  Telegram has also been under pressure in the US, for what globalist policy makers call the spread of "misinformation" and for "coordinating" the January 6 "insurrection".

22-year-old "fully vaccinated" champion show jumper may never ride again due to covid jab-induced blood clots.  Imogen Allen was healthy and spry prior to getting "vaccinated" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19). Now, however, the 22-year-old champion show jumper has developed two massive blood clots in her lungs that could prevent her from ever riding again.  As we have come to expect, the mainstream media is calling Allen's clots "an incredibly rare reaction," even though it is one of the most common adverse effects to occur post-jab.  According to reports, Allen was taking contraceptives at the time when she got injected with Fauci Flu shots.  This, the corporate media is insinuating, could be the real cause behind Allen's newly formed blood clots.

Pro Tennis Player Ends Season After Covid Vaccine Left Him With 'Violent Pain': 'Suddenly I Cannot Train, I Cannot Play'.  Tennis pro Jeremy Chardy, 34, says he may never play the sport again after Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine reportedly left him suffering major bouts of pain.  Speaking to Agence-France Presse, the French 2020 olympian explained he began experiencing violently painful, debilitating health effects immediately after taking the vaccine.

The Symptoms of Our Insanity.  When did we become a nation of socialist AOCs wearing "Tax the Rich" dresses to $35,000-a-ticket celebrity galas, without mandatory masks, while being served by masked servants — a now tired script from the Obama birthday bash crowd to the grandees at the Emmys?

Australia's Chief Health Officer Completely Dashes Any Hope the Country Will Return to Normal One Day.  While speaking about the vaccination rates in New South Wales, Australian chief health officer Kerry Chant expressed optimism that they'd soon reach a 90 percent vaccination rate for the 16 and over population.  Even still, however, she quickly poured cold water on the idea of life returning to normal ever again.  "We will not be going back to pre-COVID levels.  We are always going to have to be mindful that COVID exists," she said.  "We're going to have to engage with booster shots, we're going to have to engage with advice from time to time when we see outbreaks.  We're going to have to respond, so it's not going to go back to normal, we can't deny that we have to live with COVID."  [Tweet]

The Symptoms of Our Insanity.  The nominal head of the COVID-19 administration task force has been forced to admit under oath that he directed the U.S. government to route, through a close associate and third-party medical group, hundreds of thousands of dollars of American research funding to the Chinese Communist-controlled Wuhan virology lab, the likely ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Yet Dr. Anthony Fauci would strenuously deny under oath that such funding enhanced gain-of-function virology research, despite clear evidence and agreement in the scientific community that it did.  Fauci, in addition, would concede that for over a year he has denied any connection between the pandemic and ongoing efforts at the Wuhan lab where the Chinese military played a prominent role in overseeing viral research.  At various times during the pandemic, Fauci would praise the role of the Chinese government in dealing with the plague, dismiss initially the need for a travel ban to prevent spread of the virus, urge Americans not to wear masks, to wear masks, and at times even to wear two masks.

New York's decline picks up the pace.  As I write this, I can no longer even imagine a world in which the news of the day, in every blog, newspaper, and media outlet, isn't dominated by the Chi Com Fauci Flu.  It seems like, no matter how many people get the shot or how many children are suffocated by their masks, the nightmare will never end.  There is no fixed date on the horizon when the "pandemic" will be over.  I am reminded of Frederick Douglass's writing that "the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."  In New York, we are entering our second autumn [...] with a new ruler who is turning out to be much worse than her predecessor.  Who would ever have thought that Kathy Hochul could make us long for the good ole days under Killer Cuomo?  I have been politically active for many years and have never seen such a brutal takeover, even in this corrupt oligarchy.  The Demo-Marxists must have planted her years ago as a Trojan Horse for the ruling party.

Broadway folks bragged about forging COVID tests to go to Tonys parties.  At Sunday night's [9/26/2021] Tony Awards, Broadway put on a united front about wearing masks in theaters for the safety of audiences and performers alike.  "Everyone here is vaxxed and tested, and everyone is wearing a mask," host Leslie Odom Jr. said as he walked by celebs like Bernadette Peters and Lin-Manuel Miranda.  "Every Broadway theater will look like this for a while, and that's OK."  But away from the glare of the cameras at the Winter Garden Theater, the lecturing stopped cold.  Up in the mezzanine bar, as Jennifer Holliday was brilliantly belting out her classic "And I Am Telling You" from the musical "Dreamgirls" onstage, I overheard a tuxedoed man loudly discussing the hot afterparty for "Slave Play" at Neuehouse, which appropriately was requiring proof of vaccination and a negative COVID test to attend.  "My assistant found a picture online of a BinaxNow test that was negative, and sent it," one said with a laugh, encouraging his friends to do the same.

Pfizer CEO: Life Can Return To Normal in a Year but Only if You're Vaccinated.  Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla has some good news.  You can get back to living a normal life in about a year, but only if you inject his product into your veins.  Appearing on ABC's "This Week," Bourla was asked to comment on what Moderna's CEO said the previous week about the pandemic ending in a year.  He couldn't help but agree.  "I agree that, within a year, I think we will be able to come back to normal life," Bourla said.  "I don't think this means that variants will not continue coming, and I don't think this means that we should be able to live our lives ... without having vaccinations."  Bourla did predict, however, that new variants will continue to emerge, but don't worry, he'll have the vaccines you need to inject into yourself to keep you safe and you'll be able to inject yourself yearly.

Supply Chain Disruption Update.  All across the world, supply chains that were disrupted by Flu Manchu lockdowns don't seem to have fully recovered.  Maybe it's because some political entities are still doing lockdowns, or maybe it's because vaccine mandates are making critical worker shortages worse.

Pfizer CEO says life should be 'back to normal' within a year but refuses to rule out lifelong re-vaccinations.  Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Sunday [9/26/2021] that the U.S. should return to normal within the year as his COVID-19 booster was approved for the elderly and other higher risk communities.  'Finally, Moderna's CEO said this week that the pandemic is on course to be over in about a year.  Do you agree with that?' ABC This Week host George Stephanapoulos asked Bourla on Sunday.  'I agree that, within a year, I think we will be able to come back to normal life,' he concurred.

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[#1] Well, at least they're no longer promising that we'll be back to normal in a couple of weeks, but "within a year" is equally unbelievable, now that we know such predictions are wishful thinking at best (and deceptive appeasment at worst).  Surely Australia won't be "back to normal" in less than 25 years, even if everybody's healthy — which they are already!  The tourist industry is finished, the citizens can't trust the police, and the next election should be really interesting, if it's not an outright sham.  [#2] Can you believe any statement made by a pharmaceutical company official?  After they made so much money in the last 18 months, do you really think they're going to go "back to normal" next year and stop pushing universal injections of one drug or another — for which they have a patent?  When you watch TV, do you ever wonder why there's an advertisement for some kind of prescription drug in every commercial break?  Either a drug for you or for your dog.  The pharmaceutical companies exist to invent and sell drugs; and in order to sell drugs, they have to convince you that you need them.  If you can't be convinced, the government will gladly assist by making the drugs mandatory.

'Fauci' earnings mystery:  No info on box office take for gushing documentary about COVID czar.  Documentaries often earn a fraction of what their fictional counterparts generate, at least those without the names "Moore" or "D'Souza" attached.  "Fauci," a film detailing the scientific life of the nation's preeminent infectious disease expert, appeared to be an exception.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has his detractors, particularly on the political right, but he's still the biggest name in medical science thanks to his leadership on the COVID-19 pandemic and near-constant media presence.  The timing of the film's Sept. 10 limited release, in cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, D.C. and New Orleans, seemed fortuitous given the aggressive Delta variant.  Except we're still waiting on the box office tally.

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If the numbers were positive, there would be no secrecy.

Black Lives Matter leader calls Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate 'modern day freedom papers'.  A leader of the Greater New York chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement is chastising New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and vaccine passport process for residents, equating it to "modern day freedom papers."  Chivona Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater NY who also ran as a candidate for New York's 15th Congressional District in 2020, spoke out against the "racist" mandate in a statement to Fox News.  "Although Mayor Bill De Blasio ran on progressives values, nothing in his tenure will attest to his campaign promises," Newsome said.  "The September 13th vaccine mandate is racist and specifically targets Black New Yorkers.  The vaccination passports are modern day Freedom Papers, which limit the free will of Black people."

It's time to end vaccination thuggery.  The evidence seems to point to a possibility that rather than stopping Covid, widespread vaccination is driving dangerous mutations of Covid.  Undaunted, vaccination bullies are becoming ever more aggressive in their demands that everyone gets vaccinated.  Rather than testing for infection and treating the sick, the call now is to use booster shots against the new strains that have cropped up.  It's true that diseases in the past have been eradicated with mass vaccination.  Diseases like measles, smallpox, and polio were eliminated from the United States.  However, those were diseases that confer lifelong immunity once a person recovers from them.  A disease that constantly mutates and causes reinfection cannot be eradicated, whether through natural immunity or vaccination.  We can no more eliminate Covid than we can eliminate the common cold.

Mother Jones says natural immunity doesn't exist, calls it a "dangerous theory".  Does your body have a built-in immune system that keeps you protected against disease?  Not according to Kiera Butler of Mother Jones, who claims that natural immunity is a right-wing "conspiracy theory."  Butler says she worries that "anti-vaxxers" are running wild with this "dangerous theory," causing it to go mainstream.  In her view, the only way to gain any immunity at all is to take Big Pharma "vaccines."

NY Times's Alarmist Covid Reporter Makes Up 'Surge' From School Reopenings.  Tuesday's [9/21/2021] New York Times lead story by Apoorva Mandavilli on Pfizer pushing to get its coronavirus vaccine approved for children was filled with the reporter's typical coronavirus scaremongering.  This time, it was about the dangers it posed to children:  "Pfizer Says Shot Safely Benefits Children 5 to 11 — Seeking F.D.A. Approval — Urgency as Cases Rise in Young — Trial Review May Take Weeks."  Mandavilli's freaked-out reporting was sadly valuable in helping keep schools shut around the country last year, and it's gotten no better.

Do Vaccinated Pregnant Women in Their First or Second Trimester have an 81.8% Chance of Miscarriage?  You have to wonder why universities are suddenly investigating if the vaccines are causing abortions.  The government appears to have been playing around with the numbers to hide the fact that there may be a problem with COVID vaccines causing spontaneous abortions.  I have reported that one staff member, who is 25, will not get vaccinated because her vaccinated friends have experienced completely distorted menstrual cycles.

Covid Hoax:  Study reveals 40-45% of coronavirus hospitalizations are actually due to other causes.  Big Pharma and mainstream media have made it seem like getting vaccinated is the key to ending the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).  Now, government officials are also mandating vaccinations even among people who don't wish to get inoculated, forcing some to choose between losing their jobs or getting vaccinated against their will.  However, study reveals that the recorded rates of coronavirus hospitalizations have been exaggerated — no doubt to strike fear into an already panicking and misinformed public.  The shocking study, called "The COVID-19 Hospitalization Metric in the Pre- and Post-vaccination Eras as a Measure of Pandemic Severity:  A Retrospective, Nationwide Cohort Study," has examined admissions data of patients in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system from March 1 to June 30.  While the study is available for preprint only, meaning it still hasn't been peer-reviewed, it clearly shows that there are people trying to manipulate data about hospitalization rates throughout America.

3,000 NYC Teachers Asked for Vaccination Exemptions, Union Says.  Around 3,000 New York City teachers have asked for medical and religious exemptions from the city's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, according to the city's teachers union.  The city requires all school staff to be vaccinated or exempted by midnight on Sept. 27.  The union, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) said on Sept. 24 that 90 [to] 95 percent of teachers have received the vaccine.  That would leave about 4,000 [to] 8,000 unvaccinated, including those who have asked for the exemption.  The exemptions are largely medical, UFT President Michael Mulgrew told reporters during a Sept. 24 teleconference.  He didn't specify how many have been granted.  Those rejected have an option to appeal, but Mulgrew said he didn't know how many have done so.  With a pending appeal, a teacher can't participate in instruction, but gets exempted from the mandate, which requires those unvaccinated after the deadline to either leave their jobs with a severance package or take unpaid leave.

Police, Fire, Military Being Gutted by Vaccine Mandate:  Is This China's Plan to Destroy the USA?  The bad news is that the country is on fire, thanks to the brain-dead, feeble, old man with dementia (aka President Joe Biden).  If you don't believe me, just see the 14,000 Haitian migrants hiding under a bridge in Texas, now released into America by Biden.  That should help the COVID-19 pandemic.  But the worst is yet to come.  I'm referring to Biden's vaccine mandate.  This is the most dangerous threat to our national security in history.  As a nationally syndicated radio host, I get thousands of emails a week.  The ones I'm getting right now are downright tragic.  I'm getting heartfelt letters of anguish from police officers, firefighters, paramedics, nurses, corrections officers, active-duty military, military fighter jet pilots, even Navy SEALs.  They're all getting ready to quit or be fired because of vaccine mandates.  They do not want the vaccine.  Even if they have to give up their pensions.  Even if they are one year away from retirement and a six-figure pension.

'Dozens' of Massachusetts State Troopers Submit Resignations Over Vaccine Mandate.  Dozens of Massachusetts state troopers have submitted their resignations ahead of a deadline to comply with the state's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination mandate.  "Many of these troopers are going to be returning to their previous municipal police departments within the state that allow for regular testing and masks," State Police Association of Massachusetts President Michael Cherven said in a statement.  "To date, dozens of troopers have already submitted their resignation paperwork.  "Throughout COVID, we have been on the front lines protecting the citizens of Massachusetts and beyond," he added.  "Simply put, all we are asking for are the same basic accommodations that countless other departments have provided to their first responders, and to treat a COVID-related illness as a line of duty injury."

Federal Judge Blocks New York City's School COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate.  New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for teachers and other Department of Education staffers is on pause after a federal judge late on Sept. 24 granted a request to temporarily block it.  Plaintiffs, a group of teachers, asked for a temporary injunction, pending review by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  U.S. Appeals Court Judge Joseph Bianco, a George W. Bush nominee, granted the request in a one-page order.  The panel will now decide whether to impose an injunction pending appeal or allow the mandate to take effect.

The Big Pharma "Shell Game" Tricking Our Military Into Mandatory Vaccinations.  Last month, Revolver exclusively published a paper by Navy CDR J.H. Furman, warning that the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of the entire Navy could constitute a national security threat.  Now, Furman has produced another paper, describing what he calls a "shell game" by which other U.S. government agencies, and several pharmaceutical companies are tricking the Navy into embracing mandatory vaccination, at great risk to the United States.

Pfizer stands to make $26 BILLION from COVID-19 vaccine boosters as the US approves third dose for all adults over 65.  COVID-19 vaccine makers stand to make billions of dollars after US health officials approved booster shots for older and vulnerable Americans while manufacturers' stock prices continue to rise during the pandemic.  The Centers for Disease Control late on Thursday endorsed third shots of the Pfizer vaccine for all Americans 65 and older, along with tens of millions of younger people at higher risk of coronavirus because of their health or jobs.  The forecast for Moderna's 2022 revenue has jumped 35 percent since President Joe Biden laid out his booster plan in mid-August, though Moderna booster shots are not yet approved.

Geert Vanden Bossche and Robert Malone MD Discuss COVID-19, Scientific Investigation, the Viral Revolution, and Political Media.  An interesting discussion between two of the world's prominent voices Geert Vanden Bossche, expert vaccine developer (Belgium); and Robert Malone MD, the inventor of mRNA vaccines (USA).  The meeting is hosted by Dr. Phillip McMillan (UK), who previously interviewed Vanden Bossche and Malone on separate occasions.  This video interview is an update on the prior conversations and predictions, along with a discussion by the two leading voices in the scientific community who urge caution.  Vanden Bossche takes the current Israeli data and shows how the widespread vaccination rate is creating pressure on the virus to mutate into variants with higher levels of contagion.  The unvaccinated group has been keeping the pressure down by defeating the virus and carrying natural immunity.  However, as the unvaccinated population is increasingly made smaller, the pressure on the virus to mutate increases.  Subsequently, these mutations stay at higher or more effective levels of infection.  [Video clip]

NYS workers who are fired for not getting vaccinated won't be eligible for unemployment insurance, governor announces.  New York state workers who are fired for refusing to get vaccinated are not eligible for unemployment insurance, Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Saturday [[9/25/2021] — just two days before the deadline for workers to get the jab.  New York City teachers and state health care workers in hospitals and nursing homes have to prove that they received at least their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Monday.  The only exception to the vaccine mandate is a valid, doctor-approved request for medical accommodation.

Wait Until He Gets to The Vaccine.  He's got a long way to go.  But he's slowly getting there, and he's bringing his audience with him.  Russell Brand discovers "Russia-Gate":  [Video clip]

The Tyrannical Scenes out of Australia Grow Darker and More Disturbing.  What's going on in Australia may be the most disturbing story of the year.  A once, somewhat flourishing democracy has been reduced to a tyrannical medical state in which people are violently abused by government authorities for daring to walk outside.  All in the name of fighting COVID-19, of course.  Unfortunately for those that live Down Under, there is no end in sight, and the scenes are only growing darker.  [Tweets with video clips]  Both of those videos purport to show people being violently assaulted by police for the sin of not wearing a mask outdoors.  The fact that masks are ineffective outside (just as they are everywhere else) doesn't matter.  The state says you have to wear one, and if you don't, physical abuse will follow.  There appear to be no lines whatsoever, when it comes to the force being used by the police in Australia.

Report: Researchers Working on Antiviral Coronavirus Pills.  Scientists are working on antiviral pills to treat the Chinese coronavirus, a prospect that could come to fruition "within the next several months."  Researchers are working on oral antiviral drugs to treat the coronavirus as the Biden administration continues to push vaccines and vaccine booster shots for those eligible.  Clinical trials of the drugs are underway, and results are expected in the coming months.  "I think that we will have answers as to what these pills are capable of within the next several months," Carl Dieffenbach, director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said, according to NBC News.

Stating the obvious:
COVID-19 vaccine boosters could mean billions for drugmakers.  Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans' protection against the virus.  How much the manufacturers stand to gain depends on how big the rollout proves to be.

Watch As Australian Jackboot Thugs Surround And Terrorize Two Grannies Sitting On A Bench.  Dramatic footage has captured a bizarre stand-off between five police officers and two elderly women sitting on a Melbourne park bench.  The video posted to YouTube on Sunday showed the officers surrounding the two women as one of them said firmly:  "No, I'm not standing up".  [Video clip]

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I guess Australia has completely given up on their tourism industry.  Even if the Covid insanity ends tomorrow, who would want to visit a country where the rulers are so heavy-handed and the police are ruthless and completely devoid of common sense?  the worst tyrants in history only needed a few dozen goons like these guys to set up a miserable situation for everyone.

Australian Brown Shirts Disgracefully Arrest Couple For Not Wearing Masks, Wife Screams And Cries In Terror.  Police arrest a couple for not wearing a mask while they walked down the beach.  This was part of the protest held along St Kilda Beach.  It appears that 16 cops performed the NO MASK arrest in Victoria Australia.  Watch how the Non-masked Media photographers are left alone.  [Video clip]

Public Bureaucracies' Deceptions about COVID.  As recently reported by Project Veritas, if vaccines are dangerous, then HHS will not record it.  If vaccines are dangerous, then OSHA will tell employers to not record it.  In this way, OSHA, FDA, HHS and CDC can claim that vaccines are safe and effective because there is no data to the contrary.  But if vaccines are not truly dangerous, then why engage in this deception? [...] What better way to make certain the truth never emerges than to never record it?  Pfizer's Phase II/III vaccine trial and six-month follow-up suggest that their vaccine will kill 3 people through cardiac side effects to save 1 life from COVID (over 6 months).  Although their data clearly indicates this, and although 1 of 3 COVID deaths were in the vaccine group, the study authors conclude that their vaccine is safe and prevents death from COVID.  Perhaps they hoped that no one would read past the abstract or view the supplemental materials?  This vaccine will kill 3 healthy, young people to rescue one geriatric patient from COVID and give them a few more months to live.  How could the FDA approve this bad deal?

The Forcible Conversion to COVIDism.  By now, even progressives are aware that the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 hygiene rituals are onerous. [...] It strikes one that the ever-changing rituals pronounced by such entities as the CDC and WHO have become not only arbitrary and increasingly revelatory of dubious and ever-changing science, but also evocative more of religious practices than of rational, scientific measures. [...] It is also perfectly clear the governing priestly elite foisting their quasi-religious rituals on the masses are miraculously immune from a virus that discerns who are the pure sheep of the church of COVIDism and who are the deplorably diseased goats.  The high priests partying at the Obama birthday bash on Martha's Vineyard, at the Met gala, and at the Emmys do not have to wear masks.  Nor do they have to observe the rules of social distancing once reserved for lepers and others deemed unclean.  But the unhealthy goats, most of them congregated in churches, the middle class, and the military, do have to follow the regulations and rituals.

Every Tragedy Caused by Government Is Done with the Best of Intentions.  A prediction:  When it becomes incontrovertible that forced vaccinations and lockdowns have done more harm than good, all the people in power who have caused this harm will excuse their totalitarian madness by claiming they "had the best of intentions." [...] It will be the latest painful example in a long line of human tragedies that arose only because the ruling elite controlling the levers of government responded to a perceived problem in the world by exploiting it for their own enrichment, re-engineering it to become more toxic and painful for ordinary people than it otherwise would have been, and then applauding their own efforts as "heroic" and "wise" examples of good governance, contrary to all evidence suggesting otherwise. [...] Government only exists to "solve crises," so if one does not arise naturally, it is imperative that those with power find something — anything — to justify why they have more power than you.  Now what about our current crisis?  Are we in a better or worse position since it began? [...] Does it make sense to begin mandating faux vaccines to our healthy youth when the risk of side-effects often outweighs any potential benefits?  Does it make sense for pregnant women to be injected with a serum before the potential hazards to their babies are known?  Does it make sense to force people who have already recovered from the virus and who now have robust immunity to undergo experimental treatment, nonetheless?

The science surrounding COVID has been hijacked for political purposes.  People recovered from the disease are pushed to get vaccinated, even though they have a natural immunity that is stronger than vaccine immunity.  People are required to wear masks even though masks are essentially useless for preventing infection.  People that die are reported as dying of COVID even though they died of something else.  The government demands that children be vaccinated even though they are naturally resistant to the disease and suffer disturbing side effects from the vaccine.  Schools are closed for no good reason.

Over 3,000 Doctors and Scientists Sign Declaration Accusing COVID Policy-Makers of 'Crimes Against Humanity'.  A "Physicians' Declaration" produced by an international alliance of physicians and medical scientists strongly condemns the global strategy to treat COVID, accusing policy-makers of potential "crimes against humanity" for preventing physicians from providing life-saving treatments for their patients and suppressing open scientific discussion.  The document states that "one size fits all" treatment recommendations have resulted in needless illness and death.  As of 1:00 Friday afternoon, the declaration had garnered over 3,100 signatures from doctors and scientists around the world.  A group of physicians and scientists met in Rome, Italy earlier this month for a three day Global Covid Summit to speak "truth to power about Covid pandemic research and treatment."

'Sky News' Documentary:  What Really Happened in Wuhan?  In October 2019, the World Military Games were held in Wuhan, China.  Reports emerged of athletes becoming sick with a respiratory virus and symptoms that are now well recognized as COVID-19.  It would be months before the U.S. took action, but evidence strongly suggests that U.S. intelligence had knowledge of a problem occurring in Wuhan in November 2019.  If they had reacted quickly, said David Asher, former COVID-19 investigator for the U.S. State Department, "The whole world would have been different.  It would have been like stopping 9/11 before it happened."  He was speaking to Australian journalist and "Sky News" host Sharri Markson, whose explosive documentary, "What Really Happened in Wuhan?" features multiple experts who believe beyond any reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan.  The illness circulating at the World Military Games, among athletes who later returned home to more than 100 different countries, is just one piece of the evidence that, cumulatively, may solve the mystery of COVID-19's origins.

Political Appointee CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Overrides FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee and Authorizes Pfizer Booster Shots.  Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky has overridden the recommendations of the FDA vaccine advisory committee and authorized booster shots for individuals who took the Pfizer vaccine.  The boosters are for anyone who took the Pfizer vaccine six months ago or more, in addition to all those with underlying medical health conditions that make them susceptible to the COVID-19 variants.  Additionally, all healthcare workers and basically all those who were previously designated as "essential workers", including those in the food supply chain, are authorized to receive the vaccine.  According to Joe Biden's speech that followed the unilateral declaration of the CDC, this decision means, "60 million Americans are now eligible for a booster six months after their second shot.  And up to 20 million who will receive their — received their earlier Pfizer shot at least six months ago are eligible today."  The unilateral booster declaration does not include authorization for Moderna or Johnson and Johnson, only Pfizer.  Apparently, the Pfizer lobbying group has deeper pockets and is more politically connected.

More than 400 D.C. Fire, EMS workers claim religious exemption from COVID-19 shots:  Report.  More than 400 D.C. Fire and EMS employees are seeking a religious exemption for COVID-19 vaccines, according to reports.  Out of the more than 2,100 department workers, 419 of them are filing for the exemption with the city, NBC4 Washington reported.  "They're requests at this point," Fire Chief John Donnelly told the news outlet.  "They will be ruled on by the Department of Health.  We don't rule on them.  There's a process for that."

Australian Stormtroopers Violently Tackle And Arrest Man For Wearing An Orange Sweatshirt.  This man was mistaken for being with the construction workers union protest because he was wearing an orange top in Melbourne.  Construction workers took to the streets for a 5th day straight after the government demanded they all get vaccinated to be allowed to work.  Protests have become more and more violent so the local government have brought in the stormtroopers to harass and terrorize any and everyone who even looks like they are part of the group.  The man was caught up in that net.  [Video clip]

From pandemic to endemic: foreign countries begin recognizing COVID panic porn is not useful.  While the Biden-Harris administration continues to demonize those who do not wish to be human guinea pigs in a massive experiment with gene therapies and encourages mask mandates and other symbolic but largely ineffective measures to control a virus, a few foreign countries are recognizing that viral illnesses follow a predictable course as they mutate. [...] Norway has a high level of vaccination — 76% of Norwegians have had at least one shot, and 67% have had 2 — and the government encourages its populace to get fully vaxed.  But in Croatia, President Zoran Milanović doesn't buy into the vax frenzy, as Citizen Free Press reports:  [Video clip]

NY prepares for health care staff shortage as COVID vaccine mandate looms.  New York officials are prepared to call in medically trained National Guard members and retirees to address potential staffing shortages caused by an approaching COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday.  Hochul released a plan to address what she called preventable staffing shortages in hospitals and other health care facilities once the mandate takes effect Monday [9/27/2021].

Biden opposes honorable discharge guarantee for troops who refuse COVID vaccine.  President Joe Biden came out this week in opposition to the military guaranteeing service members who refuse the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine will receive an honorable discharge.  On Tuesday [9/21/2021], the Biden White House submitted a Statement of Administration Policy voicing Biden's support and opposition for various provisions in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.  One key provision Biden voiced opposition to would guarantee U.S. military service members will be allowed to take an honorable discharge if they refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccines.  The provision of the 2022 defense budget, titled Section 716, was introduced by Rep. Mark Green (R-TN).  The provision states, "A member of an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department subject to discharge on the basis of the member choosing not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine may only receive an honorable discharge."

When will Chicago or Illinois lift its mask mandate?  Just 29 people are hospitalized with COVID-related illness in Chicago, a city with a population of 2.7 million people.  Despite the fact that just .001 percent of Chicago residents are hospitalized with COVID-19, the city's indoor mask mandate remains, with no word on what specific circumstances will trigger its demise.  The indoor mask mandate went into effect on August 20 in Chicago.  Health officials said it was because the average number of new daily cases surpassed 400.

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Once again, the number of "cases" is meaningless by itself.  How many of those "cases" were people without symptoms who happened to test positive for Covid?  How many are so sick that they require hospitalization?

After Weeks of Promises in the Press, Where Are the Football Super-Spreader Events?  There may be no better illustration that the press abhors positive pandemic news than the reality that America is returning to normalcy in a relatively safe fashion.  This month, both college and professional football teams returned to the field of play.  The difference — the fans were also permitted to return to their seats and cheer their teams on, and this upset plenty of the correct people.  Throughout the media, we had commentary on the dangers this posed, with hectoring voices noting how few of those in attendance had masks on.  One of the more amusing comments was seen on CNN, where Ana Cabrera was clearly shaken by the images.  "I just can't get over the pictures of those outdoor stadiums," said Cabrera, visibly rendered by the visuals of fans attending games.

The vaccination noose around our necks.  The COVID police have tightened the noose around the necks of the unvaccinated.  No longer do you have to wear a useless mask only indoors (unless you're London Breed, the Mayor of San Francisco, or partying with her).  This new noose is inflexible. [...] Can you tell whether you're coming down with a cold or the flu or even dread COVID by observing your symptoms?  Getting feverish, have a sore throat, bodily aches and pains, or shortness of breath?  Would you, in these fraught times, ignore symptoms, or would you stay home like a responsible adult and care for yourself?  Our government doesn't trust any of us to make that sort of decision.  It doesn't trust us to evaluate our own health, it doesn't trust the millions of people who already suffered through COVID to have antibodies, and it doesn't trust that the rest of us can weigh our risks from the virus versus the risks from the vaccine, and intelligently come to a decision.

Oregon Firefighters protest regulations for unvaccinated Corvallis first responders.  Corvallis' new directives for unvaccinated city firefighters brought an eclectic group of Oregonians to the front of City Hall in protest of rules they say are both discriminatory and punishments instead of accommodations.  Firefighters from nearly a dozen organizations stood shoulder to shoulder with a homeschool family from Harlan, an environmentalist from Eugene and a former Green Party senatorial candidate.  They expressed their concerns centered around what several called "excessive" requirements for four Corvallis firefighters who have filed vaccine exemptions with the city.  At issue are rules handed down by the city of Corvallis that require exempt firefighters to segregate themselves during meal time and to wear a N95 masks at all times in the station, including when they sleep.

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Requiring someone to wear a mask while sleeping makes no sense.  It's obvious that the city bureaucrats are just testing the limits of the firefighters' patience.  They're just trying to see how much the firemen will tolerate before staging a rebellion.  It's a microcosm of the world's experience over the last 18 months:  How much will we tolerate before we resist?

Disgraceful Timeline of Biden's Badly Bungled Booster Boosterism.  No one has done more to undermine confidence in the coronavirus vaccine than His Fraudulency Joe Biden.  And this, of course (as I will explain below), is deliberate.  Anything he can do to keep unvaccinated Trump voters unvaccinated, he's going to do.  There's just no other explanation.  And few things have undermined faith in the vaccine, as well as the institutions behind the vaccine, more than Biden's fiasco fiesta of anti-science calls for coronavirus vaccine booster shots.  Here's the timeline (so far): [...]

Report: California Put Coronavirus-Infected Inmates, Including Illegal Aliens, into Communities.  A San Francisco newspaper published a sympathetic feature about an illegal alien from Cambodia who had coronavirus when he was released from California's San Quentin State Prison last July. [...] San Quentin had 2,258 cases during the pandemic, and 43 of those people were released after testing positive, according to the [San Francisco] Chronicle.

Oregon's statistics highlight the folly behind mask mandates.  If you have the right mask and use it in the right way, it can protect you.  Well-fitting N95 masks thrown out after every use may well protect against viruses.  Paper surgical masks are useless against viruses.  Likewise, a cloth mask, which people repeatedly use for days or weeks, is probably an effective bacteria and virus vector, rather than a protector.  If you doubt me, just look at the data out of Oregon, where Gov. Kate Brown's latest totalitarian mask mandates coincided with a huge increase in COVID cases.

Fauci: Psychopath or narcissist?  Anthony Fauci has been in the limelight for over 18 months now.  During that time, he has displayed definite anti-social behavior.  Is he a psychopath, or does he suffer from a narcissistic personality disorder?  It's hard to tell, as a number of traits of one overlap with the other.  Not every psychopath is a serial killer or even physically violent.  Most of them use their superficial charm and ability to lie and manipulate to worm their way into high positions in organizations from corporations to government to bureaucracies, and even the military.

CDC Director's New Decision on Booster Shots Raises Even More Questions.  Earlier this month, Joe Biden got out over his skis and promoted that adults over the age of 16 should get booster shots.  He even said distribution would begin on a certain date, September 20.  [Tweet]  Except the problem was that the FDA wasn't quite on board with it all.  While they endorsed it for those who were 65 years and over, as well as those at high risk of severe disease, they didn't endorse it for everyone else.  That blew up Biden's plans for a huge roll-out.  Two senior FDA officials even quit last month, reportedly over what they felt was a rush to push out the shots for everyone in the country.

Rep. Scott DesJarlais Leads 55 Republican Letter Demanding Action on 'Lifesaving' Coronavirus Antibody Treatments.  Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) led a 55-member letter Thursday, which included House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), calling for the Joe Biden administration to stop cutting off coronavirus antibody treatments to states led by Republican governors, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.  The Biden administration announced last week that they would limit states' abilities to access coronavirus antibody treatments; Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, all red states, used 70 percent of all antibody treatment in those seven states.

Ron DeSantis Win:  Judge Grants Temporary Injunction Against Gainesville Vaccine Mandates.  Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and ultimately, Gainesville city employees, scored a victory this week after a judge granted a temporary injunction against the city's vaccine mandate.  Until Wednesday [9/22/2021], Gainseville city employees risked termination if they refused to get vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus — a rule the city commissioners voted for in August 4-3.  "People who are going to hospitals, the vast vast majority of them haven't been vaccinated," commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos said at the time.  "I believe we move towards mandating vaccines for our employees so that we can ensure all of our people are healthy, they have a safe workplace, and also for the public," the commissioner added.

The Bidenization of America.  COVID-19 was the great ally of the Democratic campaign: the rabidly Democratic national political media bashed it like a piñata and terrified and shut down the country, inducing the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression; while blaming it all on Trump's contempt for "science."  Even a vaccine would have to be distrusted and avoided if it was sponsored by Trump, Biden and Kamala Harris said; this is the same vaccine that the administration is now attempting to coerce all Americans to accept.  Now the messaging is a Tower of Babel and very few members of the public know what the administration's position is.  It seems to wish to vaccinate the whole population and at the same time to require the whole population to mask and observe social distancing as if it had not been vaccinated.  There are legitimate concerns about vaccination, especially with regard to any long-term negative effects it may have.  The evidence about masks is conflicting.  Instead of leading, the administration is sinking into a quagmire and losing credibility, as have the principal scientists it has always admonished us to follow slavishly.

Let Them Destroy Each Other.  [Scroll down]  Also racist — vaccine mandates!  According to numbers the lib media refuses to report, the biggest group of vaccine skeptics is not those science-hating Trump people.  It's minorities, who frankly have a really good reason for not trusting government doctors who assure them everything is on the up and up.  It doesn't help when rich jerks at the Emmys or on Martha's Vineyard party maskless while demanding you gag your kid — or not allow your kid to go to school at all.  So, when the Karen Caucus of libidinally unsatiated cat ladies get their vaccine passport requirements of their dreams, the hardest hit is... minorities!

Media Test Positive For Corrupt COVID Coverage.  Policymakers and public health officials need to be held accountable for their miserable pandemic failures.  So should the media, which have no interest in objective news, and are following an agenda that is both repulsive and poisonous.  Among the media's favorite stories of the past 18 months are the deaths of the unvaccinated and those who expressed skepticism about the lethality of the Wuhan coronavirus.  A recent example is the death of a 40-year-old California woman, who, according to the British Daily Mail, "regularly posted anti-vax, anti-mask content, proclaiming herself a 'free thinker' who 'questions everything.'"  The mother of four — who also considered herself "unmuzzled" — "had been battling COVID-19 and resulting pneumonia ahead of her passing."  Tragic as her death was, it would not have been covered by the media had she been vaccinated and cheerfully compliant with lockdown and mask rules.  But in the twisted minds of most of today's journalists, it's a story that has to be told to boost their vanity.  They are our moral superiors.

Daszak Admits Fauci Funded Chinese Coronavirus Research at Conference Featuring Hunter Biden-Linked Pandemic Group.  Speaking at the 2017 Consortium of Universities for Global Health conference on a panel alongside Anthony Fauci, EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak admitted his controversial "work on coronaviruses in China" was carried out with "funding through" Fauci's National Institutes of Health agency.  The unearthed conference follows Fauci's repeated attempts to distance his agency from the controversial New York-based non-profit, which, as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant registry shows, used the money to collaborate with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  The National Pulse has previously uncovered footage of Daszak describing the viruses he manipulated as part of his "longtime" collaboration with the Chinese Communist Party-run lab as "killers."

For The Public Health.  [Video clips]

NY Governor Announces All Healthcare Workers Who Refuse Mandatory Vaccine Will Be Replaced With Foreign Workers ASAP.  The deadline for New York healthcare workers to take the mandatory COVID-19 "vaccine" is Monday [9/27/2021].  A significant number of nurses, healthcare workers and those who work within the entire system of healthcare will be leaving the medical industry as a result.  While the potential vacancy rate for healthcare workers is yet undetermined — they have to wait to see how many actually leave — New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced earlier today [9/23/2021] that foreign workers will be hired to replace the U.S. workers who refuse the vaccine.

FDA Employee Caught on Tape Advocating for Nazi-Like Registry for Unvaccinated, and Shooting Blacks With COVID Blow Darts.  A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employee was caught on tape advocating for a Nazi-like response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with forced vaccinations, and a registry for all unvaccinated Americans.  In Part Two of Project Veritas' COVID vaccine investigative series, FDA economist Taylor Lee literally called for the United States government to emulate Nazi Germany to force the COVID injections on vaccine skeptics.  "Census goes door-to-door if you don't respond.  So, we have the infrastructure to do it [forced COVID vaccinations].  I mean, it'll cost a ton of money.  But I think, at that point, I think there needs to be a registry of people who aren't vaccinated.  Although that's sounding very Germany," Lee admitted.

Document Reveal:  Covid "vaccines" are shedding deadly spike proteins via "skin-penetrating nanoparticles".  More revelations have emerged to suggest that the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) was cooked up in a lab at least a year and a half prior to its official release towards the end of 2019.  Newly leaked documents show that 18 months before the first cases of the Chinese Virus were reported, researchers working at and tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) were trying to procure grant money for genetically engineered (GMO) bat coronaviruses that are capable of infecting humans.  These grant requests clearly explained that "skin-penetrating nanoparticles" containing "novel chimeric spike proteins" were to be used for transforming otherwise bat-only coronaviruses into highly infectious coronaviruses that humans can "catch."

Florida Acquires Monoclonal Antibodies From GlaxoSmithKline After Biden Administration's Rationing.  The state of Florida has obtained thousands of monoclonal antibody treatments to treat COVID-19 from a UK-based company after the Biden administration's abrupt rationing of federally acquired doses.  Florida went to GlaxoSmithKline, which produces monoclonals that haven't yet been bought up by the federal government.  They reached an agreement on about 3,000 doses, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Sept. 23.  "That's showing that we're going to leave no stone unturned.  And, if there's somebody that needs a monoclonal antibody treatment, we're going to work hard to get it to them," the Republican told a press conference in Tampa.

DeSantis Comes Through for Florida, After Biden Cut Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Supply.  As we reported previously, the Biden Administration announced they would be rationing the supply of monoclonal antibody therapies from distributors. [...] Biden officials said that this was about "equitable" distribution to the states.  But what this ended up doing was cutting the amount of the treatment that Florida needed, as well as cutting the supply to some of the other red states.  Christina Pushaw, Gov. Ron DeSantis' press secretary blasted the decision.  [Tweet]  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said this wasn't because of any shortage of the treatment but because the Biden administration didn't like how Florida was not mandating vaccines, that this was "partisan payback" against states like Florida.  He said this was all about control.  [Tweet]

Oakland School District passes vaccine mandate for students 12 and up despite a lack of full FDA approval for kids.  The Oakland Unified School District passed a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for students 12 and older Wednesday [9/22/2021], despite a lack of full approval from the FDA that it is safe for children.  The measure makes it one of the first districts, with its student population of nearly 50,000, in Northern California to pass such a vaccine requirement and follows a similar decision made by the Los Angeles school district — the second largest in the US — earlier this month.  The Piedmont and Hayward districts also passed similar measures Wednesday.

DeSantis Comes Through for Florida, After Biden Cut Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Supply.  As we reported previously, the Biden Administration announced they would be rationing the supply of monoclonal antibody therapies from distributors. [...] Biden officials said that this was about "equitable" distribution to the states.  But what this ended up doing was cutting the amount of the treatment that Florida needed, as well as cutting the supply to some of the other red states.  Christina Pushaw, Gov. Ron DeSantis' press secretary blasted the decision.  [Tweet]  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said this wasn't because of any shortage of the treatment but because the Biden administration didn't like how Florida was not mandating vaccines, that this was "partisan payback" against states like Florida.  He said this was all about control.

Ron DeSantis has emerged as America's awesome 'shadow president'.  Ron DeSantis has been doing a lot as governor of Florida.  But there's one job that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves:  In many ways, DeSantis is serving as America's shadow president. [...] Unlike a British shadow government, DeSantis has real executive power of his own — not in the federal government, but in his capacity as governor of America's third most populous state.  And he has been doing an excellent job of drawing contrasts between his way and the approach taken by the Biden-Harris administration.  DeSantis was an early opponent of widespread lockdowns.  This got him called a murderer by many national pundits and politicians.  Yet his approach was vindicated:  Despite predictions of doom, the Sunshine State did much better than lockdown-heavy states like California and New York, not only in terms of disease, but also economically.  Now Florida's biggest economic "problem" is the influx of people fleeing from states with more intrusive COVID policies.

Howard Zucker, NY health commissioner who oversaw Cuomo nursing home scandal, resigns.  Embattled state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker will step down from his position as soon as a replacement can be found, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday [9/23/2021].  Zucker was a key figure in the administration of disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo, where critics charged he played a central role in its efforts to minimize and disguise the pandemic's death toll across the state and in its nursing homes.  "He understands that, in this time, I've wanted to take the first 45 days to assemble a new team going forward," Hochul said, announcing Zucker's departure.  "That process is ongoing, and he understands and he respects that."

Speaking of misinformation, Nikki Minaj is the problem?  In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) repeated the Chinese propaganda that COVID wouldn't spread human to human, yet it has never been silenced.  How many deaths did that misinformation cause?  In February 2020, NIH bureaucrat Dr. Anthony Fauci essentially said COVID-19 was nothing to worry about.  Why hasn't he been silenced for that misinformation since it caused so much harm?  Why do most of the media continue to treat whatever Fauci says as gospel?  Where are the scientific reports that say masks in schools provided better results than schools with no masks?  The answer is that there are no facts to support the masks.  Today, even people with vaccines are told to wear masks indoors, except if you go to the Met Gala or the Emmys.  Then you are special.

I Fear Leftist Solutions Much More Than Actual Problems.  America's founding fathers named three essential rights to which all men were entitled:  Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  It's as profound as it is simple.  At this very moment, though, all three of these fundamental, God-given rights are under a full assault by the left. [...] Covid is the latest and most obvious monstrosity of tyrannical impulse to squelch all three elemental rights.  Life has been snuffed out through the betrayal of practicing science; were it not for the censorship of readily-available treatments and intentional murder of the elderly, how many people would have been rescued from being political pawns?  The body count on Democrats and their accomplices is immense.  The vaccine is now killing more than it is saving.  Likewise, many individual liberties disappeared altogether in the name of the "greater good" and "the science."

Weaponizing Psychiatry:  Authorities Calling People Mentally Ill, Forcing Them to See Shrinks for Opposing COVID Policy.  [Scroll down]  The Soviet Union was infamous for it (there just must be something wrong with you if you oppose enlightened state ideology, after all), and, chillingly, it's now emerging in the United States.  So asserted Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, reporting last night on a student at a prestigious law school who dared question his institution's irrational mask mandate.  For one thing, the face-diaper requirement didn't apply to professors; apparently, coronavirus spares those with more degrees than a thermometer (and now we know why Ph.D.'s are the education-level-defined group least likely to be "vaccinated").  What then befell this hapless student, whose identity and school are currently being kept anonymous, was shocking.

Rand Paul says Biden is killing Americans by depriving them of Regeneron.  The son of former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) made an appearance in Butler County, Ky., the other day to talk about the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) and the Biden regime's stifling of monoclonal antibody treatment.  Sen. Rand Paul, who lives in Kentucky, explained that "president" Joe Biden, as well as television "doctor" Tony Fauci, are condemning some patients to death by depriving them of access to REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab antibody cocktail), a "passive vaccine" drug cocktail made by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  In many of the "red" states where Chinese Virus "vaccines" are not as widely accepted, Republican officials are making Regeneron, as the drug is also called, available in "IV tents," as Sen. Paul calls them.  In other states, however, Regeneron is not as widely available, and that has to do with the federal government refusing to talk about it.  "I've never heard Dr. Fauci on television talk anything about the treatment," Sen. Paul lamented during his presentation.

Leaked Documents Reveal Proposal by Daszak's Organization for Developing COVID-Like Viruses.  New documents detail how Peter Daszak's EcoHealth Alliance and China's Wuhan Institute of Virology were planning to use gain-of-function experiments to artificially insert "human-specific cleavage sites" into coronaviruses in order to increase their ability to infect human cells.  The newly released documents, which are part of a funding proposal submitted to the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program in 2018, detail a blueprint for the creation of a COVID-19-like virus.  The ostensible goal of the research was to get ahead of nature by predicting whether viruses might evolve over time to acquire these enhanced traits.  When COVID-19 first emerged, some scientists were puzzled that the virus had a human-specific adaptation at the cleavage site.  A study in the science journal Nature noted that the COVID-19 virus "exhibited the highest binding to human (h)ACE2 of all the species tested."  It was this human-specific binding feature of COVID-19, absent in coronaviruses of the same phylogenetic tree, that has distinguished it from past outbreaks.  The virus's unique ability to bind to human cells makes it highly transmissible and has enabled its rapid spread across the globe.

It's Official, The Australian Government Have Declared Civil War On Its Own Citizens.  Australian riot police fired rubber bullets to dispel a crowd of people demonstrating against Melbourne's coronavirus lockdown.  More than 200 people were arrested after projectiles thrown by demonstrators injured two officers on Wednesday [9/22/2021].  [Video clip]

Project Veritas Undercover Cam Catches FDA Official Talking About Blow Darting Blacks With The Vax, Turning US Into Nazi Germany.  Project Veritas released the second video of its COVID vaccine investigative series today exposing U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] economist, Taylor Lee, who was recorded calling for forced COVID vaccinations and a registry for all unvaccinated Americans.  Lee said that U.S. Government policy could emulate Nazi Germany when it comes to the COVID vaccine.  [Video clip]

Melbourne Has Called In The Military To Put More Boots On The Necks Of Protesters.  Melbourne's protest leaders have told demonstrators gathering for rallies on Thursday to look 'smart' and 'sophisticated' as the city braces for the fourth day of violence on its streets.  Nurses and teachers are reportedly planning to join the protests, with workers from the two professions vowing to join tradesmen rallying against vaccine mandates according to organizers on Telegram.  [Video clip]

Congressman warns vaccine mandate for Navy SEALS could be 'very detrimental' to national security.  Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) blasted the Biden administration on Wednesday for "infringing upon the constitutional rights of Americans" by telling Navy SEALs that if they refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine, they will be prohibited from deploying with their teams.  Hundreds of SEALs, the Navy's elite special forces operators, are either seeking religious exemptions from the vaccine mandate or are refusing to get the shot since they already have natural immunity to the virus as a result of having had COVID and recovered from it.  Some SEALs were given a deadline of this week to receive the vaccine.  R. Davis Younts, an Air Force reserves lieutenant colonel and JAG lawyer who is representing some of these SEALs in his capacity as a private attorney, previously told Just the News that his clients "have been told that if they seek a religious accommodation, they likely will no longer be able to serve our country as Navy SEALs and been given an arbitrary deadline to comply with the vaccine mandate."

FDA Official: 'Blow Dart' African Americans with COVID Vaccine is 'Where We're Going... Just Shoot Everyone'.  Project Veritas released the second video of its COVID vaccine investigative series today exposing U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] economist, Taylor Lee, who was recorded calling for forced COVID vaccinations and a registry for all unvaccinated Americans.  Lee said that U.S. Government policy could emulate Nazi Germany when it comes to the COVID vaccine.  "Census goes door-to-door if you don't respond.  So, we have the infrastructure to do it [forced COVID vaccinations].  I mean, it'll cost a ton of money.  But I think, at that point, I think there needs to be a registry of people who aren't vaccinated.  Although that's sounding very [much like Nazi] Germany," Lee said.

Elderly Woman Is Tossed Out Of McDonald's For Not Having Vaccine Papers Even Though She Begs For Some Food.  This elderly lady did not have "her papers" and was rejected from dining in at a Toronto McDonald's.  She pleaded but was given no mercy, sent out to cold rain instead.  [Video clip]

Black Lives Matter Is Threatening An 'Uprising' Against 'Racist' Vaccine Mandates.  It's a rule in the national media that vaccine hesitancy is worthy of shame and scorn, right up until it collides with their most precious cause, the Black Lives Matter movement.  Hesitant (white) nurses?  Outcast.  Hesitant (white) Facebook moms?  Shun.  Hesitant (white) Trump supporters?  Guillotine.  But there's oddly been no prescription for the Black Lives Matter crew in New York who are accusing the city of racial discrimination by mandating vaccines for public, indoor activity.  Hawk Newsome, the co-founder and chairman of Black Lives Matter Greater New York, was quoted Saturday in the New York Times saying that restaurants "are using vaccine mandates to enforce their racist beliefs and excluding black patrons."

Remdesivir Reduced Risk of Hospitalization When Given to COVID-19 Patients Early:  Study.  The antiviral remdesivir treatment reduced the risk of hospitalization among COVID-19 patients when administered soon after they were diagnosed, according to a new study.  Researchers found that remdesivir cut the risk of hospitalization by 87 percent compared to a placebo that half of the study participants received.  A total of 562 patients, all deemed at high-risk from COVID-19, were enrolled in the trial.  Gilead Sciences, which developed remdesivir and conducted the Phase 3 randomized, double-blind trial, stopped trial enrollment in April because the company struggled to find enough participants.  But it continued to follow those who had enrolled, half of whom were given a placebo.

Fauci:  Vaccine Mandates for Domestic Travel 'on the Table and Under Consideration'.  Fauci:  "I am not going to get ahead of the President.  I told others when they asked, and I will repeat it for you, that it is on the table and under consideration.  There are going to be a lot of factors going into that.  I have expressed that I would be in favor of that if the President decides to do that and if the individuals involved in advising him are in favor of doing that, I would be in favor of doing that."  [Video clip]

Biden Tells United Nations Assembly It Will Take "Collective Political Will" To Force The COVID Vaccine into Global Population.  Something uniquely telling about these remarks today before the United Nations.  Something transparently obvious that most will miss.  While bragging about how the United States is the world's leading provider of COVID-19 mRNA gene therapy, Biden notes it will take a "collective act of political will" to deal with a public health emergency.  Think about that carefully.  [Video clip]

Melbourne Cop Walks Behind Man Talking To Cops And Body Slams Him Head-First To The Ground.  A Victorian cop was caught on a cell phone walking behind a man who reportedly had his mask down inside of Flinders Street Railway Station and picked up off the ground and slammed him headfirst onto the floor.  Melbourne police have kicked up their abusive tactics since thousands have fought back, including Auatralia''s largest contruction union.  [Video clip]

Lt Gen Thomas McInerney:  Fauci's Quack "Vaccines" Have Killed 15,000 Americans.  Ivermectin?  None.  In a fiery discussion, General McInerney covered two points.  First, he cited the absolute necessity of citizens demanding immediate access to Ivermectin to use against the Wuhan Flu, instead of taking the bio-weapon vaccine injection.  Ivermectin works to defeat the flu, it protects the individual, and, most important, has no record of killing 15,000 Americans as Fauci's quack vaccines have done.

Oberlin College Mandates Masks at ALL Times After Just One Positive COVID Test on Campus.  [Scroll down]  So, to recap, a grand total of 89 COVID tests have been performed on a campus of nearly 3000 people and one came back positive.  One single, solitary, lonely test.  One.  Singular.  The loneliest number in the world.  As a result, and in ignorant defiance of every piece of scientific and anecdotal data we have to date, the college has decided those who incur the least risk when it comes to COVID must pay the steepest prices... full muzzling even in the great outdoors.  It should come as no surprise that the flat-earthers at Oberlin have instituted this senseless mandate.  If you recall, Oberlin is the college that recently incurred an $44 million dollar judgment after being involved in slandering a local bakery as "racists."  Their big offense?  Detaining an Oberlin student whom they caught stealing wine.  The student also happened to be Black.

Trouble in Vegas — Clark County Commission Declares COVID Misinformation A Public Health Emergency.  In reality, "misinformation" and "disinformation" doesn't exist — there is just information you accept, and information you do not accept.  You were not born with the requirement to believe everything you are told.  Rather, you were born with a brain that allows you to process the information you receive.  That said, the Clark County commission in Nevada voted today to establish "COVID misinformation" as a public health emergency, clearing the way for the largest (and most notoriously corrupt) county in Nevada to create ordinances blocking any form of speech they consider adverse to their approved narrative.

Chinese Defector Claims COVID Outbreak Was Intentionally Released in October 2019 at Military World Games.  According to Chinese defector Wei Jingsheng, the COVID-19 outbreak was intentional and was released through the Military World Games in Wuhan, China in October 2019 and China decided to wait two months before they notified the world.  Jingsheng said the athletes fell sick after the event yet nothing was done. [...] The whistleblower revealed that he had heard of the Chinese government carrying out an "unusual exercise" during the games.  "[I knew] of the possibility of the Chinese government using some strange weapons, including biological weapons, because I knew they were doing experiments of that sort," he said.

They Need Our Faces.  When we interact with other people, we rely almost totally on watching — and then reading — their faces.  We know instinctively that children's development depends almost entirely on their learning to read the faces in front of them.  This is why, whenever we interact with children, we make sure they can see our entire face and we are more animated than we might otherwise be.  Although the American Academy of Pediatrics recently removed from its website all information about the importance to infant development of seeing facial expressions and the CDC has doubled down on masking in schools, no sane person can that face-to-face interaction is important to children's social and emotional development.  (The AAP claims the information's disappearance resulted from moving content to a new platform and that the information, once reviewed will be back, maybe, before year's end.  The timing is interesting.)  And while there are still sites like this and this to go to for evidence of what our instincts tell us, we don't really need proof.

The Great Reset and COVID.  The global elites' response to the pandemic and climate change is the same:  the Great Reset (GR).  Those pushing the GR are attempting to impose socialism worldwide, especially on energy production and use. [...] The government response to the pandemic was a test case in the effort to impose the GR whole cloth.  The elites tested how much freedom they could seize before people began to push back.  Instead of tracing the virus and isolating those with COVID-19, as had been done to great effect during past pandemics, the government locked down people who weren't sick "for the good of all."  As one anti-lockdown activist told Fox News, "Quarantine is when you restrict movement of sick people.  Tyranny is when you restrict the movement of healthy people."  If the GR comes to pass, it will be too late for people to do anything about it.  Any resistance will be castigated by sheeple on social media and in the mainstream media.  Social media will shut down the accounts of any who object and silence their voices.

They Intend to Destroy America.  Nearly every network evening news and local news broadcast begins with a "COVID-19 Update" and another sales pitch to get the vaccine or to scare and shame the unvaccinated.  Government health agencies and bureaucracies focus only on vaccines of waning effectiveness, and that is killing people.  Still, they insist we must get vaccinated or we'll get lockdowns, masks, and every other mandated measure they can think of.  The installed administration is now exerting top-down control of preventative medicines and is aggressively seizing monoclonal antibody treatments from states that use them to distribute "equitably" to states that don't.  It's all meant to make us do as we are told, and it proves the long-held assertions among conservatives that socialized medicine equals rationing of medicine and care, and lets the government decide who lives or dies.  Resist.

The Melbourne Tinderbox and Why Americans Should Pay Attention.  An inflection point has been reached in Australia with the government COVID-19 lockdowns, forced vaccinations and now, vaccine passports. [...] Things recently came to a head when the Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, began outlining the rules and regulations for opening society back up after almost a year of total lockdown.  The always futile attempt to block the COVID-19 virus through a policy known as "COVID-ZERO" was abandoned.  The new approach is to open up society and the economy by forcing everyone to take the vaccine, and then allowing only the vaccinated to participate in the economy as varying percentages of the population are double-vaxxed, and admittedly, later, booster-vaxxed.  Vaccination passports will be required to work, shop, attend events and essentially live in the New World Order Premier Andrews has created for the citizens of Victoria.  The day after Andrews outlined the new rules — the working class, who have been locked down and compliant to this point, finally had enough.

Melbourne, Australia, COVID Compliance Minister Daniel Andrews Vows To Squash The Trade Union Rebellion.  It started with a few hundred on Day One.  Then Grew to several thousand on Day Two.  In preparation for Day Three of the trade union revolt, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews promises to punish the protestors and orders thousands more riot police into the city of Melbourne to crush the rebellion.  Victorians will take their forced mRNA gene modification, or they will die trying to resist it.  Using the state media to push his warning against non-compliant citizens of the state lockdown, Premier Andrews was joined by Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville and Police Chief Shane Patton in charge of the jackboots.  Andrews, Neville and Patton promised to use the full weight of police tactics and riot squads to crush any protest group who attempts to unlawfully assemble.  [Video clip]

Australian Cops Admit They Don't Agree With Gov And Are With Protesters.  This was the incredible time of clarity and honesty by a group of cops in Australia when questioned on why they would do this to their own fellow citizens.  When asked about the draconian measures they are enforcing, the officers responded that they disagree with the government and agree with the protesters but stomp on their human and civil rights anyway for a paycheck.  [Video clip]

Facebook Takes Down Project Veritas Video Featuring HHS Staff Denouncing the COVID-19 Vaccine.  On Sunday [9/19/2021], Project Veritas released a bombshell undercover video featuring doctors and nurses from Health and Human Services discussing their doubts about the vaccine and how it may potentially be causing more harm than good.  The same videos were shared to the account of Project Veritas founder, James O'Keefe.  Not long afterward, Facebook and Instagram took down the videos from O'Keefe's account.  Project Veritas Chief of Staff Eric Spracklen posted to Twitter that the reason behind the deletion of the videos from O'Keefe's account was that it "could contribute to physical harm."

After Mandating Masks Outdoors, Oregon's Active COVID-19 Cases Increased 73 Percent.  On August 24, Oregon governor Kate Brown instated a state masking requirement that requires everyone five years and older, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask, face covering, or face shield in outdoor spaces if they are less than six feet apart from individuals not in their household.  "Cases and hospitalizations are at a record high," said Governor Brown.  "Masks are a quick and simple tool we can immediately deploy to protect ourselves and our families, and quickly help stop further spread of COVID-19."

Biden administration 'strongly opposes' honorable discharge for service members who refuse COVID-19 vaccine.  The Biden administration has come out against an amendment to the defense budget that would prevent the Pentagon from dishonorably discharging service members who refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  The Office of Management and Budget said in a statement Tuesday [9/21/2021] that the administration "strongly opposes" the amendment, arguing that if it's implemented, it would "detract from readiness and limit a commander's options for enforcing good order and discipline when a Service member fails to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccination."

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If the experimental mRNA stuff isn't a vaccine at all, one could argue that requiring everyone to accept the injection isn't a "lawful order."

New R.1 COVID-19 variant spreads quickly at Kentucky nursing home.  A new variant of the COVID-19 virus has been identified at a Kentucky nursing home, where it infected 45 residents and workers, many of whom were vaccinated.  The R.1 variant originated in Japan, and contains dangerous mutations that can improve "transmission, replication, and immune suppression," a scientist wrote in Forbes Monday [9/20/2021].  There are already more than 10,000 entries of the R.1 variant in a database used by researchers to track genomic material, infectious disease expert Dr.  William Haseltine said.  The variant shares the highly infectious D614G mutation that is present in other variants fueling new surges of the coronavirus, according to the doctor.

Biden: U.S. will buy and donate 500M more COVID-19 vaccine doses for the world.  President Biden will announce Wednesday [9/22/2021] the U.S. is purchasing an additional 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to give to the rest of the world, bringing its total commitment to more than 1 billion shots.  Mr.  Biden will also press other global leaders to "step up" and do more during a COVID-19 summit that he is hosting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, according to a senior administration official.  "For every one shot we have administered in this country to date, we are now donating three shots to other countries.  One shot here today, three shots committed for the world," the official told reporters.  "No other country, or group of countries, have come close to that."

Our 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' Government.  [Scroll down]  The end result is that people are finally refusing to adapt to the government's new rules.  Why should Americans be punished for choosing to remain unvaccinated when the federal government is actively transporting unvaccinated illegal aliens for resettlement around the country?  Why should ordinary American workers have their jobs threatened for not complying with White House vaccination demands, while U.S. congressional staffers and the U.N.'s global elite remain exempt?  Why must two-year-old toddlers be abused by mask requirements when celebrities party live on television mask-free?  Why should any thinking person put stock in mandatory social distancing rules when the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration admits that nobody has a clue why federal health authorities began insisting on six feet of separation in the first place?  Why should anybody trust the government's recordkeeping of COVID cases and deaths when it has been discovered that even incidents of murder-suicide have been fraudulently included in those numbers?  Why should schoolchildren be forced to become test subjects for the pharmaceutical industry's experimental faux vaccines when schoolteachers are balking at being treated as test subjects themselves?  Why would any American trust the politicized "science" being peddled by the flip-flopping Dr. Fauci when reputable colleagues in his own field accuse him publicly of flagrantly betraying the impartiality of rigid scientific research by engaging in campaigns of intimidation against those who have refused to toe the line of state-sponsored medical propaganda?

Covid vaccines do not prevent infection, they simply do not work as claimed.  At least three new studies prove that the vials of mystery chemicals they are calling "vaccines" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) do absolutely nothing to stop infection with or spread of the disease.  A Yale University graduate who also obtained a PhD from Princeton University says that the jabs do not work as claimed, which only adds to the growing mountain of evidence against their continued use.  Nina Pierpont published a paper on September 9 that analyzes numerous studies showing that Fauci Flu shots fail to stop the disease from infecting the "fully vaccinated" or transmitting in and out of their bodies.  In her report on the findings, Pierpont explained how getting injected for Chinese Germs will not bring about "herd immunity," nor will it do much of anything beyond making people sicker due to vaccine-induced autoimmune disorders and other diseases.  The jabs do not protect fully vaccinated people against infection, she writes, nor do they keep fully vaccinated people from carrying the infection and spreading it to others.  Why, then, are government bureaucrats trying to force them onto everyone?

"Fauci Admits Coronavirus Vaccines Don't Prevent Infection".  Getting vaccinated for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) could maybe, possibly, reduce some of the symptoms associated with infection, says Anthony Fauci, but recipients should not expect to be protected against actual infection.  America's top government "doctor" told the media the other day that President Donald Trump's "Operation Warp Speed" jabs are wholly unable to protect recipients against "catching" the novel virus, especially during the first round of injections.  They should still get penetrated for the China virus, however, because doing so is good, or something.  "The primary thing you want to do is that if people get infected, prevent them from getting sick, and if you prevent them from getting sick, you will ultimately prevent them from getting seriously ill," Fauci proclaimed at Yahoo Finance's recent All Markets Summit.  "If the vaccine also allows you to prevent initial infection, that would be great.  [But] what I would settle for, and all of my colleagues would settle for, is the primary endpoint to prevent clinically recognizable disease."  Other than spread more disease, it is unclear thus far in what way COVID-19 vaccines might be beneficial.

Getting vaccinated for coronavirus could make the pandemic worse.  Until a Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine becomes publicly available, some government officials have indicated that they want to keep everything under indefinite lockdown.  But a vaccine could end up making the plandemic even worse, according to Anthony Fauci.  In case you missed it, Fauci is on record as having stated in the past that earlier vaccine candidates for other coronaviruses produced a "suboptimal response."  He went on to explain that they actually "enhanced pathogenesis of the disease, which is always worrisome."  The Citizens' Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) in Minnesota has issued an urgent plea calling on government officials and health authorities to take note of Fauci's words in addressing current vaccine policy.  "First, there's 'no guarantee' a COVID-19 vaccine will work and second, it could 'backfire,' strengthening the virus," the group has said, as reported by WND.

CDC covid camps have no plans to allow healthy people to leave.  There is a very clear pattern beginning to form with the American government's Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) agenda.  We have seen this pattern before, perhaps most recently with World War II and the infamous concentration camps where the "unclean" were sent to be "sanitized."  This time around, a scary virus from China (or Fort Detrick?) is the excuse for hauling off the "dangerous" to internment facilities where they can be "cleansed" of the virus and released back into society — or will they?  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has introduced a "Green Zone" plan that involves "shielding" certain people in "humanitarian settings" in order to protect against Chinese Virus infection.  Reading between the lines, though, reveals that there is absolutely nothing humanitarian about any of it.  The "interim" plan from the CDC, as we reported, involves relocating and isolating individuals to supposedly "stop the spread" of the Fauci Flu.  This sounds eerily similar to the Nazi propaganda back in the 1930s.

Top 10 Biggest Lies about Covid-19.  Covid is a group of symptoms, not a disease, according to one of the world's leading virus experts, Dr. Judy Mikovitz.  When you test "positive" for Covid, you're really just testing positive for common colds, flu viruses and pathogens from previous vaccines.  When most people run a high fever, their body is actually fighting off bacteria from the Covid masks they wear all day and the pathogens that were injected with the Covid inoculations.  The entire pandemic is based on false pretenses and fabricated statistics, so we must look at the biggest lies that were concocted, like a synthetic virus in a lab, and then spread around with propaganda, like a TV "breaking news" pandemic update.  Anyone wearing a mask who got a flu shot this summer is literally growing the pandemic because they will be sick and test "positive" for Covid, and also be convinced they had Covid.  Then when they quarantine, social distance and continue to mask up, they will be weakening themselves while exacerbating whatever cold or flu they have even more so.

Heads Explode Over Florida's New Surgeon General.  Florida has a new surgeon general, and minds are being lost in response.  Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Dr. Jospeh Ladapo, a UCLA professor and Harvard Medical graduate to serve in the role.  But what has the media and the left at large absolutely freaking out is how Ladapo wants to handle things like mask and vaccine mandates. [...] One of the most ridiculous aspects of the federal government's response to COVID-19 is the obfuscation of what causes the most people to get sick and die when they contract the virus.  Namely, being obese or having other comorbidities that result from an unhealthy lifestyle.  Yet, if someone dares to say that one way to fight COVID is for people to take care of themselves, that's seen as an assault on the sacred vaccine, and we can't have that.  Further, Ladapo's view on not forcing masks follows the science.  Unfortunately for him, that view runs up against orthodoxy that has made masking a religious rite.

Florida's next surgeon general opposes mask, vaccine mandates.  Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a new surgeon general for Florida on Tuesday, a Harvard-trained doctor who advocated for an approach to the coronavirus pandemic that emphasizes protecting individual rights over community-based precautions.  Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a UCLA researcher who expressed skepticism that vaccines could help end the pandemic, said Tuesday that he would "reject fear" as a public health strategy.  "Florida will completely reject fear as a way of making policies," Ladapo said.  "That's been something that's been, unfortunately, a centerpiece of health policies."

Why Can't Dr. Anthony Fauci Stop Lying?  No one has lost more credibility over the last year or so than Dr. Anthony Fauci.  Once lauded by the left and right alike (though, some of us saw through him as far back as April 2020), the good doctor is now widely derided as a political hack, and for good reason.  He lied about masks early on, claiming that he did so in order to protect supplies, but it's his more recent lies that have really exposed his brazen nature.  Recently, he told another whopper involving kids and COVID, asserting that we've never lost as many kids to the flu as we have the coronavirus.  That, as Guy Benson points out with CDC data, is just completely false.  [Tweet]

Did the FDA actually approve a FUTURE covid "vaccine" from BioNTech that does not exist yet?  There appears to be a whole lot of confusion out there about which "vaccine" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) was actually "approved" by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 23, 2021.  While many mainstream media outlets quickly ran with the story that Pfizer's existing mRNA injection for the Fauci Flu was given the official green light from the FDA, supposedly making it easier to mandate, others are saying that the FDA issued approval specifically to BioNTech, a German vaccine corporation, for a Chinese Virus injection that does not exist yet.  BioNTech, as you may recall, partnered with Pfizer to produce the current Fauci Flu shot that is being administered under an emergency use authorization (EUA).  It turns out, however, that this is technically a different shot than the "Comirnaty" branded one referenced in the FDA's recent approval announcement.

Why Do Doctors Go Along with COVID Panic Porn and CDC Prescriptions?  [Scroll down]  But what does that have to do with ivermectin?  I'm glad you asked.  U&C [usual and customary] bills are just one of hundreds of rules that CMMS enforces.  Another is "Pay for Performance."  Basically, P-f-P requires you to check a host of boxes when taking care of patients. [...] So let us suppose that you use ivermectin to treat a COVID patient as he arrives in the hospital.  Ivermectin isn't on the Medicare/Medicaid approved list of medications for COVID.  Your hospital pharmacy will call you up and give you grief.  After wasting a lot of time getting them to finally let you have it, you've had to cancel half of your office day.  The next day, you'll get a visit from a coder, who will tell you that you didn't use the approved treatment protocol and put the hospital in jeopardy because you flunked P-f-P.  By the way, that "coder" is the person who "helps" you use the proper ICD (billing) code for whatever the patient has in order for the hospital to make the most money.

German professor calls for investigation into military geoengineering.  [Scroll down]  The COVID-19 vaccines contain ingredients such as polyethylene glycol and graphene oxide that harm the human body.  The mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna contain these toxic compounds, yet governments around the world mandate that people take these dangerous chemical cocktails.  True enough, researchers discover that Pfizer's Comirnaty vaccine contains more than 90 percent graphene oxide.  Scientists from the University of Almeria in Spain have scrutinized Comirnaty doses.  They reveal that each dose of Comirnaty contains around 747 nanograms of graphene oxide — meaning that more than 99 percent of the vaccine is composed entirely of the toxic compound.

Kim Jarvis: 57-year-old West Virginia woman declares "I'm vaccinated but don't know what's in it," dead less than 24 hours later.  Mrs. Kim Jarvis declared on August 29, "I am vaccinated."  She did not clarify which injections she received, nor did she specify when she received the injections.  A search through her Facebook posts from May 1 to August 29 revealed no further information.  It frankly doesn't matter which injection she received as all of them are equally lethal.  But it's the rest of her lengthy post that day that makes this story so bizarre.  She admitted that she doesn't know what [was] in the injections.  Mrs. Jarvis continued, saying she also doesn't know what's in a Big Mac or hot dogs, but suggested she eats them anyway.  Of course nobody really knows (beyond broad, ambiguous generalizations) what's in the mRNA and viral vector DNA injections because all of the package inserts that are supposed to contain that information are blank.  There are numerous videos of pharmacists opening the boxes of vials and revealing the blank inserts.  [Video clip]

Giulia Lucenti: 16-year-old Italian girl dead less than 24 hours after second Pfizer mRNA injection.  A 16-year-old Italian girl is dead, in yet another senseless death that will be ignored and/or minimized by mainstream media.  Ms. Giulia Lucenti received her second Pfizer mRNA injection on Wednesday, September 8 at 5:45 p.m. local time, according to Notizie.it in Milan.  The Galilei Institute student had had a congenital heart defect called mitral (bicuspid) valve prolapse.

Clint Bearden: 55-year-old Louisiana oil worker diagnosed with dementia 10 days after second Pfizer mRNA injection.  A 55-year-old oil worker and father-of-three is unlikely to ever return to work, leaving his family in a precarious situation.  Mr. Clint Bearden received his second Pfizer mRNA injection on June 12, according to his wife, Kari Bearden.  There were no immediate, apparent adverse effects.  But by June 16, Mr. Bearden starting experiencing "disorientation and confusion."  He checked into the emergency room on June 22.  Kari said he was now in a state of "full-blown psychosis."  Mr. Bearden spent nearly three of the next six weeks in the hospital.  Doctors performed every neurological test to find answers.  He was initially diagnosed with early onset dementia that doctors said was a result of a West Nile Virus infection from seven years ago.  Obviously that explanation is ridiculous, so the family sought another opinion.  The second team of neurologists said the dementia was "caused by the COVID vaccine."  And though his symptoms "might" improve over time, doctors said the damage is likely permanent.

In Australia, the people's fight against COVID tyranny escalates.  From the beginning of COVID's emergency, the state of Victoria, which is Australia's most densely populated state, announced that its goal was zero COVID cases, which it assured people could be met by extraordinary lockdowns, masks, and social distancing.  Even when it became apparent that (a) you can't have zero cases in a globally interconnected world, (b) that the virus has a >99% survival rate for people under 70, and (c) that COVID is treatable, Victoria's government didn't let up.  Most recently, it declared that everyone who wishes to work must be vaccinated.  The people are beginning to fight back.

Wuhan scientists planned to release enhanced coronaviruses into bat caves 21 months before start of Covid pandemic outbreak.  Scientists in the Chinese city where Covid emerged planned to alter coronaviruses and release them into bat caves 21 months before the pandemic kicked off, leaked documents have revealed.  Dr Peter Daszak, president of New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, proposed working with a group of scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology to carry out the research.  The experts wanted to genetically enhance coronaviruses and release them among bats in Yunnan — around 1,240 miles (2,000 km) south west of Wuhan — in the hopes it would stop new viruses jumping from bats to humans.

Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak.  Wuhan and US scientists were planning to release enhanced airborne coronavirus particles into Chinese bat populations to inoculate them against diseases that could jump to humans, leaked grant proposals dating from 2018 show.  New documents show that just 18 months before the first Covid-19 cases appeared, researchers had submitted plans to release skin-penetrating nanoparticles and aerosols containing "novel chimeric spike proteins" of bat coronaviruses into cave bats in Yunnan, China.  They also planned to create chimeric viruses, genetically enhanced to infect humans more easily, and requested $14 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) to fund the work.

New 'Lancet' Letter Says There's No Direct Evidence COVID-19 Originated Naturally.  Before the United States and many other countries had their first COVID cases, one person was out on the full-court press to shield the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Chinese government from suspicions that the virus was engineered:  Peter Daszak.  Daszak, the President of EcoHealth Alliance, a New York-based non-profit that funds viral research around the globe, has had his fingers in almost all of the pies dealing with COVID-19, including "organizing" virologists to sign on to the a lette in "Lancet" stating conclusively that the virus originated naturally, serving on Lancet's COVID-19 Origins Committee and on the World Health Organization's team that investigated the origins; in addition, he played a significant role in funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Sky News Australia drops bomb on Fauci, calls him "incredibly stupid" for funding illegal gain-of-function coronavirus research in Wuhan.  Sharri Markson of Sky News in Australia has dropped a major bomb on Tony Fauci and his contrived Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) plandemic narrative.  In a recent segment, Markson called out Fauci point-blank for funneling American taxpayer dollars to Wuhan, China, to conduct illegal gain-of-function research on coronaviruses.  Markson says that Fauci is "up to his neck" in crime, which "just shows how incredibly stupid" he is.  Markson has been probing Fauci's criminal activity for a while now, having uncovered that Fauci "had funded 60 projects at the Wuhan laboratory."

LA County Health Dept.  Confirms Different Covid Rules for Emmys, Hollywood Elite.  The Los Angeles County Health Department issued a response claiming there are exceptions for film and television after actor Seth Rogen called out Covid violations on-stage during the 2021 Emmy Awards.  Comments made by Rogen about the amount of people attending the indoor award show prompted widespread concern about hypocrisy and disproportionate enforcement of Covid regulations for Hollywood.

Orange Vests March For Third Day in Melbourne, Police Crack Skulls.  Orange vest construction workers marched for a third day in Melbourne, Australia against mandatory vaccination rules, with one video showing a protester profusely bleeding after police cracked his skull.  After authorities shut down the construction industry in Melbourne for two weeks in an effort to force workers to get vaccinated, anger only escalated, with the orange vests seen engaged in numerous clashes with police.  The demonstrations continued for a third day, with numerous clips illustrating how irate the mandatory vaccine rule has made the workers as well as the brutality of the police response.

Thousands storm streets of New York City to protest covid medical fascism.  We are finally seeing some pushback here in the United States in response to fake "president" Joe Biden's unconstitutional Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccine" mandates.  Thousands of freedom lovers took to the streets of New York City over the weekend to protest the "New World Order," which appears to be getting ushered in at warp speed under the guise of fighting a "pandemic."  In the following video, you will see thousands of patriots marching through a busy street waving flags and holding up signs in protest of medical fascism:  [Tweet]

The FDA is right about 1 thing: I am not a horse.  I, for one, agree completely.  I am not a horse.  In particular, I am not their horse, or their cow, to be ridden, milked, or slaughtered for the greater good.  They do not own me and have no right to decide that I must take the COVID-19 vaccine, supposedly to protect the vulnerable of the herd.  By the way, it doesn't.  The FDA also has NO authority to dictate or deny medical treatment.  Once it approves a drug for safety for any indication, it does not have the legal right to tell physicians that they can use the drug for this, but not for that.  Or veterinarians either.  The only reason to go through a billion dollars' worth of studies to get a new "on-label" indication is to allow a company to market a drug for that use.  If it's a cheap, non-patentable drug, why would a company make such an investment?  But doctors are allowed to talk about it, and journals may publish articles.  Normally, such discussions are not automatically smeared as "harmful misinformation" by social media fact-checkers.

Australian Citizens Rise Up, Take To The Streets Against Vaccine Passports, COVID Tyranny.  The Australian citizenry has taken to the streets of Melbourne in a massive revolt against COVID-19 tyranny, signifying the death rattle of the globalist agenda as the world watches an oppressed populace fight to regain their freedom in the Land Down Under.  A remarkable situation is currently unfolding in Melbourne, Australia, where thousands upon thousands of anti-COVID tyranny protestors have taken to the streets in a grand revolt against the government.  Videos surfacing online reveal major clashes between citizens and mask-wearing riot gear-clad law enforcement officers, who are struggling to curb the restless crowd seeking to restore the freedoms they once had prior to the ruthless enforcement one of the most totalitarian COVID-19 pandemic responses the world has ever seen.

Nurse:  "What I'm Seeing is Criminal".  [Video clip]

'This Is Evil at the Highest Level,' Says HHS Whistleblower.  Project Veritas on Monday [9/20/2021] released the first video of its COVID vaccine investigative series featuring an interview with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) insider, Jodi O'Malley, a registered nurse at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center in Arizona.  O'Malley described to Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe what has been going on at her federal government facility.  To corroborate her assertions, O'Malley recorded her HHS colleagues discussing their concerns about the new COVID vaccine.  [Video clip]

Federal whistleblower comes forth claiming disturbing secret recordings about the jab.  Project Veritas released part one of their explosive #CovidVaxExposed series on Monday with an interview of registered nurse and HHS insider Jodi O'Malley who is blowing the whistle along with other medical personnel on COVID vaccinations and their side effects.  O'Malley works at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center in Arizona.  She is recounting what she has seen at the federal government facility in regards to inoculations against the virus.  The nurse recorded discussions with her medical colleagues who are also concerned about the COVID vaccine.  Dr. Maria Gonzales, who is an ER Doctor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unequivocally stated while talking with O'Malley, "All this is [nonsense].  Now, [a patient] probably [has] myocarditis due to the [COVID] vaccine.  But now, they [government] are not going to blame the vaccine."

Fun-Hating Fauci Humiliated:  Study Shows Packed CFB Stadiums are Not Superspreader Events.  Two and a half weeks ago, fans across the country flooded college football stadiums for the first time in almost two years.  In many ways, it felt like America was returning to normal again.  The trend continued this week as college football teams completed their third week of the season.  One of the biggest games this past weekend pitted Florida against top-ranked Alabama, and 90,000 fans gathered to witness what turned out to be a nail-biting win for the Crimson Tide.  [Tweet]  Scenes like that one give any college football fan like myself goosebumps.  But for some COVID-obsessed health professionals, they invoke unnecessary fear.  Take, for example, newfound celebrity Dr. Anthony Fauci.  When he was asked about college football fans finally going back to normal, he discouraged it.

20,000 Shut Down Melbourne Highway in Massive Lockdown Protest.  Anti-lockdown protests have become more common in Australia since the latest round of "snap" lockdowns began two months ago.  Initially, those lockdowns were supposed to last a week.  But months later, with tensions running high, millions of Australians are fed up with the government's lockdowns and vaccine requirements.  And although Aussie health authorities have at the very least acknowledged that their "COVID Zero" approach isn't actually feasible, frustrations among the Australian people are running high (perhaps intensified by the country's latest diplomatic faux pas, which angered France and made PM Scott Morrison look like he stabbed President Macron in the back).

6 Feet Social Distancing Rule Was Completely Made Up Says Ex FDA Commissioner.  According to the former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, the 6 feet Social Distancing rule was completely made up and arbitrary and nobody knows where it came from.  Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), admitted during an interview on Face the Nation that the six foot social distancing rule recommended by public health officials for months on end was actually "arbitrary in and of itself," and he noted that "nobody knows where it came from."

Here's a nurse who may have figured delta out.  As the big picture begins to sharpen on the COVID pandemic, a few things become clear to me.
  •   The "vaccine" isn't even a vaccine.  It is a radical gene therapy currently being tested on the human race.
  •   The vaccine doesn't work for its stated purpose.  It doesn't prevent infection.
  •   The vaccine is very risky — far more so than getting the disease.  The VAERS system for recording vaccine injuries shows breathtaking statistics despite being undermined by erasures, denial of reports, and failure to count eligible reports.
  •   Natural immunity from those who have recovered from the disease is far superior to the vaccine for prevention.
The vast majority of the information outlets in America have been enlisted to join the government in a fiercely aggressive effort to force every living person to get the vaccine.  This does not square with the above facts.  Perhaps that is why, as of last May, 40% of the people in Fauci's NIAID had declined to be vaccinated.

How Smart Are The Vaxxed?  [Scroll down]  The fact is that what is possibly the biggest trial in medical annals has produced results to which no Covid vaccine could hold a candle.  Uttar Pradesh is the most populated state in India, home to 240 million people.  It's also been averaging fewer than 4 deaths daily.  No.  It's not vaccines that did it.  It can't be if just 10% of the people are fully vaxxed.  The secret is the drug.  Authorities began dispensing ivermectin liberally while encouraging people to take it early on and even as a prophylactic.  Other states followed suit.  Delhi, Karnataka, and Uttarakhand have used Ivermectin widely and basically have eradicated Covid.  But if dirty chaotic India cannot be trusted to prove a drug, then there's clean orderly Japan's support for Ivermectin.  Two questions beg to be addressed.  One, what do the powers that be have to gain from closeting the Indian experiment and Japan's approval?  And two, why make the infantile excuse that taking Ivermectin in the wrong dosage could be fatal?  Dosing up on aspirin could be fatal.

The COVID vaccination program is the largest medical experiment in human history.  Any critique of the COVID-19 vaccines has to point out that they were inadequately tested before being released.  The FDA can't dispute this claim but will immediately add that the vaccines are nonetheless safe. [...] Here are some of the standard steps the FDA skipped before issuing its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the vaccines.  Knowing this, you decide how valid is the FDA's assurance the safety of COVID vaccines.  It was known by the FDA and others that no previous coronavirus vaccines ever passed animal trials.  The test animals got seriously ill or died.  These experimental vaccines were shown to make worse the symptoms of the disease they were supposed to suppress.  This is a sign of an Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) which means the antibodies from the vaccine might actually help the virus enter and damage living cells.  This should have been a red flag for the FDA when the COVID-19 vaccines came before it for review.  Furthermore, Pfizer and the other vaccine manufacturers didn't complete animal testing on their novel COVID-19 vaccines.

Michigan meteorologist Karl Bohnak opts out of vaccine, leaving job of 33 years instead.  Meteorologist Karl Bohnak, long a fixture on the Michigan weather-prediction scene, has opted out of his job at NBC affiliate WLUC-TV rather than get a coronavirus vaccine.  "Today, it is with a heavy heart, I announce after over 33 years, I am no longer employed at TV6," Bohnak, 68, wrote in a lengthy Facebook post last Wednesday.  "I am leaving TV6 because the station's corporate owner, Gray Television, has mandated vaccination against COVID-19 for anyone entering a property owned by the company.  Since I chose not to take one of the shots, I was fired.  Many of you have taken one of these injections, and that is absolutely your right.  It is also my right to choose the medical options I feel are right for me.  I have authority over my body."

The United States of Fear.  We are in a moment of profound fear in the US.  The pandemic has broken something in us that has been cracking for some time.  The way we look at travel, especially travel abroad, shows we are losing our minds.  Our leaders have set an impossible goal:  containing a virus that was quite possibly created with humans in mind.  After 18 months of COVID-19, and despite mass vaccinations, the travel taboo remains in place.  The US has some of the strictest entry restrictions — tougher than Iceland, the UK and most EU states.  The Biden administration even prohibits visits to the US by family members from the UK and EU.  When the restrictions began to loosen, masks were (briefly) removed and distances between people began to condense.  But travel remains a separate category.  Masks are still required on planes even though many countries require airlines to check vaccination status as well as evidence of a negative COVID test.  Planes are seen as flying chambers of COVID, even though little spread has been linked to air travel.

Australia's Largest Construction Workers Union Announced Mandatory Vaccinations, Everyone At Headquarters Nearly Lynched.  Riot police have pelted rubber bullets at protesters during a bloody, chaotic brawl that saw hundreds of people storm the CFMEU headquarters protesting mandatory vaccinations for construction workers.  Several people were arrested during the violent demonstration where union officials were forced inside the building while angry protesters smashed up and graffitied property.  [Video clip]

Biden Administration Requires all Foreign Travelers Entering U.S. to be Vaccinated, Except Illegal Border Crossers Who are Exempt From U.S. Rules and Laws.  A rather remarkable development.  The Biden administration has announced that all foreign travelers to the U.S. must be vaccinated.  "All foreign travelers flying to the U.S. will need to demonstrate proof of vaccination before boarding, as well as proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within three days of flight", said White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients, who announced the new policy on Monday [9/20/2021]."  However, illegal aliens from around the world who cross the southern border from Mexico into the United States do not have to provide proof of vaccination or COVID test.  [Video clip]  If this seems like a bizarro-world standard, it actually gets worse.

Beloved Doctor Is Dragged From His Practice And Arrested For Prescribing Ivermectin.  Beloved doctor, Jean-Paul Théron has been arrested by French police.  Yesterday, the doctor received a visit from the gendarmes following the filing of a complaint from the Country for prescribing Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine to his patients which is being investigated by an examining magistrate.  [Video clip]

Project Veritas Undercover Expose The Dangers of COVID Vaccine and Federal Medical Facility Hiding The Problems.  Project Veritas released the first video of its COVID vaccine investigative series today [9/20/2021] featuring an interview with U.S. Health and Human Services [HHS] insider, Jodi O'Malley, who works as a Registered Nurse at the local Indian Medical Center.  [Video clip]

Whistleblower Alleges Coverup of Adverse Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccines:  Project Veritas.  A person who says she works with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has come forward to Project Veritas with allegations that the government is covering up reports of adverse side effects from the COVID-19 vaccines.  Jodi O'Malley, who says she is a HHS insider who works in Arizona with the Indian Health Service branch — a federal health program for American Indians and Alaska Natives — secretly recorded conversations with colleagues discussing multiple cases of adverse reactions in people who had received the vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  The Epoch Times could not immediately independently verify O'Malley's stated role.  She told investigative journalism nonprofit Project Veritas that she decided to speak up following the death of her colleague shortly after she was "coerced" into taking the vaccine.

Video From Project Veritas Shows Gov Doctor Admitting Vaccines As [Bad], Government Sweeping Bad Data Under The Rug.  Project Veritas released the first video of its COVID vaccine investigative series today featuring an interview with U.S. Health and Human Services [HHS] insider, Jodi O'Malley, who works as a Registered Nurse at the local Indian Medical Center.  O'Malley told Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe about what has been going on at her federal government facility.  She recorded her HHS colleagues discussing their concerns about the new COVID vaccine to corroborate her assertions.  [Video clip]

The Coming Viral Dictatorship.  One popular slogan that we meet everywhere, on radio and TV, on the Internet, and emblazoned on ubiquitous signage, is particularly irritating:  "We're All In This Together."  Clearly, we are not.  While small business owners and entrepreneurs struggle with bankruptcy as their establishments are closed down, Big Box stores operate at full capacity, teachers retain handsome salaries while refusing to enter their classrooms, government personnel continue to be paid in absentia, and politicians suffer no loss of ample remuneration.  Weddings, church services, funerals, social gatherings, holiday celebrations and anti-lockdown protests are either curtailed or banned to prevent proximity transmission of the virus; BLM demonstrations involving thousands of people cheek-by-jowl agitating for "social justice" are permitted and encouraged.  Doctors are here to serve their patients; now many have embraced telemedicine, which does not impact their fees as it does their effectiveness.  Diagnosis at a distance is not reliable medicine, though it is lucrative medicine.  The overall hypocrisy that confronts us at every level of political, corporate and professional society is so blatant as to be unbelievable — except it is entirely believable.  We are manifestly not in this all together, not by a long shot.

Thousands of Victoria Construction Workers, Union Members and Supporters Join in Protest — Riot Police Standoff, Livestream Video Link.  Thousands of Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) members in Victoria, Australia, have returned to the streets as hundreds of riot police are positioned for a stand-off.  It will be interesting to see if the police are willing to go to physical battle against the construction workers.  This is Day #2.  The Union Leader, John Setka, called his union members "fascist morons" today and the union members are showing up in force to confront him and the police.  The police would be idiots to take on this crowd still growing in size; which is to say they are likely stupid enough to do it.  Everything is being throttled by Google, Big Tech and the totalitarian forces united against the global movement for freedom.  Australian media are too scared of the union to cover the protests.  You will have to fight extremely hard to get the truth on this story.

In Melbourne, Australia, the fury over vaccine mandates is exploding.  The Australian state of Victoria, the capital of which is Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, has seen some of the world's most draconian COVID rules.  The latest order, mandating vaccines for the construction industry along with a two-week industry-wide shutdown, sparked huge, violent protests from trade unions.  Most strikingly, union members turned against their own union boss.

The CDC takes orders from the teachers' unions.  Last year opened my eyes to the power of the teachers' union to conspire with the CDC to craft policy to derail opening schools.  My state, California, has been dead last among 50 states in reopening schools because Gov. Gavin Newsom has implemented every CDC school recommendation.  Schools have offered fewer than 40% of students in-person instruction.  Reopenings have been thwarted with onerous preconditions and mitigation measures, serving to either decrease teacher workload or increase teacher remuneration.  How do we know that the unions are working with the CDC?  After local school boards laid plans to qualify for $2 million grant money for reopening, the unions' push for six-foot social distancing put the brakes on real in-person schooling — emails released through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) showed significant teachers' union influence over CDC guidelines.

Scott Gottlieb Embodies The Sheer Incompetence Of The COVID 'Experts'.  To get a true sense of just how grossly incompetent the COVID "experts" we've entrusted with our lives really are, look no further than Scott Gottlieb's book tour.  Gottlieb is the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and he's doing the rounds on TV, explaining to whoever will listen that we — "we" meaning everyone who isn't him — could have done things differently at the start of the pandemic in order to be in a better position than we are now (the apparent tail-end of the second-worst wave of new infections to date).  "Political leaders could have stepped up and tried to galvanize the public behind a common set of shared principles," Gottlieb said Monday on MSNBC.  "Easy stuff like masks.  We couldn't even agree on the easy stuff.  Things like getting the public vaccinated, that's going to be more difficult.  When we can't even get a political consensus around a virtue of wearing masks in public and private as a component of trying to reduce infection and protect our fellow citizens, then we're really behind the eight ball."  He went on to fault — who else? — former President Trump for arriving at the White House back in October and removing his mask on camera.

How EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology Collaborated on a Dangerous Bat Coronavirus Project.  DRASTIC was recently made aware of documents provided by a whistleblower, which show that EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) in concert wIth the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) attempted to carry out advanced and dangerous human pathogenicity Bat Coronavirus research that would clearly qualify as Gain of Function (GoF), in a grant proposal submitted to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 2018. [...] Peter Daszak and the EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) proposed injecting deadly chimeric bat coronaviruses collected by the Wuhan Institute of Virology into humanised and "batified" mice.  The EHA / WIV proposal (named 'DEFUSE') was ultimately rejected for full funding (but leaving open the door for partial funding), in part because it mis-interpreted the GOF guidelines.  In other words, a branch of the federal government had already judged aspects of EHA's research, and the corresponding shared research plan with the WIV, as falling under the definition of GOF, only for HHS to approve similar work without P3CO review in 2018 and 2019.

Long-Term Dangers of Experimental mRNA Shots.  "Let's start with a thought experiment:  If an engineering design flaw exists and no one measures it, can it really injure people or kill them?" a Twitter user named Ehden writes.  He goes on to discuss an overlooked aspect of the COVID mRNA shots, something called "codon optimization," which virtually guarantees unexpected results.

Every death caused by Covid vaccines will be blamed on "Covid".  Oh, let us count the ways the insidious vaccine industry is already running cover for the mass wave of vaccine-induced health carnage caused by spike protein injections, all administered under the guise of 'inoculation.'  We start off with a new, fake science, vaccine-industry-backed "UK study" that claims catching Covid-19 causes blood clots, and of course it's just a cover story for the mass wave of vaccine-induced blood clots already happening around the world.  The fake study twisted data from "Covid" patients who were ALSO injected with spike proteins, in a futile attempt to try to dwarf the shock of the quickly escalating number of humans suffering from vaccine-induced blood clots.  Researchers from Oxford University were in on the 'gig,' along with several other vaccine-hyping schools of medicine, who all swore to be "fully independent from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developers," who are already guilty of making clot shots with severe health consequences.

FDA Panel Member on COVID Vaccines: 'Heart Attacks Happen 71 Times More Often'.  [Scroll down]  Consider the testimonial of Steve Kirsch, executive director of the COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund and also identified as a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel member.  In an eight-hour virtual discussion of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee released Friday by the FDA, Kirsch said there "are four times as many heart attacks [as is normal] in the treatment group in the Pfizer six-month trial report — that wasn't bad luck."  What's more, "The VAERS [Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System] shows heart attacks happen 71 times more often following these vaccines compared to any other vaccine," he continued. [...] Though the shot-hesitant are portrayed as knuckle-dragging, medieval scientific obscurantists, a study found that the education-level-defined group least likely to be vaccinated is Ph.D. holders.  Even more strikingly, it emerged in May that at least 40 percent (this figure may be different now) of FDA employees and those at Anthony Fauci's NIAID hadn't yet been vaccinated.  Did they know something Fauci wasn't telling?  Then there are the nurses choosing to resign in droves rather than take the GTAs.

Pro-vaccine Woman:  My 13-year-old Nephew Died Three Days After 2nd COVID Shot.  Some experts are warning that minors under 18 shouldn't be given COVID vaccinations.  The "risks are not worth the gains from preventing a disease that very rarely causes serious problems in the young," as The Times put it on June 16, citing Britain's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.  Sadly, this information came too late for Jacob Clynick, a 13-year-old boy with no known health problems who passed away recently after receiving a China virus vaccination.  Jacob's tragic story was brought to us by his aunt, Tami Burages, who said that he died of heart problems three days after his second shot.

COVID-19 Vaccines:  A "Cure" Worse Than the Disease?  Many Americans have heard the news account of Dr. Gregory Michael, a 56-year-old Florida physician who, after receiving his first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine on December 18 of last year, was hospitalized with a blood disorder and spontaneous bleeding.  In spite of being treated by a team of physicians, he died of a brain bleed due to total loss of his platelets — the little blood cells that stop bleeding.  By February 10, 2021, 36 similar cases were reported in the mainstream media.  Pfizer said in a statement that it was "aware of the death," adding, "We are actively investigating this case, but we don't believe at this time that there is any direct connection to the vaccine."  Pfizer made this "finding" despite several unusual circumstances of the case.  First, the low-platelet disorder known to most doctors as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) most commonly affects children, and generally follows a viral illness. [...] What happened to this physician and the others seems to be a new problem related to COVID vaccines, despite the manufacturers' claims.  This is further substantiated by the following case:  After receiving the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, a woman breast-fed her healthy one-month-old baby, who then died of thrombocytopenia.

Dissenting Federal Employee:  Prostitute or Patriot?  As I write this, I am still a federal employee, but due to being unvaxxed, that may soon change.  There seems to be a deafening silence from federal employees on the topic of the COVID vaccine mandate.  Perhaps this silence is due to the fear of being shunned and hated.  Perhaps most support the mandate.  The reason isn't clear.  The purpose of this article is to discuss — from a federal employee's perspective — the potential moral and ethical impacts the vaccine mandate may have and present questions some of us will have to consider as this mandate is implemented, for which there are no easy answers.  It's hard to describe the anger and horror of the idea that we will likely be required to inject something into our bodies that goes against our principles to keep our jobs.  It feels similar to the process of grief (not surprising, because it sure looks like the death of America as we know it).

India's Ivermectin Blackout, Part III.  The New York Times reported India's colossal drop in COVID cases was unexplainable, while the BBC declared that Kerala's rise was also a mystery.  While new cases of COVID in Uttar Pradesh are rare as million-dollar lottery tickets, in Kerala, a tiny state located in southern India, new daily cases are the same as the United States, nearly one case per thousand.  Yet, as we have seen in this series, there has been a curious media blackout on India's overall success against COVID.

The Truth About Ivermectin.  Have you ever wondered why the MSM and medical mafia constantly demonizes Ivermectin?  Earlier this year, the FDA issued a special warning that "you should not use ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19."  The FDA's statement included words and phrases such as "coma and even death," "dangerous," "seizures," "serious harm," "hospitalized," and "highly toxic."  Wow!  Based on these dire warnings, you'd think that Ivermectin would literally kill you on the spot, wouldn't you?  The FDA claims to "follow the science" so why is it demonizing and attacking Ivermectin, a medication it approved in 1996?  And the MSM fake media rags are jumping on board too.  For example, Rolling Stone completely fabricated a recent story trying to destroy ivermectin, it blew up in their faces in spectacular fashion.

Red Cross is warning all Americans that Covid-vaccinated humans are ineligible for donating plasma.  Hospitals like to use certain plasma that is made up of antibodies from people who have recovered from the China flu to help new China flu victims recover, but the Covid vaccines wipe out those antibodies, rendering their plasma useless.  That means only people who have NOT received the blood-clotting, spike protein injections can donate convalescent plasma to save the new China flu victims.  So now herd theory has completely flipped, where the vaccinated are hurting their own kind by becoming harmful donors, should their vaccinated "cohorts" need blood or organ transplants.  In other words, the Covid-19 vaccines, as admitted by the Red Cross themselves, wipes out any natural antibodies that any person's body has created to fight Covid-19 or its variants, so those people cannot help others fighting and/or dying from the China flu.

NBA basketball stars won't be required to take covid vaccines, just like members of Congress and their staffers.  There is a privileged class of "elites" in this country who have declared themselves exempt from all Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) "vaccine" mandates.  One of them is Congress, and another is the NBA.  According to reports, professional basketball players will not be forced to take an "Operation Warp Speed" injection because they are more special than everybody else.  Well, that and they have a whole lot more money in their coffers to fight against the medical fascism.  ESPN says that the NBA is refusing to budge on its demand that players not be required to take Fauci Flu shots.  In its budget negotiations, the league said that any attempted mandate is a "non-starter" and will not be accepted.

Hospitals are lying about being overrun with covid patients: many facilities are empty.  Another medical field whistleblower has come forward to blow the lid on the media's lies concerning hospital ICUs being "overrun" with Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) patients.  Josh Snider, who worked in facilities management at Missouri Baptist Medical Center (MBMC), personally confirmed that his hospital has been largely empty, despite claims by upper management that it is "overflowing with covid patients."  "I watched our hospital administrators say in the media that our intensive care units were overflowing with covid patients at 98 percent capacity, knowing that it was a complete and utter lie," Snider said.  MBMC is part of a much larger $5.5 billion annual network within the Barnes Jewish Hospital system in St. Louis, which reportedly shut down three of its four ICU floors because all of them were empty.

Approximately 70 people die from COVID vaccines every day in America — VAERS data.  The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) is exploding with vaccine injuries, at a rate never seen before.  The number of injuries and deaths from these vaccines is so immense, all prior vaccine injury data over the past two decades pales in comparison to the carnage observed in 2021.  The government's passive vaccine injury surveillance system has logged over 675,000 adverse reactions from the vaccines in just eight short months.  If these medical issues were divvied up among the roughly 17,000 hospitals in the United States, there have been roughly 40 COVID vaccine injuries for every hospital in the nation.  Over the past forty-seven days of reporting, there have also been 3,296 deaths reported to VAERS.  This is equivalent to SEVENTY deaths per day — a sacrificial routine of medical malpractice and wrongful death that must be stopped.

Hospital staff must swear off Tylenol, Tums to get religious vaccine exemption.  A hospital system in Arkansas is making it a bit more difficult for staff to receive a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  The hospital is now requiring staff to also swear off extremely common medicines, such as Tylenol, Tums, and even Preparation H, to get the exemption.  The move was prompted when Conway Regional Health System noted an unusual uptick in vaccine exemption requests that cited the use of fetal cell lines in the development and testing of the vaccines.  "This was significantly disproportionate to what we've seen with the influenza vaccine," Matt Troup, president and CEO of Conway Regional Health System, told Becker's Hospital Review in an interview Wednesday [9/15/2021].  "Thus," Troup went on, "we provided a religious attestation form for those individuals requesting a religious exemption," he said.  The form includes a list of 30 commonly used medicines that "fall into the same category as the COVID-19 vaccine in their use of fetal cell lines," Conway Regional said.

COVID Madness Continues in Australia:  Freedom Will Require Future Booster Shots.  The forceful protest videos from Australia took place near Richmond, Melbourne yesterday [9/18/2021].  Melbourne is the main city in the State of Victoria.  To put some context into what Victorians have been faced with, consider this press conference earlier today from Premier Daniel Andrews.  As Premier Daniel Andrews was explaining the rules of allowing people out of lockdown, he went through a series of steps the government will take to allow people to get back some of their freedom.  Having previously announced that only vaccinated people will be permitted to escape their lockdown status, Andrews was asked about the required vaccination passports; and how long he believes the passports will be required to engage in society.  It appears Premier Andrews slipped a little bit and admitted publicly the vaccination passport will be required for everything, AND it will be needed as the Australian government moves from vaccines to booster shots.

Emmy viewers call out celebs for not wearing masks, social distancing at 2021 show.  The Emmys were skewered on social media as viewers took notice of the lack of coronavirus safety measures, specifically masks.  The 2021 awards show was one of the first to return to the typical in-person format following more than a year of delayed and adjusted ceremonies like the Oscars and Golden Globes.  Few of the stars in attendance on Sunday were seen on the broadcast wearing masks or observing social distancing guidelines.  Although host Cedric the Entertainer noted on the broadcast that everyone in attendance had to show proof of vaccination, as well as test negative for COVID-19, stars like Seth Rogen, came out swinging at the lack of requirements.  He wasn't the only one.

Former FDA Commissioner:  Six Foot Social Distancing Rule Was 'Arbitrary ... Nobody Knows Where It Came From'.  Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), admitted during an interview on Face the Nation that the six foot social distancing rule recommended by public health officials for months on end was actually "arbitrary in and of itself," and he noted that "nobody knows where it came from."  Speaking with Face the Nation's Margaret Brennan, Gottlieb discussed the rules and risks early in the pandemic, explaining that the Trump administration shifted its focus to the impact lockdowns and rules would have on the economy and children.

The Cabal That Cried Wolf and Undermined a Republic.  In reality, Covid is nothing more than a really bad case of the common cold.  Bad, certainly, but but basically the common cold nonetheless.  From an epidemiology perspective that may not be completely accurate, but from a societal one it most certainly is.  Like the flu, which kills about 36,000 people annually, Covid is largely transmitted from one person to another via airborne particles.  Over the last 18 months 42 million Americans have gotten Covid and 682,000 Americans have died from it.  The former number is likely much higher — possibly over 100 million — and the latter number is likely much lower, with many of those reported as dying of Covid in reality dying with Covid.  Keep in mind of course that that's 682,000 people in a country of 350 million, and 95% of the dead had on average 3 or more co-morbidities and the average age was almost 75.  A little more perspective:  Heart disease annually kills 650,000 Americans while cancer kills 600,000.  We spend $350 billion a year on heart disease and $158 billion on cancer.  That works out to be $538,000 spent per person who died of heart disease and $263,000 per person who died of cancer.  Covid is a bit different.  Through March of this year the US spent $13 trillion on Covid and will likely reach $20 trillion by the end of the year.  By the end of the year the death total "from" Covid will likely hit 800,000.  That works out to be approximately $25 million per death.

Emmy awards show us the masks of the peasants.  If there's any further need of spotting a new class divide emerging, well, take a look at the Emmy awards, held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, last night. [...] In California, the original mask rule put into place last year had it that at restaurant gatherings, people sitting down could take off masks to eat while those serving them and walking around would keep their masks on.  Well, as the Emmys show, and the Met Gala before it, that rule has morphed.  Everyone walks around now, but only the servants wear masks.  It's like they're slaves now, or lepers, putting on masks to prevent their diseases spreading.  Never mind what the elites may be spreading, only the peasants must be covered.  In black, no less, no cartoon colors.  The Taliban likes to cover people it oppresses, too, such as women.  It's not so different here.

The Only People Wearing Masks At the Emmys Were Servants.  Your children and grandchildren cannot eat in a public school cafeteria without wearing a mask and remaining socially distant; so sayeth the rule-makers.  However, proving once again that masks and social distancing are a theater of social construct that does not apply to the self-proclaimed elites, the only people wearing masks at the Hollywood Emmy awards tonight were the servants.  [Photo]  It's not hypocrisy really.  The reality is the COVID-19 rules are based on perpetrating a ruse, a total and utter fraud.  They don't believe their own message; because they know the rules they espouse to support do not apply to them.

Doctor During FDA Zoom Meeting Drops Bombshells!  Over 1000% Increase In Adverse Effect In 2021, Vaccines Are Causing New Variants.  During a Zoom meeting within the FDA, Dr. Jessica Rose, who has been studying the VAERs data, dropped bombshell after bombshell.  Dr. Rose States Based on The VAERS Data... The Risks Far Outweigh The Benefits Especially For Children.  Over A 1000% Increase In Adverse Events In 2021!  [Video clip]

COVID has turned leftists into child abusers.  One of the most heinous aspects of America's now-pathological fear of COVID is that leftists have turned into child abusers.  Despite strong evidence that children are not COVID spreaders, that COVID affects them only lightly, and that their mortality rate from COVID is infinitesimally small, leftists with power in society have terrorized them with lockdowns and masks, destroying along the way their ability to get educated or learn important social skills and even their will to live.  One of the worst things about this child abuse is the mandates putting masks on toddlers.  Anybody who has ever been with a toddler knows that toddlers are still babies.  They have limited language skills and even more limited impulse control.  And like babies, they are fragile little creatures who wear their hearts on their sleeves and experience every emotion at full volume.  Putting a mask on a baby is tantamount to tying it up to a post in a blizzard.  It's absolutely cruel.  But that's what we're doing.

The Only People Wearing Masks At the Emmys Were Servants.  Your children and grandchildren cannot eat in a public school cafeteria without wearing a mask and remaining socially distant; so sayeth the rule-makers.  However, proving once again that masks and social distancing are a theater of social construct that does not apply to the self-proclaimed elites, the only people wearing masks at the Hollywood Emmy awards tonight were the servants.  [Photo]  It's not hypocrisy really.  The reality is the COVID-19 rules are based on perpetrating a ruse, a total and utter fraud.  They don't believe their own message; because they know the rules they espouse to support do not apply to them.  Take away their pool cleaners, laundry service providers, lawn care workers, chauffeurs, gardeners, nannies and staff, and watch how quickly these same people will dispatch those rules.

Australian police arrest 267 lockdown protesters.  Australian police arrested 267 protesters during anti-lockdown rallies Saturday [9/18/2021], with 235 of the arrests made in Melbourne and 32 in Sydney.  The Melbourne protesters gathered to march against Australia's lockdowns, implemented to combat the delta variant.  During the rally, the 700 protesters charged at Australian police, knocking down and trampling several of them.  Victoria Police said six officers required hospitalization, according to Reuters.

Study: COVID recovery gave Israelis longer-lasting Delta defense than vaccines.  Natural immunity from contracting coronavirus provided Israelis with longer-lasting protection against the Delta variant than two shots of the Pfizer vaccine given early this year, new Israeli research suggests.  The study by Maccabi Healthcare Service looked at individuals who had either gotten two shots of the vaccine by the end of February or tested positive for COVID-19 by that time.  It compared 46,035 Maccabi members who caught the coronavirus at some point during the pandemic and the same number of double-vaccinated people.  Natural immunity from contracting coronavirus provided Israelis with longer-lasting protection against the Delta variant than two shots of the Pfizer vaccine given early this year, new Israeli research suggests.  The study by Maccabi Healthcare Service looked at individuals who had either gotten two shots of the vaccine by the end of February or tested positive for COVID-19 by that time.  It compared 46,035 Maccabi members who caught the coronavirus at some point during the pandemic and the same number of double-vaccinated people.  People who had two vaccine shots had a six-fold higher chance of getting infected with Delta than patients who hadn't been vaccinated but previously contracted the coronavirus, according to the research.  The study, published online but not yet peer reviewed, is the largest of its kind.

Vatican Closes Its Doors to Those Without a 'Green Pass'.  The Vatican City State announced Monday that effective October 1 no one can enter its territory without presenting a coronavirus Green Pass, by order of Pope Francis.  The Green Pass can be obtained by showing proof of vaccination against the coronavirus, demonstrating recovery from the coronavirus, or by showing a negative rapid antigen or PCR test, the Vatican ordinance states.

Fearful London:  Falls Soar as People Scared of Catching Covid from Handrails.  Escalator falls at tube stations have increased because Britons are frightened of catching coronavirus if they hold onto the handrails, a London Underground official has said.  Managing Director of London Underground Andy Lord told a Transport for London (TfL) safety panel said the underground railway's biggest risk of harm is:  "falls on escalators caused by people who don't hold the handrail.  There is an issue with the perception that the handrail is not clean because of the pandemic."

Washington State Now Hiring 'Strike Team' for Quarantine Facility With 24/7 Security.  The State of Washington Health Department is advertising open positions for members of a new unit called the Isolation and Quarantine Strike Team.  ["]These positions will staff the State Isolation and Quarantine Facility and provide for the needs of travelers that stay at the facility.  I & Q Strike Team members are in responsible charge of the I & Q Facility during their shift and are tasked with responding to emergencies, training contractors and new staff, and providing guest support as needed.["]  No word if "travelers" and "guests" maintain the ability to come and go as they please.  The state isolation and quarantine facility, located in Centralia, Washington, will initially hire three new employees to staff its Strike Team. [...] One question, though:  Why is a Strike Team needed? [...] If it's voluntary, why do they need 24/7 security?  This doesn't add up.

Sydney Mother Of Two Is Assaulted And Stripped By Police For Walking In Park.  South-western Sydney mother of two who was attacked and indecently assaulted by a gang of out of control NSW Riot Police.  The woman was reportedly walking in an open park when police confronted her and a few other women.  That's when the woman was tackled and her dress removed.  The woman was held down with only her black panties on for about a minute before police realized they were being filmed.  At that point they let her go.  Later, in another video, the woman confronts the officers while holding back tears, asking them for their names, badge numbers, and which precinct they are from.  The offending cops refuse to give their information, which they are required by law.  [Video clip]

What Happens When Vaccine Passport Rules Creating Second Class Citizens are Demanded.  Every word of this monologue by Neil Oliver is so true. [...] I agree with Mr. Oliver in many points including that the lock-downs were purposefully orchestrated in order to make people feel isolated and alone.  When people are isolated, they become fearful.  Those who hold power tenuously need fear in order to keep control.  Mr. Neil Oliver eloquently explains his position that he will not participate in any system of forced or coerced division.  When encountering an institution, business or enterprise that demands vaccinated status as a precondition; we will not participate or lend credibility toward such an abusive fiat by complying with their dictate or demand.  Isolation starts with a rebellion against God, and we must be conscious about the human need to be connected.  [Video clip]

Australian Gestapo Shows Up To Woman's Home After She Posted About Going To Protest On FB, Give Her Stay At Home Order And Threaten Her.  This was the unbelievable scene at this woman's home in Victoria when the jackboot Gestapo showed up after a social media post in which she talks about attending a protest.  The police first ask the woman why she is filming, which is her right.  She replies, correctly, that there's been a lot of police brutality of late, (a 70-year-old woman assault and hip was broken for one), and so she will film for her own protection.  [Video clip]

New footage shows AOC being waited on by masked 'servant class' before Met GalaVogue has released a fawning video showing New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez prepping for the ball last Monday.  It shows her walking into the room wearing her now-notorious "Tax the Rich" ball gown, while masked attendants and staff tell her how beautiful she looks.  [Video clip]  AOC's big smile is made all the more apparent by the masks that cover the faces of the staff attending to her.  Her boyfriend smiles, unmasked, as well.

Aussie Cops Push 70 Year OId Woman, Smashing Her Head, Then Pepper Spraying Her Face.  Melbourne, Australia.  Australian Police attacking an unarmed 70 year old woman by slamming her onto the ground and finishing her off with pepper spray?  Well done to Journalist Marty Focker for capturing this footage.  [Video clip]

Is the FDA COVID-19 Booster Shot Fiasco the Beginning of the End of 'Faucism'?  Dr. Anthony Fauci and his boss, NIH Director Francis Collins, appeared on five of the six Sunday shows this week.  Despite the fact that we have a de facto hostage situation in Afghanistan, the Pentagon admitted to killing ten civilians in a drone strike, and 13,000 Haitians are sitting under the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas, no one from the Pentagon, the State Department, or Homeland Security is making the rounds on the news shows.  This looks like an attempt at image rehabilitation after the FDA resisted political pressure to recommend COVID-19 booster shots for all Americans 16 and older.  The FDA's decision may be a signal that the reign of Fauci is over.  He told Americans that the third dose of the vaccine would provide maximum immunity.  Fauci and President Biden set the expectation that all vaccinated Americans would be eligible for a booster shot.  Even worse, many Americans believe they need it based on their public statements.

Our bodies, their choice.  [Scroll down]  To put this in perspective, what if the government — and/or a private entity — said we all must become vegans?  Or that we can't utilize public transportation if we have more than 15% body fat?  Or that we can't have/hold a job if we are HIV positive?  Or that all females must lop off their breasts and have a penis sewn onto them and all men must lop off their penises and have breasts attached to their persons?  Who would balk at that?  Especially if the WHO, CDC and Dr. Fauci said it was for the best?

Vaccine mandates and the Equal Protection clause.  On September 9, 2021, President Biden stopped merely haranguing American citizens to get vaccinated.  Going forward, he would simply force up to 100 million people to submit to vaccination whether they liked it or not.  Biden didn't mince words as he announced a federal vaccine mandate, telling unvaccinated American citizens that his patience had run out and they were responsible for a lot of damage.  The backlash was swift.  Unions want to negotiate vaccination requirements.  South Carolina governor Henry McMaster accused the administration of thumbing its nose at the Constitution.  The strongest response came from Arizona.  The state filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, alleging that illegal aliens are being released into the country with no requirement to get vaccinated, which discriminates against United States citizens who are being required to get vaccinated.  The lawsuit argues that the mandate violates the Equal Protection Clause.

Biden's Vaccine Browbeating Backfires, But COVID Rates Fall Anyway.  How can you measure President Joe Biden's sway over the public?  Try looking at the impact his attacks on the unvaccinated have had on immunization rates.  He's managed to drive them down.  Not that it matters, since the number of new COVID cases is falling, even in states with low vaccination rates.  In his remarkably antagonistic Sept. 9 speech announcing vaccine mandates, Biden did everything he could to disparage and shame the unvaccinated.  He blamed them for overcrowding hospitals and "leaving no room for someone with a heart attack."  He said they were causing "a lot of damage" and have "cost all of us."  He said they were "keeping us from turning the corner."  He tried to pit the vaccinated against them, claiming those who had the shot needed protection from the unvaccinated (which is odd, since the vaccine is supposed to protect the vaccinated, isn't it?).

Biden's War on Red State COVID Patients.  For patients with moderate COVID-19 symptoms, monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments have proven remarkably successful in decreasing hospitalization and death rates.  Moreover, because states and health care providers could order mAb shipments directly from suppliers, they have been utilized to great effect in places that have experienced recent case spikes.  In Florida, for example, the CDC indicates that new COVID deaths have plummeted from an August 26 peak of 356 to only 8 on September 17.  Such success in a red state was obviously galling for the Biden administration, however, so the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was directed to seize the mAb supply ostensibly to achieve "equitable" distribution.

Is the Biden Administration trying Murder Its Opponents?  Imagine a doctor standing at a patient's bedside.  The patient is deathly ill, and will likely die without the aid of that life-support device resting by his bed. [...] If the doctor wheels the life-saving device out of the room while citing the fact that someone else might need the device in some other hospital at some unknown time in the future, would that be murder?  If the answer to that question is yes, then it is nowhere near approaching hyperbole to suggest that the Biden administration is murdering its opponents by rationing life-saving monoclonal antibody treatments and specifically withholding them from red states due to an apparent grudge.  In fact, the only problem with that assertion is that it implies that Biden is murdering only his opponents.  In Florida, for example, the state was expecting 72,000 treatments, but the Biden administration supplied only a ration of 30,950.

Let me 'Splain' It for You.  Airborne diseases like COVID-19 don't go straight into your blood.  Instead, after you breathe enough virus-laden aerosols in, the air sacs in your lungs get a pretty good covering of virus.  This doesn't make you sick.  But the virus latches onto the pneumocytes (the cells on the inside of the air sacs) and start making more virus.  This means you can share with your neighbor.  In fact, many vaccinated people actually breathe out as much virus as someone who is sick with COVID-19.  But you aren't defenseless.  Your air sacs have "alveolar macrophages," specialized cells that use "Pattern Recognition Receptors" to identify the Wuhan Flu.  Over time, they will clean out the air sacs.  And vaccinated people seem to be infectious for a shorter period than unvaccinated.  The viruses that got into the pneumocytes will create more viruses, and some of those will find their way across the basement membrane (the barrier between blood and air in your lungs) into your bloodstream.  Once there, if your immunity is good, your T-cells and antibodies will get to work.  You may never even know you were infected.  Of course, since the vaccine is only about 85% effective, you might get sick.

Why Did The CDC Stop Recording Vaccine Breakthrough Cases in The U.S. on May 1st? — Today We Got The Obvious Answer, Vaccine Companies Want to Sell Booster Shots.  A "breakthrough case" is the term for a person infecting with COVID-19 after they have been vaccinated.  On May 1st the CDC changed the recording and record keeping of COVID-19 breakthrough cases, and stopped tracking them.  The change was announced July 30th. [...] At the time the CDC stopped tracking the incidents of vaccinated persons contracting COVID-19 and being hospitalized, many people wondered why?  Obviously if you stop recording vaccinated persons who are hospitalized, it will look like only unvaccinated persons are being hospitalized by the variants in the CDC records.  That skews the data and gives the false impression that only unvaxxed persons are getting infected and/or sick.  Which is exactly what happened.  The medical industry and media narrative around the COVID-19 Delta Variant was that unvaccinated people in the U.S. were the majority group at risk.  The data supported that narrative because the breakthrough cases were no longer being recorded.  This makes the vaccine approach look better.  The approach of not counting the breakthrough case hospitalizations also makes the pharmaceutical companies look better; their vaccine looks more appealing & more effective.

A Hinge Moment of History.  It was certainly the weirdest year.  It began with a supremely weird decision by the entire world, except China and Sweden, to tank the global economy.  No one has ever done that before.  The only major economic power to grow last year was China whose GDP is up by, I think, about 2.5 percent compared to declines everywhere else, including some actually catastrophic ones, such as 11% in the UK.  This decision to tank the entire global economy is something that strengthened China, the creator of the virus, and the exporter of the virus, and weakened any opposition to China — and that is how they began. [...] The ability to go to your church, the ability to open your hairdressing salon, the ability to go and get a cheeseburger at your local diner, all these abstract intellectual philosophical issues are now absolutely real for most people around the Western world.  Yet, there has been very little pushback against it.

The Death of Science.  [Scroll down]  We now know from data that a prior case of COVID-19 offers immunity as robust as vaccination.  Why, then, are Joe Biden's proposed vaccination mandates ignoring that scientific fact?  Dr. Anthony Fauci, when asked, seemed at a loss for words.  Is this yet another of the scientific community's Platonic "noble lies," as when Fauci assured the public last year that there was no need for masks?  He later claimed he had lied so that medical professionals would not run out of needed supplies.  Fauci also threw out mythical percentages needed for herd immunity, apparently in an attempt to convince the public that it will never be safe until every American is protected from COVID-19 by vaccination only.  And why was it that hard for the scientific community to postulate a likely origin of COVID-19. Some of the very scientists engaged in gain-of-function research oversaw an investigation with Chinese authorities.  They confirmed the predetermined conclusion that the virus likely had little to do with gain-of-function engineering.  And they saw little proof it was birthed in a Wuhan virology lab.  Yet scientific opinion, emerging evidence, and basic logic have suggested the opposite.

Biden administration worried UN General Assembly meeting could turn into COVID superspreader event.  The White House is concerned that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York, which kicked off last week, could be a COVID-19 superspreader event.  'We are concerned about the U.N. event being a superspreader event, and that we need to take all measures to ensure that it does not become a superspreader event,' President Joe Biden's Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said during a press conference Friday [9/17/2021].  World leaders began descending on New York City last week for the annual meeting, and Thomas-Greenfield notes they aren't necessarily abiding by local vaccine requirements and other coronavirus-related restrictions.

Conscientious Objections to the COVID Vaccine Should Be Honored.  As employers and governments have become more stringent with COVID vaccination requirements, many are no longer honoring conscientious or religious exemptions to the vaccine.  Several states have dropped or are in the process of dropping these exemptions.  Some hospitals and health departments, such as the New York Department of Health, have eliminated religious exemptions. [...] In order to make responsible decisions, we must make them from a position of confidence.  But one cannot act from a position of confidence about a medical decision if he is coerced into it.  Vaccine mandates are an example of medical coercion, since they involve penalties of various kinds.  So, vaccine mandates conflict with the obligation of each person to make responsible decisions.  In the absence of conscience-based exemptions, these mandates are unjust and immoral.

Treason. There, Somebody Said It.  The actions of the current administration consistently undermine the welfare of the American people, they are endangering American welfare, and they have snuffed out American lives.  There is no other word for it.  This administration has committed treason.  Multiple fronts in multiple ways, multiple times. [...] At almost every turn this administration seeks to undermine the health, life and welfare of every American.  They do so through both what they choose to take actions on, and what they choose not to deal with.  The outcome of what they are working towards is adding up to a nation that looks like anything but America.  So what do you call it, when the goal is to harm the rights of the average American, defy the principles of our national laws and systems of justice, and implement policy or executive orders that erase our national identity, national priorities, and national security?  What is the term that adequately explains why the administration just this last week revoked life saving monoclonal antibodies from states who need the life saving therapy the most?

Simple solution to vaccine mandate.  President Trump almost ruined the vaccination ruse by claiming HQC as an effective treatment for Covid.  And then a Michigan Democrat had the gall to use HQC touted by President Trump and was cured of Covid within hours of taking the prescription drug.  And she spoke about it.  The evil, greedy morons didn't like hearing about a Covid cure and shut down all mention of the drug along with access to the drug.  If only President Trump had doubled down and shouted to the rafters about HQC at his rallies, I believe the Stupid Years could have ended and he would have remained in office.  President Trump may have noticed at his rallies that the only time he loses his audience is when he mentions taking the Covid vaccine.  Too many adverse reactions to the vaccine have been documented for healthy people to consider taking the shot.  The covid vaccine has become a political football and is one issue that needs to be left with the Stupid Years.  We don't want anything to do with it.

By Withholding Regeneron, Biden Could Be Sentencing Black People to Death.  President Joe Biden's decision to cut deliveries of monoclonal antibodies to southeastern states, in what critics have called a politically-motivated effort to punish Republican states, could end up sentencing black people to death from coronavirus.  On Tuesday, Politico reported that the Biden administration was going to ration the distribution of monoclonal antibodies from Regeneron, given that "demand from a handful of southern states ... accounted for 70 percent of all orders in early September."

Politics must not kill the Constitution.  The Democrats don't even make any bones about being barely above Marxism now.  The party's devolved into a massive muscle arm of the Chinese will.  The battle over health freedom alone proves that.  With the coronavirus — a far less deadlier, far less dangerous disease than the other health problems tied to other vaccine mandates — the proper role of government has been tossed.  Suddenly, for a virus that's reportedly caused or contributed to 666,440 deaths — out of 41.6 million cases, according to the latest from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — suddenly, for this 1.6% fatality count, America's gone bonkers.  Most who contract COVID-19 recover from COVID-19.  Most who test positive for the coronavirus recover from the coronavirus.  Many others walk around positive but unaware, because they don't feel symptoms, so don't get tested.  In other words:  They're not sick.

Biden Opens The Border To The Virus.  The Biden administration barrages us daily with messages designed to spread fear of the coronavirus and convince Americans to take experimental vaccines and make Big Pharma even richer.  The logic is inescapable.  Big Pharma is now being forced to pay judgments in the billions of dollars for the damage it caused in the opioid crisis it created.  They have to recoup those losses somehow.  Meanwhile, though — the same administration that assures us we are all going to die if we don't comply and get "the jab" — has opened the southern border and invited the entire world to walk in, untested.  Then these same individuals, still untested and untreated, are flown or bussed all over the United States at taxpayer expense.  It is as if somehow magically COVID-19 — the disease that has crippled our nation — only affects citizens and legal residents.  The absurdity of this situation is perhaps most evident when one considers the current flood of Haitians entering the nation illegally.  Border Patrol agents have apprehended 15,599 Haitians from January through June this year, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Doctors refused to see woman in person for fear of COVID, she dies of cancer.  The global obsession with the coronavirus — and only the coronavirus — has cost countless lives over the last 18 months.  One mother is lashing out at the U.K. health system after her daughter died of cancer after being refused an in-person doctor's appointment for months.  According to her family, Jessica Brady might still be alive today if only doctors had seen her face-to-face last year.  But Jessica didn't have COVID-19, so she was left to languish at home, according to reports and one online petition.  She died at the age of 27 after doctors failed to spot her tumor in virtual appointments.

New serious study suggests vaccinated are spreading COV more rapidly.  Biden is segregating people according to vaccinations before all the data is in and it might be a terrible mistake.  A new study suggests that the vaccinated are spreading COVID more rapidly.  Biden is instituting segregation, separating the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.  Many African Americans don't agree with mandatory vaccination.  In a recent video, a white man kicked a black family out of a restaurant for not showing their vaccine papers.  There is something very wrong with this.  Governor Ron DeSantis just said today at a Broward monoclonal antibody treatment site, 52% of COVID patients getting treated have been vaccinated.  For [those who are 65 or older, the percentage] vaccinated is much higher.

It's not about COVID, it's about control.  You know, there's an old myth about a frog in a pot.  I'm sure you've heard it.  Supposedly if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will immediately jump out.  But if you put a frog in a pot of cold water and slowly heat up the water, it won't notice until it reaches the boiling point, at which point it's too late.  The frog is cooked.  All the reductions in freedoms we've undergone in the last few decades have ratcheted up astronomically since the COVID scare.  But with Biden's recent vaccine mandates, he may have just thrown the frog into the boiling water.  In other words, he moved too quickly.  Lots of people have said they would never get the vaccine for a variety of reasons.  But now that Biden has imposed mandates, there are screams of outrage.

Joe Biden goes to the beach.  Days before Biden was set to foist COVID booster vaccines onto the public, Biden's FDA flatly refused to recommend boosters at all as a response to containing COVID. That signals a rebellion over Biden's politicization of the COVID crisis to his partisan ends.  It follows from two high-profile resignations of non-partisan professional research leaders, both of whom had signed an article in a professional journal finding booster shots counterproductive, and one of whom also signaled reservations about COVID vaccines for children under 12.  Biden was full of rubbish all along on his claims to 'science' as he pushed for boosters.  As it stands now, Biden can't be believed on anything because his 'science' was outdone by real science.  The FDA didn't want to be a sorry politicized agency the same way the CDC under Dr. Rochelle Walensky had become, taking orders from union operatives instead of following actual research results.  The actual science thus far has found booster shots counterproductive in containing the COVID virus based on research showing that the effective thing to do is get the entire world vaccinated, so that variants can't develop from third world countries.  Other science, from hyper-vaccinated countries such as Israel, suggests that overvaccinating the public with boosters may be weakening, not strengthening, the human immune system and extending the pandemic.

Detroit TV station asks for stories of unvaxed COVID deaths, gets overwhelming response on deaths and injuries from the vaccines.  There seems to be a yawning chasm between what is believed by media people and what their viewers/readers/listeners care about when it comes to Covid vaccines.  The nonstop barrage of propaganda telling us to get vaxed seems to have convinced many media people that the public has bought into Joe Biden's efforts to demonize those who choose to avoid the experimental gene therapies.  (The fact that all 3 major vaccines have just been rebranded with new names suggests that the pharmaceutical companies are detecting a certain level of resistance, but the media are slower to catch on.)  On September 10, the local Detroit TV station WXYZ used its Facebook page to ask families for stories about unvaccinated loved ones lost to COVID "for a story we're working on."  Pretty clearly, the expectation was that they could present tragic stories of those foolish people who ignored the wisdom of Joe Biden (and the medical, media, and corporate establishments) and suffered the tragic consequences.

Freedom Loving Patriots Charge Police In Melbourne Like A Scene Out Of Braveheart.  Viral footage has been posted on social media of Melbourne protesters charging through police lines as thousands of Queenslanders gathered in Brisbane for a Freedom Day rally.  The demonstration started at 12pm after a crowd gathered at Richmond Town Hall, which is located a few blocks down from the local police station.  Later in the day the mood turned violent with protesters tackled to the ground by officers and protesters charging through police lines.  [Video clip]

Google Tells Australian Government of $1 Billion Global Campaign to Censor 'COVID-19 Misinformation'.  Google reported to the Australian federal government that it has removed around 800,000 YouTube videos concerning COVID-19, and 275 million COVID-19 apps from across its platform as part of its $1 billion (US $726 million) global campaign to "counter COVID-19 misinformation."  It has also launched a US $3 million fund to wipe out alleged vaccine misinformation.  Google regards official government information from national health departments or the World Health Organization as reliable sources.  Meanwhile, the WHO has noted that information changes over time as the world "learns more about the virus."  Lucinda Longcroft, Google's director of government affairs and public policy for Australia and New Zealand, told a Senate committee on foreign interference through social media in July that Google has extensive automated systems and a global network of staff to remove "false or misleading" COVID-19 content "as rapidly as possible."

Australian Freedom Fighters Battle Totalitarian Tyranny and Government COVID Lockdowns, Protestors Overwhelm Police Efforts to Beat Them.  Things are getting spicy in Australia, specifically the town of Richmond in the Melbourne area.  Righteous anti-lockdown protestors took to the streets against thousands of armed police and heavily geared riot squads prepared to beat them into submission and stop their march.  As the government stormtroopers corralled the peacefully marching protesters into an ever smaller dead end where there were blocked in all directions, a valiant member of the resistance opened a gateway through a housing division enabling the crowd to continue amassing, assembling more supporters and continue marching.  The police then formed a battle formation in the street attempting to cordon-off the remaining roadway and block the march from continuing.  However, after a few tense minutes of standoff the protesters rushed the police and fought their way through.  Google is attempting to block this video.  [Video clip]

You Are Being Tempered For Tougher Battles.  I do not care what all these know-it-alls say.  This is not the last stand.  This is not the last opportunity.  But if we do not win at this juncture, things are sure to get so much worse.  We need to beat back these mandates.  We need to set these tyrants in order.  We need to be on our knees asking the Almighty for wisdom and understanding.  We need to be fighting the most meaningful fights around us, every single day, likely fights that are very local to us and very small in number, fights that may be so local and personal that they seem to affect no one but us.  Once you win a few of those fights, you often start to see how much impact the thing you called "little" or "selfish" really had as it rippled out, far beyond anything you might ever have imagined possible.  Those most important ripples, though, are in your own life when you fight such battles.  Flu season is upon us.  Every year, respiratory viruses are more prevalent and many more die of respiratory virus related illnesses at this time of year.  This year, like last year, they won't call it flu.  They will call it something more scary.  Just like every year, people will die.

'Some of Them Will Die': Alabama Hit [has been] Hard by Monoclonal Antibody Rationing.  The federal government's sudden rationing of monoclonal antibody treatments, which keep Americans who get COVID-19 out of hospitals, is hitting Alabama hard, with some sites already running out of or projected to run out of supply soon.  The antibodies are highly successful at stemming the effects of COVID-19 when given to patients soon after they contract the disease, which is caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  But a huge jump in demand in recent weeks has left what some officials have described as a national shortage, triggering the federal government to intervene and start doling out what's left.  Stringfellow and Regional Medical Center in Anniston didn't have any of the antibodies left on Wednesday, according to Dr. Almena Free, vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer.  Other facilities in Jefferson and Huntsville counties are struggling to source enough of the treatment, Dr. David Thrasher, a pulmonary critical care physician in Montgomery, said a day later.

Hostess Gets A Beatdown For Demanding Vaccination Papers In NYC.  Looks like not everyone is down with the new, hip segregation.  Three people were arrested for allegedly assaulting a New York City restaurant hostess on Thursday after she asked a group of diners visiting from Texas to show proof they had been vaccinated before seating them.  [Video clip]

DeSantis Office:  Over Half of Those Seeking Lifesaving COVID-19 Treatment in South Florida [are] Fully Vaccinated.  A spokesperson for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's office said that more than half of those who are seeking monoclonal antibody treatment in the south of Florida are "fully vaccinated" individuals amid supply issues.  "More than half the patients getting the monoclonal antibody treatment in south Florida are fully vaccinated," DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw wrote in response to a comment on Twitter that suggested that only unvaccinated people are the reason why there is a significant demand for monoclonal antibodies.  Florida, she wrote hours earlier, "is above average in vaccination rate" and that "more than half of the patients in south Florida getting monoclonal antibody treatment are vaccinated and have breakthrough infections.  Vaccinated or unvaccinated -Denying treatment to Covid patients is wrong."  Monoclonal antibodies are engineered immune system proteins that boost an immune response against an infection.

COVID Gestapo Arrest People In Sydney For Attending Funeral.  Community members are calling for a more compassionate approach to funerals, especially in hard-hit Western Sydney, following a large police presence and the arrest of four men at Rookwood Cemetery.  NSW Police were called to the 314-hectare cemetery on Wednesday to a funeral that had more than 10 mourners in attendance.  [Video clip]

SF Mayor Caught Partying Maskless in Packed Bar Days After She Announced Indoor Citywide Mask Mandate.  Extreme liberal San Francisco Mayor London Breed was caught partying maskless at a packed club on Wednesday night.  The mayor was singing, dancing and going crazy.  The shocking video footage is confusing many San Fransisco citizens considering just a few weeks ago, Breed issued a citywide indoor mask mandate.  "You know wear your mask, look at the environment, and be aware that COVID is still out there," said Mayor Breed previously said.

One reason for the push for COVID vaccination may be to eliminate a possible control group.  There are a number of reasons to explain the intense push from the Biden administration and the government medical bureaucracy to get people to take the COVID vaccine.  From a wide search of the information available, I find it hard to believe that the actual health of people is one of the reasons.  For example, why demand people with natural immunity get vaccinated?  And why insist on vaccinating children when their risk of serious effects from the virus is minuscule?  It make no scientific sense especially when the vaccine itself can possibly cause serious health issues for the young.  This brings up one of the less talked about reasons behind the vaccination mania.  It's to eliminate a possible control group of non-vaccinated people to which the vaccinated can be compared.

Why is COVID Natural Immunity Being Ignored?  Immunity, according to the CDC website, is "Protection from an infectious disease.  If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without being infected."  They explain that "Immunity to a disease is achieved through the presence of antibodies to that disease in a person's system."  These antibodies are "disease specific."  There are two types if immunity, active and passive.  "Active immunity results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease."  This occurs "through infection with the actual disease, resulting in natural immunity, or introduction of a killed or weakened form of the disease organism through vaccination."  COVID has added a twist to the vaccine concept by using messenger RNA rather than attenuated virus to create immunity.  This is a new approach to "vaccination" and if validated as safe and effective, opens the door to disease prevention on a previously unimaginable scale.  But with all new technologies, like self-driving cars, the proof is in the pudding.

U.S. doctor reports a '20 times increase' of cancer in vaccinated patients.  The federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System has reported an astonishing explosion in the number of problems it is seeing with vaccines, as reactions to the COVID-19 shots that have been pushed by politicians over the last year have multiplied exponentially.  Now a doctor has said in a report from Lifesitenews that cancers also are surging.  "Since January 1, in the laboratory, I'm seeing a 20 times increase of endometrial cancers over what I see on an annual basis," reported Dr. Ryan Cole in a March 18 report.  Cole, a board-certified pathologist, owns and runs a diagnostics lab, and made the comments in a video from Idaho state government's "Capitol Clarity" project.

Follow the Science, Even When It Changes (Especially When It Changes).  [Scroll down]  The messaging that went forth to scare the daylights out of everyone and remove every square of toilet paper from every store shelf was flawed from the outset.  The notable exceptions were the few state governments that accurately and effectively identified the hazards to those most at-risk and managed the risks to their citizens.  For the remainder of 2020, the primary strategies to deal with the pandemic were lockdowns, masks, social distancing, handwashing, and hand sanitizers.  There was very little messaging or instruction on dietary supplements or medicines to prevent infection.  We mostly had to rely on ourselves to apply what we knew (the science) about how to avoid illness during the cold and flu seasons and employ our knowledge the best we could against COVID-19.  The scientific community has studiously and conscientiously reviewed the science behind the government-mandated shutdowns, their restrictions to preventative and therapeutic medicines, the masks — all of it.  The best we can conclude after 18 months of the pandemic is that none of it made a significant impact.  For all the very real pain and loss from the government mandates, we didn't change the outcome.

Joe Biden's Angry, Divisive Vaccine Mandate Threat Has Failed Miserably.  A little over a week ago, Joe Biden gave what was perhaps the most disturbing speech a president has given in modern history.  It was everything the media used to accuse Donald Trump's speeches of being.  Biden's anger flowed through divisive rhetoric as he ranted that he was "losing patience" with the unvaccinated.  That division was accentuated by the hysterical claim the vaccinated need to be "protected" from the unvaccinated, a contention that ignores the scientific facts on who can spread COVID (i.e. everyone can).  But the fear was the point.  While there's still no actual OSHA regulation, the clear goal of Biden's speech was to scare people into going ahead and getting the vaccine.  Further, by offering cover, the White House hoped companies would go ahead and enforce their own mandates.  Well, the first data point is in, and it shows that strategy has been a complete failure.

All 3 Major Vaccine Companies Suddenly Have Name Changes for Their Covid Shots — And People are Already Confused.  All three major Covid-19 'vaccine' manufacturers have unveiled new names for their 'fully authorized' jabs, even as two pharmaceutical companies await FDA approval for their products.  Following the lead of Pfizer/BioNTech, which branded its 'fully authorized' (and oddly, unavailable) vaccine "Comirnaty," the second and third largest manufacturers for Europe and Canada, Moderna and AstraZeneca, are also relabeling their Covid shots.  "The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is Comirnaty, the Moderna vaccine will be named SpikeVax, and the AstraZeneca vaccine will be named Vaxzevria," Health Canada said in a tweet Thursday [9/16/2021].  "These are only name changes.  There are no changes to the vaccines themselves," Health Canada added in an attempt to quell confusion.  But even vaccine supporters were confused by the name changes.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed breaks mask mandate at club.  San Francisco Mayor London Breed was caught breaking her own strict mask mandates — to go clubbing with a Black Lives Matter co-founder.  The Democrat, already under fire for her restrictive coronavirus rules, on Wednesday was photographed by a San Francisco Chronicle editor while singing and dancing in a packed jazz club — with no sign of masks.

FDA advisory panel votes against recommending COVID-19 booster shots for most Americans.  A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted against green-lighting COVID-19 booster shots Friday for most people — throwing up a major hurdle for President Biden's plan to dole out a third dose to most Americans.  But the independent panel, which reviewed a 23-page FDA briefing document highlighting recent studies, recommended emergency use of a third dose for Americans over age 65 and those at high risk of severe infection.  The panel said more data is needed before it can okay boosters for people ages 16 and older, and that the two-dose Pfizer regimen is still highly protective against the spread of the super-contagious Delta variant for most people.

The rise of mask addiction.  I recently saw a mother taking her children home from school.  Two of the little ones stripped off their masks, enjoying the feeling of the sun on their face[s] as they breathed freely for the first time that day.  The youngest child refused to take off his mask even as his siblings urged him.  His mother told him it was safe to remove the mask, but he continued to shake his head.  "I feel better with it on," he said.  It was one of the saddest things I have ever seen, and I wondered what was in store for a child who has become afraid to go out without a security blanket strapped to his face.  As it happens, it's not only the children who are becoming dependent on their masks.  Adults are succumbing to a need for face coverings.  In Japan, mask dependency has been studied since 2009, when counselor Yuzo Kikumoto coined the term for wearing masks to relieve anxiety or to foster anonymity.

Mask On, Mask Off.  Today the globalists use similar tactics — blind obedience and repetition — to train the American people.  They issue an order, mask on, then rescind the order, mask off.  Then again, mask on, mask off.  A great example is the Pennsylvania school mask policy.  At first masks were optional.  So the children start their school year free from the bacteria-ridden gags.  Then, wham!  ["]On Tuesday Aug. 17, the Bucks County Health Department updated its guidance for school districts, recommending that school officials require masks for all students when they return to class.["]  The health department has no authority to order masks; it can only make "recommendations." But for those who defy the "recommendations," there's an official-looking "order" from the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health "requiring" universal face coverings.  I know it seems a bit odd for a secretary of anything to issue orders, but the secretary's intervention was necessary after Pennsylvanians stripped Governor Wolf of his emergency powers imposed during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The FDA committed actual science on Friday.  As the hysteria about unvaccinated people demonstrates, the COVID vaccine isn't really a vaccine because it doesn't make those who have had the shots immune to COVID — although there is some evidence that, if they do catch COVID, their symptoms are less severe.  The latest push from the Biden administration is for people to get a third, or even a fourth, "vaccine" shot as a booster.  However, the FDA's advisory panel, ignoring administration pressure, voted by a 16-2 margin to reject licensing Pfizer's booster vaccine for healthy people between 16 and 65.  Only for those at serious risk of COVID did the advisory panel recommend the booster. [...] The vote came one day after the Biden administration said it was going forward with boosters, thanks in large part of Fauci's insistence on their importance.

NYC's Demand That Diplomats Follow Vaccine Mandate Creates Uproar At UN.  New York City's (legally questionable) demand that all representatives and diplomats who attend next week's UN General Assembly meeting show proof of vaccination is threatening to derail the annual summit of world leaders as Russia and China protest the fact that their locally developed vaccines won't be accepted.  NYC's request that diplomats and their entourage show proof of vaccination before being admitted somehow received the backing of General Assembly President Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid.  In a statement released on Wednesday, NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and International Affairs Commissioner Penny Abeywardena thanked UN diplomats ahead of time for "working with us", calling them "true New Yorkers".

This appears to be rationing motivated by politics:
Biden Administration Send Less than Half the Lifesaving Antibody Treatment Needed to Florida.  The Biden administration this week slashed the doses of lifesaving coronavirus antibody treatment to Florida, giving the state less than half of what is needed for a routine week, prioritizing "equitable distribution" — a move some suspect is a form of revenge against Republican governors whom the president vowed to get "out of the way."  The Biden administration this week began to cut the distribution of monoclonal antibodies to red states, such as Florida and Alabama, contending those states, including Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Louisiana, are comprising too big a share of the supply in recent weeks — 70 percent.

DeSantis [Will] Buy Antibodies Direct From [the] Manufacturer After Biden Tried Crippling Florida.  In a defiant move against President Joe Biden, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will be buying antibody treatments against COVID-10 directly from the manufacturer after Biden purposely slowed the supply to Florida, putting many Americans in danger.  "Just last week on September 9th, President Joe Biden said that his administration would be increasing shipments of monoclonal antibodies in September by 50%, and yet on September 13th, HHS announced that it was seizing control of the monoclonal antibody supply and that it would control distribution, and then on September 14th, the announcement was more than 50% of the monoclonal antibodies that had been used in Florida were going to be reduced," DeSantis said.

Florida's DeSantis Responds to Biden Limiting Florida COVID Therapeutics — Announces Monoclonal Antibody Purchases Directly From Glaxo Smith Kline.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded directly to the White House effort to kill Florida residents by withholding previously agreed shipments of Monoclonal Antibodies.  During a press conference earlier today, Governor DeSantis outlined the issues Florida is facing after the Biden administration instructed the federal offices of HHS to punish the successful therapy and recovery efforts of the sunshine state healthcare system.  DeSantis outlines the purchase agreement that Biden intentionally violated and also the issues created by the federal government now blocking direct purchasing of treatment from the manufacturer.

Ron DeSantis Makes Total Boss Move After Biden HHS Takes Over Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Distribution.  As we reported earlier, the Biden administration announced this week that they are effectively taking over the distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments used in the treatment of the Wuhan virus, a move that has understandably angered some southern state governors who have touted the benefits of its use in people who are in the early stages of battling the coronavirus, specifically in how it significantly reduces the chance of hospitalization. [...] DeSantis announced just a few hours ago that he was trying to work with another provider — GlaxoSmithKline — in hopes of being able to purchase the antibody treatments directly, doing an end-run around the Biden administration.

Uttar Pradesh, India Announces State Is COVID-19 Free Proving the Effectiveness of Ivermectin.  The Gateway Pundit previously reported that COVID cases are plummeting in India thanks to new rules that promote Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to its massive population.  The 33 districts in Uttar Pradesh, India have now become free from COVID-19 government informed on Friday.  The recovery rate has increased up to 98.7% proving the effectiveness of Ivermectin as part of the "Uttar Pradesh Covid Control Model."  Of course, the media won't mention that Ivermectin is being used for the treatment of COVID-19.

San Fran's Mayor Announces Indoor Mask Mandate, Gets Caught Partying Maskless at Night Club Only Days Later.  In the aftermath of California Gavin Newsom's recall election victory, the radical leftists in the state are taking off their masks.  Literally.  San Francisco's Mayor London Breed was caught on video partying like it's 2099 at a local night club on Wednesday night without wearing a mask.  [Tweet]

White House Attempts to Justify Withholding Monoclonal Antibody Treatments From Florida and Red States, Fails Miserably.  If the political parties were reversed, the entire White House press corps would be having apoplectic fits about the White House withholding COVID-19 treatments from New York or California, with endless articles written about how Donald Trump was intentionally politicizing healthcare and purposefully killing his political opposition.  Seriously, not an exaggeration; there would be no bigger scandal in the U.S. right now, and congress would be having emergency hearings with subpoenas already en route to HHS officials.  Alas, as the administration of Joe Biden steps in to take control over Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) inventories and distribution, block red states from receiving the treatment, and making grand pronouncements about controlling supply based on "equity", the White House press corps sits on their hands, except Newsmax reporter Emerald Robinson.  Watch Jennifer Psaki lie, twist, obfuscate and manipulate the discussion in an attempt to defend an indefensible position when questioned by Robinson about Biden's recent moves to punish Florida.  This is one of the most insufferably twisted answers from the podium to date.  [Video clip]

Italy mandates COVID-19 health pass for all workers.  Italy approved a measure on Thursday [9/16/2021] to require digital vaccine certificates for all workers, making it the first European country to mandate COVID-19 health passes.  The "green pass" will require employees in both public and private sectors to present a digital pass that shows proof of vaccination, a recent negative COVID-19 test, or proof of recovering from a recent infection.  The decree passed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government begins on Oct. 15 and will remain in force until the end of the year, according to Euronews.

States See Looming Monoclonal Antibody Crunch as Biden Administration Rations Doses.  Some states are set to receive fewer doses of monoclonal antibody treatments after the Biden administration switched the distribution system this week.  Demand for monoclonal antibodies, used to treat non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients, has shot up in recent weeks, leading to what some officials have described as a shortage.  The Biden administration tipped off states in early September that it was limiting distribution of the treatment before abruptly switching on Sept. 13 from letting sites directly order the doses to putting the federal government in charge of allocation to states, which can then choose where to send them.  Some state officials say they weren't notified of the change until late Sept. 13, and that pending orders with AmerisourceBergen, the primary distributor in the old model, were being closed out.

Florida landlord to evict tenants who refuse to get vaccinated.  A Florida landlord has told tenants to get vaccinated or leave the apartment building.  Jasmine Irby told The Washington Post that when she left her South Florida apartment last month, she saw a notice from the management company of the building fastened to her door.  "As of August 15th, all new tenants must show proof of vaccination before moving in ... Existing tenants must show proof of vaccination before leases are renewed," the notice said, adding that the rule also applied to employees who worked at the building.

Today's blacklisted Americans:  Any tenant not vaccinated in Florida apartment complex.  They're coming for you next:  A Florida landlord is now demanding that any future tenant show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or they will be turned away, and any present unvaccinated tenant move when their lease expires.  ["]If you're not vaccinated for COVID-19, you can forget about moving into any of eight apartment complexes in Broward and Miami-Dade counties owned by Santiago A. Alvarez and his family.  And if you're still unvaccinated when it comes time to renew your lease, you'll have to find someplace else to live.["]

How States And Communities Can Fight Back Against Biden's Covid Tyranny.  A war is coming.  I have heard it argued that this war must be avoided; that it is "exactly what the establishment wants." I disagree.  I think globalists like those at the World Economic Forum certainly want enough chaos to provide cover for the implementation of their global "Reset" agenda, but they don't want a full blown rebellion.  They only want events in which the outcome is controllable or predictable — They do not want a massive organized resistance that might surprise them.  Ultimately it doesn't matter because the war is already at our doorstep.  A person has two choices:  Fight or be enslaved.  There is no third option.  There is no walking away.  There is no hiding from it and there is no passive solution to it.  Joe Biden's recent declaration of a federal level nationwide vaccine mandate has all but ensured that conflict is inevitable.  Why?  Because it is the first major step towards a two-tier society in which the unvaxxed are cut out of the economy.  The next step?  Forced vaccinations under threat of fines and imprisonment, the threat of confiscation of one's children, or vaccination at the barrel of a gun.

Deaf Woman Terrorized by Mask-Obsessed Store Clerks After Asking to Read Their Lips.  [Shannon] Heroux is an Uber driver and went into her favorite Dunkin' Donuts store to get an iced tea in Encino, California.  When she tried to order her drink, she asked the employee to take down her mask so she could read her lips, informing her that she is deaf.  Heroux says she wears a cochlear implant but did not have it on that day and could hear nothing.  Instead of giving reasonable accommodations to Heroux, like pulling down her mask or writing down her words, the staff member continued talking behind her mask while Heroux heard nothing.

FDA Advisory Panel Rejects COVID Booster Shot for Most Americans.  An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended against approving a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to most Americans.  The scientific advisory committee voted 16-to-3 against recommending the additional shots, thwarting the Biden administration's hopes that the FDA would approve the third shot in time to begin rolling out the extra dose for Pfizer recipients next week.  However, the panel voted 18-0 in favor of recommending a booster shot for anyone over 65 or anyone who is at high risk of severe disease from COVID-19.  The vote followed a day-long debate in which a number of the panel's independent experts questioned whether the data justified a broad rollout of an additional shot to most Americans while the vaccines still appear to offer strong protection against severe COVID-19 disease and hospitalization.

Nine big cats at the National Zoo presumptively test positive for COVID-19.  Nine big cats at Smithsonian's National Zoo have presumptively tested positive for COVID-19.  The Washington, D.C., zoo on Friday announced that six African lions, a Sumatran tiger and two Amur tigers might have caught the illness and have experienced decreased appetites, coughing, sneezing and lethargy.  Fecal samples of the lions and tigers were collected and tested presumptively positive, with final results expected in the coming days.  Animal keepers are treating the cats with anti-inflammatory and anti-nausea medication as well as antibiotics for presumptive secondary bacterial pneumonia.

Menstrual Changes After COVID-19 Vaccination Should Be Actively Investigated:  Reproductive Immunologist.  The possible link between CCP virus vaccinations and menstrual changes should be investigated to clear up the doubts, a reproductive immunology lecturer from Imperial College London said.  In an editorial published on Thursday [9/16/2021] in the British Medical Journal, Dr. Victoria Male said failing to thoroughly investigate reports of menstrual changes after CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccination will likely fuel fears that the vaccines can hurt women's chances to have children.  According to the editorial, by Sept. 2 more than 30,000 cases of menstrual disorders and unexpected vaginal bleeding after vaccination had been reported in the UK to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) yellow card surveillance scheme for adverse drug reactions.  On Aug. 16, the MHRA published an update saying "the rigorous evaluation completed to date" did not support a link between changes to menstrual periods and related symptoms and CCP virus vaccines.

Biden cuts off Republican states' supply of an important COVID treatment.  From the beginning, Democrats have used COVID to gain control over Americans.  They've been uninterested in treatment and have focused entirely on locking Americans up and, now, forcing a very new, minimally-tested, and remarkably ineffective vaccine on them.  A few Republican-run states, however, have had a different approach.  They've tried to protect the vulnerable and, now that monoclonal antibody drugs seem to stop the virus in its tracks, they've been increasing citizens' access to that treatment.  Biden has responded by rationing these drugs so that the states that want them get fewer doses than citizens desire.  From the beginning of this pandemic, Democrats have furiously fought against COVID treatments.  In 2020, their ferocious hostility to potential treatments such as Hydroxychloroquine (a drug I was given without even a warning as a prophylactic against malaria when I went to Cambodia), seemed to arise from their desire to ensure that as many people as possible died on Trump's watch, helping to deny him an election victory.

Nicki Minaj Just Learned They Want Her Vote, Not Her Opinion.  Who knew that rapper Nicki Minaj would emerge as a champion for free speech and an outspoken critic of censorship?  Even stranger — Minaj found herself retweeting Tucker Carlson while Carlson championed her on his nightly show.  Strange times indeed — but alas "adversity makes strange bedfellows."  Minaj just learned rule number one of the modern illiberal party — there is zero room for liberty of thought.  Her critical error was having the audacity to question the vaccine narrative and encouraging people to make their own decisions.

What the New CDC Report on Unvaccinated Left Out.  A newly published CDC study prompted the MSM to run headlines like "New study finds unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die from Covid, CDC says," "Unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of covid-19, CDC report finds," and "Unvaccinated People Are 11 Times More Likely To Die Of COVID-19, New Research Finds."  It surely looks scary if you read only those headlines.  I was curious about what the report actually says, and doesn't say.  Below is what I found.  [#1] The purpose of the report is for propaganda:  The report admits in its Discussion section that "the data assessed from 13 jurisdictions accounted for 25% of the U.S. population, and therefore might not be generalizable."  But it still suggests that "[t]he data might be helpful in communicating the real-time impact of vaccines (e.g., persons not fully vaccinated having >10 times higher COVID-19 mortality risk) and guiding prevention strategies, such as vaccination and nonpharmacologic interventions."  No wonder the MSM outlets quickly spread this message around.

Obamacare Mutates for the Labor Market.  With the announcement this week that the Biden administration will attempt a takeover of U.S. labor markets by forcing private companies to vaccinate their employees, the limits of our Constitution are being tested before our eyes.  With 210 million Americans now vaccinated with at least one dose against COVID-19, we're seeing 300 percent of the national cases that we saw one year ago, when nobody was vaccinated.  As a public benefit, the vaccine has failed to accomplish its most vital public goal, which is neutralizing the virus.  On the contrary, it appears to have accelerated its spread and possibly its mutation.  Ignoring the questionable efficacy of the vaccines in providing public benefit, we've decided that lashing out at the remaining third of eligible individuals who haven't received the vaccine is now an appropriate response.  It makes exactly zero sense that the unvaccinated are now the greatest threat to those protected by the vaccines.  Where have the rational scientific minds gone?

Masks for waiters and servants — but not for AOC and the rest.  Lost in all the marveling at AOC's cheek and/or cheeks was that the peons at the event (which required vaccinations) were wearing masks, but the celebrities got to schmooze and kiss and hug and clink glasses without ever smearing their makeup on face masks.  Does the Delta variant care if you were once on the cover of Vogue or had a hit song?  The Party of the People just can't stop parading through places where the working stiffs Katie Couric dubbed "the great unwashed" are literally forced to hide their faces lest they exhale upon the primped and anointed. [...] However, to everyone but AOC's fans, the optics were:  Why do fancy people get to go maskless while the rest of us have to Pampers-strap our faces?  At the Met, suffering proletarian Morlocks in masks served Champagne to the elegant Eloi, took pictures wearing masks, pulled security wearing masks, even stumbled behind the royalty wearing masks so they could do things like hold up AOC's train to keep it from getting dusty.

A pandemic of the incompetent, not the unvaccinated.  First, the CDC and NIH watched the virus ravage China and did nothing.  Next, they told President Trump that it was xenophobic to stop travel from China.  Next, they told us the virus was not transmitting human to human.  Next, they changed, without reasoning, the reporting requirements for potential deaths associated with the virus to guarantee a higher death total in the U.S.  Next, they misrepresented the data for the projected death toll in America with a completely incorrect model.  Next, they told us to shut down the country for two weeks to slow the spread.  Next, they told us a vaccine in less than a year was impossible.  Next, they pushed mask mandates with no science to back them up. [...] Next, they supported crazy items like mandatory masking outdoors, no swimming in public pools, and wearing a mask in your own home.  Next, they continued to keep businesses closed past the two-month mark, and they fail to provide evidence that closing any business helped slow the spread.  Next, they started paying people extra unemployment benefits while removing all incentives to look for work.

Self-medicating for COVID with Cheap Drugs.  With the recent spate of "breakthrough cases," we're seeing the fully vaccinated getting infected with SARS-2, the novel coronavirus the world has been battling the last two years.  Since the vaccines don't always prevent infection but do lessen the severity of symptoms when they do fail, one might think of the COVID vaccines as therapeutics.  That simple observation occurred to this writer before hearing it made by Alex Berenson on the August 30 episode of Tucker Carlson's Fox News program.  If one watches the three-minute video, at the 53-second point one hears Berenson say this:  "If you look at the efficacy and duration of the vaccines, it's probably more accurate to call them therapeutics than vaccines."  A very similar statement had just gotten Mr. Berenson knocked off of Twitter.

Leaked Zoom Video Reveals Hospital Officials Discussing COVID-19 Scare Tactics.  A leaked Zoom conference reveals a doctor questioning how to increase the count of COVID-19 patient numbers on the hospital's dashboard report.  The media outlet National File said it obtained the recording from an "internal source" at the Novant Health System that includes New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.  National File posted the video on its Twitter feed on Sept. 10.  National File and other local media outlets that reported on the leak identified the people in the video as Mary Kathryn Rudyk, a physician at the medical center, who is asking Carolyn Fisher, the hospital's director of marketing, how to inflate the number of people classified as COVID-19 patients for the purpose of generating fear in the unvaccinated.  "I think we have to be more blunt, we have to be more forceful — we have to say something coming out — if you don't get vaccinated, you know you are going to die," Rudyk said in the video.  "Let's just be really blunt to these people."

Another COVID 'Fact' Turns Out To Be A Wild Exaggeration.  We keep hearing how hospitals are being overrun with COVID patients because of those dastardly unvaccinated.  This has certainly made the Delta variant look highly dangerous, helped keep people in a state of panic, and ginned up support for draconian vaccine mandates.  But is it as bad as we're being told?  Two studies suggest that all the talk of mass hospitalization from the COVID outbreak is a huge exaggeration.  Researchers found that a substantial number of those admitted to hospitals — adults and children — either have minor symptoms or were checked in for something else but happened to test positive for COVID after being admitted.  Of course, that's not the message the public is getting.

It's Starting to Seem Like the Pandemic Is a Problem the Biden Administration Doesn't Really Want to Solve.  In early August, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took the fight against the COVID-19 Delta variant to the streets.  He traveled the entire state, opening infusion centers so Floridians could receive monoclonal antibodies (MAs) as outpatients when they tested positive for the virus.  The state's surgeon general issued a blanket order that allowed patients to receive them without obtaining a physician's order.  Then DeSantis held dozens of press conferences using the slogan "Early Treatment Saves Lives" to raise awareness.  Despite communications from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and an entire web page on accessing the treatment, many Americans remained in the dark.  Most hadn't heard of Regeneron, one brand of the treatment, since President Donald Trump received an infusion in the fall of 2020. MAs received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) shortly after that.  And the NIH finally added them to the recommended treatment protocol in the late spring of 2021.

Biden Administration Takes Control of Monoclonal Antibody Drugs in Order to Block Treatments in Red States and Ration Equitable Treatment.  When Joe Biden's Health and Human Services made the announcement earlier this month that they were taking full control over Monoclonal Antibody drugs (mAb) in order to begin rationing the highly effective treatment for COVID-19 infection, several people sounded alarm bells as there was the potential for rationing of COVID treatment based on political ideology.  Representative Chip Roy of Texas was one of the first to raise concerns.  The change in HHS approach followed republican governor Ron DeSantis of Florida promoting the use of mAb and opening up dozens of treatment centers throughout his state.  Other governors quickly took notice of the effective action plan of DeSantis in Florida and started to follow that path.  As soon as HHS noticed the red state governors were working on a effective treatment alternative to the vaccine approach, HHS appears to have moved in to block it — thereby restricting the treatment pathway in order to enhance the vaccine approach.

What Travel During COVID Reveals.  The bad news is that the "turnkey totalitarianism" that observers on both the political Left and Right have been warning about for years — the ability of first world governments and their Big Tech co-conspirators to shut off civil liberties with the flip of a switch — is painfully apparent when you travel.  The government of Australia is only the most obvious example.  Overnight, Australia has gone from being one of the world's most highly rated democracies to a dystopian nightmare, with the government banning all travel not merely internationally but also between individual regions and cities.  Like the former "democratic people's republics" in the old Soviet bloc, Australia now bars its own citizens from leaving the country (whether vaccinated or COVID-free or not) and has instituted state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, similar to what East Germany's old secret police implemented, to ensure that its cowering citizens comply with orders to stay locked in their homes.  Not lost on constitutionally aware Americans is the reality that Aussies voluntarily surrendered all their weapons in 1996 following a mass shooting — and so, as the Hill recently put, "the state and federal governments well know that they have a monopoly on authority — and force."

Does the AMA Really Care About Human Life?  [Scroll down]  COVID has inexplicably made previous medical ethics and science regarding infectious disease and immunology obsolete.  Limited studies are used to definitively declare that masks, which have not previously been found to limit the spread of respiratory diseases like influenza, are now able to effectively prevent the spread of COVID.  Vaccine immunity is suddenly more valuable than natural immunity and mandatory experimental therapy is completely ethical.  Healthy COVID-positive people are quarantined because asymptomatic transmission is, without solid data, declared to be a major source of infections.  Off-label medications such as ivermectin, despite positive studies abroad, are suddenly dangerous because patients cannot determine whether to use the horse pill or the human pill.  People with minimal risk from disease should get the vaccine simply because someone says so.  Every day I receive hate emails from "authoritative" medical websites and organizations, designed to bully me into believing new facts, never defended with sound scientific data.  Recently the American Board of Family Medicine emailed a threatening and insulting form letter without any accompanying details, warning me that it is unethical to spread false information about COVID.

Vax mandate 'work-around' using OSHA not nearly as clever as they thought.  The plan to force Americans into receiving an experimental drug that acts on their RNA faced some big obstacles, including Joe Biden's promise that he wouldn't do it; decades of Democrats' rhetoric over "my body, my choice"; and the CDC's admission that it lacks the power to do so.  But Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain, seems to think of himself as a pretty smart fellow, a guy who gets things done.  Maybe that's why he exulted over the approach the administration is taking to force Americans to inject the experimental gene therapy into their bodies. [...] "Work-around" has such a nice bureaucratic insider ring to it.  It bespeaks a command of the intricacies of government, the details of rules, regulations, and precedents, and a mastery of the incredibly complex organization.  But it turns out that "working around" by piling responsibilities on OSHA (The Occupational Safety and Health Administration), part of the Department of Labor, overlooked a small problem:  OSHA is incapable of handling the responsibility.

Why is Biden so angry about unvaccinated people?  The current White House occupant is using the bully pulpit of the presidency and the might of the federal bureaucracy to try to put fear into all Americans.  This appears to me to be in response to Americans challenging the false narratives, putting fear aside, and thinking for themselves.  Biden is upset not just because we are unvaccinated.  He seems more upset that despite a relentless eighteen months of fear porn, suppression of all items of hope, etc., people are not trusting the (incompetent) leadership.  We are not afraid for ourselves.  We want the "at risk" to get the vaccine.  We want anyone who is afraid to get the vaccine.  But for those of us who are low-risk and know there are treatment options, we are making a choice.  By making that choice, we are demonstrating that we are not afraid of the virus.

Colorado teachers could be imprisoned for ignoring mask mandates.  Brian Ewert, the superintendent of Littleton (Colorado) Public Schools, recently informed his school board that they could be held criminally liable for not enforcing the mask mandate.  He did so because Colorado's Tri-County Health says that if educators don't enforce its mask mandate, they will be subject to a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a $5,000 fine.  Yes, teachers and administrators could be charged, arrested, prosecuted, and jailed if they don't wear masks themselves in school, and if they fail to force their students to wear them, too.

Biden Administration Takes Control of Monoclonal Antibody Drugs in Order to Block Treatments in Red States and Ration Equitable Treatment.  When Joe Biden's Health and Human Services made the announcement earlier this month that they were taking full control over Monoclonal Antibody drugs (mAb) in order to begin rationing the highly effective treatment for COVID-19 infection, several people sounded alarm bells as there was the potential for rationing of COVID treatment based on political ideology.  Representative Chip Roy of Texas was one of the first to raise concerns.  The change in HHS approach followed republican governor Ron DeSantis of Florida promoting the use of mAb and opening up dozens of treatment centers throughout his state.  Other governors quickly took notice of the effective action plan of DeSantis in Florida and started to follow that path.  As soon as HHS noticed the red state governors were working on a effective treatment alternative to the vaccine approach, HHS appears to have moved in to block it — thereby restricting the treatment pathway in order to enhance the vaccine approach.

If Government Concern for Your Health was Real (and not Political)....  Many Americans wonder why there is such a shove to get everyone "vaccinated" against COVID with something that is not actually a vaccine at all.  The CDC just admitted as much.  The COVID "vaccine" does not provide immunity; it will merely "produce protection" — and you can still get the virus, and you can still pass it on.  The CDC even changed their definition of "vaccine" to accommodate a nifty Stalinesque re-pack of the word and an Orwellian twist of "truth."  As to government's "concern" for us, well, if it's real, why is there no mandate that men shave their beards?  Expecting a mask on top of a beard to guard against a microvirus is like putting a Band-Aid on a Brillo pad, pouring water on it, and expecting none to get through.  Mandates are not for health; they're for coercion and reinforcement to the idea that government knows best and you should obey.

FDA-Approved Prescription Drugs Later Pulled from the Market.  Below are the 35 drugs we could find that have been recalled from the US market since the 1970s, some that had been in use since the 1930s.  A sample of advertisements for only some of the drugs are included because there is a scarcity of ads for withdrawn drugs online due to manufacturers removing ads for withdrawn drugs as part of the agreement to no longer market the drugs.  According to the FDA, a "drug is removed from the market when its risks outweigh its benefits.  A drug is usually taken off the market because of safety issues with the drug that cannot be corrected, such as when it is discovered that the drug can cause serious side effects that were not known at the time of approval."

Reason to Fear a Vaccine Mandate.  Growing up Jewish in a small town in the north of Quebec under the sway of an ultramontane clergy, I know what it is to be publicly mocked, prohibited as an undesirable from entering certain local establishments, and fighting my way out of ambushes when walking to school. [...] Now, as a member of the tribe of the unvaccinated, I sense once again that primal fear of exclusion and imminent violence.  As I wrote in an earlier article for PJ Media, my wife and I are under virtual house arrest, prevented from crossing our provincial borders, forbidden to attend a wide range of public activities and venues, including movie theaters, plays, sporting events, gyms, swimming pools, night clubs, concerts, conferences, and university seminars, or to dine in restaurants.  I am back in the Quebec of my youth.

It's Time to Fight.  Using four of our own civilian airliners against us, the 9/11 hijackers were able to cause us great, but temporary harm.  Our response to those attacks — I'm speaking here of the so-called PATRIOT Act, forever wars, and our own intel agencies, weaponized against us — have hurt us far more than any hijacker ever could.  All that was just in the first ten years.  Since then, social media giants have gained a stranglehold on internet traffic — and which voices will be allowed to be heard.  Worse, Big Tech is working hand-in-hand with Washington to foster neverending COVID panic.  Their goal is to make the American people willing to accept a permanent curtailment of our liberties.

Los Angeles County to require vaccination proof at bars, large events.  Los Angeles County will require customers and workers at indoor bars and nightclubs to be vaccinated against Covid-19 starting next month, health officials said Wednesday [9/15/2021].  The rules for the nation's most populous county will start Oct. 7, the county health department said about the order to be issued this week.  Customers and employees at bars, wineries, breweries, nightclubs and lounges will have to have at least one vaccine dose by Oct. 7 and both doses by Nov. 4.  It does not apply to indoor restaurants but is recommended.  At outdoor events of more than 10,000 people, attendees will have to verify vaccination or a recent negative Covid-19 test, the department said.

Consume and cover!  Harvard instructs students on how to eat and drink with masks.  Harvard University, the home of people with high SAT scores, seems to think its elite students need some tutelage in table manners especially since everyone there must mask up even in the cafeteria/dining hall.  Face masks are required within indoor settings on campus, the "safe-behavior" recommendations from Dr. Giang T. Nguyen, Harvard's health services executive director, include the quick-sip rule and consume and cover, which could give a new meaning to dine and dash.  Eating slowly, which is often good for digestion, seemingly means that students have to fiddle with their masks the entire time, pursuant to Harvard's protocol.

Why the Biden COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate is Unconstitutional.  On September 9, President Biden announced he would circumvent the democratic process, ordering the Secretary of the Department of Labor to require employers with over 100 workers to "ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated or show a negative test at least once a week."  This was essential, as Biden said, "to protect vaccinated workers from unvaccinated workers."  As we have explained, the Secretary of Labor will issue these regulations through OSHA by way of an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS).  The ETS would allow the Secretary of Labor to issue the vaccine mandate without the normal administrative rulemaking requirements (like notice and public comment periods).  While the Biden Administration tells the public that there's no time to waste in issuing the mandate, the truth is that OSHA/Labor failed to argue the necessity of a vaccine mandate since the vaccines have been available [for] a time period approaching one year.

The Masking of the Servant Class:  Ugly COVID Images From the Met Gala Are Now Commonplace.  From the start of the pandemic, political elites have been repeatedly caught exempting themselves from the restrictive rules they impose on the lives of those over whom they rule.  Governors, mayors, ministers and Speakers of the House have been filmed violating their own COVID protocols in order to dine with their closest lobbyist-friends, enjoy a coddled hair styling in chic salons, or unwind after signing new lockdown and quarantine orders by sneaking away for a weekend getaway with the family. [...] But as is so often the case, the most disturbing aspects of elite behavior are found not in what they have prohibited but rather in what they have decided is permissible.  When it comes to mask mandates, it is now commonplace to see two distinct classes of people:  those who remain maskless as they are served, and those they employ as their servants who must have their faces covered at all times.  Prior to the COVID pandemic, it was difficult to imagine how the enormous chasm between the lives of cultural and political elites and everyone else could be made any larger, yet the pandemic generated a new form of crude cultural segregation:  a series of protocols which ensure that maskless elites need not ever cast eyes upon the faces of their servant class.

Something Else [is] Missing.  On September 9th, President Joe Biden made the announcement that all employers with more than 100 employees would be required to enforce a worker vaccine mandate. [...] Almost a week later, and that's the sum total of everything about the biggest economic and workforce disruption in the history of the nation.  That one paragraph posted on September 10th.  Why is this important?  Well, the U.S. Department of Labor website has ZERO mentions of this national mandate.  ZERO, nothing, nada, zilch.  Looking at the OSHA COVID information portal, used by employers and legal execs, will show you the exact same result.  Nothing.  Notice there's no date for DoL or OSHA delivery of any employer guidance or details.  Nothing.  Think about this.  This is the largest nationwide change to employment eligibility requirement in U.S. history.  Nothing else is even close; and yet, if you didn't watch the Biden announcement or read the media discussion about the Biden announcement, you wouldn't be able to find a single detail about it — anywhere.  This is not normal; not even close to normal, even for the federal government.

Data shows increase of vaccinated people among hospitalized Marylanders.  While state data shows the vast majority of Marylanders currently hospitalized with COVID-19 are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, the percentage of people fully vaccinated is ticking upward.  Infections, illness and hospitalizations are increasing rapidly among fully vaccinated people, according to data from the Maryland Department of Health and new research.  Some experts said it's time to reframe thinking that the vaccine likely won't prevent you from ever getting sick, but it will probably keep you out of the hospital and almost certainly prevent you from dying.  "It's scary, very scary.  You think you're safe, but you're not," said Deborah Hernandez, of Baltimore County.  Hernandez got her second dose of the Moderna vaccine in the beginning of February.  Seven months later, she got COVID-19.

Cover-up:  Why the 'experts' want to eliminate the COVID control group.  Over the course of the last 18 months, our ruling class and their go-to "pubilc health experts" have uncloaked themselves as nothing more than power-hungry charlatans who believe that they have something resembling a God-given right to manage and control entire populations of people.  They've done nothing but add more problems to our lives on top of a virus problem, and they'd prefer that you never find out about the damage done to humanity by putting faith in this class of "experts."  Their "War on COVID-19" isn't going so well, and there's a massive, ongoing cover-up operation being waged by the "elites," with the goal of eliminating contradictory information that shines a light on their 18 months of incompetence, neglect, and deception.  And when evaluating the success of their endorsed COVID-19 policy measures, our "expert" class in government, academia, the media, and elsewhere never want to talk about countries and areas that took a laissez-faire approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, and ended up having the same, if not better outcomes than countries that observed all of their "expert" advice to a tee.  Through a variety of nation states and free states in the United States, the COVID control group proved, without a shadow of a doubt, that lockdowns, masks, and other "public health expert"-endorsed measures to "stop the spread" did not work whatsoever.  In fact, these policies overwhelmingly caused incalculable residual harm.

New Study:  Nearly Half Of 2021 COVID Hospitalizations Weren't For Severe Cases.  A newly released study has found that nearly half of those hospitalized for COVID-19 in 2021 may have been admitted for another reason entirely, or were mild or asymptomatic for the respiratory virus.  Conducted by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Tufts Medical Center, and the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, the yet-to-be peer-reviewed analysis examined electronic records for nearly 50,000 COVID hospital admissions at more than 100 VA hospitals across the country.  According to The Atlantic, researchers "checked to see whether each patient required supplemental oxygen or had a blood oxygen level below 94 percent" and if "either of these conditions was met, the authors classified that patient as having moderate to severe disease; otherwise, the case was considered mild or asymptomatic."

California sheriff refuses to enforce vaccine mandate, says government lacks 'authority'.  A California sheriff said he will not enforce any vaccine mandate on employees of his department, citing the government having "no authority to mandate your health choices."  "Over the past couple of weeks, the idea of forced vaccination has caused much concern across the entire country," Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said in a statement released Monday.  "I will not enforce the vaccine mandate on Sheriff's Department employees."  "The government has no ability and no authority to mandate your health choices," he said.  "As your sheriff, I have an obligation to guard your liberty and freedom."

The Massive Political Risk for Biden and the Democrats With Vaccine Mandates.  When he was elected, Joe Biden was seen by his supporters as a seasoned professional politician, someone who knew Washington, knew how government worked, and knew Congress well enough to break the logjam on the Hill and get things done.  At least, that's how Biden was sold to the American public.  Not surprisingly, that's not the way things have worked out.  Biden has made a bunch of rookie mistakes — unforced errors on the economy, Afghanistan, and now vaccine mandates — that threaten to derail his party and presidency and bury the Democrats in a Republican landslide in 2022.  Josh Kraushaar, National Journal Daily's Senior National Political Columnist, believes that a lack of internal dissent in the White House has resulted in a political operation caught flat-footed when their rosy scenarios on the economy and the pandemic failed to materialize.

Arizona AG Mark Brnovich:  "Today, We Have Filed The First Lawsuit In The Nation Against The Unconstitutional Mandates".  Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is leading the nation as the first to step up and sue the Biden Regime over the unconstitutional vaccine mandate.  The Gateway Pundit reported on the draconian vaccine mandate that Biden has placed on private businesses throughout America.  Arizona is leading the way once again in standing up to the Federal government with a lawsuit from Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office.

After admin saw the vaccine failing, they decided to go with medical tyranny.  The Biden administration decided to mandate vaccines for Americans despite relying on the Israel data which shows the Pfizer vaccine's ability to prevent severe disease and hospitalization is waning over time.  The White House is not following the science.  Remarkably, the US CDC is doing little in the way of effective research and data collection.  As a result, the White House is relying on Israel data to come up with its mandates.  A story in Politico reports that the White House, the CDC, and the FDA used the Israel data to conclude the boosters should begin this fall.  This would be despite a good deal of disagreement.  "The U.S. continues to struggle to collect and analyze reliable Covid-19 data because the federal government has long neglected the country's public health infrastructure," Politico reports.  That is stunning given their enormous budget of over $8 billion.

A new study suggests that almost half of those hospitalized with COVID-19 have mild or asymptomatic cases.  The federal government requires hospitals to report every patient who tests positive for COVID, yet the overall tallies of COVID hospitalizations, made available on various state and federal dashboards and widely reported on by the media, do not differentiate based on severity of illness.  Some patients need extensive medical intervention, such as getting intubated.  Others require supplemental oxygen or administration of the steroid dexamethasone.  But there are many COVID patients in the hospital with fairly mild symptoms, too, who have been admitted for further observation on account of their comorbidities, or because they reported feeling short of breath.  Another portion of the patients in this tally are in the hospital for something unrelated to COVID, and discovered that they were infected only because they were tested upon admission.

Federal Judge blocks New York state vaccine mandate for health care workers.  On Tuesday [9/14/2021], a Clinton-appointed federal judge granted an emergency injunction preventing the state of New York from enforcing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for its healthcare workers.  Former Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the healthcare worker vaccine mandate on August 16 prompting more than a dozen healthcare professionals to request a court enjoinder.  The mandate requires hospitals staff and employees of long-term care facilities to be vaccinated in order to remain employed.  The suit argues that medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, and medical technicians face losing their careers and livelihoods if they refuse to receive a vaccine that contradicts their religious beliefs.  According to the suit, the religious beliefs of the 17 medical professionals compel them to "refuse vaccination with the available Covid-19 vaccines, all of which employ aborted fetus cell lines in their testing, development, or production."

Texas county challenges DHS with ban on transporting migrants who lack negative COVID-19 test.  A Texas county declared a state of disaster Monday over illegal immigrants and COVID-19 exposure and adopted a policy barring them from being transported into or through the jurisdiction until they've gotten a new test showing they're free of the coronavirus.  Kinney County, which includes a sliver of the Mexican border along the Rio Grande, but serves as a key transit route for migrants being taken to San Antonio, said it has determined unvaccinated and untested illegal immigrants are a real threat to public health.  The county said it doesn't have the facilities to handle a major outbreak.  Under the policy, law enforcement officers are ordered to stop and inspect vehicles believed to be carrying illegal immigrants.  Any occupant who cannot show a negative COVID-19 test form within the last 72 hours will be ushered back outside the county's borders.

Because They Are Evil.  The only way to explain what is coming from the placeholder at the White House and the Deep State elites is that they are just evil.  They are doing what they're doing because they are evil.  No other answer makes sense.
  •   Why would Biden declare a federal vaccine mandate for every American even though two previous Supreme Court decisions says his federal vaccine mandate is unconstitutional? [...]
  •   Why would Biden declare that all Americans must be vaccinated but illegal immigrants crossing our border illegally do not have to be vaccinated? [...]
  •   Why would the Biden administration demand that all Americans be vaccinated, regardless of whether they have already acquired natural immunity since they have already had COVID? [...]
  •   Why would the Biden administration declare a national vaccine mandate for all Americans, but exempt all of Congress, all the congressional aides, the postal service, the federal justice system, and the Supreme Court? [...]
  •   Why does Fauci continue to demand vaccinations for all, even including all K-12 students, when he knows the individuals that have had COVID are better naturally immunized than if they "take the jab"? [...]
  •   Why would Biden, the CDC, Fauci, and the Deep State be more angry at American citizens who refuse to take the experimental vaccine rather than focus their anger and retribution on China; the country that actually gave us COVID?

Why Did the Staff at the Met Wear Masks, While the Celebrities Went Without?  The photographs from last night's event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City show a host of celebrities — including New York Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Carolyn Maloney — enjoying themselves without masks while the staff that are waiting on them are all masked up.  Why?  Guests at the event were obliged to be vaccinated.  But so, per New York City rules, were the staff. [...] Why, then, did the staff have to wear masks while the celebrities did not?  It can't be because, unlike the celebrities, the staff were unvaccinated.  And it can't be because, even though everyone was vaccinated, there's still a risk of transmission and infection, because that risk would apply equally to the celebrities as it would to the staff.  Is the science different for famous people, perhaps?

Dems' worst nightmare:  BLM and MAGA activists jointly demonstrate against vax mandates.  According to a Twitter feed from Leeroy Johnson, a group of MAGA and BLM activists joined together to demonstrate outside the Manhattan home of New York State Assembly member Linda Rosenthal, who is sponsoring a bill to make Covid vaccinations mandatory.  Johnson identified himself as an "independent photographer" and says that he takes no sides.  Here is his tweet with film of the smallish demonstrations, followed by MAGA and BLM activists identifying themselves and speaking of their joint effort:  [Tweet]  The suspicion many African Americans have toward the medical establishment has strong roots in the Tuskegee medical experiment atrocity in which African Americans were left untreated so that disease progress could be studied — in essence dehumanizing them and treating them as lab animals.

There's something vitally important missing from the Pfizer vax approval.  [Scroll down]  Today, dozens of online "review" websites cover everything from light bulbs to fishing lures to bottled water to healthcare providers — and everything in between.  While it's not necessary to start crowdsourcing reviews of pharmaceuticals for the general public, we do need external reviews by independent non-FDA clinical scientists to inform consumers about the medicines they receive, including vaccines.  Physicians and pharmacists should not be expected to blindly recommend and administer COVID vaccines to their patients without first personally reviewing and being comfortable with available efficacy and safety information.  They should not act simply because the White House instructs them to do so.

Don't freak out about hospitals filled with COVID patients.  One of the biggest stories in the media concerns hospitals filled to overflowing with COVID patients.  However, as an article in The Atlantic (of all places!) informs us, these numbers are misleading. [...] The biggest story is that of a 73-year-old Alabama man who purportedly died from a treatable heart attack after dozens of hospitals across a three-state region turned him away owing to the fact that their ICUs were overflowing with COVID patients.  I say purportedly out of caution because there's almost no confirming evidence other than the family's say-so. [...] [W]e also know that hospital staffers, especially nurses, are quitting in droves because they refuse to comply with their hospitals' "get vaccinated or get fired" mandates.  That means that the man could have been rejected from several hospitals not because the beds were full but because the staffing rosters were empty.

Pregnant Woman Is Forced To Vaccinate Before Giving Birth, Baby Is Born With Neurological Issues.  The aunt of the woman who gave birth to this baby with neurological issues wrote that the mother was forced to be vaccinated 8 months into her pregnancy or they would not allow her into the operating room to give her a cesarian.  The mother was asked to get vaccinated for months by the hospital but at the 8th month, they put the hammer down and required it or she would not get the proper care.  [Video clip]

Fully Vaccinated New Orleans Saints Staff Test Covid Positive.  The NFL has gone to great lengths — some players argue extreme lengths — to make life difficult for the unvaccinated.  And in making its case for being vaccinated the league has said the positive Covid-19 incidence rate among unvaccinated players is seven times greater than vaccinated. [...] Consider the New Orleans Saints.  Six coaches and a staff nutritionist tested positive for Covid-19 within the last 36 hours, OutKick.com has confirmed.  All of them (or 100 percent per most calculators) were fully vaccinated.  And the point here is not to celebrate that vaccinated people also test positive or get sick.  Never that.  The point is to question the league's narrative that unvaccinated people are a major problem and the root cause of outbreaks.  Because the Saints coaching staff has an outbreak and none are unvaccinated.

States Gear Up for Legal Fight Over Vaccine Mandate.  Nearly all Republican-led states have voiced opposition to the vaccine mandate announced by President Joe Biden last week.  Many of them have vowed to fight the mandate in court, but held back on voicing specific legal strategies as details of the Biden administration's policy remain unknown.  The mandate would require businesses with more than 100 employees to have staff either vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly for the disease.  It would be put in place through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), according to Biden.  Governors and attorneys general in at least 27 states, all Republicans, made comments in opposition to the mandate.  They all generally support vaccinations and some of them even support vaccine mandates in private businesses.  However, they largely oppose the notion that businesses should be forced to require vaccination, especially by the federal government.

NCAA Golfer Ends Up In The Hospital With Myocarditis Days After Second Jab, Goes After Biden Over Vax Tyranny.  John Stokes was a more than healthy student and Division I athlete from Tennessee State University.  That is, he was until his second shot of Pfizer.  "I got the second Covid shot Tuesday and within four days I had been diagnosed with myocarditis," he said.  "And I was told I probably won't be able to play my senior season now."  [Video clip]

A Nurse Records Hospital Officials Attempting to Eject Her After She Refused to Take the Vaccine.  Wow.  Nurses moved from "heroes" to "villains" so rapidly because they refused to take the vaccine.  Instead of honoring these ladies and men for their sacrifices, Joe Biden is condemning them, liberals are suddenly hating them, and hospitals are physically evicting them.

Australian Media Outlet Discovers Those In Hospital With COVID In News Report Are Crisis Actors.  Media Watch, a TV program on ABC Australia uncovered a scandal across several news reports featuring reportedly 'sick' patients with COVID in the hospitals.  Turns out, they are all crisis actors!  Paul Barry reported on Ramona, one of 700 COVID patients hospitalised in Australia at the end of last month.  Who, along with two others in Sydney's Concord Hospital, was keen to warn people of the dangers of COVID by sharing heartbreaking stories about the illness from their hospital beds: [...] Footage of those patients, identified only by their first names, was recorded by Dr Lucy Morgan and released by New South Wales Health.  And it made it onto all the major networks including ABC News, Ten News First and Seven News.  [Video clip]

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[#1] There are several clues in the video clips of these purported Covid patients:  They're all young, attractive, clean, and articulate.  They look like soap opera actors.  Actual hospital patients who are seriously ill don't look so good.  They're usually tired, wrinkled and pale, they have weak, raspy voices, haven't had a shower in several days, and they're hooked up to a bunch of wires and hoses.  [#2] If multiple news outlets used this footage without questioning its authenticity, they're either incompetent dupes, or they're complicit in this government propaganda campaign.

I will never trust another doctor.  In private conversations with people they trust, American citizens are heaping contempt on doctors for forcing a narrative on us that had no basis in science.  Many of us, perhaps even the majority, immediately recognized this virus for what it is — a common flu virus maybe engineered to be more contagious if not more fatal but hardly differing substantially from other influenza strains.  We have lived with seasonal flu all our lives.  We saw no reason to fear it until the medical community, and Anthony Fauci specifically, started telling lies.  And once the lies started, they never stopped. [...] How do doctors and nurses reclaim the trust of patients?  Is that even possible now?  Because in the cold light of day it looks like they were either stupid or malevolent.  Given that they're supposed to be educated people, malevolent appears to be the more likely.  And that is terrifying, when you consider they now want to inject every last one of us with an unproven substance that may be causing more illness than the virus itself and they are willing to destroy our lives and job to make that happen.  Was this the goal all along?

They Want You to Hate Each Other.  Everything Joe Biden and his team are doing right now depends on the American people despising one another. [...] All they can do is distract from failure with oppression, hoping as they do that oppression will find grateful welcome among those whom they are not currently characterizing as subhuman undesirables.  And so they need us to hate each other.  This was the gamble Biden made with his venomous speech last Thursday [9/9/2021], when he announced his intention to conscript business owners and make them bully hesitant workers into being vaccinated against COVID-19.  This obscene decree was accompanied by a harangue against "the unvaccinated."  "We've been patient, but our patience is wearing thin," the President spat at tens of millions of American citizens, as if he were their governess and not their employee.  "We're going to protect vaccinated workers from unvaccinated co-workers."  Never mind that this statement is practically an advertisement against the effectiveness of the vaccine.  It is above all an invitation to pure spite.

The Red Cross Announces The Vaccinated Can't Give Blood Because Their Blood Have Been Stripped Of Antibodies.  [Transcript:]  "COVID-19 vaccine, you're going to want to listen to this.  The Red Cross says anyone who has received their COVID-19 vaccine cannot donate convalescent plasma to help other COVID-19 patients in hospitals.  That plasma is made up of antibodies from people who have recovered from the virus but the vaccine wipes out those antibodies making the convalescent plasma ineffective and treating other COVID-19 patients."  [Video clip]

Hot Mic Catches Israeli Health Ministry Saying Passports Have No Basis in Science, It's Just Intimidation To Get Vaccinated.  [Tweet with video clip.]

Whirlpool will pay workers $1,000 to get vaccinated.  Whirlpool is offering to pay workers $1,000 to get vaccinated against Covid-19.  The new vaccine incentive, confirmed by Whirlpool to CNN, underscores how Corporate America is trying to win over vaccine-hesitant workers.  The vaccine bonus comes as the Biden administration prepares an emergency rule that will require large companies, like Whirlpool, to ensure their entire workforce is vaccinated or subject unvaccinated staff to weekly testing.  Biden officials say companies that don't comply could face fines of up to $14,000 per violation.

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If the disease is extraordinarily bad, as the government claims, and the "vaccine" is really good (ditto), why is it necessary to offer substantial monetary incentives?

Lara Logan:  Biden Regime Ordered OSHA 'To Start Hiding Information From the Public to Promote the COVID Vaccine'.  How can you tell when there's a conspiracy afoot?  Government agencies start making changes to long-standing common sense protocols in order to promote a narrative or push an agenda.  Such is the case of the Biden regime's handling adverse reaction reports pertaining to the so-called Covid-19 "vaccines."  [Video clip]

Gov: 'I had no idea anyone alive could wreck this country as fast as Joe Biden is'.  One of the governors who has confirmed plans to fight President Biden's nationwide COVID-19 shots mandate — an order that apparently covers some 80 million people — also delivered a devastating assessment of the Democrat in the Oval Office.  "I had no idea anyone alive could wreck this country as fast as Joe Biden is," said Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota.  Her comments came as she discussed the plans she and others have to challenge Biden's mandate that employers with more than 100 workers require all of them to take the experimental COVID-19 vaccines.  The Biden order comes as there are new variants to COVID-19 being detected, and in some locations the infection rates are surging again.

Michigan Hospital System Says Workers With COVID-19 Natural Immunity Don't Need Vaccine.  Workers at Michigan-based Spectrum Health can avoid the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate if they can prove they have natural immunity to the virus.  "While we still recommend vaccination for people with prior COVID-19 infection, according to this new research, there is increasing evidence that natural infection affords protection from COVID-19 reinfection and severe symptoms for a period of time," Spectrum said in a statement, according to local media.  "Current studies are not clear on how long natural immunity protects from reinfection."  Under the hospital policy, workers will have to submit to an antibody test to prove they're immune.  Natural immunity, meaning that a person has contracted COVID-19 and recovered, is rarely discussed in national conversations about vaccines, although some studies have shown that individuals who were previously infected have displayed significant resistance to the virus.

Natural Immunity [is] Longer Lasting Than Protection From COVID-19 Vaccines:  Dr. Robert Malone.  The immunity conferred by recovering from COVID-19 is better than the protection afforded by COVID-19 vaccines, a prominent vaccine inventor says, citing in part a recent study from Israel.  Israeli researchers found that people in the country vaccinated with Pfizer's COVID-19 shot were 13 times more likely to contract the Delta variant of the CCP virus and 27 times more at risk of symptomatic disease, compared to those who had recovered from COVID-19.  "It's now been shown in that paper and others that the breadth of that immune response in terms of T and B cell memory populations is more diverse and more long-lasting than the breadth of immune response elicited by the spike-based vaccines alone," Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of the class of vaccines based on messenger RNA, said on Epoch TV's "American Thought Leaders" program.

San Diego Could Lose Half Their Police Force From Vaccine Mandate, 45 Percent Are Willing to Be Fired.  A rather remarkable situation in San Diego that we could see play out in the rest of the nation.  The police union, The San Diego Police Officers Association (SDPOA), asked their members about the vaccination mandate.  65 percent of the respondents said they would consider quitting the force if the city were to impose a requirement.  However, an alarming 45 percent said they would rather be fired than comply with the mandate.  The SDPOA has 1,971 members.  According to the San Diego Union Tribune, half of those officers are not vaccinated.  If that half of the entire police department were to be fired for non-compliance with the vaccine mandate, the city of San Diego would be in a really sketchy place.  The city has a deadline for compliance on November 2nd.

Soaring through the roof:  Vaccine deaths skyrocket.  The U.S. government database that keeps track of deaths from vaccine side effects has exploded by 10-fold since the advent of COVID-19, and the experimental vaccines that have been developed in response.  The Beltway Report revealed there are about 1,400 deaths reported to the system each year, among the thousands of reports of adverse events from vaccines.  The report explained the Virus Adverse Event Report System gets more than 60,000 reports each year, including 1,400 deaths that are documented on average.  But since COVID was unleashed on the world, "there have been 14,701 deaths reported," the report said.

Members of Congress [are] exempt from Biden's vaccine mandate, [but] average Americans [are] expected to comply.  There is one sure way to get around President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate:  Be part of either the legislative or judicial branches of the federal government.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said the mandate does not apply to members of the House, according to Newsweek.  "She's saying she cannot force Members to be vaccinated, which is true," a statement from Pelosi's office said.  The New York Times reported that the vaccine edict issued by Biden does not apply to the federal court system either.  The vaccine mandate has triggered howls of protest.  Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York said Biden exceeded his executive authority with the mandate, which relies upon a liberal interpretation of the rule-making powers of the Department of Labor.

The Jab May Have Some Really Concerning Side Effects For Our Young Men.  FDA approved?  They rushed this vaccine, and now everyone is beginning to see the disastrous effects of forcing and coercing people into taking experimental medicine.  Pfizer has been sued more times than anyone can count, and they currently hold the record for the biggest criminal fine in history for medical fraud.  Concerning data continues to pour in, and according to a recent study, teenage boys are more likely to suffer from heart inflammation due to taking the C-19 vaccine than had they simply contracted Covid-19.

CDC Director:  Agencies Urgently Working on COVID-19 Vaccine for Younger Children.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky says the federal health agency is working quickly on a COVID-19 vaccine for younger children between the ages of 5 and 11.  "We're waiting for the companies to submit the data to the FDA, we're anticipating that will happen in the fall," she told the "Today Show" on Sept. 13.  "We will look at that data from the FDA, from the CDC, with the urgency that we all feel for getting our kids vaccinated and we're hoping by the end of the year."  Her comments contrast with health advisory panels in several other countries, including the United Kingdom, that haven't recommended COVID-19 shots for children aged 5 to 11.  In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency authorization to vaccinate children aged 12 to 17.

Another Study Shows Hospitalization Numbers of COVID Patients in U.S. are Overinflated.  Interesting data on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) being released and discussed today [9/13/2021].  The first is the release of a study indicating that half of all recorded hospitalization cases for COVID-19 are incorrectly being interpreted.  The study of 50,000 VA patients recorded as hospitalized and testing positive for COVID-19, reflects that roughly half of the patients recorded on the dashboard were admitted to the hospital for some other, unrelated, reason and incidentally tested positive for the virus upon admission.  They arrived for treatment for something else, were tested and recorded for COVID, but the treatment was not for any COVID-19 related issue.  An earlier study in May, using the charts of hospitalized pediatric patients found roughly the same thing; 40 to 45 percent of the patients recorded as COVID hospitalizations, when in reality they were in the hospital for something unrelated to COVID.

My university forced students to get vaccinated, then moved some classes online.  After a year of online learning, I, like many other students, thought there would finally be a full return to in-person learning.  My university, DePaul, told students that everyone would have to be vaccinated to attend in-person classes.  Though I chose to take the vaccine before the mandate, many of my peers followed what the university said, despite any misgivings they might have had about getting vaccinated.  People who have chosen not to get vaccinated were warned they could lose financial aid and would be dropped from classes.  But even people who did take the vaccine are finding their classes moved online — and the return to normal seems still so far away.  This despite the low rate of COVID infections in the past month — the highest number of weekly infections of students is 18 cases.

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Elizabeth Warren asks Amazon to suppress books with COVID-19 'misinformation'.  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy demanding that Amazon use its algorithm to throttle the sale of books she characterized as spreading "COVID-19 misinformation."  After pulling up search results on Amazon for various COVID-19 and vaccine-related terms, Warren's team claimed many of the books that came up were "based on falsehoods about COVID-19 vaccines and cures, including those written by the most prominent spreaders of misinformation."  "This pattern and practice of misbehavior suggests that Amazon is either unwilling or unable to modify its business practices to prevent the spread of falsehoods or the sale of inappropriate products — an unethical, unacceptable, and potentially unlawful course of action from one of the nation's largest retailers," Warren wrote in the letter.  "At a time when every step towards ending the pandemic could save countless lives, misinformation poses a substantial obstacle."

In Australia, vaccines are not necessarily about your health.  COVID-19 is here to stay.  That being the case, it would make sense to focus on treatment options as well as on vaccines.  However, treatment options do not empower governments, and repurposing old drugs do not enrich pharmaceutical companies.  Perhaps that's why the Australian [federal] government has banned doctors from prescribing Ivermectin, which appears to be a useful treatment when given early enough to someone with COVID. [...] Why is Ivermectin being demonized when it's long been deemed a miracle drug that's safe for certain conditions?  Indeed, the CDC itself insists that immigrants with parasites must take to keep those parasites out of the American population.  Australia, the various state and national governments of which have gone full fascist in response to COVID, may just have given the game away.  Its Health Department has now banned physicians from prescribing Ivermectin for anything other than parasites.  The basis for the ban isn't that the drug is inherently dangerous, although the Australian health department notes people are taking doses that are too large.  Instead, Australia's Health Department is worried that, if people can get treated fairly painlessly for COVID and then end up with natural immunity, the vaccine will seem unnecessary.  We can't have that.

Joe Biden's mandate has nothing to do with actual vaccines.  In his recent speech on his six-step COVID plan, Joe Biden spoke like a dictator, not like a supposedly elected president.  What should be our response?  First, let us examine the facts before us with respect to COVID-19 and the vaccines.  Can we eliminate SARS-CoV-2?  No vaccine has ever stopped a coronavirus, despite various efforts to do so over the past several decades, and this one will not be stopped, either.  Several coronaviruses are endemic in the human population, and it is virtually certain that SARS-CoV-2 has now joined that number. [...] What about the vaccines?  What should we call an immunization that does not make anyone immune?  The so-called vaccines do not prevent infection or transmission, and it is increasingly becoming obvious that they do not completely prevent hospitalization or death.  An injection that does not prevent infection but only limits the severity of symptoms is a treatment, not a vaccine, and it is now known that this type of treatment has, at best, only a temporary effect measured in months. [...] A person without symptoms is not sick.  Imposing restrictions and mandates on asymptomatic persons who are healthy, rather than limiting them to sick or immunocompromised people, stands the entire field of medicine on its head. [...] What are the long-term effects of the vaccines?  There has been no study of long-term effects because there has not been a long term yet.

If your employer demands you vaccinate, don't quit.  There is a news report that the Lewis County General Hospital in upstate New York will stop delivering babies after September 24.  This is because too many maternity unit workers have resigned over the COVID vaccination mandate.  The hospital's chief executive officer, Gerald Cayer, said 165 hospital employees have yet to be vaccinated and that they make 27% of the hospital's total work force.  Stories like this are (or will be) repeated all across the country.  And it will not just be hospitals that will be [affected].  Any company ordering vaccination faces a similar labor problem.  As it is, many businesses are having trouble finding workers.  Resistance to the vaccine mandates will make this worse.  Parts of the economy could grind to a halt, proving that there is power in just saying "no."  If I were in a situation where my employer demanded I be vaccinated, I would not quit or resign.  Instead, I would make my employer go through the effort of firing me.  I'm not a lawyer, but I feel that this might provide a legal advantage down the road.

No sports, no clubs, no talking during lunch and other joys of COVID schooling.  Monday [9/13/2021] is the first day of school in Gotham's public system.  And it's on track to be the third needlessly disrupted academic year for kids.  Parents, delighted that schools are reopening despite the best efforts of the teachers union, are largely quiescent about the absurd restrictions placed on kids.  They whisper to each other about how it all makes little sense.  My daughter's Manhattan middle school won't be using lockers this year.  My sons' Brooklyn elementary school has let us know that water fountains will remain closed.  No group projects, no field trips, no parties.  Outdoor recess will be masked and distanced.  Forget tag or sports.  We used to understand that it is important for kids to get exercise with friends.  But we have forgotten everything we have ever known about child development in the name of fighting a virus that poses a minuscule risk to children.

COVID Data, Facts Not Fear.  Twitter user Jason Bailey has done a deep dive into the latest CDC data on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).  There is obviously a lot of noise amid the competing COVID narratives, as politicians and media are intent on weaponizing the fear for maximum political value.  Baily provides the links and just looks at the raw data.  We know that much of the raw data underlying the CDC statistics are inflated by the way the data is collected and manipulated by the hospitals and healthcare system.  However, that said, if we just accept the raw CDC data and evaluate what they are collecting as a way to estimate the risks[,] here's the outcome. [...]
  •   TOTAL DEATHS account for 1.6% of total cases.
  •   78.1% of TOTAL DEATHS are over the age of 65.
  •   94.7% of TOTAL DEATHS are over the age of 50.
  •   6% of TOTAL DEATHS are attributed to Covid only.
  •   94% of TOTAL DEATHS have an average of 2.9 co-morbidities (12/6/20).
Why is COVID-19 being disproportionately hyped as such a dangerous threat, when the reality of the statistical danger is much less than the intense level of hype?

Healthy mother-of-two, 35, dies after AstraZeneca vaccine caused blood clots on her brain.  A healthy mother-of-two died from blood clots on her brain caused by the AstraZeneca vaccine, a coroner has ruled.  Alpa Tailor, 35, fell ill just over a week after getting her first dose of the coronavirus jab in March.  St Pancras Coroner's Court heard that Ms Tailor was complaining of a headache before she suffered stroke-like symptoms including including slurred speech and a facial droop.

New Zealand:  Jacinda Ardern extends strict lockdown for Auckland for at least another week.  New Zealand prime minister announced that Auckland will remain under a strict lockdown for at least another week to curb the spread of highly infectious Delta variant of coronavirus.  Jacinda Ardern told reporters on Monday [9/13/2021] that the country's largest city, Auckland, will remain in strict alert 4 level lockdown until 21 September.  The Prime Minister said that after that, the city will move to alert level 3, which means that the curbs will be eased slightly but offices, schools and public venues would still stay shut.

Kamala Harris questioned after announcing steps for 'protecting the vaccinated': 'Doesn't the vax do that?'  Vice President Kamala Harris raised eyebrows on Sunday with her tweet urging Americans to help protect already vaccinated people in order to end the COVID-19 pandemic.  "By vaccinating the unvaccinated, increasing our testing and masking, and protecting the vaccinated, we can end this pandemic.  That's exactly what we are committed to doing," Harris tweeted.  There has been widespread confusion over vaccine rhetoric from the Biden administration, as a push to protect the vaccinated has become a common talking point, despite the vaccines already providing strong protection for those who've gotten them.

After Biden announcement, Fauci predicts 'many, many' more vaccine mandates to compel enough Americans to get COVID-19 shots.  "Many, many more mandates" will come on top of the Biden administrations' new vaccine restrictions, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday [9/12/2021].  Fauci predicted that colleges, universities, and businesses are likely to start imposing vaccine mandates, he told CNN's Jen Christensen at a panel organized by NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists on Sunday.  "And I believe that's going to turn this around because I don't think people are going to want to not go to work, or not go to college, or not go to university," he said.  However, he said he did not expect more "centrally-derived mandates" to be on the way, like the policy from President Joe Biden last week.  Under his new policy, all federal workers must be vaccinated, and companies employing more than 100 people must either require vaccination or carry out regular tests.

Major consumer lobby has questions on Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  A trade group that represents the $2 trillion packaged goods industry says businesses have critical questions about President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and need answers within hours, not weeks.  The Consumer Brands Association, whose members include companies such as Coca-Cola, General Mills and Kellogg, sent a letter to the White House demanding immediate details on Mr. Biden's executive order issued last week, which requires companies with 100 or more employees to mandate the vaccine or impose weekly testing.  "Federal agencies must move quickly, anticipate challenges, promptly answer questions, and partner with the private sector if we are to realize successful implementation of the administration's COVID-19 action plan and achieve our shared goal of increased vaccination rates," wrote Geoff Freeman, Consumer Brands president, and CEO.

UK to Repeal Emergency Powers Allowing Government to Shut Down Country.  Emergency CCP virus powers allowing the UK government to shut down swathes of England's economy are set to be repealed, the government said on Sept. 12.  The announcement comes as the controversial plan to introduce domestic vaccine passports in England was dropped on the same day.  In a statement published on Sept. 12, the government said Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to repeal in the near future some of the emergency powers enacted in England by the Coronavirus Act 2020.  The powers that are "no longer necessary" include powers to close down sectors of the economy, apply restrictions on events and gatherings, disrupt education and child care, extend time limits for urgent warrants, or detain infectious people.

The Supreme Court Needs To Stop Unelected Bureaucrats From Making Up Laws.  A new Supreme Court brings new hope to reeling in unchecked federal power.  For the last few decades, the Supreme Court has allowed Congress to delegate unchecked power to unelected agency officials, who are mainly part of the executive branch.  The executive branch has thus legislated through unelected officials and latched onto powers not granted to them via the Constitution.  The most recent example is President Joe Biden's mandate that large employers require their workers to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly.  The executive branch plays a far more significant role in our everyday lives than the Founding Fathers intended.  Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution prescribes that all legislative power lies with Congress.  Why then, has the executive played such a significant role in creating law in recent history?  For example, Biden announced he will look into having the Department of Education, an executive agency, mandate masks for all school children, despite kids facing almost zero risk from Covid-19.

I've Been Suspended by YouTube.  Last night, as I have been doing for months, I did an episode of "my" internet show, "The World According to Ben Stein."  It's a panel show lasting about an hour.  The producer is my pal, Judah Friedman.  None of us gets paid a dime.  We talk about politics and economics and sometimes about internet dating (although I am happily married and don't do internet dating).  It's a very small little enterprise, and we are all skeptical about everything. [...] The phone rang.  It was Judah Friedman to tell me that he had just been notified by "YouTube" that they would not be showing the "show" we did last night and further that we were banned from YouTube for a week.  Our crime?  That we had questioned the Covid vaccine and gone against the prevailing wisdom of the experts on Covid in our area and nationally.  That was enough to get us banned on YouTube for a week.  Now, observe what has happened.  YouTube is such an immense communications entity that to be banned from it is to banned from national mass communication.  Yes, it's not part of the government, so the First Amendment does not strictly apply to it.  BUT, it is so big that it approximates the government.  And to be banned from it is to be banned from national debate on important issues.

The Disposable Children of the Pandemic.  The rhetoric about and treatment of children over the past 18 months has flung open a window into the soul of America's ruling class.  As Nelson Mandela warned us, "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way it treats its children."  To those constructing the new health tyranny, children post no threat and can be treated as things, not people. [...] One of the first things learned about the Chinese Coronavirus in the spring of 2020 was that the younger population was at extremely low risk of either being hospitalized or succumbing to the virus. [...] Yet, the ruling elites, manipulating the populace by striking unfounded fear throughout all of society, demanded that schools shut down and children be masked and forced to stay indoors.  Thus we, as a society, deprived the youngest citizens — who constitute nearly one third of the U.S. population — of educational, emotional, and social development.

Medical Mandates:  A Hideous Strength.  One recalls C.S. Lewis' dystopian novel That Hideous Strength, a longtime favorite of mine, where he speaks of "false writings" and "men maddened with false promises and soured with true miseries." [...] [C. S. Lewis] would not have been surprised at the current pandemic of lies, political demagoguery, and the recruitment of a public devoid of the moral strength to resist an orthodoxy of deception — the sway of the sons and daughters of the Father of Lies.  For COVID has provided the pretext to inaugurate precisely such a declension as Lewis feared.  Our public institutions are engaged in establishing a virtual medical dictatorship mandating masks, lockdowns, contact tracing, curfews, business closures, excessive police powers, and more.  And now we have the vaccine passports, predicated on a quasi-theological division between the saved and the damned, or in current terms, the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.

Pfizer executive says Israel is a 'kind of laboratory' for Covid vaccines.  An official at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer claimed that Israel was a "kind of laboratory" for the Covid-19 vaccine that his company developed, during a conference on Zoom last week.  His words were then echoed by vaccine skeptics, rejected by Israeli health officials, and later clarified by the pharmaceutical company.

Meanwhile, In Dystopian Bondi Beach In Australia...  If you think as an Australian you will be able to enjoy a weekend at Bondi Beach, you've got another thing coming.  Here comes the COVID Gestapo to make sure you are wearing your masks in the hot sun and while swimming because there is nothing more liberating at the beach than a muzzle to choke you to death in the ocean.  [Video clip]

Was COVID Tyranny Scripted And Pre-Planned By The Rockefeller Foundation In 2010?  "Lockstep" Written 10 years ago chronicles how to bring the world down with a pandemic[.]  This report was produced by The Rockefeller Foundation.  This report was produced by The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network in May 2010.  From the report:  ["]China's government was not the only one that took extreme measures to protect its citizens from risk and exposure.  During the pandemic, national leaders around the world flexed their authority and imposed airtight rules and restrictions, from the mandatory wearing of face masks to body-temperature checks at the entries to communal spaces like train stations and supermarkets.  Even after the pandemic faded, this more authoritarian control and oversight of citizens and their activities stuck and even intensified.  In order to protect themselves from the spread of increasingly global problems — from pandemics and transnational terrorism to environmental crises and rising poverty — leaders around the world took a firmer grip on power.["]  [Video clip]

The Streets Of France Turn Into Warzones As Hundreds Of Thousands Clash Over Vaccine Passports.  There have been ugly scenes in one French city as those protesting a vaccine passport mandate clashed with masked people.  More than 120,000 people demonstrated across France on Saturday, according to official figures, to protest the coronavirus health passes they say discriminate against the unvaccinated.  Footage posted to Twitter by @HZ_Press shows those marching in the southern French city of Toulouse clashing with people wearing masks.  The video, which has been viewed more than 3.4 million times, shows people physically attacking each other with long sticks, with things becoming so chaotic that crowds scatter.  [Video clip]

Biden doesn't require migrants at border to get vaccinated despite mandate on Americans.  The Biden administration is not planning to vaccinate the nearly 200,000 migrants who are showing up on the border each month, despite imposing mandates on federal workers and private businesses nationwide.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed during a press briefing Friday that many employees would be required to get the coronavirus vaccine but that people in federal custody at the U.S.-Mexico border would not be required, nor be able, to get it. [...] Although there have been reports that the Biden administration is preparing to offer coronavirus vaccines to migrants in custody at the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency that oversees Border Patrol operations, does not have plans to vaccinate migrants in its custody, two people familiar with the situation told the Washington Examiner.

From 'trust the science' to 'trust the tyrants'.  President Joe Biden announced a national vaccine mandate Thursday that will affect approximately 100 million workers.  It will require all federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated.  It will also necessitate large companies to require their employees either to participate in weekly testing or else be vaccinated.  "My job as president is to protect all Americans," Biden said.  "So, tonight, I'm announcing that the Department of Labor is developing an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees that together employ over 80 million workers to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated or show a negative test at least once a week."  In other words, we've gone from "trust the science" to "trust the tyrants."  For the duration of the pandemic, most Democrats have used the phrase "trust the science."  So, it is odd that Biden should order a national vaccine mandate when Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said, "There will be no nationwide mandate."  Expert opinions on how to mitigate the spread come in behind the opinions of teachers union bosses and power-hungry politicians.

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If Joe Biden's "job as president is to protect all Americans," why is the Mexican border wide open?

New York City Teacher's Union Wins Battle Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate.  New York City's largest teacher's union has won a battle to keep teachers and other educators employed if they suffer from certain medical conditions and don't want to comply as a result with the Big Apple's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  An arbitrator ruled late Friday [9/10/2021] that teachers with certain documented medical afflictions must be offered assignments outside of classrooms and be kept on the city's payroll.  Other educators who don't want a COVID-19 vaccine must be offered unpaid leave that keeps in place their health coverage or a severance package.  City officials announced last month that all 148,000 Department of Education employees would have to get a COVID-19 vaccine, with limited exemptions.

England Drops Vaccine Passport Plan.  The plan to mandate CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine passports for nightclubs and crowded events in England will not go ahead, UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Sunday [9/12/2021].  It comes after British lawmakers across the political spectrum voiced strong opposition to the plans this week.  Speaking on the BBC's "The Andrew Marr Show" on Sunday, the health secretary said he "never liked the idea" of forcing people to show their papers in everyday activities, but the government was right to look at the evidence.  "What I can say is that we've looked at it properly and whilst we should keep it in reserve as a potential option, I'm pleased to say that we will not be going ahead with plans for vaccine passports," Javid said.

Medical Experimentation and Collective Punishment Are War Crimes.  Fake President but Real Dictator Joe Biden:  "We are going to protect the vaccinated workers from unvaccinated co-workers."  Ah, if only the "vaccinated" workers had as healthy immune systems as their unvaccinated colleagues.  Whatever the friendly U.S. government is injecting into people, it's certainly not inoculating against or inhibiting transmission of the Fauci Virus if the "vaccinated" must walk around in bubble-boy suits for the rest of their lives.  The "vaccine" that works so nice you have to take it twice... er, thrice... er, we'll let you know when you've had enough, prole! [...] Let's put aside whether, in their rush to "vaccinate" the world, medical bureaucrats have sufficiently "enlightened" patients as to all the health hazards that might be reasonably expected to come from an experimental treatment because the usual long-term studies that track potentially harmful side-effects of new treatments over the course of ten or more years were thrown out the window so governments could quickly jab their citizens without much scrutiny.  Long-term harm?  Only the future will tell.

When it comes to vaccine mandates, Biden is counting on OSHA.  On his first day as in the White House, Joe Biden signed an executive order giving OSHA broad power to regulate health and safety in the workplace, particularly regarding COVID-19.  At the time, it was thought that OSHA would enforce face coverings in the workplace.  On Thursday, President Biden announced that companies with more than 100 employees are required to make certain that all employees are vaccinated or have a weekly negative COVID test.  This broad power may indeed be unconstitutional, but OSHA is ideally suited to try to enforce the mandate.  Most people know that OSHA creates detailed rules governing workplaces.  These rules have been enforced using intrusively detailed onsite inspections.  A COVID vaccination rule under this model would be quite difficult to enforce in person.  However, the way OSHA enforces rules has changed.  OSHA now relies on detailed reports from employers rather than onsite inspections.

Hospital to stop delivering babies as maternity workers resign over vaccine mandate.  Lewis County General Hospital will stop delivering babies after September 24 because too many maternity unit workers have resigned over COVID vaccination mandates.  That's according to Lewis County Health System Chief Executive Officer Gerald Cayer, who held a news conference Friday in Lowville.  He said 6 employees in the maternity unit resigned rather than get a COVID shot and another 7 are undecided.

19 governors vow to fight Biden's vaccine mandate "to the gates of hell".  Joe Biden went full authoritarian about COVID-19 vaccine mandates Thursday when he announced a federal mandate imposed upon businesses with more than 100 employees.  There are some big union exceptions to the mandate — like postal workers — but for non-union workers across the country, if they don't get vaccinated, they can lose their job.  A lot of pieces of this new mandate are still missing, as Biden has a habit of announcing sweeping orders before all the details are written out on paper.  When that happens, likely in a couple of weeks, nineteen governors have promised to fight the mandate.

Texas hospital system bans ivermectin for COVID patients as their families demand 'wonder drug'.  Texas hospital system imposed "new restriction criteria" on the use of ivermectin, excluding the anti-parasitic agent from treatment of COVID-19.  St. Luke's Health will only allow its infectious disease physicians to use the drug for preventive treatment of strongyloidiasis, a roundworm infection, according to a Sept. 2 directive shared with Just the News.  Its wording suggests that non-infectious disease physicians had been considering or actually prescribing ivermectin for COVID patients.  The relatively cheap treatment has been promoted by an eclectic group of influencers.  Evolutionary biologist and former Evergreen State College professor Bret Weinstein has regularly touted ivermectin on his DarkHorse podcast, which led YouTube to demonetize his channel.

Head of Tokyo Medical Association recommends ivermectin for COVID treatment.  Dr. Haruo Ozaki, chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association recommends ivermectin for use with COVID patients.  He notes that the parts of Africa that use ivermectin to control parasites have a COVID death rate of just 2.2 per 100,000 population, as compared to 13 times that death rate among African countries that do not use ivermectin.  Similarly, worldometer.com statistics say that the COVID death rate in India (which uses HCQ and Ivermectin to treat COVID) is 32 while the COVID death rate in the U.S.A. is 6.5 times higher at 205 per 100,000 population.  If these stats are accurate, then at least 6 of every 7 people who have died in the U.S. of COVID could be alive today had they been treated with ivermectin.  Of course, ivermectin's effectiveness against COVID was not yet known when the first COVID wave hit the United States.  Also, U.S. health statistics are notoriously inaccurate.  Hospitals are given a financial incentive to identify almost everyone who dies with COVID as having died of COVID.

At least 13 gorillas test positive for COVID-19 at Atlanta zoo after 'becoming infected by vaccinated employee'.  Zoo Atlanta says at least 13 western lowland gorillas have tested positive for COVID-19, including their oldest male gorilla in captivity — a 60-year-old named Ozzie.  The zoo announced the disturbing news on Friday, saying employees noticed that the gorillas had been coughing, had runny noses and showed changes in appetite.  A veterinary lab at the University of Georgia returned positive tests for the respiratory illness.  Zoo Atlanta is now waiting on confirmation from the National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa.

Lara Logan drops dynamite Fox News segment on Biden's sweeping vaccine mandates.  On Thursday, "President" Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. broke another of his promises by requiring vaccine mandates on most, but not all, American citizens.  The next day, Fox News aired a terrific seven-minute segment by Lara Logan titled "Mandate Nation," and it's really worth watching.  Ms. Logan began the show reporting on new directives to OSHA not to report on COVID vaccine side-effects.  She then segued into recent reports from the U.K. and Israel that report on serious problems with the vaccines.  One feature of the segment that conservatives will appreciate is the montages from other channels, like MSNBC and CNN.  Their "commentators" are so crazed that it's surreal.  These un-American fools actually think Biden "didn't go far enough."  The Biden Mandates are a civil rights issue, and they should appall lovers of freedom.  [Video clip]

Do Your Duty as an American and Do Not Comply.  We live in a time where politicians seem to believe that they are the ultimate authority in the United States and that with a wave of their hand and a scratch of their pen, they can enact unassailable dictates that you have to follow.  This is so far from the truth that you could fit a solar system between them.  There are many laws in the land, with different states containing different laws to follow.  But, the supreme laws are the ones enshrined in the Constitution.  If any laws are issued that conflict with this supreme law of the land, then those laws are invalid and do not have to be followed.  This isn't just the opinion of a freedom-loving American with a penchant for bucking authority, it's also the opinion of the Supreme Court.

Against Biden's Mandates.  We oppose President Biden's lawless and authoritarian new mandates announced yesterday.  We also denounce his divisive rhetoric toward unvaccinated Americans, his reckless antipathy for federalism, and his threats to usurp state governors.  Contra Mr. Biden, this is entirely about freedom and personal choice. [...] Legality aside, Biden's proposals are deeply immoral and unnecessary.  Covid risks do not justify the hysteria emboldened by the president's announcement.  After 2020 we know definitively that elderly and obese individuals are at greatest risk of death from covid, while younger and healthier people face no more (and often less) risk than with an ordinary flu.  Yet not only does Biden threaten to repeat the mistakes of 2020, he intends to intensify them.  Markets and civil society can address health concerns far better than any centralized system; at most, state and local governments should act according to local conditions. [...] No liberal society forces medical treatment on healthy citizens, nor monitors their movements or employment.  No sane society accedes to sweeping new policies (not laws) enacted without due process and imposed by a centralized state.  And no healthy society allows its political class to demonize whole swaths of the country while creating fear and division.

Ivermectin, 'Noble Lies,' and Whom Do We Trust?  The controversy around the use of ivermectin and, previously, hydroxychloroquine joins a long list of things where the left's pursuit of the "Noble Lie" is judged more important than honest debate.  This particular piece of dishonesty claims that vaccinations, masking, and social distancing alone will eradicate COVID-19, and all other "side hustles" like these inexpensive medications are mockable, "snake oil" obfuscations.  Whom we choose to align with in these debates is unjustifiably and destructively polarizing, especially when facts may not line up with the pursued plans of those we trust to lead.  Why we trust and how we justify lying come into question.  By now, most of us know that there are studies, many of them from our own CDC, that show the effectiveness of ivermectin when given early in the course of COVID-19.  There is real-life proof that countries like Japan have already had success with the medication.  The medicine is cheap and safe when used properly.  Like hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin is nevertheless demonized by the political left, its mainstream media, and the medical establishment, the last despite published studies by reputable investigators.

Biden's Vaccine Mandate:  Unconstitutional, Unscientific, Underhanded.  [Scroll down]  If we were in an H5N1 or Black Fungus pandemic where fatality rates were north of 60%, mandates would be not only understandable but welcomed.  The federal government would not have to twist arms, bribe, and force the population to get vaccinated if a vaccine were available.  More likely, there would be mayhem as people rush to get vaccinated.  But when the government has to use all its power, persuasion, profits, and punishments to push a vaccine, one has to ask, why?  How can a disease be so dangerous to the general public if it has an overall recovery rate, according to the CDC, of greater than 97-98% currently?  It's a stretch at best to legally there is a "great danger" to society, at least a natural one from the virus.  That there exists a great politically manufactured danger is another story.  "Yeah, but the vaccine has brought us to the 98% recovery point."  Not true, and here is where the mandate shows its ugly unscientific unevenness.  Even before the vaccine, the recovery rate during the early days of the pandemic in 2020 was between 97% and 99.5%.

Citizen Reporter Catches Angry Empty Hospital Workers Off Guard "Where Are the Patients?"  A citizen reporter caught hospital workers off guard after visiting a hospital in Virginia and finding it practically empty.  [Video clip]

COVID Rules and Regulations are the Means to The End, They are Not The End Itself.  The announcement by Joe Biden yesterday to force vaccinations amid the U.S. workforce was a case study in politics, and his mandate attempt will fail — period.  Be angry, be righteously angry.  Be resolute and determined.  This is the hill, but do not be fearful, they will fail. [...] They make rules that are never implemented within their own tribe; this fact makes them extremely vulnerable.  The announcement by the Obama Chicago Marxist group, through Joe Biden, will never succeed.  The U.S. Constitution does not provide the executive with the power they are attempting to exert; not even close.  Their arguments are weak, make no sense, are not framed in legal standing, and are easily dispatched in the courts.  The carve-outs themselves nullify most of their predictable arguments.  If the vaccine is required as a matter of urgent public health — under an emergency declaration — then why are any exemptions afforded, or groups exempted.

The Fourth Reich is Here: Austria Begins Restricting Only the Unvaccinated.  "We don't have any plans for restrictions of the vaccinated population but will implement protective measures for the unvaccinated population," Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told a press conference.  That means, if you refuse to take the shot the ruling class desperately needs to get into every human being on Earth, you are about to have your illusion of freedom shattered — that is if it hasn't already been.  With vaccination numbers stagnating at 60% and the constant propaganda to remind the public there's a scamdemic they wouldn't even know about if it weren't for the mainstream media who tell us there's a "rise in infection rates", Austria was forced to introduce more restrictive measures.  According to Euractive, the government will introduce a three-phase plan to avoid a new pandemic wave that would include tightening measures for the unvaccinated if the occupancy rate of intensive care units increases.  "We have to achieve the goal of keeping the occupancy rate of intensive care units low, avoid school closures and increase the vaccination quota," Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein stressed.  Austria's ruling class's new strategy does not include plans for a lockdown.  However, if a lockdown is issued, it will only apply to the unvaccinated, Kurz said.

Horrific Child Injuries From Experimental COVID-19 Injections Include Permanent Blindness & Deafness.  They're coming after your children.  There is no other way for me to put it.  These medical fascists will use every tool in their arsenal to inject your child with this experimental toxin.  Public schools will prey on children to inject them and will attempt to bypass parental consent.  Los Angeles already mandated the experimental jabs for children 12+.

A few inconvenient facts about Biden's vaccine mandate.  Others have already commented on the constitutional problems with Biden's remedy for the evil unvaxxed.  I want to talk about a few more practical issues.  First, too few people are paying attention to the fact that this draconian, indeed, fascist dictate is for a virus that, for people under 70, has a mortality rate that is less than 1%.  If a virus with a 10%, 20%, or higher mortality rate were sweeping through America, the panic factor might be different.  But again, we're talking about less than 1% for those under 70. [...] Second, this is not a vaccine.  If it were a vaccine, those who are vaccinated would be perfectly safe from those who are not vaccinated. [...] Likewise, if this were a vaccine, those who were vaccinated would not need masks, because they would not be either virus givers or receivers.  Third, Biden has exempted the millions of illegal aliens pouring into the country from the mandate, as well as members of Congress and their staff.  One can view this two ways:  Biden hates all these people and wants them to die from COVID.  Or, considering that <1% mortality rate, along with all the problems associated with the vaccine, Biden hates everyone else and wants all these latter people to risk death or other permanent health problems.

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Members of Congress and Their Staff Are Exempt From Biden's Vaccine Mandate.  President Joe Biden's new vaccine mandates for federal employees don't apply to members of Congress or those who work for Congress or the federal court system.  Biden issued two executive orders on Thursday requiring vaccination against COVID for federal workers and contractors who work for the federal government.  He also asked the Department of Labor to issue an emergency order requiring businesses with more than 100 employees to ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested on a weekly basis.  However, Biden's order on federal workers applies to employees of the executive branch.  The House of Representatives and the Senate belong to the separate legislative branch, and the courts to the judicial branch of the federal government.

Members of Congress, staff exempt from Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  President Joe Biden's sweeping federal employee vaccine mandate announced this week does not apply to members of Congress, employees who work for Congress or the federal court system, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed on Thursday.  Through an Executive Order issued by Biden, all federal workers — including the White House, all federal agencies and all members of the armed services — must take the COVID-19 vaccine with no testing option to opt out.  However, the new rule does not apply to members of Congress, congressional employees or employees within the federal court system.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Responds to Unconstitutional Dictates From the Current Occupant of the White House.  At the conclusion of a ceremony commemorating 9-11 and U.S. service members, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took questions from the media.  One of the questions was about his reaction to Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for U.S. workers.  This is how Governor DeSantis responded.  [Video clip]

Vax mandates are a cruel stick to beat people with.  They will tear us apart.  Vaccine passport requirements have come to Gotham.  Restaurants have started asking patrons to see their vaccination cards along with IDs to dine inside.  Starting Sept. 13, restaurants, museums and certain other indoor venues not doing that will be fined.  Why?  It's part of a larger movement to control and punish those who dare to disobey COVID edicts.  We've known for some time that restaurants are not major COVID-19 spreaders.  You're not catching COVID standing near someone for a few minutes at the Guggenheim.  The main source of COVID transmission is close, prolonged contact.  In other words, if you're going to contract it, it will most likely be from your dining or museum companion, not a stranger nearby.  So why bar unvaccinated New Yorkers from participating in city life?  The idea is no longer mainly to persuade people to get vaccinated but to punish them for not following orders.  Authoritarianism is always done "for our own good," you see.

DeSantis Dismantles Biden's Dictatorial Vaccine Mandate.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was one of the governors who immediately came out after Joe Biden announced his unconstitutional vaccine mandate plans and said no, we will not comply, and we will stop your illegal actions, to Biden.  But DeSantis wasn't done with Biden yet.  He was asked at an event about Biden making an oblique reference to him during the announcement about his vaccine mandate plans.  DeSantis blasted Biden for taking unconstitutional actions threatening the jobs of the people in Florida, saying he was going to stand up for them and protect their jobs from Biden's federal overreach.  Additionally, DeSantis chastised Biden for wanting to do away with parents' rights and allowing school boards to force five-year-olds to wear masks all day long.  [Video clip]

Australia Bans Ivermectin.  If you suspect the extremely heavy-handed Australia/New Zealand COVID-19 mitigation efforts might be a beta-test for just how far a government can go to control the citizens therein, well, this latest development appears to be an affirmation in that direction.  The ruling authority in Australia has just banned doctors from prescribing Ivermectin.  The Advisory Committee for Medicines Scheduling and the Australian National COVID Clinical Evidence Taskforce, have determined that any effort to mitigate COVID-19 with therapeutics will likely diminish the goal of vaccinating the entire population.  Therefore Ivermectin, which has saved thousands of lives and is widely in use in multiple countries including India, is now official banned from use by Australian doctors.

Doctor And Hospital Staff Scheme On How To Inflate COVID Numbers And Scare Non-Vaxxed Into Thinking They Are Going To Die.  A leaked Zoom call by a doctor and staff at a North Carolina hospital showing the scheming behind the scenes to inflate COVID numbers and scare the unvaccinated has gone viral.  Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center has issued a statement after a video of an internal discussion on how the hospital reports its COVID-19 patient count was leaked on social media.  [Video clip]

Massachusetts [is] Experiencing [a] Massive COVID Spike In [those who are] Fully Vaccinated:  Thousands Per Week, 162 Deaths.  More than 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts tested positive for the coronavirus last week, a daily average of more than 600 people as breakthrough infections continue to rise each week amid the delta variant.  The rate of breakthrough infections week-over-week starting five weeks ago surged 64%, then the following week went up 20%, the next week jumped by 25%, the subsequent week increased by 20%, and in the last week climbed by 23%.  [Video clip]  Breakthrough cases in Massachusetts are making up about one-third of the state's overall cases.  People who are unvaccinated are at a higher risk for infection and a severe case.  Overall, 23,858 fully vaxxed people have tested positive for the virus, according to new data from the state Department of Public Health on Tuesday [9/7/2021].  [Video clip]

CCP Plant, Leana Wen, Tells CNN Those Without A Vax Should Not Be Allowed To Travel ANYWHERE, Freedom Is Not A Constitutional Right.  Dr. Leana Wen is power-tripping... wants all the Americans that have not received the shot to be under lockdown and have their movements restricted.  "There are privileges associated with being an American — that if you wish to have these privileges, you need to get vaccinated.  Travel, and having the right to travel in our state, it's not a Constitutional right as far as I know to board a plane.  If you want to travel, you better go get that Vaccine."  [Video clip]

CNN medical 'expert' falsely claims Americans don't have the right to freedom of movement.  CNN medical pundit Leana Wen said that the Biden administration's vaccine mandates did not go far enough.  When asked about the Biden administration's vaccine mandate, she said it should instead be a federal requirement.  Dr. Leana Wen says "privileges associated with being an American" should be held hostage to people getting vaccinated.  Wen said "if you wish to have these privileges, you need to get vaccinated, travel and having the right to travel inter state:  It's not a constitutional right as far as I'm — as far as I know."  "To board a plane," she said.  "And so saying that if you want to stay unvaccinated, that's your choice, but if you want to travel, you better go get that vaccine."  [Video clip]

Doctor Laments Treating Unvaccinated Patients, Thinks They Should Be Denied Care.  Another day, another doctor who thinks the Hippocratic oath is based on politics.  This terrible doctor laments about all the vaccinated patients in her hospital not having enough resources because unvaccinated patients are there as well needed the same treatments.  So if she is demanding everyone get vaccinated but her hospital has vaccinated patients already, doesn't it add up to the same situation in the end?  [Video clip]

26 out of the 27 Lancet scientists who trashed theory that Covid leaked from a Chinese lab have links to Wuhan researchers.  Of the 27 scientists who wrote a letter in The Lancet medical journal dismissing the possibility that Covid-19 originated from a Wuhan lab, 26 have links to its Chinese researchers, their colleagues or its benefactors, a new investigation has revealed.  On March 7 last year, the influential journal published the letter in which the 27 scientists said they 'strongly condemned conspiracy theories' surrounding the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has impacted all corners of the world.  All debate into whether Covid-19 had man-made origins or leaked from the lab in Wuhan — the Chinese city that was ground-zero for the virus — was effectively shut down by the letter.

Fauci tells Biden to go Further: CDC chief says president's sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate is a 'MODERATE' plan.  Dr Anthony Fauci has said he would have supported more extreme measures to force Americans to be vaccinated against COVID-19 — describing President Joe Biden's plan as 'moderate'.  Biden on Thursday announced that all companies employing more than 100 people must insist on either proof of vaccination or regular COVID tests.  His policy was greeted with anger by many Republicans, who described it as heavy-handed and an infringement on their personal freedoms.

France bans unvaccinated American travelers.  France has become the latest European country — and the most significant tourism destination — to remove the United States from its safe travel list, following EU recommendations in the wake of a US Covid spike.  A French government decree issued on Thursday [9/9/2021] bumped the United States and Israel from the country's "green" list, down to "orange," effectively prohibiting nonessential travel to France for unvaccinated visitors.  Under France's rules, unvaccinated travelers from either country will still be allowed in provided they have an essential reason for travel, however they'll need a negative Covid-19 test before travel and must quarantine for seven days on arrival.

Pelosi in April: 'We Cannot Require Someone to Be Vaccinated, That's Just Not What We Can Do'.  Previous comments made by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made the rounds on social media Friday after Joe Biden's recently announced federal vaccine mandate, with footage showing the top Democrat saying "we cannot require someone to be vaccinated."

Masks are here to stay as long as libs need to shame their political enemies.  [Scroll down]  We're so politically tribalized that even our response to the pandemic says more about politics than about anything else.  That's especially true when it comes to masking.  In the early days, of course, it was the medical authorities who urged us not to wear masks.  Virus guru Dr. Anthony Fauci told Americans that masks only benefit health workers and wouldn't do much, if anything, to protect against casual transmission.  Pundits and "experts" mocked then-President Donald Trump, who said that masks might help.  How unscientific!  A piece of cloth?  Those pieces of cloth soon became mandatory, as the apparent scientific wisdom flipped overnight (Fauci admitted that his original statement about masks was false or, at least, overdrawn, and mostly motivated by a desire to conserve supplies for health workers.)  In very short order, anyone who expressed any doubt about the efficacy of masks in preventing the spread of the Chinese virus was mocked as anti-science and frequently censored for engaging in that neo-Orwellian crime of "spreading misinformation."

News Outlet Retracts Story Claiming Ivermectin Causes Male Infertility, Third Time Media Has Failed To Accurately Cover Drug.  Another media scare story about Ivermectin has fallen apart, marking the third time in about a week that the media has failed when it comes to this particular drug.  This is not to say that anyone should be rushing to take the human version of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19 — that's a decision between you and your doctor — but the way the media has covered this drug has been a disaster.  The latest failure comes from KTSM, which cited a 2011 study from Nigeria that was small and questionable to claim that Ivermectin causes infertility in 85% of men.  Less than a day after the original article was published, the outlet retracted the story and added an editor's note in its place: [...] This is the third time since last week that the media has published and push a false story about Ivermectin after some people said it could help treat COVID-19.  The efficacy of Ivermectin in regards to COVID-19 isn't clear, but Ivermectin is a drug that is prescribed to humans for various reasons.

'I Will Not Comply': Social Media Erupts Over Biden Vaccine Mandate Speech.  Social media erupted Thursday following President Joe Biden's announcement that he will be mandating vaccination, testing, and mask requirements for not just federal employees, but many private businesses, too.  "Companies with at least 100 employees must require their employees get vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID-19 tests under a new Biden administration plan to combat the coronavirus and encourage vaccination," The Daily Wire reported. [...] The backlash online was immediate.  Daily Wire co-founder and CEO Jeremy Boreing took to Twitter to say he would not comply with President Biden's dictates.  "The Daily Wire has well over 100 employees.  We will not enforce Joe Biden's unconstitutional and tyrannical vaccine mandate," Boreing wrote.  "We will use every tool at our disposal, including legal action, to resist this overreach.  More to come."

Biden's Vaccine Mandates Are Racist and Elitist.  The glee of the coastal elites in the corporate media following President Joe Biden's authoritarian vaccine mandates is palpable.  The residents of the bubble think they are making life difficult for Trump supporters.  Taking away the ability of their ideological enemies to earn a living filled them with smug satisfaction, judging by the commentary from MSNBC's Joy Reid and others.  They seem a little too invested in the narrative the network executives have been feeding them.  Since the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccine programs, it has been evident that minorities were getting vaccinated at lower rates.  While the geniuses in the media believe the mandates will put the screws to a bunch of ignorant rednecks in states like Florida, that is not necessarily the case.  African Americans have the lowest vaccination rates in New York City.

Teenage boys more at risk from vaccines than Covid.  Teenage boys are six times more likely to suffer from heart problems from the vaccine than be hospitalised from Covid-19, a major study has found[.]  Children who face the highest risk of a "cardiac adverse event" are boys aged between 12 and 15 following two doses of a vaccine, according to new research from the US.  The findings come as Professor Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, prepares to advise ministers on whether there is a wider benefit to society from vaccinating children.  Last week, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) delivered its long-awaited verdict, saying the "margin of benefit" of jabbing 12- to 15-year-olds was "considered too small" and citing the low risk to healthy children from the virus.

Postal workers will be subject to Biden vaccine mandate, contrary to initial confused reports.  Employees of the United States Postal Service will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine or be tested under President Joe Biden's new vaccine initiative, contrary to confused early reporting after the administration rolled out the mandate Thursday evening.  The Washington Post initially reported that the Postal Service would not be covered by Biden's vaccine mandate, quoting an administration official who said employees would still be strongly encouraged to comply.

Florida Court Lifts Pause on Mask Mandate Ban, Ruling in Favor of DeSantis.  The First District Court of Appeals in Florida ended the pause on the state's school mask mandate ban in a decision on Friday [9/10/2021].  The measure is temporarily back in effect, and it is once again unlawful for Florida public schools to require students to wear masks in their facilities.  In the ruling, the court granted the State of Florida's request to reinstate the stay lifted by Judge John Cooper's Wednesday decision, which briefly permitted public schools to reimpose mask mandates, rejecting Florida governor Ron DeSantis's previous appeal.

Florida appeals court rules in favor of DeSantis, allowing his ban on mask mandates in schools to stand.  Florida's 1st District Court on Friday reinstated a stay on mask mandates in schools, blocking local school requirements for now, court documents show.  Lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis filed the emergency appeal after a judge ruled on Wednesday [9/8/2021] that the state must stop its enforcement of a mask ban.  The latest court ruling comes amid a showdown between the state and some local school districts that have insisted on requiring students to wear masks as Covid-19 infections surge.

The CDC Suddenly Changes the Definition of 'Vaccine' and 'Vaccination'.  Matt Margolis over at our sister site PJ Media has picked up on a very interesting change on the CDC website when it comes to the definitions for "vaccine" and "vaccination."  The timing of the change is very interesting. [...] They appear to be changing the definition to fit what we're being told about the COVID-19 vaccines — that they don't necessarily provide immunity but just "protection" from more serious illness.  Meanwhile, it fits with the push for more "booster" shots, to keep up the continued "protection." So they've changed the definition of vaccines so that it no longer means preventing the disease or producing immunity.  Whereas before it wouldn't necessarily meet their definition of a vaccine, now it meets the new definition.  We've seen the CDC have wrong (bigger) numbers for COVID deaths in Florida (what a coincidence).  We've seen them falsely claim that the Delta variant is as contagious as chicken pox.  Now we see them redefining words to better fit what they're pushing with the COVID "vaccine."

Candid questions about Covid.  [Scroll down]  Something is clearly wrong here!  We have a medical grade, FDA approved for human use drug, with an incredible safety record, dirt cheap, readily available, overwhelming data showing it works for both treatment and prophylaxis/prevention, and we know everything about side effects since it has been used billions of times on humans since the 1980s.  Reports from all over the world continue to show great success and we remain on almost complete media blackout, or when it is mentioned in media it is more of a smear campaign rather than anything close to resembling science and data.  WHY? [...] This is a much bigger issue than just the ongoing battle over Ivermectin, and I could also write a case for Hydroxychloroquine.  The bigger issue is that the ongoing narrative from governments, agencies, and mainstream media just does not make sense.  We all have personal decisions to make, and there are so many questions on Covid we all want answers for[.]

Biden's Sweeping Vaccination Mandates.  Joe Biden today [9/9/2021] announced sweeping new coronavirus vaccine mandates of the kind he and key administration officials have previously said they would not impose.  Biden will require that all federal employees be vaccinated, with no option for those who prefer to be regularly tested instead. [...] Much of the instant commentary I've seen about this decision views it as an attempt to deflect attention from the Afghanistan debacle.  That may be part of what's going on.  But the main reason for the policy is that the surge of the coronavirus constitutes a massive threat to Biden's presidency and to his political party.  Biden campaigned relentlessly on the pandemic.  He blamed Donald Trump for it, ridiculously, and pledged to end the pandemic.  He expected the vaccines that were about to become available (thanks in part to Trump) to do the trick, and he expected the end of the pandemic and the resulting economic surge to ensure his popularity.  It hasn't worked out that way, and voters are holding Biden responsible.  That's why he has reversed course on vaccine mandates.  It's an act of desperation.

OSHA suspends requirement for employers to report vaccine injuries.  In order to encourage U.S. workers to be vaccinated, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has suspended the legal requirement for employers to report work-related injuries as a result of vaccinations aimed at combating the CCP virus that causes COVID-19 disease.  This suspension of the law by OSHA does not change the fact that employers can be held liable under the workers' compensation laws or under the personal injury laws, according to the nonprofit group Liberty Counsel.  Earlier this month, the website of OSHA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), said that employers can be held liable if they require employees to receive COVID-19 injections as a condition of service and that employees then experience adverse reactions.

Breaking Down Medical 'Fact-Checking' Propaganda.  When reading any kind of supposed "fact-checking" report like this, I always go to the bottom of the article and read the last paragraph because it represents the conclusion.  In this case, the last paragraph states, "Scientific evidence to date shows that vaccines against Covid-19 are overwhelmingly safe and that they reduce serious illness and rates of hospitalisation due to the virus."  Aha.  This sounds exactly like something the vaccine makers would say.  Overwhelmingly safe?  Reduce serious illness?  Reduce rates of hospitalization?  Not.  The bigger question should be, just how many vaccine deaths are acceptable before anyone should be concerned?  One hundred?  One thousand?  Ten thousand?  This "debunking" and "fact-checking" is pedestrian journalism of the lowest caliber, but it is always predictable in style and approach.  It says everything but says nothing at the same time, never offering any concrete or tangible evidence to support its claims while sewing doubt and confusion in your mind.  In short, it is partisan propaganda and nothing more.

Biden's vaccine mandate speech!  Thursday [9/9/2021], President Biden delivered the most insulting, contemptuous and divisive speech by a president in US history.  We all know by now that Joe Biden does not care one iota about the American people.  His life's work has been dedicated to enriching his own family, no more, no less. [...] How dare an American president speak to the nation the way he did, as if we are all imbeciles, as if we are unable to access the volumes of information about the dangers of the vaccines?  As if we might trust him over the hundreds of doctors and scientists who advise against the vaccines for a host of medical and scientific reasons.

Covering up Fauci's role in COVID leak.  Powerful people are going to a lot of effort to protect Dr. Anthony Fauci's reputation, despite mounting evidence of his role in funding dangerous research on bat coronaviruses in the Chinese laboratory believed to be the most likely source of the pandemic.  It is clear that Fauci, the White House chief medical adviser, misled Congress when he denied that US money had paid for "gain-of-function" research in the Wuhan lab.  Grant documents published this week by The Intercept show that the organization Fauci heads, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, funded research in Wuhan on a number of novel (new) bat coronaviruses.  The aim of the research is spelled out in one 600-page grant proposal, titled "Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence," signed off on by Fauci:  to force mutations on the coronaviruses to see if they would infect mice with "humanized" lungs.

A health care worker reports from the inside on COVID insanity.  As the ravages of the COVID narrative continue to wreak damage, there remains a not insignificant swath of brave health care workers, from physicians to CNAs to administrative workers, who quietly but persistently question.  Contrary to much of today's culture, when they are not being censored by Big Tech, they dare to ask for more information regarding the current unrelenting fear-mongering put out by so many among the American media and government officials.  They are often not the loud, abrasive virtue-signalers prevalent today; they are more likely to speak in whispers and furtive glances, afraid of who may be listening.  They are not looking for glory or recognition.  Often, they just want to continue to do their business of taking care of others without fear of harassment, discrimination, forced vaccine compliance, and possibly termination should they fail to do as they are told.  Yet that all too often cannot be allowed.  The message is clear these days from the higher-ups in health care.  Dissenters must be made to pay the price one way or another as pressure builds.  Get the vaccine.  Everything will get back to normal if you just do what you are told.

The smoking gun on Anthony Fauci?  I want to prepare you for something right off the bat — nothing is going to happen to Anthony Fauci.  He's not going to prison.  He's not going to be brought up on perjury charges.  He's going to be allowed to retire quietly from his post, [...] Now that we've settled this and tempered any expectations a pitchforked mob might have, let's examine the latest bombshell reporting from the Intercept.  It claims that documents show Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as well as the American National Institute of Health, outsourced gain-of-function research (the manipulation of protein spikes in natural-born viruses to increase transmissibility in humans) to the Wuhan Institute of Virology through a third party, EcoHealth Alliance.  This has long been suspected, as the role the United States government, and Fauci himself, has come under scrutiny amid a deadly pandemic that researchers now believe has killed around 15 million worldwide.

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler to Newsmax:  Charge Fauci for Lying to Congress.  Dr. Anthony Fauci should face charges of lying to Congress for testifying that money from the National Institutes of Health was not used to fund gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., insisted Thursday on Newsmax.  "There are two reasons why Fauci should be prosecuted, or at least charges should be brought against him for lying to Congress," Reschenthaler told "John Bachman Now."  "Fauci has repeatedly lied on this issue.  He was obviously lying to Sen. [Rand] Paul and [he] gave him the opportunity to correct the record.  He didn't.  He's been that blatant."  Fauci has also lied to the American people, even if that was not under oath, Reschenthaler told host John Bachman.

Biden's Desperate COVID Overreach.  President Biden has a dilemma.  He was elected on a promise to "shut down the virus," but eight months into his presidency, COVID-19 is still raging.  With his approval ratings cratering, he is desperate to garner headlines for taking bold action.  And so, just weeks after his deserved rebuke by the Supreme Court over his eviction moratorium, he has once again gone too far. [...] As chief executive, it is one thing for Biden to require vaccination for federal workers, or even for private companies that are hired as federal contractors.  But Biden's proposal goes way beyond that by ordering all private businesses with over 100 employees to require vaccination or weekly negative tests for all their workers, under the threat of steep fines.  He says the order will affect 80 million private employees.  Currently, vaccination mandates that do exist (such as the MMR shot) are requirements imposed by states or individual school districts.  There is not anything akin to a sweeping vaccine mandate for private workers at the federal level.

Report Shows Fauci Lied To Congress — So Why Does He Still Have A Job?  COVID-19 czar Anthony Fauci has steadfastly denied that he helped fund gain-of-function research at China's now-notorious Wuhan Institute of Virology.  In recent testimony before Congress, he repeatedly denied ever doing so.  But a new 900-page trove of information acquired through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that's not true.  It's a huge story.  Unfortunately, the mainstream media have essentially ignored it.  New York Times?  The Washington "Democracy Dies In Darkness" Post?  CNN? Sorry, couldn't be bothered, even though a 2015 study clearly referred to such research taking place.  It took an aggressive, left-leaning online investigative reporting site, The Intercept, to do the Big Media's work for it by digging up the FOIA material.

It's Not Hard to Figure Out Why You Didn't Hear About Fauci Being Exposed As a Liar Yet.  Dr. Anthony Fauci was testy when asked about Wuhan funding from the National Institutes of Health.  He couldn't dissuade any scrutiny either, admitting that he couldn't say for sure that the grant money was used for other things, like gain of function research.  In fact, his testimony before Congress on the matter was so sloppy that more than a few people, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), felt that Fauci lied to Congress.  Some even alleged perjury.  RedState unraveled this story months ago, though The Intercept, which also did good work on this [...] got the credit.  Scott Hounsell at RedState filed FOIAs and followed the money but was stonewalled.  The Intercept sued after their FOIA got bogged down.  Yet, the 900 pages show that Fauci might be a huge liar (I know he already is on other stuff) regarding the coronavirus, the research, and its creation.  It only brings more credibility that this pandemic was due to a lab leak.  Yet, no one will know about it because major publications are reportedly running away from the COVID lab leak theory because it makes liberals look bad.

The Coming COVID Apartheid.  Even before his radical demands Thursday for vaccination of federal employees and those of federal contractors and large companies, President Biden was seeking to demonize the unvaxxed.  When it comes to the pandemic, only one-half of Americans are fully vaccinated.  Choosing the stick over the carrot, the Biden administration has encouraged state government leaders and CEOs to sew a scarlet letter on the unvaxxed and cast them out from their social lives and sources of income.  Government-sanctioned segregation appears to be making a comeback.

Biden Proved Today What Liars They Are With Vaccine Mandate.  Joe Biden declared today that not only was he going to mandate that all federal employees be vaccinated, but that he was going to require that any private business with over 100 employees get their employees vaccinated or have them tested weekly.  Also, that workers in health facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid will have to be vaccinated under his edict.  Now, he no doubt hoped that this would draw attention away from the Afghanistan debacle.  But drawing it away to another crisis and another debacle isn't exactly a good thing.  If he thinks this is going to help him recover and show people that he's "doing something," he's sadly mistaken.  This is only going to antagonize even more people, be more divisive and drive the economy further into the dumper.

Alaska's Governor Responds To Biden Vaccine Mandate: 'If There Was Ever A Case For 25th Amendment'.  Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy responded to President Joe Biden's push to mandate vaccines on Thursday [9/9/2021] by suggesting that the president should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment.  [Biden decree omitted for brevity, among other things.]  Dunleavy responded to Biden's remarks in a tweet, calling the president's actions "ridiculous and unenforceable."  "If there was ever a case for the 25th Amendment," Dunleavy added.  More and more politicians are raising the idea of invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office, including Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who tweeted last month, "After the disastrous events in Afghanistan, we must confront a serious question:  Is Joe Biden capable of discharging the duties of his office or has time come to exercise the provisions of the 25th Amendment?"

Biden's Vaccine Mandate Has Nothing To Do With Fighting COVID.  A mandate to fight COVID-19, protests erupted.  And rightly so.  But the real reason Biden chose now to announce it is so he could claim credit for what is already happening with COVID.  In what is almost certainly a vast overreach of his executive authority, Biden declared that he'd develop "an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees, that together employ over 80 million workers, to ensure their work forces are fully vaccinated or show a negative test at least once a week."  Of course, this mandate will raise constitutional challenges.  Which is no doubt what Biden wants.  After all, if such a move is constitutional — and there are [sic] no shortage of "experts" who say that it is — then [we're in trouble].  Because that would open the door to federal intervention into our daily lives on an unprecedented scale.  All that would be needed is to declare something, anything an "emergency."

RNC to Sue Biden Administration over Unconstitutional Vaccinate Mandate.  The Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced Thursday [9/9/2021] the committee will sue President Joe Biden's administration for ordering the Labor Department to mandate private businesses require vaccinations for their employees.  "Joe Biden told Americans when he was elected that he would not impose vaccine mandates.  He lied," McDaniel said.  "Now small businesses, workers, and families across the country will pay the price."

Let It Find Us.  It is becoming so painfully clear that those in charge of our lives either do not know what they are doing or are lying to us when it comes to COVID.  There is really no question that those in authority are just lying to us or are simply guessing when it comes to masking, social distancing, the vaccine, and the variances to come.  It is scary, almost dystopian, that those we have allowed to have authority over our health lives have been so wrong or so dishonest when it comes to the effectiveness of the vaccine.  Big Tech along with major corporate companies have aligned with Biden, Fauci, the CDC, and the Deep State in acting as if they know, but in reality, they are very wrong or very untruthful when it comes to the China virus.  They won't even admit that it probably came from China.  Wonder why?  Whether because we are being lied to or those in power are inept, Americans are increasingly filled with COVID dread.  When we have first-graders wearing masks, motorcycle-riders without helmets but wearing masks — when people driving by themselves in a car are wearing a mask, when family members refuse to invite other family members to family picnics because of vaccination demands — we are not living right.

Joe Biden's Plan for Forced Vaccinations for American Workers Does Not Include Illegal Aliens.  Joe Biden announced forced vaccinations for millions of American workers on Thursday [9/9/2021] from his perch in the White House.  The new rules apply to American workers but not illegal aliens.  At some point, Americans may wake up and see that these people in power are at war with them.

Biden's sweeping vaccination mandates.  Joe Biden today [9/9/2021] announced sweeping new coronavirus vaccine mandates of the kind he and key administration officials have previously said they would not impose.  Biden will require that all federal employees be vaccinated, with no option for those who prefer to be regularly tested instead.  More audaciously, Biden will mandate all employers with more than 100 employees to require that their employees be vaccinated or, alternatively, that the employees take weekly coronavirus tests.  The White House estimates that Biden's new policy will affect about 80 million workers — about two-thirds of the country's workforce.  Businesses that ignore the mandate could be fined up to $14,000 per violation.  Much of the instant commentary I've seen about this decision views it as an attempt to deflect attention from the Afghanistan debacle.  That may be part of what's going on.  But the main reason for the policy is that the surge of the coronavirus constitutes a massive threat to Biden's presidency and to his political party.

Private Employers Prepare Lawsuits Against Biden's Sweeping Vaccine Mandate.  Private employers have already declared they will file lawsuits against President Joe Biden's authoritarian nationwide vaccine mandate for private companies with over 100 employees.  On Thursday, President Biden implemented a new mandate that requires all companies that employ over 100 employees to enforce a vaccine requirement on their workers.  Biden's mandate ignores individuals who have already had coronavirus and have built immunity to the illness.

Biden COVID vaccine mandate blasted by head of federal officers union: 'Villainizes employees'.  The union that represents nearly 30,000 federal law enforcement officers has come out against President Biden's sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate that includes the federal workforce, saying it "villainizes employees" for having concerns and hesitancies.  On Thursday, Biden announced a series of vaccine requirements from the White House that could apply to as many as 100 million Americans as part of an aggressive push to stem the surge of COVID-19.  The requirement impacts federal employees as well as large employers, among other sectors.  Larry Cosme, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA), called the mandate a "misguided" attempt that undermines vaccination efforts.

GOP Governors Slam Biden's Vaccine Mandates After He Vowed to 'Get Them Out of the Way'.  Republican governors across the country are sounding off after President Biden vowed to "get them out of the way" if they resisted his mask and vaccine mandates.  During his speech at the White House on Thursday, President Biden said that he would use his powers to override any governor that refuses to go along with his mandates.

The Unvaccinated will be Punished.  Today, President Biden announced the federal government would protect the vaccinated from the unvaccinated.  [Video clip]  It is official:  the unvaccinated have become the scapegoats.  As we said in August, "trust them at their word when they advocate restricting your rights and inflicting punishment if you remain unvaccinated."  This is the result (but not the end-result) of a creeping nastiness towards the unvaccinated that we warned about last month, after the NYC required a vaccine to "participate in society fully" and The Atlantic said the unvaccinated "belong on the no-fly list."  Others contributed and pushed things further.  The call by the New York Times' Ezra Klein to start "raising the costs of remaining vaccinated."  Dr. Fauci said the government needed to "do something to get them to be vaccinated."

RNC To Sue Biden Over Vaccine Mandate As GOP Governors Go Ballistic.  Republicans clapped back over the Biden administration's unprecedented 'jab or your job' Executive Order for federal workers and contractors, and a 'jab or test' mandate for corporations with over 100 employees.  600,000 postal workers are oddly exempt.  The sweeping new vaccine requirements, which completely ignore tens of millions in America who have recovered from Covid-19 and have natural immunity, will affect as many as 100 million Americans.

Biden: Vaccine Mandates 'Not About Freedom or Personal Choice'.  President Joe Biden announced a string of mandates requiring federal employees and a sizable number of private sector workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  "This is not about freedom or personal choice," Biden said in formal remarks Thursday evening.  "It's about protecting yourself and those around you, the people you work with, the people you care about, the people you love.  My job as president is to protect all Americans."  Biden said the Department of Labor will require all employers that have 100 or more employees — "that together employ more than 80 million workers" — to make sure their workforces are vaccinated.  The president's executive order requiring federal workers to be vaccinated likely will affect about 2.1 million civilian employees, plus millions of contractors.

Don't Throw Me in The Briar Patch Mr. Biden.  [Scroll down]  I have serious doubts that only 80 million Americans are unvaccinated, but fair enough; if that's your number, okay then.  However, consider this.  Assuming we are the minority group, the non-vaxxed crew breaks down into two broad segments:  (1) The extremely well-educated who carry commonsense and are in a social strata where they remain quiet about it; and (2) The skeptical productive class of similarly disposed commonsense blue-collar workers who are the backbone of American productivity.  The comfortable existence for the rest of "polite society" is dependent on the scruffneck working class, the dirty fingernail folk who know what Lava soap feels like, and the industrious service sector workforce who fulfill the needs of those who hold out their pinky fingers when they drink from a glass.  If this non-vaccinated 'minority group' stops fulfilling the needs of the vaccinated 'betters', guess what happens?

Story About Biden Admin Allegedly Exempting USPS From Vaccine Mandate Changes.  The Washington Post reports that the White House is now claiming that U.S. Postal Service "workers are part of the federal vaccine mandate under OSHA jurisdiction, though technically not under the executive order."

Joe Biden Threatens the Unvaccinated and Announces His Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandate in Disturbing, Dictatorial Speech.  Today [9/9/2021], Joe Biden took to the podium and officially announced a vaccine mandate from the federal level hitting all private businesses with over 100 employees.  In making that announcement, he trashed the unvaccinated, threatened them, and generally stoked the flames of division in such a way that should worry everyone.  He also asserted himself as a dictatorial figure, able to push governors "out the way" who push back on his tyrannical orders.  I'll go ahead and say it before we get into the clips:  This is the most disturbing speech I've ever heard from a president.  [Video clip]  Here's the president trashing the unvaccinated in a way that sounds like he's trying to foment a civil war, and no, I'm not kidding.  It's that bad, with him repeatedly talking about anger toward the unvaccinated and blaming them for all of society's ills.  [Video clip]  Later in the speech, he went at the unvaccinated again in threatening fashion.  I was almost in disbelief at his tone and word choice.

19 Governors, 2 AGs Resist Biden's Vaccine Mandates.  More than a dozen governors and two attorneys general late Thursday issued statements defying the Biden administration's impending vaccine mandates for federal workers and private-sector workers.  President Joe Biden earlier in the day signed an executive order to require all federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  There would be no option to opt out via COVID-19 testing.  The mandate also applies to government contractors and their employees.  The president later announced he would direct the Department of Labor to create a rule to have companies with over 100 employees mandate vaccinations or weekly testing, a move that impacts more than 80 million workers in the private sector.  At least 19 governors and two attorneys general immediately issued statements disagreeing with the administration's move, with several vowing to defy it.

Our Government-Controlled Healthcare Is Killing Us.  As the virus has run its course, the WHO, CDC, NIH, and FDA have restricted available preventative medicines such Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and Ivermectin (IVM).  Instead of good medicine, we have been directed to shut down, shut in, take faux vaccines, and mask everyone and everything.  Early in the pandemic, there were strong indications that a combination of HCQ and the antibiotic azithromycin was effective in preventing and treating COVID-19.  We know where that led us.  I continue to be absolutely flummoxed that, at the height of the pandemic, with patients in desperate need, there was no guidance on either a standardized, doctor-prescribed regimen of preventative care or critical, life-saving early treatment.  HCQ has been prescribed as both an anti-malarial (anti-viral) medicine and as a treatment for Lupus by Rheumatologists for several decades.  Data show that HCQ has been safe and effective and there are thousands of medical professionals who have been prescribing it and can affirmatively testify about its use and risks.  However, we were deluged with hysterical warnings (again with the fear!) from the know-nothing teleprompter-readers in state-controlled media.

Questioning false positive COVID tests in hospitals.  There's a very strong possibility that many of the alleged COVID cases in hospitals are not COVID at all but are, instead, the result of the hospitals using the PCR test, which has a high failure rate.  My family has first-hand knowledge about the serious problems with the PCR test's reliability.  One of our kids broke a bone very badly around a month ago and ended up in the hospital.  The hospital did a PCR test and found her to be COVID positive.  What the department in the hospital that conducted the test realize is the kid had just had pre-op testing done and that the pre-op department — in the same hospital — ran a more accurate test specifically made only to detect COVID.  That test was negative.  Also, the kid is on Ivermectin as a preventative due to some underlying medical issues, so she was very unlikely to have the virus.

He's only doing as he's told.
Biden breaks his promise, announces vaccine mandate for federal employees, contractors and large employers.  Last December, President-elect Biden promised no mask or vaccine mandates:  [Tweet]  He broke that promise Thursday [9/9/2021], in a speech demanding federal employees (except the 644,000 Postal Service employees — see below) receive the experimental gene therapy injections, and that government contractors and large employers require either vaccination or weekly testing for their employees. [...] But one of the federal government's biggest employers is exempt, though Biden never mentioned this in his speech, perhaps because it makes a joke of the public health justification.  Postal Service employees (all 644,000 of them) are not required — for some reason[.]

Psaki says all federal employees have 75 days to get vaccinated or face getting FIRED: Unions say they were kept OUT of negotiations on new mandate.  President Joe Biden will require all of the roughly 2.1 million federal workers to be vaccinated as part of a series of new mandates he'll push in a major speech on the COVID pandemic Thursday.  There will be limited exceptions but any federal employee who refuses the shot can be fired, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday.  Federal employees and contractors will have 75 days to get vaccinated.

U.S. Postal Service reportedly exempt from Biden vaccine mandate after union endorsement.  President Biden had barely finished speaking to the nation about his crackdown on the unvaccinated before news broke that he was exempting a powerful union ally.  The Washington Post reported Thursday night that his executive order forcing federal workers to take a COVID-19 vaccine does not include U.S. Postal Service workers.  Citing "a White House official speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss not-yet-public portions of the president's plan," the Post reported that those workers merely would be strongly encouraged to follow the mandate.

'Show some respect': Biden doubles the fines TSA agents can hand out to unmasked passengers to up to $3,000.  President Joe Biden tore into unruly passengers who have defied federal mask mandates during air travel — following a string of reports of confrontations between passengers and flight attendants.  'Show some respect!' he told rule-breakers in a speech from the White House.  Biden delivered the admonishment as part of a speech where he repeatedly went after unvaccinated Americans who 'overcrowd our hospitals' and elected officials who 'undermine' public health guidelines.

Republicans including Ron DeSantis tear into Biden's 'insane, coercive and unconstitutional' order forcing companies with 100 workers to mandate vaccines.  Republicans nationwide tore into President Joe Biden on Thursday after he announced he'd use an emergency order to force businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccines or weekly COVID testing.  'Forcing this and coercing people, I don't think is the right decision.  I'd imagine that you're gonna see a lot of activity in the courts if they try to do that through an executive action,' Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during a press conference Thursday.  The Republican National Committee says that it intends to sue to block Biden's order from taking effect, and several House Republicans plan to introduce legislation to negate the order.

Australian authorities now confiscating alcohol to 'limit number of drinks' residents in lockdown can have.  Authoritarian measures under the guise of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be implemented by Australian authorities and now include the limiting of alcoholic beverages to residents of locked-down apartment complexes in New South Wales (NSW).  According to news.com.au, the complexes have been placed under lockdown by NSW Health authorities, who are now monitoring and policing alcohol deliveries "as part of a policy to limit the number of drinks being consumed each day."  The health agency imposed rules limiting alcoholic drinks to residents living in "NSW Health controlled buildings" so as to "ensure the safety of health staff and residents."

Biden's vaccine mandate is a legal mess and a logistical disaster.  President Joe Biden extended an eviction moratorium already deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, so it would come as little surprise that President Norms would ignore the law going forward with his imperiled presidency.  But Biden's latest blow in his campaign against the coronavirus isn't just a legal mess destined for endless court challenges; it's a logistical nightmare with little likelihood of doing anything other than further tightening the labor market and inflaming the sentiments of the vaccine-hesitant.  As a part of his umpteenth plan to stop the pandemic, the White House announced a series of vaccine requirements.  Two of these, one for contractors with the federal government and another for healthcare workers at facilities funded by Medicare and Medicaid, seem kosher enough, legally speaking.  But Biden's signature mandate is directed at the 80 million workers at private businesses with 100 or more employees.

White House:  Unvaccinated Americans Entirely Responsible for Joe Biden's Failure to Stop Coronavirus.  The White House blamed unvaccinated Americans on Thursday [9/9/2021] for President Joe Biden's failure to control the coronavirus pandemic.  "The reason we are here is because people have not gotten vaccinated, 80 million of them," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.  "Not because of any other reason."  Psaki was asked if Biden regretted his decision to declare "independence" from the coronavirus in July only to have cases and hospitalizations resurge in the United States.  She noted that the coronavirus was "a smart virus" that had evolved and would require the Biden administration to level more stringent vaccine mandates.

Republican Governors Declare War on Biden's Vaccine Mandates.  Amid rising Covid-19 numbers across the U.S. and falling approval ratings on his handling of the pandemic, President Biden announced draconian new vaccine mandates on Thursday, targeting tens of millions of Americans.  In addition to forcing federal employees and federal contractors to get the vaccine or get fired, with no option to opt out through testing, Biden's "Path Out of the Pandemic" plan also targets private companies with more than 100 employees, using a not-yet-written OSHA rule to ensure compliance or require those who remain unvaccinated to go through weekly testing.  The rule will affect over 80 million people, according to the plan.  Employees at health care facilities will also be required to be fully vaccinated to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.  GOP governors have vowed to fight the mandates.

USPS exempt from Biden vax mandate for federal workers.  President Biden on Thursday [9/9/2021] mandated COVID-19 vaccines for almost all federal workers, but the more than 600,000 letter-carriers and administrative staff of the US Postal Service won't have to get a shot.  The exemption was first-reported by Washington Post postal reporter Jacob Bogage, who reported that a White House official told him that "we strongly encourage them to comply with these standards" anyhow.  Biden on Thursday also announced a new Labor Department policy requiring workers at private companies with 100 or more employees to get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing.  The USPS exemption was initially believed to allow postal workers to duck the private-sector mandate, too.

A censored biologist views the COVID vaccine debacle as part of a 'noble lie'.  [Scroll down]  The health authorities view vaccination as being for the overall good.  However, many individuals will refuse taking it as all vaccines have risks associated with them to one degree or another.  In [Bret] Weinstein's hypothetical example, the non-vaxxers are relying on others to assume the risk of vaccination while they 'free-ride' on herd immunity.  But if enough people free-ride, the desired threshold of the vaccinated is never reached.  To counter this, the health authorities feel they must do what they can to get as many people vaccinated as possible.  This includes using blatant falsehoods and scare tactics.  The authorities feel justified in lying, putting out misinformation, and censoring opposing views.  It's all for the common good, they tell both themselves and their political master.  Deception like this can fall in the category of the "noble lie."  A good working definition of a noble lie is that it is an untruth deliberately propagated by the elite to maintain social order or to advance an agenda.

The Top Reason I Hate Masks Is They Force Me To Live By Lies.  Throughout the last year, I've read a lot of masking arguments but none that broached my top objection: mask mandates force me to communicate what I believe are very dangerous lies.  Even if masks ultimately do provide some small reduction in coronavirus spread without imposing additional harms, a contentious claim, to me that is almost beside the point.  The point is the security theater, which assumes that drastic government micromanagement of our lives and indefinite curtailment of our liberties are not only ever acceptable but in fact the moral thing to do.  I'm not talking about high-risk situations like nursing homes or hospitals or the homes of cancer patients, where I am willing to mask and sanitize and so forth for the chance it may indeed protect highly vulnerable people.  I'm talking about in normal life, in public settings.  Despite what people have been shanghaied into assuming, these are low-risk environments and should be treated as such.  Far above and beyond any health considerations, masking is a symbol.  It is a talisman, a ritual, a communication of premises that I utterly reject.

The Left's Hysteria About Kids And COVID Is Much Worse Than QAnon.  Continuing to keep kids locked into masks and out of normal life is a mass hysteria based on conspiracy theories far worse than QAnon.  It has no basis in science, data, or reality.  It is entirely a psychotic power play that sane people must refuse to allow to control our lives, because it's hurting kids and destroying our nation's future.  It's now more than a year after the world learned that COVID thankfully poses lower risks to children than does the annual flu.  In 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control, "fewer kids died of COVID-19 than of heart disease, 'malignant neoplasms,' suicide, and homicide — not to mention birth defects, which killed hundreds of times more."  We've never shut children off in pods, muffled their faces and those of everyone they see, limited them to small groups, or stuffed them into substandard virtual "learning" for the flu, suicide, or heart disease, because that would be ridiculous.  It would hold their futures hostage to fear porn.  Yet doing exactly that is still what top U.S. "experts" and politicians demand.

"Public Health" Propaganda.  Let me tell you about an under-the-table immunity deal:  Dr. Fauci lied to Congress about US funding of gain of function research at Wuhan to protect US institutions.  And to show their appreciation, the institutions will protect Dr. Fauci by declining to prosecute his lies. [...] Revelations from The Intercept's FOIA requests, which the US government took a year to release to the public (and only after litigation was pursued), show federal funds were used "to fund bat coronavirus research at the Chinese laboratory."

Biden Will Introduce Six Step Plan To Continue COVID Fear and Control System.  On Thursday, at 5:00pm ET, the installed occupant of the White House, Joe Biden, will announce the latest U.S. Government approach to COVID mitigation which is anticipated to carry more mandated vaccination requirements.  The details are not yet known; however, we can judge the approach by looking toward two specific allied nations who have been conducting the beta test on behalf of, and in coordination with, the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Intelligence Branch of government.  The Biden plan is reported to be a six prong approach.  The vaccine passport approach, triggered by France, seems to be the most likely scenario that Biden and the DoS will follow.  The monitoring, tracking, and rules against non-compliance for vaccine mandates will likely come from the approach being deployed in Australia.  The U.S. version tenuously has to avoid the pesky issues with constitutional limitations on government that are not present in France or Australia; so our version will likely be a blend of the two systems.

This Dissent Over Mask Mandates Explains Why Tyranny Wins When Judges Won't Act.  Another day, another "masks required" sign on a business in Dane County, Wisconsin, thanks to a sweeping mask mandate handed down from the unelected health bureaucrats on high — and now thanks also to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which just refused to do anything about it.  Despite the seven-day death average for the county remaining steady at zero since the middle of May, Janel Heinrich, the director of public health in Madison and Dane County, decreed that masks were once again mandatory.  This wasn't just for the unvaccinated or the vulnerable.  No, in Dane County, one of the most vaccinated counties in the entire country, everybody was ordered to wear a mask in all indoor settings, including the vaccinated and toddlers as young as 2 years old.  A petition for leave and injunctive relief was filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but on a 4-3 decision, the court denied the petition and dismissed the motion at the end of August.  Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler sharply disagreed.

NFL Cancels Grammy Winner Victory Boyd's National Anthem Performance over Her Vaccination Status.  The National Football League has canceled Grammy Award winner Victory Boyd's scheduled National Anthem performance after she refused the coronavirus vaccine for religious reasons.  In an email shared with The Epoch Times, NFL Senior Director for Media and Entertainment Events Seth Dudowsky to Victory's father and manager, John Boyd, on August 31 that her vaccination status will make ineligible to perform the National Anthem.

White House signals new COVID-19 measures coming for unvaccinated Americans.  President Biden will announce on Thursday [9/9/2021] new steps in his administration's COVID-19 response that involves testing, mandates, and school measures depending on a person's vaccination status, the White House said.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Wednesday that the new components would affect people across the country.  "There are six steps the president's announcing, there will be new components," Psaki said.  "Some of that will be related to access to testing, some will be related to mandates, some will be related to how we ensure kids will be protected in schools."

It is possible to bring clarity to the ivermectin debate.  Currently, in the United States, ivermectin is administered to humans in pill form to treat internal parasites, as a topical cream for rosacea, and in either form to treat scabies. [...] In 1988, ivermectin was first used on humans in Africa during campaigns to eradicate a number of parasitic worm infections, including the horrific disfiguring disease lymphatic filariasis, and river blindness.  It's now being looked at as a potential treatment for malaria.  It may even work as a cancer treatment.  It was lauded as a miracle drug, and, so far, more than a billion doses have been administered. [...] Finding a new drug is time-consuming and requires genius to recognize potential, diligence to carry on the repetitive work to uncover utility, and millions of dollars over 10 to 15 years of testing and trials.  Most drug trials do not lead to a viable product.  Thus, it is both medically and financially prudent to re-examine drugs already in use for "repositioning," "repurposing," or "off-label" use.

It's the Story of the Century, and the Media Yawn.  Throughout all this, the media have remained incurious as to how this historic misery happened.  Anyone with a half a brain cell already knew that a new virus that started within a stone's throw of a biosafety level 4 laboratory in an authoritarian nation likely either leaked or was released from that laboratory.  But acknowledging this obvious fact immediately led to expulsion from "polite" society, or at least from social media.  But the fact that Saint Fauci is the director of an organization, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, that provided U.S. funding on "gain of function" research to the tune of nearly $600,000 on several types of coronaviruses at the very lab where the leak happened may well be the biggest story of the last fifty years.  Gain of function is shorthand for research that adds a new function to an existing virus, which in this case is the rather inconvenient function of infecting humans.  We were literally funding research by our biggest geopolitical rival on how to turn a harmless virus to humans into one that could wreak chaos in human populations.  Mission accomplished.

'You're Only as Good as Your Last COVID Test'.  For over a year and a half now we've had to endure the rampant fear porn of those who simply refuse to acknowledge that viruses are simply going to virus, and that, despite this, young people the world over are in little to no danger from the Wuhan Virus.  This is especially the case among the physical specimens that inhabit football programs at the collegiate and professional levels.  This begs the question:  Why are schools and athletic programs continuing to administer Wuhan Virus tests to healthy, asymptomatic students and athletes? [...] All of this ignorant and foolish nonsense is due to the false notion that young, healthy people are in danger from the Wuhan Virus.  As Joy Pullmann at the Federalist recently put it, ["]Continuing to keep kids locked into masks and out of normal life is a mass hysteria based on conspiracy theories far worse than QAnon.  It has no basis in science, data, or reality.  It is entirely a psychotic power play that sane people must refuse to allow to control our lives, because it's hurting kids and destroying our nation's future.["]

United Airlines Staff With Vaccine Exemptions Told They'll Be Placed on Unpaid Leave.  United Airlines employees who are granted a medical or religious exemption have been informed that they'll be automatically placed on unpaid leave, a policy that one expert described as the harshest in America.  In memorandums to workers who have applied for an exemption to United's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, workers were told they must become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within five weeks if their submission is denied or they will "be separated from the company."  Employees whose accommodation requests are granted will be placed on leave for an undetermined amount of time, according to the memos, which were obtained by The Epoch Times.  "Given our focus on safety and the steep increases in COVID infections, hospitalizations, and deaths, all employees whose request is approved will be placed on temporary, unpaid personal leave on October 2 while specific safety measures for unvaccinated employees are instituted," United told workers.

Rand Paul was right about Fauci.  Recently released documents appear to contradict what Dr. Anthony Fauci previously stated about funding by the National Institute of Health and gain-of-function research at China's Wuhan lab.  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Fauci have notoriously had several contentious moments in congressional hearings regarding the pandemic.  These documents appear to support Paul's assertions that Fauci was lying.  Fauci has been crowned by many on the Left as a hero during the coronavirus pandemic.  However, these documents could destroy his reputation.  "This is a road map to the high-risk research that could have led to the current pandemic," said Gary Ruskin, the executive director of U.S. Right To Know, a group that has been investigating the origins of COVID-19, the Intercept reported.

Biden announces new vaccine mandates that could cover 100 million Americans.  President Joe Biden on Thursday [9/9/2021] announced he will impose stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff in a sweeping attempt to contain the latest surge of Covid-19.  The new requirements could apply to as many as 100 million Americans, according to the White House, and amount to Biden's strongest push yet to require vaccines for much of the country.  "Even as ... Covid-19 has been hitting this country hard, we have the tools to combat the virus if we come together to use those tools," Biden said at the outset of what was billed as a major speech to tackle the latest phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.  In his speech, the President directed the Labor Department to require all businesses with 100 or more employees ensure their workers are either vaccinated or tested once a week.  Companies could face thousands of dollars in fines per employee if they don't comply.

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Federal employee unions push back against Biden's vaccine mandate.  Unions that represent federal workers pushed back Thursday against President Biden's plan to require all federal employees and contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  The American Federation of Government Employees, which is part of the AFL-CIO and represents over 670,000 federal workers, said they encourage members to get vaccinated.  However, they said COVID-19 vaccine requirements should be negotiated with the unions during collective bargaining, not mandated through an executive order.

Australia: Public Health Chief Says Covid Contact Tracing Is Part Of The 'New World Order'.  Conspiracy theory no more!  After State Premier Gladys Berejiklian had unveiled her administration's plan for Greater Sydney's path to freedom out of lockdown, Dr. Chant revealed the new vaccine requirements for workers and customers when the city reopens.  Both parties at reopened businesses would have to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Dr. Chant announced, and workplaces would "have some system of checking that."  But it was her next comment that really stirred up a storm.  In a press conference about Sydney's plan to ease lockdown restrictions that have been in place since July to deal with the Delta variant, South Wales Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said measures such as contact tracing may have to be retained in a "New World Order".

Allison Williams steps away from ESPN over vaccine decision.  Allison Williams, a veteran college football sideline reporter for ESPN, announced on Thursday that she will be opting out of the season because she will not take the COVID-19 vaccine.  "While my work is incredibly important to me, the most important role I have is as a mother," she wrote in a statement on Twitter.  "Throughout our family planning with our doctor, as well as a fertility specialist, I have decided not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at this time while my husband and I try for a second child.

Can employees who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine get unemployment benefits?  As more companies are considering vaccine mandates many people are starting to ask questions.  Can your employer force you to get vaccinated?  If you choose not to, can you get fired?  Las Vegas attorney Richard Dreitzer said employers can't force their employees, but they could fire them.  "If an employee refuses, an employer is within their rights, I believe, to say well then I'm gonna let you go," Dreitzer said.

Biden will order employers with 100+ employees to mandate COVID-19 vaccine.  President Joe Biden outlined on Thursday a six-pronged federal effort to boost COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant of the coronavirus that is killing thousands each week and jeopardizing the nation's economic recovery.  The Biden administration announced that all employers with 100+ employees must either mandate vaccines or test weekly.  The requirement for large companies to mandate vaccinations or weekly testing for employees will be enacted through a forthcoming rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that carries penalties of $14,000 per violation, an administration official told The Associated Press.

UK data destroys entire premise for vaccine push.  This is an absolute game-changer.  The UK government just reported the following data, tucked away in their report on variants of concern:  Less than a third of delta variant deaths are in the unvaccinated.  Let me say that another way — two-thirds of Delta deaths in the UK are in the jabbed.

31 reasons why I won't take the vaccine.  [#1] It's not a vaccine.  A vaccine by definition provides immunity to a disease.  This does not provide immunity to anything.  In a best-case scenario, it merely reduces the chance of getting a severe case of a virus if one catches it.  Hence, it is a medical treatment, not a vaccine.  I do not want to take a medical treatment for an illness I do not have.  [#2] The drug companies, politicians, medical establishment, and media have joined forces to universally refer to this as a vaccine, when it is not one, with the intention of manipulating people into feeling safer about undergoing a medical treatment.  Because they are being deceitful, I do not trust them, and want nothing to do with their medical treatment.  [#3] The presumed benefits of this medical treatment are minimal and would not last long in any case.  The establishment acknowledges this, and is already talking about additional shots and ever-increasing numbers of new "vaccines" that would be required on a regular basis.  I refuse to turn myself into a chronic patient who receives injections of new pharmaceutical products on a regular basis simply to reduce my chances of getting a severe case of a virus that these injections do not even prevent.

The CDC Just Made an Orwellian Change to the Definition of 'Vaccine' and 'Vaccination'.  For your entire life, you've known that when you get vaccinated, you're protected from a particular disease.  You've probably been vaccinated for such diseases as polio, tetanus, measles, diphtheria, and others, and you no longer have to worry about them, because the whole reason your parents took to the doctor to get those shots was to protect from those diseases.  Polio, in particular, has been completely wiped out in the United States thanks to the immunity created by vaccination.  This is why the CDC says that vaccines provide immunity, which means that we can be exposed to a disease without becoming infected by it.  At least they used to.  A recent change on the CDC website should disturb all of us because it appears that the CDC is trying to change how we understand vaccinations.

German Doctors and Lawyers Assess Blood Smears from People Who Have Had Covid Injections.  Dr. Bärbel Ghitalla analysed the blood of people who have had Covid-19 injections to try to help her patients suffering from the aftereffects.  Dr. Ghitalla also obtained a bottle of Johnson and Johnson's Covid-19 injection for analysis.  Alarmed by what she saw through her microscope, she discussed her findings with a medical colleague, Dr. Axel Bolland, as well as two lawyers, Holger Fischer and Elmar Becker.  [Video clip]  Dr. Jane Ruby, on The Stew Peters Show, broke the news from Germany.  A summary of Dr. Ruby's main points are:
  •   The blood smears of these "vaccinated" patients shows that red blood cells ("RBC") have acquired a positive charge (instead of a negative one, which allows blood cells to repel others and stay single) permitting them to 'stack' one upon the other.  This is typical of blood cancer.  They are called 'rouleaux' formations.  So, the injections are changing the electron charge to positive in the RBCs.
  •   There are also coiled pieces present with a metallic sheen.  They can easily be seen as they do not absorb light as RBCs do.
  •   The German doctors and lawyers in the video think it represents the beginning of thrombotic activity.  The level of rouleaux formations in these blood samples is 'severe'.  We're looking at severe RBC damage.

Fauci Lied, People Died — New Documents Show Anthony Fauci Lied to Congress.  As you review the jaw-dropping information, previously suspected but now demonstrably proven, it is well worth re-evaluating the current position of Fauci.  Knowing he was intentionally and maliciously lying to everyone, how can anyone take anything he says — any advice at all — with any semblance of credibility.  His direct responsibility for killing thousands of people around the world, carries every motive to manipulate the truth, lie about everything else, and steer the global medical community in any direction; regardless of world-wide consequences for anyone, anywhere.

Australia travel law bans residents of other countries from leaving.  Australians who live outside the country and return for whatever reason may be unable to leave, thanks to an expansion of the country's travel ban.  According to the Guardian in August, the Australian government quietly expanded its ban on Australian citizens leaving the country to also include people who are ordinarily residents of another country.  In other words, any Australians who live overseas, who return to Australia for a visit, may not be allowed to leave.  Australian citizens and permanent residents are banned from leaving the country and are required to apply for an exemption to do so, which may be granted for employment, study, or compassionate reasons — such as visiting dying relatives or attending family funerals outside the country.  However, if an Australian citizen is normally a resident of another country, they were automatically allowed to leave — at least until the amendment to the travel law went into effect.

How Greed and Negligence Likely Killed 400,000± Americans.  The COVID-19 situation has made ci1zens much more aware of the Medical Establishment's control of our health decisions.  (The Medical Establishment is the WHO, FDA, CDC, AMA, etc.)  One interesting aspect of this bureaucracy, is how the FDA gives its approval (e.g., on a vaccine, a pharmaceutical, etc.).  This report is focused on the area of possible COVID-19 drug therapies, and specifically compares the Science behind the FDA's handling of Remdesivir and Ivermectin.  When we say COVID-19 drug "therapies" we mean what pharmaceutical does the FDA recommend that a patient just diagnosed with COVID-19 should immediately start taking, to minimize the likelihood of them getting sick enough to have to be hospitalized — which might also lead to death.  A therapy successful at preventing hospitalization would be called effective.  This 2020 NIH Study compared Remdesivir and Ivermectin.  The study concluded that they have a lot of similarities, and that both are repurposed drugs that have good promise as COVID-19 therapies.  That said, Ivermectin has not been given the FDA's approval as an effective treatment of COVID-19, whereas the FDA has given its approval to Remdesivir.  So advocates of Ivermectin (and other drug therapies) who aspire to get FDA approval, should make sure that their treatment meets or exceeds the standards set by Remdesivir.

It's not about the virus, or masks, or science.  It never was.  It's all about acquiring absolute control through the use of fear.
Unvaccinated Rutgers Student Claims He's Barred from Remote Courses.  A remotely based student claimed Tuesday he is barred from taking online classes at Rutgers University because he has not been vaccinated.  Rutgers, the first university in the U.S. to mandate vaccination for students, is threatening to disconnect email access and deny campus housing for all students who don't comply with its vaccination mandate, Politco reports.  Some colleges used similar tactics last year to get students to follow testing procedures or risk exclusion.

Dr. Robert Young Finds Graphene Oxide in All Four Vaccines and Other Disturbing Ingredients.  Dr. Robert Young's recent paper, showing detailed analysis of both the blood and the vaccines, is very technical but well worth the effort.  In sum, graphene oxide has been found in all four vaccines.  In addition, Trypanosoma cruzi Parasites have been found in the Pfizer vaccine, which are composed of carbon, oxygen chromium, sulphur, aluminum, chloride and nitrogen.  The nanoparticulate components of all vaccines make for very interesting and disturbing reading, as do those components that create magnetic effects in the body.  A question we are left with is, what is the additional effect on all this if we add environmental radiation into the mix?  After all, graphene oxide is an extremely conductive substance, very responsive to electromagnetic radiation.  Young's work also includes analysis of the blood of the vaccinated.

The great Ivermectin deworming hoax.  "In a normal year, the Kentucky Poison Control Center might receive one call from someone who has taken ivermectin, a drug commonly used to treat parasites in livestock.  But amid increasing misinformation about the drug's ability to both treat and prevent COVID-19, that number has increased to six this year." This alarming news was published in Spectrum News — formerly known as Time Warner Cable — on August 24, 2021, and should be a lesson to every American.  The lesson is not about Ivermectin being poisonous because it isn't, but about the pervasiveness of a type of new internet propaganda termed "informational flooding." [...] We have a media blackout on how India used cheap Ivermectin to obliterate the Delta variant while we struggle unsuccessfully to sell the public on problematic yet profitable vaccines.  The CDC coordinates all 55 poison control centers across the nation, and they are closely aligned with the FDA, which we now know is captured by Big Pharma.

Rand Paul Reacts To Wuhan Bombshell.  Senator Rand Paul weighed in Tuesday following a Monday bombshell from The Intercept which revealed that Dr. Anthony Fauci's NIAID and its parent, the NIH, funded Gain-of-Function research in Wuhan, China.  Recall that Fauci called Paul a 'liar' for accusing him of funding the risky research, in which viruses are genetically modified or otherwise altered to make them more transmissible to humans.

You Think Australia Is Bad, Check Out The COVID Prison Camps In China Built Under Highways.  Video has emerged from China showing COVID prison camps where COVID-positive citizens are literally locked in and await prison guards to TOSS a box of food at them a few times a day.  The prison cells are metal boxes built underneath highways so a big complaint is the noise that doesn't allow people to sleep.  [Video clip]

Aussie Cops Arrest Man For Crossing Border To Sit On Grass With A Friend, Man End Up Headbutting Cop.  A man has been caught on camera headbutting police at Tweed Heads, as the issues at NSW and Queensland's border, triggered by the Delta outbreak, continue.  Footage posted to Facebook showed the man sitting on the grass with a woman when he was approached by a group of police officers on Sunday [9/5/2021].  [Video clip]

Australian Labor Party Leader And Premier Of Victoria Tells Citizens If They Don't Vax They Will Be Denied Healthcare.  Australian Labor party Leader Daniel Andrews and Premier of Victoria upped COVID fascism another notch with his statements this weekend.  Andrews actually told his fellow Aussies if they don't get vaccinated they will receive no healthcare.  A blackmail sure to ignite tensions and anger in an already powderkeg-like atmosphere.  [Video clip]

WHO Scientist That Spoke Out Against Using Ivermectin Charged with Mass Murder.  Dr. Paul Craig Roberts at Global research is reporting that the BAR Association in India has charged a high-ranking World Health Organization figure with mass murder. [...] We could use a bit of this here in the US.  I know that many in the chain of idea custody surrounding the "science" used to cancel our rights have been given immunity, but that does not necessarily protect them from clear cases of fraud.  While hydroxychloroquine continues to be a curse word, Ivermectin is merely shunned and poo-pooed.  But the establishment refuses to accept its efficacy.  And one of the rules of treatment is that if there is one, then vaccination is unnecessary.  Especially forced vaccination with experimental inoculations.  Given that (in New Hampshire) the survival rates are astronomically good for all but the few who are already susceptible to most common colds and flu, any mandated treatment is effectively fascist and must be opposed even if you got vaccinated.

In Italy, You Now Must Have A Vaccine Card To Fly, Take A Train, Or Go To University.  Even amid less active coronavirus cases in Italy, the government has mandated vaccine passports, or "green passes," for all domestic flights and trains, as well as universities.  As of last Wednesday, green passes are now "obligatory for anyone travelling on high-speed trains, planes, ferries and inter-regional coaches," according to Reuters.  The government also announced the proof-of-vaccination card will be required for university staff and students.  Since August 6, the pass has been mandated for individuals to go to theaters, gyms, and museums, and to sit indoors at restaurants.  Healthcare workers are required to receive both doses of the vaccine in order to work.  Italy also passed a parliamentary amendment last Thursday extending the validity of green passes from nine months to 12 months, after which pass holders will need to acquire them again.

Arizona AG rules COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public employees illegal.  Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said on Tuesday that the city of Tucson's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public employees violates state law and the governor's executive order.  The city must either revoke or amend the ordinance to align with state law or risk losing millions in state funding, the attorney general's office said in a statement.  "Tucson's vaccine mandate is illegal, and the city could be held liable for attempting to force employees to take it against their beliefs," said Mr. Brnovich, a Republican.  "COVID-19 vaccinations should be a choice, not a government mandate."

Report: More Than 200 Seattle Police Officers Face Firing Over Vaccine Mandate.  Seattle, Washington, a city already ravaged by the "Defund the Police" movement, could lose at least 200 more officers over the city's Chinese coronavirus vaccine mandate.  The officers face termination "because they've either not received the jab or would refuse to hand over their private medical data," according to a report cited by Fox News on Tuesday [9/7/2021]. [...] According to [a] KTTH report, the Seattle Police Department [SPD] has already lost approximately 300 officers since last year's push to defund the police — SPD is now staffed at "record lows not seen since the 1980s."

Why in the World Is the Government Disrupting the Distribution of Monoclonal Antibodies Now?  After demonizing nearly every medication with the potential to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finally recommended monoclonal antibodies earlier this summer.  Before the official recommendation, some providers used them under an emergency use authorization (EUA) granted by the FDA in November 2020.  The FDA just granted an EUA to allow their use for SARS-CoV-2 post-exposure and ongoing prophylaxis.  This approval will increase demand.  Recently, the treatment has gotten quite a bit of media coverage.  While the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been promoting the treatment on the Combat Covid website since early summer, one man ensured a nationwide media campaign.  Once Florida Governor Ron DeSantis decided to promote outpatient treatment using the antibodies and establish infusion centers, the media reacted because he is a very dangerous Republican.

The War on Supplements.  The Food and Drug Administration — funded and controlled by Big Pharma — is heavily biased in favor of drugs.  And since Big Pharma wants to solidify its monopoly over medicine, it has coerced the FDA to campaign to limit consumer access to non-patentable nutritional supplements, which promote health and prevent disease.  Drugs, even when taken properly under prescription, cause 1.9 million hospitalizations per year and close to 900,000 patients experience serious drug reactions, according to a Harvard report.  More alarming statistics:  prescription drugs are a major health risk, ranking fourth (with stroke) as a leading cause of death; and new FDA-approved prescription drugs have a one-in-five chance of causing adverse reactions.  But despite that, the FDA believes that it is supplements that are unsafe, and unleashes campaigns against them on behalf of Big Pharma.

The Highly Effective Covid Treatment Joe Biden Won't Tell You About.  There's a free, highly effective treatment for Americans who contract COVID-19 and its variants that could immediately relieve hospitals and slow the pandemic, but President Joe Biden has been tight-lipped about the lifesaving care.  Monoclonal antibody treatment has been found to reduce hospitalization and death from COVID by a stunning 70%, with almost no side effects, based on preliminary findings in recent studies.  It's also been shown to shorten the duration of symptoms by four days.  Yet, awareness of the treatment is abysmal — and that's in large part due to the efforts — or lack of effort — from the Biden administration, most notably President Biden himself.

RFK, Jr.: Induced COVID-19 fears could result in 'complete obliteration of critical thinking'.  Political activist Robert Kennedy Jr. warned that a "society in fear" due to the COVID-19 pandemic could result in the "complete obliteration of critical thinking."  Kennedy, who spoke at the Ron Paul Institute's conference, noted that only a small fraction of the individuals comprising the CDC's COVID-19 death total died primarily from COVID-19.  "Among 378,048 death certificates from 2020 listing COVID-19 as a cause of death, 5.5% listed COVID-19 without codes for any other conditions," according to the CDC.  "The people who died, 96% of them, had almost 400 reasons that might have killed them," Kennedy said during a session titled the Pandemic and the Road to Totalitarianism.  "You know, the manipulation of the death certificates.  The manipulation of the PCR test.  "All of these mechanics appear to be deliberately manipulated to put our population in a state of fear — and what happens when you have a population in fear?  The complete obliteration of critical thinking."

Rand Paul says Fauci LIED to Congress by insisting US never funded gain-of-function research at Wuhan lab.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has been accused of lying to Congress by claiming the US did not fund gain-of-function research after newly unearthed documents regarding the grant proposal a study at the Wuhan lab blamed for creating COVID were made public for the first time.  The files were obtained by The Intercept as part of an FOI request to drill down the possible root of COVID and whether the US had any role in it.  They show that in 2014, the National Health Institute approved a five-year, yearly grant of $666,000 a year for five years ($3.3million) for EcoHealth Alliance, a US research organization, into bat coronavirus.

Dems blamed Trump for COVID deaths but now won't blame Biden.  One of the most morally revolting talking points taken up by Democrats in their effort to deflect attention from President Joe Biden's deadly incompetence in Afghanistan is to minimize the deaths of 13 troops in Kabul, Afghanistan, by pointing out that more people are dying from COVID-19 every day.  First of all, if we use the standards that Democrats set during the Trump years, those COVID-19 deaths are also the responsibility of Biden.  It should be said that comparing deaths caused by a faceless worldwide pandemic to the deaths of American troops who were needlessly placed in a perilous situation by an administration that handed security of Kabul to the Taliban is a special brand of cynical partisanship.  Both Afghanistan and COVID-19 are tragic, but only one is an avoidable massacre that was perpetrated by enemies and made possible by our government's ineptitude and bad decisions.

Top Wuhan Lab Theory Denier Reverses Stance, Reveals He Knew Of Virus Weeks In Advance.  Dr. Ian Lipkin — an American virologist who once claimed there was "no evidence" COVID-19 could have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology — appeared to reverse his premature stance on the origins of COVID-19 in a new interview.  "If they've got hundreds of bat samples that are coming in, and some of them aren't characterized, how would they know whether this virus was or wasn't in this lab?" Lipkin asked in reference to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in June before answering, "they wouldn't."  The unearthed comments come amidst Lipkin revealing he was informed of a "new outbreak" in Wuhan on December 15th, 2019 in Spike Lee's documentary miniseries "NYC Epicenters."

Dr Michael McDowell Discusses The Genetic Bioweapon SarsCoV2.  [Video clip]

Is COVID a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated?  Not Quite.  Physicians spreading medical misinformation, particularly about COVID, "are risking disciplinary action by state medical boards" due to their "high degree of public trust" and their "powerful platform in society." One could say this applies more so to the president of the United States, the CDC director, and to major newspapers and media organizations, all of whom have a far larger platform than any single doctor.  For example, will Rolling Stone face disciplinary action over their recent false story about Oklahoma hospitals and ivermectin?  Those supposedly in the know about "the science" may attribute misinformation to evolving science, meaning we are learning about COVID as we go along.  Yet this is not the world's first rodeo with a respiratory virus.  The science behind public health measures including masks, distancing, and lockdowns have been known for decades.  It seems that the only changes these days are political considerations, and that is not science.

Australia proves why socialized medicine is so dangerous.  Australia didn't slowly turn into a totalitarian nation.  It became one overnight, thanks to the people's willingness to accept their governments' hysterical reaction to COVID.  We've all watched in horror as a once free country now confines people to their homes, forces injections on their children, turns unmasked people into "most wanted" outlaws, shoots dogs, and prepares to track people's every movement with apps backed by police power.  The latest craziness in Victoria is to deny health care to people who resist getting the vaccination.  As a preliminary point to any discussion about vaccine mandates, it's incumbent upon me to note that Israel, the most heavily vaccinated country in the world, is being overwhelmed by the delta variant and has the highest infection rate in the world.  Last week, the country said people needed a third shot.  This week, it's saying that people must take a fourth shot and, indeed, must be perpetually vaccinated to survive COVID mutations.  It's easy to liken the vaccination to a flu shot, but it's actually worse than a flu shot. [...] [I]t seems that the COVID vaccines increase people's vulnerabilities to future COVID variants.  Thanks to the vaccine, they're on an endless treadmill of booster shots, all of which come with an unusually high number of severe side-effects.

Inside an Australian COVID Internment Camp, a Dystopian Hell Awaits.  COVID has revealed a lot over the last year and a half, but no country has been exposed more for its underlying culture of tyranny than Australia.  Formerly a beacon of freedom, community, and beautiful landscapes, the land down under has morphed into a dystopian hellscape where the government blesses its residents with an hour of free time a day.  The former prison colony has reverted to its roots.  Nowhere is that more apparent than in the COVID internment camps now operating in Australia.  Travelers, both foreign and domestic are forced into one of the various metal buildings to serve out their 14-day sentence.  There, they remain "quarantined," only to be delivered food by faceless operatives in full protective gear.

New Study Shows Breakthrough Infection Risk Not All It's Cracked Up to Be.  According to data compiled by the Centers For Disease Control, approximately one in every 5,000 vaccinated Americans has tested positive for the coronavirus.  That number is probably much lower in places with significantly fewer cases — like the Northeast, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco areas, where it is probably fewer than one in 10,000.  This is the first detailed data about so-called "breakthrough" infections — positive tests from people fully vaccinated.  The data suggests that politicians and public health officials are wildly overreacting to the delta variant's effect on the already vaccinated.

Seattle Public Schools withheld COVID vaccine exemption forms in rigged process.  Seattle Public Schools (SPS) withheld the religious and medical exemption forms for the COVID-19 vaccination mandate until after the first deadline to get the Moderna vaccine passed.  This entire process seems rigged against using exemptions.  School staff in Washington must be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18, or they will be terminated.  Medical and religious exemptions are supposed to be offered for employees who wish to seek them.  But a spokesperson for SPS confirmed that the district hadn't sent out the forms yet.  They are expected to go out this week.  By the time staff receive the exemptions, it may be too late to use them.

Fauci's entire dishonest house of cards just collapsed.  [Scroll down]  Assuming America survives as a democratic republic operating under our Constitution, Americans must take stock of everything they've assumed since the Cold War's end.  Here are some of those lessons:
  •   Cultural Marxism is the road to totalitarianism.
  •   Democrats are fascists under Mussolini's ultimate definition of fascism:  "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."
  •   The tech tyrants must be reined in for they are the primary vehicle through which Democrats implement fascism.
  •   The mainstream media, which collaborates with the tech outlets, is another fascism facilitator.  Ditto Hollywood.
  •   Almost all American schools, whether K-12 or colleges and universities, do not educate, they indoctrinate.
  •   Borders matter.
  •   Scientism, which is a form of blind worship, is entirely different from science, which is a methodology using reproducible experiments to prove theories that are never immune to challenges.
  •   Government must be radically downsized to preserve liberty.
And one more thing: Dr. Fauci needs to go to jail for the rest of his life because, through his funding illegal gain-of-function research, followed by his non-stop stream of dangerous lies, he has the blood of hundreds of thousands of Americans on his hands.

How You Can Tell the Delta Surge in Florida Is Waning.  You can almost hear the wailing.  If the media wants to keep up the COVID-19 panic porn, they will have to pick on a Democrat governor.  Right now, Oregon Governor Kate Brown is seeing a significant surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in her state, just like Hawaii experienced concurrent with the red states in the Southeast.  But if the media talks about Hawaii and Oregon, they have to point out that these states enforced some of the strictest restrictions and mask mandates, and cases surged anyway.  That can't happen.  The corporate media prefers to portray Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as incompetent and generally fails spectacularly.  They consider him the most dangerous Republican in the mix for 2024 and will do anything to hamper his reelection chances in 2022.  So as the Florida surge begins to decline, at least one outlet has taken to doing the media equivalent of "vaguebooking."  This story is like the post you see on Facebook where everyone knows whom a user is talking about, even if the user doesn't mention a name.

Japanese Medical Chairman Doubles Down on IVM.  In February 2021, Dr. Ozaki Chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association declared that Japan's physicians should get a greenlight to prescribe IVM (Ivermectin) at the first sign of SARS CV infections.  Now in August, Tokyo Medical Association chairman Haruo Ozaki reiterated that ivermectin should be widely used and said that his early recommendations have not been heeded in Japan.  See Lifesite article August 30, 2021 Japanese medical chairman doubles down on ivermectin support after early calls went ignored.

Ivermectin: a multifaceted drug of Nobel prize-honoured distinction with indicated efficacy against COVID-19.  Abstract:  In 2015, the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, in its only award for treatments of infectious diseases since six decades prior, honoured the discovery of ivermectin (IVM), a multifaceted drug deployed against some of the world's most devastating tropical diseases.  Since March 2020, when IVM was first used against a new global scourge, COVID-19, more than 20 randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have tracked such inpatient and outpatient treatments.  Six of seven meta-analyses of IVM treatment RCTs reporting in 2021 found notable reductions in COVID-19 fatalities, with a mean 31% relative risk of mortality vs. controls.  During mass IVM treatments in Peru, excess deaths fell by a mean of 74% over 30 days in its ten states with the most extensive treatments.  Reductions in deaths correlated with the extent of IVM distributions in all 25 states with p < 0.002.  Sharp reductions in morbidity using IVM were also observed in two animal models, of SARS-CoV-2 and a related betacoronavirus.  The indicated biological mechanism of IVM, competitive binding with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, is likely non-epitope specific, possibly yielding full efficacy against emerging viral mutant strains.

The unmistakable ivermectin miracle in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.  Uttar Pradesh might sound obscure to most Americans, but it is the most populated state in India, with urban areas that rival the most densely populated cities in the U.S.  Yet, miraculously, despite housing a population of 240 million people, this northern state has been averaging only 24 cases and 0-2 deaths per day in recent months.  Despite its size — roughly 73% of the U.S. population — it ranked dead last in cases per capita last week among India's 36 states.  What gives?  The answer likely lies in the 10-letter "I-word" that you are not allowed to mention on social media: ivermectin.  Evidently, the global medical junta doesn't like the over 60 studies vouching for the efficacy of ivermectin against SARS-CoV-2, especially when used early, but there is something better than a study: pure reality of lived experience.

Ohio Judge Orders Hospital to Honor COVID Patient's Ivermectin Request.  An Ohio judge has ordered a local hospital to treat a coronavirus patient with the drug ivermectin, despite warnings from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not to use the drug against COVID-19.  Common Pleas Judge Gregory Howard of Butler County ordered West Chester Hospital to treat patient Jeffrey Smith with ivermectin on August 23, following a petition by the patient's wife Julie, the Ohio Capital Journal reported.  The order forces the hospital to administer 30 mg of ivermectin per day to Smith, who tested positive for coronavirus in mid-July and was sedated and put on a ventilator on August 1.

COVID-19 Preventions and Treatments.  This is not medical advice.  Every situation is unique, and every person must check with his or her own physician, especially if you are taking any other medication.  Do research prior to any hospitalization and have a list of labs you demand such as a D-Dimer, CRP, Ferritin, etc and a list of medications you want to have administered if admitted for you and/or a loved one.  Otherwise, if the hospital is using the CDC's "treatment" protocol, there may be no therapeutic treatments and only harmful maltreatments like the poisonous Remdesivir and ventilator intubation.  Science is not about "belief".  It is about reproducible results backed by data.  You do not have to look very far to find overwhelming evidence that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and ivermectin (IVM) used in combination with other compounds have efficacy and are safe for high-risk groups.

FDA Caves Under Immense Corruption.  Just reporting this morning August 23, 2021, "FDA grants full approval to Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, opening door to more vaccine mandates."  Every awake American was waiting for this shoe to drop.  For eight months, millions of Americans had "voluntarily" taken an "unapproved" mRNA experimental injection and thousands have already died or been permanently injured for life.  This FDA approval will be used to shift from "voluntary compliance" to "forced inoculations."  Up until now, no governmental body had any authority to "force" (mandate) vaccinate anyone.  It was all allegedly "voluntary" even though the effort to conceal all real related science has been immense, and everything from coercion to bribery was used to gain "voluntary compliance" from people who had no means of providing any "informed consent."  So, until now, they have worked closely with global Marxist collaborators in BIG Pharma, BIG media, BIG international corporations, universities and even small "Christian colleges" like NO-HOPE COLLEGE in Michigan, to essentially "force vaccinate" via bribes or under threat of lost wages and income, kicked out of classes, and even threat of incarceration in a mental facility for making your own medical decisions.

The Curious Case Of FDA's Approval Of Comirnaty
  •   August 23, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the COVID-19 mRNA injection developed by Pfizer/BioNTech, sold under the brand name Comirnaty, for use in people aged 16 and older
  •   Normally, the FDA will hold a formal hearing and allow for public and expert input before a drug is moved from emergency use authorization to full approval but, in this instance, no such hearing was held
  •   The notion that a "vaccine" that has killed more people in nine months than all other vaccines combined in three decades is considered safe stretches beyond the bounds of credulity and further undermines public trust in the FDA
  •   The approval is based on six months' worth of data from 44,047 people aged 16 and older. Half of them got the shots and half initially received a placebo.  However, in early December 2020, Pfizer unblinded the control group and 93% of controls opted to get the real injection.  This means we've had no control group since December 2020 and have nothing to compare the treatment group against
  •   The FDA's prescribing information for Comirnaty includes the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis, two types of heart inflammation that typically develop within seven days after the second injection

Prominent U.S. Physician:  Entire World In A State Of Mass Psychosis.  Dr. McCullough is most certainly not an anti-vaccine doctor.  He is a world-recognized cardiologist who specializes in cardiology and cardio-renal issues.  He has been published more than any doctor in the world and recognized early on that the Covid-19 crisis was a call for doctors to figure out how to save patients. [...] Dr. McCullough talks about a "trance" that the world is in — a "mass psychosis" — and says that in addition to all he is doing to treat Covid patients, including Covid patients who were vaccinated, and Covid injured young people who are getting myocarditis post-Covid injection, that some of the most important conversations he is having are with psychologists to figure out how we have an entire world that is under the Covid "trance."  He says something is clearly wrong — you have good people who are not paying attention to real data, which includes Covid vaccine failure, Covid vaccine reactions and injuries — including what he believes includes 45,000 deaths (based on CSM/Medicaid/Medicare data not on VAERS) from the Covid vaccines that have been administered since December 2020.  McCullough says people — including (especially) the medical profession that appears to have no reason anymore.  The 52% of the country that has not been vaccinated is being threatened with vaccine mandates that pay no attention to Covid recovered patients, no attention to those who clearly have contraindications to taking the vaccine.  McCullough says that worldwide people somehow are hardened and literally in a trance.  Basically, he is saying that worldwide people are losing empathy for their fellow mankind.  People are doing bad things to other people right now.

Joe Biden and Gavin Newsom Urgently Need The Politics of COVID as a Tool For Distraction.  Biden's inflation is crushing the middle-class.  Gas prices are intentionally skyrocketing.  Obama Term-3 policies are destroying jobs and the working class.  The southern border is in crisis; widespread illegal immigration is alarming.  Biden's Afghanistan strategy was/is [very bad] (by design).  Thirteen U.S. service members were killed by JoeBama policy.  Leftist promoted wokeism as a social engineering tool is running amok.  Schools are a battleground between parents and Obama's union orcs.  Joe Biden himself is a hot mess of incompetence and dementia on a scale they can no longer keep hidden.  And the poll numbers for Biden overall are showing it.  The JoeBama crew must bury all of it by weaponizing the use of COVID-19 fear.  There is no other issue large enough to protect the JoeBama agenda without using COVID.  COVID-19 is the only political tool with the outcome to keep all other purposeful crises under control.  That urgent narrative is what's behind this little soundbite segment from the professional media proletariat.  [Video clip]

Stanford Epidemiologist Studies COVID, Finds It's Highly Treatable and RARELY a Deadly Disease.  Early last year, Stanford professor John Ioannidis stated that if we didn't know a new virus called COVID existed, we might just "have casually noted that flu this season seems to be a bit worse than average."  Now Ioannidis has done research that perhaps vindicates that statement, finding that the coronavirus' infection fatality rate (IFR) in most of the world is less than 0.20 percent — much like that of the flu.  What's more, the professor concludes that protecting the vulnerable and early treatment could likely reduce that IFR further. [...] Most Americans, however, would assume that the numbers are far higher, partially because of media and health-establishment misrepresentation.  For example, the NIAID's Dr. Anthony Fauci has said in the past that SARS-CoV-2 has a "mortality rate" of one percent, which itself had fallen from two or three percent.  But "mortality rate" is the wrong term.  In fact, what Fauci was referencing wasn't even the aforementioned infection fatality rate (IFR) — rather, it was the case fatality rate (CFR).

'I Will Not Submit': 140,000 French Citizens Protest Against Vaccine Passport.  Thousands of French citizens demonstrated in several cities Saturday [9/4/2021] for an eighth straight weekend, continuing protests against the country's COVID-19 vaccine passport system required to enter most public areas, including stadiums, cafes, restaurants, and gyms.  The health pass, which was passed by the French Parliament weeks ago, mandates an individual be vaccinated, have a recent negative COVID-19 test, or prove they have fully recovered from the virus.  Another law slated to go into effect this month will require all healthcare workers to get the vaccine.  France's Ministry of Interior confirmed to news outlets over the weekend that about 140,000 people partook in demonstrations over the weekend.  A week ago, about 170,000 people partook in protests.  While some media outlets have described the mass protests as "anti-vaccine," many of the slogans and signs held by protesters go against vaccine mandates and passports, rather than COVID-19 vaccines themselves.

Vaccine Failure and the Way Out.  The Corona vaccines don't work very well.  Ubiquitous statistics showing that the vaccinated enjoy substantial protection against serious illness and death seem wrong.  In some cases they are probably manipulated.  They are certainly confounded by the different testing regimes to which the vaccinated and the unvaccinated are subjected.  Once you forget the specifics of efficacy and look at the broader picture, it is easy to see where we are.  The vaccines have not reduced Corona mortality compared to the same time last year in any jurisdiction that I know of.  Countries with high vaccination rates are now seeing the same number of deaths, or more, as they had at the beginning of September 2020. [...] If you peer deeper, you'll generally find this:  The vaccinated remain substantially protected against serious illness or death, but the unvaccinated are entering the hospital and dying at very high rates indeed, as if to compensate.

Nothing to see here except an Aussie being forced into a quarantine "health hotel" for an "indefinite stay".  The guy in the following clip is in great physical shape with no visible symptoms of the 'Rona.  He also offers ZERO resistance to being shuttle-bused to a "health hotel" for an "indefinite stay." [Video clip]  Look at the people in full PPE gear (outside) escorting him like he's got Ebola.  This guy literally took a test for "peace of mind" and didn't even get a message.  He just had a dozen police show up at his home to escort him away like a criminal.  I bet if he'd just gone about his business and not messed with a test that he wouldn't in an "indefinite stay" in a cushy prison.

New Zealand truly is the land of sheep.  Something has happened there, a mass psychological disturbance that has the populace supporting a government that reacts hysterically to perceived threats.  Locking down an entire country and isolating it from the rest of the world (and thereby slowing the spread of herd immunity) as if the virus would simply skip the isolated archipelago.  Now, with few Kiwis having recovered from Covid and herd immunity nowhere near, cases are skyrocketing.

Fake News:  The strange campaign against ivermectin escalates.  What's with the bizarre campaign against ivermectin?  It's not just that the FDA has put out a quackish tweet (shown here by AT contributor Dr. Brian Joondeph, M.D.) scolding viewers that they are not horses or cows.  That's in reference to the fact that in some high-dose forms, ivermectin is used as a horse dewormer, begging the question about its effectiveness when it is dosed and formulated properly as a human medical treatment for COVID, prescribed off-label.  The news reports repeatedly call ivermectin a dangerous drug, implying that all uses of the drug are dangerous, even when taken properly.  It's now a lot of nonsense about mass injuries from people who take the horse dewormer form of the drug on their own to beat COVID, as if there is anyone out there advocating such an improper use of the medicine.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown is sued by police and firefighters over COVID vaccine mandate.  Oregon's governor Kate Brown is being sued by a coalition of firefighters and police officers over her new mandate which will force them to have a COVID vaccine.  The lawsuit was filed by the Oregon Fraternal Order of Police union, troopers across the state, and Kingsley Firefighters Association at Jefferson County Circuit Court Friday [9/3/2021].  They say the vaccine edict, announced in August, breaks existing Oregon laws, and that it makes no provision for people who seek religious exemptions to the rule.

DeSantis: We're Suing CDC Because 'One Unelected Bureaucracy' Doesn't Have Authority to Close an Entire U.S. Industry.  [Scroll down]  The CDC's politically-motivated overreach has implications for all U.S. industries, as well as all Americans, DeSantis warned:  "Think about the larger implication of this.  Do you want one unelected bureaucracy to be able to have the power to indefinitely shut down a major industry in this country?  They do not have that authority to do it.  That's why we're suing them.  But this has much larger implications than just cruise ships sailing or not.  This has implications for potentially any industry and look, with all due respect to the CDC, I mean if you look at some of the stuff that they've done on school openings, where they're basically doing the teachers' union's bidding, when they say these kids should be masked in summer camp outdoors.  I'm sorry, that's not science, that's politics."

Governments Must Pay $800,000 in Legal Fees to Church for COVID-19 Overreach.  California officials have agreed to pay $800,000 in prevailing-party attorneys' fees to a popular Christian mega-church in Los Angeles after state and federal courts in California issued permanent injunctions barring government officials there from ever again imposing discriminatory restrictions on houses of worship.  In the United States, unsuccessful litigants only rarely have to pay their opponents' legal fees, even when their cases are weak. [...] The Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm, represented Grace Community Church (GCC) and Pastor John MacArthur in legal proceedings that began in March 2020 when California and local governments initiated a sweeping response to combat SARS-CoV-2, the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19.  Government officials repeatedly tried to shut down in-person church attendance after the pandemic began.

Watch As Parisian Cops Club The Snot Out Of Woman For Entering Mall Without A Vax Pass.  A video has gone crazy viral on Twitter showing about 9 or 10 Parisian cops in full riot gear running through a Westfield mall to intercept a woman who doesn't have a vaccine passport and entered the premises as a protest.  The cops swarm the woman and one of the officers starts clubbing her and another woman who seems to be trying to protect her from the blows.  [Video clip]

Australian Supermarket Shelves Are Empty After Truckers Go On Strike, Protesting COVID Tyranny.  Videos of empty shelves in Australia have gone viral on TikTok and Twitter after truckers went on strike this past week over the country's heavy-handed COVID tactics.  The video shows meat, fruit, and vegetables running out as the fight between the government and citizens heats up.  [Video clip]

'If It Saves One Life' Is Their Dumbest Argument Yet, But They Continue To Trot It Out.  A favored tactic of the left is using emotion-laden arguments to further their narrative.  Fortunately for them, in the debate over masks in schools, few things are more emotional than the idea of a child dying, whether it's of or with COVID-19 or anything else.  And true to form, they constantly beat the fact that, yes, some children do die of or with COVID, over the heads of those who cite the potentially harmful long-term effects of masking children. [...] In our interactions with each other, the risk of virus transmission has always existed.  Until the COVID era, society had accepted that it cannot properly function without humans having normal interactions with one another.  That view, of course, has largely been jettisoned in favor of widespread public masking, an intervention that has never been proven to work to any significant or relevant degree.  Yet somehow, our overlords have managed to convince the majority of the gullible public that placing a moist, bacteria-laden piece of cloth over a child's mouth and nose will somehow keep that child from getting COVID-19, a virus they pretend is dangerous to children by citing anecdotes instead of data.  Assuming their intentions are good (I know, that's a BIG assumption), they do it because they think "one life" saved is worth any intervention employed, proof of effectiveness [notwithstanding].

COVID-19 lockdowns caused more deaths instead of reducing them, study finds.  As we begin to pick through the rubble of the early days of the coronavirus that started in Wuhan in an effort to determine with some specificity the origins of COVID-19, and whether it was accidentally or purposefully released from a Chinese lab, it is important, too, that we assess the wisdom of our public health approaches to the disease.  Chief among those approaches was the institution of lockdowns across a broad range of populations.  The pathologies of the lockdowns are clear and have been both predicted and recorded.  They include increased risk of preventable deaths from cancer, heart disease, etc., as well as psychological trauma, resulting in increased homicides, accidents and suicidal ideations, caused by long periods of isolation.

The Government and CDC Are Lying About COVID-19 Vaccine and Ivermectin; The Question Is Why?  I've been in the media business for decades and I've never before witnessed such lies, exaggeration and outright fraud.  All with the intent to force everyone to be vaccinated.  The question is why?  Let's start with the vaccine itself.  The results in Israel prove what a sham, charade and fraud this all is.  The U.S. government and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argue that the vaccine is our only chance to survive.  And that people are hospitalized and dying with COVID-19 because they are unvaccinated.  Both arguments are pure fraud.  First, are you aware that anyone who dies within 14 days of getting vaccinated is considered "unvaccinated"?  No wonder they claim everyone who is dying is unvaccinated.  If you die from COVID-19, whether you're vaccinated or unvaccinated, they just call you unvaccinated.  If a businessperson in the private sector tried that scam, they'd spend the next 20 years in prison for fraud.  The CDC has also been using stats of COVID-19 deaths going back to January to make the claim that the deaths are almost exclusively among the unvaccinated.  That's because earlier in the year almost everyone was unvaccinated.  That's called rigging the numbers.

Dr. Robert Malone on Ivermectin, Escape Mutants, and the Faulty Logic of Vaccine Mandates (Part 2).  In part one of this American Thought Leaders episode, mRNA vaccine inventor Dr. Robert Malone explained the latest research on COVID-19 vaccines, booster shots, and natural immunity.  Now in part two, we take a closer look at repurposed drugs like ivermectin and how a universal vaccination policy could actually backfire — and bring about the emergence of vaccine-resistant escape mutants.  At their core, vaccine mandates are not just unethical and divisive, but also "impractical and unnecessary," says Dr. Malone.

South Carolina Supreme Court Strikes Down City's School Mask Mandate.  South Carolina's Supreme Court on Thursday [9/2/2021] struck down a school mask mandate in the state's capital city in the midst of its largest surge in COVID-19 cases since last winter.  In the latest of several such legal cases across a nation where cultural and political clashes have erupted over the COVID-19 response, the court ruled 5-0 to issue a declaratory judgment for South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who brought the case against the city of Columbia.  Wilson, a Republican, argued a state law that allows parents to decide whether their children wear masks in school trumps the city's mask mandate ordinance for private and public elementary and middle school students and staff.

Aussie Who Is Vaccinated And Tested Negative 9 times Uploads Video From COVID Concentration Camp, People Locked Into Rooms For Over 300 Hours, Guards Threaten To Gas Them.  An Australian man uploaded a video from his COVID 'hotel' room with the sounds of a prisoner screaming to be let out after hundreds of hours being cooped up inside a small room.  The man, who seems to be having a mental breakdown, is demanding to be let out only to be told to get back inside or face being gassed.  [Video clip]

College football's crazed opening weekend delivers 'fearmongers a giant middle finger'.  If you're the type of person who boasts "gender pronouns" in your social media profiles and trust big-government bureaucrats to run your life, chances are high you are among the enraged zealots who've been throwing a hissy fit this weekend.  For it was early this weekend on Friday [9/3/2021] that thousands of young men and women gathered tightly at the Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium for the Hokies' opening game and jumped in unison as the classic Metallica song "Enter Sandman" was played. [...] Fast-forwarding back to the present, the footage from this year's game provoked an outcry of anger, exasperation and abject insanity from "gender pronoun"-boasting COVID zealots — in addition to "journalists" and MSNBC talking heads, of course — who'd prefer that Americans forever remain locked in a state of fear.

Woman Has An Experience From Hell After Second Pfizer Shot, Huge Lesions In Her Mouth, Black Urine, No Platelets In Her Blood.  This woman shared her Pfizer story on social media and it's one of many nightmares.  The woman first shows the horrific lesions growing inside her mouth and on her face.  She also had a large one on her shoulder.  [Video clip]

Australian State Premier Announces All Non-Vaccinated Citizens Will Be Locked Out of Economy.  Apparently the internet has been turned off for people in Australia.  That is the only reasonable explanation for how their political leadership can keep claiming that vaccinated people cannot contract the COVID virus.  This claim is empirically refuted by every other nation who is seeing vaccinated people contracting COVID and "some" being hospitalized regardless of their vaccine status.  On a weirdly positive note, it appears they have abandoned the regional Australian plan of "COVID-ZERO," which was a plan to lock-down the entire nation, on a state-by-state basis, until they never had a single case of COVID and then re-open society.  They have abandoned that plan because it was abject nonsense from the outset; and reality showed the virus spreading despite their complete lock-down and quarantine protocols.  However, the latest COVID plan within the regional states is to use the enforcement of total vaccinated status before they will allow freedom.

CDC Releases the Death Rate of Children Hospitalized for COVID-19.  [Scroll down]  On Friday [9/3/2021], the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), and it shines a light on the situation.  The report breaks down COVID data from August 2020 to August 2021.  For hospital information, the agency utilized the BD Insights Research Database (BDIRD), covering 260 medical centers.  Analysis reveals there were 1,790 hospitalizations of patients below the age of 18, occurring in 140 of those care centers. [...] And what's been the mortality rate for children who were hospitalized?  Over the yearlong span, there were a total of eight "COVID-19-related" deaths in studied hospitals among minors.  That constitutes a 0.4% death rate among those admitted.

Unhinged Teacher In Illinois Threatens To Call Cops On Student For Pulling Mask Down.  Illinois Teacher Warns To Call Police On Unmasked Student A video from Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream, Illinois appears to show an unhinged teacher warning to call the police on a student for not wearing his mask.  [Video clip]

Masking young children in school harms language acquisition.  My county recently re-instituted an indoor mask mandate.  In reading through the exemptions in the public health order I found this exception to mandated face coverings:  "Exceptions.  Individuals performing any of the following activities are exempt from the Face Covering requirements of this Order while the activity is being performed:  a. Individuals who are hearing impaired or otherwise disabled or who are communicating with someone who is hearing impaired or otherwise disabled and where the ability to see the mouth is essential to communication[.]"  This is important because children and/or students do not have the speech or language ability that adults have — they are not equally able and the ability to see the face and especially the mouth is critical to language acquisition which children and/or students are engaged in at all times.  Furthermore, the ability to see the mouth is not only essential to communication but also essential to brain development.

Biden Broke His Main Promise — to Control the Pandemic.  Joe Biden promised to control the coronavirus pandemic, and he is failing.  Today, there are more new coronavirus cases than there were at this point in 2020.  The economy is sputtering, and parents are starting to worry that schools will close once again.  Moreover, FDA officials are resigning in protest at the White House's effort to impose booster shots that they say are not yet supported by scientific evidence — breaking a central Biden campaign promise to "follow the science." [...] Biden's main pitch on the coronavirus pandemic was that he was going to impose draconian federal government controls that Trump had avoided using, and which many Democrats, having talked themselves into a panic, favored.  Biden adopted masks as a kind of talismanic symbol, along with promises to impose the rule of "experts" like Dr. Anthony Fauci, whom the media and the left elevated into a mythical political hero despite his many failures and reversals of medical opinion.

Effective Sept 16th Florida Will Fine Any Organization or Business That Attempts to Discriminate Based on Vaccine Status, $5,000 Per Incident.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in the crosshairs of every leftist organization in the country.  The laser-like focus of the Florida legislature and executive branch toward the protection of individual liberty is really making the collectivist activist groups apoplectic.  Meanwhile, the value of real estate in the Sunshine State is skyrocketing; and [indeed], the economy is on fire with freedom.

Floundering Fauci Demands Simple Answers to Complex Problems.  There are at least five notable variants that were originally called Brazilian, Indian, and so on. [...] Those viruses aren't identical.  We now know that the vaccines don't work equally well on all of them.  We know that more variants are coming, and just like the flu shot, a COVID shot is not a COVID shot is not a COVID shot.  Today's vaccine won't necessarily give the same immunity for today's variant and tomorrow's variant.  We know that some people are naturally immune to COVID without ever being exposed to either the virus or the vax.  We're not sure why, but one suggestion is that they've already been exposed to some other coronavirus.  That wouldn't be a surprise because at least two coronaviruses can cause the common cold.  Others have recovered from the Wuhan Flu and have more robust immunity to more variants than people who only got the Fauci ouchy.  Again, the idea that there is only one real answer, the one proposed by petty tyrants in various government pigeonholes, is simply false.

Where are the apologies for spreading 'harmful misinformation' about fake ivermectin overdoses in Oklahoma hospital?  Rachel Maddow still has her blue checkmark on Twitter.  The ultra-rich (reportedly earning $30 million a year in her new MSNBC contract) news commentator gleefully spread a false story that rural hospitals and ambulances in Oklahoma were backed up because so many ignorant rubes were overdosing on ivermectin horde medicine. [...] So, where's the accountability?  There is no tag from Twitter calling this misinformation.  No sign on Maddow's Twitter feed that she takes responsibility for spreading a false story that could lead to people not taking an effective medicine.  Why, people could miss a life-saving treatment.  This is the sort of thing where the left cries "Blood on your hands!" when there is an opportunity to criticize a conservative.

Las Vegas Mother Wants To Remove Her Son From Public School After Crazy Liberal Teacher Uses Tape On His Face To Secure Mask.  An anonymous Las Vegas mother alleges that in a fourth-grade classroom, a substitute teacher reportedly attached her child's mask to their face with tape.  After an alleged incident inside a classroom involving face coverings, the mother of a 9-year-old child is asking for the dismissal of a substitute teacher from the Clark County School District in Nevada.  The mother talked to FOX5 on the understanding that her identity and face not be revealed.  She was concerned that her son's anguish might be exacerbated at school, but she also wanted other parents to be aware of what is taking place at Reedom Elementary School in Mountain's Edge.  According to the mother, she saw another kid who she mistakenly identified as her son who also had tape over their faces to attach their mask.

Pennsylvania Lawmakers, Parents Sue Governor Over School Mask Mandate.  A group of Pennsylvania parents and Republican state lawmakers filed a lawsuit on Sept. 3 challenging the school mask mandate imposed by the administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and seeking an injunction against the order.  The plaintiffs sued Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam in Commonwealth Court, arguing that Beam did not follow state law in issuing a mask mandate requiring children at public and private schools to wear masks.  The lawsuit also claims that Wolf's administration circumvented Pennsylvania's new limits on the governor's emergency powers.  The governor's spokeswoman dismissed the lawsuit as a Republican "effort at undermining public health."  "The Secretary of Health's order subjects healthy, non-infected teachers, children, students, staff, and visitors ... to the wearing of face coverings," the lawsuit states.

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Dr. Fauci rants about disinformation as the CNN chyron says Joe Rogan took a 'livestock drug'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci was on with CNN's Jim Acosta today where he said, "one of the enemies of public health is disinformation":  [Numerous tweets]


Media's ivermectin hit piece totally debunked after hospital says no overdoses from the medicine.  When an Oklahoma doctor told the media horror stories about hospitals jammed with patients who self-medicated themselves with ivermectin right into the emergency room, it was a hit.  Rolling Stone ran with choice bits of the story, which appears to have originated with Oklahoma TV station KFOR-TV.  "The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated," Dr. Jason McElyea said.  But the bombshell report soon went bust.  The doctor who offered a graphic depiction of chaos had not been on the job for a while, and the hospital where he worked said there was no truth to the claim that ivermectin patients were crowding out everyone else.

Rolling Stone's ivermectin fiction shows why Republicans don't trust media.  If you want to know why Republicans have no faith in news organizations, look no further than the Rolling Stone story shared liberally across Twitter this weekend claiming that Oklahoma hospitals were turning away gunshot victims because they were overwhelmed by "horse dewormer overdoses."  Headlined "Gunshot Victims Left Waiting as Horse Dewormer Overdoses Overwhelm Oklahoma Hospitals, Doctor Says," the Rolling Stone story, written by Peter Wade, quoted a Dr. Jason McElyea who claimed, "The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated."  McElyea blamed the lack of hospital beds on an influx of patients who had taken ivermectin to counteract COVID-19 symptoms.  Despite the drug's long history of successful prescribed use in human patients, the online left has taken to calling the Nobel Prize-winning drug a "horse dewormer."

We've got to talk about the Rolling Stone invermectin article.  [Thread reader]  Turns out the story about rural hospitals so flooded with ODs that they couldn't treat other patients was made up, entirely invented.  A lot of people took the bait, and I've got the screenshots.  [Tweet]  But it wasn't just a single story out in the ether.  Plenty of other places picked up the story, too, with no additional sourcing or research. [...] But the real champion of this tall tale was MSNBC.  [Rachel Maddow] had a tweet about it that went viral.  She's got an audience of millions of people and couldn't be bothered to even look into a story that pretty obviously doesn't pass the sniff test.

No, Ivermectin Overdoses Didn't Overwhelm Oklahoma Hospitals And Force Gunshot Victims To Wait.  A story circulating social media on Saturday — thanks to it being picked up by Rolling Stone and Rachel Maddow — claimed that hospitals in Oklahoma have been overwhelmed with people overdosing on horse dewormer, leaving gunshot victims in the lurch.  The story on its face was absurd, yet multiple media outlets pushed the claim, based on the word of a single doctor who gave an interview to KFOR.  That doctor, Jason McElyea, claimed that the emergency rooms in Oklahoma "are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated."

Hospital Statement Calls Out Ivermectin 'Fake News' That Was Spread by Rachel Maddow.  Rachel Maddow is no stranger to fake news.  But the MSNBC host's wild conspiracy theories and inaccurate reporting has typically revolved around political gossip, Capitol Hill intrigue, and a chronic case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.  On Saturday [9/4/2021], however, the MSNBC host's personal Twitter account amplified a local tall tale about the drug Ivermectin, which has progressives throwing a tizzy over anecdotal cases that it may have helped some people recover from Covid.  (Joe Rogan being the case in point.)  Maddow took the local story and blew it up into a national one.  [Tweet]  "Patients overdosing on ivermectin backing up rural Oklahoma hospitals, ambulances," Maddow quoted from a local news article.  "'The scariest one I've heard of and seen is people coming in with vision loss.' he said."  The news article itself gives off signals right away that it is not a legitimate source of information.  "A rural Oklahoma doctor said patients who are taking the horse de-wormer medication, ivermectin, to fight COVID-19 are causing emergency room and ambulance back ups," News 4 reported on Friday.

'Not An Employee': Hospital Blows Holes In Rolling Stone Story.  Rolling Stone magazine has been called out for publishing an inaccurate story Saturday [9/4/2021] about hospitals in Oklahoma being overrun by Ivermectin overdoses.  The Rolling Stone story reported that the number of Ivermectin drug overdoses have so overwhelmed hospitals that gunshot victims have been unable to get medical treatment.  Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug that has a human version but is more commonly used for deworming livestock.  In an interview with local Southeastern Oklahoma station KFOR, a rural Oklahoma physician Dr. Jason McElyea spread many of the same falsehoods.  "The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated," he said.  "All of their ambulances are stuck at the hospital waiting for a bed to open so they can take the patient in and they don't have any, that's it," said Dr. McElyea.  "If there's no ambulance to take the call, there's no ambulance to come to the call."  In response to that interview and the Rolling Stone piece, the Northeastern Health System (NHS) Sequoyah released a statement claiming Dr. Jason McElyea "is not an employee of NHS Sequoyah", he also hasn't worked at that hospital in over two months nor have they treated any patients for Ivermectin overdoses.

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What's an 'antivaxxer'?  After carefully listening to the pros and cons on the COVID vaccines and measuring their risk-to-reward, I am opposed to taking any.  Does this make me an antivaxxer?  The likes at the CDC and those folk who blindly follow the directives of the medical establishment would probably say 'yes.'  But that's false.  In the past six years, I've had two different vaccinations for pneumonia (PCV13 and PVSV23), one for shingles, and multiple shots of the seasonal flu vaccine.  So because I'm opposed to getting the inadequately tested and rushed out novel mRNA vaccination, people like me are labeled as antivaxxers.  Does that make sense?  To be called an antivaxxer implies the person is unscientific, ill-informed, and probably a mouth-breathing, knuckle dragging cretin.  I hope to say I'm none of those.  The pejorative 'antivaxxer' is not meant to be factual.  Rather its intent is to shut down any discussion on the COVID vaccines that might make the medical establishment and Big Pharma feel uncomfortable.

COVID-19 jabs are 'not really vaccines': top infectious diseases expert.  A prominent French scientist with extensive expertise in infectious diseases has called the COVID-19 vaccines "dangerous" and stated that they "are not really vaccines."  In an interview he gave to British news organization UK Column, Professor Christian Perronne also called the international government-led vaccination campaign "a great mistake."  Perronne is one of France's foremost expert on infectious diseases.  Until recently, he was the head of the Medical Department for Infectious Diseases at Raymond Point Carré hospital in Garches, a post he held from early 1994.  Raymond Point Carré hospital is the teaching hospital for the University of Versailles-St Quentin near Paris.  Perronne is also a fellow at Institut Pasteur, a world-renowned biomedical research center.  The professor is by no means anti-vaccine; he has been involved in France's vaccination policy for many years.

Orwell's Australia: 15 minutes to take your photo and text to the government.  Even The Atlantic knows the COVID rules in the once-very free nation of Australia are way too draconian and are not sustainable.  It's hard to believe Australians are putting up with this.  They must have been scared witless.  This is one rule enforced — they can't leave the country: [...] They've gone mad.  They can't travel intrastate either.  The totalitarian rulers make them take photos every 15 minutes: [...]

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If I were a troublemaker, I would suggest that someone should find out the text or email address to which all these mandatory selfies are being sent, and then have everyone in the world start sending "selfies" — or other appropriate pictures — to the "authorities" every 30 seconds.  Using the wi-fi at a fast-food restaurant, of course.

CDC endorsed use of ivermectin — for Afghan refugees!  Looking at 2019 CDC guidance, one has to wonder if one of the reasons why there is such a run on ivermectin is because our own government is using it.  And no, not for horses, but for refugees.  Yet these same government agencies are running a blood libel-style smear campaign against the drug and its users by misleading people into conflating it with a veterinarian version of the drug, leading many people to think it's some sort of poison for humans.  In the process, they are leaving thousands of COVID patients without any other options for treatment.

More than 100 Ontario youth sent to hospital for vaccine-related heart problems:  Report.  A report quietly released last week by Public Health Ontario (PHO) tallies the number of people in the province who have presented to hospital with heart inflammation following mRNA vaccination, and it skews heavily towards young people.  As of Aug. 7, there were 106 incidents of myocarditis/pericarditis in Ontarians under the age of 25.  That's slightly more than half of the total of all such incidents.  Broken down further, 31 of these cases were in 12- to 17-year-olds and 75 were in 18- to 24-year-olds.  The vast majority — 80% — were in males.  The report explains that PHO issued a directive in June for public health units to increase their surveillance of this side effect following reports from the United States and Israel of similar concerns unfolding in those countries.

Florida to Start Fining Businesses $5,000 for Violations of Vaccine Passport Ban.  The Florida Department of Health has issued a notice indicating it will start issuing $5,000 fines to businesses, schools, and government agencies that require Floridians to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.  The health department rule, which goes into effect on Sept. 16, details the penalties that businesses and other entities, including nonprofits, face for violating section 381.00316 of the 2021 Florida Statutes, which prohibits them from requiring customers or patrons to provide any documentation certifying COVID-19 vaccination or postinfection recovery in order to gain access to their premises or services.  "Each violation of Section 381.00316, F.S., will result in the imposition of a $5,000 fine per individual and separate violation against the business, governmental entity or the educational institution.  Fines imposed are due and payable to the Department within 30 days of entry of the final order unless otherwise stated in the final order," reads the Florida Department of Health notice.

The Healthcare Credibility Problem.  Beginning in the 1990s, many doctors stopped practicing medicine on their own as the medical profession model changed from entrepreneurial to corporate medicine. [...] Around the same time, pharmaceutical companies began marketing drugs directly to the consumers. [...] Television ads portray every drug as the new panacea for whatever ails you.  In fact, consumers become so mesmerized by the truth-in-beauty scenes of a perfect life that they almost never hear the legally required disclosure of contraindications that should scare anybody who listens.  "May cause an uncontrollable urge to gamble" one drug ad warned! [...] About ten years ago, a pharmacist told me that the average customer was on five to six different prescription medicines, and several of those were to counteract the bad side effects of the other drugs.

Two utterly fascinating facts about COVID.  The past 18 months have taught people paying attention to rather obvious facts about COVID mortality rates that the very elderly are the most vulnerable.  Other vulnerable people are those with co-morbidities and those who are obese (and no, it's not fat-shaming to state an objective fact that ties in closely to surviving a potentially serious illness). [...] Additionally, protecting vulnerable populations and treating people with appropriate medicines may further reduce mortality rates.  However, as we've also learned, COVID does not attack all people equally.  When Democrat governors, beginning with Cuomo, decimated their elderly by warehousing COVID-infected people in old-age homes, we saw that the elderly are the single largest vulnerable population.  Dr. [John] Ioannidis, therefore, decided to look at age-related survival rates and he came up with survival numbers that, if more widely known, would bring this mad panic to an end.

South Australia Rolls Out Quarantine Accountability App.  The state of South Australia is rolling out a government check-in app for at-home quarantine.  The recently released app requires participants to send their geolocation and a face scan within 15 minutes of a government request.  The app, "Orwellian," was introduced to allow South Australians to quarantine at home instead of a hotel, which has been the procedure thus far.  A 14-day quarantine period has been mandated for all Australians traveling out of their state, while international travel is still largely forbidden.  The state's premier, Steven Marshall, said the app is being tested in South Australia before being implemented throughout the whole country.

19 Reasons Kids Shouldn't Be Wearing Masks.  [For example,] [#1] Without clear, provable evidence that masks curtail Covid, commonsense suggests schools should err on the side of caution and minimize disruption to children's lives.  [#2] Since Covid emerged, there has yet to be a single study showing masks are efficacious in slowing the spread of Covid.  The CDC itself has admitted as much:  "CDC is not aware of any randomized controlled trials that show that masks or double masks or cloth face coverings are effective against COVID-19."  [#3] The lack of studies showing masks are useful is unsurprising given what we now know about the virus — namely that it's an aerosolized pathogen whose particle size typically ranges from 0.06 microns to .14 microns (roughly the same size as cigarette smoke); even the best masks on the market, the N95, only filters down to 0.3 microns.  So, N95 masks block few, if any, virus particles.

Whoops, She Did It Again.  The COVID madness has created a most unusual dynamic for the residents down-under and the painfully monitored Australian media who have to be careful not to run afoul of the government COVID compliance watchers.  Once a nation creates an alternate reality of itself, in this case a totalitarian reality based on government needing to create an irrational illusion of fear that becomes part of the accepted national identity, how can a media outlet call attention to the outcomes without finding themselves in front of the governmental board of inquisition?  That is the current challenge for media in Australia trying to report on their reality and yet avoid the ire from the national board of COVID compliance who have successfully brainwashed the audience.  One Australian media personality, Sky News host Rita Panahi, seems to have found a way.  Ms Panahi continues to highlight broadcasts from around the world and articles in publications such as The Atlantic and The Times of London.  The articles are commenting on the freedoms Australians had lost throughout the pandemic.  Rita Panahi avoids the COVID Compliance censors by reporting on how the world is viewing Australian news.  It is weird, and yet it is a perfect example of how bizarre the world has become over COVID.  [Video clip]

Ramblings of a COVID dissident.  There is no side of the medical debate that science has not been on when it comes to Covid19. [...] Wear a mask, don't mask.  Quarantine fourteen days, now ten days.  Social distance six feet, now three.  Try Hydroxychloroquine, it worked in-vitro.  No, don't do that it will kill you.  Try Remdesivir, it has shown great promise at reducing mortality, er, duration of hospitalization.  Okay, that doesn't work.  Try Ivermectin, no don't do that it will kill you too.  In fact, everything will kill you.  We have fifteen days to slow the spread or millions will die.  Okay, we lied lock yourself home.  Stay home for us, we need empty streets to march for Black Lives Matter.  Go home and take some Tylenol until you can't breathe, we don't have the capacity to handle the volume.  Also, "Nurse Smith, you're fired for not participating in the clinical trial.  In fact, the entire department is fired for not participating in the clinical trial."  Also, don't talk about any of this on Social Media.  Fact Checkers have found that you're spreading misinformation.  One can hardly begin to question why the public isn't interested in statements of righteousness from a medical community that not only failed to give definitive guidance on the management of this disease, but outright walked all over themselves to comport with their personal political ideology.

And Now, A Definitive Lesson In The Inefficacy Of Masks.  This [painter] with his M95 mask and another cloth masks shows how you can not stop a virus with your COVID muzzles.  [Video clip]

London is About to Explode as Anti-Vax Protester Go After Thug Police Who Have Been Terrorizing Them for Over a Year.  Anti-vaccination protesters clashed with police in London on Friday [9/3/2021] as some tried to storm the offices of the UK regulator that approves vaccines, with police saying four officers were hurt.  The latest protest, comprising hundreds of demonstrators who massed at several sites through the afternoon, comes after anti-vaxxers previously targeted UK television broadcasters' offices.  [Video clip]

Social Media Has A Meltdown As 70k Unmasked Fans Turn Out For North Carolina vs Virgina Tech Game.  The soft heads on social media had a meltdown after watching this compilation video made by Barstool Sports of the massive crowd at the North Carolina vs Virginia Tech game.  Over 70,000 screaming fans turned up to watch the nail-biter which ended [...] with a dominant 17-10 home win over No. 10 North Carolina in a key ACC Coastal matchup.  [Video clip]

Michigan diner owner jailed over COVID rules plans to reopen.  A Michigan restaurant owner who flouted COVID-19 restrictions and spent four nights in jail in March said she plans to reopen in a few weeks.  The food license yanked from Marlena's Bistro and Pizzeria in Holland has been restored, Marlena Pavlos-Hackney said.  "I'm grateful, but my fight isn't finished yet," Pavlos-Hackney said, referring to an appeal of earlier court decisions that landed her behind bars.

Due to a retroactive document change:
The first U.S. COVID death was reportedly a month before everyone thought.  Kansas great-grandmother Lovell "Cookie" Brown died on Jan. 9, 2020.  Originally, her death certificate cited "chronic obstructive lung disease," but it has since been updated to include COVID-19, making her the first official coronavirus death in the U.S.  The Mercury News reports that Brown's family only learned of the amendment to her death certificate this week.  Previously, the first recorded COVID death in the U.S. was Feb. 6, 2020.  Peaches Foster, Brown's daughter, had wondered for a while if her mother had died from COVID.

Why all the fuss about Ivermectin?  First hydroxychloroquine, now ivermectin, is the hated deadly drug de jour, castigated by the medical establishment and regulatory authorities.  Both drugs have been around for a long time as FDA-approved prescription medications.  Yet now we are told they are as deadly as arsenic.  As a physician, I am certainly aware of ivermectin but don't recall ever writing a prescription for it in my 30+ years' medical career.  Ivermectin is an anthelmintic, meaning it cures parasitic infections.  In my world of ophthalmology, it is used on occasion for rare parasitic or worm infections in the eye.  Ivermectin was FDA approved in 1998 under brand name Stromectol, produced by pharmaceutical giant Merck, approved for several parasitic infections.  The product label described it having a "unique mode of action," which "leads to an increase in the permeability of the cell membrane to chloride ions."  This suggests that ivermectin acts as an ionophore, making cell membranes permeable to ions that enter the cell for therapeutic effect.

The Goal of Covidism is Communism.  Most of us have heard the phrase:  "The goal of socialism is communism". Perhaps, at its core, the statement is a reference to creeping incrementalism, or, stated another way:  Give Marxism an inch and it takes a mile.  Just like Covidism: it was given an inch and it took a mile.  In only eighteen months America advanced, incrementally, from Flatten the Curve® and lockdowns to mandatory vaccinations:  All because of a virus that mostly endangers the elderly and those with serious health concerns.  From an economic standpoint, Covidism, like socialism, has allowed for some capitalism over the last year and a half:  a centralized form of capitalism, to be sure, as some workers and businesses were defined as "essential" and others deemed more equal were financially subsidized by the state.  Communism, on the other hand, is not typically as accommodating since communist leaders are usually installed after violent revolutions.  This is a paradox, of course, because communism, in theory, is supposed to secure the equitable distribution of wealth and common ownership of property for a nation's citizens.  Yet, in practice, it never works out that way.

The Covidian Cult (Part III).  [Scroll down]  Global capitalism has no fundamental values — other than exchange value, of course — and thus it is free to manufacture any kind of "reality" it wants, and replace one "reality" with a new "reality" any time that serves its purposes, like stagehands changing a theatrical set.  For example, the "Global War on Terror," which was the official "reality" from 2001 until it was canceled in the Summer of 2016, when the "War on Populism" was officially launched.  Or, now, the "New Normal," which replaced the "War on Populism" in the Spring of 2020.  Each of which new simulations of "reality" was rolled out abruptly, clumsily even, like that scene in 1984 where the Party switches official enemies right in the middle of a Hate Week speech.  Seriously, think about where we are currently, 18 months into our new "reality," then go back and review how GloboCap blatantly rolled out the New Normal in the Spring of 2020 ... and the majority of the masses didn't even blink.  They seamlessly transitioned to the new "reality" in which a virus, rather than "white supremacists," or "Russian agents," or "Islamic terrorists," had become the new official enemy.

Sweden Bans Travelers From Israel, One of the Most Vaccinated Nations.  Sweden became the second European Union country to ban Israeli residents from entry due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Israel, despite the country being one of the most vaccinated countries in the world.  Portugal on Wednesday became the first EU country to ban travel from Israel due to a rise in cases.  Both countries are following the EU's recommendation to remove Israel from its list of green countries.  Sweden also banned the entry of citizens from the United States, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, and North Macedonia.  Interior Minister Mikael Damberg told news outlets that the sharp increases in COVID-19 cases in Israel, the United States, and other countries are the reason why they were removed from Sweden's travel ban exemption.  Despite Israel's mass vaccination campaign, the virus has continued to spread, Damberg said.

Nurses Are Fired For Refusing To Take The Jab.  A video has gone virals showing a few nurses getting fired for refusing to vaccinate.  It is not known which hospital this is but it is said thousands of nurses will either walk off the job or be terminated because of vaccine mandates.  [Video clip]

California Nurse Shortage Reaches "Crisis Level" As Vaccine Mandate Wards Off Traveling Nurses.  As America's hospital beds have again filled with sick COVID patients, nurses and other healthcare workers have been quitting at the fastest rate since the early days of the pandemic, when nurses in some NYC hospitals were using garbage bags instead of PPE.  Across the Internet, on subreddits and in Facebook groups, nurses have gathered to commiserate.  But it's not just remote areas of Arkansas and Mississippi that are having problems.  Local media in California have reported that across the Golden State, low staffing levels have reached a "crisis point".

2019 CDC Memo on Ivermectin Blows a Hole in Media's Narrative It's Just a 'Horse Treatment'.  The anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin got a big boost in its reputability for treating Covid-19 when popular podcaster Joe Rogan testified to its effectiveness in his case.  The news media went absolutely ballistic over the news and blasted the drug as merely a 'horse dewormer' and 'not fit to be ingested by humans.'  "We immediately threw the kitchen sink at it.  All kinds of meds," Rogan said after his Covid diagnosis.  "Monoclonal antibodies, ivermectin, Z-pak, prednisone, everything.  And I also got an anti-D drip and a vitamin drip."  People immediately seized on the anecdotal case to justify the use of the alleged therapeutic to treat Covid-19.  The FDA, meanwhile, cautions people that they should not use the Ivermectin treatment that is intended for animals.

South Australia Directorate Releases New Cell Phone COVID App to Monitor Quarantine Compliance.  People wonder why they should be paying attention to what happens in Australia.  Well, quite simply, if you can identify where the test facility is for technology to merge with totalitarian objectives, it becomes valuable to follow what they do — and then predict what the future might look like for you.  Australia and New Zealand are testing the parameters of merging the objectives of the control state with technology and citizen compliance.  A year ago, the leftists in U.S. media were cheering the COVID responsibility of Kiwis and Aussies.  However, things are starting to take a very dark turn now.  Even the ultra-far-left Atlantic Magazine is starting to become aware, and what they are seeing is becoming worrisome.

Australian state begins use of app that dispatches police if you don't prove your location with selfie within 15 minutes of random check.  Australia has transformed itself from a free society to a police state, using the Covid epidemic [as] an excuse.  Already, the country has all but forbidden international travel, blocking not just the arrival of foreigners (and Australian citizens), but the departure of any of its citizens.  Since it is an island continent, no Berlin Wall has been necessary, but that would presumably not be out of the question where the geography otherwise.

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Apparently this means you must carry a cell phone to stay out of jail.  What about those of us who don't use cell phones?

Reading between the lines in Australia.  [Video clip]

Amherst College's insane COVID rules are all about upper-class virtue-signaling.  Last week, Amherst College announced that its students will be subject to double-masking and to COVID tests every other week throughout the fall semester.  Indoor dining services will be shut down, and the size of gatherings severely restricted.  Students, all of whom were already required to be vaccinated, will spend non-class time in their dorm rooms and may leave campus only in a handful of defined emergency situations.  One of these is apparently going to the bank, though what a bunch of would-be rowdy undergraduates who can't hit up the local dive bars or have a coffee will need money for is a mystery.  This is sheer lunacy:  the lunacy of America's overeducated upper castes.

Latest US Intel Report Helps China Hinder Probe Into COVID-19 Origin.  The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) "remains divided on the most likely origin of COVID-19," according to an unclassified report released on Aug. 27.  "Two hypotheses are plausible," the report explains, "natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident."  In May, when President Joe Biden urged the agencies to "redouble" their efforts to find the origin of the virus, the IC had "coalesced around two likely scenarios but has not reached a definitive conclusion on this question," he said in a statement.  To reach essentially the same conclusion now, the IC must have ignored major revelations, and there's more to the story.  For Angelo Codevilla, a former staffer with the Senate Intelligence Committee, Biden's call to redouble efforts was "a comical attempt to avoid being discredited by the unraveling narrative that China's role in the pandemic is another manifestation of racism."  In addition, "U.S. intelligence does not possess hard facts to prove exactly what happened in that lab, nor does U.S. intelligence have sources in China, human or technical, placed and uncompromised, capable of yielding such information."

UK Police Use Attack Dogs On Anti-Vaccine Passport Protesters.  The new world order will not tolerate non-compliance and will use any measure or violence necessary to get those not in line to heel.  London police are now using K9 cops to attack anti-vaccine passport protesters.  [Video clip]

12 Police Officers Tackle And Then Haul Off A Disabled Woman — They Allegedly Try To Stop The Spread Of Covid-19.  More than 250 people who were protesting coronavirus lockdowns in Australia were arrested today and many faced fines for defying health orders, authorities said.  At least seven police officers were treated for injuries after skirmishes broke out at some of the protests, which took place in multiple cities nationwide.  The largest and most violent protest was in Melbourne.  Many were organized by people in encrypted online chat groups.  Sydney has been in lockdown for two months, while Melbourne and the capital, Canberra, went into lockdown earlier this month.  Under the rules of the lockdown, people are mostly confined to their homes and have limits placed on their social interactions. [...] In the video, a disabled woman was arrested but also brutally attacked by the police!  The video which was filmed in western Sydney shows several police officers tackling a woman to the ground as she repeatedly screams: 'I do not consent'.

The Greatest Liar in Government in History.  In my entire career of dealing with governments around the world, never in my 50 years have I ever encounter such a bureaucrat that is such a blatant liar who is putting the entire health of humanity up at risk for it is impossible to believe anything this pretend doctor Anthony Fauci who has not seen a patient since 1968.  In fact, after completing his medical residency in 1968, Fauci immediately joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a clinical associate. [...] We have an incompetent president being advised by an outright liar who constantly changes his statement pretending what he says is infallible science when nothing he says is ever anything more than the opinion of the moment when he is told what to say now.  From the outset, masks were useless.  He said that point-blank.  All the studies from the 1918 Spanish Flu concluded masks were useless.

Biden and Fauci stick their snoots in at FDA and top scientists resign.  Joe Biden made a big deal about always consulting the "science." He vowed to follow the "experts." He vowed to control COVID.  But well, that promise was like all of Joe's other promises:  Phony.  Two more leading health care regulators, genuine experts in their field, have resigned their long-held positions just as the flu and COVID season is upon us.  Their exit follows high-profile resignations at the Centers for Disease Control — Nancy Messonnier and Anne Schuchat.  Word is out that these professionals don't like being issued orders about what the 'science' is from the White House before they can make their determinations and they'll willing to end their careers for it.

Israel is now the world's Covid hotspot:  Cases soar despite country's trail-blazing vaccine roll-out.  Israel has become the Covid capital of the world despite leading the charge on vaccines, in a clear warning sign that Britain, the US and other highly-immunised nations are still vulnerable to another wave.  Stats compiled by Oxford University-backed research team Our World in Data shows there were a record 1,892 Covid cases per million people in Israel on Wednesday — nearly 0.2 percent of the entire population in a single day.  That was significantly higher than second worst-hit Mongolia, where the rate was 1,119 per million, and double the figures for Kosovo (980), Georgia (976) and Montenegro (909), which rounded out the top five.

No Liberty?  No Problem.  Riot police firing rubber bullets into lockdown protesters.  Rescue dogs being shot to prevent volunteers travelling to collect them.  Nighttime curfews and one hour of exercise per day.  Five-kilometer travel limits.  Soldiers patrolling suburbs to enforce lockdowns.  Health bureaucrats advising the citizenry not to stop and talk to their neighbors while walking their dog.  What [...] is happening Down Under?  "Totalitarianism," says Tucker Carlson.  "Australia has lost its collective mind," according to Ben Shapiro.  "If we invade Australia we will be greeted as liberators," argues Jack Posobiec.  Has Covid-19 really turned one of the world's oldest democracies into a dystopian health dictatorship?  As my Polish grandmother used to say, things are rarely as good or as bad as they appear.

The Mask Mandate Farce.  Newly sworn-in New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is wasting no time taking sides in the school mask wars.  Even before taking the top job, she told NBC's "Today" that she intends to mandate masks for all public school students in the state.  She's got President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party on her side, but the science is against her.  There are no studies that demonstrate forcing young kids to wear masks reduces the spread of COVID-19 in schools.  Mandating masks also ignores the fundamental fact that not all masks are created equal.  That should be the basis for a truce in the mask wars breaking out all over the nation.  Mandates that settle for cloth masks with cartoon characters on them are a joke.  Most of the masks kids are wearing are laughably ineffective.  A cloth mask blocks only 3% of viral particles from reaching the wearer, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.  For such a minuscule difference, who would force kids to struggle with masks all day?

American Medical Association calls for 'immediate end' to use of ivermectin for COVID-19.  The American Medical Association (AMA) is calling for the "immediate end" to the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19, and for doctors to stop prescribing it for that purpose, amid a spike in the use of the drug.  Ivermectin, often used as a deworming agent in animals and sometimes for humans, is not approved to treat COVID-19 and has not been shown to work for that purpose.  Poison control centers have recorded a five-fold increase in calls related to ivermectin, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The AMA, the country's largest doctors group, is now joining in warning against use of the drug, joining the Food and Drug Administration and the CDC.

Dr. Scott Atlas:  Science Killed Itself Over COVID-19.  Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American people have been told to "follow the science." Yet for a year and a half, they've heard contradicting messages from self-appointed prophets of "the science" like Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  We learned that politicians who claimed their decisions were science-driven often ignored scientific findings that didn't fit certain political narratives.  We discovered that scientists are fallible human beings, and some would let personal interests and political views cloud their judgment.  Is science itself one of the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic?  I asked Dr. Scott Atlas at the 13th annual Freedom Conference hosted by the Steamboat Institute, a Colorado-based nonprofit organization.  Formerly a professor and chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center, Atlas is now a senior fellow in health policy at the Hoover Institution.

Bob Boone, father of Yankees manager Aaron Boone, to leave Nationals front office rather than get vaccinated: reports.  Several cranky former baseball players have decided in recent days that avoiding a COVID shot is more important than their post-playing career.  The latest is Bob Boone, a longtime Nationals executive after a decorated playing and managing career.  Boone will be quitting the front office in Washington after the team became one of three (with the Orioles and Astros) to require all non-player employees to be vaccinated.  "Boone has not resigned yet, but does expect to split with the Nationals rather than get the shot," according to the Washington Post.  The Post also reported that the Nats' minor league pitching coordinator was on unpaid leave because he was unvaccinated.

Al Leiter, John Smoltz won't appear at MLB Network studios after refusing vaccine.  Hall of Famer John Smoltz and former Met and Yankee Al Leiter will no longer appear in-studio for MLB Network after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, The [New York] Post has learned.  MLBN has made it mandatory for all employees to be vaccinated, with the mandate going into effect Sept. 1.  MLBN executives, Smoltz and Leiter made a compromise to keep them on-the-air, but not in the Secaucus studios.  They will both appear remotely for the shows.  Smoltz will also still call a Division Series game on site in October.  The two are regular in-studio analysts for the network.

Australia [is] Ending Its Insane 'Covid Zero' Policy.  Perhaps it was the moment the rescue dogs were shot.  Then again, perhaps it was the optics of using the military to lock down its citizens.  Or maybe officials are now more open to new scientific and historical information, such as the experiences during the global coronavirus pandemic of 1889.  But whatever the reasons are, Australians are being freed from the bondage of the nation's current "Covid Zero" policy... slowly.

The FDA's cozy relationship with Big Pharma.  As people rush to tout the recent FDA approval of Pfizer's mRNA vaccine as if it were some great scientific victory, the institution's shady history seems to be all but forgotten.  No matter how you slice it, the pharmaceutical industry is the central engine of the global health establishment.  The industry's larger corporations (Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, etc.) provide funding for the FDA, the CDC, the WHO; they do this both directly and through NGOs like the EPDA.  It was recently reported that pharmaceutical giants are raking in the money with the sale of their novel and inadequately tested COVID-19 vaccines.  Pfizer expects to earn $33.5 billion in 2021.  J&J estimates its full-year COVID-19 vaccine sales to be $2.5 billion, while Moderna forecasts $19.2 billion.  These enormous figures will be grossly surpassed when one considers the forthcoming round of booster shots and the profits those will yield.

Mandate Vaccine?  Politicians love force.  The idea of leaving us alone to make our own decisions goes against their nature.  To be sure, civilized society sometimes needs government force:  police to punish killers, soldiers to protect us from foreign invaders, environmental police to stop my smoke from flowing to your lungs ... But the political class always goes too far.  Now some want medical police to force everyone to get vaccinated.  I'm surprised it hasn't happened already.  "It has!" you say.  "I have to get vaccinated to keep my job, for my kids to attend school, to go to the movies, a restaurant, etc."  That's force, absolutely.  But it's not mandatory.  There's an out — we don't have to work for the government, eat indoors or go to a movie theater.  We can home-school our kids.  We still have choice.  So far, politicians haven't sent police into homes to force everyone to get vaccinated.

Judge orders hospital to treat Ohio Covid patient with ivermectin.  A judge in Ohio ordered a hospital to treat a Covid-19 patient with ivermectin, despite warnings from experts that the anti-parasitic drug has not proved effective against the virus and can be dangerous in large doses.  Gregory Howard, a judge in Butler county, outside Cincinnati, ordered doctors at West Chester hospital to administer ivermectin to Jeffrey Smith, 51, who contracted Covid-19 in July and was transferred to intensive care.  "My husband is on death's doorstep," Julie Smith wrote in court documents.  "He has no other options."  A doctor outside the hospital was willing to prescribe the drug but the hospital refused to administer it.  The judge ordered that Smith receive 30 mg for three weeks.

Big Tech, woke finance crack down on Flynn, Gateway Pundit, Berenson in cancel culture purge.  With national attention riveted over the weekend on two major stories — the frantic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan amid its fall to the Taliban and category 4 Hurricane Ida slamming into the Louisiana coast — Big Tech and woke finance dramatically extended the reach of cancel culture with brazen moves to silence and harass three high-profile voices of political and scientific dissent:  independent journalist Alex Berenson, popular conservative news and opinion website The Gateway Pundit, and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.  On Saturday, Twitter permanently banned Alex Berenson, who has built a large social media following challenging public health establishment orthodoxy on COVID issues ranging from lockdown to vaccine mandates.  "The account you referenced has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation rules," a Twitter spokesperson responded to an inquiry from Fox News.

Surgeon general backs localized mask mandates.  Many Republican governors have banned local jurisdictions from implementing mask policies.  But they have also banned vaccination passports in any form, including from private employers, emphasizing that vaccination is a personal choice.  Critics of L.A. County's move, including the county sheriff's department, said it was not rooted in science, and governments shouldn't be forcing fully vaccinated individuals to wear masks, even if they have the authority to do so.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky on Friday [7/16/2021] encouraged local officials across the country to consider similar preventative measures but indicated the agency would not be changing its own masking recommendations that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks in most settings.  But the CDC does not write laws, and their guidelines are just recommendations for people to follow.  As a result, mask recommendations are technically still in effect for unvaccinated people, but it's largely based on the honor system.

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The honor system?  In this country?

Duo sold, registered 250 fake COVID vaccine cards for NY front-line workers.  Two people are accused of selling and registering about 250 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards in New York, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said Tuesday [8/31/2021].  Jasmine Clifford, 31, is accused of selling 250 forged vaccination cards through her Instagram account, @AntiVaxMomma, and worked with Nadayza Barkley, 27, who fraudulently entered at least 10 people into the New York State Immunization Information System (NYSIIS) database, according to the district attorney.  Both Clifford and Barkley are charged with offering a false instrument for filing and conspiracy.  Clifford was also charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument.

CDC Should Revise Its Guidance Mandating Masks at School.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends "universal indoor masking of all students age 2 and older."  There's just one problem:  The leading study on which the CDC bases this recommendation found that the COVID-19 infection rate in schools requiring students to wear masks "was not statistically significant compared with schools where mask use was optional."  This gap between science and CDC recommendations is hardly unique.  The health agency's policy notices often rest on shaky foundations.  That is especially true when it comes to schools.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should revise its guidance on the masking of schoolchildren and clearly communicate that its current guidance isn't backed by sound evidence.

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If unelected bureaucrats publish "guidance," their decrees are as toothless as a bumper sticker.  The CDC does not write laws.

Detroit Zoo Is Actually Vaccinating Animals From COVID.  The special vaccine, developed for animal-use, is being administered to animals who are believed to be most vulnerable to COVID-19.  The virus has not been detected in any animals at the Detroit Zoo, but safety measures are in place, including social distancing rules, and PPE requirements for staff.  "The animals routinely get other vaccinations.  Many of the mammals are trained to present themselves to our animal care staff for minor medical procedures, including vaccinations.  We're both thankful and relieved a special vaccine is now available to protect against COVID-19," said Scott Carter, chief life sciences officer for the DZS.  [Video clip]

Biden Weaponizes Dept. of Education to Become the COVID Mask Gestapo.  They get creepier by the hour.  Seriously, these people need to be rounded up and put in some sort of leper colony for fascists.  They will be free to keep the masks on their enraged faces all they want.  They're empowered by a government that is now in the hands of people who are all too casual about using its might against any citizens who don't agree with them.  I'm not talking about criminals, I'm talking about law-abiding Americans who are merely running afoul of the liberal narrative du jour.  We saw it happen when Barack Obama was president and he sent the IRS after conservative tea party groups.  Now, President Sniffsakid has directed the Dept. of Education — the most useless of all the Cabinet agencies — to legally harass the states that aren't trying to suffocate school children with masks.

U.S. Intel's Useless COVID-Origins Report.  Late Friday [8/27/2021], U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines released a page-and-a-half summary of the intelligence community's investigation into the origins of COVID-19, offering almost nothing new to what was publicly known about the start of the pandemic.  The summary offered less information than most lengthy magazine pieces, offering the obvious and unhelpful conclusion that "all agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and laboratory-associated incident."  Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the released two-page intelligence report is that it simply doesn't mention or address several key points that have appeared in the news in the past few months, attributed to sources within the U.S. intelligence community.

Biden [is] Letting China Get Away with Crime of the Century.  On August 27, the Biden administration released an unclassified summary of the intelligence community's report on the origins of COVID-19.  The IC, America's 18 intelligence agencies, could reach only a few definitive conclusions.  The agencies said they needed more information, but the world now knows enough to begin imposing severe costs on China.  America and other nations must impose those costs to prevent China's Communist Party from releasing a civilization-killing disease.  Yes, the People's Liberation Army is now developing pathogens to destroy non-Chinese societies.  "The IC assesses that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged and infected humans through an initial small-scale exposure that occurred no later than November 2019 with the first known cluster of COVID-19 cases arising in Wuhan, China in December 2019," the summary states.  The IC believes "the virus was not developed as a biological weapon."

Why isn't natural immunity a reason not to get vaccinated?  In all the discussions of vaccines to get immunity (of a sort) from COVID, there is a big blind spot surrounding natural immunity. [...] But still, why aren't we testing for natural immunity to see who needs the vaccine?  It would make sense that those with the superior antibodies shouldn't need to risk a vaccine that still has some questions attached to it.  There are reasons we do not look for natural immunity or even talk about it.  The reasons are not scientific.  The first reason is that testing people for natural immunity as a screen for the vaccine would reveal possibly millions of people who successfully survived a "deadly" disease without any long-lasting harm or even knowing that they had it.  The Democrats must maintain the narrative that this virus is a deadly scourge of mankind.  People who survive and have immunity without even realizing it make it a lot less dangerous and scary — but scary is important to the narrative.

Pretending COVID Is An Emergency Is Killing America.  The Western world is living a massive COVID lie.  That lie is strangling the life out of liberty, and it will destroy our constitutional order if we do not end this horrifying charade. [...] We have gotten to the point in this "pandemic" where government leaders and a worryingly high percentage of the American people are acting like COVID is a crisis on par with Marseille's Great Plague.  We have been buried in facts, figures, mountains of data, constantly shifting information, misinformation, and more.  We are relentlessly briefed by the media about rising infection rates or the current capacity of local ICUs.  But cut through it all and ask — how many Americans are dying?  According to Johns Hopkins, the fatality rate of COVID in the United States is 1.7 percent, which means that 98.3 percent survive.  That takes into account all deaths, including people who had underlying conditions and the elderly.  Excluding those who are obviously high-risk, the survival rate is close to 100 percent.  If COVID ever were an emergency, it is no longer one now, and it has not been for a long time.

The Freedom to Be Left Alone.  Everywhere you go in America, you are hounded by busybodies poking into your affairs.  Everyone feels she has a right and duty to know everything about you and what you are doing.  The Covid panic has offered many examples of this.  When it started, the busybodies were everywhere making sure you followed the rules.  The internet was full of videos of women hassling people about masks and social distancing.  Everyone has a story of a stranger accosting them in a store about how we are "all in this together."  All of a sudden, everyone was everyone's nagging wife pointing out your faults.  Before long every business was in on the act.  They put up signs telling you how much they care about your health and how we are all in this together.  The clerks and managers swelled with pride as they lectured about mask wearing. [...] Now, of course, corporate America feels it has the right to tell its workers what medicines they should take.  American Airlines is now docking their workers $200 a month if they do not get vaccinated for Covid.  When did the medical choices of their employees become the business of the company?

The Masked Ball of Cowardice.  "Lockdowns," the mass quarantine of both sick and healthy people, have never before been used for disease mitigation in the modern Western world.  Previously, the strategy had been systematically ruled out by the pandemic plans of the World Health Organization (WHO) and by health experts of every developed nation.  So how did we get here?  Mass lockdowns of entire countries as a technique for fighting disease sprung into the world's consciousness on the order of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who fomented a global propaganda offensive targeting Western governments and media.  Within weeks, the WHO, an organization that once devoted itself to fighting disease and which has sadly become a tool of Chinese foreign policy, promulgated lockdowns into global policy through a series of press conferences that showed a complete absence of analysis or logic.  The world has been fighting a virus from China with a public health policy from China that transforms the world into China.  But if the national security community has noticed this bizarre development, they haven't said so.

Large Israeli study:  Natural immunity provides 13 times more protection against Delta than Pfizer's vaccine does.  Big news from Maccabi Healthcare Services, which tracked many thousands of people for this (not yet peer-reviewed) study.  If its findings are borne out, anyone who's had COVID should be allowed to submit the results of a prior positive test in lieu of proof of vaccination wherever that's required.  After all, they're much safer from the virus than the vaccinated are.  Israeli scientists compared three groups, those who've had both shots but never been infected, those who've been infected but haven't had their shots, and those who've been infected and then had one shot.  The third group was the most protected, but only slightly more than the natural immunity group was.  That corresponds with other studies showing that infection plus vaccination equals the best possible immunity.  The surprise came when they compared the vaccinated group to the infected but unvaccinated group.

Australia trucker strike
Whitman's Caution.  Once known for its rugged individualism, the former penal colony of Australia is now closer to tyranny than we are.  Some are having none of it:  [Illustration]  Truck drivers are reportedly planning to 'block every highway entering into every state[.]'  It began today:  ["]Australian truck drivers have blocked a major highway in the north-eastern state of Queensland in a protest against vaccine mandates and tough border restrictions, causing traffic to back up for several kilometers.["]


The Masked Ball of Cowardice.  "Lockdowns," the mass quarantine of both sick and healthy people, have never before been used for disease mitigation in the modern Western world.  Previously, the strategy had been systematically ruled out by the pandemic plans of the World Health Organization (WHO) and by health experts of every developed nation.  So how did we get here?  Mass lockdowns of entire countries as a technique for fighting disease sprung into the world's consciousness on the order of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who fomented a global propaganda offensive targeting Western governments and media.  Within weeks, the WHO, an organization that once devoted itself to fighting disease and which has sadly become a tool of Chinese foreign policy, promulgated lockdowns into global policy through a series of press conferences that showed a complete absence of analysis or logic.  The world has been fighting a virus from China with a public health policy from China that transforms the world into China.  But if the national security community has noticed this bizarre development, they haven't said so.

Who's Really Being Hospitalized?  We were at our small town's hospital.  No one was sure why, but my friend had not been able to keep anything more than a handful of raspberries down since a complicated surgery for a chronic health condition three weeks before.  Dehydrated and unable to eat, my friend had been violently vomiting after taking just a sip of water or sucking on an ice chip, and had lost nearly twenty-five pounds. [...] After a battery of testing, my friend was diagnosed with pancreatitis.  But it was easier for the hospital bureaucracy to register the admission as a COVID case. [...] In most states, a person is only considered fully vaccinated fourteen days after they have had the full series of the vaccine.  This means that anyone coming into an American hospital who has only had one dose, or who has had both vaccines but had the second one less than two weeks prior, will likely be counted as "unvaccinated."

New South African COVID-19 strain is the most mutated one: report.  A COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa could be more infectious than other mutations — and may have the potential of being resistant to vaccines, according to a report.  The C.1.2 strain has been linked to "increased transmissibility" and is said to have mutated the most from the original virus, which first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the Mirror reported.

Biden Education Department threatens money to five states over bans on indoor mask requirements.  The Education Department is investigating whether five states are violating the rights of students with disabilities by barring schools from requiring that masks be worn indoors.  The move threatens the states with the possible loss of federal education funding.  The department's civil rights office said Monday it told the education departments of the five states — Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah — that their prohibitions are keeping schools from taking the steps they think are needed to protect students from COVID-19.

Fans wait in line for hours at US Open after COVID vaccine mandate.  Tennis fans were left waiting in massive lines for up to two hours Monday [8/30/2021] trying to get into the US Open — amid a mandate instituted just last week requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination.  The tournament in Flushing Meadows, Queens, officially began at 11 a.m., but by close to 1:30 p.m., thousands were still waiting to show their COVID-19 vaccination cards and go through metal detectors in order to get into Arthur Ashe Stadium — with some fans missing matches because of it.

Fairfax County Public Schools issue vaccine mandate for student-athletes.  Fairfax County Public Schools will require student-athletes to be vaccinated in order to play winter and spring sports in the Virginia High School League (VHSL) — a mandate that follows similar policies around the country.  The district says athletes must show proof of vaccination if they want to participate in the following sports: basketball, gymnastics, cheerleading, indoor and outdoor track and field, swim and dive, wrestling, rifle, baseball, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and crew.  The requirement also affects other activities that require a physical, like dance or step teams.  The rule will go into effect Nov. 8.

We hate our government.  A $35K fine for sixty people who gathered in an "illegal" church worship in Sydney.  A group of rescue dogs that were shot by a local council so that rescue center staff would not travel to pick them up under the guise of Covid restrictions.  Police firing rubber bullets at lockdown protestors.  Despotic state premiers refusing the prime minister's call to reopen once 80% vaccination rates are achieved.  Homes of Covid sufferers in South Australia to be marked so that their neighbors can rat them out to police if they breach tyrannical stay at home orders.  Celebrities offered cash payments by government to promote the pro-vaccine propaganda line.  The military ordered onto Sydney streets.  Why are we surprised?  Did anyone think during a plague crisis, real or imagined, that our government would react in any way other than the most stupid, ineffective and damaging?  Look at their prior form over the last sixty years.  At all levels of government, from the federal to the state and to local councils, the results speak for themselves.  A consistent rate of public failure.  And underneath all, a foundation of endemic corruption.

Australian Discovers The Vaccine Has Killed 9 Times As Many Aussies This Year Than COVID.  Watch as this clever Australian citizen checks into the Therapeutic Goods Administration or TGA website, which is run by the Australian government and reports adverse effects and deaths from vaccines.  To his shock, the number of deaths from COVID vaccines from January until August is 456!  The death count in Australia in the same timeframe is 54!  [Video clip]

Who's Skipping the Vaccine?  The Answer May Surprise You.  Big media has been in overdrive pushing COVID vaccinations, at least after Joe Biden was ensconced in the White House.  Remember that when Donald Trump was still president, the vaccines were suspect, simply because Trump played a major role in their development and rollout. [...] Once there was a new occupant in the White House, the vaccine narrative flipped and the administration embraced the new vaccines as if Biden and Harris conceived of and developed them, rather than having the vaccines and a robust rollout dropped on their laps when they strolled into the White House. [...] Who isn't yet vaccinated in America and why?  There is vaccine hesitancy, which according to Wikipedia "is a delay in acceptance, or refusal of vaccines despite the availability of vaccine services."  It's not simple and straightforward, either. [...] As reported in Summit News, "A new report by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh has found that the most highly educated Americans are also the most vaccine hesitant."  This was not a survey of a few hundred, but of 5 million Americans.

COVID Vaccine Mandates Make No Sense.  Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 does not make you safe against transmitting the virus to others, so what's the point of a vaccine mandate?  Unlike the classic childhood mumps, measles, rubella (MMR) vaccine, which prevents measles with 97% efficacy, the COVID "vaccine" is different — the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 95% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 infection.  The measles vaccine is expected to give lifelong protection against measles — meaning you're now free from getting or spreading measles.  Prior to general use, the Pfizer mRNA COVID vaccine demonstrated two months of protection against symptomatic COVID-19.  What happens after two months?  Last week, an Israeli hospital reported that 59% of positive hospitalized patients were fully vaccinated.  The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) reports 30% of positive county cases were among the fully vaccinated in late July, an increase from 20% of cases in June.  A Dutch study demonstrated that breakthrough infections are infectious — of the 25,000 healthcare workers (HCW) who were PCR positive, live virus was cultured from nasopharyngeal swabs in 69% of vaccinated and 85% of unvaccinated patients.  Has the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine efficacy against symptomatic infection dropped from 95% since trial results were reported in November 2020?  Recent Mayo Clinic Health data measure Pfizer's vaccine at 42% efficacy against symptomatic infection in July.  If we're serious about "stopping the spread" of COVID, why ignore a group with better protection than the vaccinated group?

The factual post that got Alex Berenson banned from Twitter.  From the beginning of the COVID pandemic, former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson has been focused on following the facts no matter where they lead.  More often than not, the facts have led him in a different direction from those emanating from the World Health Organization or from Anthony Fauci.  What's important to remember about Berenson, though, is that, while his conclusions may differ from those being pushed on the American people, he never deviates from the facts.  That's why Twitter just kicked him off.  Because Berenson's conclusions did not support mask mandates and lockdowns, the tech tyrants hate him.  He's routinely been locked out of Twitter, and, last year, Amazon tried to shut down his self-published works about the virus.  Now Twitter has banned him permanently for pointing out the obvious about the vaccines: they're not real vaccines that provide permanent protection against an illness.

Dr. Fauci Calls For Vaccine Mandates For Children 12 And Older To Attend Class.  Pretend doctor, Tony Fauci, actually pushed his vaccine cult to new levels this weekend when he called mandating Covid-19 vaccines for children to attend school in person is a "good idea."  "I believe that mandating vaccines for children to appear in school is a good idea," Fauci told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."  "This is not something new.  We have mandates in many places in schools, particularly public schools, that if in fact you want a child to come in — we've done this for decades and decades requiring (vaccines for) polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis," he said.  [Video clip]

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"This is not something new" is a lie, of course.  There has never been an experimental vaccine required for school attendance.

Rapper Who Mocked Anti-Lockdown Protesters With Violence Dies From Heart Attack 28 Days After Getting Vaccinated.  42-year-old NZ hip hop artist mocks lockdown protesters, dead 28 days after the second Pfizer shot.  Mr. Todd Williams, aka Louie Knuxx, received his second dose of experimental Pfizer mRNA on July 15.  His vitriolic rhetoric and attitudes towards anti-lockdown protesters in Australia had been ongoing since at least May. [...] Mr. Knuxx woke up on August 13 and got on his treadmill, as was apparently a regular routine.  But he suffered a heart attack while running on the treadmill, meaning blood flow was blocked (blood clots) to parts of the heart.  He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.  [Video clip]

Watch As University of Tennessee Student Is Dragged Out Of Class By Cop For Not Wearing Mask As Students Cheer.  An individual who is reported to be a student of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was dragged out of the classroom by a police officer for not wearing a mask, according to a viral video posted on the social media including Twitter.  It is unclear when the video was recorded.  However it was posted on Friday [8/27/2021].  [Video clip]

Anti-parasite drug used on Arkansas jail's inmates for COVID.  Inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail have been prescribed ivermectin to combat COVID-19, despite warnings from federal health officials that the antiparasitic drug should not be used to treat the coronavirus.  Washington County's sheriff confirmed Tuesday night [8/24/2021] that the jail's health provider had been prescribing the drug.  Sheriff Tim Helder didn't say how many inmates at the 710-bed facility had been given ivermectin and defended the health provider the jail uses that has been prescribing the medication.

Australian Man Who Left His Apartment With COVID Is Treated Like A Serial Killer After Massive Manhunt Finds Him Resting In A Hotel.  A man who allegedly went on the run from police after testing positive to Covid-19 will spend a month behind bars before he next faces court.  An alleged Covid-19 fugitive accused of evading authorities after he tested positive to the disease will remain behind bars until his next court hearing.  [Video clip]

Australia Is About To Open Their First COVID Concentration Camp In Queensland.  The agreement between the Queensland government and Wagner Corporation to build a regional quarantine facility adjacent to Wellcamp Airport was dubbed 'a very important milestone' by Deputy Premier Steven Miles, but the community, local and federal governments aren't happy.  The project was initially flagged by Toowoomba businessman John Wagner in January, but became a political football as the Queensland and federal governments disagreed over the viability of the plan.  [Video clip]

Dem Rep. Himes:  Intel.  Report On COVID Origins 'Pretty Unsatisfying'.  During an interview with ABC News on Friday, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that the intelligence community report on the origins of COVID-19 "was pretty unsatisfying." And that China "absolutely" needs to be held accountable for its lack of transparency on the issue.  Himes stated, "What I think is that the report was pretty unsatisfying.  Because the intelligence community, even though the president asked them to, was really not able to come up with a definitive answer as to whether or not this was natural transmission from animal to human or whether there was a lab leak.  Now, this is something that I've been reading about for a very long time in classified environments, and the intelligence community is a little bit at odds with itself on that."

More than a thousand anti-vaxxers march on New York City streets to protest de Blasio's vaccine mandate.  Over 1,000 people flooded New York City streets again to protest the COVID-19 vaccine mandate and then gathered in Columbus Circle where speakers fired up the crowd.  One woman said, 'This is a war call.  This is a fight.  Leave here and do something ... Fight for your rights.'  While the demonstration unfolded Saturday afternoon, Mayor Bill di Blasio's tweeted pictures from Harlem and praised the faith community Hope of Harlem's work at COVID-19 community outreach.  The protest is in reaction to the new requirement for people ages 12 and older to show proof they've received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to get into restaurants or bars, gyms and indoor entertainment such as movies and theaters.  The new mandate — dubbed 'Key to NYC' — went into effect August 17.

The Editor says...
"Key to NYC" implies that you're locked out of the city without the key.  That's not what one should expect to find in a free country.

COVID vaccine doubter Alex Berenson [has been] permanently banned from Twitter.  Conservative commentator and vaccine doubter Alex Berenson has reportedly been permanently suspended from Twitter for violating the social media platform's COVID-19 misinformation rules.  Berenson's account was banned Saturday [8/28/2021] after "repeated violations" of the rules, a Twitter spokesperson told NBC News in a statement.  Berenson, a one-time New York Times reporter, addressed the suspension in a Saturday night post to his Substack page, blaming his removal from Twitter on a recent post where he was critical of the coronavirus vaccine.  "It doesn't stop infection.  Or transmission.  Don't think of it as a vaccine," the tweet read.

Goodbye Twitter:  I am officially suspended.  This was the tweet that did it.  Entirely accurate.  I can't wait to hear what a jury will make of this.  [Tweet]

We Could Have Dodged the COVID Delta Bullet in the U.S..  When America was under siege by the first round of COVID, universal vaccination might have succeeded in stopping the virus in its tracks.  However, because Biden illegally opened the border, that was never going to happen.  Last week, the FDA gave its full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, so it's worth acknowledging that some very talented scientists, including Peter Marks of the FDA, helped achieve the "impossible" in 2020 through Operation Warp Speed (OWS).  In less than a year, America's best government and private industry scientists developed a vaccine to defeat the biowarfare, lab-originated COVID-19 virus from Wuhan, China, by using state-of-the-art mRNA sequencing technology.  Initially, the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines had remarkable efficacy rates of 94% to 95%, respectively.  By contrast, other countries developed vaccines using outdated technology.  China's Sinovac vaccine technology, for example, dated back to the 1950s and was, at best, less than 50% efficacious in protecting against COVID-19.

Chicago Judge Strips Mother Of Parental Rights Because She Is Unvaccianted!  A Chicago mother says a Cook County judge has taken away her parental rights after learning that she is not vaccinated against COVID-19.  In what all parties agree is a very unusual and perhaps unprecedented step, a judge at Chicago's Daley Center has stripped Rebecca Firlit of custody because she refuses to get a vaccination shot.  [Video clip]

Cook County judge strips mother of parental rights over vaccination status.  A Chicago mother says a Cook County judge has taken away her parental rights after learning that she is not vaccinated against COVID-19.  In what all parties agree is a very unusual and perhaps unprecedented step, a judge at Chicago's Daley Center has stripped Rebecca Firlit of custody because she refuses to get a vaccination shot.

Is it time to stop obsessing over Covid figures?  They're the figures that have ruled our lives for the past 18 months; decided our freedoms; deepened our fears.  The Covid dashboard published on the UK Government website has offered the public a window into the state of the UK's epidemic, displaying daily Covid cases, hospitalisations and deaths, both nationally and regionally, since April 2020.  Some people have avoided looking at the figures — published at 4 pm every day, including weekends.  But a surprising number of us have become secretly addicted to poring over them.

Biden officials step up pressure to use infection control measures in schools.  Federal health officials stepped up calls for parents and officials to implement safety measures such as universal masking in schools as students return to in-person classes, citing outbreaks that forced many children back to temporary remote learning.  "In our outbreak investigations, large scale quarantines or a large number of cases are generally occurring in schools because schools are not following our guidance, particularly our recommendations for teachers as well as students aged 12 and over to be vaccinated and for everyone right now to be masked," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said Friday [8/27/2021].

The Editor says...
What's the difference between "guidance" and coercion?

Landmark mass study finds vaccinated people [are] 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.  A study of 800,000 people in Israel has found that natural immunity in people who have recovered from an earlier COVID-19 infection is vastly superior to the immunity acquired by vaccination using two of the major vaccines in use.  The conclusion:  ["]This analysis demonstrated that natural immunity affords longer lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease and hospitalization due to the delta variant.["] [...] Tucker Carlson discussed the findings with Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins Medical School, in which the doctor made the point that the study is not a reason to avoid vaccination.  But Dr. Makary also stated that widespread distrust of medical authorities is a response to the behavior of so many over the course of the pandemic.

From a doctor bewildered at where all this COVID stuff is going.  This science fiction story begins with the 2019 "virus" and 2020 "vaccine."  A selection of the story's chapters include a virus of which the CDC claimed not to possess a reference sample.  A vaccine that did not fit the definition of a vaccine.  Approval of a vaccine for which the studies had not reached clinically important endpoints.  The lack of time to understand the vaccine's intermediate and long-term effects.  The lack of legal liability placed on the manufacturers.  The cheap, effective treatments available but ignored.  Are we practicing evidenced-based medicine when mandating what is not a vaccine, as the CDC defines?  If this were a vaccine, it would directly stimulate the immune system.  It would protect the injected from the disease.  It would not claim to protect others from the disease.  It would not be in use while mutations arise.  What we have does what it should not do and does not do what it should.  The vaccine's clinical endpoint was to prevent mild disease, which could simply be an increase in coughing.  Is that clinically relevant?  What about having a positive PCR test?  That test will be withdrawn at year's end.  It cannot differentiate a coronavirus from influenza or other viruses, and the way it is used generates far too many false positive results.

Samples From Early Wuhan COVID Patients Had Genetically Modified Henipah, One of Two Types of Viruses Sent From Canadian Lab.  Samples from early Wuhan COVID-19 patients show the presence of genetically modified Henipah virus, an American scientist has found.  Henipah was one of the two types of viruses sent to China by Chinese-born scientists from a Canadian laboratory at the centre of a controversy over the firing of the scientists and collaboration with Chinese military researchers.  It is not clear whether the virus found in the Chinese samples is related to the virus samples sent by the Canadian lab, which were shipped in late March 2019.  The finding was confirmed for The Epoch Times by another qualified scientist.  The evidence was first found by Dr. Steven Quay, a Seattle-based physician-scientist and former faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who looked at early COVID-19 samples uploaded by scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) shortly after China informed the World Health Organization about the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak.

Scientists: Fully vaccinated carry 251 times the Covid viral load as unvaccinated.  Scientists have discovered that fully vaccinated individuals carry 251 times the viral load of Covid in their nostrils compared to the unvaccinated.  The researchers, who detailed their findings in a paper by the prestigious Oxford University Clinical Research Group published Aug. 10 in The Lancet, found that while the jab moderates symptoms of infection, it also allows vaccinated individuals to carry unusually high viral loads without becoming ill at first, potentially transforming them into pre-symptomatic superspreaders.  "This phenomenon may be the source of the shocking post-vaccination surges in heavily vaccinated populations globally," Dr. Peter McCullough noted in an Aug. 23 analysis for Children's Health Defense's The Defender.  The researchers who authored the paper found widespread vaccine failure and high rates of Covid transmission under tightly controlled circumstances in a hospital lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

An Awfully Convenient Ruse for an Inconvenient Truth.  [Scroll down]  Perhaps, just perhaps, the only way to turn Australia into the modern incarnation of the Third Reich is to flat-out convince people that every single breath they take will likely kill them unless it is regulated by government authorities.  Perhaps the only way to get people to embrace censorship, police state thuggery, and severe punishment for noncompliance is to turn every single person on Planet Earth into a potential threat.  That's a pretty good plan for destroying society, isn't it?  Would that scare you into snitching on your neighbors, obeying nonsensical state diktats, and voluntarily locking yourself up until the 1% of the 1% give the all-clear?  Would an invisible contagion make you forget about a looming economic collapse?  Would it persuade you to sacrifice your children's education, your family's prosperity, and your basic freedoms for the opportunity to live one more day?  Would it convince you to browbeat and demonize anybody still questioning what's going on, so that you are saved from asking tough questions, too?  Would you be willing to throw away any future so that you can help maintain the lifestyles and power of those who own all the world's wealth?  Would you let government tyrants convince you that there will be "no return to normal life" again?  Would you ignore how COVID-1984 and communism have an awful lot in common?  If so, maybe this is the "final solution" to the global ruling class's problems.

They Caught the COVID Positive Fugitive in Australia, and the Capture is Something Else.  We've covered how terrible the situation is in Australia before.  Leah wrote about a manhunt for Anthony Karam, 27, described as "public health enemy number one," after tested positive but allegedly broke quarantine.  Well, the authorities found him and arrested him, and it's a sight to behold.  [Tweet]  The video shows side by side Karam's arrest with China taking away people last year.  It's scary stuff.  Taking precautions is one thing, but hauling people off is another.  From what we can see, there's at least four people in protective suits, as well as at least eight police officers, some even carrying shields.  The clip closes with Karam speaking to the press, as he says "I have proof I've been isolating the whole time, mate."

New Zealand police break up one-person anti-lockdown protest in Auckland.  A one-person anti-lockdown protest in central Auckland has been shut down, after the police were alerted to discussions of a potential gathering on social media.  New Zealand police said officers were on Queen Street on Friday after hearing a protest was being planned, but only one person arrived with the intention of protesting, Newshub reported.  "Police have been in the area and have spoken to one person who arrived intending to attend the protest.  Police spoke to the individual who was encouraged to comply with alert level four restrictions and chose to leave," a spokesman said.

Afghan Evacuees Won't Be Forced to Take the COVID Vaccine, NORTHCOM Commander Says.  Gen. Glen VanHerck, the commander of the United States Northern Command, said during a press conference on Friday that around 7,000 Afghan refugees have thus far been airlifted to the U.S.  The refugees, who will be housed at U.S. military bases around the country, will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine but won't be forced to take it.  "The vaccines are being offered to them," the NORTHCOM commander told reporters, noting that they're being offered when the individuals land at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.  "We offer them as well at task force locations," he said, but noted that "they are not mandatory."  "We see many of them are taking the vaccine if they've not already had it," he added.

Biden, Fauci discuss requiring COVID booster shots every 5 months.  President Biden on Friday [8/27/2021] said he and Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed requiring COVID-19 booster shots every five months rather than every eight as previously anticipated.  The shorter timeframe would increase the number of vaccine doses that the US will need to set aside for booster shots — as poorer nations clamor for more US donations.  "The question raised is should it be shorter than eight months?  Should it be as little as five months?  That's being discussed.  I spoke with Dr. Fauci this morning about that," Biden said in the Oval Office during a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.  Biden said Friday that booster shots for Americans "will start here on Sept. 20 pending approval of the FDA and the CDC committee of outside experts."

Biden Weighs Speeding Up Booster-Shot Timeline by 3 Months.  President Joe Biden said his administration is considering whether to start booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine as soon as 5 months after people receive a second dose, a move that would accelerate U.S. plans by three months.  Soon after Biden made the comments — at an Oval Office meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday — his spokeswoman said there had been no change in the plan to administer boosters after eight months.  Biden nonetheless said he talked with infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci about the possible timeline change earlier in the day.  "We're going to start mid-September, but we're considering the advice you've given that we should start earlier," Biden told Bennett with reporters in the room.  "And the question raised is:  Should it be shorter than eight months?  Should it be as little as five months?  And that's being discussed."

Just Say No.  In 2021, the world takes stock of its freedom and finds out just how little is left.  In Australia, Melbourne has been locked down for 19 months and the police are shooting violators with rubber bullets.  In New Zealand, citizens testing positive for COVID-19 were quarantined by force in government camps run by the military:  "I cannot allow the gains we have all made to be squandered by processes that are not followed," said New Zealand's prime minister.  In Great Britain, the National Health Service built an app that "pings" people who have been near a person with a positive COVID test and requires those people to leave work.  Last month the app was "pinging" more than half a million people every week.  Boris Johnson's spokesman says the app is doing "what it's designed to do."  In America, New Yorkers will not be allowed indoors anywhere — no bars, restaurants, museums, movie theaters, gyms — without their "Key to NYC" proof of vaccination.  This despite the fact that the vaccine only inhibits one from developing symptoms, but does not at all affect the likelihood of having the virus in one's system or passing it to others.

The Bad And The Ugly About COVID In America.  The mainstream media, some public health authorities, and the pharmaceutical industry have engaged in a massive disinformation campaign.  This campaign has focused on using fear to get everyone to take an experimental vaccine as the only way to get out of the pandemic.
  [#1]  The COVID-19 death count has been artificially elevated to maximize fear.  California's fifth-most populous county revised its COVID-19 death count down by 22% after reviewing the cases for the last 18 months.  Washington and Minnesota previously also lowered their counts.  It is likely that overcounting happened across our country.
  [#2]  The PCR test for COVID-19 is flawed in many ways and led to overcounting cases.  Two weeks ago, the CDC and FDA quietly said they would abandon the PCR test for COVID-19 in December 2021, acknowledging it did not work.  They also alluded to the fact that the PCR test could not distinguish between COVID and the flu.  Did the flu go away last year?  No, many cases were counted as COVID-19. [...]
  [#3]  The new mRNA vaccines are far from safe.  While the VAERS reporting system now has over 10,000 deaths (EU 20,000 deaths) after the vaccine, a whistleblower with the CDC says the actual count is closer to 50,000 and not being reported. [...]
  [#4]  The mRNA vaccine is not safe in pregnant women. ...]
  [#5]  The most prestigious medical journals have been part of the disinformation.  The Lancet, the top medical journal in Europe, had to retract a study saying Hydroxychloroquine was not working on COVID-19 when it was proved that there was no data for the study.  This did not happen by accident.  The Lancet also published a statement signed by several scientists saying the COVID-19 virus could not have possibly come from the Wuhan lab.  With evidence mounting now that this is exactly what happened the Lancet cannot admit it was wrong. [...]
  [#6]  Antibody Dependent Enhancement ("ADE") may be happening.  One initial concern about making a Coronavirus vaccine was ADE.  Now reports are beginning to come in from countries that are heavily vaccinated, such as Israel, that vaccinated people are getting sick and may have more serious illnesses than those not vaccinated.  If the death rate of the vaccinated is higher than the unvaccinated this would be very scary.
  [#7]  The mRNA vaccines are not 95% effective as touted.  Efficacy is likely closer to 40-70% but more data is needed. [...]

Biden Administration Will Promote New Plan For Multiple Booster Shots Every Six Months in Perpetuity For COVID Variants.  The Biden administration is on the precipice of announcing mandatory six month booster shots for people who have already had the vaccine.  The reason?  Data from Israel is showing that vaccinated populations are, for yet unknown reasons, more susceptible to even worse infections from the Delta variant.  It appears, from the early data, that once you take the vaccine you put your immune system into a state of perpetual dependency requiring booster shots to chase the variants every six months.  Without the boosters, the hospitalization rates amid the vaccinated population appear worse than non-vaccinated.  Delta hits the vaccinated population harder than Alpha, and Lambda will likely hit the vaccinated population harder than Delta... and so it goes, and so it appears it will continue.

The Bizarre Refusal to Apply Cost-Benefit Analysis to COVID Debates.  In virtually every realm of public policy, Americans embrace policies which they know will kill people, sometimes large numbers of people.  They do so not because they are psychopaths but because they are rational:  they assess that those deaths that will inevitably result from the policies they support are worth it in exchange for the benefits those policies provide.  This rational cost-benefit analysis, even when not expressed in such explicit or crude terms, is foundational to public policy debates — except when it comes to COVID, where it has been bizarrely declared off-limits. [...] It is impossible to overstate the costs imposed on children of all ages from the sustained, enduring and severe disruptions to their lives justified in the name of COVID. Entire books could be written, and almost certainly will be, on the multiple levels of damage children are sustaining, some of which — particularly the longer-term ones — are unknowable (long-term harms from virtually every aspect of COVID policies — including COVID itself, the vaccines, and isolation measures, are, by definition, unknown).  But what we know for certain is that the harms to children from anti-COVID measures are severe and multi-pronged.

Texas Governor Bans COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates.  Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Wednesday banning government entities from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state regardless of a vaccine's approval status with the FDA.  "Vaccine requirements and exemptions have historically been determined by the legislature, and their involvement is particularly important to avoid a patchwork of vaccine mandates across Texas," Abbott said.  Abbott is also adding the issue to the current Special Session agenda.  The order comes after the governor had previously banned public schools and local governments from enacting their own vaccine mandates, though the earlier order specified that the ban on vaccine requirements applies to COVID-19 vaccines that are under emergency authorization.

Welcome to the Forever Pandemic.  [Scroll down]  Put aside the fact that the data support none of these policy prescriptions:  There is little evidence that vaccine mandates will push the unvaccinated into overcoming their hesitancy; vaccine mandates are likely to press the unvaccinated into common spaces in which they are more likely to transmit the virus to other unvaccinated people, who are in far more danger than the vaccinated; the delta variant, according to former Obama adviser Dr. Michael Osterholm, makes a mockery of cloth masks; according to the University of Waterloo, surgical masks are essentially ineffective against delta; there is literally zero data demonstrating that masking children in schools has been effective in reducing transmission of the coronavirus; and children are at exorbitantly low risk from the virus, given that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just 361 Americans under age 18 have died of COVID-19 during the entirety of the pandemic.

Did the FDA Pull a Bait-and-Switch on the American People?  On August 23rd all the mainstream or agitprop media outlets were trumpeting the news that the FDA had granted permanent approval for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.  The press breathlessly reported that vaccine mandates were now legal for healthcare workers, employees in private industry, college students and government employees at all levels including teachers and school staff.  Almost immediately Joe Biden shuffled his way to the podium and read off his teleprompter that all businesses should immediately institute vaccine mandates.  The Pentagon announced that vaccinations would be mandatory for all active service members.  Bill de Blasio immediately instituted a vaccine mandate for all New York city teachers and staff.  But what the agitprop media and the Biden White House failed to report is that there are two critical issues as to whether the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine (which is what has been and continues to be administered) can be mandated and whether Pfizer can be held liable for injuries, a provision that accompanies permanent approval of a vaccine or drug.

NC teacher won't wear mask at school.  It could cost 2 months pay and ultimately her job.  A Johnston County high school teacher has been sent home for refusing to follow the school district's requirement to wear a face mask in school.  Aurora Preston, an English teacher at South Johnston High School in Four Oaks, argues that it should be her constitutional right whether she wears a face mask.  She faces up to nine weeks of unpaid leave and could lose her job as a result of her decision to not mask up on campus.  "It is not the job of government agencies to dictate when and where it is appropriate to utilize the rights afforded to me by being a citizen of the US," Preston said in a statement Wednesday.  "It is their job to uphold the Constitution affording these rights to all of the citizens all of the time. [..."]

Pentagon orders ALL active military to get the vaccine as soon as possible [or] face court martial.  All US service members must get their Covid-19 vaccine as soon as possible now that the Pfizer-BioNTech jab is fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  More than 800,000 service members out of around 1.4 million still need to get their shots, according to Pentagon data.  Those who haven't gotten a shot face a wide range of punishments if they don't, from sitting down with a doctor to have the 'risks' of refusing explained all the way up to a court martial.

Effectiveness of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine drops to 74% after five months, study finds.  Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is notably less effective six months after the second dose is administered, a new study finds.  Researchers from King's College London in the UK analyzed COVID-19 testing data and found the vaccine's effectiveness falls from 88 percent to 77 percent after five to six months.  They could not determine whether the lower effectiveness caused an increase in hospitalizations or deaths.

YouTube Yanks Over 1 Million COVID-19 Videos It Deems 'Dangerous'.  YouTube has removed more than 1 million videos on its platform containing alleged misinformation related to COVID-19.  The Google-owned company announced the figure in a blog post Wednesday, "Perspective:  Tackling Misinformation on YouTube," written by Neal Mohan, YouTube's chief product officer.  "Since last February, we've removed over 1 million videos related to dangerous coronavirus information, like false cures or claims of a hoax," he said.  The company focuses on removing content that can directly lead to "egregious real world harm," according to Mohan.  YouTube also said it was addressing misinformation by optimizing search results to prioritize "quality" news and information from "trusted sources."  For information related to COVID-19, the company relied on "expert consensus" from health organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.  "In the midst of a global pandemic, everyone should be armed with absolutely the best information available to keep themselves and their families safe," Mohan said.

The Editor says...
Why are we not allowed to see the less-than-best information, too?

New Zealand locked down after a single COVID-19 case.  Now 148 people are infected, and experts are worried.  New Zealand has extended its national lockdown by at least four days as it tries to contain the highly infectious Delta variant.  The country first went into lockdown on August 17 after it detected a single COVID-19 case in Auckland, which health officials assumed was Delta.  New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday that the infected individual had returned from Sydney, Australia — a COVID-19 hotspot — and arrived in Auckland, the country's largest city, on August 7.  By the time it was announced on Monday that the lockdown was being extended, the outbreak was responsible for 107 cases, according to public data.  There were 41 new cases reported Tuesday, pushing the total to 148, the data showed.  Some 137 of these cases were in Auckland.  Ardern said Monday that the country would be in strict lockdown until at least midnight on Friday, August 27.  Auckland will be in Level 4 lockdown, the nation's highest level, until at least Tuesday August 31, she said.

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Yeah, come on, Aussies!  It's only until August 31.  Unless it's extended for some hastily-contrived reason, and then extended again.  You should have learned this lesson last year:  Don't believe the government when they claim the loss of your rights and liberties will only last a few days.

Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray Reduces Covid-19 Viral Load By 95% Within 24 Hours:  Study.  A well known antimicrobial, Nitric Oxide, has been found to rapidly reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral load, knocking it down by 95% within 24 hours, and 99% within 72 hours, according to a recent study by researchers funded by England's NHS foundation trust and SaNOtize Research & Development Corporation — a Canadian biotech company currently conducting Phase II trials of a nitric oxide nasal spray.  A group of 80 adults (18-70 years) with confirmed (Alpha strain) Covid-19 infections were divided into two groups, with half receiving nitric oxide nasal spray (NONS) that were self-administered 5-6 times daily for 9 days.

Ultra-Vaxxed Israel's Crisis Is a Dire Warning to America.  The massive surge of COVID-19 infections in Israel, one of the most vaccinated countries on earth, is pointing to a complicated path ahead for America.  In June, there were several days with zero new COVID infections in Israel.  The country launched its national vaccination campaign in December last year and has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, with 80 percent of citizens above the age of 12 fully inoculated.  COVID, most Israelis thought, had been defeated.  All restrictions were lifted and Israelis went back to crowded partying and praying in mask-free venues.  Fast forward two months later:  Israel reported 9,831 new diagnosed cases on Tuesday, a hairbreadth away from the worst daily figure ever recorded in the country — 10,000 — at the peak of the third wave.  More than 350 people have died of the disease in the first three weeks of August.  In a Sunday press conference, the directors of seven public hospitals announced that they could no longer admit any coronavirus patients.  With 670 COVID-19 patients requiring critical care, their wards are overflowing and staff are at breaking point.

Sweden Gets It on COVID.  Why Won't the Rest of the World Pay Attention?  Perhaps Australian authorities should stop beating their own citizens long enough to take a look at what Sweden is, and isn't, doing.  They aren't locking down.  They aren't pepper-spraying 12-year-old girls who resist mask-mandate tyranny, and, unlike most of the world, they aren't getting slaughtered by Covid.  Professor Neil Ferguson, whose advise prompted the UK's lockdown, predicted Sweden's non-lockdown policy would result in 85,000 deaths.  He was wrong.  He also resigned from his post at the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies after he broke his own lockdown rules and saw his married girlfriend, twice.  Fact-O-Rama!  In Europe, Sweden is ranked #16 in Covid vaccinations per capita and #16 in Covid deaths.  This is based on 30 countries, including Malta and Iceland.  Sweden's death toll is high for Nordic countries but roughly in the center for all of Europe.

Ruling Class Increasingly Calls Upon the Private Sector to Make Lives of the "Unvaccinated" Difficult.  Is anyone sick of being ruled and owned yet?  The ruling class is not letting up and increasingly calling upon businesses in the private sector to help them roll out the permanent slave state.  They aren't even trying to hide the fact that they want to own us, our bodies, and our minds at this point.  Gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe is just one of the tyrants calling on businesses to mandate Covid-19 vaccines after promoting efforts to make the lives of those who are unvaccinated more "difficult." Joe Biden has already tried this play right out of the slave owner's handbook: [...] It's like these rulers know they cannot do this alone.  The slaves have to help them and sadly, all too many are all too ready to help make this planet a permanent prison.  This only gets worse though as more people start to figure out what's really going on.  McAuliffe called on "every Virginia employer" this week to mandate Covid-19 vaccines among all "eligible employees," according to a report by RT.

Did the FDA Really "Approve" The Experimental Gene Therapy Shot?  We've been told by the mainstream media and ruling class sociopaths that the Pfizer COVID-19 "vaccine," that's actually a gene therapy shot, has been "fully approved."  But is that the case?  We are going to look into the wording of the letter with help from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.  On August 23, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to issue an "approval decision" regarding the Pfizer-BioNTech product we all know to be an experimental gene therapy shot.  Others believe this is a "vaccine" even though it doesn't meet the definition in any legal or logical capacity.  According to the AAPS, the drug is to be marketed as Comirnaty, for individuals 16 years of age and older.  The Pfizer product will continue to be available under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for individuals 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of a third dose in certain immunocompromised individuals.  So was it "fully approved?"  Kind of.  Unfortunately, the FDA looks like they are attempting to confuse and distract more than anything.

CDC Seems to Have Covered up Data Showing Masking Kids in Schools Is Pointless.  I know trusting the CDC for COVID information is a bit like trusting a serial killer to take care of your kids, but even still, this seems a bit much.  In a completely expected revelation, the CDC has been caught covering up their own data that shows mask mandates produce no statistically significant difference in infection rates in schools.  Instead of including that information in its released report and current guidance, the CDC shelved it.

Fauci Singles Out Hasidic Jews On National TV About Measles Outbreak, No Other Community.  Dr Anthony Fauci infuriated many in the Orthodox Jewish Community after comments he made on "CBS This Morning" regarding "Hasidic Jews who were not getting vaccinated" and caused a measles outbreak in the NYC area.  Fauci was responding to a question about "how close are we to getting back to some sense of normalcy where there are fewer guidelines and we don't think about the Coronavirus on a daily basis...."  Fauci responded by saying that all depends on how many people get vaccinated to be able to reach heard immunity. [...] Interestingly, those who are furious at Fauci's comments include both vaxxers and anti-vaxxers.

Covid Disinformation:  Post Reporter Tries to Make Mask Fanatics Seem Heroic.  Sydney Page, in an "objective" news piece, amplifies the opinion of a mother, Wendy, whose extreme opinions lack scientific evidence and logic.  Page does her best to make Wendy's opinion seem common when in reality it is an extreme position in response to a mask policy with which many agree.  The author's implicit assumptions and tacit agreement with the view she reports destroys her credibility. [...] First, Page does not mention that Tennessee Holler is a far-left website that promotes its own agenda by amplifying voices in favor of universal mask mandates and COVID vaccinations.  This is missing context that would allow the reader to understand that this is another issue campaign for a left-wing pressure group.  Second, to say that the mother's take has gone "viral" is Page's opinion stated as fact, though unsupported by evidence.  To go "viral" takes a bit more than 30,000 likes on a social media site.  You can buy 30,000 likes on Twitter right now for about $360 for context.

'Healthy' 40-year-old
Healthy 40 year old COVID victim's last words, "I blame the Unvaccinated".

Healthy?


Eric Adams struggled to find proof of vaccination to get into his own event.  The city's likely next mayor scrolled through his phone for over five minutes struggling to find proof that he's been vaccinated against the coronavirus — before he could get in to his own press conference.  "You don't mind a photo of it, right?" Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams asked a security guard outside the NYC College of Technology Wednesday where the Brooklyn borough president was scheduled to speak about cybersecurity.  "I'm just finding my photo of my vaccination card," Adams told CUNY Chancellor Felix V. Matos Rodriguez who approached him a couple minutes into the awkward ordeal.

How 'Informed Consent' Became 'Coercion of the Uninformed'.  [Scroll down]  Let's consider that commercial (or any of the hundreds exactly like it) entreating you to get vaxxed as a means to "get back to life," showing happy images of travel passports, college, family meals, and visiting grandparents. [...] There are two things that the average American might notice here.  The first is that this commercial, just like every COVID vaccine pitch ever created, treats us, the skeptical-yet-potential consumer, like a child being persuaded by a desperate parent to believe that Santa really showed up on Christmas Eve.  "I saw him on the Santa Tracker app.  Honest!"  The second is the absence of all that fine-print disclosure that commonly appears at the bottom of most American drug commercials, accompanied by a swift recitation of those horrifying potential side effects in a pleasant voice.  And curiously, after not being reminded that there are potential side effects to the COVID vaccines or what those side effects are, we're also not reminded that we should talk to our doctor before "deciding" to take this new drug.  As it turns out, there's a reason that all those American drug manufacturers and their pitchmen have always put all those uncomfortable disclosures in their commercials, [...] It's thanks, in part, to this little nuisance of a concept called "informed consent."

Australia starts building 1,000-bed concentration camp for COVID 'regional quarantine facility'.  Australia is planning ahead for mass detentions of people in the name of suppressing COVID.  A thousand-bed facility that won't be ready until the end of the year is being constructed about a hundred miles inland from Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia.  The left-wing Labor Party premier of Queensland celebrates the news:  [Tweets]  Australia has already turned its military against its own citizens to hunt down protesters, and even a man who is COVID-positive and left his home.  The loss of basic freedoms is being protested, but not by overwhelming numbers sufficient to dissuade the power-hungry politicians.  The public, in fact, is being told by media to be grateful when a few liberties are conditionally restored.

The CDC Doesn't Deserve Trust on Masks.  How can it possibly be that, 16 months into the scramble to "flatten the curve," the CDC still hasn't exhausted its credit to make irrational mask recommendations?  To be fair, we all suspected mask mandates weren't over — a hunch it took the CDC all of three months to confirm.  But it's worse than we could have imagined.  Now the agency is directing fully vaccinated individuals to mask up indoors.  And it's also recommended that schools institute universal masking for students, staff, and visitors.  This is ridiculous.  It's high time we buck the CDC's arbitrary regulations and follow our own common sense.  This isn't our first rodeo.  For public health, 2020 was the year of selective presentation.  Remember Dr. Anthony Fauci's infamous utterance in March 2020:  "There is no reason to be walking around with a mask."  Yes, he actually said that, though today he claims the comment was intended to prevent a mask shortage.  We could ponder the ethical implications of Fauci's lying to the entire country, but it would really be a waste of time because just one month later, the CDC pulled a policy 180, contradicting Fauci.

COVID Truths from REAL Doctors — Ep. 654.  Back in May of 2020[,] we let people know all about COVID-19[.]  The reason we were right is that we had the info from our guests today[.]  These guys are who they say they are — experts[.]  Along with us is Dr. Ryan Cole who is also an MD (treated several hundred patients)[.]  Treat Early, you save lives[.]  The challenge we are facing is mass hallucination[.]  You can not meet illogic with logic[.]  NO — masks are bacteria traps — viruses go through these like sand through tennis rackets[.]  We know better, and we are doing it anyways[.]  You have to focus on early treatment[.]  We've canceled the smart people so the dumb people won't be offended[.]  There WILL be buyers remorse with this vaccine[.]  [Podcast]

mRNA Inventor, Dr. Robert Malone Says FDA DID NOT Approve Current Vaccine, They Approved A Vaccine Not Yet Available.  Dr. Robert Malone, who is the godfather of mRNA technology and is as pro-vax as one can be dropped a bombshell during his interview yesterday with Steve Bannon.  Malone read the two FDA letters and they did NOT approve the current vaccines that are available.  The Pfizer shot currently available is still under emergency use authorization.  The vaccine that will be approved is one called Comirnaty.  [Video clip]

Innocent as Serpents, Wise as Doves:  America's Church Leaders and the COVID Vaccine Betrayal.  Joshua Charles did the world and the Church a service by going public with his experience in the White House, regarding the abortion links of the COVID vaccine.  If you haven't read his account, please do.  I'd like to put his narrative back in context, and explain what we can learn from it — especially about how not to run a Church or advance the Gospel.  After China's engineered bug escaped the lab, China locked down domestic travel, even welding sick people to die in their homes.  But the Communist Party decided China would not suffer alone.  So it kept sending flights of infected people from Wuhan around the world — in a massive biological Pearl Harbor sneak attack that military historians will point to with grim admiration.  From the point of view of advancing Red China's power it was... brilliant.  And with the disease spread panic.  Chinese cheap laborers had carried COVID as far as Italy, whose hospitals were completely overrun in early spring 2020.  Thousands of elderly Italians died alone, without family goodbyes or the last sacraments, from the imported Chinese virus.  Media hyped this tragic result of Chinese Communist callousness, and used it to whip up hysteria.  Democrats pivoted from denouncing Trump's "xenophobic" travel ban and leading trips to their local Chinatowns, to demanding total lockdowns and planning a "Great Reset" attack on property rights and political freedom.

Washington high school under fire for requiring students to wear 'ankle monitors' for COVID tracing.  Each day we get closer and closer to a "Minority Report" world where your every move is tracked and recorded.  When restaurants began to reopen last year, many required that you sign a roster in order to dine in so that if anyone on the list contracted COVID (added to which they would have to tell the restaurant) everyone on the guest list for that day would be notified.  Now we are witnessing from afar a nationwide manhunt in Australia for a guy who sneezed in an elevator without covering his mouth nor wearing a mask.  There was no one on the elevator with him.  If only everyone had a tracing monitor attached to their body (soon to be an SKU on your skin or a chip in your brain perhaps?) a lot of manpower would be spared looking for scoundrels who defy the law by performing a natural bodily function in private.  Sure, he was sick, but apparently, he's patient zero.  The latest imposition comes out of Washington State, where a high school in Eatonville has declared it will require tracing monitors for all student-athletes and coaches.

10 reasons why the FDA approval for Pfizer jab isn't about health, but about forcing people to take the shot.  The announcement yesterday [8/23/2021] by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that it has granted full approval to Pfizer for its Covid-19 vaccine is not surprising to many people who have been watching all of the Operation Warp Speed fast-tracking, moving of barriers, and rule-bending for vaccine makers.  Here are 10 reasons why the FDA "gold standard" stamp of approval doesn't mean anything about protecting citizens' health and safety but has everything to do with erasing liability and giving governments and businesses the gumption to coerce injections on employees and consumers.

Natural immunity from Covid infection could be stronger than vaccination in protecting against Delta variant.  Natural immunity from previous COVID-19 infection may offer stronger protection against the Indian 'Delta' variant than immunity from full vaccination, a new study suggests.  Researchers compared people who had received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to unvaccinated individuals who had recovered from the virus.  They found that participants with natural immunity were up to 13 times less likely to contract Covid than those who were given two jabs.

We Will Not Comply:  A Campaign Against Medical Tyranny.  We are currently at the cusp of a great conflict against the powers that be; people who are exploiting the (mostly manufactured) covid crisis for unprecedented political and economic control.  And when I say "manufactured", I mean that there is no crisis, no need for mandates, no need for lockdowns and no need for vaccine passports.  We are dealing with a virus that around 99.7% of people will easily survive according to the medical establishment's own studies and stats as well as numerous independent studies, yet, for some reason we are being bombarded with fear mongering from the media and from governments.  Why is the only solution being suggested to the general public involve us giving up all of our freedoms and medical autonomy?  Why is 99.7% of the population supposed to lock down, mask up and submit to an experimental mRNA vaccine with no long term testing data to prove its safety?  Why don't the 0.26% of people that are truly at risk of dying from the virus simply take precautions or stay home while the rest of us get on with normal life?  Hell, I would be fine with contributing to a fund to help support the 0.26% at risk, to help their families and help with their medical bills.  The Federal Reserve and other central banks burned trillions of dollars in stimulus measures and PPP loans to keep businesses from going completely bankrupt, and to keep jobless "non-essential" workers from starving during the initial shutdowns.  But , we could have simply kept the economy going this entire time and paid a fraction of that cost helping the tiny minority of people that would actually suffer from the illness.

Even Mainstream Media Is Now Asking Big Questions About Covid Vaccines.  Former Congressman Ron Paul has highlighted this week that a handful of mainstream media articles have actually begun to break ranks in terms of questioning key aspects of vaccine effectiveness and mandates, particularly when it comes to the controversial boosters now being widely proposed.  "Even mainstream media is now asking big questions about the vaccines" Wednesday's Liberty Report featured.  A couple of recent headlines in Bloomberg and BBC were unexpected in terms the criticism reflected and somewhat skeptical pushback against the 'consensus narrative'.

Catholic Priest:  "You're Under No Obligation" to Take Vaccines Made With Cells From Aborted Babies.  Amid growing COVID-19 vaccine mandates from employers and government entities, a Catholic priest told his Brooklyn congregation recently that they are not obligated to take a vaccine made with cell lines created from aborted babies.  Father Michael Panicali's remarks are attracting criticism from leftist news outlets like Raw Story and The Daily Beast.  The New York priest recently pushed back against a Vatican statement declaring that it is morally acceptable for Catholics to take vaccines even if they use cell lines create from aborted babies.  "My brothers and sisters, you are under absolutely no obligation to take a vaccine that is made, produced, manufactured, tested even in the most remote ways with aborted fetal cells," Panicali responded in a recent homily, according to Raw Story.  "Do not let anyone tell you otherwise."

Memphis Media Reports 16 Year Old Dies Of COVID, Waits Until End Of Report To Inform He Was Fully Vaccinated.  This is FAKE news at its most dangerous.  Memphis media has reported this week that a 16-year-old football player at Westwood High School died from COVID-19 and pneumonia over the weekend.  Sunday, the principal at Westwood High sent out an automated message to students and parents about the death of Azorean Tatum but did not say how he died.  SCS has not released any details.  Quintina Bucker said her son Azorean Tatum, who went by the name Zo, collapsed at school on Aug. 13 and was taken to Baptist Children's Hospital, where he was diagnosed with COVID.  Buckner admitted her son, who had asthma, [and] was vaccinated.  [Video clip]

Yesterday must have been a bad day in New York, or else somebody's cooking the books.
New N.Y. governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID-19 tally.  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised more government transparency on her first day in office and by day's end her administration had quietly delivered it by acknowledging nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state from COVID-19 than had been publicized by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.  New York now reports nearly 55,400 people have died of COVID-19 in New York, based on death certificate data submitted to the CDC, up from about 43,400 that Gov. Cuomo had reported to the public as of Monday, his last day in office.

Delta Air Lines imposes $200 monthly insurance fee on unvaccinated workers.  Delta Air Lines will impose a $200 monthly surcharge in its health plan to employees who haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19.  Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week, Delta on Wednesday took a harder line on vaccinations among its employees, which include several thousand in Minnesota.  It's the latest corporation to impose stricter COVID-19 personnel policies given the legal protections offered by the FDA's full approval of a vaccine.  Chief Executive Ed Bastian announced the insurance surcharge along with a number of other policy changes for the unvaccinated in an employee memo Wednesday [8/25/2021].

Resources for fighting mandates against COVID injections, masks, COVID tests.  [This] is a series of articles, studies, resources, letter templates and papers regarding the fight against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions, as compiled by Kathy Dopp.

Vaccines & The Law.  The law is clear.  An experimental vaccine cannot be mandated.  We want you to be armed with resources to advocate for yourself and your loved ones.  Here is a letter template to utilize related to your employer or school attempting to mandate the Covid-19 experimental vaccine candidates.  Please edit the portion in red, specific to you, and distribute.  Send to principals, superintendents, department of education officials, managers, corporate officers, etc.  Put everyone on notice!  Send on your own or unite with others' signatures in support of your movement.  Informed and united people are truly the greatest threat to tyranny!

Exemption from Hospital Vaccine Mandate.  Many hospitals are requiring physicians to take the annual flu vaccine (and now the COVID-19 shot).  Flu shot mandates are not because it helps patients, but because hospitals get a tiny increase in reimbursements if the entire staff is vaccinated.  Lobbyists for Big Pharma probably put this reimbursement boost into law to sell more of their product.  AAPS does not take a position on the annual flu vaccine, but we do take a position in favor of individual freedom to decline it.  Fortunately, hospitals are supposed to recognize a religious exemption, and vaccines are not kosher under some interpretations of the Bible.  AAPS has posted a template exemption letter based on Christianity.  Other religions and philosophies may have similar rules against this, so this letter can be easily modified to comport with your own beliefs.

The Good News — A COVID-19 Update.  Now that we have had 18 months to "slow the spread" it is time to take stock of the pandemic.  We have learned many good things that the media and our pandemic managers rarely report.  Most fundamentally, we do not need to be afraid of COVID-19 anymore.  The media and some government health authorities are still pushing hysteria and fear, but that should not prevail.  Let's look at the good news that can calm our fears about COVID-19. [...]
  [#1]   Globally, the survival rate for COVID-19 is 99.8%.  Under the age of 70, the survival rate for COVID-19 is 99.97%.  This is on par with many influenza seasons. [...]
  [#2]   Herd immunity for the alpha strain is here.  Sixty-seven percent of the American population have had at least one COVID-19 vaccination. [...]
  [#3]   The average age of death from COVID is 78.  The average life expectancy in America is 78. [...]
  [#4]   Early outpatient treatment should be adopted immediately for COVID-19.  Hydroxychloroquine works.  Ivermectin works.  It has been estimated 85% of COVID-19 deaths could have been prevented were these medicines used early. [...]
  [#5]   Children are safe from COVID-19 and don't spread the virus either.  A study in the UK showed that the survival rate in children is 99.995%. [...]
  [#6]   Sweden did not have a lockdown or mask mandate and did better with cases and deaths than many countries.  Lockdown did not work and had serious cultural and economic side effects. [...]
  [#7]   Persons who have had COVID-19 infection have a robust and long-lasting immunity.  This immunity also is likely to protect against variants. [...]
  [#8]   There is very little, if any, spread of COVID-19 from asymptomatic persons.  This lie was spread early to maximize fear of this new virus.
  [#9]   The death rate nationally for COVID-19 has been going down since January.  Breathless "news" reporters talk about cases, hospital occupation, and contagiousness but never mention the death decline. [...]

Americans [were] Attacked Using Two Political Bio-Weapons.  It doesn't matter where the Covid virus originated.  What matters is what politicians in the United States have done, using the Covid virus as an excuse, to the American population.  Covid has now become the political weapon of choice to enforce draconian policies upon each and every American citizen.  Covid is the newest politically correct path to power.  Speak ill of Covid and the vaccines and you will be banned on social media, chastised by your peers and even fired from your job.  From mandating masks, to social distancing, to lockdowns, to mandated vaccinations, to vaccine passports and finally to Covid detention centers, these paths all lead to tyranny.

Question the Narrative of the Ruling Party.  This incompetent regime couldn't execute a war and withdrawal against real terrorists in Afghanistan, handing over billions of dollars in weapons to them.  But it thinks that people who question arbitrary mask mandates, potential vaccine passports, and have legitimate questions about the 2020 elections are the real terrorists.  The latest Department of Homeland Security bulletin is a prime example of how this administration twists the thoughts and fears of half of the U.S. population into a warning of potential violence.  Conveniently, they neglected to mention any heightened threats of violence as a result of actions taken by organizations like Black Lives Matter and Antifa.  No, the real threat is people who are tired of wearing masks and question the legitimacy of an extremely suspect presidential election.  The last line in the DHS bulletin warns readers:  "Such threats are also exacerbated by impacts of the ongoing global pandemic, including grievances over public health safety measures and perceived government restrictions."  Let's be clear:  the DHS bulletin wasn't a bulletin; it was a threat, as in a read-between-the-lines threat.

COVID Vaccine Mandates Strongly Opposed in Europe, U.S. as Vaccine Failures Increase.  Since coronavirus pandemic lockdowns were implemented by many governments in 2020, people around the world have held largely peaceful protests against unprecedented social distancing restrictions that are devastating global economies and ruining people's lives.  Now, faced with being ordered to obey new laws that require them to be injected with COVID-19 vaccines in order to enter public spaces or hold a job, on July 24, 2021 — World Freedom Day — hundreds of thousands of people of all ages took to the streets in Australia, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Greece and Germany to publicly challenge oppressive public health laws.  The messages on the signs they held were diverse but they were united in pushing back against government overreach.  The brave determination of people, in democracies around the world who are publicly defending civil liberties — freedom of thought, speech, conscience and assembly — and the human right to informed consent to medical risk taking, demonstrates that the spirit of freedom lives in the hearts and minds of people everywhere.  Both those who gather in the public squares of cities big and small and those who are watching are inspired by this commitment to defending liberty.  In the United States, no large demonstrations have been held yet, but polls reveal the nation is sharply divided about COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Young Man in France Dies Nine Hours After Getting Pfizer COVID Shot.  A 22-year-old man in France died on July 26, 2021 nine hours after receiving the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's experimental COVID-19 biologic (also known as BNT162b2 or "Comirnaty" vaccine).  Maxime Beltra was vaccinated at about 2 pm in the southern French city of Sète and then went to a local restaurant with friends.  At 10 pm that evening, Beltra's sister reportedly called their father to let him know that his son was suffering a "violent" allergic reaction.  An ambulance arrived at Beltra's home and paramedics tried to save the young man but were unsuccessful.

Sir Andrew Pollard, UK Senior Vaccinologist, Outlines Futility of Trying to Stop COVID Variants or Chase Herd Immunity With Vaccine.  Many people do not have the time or inclination to watch the 2 hour presentation by Dr. Robert Malone, the leading scientific research for global pandemics and originator of the technology behind mRNA vaccines; so, I will attempt to encapsulate.  As noted by Dr. Malone, the common-sense therapeutic approach should be the primary focus, not vaccination, for ongoing healthcare systems as the COVID-19 variants will continue to evolve.  Ultimately, the natural immunity process will be of greater overall benefit than vaccinations which will require continual boosters to deal with the ever-evolving variants (a similar approach to dealing with reoccurring and evolving flu strains).  Dr. Malone provided support for his position with concurrence from the leading U.K. Vaccinologist in Great Britain, Sir Andrew Pollard:  [Video clip]

Up To 62% mRNA Vaccinated Show Evidence Of Blood Clotting.  Dr. Charles Hoffe, a family physician from Lytton, British Columbia, wrote to Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C. provincial health officer, in April 2021 with serious concerns about COVID-19 vaccines.  One of his patients died after the shot, and six others had adverse effects.  While their small town had no cases of COVID-19, Hoffe said the vaccine was causing serious damage and he believed "this vaccine is quite clearly more dangerous than COVID-19."  Hoffe was quickly accused of causing "vaccine hesitancy" and local health authorities threatened to report him to the licensing body, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.  He was also told by government health authorities that he could not say anything negative about the COVID-19 vaccine, but the issues Hoffe was seeing compelled him to speak out anyway.  [Video clip]

World-class immunologist explains why the Covid vax is unnecessary and potentially catastrophic.  [Scroll down]  Doctors for COVID Ethics, a European group, recently sent [a] letter to all the physicians in Europe, demonstrating that recently published research (the 4 papers discussed by Dr. Bhakdi, above, published in May-July 2021) together indicate that mRNA immunization against Covid is immunologically harmful and dangerous and should be stopped.  The letter explains the immunology and provides numerous references besides the 4 key articles posted above.  You're right, the images are lurid.  But so are 22,000 deaths.  (This is a conservative figure.)  And so are the countless horrific, debilitating reactions to the vaccines.  Let me put it this way.  Someone close to me wound up with a tag on her big toe.  When this happens to someone you know, you will find that all your weenie wishy-washy theories about the vaccine, poof, vanish.  What you're left with is rage.  These 4 articles, above, call for rage.  It's time to fight back.  No, I didn't say it's time to debate this; the debate is over.  The science is now in.

Vaccine Expert Vanden Bossche Calls For "Immediate Halt" To Vaccinations, Says They Encourage "Escape Mutant" Variants.  Of all those who have been critical of our vaccination efforts related to Covid-19, vaccine expert Geert Vanden Bossche stands out as one of the loudest voices in the crowd.  Having been featured on Dr. Chris Martenson's Peak Prosperity and Bret Weinstein's Dark Horse podcast, Vanden Bossche has been outspoken — yet measured and reasoned — in his critiquing of mass vaccinations during the midst of the Covid pandemic.  One of his main gripes with vaccination efforts is that vaccinating during the middle of a pandemic could potentially lead to a long runway of variants, some of which may evolve to be far more difficult to deal with than the original Covid virus.  [Video clip]

Legal experts slam New York judges for 'troubling' and 'dangerous' decision to order defendants to get COVID-19 shots.  Legal experts and the American Civil Liberties Union have criticized a pair of New York judges for ordering defendants to get vaccinated if they want to make bail or be granted a plea deal.  The ACLU slammed the decisions as 'troubling' and one lawyer even called the rulings 'nonsensical' and abuse of power that could be seen as grounds for the judges to be censured or suspended.  The criticism comes after Manhattan judge Jed Rakoff granted the release of Elouisa Pimental, a woman accused of drug dealing, on the condition she get vaccinated.

What Pfizer's FDA approval for the vaccine means, and doesn't mean.  The big COVID news is the Food and Drug Administration has granted formal approval for the Pfizer vaccine.  Heretofore, the COVID vaccines were being used on an emergency basis.  Putting aside the hoopla, the approval of this novel mRNA vaccine has to be suspect.  Realize that the FDA was under intense political pressure to approve it.  Plus the vaccine had already been administered to hundreds of million people worldwide.  Given all that, it would have been impossible for the FDA not to proclaim the vaccine as safe.  Approval was a foregone conclusion.  Joe Biden said the approval was the result of a painstaking and exhaustive scientific study on the vaccine.  That's not true.

Sometimes there really is a conspiracy to theorize about.  Was it ever more plausible that the virus came about accidentally from a wet market with no evidence that such action could occur, when right down the street was a lab where we know that such viruses were studied?  Is it really plausible that nations around the world keep ratcheting up the tyranny as they independently determine it to be the best course of action?  Or does it seem much more likely that each is part of a larger plan, sequenced for maximum effect?

Why We Succumb To Micro Control Over Our Lives.  If you reside in Sydney, your limit of movement is some two miles from home.  For outdoor exercise, your limit is one hour a day.  Live in the state of Victoria?  There are five approved reasons for going beyond your property.  The one visitor you're allowed is an "intimate partner or a nominated person."  Weddings are forbidden, unless for "end of life or other exceptional circumstances."  Have a pet in the State of Queensland?  Indoors you may keep it mentally stimulated by playing fetch games in a room, teaching it a new obedience trick, or using a "treat dispenser toy."  Perhaps you were a locked-down Englishman who liked to walk the dog.  Members of the household could take it for multiple walks but pity the dog and you alone at home:  no more than one walk a day.  Or perhaps you attended a synagogue in South Africa.  You were warned not to sing into your mask; none but the cantor had permission to do that.  It took a pandemic to learn that human frailties are infinite. [...] It opened the door for authorities to step in with regulations that make material for stand-up comedy.

After swanky maskless party, GOP Rep dubs Speaker 'Gestapelosi' over 'unbelievable' House mask mandate.  A Republican House member is clapping back at Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her hypocritical requirement that all members wear masks though video surfaced of her attending a swanky event near her home in California over the weekend where she and nearly all guests were dining maskless and in close quarters.  "Pelosi has decreed — she's like the Gestapo, I call her a 'Gestapelosi,' m-m-k?  Gestapelosi has decreed that members must wear masks or get fined.  Then, staff members can be arrested and jailed.  She is the Gestapelosi.  It's unbelievable that she's doing this kind of stuff," Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas), a member of the House Freedom Caucus, said during a presser Monday afternoon [8/23/2021].  During his Monday evening program, Fox News' primetime king Tucker Carlson also called out Pelosi over her insistence that members of the House be masked while in the chamber ostensibly due to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, though she, in her personal life, seems less than concerned about the disease.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown becomes first in US to reimpose OUTDOOR mask mandate, regardless of vaccination status.  Oregon has become the first state to order residents to wear masks outdoors in public — even if they have been vaccinated — amid a fresh surge in COVID cases and hospitalizations.  In an announcement on Twitter, Governor Kate Brown announced that everyone over the age of five will be required to wear masks when gathering outside 'where physical distancing is not possible,' regardless of their vaccination status, starting on Friday August 27.  'Masks have been proven to be effective at reducing transmission and are a necessary measure right now, even in some outdoor settings, to help us fight COVID and to protect one another,' Brown said.

Washington public school forces unvaccinated student athletes to wear ankle monitors: parents.  A 15-year-old girl was allegedly forced to wear an ankle tracking monitor for volleyball practice at Eatonville High School in Washington state as a condition of participating in team sports.  This was required of both vaccinated and unvaccinated students.  According to her mother who spoke anonymously to The Post Millennial, her daughter was at a practice for the public school's volleyball team and texted her that she was being asked to put on an ankle monitor.

Pfizer CEO says COVID-19 vaccine-resistant variant likely to emerge.  Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Tuesday [8/24/2021] said the company believes a COVID-19 vaccine-resistant variant will likely one day emerge, though the company has a system in place to turn around a variant-specific jab within some three months.  "Every time that the variant appears in the world, our scientists are getting their hands around it," Bourla told Fox News' "America's Newsroom."  "They are researching to see if this variant can escape the protection of our vaccine.  We haven't identified any yet but we believe that it is likely that one day, one of them will emerge."

The last sane man down under?  Aussie parliamentarian denounces totalitarian lockdown abuses.  I've been watching in sadness and wonder at the abuse that Australia's government elites — many of them purported conservatives — have heaped on their citizens, using military force to keep people imprisoned in their own homes, warning people against private conversations, vaccinating children without their parents' permission.  All over a handful of deaths in a continent-sized nation of 25 million.  There has been savage repression of demonstrations.  Finally, an Aussie Member of Parliament has stood up and denounced the madness.  [Video clip]  George Christensen is what passes for a maverick in Australia, outspoken, nationalist, anti-jihad, pro-life.

There are lots of reasons to question the FDA's greenlighting Pfizer's vaccine.  According to VAERS, 3,079 people have died after receiving the Pfizer vaccine, and nearly 3,900 have suffered a permanent disability.  Many more thousands have been hospitalized with post-vaccination side effects.  Think about that and then think about this "approval" of the vaccine as being "safe."  While I realize nothing is perfect, my only conclusion is that it was a political approval.  The vaccine has killed and disabled an awful lot of otherwise healthy people, which doesn't seem to me to warrant the green light it's been given.  Previous experimental vaccines have been pulled for far fewer dangerous side effects.  Normal vaccine approval is a 5-to-10-year process.  We've accelerated the timeline because of the pandemic.  Was that wise?  While I'm not a medical person or a researcher, I am guilty of exercising logic whenever I can.  We still have no clear evidence that the Pfizer jab (or any of the others, for that matter) is safe in the long run.  Previous attempts at a vaccine for swine flu, for instance, were halted after causing Guillan Barre syndrome in recipients.  It's an awful disease, causing total paralysis in some.  Note that it is one of the serious side effects of this vaccine, along with clotting disorders and heart disorders.  All can have life-long deleterious effects.

77-year-old woman dies of COVID-19 after testing positive on Carnival cruise out of Texas.  At least one person who sailed on a Carnival cruise out of Galveston, Texas in late July to early August died from COVID-19, the cruise line confirmed Tuesday [8/24/2021].  The cruise line is pushing back against what they call "disinformation," saying it is almost certain the woman who died did not contract COVID on the ship.  The Houston Chronical reported that 77-year-old Carnival Vista passenger Marilyn Tackett of Oklahoma was put on a ventilator in Belize after experiencing respiratory complications.

Curious Timing, Acting FDA Commissioner Ruled Out As Permanent Nominee Due to Her Role in Creating Opioid Epidemic.  The current head of the Food and Drug Administration, Janet Woodcock, is serving in an 'acting' capacity only, as her name was never nominated to the senate for confirmation.  Several media outlets are now reporting her name will never be nominated because she cannot pass the confirmation process.  Ms. Woodcock has a rather controversial past from her career work inside the FDA which included the advanced authorization for many opioids that created a massive health crisis.  She was, for all intents and purposes, the key figure inside the FDA who gave the pharmaceutical industry cart blanche authorization to create, market and distribute the pain-killing opioids that led to hundreds-of-thousands of U.S. deaths.  Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia represents one of the constituencies hardest hit by the opioid epidemic.  Manchin was not going to support Woodcock's nomination.  In a 50/50 senate, she didn't stand a chance of confirmation.  It does not seem coincidental that Ms. Woodcock was in position as 'acting director' just long enough for the first COVID vaccine to gain FDA approval; and then, presto, the announcement of her dispatch.

The Australian Gov Is Now Requiring Quarantine Signs In Front Of Their Homes.  The South Australian state government has imposed Level 6 quarantine measures on citizens returning from Victoria.  Sunday [8/22/2021] saw the sudden closure of their border with Victoria to everyone except a limited number of essential travelers.  [Video clip]

Child In Sydney Collapses After Being Vaccinated During Mass Vaccination Event In Stadium, Nurses Try To Cover It Up.  Health officials in Australia's largest city have rushed to vaccinate thousands of students ahead of in-person end-of-school exams that they fear could accelerate the spread of coronavirus in a country that until recently had avoided the worst of the pandemic.  A concert hall was repurposed last week as a mass-vaccination clinic for the teenagers.  And up to 40,000 shots developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE earmarked for rural towns were diverted to students from Sydney suburbs that have become Covid-19 hot spots.  Authorities said they had vaccinated more than 15,000 students by the end of last week.  [Video clip]

Mandatory Vaccination:  The Greater Evil of Society.  COVID-19 presents a high risk of severe illness and death to a few and a negligible risk to the majority of the population.  The median age of death with COVID-19 is similar to that of natural mortality in most countries.  Ninety-five percent of hospitalizations occur in individuals with one or more existing health problems.  And 99.95 percent of individuals below 70 survive.  Survival is even higher for healthy individuals.  Children and young people have almost zero risk of death from COVID-19.  The epidemiological reality of COVID-19 lends itself to a focused vaccine approach: offering a safe and efficacious vaccine to high-risk individuals (mostly people above 50, with other health problems) when the benefit of the intervention clearly outweighs the risk.  This strategy achieves the best outcome for all.  Mandatory vaccination has no place in a free society.  Public health policy should never be coercive and should always be participatory.  Decisions must be made by those who have skin-in-the-game and not by bureaucrats or a conflicted elite who will never have to live with the consequences of their actions.  The role of public health agencies is to provide the public with accurate information and respect individuals and communities to make their own decisions.

Keeping Fear Alive:  Reluctant to set the public free, policymakers and the public-health bureaucracy set unachievable and unnecessary goals.  Throughout the pandemic, American political and public-health leaders have been following Rahm Emanuel's classic dictum for power-seeking officials:  "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste."  Now they've adopted a corollary: you never want a crisis to end.  So they are prolonging the national misery instead of easing it, which could be done with a few simple strategies.  Explain to the public that the virus will never disappear but is no longer a mortal threat to the vast majority of Americans.  Encourage the minority still at risk to get vaccinated by honestly discussing who is in jeopardy and what scientists have learned about infections.  Promote treatments proven to prevent infection and speed recovery while avoiding unproven treatments and mandates that cause collateral damage and generate mistrust.  Above all, make it clear to Americans that we finally have reason to celebrate:  what once seemed an unprecedented danger is now just one of many pathogens that we know how to live with.  But the nation's crisismongers aren't about to relinquish their hold over the public, so they've set new goals that are as unachievable as they are unnecessary and harmful.

Australian Truck Drivers Vow To Block Every Major Highway In Radical Anti-Lockdown Strike.  As Australians take to the streets to protest the country's lockdown measures — most recently clashing with police over the weekend, Aussie truck drivers are planning to shut down every major highway across the country and have advised people to 'stock up on groceries.'  One driver, according to the Daily Mail, declared in a video that truck drivers are 'planning to shut down the country' to 'remove the [bad] government' on August 31 beginning at 9 a.m.  "It's on.  The truckies are doing it.  The truckies are going to shut down the country," the man says, adding "What that means is you need to go shopping now, get what you can for the next week or two, load your fridge, freezers."

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Legends Diner in Denton to close after mask frustrations: 'People just don't want to comply'.  Legends Diner in Denton — the restaurant that made national news for a sign threatening to charge customers a fee if they complain about masks — is closing at the end of August 2021.  Co-owner Wayne LaCombe says the concerns over COVID-19 and mask-wearing are "too much of a variable right now."  "People just don't want to comply, and I don't think they will comply," he says, looking at the problem from a big-picture sense.  "COVID is going to go on for quite some time."  LaCombe and his wife Kat LaCombe, a retired nurse, opened the Denton diner two years ago, serving pancakes as big as plates for breakfast and cheesy patty melts at lunch.  They suffered through the coronavirus pandemic, intent upon keeping employees and customers safe by requiring that everyone wear a mask, even after the mask mandate was lifted by the governor of Texas in March.  The city of Denton requires masks again, as of Aug. 12, 2021.


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The Bible says it's wrong to gloat over your adversary's misfortune (Proverbs 24:17, Obadiah 1:12).  But still, if you are out of step with your customers, they'll go somewhere else, and you'll be out of business in no time.  In the Cold Covid War, you can stand for individual liberty or you can stand with the socialist tyrants.  When a company sides with the tyrants, it's difficult to feel sorry for them when they go out of business.

DeSantis and Abbott's Opposition to Masking Children Is Finding Agreement From Unlikely Sources.  The Democrats and their pet media have been blasting derision from every working screen and speaker about how dangerous and irresponsible Republican Governors like Texas's Greg Abbott and Florida's Ron DeSantis are for not forcing children to wear masks alongside adults.  Since the ever-changing CDC guidelines now say that masking children is integral to stopping the spread of COVID-19, the left has gone into overdrive since Abbott passed his ban on mask mandates within the state of Texas and DeSantis with his executive order allowing parents to opt-out of masking their children if they please.  Interestingly enough, Abbott and DeSantis may not be in agreement with the CDC, but they are in agreement with a good number of health departments from the rest of the western world.

We're all in this together, but if you're not, get out of my hospital.
More Than 75 Doctors Walk Out of South Florida Hospital Rather Than Treat the Unvaccinated.  Doctors at a South Florida hospital have walked out on their duties to treat sick patients to do a publicity stunt because a number of the patients are unvaccinated for Covid-19.  "Just moments ago, more than 75 doctors staged a walkout to protest the number of Covid patients coming to the hospitals who have not been vaccinated," Joe Scarborough said on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Monday [8/23/2021].  The Morning Joe crew then went to Jerry Sanders live in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida at the doctor's walkout.  "What Americans don't understand is for every unvaccinated person that is filling up an ICU bed, that means, with the hospitals jammed, somebody with a heart attack, and I've known somebody in this position, goes there, has trouble getting in, can't get treatment, can't get a bed, it is a nightmare for the doctors, it is a nightmare for the nurses," Scarborough said.  "And to the doctor's point-of-view, it's worse yet for sick people that want help from them."

Anthony Fauci apologizes for latest gaffe in COVID analysis.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has admitted making his latest mistake in coronavirus guidance, this time over when he thinks the pandemic will come "under control" — apologizing by saying, "My bad."  The White House coronavirus czar had told NPR on Monday that if enough people get vaccinated, the US could "really get some good control over this" by the fall or winter of next year.  But quizzed on it by CNN's Anderson Cooper later the same day, Fauci — who has been under fire repeatedly for flip-flopping on his public advice from the early days of the pandemic — said he actually thinks that control will come even sooner.  "Anderson, I have to apologize.  When I listened to the tape, I meant to say the spring of 2022, so I did misspeak," he said.

Vaccine mandates may herald the end of the republic.  COVID-19 may end up destroying everything.  Everything.  Including our way of life.  And our prosperity.  Or, more accurately stated, the elites' reaction to the virus may do what no previous enemy, foreign or domestic, has ever come close to doing.  It is inarguable that without the coronavirus pandemic Joe Biden would not be president today.  And he and his puppet masters are well on their way to destroying America's work ethic, social fabric, economy, military, and global respect.  And now Biden is pressing employers to enact mask mandates, making one's vaccination status a condition of employment.  It is illegal for an employer to ask a prospective employee about their race, age, sexual preference, or other medical history, but, dammit, they can say "show us proof that you've had 'The Jab' or take a hike." [...] What if the government decides that we won't be allowed to collect unemployment or any other form of assistance if we are not fully vaccinated?

Fauci Endorses Mandates — 'Enough Is Enough, We've Just Got to Get People Vaccinated'.  Chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday [8/23/2021] on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" in light of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granting full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.  It was now time for companies, governments and schools to mandate vaccines.  [Video clip]

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When a politician or political tool resorts to "Enough is enough," it's roughly equivalent to "I'll huff and I'll puff."

Tweet:  Fatal drug overdoses are killing more people in Seattle and King County than COVID.  But we mandate COVID vaccines and force mask mandates, yet hand out needles to addicts and decriminalize drugs statewide.

Parents get coached on how to escape mask and vaccine rules.  Mask and vaccine requirements vary from state to state but often allow exemptions for certain medical conditions or religious or philosophical objections.  In Oregon, Superintendent Marc Thielman of the rural Alsea School District told parents they can sidestep the governor's school mask requirement by applying for an accommodation for their children under federal disabilities law.  Thielman said he hit upon the idea after the governor's mandate generated "huge, huge pushback" from parents.  "The majority of my parents are skeptical and are no longer believing what they're told" about COVID-19, said Thielman, whose district in the state's coastal mountains begins classes Monday.  "I've got a majority of my parents saying, 'Are there any options?'"

Get vaccinated or stay in jail!  New York judge tells defendant he must get the COVID-19 shot to make bail.  A New York judge ordered a defendant to get the COVID-19 vaccine as part of his plea deal, while another made it part of a drug dealing suspect's bail terms, as an attorney said judges have no unilateral authority to mandate vaccination.  Recently, in a rare move, Manhattan judge Jed Rakoff granted the release of Elouisa Pimental, a woman accused of drug dealing, on the condition she get vaccinated.  'A condition of bail that is reasonably necessary is to require that the defendant receive a COVID-19 vaccination before being released.  'It seems obvious that the court has ample authority to impose such a condition,' read the bail terms issued by Rakoff's court.

Guns, Germs, and Feelz.  [Scroll down]  How fast do things go south when ordinary citizens have no effective means of defending themselves from government psychosis?  Just look at New Zealand and Australia, "free" nations with strict gun control that are currently using their militaries to enforce lockdown orders that have essentially placed everyone under house arrest "for his own good."  If people can be stripped of their liberties to live and work as they see fit for a virus that is almost entirely harmless for most people in good health, exactly what potential threat can a well armed government not use to justify enslavement?

Australian Police [are] Beating More People in the Streets Than the Taliban.  The events surrounding COVID mitigation in Australia and New Zealand continue to astound me.  The last several days in several provinces have shown brutal conduct and physical attacks by police, riot units and military deployments against the citizens within their respective regions.  All of this activity is because citizens are demanding an end to the futile lockdowns that have gone well beyond reasonable efforts to mitigate COVID.  The various state governments within Australia are attempting to get rid of a virus by isolating the people in the most extreme ways possible; and when the citizens protest, they are met with batons, rubber bullets, pepper spray and some of the most brutal beatings you could imagine.

Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine granted full FDA approval.  The Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine became the first Monday morning [8/23/2021] to receive full FDA approval.  The two-dose immunization was initially the first to receive emergency use authorization in December of 2020.  The Biden administration, local governments, and some employers hope that the full approval means Americans who have, until now, been skeptical about receiving an unauthorized jab, will have their fears reduced and opt to receive the inoculation.  The full approval is expected to lead to more businesses and institutions requiring vaccinations for employees and students.  The clearance, which was granted for individuals 16-years and older, was expected sometime this week.  The shot was authorized for children as young as 12 in May, a group that Pfizer will request full approval for once sic months of safety data has been collected and analyzed.

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FDA approval does not erase the thousands of adverse side-effects — from Covid "vaccines" so far.  ("Approximately 3,079 people have died after receiving the Pfizer jab, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a passive reporting system run jointly by the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.")  If you put your trust in the FDA, the NIH, or the CDC, you go right ahead.  As for me and my house, I will trust in the Lord and the immune system He gave me.  The more germs I encounter, the stronger my immunities get.  That alone is reason enough to abstain from face masks.

Surgeon General says FDA vaccine approval will likely lead to more mandates.  The FDA's expected approval Monday of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine will likely lead to more universities and businesses requiring the immunizations for students and employees, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Sunday [8/22/2021].  Speaking to Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," Murthy declined to confirm the federal Food and Drug Administration's plan to formally OK the vaccine Monday — but said his hope is that a "full approval," as opposed to its current "emergency" one, would push more Americans to get their shots.  "There are universities and businesses that have been considering putting in vaccine requirements in order to create a safer, a workplace, a learning environment," Murthy added.  "I think this announcement from the FDA would likely encourage them and make them feel more comfortable in putting some requirements in place."

Do the people who rushed to get the COVID shot have buyer's remorse?  There are many troubling aspects to the COVID vaccines and the growing mandates for them.  Here I'd like to focus on one that is rarely discussed.  To begin with, when these unapproved vaccines were first made available to the public on an emergency basis, many people rushed headlong to get one.  They were in a near panic.  I saw this myself.  This was due, to a large extent, to the panic whipped up in the mainstream media.  The COVID virus was reported to be deadly.  Its death toll (which we now know was highly inflated) was used to induce fear.  Then the early adapters relied completely on pronouncements from the vaccine manufacturers and health authorities like Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Trust the science, it was said.  The vaccines were both effective and safe.  Unfortunately, the population (and their primary care physicians) were denied the opportunity to hear alternative opinions on these novel vaccines from credible immunologists and other scientists.  All views contrary to the official party line were squelched by the media and censored on social media.  Thus, the decision to take a COVID vaccine early on was, at best, based on the word of the experts or, at worse, the emotion of fear.

Australia shooting shelter dogs to protect volunteers from virus, crosses more lines of COVID insanity.  A rural council in Australia has outraged animal activists and is being investigated by the government for allegedly shooting a number of shelter dogs due to their interpretation of new COVID-19 restrictions.  Bourke Shire Council reportedly killed the dogs to prevent volunteers at an animal shelter from traveling to pick the dogs up, all under the guise of protecting them from the coronavirus, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.  Bourke Shire is located in a rural area of New South Wales.

'No need to rush': Senator warns of FDA's shortcuts to full approval of COVID-19 vaccine.  Sen. Ron Johnson called out the Biden administration's health agencies Sunday for shortcutting the usual safety reviews in a rush to give final approval to COVID-19 vaccines, including failing to account for thousands of deaths and adverse reactions among people worldwide who got the shots.  In a letter to the administration's top health officials, the Wisconsin Republican warned against the Food and Drug Administration's pending approval of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, which is expected Monday [8/23/2021].  He said the fast-track decision appeared more political than scientific since it skipped the usual formal advisory committee meeting and did not fully account for the reports of deaths and disabilities suffered by people after being vaccinated.

To understand the Covid vaccine and the Delta variant, check out the chickens.  [Scroll down]  There are perfect vaccines, like the polio, smallpox, and measles vaccines.  These vaccines confer lifelong immunity with no need for boosters and no danger of infection or transmission.  The Covid vaccines are leaky vaccines, like flu vaccines.  They confer limited immunity, do not block infection or transmission, and need regular boosters.  Leaky vaccines set up a constant mutation in the viruses they protect against because viruses evolve to get around vaccines.  A recent study showed that the vaccine against Marek's had caused the virus to mutate in directions that made it more dangerous, killing birds even faster and creating a situation where super-hot variants could emerge that could devastate the chicken industry.  Could it happen with the Covid mRNA vaccines?  These are experimental vaccines so leaky that less than a year into human trials, a dangerous new variant has emerged.  Instead of pausing the universal vaccination program, the government is trying to mandate vaccination for all, including children.  Booster shots are already being called for.  Are we following the wisest course to keep our population healthy?

[The] Pentagon [is] About to Issue Guidance to Force All Military Troops to Get Vaccinated for Covid-19.  The Department of Defense is issuing guidance to make the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccinate mandatory for all troops in the United States.  "The Pentagon says it will require service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now that the Pfizer vaccine has received full approval," the AP reported.  "Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making good on his vow earlier this month to require the shots once the Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccine," the report continued.  "Kirby said guidance is being developed and a timeline will be provided in the coming days."  Earlier, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued full authorization to Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccines, the agency announced on Monday [8/23/2021].

University of Virginia Disenrolls Hundreds Of Students Who Didn't Comply With COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement.  The University of Virginia (UVA) removed hundreds of students from its enrollment list after they failed to update their status saying they had received the COVID-19 vaccine.  The Virginian-Pilot reported that UVA disenrolled 238 students for not complaining with the school's COVID-19 vaccine requirement, though it does appear the majority of those disenrolled were not currently enrolled in fall courses.  The outlet reported that just 49 of the disenrolled students were enrolled in fall courses.  UVA spokesman Bryan Coy told the outlet that "a good number" of the students who had been disenrolled "may not have been planning to return to the University this fall at all."

More than four in 10 Delta Covid hospital patients in England may have been admitted for a different illness, official figures suggest.  More than four in 10 patients hospitalised with the Delta variant in England may have been admitted for something else, MailOnline's analysis of official data suggests.  Public Health England's fortnightly update on coronavirus strains circulating around the country showed 7,285 people had spent at least one night in hospital with the mutant virus by August 15.  But it admitted as many as 3,154 (43 percent) had likely come to A&E for 'a diagnosis unrelated to Covid' and tested positive later through routine swabbing.

Memo: Military Threatens to Revoke Benefits From Marines Who Decline COVID Vaccine.  Marines will lose their pensions, tuition assistance, and access to the G.I. bill, along with other military benefits, if they refuse the COVID-19 vaccination, according to internal emails reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.  An Aug. 18 email from Col. Teague Pastel, a commanding officer at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C., told colleagues that although "vaccines are still voluntary," the military believes "they will become mandatory in the near future."  The penalties for refusing the coronavirus vaccination, Pastel wrote, should be in line with others for insubordination.  Those penalties include "administration separation," a demerit in the Marine's personal file, as well as the forfeiture of various retirement and financial benefits.

Massive Unrest as Australia Adopts China's Authoritarian 'COVID-Zero' Approach.  The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the resulting illness, COVID-19, has caused mass hysteria on a global scale.  Perhaps no response is as shocking as what we see in Australia.  The country is included in the group of western democracies globally and among the Five Eyes intelligence community members.  Yet, the nation's response to the pandemic can only be described as authoritarian. [...] Roadblocks began in Sydney on August 15 with the military assisting.  Residents planned anti-lockdown protests in several large cities for the weekend of August 21.  When this came to the attention of law enforcement, David Elliot, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, told the public:  "If you have a loved one you believe is going to protest this weekend, you are obliged to talk them out of it.  If you know someone who attends an illegal gathering this weekend, you must call crime stoppers."  This warning did not deter the protests as thousands of Australians in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane clashed with police.  Reuters reports the arrest of hundreds of protestors and seven police officers sustained injuries.  In Melbourne, protesters broke the police lines.

If you're looking for something to worry about, there are bigger concerns:
Homicides outpace COVID-19 deaths in Washington, other major cities.  Homicides are outpacing COVID deaths in the District and in other major cities, prompting former law enforcement officials to sound the alarm on the nationwide effort on the part of some activists and politicians to defund police departments.  In the nation's capital, there were eight deaths from COVID-19 in July.  But the District recorded 20 homicides last month, bringing the year's total to 114, already surpassing last year's homicides total of 109 with five more months to go.

Blue surgical face masks are only 10% effective in preventing COVID infection, new study finds.  Most blue surgical face masks used by many during the pandemic are not enough to avoid people from being infected with COVID-19, an alarming new study has found.  The study from the University of Waterloo in Canada showed N95 or KN95 masks did the best job in containing aerosol droplets from the wearer's mouth.  The blue, cloth surgical masks that have become popular during the pandemic were found be only 10 percent effective as it doe[s] not cover the face properly.

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Whether it works or not, the cheap blue mask satisfies the goon at the grocery store who insists that you wear a mask.  Conformity is all that matters.

Video Emerges Showing Massive Party Thrown By Mask Nazi, Nancy Pelosi, No Attendees Wore Masks, Only The Serfs Serving Them.  Mask-pushing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was apparently caught addressing an outdoor crowd of mask-less Democratic big wigs in COVID-19-riddled Napa Valley over the weekend, according to video and tweets.  A clip of the close-quartered fundraiser was posted on Facebook by Democratic Party donor and winemaker Kathryn Walt Hall — and promptly blasted out on Twitter.  [Video clip]

Only people 'of color' wear masks:Nancy Pelosi hosts a tony Napa fundraiser.  House speaker Nancy Pelosi has hosted another tony fundraiser for Democrats.  It was in wine-country Napa Valley, of course, redolent of the Tuscan countryside. [...] The all-white fat cats, who paid $100 to $29,000 a pop, are all seated in close quarters in that same general region where Gavin Newsom held his unmasked French Laundry dinner, with, again, none of them wearing masks.  And the service staff?  They're black, they're Hispanic, they're maybe Filipino.  And to a person, they're all masked.  This is pretty crummy optics.  Black and brown people wear masks; white people who make six figures don't.  It highlights the race and class divide in all of these COVID shutdowns promoted by Democrats.  Message:  If you're poor, you're black, you're Mexican, you're Filipino, and you work for a low-wage catering company, you're going to wear a mask as a sign of your servility, your condition of employment at all.  If you don't, you're out with the homeless.

Video shows hordes of maskless people at Pelosi fundraiser.  Mask-pushing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was apparently caught addressing an outdoor crowd of mask-less Democratic big wigs in COVID-19-riddled Napa Valley over the weekend, according to video and tweets.  A clip of the close-quartered fund-raiser was posted on Facebook by Democratic Party donor and winemaker Kathryn Walt Hall — and promptly blasted out on Twitter.  The footage appeared to show dozens of unmasked people seated elbow to elbow at long luncheon tables as Pelosi gave a speech and masked waiters ambled between the listeners.  "All the servants fully masked," tweeted journalist Glenn Greenwald.  "The almost-entirely old, white, rich crowd of DCCC donors free to go maskless as they're served."

'The Delta Variant' vs. the Jewish People.  "The delta variant."  Who knows how many times over the course of the past few months that phrase has been uttered or written by media, by pundits, and by just plain folk on social media?  What we never hear or read is "the India variant" — India was the source of the virus mutation that seems to be sweeping and confounding the globe today.  It was decided early on by someone that the use of "the India variant" would offend or even incite hatred toward people from India — and down the memory hole it went.  Everyone fell into line and complied.  This essay is certainly not a plea to reinstate the geographic or nation label to the virus variant or to necessarily attach a country name to the source of the original COVID strain.  Rather, it is to comment on politically motivated usage and how some terms become universally accepted while others — even when historically more accurate and by no means offensive — are discarded and also sent down the memory hole, and perhaps to venture a guess as to why.

Democrats Pushing for School Mask Mandates Just Ran Into a Huge Problem.  For people who claim to value science, the left-wing proponents of school mask mandates sure seem intent on ignoring the data revealing that requiring students to wear face coverings in class does not do much to stop the spread of COVID-19 amongst children.  Indeed, most on the left continue to tout the benefits of masks, even though the science does not support their claims.  But not all on the left are willing to downplay the actual science of the matter.  In a piece written for New York Magazine, which is not exactly a bastion of right-wing thought, author David Zweig asserts that the supposed science supporting the imposition of mask mandates isn't as solid as the left would have us believe.

The Science of Masking Kids at School Remains Uncertain.  At the end of May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a notable, yet mostly ignored, large-scale study of COVID transmission in American schools.  A few major news outlets covered its release by briefly reiterating the study's summary:  that masking then-unvaccinated teachers and improving ventilation with more fresh air were associated with a lower incidence of the virus in schools.  Those are common-sense measures, and the fact that they seem to work is reassuring but not surprising.  Other findings of equal importance in the study, however, were absent from the summary and not widely reported.  These findings cast doubt on the impact of many of the most common mitigation measures in American schools.  Distancing, hybrid models, classroom barriers, HEPA filters, and, most notably, requiring student masking were each found to not have a statistically significant benefit.  In other words, these measures could not be said to be effective.

Controversy surrounds eight states that prohibit school mask mandates.  Eight states, all with Republican governors, have prohibited school districts from requiring staff and students to wear masks during the 2021-2022 school year.  The prohibitions have generated a great deal of controversy, including a letter from President Joe Biden's Department of Education on Wednesday warning school districts without mask mandates could forfeit federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.  None of the state prohibitions against mask mandates prevent children from wearing masks, as they can still wear them voluntarily in school.

Titans Coach Tests Positive For COVID Despite Fully Vaxxed, How Will NFL Handle These Cases?  Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel announced on Sunday [8/22/2021] that he tested positive for COVID-19.  The head coach is fully vaccinated and cited having only "minor symptoms" during a Zoom call with the media.  Vrabel said he is currently quarantined and waiting on a pending test to confirm primary diagnosis.  If positive, he will not return to the Titans facilities for another week.

CDC recommends travelers with high risk of Covid complications avoid cruises.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that travelers who are at high risk of severe complications from Covid-19 should avoid taking cruises, regardless of their vaccination status.  The updated guidance also recommended that travelers who are not fully vaccinated avoid taking cruises.  The new advice follows several coronavirus outbreaks that have been reported aboard cruise ships, according to the CDC.  In addition, although the agency is not putting in place the same type of masking requirements that exist for planes, trains and other public transportation, it suggested cruise passengers wear a face covering in shared spaces.  "The virus that causes Covid-19 spreads easily between people in close quarters aboard ships, and the chance of getting Covid-19 on cruise ships is high," the CDC said in its updated guidance.

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NY, LA and SF Just Committed Suicide; Is Vegas Next?  [Scroll down]  Let me explain what's about to happen.  About 50% of America hasn't taken the vaccine.  That's no coincidence.  Somewhere between 40% and 50% of America is never taking the vaccine.  No matter what you say or do, the answer is still NO.  We will not comply.  The reasons are simple.  First, choice.  "It's my body, my choice."  Where have I heard that before?  Second, we know when someone says, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help," run away as fast and far as you can get.  We don't trust anything Big Brother is selling.  Third, we've seen the numbers of dead and injured from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System vaccine injury report.  The carnage is unimaginable.  Fourth, we've watched the videos of brilliant M.D.s, virologists, pathologists and scientists explaining how this deadly vaccine causes massive inflammation, resulting in heart inflammation, heart attacks, strokes, blood clots, autoimmune disease and worse — death.  Lastly, and most importantly, we all know scores of friends, family and co-workers who took the jab and wound up dead or badly injured soon thereafter.  So, we're not taking the vaccine.  At least not for another few years after we've seen the final results (or the final carnage).  We don't trust this jab.

Hospitalizations in Hawaii are up 854% in 2 months.  ...despite one of the longest mask mandates and highest vaccination rates in the country, but the good news is that experts and the media are squarely focused on ignoring this and forcing masks on 2 year olds.

Man Is Held Down And Kidnapped By Police In Hazmat Suits For Refusing To Check Into COVID Camp, Put In Cage.  [Ireland:]  We uploaded a shorter clip of this incident earlier but this full version shows the outrageous act of putting a man, who is not sick, forcibly, into a cage like an animal.  [Video clip]

Same incident as above:
Covid Madness!  Man Is Held Down And Kidnapped By Police In Hazmat Suits For Refusing To Check Into COVID Camp After Trip From Turkey.  A man who flew to Turkey from Dublin and refused to quarantine upon his return has been remanded in custody at Londonderry Magistrates' Court.  Sam Marie McGinley, 32, of Rosecourt in Derry, was charged with breaching Covid-19 regulations.  [Video clip]

Hundreds arrested, massive fines during Australian lockdown protests.  In Australia, the city of Sydney has been on lockdown since the middle of June.  Melbourne was locked down at the beginning of this month.  A couple of weeks ago we looked into some protests that were starting to spring up (again) in response to the country's harsh limitations while there were relatively few new COVID cases.  Most of those were comprised of a few dozen people at scattered locations, with most being dispersed when the police showed up and started rousting the crowds.  But two weeks later, there is no end to the heavily restrictive lockdowns in sight, and the protests have swelled into the thousands, being organized in several cities.  The police response has ramped up in response.  The latest round of unrest resulted in hundreds of arrests and even larger numbers of significant fines being imposed on people.

White House Press Secretary Confirms Vaccination 'Not Mandated' For Staff.  The fact of the matter is the White House staff has the freedom to choose whether or not to get the experimental COVID-19 vaccine, but members of our military do not.  Neither do many federal workers, healthcare workers or hardworking American employees.  During a press conference, one reporter asked Press Secretary Jen Psaki, "Can you clarify, is the administration not mandating vaccines for White House staff?"  Psaki shot back, "no, we have not mandated it."  The journalist asked the follow-up question, "and do you have a count or can you offer any confirmation to us on the percentage of employees who are vaccinated?"  Again, short tempered, Psaki responded, "I am not going to provide that.  I will see if there's more information to provide."

Texas Gov. Abbott tests negative for COVID-19 four days after positive test.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tested negative for the coronavirus Saturday, just four days after testing positive.  "I am told that my infection was brief and mild because of the vaccination I received," Abbott said in a video he posted on Twitter.  "So, I encourage others who have not yet received the vaccination to consider getting one."  [Tweet] [...] Upon testing positive for the coronavirus, Abbott was given Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment — a therapy used for "mild to moderate" coronavirus cases for people who "are at high risk for progressing to severe COVID-19."  The governor reported he was not experiencing any symptoms after his initial positive test, though he did not say whether that changed over the last four days.

Nancy Pelosi Hosts "Super Spreader" Event In Napa For Maskless Old White Liberals.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) was seen without her mask over the weekend at a Democrat Party fundraiser event full of unmasked attendees.  The event was hosted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in Napa, California, where Pelosi was seen delivering remarks unmasked.  The event was exclusively for old white liberals at a super spreader event while their ethnic, masked staff wait on them hand and foot. [...] Notably, the only people seen wearing masks were the service staff, highlighting the fact that Democrat elites see masks as reserved only for the peasant class.  The event also reportedly included pro-mask former Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, who apologized last year after getting caught without a mask amid the statewide mask mandate she imposed.

NIH Director Admits School Mask Mandates Enforced on Children Are Not Based on COVID-19 Data.  A new report found that, in the 2020 election, almost 15 million mail-in ballots were unaccounted for — meaning that their whereabouts are deemed "unknown" by election officials.  Meanwhile, four days ago, the director of the National Institute of Health (NIH) said during an interview that the reason kids are being forced to wear masks in school isn't necessarily because they are in danger of infection, but rather so that the school districts don't shut down classrooms.  Over in Florida, a group of parents were so concerned their kids were being forced to wear masks all day long at school that they had their kids' used masks sent for laboratory testing.  After the analysis, it was found that the masks had the presence of 11 dangerous pathogens, as well as fungi, parasites, and bacteria.  [Video clip]

Fact-Checking 4 Claims About COVID-19 in Florida Spike.  It's summer, and that means a fresh wave of stories about COVID-19 in Florida.  Last year, the press fixated on the state's rising case and hospitalization rates, blaming them on Gov. Ron DeSantis' decisions to eschew government mask mandates and allow businesses to reopen, children to attend school, and residents to recreate without excessive restraints.  DeSantis was often unfavorably compared with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose iron-fisted restrictions were considered the epitome of enlightened governance.  Enthusiasm for Cuomo has waned, but heaping scorn on DeSantis is still in vogue.  Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson has dubbed DeSantis "public enemy number one," first in line among "cynical and irresponsible Republican politicians [who] have created an environment that is killing Americans."  So what's really going on in Florida?  Is DeSantis a cynical and irresponsible killer?

The vaccinated are worried and scientists don't have answers.  Anecdotes tell us what the data can't:  Vaccinated people appear to be getting the coronavirus at a surprisingly high rate.  But exactly how often isn't clear, nor is it certain how likely they are to spread the virus to others.  Though it is evident vaccination still provides powerful protection against the virus, there's growing concern that vaccinated people may be more vulnerable to serious illness than previously thought.  There's a dearth of scientific studies with concrete answers, leaving public policy makers and corporate executives to formulate plans based on fragmented information.  While some are renewing mask mandates or delaying office reopenings, others cite the lack of clarity to justify staying the course.  It can all feel like a mess.

Monoclonal antibodies are free and effective, but few are getting them.  Monoclonal antibodies are free to patients and there have been almost no side effects.  They are accessible on an outpatient basis, via a single infusion or four injections.  Hospitals, urgent-care centers and even private doctors are authorized to dispense them.  But Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, maker of the only authorized, free monoclonal antibodies, said it is reaching fewer than 30 percent of eligible patients, up from fewer than 5 percent a month ago.  The White House COVID-19 Response Team reported last week that just more than 600,000 people have received the treatment since Regeneron and Eli Lilly received approval for separate versions in November.

China: The WHO needs to investigate this American lab in Maryland.  The Chinese Communist Party is still hard at work trying to track down the original source for the novel Coronavirus.  Or at least they would like you to think that they are.  They have a suspect in mind, and it's one that they've floated repeatedly in the past.  Despite no known cases of COVID arising anywhere outside of Wuhan in the initial months of the pandemic, the Chinese are saying it probably came from a military lab in Fort Detrick, Md.  And they would like the World Health Organization to launch a thorough investigation of the lab.  The irony of this is likely not lost on most of you, given how China has stonewalled the WHO in its admittedly timid attempts to investigate the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Science Matters, and So Do Individual Rights.  As battles over Covid-19 mandates roil the country, it is vital that policies be scientifically based.  Well-established legal precedent gives state governments and private entities the authority to impose vaccine mandates in appropriate circumstances, but mandates must be rationally related to a legitimate health aim — protecting against the spread of an infectious disease.  A recent legal battle at George Mason University, a public university in northern Virginia, illustrates what happens when they aren't.  GMU's reopening policy requires all students, faculty, and staff to verify their vaccination status unless they obtain a religious or medical exemption — or risk disciplinary measures including unpaid leave, loss of merit pay, and termination of employment.  Todd Zywicki, a longtime professor at GMU's Antonin Scalia Law School, objected.  He had already contracted and fully recovered from Covid-19 and, as a result, acquired natural immunity, confirmed by multiple positive SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests.  His physician advised him that vaccination was unnecessary.  GMU insisted.  Zywicki sued, claiming that the university could not show a compelling interest that should override his autonomy and constitutional rights to refuse a vaccine made unnecessary by his naturally acquired immunity.  GMU blinked.  It granted Zywicki a medical exemption allowing him to hold office hours and attend in-person events provided that he maintains six feet of distance and that he undergo free, weekly Covid tests.  The GMU policy exemplifies the type of rigid, irrational rule-making that has characterized much of the pandemic response.

Australians In Sidney Take To The Streets After Another Lockdown Declared, Battle With Police.  Anti-lockdown protesters clashed violently with police as thousands of unmasked people marched through the streets of Melbourne on Saturday [8/21/2021].  Victoria police said they had made 218 arrests and that six officers were hospitalised during a series of altercations.  Police said in a statement the majority of the estimated 4,000 demonstrators "came with violence in mind".  "The behavior seen by police was so hostile and aggressive that they were left with no choice but to use all tactics available to them," the statement said.  Footage posted on social media showed protesters cheering, throwing objects at police officers and letting off flares as well as police pepper-spraying protesters.  [Video clip]

Moderna mandates COVID-19 vaccination by Oct. 1.  Drugmaker Moderna said Friday [8/20/2021] it will require all of its U.S. workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 1, joining other prominent manufacturers in mandating the shots.  The Massachusetts company said it will offer religious or medical exemptions on an individual basis.  "The safety and well-being of the Moderna community continues to be a top priority as we work to help end the COVID-19 pandemic with our mRNA vaccine," said Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel.  "This new requirement reflects our commitment to the health of our team, their families and society, as we know COVID-19 vaccines can help prevent severe disease, hospitalizations and death."

Dr. Roger Hodkinson:  "It's all been a pack of lies".  This is a pandemic of fear.  Fear that was intentionally driven by two major factor.  The notorious PCR test, and the viciously effective silencing of any counter-narrative.  The PCR test creates over a 95% false positive, and get portrayed as cases.  [Video clip]

The Unseen Damages Fact Checking Has On Public Discourse.  [Scroll down]  Recently, I've heard many people come to the defense of mainstream media and fact checkers when it comes to this 'new' information about COVID's origins.  Many have said things like "this is what science and journalism is, we update ideas.  When new information comes forward and we see we are wrong we admit it, and move forward — updating our understandings.  You should be congratulating people for changing their mind."  But that's not what happened.  It's not like no one knew what was going on with this information, they were just too busy hating Trump.  Mainstream journalists ignored the evidence — and fact checkers followed right behind mainstream media and did the same.  They did an objectively bad job of investigating this story and are now trying to celebrate their mind changing, all while continually attacking the sources that got it right from the start — independent media.  The position we took in our piece in September 2020 was simple:  we don't know enough about the origins of this virus and we need a call for further research.  This was met with "this is a conspiracy theory that has been widely debunked."  And now those debunkers are admitting "we don't know enough about the origins of this virus and we need a call for further research."

Proof of vaccination required to retain your right to life.  Mark my words:  soon we will need a vaccine passport/proof of vaccination to purchase a firearm.  To the tyrants, that's a twofer.  They will either force individuals to get vaccinated or deny them the right to protect themselves.  You know they are getting incredibly aroused just pondering that idea.  They tend to believe that most unvaccinated folks are uneducated redneck rubes from flyover states, NRA members, Trump supporters, Republicans, the uneducated and uncaring.  This notion, however, is simply incorrect.  The elites have already masterfully used COVID-19 to dramatically increase their own power, and their hold on itmin perpetuity, while boldly stealing power and God-given rights from the people.  What a coup it would be if they could also use the pandemic to skirt the Second Amendment!  They will tell us firearm ownership is a privilege, not a right.  Progressives blur the distinction between privileges and rights like they blur the distinction between males and females, truth and fiction and reality and fantasy.

Next time your server asks to see a vaccine card, here's what to do.  With more parts of the country trampling on individual privacy and issuing requirements for vaccine passports, one medical professional is pushing back with a practical guide on Twitter.  Dr. Anthony Hinton, whose Twitter bio describes him as a "Consultant Surgeon with 30 years experience in the NHS," posted a script from a scenario of a restaurant-goer being asked to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to be served.  "Next time you are asked for your COVID passport here's what to do," the tweet was captioned, in obvious response to the mandates in various cities and states that now require vaccine verification for entry and service.  The tweet suggests Americans being asked to show their papers should push back and highlight the hypocrisy of COVID mandates while other communicable diseases are ignored.

French Shoppers Create Shopping Cart Blockade In Front Of Supermarket Tossing Unvaccinated Shoppers.  France is a powderkeg right now.  Treating those who decided not to inject themselves with an experimental drug that has killed nearly 20k people and injured over 3 million while not stopping the spread of COVID as second-class citizens are not going to end well.  [Video clip]

French Supermarkets Hire Large Goons To Toss Citizens Without COVID Passes Out Of Store.  Be forewarned America.  This is what's happening in Europe.  France, as have many European nations, invoked the Green Pass rules which keep unvaccinated citizens out of certain public places.  These places include cafes, bars, restaurants, museums, and any large shopping area such as supermarkets.  Many videos are surfacing showing citizens trying to push their way into supermarkets, even getting into scuffles with hired security just to try to shop for their families.  [Video clip]

Woman Refused Lifesaving Medical Treatment Because She Declined COVID Vaccine.  Courtney Chavez, of Wasilla, suffers from multiple autoimmune diseases, a blood clotting disorder and a bleeding disease.  Since 2007 the stay-at-home mother of two has received life-sustaining treatment for her bleeding disease from Dr. Michelle O'Fallon, co-owner of Alaska Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in Anchorage.  In late July, however, Chavez said she got a call from Dr. O'Fallon's office informing her that she was being dropped as a patient because she has declined to get a COVID-19 shot.  For the past 14 years, Chavez has driven into Anchorage every 28 days to receive medication at Dr. O'Fallon's infusion center.  On Aug. 17, she was unable to receive her monthly treatment due to the clinic's new policy.

NYC Now Requires Proof Of Vaccine AND Photo ID For Indoor Dining.  But Remember, Voter ID Is RACIST.  New York City has made headlines for being one of the first major cities in the US to require proof of vaccination for participating in regular society, specifically outlawing indoor dining for non-vaxxed citizens.  Today [8/20/2021], New York has added to the new regulation that it's not enough to just have your vaccine card, you must also have a photo ID in order to go inside a restaurant in NYC.

Country Star Travis Tritt Rails Against Vaccine Mandates With Call For 'Unified Front Against Them'.  Country music singer and songwriter Travis Tritt is calling for freedom amid governments and private companies mandating COVID-19 vaccines.  "In light of recently announced policies and mandates from some entertainment companies, promoters, and local municipalities which would discriminate against specific concert attendees who are not vaccinated, I feel compelled to make a statement," Tritt said.  "I have always been a huge defender of basic human rights and liberty for all.  No government, employer, or private entity should ever be allowed to infringe on those rights and liberties."  Tritt's comments come amid concert venues across the country requiring vaccination proof for entry.  Live Nation, an entertainment group that hosts 40,000 shows and sells 500 million tickets each year, announced last week that all attendees and performers to a concert will need to either show proof of vaccination or get a negative COVID-19 test before gaining entry.  This is scheduled to go into effect on Oct. 4.

California parents dress down local school board in viral videos.  The San Diego County, Calif., Board of Supervisors got on earful about COVID-related vaccine and mask mandates during an intense public meeting on Tuesday that lasted nearly five hours.  More than 100 local residents expressed themselves subject to an apparent two-minute time limit.  And they made the most of their opportunity in front of the microphone.  Many in the room spoke forcefully against government health orders that they feel infringe on personal freedom through coercion, including two citizens in particular who attracted a lot of attention on social media.  As has been noted by many pundits and concerned citizens, the traditional my body, my choice philosophy has been practically abandoned in the coronavirus pandemic scenario.  "America is not a hospital; California is not a hospital," one of the speakers — wearing a T-shirt that read if you're not angry, you're not paying attention — forcefully declared as she also provided the lawmakers with an apparently needed civics lesson.  "San Diego — it's not a hospital.  "This is a constitutional republic that guarantees protection of individual freedom, and liberty, and due process," she continued.

Boosters? I Don't Want Your Stinkin' Boosters!  Our government — the current administration and its president — is now announcing those who took COVID-19 vaccines must take a booster.  But who can trust the opinion of our government — any part of it, all those self-perpetuating enclaves of moribund bureaucrats — given what's going on in Afghanistan?  It's laughable.  It's not just the "gang who couldn't shoot straight."  It's the "gang that shoots its own people" and leaves millions of women to suffer the most brutal oppression on the planet.  Trust them?  That this booster announcement was made now, in the face of the monstrous Afghanistan debacle, is an all-too-transparent attempt to say don't look there, look here — here being, as always, COVID, the ever-ready pandemic that has been used to manipulate and prevent the American people from living anything close to normal lives for going on two years.

Third Senator tests positive for Covid-19.  Three United States senators have confirmed they have tested positive for Covid-19.  Senator Angus King, an Independent from Maine, tested positive for the virus in his home state, his office announced.  The news came hours after Senator Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, also announced he had tested positive.  And the third to make public their positive test was John Hickenlooper, a Democrat from Colorado.  Senator King's office said that he had taken a Covid test after he started to feel unwell on Wednesday and the politician added that despite taking precautions and being vaccinated it had come back positive.

The Editor says...
Obviously, the vaccine doesn't work.  It is not unreasonable to infer that it isn't a vaccine at all.

After recall, Newsom to require COVID vaccine proof or negative test at smaller indoor events.  Californians wanting to attend events with more than 1,000 people will have to prove they have received a COVID-19 vaccine.  The California Department of Public Health announced attending indoor events with 1,000 or more guests will require either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within the last 72 hours.  The requirement previously was triggered at events with 5,000 or more attendees.  "The Delta variant has proven to be highly transmissible, making it easier to spread in large crowds where people are near each other for long periods of time," CDPH Director Dr. Tomás J. Aragón said.  "By requiring individuals to be vaccinated, or test negative for COVID-19 at large events, we are decreasing the risk of infection, hospitalization and death."  The department also announced self-attestation to verify a person's vaccination status no longer would be accepted.

Arizona governor issues executive order creating penalties for city vaccine mandates.  Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order on Tuesday to enforce state law against city and county governments requiring their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine in response to Tucson's vaccine mandate for city employees.  "We encourage all Arizonans to get the vaccine — it's safe, effective and free," the governor said in a news release.  "But getting it is a personal choice, and we will not allow discrimination based on vaccination status."  On Aug. 13, the Tucson City Council voted to require that city workers show proof of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Aug. 24.  Employees who do not make the deadline would face a five-day suspension without pay.  The city offered vaccinated employees extra time off as an incentive.

Illinois threatens school board member's medical license for opposing mask mandate.  A school board member in Illinois could lose his medical license for opposing Gov. J.B. Pritzker's school mask mandate, raising concerns about the power of professional licensing regulators to chill speech on public matters.  The case of sports medicine physician Jeremy Henrichs is resonating all the way to the state capital, where a Republican lawmaker is warning Pritzker that intimidating public officials is a felony in Illinois.  A fellow board member also has come to his colleague's defense.  Henrichs serves on the Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education and the faculty of the University of Illinois Carle College of Medicine.  He's also team physician for the university's athletics department.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky States there is "Increased Risk of Severe Illness" for Previously Vaccinated.  CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky is promoting a new vaccination theory based on "controversial science" that is meeting some resistance.  The CDC is now pushing a booster shot on behalf of the  major pharmaceutical companies  science. [...] Walensky announced today the CDC is pushing vaccine booster shots for the most vulnerable population because the "science" indicates the effectiveness of the vaccine diminishes over time.  According to Walensky this discovery represents an "increased risk of severe illness amid those who were vaccinated early."  [Video clip]

The Editor says...
What does "those who were vaccinated early" mean?

San Diego Mom Nukes The Board Of Supervisors With Reason.  ReOpen San Diego, Let Them Breathe, and San Diego Rise Up joined forces with other members of the San Diego community and held a rally outside the County Board of Supervisors meeting to ask all businesses and government agencies not to request proof of vaccination as a condition of service or employment.  Hundreds of businesses have already signed a Business Equality Pledge and posted a Proclamation pledging not to discriminate.  Citizens are also signing a petition to refuse to comply with these arbitrary and unconstitutional requirements.  The rally attendees are not anti-vax, but they are simply against all medical mandates.  [Video clip]

Tyranny has Arrived In Australia.  It's getting very expensive to be a human in the former prison colony, now again a prison colony, Australia.  [Video clip]

Australia Is What Democrats Wish We Could Become.  The population of New South Wales is 8.2 million.  The number of COVID cases in those 8.2 million people is 13,503.  Not currently, but throughout the entire pandemic.  There have been 102 deaths — again, not this week or month, but over the last year and half. [...] Further, the post quotes Deputy Commissioner of Police Mal Lanyon, saying, "The level of non-compliance by some members of the community is unacceptable and we will be doubling down with compliance and enforcement to make sure we get ahead of the Delta strain.  It only takes one person to do the wrong thing to facilitate considerable spread of the virus."  To that end, Lanyon informs the public that there will be a steep price to pay if you disobey government and leave your house for unauthorized purposes.  "We will be issuing $5,000 fines to people and closing any businesses which continue to breach the health orders, and will not apologise (sic) for these increased enforcement efforts going forward," he said.  At the current exchange rate, 5,000 Australian dollars is $3,684 USD, nothing to sniff at for leaving your house to visit family in another.  "There will be nowhere to hide if you are doing the wrong thing.  If you travel anywhere beyond your LGA (government approved area of travel based on where you live) at the moment, you are putting everyone else in NSW at considerable risk," the police conclude.

Dems Intro Bill Banning Unvaxxed Americans From Flying.  Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres unveiled a legislative effort to ban Americans opting to not get vaccinated against COVID-19 from taking domestic and international flights.  The New York Congressman sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) lobbying the agencies to only allow Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 on domestic and international flights.  He introduced a complementary bill in the House necessitating that "any individual traveling on a flight that departs from or arrives to an airport inside the United States or a territory of the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19."  It has since been referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, where he serves as the Vice-Chair.  "The TSA never allows people to enter planes or airports with a weapon, and the delta variant is a weapon," Torres remarked.  "It is a threat to everyone in an airport and everyone on a plane," he added in defense of the bill.

The Editor says...
Why would he say, "the delta variant is a weapon?"  Who is using it as a weapon?  As recently as a year ago, if you had said Covid-19 was a weapon, you would have been ostracized, or worse.

The Australian Gov [is] Planning To Take 24k Children To [a] Stadium And Vaccinate Them, No Parents Allowed.  They're coming for the children of Aussies and are bragging about it at press conferences.  Brad Hazzard, the Minister for Health and Medical Research of New South Wales, told parents that 24,000 children will be ushered into a stadium to receive the experimental COVID-19 jab.  [Video clip]

Cobb schools not imposing mask mandate.  Cobb school superintendent Chris Ragsdale said Thursday night that the Cobb County School District will not issue a mask mandate, although their use is "strongly encouraged."  His remarks came after a public comment period in which he was emotionally urged by parents to impose a mask mandate, and on the same day that Marietta City Schools said it would begin requiring masks.  Before a Cobb Board of Education meeting there also was a rally organized by parents who want a mask mandate.  Ragsdale said that some areas with mandated masks in schools have no lower COVID-19 figures than those without mandates, and that he wanted to leave it to parents to decide "what is best for their families."  Applause broke out in the meeting room when he said that.

Here's an example of a "death panel":
UW Medicine pulls heart transplant patient from list after refusing COVID vaccine.  The University of Washington Medical Center denied organ transplants to patients who refuse a COVID vaccine as early as June 2021.  And hospital officials refuse to answer basic questions about their policy.  In fact, they won't even directly acknowledge they have a policy.  The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH has learned that UW Medicine removed a 64-year-old patient from the transplant waitlist.  He says he was on the list for two and a half years.  The hospital made the decision after they learned the patient refused to be vaccinated against COVID.  They said they would consider adding him back to the waitlist should he satisfy their "compliance concerns."

Pregnant Woman With Heart Condition Is Turned Away From Cardiologist For Not Being Vaccinated.  This video has gone viral across several social media platforms.  The video features a pregnant woman with a heart condition with her young child.  The mother claims her cardiologist, who she waited 3 months to see, turned her away and asked her to leave the office for her and her child not being vaccinated.  [Video clip]

NFL's Raiders Will Require Fans to Show Vaccination Proof or Get Jab at Entrance.  The Las Vegas Raiders are requiring all spectators at home games in the upcoming NFL season to show proof-of-vaccination documentation, or get inoculated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus at Allegiant Stadium prior to home games.  The announcement came hours after Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, said on Monday [8/16/2021] that large events in the state will require people to show they have been vaccinated against the CCP virus.  All fans who are able to provide the documentation through the CLEAR mobile app are cleared to enter the stadium and don't have to wear a mask, the team announced in a statement.  Fans who are not vaccinated can get the jab onsite before entering the building, but have to watch the game while wearing a face covering, they added.

Scottish Government seeks to make emergency Covid powers permanent.  The Scottish Government wants its emergency coronavirus powers to become permanent — including the ability to order schools to close, impose lockdowns and operate virtual courts.  Ministers are considering changing the law to permanently allow them to release prisoners early or permit a wider range of healthcare professionals to give vaccinations.  They are seeking the public's views on removing the planned expiry date for many of the temporary measures, with deputy first minister John Swinney arguing that some of the changes have had a "demonstrable benefit to the people of Scotland".

Top doctor:  Mass vaccination program for COVID will be 'one of the most deadly' in history.  The forced mass vaccination of Americans will be regarded as one of the most deadly and costly medical mistakes in history, renowned pioneer in the early treatment of COVID-19, Texas cardiologist and internist Dr. Peter McCullough, has said.  Citing recent data from U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) and from Israel and Britain, where COVID cases are multiplying among the vaccinated, McCullough, who is editor-in-chief of two medical journals and author of over 600 peer-reviewed studies, including 46 dedicated to COVID-19, said he is "deeply worried" about the future of America.

Biden's Education Department to Target Governors for 'Civil Rights' Violations for Banning School Mask Mandates.  Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will continue targeting governors who have fought back against school mask mandates, warning Wednesday he plans to conduct "civil rights investigations" and take possible legal action against states with bans or limitations on the mandates.  Cardona said he finds it "astonishing" that some states — such as Florida and Texas — are defying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) mask guidance and that those states could be violating some students' right to education by creating unsafe learning conditions, according to the New York Times.

Biden tells nursing homes to require worker vaccinations if they want federal money.  President Biden said Wednesday he is requiring nursing homes to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for their workers as a condition of federal funding and scolded GOP governors who've overruled schools that want to impose mask mandates.  Speaking from the White House, Mr. Biden said he instructed the Department of Health and Human Services to write regulations that tether reimbursement under the Medicaid and Medicare programs to required vaccinations for workers.  He also told the Education Department to examine whether legal remedies are needed to let schools impose the COVID-19 rules they want to in states that have intervened.  The nursing home policy will affect about 1.3 million people who are employed at more than 15,000 facilities that receive federal funds.  Reports suggest roughly 40% of these workers remain unvaccinated despite early efforts to get shots into nursing home residents and staff.

Massive Nurse Shortage Hits Houston, Weeks After 150 Unvaccinated Nurses and Hospital Workers [were] Fired.  Jennifer Bridges knew what was coming when her director at Houston Methodist hospital called her up in June to inquire about her vaccination status.  Bridges, a 39-year-old registered nurse, responded "absolutely not" when asked if she was vaccinated or had made an effort to get vaccinated.  She was terminated on the spot.  "We all knew we were getting fired," Bridges, 39, told CBS News.  "We knew unless we took that shot to come back, we were getting fired today.  There was no ifs, ands or buts."  Bridges was one of more than 150 hospital workers fired by Houston Methodist hospital.

If Voter ID Laws Are Racist, Vaccine Mandates Are Literally The New Jim Crow.  In New York City, a mandate officially went into effect on Tuesday [8/17/2021] requiring proof of having received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in order to participate in a host of in-person activities.  Restaurants, gyms, performance venues, movie theaters, museums, bowling alleys and sports arenas are just some of the places New Yorkers are officially not allowed to visit unless they have been vaccinated.  Mayor Bill de Blasio even said in a Monday press conference that vaccines are now required in order "to enjoy all that's good in life."  But the most recent data from the city shows a major demographic disparity in the amount of New York residents that have gotten the shot.  Just 42% of black New Yorkers have at least one dose of the vaccine in comparison to 57% of whites, and only 38% of black New Yorkers have been fully vaccinated in comparison to 53% of white residents.

The Problem with Public Health.  It could be the most diabolical disclosure ever made.  The lives of billions were wrecked for nothing.  Public health experts have conceded that COVID may be a permanent part of our lives.  A pandemic has become endemic.  They locked us up, to give the virus nowhere to spread — something never tried before.  We expected to get back our lives before too long.  It didn't work out that way.  The freedoms of movement and association and revealing the face — all fundaments of civilization — have not been fully returned, unless you live in some select part like the State of Texas or Florida or, who knows, in Timbuktu.  We must now learn to live with a mutating virus for as long as we live.  Many of the professors who experimented with protocols, who made a prison yard of the globe, have said it.  Yet these lords of lockdown are not contrite.  Saying 'sorry' is not in their vocabulary.

Do Masks Work?  A review of the evidence.  Surgical masks were designed to keep medical personnel from inadvertently infecting patients' wounds, not to prevent the spread of viruses.  Public-health officials' advice in the early days of Covid-19 was consistent with that understanding.  Then, on April 3, 2020, Adams announced that the CDC was changing its guidance and that the general public should hereafter wear masks whenever sufficient social distancing could not be maintained.  Fast-forward 15 months.  Rand Paul has been suspended from YouTube for a week for saying, "Most of the masks you get over the counter don't work."  Many cities across the country, following new CDC guidance handed down amid a spike in cases nationally caused by the Delta variant, are once again mandating indoor mask-wearing for everyone, regardless of inoculation status.  The CDC further recommends that all schoolchildren and teachers, even those who have had Covid-19 or have been vaccinated, should wear masks.  The CDC asserts this even though its own statistics show that Covid-19 is not much of a threat to schoolchildren.

COVID-19 Info.  [Numerous links]  Note:  Apparently all the information is housed on Google Docs, and you must sign in to view the material.  Or you can use a Chromebook and its Chrome web browser, and accomplish the same thing.  Even after you get in, the documents can be viewed but you can't copy any of the text for use elsewhere.  Unless there's a function I don't know about.

Followup on Dr. Dan Stock's Virus Comments.  In a follow-up to [a recent] story, I emailed Dr. Dan Stock to ask him if he had references to the studies he mentioned in that video.  Today he replied and pointed me to [a] set of links up on his PureHealthMD website.  [Link to the website is immediately above.]  And now I'm pointing them out to you.  Thus far I have only dipped my toe into them.  I browsed the "N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel."  The disappointing conclusion was "Among outpatient HCP, N95 respirators vs medical masks as worn by participants in this trial resulted in no significant difference in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza."  So only do regular masks not work, even significantly better N95 masks don't work.

National Catholic Bioethics Center provides guide on religious exemption to COVID-19 vaccines.  The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) has produced a template for those seeking a religious exemption from vaccine requirements, explaining "the principled religious basis on which a Catholic may determine that he or she ought to refuse certain vaccines."  The NCBC published a "Vaccine Exemption Resource for Individuals" on July 21 as a guide to those Catholics whose "informed conscience" has come to the "sure judgement" that the experimental COVID-19 vaccines are either morally, medically, or legally impermissible.

Making sense of COVID data and recommendations.  Anyone trying to keep up with the current state of medical knowledge and recommendations regarding the COVID pandemic is bound to be confused.  The data are conflicting, garbled, and inconclusive.  The recommendations are constantly changing, haphazard, arbitrary, and inconsistent. [...] The fact that COVID mitigation recommendations consist largely of various permutations of vaccination, mask-wearing, hand-washing, six-foot distances and little else suggests that the notion that the pandemic can be "stopped" by policy interventions is likely wishful thinking, and that the medical community does not know nearly as much about the virus as it would like, or perhaps should.  The "experts" may know more than the average person about the virus, but this does not guarantee that anyone knows enough to give definitive recommendations.  There is a lack of information necessary to enlist popular support for COVID health interventions, and this lack of information is not remedied by assurances of public health officials who seem to have a different story every week.

Will It Ever End?  Texas School District Issues Defiant Mask Mandate — for COVID, but Also 'Flu' and 'Cold'.  The U.S.A. is at war — with itself.  Concerning sex, gender, and race, a battle rages on.  Also a topic of tremendous tumult:  masks.  Just two years ago, most Americans surely couldn't have imagined hiding their noses and mouths every day.  Now, it appears, some people may prefer it indefinitely — if veils help prevent infection, they're worth the wearing.  There will always be disease; masks may be here to stay.  Also perhaps perpetual:  mask mandates.  If it's the government's job to forcibly manage our health, there's no reason to think we haven't entered a new era of ongoing involvement.  But in Texas, the governor's gone against the forced-face-hiding flow.

Doctor: Illinois threatening medical license over mandatory mask stance.  A school board member in Illinois who is also a doctor says state regulators are threatening his medical license over his criticism of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's mask mandate in schools.  Dr. Jeremy Henrichs, a sports doctor at Carle Hospital and sports team physician at the University of Illinois, also sits on the Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education.  Emails obtained by The Center Square indicate a medical investigator requested from Henrichs "a detailed statement on your opinion about masks, and whether you support and will enforce a mask mandate based on your elected position as a school board member?"  In a provided statement, Henrichs said:  "I have considered authoritative medical evidence that questions the necessity of mandatory masking in our schools.  As a result, the [Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation] has threatened my medical licensure unless I expressly support and enforce a mask mandate for all students.

Professor granted vaccine exemption after 'natural immunity' lawsuit.  After filing a lawsuit arguing he obtained "natural immunity" from COVID-19 after being infected with the novel coronavirus, George Mason University granted a professor a medical exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  Lawyers for Todd Zywicki, a law professor at the Fairfax, Virginia, university, announced the agreement Tuesday [8/17/2021], the Washington Post reported.  "I am gratified that George Mason has given me a medical exemption to allow me to fulfill my duties this fall semester in light of unprecedented circumstances," Zywicki said.  "I speak for tens of millions of Americans in the same circumstances I am in, and I call on leaders across the country to develop humane and science-based approaches as opposed to one-size-fits-all policies."

After NIH violates FOI law for months, it finally releases Fauci emails.  For more than a year and a half, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unlawfully stalled on my request for Dr. Anthony Fauci's emails.  (The law requires the records to be produced within about 30 days.)  Federal agencies frequently violate Freedom of Information (FOI) law with impunity.  Initially, NIH provided emails to only selected media entities that requested them because the entities filed lawsuits.  When the records were produced to anybody, NIH was required to provide the full records to all.  In fact, any argument they may have tried to make for stalling became instantly moot.  However, NIH continued to withhold the records.  Now, finally, NIH has belated posted the records.

Jab-It and Costello ("Who's On First," for the COVID Age).  Synopsis:  The circular logic of vaccines and masks is converted into a comedy routine.  Sad but funny.

24,000 Australian teens jabbed in mass vaccination while police keep parents away.  A plan to jab 24,000 Australian teenagers at a mass vaccination site raised eyebrows after New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard advised parents to "stay outside the arena" while their children were "ushered" inside by police officers and nurses.  In a video that was clipped and posted to social media, Hazzard told parents of teens invited to get their first jab at Qudos Bank Arena to stay outside while their children were given the experimental shot, which has been linked to serious possible side effects for young people, including myocarditis.

Study warns COVID booster shots are not 'the solution' to Delta.  COVID-19 surged, infected millions, killed a large number, and then started waning.  Then it surged and waned around the globe.  And now it's a variant, Delta, that is surging all over.  Some health officials are saying that, in addition to everyone needing to take the experimental vaccines, those who already are vaccinated now might need a booster shot.  Mandates haven't developed there yet, and there have been opinions on both sides of that issue regarding Delta, which appears to be able to infect the vaccinated and unvaccinated alike.  But now a report in ScienceMag quotes Dvir Aran, a biomedical data scientist in Israel, who said that those who have access to vaccines, "Do not think that the boosters are the solution."  Uri Shalit, a bioinformatician at the Israel Institute of Technology, also known as Technion, said the problem from Delta is vastly different from the first surges in COVID-19 infections.  "There are so many breakthrough infections that they dominate and most of the hospitalized patients are actually vaccinated," Shalit confirmed.

An open letter supporting the unvaccinated.  You are not alone! [...] It is entirely reasonable and legitimate to say 'no' to insufficiently tested vaccines for which there is no reliable science.  You have a right to assert guardianship of your body and to refuse medical treatments if you see fit.  You are right to say 'no' to a violation of your dignity, your integrity and your bodily autonomy.  It is your body, and you have the right to choose.  You are right to fight for your children against their mass vaccination in school.  You are right to question whether free and informed consent is at all possible under present circumstances.  Long-term effects are unknown.  Transgenerational effects are unknown.  Vaccine-induced deregulation of natural immunity is unknown.  Potential harm is unknown as the adverse event reporting is delayed, incomplete and inconsistent between jurisdictions.  You are being targeted by mainstream media, government social engineering campaigns, unjust rules and policies, collaborating employers, and the social-media mob.  You are being told that you are now the problem and that the world cannot get back to normal unless you get vaccinated.

Biden Administration to Extend Transportation Mask Mandate Through January 18.  The Biden administration said Tuesday it plans to extend mask mandates for travelers on airplanes, trains and buses and at airports and train stations through January 18 amid concern over the highly-transmissible delta variant.  "The purpose of TSA's mask directive is to minimize the spread of COVID-19 on public transportation," a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson reportedly told Reuters.  The current TSA transportation mask order had been set to expire on September 13.  A CDC order put in place just after President Biden took office, requires the use of face masks to be worn by all travelers on airplanes, ships, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-shares and at transportation hubs such as airports, bus or ferry terminals, train and subway stations, and seaports.

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What authority does "a CDC order" have?

Nobel Prize winner:  Mass COVID vaccination an 'unacceptable mistake'.  French virologist and Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier called mass vaccination against the coronavirus during the pandemic "unthinkable" and a historical blunder that is "creating the variants" and leading to deaths from the disease.  "It's an enormous mistake, isn't it?  A scientific error as well as a medical error.  It is an unacceptable mistake," Montagnier said in an interview translated and published by the RAIR Foundation USA yesterday.  "The history books will show that, because it is the vaccination that is creating the variants."  Many epidemiologists know it and are "silent" about the problem known as "antibody-dependent enhancement," Montagnier said.

Meanwhile, Fauci Says It's Time for Americans to 'Put Aside Concerns About Personal Liberties'.  One can only imagine — this one, anyway — the withdrawal symptoms Dr. Anthony Fauci has been suffering recently as the disastrous Biden Afghanistan debacle has continued to dominate the news, 24×7.  So, what's an attention-whore to do when all of America is paying attention to something other than him?  Why, make some attention-getting "news," of course.  The more Fauci-esque, the better.  In an interview with CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes, the infectious diseases "expert" said it's time for vaccine-hesitant Americans to "put aside" concerns and personal liberties to help fight against COVID-19, asserting that unvaccinated people are spreading the "highly contagious Delta variant" more so than vaccinated people, and "are becoming more ill than those people who have been vaccinated."

New Zealand Thrown Into National Lockdown Over One Assumed Delta Case.  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the country under national lockdown after authorities detected a single case of the CCP virus, likely the Delta variant, in the city of Auckland.  The entire nation will go into "alert level 4" for at least three days, starting from 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 17, the ministry of health announced.  The regions of Auckland, the country's largest city, and Coromandel will be under strict rules for seven days.  "The best thing we can do to get out of this as quickly as we can is to go hard," Ardern told reporters at a press briefing.  "We have made the decision on the basis that it is better to start high and go down levels rather than to go low, not contain the virus, and see it move quickly."  Under level four, the highest level of lockdown in the country, everyone is required to stay at home and are only allowed to make physical contact with those in their household bubble.  Businesses and schools will be closed and only essential services will be operational.

A New Covid Treatment?  Nearly a year and a half has passed and over 618,000 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the U.S. alone and finally the FDA released an emergency use authorization for REGEN-COV; a new drug that was undergoing testing in 2020 (pre-Biden).  It is now an early treatment option for primary care physicians.  Until this point, the only authorized COVID-19 treatment my family doctor had per the July 2021 update to NIH guidelines was recommend quarantine, wait until symptoms go away or report to a hospital if they get worse.  It is noteworthy that these updated guidelines continue to name hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a prohibited drug, but should be no surprise considering a war on HCQ began soon after President Trump dared to recommend it.  However, REGEN-COV is no simple take-home medicine like the familiar Tamiflu frequently prescribed for the seasonal flu.

First Afghanistan, then COVID.  In speaking of the Afghan mess, Tucker Carlson said that we as a country are led by "buffoons."  That's obvious.  And it should also be obvious by now that the people running the national health establishment are cut from the same cloth as those buffoons running the foreign affairs establishment.  Anthony Fauci is their front man.  That's all he is.  Fauci is a cutout figurehead, the same as the installed president Joe Biden.  On COVID, one day the message is this and the next day it's that.  The media is too busy pushing the most recent party line to highlight the contradictions or draw logical conclusions from them.  The push now is for mandates for the entire population to be vaccinated with experimental and unproven vaccines.  This is insane. [...] Already it is known that the health establishment has repeatedly lied about the number of COVID cases and COVID deaths.  They lied about the source of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China.  And they continue to lie about the effectiveness of masks and general lockdowns in stopping viral transmission.  Worse of all, the Fauci crew cannot justify the vaccination policy they're demanding.

Four Keys to Understanding [the] COVID-19 Surge at [the] Border.  More than 18% of families and 20% of unaccompanied minors who illegally crossed the border tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the NBC News report on the Department of Homeland Security document.  That DHS document was included in a briefing for President Joe Biden, NBC reported.  The DHS document also showed that more than a quarter of illegal immigrants who were being deported tested positive, requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove them from planes.  The COVID-19 among illegal immigrants is because of "the highly transmissible delta variant combined with lengthier stays in crowded [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] facilities," the document says.  Employees at a shelter run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Fort Bliss, Texas, filed whistleblower complaints alleging that supervisors told them to downplay the number of migrant children who tested positive for the virus.

Ankle bracelets?  Busted for getting air?  Trying to find out exactly where this is.  The story about the head of a party being a doctor and having his license removed for non-narrative thinking on the vaxx sounds familiar and I think it[']s Israel.  [Tweet]

San Diego Residents and Community Business Owners Withdraw their Consent and Confront Board of Supervisors Over Vaccine Passport Proposal.  KUSI News in San Diego is reporting on significant push-back from the local community as citizens confront the County Board of Supervisors on proposals to mandate vaccination ID's.  [Video clip]

Fed-up doctor tells anti-vaxxers they're on their own.  An Alabama doctor is tired of helping people who refuse to protect themselves and others — so he's no longer taking appointments with anti-vaxxers.  Mobile, Ala., physician Dr. Jason Valentine posted a photo on Facebook in which he's seen standing in front of a sign that reads "Effective Oct. 1, 2021, Dr. Valentine will no longer see patients that are not vaccinated against COVID-19."  According to Valentine, three of his unvaccinated patients suddenly came to their senses and asked where they could get inoculated.

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There are plenty of other doctors in Alabama.

Insane COVID Fear and Propaganda in New Zealand — A Single Case of COVID Delta Variant Triggers National Lockdown.  If you watch the official press conferences and government announcements of rules and restrictions in Australia and New Zealand, you see some of the most bizarre and dystopian reactions from the government.  It really is jaw-dropping and almost unbelievable how the citizens of the area are under the complete control of their government and ministries of health.  Today [8/17/2021] the extreme far-left New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announces a "level four" emergency shutdown as a result of a single case of COVID being identified yesterday.  A single case.  There have been numerous people discussing how global health leaders choose Australia and New Zealand as testing grounds for how much control can be put upon society and still permit those in government to retain their authority.

Two Shots And A Booster.  From HIPPA to "show me your medical records" in just 25 years.  Awesome. [...] How does this even happen?  The same way we went from energy dominance to energy begging in just 8 months.  It's not an accident, it's the endgame of leftwing progressive policies.  We are intended to become state-dependent serfs, it makes us easier to rule.  Wake up people.  Refuse to be ruled by absolute morons; or you will wake up one day with absolutely no personal autonomy left.  Trust me, millennials-who-know-much-more-than-all-us-old-boomers, you won't like that.

New York City museums, galleries, and art fairs to require proof of vaccination for entrance.  A New York City mandate requires all guests visiting art fairs, galleries, and museums to provide proof of vaccination.  The regulations, part of the initiative titled Key to NYC Pass, effectuated Tuesday and will be enforced starting Sept. 13.  Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the initiative on Aug. 3.  "It's time for people to see vaccination as literally necessary to living a good, full, and healthy life," de Blasio said.

Photo ID and vaccine passport required by Mayor de Blasio to move freely in New York City.  New Yorkers will now have to show photo IDs in order to engage in public life.  Along with proof of vaccination, the mayor said "Whatever works, all you have to do is show that proof and have ID as well."  "And it's easy, all you have to do is show proof of vaccination — that could be a CDC paper card, that could be an Excelsior Pass, an NYC COVID Safe app, whatever works," de Blasio said.  "All you got to do is show that proof and have ID as well, and it's straightforward."  Mayor Bill de Blasio's new "Key to NYC" vaccine passport is now be required for entry into everything from gyms to museums to restaurants, but the passes are also required to be accompanied by a photo ID.

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That's right, a photo ID is required for every activity — except voting.

Chicago [is] re-implementing [its] indoor mask mandate, health officials announce.  Masks must be worn in public indoor settings in Chicago regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status as the city continues to see an increase in COVID-19 transmission, public health officials announced Tuesday [8/17/2021].  Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said everyone over the age of 2, regardless of vaccination status, will be required to wear a mask beginning Friday, Aug. 20, while indoors in public settings.  It will apply to gyms, stores, common areas of apartment buildings and in restaurants, though people will be allowed to remove face coverings while eating and drinking.  Masks are already required in schools under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's statewide order.

De Blasio's tyrannical vaccine mandate starts today, fed up New Yorkers raucously protest.  On Tuesday, August 17, an official iron curtain descends over New York City, as unvaccinated New Yorkers are barred entrance to all indoor restaurants, bakeries, catering halls, event spaces, grocery stores that contain indoor dining, fast food restaurants, bars, hotel banquet rooms, coffee shops, nightclubs, museums and galleries, cabarets, bowling alleys, movie theaters, live music, concert venues, aquariums and zoos, professional sports arenas, stadiums, convention centers, exhibition halls, performing arts theaters, arcades, pool and billiard halls, recreational game centers, casinos, gyms, fitness centers, indoor classes, pools, fitness studios, dance studios, and sports classes.

Coercive Vaccine Mandates for Those Under 25 Resemble a Military Draft.  While encouragement for vaccination is reasonable for populations at risk, coercive mandates, especially for young persons at minimal risk for long-term disability from the disease are unfounded scientifically.  The facts and concepts I shall succinctly present here should compel significant pause for all fair and clear-minded Americans concerned not just about government overreach, but the use of selective information to foster a narrative that is reasonable, but by no means certain.  Coercion under these circumstances is improper.  The imposition of an unwanted medical treatment obviously contradicts the arguably sacrosanct notion of patient autonomy.  Society ethically accepts breaches of autonomy — this most civilized and respectful of notions — only when "clearly" necessary.  In the modern age, arguments for such necessity may be well scrutinized when relevant facts and justifications are honestly disclosed and discussed.  Such is sadly not the current situation with COVID-19, but that disappointment is not the subject of this essay.  Rather I wish to succinctly summarize why COVID-19 differs from other infectious diseases for which mandatory vaccination is well justified.

The FDA Must Not Hastily Grant Final Approval for the Covid-19 Vaccine.  Israel, determined to defeat Covid-19, dramatically accelerated their vaccination program beginning in late December 2020. Within three and a half months 80+% of the eligible population (citizens over 16) were fully vaccinated.  Israel, thus, became the bellwether as to the efficacy and potential side-effects of the mRNA vaccine.  They were also the first nation with a successful mass vaccination program to experience a large-scale resurgence of Covid-19.  A majority of cases were among the vaccinated population, prompting the government to reimpose travel restrictions, lockdowns and various mandates.  Further, the Israeli government determined that the Pfizer vaccine, after three to four months, was only 39% effective in preventing the virus.  Which would ultimately require recipients to receive continual booster shots.

A NYC restaurant manager goes renegade in the face of new vaccination-proof rules.  Not all Big Apple restaurants were happy as a citywide vaccine mandate took effect on Monday — and some are all but thumbing their noses at the controversial clampdown.  The so-called "Key to NYC" program — which requires diners to show proof they've been vaccinated from COVID — has gotten support from high-profile restaurateurs like Danny Meyer of the Gramercy Tavern and Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin, as well as the owners of Sylvia's in Harlem.  But some fret that the new rules won't be enforceable, and that they will turn off tourists as local eateries scramble to recover from a year and a half of lockdowns.  Others say they won't even try to enforce the new rule beginning Sept. 13, when city inspections at restaurants, indoor entertainment venues and gyms are slated to begin.

Biden Officials to Recommend COVID Booster Shots for Most Americans:  Report.  The Biden administration will recommend that most Americans receive a coronavirus vaccine booster shot eight months after their initial vaccination, the New York Times reported on Monday [8/16/2021].  Health-care providers could be allowed to offer booster shots around mid-September, two administration officials told the Times.  Nursing-home residents and health-care workers, the first groups to be offered initial vaccinations in late 2020 and early 2021, probably will be the first to receive booster shots.

Eleven Senate Democrats Vote Against COVID Tests For Illegal Immigrants at the Southern Border.  Eleven Senate Democrats on Thursday voted against a modest and commonsense amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution that requires illegal migrants apprehended on the southern border to be tested for COVID-19 before they are transported into the country.  The amendment, introduced by Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), a physician, establishes "a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting migrants and local communities against COVID-19."  Under the provision, migrants will be quarantined and not transported from the border until they tested negative.  This minor impediment to the Regime's goal of fundamentally transforming the nation through mass immigration was supported by Majority Whip Dick Durbin, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

ICU Nurse Makes an Incredible Video On the Truth About Covid and Vaccines!  An ICU nurse by the name of Nicole goes through all the lies the media and politicized medical field have pushed since early 2020.  The video is nearly 50 minutes but worth every minute.  [Video clip]

Media's COVID Narrative Crumbles Under the Weight of the Latest Data.  As the media narrative goes, Florida has been uniquely terrible combating the Delta variant, despite the fact that 93% of seniors in the state have had at least one dose of the vaccine.  Further, as the left's claim goes, the lack of mask mandates is solely to blame for the surge and if that evil Ron DeSantis would just impose them, everything would be fine.  My response to that has been consistent:  COVID appears to be seasonal, and certain parts of the country will see waves at different times, just like we saw in 2020.  That Florida and Texas, who both had a wave around this same time last summer, are seeing that happen again is not proof that they are doing "something wrong."  Rather, the timing is cyclical, and my assertion on that will be proven correct, as we see spikes in other states begin to occur.  Well, things are happening just as predicted, and it's crushing the media narrative in the process.

CDC COVID Document Discussed Relocating "High Risk" Individuals to "Camps".  The CDC published a COVID-19 planning document that suggested relocating "high-risk individuals" to "green zones" or "camps" in order to keep them away from the rest of the population.  Yes, really.  The document is called Interim Operational Considerations for Implementing the Shielding Approach to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in Humanitarian Settings and was originally published on the CDC's official website on July 26, 2020.  The purpose of the strategy document is "to reduce the number of severe COVID-19 cases by limiting contact between individuals at higher risk of developing severe disease ("high-risk") and the general population ("low-risk")."  According to the CDC, in order to achieve this, "High-risk individuals would be temporarily relocated to safe or "green zones" established at the household, neighborhood, camp/sector or community level depending on the context and setting.  They would have minimal contact with family members and other low-risk residents."  The shielding approach would take "high-risk" individuals, meaning older people or people with underlying health conditions, and set about "physically separating high-risk individuals from the general population."  These high-risk individuals would be relocated to "camps," meaning "shelters such as schools, community buildings" where as many as 50 individuals would be held in each "green zone" where "no movement into or outside the green zone" would be allowed.

Fauci: Unvaccinated Need to 'Put Aside' Concerns of Personal Liberty.  Chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday [8/15/2021] on CBS's "Face the Nation" that the vaccine-hesitant should "put aside" their concerns about personal liberty and recognize the "common enemy" is the COVID-19 pandemic.  [Video clip]

Naomi Wolf:  Mandatory Vaccine Passport Could Lead To The End Of Human Liberty In The West.  Author of "The End Of America" Naomi Wolf joined FOX News Channel's Steve Hilton on "The Next Revolution" to warn about "Orwellian" outcomes of the Coronavirus pandemic.  [Transcript:] "Vaccine passport" sounds like a fine thing if you don't understand what these platforms can do.  I'm the CEO of a tech company, I understand what this platform does.  It is not about the vaccine or the virus, it is about your data.  What people need to understand is that any other functionality can be loaded onto that platform with no problem at all.  What that means is that can be merged with your Paypal account, digital currency, Microsoft is talking about merging it with payment plans, your networks can be sucked up, it geolocates you wherever you go.  All of your medical history can be included — this has already happened in Israel.

Doctor Whose Comments to School Board Went Viral Holds Free Video Lecture Series on Covid.  Dr. Dan Stock's presentation at the Mt.  Vernon, Indiana, school board meeting was succinct, clear, and compelling.  He offered a dissent opinion, striking a nerve among a public that is weary of institutional narratives from "official sources."  Dr. Stock's presentation generated tens of millions of views, prompting social media sites to quickly censor the speech and fact-checkers to issue a slew of "debunks."  [Tweet]  Dan Stock is a family physician in Noblesville, Indiana.  He received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.  In a series of videos posted to Rumble last week, Dr. Stock offers a course in the virology and epidemiology of Covid.  [Video clip]

Texas Supreme Court blocks mask mandates in Dallas, Bexar counties.  Two days after a Dallas appeals court dealt Gov. Greg Abbott a legal setback by upholding Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins' order requiring masks in schools and businesses, the Texas Supreme Court shut the mandate down.  The entirely Republican Texas Supreme Court granted a temporary stay at the request of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Sunday [8/15/2021].  But hearings on the matter will continue in lower courts as scheduled.

Here's how to tell [your] employer you can't take a COVID shot.  There are major moral and ethical questions that are linked to the experimental COVID-19 vaccines that have been developed in the United States, and are being pushed on the population.  That hasn't discouraged some government operations and many private corporations from ignoring them, and threatening under penalty of job loss that workers must take the shots.  But now consumers and employees can fight back.  The Rutherford Institute has posted online a fact sheet on the rights of individuals to refuse such orders, as well as a sample letter to use to inform employers that they cannot have their way.

Navy Commander Warns of National Security Threat from Mandatory Vaccination.  An officer with the U.S. Navy is warning of a full-blown "national security threat" if the military moves ahead with its planned universal COVID-19 vaccination mandate, in a paper obtained exclusively by Revolver News.  In a memorandum released on Monday, Biden Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced his intention to require a COVID-19 vaccination for all servicemembers by mid-September, or immediately should any COVID vaccines clear FDA approval (the vaccines are currently only authorized for emergency use).  Servicemen who refuse to submit to the vaccine will potentially face court martials, prison time, and even less-than-honorable discharge from the service.  If that plan goes ahead, though, CDR J.H. Furman warns the results could conceivably be catastrophic.

Florida's DeSantis Is Just Trolling the Media With Another Bold Move.  The corporate media is upset that Florida will now count deaths on the date they occur rather than the date they get reported.  Some journalists do not understand that the curve will be normalized, but the area under the curve will remain the same.  Georgia's COVID-19 dashboard allows users to select whether they want to view deaths according to the date they happened or when the state received the report.  When you look at the graph by day reported, you can see gaps on weekends, and it is evident there are days where the state receives a data dump: [...]

27 people aboard Carnival cruise test positive for COVID-19.  All 27 were vaccinated, had mild or no symptoms, and were in isolation, according to the statement.  The tourism board said 99.98% of the ship's crew was vaccinated, as well as 96.5% of its passengers.

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'We're All in This Together' Is the Dumbest Lie of the Coronavirus Pandemic.  The expression is repeated over and over again, from politicians to Hollywood stars to earnest television anchors:  "We're all in this together."  But we are not.  Glaringly, we are not.  The phrase, said with a misty-eyed pride in all-leveling unity, is not reflected in reality. [...] We are far from all in this together, and telling us that we are is a feel-good rhetorical Band-Aid.

We're All In This Together?  No.  Clearly we're not.  The trite slogan 'We're All In This Together' is simply [nonsense].  There's no equality on display.  The virus isn't some grand leveler affecting everybody in society in the same way.  In case you haven't heard, old people are more susceptible than young.  The weak are more likely to be infected.  And those on the low-end of the poor scale, the social-economically deprived people feeding the trough of the rich, are even more likely to be exposed to the virus.  Are the super-rich, holed up in their bunker, really in it together?

Massive Protest Against Vaccine Mandates Taking Place In Oklahoma.  [Multiple tweets and little else]

Oklahomans protest mandates on COVID-19 vaccine, masks during Freedom Rally at state Capitol.  Hundreds of people gathered at the state Capitol on Saturday to protest mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates while fighting for their freedom to choose.  A line of people waited outside the Capitol while hundreds filled the rotunda chanting "USA," singing "America the Beautiful" and reciting the pledge of allegiance.  Some also held signs saying, "no vaccine mandate," "protect our freedom" and "mandate medical freedom."  "I do not want to see us be mandated for masks or vaccines because that is our right to choose what's best for us," one rallygoer said.  "So, that's why I'm here — to support for freedom, to choose."  "We appreciate that the vaccine was made, that it's offered to us, it's offered to us for free, but I don't want to be forced to take it," another rallygoer named Karen M. said.

Jen Rubin Spreads Completely Screwed-Up COVID Math by Texas Tribune.  Lindsey Kornick at Fox News reported The Texas Tribune, a left-leaning Texas outlet, published a report warning "Texas children and children's hospitals are under siege from two viruses:  RSV and COVID-19."  Initially, the Tribune included the scary statistic that 5,800 children in Texas were hospitalized with COVID over the course of seven days in the beginning of August.  This was eagerly pushed out by leftist bloggers like Jen Rubin of The Washington Post.  "Unconscionable:  Over 5,800 children in Texas were newly hospitalized with COVID-19 in the seven-day period ending on Aug. 8, a 37% increase from a week prior.  [W]here is the pro-life movement ?? it's now a death cult," Rubin tweeted.  There's just one problem.  The numbers were way off.

Fauci Downplays New COVID-19 Vaccine Study.  White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci on Aug. 15 downplayed a recent study from a prominent medical research center that deemed the Pfizer vaccine less effective than the Moderna vaccine.  The Mayo Clinic and Cambridge-based biotech company nference, found in the study that both mRNA COVID-19 vaccines' effectiveness dropped in the month of July.  The researchers, while saying the vaccines provided good protection against the virus, found that Moderna's vaccine effectiveness was 76 percent, as compared with Pfizer's 42 percent.  "That study ... is a pre-print study, it hasn't been fully peer-reviewed," Fauci said on CBS's "Face the Nation" of the recent Mayo-nference study's findings, which was published on the website medRxiv.org.  The study gathered data from about 25,000 Minnesota residents from January and July.  "I don't doubt what they're seeing, but there are a lot of confounding variables in there, about when one was started, the relative amount of people in that cohort who were Delta versus Alpha," he said, referring to two COVID-19 variants.  He didn't elaborate.

Reality Bites Biden's Policies.  Pretending that the COVID vaccines are just like measles or polio vaccines and not imperfect measures which may be the best we can come up with, the push has been to require them of everyone everywhere.  Municipalities like San Francisco now require proof of vaccination for any indoor activity — businesses, restaurants, bars and gyms, and entertainment venues.  Some places require them of state and country workers.  California was the first state to require state employees get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing. [...] Not just government vaccine policies have consequences.  Some employers have initiated vaccine mandates.  United Airlines, which is having some trouble getting employees back to work, was one of those.  Competing airlines didn't.  I expect this will not help their labor shortage.  Interestingly, one company which is not requiring employees be vaccinated is Pfizer, which manufactures the vaccine.

Larry Elder vows to do away with vaccine, mask mandates in Calif. if elected governor.  Larry Elder, prominent conservative talk radio host and a leading candidate in the California gubernatorial recall election, vows to end mask and vaccine mandates in the Golden State if elected.  "When I become governor, assuming there are mandates for masks and statewide mandates for vaccines, they will be suspended right away," said Elder during a news conference on Zoom, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle.  "This is America.  We have freedom in America."  While Elder himself has been vaccinated and believes "vaccines work" he said he doesn't believe the government should decide for people.  He thinks that the irreversible health care decision of whether or not to get a vaccine should be up to each person.  Elder indicated that he personally chose to get vaccinated under his doctor's advice due to his age, 69, and an underlying health condition.  Elder, who calls himself the "The Sage from South Central," also took to Twitter to confirm his position and make clear that any face mask or vaccine mandates in place will be "immediately revoked," not if, but when he is elected governor.

Massive brawl between Antifa rioters and anti-vaccine protesters outside Los Angeles city hall.  A man was stabbed and a radio reporter was attacked on Saturday [8/14/2021] when a massive brawl erupted outside Los Angeles City Hall between suspected Antifa activists and protesters decrying vaccine mandates.  At about 2 pm, a group of people holding American flags and signs calling for 'medical freedom' arrived at City Hall for the rally, the Los Angeles Police Department and local media said.  Counterprotesters quickly gathered nearby.  About half an hour later, a fight broke out between the groups of protesters and counter-protesters.

You will never see China held accountable for COVID.  Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. provides an interesting story in the Wall Street Journal on China's history with viruses.  According to Jenkins, in 1979, independent investigations in New York City and Germany both concluded that the year's previous flu was caused by the same virus that was last seen in the early years of the 1950s.  Their conclusion was that the 1978 flu could have been initiated only by the release of a stored laboratory specimen.  There the matter sat until 2004.  Then the truth was learned.  Due to private communications between a Chinese virologist and his U.S. counterpart, it was determined that the 1978 flu was most probably the result of vaccine/virus experimentation by the Chinese military on a number of its recruits.  It's not surprising that you might never have heard this before. [...] The 1978 flu virus was trivial compared to COVID and the pandemic it caused, and continues to cause.  Yet still, its source was covered up by official silence.  Fast-forward.  Today, the economic and commercial relationships between the West and China are far deeper than could have been imagined in 2004.

'Case': Another semantic Trojan Horse.  In our new world of pandemic panic porn, it is important to remember that the word "case" is not a term of art.  It is not a medical term or a legal term.  It is just another word with a broad meaning that has been commandeered by people who want to control you.  This seemingly innocuous word is being used as a blunt instrument to stampede you into doing what the globalist elites want you to do.  It is widely used when the media, Big Tech, and government experts (the "infomob") lie by omission.  When you hear that there are x "new cases" in any context, this should immediately prompt you to ask questions about the number:
  •   Are these just positive COVID tests?
  •   Are these hospitalized people?
  •   Are these people who are not sick at all?
  •   Are these re-testings of the same people who have to be tested daily to keep their jobs?
  •   Are these people with other medical conditions?
The infomob wants you to envision these "cases" as hospitalized people on respirators, gasping for breath.  What if most of these are just positive tests?  If so, were these done with the PCR test?  The fact is, the PCR test is so highly parameterizable that you can set it to find whatever you want.  This is one of the reasons the CDC has quit using it.

Official U.S. Government Announcement:  If You Question Govt COVID Response You are Considered A Domestic Violent Extremist.  The United States Department of Homeland Security made a quiet and alarming announcement yesterday [8/13/2021], creating the official position of the United States Government under the Joe Biden regime.  According to the statement, if you question the orthodoxy, mandates, or COVID-19 response from the U.S. government, you are now considered a "terrorist", specifically a "Domestic Violent Extremist" (DVE).  This is quite a remarkable development and seems to underpin the tenuous, unstable and fragile disposition of the current regime.  The Department of Homeland Security seems rather paranoid in their need to label anyone who would question the COVID-19 response.  More than half the country would now be defined as dissidents and domestic terrorists within their our homeland.

Dr. Robert Malone Explains mRNA Vaccines and The Noble Lie Used by The Medical Establishment to Manipulate Vaccine Propaganda.  Dr. Robert Malone is the scientist who created mRNA vaccine technology.  Dr. Malone is a world leading expert in virology and pandemics.  Additionally, Dr. Malone is not in favor of the untested COVID vaccines and notes the conflicts of interest within the medical establishment, people and institutions that are mandating vaccination as a mitigation effort to the public.  Dr. Malone believes the current vaccinations could be creating more viral pathways, more infectious albeit less pathogenic variants, and should only be given to those at greatest risk from the virus (elderly).  For the rest of the population treatment (using effective drugs), recovery and natural immunity should be the first approach, not vaccination.  During the presentation Dr. Malone outlines the alarming scale of authoritarian control by the global health establishment and how they have created a structure to attack anyone who does not comply with the vaccine narrative.  [Video clip]

Next Up, Vaccine Resistant COVID Lambda Variant From Central and South America, The 2022 Mid-Term Lock-down and Mail-In Ballot Variant.  Old COVID narrative = A "Delta Variant" transmissible regardless of vaccinated status, but presumably with the vaccine you won't get as sick, or so they say.  However, not content with the vaccine results so far... Now we get the new COVID narrative — A "Lambda Variant" that is not only infectious and transmissible regardless of vaccinated status (just like Delta), but the Lambda Variant is also resistant to any antiviral immunity, meaning the COVID-19 vaccine doesn't work against it. [...] Despite the Lambda variant coming from South and Central America, the Biden administration is keeping the U.S. Southern border open specifically to entice, well, Southern and Central American migrants.  Huh, go figure.  If you are cynically thinking this sounds suspiciously like a new "mid-term 2022 lockdown and mail-in ballot variant," well, you would not be alone.

The Four Horsemen of the Biden Apocalypse.  [Scroll down]  Schools are also one of the focal points of the insane battle over how to deal with the COVID pandemic.  Teacher unions and Biden officials are touting masks in classrooms, while a growing number of parents are fighting this nonsense at school board meetings across the country.  The Biden administration is not stopping at mask mandates but is considering COVID vaccine requirements for all Americans.  The Defense Department will be requiring vaccines for all the members of the respective branches.  This obligation will be enforced starting in mid-September. [...] Whenever he addresses the media, Biden pushes vaccinations on the public.  He implies that unvaccinated Americans are not only unpatriotic, but also contributing to the deaths of their fellow citizens.  In addition, the president is actively encouraging businesses to implement vaccine mandates at their workplaces.  All these initiatives are quite disturbing, as Americans should have medical privacy and the right to make their own health decisions.  In a "free" country, a citizen should not be forced to inject any sort of experimental vaccine into his body.  Americans should have the freedom to say "no," without any negative repercussions.

I Am Getting Tired of Being Right All the Time.  In the last several months I have written extensively and freely here at RedState about COVID-19 science, including reports on the viability of the lab-leak theory, only because it is now deemed acceptable by BigTech.  Prior to May such posts would almost certainly have been slapped with a Facebook fact-check even though no credible information (only the word of the Chinese Government and financially interested researchers), existed then or exists now definitively proving that the virus came from anywhere outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology. [...] We were right, yet to this day Facebook operates its hive of misinformation, policed by "fact-checkers," with impunity.  Their stated goal of preventing the spread of misinformation was compounded by their blocking of and subsequent removal of factual information and reporting.  Why, you may ask?  Well, it might have something to do with the fact that the very people who may be responsible for perpetrating the development of this virus were included in refuting the potential that they were responsible.  Remember Peter Daszak?  The President of EcoHealth Alliance which funneled cash and research information to the Wuhan Insitute of Virology?  The man who sat on the WHO team charged with investigating the virus's origins?  He was a Facebook fact-checker.

63 People In Martha's Vineyard Test Posititve For COVID After Obama's Party Massive Birthday Party.  Since former President Barack Obama's birthday party on Saturday, 63 people have reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus at Martha's Vineyard.  That figure represents the highest number of cases in a week since April.  Political hacks masquerading as health officials said it is too early to determine whether Obama's guests and staff at the parties without mask mandates contributed to the spike in Covid-19 cases, DailyMail.com reported on Friday [8/13/2021].  [Video clip]

Government Study Shows There Are A Million More Alcoholics In The UK Now Because Of Lockdowns.  Nearly one million people in England became addicted to alcohol as a result of Covid lockdowns, official data suggests.  Government polling before the pandemic estimated 1.5 million adults drank at least 50 units every week — the equivalent of three pints or nearly a bottle of wine every night.  But this jumped to just shy of 2.5 million this summer, which experts have blamed on the endless cycle of virus-controlling restrictions.

Fight Back:  Here's How People Are Legally Resisting Dystopian Diktats to Get a Covid Shot or Be Fired.  In the past week, Democrat governors and other Democrat Party elected officials throughout the country have launched a coordinated effort to threaten Americans' economic security by issuing hasty "do what we say or your job gets it" Covid diktats.  Democrats claimed these mandates were in the name of science to combat the virulent Delta variant — the latest of probably several versions — of Covid. [...] The way it's looking, the pandemic will likely become endemic like the flu and the coronavirus-based common cold.  But the truth is, we don't really know what role this virus will take in American life from here on out.  The only thing we do know is that Democrat Party elected officials believe the best way to deal with it is by authoritarian diktats.  Their reflexive reaction is to bury freedom in the name of safety.  Millions of jobs and Americans' livelihoods hang in the balance against these threats.

District Court judge issues temporary restraining order against Texas, allowing San Antonio-area districts to implement mask mandates.  Public school officials in the San Antonio area will be allowed to issue mask-wearing mandates as the new year gets underway, following a temporary restraining order issued by a Bexar County judge against the state.  Judge Antonia Arteaga issued the order at a hearing on Tuesday afternoon [8/10/2021], just hours after local officials announced they were filing a lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott for his ban on local face covering orders.

New York's Jim Crow Vaccine Passport Will Deny Service to 72% of Young Black Residents.  A full 72 percent of young, black New Yorkers are about to be denied service and the right to work in New York City restaurants, gyms, and theaters.  The far-left New York Times reported Thursday [8/12/2021] only 28 percent of black New Yorkers aged 18 to 44 years are vaccinated, "compared with 48 percent of Latino residents and 52 percent of white residents in that age group."

Barcoding Americans:  Is White House planning to use QR codes to verify vaccination status?  ACBS reporter grilled White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients on vaccine QR codes during a press conference Thursday.  This comes as more businesses across the nation began requiring proof of vaccination.  "Now that more entities are requiring more vaccines, is the administration reconsidering something like a QR code or a passport to help verify people's vaccination status?" the reporter asked.  "And if not, what are you doing to stop the proliferation of fake vaccine cards?"  "There are a number of ways people can demonstrate their vaccination status," Zients replied.  "Companies and organizations and the government are taking different approaches.  We applaud this innovation."  However, he was clear that the White House will not get involved in creating vaccination QR codes.  "There will be no federal vaccination database," Zients said.  "As with all other vaccines the data gets held at the state and local level."

Americans with PhDs are the most reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID, study finds.  People with a PhD are the most hesitant when it comes to getting the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a paper by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.  Researchers surveyed just over five million US adults in an online survey, with 10,000 reporting that they were educated to PhD level.  The report showed a surprising U-shaped correlation between willingness to get a Covid vaccine and education level — with the highest hesitancy among those least and most educated.

Biden offers cash to Florida educators who mandate masks, defying DeSantis order banning them.  The Biden administration is seeking to defy Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his recent statewide ban of mask mandates in schools by providing financial assistance to educational institutions that implement such mandates.  "Florida's recent actions to block school districts from voluntarily adopting science-based strategies for preventing the spread of COVID-19 that are aligned with the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) puts students and staff at risk," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona wrote in a letter addressed to DeSantis and state Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran sent on Friday [8/13/2021].  Cardona said the Biden administration was "deeply concerned" by the executive action DeSantis took last month to ban mask requirements.

DeSantis Launches Monoclonal Antibody Rapid Response Teams to Prevent Hospital Overcrowding.  Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Aug. 12 that he is launching a Rapid Response Team to dispense monoclonal antibodies to tackle Florida's rising number of COVID-19 cases and reduce serious symptoms, preventing the potential for hospital overcrowding.  "This is probably the best thing that we can do to reduce the number of people that require hospitalization," DeSantis said at a news conference in Jacksonville, adding that vaccines were strongly encouraged and were effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths by at least 70 percent.  "Clear benefits to this early treatment is keeping people out of the hospital and reducing mortality," he said.  DeSantis noted the experimental monoclonal antibodies developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals were used by President Donald Trump after he contracted the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, in October 2020.  Trump recovered in a matter of days.

Marines Rebuke Defense Secretary.: "No Mandatory Vaccinations for My Marines."  Marine Corps General David H. Berger on Monday rebuked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's edict requiring all Armed Forces personnel to submit to Covid-19 vaccinations under threat of court martial or discharge, said a source in Gen. Berger's office who overheard a heated conversation between them.  Gen. Berger telephoned the defense secretary minutes after he said in a press conference that the Covid-19 vaccination is needed to maintain military readiness and that he would enforce the mandatary vaccination policy regardless of FDA approval status.

CONFIRMED: Obama's Martha's Vineyard Birthday Bash [was] a Super Spreader Event.  Former president Barack Obama shrugged off the concerns of scientific experts by throwing himself a massive 60th birthday party at his $17.5 million estate on Martha's Vineyard this past weekend.  As usual, the scientific experts were correct:  The star-studded affair was a confirmed "super spreader" event, putting countless lives at risk and further cementing Obama's reputation as a narcissistic war criminal.  According to data compiled by the New York Times, COVID-19 infections in Dukes County, Mass., which contains Martha's Vineyard, have spiked in the days since Obama's selfish display of clout.  Cases have increased 1,829 percent over the last two weeks, while hospitalizations have jumped 157 percent.  As the Washington Free Beacon previously reported, Martha's Vineyard and other vacation locales frequented by the Liberal Elite have become COVID-19 hotspots.

Matt Walsh Shows up and [excoriates] School Board Over Mask Mandates for Kids.  While the battle over mask mandates for children is most visible in Florida because Gov. Ron DeSantis has decided to actually fight back, other states are seeing the fights play out at the local level.  Parents are showing up to school board meetings to express their displeasure with leaders who continue to spit in the face of objective data when it comes to forcing kids to wear dirty pieces of cloth on their faces.  One of those parents who showed up is The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh, who gave a short speech (the board limits the time) that hit the nail directly on the head.  In a clear and concise laying out of the facts, he reinforced why this is a fight worth fighting for parents who aren't tired of complying.  [Video clip]

Joe Biden Weighs Mandating Vaccines for Interstate Travel.  President Joe Biden is weighing vaccines mandates for interstate travel, according to the Associated Press (AP) on Thursday [8/12/2021].  "Still, while more severe [coronavirus] measures — such as mandating vaccines for interstate travel or changing how the federal government reimburses treatment for those who are unvaccinated and become ill with COVID-19 — have been discussed," the AP writes, "the administration worried that they would be too polarizing for the moment."

Fauci: I can't guarantee that people won't need COVID boosters indefinitely.  At this stage of the pandemic, with so many Americans crestfallen that vaccination hasn't fulfilled the hope of freeing us from all restrictions, is there anything more dispiriting than hearing the words "I can't guarantee" and "indefinitely" from this guy?  Actually, I'm paraphrasing what he said to Anderson Cooper last night [8/12/2021].  Yes, he admitted, it's possible that we'll need a COVID booster regularly as immunity from the previous shot wanes, the same way we do with the flu.  But it's also possible that we won't. [...] Of course, once we inevitably encounter the Zeta, Theta, and Omega variants, the calculus could change.  Stay tuned.

Dr. Fauci warns Americans may face having booster shots indefinitely.  Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Thursday that he can't rule out people having to have COVID-19 booster shots indefinitely as the virus continues to surge.  Fauci, the chief medical advisor to the president, made his comments in an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN in which he also warned that fully vaccinated people with so-called breakthrough infections can still get long-term COVID.

People Think COVID is 81x More Dangerous Than it Actually Is.  In this video, I use official data from the CDC, FactCheck.org, and the Brookings Institute to explain why it doesn't make sense to panic over COVID-19.  Most people's perceived risk of death is wildly inaccurate, and the attempts to bully young healthy people into taking a COVID jab do not hold up to logic.  [Video clip]

Ric Grenell Says Biden's 90-Day COVID Origins Review Is An Insult To The Intelligence Community.  Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell said President Joe Biden's 90-day COVID origins investigation is an insult to the career intelligence officials who have been probing the virus's origins for well over a year and will continue to do so as new information comes in.  Grenell, who led the intelligence community during the early months of the pandemic from February to May 2020, said Biden's May 26, 2021, directive to the intelligence community to "redouble their efforts" to determine the origins of the virus shows the president never paid attention to the evidence he likely received during his daily briefings.  "The 90-day review that Joe Biden has asked for is sadly because he hasn't looked at the information in a while," Grenell told the Daily Caller News Foundation.  "It says more about his lack of daily interaction with briefers than anything else."

San Francisco to require proof of vaccination for many indoor activities.  San Francisco is set to become the second major city in the United States to require many indoor businesses to screen customers for proof of COVID-19 vaccination.  Mayor London Breed announced Thursday [8/12/2021] that city restaurants, bars, clubs, gyms, theaters and large indoor events with more than 1,000 people will be required to obtain proof of vaccination from patrons and employees.  The order takes effect Aug. 20.

Head Of WHO Origin Investigation Team Admits Communist China Ordered Them What To Write In Report.  The head of the World Health Organization's origin investigation into COVID-19 has admitted that China basically ordered his team on what to write in their report and allowed them to mention the lab leak theory, but only on the condition that they didn't recommend following it up.  Revealing what is clear evidence of a cover up, the Washington Post reports that Danish WHO chief Ben Embarek made the admission after also commenting that he believes patient zero was a worker at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where experiments on coronaviruses were being carried out.  Embarek noted that "human error" could have ultimately led to the virus jumping to humans, but that "the Chinese political system does not allow authorities to acknowledge that."  Embarek commented that "Somebody could also wish to hide something."

Fauci predicts everyone will need COVID-19 vaccine booster.  White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted everyone will need to receive a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine "sooner or later" to ensure its effectiveness.  "As we mentioned, we are evaluating this on a day-by-day, week-by-week, month-by-month basis, looking at any of a number of studies, both international and domestic studies," Fauci said during a press conference Thursday [8/12/2021].  Fauci, also the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, could not provide a timetable for the additional shot but said he was already preparing to assess the "dynamic process" and act accordingly.

How Effective are the Vaccines?  Despite the steady drumbeat from the media, government agencies, Big Pharma and the established medical bureaucracies attesting to the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccines, those who remain skeptical of their trustworthiness advance a range of countervailing arguments.
  [#1]   The vaccines are really panaceas, essentially unreliable, innocuous or even useless.
  [#2]   Favorable trial results are statistically manipulated.  The Pfizer math is shifty and the "per protocol" method is frankly disingenuous, constituting a violation of bioethics laws.
  [#3]   The vaccines are potentially harmful, yielding dangerous side-effects, aka "adverse reactions," that are routinely underreported in passive, voluntary sites like VAERS in the U.S. and Yellow Card in the U.K.
  [#4]   Liability immunity:  the PREP Act and the EUA (Emergency Use Authorization) ensure that neither Big Pharma nor the FDA can be sued in the event that the vaccines cause harm, thus creating reasonable suspicion.
  [#5]   The pharmaceutical giants are profiting enormously from the marketing of their product — Pfizer alone projects earnings of $33.5 billion — and rank high in lobbying and advertising budgeting, giving them decisive leverage over politicians and media outlets to enforce the party line.
  [#6]   Major criminal settlement payments totaling in the billions levied against Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson for withholding risks and for dodgy marketing practices are a deeply troubling circumstance.
  [#7]   Since the vaccines are experimental substances still lacking FDA approval, have not been tested for the appropriate minimum of five years or more, and are in reality a form of gene therapy, their long-term effects are unknown.

COVID vaccines:  Where are the autopsies?  In a recent conversation with a retired doctor, I voiced my layman's understanding that autopsies are a great engine of medical progress, and I asked where I might find reports on autopsies of people who have died after taking COVID vaccines.  He was stumped, so I plunged into the search engine jungle and got my answer: nowhere, because autopsies are not being performed.

Judge Orders Man to Get COVID Vaccine or Face Up to 18 Months in Prison.  An Ohio judge has ordered a man to get a COVID vaccine or face up to 18 months in prison.  Judge Christopher Wagner issued the order to Brandon Rutherford, 21, at a sentencing hearing in a Hamilton County court on Wednesday [8/11/2021].  Wagner said that he must get vaccinated within 60 days as a condition of his probation for possession of fentanyl.  "I'm just a judge, not a doctor, but I think the vaccine's a lot safer than fentanyl, which is what you had in your pocket," Wagner said at the hearing.  "You're going to maintain employment.  You're not going to be around a firearm.  I'm going to order you, within the next two months, to get a vaccine and show that to the probation office."

We Have Yet Another Data Point That Eviscerates Liberal Media's Narrative on the Unvaccinated.  At the start of the Delta variant, the media, the Democrats, and snobby liberal America knew who to blame.  It was the unvaccinated.  Yes, they make up virtually all the recent hospitalizations and new deaths.  The goal should have been to convince these people to get the shot, not denigrate them, and certainly not mock their deaths.  Liberal America took the latter route.  The moral superiority complex kicked in and now those who were on the fence are firmly entrenched in their position to not get vaccinated.  To make matters worse, the experts and the Biden White House continue to fail at messaging.  The cherry on top of this government fail sundae is that they think bribing people $100 will boost vaccination rates.  Some people are skeptical of government, some have questions about long-term risks, and others simply don't want it.  It's their choice.  It should always be a choice.  Only a liberal would view the unvaccinated as a sub-human species.  Yet, more and more stories have shredded this narrative.

The CDC's Bogus Kentucky COVID Research.  On Aug 6, 2021 the CDC presented a paper titled "Reduced Risk of Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 After COVID-19 Vaccination — Kentucky, May-June 2021."  Having spent the last two decades in the pharmaceutical industry, I'm well versed in spotting studies whose primary purpose is to sell a product instead of actually advancing science.  I believe that is the case here. [...] While the authors declared no conflict of interest, 3 of the 5 authors were scientists at divisions of the CDC.  The CDC is also on record many times speaking in favor of the vaccine, therefore the CDC has a strong investigator bias to want to see an outcome favoring vaccines.  The fact is that the CDC funded the research, the CDC helped conduct the research, and the CDC helped author the publication — is it any wonder that the CDC found the result it wanted?

Vaccines: What if all the silenced scientists warning against them are right?  Is there anyone on the planet who does not know that the media and big tech have sought to control the COVID narrative from the outset?  Probably.  Just as there are most likely people who do not know that volumes of contrary information about COVID has been suppressed, which includes valuable information about available therapeutics such as ivermectin and HCQ.  Dr. Fauci knew of the efficacy of those drugs years ago but was determined to ensure that the public was deprived of that knowledge.  Any mention of these prophylactic treatments has been quashed by the mainstream media, Google, Instagram, Twitter, etc.  Anyone posting information in contradiction to the Biden administration's pandemic porn has likely been banned or cancelled.  But while one may have to go searching for pertinent information from doctors and scientists other than Fauci, there are plenty of them out there and they have been sounding various alarms for eighteen months.

Biden Calls Those Forcing Kids to Wear Masks in Schools 'Heroes'.  President Biden on Thursday [8/12/2021] called local leaders who are pushing mask mandates on children "heroes."  "I know there are a lot of people out there trying to turn a public safety measure — that is children wearing masks in school so they can be safe — into a political dispute and that this isn't about politics," he said at the White House.  "This is about keeping our children safe."

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As usual, exactly the opposite is true:  Putting masks on little kids is a political move disguised as a public safety measure.  The peak risk from Covid is long gone, and the kids never were in any significant danger.

Not a Joke:  Philadelphia Mayor Announces Double-Mask Mandate [for Unvaccinated City Employees].  [Scroll down]  Meanwhile, the new rules require masks in all indoor businesses.  The only exception:  if an enterprise requires proof of vaccination.  Outdoors, face covers are a must at non-seated events comprised of more than 1,000 people.  So a crowd of 1,000?  Safety.  One more than that?  Red Alert.  But if everyone's seated — such as at an Eagles game — masks aren't needed whatsoever.  Unless you go to the restroom, that is — or use an elevator or enter a suite.

Justice Amy Barrett denies appeal from Indiana University students fighting COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied an appeal from students at Indiana University to block the school's vaccine mandate.  Barrett, who has jurisdiction over the appeals court involved in the case, denied the students request for an injunction against Indiana University's vaccine mandate on her own without consulting other colleagues on the court and without hearing from the school.  Indiana University told students and employees that they are required to be vaccinated by the start of the fall term on August 23.  Students who don't comply will have their registration canceled, and employees who don't comply will lose their jobs.

Supreme Court Denies Petition to Block Indiana University's Vaccinate Mandate.  The Supreme Court denied Thursday [8/12/2021] the petition of eight Indiana University students asking to block the school's requirement that students receive the COVID vaccine as a condition of fall enrollment.  Newly confirmed conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett was charged with reviewing the legal challenge to the college's rule and refused to block it.  No other justices on the bench offered a dissenting opinion.  The case originated when a group of Indiana students asked the court for an emergency order striking down the mandate, claiming that the potential harm of inoculation exceeded the merits of protection against the disease for their age demographic.

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Florida COVID Hysteria:  A Study in Pictures.  Here is today's episode of "Murder she wrote: the Florida Covid edition" mini-series brought to you by the Biden administration in conjunction with the national media. [...] Here is a neat HHS tool that you can use to see the hospital utilization bed in each state — something the national media hopes you wouldn't find.  Below is the graph of hospital utilization beds in Florida followed by the graph for the entire US. You can see that even though Florida hospital bed utilization is higher, it is not dramatically so, and is nowhere near capacity.

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The illustration shows that 84.91 percent of the hospital beds in Florida are in use.  That is approximately the ideal percentage of occupancy, from the hospitals' perspective, because it results in the highest profits.  If your insurance company has the money, they'll find a room for you.  You'll be sent home when the money stops.


Why Don't They Believe Us?  Imagine your confusion as the same people who spent three months telling you not only that masks don't work, but that there are several reasons you shouldn't wear or purchase them, suddenly introduce mask mandates.  We're "following the science," they tell you.  This seems to make little sense, but a pandemic is no time for questions. [...] The same people who told you Brexit would never happen, that Trump would never win, that when he did win it was because of Russian collusion but also because of racism, that you must follow lockdowns while they don't, that masks don't work, that masks do work, that social justice protests during pandemic lockdowns are a form of "health intervention," that ransacking African American communities in the name of fighting racism is a "mostly peaceful" form of protest, that poor and underserved children locked out of shuttered schools are "still learning," that Jussie Smollett was a victim of a hate crime, that men are toxic, that there is an infinite number of genders, that COVID couldn't have come from a lab until maybe it did, that closing borders is racist until maybe it isn't, that you shouldn't take Trump's vaccine, that you must take the vaccine developed during the Trump administration, that Andrew Cuomo is a great leader, that Andrew Cuomo is a granny killer, that the number of COVID deaths is one thing and then another ... are the same people telling you now that the vaccine is safe, that you must take it, and that if you don't, you will be a second-class citizen.  Understand vaccine hesitancy now?

Mask Mandates:  A Product Of The Cancel Culture.  Another "progressive" politician has ordered the people she believes are her subjects to wear masks indoors.  For safety's sake?  Let's not fool ourselves.  As if following the Petty Tyrants chapter from the Democratic Party playbook, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday [8/10/2021] that Oregonians, vaccinated or not, will again have to cover their faces in all indoor public spaces.  Because she's smarter and just more sensible than those living under her rule.  The mask mandates (and lockdowns) are a direct outcome of the spread of our cancel culture.  People aren't "canceled" in an effort to civilize our society and de-coarsen language.  They are canceled because it gives the "cancelers" power.  It's their perverted way of telling others "we can control what you say."  It allows them to feel important and powerful, to advertise their moral superiority, to pump their egos.  They want others to fear them, and take a twisted pleasure in seeing their victims grovel and beg to be accepted back into their good graces.  That this behavior is now widely accepted is deeply alarming.

Mask bullies don't want to persuade you — but to humiliate and rule you.  Law professor Ann Althouse recently reproduced two memes she saw on Facebook.  One read:  "It took 'click it or ticket' to get people to wear a seatbelt.  I wonder if 'mask it or casket' might work." The other said:  "It's a face mask, not a Star of David or pink triangle, you whiny, privileged dolt.  You're not being shoved into a cattle car and taken to camp.  You're going to Walmart for twinkies and Diet Coke.  Grow up."  They're both poor efforts at persuasion, of course:  Generally, calling people names, threatening them and saying they're stupid are ineffective ways of winning them over.  Yet we're seeing more and more of this sort of thing. (And note the casual classism of invoking Walmart, Twinkies and Diet Coke.  Poor white people aren't, in fact, the least-vaccinated group — that would actually be blacks and Hispanics — but bashing working-class whites is considered perfectly decent, almost mandatory.)  Maybe the mask fanatics are just poor persuaders.  But it seems just as likely that they are engaging in poor persuasion because they aren't trying to persuade.  As with so much that goes on in today's society, and especially on social media, this sort of thing isn't aimed at convincing those who disagree, but rather at garnering high-fives from people who agree and, ultimately, creating an ideological veneer for unquestioned elite rule.

Macron Says Showing Police Your Papers to Visit a Cafe is About "Freedom".  After video emerged of Parisians having to show their vaccine passport papers to police in order to sit outside a cafe, President Macron asserted that the system protected people's "freedom."  Yes, really.  As we highlighted yesterday, footage showed uniformed French police patrolling cafes and restaurants demanding proof of vaccination.  Those unable or unwilling to show their papers face massive fines, while business owners could even go to prison if they refuse to enforce the system.  [Video clip]

Biden's Door-to-door Vaccine Push — and Beyond.  On July 6, the Biden administration announced that the federal government will start a door-to-door campaign to boost the number of Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. In a White House press conference, the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue addressed Americans who have not received the experimental vaccines, saying, "Do it now."  Biden said that people will be "knocking on doors" to get "help to the remaining people" who have not been vaccinated.  He also said, "We're intensifying efforts to meet people out where they are" and that the teams sent out by the White House will be made up of officials from the CDC, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other federal health agencies.  Despite the federal arm-twisting, many Americans will refuse to get vaccinated.  But don't expect the Nanny State to be content with a "no."  The government is determined to get every American vaccinated, one way or another — "voluntarily" or otherwise.

Sean Penn Compares Mandatory Vaccines To Drivers' Licenses.  James Woods Snaps, 'Or Proof Of Citizenship To Vote?'.  On Wednesday, after actor Sean Penn, most famous politically for his fawning adoration over the late Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez, had called for mandatory vaccinations for Americans, implying it was "no different" from getting a driver's license, fellow actor James Woods, knowing Penn's leftist proclivities, snapped, "Or proof of citizenship to vote?"  [Tweet]  "This is one of those things that should be mandatory," Penn had told Yahoo Entertainment, which added, "The actor and filmmaker also likens vaccine mandates to driver's licenses, calling them 'no different than having everybody being able to drive 100 miles an hour in a car.'"  Penn stated that the resistance to vaccines was derived from a "lack of imagination and understanding of anything that's helpful to the human race," [...]

California becomes first state to order all teachers to get vaccinated against COVID or undergo weekly testing.  Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that California will become the first U.S. state to require that its teachers and other school staff be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19.  Newsom called the move 'a responsible step' to ensure the safety of children.  The governor announced the new policy at a San Francisco Bay Area school that reopened earlier this week to in-person classes.  Many California schools are back in session, with others starting in the coming weeks.

Pfizer's Covid vaccine is only 42% effective against Indian 'Delta' variant while Moderna's jab is 76% effective, Mayo Clinic study suggests.  The current crop of COVID-19 vaccines may not be as effective against the Indian 'Delta' variant compared to the original strain of the virus, a new study suggests.  Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — the most commonly used shot in the U.S. — was only 42 percent effective against infection in July.  Meanwhile, the Moderna vaccine was only 76 percent effective.

Making children wear masks in the classroom is 'child abuse': Report in Ireland says it can worsen existing health issues.  Making children wear masks in the classroom can stunt language skills and exacerbate anxiety, a health report commissioned by the Irish government has found.  The Health Information and Quality Authority's report published in March informed Dublin's decision not to mandate masks for children in elementary schools.  The HIQA paper noted that transmission of Covid was low in schools and that young children found it difficult to wear face coverings properly.

Williamson County, Tennessee, School Board Meeting Erupts After Board Members Mandate Masks for Elementary School Students.  Things got ugly in Williamson County, Tennessee, as the school board defied the parents and required students to wear masks this school year.  The debate inside the board meeting was very heated as the board members decided to force the students to wear masks regardless of what the parents wanted.  The four-hour school board meeting drew a large crowd of freedom protesters including former sports journalist and conservative political commentator Clay Travis, who has children that attend schools in the district.  [Video clip]

Effectiveness of Some COVID-19 Vaccines Has Dropped Significantly:  Study.  The effectiveness of the two most widely used COVID-19 vaccines in the United States has dropped significantly in July, a new study found.  The shots from Moderna and Pfizer were highly effective in preventing transmission of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, between January and June, researchers with the Mayo Clinic and the Massachusetts-based data analytics company nference discovered.  But the efficacy of Moderna's jab dropped to 76 percent in July, with Pfizer's plummeting to 42 percent, the researchers said.  The scientists studied health records from the Mayo Clinic to determine the effectiveness in an observational study that was recently published online, but hasn't yet been peer-reviewed.  At the same time the drop in effectiveness was seen, the Delta variant of the CCP virus became much more prevalent in Minnesota, researchers noted, comprising more than 70 percent of the state's cases.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Says 'Screw Your Freedoms' Towards Those Who Are Sick Of Wearing Masks That Don't Stop COVID.  The man that has been known for the epic movie series The Terminator decided terminating your freedoms is a-ok as long as it's in the name of COVID.  "I think people should know there is a virus here, it kills people.  And the only way we prevent it is we get vaccinated, we wear masks, we do social distancing, washing your hands all of the time, and not just to think about, 'Well, my freedom is being kind of disturbed here.'  No, screw your freedom.  Because with freedom comes obligations and responsibilities.  You cannot just say, 'I have the right to do x, y, and z,' when you affect other people.  That is when it gets serious. [...]"  [Video clip]

CNN's Burnett:  Fauci And Osterholm Made Statements about Cloth Masks That Are Similar To Rand Paul's.  On Wednesday's [8/11/2021] broadcast of CNN's "OutFront," host Erin Burnett pointed out that both White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and former adviser to President Joe Biden's transition team Dr. Michael Osterholm have made statements about the effectiveness of cloth masks that are similar to the statements on cloth masks that got Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) YouTube account suspended.  Burnett began the discussion by stating, "Back in early 2020, obviously before the Delta variant, Dr. Fauci did say in an email, 'The typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus, which is small enough to pass through the material.'"

Shocking New Study Blows Away the Narrative That Vaccine Hesitancy Is for the Uneducated.  While people with low levels of education are still high on the charts for refusing to get the vaccine, it's the people with the highest education levels that comprise the largest group of those who are vaccine-hesitant.  According to a study by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburg, 20.8 percent of the population with a high school level of education or less aren't too keen on getting the vaccine.  The group with some college has 18.3 percent of their group holding back.  The numbers continue to dwindle to those with master's degrees, but begin to rise again on the education level.  The group with Ph.D.'s shows that 23.9  percent of people are hesitant to get the vaccine.

Cardinal Cupich Reportedly 'Leaning Hard' on Bioethics Center to Retract Stance on COVID Vaccine Exemptions.  Amid disagreement among Catholic leaders over whether there is a moral obligation to receive a coronavirus vaccine, board members at the National Catholic Bioethics Center have told CNA that Blase Cardinal Cupich has urged that the center retract its guidance against mandated immunization.  One board member told CNA that Cardinal Cupich has been "leaning hard" on the bishops and some prominent lay board members, but did not elaborate on specific names.  The NCBC board members spoke with CNA on the condition they not be identified by name.  The Archdiocese of Chicago did not respond to CNA's request for comment.

It Won't Stop, Until We Make It Stop.  Another round of COVID insanity is upon us, and the totalitarian impulse among the ruling class is getting worse. [...] The early hope for herd immunity has turned out to be a chimera.  The authorities assumed herd immunity would happen through the spread of disease or immunity through the help of vaccines or both.  But the Delta and now the Lambda variants have undone old assumptions.  Neither vaccines, nor prior infections, appear to offer much protection from these (although vaccines may prevent severe disease, the jury is out).  We also know the lockdowns, masks, social distancing, and other high-cost measures to stop the disease did little to accomplish that end.  But they did ruin our lives.  In the good news department, deaths are mostly decoupled from this recent case spike.  So this is becoming an endemic disease, like the common cold or the flu.  This is a typical progression.  The 1918, 1957, and 1968 flus all became manageable facts of life by becoming endemic, each one displaced by the later arrivals.

Oklahoma School Board Member Says Children Can Commit Murder By Not Wearing Masks.  A local school board member in Oklahoma said Monday [8/9/2021] that she's worried small children might "murder" each other by spreading the coronavirus without wearing masks.  "It's just not OK for kids to commit murder by coming to school without a mask," said Norman Public Schools board member Linda Sexton.  [Video clip]

The City Of Philadelphia Sends Out Uber-Creepy Message Telling Kids 12 And Over To Come Get Vaccinated, No Parental Consent Needed.  "Hello School District of Philadelphia families.  The School District of Philadelphia, in collaboration with Philadelphia Department of Public Health, invites all members of the community age 12 and older to a Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Event."  "Please note that the Philadelphia Board of Health has determined that persons 12 and older who can provide proof of their date of birth can receive a Pfizer vaccine without parental consent."  [Video clip]

CDC Director Walensky's Husband ups the Hypocrisy Game With Maskless Party, Game.  When Dr. Rochelle Walensky took over as CDC Director in January, having been recommended for the job by Dr. Anthony Fauci, almost immediately she began with her doom and gloom predictions of COVID-19, even though the Trump Administration had rolled out a vaccine with alleged effectiveness over 95% and much of the country was rushing out to get that vaccine.  But as could be expected, hypocrisy reigns with these people.  Over the last week, I have done a lot of reporting on CDC Director Walensky, regarding her husband's business dealings and her presumed influence over his 4-month-old business receiving a multi-million dollar grant from the HHS in 2020.  Included in that tip was additional information regarding a get-together hosted by Dr. Loren Walensky in June 2021.  Loren Walensky is a Pediatric Oncologist in Boston and has had an impressive career in research and efforts to save children from cancer.  For that, he should be saluted and applauded.  The problem with Walensky's record is that he has not been as convinced of the doom and gloom spread by his CDC Director Spouse.  Twice over the last two months, Loren Walensky has been attending events maskless, including a party he hosted for students in June.

'Just Like After 9/11': New Zealand to Close Borders for the Rest of the Year.  New Zealand is closing its borders for the remainder of the year, continuing the country's embrace of a total isolationist strategy in its fight against the coronavirus.  On Thursday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the country's borders "will never be the same after" the pandemic, likening the situation to the 9/11 attacks.  "Just like after 9/11, the border will never be the same after Covid ... things can change, but that doesn't mean we can't adapt to them in a way that eventually feels normal again," said Ardern.  According to Ardern, vaccinated travelers from low-risk countries would be allowed to enter the country in early 2022.  Since the start of the pandemic, New Zealand adopted a strict border protection policy, which resulted in only 26 coronavirus-related deaths.

The 'Kids Are Dying From COVID' Rhetoric Is Lacking Serious Context.  At the moment, while kids are returning to classrooms here and across the country, there is a growing trend among reporters, pundits, politicians, and various people with verified platforms on social media panicking about the kids who are dying from COVID-19.  [Tweet]  The piece she links to is this New York Times story on hospitals in Texas.  The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has made high-profile executive decisions regarding COVID-19 safety measures that have gotten a lot of these folks riled up.  The problem is that, despite this surge, we're still not seeing major numbers in children.

CDC admits it DID overcount Florida's COVID cases:  Agency revises down state's weekend numbers.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has quietly updated Florida's COVID-19 figures after accusations of overcounting earlier this week.  On Monday [8/9/2021], the Florida Department of Health (DOH) accused the CDC of misreporting the state's weekend COVID-19 numbers.  The federal health agency had posted that 28,317 new Covid cases were recorded in The Sunshine State on Sunday, a record-high that was reported by multiple media outlets.  However, the DOH stated that is true total was 15,319 cases, indicating an overcount of more than 13,000.

If your employer fires you because you won't get the COVID vaccine, don't expect to collect unemployment.  Each day more employers are telling employees they need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to work in person or risk being fired.  On Thursday [8/5/2021], CNN revealed it had fired three unvaccinated employees for violating the company's vaccine requirement for in-person workers, according to an internal memo signed by Jeff Zucker, the cable network's president, and obtained by the New York Times.  Unlike millions of Americans who were laid off during the pandemic, the three former CNN employees likely won't qualify for unemployment benefits, employment law experts told MarketWatch.  CNN parent company WarnerMedia, a unit of AT&T, declined to comment on the firings.  In most states, individuals have to prove they're out of work through no fault of their own to collect unemployment benefits.

Anthony Fauci Says Now is The Time to Eliminate Individual Freedom in The United States, Forced Vaccinations Are Now Required.  Appearing on MSNBC, Dr. Anthony Fauci finally admits the objective, freedom must be eliminated if bureaucrats are going to be empowered to run the country.  Forced medical treatments, mandatory vaccinations, must now be mandated by the government.  [Video clip]

Legally Resisting Dystopian Diktats to Get a Covid Shot or Be Fired.  In the past week, Democrat governors and other Democrat Party elected officials throughout the country have launched a coordinated effort to threaten Americans' economic security by issuing hasty "do what we say or your job gets it" Covid diktats.  Democrats claimed these mandates were in the name of science to combat the virulent Delta variant — the latest of probably several versions — of Covid.  This, at a time when it looks as if there is precious little that can be done about the virus, save perhaps shots and precautions like one would take for a nasty version of the yearly flu.  Former CDC Director Robert Redfield says he believes the virus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab and that the virus and its variants are here to stay.

Vaccine Hesitancy:  Showing Resilience, Integrity, and Grit.  An open "letter to the unvaccinated" released by the Ontario Civil Liberties Association, issues a clarion call for individual autonomy and freedom from state coercion. [...] It objects to the manner in which the unvaccinated are unfairly "being targeted by mainstream media, government social engineering campaigns, unjust rules and policies, collaborating employers, and the social-media mob," and takes exception to the vast majority of Western leaders who would initial a state-mandated policy of enforced vaccination, or have already done so.  It's not only a question of coercion but also of freely given consent.  As the letter correctly points out, informed consent to the jab is highly problematic under present circumstances:  "Long-term effects are unknown.  Transgenerational effects are unknown.  Vaccine-induced deregulation of natural immunity is unknown.  Potential harm is unknown as the adverse event reporting is delayed, incomplete and inconsistent between jurisdictions."

How States Could Constitutionally Assume Abandoned Responsibilities of the National Government.  The COVID pandemic has witnessed the exercise of state "police powers" on a scale and scope unprecedented in America's peacetime history.  Out of fear of contagion, massive amounts of private property in the form of shops, restaurants, bars, and other businesses were peremptorily seized and shuttered.  The rights of landlords to collect rents and evict tenants were suspended.  The ability of people to cross from one state to another was hobbled by regulations, quarantines, and delays.  And most of this was accomplished by governors and mayors acting by decree, with only the most tenuous of statutory authorizations.  Initially implemented for what was to have been a brief period of medical unreadiness, the restrictions and impositions were extended month after month in the name of protecting Americans from a threat the specific magnitude of which was never clearly defined.  Although some raised concerns about the legality of and need for these coercions, most Americans obediently submitted to them.

Pakistan province to block the SIM cards of unvaccinated citizens.  In an unprecedented move to punish the vaccine-hesitant, the provincial government of Pakistan's Punjab province has decided to block the SIM cards of every citizen who refuses to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  The wildly authoritarian decision was reportedly taken at a meeting led by provincial health minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid in Lahore on August 5.  The action was largely in response to the Punjab Primary Health department's report that the province has failed to achieve its set target for COVID-19 vaccination.  Reports indicate that, since the start of the vaccination drive on Feb. 2, approximately 300,000 people have failed to return to receive their second vaccine dose after receiving their first one.

Family Medical Physician Dr Dan Stock Delivers an Important Message to Mount Vernon School Board About Coronavirus.  Family medical physician Dr. Dan Stock delivers a six minute lecture to the Mount Vernon School Board about corona-viruses in general and COVID-19 specifically.  This is one of the best compacted encapsulations of medical science and common sense that I have seen.  Dr Stock is informing and educating the school board about how coronaviruses impact health, and specifically why the current COVID-19 virus mitigation efforts are futile.  This video is not likely to remain on-line for long.  Hopefully many will see it before it is removed.  [Video clip]  What Dr. Stock outlines is supported by all of the current scientific research amid the non-political medical community.

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Doctor Nukes The CDC And School Board From Space On COVID, Vaccines And Mask Mandates.  [Transcript:]  The address you're about to see is hard to believe 18 months into this and still having a problem.  And I would suggest the reason we still have a problem is because we're doing things that are not useful and we're getting our sources of information from the Indiana State board of Health and the CDC who actually don't bother to read science before they do this.  [Video clip]

French Police Go Customer To Customer In Restaurants Demanding COVID Passports.  As breakthrough cases sweep across the world, as Iceland and Israel, two of the most vaccinated nations report over 80% of all new cases are of the vaccinated group, Europe rolls out what is known as Vaccine passports.  These passports allow the vaccinated to go to cafes, bars, restaurants, large indoor gatherings unmolested.  If you DON'T have the passport and happen to sit down in a cafe, well it's a massive fine for you.  [Video clip]

Rand Paul Says Enough is Enough, We The People Withdraw Our Consent.  The overwhelming majority of dictates around COVID-19 mitigation are not laws, they are rules created by un-elected bureaucrats.  There was no debate; no input from representative government; and no option for the public to weigh-in on the decisions.  All unilateral rules are arbitrary, and despite many proclamations to the contrary, they rely upon voluntary compliance.  As soon as citizens no longer voluntarily comply, the term of the rules has expired.  Liberty must remain inherent.  The removal of liberty requires consent.  Senator and Doctor Rand Paul (R-KY) stands to say we are now at a crossroads; at a moment of truth, and he will help lead the effort to withdraw consent if the federal government continues attempting to restrict liberty based around false, misleading and manipulated science.  [Video clip]

Joe Biden Releases Official Statement Gleefully Supporting Forced Vaccinations of U.S. Military.  The White House will not require their federal staff to be vaccinated.  The CDC, NIH and FDA will not require their agency staff or federal employees to be vaccinated.  However, the White House, NIH, FDA and the CDC support the forced vaccination of U.S. military service-members.  Anyone else find that odd?

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Sounds like Biden is intentionally weakening the military — which exactly what Barack H. Obama used to do.

Australia is a Penal Colony Once More.  Australia is in a very dark place.  The army has been drafted in to force people to stay in their homes, going door-to-door to check for compliance.  Police helicopters circle overhead, threatening anyone in parks or public spaces with police action and fines; there is genuine fear over being caught outside without a permissible excuse.  No one is allowed more than 5 kilometers from their home address, only one person per household may leave to purchase supplies once a day, and Sydney-siders are not permitted to speak to friends or stop to browse; they may only get what they need and return home.  And this is all for 239 cases from 110,000 tests.  Other states are not faring much better.  Queensland just locked down over five cases.  Melbourne has been brutalized by its leader, Dan Andrews, who sees himself as something of a leader among tyrants, setting the bar for just how bad it can get and how harshly you can treat people and force them to comply.

Dan Crenshaw 'Thanks' Birthday-Bash Obamas For Lockdown Message: 'Do Not Comply'.  Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) sarcastically thanked former President Barack Obama for throwing his massive allegedly "scaled back" birthday bash over the weekend for illustrating to the American people that they should "not comply" with strict lockdown measures.  After backlash hit last week over the Obamas throwing the former president a 60th birthday party with 500 star guests and 200 event staff, the former president was said to have "scaled back" the party.  However, snaps of the event from the weekend and reports indicate the Obama party still included hundreds of people and lasted three days.  "Frankly I think we should be thanking the [Obamas] for ensuring that Americans will absolutely not comply with more lockdowns," Rep. Crenshaw stated.  "Lockdowns don't work, the costs are too high, and the people who force them upon us know this too."  "Do not comply," the Texas Republican asserted.

Will We Resist Institutional Fraud or Submit to the Ruling Class?  A lengthy Twitter post by comedian and political commentor Konstantin Kisin and cited by J.D. Rucker in The Liberty Daily details in 2,300 words the outright lies, intentional disinformation, and flagrant slanders that have become the stock-in-trade of government, scientism, and media over the last few years.  It explains why vaccine hesitancy may be understandable and even commendable.  As Rucker comments, "the content found in it is a masterclass on explaining the lack of trust tens of millions of people in the U.S. and U.K. currently have towards the Covid-19 injections both governments are pushing so hard."  But such sensible reluctance is the province of a minority.  The majority have embraced the pious bromides and strident assurances of a corrupt media consortium, a profoundly compromised scientific community, and a coercive government apparatus intent on the radical usurpation of power, of whom the French president and the New York mayor are representative instances.  And a concurring public has bought the official narrative at the cost of intellectual integrity, moral conscience, responsible inquiry, and finally of political liberty, as if following the proscription of the author of a notorious, pro-Fauci Forbes article.  We must, as this "expert" insists, not do our own research.  We must submit to the consensus of the (apparently) unbiased authorities.  For, as we are condescendingly informed, we cannot be trusted to escape our natural prejudices and untutored convictions.  The ultimate goal, as Mark Levin writes in American Marxism, is "to consume the identity and uniqueness" of the self-reliant individual.

Fla. Gov. DeSantis Moves To Withhold Paychecks of School Officials Who Implement Mask Mandates.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday moved to punish local officials who ignore his executive order which prohibits mask mandates in the state's schools.  DeSantis recommended the Florida Department of Education withhold the salaries of school board members who implement the mask rules.  "With respect to enforcing any financial consequences for noncompliance of state law regarding these rules and ultimately the rights of parents to make decisions about their children's education and health care decisions, it would be the goal of the State Board of Education to narrowly tailor any financial consequences to the offense committed," DeSantis' office said in a statement to CBS Miami.  "For example, the State Board of Education could move to withhold the salary of the district superintendent or school board members, as a narrowly tailored means to address the decision-makers who led to the violation of law."  "Education funding is intended to benefit students first and foremost, not systems.  The Governor's priorities are protecting parents' rights and ensuring that every student has access to a high-quality education that meets their unique needs."

Meet the White House's new vaccine 'influencer'.  Remember Pajama Boy, the onesie-clad man with hot chocolate who was hired by Obama White House allies to get young people to buy the Obamacare and its 'narrative'?  Well, now it's Benny Drama.  He's the new pop face of the Biden administration's bid to persuade the public to get vaccines. [...] When I first saw it, I wondered if it was some conservative parody.  But nope, it's real, complete with Jen Psaki in her general unpleasantness, serving as a foil for the act.  That moves us on to what it is — an ad for the Biden administration, targeted at young people, supposedly through satire.  But as satire, it falls flat because the Biden administration hiring a person like this is perfectly believable.

The White House Actually Hired This Freak To Socially Influence Kids To Get Vaccinated.  The White House has apparently hired an Instagram influencer who goes by the name Benny Drama.  Clad in a Thom Browne seersucker shorts suit, Kooper storms the White House to make some calls, deliver some coffee, and, of course, create some content.  After popping in to say a quick "Hey" to POTUS, Kooper goes on to assist White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki with a variety of tasks, including booking a nail appointment — not that she'd asked for one.  "It's called initiative," he says.  [Video clip]

Military to Make COVID Vaccine Mandatory for All Troops.  The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by September 15, according to the Associated Press.  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote in a memo to troops, obtained by the AP, that he will "seek the president's approval to make the vaccines mandatory no later than mid-September" or when the vaccine receives final FDA approval — "whichever comes first."  The FDA is expected to give final approval to the Pfizer vaccine early next month.  However, without formal approval, the military would need a waiver from Biden to make the vaccine mandatory.

Chicago's Super-Spreader Event That Wasn't.  The Lollapalooza music festival was held in Chicago from July 29 to August 1.  The Chicago Sun-Times denounced the event as "unsafe" and "certain" to become "a super-spreader" — even though everyone who attended was required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken within the past three days.  Upwards of 385,000 people attended at least one day of the four-day festival.  Here's the odd thing, though.  This event, which was supposed to be a super-spreader, ended a week ago.  The virus can incubate in a person for anywhere from two to 14 days.  Eight days later, you would think we would be hearing about at least some calamitous consequences — large numbers of attendees testing positive for the virus, and perhaps even some attendees requiring hospitalization.  City officials encouraged concertgoers to get themselves tested after attending.

The coming Delta lockdown is DESIGNED to invoke nationwide protests so they can be exploited as a backdrop for false flag event.  Within the next 12 days, multiple sources have told us, the pretender-in-chief Joe Biden will announce a nationwide lockdown, fraudulently blaming the "delta" variant and "anti-vaxxers" for the overzealous action.  The lockdown will have no specific end date, and it is likely to be strongly resisted by red states, while blue states will effectively be turned into medical police states with brutal enforcement of the lockdown measures.  Most importantly, the new lockdown will be perceived as so overreaching and totalitarian that nationwide protests will soon commence.  This is actually all part of the plan.  The lockdown push is being engineered to invoke a backlash, even among Leftists who will join conservatives in taking to the streets to protest the medical tyranny.  This backdrop of nationwide protests is the setting needed by the deep state to stage a violent false flag event that I'm told will most likely target a medical facility or medical group of some kind.  The FBI will of course be running this just like they ran the Whitmer "kidnapping" in Michigan as well as the Jan. 6th "capitol siege" false flag operation.

Tyranny Always Starts with a Little Prick.  Obamacare mandates have morphed into mask and lockdown and injection mandates.  Obama's use of the NSA, IRS, and FBI to threaten conservative speech became redundant when Silicon Valley censorship boards jumped in to do the government's bidding in the name of public health.  After conditioning Americans to recoil at anything deemed "hate speech" or "harmful misinformation," the government has had a pretty easy time banning as "hateful" or "harmful" anybody still putting up a fight.  And after scaring enough Americans into thinking they would instantly die for breathing fresh air, the gangrenous Obama Gang has had no problem finding volunteers willing to spy on their neighbors, lock themselves behind closed doors, and demand implementation of government-issued travel papers for future movements of any kind.

The biggest lie about COVID.  Excluding the origin story of COVID, I believe the biggest lie in the handling of COVID is the lie around asymptomatic spread — i.e., you could have the virus and not know it and kill people.  This has been the great distraction of COVID, and it is being used even today to distract from major issues.  For those who have been monitoring the research, we have suspected since fairly early on that having otherwise healthy people and asymptotic people wear a mask has no known benefit in preventing viral spread.  Even the peer-reviewed journal articles on the CDC website testify to this.  If this statement was true then and is true now, then how did the CDC come to recommend in April of 2020 that healthy people wear masks?  Why does the CDC continue to recommend mask-wearing?  Just as importantly, how did we the people come to believe that forcing healthy people to wear a mask might be necessary?

Rand Paul Implores Americans To 'Choose Freedom' Over Potential Lockdowns: 'Time For Us To Resist'.  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) urged Americans to resist potential forthcoming lockdown measures, saying that the country could not go back to the state that it was in last year.  In a video that he posted to his Twitter account on Sunday [8/8/2021] that closely resembled an op-ed he wrote for Fox News last week, Paul said, "It's time for us to resist."  "They can't arrest all of us.  They can't keep all of your kids home from school.  They can't keep every government building closed — although I've got a long list of ones they might keep closed or might ought to keep closed," Paul said.  "We don't have to accept the mandates, lockdowns, and harmful policies of the petty tyrants and bureaucrats.  We can simply say no, not again."

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[#1] That's great, but "They can't arrest all of us" is not a very effective rallying cry.  If "they" can arrest anybody for daring to refuse the experimental vaccine, we're not living in a free country.  [#2]  "It's time for us to resist," is not really accurate.  It was time to resist a year ago and hardly anybody did.

How Sweden Triumphed over COVID.  The three-day moving average for COVID deaths in Sweden is frequently zero these days and hasn't been in double digits since May.  Sweden has seen a lower mortality rate than most of Europe in 2020. That wasn't the prediction.  Sweden never mandated masks, nor did its citizens adopt masking in any significant way.  Sweden never shut down schools for its youngest pupils, nor restaurants or retail stores.  All of the supposed "experts" said that such a non-interventionist response would lead to Sweden becoming a tragic cautionary tale for the rest of us.  Coerced lockdowns and masks must be the only viable solutions, progressives told us for over a year, because their "experts" like Anthony Fauci said that was what "the science" demanded.  And yet, there proudly stands Sweden, openly mocking the leftists' most sacred orthodoxy of the moment.

Companies Now Deducting $50 From Unvaccinated Workers' Monthly Paychecks:  Consultancy Firm.  Some employers are starting to tack on a $20 to $50 monthly surcharge to their unvaccinated workers, according to a health benefits consultant group.  "Employers have tried encouraging employees to get vaccinated through offering incentives like paid time off and cash, but with the Delta variant driving up infections and hospitalizations throughout the country — at the same time that vaccination rates have stalled — we have received inquiries from at least 20 employers over the past few weeks who are giving consideration to adding health coverage surcharges for the unvaccinated as a way to drive up vaccination rates in their workforce," Wade Symons, with consultancy group Mercer, told Forbes magazine on Aug. 8.  Symons didn't disclose the names of the firms that are working to add surcharges to workers who haven't received COVID-19 vaccines.  Several large companies, including Google, Facebook, and Walmart, as well as hospital systems and others, have mandated that their employees get vaccinated.

It's Not Just About The Masks.  It was never just a mask, it has always been a way of thinking.  "Mask" is just shorthand.  I got dumped from my volunteer work at the Hawaiian Humane Society for choosing not to wear a mask outside while walking their dogs.  Neither science, the CDC, nor the state requires a mask outdoors, and I'm fully vaccinated.  Some staff bot saw my naked face and informed me of their "policy."  I asked why they had such a nonsensical policy, and her only answer was "it is our policy."  The conversation ended like an ever-growing percentage of conversations in America now end, with her saying, "Do I need to call security?"  I didn't enjoy it, but I think she did.

CNN Proposes Travel Ban on Florida Over COVID Cases.  After denouncing the Trump administration for banning travel from China in 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, on Monday [8/9/2021], CNN's New Day actually promoted the notion of somehow imposing a travel ban on the state of Florida over a recent rise in COVID cases there.  Without a sense of irony, the show hyped the notion that travel from the Sunshine State would have already been banned if it were a foreign country.  "Now, one out of every five people hospitalized in this country is in Florida right now....  One Florida doctor says children's hospitals in the state are overwhelmed while Republican Governor Ron DeSantis resists calls to require masks in schools," declared co-host Brianna Keilar.

Massachusetts Coronavirus Data Shows Average Age of Breakthrough Case Deaths Is 82.5 Years Old.  Data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) released on Monday shows the average age of vaccinated individuals who have died from coronavirus is 82.5 years old and that 73 percent of those who died had underlying conditions.  The new data revealed 395 hospitalizations and 100 deaths have occurred from breakthrough coronavirus cases, according to a Boston Herald report.  Breakthrough cases refer to individuals who have been infected with the virus after being fully vaccinated.  As of last week, DPH data showed the Bay State had seen a total of 7,737 breakthrough cases.

NIH chief:  We don't have rigorous data about kids and Delta but let me freak you out anyway.  It's natural for average joes to hear the frightening reports of pediatric hospitals filling up and to wonder if Delta is hitting kids harder than previous strains did.  If it is, the dream of full-time in-person schooling this fall will get complicated.  But there's no hard evidence that it is.  So why is the head of the federal science bureaucracy scaring the hell out of parents right before the school year begins by sharing anecdotal reports about more children suffering from Delta?  Is this guy trying to get schools closed again?  His message should be "we have no reason yet to think the new variant is more virulent in children," not "the jury's out but let me tell you how freaked out a few of my doctor friends are."

Tennessee Executive Order Greenlights Quarantines, Involuntary Commitment Amid COVID Fears.  An executive order signed quietly by Tennessee's Republican governor is troubling some Americans as it greenlights the National Guard and State Guard to implement quarantines and involuntary commitment of citizens "in connection with certain health care and emergency services operations," with the governor specifically concerned about "an increase in COVID-19 cases."  Gov. Bill Lee signed Executive Order 83 on Friday [8/6/2021] "with little fanfare" according to Tennessee Stands, an influential conservative coalition.

Family Medical Physician Dr Dan Stock Delivers an Important Message to Mount Vernon School Board About Coronavirus.  Family medical physician Dr. Dan Stock delivers a six minute lecture to the Mount Vernon School Board about corona-viruses in general and COVID-19 specifically.  This is one of the best compacted encapsulations of medical science and common sense that I have seen.  Dr Stock is informing and educating the school board about how coronaviruses impact health, and specifically why the current COVID-19 virus mitigation efforts are futile.  This video is not likely to remain on-line for long.  Hopefully many will see it before it is removed.  [Video clip]

US House Candidate: 'We Should Be Allowed to Shoot' Anyone Who Doesn't Take COVID Seriously Enough.  We should be allowed to shoot anyone who makes practical arguments regarding COVID-19, according to one 2022 California congressional candidate.  The candidate is Steve Cox, an independent running to represent California's 39th Congressional District.  On Monday [8/9/2021], Cox responded to conservative commentator Matt Walsh on Twitter, writing, "Whenever anyone says 'we all die from something' (or a variation thereof) to justify not taking precautions to help protect others in this pandemic, we should be allowed to shoot them."

SC Gov. Henry McMaster repeats:  No mask requirement needed in schools.  South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Monday continued to urge people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but also repeated that whether students wear masks in class should be solely up to parents in a state where less than half the residents are fully vaccinated.  McMaster insisted South Carolina is better off than last year with the pandemic.  Case counts and hospitalizations are well below last winter's peak, but rising above an earlier 2020 summer peak, after hotels and restaurants reopened.

Dr. Peter McCullough: 'whistleblowers' inside CDC claim injections have already killed 50,000 Americans.  The most highly cited physician on the early treatment of COVID-19 has come out with an explosive new video that blows the lid off the medical establishment's complicity in the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands of Americans.  Dr. Peter McCullough said these deaths have been facilitated by a false narrative bent on pushing an all-new, unproven vaccine for a disease that was highly treatable.  He said COVID was a bioweapon and the vaccines represent "phase two" of that bioweapon.  "As this, in a sense, bioterrorism phase one was rolled out, it was really all about keeping the population in fear and in isolation and preparing them to accept the vaccine, which appears to be phase two of a bioterrorism operation," McCullough said in a June 11 webinar with German attorney Reiner Fuellmich and several other doctors.

How COVID-19 Experts Dropped the Ball.  Ordinarily, when facing a major medical challenge, citizens would expect that they would get comprehensive, competent, and candid advice from the medical establishment.  With the COVID-19 pandemic, there is considerable evidence to indicate that is not what happened. [...] The COVID-19 matter has exposed the underbelly of the Medical Establishment, and the inescapable conclusion is that:  a) they have not acted in the best interest of the public, and  b) their actions are inconsistent with genuine Science.

COVID Outbreak On Carnival Cruise Despite All Aboard [Having Been Vaccinated].  Despite every guest and staff member aboard the Carnival Vista being vaccinated the ship still experienced a coronavirus outbreak.  The ship departed from Galveston Texas on July 31 and has decided to continue its journey despite the coronavirus cases aboard the ship.

Israeli scientist says COVID-19 could be treated for under $1/day.  Ivermectin, a drug used to fight parasites in third-world countries, could help reduce the length of infection for people who contract coronavirus for less than a $1 a day, according to recent research by Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer.  Prof. Eli Schwartz, founder of the Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Disease at Sheba, conducted a randomized, controlled, double-blinded trial from May 15, 2020, through the end of January 2021 to evaluate the effectiveness of ivermectin in reducing viral shedding among non-hospitalized patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.  Ivermectin has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration since 1987.  The drug's discoverers were awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in medicine for its treatment of onchocerciasis, a disease caused by infection with a parasitic roundworm.

The Vaccine:  Experimental Times Two.  [Scroll down]  However, if not for mass censorship, it would be stunningly clear that the COVID vaccines have been causing an unacceptable level of adverse reactions, especially for a virus with a death rate of only .5%.  There's a reason why new vaccine approval usually takes a decade or more.  The immune system is complicated, highly variable between individuals, and in delicate balance.  Immunocompromised individuals can succumb to any microbe, but equally devastating is an overactive immune system that can cause autoimmune diseases, including deadly Guillain-Barré Syndrome which the FDA just quietly posted to their website is associated with the Janssen vaccine.  It should be no surprise that vaccines can engender adverse reactions as they alter that delicate balance by design.  That's why rigorous testing is essential for any vaccine, and even then, every individual must weigh the risks versus benefits, just as they would for any approved medical treatment.  But the COVID vaccines are not approved, and there are specific laws governing unapproved vaccines, [...]

Biden's Six Months In Office Have Us On The Road To Communism.  If we ignore, for just a moment, all the obvious fraud involved in the last election, then you could easily make the case that COVID cost Donald Trump the 2020 election.  As we entered the 2020 political season, we went from the lowest unemployment rate in generations to one of the highest on record.  Basically, the economy tanked thanks to the COVID lockdowns.  It now appears that the people recommending lockdowns to Trump were complicit in the dangerous research taking place in the Wuhan labs.  The NIH, the WHO, and the CCP have all been behaving as though they have a great deal to hide and it's not unreasonable to believe that they do.  It might sound like a "bridge too far" to think that the entire episode could have been orchestrated to bring down the president of the United States, but yesterday's crazy conspiracies keep turning into today's insane reality. [...] Even if you can't believe the whole thing was a setup, it's obvious that, once the COVID ball started rolling, the media and Deep State used it to destroy Trump.

Biden's Vaccine Push:  A Mandate with Destiny.  Joe Biden isn't a doctor, and he's certainly not your doctor.  But that hasn't stopped the president of the United States from making every Americans' health decisions for them.  The "scare-monger in chief," as former Civil Rights Division leader Roger Severino calls him, has decided that when it comes to COVID, the facts, the law, and the science don't matter.  You will be vaccinated, this Democratic leadership says — and surrender every constitutional right to privacy, employment, personal safety, and free speech until you do.  When the president announced his outrageous new COVID policy, that every federal employee cough up the information on whether or not they'd been vaccinated, even the liberal media was stunned.  This raises "a lot of uncomfortable questions," the AP pointed out — not the least of which is the profound abuse of Americans' civil rights.  Who's going to pay for the testing?  How will religious exemptions be accommodated?  If federal employees are still working remotely, will they be required to test?  What about HIPPA laws?  Under this shocking new intrusion into people's lives, Biden has decided to make it so burdensome for people to be unvaccinated that Severino thinks there's a massive case to be made in federal court.  "No COVID-19 vaccine on the market has yet been granted full FDA approval," Severino points out, "only Emergency Use Authorization, which means, according to statute, that Americans have 'the option to accept or refuse administration of the product.'"

First case of postmortem study in a patient vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.  A previously symptomless 86-year-old man received the first dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.  He died 4 weeks later from acute renal and respiratory failure.  Although he did not present with any COVID-19-specific symptoms, he tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 before he died.  Spike protein (S1) antigen-binding showed significant levels for immunoglobulin (Ig) G, while nucleocapsid IgG/IgM was not elicited.  Acute bronchopneumonia and tubular failure were assigned as the cause of death at autopsy; however, we did not observe any characteristic morphological features of COVID-19.  Postmortem molecular mapping by real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed relevant SARS-CoV-2 cycle threshold values in all organs examined (oropharynx, olfactory mucosa, trachea, lungs, heart, kidney and cerebrum) except for the liver and olfactory bulb.  These results might suggest that the first vaccination induces immunogenicity but not sterile immunity.

COVID-19 Natural Immunity Vs Vaccine Induced Immunity Guide.  Public health officials are grappling with the reality of an increasing number of fully-vaccinated coming down with Covid-19 infections, getting hospitalized, and even dying of Covid.  While the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) insists vaccination is still the best course many are asking if they have better immunity after they're infected with the virus and recover, than if they're vaccinated.  Increasingly, the answer within the data appears to be "yes."  In fact, some medical experts have said they're confounded by public health officials' failure to factor natural and virus-acquired immunity into the Covid equation.  Public and media narratives often press the necessity of "vaccination for all," chiding states where vaccination rates are lowest.  And they use vaccination rates and Covid case counts as inverse indicators of how safe it is in a particular state: high vaccination rate = high safety; high case counts = low safety (they claim).  However, vaccination rates alone tell little about a population's true immune-status.  And where high Covid case counts occur, it ultimately means a larger segment of that community ends up better-protected, vaccines aside.

A Clear Counter-Argument To Getting The "Vaccine".  This is a 16-minute video clip.  The first three minutes should be enough to talk you out of (or regret) getting the vaccine.  [Video clip]

COVID-19 Vaccines Don't Really Work as Hoped.  Last week, the CDC announced a surprising finding:  "Delta infection resulted in similarly high SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in vaccinated and unvaccinated people."  Public officials had known from the early days of vaccine development that vaccinated people could catch COVID-19, but the assumption had been made that they were not going to be spreaders of COVID-19.  It turns out that the delta variant is sufficiently different from the original Wuhan version of the virus that the vaccines work much less well.  The CDC performed an analysis of COVID-19 cases arising from one public gathering in Massachusetts.  They found that the gathering led to 469 COVID-19 delta cases among Massachusetts residents, with 74% of these cases in fully vaccinated attendees.  Massachusetts is a highly vaccinated state, with approximately 64% of the population fully vaccinated.  There are other issues coming up as well.  How long does the vaccine really last?  Is the vaccine itself part of the reason that the virus is mutating as rapidly as it is?

Plague rats.  Dear readers, it has been a while.  I'd like to invite you all out for a coffee, but under the state's current health orders, that would land me in jail.  While the generations that preceded us expressed the reckless endeavour of youth by smoking weed, stealing cars, breaking into abandoned buildings, and setting off ill-advised fireworks displays, our rap sheet will make for less energetic reading.  We are a new breed of miscreants.  Our criminal record will include harbouring a friend, venturing more than five kilometres from home, and visiting the supermarket with a mate where both of us browsed for an unnecessary loaf of carbs.  That last offence also deducted a few digits from our social credit score, which we recovered by kneeling beneath a photo of our supreme leader, Gladys Berejiklian.  While those of us with commitments find this infuriating, emergencies remain popular with people who have nothing to contribute to society other than a record of compliance.  Becoming a cog in the Big State gives the meandering masses purpose.  The adrenaline kick of looming danger makes them converge on whichever apocalypse is nearest.  To them, 'vaccination status' has become the new social currency — which is why they want to take selfies with needles and brandish their participation award at strangers.

Del Bigtree wants us to stop the vaccines immediately..  This is a 17-minute highly tecnical presentation in which the central point is that the COVID-19 Vaccine undermines your natural immune system.  [Video clip]

The four types of COVID-19 vaccine — a snapshot.  Over the past month, a number of COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for general or emergency use in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).  Understandably, there remains confusion over which one to choose — for example, should it be based on technology?  On which one has the most advantages?  Or simply on the one a country's government chooses?  We're not here to tell you which type of vaccine to choose — that is, and should be, your own choice.  However, what we can agree on is that all vaccines work by exposing the human body to particles or molecules that trigger an immune response, thus protecting the subject from future infection.  The key difference between the four main types of vaccines is the method of exposure used.

The Truth Behind The Vaccine Trials.  Documentary, 32 minutes.  [Video clip]

COVID Vaccine Trials In Animals Were Stopped Because They Kept Dying, Revealed In Texas Senate Hearing.  It was revealed recently during the Texas Senate Committee hearing that COVID-19 vaccine trials in animals were stopped because they kept dying.  This past week the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs took testimony from Texas physicians regarding mandatory vaccination and Vaccine Passports in Texas — the Senate Bill SB 1669: Stop Forced Vaccination and Vaccine Passports in Texas.  A shocking revelation was made during the course of the senate hearing that animal testing of COVID-19 vaccines were stopped because they kept dying.  Here is what was revealed during the hearing on May 6, 2021.  Did you see any other vaccine that was put out for the public that skipped the animal tests?

CDC: 94% of Covid-19 deaths had underlying medical conditions.  The Centers for Disease Control released information showing how many people who died from COVID-19 had comorbidities or underlying conditions as they are sometimes referred to by doctors.  According to the CDC, comorbidity is defined as:  "more than one disease or condition is present in the same person at the same time.  Conditions described as comorbidities are often chronic or long-term conditions.  Other names to describe comorbid conditions are coexisting or co-occurring conditions and sometimes also "multimorbidity" or "multiple chronic conditions."  Comorbidity and underlying conditions can both be used to describe conditions that exist in one person at the same time.  These can also contribute to a persons death who has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

False Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Challenges and Implications.  While debate has focused on the accuracy of antibody tests, which identify prior infection, diagnostic testing, which identifies current infection, has received less attention.  But inaccurate diagnostic tests undermine efforts at containment of the pandemic.  Diagnostic tests (typically involving a nasopharyngeal swab) can be inaccurate in two ways.  A false positive result erroneously labels a person infected, with consequences including unnecessary quarantine and contact tracing.  False negative results are more consequential, because infected persons — who might be asymptomatic — may not be isolated and can infect others.  Given the need to know how well diagnostic tests rule out infection, it's important to review assessment of test accuracy by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and clinical researchers, as well as interpretation of test results in a pandemic.

COVID infections among Florida children 'overwhelm' state's hospitals.  Ron DeSantis is facing two legal challenges over his executive order preventing schools from imposing mask mandates on students as pediatric hospitals become 'overwhelmed' due to COVID cases in children.  'The numbers of cases in our hospitals in children and our children's hospitals are completely overwhelmed,' Dr. Aileen Marty, an infectious disease expert at Florida International University, told CNN on Friday [8/6/2021].  'Our pediatricians, the nursing, the staff are exhausted, and the children are suffering.  And it is absolutely devastating,' she continued. 'Our children are very much affected.  We've never seen numbers like this before.'

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This story is highly suspect, partly because it is based on a CNN interview.  The empty hospital parking lots prove it's a lie.  Scroll down and look at the photo, accompanying the story titled, "Media Reports Florida Hospitals are 'Overrun'."  CNN peddles fear and baseless alarm day and night.  That's the only way they can stay in business.

Poll: 20% Of Americans Say They Have Lost Friendships Over Coronavirus Disagreements.  One-in-five Americans say they have lost friendships over disagreements on the Chinese coronavirus, a daily YouGov survey updated Friday [8/6/2021] found.  The daily question surveyed 5,219 U.S. adults on August 5 and asked, "Have you lost any friendships because of differences in opinion related to the COVID-19 pandemic?"  Twenty percent of respondents said they have, 68 percent said they have not, and 11 percent indicated they remain unsure.  When broken down by party lines, nearly one-quarter of Democrats, 24 percent, said they have lost friendships, compared to 15 percent of Republicans.

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You can always find some new friends.  You can't find a new country.

Leave the unvaccinated alone.  Drew Altman, CEO and president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, said something very despicable about Americans who refuse to be vaccinated.  This fellow who heads an untaxed foundation that is dedicated to improving health said, "A quarter of those who were unvaccinated say they will likely get a shot by the end of the year.  Seeing their friends get sick and local hospitals fill up again with covid patients may speed them along and add them to the ranks."  He is rooting for the infection of friends of Americans who assert their right not to be tampered with.  The mission has shifted from fighting covid to coercing the vaccination of everyone.  The man seems to be so obsessed by the vaccine that he has forgotten what the real problem is. [...] A Gallup poll found 78% of fully vaccinated people nonetheless fear getting covid.  I am in the 9% of this group who are not worried at all.

Americans Deserve the Truth about Gain-of-Function Research and the Wuhan Lab.  Fact:  Dr. Anthony Fauci, without a doubt, knew the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted funds for gain-of-function research to the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab.  It's no secret that gain-of-function research has been deemed a controversial practice since its beginning.  However, that hasn't stopped the NIH from approving funding for it abroad and in the United States under Dr. Fauci's watch.  For those who are not familiar with gain-of-function research, it is a type of research that involves juicing up naturally occurring animal viruses to infect humans.  Time after time, Dr. Fauci has refused to take ownership of lying to Congress about the funding.

Obama [was] seen dancing maskless at booze-filled birthday bash.  Former President Barack Obama was seen dancing without a face covering at his weekend 60th birthday bash in his luxury home in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.  The 44th president was captured in now-deleted footage posted by singer-songwriter Erykah Badu grooving beside other maskless attendees on what appeared to be a stage while loud music blared on Saturday.  Obama, in white jeans, is seen embracing a woman in front of a crowd in the footage.  [Video clip]

Obama party planning.  As word got out that 700+ COVID super shedders were adjusting party hats in preparation for the "44-at-60" [party] on Martha's Vineyard, to quiet critics, Obama announced he was "scaling back" the Obamapalooza to include just "close family and friends."  For regular folks like you and me, the words "close family and friends," usually means Grandma, the kids, and a boxed Duncan Hines birthday cake.  But not for Shelley and Barry.  As seaplanes full of victims of institutional and structural racism descended on Martha's Vineyard, "scaled back," became the most disingenuous parsing of words since "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."  In fairness to Obama, considering his ingrained tendency to fabricate, maybe to him, "scaled down" meant 499 guests, instead of 500, and 199 non-English speaking servers, in place of 200.

Sunday Talks, Chuck Todd and Anthony Fauci Note COVID Spread is Worrisome at South Dakota Sturgis Rally But Virus Avoided Chicago For Lollapalooza.  The politics of COVID-19 fear mongering was on display today [8/8/2021] as NBC's Chuck Todd grabbed the pearls of Anthony Fauci in a display of simultaneous fainting over the Sturgis rally in South Dakota.  While never mentioning the massive Lollapalooza event last weekend in Chicago's Grant Park.  In a remarkable development, apparently, like the COVID-19 virus itself, the Delta Variant has the ability to differentiate between Red States and Blue States, and only targets the gatherings of people who assemble against the political interests of NBC and the healthcare industry.  [Video clip]

Fauci berates mass outdoor gathering in South Dakota, but gives Obama's birthday bash a pass.  Social media users piled on to Dr. Anthony Fauci for what many felt was a double standard when it comes to what type of gatherings he criticizes.  "No comment from St.  Fauci on Obama's soirée last night with a few hundred of his closest friends — or how about Lollapalooza last week in Chicago," one social media user said in reaction to Fauci's comments critical of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.  "Or, I guess it's SELECTIVE festivities, because the virus knows, and only attacks those who fit the Dems' narrative."  The remarks came in response to Fauci's comments expressing concern about South Dakota's upcoming Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on Sunday's "Meet the Press," with host Chuck Todd speculating the rally could become a "super spreader" event. [...] But many social media users pointed out that Fauci did not share the same type of concerns when it came to other high-profile events.

COVID-19: Maxine Waters Says 'We're Moving Toward A Mandate'.  U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California, recently told a Los Angeles television station that the nationwide increase in COVID-19 transmission could result in some form of a vaccine requirement intended to save lives.  During an interview with FOX 11 News anchor Elex Michaelson on Thursday, Waters said that more vaccinations are needed to curb the spread.  Michaelson spoke to the congresswoman at a fundraiser he was emceeing, at which Waters served as a featured speaker.

The Case for Governmental Vaccine Passports Has Never Been Weaker, and Yet Here They Come.  One of the many baffling and infuriating aspects of our reaction to this endless pandemic has been that public policy has so often lagged behind reality, and been dictated far more by politics than by actual science and logic.  There is no more dramatic example of this than the sudden popularity of governmental "vaccine passports," which are being planned and implemented in deep "blue" areas of the country and prevent unvaccinated people from taking part in some basic elements of society.  Putting aside the debatable legality of such measures, especially for vaccines which have not yet received full FDA approval, they are becoming a reality just as the case for them is now empirically weaker than ever.  In fact, the very "Delta variant" surge in positive test results which has facilitated such extreme methods has actually stripped "vaccine passports" of perhaps their only strong moral justification.

Bill Gates Is Asked If People Who Don't Get Vaccinated Should Lose Their Social Security.  [Gates] was asked point-blank if the elderly who chose not to vaccinate should lose their social security payments.  [Video clip]

Israel's Top Respiratory Doctor Blows the Whistle on Vaccine Effectiveness and American Media Ignores it Completely.  Dr. Kobi Haviv is not just any doctor.  He's world-renowned for his work on Covid-19 treatments, particularly aiding patients who have acute respiratory ailments as a result.  One would think an interview with him explaining the growing problems Israel is facing with Covid-19 hospitalizations would be newsworthy in the United States, but there has been a media blackout.  Why?  Because he had the gall to utter the phrase, "Yes, unfortunately the vaccine... as they say, its effectiveness is waning."  But during the interview, he laid out other bombshells concerning the hospitalization rates in Israel as they relate to vaccinated versus unvaccinated patients.  [Video clip] [...]  The majority that we've interviewed do not believe these are actually even "vaccines" but rather experimental injections that have taken on the "vaccine" label for the sake of political expediency.  Meanwhile, people continue to die from the injections, including children.

San Francisco sheriffs' union warns officers will quit or retire if forced to receive COVID vaccine.  A San Francisco, California, union representing local sheriffs' deputies is warning that officers will quit or retire if they are forced to receive the coronavirus vaccine.  "The problem we are faced with now is the strict San Francisco Mandate which is vaccinate or be terminated," the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs' Association (SFSO) wrote in a Facebook post Friday [8/6/2021].  "If deputy sheriffs are forced to vaccinate a percentage of them will retire early or seek employment elsewhere."  The post stated the majority of officers are vaccinated, but that the union believes that continuing to wear face masks should be sufficient for those who are not.

Did Congress Just Confirm All Those "Crazy Conspiracy Theories" About the Wuhan Lab Leak?  Some very interesting information has come out about the origins of Covid-19 that — big surprise — suggests it did indeed come from a Wuhan lab leak, it did so well before the rest of the world found out about it, and China apparently covered it up for months.  You remember all those "crazy conspiracy theories" that caused politicians and media outlets like Zero Hedge to lose their social media platforms.  Oops.  A House Republican's report contains shocking details and bold accusations about the origin of Covid 19 that, if true, could blow the Wuhan lab leak theory wide open.

'The Mandates Are Coming': Fauci Says Full FDA Approval Will Inspire A Flood Of Vaccine Requirements.  Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that businesses and schools across the country will issue a "flood" of vaccine mandates as soon as the Food and Drug Administration issues full approval for the COVID-19 vaccine.  "Organizations, enterprises, universities, colleges that have been reluctant to mandate at the local level will feel much more confident," Fauci told USA Today.  [Tweet]  "They can say, 'If you want to come to this college or this university, you've got to get vaccinated," he added.  "If you want to work in this plant, you have to get vaccinated.  If you want to work in this enterprise, you've got to get vaccinated.  If you want to work in this hospital, you've got to get vaccinated.'"  Fauci told USA Today he does not anticipate any more lockdowns.  "The rationale for shutting down was that the hospital system would not be able to handle the surge of cases because everybody was getting sick," he said.  About 70% of adults in the United States have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Fauci Goes Full Authoritarian — Again.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has doubled down on his support for local vaccine mandates to compel the vax-skeptical to take the jab against their wishes.  As the national debate over mandatory vaccines continues to rage, Democrats are doing their best to force or coerce people into being vaccinated — instead of letting it be a personal choice. [...] Several Democratic politicians have floated the idea of imposing vaccine mandates at the local level.  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio enacted a measure last week that would require residents to show proof of vaccination to visit indoor establishments like restaurants and other businesses.  He became the first left-leaning politician to take this step.  However, so far, no other Democratic politicians have yet followed suit.  Still, it seems sensible to conclude that de Blasio's actions might open the floodgates for other authoritarian types on the left, who continue using the pandemic as an excuse to exercise more power over the populace.

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White House Refuses to Endorse Vaccine Mandate for Migrants Released into U.S..  President Joe Biden continues promoting coronavirus vaccine mandates for American citizens, but the White House still struggles to explain why that standard is not applied to migrants crossing the Southern border.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki ignored a question Thursday [8/5/2021] asking if the administration wants to apply the same vaccine standards proposed for foreign visitors to migrants released into the United States.  Psaki said that "interagency working groups" are developing a plan for international travel but did not address migrants coming across the Southern border.

I, Landlord.  [Scroll down]  And then came COVID.  The Mayor of New Orleans very quickly shut down the bars, restaurants and live music venues that are the lifeblood of this city that is so dependent on Tourism, and our renter lost her job.  She had been a reliable tenant and we did not want to lose her so we negotiated a COVID rent reduction, with no expectation that we would ever make up the loss (we never did). She told us that even with the reduction, she would have to dip into her savings to continue to make the rent.  I felt badly about that, but I did not feel any guilt.  I had argued loudly and consistently against the lockdowns.  I had looked at the data and thought that sheltering the most vulnerable while the rest of us went on about our lives made more sense than destroying millions of lives and small businesses.  I thought she should have been allowed to continue to work.  But I lost that argument, and the lockdowns came anyway.  I never discussed politics with my tenant but if I ever had, I might have pointed out that if different politicians had been running the city when COVID hit, her job might not have gone away and her savings might never have had to be touched.

Obama and Liberal Elites Spotted Maskless at His Swank Birthday Gala on Martha's Vineyard as the Rest of the Country Hunkers Down in Pandemic.  Rules are for the little people.  On Wednesday Barack Obama reportedly 'drastically reduced' his 60th birthday party plans at his sprawling Martha's Vineyard estate after accusations it was a 'super spreader' event.  Up to 700 guests and 200 staff were set to attend Obama's lavish birthday bash on his $12 million waterfront estate on Saturday.  Champagne communists like Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Steven Spielberg were schelduled to attend the gala.  Meanwhile, the peasants are told to stay home and mask up because of the so-called 'Delta' variant of Covid.  Rules are for the rubes.

NYC Officials and Small Businesses Object to Proof of Vaccination Mandate.  Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) and other NYC officials are protesting against the recent proof of vaccination mandate issued by NYC mayor Bill de Blasio.  In expression of their disagreement, they sent a letter to de Blasio, a Democrat, demanding a reversal of "this unfair directive immediately."  "This 'vaccine passport' directive not only forces small businesses to deny service to their customers, but it prohibits large swaths of our communities from participating in regular society," reads the letter led by Malliotakis, the only Republican member representing NYC in Congress.  The mayor announced on Tuesday that indoor dining, gyms, and entertainment venues will require attendees to show proof of vaccination, including staff members, becoming the first city in the country to adopt such a measure.  The mandate is scheduled to be enforced on Sept. 13.

Interior Department Confirms 35 Staffers Have Died of COVID-19.  An Interior Department spokesperson has confirmed that, as of Aug. 6, 35 of its employees have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  After Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland said in a video address taped earlier in the week that 34 staffers at the agency had died from COVID-19, the department's communications director, Melissa Schwartz, wrote on a Twitter on Aug. 6 that one more person had died, bringing the tally to 35.  Schwartz also updated the number of agency employees who have, to date, contracted the CCP virus, boosting that figure to more than 4,000 from Haaland's earlier mention of around 3,900, though the secretary noted in her remarks that the number was continuing to increase.  Haaland expressed concern about the spread of the Delta variant of the virus, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers more transmissible and potentially more resistant to vaccines.

Did the CDC Director just kill the rationale for vaccine passports?  Dr. Rochelle Walensky has been making the media rounds.  During her most recent appearance on CNN, The Conservative Treehouse caught her making a startling admission:  The vaccines neither prevent people from catching COVID nor from spreading COVID.  At most, they simply reduce the severity of the symptoms people experience if they do catch COVID.  From this statement, Sundance draws the logical conclusion:  Why should people get vaccine passports if they are both as contagious and as vulnerable to contagion as their unvaccinated cohorts?  [Video clip]

Maskless in Washington.  In D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser this week reinstituted masking to begin — not by accident — one day after her big maskless birthday bash, and was nevertheless seen a day later when the masking was required by her diktat, at a wedding without a mask on.  Par for the course.  I do not know of a single Democratic governor or mayor who ordered masking and lockdowns who did not break their own rule. [...] The Democrats are revisiting Medieval sumptuary laws.  Instead of barring us peasants from wearing purple or pointed shoes, they are demanding we bike or bus masked while they party maskless and take private flights and, like the Obamas, plan a giant birthday bash with fellow aristocrats using private planes to Martha's Vineyard to mix it up maskless.  This latest round is something I will not endure.  I refused the mask at the hairdresser's.  I've cancelled my in-studio workouts, which I enjoy, because exercising in a mask is in my view unhealthy and unnecessary. [...] I feel bad for the owner who seems to face new obstacles every other week, but unless the firms in this area protest en masse, this nonsense will continue until they are all out of business.

Your papers, please!  Welcome to the Vaccine Passport Era in America.  It's coming.  Every time a progressive says, "Don't worry, we're not thinking of doing that," you can take to the bank that that's exactly what they are planning on doing.  They're just looking for the perfect time and circumstance to rationalize away their initial publicly stated opposition.
  •   The filibuster is a cornerstone of our democracy, we'd never change that.
  •   Every person deserves to be treated equally, so we oppose any organization that discriminates based on race or gender.
  •   We must ensure the integrity of our elections, because Trump and Russia stole the 2016 presidency from Hillary Clinton.
Those are just three recent examples of progressive double-speak out of thousands of examples.  As soon as removing the filibuster is to their advantage, they're for it.  As soon as favoring certain demographic voting groups over others is to their advantage, they're for it.  As soon as either enforcing or ignoring voting standards and regulations is to their advantage, they're for it.

Biden's DHS Admits 'Significantly Increased Rates' of COVID-Positive Border Crossers Arriving in U.S..  The rate at which coronavirus-positive border crossers are arriving in the United States has "increased significantly," according to President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  David Shahoulian, DHS's assistant secretary for border and immigration policy, admitted in a court brief filed this week that the agency has seen "significantly increased rates" of coronavirus-positive border crossers arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, spurring "extremely worrisome" conditions at border facilities.

Memes Make It Clear:  New York City's Vaccine Passport Is the Real Jim Crow 2.0.  New York City became the first major metro to require proof of vaccination to access restaurants, gyms, and other venues last week.  Mayor Bill de Blasio proudly announced the "Key to New York City" pass, a vaccine passport, effective August 16. As Karol Markowicz pointed out, the vaccine passport erased children under 12 from public life because they cannot be vaccinated.  The mayor's office updated the policy to exempt them from the vaccine requirement and mandate masks for children instead.  Public policy is often full of unintended consequences.  And while de Blasio and others like him are just sure they are sticking it to white Trump supporters with vaccine passports like these, nothing could be further from the truth.  According to New York City's tracking, only 32% of black residents are fully vaccinated, and 43% of Hispanic residents have taken the complete doses.

White House Mulls Withholding Federal Funds From Companies That Don't Force Employees to Get Vaccinated.  Will the Biden administration use federal funds as a club to convince employers to force employees to get vaccinated?  The White House is not denying that the plan is under discussion, but they say no final decision has been reached.  Forcing companies to do the government's dirty work on a vaccine mandate is underhanded, but it's Biden's only choice if he thinks everyone needs to get vaccinated.  A vaccine mandate has no chance of being successful.  There's a question of who will be targeted by the government.  Currently, the discussions are about targeting large institutions like senior care centers and universities, but no industry is safe.

Fauci: More local vaccine mandates are likely once COVID-19 shots get full FDA approval.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden's top medical adviser, predicted Americans will increasingly be subjected to vaccine mandates as soon as any COVID-19 shot receives full approval from federal regulators.  The infectious disease expert said Friday that he thinks COVID-19 shots will be mandated locally, not federally, once a vaccine is given the full approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Appearing on MSNBC, Dr. Fauci said he suspects organizations "will feel empowered to locally mandate that people get vaccinated" against COVID-19 once the FDA grants its full approval to any of the shots.

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Israeli Doc Admits On Evening News That 85-90% In Hospital Are Fully Vaccinated, 95% In SERIOUS Condition.  Dr. Kobi Haviv spoke to Channel 13 News yesterday and the report from the hospital was earth-shaking:  "95% of the severe patients are vaccinated".  "85-90% of the hospitalizations are in Fully vaccinated people."  "We are opening more and more COVID wards."  "The effectiveness of the vaccine is waning/fading out"  [Video clip]

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Fascinating.  It's almost as if the vaccine is completely useless.  Except it is known to have horrific side effects, so it's less than useless.

Continued mask wearing won't help us return to normal.  Psychologists know it will do the opposite.  According to a recent opinion poll, over 60 percent of the population are anxious about the prospect of lifting the Covid-19 requirement to wear masks in community settings.  Despite evidence that face coverings do not reduce the risk of viral transmission in real-world situations, and are associated with a range of negative consequences, it appears many people remain afraid of returning to a normal life with their face exposed.  While initiatives like the Smile Free campaign push for the removal of all mask mandates, how can we ease the widespread apprehension about re-engaging with our fellow human beings without hiding behind pieces of cloth or plastic?  It has sometimes been suggested that continuing to wear face coverings can reassure people that they are safe to return to shops, restaurants, and other community venues.  In their response to an anti-mask petition, the government argued that masks can give people "more confidence" to return to the high street, and stated that the British Retail Consortium held a similar view.  Labour's shadow education secretary, Kate Green, recently made a similar claim when she stated that masks provide "reassurance".  But as any psychological therapist knows, persisting with a face covering will prolong, rather than lessen, people's anxieties.

Joe Rogan Says Vaccine Passports Will Take America 'One Step Closer' To Having A Dictator.  Joe Rogan isn't a fan of vaccine passports.  During the Friday [8/6/2021] episode of his podcast, Rogan and his guest Evan Hafer discussed coronavirus vaccine passports and freedom, and the former launched into a rant that should be required viewing for everyone.  Rogan said the following in part when discussing vaccine passports and the freedom that made America the greatest country in the world:  ["]Now you have a mini dictator.  You have one step away from a king.  One step closer.  You're moving one step closer to dictatorship. [... "]  [Video clip]

Exclusive Photo From The Inside Of Obama's Mansion Show Barack Obama And Hundreds Of His Maskless Friends At His Huge 'Super Spreader' Birthday Bash.  Former President Barack Obama has allegedly scaled back his big 60th birthday party after most of his supporters questioned the wisdom of holding an event for hundreds of people during a resurgent pandemic.  Plans for the Saturday [8/7/2021] bash at his multimillion-dollar home on Martha's Vineyard had been going on for months, but the spike in virus case numbers has forced a rethink.  "Due to the new spread of the Delta variant over the past week, the President and Mrs. Obama have decided to significantly scale back the event to include only family and close friends," Hannah Hankins, an Obama spokeswoman, said early Wednesday.  "He's appreciative of others sending their birthday wishes from afar and looks forward to seeing people soon."

Moderna and Pfizer Intentionally Lost The Clinical Trial Control Group Testing Vaccine Efficacy and Safety.  This is not just scientific madness, it appears to be very intentional and purposeful.  The Moderna and Pfizer vaccine tests were conducted, as customary, with a control group; a group within the trial who were given a placebo and not the test vaccine.  However, during the trial, and after the untested vaccines were given emergency use authorization, the vaccine companies conducting the trial decided to break protocol and notify the control group they were not vaccinated.  Almost all the control group were then given the vaccine.  Purposefully dissolving the placebo group violates the scientific purpose to test whether the vaccine has any efficacy; any actual benefit and/or safety issues.  Without a control group there is nothing to compare the vaccinated group against.

CDC Director Makes Case Vaccination Passports are Futile, Vaccines Do Not Prevent COVID Infection or Delta Variant Transmission.  They are just making up narratives now, and the media are not calling them out on it.  The Director of the CDC made an important admission during an interview today [8/6/2021] on CNN.  CDC Director Rochelle Walensky stated the vaccine does not prevent COVID-19 infection, nor does it stop the vaccinated person from transmitting the infection or the delta variant.  According to Director Walensky, the only benefit from the vaccine now is presumably that it reduces the severity of symptoms.  If a vaccinated and non-vaccinated person have the same capacity to carry, shed and transmit the virus — with or without symptoms — then what difference does a vaccination passport or vaccination ID make?  According to the CDC TODAY, both the vaxxed and non-vaxxed person walking into a restaurant, store, group, venue or workplace present the exact same risk to other people there, so how does the presentation of proof of vaccine make any difference?

New York City Protest Against Mandatory Vaccination Passports, Monday August 9th, Noon at City Hall.  It can well be argued that New York City's requirement for a vaccine passport is the canary in the coal mine; the test scenario to see how much real opposition exists to government mandated vaccination policies.  Citizens across the nation nation are starting to realize how severe this issue has become.  There is no other hill to stand upon if medical freedom is taken away.  What is 'freedom' if government can force you to inject a substance in your body?  What is 'liberty' if the government can force you into an unwanted medical procedure in order to live in society.  The issue here is not simply a forced injection.  There is no way for us to comply ourselves out of tyranny.  If we accept the government can forcibly mandate you to undergo a medical procedure, under any circumstance, as a condition to live and function in society, then we have conceded the very cornerstone of liberty.  The New York City vaccination passport must be stopped.

Vaccine passports are here, resist or obey, choose.  The Wall Street Journal has a 'helpful' article about keeping your vaccine record on your phone so you will be allowed to go about normal activities like eating in a restaurant.  "Before you leave the house, don't forget to take your phone, keys, wallet, mask — and some form of Covid-19 vaccine record," the article beings.  Uh, no thanks.  We better fight this battle now or we'll be injecting all kinds of things into our bodies.  It's only your body if you want to kill your unborn baby moments from birth.  Yesterday [8/4/2021], White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told Republican Governors, specifically Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, to "get out of the way" and let unelected health officials pass new authoritarian Covid lockdown regulations.  The Biden White House doesn't like DeSantis and Abbott because they stand up for freedom.  They have banned vaccine and mask mandates while strongly encouraging vaccination.

The war on breathing.  There is a political war on breathing — the very thing that keeps us all alive.  And Bethell is not alone.  Dr Sarah Jarvis recently told Jeremy Vine, 'Breathing is an offensive weapon if you are infected with Covid.'  Even allowing for a bit of dramatic licence on TV, it is impossible to imagine someone saying that pre-Covid.  Of course, breath is life itself.  Meditational and spiritual practices involve breath-work, famously the Vipassana.  God breathed life into Adam, and Saint Paul said 'all scripture is breathed out by God'.  Breath has fallen from sacred to sinful.  Epidemics unsettle our political compasses.  It's known that fear induces a desire for authoritarian control.  Humans crave security during chaos.  In fact, authoritarian governments are more likely to emerge in regions characterised by a high prevalence of disease-causing pathogens.  This epidemic has also thrown our moral compass.  One study found that during Covid 'health-minded approaches have been moralised, even to the point of a sacred value' and that 'merely questioning sacred values led to moral cleansing'.  Defending lockdowns and restrictions was seen as moral, and questioning them seen as immoral.  Morality has been generally topsy-turvy in a time riven by fear.  We have no tolerance for Covid deaths but seemingly little interest in deaths from other causes.  We were told we must protect the elderly, yet they were transferred from hospitals to care homes and last week we discover that 50,000 dementia cases have been missed.

"Yes, He Was Infected In The Lab!" — New E-Mails Confirm Origin Of Chinese Lab Director's Infection.  Email exchanges between virologists in February of 2020 reveal lab-based transmission of SARS-2 — the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic — in a Beijing-based facility under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.  Obtained by the U.S. Right To Know Foundation under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the email exchange is the latest piece of evidence to affirm the lab origins of COVID-19.  A February 14th, 2020 email exchange reveals Ohio State virologist Shan-Lu Liu admits the former director of a lab he previously worked at — The National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention (NIVDC) — "has now been infected with SARS-CoV-2."  Subsequent emails show Liu reiterating "Yes, he was infected in the lab!" when asked by another researcher if "your former colleague was infected with sars2 in the lab?"  The lab referenced by Liu is based in Beijing and operates under the control of the Chinese Communist Party's Center for Disease Control and Prevention.  It openly boasts about receiving awards from the Central Commission of China Communist Youth League and funding from the Chinese government.

AMA Journal:  Masks Are Bad For Your Kids.  Quit Forcing Them To Wear Them.  A new report published by an American Medical Association journal revealed forcing children to wear face masks leads to adverse health effects.  JAMA Pediatrics, a top-rated monthly journal published by the AMA, found wearing face masks increases the amount of carbon dioxide in inhaled air to unhealthy levels.  The study measured carbon dioxide levels in 45 children ages 6-17 while wearing masks.  The normal content of carbon dioxide in the air is 400 parts per million (ppm), with anything above 2000 ppm considered unacceptable by the German Federal Environmental Office.  The JAMA report measured averages of 13,120 to 13,910 ppm of carbon dioxide in the inhaled air of children wearing masks, which is over six times higher than the unsafe threshold.  The study further pointed out this measurement was after only three minutes of wearing a mask.  Children forced to wear masks at school find themselves wearing masks for hours, five days a week.

The Fools at the Bulwark Lose Their Minds Over Mike Rowe's Common Sense on Vaccines.  Yesterday [8/6/2021], I reported on Mike Rowe's awesome Facebook post about why he was not going to be encouraging people to get vaccinated despite being vaccinated himself.  Take a look at it first.  If you haven't read it already, it's really worth it and helps to further understand the rest of this story.  Rowe made a powerful post that was not anti-vaccine, but recognized the legitimate concerns that people have about the flip-flops and dictates by the government and the "experts" on the subject.  He talked about why people had hesitancy and what you could do as the government — rather than attacking the unvaccinated, as the Biden bunch and other Democrats have been doing.  This morning, the Bulwark tried to hook on to that post and get some hate clicks with a story falsely accusing Rowe of going "anti-anti-anti-vaxx."

The 'Centers for Disease Control' is No Such Thing.  The COVID-19 pandemic is a classic example of how futile man's attempts to "control disease" are.  By time we even knew that it had arrived in the U.S., it had spread widely.  Since most people don't get severe disease, many in contact with Patient Zero had gotten what they may have attributed to a cold or flu.  Recognizing that those diseases in their age group were seldom serious, they took some Tylenol and stayed out of work for a couple of days.  Rinse, repeat, and the bug is "in the wild," long beyond any attempts to control it.  Yet the CDC claimed we could.  Does anyone recall "fifteen days to stop the spread?"  The Conspiracy for Deceptive Calculations (h/t:  Tony Perkins) decided that instead of locking sick people up where they couldn't infect others — a proper quarantine — they'd lock the rest of us up.  This "lockdown" was immediately recognized by cooler heads as stupid.  Yes, stupid.  Quarantine works when you lock sick people up, but when you lock healthy people in with them, you get a lot more people infected.  Just ask Miracle Worker Cuomo, whose New York policies led to 60% of all COVID cases to be among those locked down and thousands of nursing home patients killed when he forced sick people into long-term care facilities.

Needville Little League out of regional due to positive COVID-19 test.  Hours after a dominating performance, the Needville Little League All-Stars are now out of the Little League Southwest Regional tournament.  Little League International said on Friday morning that at least one Needville player and/or coach tested positive for COVID-19, and the team will not be allowed continue to participate in the tournament, according to a statement.

Mandatory Vaccinations Undermine Roe v. Wade and Choice.  Recall Roe v. Wade?  The famous abortion decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that was issued in January of 1973? [...] In fact, there have been legal attacks on Roe ever since, with this or that state passing legislation that in one way or another attempts to restrict abortion law.  As this is written, the state of Mississippi has filed a brief requesting that Roe be overturned.  But while that is the fairly typical method of trying to overturn Roe, there is, out of the blue, something else entirely that is, in fact, undermining the pro-choice movement.  With, amazingly, liberals in the lead.  That would be the arrival of COVID-19 and the now available vaccine designed to save Americans from the virus.  The tales of Americans resisting vaccination are everywhere.  In response, all manner of Democrats in Congress and liberals on television are demanding that the response to this should be mandatory vaccinations, not to mention mandatory masking.  Suddenly the concept of "my body, my choice" is under massive attack — from liberals.

California Health Care Provider Begins Issuing 'Vaccine Badge Tags'.  The University of California San Diego Health appears to be the latest health care system to require badge tags for employees stating whether or not they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.  In an Aug. 2 internal memo released anonymously to The Epoch Times, UCSD Health stated, "given the current environment," the badge tags are an important update to COVID-19 protocols.  According to the memo, the badge tags will provide a "visual cue regarding a team member's vaccination status," and will be available this week for all vaccinated employees.  "There will also be a special thank you to recognize all employees for your hard work," the memo added.  Obtaining a badge tag will require proof of vaccination, the memo added.

When In Doubt, Blame A Republican For COVID Deaths.  Throughout the COVID crisis, we've witnessed an amazing display of leftist logic.  No matter the circumstances, Republicans were always at fault.  When the coronavirus first swept the nation in early 2020, the deaths were concentrated almost entirely in the country's liberal enclaves:  New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania.  And we know a big reason:  Democratic governors in those states panicked and ordered nursing homes to take sick elderly out of hospitals, even if they were positive for COVID. The result was that nursing homes turned into death camps.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was even caught red-handed lying about the number of nursing home deaths to cover up this tragedy.  Yet at the time, blame for every COVID death in the country was pinned on the supposed ineptitude of President Donald Trump (rather than communist China, where the blame ultimately rests).

Anthony Fauci Peaked In Medical School.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has an impressive resume but nothing in it meant that he was qualified to be the ultimate decision-maker for a contagious disease, especially one that his actions helped create.  It's high time his wings are clipped before more Americans die. [...] Before 1973, all male physicians, regardless of age, served in one of the uniform services of the federal government.  Most were drafted into the Army, with a smaller number into the other armed forces.  However, physicians could fulfill their Selective Service obligations by joining the NIH.  Understandably these positions were very highly sought after in the late 60s, during the Vietnam war.  Only the top 1% were invited to join.  A slot at the NIH ordinarily led to a career in research or in medical academia.  Many, like Tony, trained and then stayed at NIH for their careers.

Battle goes as conservatives expected after Dan Rather unwisely picks a fight with Ted Cruz.  Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather seems to be continuing his long tradition of embarrassing himself by disastrously deciding to take on Senator Ted Cruz over vaccine passports.  Rather evidently did not expect a retort from Cruz after attacking him for a CNBC interview where the Texas senator stood firmly against vaccine passports for Americans.  Cruz pointed out that vaccinations may save lives, but he took the constitutional view that they should still be a personal choice.  "We shouldn't step into a regime where the government says 'show us your papers' if you want to do the basic activities of life," Cruz stated saying that we should not have any COVID mandates.  Rather thought he would one-up Cruz by taking a swipe at him on Twitter over the senator leaving Texas during a brutal ice storm for Cancun to get his family out of harm's way.  That attack did not go as planned.

When Does the COVID-19 Panic End?  Two weeks to slow the spread.  That was the original rationale for the lockdowns, masking and social distancing:  Prevent transmission of the coronavirus so that Americans could be assured that we would not overwhelm hospital capacity, causing needless death.  Wait until a vaccine is available.  That was the next goalpost:  an admonition to continue to take precautions to avoid spreading the coronavirus until a vaccine could be developed.  Despite the warnings of COVID-19 pessimists that a vaccine would take years to develop, despite the unjustified alarmism of figures like Vice President Kamala Harris that the Trump administration would skew the vaccine protocols to achieve political ends, vaccines were miraculously developed.  Wait until every adult has a chance to get the vaccine.  That was the final rationale for caution.  And as states began to tranche out vaccines by the millions, every person above the age of 12 in the United States was given the opportunity to get vaccinated. [...] And yet.  We are told that we are experiencing a massive COVID-19 crisis.

Moderna says COVID vaccine booster 'likely' needed before winter, with study showing 'robust' response against delta.  Moderna's coronavirus vaccine booster appears to produce a "robust" antibody response against the fast-spreading delta variant, the company said Thursday as it warned that a third shot would "likely" be needed this fall.  The Massachusetts-based drugmaker revealed in a quarterly-earnings report that its original two-dose vaccine regimen remains highly effective through six months after the second shot, but the company believes that the "increased force of infection resulting from delta" will lead to a surge of breakthrough infections in vaccinated people over the next few months.

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If the simplest explanation is likely to be true, consider this idea:  I'm no doctor, but it appears to me that there are no "breakthrough infections."  I think it is likely that the "vaccinated" people are getting sick because the so-called vaccine isn't a vaccine at all.  That would be a simple explanation.

We must hear from this man.  On the 17th floor of a non-descript Manhattan office building, opposite Hudson Yards, part of the deadliest coverup in human history was hatched last year, alleges a devastating congressional report into the origins of Covid-19[.]  There, on the corner of 34th street and 10th Avenue, is the headquarters of EcoHealth Alliance, a non-profit devoted to "Wildlife Conservation", whose big-noting, British-born founder, Peter Daszak, somehow wound up at the center of a pandemic that has killed millions of people around the world.  The House Foreign Affairs Committee Republican minority report, released this week, found "strong evidence that suggests Daszak is the public face of a CCP [Chinese Communist Party] disinformation campaign designed to suppress public discussion about a potential lab leak.

Rand Paul:  Nothing more authoritarian than no-fly list for the unvaccinated.  [Video clip]

CDC Director Walensky's Husband Received $5 Million in HHS Grants, and That's Just the Start of It.  When it comes to the swamp that has become D.C., nothing should surprise anyone anymore, especially when it comes to officials within the government using resources to personally enrich themselves or failing to disclose when their families stand to benefit from their governmental "service." [...] New information provided exclusively to RedState by syndicated radio talk show host Howie Carr shows that Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is finding multiple ways to benefit from her new position.  Walensky, who took over as director with Biden's inauguration, is married to Loren D. Walensky, a renowned pediatric oncology researcher at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard.  In October 2019 Loren Walensky became the scientific co-founder and a member of the Board of Directors of Lytica Therapeutics, "an early-stage biotechnology company working on an innovative platform for developing next-generation antimicrobials."

The Unvaccinated: the new COVID Scapegoats.  Are vaccine mandates next?  They have found a COVID scapegoat.  It is you.  Persuasion to get the COVID vaccines failed with some Americans, as those who seek to persuade — namely government officials and the media — have no credibility.  On to the next step:  a collective effort by the press, corporations, and the government to blame and vilify and target the unvaccinated.  This is no coincidence, as such efforts help deflect responsibility from those who caused and created this problem in the first place.  In New York City, you will need proof of a COVID vaccine for indoor dining, gyms, and concerts.  [Tweet]  Writing for The Atlantic, Juliette Kayyem (a former Homeland Security official with the Obama Administration) calls for the federal government to institute a "no-fly list for unvaccinated adults."  She desires there to be the establishment of "norms that restrict certain privileges to vaccinated people," apparently so other "privileges" can be removed if the no-fly list doesn't encourage enough vaccinations.

More Illegal Immigrants, Border Agents Testing Positive for COVID-19: DHS Official.  The rate at which illegal immigrants are testing positive for COVID-19 has "increased significantly" in recent weeks, a Department of Homeland Security official said this week.  The number of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers who have tested positive has also risen, despite more and more of them getting vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19.  "The rates at which encountered noncitizens are testing positive for COVID-19 have increased significantly in recent weeks.  And although the rate of infection among CBP officers had been declining, this rate recently began increasing again, even though the percentage of officers and agents who have been fully vaccinated has grown significantly since January.  This has led to increasing numbers of CBP personnel being isolated and hospitalized," David Shahoulian, assistant secretary for border and immigration policy, said in a court filing.

Report: FDA Likely To Give Pfizer Vaccine Final Approval Early September, Clearing the Way for Government Mandated Forced Vaccination.  Earlier this week, the installed occupant of the White House, Joe Biden, said he would not interfere with the FDA process for approving the controversial COVID-19 vaccines; however, he anticipated approval "mid fall" of this year.  Right on cue, leaks from "people familiar with the matter" tell the New York Times the Pfizer vaccine will get approval around September 6th. [...] Honestly, the issue of the vaccine gaining FDA final approval is essentially moot.  Think about it.  Of course the FDA will approve the vaccine, what other option do they have?  Can you imagine the consequences of the FDA saying they will not approve a vaccine that has been pushed, forced and demanded by this radical leftist government?  There is no way for the FDA to not approve the vaccine after millions of Americans have been forced to subject themselves to the human test trial.

NYC Restaurants Taken Aback by News of Vaccine Passport Requirement.  Just as New York City restaurateurs thought they would perhaps see their way out of crushing COVID-19 restrictions and back to "normalcy," the city's government dealt out another blow:  Restaurants will now have to check customers for proof of vaccination, or themselves face fines.  In response, restaurant owners seem to have flocked to one of two positions.  Some support the rule as long as it prevents more lockdowns, while others reject it as an unreasonable imposition on their already vulnerable operations.  Restaurants have been among the hardest hit by the lockdown imposed in response to the pandemic of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19. New York City boasted a flourishing restaurant scene in 2019, with more than 23,000 establishments and more than 300,000 employed, according to a state comptroller report.

Biden team's misguided and deadly COVID-19 vaccine strategy.  Four flawed assumptions drive the Biden strategy.  The first is that universal vaccination can eradicate the virus and secure economic recovery by achieving herd immunity throughout the country (and the world).  However, the virus is now so deeply embedded in the world population that, unlike polio and smallpox, eradication is unachievable.  SARS-CoV-2 and its myriad mutations will likely continually circulate, much like the common cold and influenza.  The second assumption is that the vaccines are (near) perfectly effective.  However, our currently available vaccines are quite "leaky."  While good at preventing severe disease and death, they only reduce, not eliminate, the risk of infection, replication, and transmission.  As a slide deck from the Centers for Disease Control has revealed, even 100% acceptance of the current leaky vaccines combined with strict mask compliance will not stop the highly contagious Delta variant from spreading.  The third assumption is that the vaccines are safe.

Have Your Cake and Eat It Too.  We were really saddened to learn that Barack Obama has had to cut back the size of his 60th alleged birthday party owing to an obscure little thing called "Covid" which he apparently hadn't heard about.  The original birthday plan, to be set at Barry's fabulously expensive estate in Martha's Vineyard, was for 500 guests and 200 (count 'em!) servants, who were no doubt looking forward to a day working in the "big house" instead of picking crops in the fields while singing mournful gospel songs.  But too many people noticed that this was basically a giant, flashing sign saying "You're a Dope If You're Still Masking or Still Worrying About Covid."

We're All Going To Die.  Let me see if I've got this right:  If you don't take the vax against the virus, eventually it won't work anymore:  Fauci:  If you don't get your shots, eventually the shots might not work  [Video clip]  But if you do use antibiotics against bacteria, eventually antibiotics won't work either.  Sounds like we're all going to die.  This medicine stuff is far too complicated for a layman to understand.

Parents Shocked at Doctors' Treatment of Unvaccinated Football Player Before His Death.  The parents of a beloved high school football player were shocked by how doctors allegedly treated their unvaccinated son when he was admitted with a severe case of COVID-19.  The teen later died from complications of the virus.  Tyler Fairley, a 17-year-old from Douglasville, Georgia, was suffering from COVID-19. His parents rushed him to Douglas Wellstar Medical Center twice, according to WSB-TV.  The doctors at the hospital seemed as though they "didn't care" that Fairley was suffering, according to his mother Tosha Nettles.  "It was as if the doctor didn't care because this was COVID and he didn't prevent himself from having COVID because he wasn't vaccinated," Nettles said.  "That could've been a conversation for another time.  But not during the time my son was in distress."

Gottlieb: Has the Delta wave already peaked?  Depends on where you look, but the hotter spots for COVID-19 transmission might have already peaked.  Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb predicted two weeks ago that the US could be further into the Delta wave than we know, thanks mainly to a lack of regular sample testing that has plagued the US response from the start.  That's important context for the charts Gottlieb highlighted yesterday evening, based on data sourced from Johns Hopkins and the CDC.  Have we at least plateaued in transmissibility?

United Airlines is the first airline in the US to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for ALL of its 67,000 workers.  United Airlines will require employees in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October, perhaps sooner, joining a growing number of big corporations that are responding to a surge in virus cases.  Company leaders called it a matter of safety and cited 'incredibly compelling' evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccines.  'We know some of you will disagree with this decision to require the vaccine for all United employees,' CEO Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart told employees Friday.  But, they added, 'the facts are crystal clear:  everyone is safer when everyone is vaccinated.'

Biden admin to leverage federal funds, regulatory power to push vaccine mandates.  If you're a fan of vaccine mandates, you'll wonder what took Joe Biden so long to flex federal muscles to force the issue.  If, on the other hand, you're a fan of limited government and opposed to arbitrary use of federal power, you'll still wonder what took Joe Biden so long.  The Washington Post reported last night that the White House will now look at ways to leverage regulatory enforcement and federal funds to, ah, incentivize institutions: [...] Democrats aren't exactly well-known for using federal powers sparingly.  Many of them ran in 2020 on the Green New Deal, a plan that would shift massive power to the federal government throughout the entire economy.  That plan relies on precisely the kind of strong-arm regulatory and funding power that the Washington Post reports being under consideration for a vaccine-mandate push.

Scientist: I partied with 14 vaccinated friends and 11 of us got infected.  The plural of "anecdote" is not "data" but the episode described here is noteworthy for more than one reason, starting with the fact that the author, Allan Massie, is an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins. [...] The now-famous Provincetown study on which the CDC's new mask guidance is based speculated that the huge July 4 outbreak there involved transmission between vaccinated people — but couldn't prove it.  It's possible that the hundreds of vaxxed locals who were infected with the virus were exposed by unvaccinated people in their midst, as unvaccinated people might have higher viral loads than the vaccinated do.  (The jury's out for now although we know what the P-town study says.)  But unless Massie left out an important detail about an unvaccinated person being around him and his friends at their party, one is forced to conclude that this was indeed a case of vaccinated people transmitting the virus to each other.  Enough to make each other sick too, although not to the point of needing hospital care.

Psaki Admits They Have 'Guidelines' They've Given to Private Businesses to 'Police' Proof of Vaccination.  We've been seeing the Democrats bandying about the concept of vaccine passports for a while.  Now, with them pushing fear porn about the Delta variant, we hearing more about that.  New York City just announced this week that they would be requiring evidence of vaccination before being allowed into places like restaurants and gyms.  Mayor Bill de Blasio said they were specifically doing that to try to force the vaccine-hesitant to get the shot.  Biden has said that he fully endorses such ideas.  [Video clip]  That's how they get around not having a federal mandate, they just go through the backdoor and try to push behind the scenes, shaming everyone into it, hoping to create social pressure to have businesses, schools and organizations make it mandatory.

White House Considering Requiring Foreign Visitors to Show COVID-19 Vaccination Proof:  Official.  The White House confirmed Thursday it is considering requiring foreign visitors to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for international travel.  Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, told reporters on Thursday that several federal agencies are examining the possibility of issuing such a mandate.  "We will be ready when it is the right time to consider reopening," Zients said at a White House COVID-19 briefing.  He appeared to confirm anonymously sourced reports that administration officials will have to present proof they're vaccinated against the virus.  There is still no timetable on when the United States will resume international travel to certain countries, as a number of federal officials have cited concerns about the Delta variant.

CNN fires three workers for entering office without being vaccinated.  Three CNN employees were fired for going to a company office without being vaccinated, the media firm's CEO said a memo that was leaked Thursday [8/5/2021].  In an email to staffers about returning to work in person, Jeff Zucker warned that the company has a "zero-tolerance policy" about allowing people back who haven't gotten the life-saving shots, according to Deadline.  "Thus far, we have left proof of vaccination to an honor system.  While we have asked for attestation to your status via Passcard, it has not been mandatory to produce a vaccine card," Zucker wrote.  "In the past week, we have been made aware of three employees who were coming to the office unvaccinated.  All three have been terminated.  Let me be clear — we have a zero-tolerance policy on this."

Whose Insurrection is it, Anyway?  As the COVID-infected global diaspora floods across the southern border with free rides to 48 states, Joe Biden directs his angst at the drip-drip of new vaccinations by Americans.  In a diminished state, he may not recollect that he and his running mate sowed public hesitancy by reviling any inoculation developed during the Trump administration.  His chief medical advisor, Anthony Fauci, has singlehandedly dragged medical science through the midden of politics, suffering the rest of us with policy whiplash.  In what may become an American apartheid, Democrat city leaders and governors appear eager to use the obedient as a cudgel against the recalcitrant by reinstating mask and lockdown diktats.  Liberal media coverage and polls are pushing the narrative that the unvaccinated are white, distrustful, less-educated Republicans from the flyover states, [...]

Democrats Are Bringing Back Segregation.  New York City Commissar Bill de Blasio has thrown down the COVID gauntlet.  He recently mandated that the unvaccinated will not be allowed to eat indoors, go to a gym, or enjoy a live performance.  According to Dr. Drew Pinsky, that means mostly black folks and Latinos will have to stay at home.  Pinsky calls this the modern segregation. [...] Pinksy didn't supply a link to back up his claim that only 28.4% of black people have been vaccinated.  The people who responded to this tweet ranged from virtue-signaling white people to black people who remain indignant about "modern day segregation."

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Blacks may complain about "modern day segregation," but a lot of it is their idea.  How many black-only colleges, churches, and civic organizations exist in America today?  Who are the real segregationists in 2021?

Also posted under race-based political opportunism.

Biden's pathetic bid to blame GOP governors for COVID spike.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is absolutely right in calling out President Joe Biden's COVID hypocrisy:  The president is blaming the surge in cases partly on DeSantis and other GOP governors who resist tighter restrictions — even as Biden lets thousands of COVID-positive migrants flood the nation. [...] By abandoning successful policies that President Donald Trump put in place to control the border, Biden himself created a nightmare.  As John Daniel Davidson notes nearby, the president tried to dismiss the border crisis as merely a seasonal problem.  The winter increase at the southern border, he insisted in March, happens "every single, solitary year" — suggesting there'd be a drop in the numbers by summer.  Well, it's summer — and the numbers have only grown higher, with each month setting new records.

Watchdog Report:  Fauci Spent Nearly Half A Million In Taxpayer Dollars On Abusive Experiments On Dogs.  The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, directed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, spent $424,455 in taxpayer funds on experiments to infest beagles with parasite-carrying flies, even though the procedure had already been extensively tested on other animals.  White Coat Waste Project, the government watchdog group that obtained the documents, found that about half of Fauci's $6 billion budget was used for animal experimentation, including the abusive dog experiment.  The funds were directed to the University of Georgia Research Foundation to conduct the experiment.  "According to documents that we just obtained using the Freedom of Information Act, Fauci just spent $424,000 to commission a study in which healthy beagles are given an experimental drug and then intentionally infested with flies that carry a disease-causing parasite that affects humans," White Coat Waste Project wrote.

Google co-founder Larry Page allowed to enter New Zealand despite COVID rules.  Billionaire Google co-founder Larry Page was allowed to enter New Zealand earlier this year despite COVID-19 restrictions that barred non-residents from coming, sparking fierce backlash against Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.  Page, who is the sixth-richest person in the world with a net worth of about $121 billion, was allowed to enter the country after his son fell ill in Fiji and Page requested hospital treatment in New Zealand, reports said.  Page and his family have been riding out much of the COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji.  The revelation of Page's visit has spurred political attacks against Ardern, who claims she didn't know about his visit.  New Zealand's Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi told reporters that Page applied for a medical exemption "to make sure his son got the treatment that was required," Agence France-Presse reported.

Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts:  "If The Government Can Decide Who is Free and Who is Not, There is No Freedom Only Tyranny".  Many people have looked at what is taking place in Australia with jaws agape. [...] There were reports in early 2020 of the United Nations organizing 5-stages of COVID lock-down plans, with "stage-5" being the most restrictive; and the Australian government agreeing to be the beta-test for the fifth stage; the ultimate police state.  If true, that explains the incredibly undemocratic and authoritarian controls triggered by the government down under.  The Australian army is patrolling the streets; all businesses are forcibly shut down; formerly free citizens now locked inside their homes; sky-marshals patrolling from the air and warning via loudspeakers to disperse; concentric rings of physical checkpoints around major metropolitan areas; dissidents and non-conformists identified, targeted and arrested by violent Australian police.

Show Your Papers, New York City Announces Vaccination Passport Needed to Eat at Restaurants or Engage in Private Businesses.  Comrade rebels, effective September 13th, anyone living or visiting New York City who has not been vaccinated will be blocked from entering any private venue, restaurant or indoor facility.  Businesses will be required to operate security checkpoints, where people without proof of vaccinated status will be denied entry.  Your engagement with the system of commerce will now be controlled by the New York Ministry of COVID Compliance.

Who Believes Anthony Fauci?  Reuters reported on Monday [8/2/2021] that Anthony Fauci has made a declaration:  Enough Americans have now been vaccinated to avoid lockdowns.  Fauci made his pronouncement on ABC's "This Week."  But who with even a modest faculty for critical thinking believes Anthony Fauci?  That's Anthony Fauci, MD, who famously told us that masks don't work, and then told us [...] wearing them is imperative.  Fauci, a flip-flopper?  Perish the thought.  So, make no mistake, if Fauci, a decades-long D.C. player, says that lockdowns are off the table, they're on the table — at the White House and among congressional Democrats.  Lockdowns are what Democrats want — and not to protect anyone from the Delta variant.  No, they want to reimpose lockdowns because they're a means of control, an expression of their power.  These Democrats are variants, too, statist variants spawned by Marxist creed.

Masking is child abuse and adult abuse — RESIST!  Journalist Karol Markowicz writes at the NY Post "kids unlucky enough to live in blue cities and states were subjected to the anti-science mania of gentry liberals and the cravenness of political leaders beholden to teachers unions.["]  In a tweet she wrote, "If you're a blue check on the left who has been in my DMs in the last year quietly agreeing with me, now is the time to come out and say so.  Don't ruin another year for kids because you're scared your tribe will criticize you.  Do the right thing."  This is an obvious fact.  It's not partisan, or at least it shouldn't be.  Masking needs to go, period.

How Those COVID Charts Are Lying.  It's clear that the Propaganda Media and the Big Tech giants are working with the current administration to generate as much panic as possible.  But Americans with simple common sense realize that a vaccine that is worse than the disease it's supposed to cure are not rolling over and rolling up their sleeves.  So it's all panic all the time, most of it fueled by out-and-out lies.  "Ninety-nine point five percent of the people dying from the delta variant are unvaccinated."  Not true.  "If you got your shots, you won't get the delta variant."  Another lie.  "If you got your shots, you'll protect your loved ones because you won't spread COVID."  Not.  They tried panic at the beginning — "take the shots or you'll die" — then guilt — "take the shots or you'll kill your grandmother."  Didn't work.  Then they tried incentives, all the way from discounts on doughnuts to free million-dollar lottery tickets.

Carlson: The Anglo-sphere Is Committing Suicide Collectively — Australia, New Zealand, Canada, U.S., U.K. 'Are Allowing COVID to Defeat Them'.  Monday [8/2/2021] on FNC's "Tucker Carlson Tonight," host Tucker Carlson opened his program from Budapest with a dire warning about the direction the response to the pandemic was taking the United States and several of its key allies around the globe.  According to Carlson, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Great Britain were "allowing COVID to defeat them."  [Transcript]

Despite 'Delta' Alarmism, US COVID Deaths Are at Lowest Level Since March 2020, Harvard and Stanford Professors Explain.  If you judged the US's current COVID-19 situation only by the headlines, you'd come away thinking that we're spiraling back into pandemic disaster.  Localities like Los Angeles County and St. Louis have reimposed mask mandates on their citizens, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just revised its "guidance" to say that, actually, fully vaccinated individuals should still wear masks in certain situations.  Meanwhile, mainstream media coverage of the rise of the "Delta variant" is soaked in alarmism.  Yet at the same time that all this alarm is mounting, the actual number of COVID-19 deaths is at a nadir.  Harvard Medical School Professor Martin Kulldorff pointed this out on Twitter, writing that "In [the] USA, COVID mortality is now the lowest since the start of the pandemic in March 2020."  He shared this graph from OurWorldInData which clearly shows how COVID deaths per million are at, relatively speaking, extreme lows.  Far more people were dying from COVID-19 months ago as we were winding down restrictions than are dying today as some call to reinstate them.

Opposition to vaccination passports comes from an unexpected quarter.  The Democrats, for much of the 20th century, represented the American working class.  However, they built their latest political empire by targeting myriad special interest groups:  Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, LGBTs, Muslims, Jews, the handicapped, etc. in addition to the reliable college-educated White voters.  Despite Democrats' paeans to diversity, though, the coalition's disparate members often dislike each other.  That schism is showing as Blacks and Hispanics realize that the vaccine passports that White Democrats are urging damage their communities.  Boston's mayor, though, is pushing back.

Containing the coronavirus is an unrealistic goal.  Scientists and doctors have found ways to mitigate the disease's effects through vaccination and treatment, but it will keep spreading anyway.  The CDC's working theory is that vaccination, even if it dramatically reduces the severity of infections in those who get the shot, does not prevent transmission of the virus to the unvaccinated.  Even if that theory is true, it will be insufficient to make people mask up again.  Neither will further societal lockdowns help; they didn't help the first time around, when the virus was more dangerous because millions fewer people were immune.  The answer is to isolate those rare people unable to develop immunity, and to keep working to improve vaccines and treatment methods to mitigate COVID's effects.  This is not to give up hope, for vaccinations and treatments have brought COVID mortality rates to their lowest since the pandemic began.  But containment or eradication will not happen in the foreseeable future, or possibly ever.  Ideally, infections will gradually become less dangerous.

Governor DeSantis Brings Heavy Timber — Florida Will Not Be a Biomedical Surveillance State, The Free State of Florida Will Remain Free.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis directly responded to the attacks from Joe Biden and the White House over DeSantis' decision to block forced vaccinations, forced mask mandates, block CDC demanded shut-downs and keep schools open and mask-free for in-person teaching.  Earlier today [8/4/2021], Governor DeSantis took direct aim at the manipulative control effort from the federal bureaucracy, and said Florida will not be a biomedical surveillance state on his watch.  The remarks were deliberate, resolute and unwavering in defense of the constitutional freedoms and protection from obtrusive government.  The visibly determined governor told Joe Biden the federal demands would not be happening "on my watch."

Mask-Wearing: Not Polite, Not Considerate.  If you think you are being kind, compassionate, or polite as a mask-wearer, please take note of this column.  After the CDC and the Biden administration again ignored science and recommended or re-imposed foolish mask mandates and the like, numerous municipalities and organizations eager to bow to — or afraid to ignore — left-wing dictates, went along with the latest round of Wuhan Virus absurdities.  Walmart, Target, Publix, Chick-fil-A, and the like have again forced the unsanitary and unhealthy face diapers upon their employees.  Apple has gone a step farther and is requiring customers in half of its stores — the ones in so-called "COVID hotspots" (apparently about half of Apple's stores) — to wear the useless face masks again.

Atlantic Magazine Owner Publishes Unvaccinated Should Not Fly, Owns Two Private JetsAtlantic magazine billionaire owner and widow of Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, who also owns two private jets, published an article Tuesday [8/3/2021] encouraging the Biden administration to mandate the unvaccinated be on a no fly list.  While her publication issued an article pushing for "a no-fly list for unvaccinated adults" as "an obvious step that the federal government should take" due to TSA PreCheck, which "divide[s] passengers into categories according to how much of a threat the government thinks they pose," Jobs has the ability to skirt commercial airport security and restrictions for which her magazine is advocating.

Mindy Robinson Takes On Mask Tyranny in Nevada.  American patriot Mindy Robinson, who is spearheading the charge to audit the results of the 2020 election in the state of Nevada, delivered an impassioned speech railing at a County Commissioners meeting against the mask mandate in Clark County, Nevada, where workers are compelled to wear oxygen-depriving facemasks indoors.  Robinson is not having it.

Boston mayor compares NYC's vaccine mandate to slavery, birtherism.  The mayor of Boston said the city won't be following New York's lead requiring proof of vaccination at many indoor businesses, claiming the move is reminiscent of "slavery" and birtherism.  Acting Mayor Kim Janey — the first woman and black Bostonian to hold the office — said "there's a long history" in the United States of people "needing to show their papers" when asked Tuesday about the mandate unveiled earlier in the day by Mayor Bill de Blasio that requires proof of vaccination to enter indoor restaurants, entertainment venues and gyms starting on Sept. 13.  "During slavery, post-slavery, as recent as, you know, what the immigrant population has to go through here, we've heard Trump with the birth certificate nonsense," Janey told WCVB.  "Here, we want to make sure that we are not doing anything that would further create a barrier for residents of Boston or disproportionally impact BIPOC communities."

Mayor Bowser's Summer Goes From Bad to Worse After Meltdown With Reporter and a WaPo Fact Check.  We previously reported on how Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser not only conveniently set a mask mandate in the city to go into effect the day after she attended a swanky birthday party in her honor last month, but on the very day it went into effect she was caught not abiding by her own mandate during a wedding reception.  Bowser has not handled the fallout well at all, as evidenced by the meltdown she had with a Fox DC reporter Tuesday night [8/3/2021] when asked about the incident:  [Video clip]  To say that was a bad look for the Mayor on top of what she's already been caught doing would be quite the understatement.  But to make matters worse for her, even the Washington Post took her to task for what she did as well as her defensive posturing in the aftermath, giving her four Pinocchios.

Why I Refuse to Be Vaccinated.  I have been vilified for refusing to be jabbed with an experimental vaccine.  I have been told that I am among the worst people on the face of the earth as that refusal is putting an inordinate number of people at risk of near certain death.  That it is my civic duty and obligation to be swept up in the hysteria and march meekly in lockstep with whatever the omniscient government bureaucrats tell us to do.  That I must sacrifice personal choices and freedom for the benefit of the collective.  That, in fact, the choice to get a vaccine and to wear a mask is an expression of one's freedom to be a moral citizen and to protect family, community and country.

Fauci: Amount of Virus in COVID-19 Breakthrough Delta Cases 'Almost Identical' to Unvaccinated.  Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, said that federal data showed that the amount of virus in Delta strain COVID-19 breakthrough cases of those who are vaccinated is nearly identical to levels seen among unvaccinated people.  "What we learned that's new ... is that when you look at the level of virus in the nasopharynx of people who are vaccinated who get breakthrough infections, it's really quite high and equivalent to the level of virus in the nasopharynx of unvaccinated people who get infected," Fauci said in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation" on Sunday.  The nasopharynx is part of the nasal cavity near the back of the throat.  COVID-19 is the illness caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  Fauci, who is head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said it was unusual to find that the levels of the Delta variant in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people are "really quite similar, almost identical."

Countries with highest vaccination rates have highest infection rates.  A series of graphs compiled by Twitter user @holmenkollin (Corona Realism) document that "the most-vaccinated countries in the world are experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, while the least-vaccinated countries are not."  Iceland, Gibraltar, Malta, and Cyprus, for example, have vaccination rates of 90-98% and are experiencing surging virus cases.  European countries with high vaccination rates are experiencing increasing infection rates, while those graphs show minimal infection rates among the countries with the lowest vaccination rates.  In Israel, where COVID cases are spiking despite a vaccination rate of 80%, the government is launching a campaign to inoculate its population with a third jab.  The vaccines' effectiveness may very well be wearing off after a few months, but doubling down on booster shots may prove counterproductive if something else is at work.

Some experts, including CDC officials, whisper:  The data supporting the new mask guidance is awfully thin.  The problem with the Provincetown study and later the studies from Wisconsin and Singapore is that the samples were self-selecting.  Instead of taking a random sample of the vaccinated population and assessing who was infected, who was symptomatic, and who had a high viral load capable of infecting others, they looked at vaccinated people who sought testing on their own initiative.  (Or, in the Singapore case, actually needed hospital care.)  Vaxxed people who feel the need to get tested are likely to do so because they have symptoms, but people with symptoms may have higher viral loads than the average infected vaccinated person does.  That's the number we really need, and which would be hard to find.  How many vaxxed people are getting infected but clearing the virus before they become infectious to others?  Whether the vaxxed should be wearing masks routinely in daily life instead of for abundance-of-caution reasons around vulnerable people depends on the answer.  And we don't have it.

Microsoft mandates all workers get their COVID-19 vaccines at US offices.  Add Microsoft to the list of companies that are mandating employees to get their COVID-19 vaccine.  In a statement released on Tuesday, the tech giant said that all employees, vendors and guests who enter any Microsoft office space must show proof of vaccination beginning September.  "As we have done since the beginning of the pandemic, we continue to closely track new developments and adapt our plans as this situation evolves, keeping employee health and safety top of mind," the statement read.

A Ministry of Fear Rules America.  In just a few short months since the mysterious elevation of Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., inexplicably elected the 46th president of the United States, our country has undergone a stunning rapid devolution from a confident, economic powerhouse to a shabby debtor nation afraid of its own shadow.  The American Ministry of Fear, however, is not located in the Chancellery of the National Socialist German Workers Party in Berlin, but in every petty federal, state, and local bureaucracy, doctor's office, TV news station, big-city newspaper, college and university in the country.  From the start of the COVID-19 manufactured panic, these agents of influence have waged a relentless war on the American psyche.  And now, despite their miniscule majorities in Congress, they rule with an iron fist that brooks no demurral.

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Biden Plays Politics on Covid.  Of course there is no evidence that mask mandates do anything to prevent any covid variant from spreading.  Rather than criticizing Abbott and DeSantis, Biden should try to learn from them.  Both Texas and Florida have been more successful than neighboring states with regard to covid.  Here is the map, per the CDC, of fatalities per 100,000 population.  [Map]  Texas, at 179 deaths per 100,000 population, has a lower covid death rate than any adjoining state.  Likewise, Florida, at 181 deaths per 100,000, has the lowest rate not only of any adjoining state, but of any state in the Southeast.  Rather than trying to score political points off these very successful red states, whose economies are booming even as they leave most blue states in the dust with regard to covid, Biden should look to them for lessons in best practices.  But that raises the question:  are there states that have done unusually badly with regard to covid fatalities?  Yes, indeed there are.


Biden: This CDC action on the eviction moratorium is probably unconstitutional but will buy us some time.  As Ed pointed out earlier today, the White House spent yesterday battling upset progressives over the eviction moratorium, which expired Saturday [7/31/2021].  AOC went on CNN yesterday and blamed the failure on moderate Democrats.  She said what was needed was for Congress to be called back into session so they could hold a vote to extend the moratorium.  But Nancy Pelosi basically said no to that. [...] This afternoon [8/3/2021] President Biden gave a statement to the press saying he'd asked the CDC to take another look at the issue and the CDC would soon be announcing a new extension (rumored to be for another 60 days) which would cover about 90% of Americans.  But here's where things get interesting.  During his press conference, Biden admitted that after consulting with legal experts, most of them felt further CDC action would be deemed unconstitutional by the courts.

Demanding?  With what leverage?
Gov. Cuomo Now Demanding Businesses Restrict Service to Vaccinated Customers Only.  Don't want to get the COVID-19 vaccine?  That's your choice, says Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — just don't expect to enter any businesses.  During a Monday [8/2/2021] media briefing, the embattled New York governor beseeched private business owners to adopt "vaccine-only admission," telling them the policy would be "in your business interest."  According to CNBC, Cuomo's comments came on the same day he mandated vaccines for employees of the state's Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Port Authority.  Those who refuse to comply will be subject to weekly testing.

House Report Contains Shocking Detail about the Wuhan Lab.  On September 16, 2019 — roughly two and a half months before the first reported cases of COVID-19 — the Wuhan Institute of Virology signed a contract to spend a bit more than $606 million on a "Central Air Conditioning Renovation Project."  Even if you're used to the air-conditioning guy coming to you with a massive bill, that seems like a lot.  For perspective, Microsoft is building a new data-center campus on 53 acres near Chicago for somewhere between $450 million and $500 million.  The Wuhan Institute of Virology wanted to spend more than that just to renovate its HVAC system.  This new fact comes from the Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a new report, The Origins of COVID-19: An Investigation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Its source for that is the China Government Procurement Network.

Biden Is Asked By About Allowing Thousands Of Unvaccinated Illegals Into The Country — It Doesn't Go Well.  Biden and the Democrats own these travesties for the words, actions, and policies that have led to a nation on fire with murders and surging violent crime, has destroyed our energy independence, presided over historic inflation growth not seen in over 20 years that has dramatically increased the cost of living for hard-working Americans, saddled generations of our children with massive debt and orchestrated the current invasion of illegals from all over the world.  When it's all said and done there will be more illegal aliens in the country than the populations of 15 states. [...] We have the contrary Centers for Disease Control, but there is no "Disease Control" at the border, and since they thrive on issuing mandates, how about issuing a mandate to secure the border that is supported by over 70 percent of Americans?

NIH director forced to clarify statement that parents should wear masks around unvaccinated children.  National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins was forced to backtrack after saying parents should wear masks at home if they have unvaccinated children.  "Let me clarify the masking message that I garbled on this morning [at CNN]," Collins wrote in a tweet Tuesday afternoon.  "Vaccinated parents who live in communities with high COVID transmission rates should mask when out in public indoor settings to minimize risks to their unvaccinated kids.  No need to mask at home."  Earlier in the day, in an interview on CNN, Collins advocated mask-wearing at home and said, "Parents of unvaccinated kids should be thoughtful about this, and the recommendation is to wear masks there as well.  I know that's uncomfortable.  I know it seems weird, but it is the best way to protect your kids."

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Almost nobody that I know asks for, or will listen to, advice about "the best way to protect your kids."  Especially when the advice comes from the government.

Thanks to Trump, My Pandemic's Over.  Two weeks of media-manufactured "delta variant panic" brought me to the realization that, at least for me and mine, the coronavirus pandemic is over.  The Trump Vaccine works like gangbusters, works exactly as advertised, and all the lying and dissembling injected into the fabricated hysteria over "breakthrough" cases only reinforces the following:  If you're vaccinated, life can return to normal.  No more masks.  No more social distancing.  No more capacity limits.  No more fear of one another, including those who've chosen not to get vaccinated.

Louisiana's Democratic Governor Orders State to Return to Indoor Masking.  Ahead of Louisiana expecting its worst day of COVID-19 hospitalizations yet, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards will be bringing the state back under a mask mandate until at least September 1.  During a Monday afternoon [8/2/2021] press conference, Edwards, a Democratic governor in a deep red state, told reporters that the situation in the state is the worst it's ever been.  "This is bad.  And it's not this bad anywhere else in the country today," Edwards said.  "This is having an adverse impact on people's lives today.  And the least we can do is put a mask on.  It is not an onerous burden."  The mandate will apply to children as young as five years old and will apply to schools throughout the state.

Chicken little is real.  A recent front-page headline in my local paper read as follows:  "County bordering on high virus transmission rate."  A doctor with a large regional health system was concerned that the COVID-19 transmission rate had increased by 37% in one week and stated, "A transmission rate above 5% from the prior week is very scary."  It seems useful to provide some context regarding numbers such as these, considering all the numbers being thrown around regarding COVID-19, the apparent push to create a panic over the Delta variant of COVID-19, the obvious push for everyone to get vaccinated, and the fact that the United States is ranked so poorly in math and science.  The first number to be considered is the 37% increase.  It certainly looked pretty bad, but percentages do not always provide an accurate picture.  The county-wide cases went from 11 to 15 during the week in question, an increase of four cases.  So, a 37% increase does not seem to be all that concerning given a population of over 91,000 people.

Allegedly overwhelmed hospital's parking lot is empty
Media Reports Florida Hospitals are 'Overrun' — Then One Person Actually Went to Hospital at the 'Center of Storm' to Check.  There is a tremendous amount of effort being expended in the mainstream media to hold up Florida as a complete failure when it comes to the COVID pandemic.  On Friday, the Associated Press reported that Florida broke the 'record' with more than 21,000 new cases in the state.  One of the key contentions was that hospitals were closed to being 'overrun,' a common claim in COVID reports that have nearly all turned up hollow.  "The Florida Hospital Association said Friday that statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations are nearing last year's peak, and one of the state's largest health care systems, AdventHealth's Central Florida Division, this week advised it would no longer be conducting nonemergency surgeries in order to free up resources for COVID-19 patients," the AP reported. [...] One citizen decided not to take the Associated Press or any other mainstream media outlet's word for it and decided to check it out for themself.  Dr. Shay, Phd., who goes by AMA Black Patriot on Twitter (@DrShayPhD) went to a hospital at Cape Canaveral, Florida, which the AP had used as the location for one of its report.  "So the Associated Press wrote an article saying that Cape Canaveral, FL hospital is bursting at the seams with Covid patients," Dr. Shay tweeted.  "I had to go see for myself, so I drove there.  The first set of pictures are of the hospital's parking.  More to follow."


Gates Foundation Is Longtime Partner Of Chinese Communist Group Which Funded Military-Linked Coronavirus Research At Wuhan Lab.  The National Natural Science Foundation of China, which has extensive ties to China's military and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, has partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on scientific research for over five years.  The unearthed ties between the Gates Foundation and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) follow a National Pulse exposé revealing how the Chinese scientific organization funded People's Liberation Army (PLA) research and bat coronavirus studies at the Wuhan lab.  Beyond describing itself as a state-owned scientific group that is "guided by President Xi Jinping's Socialist thoughts," the NSFC has inked "strategic cooperative agreements" with the Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission.  In October 2015, however, the Gates Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with the NSFC to "jointly support research projects and bilateral workshops."  Together, the Gates Foundation and NSFC would "co-fund awards of up to US$1M and 4 years for collaborations between Chinese and international investigators."

Two years ago, only an insane person would have said something like this.
NIH Director Collins:  Parents of Young Children Should Wear Masks Inside Home.  National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins said Tuesday on CNN's "New Day" that parents should wear masks in their homes to protect children under 12 who can not yet get vaccinated.  Collins said, "It's clear that this variant is capable of causing serious injury in children.  You have heard those stories coming out of Louisiana pediatric ICUs where there are kids as young as a few months old who are sick from this.  That is rare, certainly younger people are less likely to fall ill, but anyone that tried to tell you 'Ah, you don't have worry about it if you're a young, healthy person,' there's many counterexamples all around us now."

Our cold civil war.  Unelected bureaucrats and politicians have used COVID to fundamentally transform the relationship between the American citizen and our Government.  Since March of 2020 our Rights have gone from unalienable and God given to Government granted.  In the name of public health, our fundamental Rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have become subject to the whims of our totalitarian Government masters.  This in itself is a violation of the Constitution, which declares that "we the people" are master and those in Government our "servants."  While the Democratic Party has revealed their totalitarian ambitions, so too have many Republicans shown their totalitarian colors.

FDA Authorizes Antibody Cocktail as COVID-19 Prevention Treatment.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a monoclonal antibody cocktail as a measure to prevent infection in some groups of people who were exposed to the CCP virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19.  The FDA on Friday announced that it had revised its emergency use authorization (EUA) for REGEN-COV, a treatment consisting of jointly administered casirivimab and imdevimab, expanding its use beyond just the treatment of patients who test positive for the virus.  While the product remains authorized for treating confirmed COVID-19 patients over age 12 who are at high risk of severe illness, the agency said the drug combo can now be given to high-risk groups as a measure after exposure to prevent progression of the disease.  The antibody treatment is only authorized for use in people who have been exposed to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, not as a pre-exposure preventive measure, the FDA said.

Biden COVID Advisor Admits Basic Truth the Admin Has Failed to Say for Months.  How many times have these people flip-flopped, all the while dictating to us?  And if anyone was trying to keep straight their "guidance," it would surely drive you mad as they don't seem to know from one minute to the next what they are saying.  So are you prepared for one more bit of just infuriating aggravating information from the Biden bunch?  Here's Michael Osterholm, one of Biden's Wuhan coronavirus advisers and the director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, who admits that all this has brought the country to a point of "confusion."  [Tweet]

NYC's DeBlasio Announces The Start Of COVID Passports To Restrict Those Unvaccinated.  Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new proof of vaccination requirement for most indoor events in New York City.  Dining at restaurants, working out at a gym, attending a movie or play will all require proof of vaccination starting August 16.  [Video clip]

German Stormtroopers Assault And Abuse Germans During COVID Protest In Berlin.  German citizens protesting COVID measures in Berlin were met with what can only be labeled as stormtrooper-like behavior by riot police who came to stop the peaceful march.  Cops are seen randomly pushing and assaulting marchers who were just trying to make their way around the city peacefully.  [Video clip]

Two Aussie Cops Arrest Elderly Man For Not Wearing A Mask During A Walk In Park, Man Goes Into Seizure, Has Heart Attack.  A man is demanding answers after sharing distressing footage of his elderly dad collapsing and suffering spasms as he's arrested for failing to wear a face mask in public.  The stomach-churning incident was filmed on Monday morning [8/2/2021] in Brisbane's Botanic Gardens after Queensland's lockdown was extended to stem the spread of Covid in the community.  [Video clip]

The Australian Military Is Now Going Door To Door, Hunting For COVID Rule Breakers.  Army patrols hit the streets of Sydney on Monday [8/2/2021] enforce draconian coronavirus rules as Australia loses its mind trying to stop the Delta variant from spreading.  Around 300 unarmed military personnel have been tasked with going door-to-door, checking that people who have tested positive are isolating at home.  [Video clip]

Top 'Scientist' Working In The Biden Admin Admits Cloth Masks Do Nothing.  [Video clip]

NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings.  New York City is mandating proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter certain indoor businesses — including all indoor restaurants, entertainment venues and gyms, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday [8/3/2021].  "It's time for people to see vaccination as necessary to living a good and full and healthy life," de Blasio said during his daily press briefing.  "This is crucial, because we know that this will encourage a lot more vaccination."  The program, which de Blasio dubbed the "Key to NYC Pass," makes New York the first major US city to create such a mandate, and marks a significant escalation of the city's efforts to curb the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant.  The initiative will launch on Aug. 16, the mayor said.

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August 16 is almost two weeks from now.  If the disease is so terrible, and we've got to stop the spread right away or we're all doomed, then why the delay?  The answer is obvious:  The mayor is more interested in political power than public health.

Are These Stories Real?  Or Are the Media Trying to Overcome 'Vaccine Hesitancy' by Using Fear Porn?  [Scroll down beyond the highly dubious anecdote.]  On the whole, I'd take my chances on my own rather than to submit to the tender mercies of someone who obviously holds me in contempt.  I have some questions about the entire story.  For instance, according to the CDC, there has not been a single COVID-related death in Alabama under 40 in over a month.  There have only been 110 such deaths in Alabama since the pandemic started.  There is no public data, so far as I can find, that gives the number of intubated patients, the number of patients in the ICU by age, etc., since the vaccine became available.  The absence of empirical data to back up undocumented anecdotes doesn't give me great confidence in the story.  And the source is a Facebook post.

How the Left Has Used COVID-19 to Bankrupt the United States.  I have never bought the conspiracy theories that COVID-19 was a diabolical political plot to undermine the country.  But what is apparent with each passing week is that the virus has been the springboard for the left's agenda to transform America in a way that Sen. Bernie Sanders, Michael Moore or Rachel Maddow could have never imagined.  Without COVID-19, President Joe Biden would never have been elected, of course.  So, for the left, the virus defeated former President Donald Trump.  COVID-19 is now the gateway to the left's utopian agenda of multi-trillion-dollar climate policies, hyper-regulation of the economy, the rebirth of the welfare state and a radical redistribution of income.  Under Trump policies, we had one of the most robust financial and economic expansions on record, especially regarding minority advancement and historic reductions in poverty. [...] COVID-19 has somehow given a new license to even the nuttiest leftist ideas.  So, we have Democrats speeding forward with a plan to raise tax rates to more than 50 percent and implement welfare benefits that can pay families more than $100,000 in annualized wage equivalent benefits.

Fauci, HHS 'Hiding Something' With Redacted Emails:  Sen. Johnson.  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Aug. 1 suggested that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci are "hiding something" from Americans by redacting key information in correspondence that the public "deserves to have."  "The redactions in Dr. Fauci's emails are hiding something.  They need to be transparent.  This is information the American public deserves to have," Johnson said on Twitter.  Johnson is one of five Republican senators demanding answers from the HHS after the department redacted parts of an email between National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) chief Fauci and U.S. researcher Peter Daszak, president of the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance.  EcoHealth Alliance has worked directly with China's Wuhan laboratories to research coronaviruses.  The group has sent federal funds to support gain-of-function research at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), where there have since been reports of the first possible cases of COVID-19 detected in late 2019.

The New Normal in the Permanent Emergency.  Just when the authorities allow us to take off our masks, they demand that we put them back on.  Americans might reasonably wonder if there will ever be a return to "normal."  But obey we must, lest we be in gross violation of the mandates created for us by our betters, who know, better than we do, what's best for us.  From the onset of the lockdowns, one of their loudest critics has been Fox News host Laura Ingraham.  Miss Laura has repeatedly expressed her disdain for the term the "new normal."  Even so, the regular old "old normal" had its problems, one of which was how we handled "congregant settings."  We weren't very prudent about how we mingled, massed, rubbed shoulders, and got together, i.e. congregated.  Efforts to practice "social distancing" in packed congregant settings are sorely tested in many of the activities that we Americans take for granted, such as attending sports events, movies, concerts, bars, restaurants, demonstrations, insurrections, riots, and so on.

Australian Government Begins Army Patrols to Keep Citizens in Lockdown Until Next Year.  Things are really super sketchy in Australia.  The covid restrictions have been getting increasingly more intense, as a result two weekends ago massive protests started.  However, this past weekend thousands of police were deployed in rings around metropolitan areas to stop people from assembling to protest.  At the same time this past weekend, Google blocked Sky News from uploading news feed to their YouTube channel.  Check out this video report.  The Australian army have been dispatched to keep citizens compliant and locked-down.  The vaccination rate is approximately 20%, and the government intends to keep everyone locked down until the vaccination rate reaches 70%.  According to Prime Minister Morrison, that threshold should be achieved by the end of the year.  That means Australians will remain locked-down for the remainder of this year.  [Video clip]

To Follow the Science, Biden Administration Should Free the Science.  [O]ne thing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should stand for is good science.  Whether it does is up for debate, as public health experts like Dr. Martin Makary have criticized the agency for public health recommendations concerning vaccination of minors that are based on "very sloppy data."  There's no expert consensus behind many of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's policies.  But instead of welcoming open scientific dialogue and inquiry, Makary says, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "dug in early" and "dismissed" any dissenting voices.  The question is, why?  The Biden administration seems to sense the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on shaky ground.  Last week, in a bid to suppress what it called "misinformation" about vaccines, the White House pressured social media companies to increase their censorship, which they are always eager to do.

Pompeo Slams Biden For Failing To Hold China Accountable For COVID Cover-up.  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined "Hannity" Monday to hit President Biden's "weak" Chinese policy and the risk that comes with not being able to stand up to America's adversaries.  [Quoting Mike Pompeo:]  Yes.  Well, we've known since I spoke about this — at least in the spring of 2020 — that this virology lab almost certainly the place, Sean, that this virus came from and we've seen the deep cover-up, right?  It continues to this day.  They won't let anybody in to do the investigation in a proper way.  The Chinese Communist Party is responsible for allowing people to travel with a known, very contagious virus — one that is very lethal, and they put it across the world.  This is incredibly reckless and they've got to be held accountable.  There's lots of ways we can do this.  It doesn't appear that the Biden administration's going to head down any of those paths.  There are many tools, without any further legislation, that the Biden administration could use to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for millions of deaths around the world and billions of dollars in loss that resulted from this Chinese foisting of a virus upon the world.

Elderly man collapses to the ground after being arrested for 'failing to wear a face mask' while walking in a park.  A man is demanding answers after sharing distressing footage of his elderly dad collapsing and suffering spasms as he's arrested for failing to wear a face mask in public.  The stomach-churning incident was filmed on Monday morning in Brisbane's Botanic Gardens after Queensland's lockdown was extended to stem the spread of Covid in the community.  According to the man's son, who shared the footage online, he suffers from a medical condition which causes him breathing difficulties and heart problems.

Database Proving How Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Has Been Taken Offline.  The National Institutes of Health database tracking U.S. taxpayer-backed research grants — including the controversial award from Mr. Anthony Fauci's agency to the Wuhan Institute of Virology — can no longer be accessed.  When searched, the database, which itemizes the billions of taxpayer-funded grants distributed by various National Institutes of Health (NIH) agencies, yields no results and prompts users with an error message.  Among the agencies included in the registry is the Fauci-led National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which has come under scrutiny for funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  The website also previously revealed NIAID-directed funds for joint research between disgrace COVID-19 investigator Peter Daszak's EcoHealth Alliance and the Chinese government-run lab under the auspices of a nearly $3.7 million grant entitled "Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence."

Wuhan Scientists Genetically Manipulated Coronavirus, Congressional Report Says.  Chinese scientists manipulated lethal viruses under unsafe conditions at the Wuhan Institute of Virology prior to the coronavirus outbreak, fueling suspicions the pandemic was caused by a lab leak, according to a new congressional report.  The Wuhan lab was engaged in "dangerous genetic modification research on coronaviruses at unsafe biosafety levels," according to the report, authored by the minority staff on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  The report includes revelations about unsafe working conditions at the lab, as well as new information indicating the Chinese government sought to mislead the world about the experiments taking place there.  Congressional investigators say researchers at the lab "had the ability to genetically modify coronaviruses as early as 2016 without leaving any trace of that modification."

What Are We Doing Wrong Regarding COVID-19?  First, we have to recognize something: had we done nothing (in comparison to what we have done) we'd be a year-and-a-half plus into herd immunity.  No lockdowns, no masking, no obliteration of normal school, no upending of businesses large and small, none of the psychological trauma induced by social distancing, and on and on regarding the upheavals to general society induced by panic.  Panic's deleterious effects far outweigh this so-called "pandemic."  Consider:  For run-of-the-mill healthy people, the virus has a 99.9+% recovery rate.  Children are as close to immune to this damn thing as you can possibly be (so why are we teaching children to be afraid; to run from life's challenges?  The psychological harm to malleable young minds here is almost impossible to overestimate).  In a country that was formerly the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave, anyone who wanted to wear a diaper on their face could do so.

AOC, in middle of a packed crowd, dons a mask when the cameras start rolling.  It's mask theatre time again, as the latest attempt to panic the public into accepting limits on our freedom and an experimental gene therapy gathers steam.  In countless locations, Americans are being hectored to wear face masks, and don't you dare point out that most of them are useless in preventing the transmission of microscopic droplets of the COVID virus.  How is Nancy Pelosi supposed be able to color coordinate her outfits with an N94 mask, after all?  But Democrats and nearly all the media go along with the charade, even when it is blatantly obvious none of them believe the masks are effective.  Consider the case of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  Yesterday, she was there in front of the US Capitol, demonstrating with a densely-packed crowd to demand an extension of the eviction moratorium on tenants who don't pay their rent.  Until she knew she was going to be photographed, she was perfectly okay with being unmasked in the midst of the crowd.  But when she thought the cameras were about roll, she hastily put on a mask.

Biden Attacks Alarmist COVID News Stories — Even As He Stokes Them.  CNN might be a horribly biased and woefully unreliable news organization these days, but its reporters do know how to convey the White House propaganda well.  Case in point is the story posted on CNN's website over the weekend about how the Biden administration is desperately trying to get the news media to stop playing up the risk of the Delta variant.  "The White House is frustrated with what it views as alarmist, and in some instances flat-out misleading, news coverage about the Delta variant," reported Oliver Darcy over the weekend.  "That's according to two senior Biden administration officials I spoke with Friday, both of whom requested anonymity to candidly offer their opinion on coverage of the CDC data released that suggests vaccinated Americans who become infected with the Delta coronavirus variant can infect others as easily as those who are unvaccinated."  Darcy goes on to provide a multitude of examples of how the White House berated various news agencies for their coverage of the CDC report that prompted its mask-wearing mandate for vaccinated people.

Obama to host hundreds at 60th birthday party amid COVID concerns.  Former President Barack Obama will host hundreds of guests at his 60th birthday party this coming weekend on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts amid concerns about spreading the delta variant of COVID-19, according to a source familiar with the plans.  A COVID coordinator will ensure all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state and local guidelines are followed at the party, the source said about the affair, which will be held outdoors. [...] Martha's Vineyard, an island in Dukes County, Massachusetts, is currently considered at a "moderate" level of transmission risk, according to CDC data.

Jen Psaki defends Barrack Obama's 500 person 60th birthday party.  The White House defended on Monday [8/2/2021] Barack Obama's upcoming 500-person 60th birthday party despite the rise in Delta variant and breakthrough cases — and after announcing President Joe Biden will not attend.  'I would note first that former President Obama has been a huge advocate of individuals getting vaccinated,' White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki dodged when asked about her former boss' planned event.  Obama is holding a party at his Martha's Vineyard mansion with a guest list of 500 as he rings in his 60s.  The former president has come under fire for his plans despite a nationwide rise in COVID cases.

'Imagine if this was for Trump': Obama bash for hundreds draws jeers amid Delta outbreaks.  Former President Barack Obama is creating a "nightmare" by trying to get nearly 700 people to his 60th birthday bash in Martha's Vineyard, a source told The Post Monday — as news of the lavish party drew fire amid a national surge of the COVID Delta variant and new restrictions.  George Clooney, Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey are among the 475 guests expected to attend alongside about 200 hired hands.  "Democrats are imposing unscientific mask mandates while contemplating more lockdowns.  Meanwhile, President Obama is hosting over 500 elites at his Marthas Vineyard mansion.  If you or I did that it would be called a super-spreader event by the Democrats," said Rep. Elise Stefanik, chair of the House Republican Conference.  "Typical liberal 'do as I say, not as I do'.  This is what socialism looks like."

Narrative Collapse.  Human society is held together by a shared belief in the story that defines them.  The people will suffer all sorts of depredations as long as they continue to believe that story.  Once that story no longer makes sense, they will tolerate nothing but a new story to fill the void.  This is something the managerial class is experiencing with regards to the Covid pandemic and their handling of it.  From the beginning, they have told a story about the virus, where it started and where it will end.  It is this story that has provided them with legitimacy and authority to do what they want to combat it.  The people have suffered great humiliations in support of the Covid narrative.  This story about Covid was also the subtext to the election that improbably put the semi-comatose Joe Biden in the White House.  The drug companies withheld the vaccine news until after the election to help evict Donald Trump.  The unstated message through 2020 was that once Trump was gone, the virus would be defeated, and once the pandemic ended, the world would get back to normal.

Dozens of Seattle restaurants and bars requiring patrons to show proof of vaccination.  No shot, no service.  More restaurants and bars across Seattle now require customers to show proof of vaccination before entering.  This comes after at least nine bars temporarily closed[,] after workers either tested positive for COVID-19 or came into contact with an infected person.

We Should NOT Comply!  The New York Times' David Leonhardt went off message in the grey lady this week.  He detailed some of the "mysteries" of CoVid19 and how specifically the Delta variant is turning out to not be the challenge the White House is wanting everyone to think it is.  The administration and their puppets at the CDC based their reversal of guidance this week upon a single study out of India.  After all India was the place where Delta seemed to rage for a couple of months.  And it is evidently (and I say "evidently" loosely because the CDC refuses to show us the data) the cause of a scary 83% of new CoVid infections in the US currently.  The only problem being that not only did the study from India get so panned by medical journals that they refused to publish it, but as Leonhardt points out in the Times, Delta rates are now plunging in India and Britain.  He also notes that "experts" feared an intense regional breakout in Michigan that would sweep through the Midwest but ended up petering out.  The administration then points to the regularly faulty "new infection" numbers as proof that action must be taken.  And the lapdog media is glad to oblige.

The COVID Death Toll Spike That Never Happened Last Week.  There was a COVID death spike last week.  Run for your lives!  Put your masks back on — and be afraid.  That was the narrative the liberal media peddled last week because without Trump around no one watches anything they report.  We've reached peak hysteria over the Delta variant, which isn't more lethal, nor does it make you sicker.  The reports from an internal CDC memo that suggests otherwise should be ignored; it was rejected by peer review.  Another knife to this narrative of Delta doom is the death toll.  You were made to think that there was a 300 percent increase in deaths.  There's a reason why the media focuses on percentages instead of figures.  You can make a slight uptick in deaths into something more horrifying by adding a percentage to it.  Deaths from COVID remain low and the survival rate remains above 90+ percent.  Nearly 100 million probably already had and recovered from COVID.  Another 164 million have been fully vaccinated.  We're in an era of localized outbreaks.  But back to the death rate — it's trash.  The figures released last week were grounded in old data.

Former Pfizer Employee, Karen Kingston, Confirms Poison.  [Video clip]

Do the COVID Vaccines Work or Not?  We are a year and half into the world's nightmare of COVID-19, also known as the Chinese coronavirus, based on where this demon virus originated and spread from, either intentionally or inadvertently.  We have been told to not wear masks, then wear one mask, then two masks, then no masks indoors.  Now we are back to indoor masking and soon outdoor masking, too.  The same "experts" told us that the vaccines were safe and effective, the pathway out of this nightmare.  If we were vaccinated we no longer had to wear a mask, at least as of last May, according to the CDC.  Two months later they reversed course, recommending mask wearing indoors even if fully vaccinated.  Celebrities, from Pele to Dolly Parton, are endorsing the vaccines, showing photos of themselves getting jabbed.  Yet despite half of American adults being fully vaccinated, cases are rising, as [a recent] CNN headline screams.  Do the vaccines work or not?  Depending on the day and pronouncement, it is hard to know.

How Many Paradigm Shifts Should We Expect with COVID-19?  The ever-changing science surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic exposes the danger of blind "trust in the science."  One year ago, few scientists would have suggested that COVID-19 originated in a lab, or that hydroxychloroquine may have therapeutic efficacy for COVID-19, or that masks did not effectively prevent the spread of the virus.  In a short period of time, all three theories are gaining traction and support.  Scientific innovations throughout history have reaped extraordinary benefits for all of humanity.  However, for our scientific institutions to maintain public trust, scientific ideas must be allowed to face public scrutiny free of censorship and weaponization; science cannot be used as a cudgel to silence dissenting opinions.  With scientific issues becoming increasingly politicized, it is crucial to understand how science works and evolves, and that science is fallible and prone to groupthink and non-scientific influences.

Dr. Stella Immanuel, Hydroxychloroquine Advocate, Sues CNN, Anderson Cooper for $100M.  The Texas doctor who became famous in 2020 for promoting the use of Hydroxychloroquine [HQC], an anti-malarial drug, as "a cure" for COVID-19 has filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN and CNN anchor, Anderson Cooper in the amount of $100 million.  Dr. Stella Immanuel filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday claiming that, "in an effort to vilify, demonize and embarrass President [Donald] Trump, Cooper and CNN published a series of statements of fact about Dr. Immanuel that injured her reputation and exposed her to public hatred, contempt, ridicule, and financial injury."  In the suit, Immanuel says Cooper and CNN "effectively caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands whose lives would have been spared if they had been treated early with HCQ."

Masking kids and closing schools is irrational, unscientific child abuse.  A study out of the UK released last week proved — once again — what we've known for more than a year:  Kids transmit the coronavirus at a much lower rate than do adults.  Epidemiologist Shamez Ladhani, who led the study, found that children "aren't taking [the virus] home and then transferring it to the community.  These kids have very little capacity to infect household members."  Nevertheless, we Americans inflicted misery upon our kids.  We took away school, kept them apart from their friends, and needlessly covered their faces.  It wasn't all kids who suffered, though.  Kids in private and parochial schools in urban areas went to school.  Kids in public schools in GOP-governed areas also went to school (and even got to play sports, mask-free).  And everything turned out OK: States with open schools didn't have more child COVID cases and certainly not more hospitalizations or deaths.  Schools without mask mandates didn't have significantly more COVID cases.  They simply put kids first.

The GOP in Absentia.  According to Johns Hopkins, the survival rate of COVID-19 is better than 98% for all age ranges.  The data regarding deaths and other health complications associated with the mRNA vaccine raise valid concerns.  Simple physics informs professionals such as engineers and filter manufacturers that a cloth or paper mask is powerless to stop virus molecules.  A recent lab analysis of masks worn by children for 5 [to] 8 hours found antibiotic-resistant bacteria, as well as pathogens that cause maladies such as E coli, pneumonia, tuberculosis, meningitis, diphtheria, and Legionnaires' disease.  Recent data show that, rather than curtail the spread of COVID-19, lockdowns exacerbated it.  Finally, we know that (a) unvaccinated, asymptomatic people do not spread viruses; (b) the young are the least likely to be harmed by COVID-19; (c) there are numerous therapeutics available that have treated COVID-19 (among them, the HCQ/azithromycin combination, and ivermectin); and (d) since the dawn of humankind, we have successfully combatted viruses with natural defense mechanisms — among them B cells and T cells.  Nonetheless, the Biden administration deploys propaganda squads door to door (in at least one instance, shadowed by vaccine-packing technicians).  Dr. Fauci et al. insist that the only road to herd immunity is via vaccines (despite the fact that the way a traditional vaccine works is by using a dead/inert form of the target virus to stimulate one's natural defenses, such as B cells and T cells — exactly what exposure to the live virus will do).

Welcome to the American Bribe-ocracy.  "Bribe-ocracy": a system of government where citizens and/or residents are bribed to behave in a way consistent with the goals of the administration. [...] The latest offer is intended to incentivize people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.  Biden is not the only pol who is paying people to behave:  ["]New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has ordered public sector employees in the Big Apple to get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing, announced the $100 payouts for anyone who got the vaccine at a city-run site earlier this week.  [¶]Embattled California Gov. Gavin Newsom handed out millions of dollars last month as part of the Golden State's vaccination push.  [¶]In Missouri, state leaders are offering $100 gift cards to thousands of public employees — and Alabama is allowing vaccine recipients of driving age to take two laps around the Talladega Superspeedway...  [¶]West Virginia is giving vaccine recipients the choice of either a $100 savings bond or a $100 gift card.  In Detroit, just driving someone to a vaccination site can net you $50.["]  And the USA is not the only country to bribe its population into COVID compliance, as this headline attests:  ["]Governments Around The World Offer Extravagant Bribes In Desperate Effort To Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake["]  Bribe-ocratic behavior is neither new nor unique to COVID.

Our Nation Doesn't HAVE to Mutate Just Because COVID Does.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) itself told us that during the 2017-18 influenza season, the flu vaccine was only 40 percent effective.  Why is well understood:  The strain of virus a vaccine is derived from often will not be the same one that'll be prevalent during respiratory disease season.  This is because viruses mutate.  That's what they do.  What public officials [...] do is mutate their positions.  This brings us to CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky's statement, at a July 28 press conference, that the "big concern is the next [SARS-CoV-2 ] variant that might emerge, just a few mutations potentially away, could potentially evade our vaccines."  Now, the vaccines were sold with, and many Americans took them predicated on, the idea that they'd keep us safe from COVID-19.  The people were promised that après le injection, normal life could resume. [...] Of course, the vaccine-normalcy promise was the position mutation after "We can't re-open until there are 14 days of declining infections" (which was the position mutation after "just a two-week lockdown to flatten the curve") and before the position mutation "Well, maybe we can't reopen till 2022."  Now it's essentially, "Viruses mutate!  Deal with it!  COVID Ritual forever!"  Anthony Fauci calls this, I believe, gradually "moving the goalposts."

More West Texas Border Patrol Agents Test Positive for COVID-19.  Three more Border Patrol Agents working at the Eagle Pass, Texas, processing center tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, according to a source working under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.  The agents were assigned to process migrants apprehended in the Del Rio Sector in a soft-sided structure that is currently holding double its rated capacity.  The total number of Border Patrol agents, according to the source, reached six since Thursday.  In addition, at least one Texas Army National Guard soldier working in Eagle Pass also tested positive for the virus.  The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, says the facility is rated at 300 migrants due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The facility is currently holding more than 1,000 migrants.

GOP report says evidence points to COVID emerging from Wuhan lab.  House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans released their report on COVID-19's origins, pointing to evidence of a lab leak, genetic modification, and a cover-up, making the case the virus accidentally emerged from the Wuhan lab in the fall of 2019.  The report concluded that "the preponderance of evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 was accidentally released from a Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory sometime prior to September 12, 2019," and "the virus, or the viral sequence that was genetically manipulated, was likely collected in a cave in Yunnan province, PRC, between 2012 and 2015."  The report said Wuhan lab researchers, CCP officials, and "potentially American citizens" all "directly engaged in efforts to obfuscate information related to the origins of the virus and to suppress public debate of a possible lab leak."

Australia uses helicopters and the ARMY to enforce its 'Zero Covid' lockdown.  Australia today used helicopters and the army to enforce its 'Zero Covid' lockdown, as thousands of police flooded Sydney city centre to enforce the rules and hand out $500 fines for those not wearing a mask.  Sirens blared across the city and a draconian message was broadcast from the skies, as millions were told: 'This is public health order — do not break rules  — you will be found and fines issued.'  Ministers had tried to eliminate all cases through isolation and closed borders, but just 17% of adults have been vaccinated and concerns are now growing over the virus' growing prevalence across the country.

Aussie Government Sends Military Helicopter To Chase Away Kids Playing Basketball.  Whenever you think it can't get any worse, it gets much worse.  Australia has deployed hundreds of soldiers to Sydney to help enforce a Covid lockdown.  This is on top of hundreds of police in vehicles and paddy wagons that were filmed Friday getting ready to arrest those Aussies who dare venture outside of their homes or [...] stop and visit each other for a coffee.  [Video clip]

The left is desperate for COVID restrictions to continue.  Only if Americans are too fearful to leave their homes to vote can the left count on winning.  Only the necessity of mail-in ballots can guarantee their wins.  The new mask mandates, the fearmongering over the this or that variant, are all of a piece:  The left must cheat to win and they know cheating is their only way to victory.  As evidence mounts that the vaccines do not work, that the antibodies do not last, that they are creating the variants as the virus seeks survival around the vaccines, (that's what viruses do) the left is doubling down on the failed restrictions they implemented to destroy a booming economy and steal an election.  Said restrictions did little to curb the Wuhu virus; not the lockdowns, not masks and it is now clear that the vaccines are failing.  The breakthrough cases are mostly among the fully vaccinated.  This is true around the world.  The vaccines have not succeeded as planned or maybe they have.  Maybe failure is part of the plan.

Sleepy Joe Pushing More And More Mandates.  Remember when Dementia Joe said he would eradicate COVID?  [Tweet]  Democrats do not want this to end.

Link between cases and deaths greatly weakened in delta surge.  The delta variant-driven summer COVID-19 surge in the United States has so far proved much less deadly than previous waves, thanks in large part to vaccinations.  The number of cases is approaching the levels seen in previous surges.  The seven-day average of daily cases has risen as high as 66,606, close to the peak of 68,622 seen during the summer surge of 2020.  Yet hospitalizations have been much lower.  Daily hospitalizations so far have hit 31,148 at the highest, far below the 58,488 hospitalizations, for instance, in the spring surge of 2020.  Likewise, daily deaths have so far reached a high of 296, only about a tenth of the peak during the winter.

The Biden White House Scolds Their Media Allies for Fearmongering the Wuhan Virus.  What's Going on Here?  [Scroll down]  My assessment is that the Biden bunch has lost control of the narrative.  They were trying to use panic to increase vaccination rates as well as keep a degree of control over the economy and Americans by use of executive orders and administrative action.  They are keenly aware of what another lockdown would mean, and the economic bill would come due just as the 2022 election was in full swing.  On the other hand, the media are more Great Reset types who would love to see Universal Basic Income, free housing, free childcare, and free whatever implemented.  They see a perpetual state of fear as a way of doing that.

CBS Slaps Down Fauci, CDC Claim Vaccinated Are Spreading COVID in Large Numbers.  Over the weekend, the American public finally learned that the vaccinated were being forced to wear masks again because of a massive outlier in Massachusetts where vaccinated people at a beach gathering had a high viral load in their nasal pharynx.  And when pressed on the data during an appearance on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday [8/1/2021], Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed that viral load meant the vaccinated were spreading it at the same rate as the unvaccinated.  But Fauci would be later proven wrong by a high-ranking Israeli public health official and a former FDA commissioner.

CDC Director: 'We Can Stop This In Its Tracks' if Everyone Wears Masks Until More Are Vaccinated.  Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said in an interview with Healthline published Friday that the country can stop the Chinese coronavirus "in its tracks" if everyone wears a mask until more are vaccinated.  Healthline asked the CDC director if she agrees with former CDC director Tom Frieden's estimation that "we could get to 200,000 new cases a day."  "I've seen modeling data.  Some of the modeling data do go up that high.  Not all of them do.  Do I think it's possible?  Yes, I think it's possible," she said.

Nancy [is] Pelosi Repeatedly Seen Maskless After Ordering Masks Again in the Capitol.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been caught without a mask numerous times in the U.S. Capitol after the return of a mask mandate and threatening anyone who opposes — even those who are vaccinated — with being arrested.  On the first day of the new mask mandate, where the members, staff, and visitors were being required to wear a "well-fitted" super mask, Pelosi (seen in the video above) was in the House chamber, speaking at the speaker's podium without a mask, and wiping her nose with a what looks like a Kleenex while also touching the area around her, as she is giving orders for others to wear the mask.

I Know Exactly Who Is To Blame for This New Wave of COVID-19, and I Know Who Is Making a Fortune on It.  Bloomberg just reported that there are over 110,000 cases of "breakthrough COVID-19" — i.e., vaccinated Americans with COVID-19.  Why do you think the CDC is in a panic and just recommended masks for vaccinated Americans?  The vaccine isn't working.  The cases are everywhere.  New York Yankees players who were vaccinated have COVID-19.  An NFL coach who was vaccinated has COVID-19. Olympic athletes who were vaccinated have COVID-19.  Texas Democrat lawmakers who were vaccinated have COVID-19. The White House is hiding a large outbreak of COVID-19 among their vaccinated staffers.  In Singapore, 75% of the new COVID-19 cases are among the vaccinated.  In Israel, the government admits a majority of new COVID-19 cases are among the vaccinated.  In the United Kingdom, the government admits a large share of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are vaccinated.  A U.K. aircraft carrier has more than 100 COVID-19 cases on board, even though every one of them has been vaccinated.

Fauci and Pelosi both believe that calling a virus a 'pandemic' suspends constitutional rights.  Forget about the Constitution and the God-given rights it affirms, at least according to St.  Anthony Fauci and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  Over the weekend, they announced that due to the less lethal but more contagious Delta Variant of COVID-19, those rights mean nothing.  Hysterical fear has always been the wannbe tyrant's best friend.  Appearing on ABC TV's This Week [8/1/2021], responding to a set-up question by substitute host Jonathan Karl that positioned Republican governors as villains standing on the way of mask and vaccine mandates, the highest-paid bureaucrat in the federal government averred that "the spread of infection" impacts everyone, "when you are dealing with a public health situation... a person's individual decision....  You very well may infect another person....  So in essence, you are encroaching on their individual rights."

As COVID surges, why is YouTube suppressing SkyNews for its reports on HCQ and ivermectin?  In one of the most outrageous instances of internet censorship, YouTube has suppressed Australian news giant SkyNews for a week, based on its reports about hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. [...] And it's wrong on at least two levels.  One, even if the network was wrong (a big 'if'), the censorship would be wrong, too.  In a free society, news agencies sink or swim based on the accuracy of their information.  To shut them down on a false claim of denying COVID, or for reporting on the benefits of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, serves zero useful purpose.  In a country with a free press, if SkyNews is wrong about those treatments, their credibility will vanish and their audience will evaporate.  Viewers are not stupid.  But YouTube seems to think they are.

People who don't wear masks are= 'encroaching on others' individual rights': Fauci defends new CDC mask guidance for the vaccinated.  Dr Anthony Fauci has warned of 'some pain and suffering in the future' as coronavirus cases continue to rise, but said that he does not see the need for new lockdowns.  'I don't think we're going to see lockdowns,' Fauci told Jonathan Karl of ABC's This Week on Sunday [8/1/2021].  'I think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country — not enough to crush the outbreak — but I believe enough to allow us to not get into the situation we were in last winter.'  The nation's top infectious disease expert warned, however, that 'things are gonna get worse' and the number of COVID-19 cases will continue to rise because so many Americans are still unvaccinated.  'We have 100 million people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who are not getting vaccinated,' he said.

CDC: 397 Children Suffered Heart Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccine.  Nearly 400 children between the ages of 12 and 17 were diagnosed with heart inflammation after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on July 30.  The condition, also known as myocarditis, occurred mostly in young boys, the study found.  Heart inflammation wasn't identified as an adverse reaction during the safety trials for the vaccine.  The CDC conducted the study by reviewing reports of adverse reactions to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) between Dec. 14, 2020, and July 16, 2021.  Of the 8.9 million children who received the vaccine as of July 16, VAERS received a total of 9,246 reports of adverse reactions, 90.7 percent of which were made up of "nonserious adverse events."  The 397 reports of heart inflammation made up 4.3 percent of the total.

Without Trump, Dems And Media Dehumanize The Unvaccinated To Salvage 2022 Midterms.  With Donald Trump off the ballot and the 2022 midterms just over the horizon, Democrats and their corporate media allies have launched an obscene crusade to dehumanize the unvaccinated.  This anti-science campaign to demonize more than half the American people as walking biohazards (those who've chosen not to get vaccinated or who cannot due to their youth) is right out of the Nazi playbook and one of the most grotesque things I've ever witnessed.  According to the far-left CDC's very own math, the unvaccinated are almost entirely a threat only to themselves and hardly that.

Walensky backtracks nationwide vaccine mandate comments amid messaging confusion.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky backtracked Friday after she said the Biden administration was entertaining a federal coronavirus vaccine mandate.  Walensky was not referring to a federal vaccine requirement when she said the administration was "looking into" whether to mandate it at the federal level, she said Friday evening [7/30/2021].  "To clarify:  There will be no nationwide mandate," Walensky wrote on Twitter.  "I was referring to mandates by private institutions and portions of the federal government.  There will be no federal mandate."

Most Recovered COVID-19 Patients Have Broad, Robust Immunity That Likely Provides Some Protection Against Variants:  Study.  Most people who have recovered from COVID-19, even with mild illness, retain a broad and durable immunity to the disease, including some degree of protection against its variants, according to an Emory University study published in the journal, Cell Reports Medicine.  The longitudinal study, the most comprehensive of its kind to date, involved 254 COVID-19 patients, between the ages of 18 to 82 years, who provided blood samples at various points for a period of over eight months beginning in April 2020.  About 71 percent of the patients had mild disease, 24 percent experienced moderate illness, and five percent had severe disease.  The researchers found that most of the patients who recovered mounted a strong and wide-ranging immune response to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus for up to 250 days.

Twitter Suspends Science Writer After He Posts Results Of Pfizer Clinical Test.  Twitter LogoJust yesterday [7/30/2021], we discussed the censoring of a commentator by Twitter for merely expressing an opinion over the need for a "pause" on any federal mandates on Covid-19 as new research is studied.  Now, a former New York Times science reporter, Alex Berenson, has been suspended for simply citing the results from a clinical trial by Pfizer and raising questions over any vaccine mandate.  In the meantime, the White House accused both the Washington Post and New York Times of irresponsible reporting on Covid, but surprisingly Twitter has not suspended those accounts.  It is the license of the censor.  Twitter is unwilling to let people read or discuss viewpoints that it disagrees with as a corporation.  Many on the left, however, have embraced the concept of corporate speech and censorship.  It turns out that the problem with censorship for many was the failure to censor views that they opposed.  With the "right" censors at work, the free speech concerns have been set aside.

French Police Clash With Anti-Virus Pass Protesters in Paris.  Thousands in France protesting a special virus pass marched through Paris on Saturday, with French police in full riot gear using their fists to push some demonstrators back and firing tear gas against some crowds.  Some 3,000 security personnel were deployed around the French capital for a third weekend of protests against the pass that will be needed to enter restaurants and other places.

Study Used by CDC to Support New Mask Mandates Based on a Non-American Vaccine, Rejected by Peer Review.  It has been determined that one of the studies used by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to justify the strict new mask mandates was not only rejected by peer review, but was also based on a vaccine that is currently not authorized for use in the United States, the Daily Caller reports.  The controversial study came from India, where scientists there studied "breakthrough infections" in over 100 healthcare workers who had received a vaccine but still caught the coronavirus, determining that the COVID-19 India variant, also known as the "Delta" variant, produces a higher viral load than other strains of the coronavirus.  This was one of the pieces of evidence used by the CDC to claim that even vaccinated individuals should wear masks, since the India variant is allegedly capable of being transmitted by vaccinated individuals to unvaccinated individuals.

And We Should Trust 'The Science' of the Pharma Industry?  The forever-head of the US NIAID, Tony Fauci, has repeatedly demanded that the public "trust the science" as he shifts his own science opinion from one positon to another.  What is never mentioned in mainstream media in the West or almost anywhere in the world is the scientific record of the major global vaccine making pharmaceutical giants.  In short, it is abysmal and alarming in the extreme.  That alone should prohibit governments from pushing radical untested experimental injections on their populations without extensive long-term animal and other testing to assure their safety." [...] The wording of Fauci is precise and deliberately manipulative.  It suggests that there exists some fixed thing we can call "The Science," like some Vatican religious dogma, whereas the real scientific method is one of continuous questioning, overturning past hypotheses with newly proven ones, adjusting.  Yet when it comes to "Science," the handful of giant vaccine makers, sometimes known as Big Pharma, a cartel not unlike Big Oil, have a record of fraud, deliberate doctoring of their own tests, as well as widespread bribing of doctors and medical officials to promote their various drugs despite "Science" results that contradict their assertions of safety.  A look at the major global pharmaceutical giants is instructive.

It Took Less Than 24 Hours For DC Mayor Bowser To Be Caught Violating Her New Mask Mandate:  Report.  Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser was photographed not wearing a mask while reportedly officiating an indoor wedding Saturday — not even 24 hours after re-imposing an indoor mask mandate for the district.  The event occurred at The Line DC, a four-star hotel in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of the city, and was reportedly attended by hundreds of unmasked guests.  The mayor was approached by a reporter for the Washington Examiner but was reportedly escorted away by security detail before she could be questioned about being maskless in spite of her new order.  The Examiner also obtained a photo of Bowser maskless at the wedding.

Rep. Issa: There Could Be A New America By Popular Revolt.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he believes Democrats don't actually want the pandemic to end.  In an interview on Friday, the California Republican said Democrats have implied the pandemic isn't close to being over through their actions.  Issa suggested Democrats are trying to extend the eviction moratorium using the pandemic as continued cover.  He said without relief from the vaccine, there would never be relief from the pandemic.  Issa predicted this lack of relief would lead to a popular revolt among the American people.  His interview came on the heels of Joe Biden discussing the future of lockdowns, where he said they are still possible in the U.S. despite high vaccination rates.

News media acts as if the Delta Variant is going to kill us all!.  If you want to control people, just scare them and tell them what to do, and scaring them about dying from a mysterious disease is definitely the way to go.  The remaining members of the general public aren't getting their shots like they should.  Vaccinations have declined significantly since the peak on April first.  These "resisters" need a new push and the "Delta Variant" has arrived just in time to justify new draconian measures from governments, corporate employers and colleges. [...] The real thing to worry about is the number of side effects from the vaccine which are turning out to be far more deadly than the virus itself.  We've all heard of the VAERS database that shows "adverse reactions" to vaccines.  Estimates vary, but at least 5,000 people have died shortly after receiving their vaccines, which is more than all reported vaccine deaths since the data was first collected.  Since only a small percent of adverse reactions is reported, this number could be at least ten times greater.  Efforts are under way to get more accurate death and side effects data.  And other side effects are off the charts.

Nullifying Nuremberg.  Dr. Josef Mengele is one of the true monsters of history. [...] The cruelty and depravity of Mengele and others, including Adolf Eichmann, shocked the world, were almost beyond reckoning, and subsequently inspired the establishment of the Nuremberg Code — which was tacitly endorsed by nearly every nation on earth. [...] All COVID vaccines emergency authorized by the FDA have not yet been approved and are experimental, as they have undergone no long-term safety trials.  Safety data are being partially collected in real time as adverse events are reported to VAERS.  The tenets of the Nuremberg Code apply here as these vaccines are — by definition — a medical experiment being administered worldwide. [...] There have been many reports of adverse events from the COVID vaccines, including Bell's palsy, seizures, blood clotting, heart inflammation, and death.  How many people reading this who got the vaccine had these potential side-effects explained to them before getting jabbed?  How many were afforded informed consent?

Lauren Boebert's Opponent Is a Veterinarian Who Works in Wyoming and Claims Her Hospital Is Filled With COVID Patients.  A couple of days ago, I posted on how Twitter has weaponized its "community standards" to shut down any form of resistance to the narrative put out by the Biden bunch and will permit all forms of falsehoods so long as those lies and falsehoods support Biden, the Democrat party, and the media narrative.  Case in point, a clown named Eric Feigl-Ding, who has a huge Twitter following, tweeted out this TikTok video of what appears to be a near relative of the banjo player in Deliverance reciting made up "facts" about the impact the so-called Delta variant of the Wuhan virus has had on Arkansas hospitals.  [Tweet]  Nothing this woman says is true.  Arkansas's ICU usage is essentially normal.  Yet, Twitter allows it to be spread without restriction, even though it is deliberately sowing panic because this twit has to know she is lying, because the Biden bunch want panic to stampede the country back into lockdown and face diapers.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Says We Just Need Two Weeks to Stop the Delta Variant.  Perhaps CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has no sense of irony.  We recently passed the 500th day to slow the spread, which, as we all know, started with 15 days to slow the spread in March of 2020.  Now, Walensky is saying that if we all put on a face diaper and get the jab, we can defeat the Delta variant in a few weeks.

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There will always be another "variant" right around the corner, and another two- or three-week extension of low- and mid-level tyranny to fight the disease.  Most of us understand what this endless cycle is all about:  It is about totalitarianism.

Republican senators reveal previously redacted Fauci letter info, including surprise collaboration.  A group of Republican Senators sent a letter to Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Senator Gary Peters on Thursday that made shocking revelations about the content of previously redacted Dr. Anthony Fauci emails.  The letter urged Peters to subpoena documents that the National Institute of Health and the Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies have refused to provide and hold the agencies accountable to the law that requires they disclose the requested documents upon request by at least five members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.  The senators reference an email that was previously obtained under a Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA) that was heavily redacted due to an FOIA exemption that claimed the redacted text could reasonably be expected to "interfere with law enforcement proceedings."

Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence:  So far, most studies found little to no evidence for the effectiveness of face masks in the general population, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control.
  [#1]   A May 2020 meta-study on pandemic influenza published by the US CDC found that face masks had no effect, neither as personal protective equipment nor as a source control.
  [#2]   A Danish randomized controlled trial with 6000 participants, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in November 2020, found no statistically significant effect of high-quality medical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection in a community setting.
  [#3]   A large randomized controlled trial with close to 8000 participants, published in October 2020 in PLOS One, found that face masks "did not seem to be effective against laboratory-confirmed viral respiratory infections nor against clinical respiratory infection."
  [#4]   A February 2021 review by the European CDC found no high-quality evidence supporting the effectiveness of non-medical and medical face masks in the community.  Furthermore, the European CDC advised against the use of FFP2/N95 masks by the general public.
  [#5]   A July 2020 review by the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine found that there is no evidence for the effectiveness of face masks against virus infection or transmission.
  [#6]   A November 2020 Cochrane review found that face masks did not reduce influenza-like illness (ILI) cases, neither in the general population nor in health care workers.
  [#7]   An April 2020 review by two US professors in respiratory and infectious disease from the University of Illinois concluded that face masks have no effect in everyday life, neither as self-protection nor to protect third parties (so-called source control).
  [#8]   An article in the New England Journal of Medicine from May 2020 came to the conclusion that face masks offer little to no protection in everyday life.
  [#9]   A 2015 study in the British Medical Journal BMJ Open found that cloth masks were penetrated by 97% of particles and may increase infection risk by retaining moisture or repeated use.
  [#10]   An August 2020 review by a German professor in virology, epidemiology and hygiene found that there is no evidence for the effectiveness of face masks and that the improper daily use of masks by the public may in fact lead to an increase in infections.

Faceless people make compliant subjects, not good citizens.  "We should never fully return to our maskless society where only health care providers donned a mask, because judicious use of masks will continue to save lives".  This is not the fringe statement of some obscure crank.  It is the view of two doctors at New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine, one of the nation's most prestigious medical schools, writing in a New York Daily News op-ed this spring. [...] Randomized control trials have found little to no evidence that masks work to prevent viral transmission — either from the wearer to others or vice versa.  In fact, some significant evidence from RCTs indicates that masks increase transmission.  One team of researchers, led by Raina MacIntyre at the University of New South Wales, explained how masks could actually be counterproductive:  "The virus may survive on the surface of the facemasks" and "transfer pathogen from the mask to the bare hands of the wearer."  Forcing children to wear masks is particularly unreasonable.  Minors are far less apt to spread the virus, and CDC statistics show that 99.9% of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have been of adults.
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The data about Delta variant infections do not support panicking.  We're finally getting some clarity about what's going on with COVID and it's information that makes even more perplexing the Biden administration's fanaticism about reintroducing all the COVID restrictions that not only didn't work last year but were lifted completely for the Black Lives Matter protests and riots.  The short version is that the vaccine doesn't seem to protect against the Delta variant, we're all still contagious, but (thankfully) we're not dying like flies.  That news, while not uplifting, doesn't seem to justify the Democrats' hysteria. [...] It could be that the administration is lying again and that something truly terrible is coming down the pike.  I prefer not to think about that.  I continue to believe that the Democrats benefitted spectacularly from COVID last year and intend to do so again.  They will destroy the economy in true Cloward & Piven fashion, allowing them to institute socialism.  They will create social chaos, allowing them to move strongly as a police state.

Biden's Vaccine Narrative Shattered:  Singapore Data Shows Majority of Sick Are Vaccinated.  New data coming out of Singapore shows that three-quarters of the new COVID-19 cases are among the fully vaccinated, so this is clearly not a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," as President Joe Biden has said.  A new study done in Massachusetts found similar results to Singapore.  Reuters reported July 23 that Singapore's national vaccination program used two of the three shots that people are receiving in the United States:  Pfizer and Moderna.

Harvard Med School Prof Shreds Media's Mask Obsession, Leaves Pro-Maskers Unquestionably Furious.  A prominent Ivy League infectious disease expert told Fox News on Friday morning that new federal government guidelines about wearing masks are not backed up by any science, and it's sure to anger the pro-mask crowd.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week updated its guidance regarding mask-wearing, and actually advised vaccinated Americans to go back to wearing face coverings in some settings.  Since then, talks surrounding mask and vaccine mandates, new lockdowns and school closures have taken over media coverage, despite the fact that fewer people are dying from COVID right now than at any point since the coronavirus pandemic began.

CDC's Own Data Shows 15% of In-Hospital CV Deaths in May Were Among Vaccinated Patients, Not 'Under 1%' As Officials Claimed.  Anthony Fauci, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and CDC director Rochelle Walensky were lying to the public when they said over 99% of patients dying in hospitals were unvaccinated, according to the CDC's own data shared Thursday night [7/29/2021] by the Washington Post.  [Six tweets]  Israel, Iceland and other highly-vaxxed nations are all rushing to lock down a second time and rush out boosters but our public health "authorities" and Biden himself have spent the last two weeks claiming the "vaccines" are 99.5% to 100% effective.  [More tweets]

Pelosi and White House blame Republicans for fueling spread of COVID.  Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden's digs at Republicans for refusing to get vaccinated have been cast into doubt after figures showed key Democrat demographics are among the main groups who aren't being jabbed.  Figures from both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) show key Democrat voting blocks — including blacks, Hispanics and people of all races between ages 18 and 24 — are also hesitant to have the shot.  Earlier this week, Nancy Pelosi attempted to blame Republican leaders for failing to encourage their constituents to get vaccinated, but failed to mention why her own party hadn't been pushing millions of reluctant Democrat voters to also get the shots.

Woke Black Patriot Has A Message For Forced Vaccinations.  And I think he really means it.  [Video clip]

Australia Officially Turns Into An Ironclad Police State To Make Sure No One Leaves Their Homes During Lockdowns, Military Called In.  Australia started out as the world's largest prison colony.  Nearly 250 years later, the land down under has come full circle with the new, ultra-draconian lockdowns, now enforced with thousands of police in places like Sidney.  Just take a look at this video that shows an endless line of police vehicles and paddy-wagons, ready to imprison citizens for daring to go outside their homes in an unauthorized manner.  [Video clip]

Mayor Bowser Appears Maskless At Birthday Party Hours Before Implementing Mask Mandate.  Photos uploaded to social media appear to show Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrating her birthday maskless hours before her mask mandate went into effect for the District. [...] Bowser announced on Thursday that the district would be re-imposing an indoor mask mandate for all individuals over the age of two regardless of vaccination status.  The city has had only two deaths from COVID-19 in the last two weeks.  "I know D.C. residents have been very closely following the public health guidelines and they will embrace this," the mayor said when making the announcement.  The mayor was also criticized in November when she traveled to Delaware to attend President Joe Biden's speech declaring victory in the 2020 presidential election — in violation of her own rule forcing travelers from outside of the district to quarantine for 14 days.

Vegans May Be Exempt from Compulsory Vaccines, Law Firm Claims.  Ethical vegans may be exempt from being forced by their employers to be vaccinated because their lifestyle beliefs are protected by law, a legal firm has claimed.  Last year, a judge presiding over an employment tribunal ruled that ethical veganism — where a vegan avoids all animals products, products that used animals in testing, or services associated with animal exploitation — was a "philosophical belief", making it a protected characteristic like race, religion, or sexuality, with its adherents covered under the Equality Act 2010.

DeSantis to Use Executive Order to Thwart School Districts Attempting to Institute Mask Mandate.  Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Friday that he will sign an executive order to allow parents to choose whether their children will wear masks to school.  "In Florida, there will be no lockdowns, there will be no school closures, there will be no restrictions and no mandates in the state of Florida," DeSantis said during a news conference in Cape Coral.  DeSantis said he would not change the state's position on masking due to efforts by "a movement to try to impose more restrictions on the American people."  The governor's comments came after Broward County Public Schools decided to require students to wear masks to begin the upcoming school year.

Amid Union Pushback, Biden's COVID-19 Vaccine Rules Face Legal Challenge Over Coercion.  President Joe Biden touts the support of the business community for his COVID-19 vaccine policy, but leaders of organized labor, which the president identifies as his political base, aren't happy.  Requirements that both federal employees and the employees of federal contractors "attest" to their vaccination status and regularly submit to testing if not vaccinated could face a court challenge, based on the Biden administration's own employment guidelines.  The U.S. government includes about 2.1 million employees and is assisted by more than 4 million contract employees.  Larry Cosme, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, said in a formal statement:  "Forcing people to undertake a medical procedure is not the American way and is a clear civil rights violation no matter how proponents may seek to justify it."  The American Postal Workers Union also issued a statement, saying "it is not the role of the federal government to mandate vaccinations for the employees we represent."

America is not covid kindergarten.  Leana S. Wen, a physician and former Public Health Commissioner for the City of Baltimore, wrote a piece in the Washington Post demanding that we put on masks. [...] She took the kindergarten approach in threatening group punishment because a few people have exercised their right not to be vaccinated.  Wen wrote, "The CDC is trying to urge localities and businesses to reimplement indoor mask requirements given surging coronavirus infections.  That's the right policy, but it's using the wrong explanation.  The vaccinated are not a major source of spread.  Even if every vaccinated person puts on a mask, that's not going to solve things when the vast majority of transmission is by the unvaccinated.  And that is the actual problem that the CDC is trying to solve:  It wants to get the unvaccinated to put on masks in indoor spaces.  Without proof of vaccination, the only way to reliably to do this is to ask the vaccinated to also don our masks.  Relying on the honor system was a big fail, and the best way to curb the current surge is to get everyone to mask up again. [...]"  The "honor system was a big fail"?  What honor system?  Under federal law no one has to tell you if they have been vaccinated.  The only honor system that failed is the public health system that Wen and the rest created.

Republicans argue Fauci emails show NIH funded gain-of-function research at Wuhan lab.  Top House Republicans argue that emails and other evidence show that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and are calling on its director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to explain his repeated sworn testimony to the contrary.  Earlier this month, Sen. Rand Paul requested Attorney General Merrick Garland to start a criminal investigation of Fauci over his Senate testimony, during which he said the National Institutes of Health never funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab.  The Kentucky Republican says that is a lie, while Fauci insists the NIH grants did not fund gain-of-function research.  Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the top GOP member on the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to Fauci this week, noting he hadn't responded to a similar June letter from them about testimony in May and arguing that his July testimony only raised more questions.

Do the vaccinated become a breeding ground for COVID mutations? 
  •   Based on the scientific evidence, the narrative that unvaccinated people are viral factories for more dangerous variants is false.
  •   Just as antibiotics breed resistance in bacteria, vaccines put evolutionary pressure on viruses to speed up mutations and create more virulent and dangerous variants.
  •   Viruses mutate all the time, and if you have a vaccine that doesn't block infection completely, then the virus will mutate to evade the immune response within that person. That is one of the distinct features of the COVID shots — they're not designed to block infection. They allow infection to occur and at best lessen the symptoms of that infection.
  •   In an unvaccinated person, the virus does not encounter the same evolutionary pressure to mutate into something stronger.  So, if SARS-CoV-2 does end up mutating into more lethal strains, then mass vaccination is the most likely driver.
  •   So far, SARS-CoV-2 variants are at most 0.3% different from the original Wuhan virus.  Such minor variation means the virus will not present itself as a new virus.  If you've recovered from COVID-19, your immune system will still recognize it.

CDC's Walensky brushes off issue of illegals spreading COVID at the border; promises 'guidelines' someday.  The more CDC director Rochelle Walensky talks, the worse she sounds.  Along with her well-noted controversial statements about returning to mask-wearing and a nationally mandated COVID vaccine, the latter of which she walked back to some extent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director threw out other nutty statements that are worth noting if for nothing else than the fact that Joe Biden says he defers to her and her continuously mistaken bureaucrats at CDC. [...] Words, and rules, no longer have meaning to Biden, and she's letting this go on and on as COVID spreads through the U.S.  As if that weren't bad enough, she's back to nonsense about everyone masking up and all she needs is two weeks to "stop the spread."  Heard that one before?  How stupid does she think the public is?

DeSantis to ban mask mandates for children in Florida's public schools, let parents decide.  Good politics, good policy.  Not much more to say than that.  Although I'll seize this opportunity to nudge him again that mandating vaccines for public-school teachers is also good policy, even if the politics is ... complicated.  [Tweet]

Australia uses helicopters and the army to enforce its 'Zero Covid' lockdown as thousands of police flood Sydney to enforce the rules.  Australia today [7/31/2021] used helicopters and the army to enforce its 'Zero Covid' lockdown, as thousands of police flooded Sydney city centre to enforce the rules and hand out $500 fines for those not wearing a mask.  Sirens blared across the city and a draconian message was broadcast from the skies, as millions were told:  'This is public health order — do not break rules — you will be found and fines issued.'  Ministers had tried to eliminate all cases through isolation and closed borders, but just 17% of adults have been vaccinated and concerns are now growing over the virus' growing prevalence across the country.

Lollapalooza to require masks in indoor spaces at Grant Park beginning Saturday.  Lollapalooza officials announced masks will be required by all patrons in any indoor spaces at Grant Park beginning Saturday [7/31/2021], based on advice from the Chicago Department of Public Health.  The requirement is in place for all attendees regardless of vaccination status, and the festival will continue to require vaccination cards or proof of a negative COVID-19 test for admission each day.

Walmart Forcing All Workers To Mask Up, Managers To Get Vaxxed.  Walmart is requiring workers in high risk areas to mask up — and will force all managers to get vaccinated by early October.  The mask mandate was announced Friday and immediately implemented.  It applies to all store workers, regardless of vaccination status, in high risk COVID-19 counties, as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The new policy came three days after the CDC reversed its May mask guidance, calling on all people to wear face coverings indoors in the approximately two-thirds of the country where the deadly virus and its Delta variant are spreading rapidly.  Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, had told vaccinated workers they could unmask in mid-May, after the CDC's original edict.

Team Biden's failure to communicate has led to a contagion of confusion.  President Joe Biden's not exactly the Great Communicator, but his team's messaging on COVID has been a complete disaster.  And that's bad news for the nation, since all the dubious advice and whiplash reversals will only undermine trust — in Biden, the vaccination and America's recovery.  Fact is, the top priority of Biden and his Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be clearly communicating to the public that the vaccines work, encouraging all Americans to get jabbed as the highly contagious Delta variant surges.  But after remarks on July 4 "celebrating Independence Day and independence from COVID-19" — a speech that remains front and center on the White House home page — Biden did a 180 this week, starting Tuesday, backing up the CDC's recommendation that the vaccinated mask up again indoors because of the contagious Delta variant.

Joe Biden:  Expect More Coronavirus Restrictions 'In All Probability'.  President Joe Biden confirmed Friday [7/30/2021] that Americans should expect more coronavirus-related restrictions, as the Delta variant of the virus continues to spread.  Biden spoke about more restrictions on Americans after CBS reporter Weijia Jiang asked him if he expected more restrictions as the virus spreads across the country.  "In all probability," he replied as he left the White House for a weekend trip to Camp David. [...] The White House continues to fail to explain to Americans why fully vaccinated people in some areas have to wear masks, leaving future restrictions entirely up to public health officials.

Two-faced CDC Faces Backlash After Abrupt About-Face on Face Masks.  On May 13, President Biden held a Rose Garden ceremony in which he proclaimed, "Today is a great day for America.  If you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask.  Get vaccinated — or wear a mask until you do."  That same day, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reiterated Biden's pronouncement, saying, "We have all longed for this moment — when we can get back to some sense of normalcy." [...] That was then.  This is now.  On July 27, the CDC issued the following guidance.  Fully vaccinated people should "wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission."  And, "CDC recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to schools, regardless of vaccination status."  Why the abrupt about-face by the CDC regarding face masks?  The Delta variant, of course.

Interview: Walensky Is Losing the CDC's Credibility.  This evening's [7/30/2021] "Special Report" with Bret Baier featured a rather intense interview with Director Walensky of the CDC.  A lot of topics were covered in a short amount of time concerning COVID-19, from variants through masking, outbreaks, and schools to vaccines.  To those who watch public health policy, this week has been a shocking revelation, with the CDC and health policy "experts" making indiscriminate statements devoid of any reference to data, but tonight I have actually had to ask myself — does the Director of the CDC actually understand this virus?  I don't think, or say, this lightly.  In her interview, Dr. Walensky made a number of basic misstatements about the virus, many of which were fundamentally at odds with the wider research, including research included in the internal slide deck that I wrote about earlier today.  On that note:  Walensky assured Baier and his viewers that this was strictly an internal slide deck, meant to present a broad view of the latest data to her personally, and in no way influenced the masking guidance.  She then contradicts herself on this by saying the decisions on masking and guidance changes were made after this presentation was given to her.

White House clarifies:  Okay, okay, we're not heading back towards lockdowns.  You know you've screwed up badly as a spokesman when you have to walk back something stupid you said not once but twice.  [Tweets]  Karine Jean-Pierre is the heir apparent to Jen Psaki as press secretary but Biden must be nervous watching her stumble around on a subject as touchy as this one.  Imagine Dems trying to compete in the midterms after blue-state governors have ordered a new round of business closures, with all the economic and psychological wreckage that would entail, at a moment when every pharmacy chain in the country is overflowing with vaccines.  Did Jean-Pierre really need an extra day to figure out why lockdowns are a total nonstarter in a post-vaccine age?  Vaccines were the thing that were supposed to free us from lockdowns, remember?

Deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insists we don't need COVID briefings because of Biden's press conferences.  The White House on Friday [7/30/2021] argued it did not need to have a briefing from COVID experts amid changing face mask guidelines because President Joe Biden, a 'trusted voice,' was speaking about the matter.  'I would argue that we had the President of the United States speak to this yesterday, he gave more than 30 minute speech about where we are as a country, and he is a trusted voice, he's the leader of our country.  We heard from him,' White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said when asked why the country wasn't hearing from medical experts at this time.  The White House is struggling with its messaging on COVID vaccines after President Biden said his administration is exploring a mandate but an adviser quickly walked that back.

Here it is:  The actual data on which the CDC's new mask guidance is based.  [Scroll down]  The sample the CDC used was (presumably) self-selecting, people volunteering to be tested because they had some reason to believe they were infected, i.e. they were experiencing symptoms.  But what if in reality 5,000 vaccinated people were infected and 4,500 of them were asymptomatic?  Using the CDC's math, 79 percent of vaccinated people with a confirmed breakthrough infection had symptoms, a scary number.  Under my hypothetical, that number would drop to 5.5 percent.  The same point goes for the viral load data.  The CDC found that viral loads in 127 symptomatic vaccinated people were similar to the loads in 84 symptomatic unvaccinated people.  But what if there were another 4,500 infected vaccinated people whose viral loads were much lower?  That would mean that breakthrough infections actually don't make the vaxxed as infectious as the unvaxxed in the great majority of cases.  Only in sympomatic breakthrough infections, perhaps, do the vaxxed pose a real threat to others.

Biden says US should expect NEW COVID restrictions after mask U-turn sparked by study of ONE Indian 'Delta' outbreak in Cape Cod.  The U.S. government's COVID messaging was in disarray on Friday night [7/30/2021], as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that federal vaccination mandates were being considered — and then tweeted that they were not.  Earlier on Friday, Dr Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, said that a federal vaccine mandate was being considered.  'That's something that I think the administration is looking into.  It's something that I think we are looking to see approval of, from the vaccine,' she said.

Doubling down on stupid is lethal.  The ventriloquist who speaks through Biden is about to dictate that all government employees must be vaccinated for COVID.  This despite dire warnings about the vaccines, most of which warnings have, of course, been censored and disregarded.  Here in California, we're re-entering the mask-up phase, including the declaration that all the kids need to wear one full-time in school in the fall.  They've already been pushing for everyone over the age of 12 to be vaccinated, and the government and media (social and otherwise) are suppressing information on adverse reactions and deaths.  In my mind, there can only be nefarious intent in these proclamations. [...] [I]mmunologist Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of mRNA vaccines, and staunch vaccine proponent, says the vaccine is making getting the virus more dangerous.  That, as the least potent of the jabs, the Pfizer shot, wanes in efficacy, something called antibody-dependent enhancement takes place.  This is happening now — which is why Pfizer announced a couple of weeks ago that boosters would be needed after six months, only to be shut down by Fauci.

Inventor of mRNA Vaccine:  Some Covid Vaccines Make the Virus More Dangerous.  Dr. Robert Malone, M.D., M.S.,, a distinguished physician who discovered RNA transfection and invented mRNA vaccines, was on Steve Bannon's War Room Wednesday [7/28/2021] with some alarming news — new data indicates that people who have taken the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are at greater risk of getting Covid than someone who is not vaccinated. [...] Dr. Malone has warned of this risk for several months.  What are we to do?  Malone says that instead of relying on the flawed vaccines, Doctors should use drugs for treating Covid that have proved effective, such as Ivermectin (more about that following the video), is neutralizing Covid:  [Video clip]  What should scare [...] you is the extraordinary efforts being taken to silence and discredit Dr. Malone.  I encourage you to read Michael Haynes piece from July 5, which details Malone's Kafkaesque ordeal.

Inventor of mRNA technology removed from Wikipedia after he warned against taking COVID jabs.  Information about the inventor of the mRNA technology used in certain COVID-19 vaccines was removed from the online encyclopedia site Wikipedia after he publicly warned against giving the experimental gene therapy vaccines to young people and that there was insufficient information about the injections to give informed consent.  Dr. Robert Malone, M.D., M.S., discovered RNA transfection and, while he was at the Salk Institute in San Diego in 1988, invented mRNA vaccines.  His research was continued the next year at Vical, and between 1988 and 1989, Malone wrote the patent disclosures for mRNA vaccines.  On June 10, 2021, Dr. Malone joined biologist Bret Weinstein, Ph.D, on the Dark Horse Podcast, where Malone raised numerous safety concerns about the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, both of which use mRNA technology.  He warned about future autoimmune issues caused by the spike proteins within the mRNA injections.  Malone also stated that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was aware that the spike proteins were "biologically active and could travel from the injection site and cause adverse events, and that the spike protein, if biologically active, is very dangerous."  YouTube swiftly moved to censor clips from the three-hour podcast interview.

Philippines president orders police to make unvaccinated people stay inside.  Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte told those who have not received the COVID-19 injections, "don't go out of your home," warning that he will order the police to return people to their homes if they venture out.  Duterte made the comments during his weekly "Talk to the People" program Wednesday.  Taking aim at the unvaccinated, Duterte described people who had not taken the injection as "walking spreaders" of COVID-19.  "Those who don't want to get vaccinated, I'm telling you, don't go out of your homes," he declared.

Representatives Go on Offensive Against Pelosi's Mask Rule, Cite 27th Amendment.  Will It Work?  Three House Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday [7/27/2021] against Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after she enforced a mask mandate against them.  The three — Reps.  Thomas Massie, R-Ky.; Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.; and Ralph Norman, R-S.C. — had fines deducted from their salaries after refusing to wear masks on the House floor.  Among their claims is an unusual one: that the mask rule violates the 27th Amendment to the Constitution.  That amendment (sent to the states with the original Bill of Rights in 1789, but was not ratified until 1992) reads:  "No law, varying the compensation for services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened."  The plaintiffs argue that the mask rule violates the amendment because deducting a fine from their salaries varies their compensation downward.  Is their claim a winner?  Almost certainly not.

1.6 Billion Disposable Masks Entered Our Oceans In 2020.  Following the World Health Organization's formal declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world quickly mandated the use of face masks in public spaces.  This led to a massive demand shock, prompting factories to begin producing disposable masks at full capacity.  The majority of these masks were produced in China, and in April 2020, the country reported a staggering daily production figure of 450 million masks.  In Ocean Asia's 2020 report, Masks on the Beach, researchers developed a formula to provide reasonable estimates for the number of disposable masks entering the environment.  Given an annual production figure of 52 billion disposable masks and a loss rate of 3% (the percentage of masks that escape water management systems), Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu notes that the team concluded that nearly 1.6 billion face masks wound up in our oceans in 2020.  This amounts to approximately 5,500 tons of plastic pollution.

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To put this as politely as I can, (ahem) I find this report very difficult to believe.  When you dispose of a face mask, where do you put it?  In the trash, in the back seat of your car, or anywhere in the Wal-Mart parking lot.  You don't throw it in the river.  The cities whose residents do throw their garbage in the river are in Asia, Africa, and India.

The Case of Fauci:  Why Bureaucrats Need Term Limits More Urgently Than Politicians.  Term limits for politicians has been a popular idea with conservatives, libertarians, and even some liberals and progressives (though fewer these days) for some time.  But more important, I would argue, are term limits for the government bureaucracy.  At least politicians can be voted out.  Unelected bureaucrats go on and on and on, and in many ways end up running our country.  Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) alluded to this unfortunate situation on Steve Hilton's "The Next Revolution" in December 2020:  "And you know, Steve, one of the things you touched on about the bureaucracy and cutting it — I have said for a long time, we need to have term limits for bureaucrats because they are the ones that dig in."  Indeed.  But little has been done about it.  All the while, the bureaucracy, aka the deep state, has been reaching new heights (or lows), in essence taking over the country.  As, for example, with Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Vaccinated people make up 74% of COVID-19 cases linked to big events in Massachusetts town.  Three-quarters of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 after numerous large public events in a Cape Cod town were fully vaccinated, according to a federal study published Friday [7/30/2021].  Among the 469 COVID-19 cases identified, 346, or 74%, occurred in fully vaccinated people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found.  Most of the vaccinated patients, 79%, experienced symptomatic breakthrough infections.  Testing from 133 patients revealed that the delta variant was responsible for 90% of the cases.  Of the five COVID-19 patients who required hospitalization, four were fully vaccinated.  No deaths were reported.

111,000+ Vaccine Breakthrough Cases Identified in US — More Than Ten Times the CDC's Count When They Stopped Tracking in May.  According to data Bloomberg collected from 35 states, 111,748 vaccine breakthrough cases have been identified in the US through the end of July.  This is 10 times the CDC's count when they stopped tracking breakthrough cases in May.  Recall, the CDC stopped collecting data on breakthrough cases in May unless it ended up as a hospitalization or death.  The CDC stopped tracking these cases as the Delta variant began to spread.

Biden Spox:  "A National Vaccine Requirement is Not Under Consideration at This Time".  White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday [7/30/2021] said a federal vaccine mandate is not currently under consideration.  Joe Biden on Thursday was asked about vaccine mandates in the private sector.  Joe Biden said he supports vaccine mandates in the private sector then said he isn't sure if the government can implement mandates on a federal level.  "I would like to see them continue to move in that direction... it's still a question whether the Federal government can mandate the whole country.  I don't know that yet," Biden said.  Biden received major backlash for his comments on a federal vaccine mandate.  On Friday, Biden's spox Karine Jean-Pierre was deployed to do damage control.

Walmart mandates masks for all workers in some areas.  Walmart, the nation's largest retailer and private employer, is reversing its mask policy and will require all its workers to wear masks.  The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company says it is also encouraging customers to wear masks in those stores in areas with high infection rates and will be adding back signs at the entrances, according to a memo supplied by Walmart that was sent to its employees on Friday [7/30/2021].  It will also bring back so-called health ambassadors who will be positioned at the entrances and hand out masks.  The company is also doubling the incentive for workers in stores, clubs, transportation, distribution center and fulfillment centers to get the vaccine for $150.  Those who already received the $75 incentive will receive another $75 in their paycheck dated Aug 19.

Capitol Police to arrest bare-faced visitors.  "The People's House"?  Not so much.  That was so old-school, so yesterday, so in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Founders.  United States Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger recently announced that Capitol Police will start potentially arresting congressional aides and visitors to the House side of the Capitol if they have the audacity to appear there unmasked. [...] Though the same mandate technically applies to members of Congress, the same strict enforcement will not.  Of course.  Capitol Police, at least those who aren't then giving tearful testimony about how the January 6th protest was worse than Armageddon, will simply be asked to report bare-faced lawmakers to supervising officers "who will, in turn, refer the matter to the House Sergeant at Arms."

CRUZ: 'Nancy Pelosi Has No Authority' to 'Fine or Put People in Jail' for Not Wearing a Mask.  Senator Ted Cruz called-out Speaker Nancy Pelosi from the US Capitol Friday; saying the top Democrat "has no authority" to impose mask mandates on members of Congress, their visitors, or staff.  "Nancy Pelosi has no authority to disrespect the men and women of Congress by threatening to fine them or put them in jail for not wearing a mask," posted Cruz on Twitter.

Left-Wing Vox Writer:  Congress Should Punish Unvaccinated with 'Racist' Tax Code, Taxing Them at 99%.  Ian Millhiser, a senior correspondent for the left-wing website Vox and senior policy analyst for Center for American Progress, is calling on Congress to punish unvaccinated Americans by increasing the income tax rate for unvaccinated individuals to 99 percent — a move which would disproportionately target black and Hispanic Americans, given their lower vaccination rates.  "Congress should increase the income tax rate on taxpayers who are unvaccinated, and who have no legitimate religious or medical reason to be unvaccinated, to 99 percent," Millhiser suggested in a Thursday [7/29/2021] social media post to tens of thousands of his followers.

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Who will decide what is a legitimate religious reason and what's not?

GOP Rep. Crenshaw Says Enough is Enough:  Americans Shouldn't Comply With Any More Mandates From CDC.  Texas GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw is telling Americans that they should no longer listen to or comply with masking guidelines, lockdowns, and mandates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  During an appearance on Fox News' Primetime on Thursday night, host Tammy Bruce asked Crenshaw about new CDC guidelines that call for mask-wearing in indoor public settings.  Bruce also asked about new House rules requiring all members to wear masks regardless of if they have been vaccinated.

C.D.C. Internal Report Calls Delta Variant as Contagious as Chickenpox.  The Delta variant is much more contagious, more likely to break through protections afforded by the vaccines and may cause more severe disease than all other known versions of the virus, according to an internal presentation circulated within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the agency, acknowledged on Tuesday that vaccinated people with so-called breakthrough infections of the Delta variant carry just as much virus in the nose and throat as unvaccinated people, and may spread it just as readily, if less often.  But the internal document lays out a broader and even grimmer view of the variant.  The Delta variant is more transmissible than the viruses that cause MERS, SARS, Ebola, the common cold, the seasonal flu and smallpox, and it is as contagious as chickenpox, according to the document, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times.

GOP Lawmakers Refuse To Wear Masks On House Floor, File Lawsuit Against Pelosi For Bringing Back Mandate.  Since the return of the mask mandate on the House floor, a number of Republicans have refused the order and have decided to sue House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over receiving fines.  More than half a dozen GOP lawmakers refused to wear masks on the floor on Wednesday despite being warned the action could result in hefty fines.  In an attempt to stop the monetary penalties for choosing to breathe freely, a group of Republican elected officials announced a lawsuit against Pelosi.  They argued the fines are a violation of the 27th Amendment, which states Congress shall not receive a pay increase or decrease during an ongoing session.  South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman (R) announced the suit at a press conference on Tuesday.  He called Pelosi's mandate an abuse of power and said now is the time to fight it.

Michael Rapaport Loses His Mind When He Learns His Vaccine Isn't Working Too Well.  [A]ctor and vile Trump hater, Michael Rapaport, lost his mind this week when he learned he was worshipping false gods, namely, the vaccine, Fauci, and the CDC.  He said, "I just watched Tony Fauci and CNN and Fox tell me that people with the vaccine — vaccinated people — are now spreading the coronavirus.  A couple of weeks ago, couple of days ago, I was ... yes, I'm vaccinated ... 'Be a hero, be vaccinated!'  I went from being a hero because I'm vaccinated, and now you [...] are calling me a superspreader?  I ain't no [...] super spreader.  Figure this [...] out!"  [Video clip]

Dr Fauci Drops A MOAB On The Vaccinated: 'The Viral Load In The Vaccinated Is The Same As Unvaccinated'.  Watch as Dr Doom himself lets the air out of the vaccination argument.  Fauci claims now that vaccinated people get the same level of Delta virus as unvaccinated people.  So of course, it's time to vaccinate MORE PEOPLE!  [Video clip]

'Worst American Stereotype': Swimmer Michael Andrew Faces Backlash After Going Maskless for Interview.  U.S. swimmer Michael Andrew ruffled the feathers of several social media users on Friday after it was revealed that he went maskless for a post-race interview at the Olympics.  Andrew, who told the press earlier this month that he refused to take any of the coronavirus vaccines ahead of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, appeared on Friday without a mask in the mixed zone where reporters speak to athletes, according to NBC News.

Greg Abbott Signs Order Barring Texas Cities from Implementing Mask and Vaccine Requirements.  Gov. Greg Abbott (R) took executive action on Thursday, signing an order barring cities from implementing mask and vaccine requirements; this move is part of the administration's effort to "promote statewide uniformity and certainty" in the Lone Star State's coronavirus response.  The order states "no governmental entity, including a county, city, school district, and public health authority, and no governmental official may require any person to wear a face covering or to mandate that another person wear a face covering," with limited exceptions.

Galesburg, Illinois, School District Issuing Color Coded ID Badges for Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Employees.  They are not using armbands, yet; however, one school district in Galesburg, Illinois, is issuing color-coded identification to visibly label vaccinated and non-vaccinated school district employees.  This is how the process of stigmatization is begun; be aware of what is coming.  According to sources in Illinois School District 205 (Galesburg, IL), School Superintendent John Asplund sent the notification to school staff members announcing a new staff ID badge policy.  [Screenshot]  School staff now have the option to change from the customary white ID badge to a yellow ID badge to indicate that they have received the COVID-19 vaccine.  This policy is currently only limited to school staff and does not apply to students.  However, it can be anticipated the school may begin to visibly identify non-vaccinated students.

A California Marine Stands To Defend His Children From Forced Masks in School.  John Spiropoulos continues supporting parents as they fight against Critical Race Theory lesson plans and mandated masks in schools.  In this video report, John helps share the message of one "veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Kevin McGowen."  As noted in the interview by Spiropolous, Mr. McGowen, "Never thought he'd have to later fight for his children to go to school mask-free.  He never even considered that he'd have to battle against a Marxist ideology being taught in U.S. schools.  But he's joined the fight."  [Video clip]

Hospital figures for Covid cases 'misleading'.  One in four patients classed as a Covid hospitalisation is being treated for other reasons, official data reveal, prompting claims that the public has been misled.  For the first time, the NHS national stocktake establishes how many patients categorised as Covid hospitalisations had another primary cause of admission.  The data shows that of 5,021 patients this week classed as hospitalised by Covid, 1,166 were admitted for other reasons.  [Paywall]

Republican senators raise questions after receiving unredacted Fauci email about Wuhan lab.  Five Republican senators are questioning why the Department of Health and Human Services redacted a portion of an email between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Peter Daszak, the president of a research organization that worked with the Wuhan Institute of Virology on coronavirus studies before the pandemic.  Their inquiry is the latest attempt from the group to get public health agencies to turn over documents related to the way pandemic policies have been set behind the scenes.  The email in question gained widespread attention last month because Daszak, a key figure in research linked to the hypothesis that COVID-19 may have escaped from the Wuhan lab, thanked Fauci for downplaying the likelihood of a lab leak.  It also gained attention after being released to media outlets under the Freedom of Information Act because the administration redacted a portion of the email using an exemption reserved for information related to "pending law enforcement proceedings."

'Not The Role Of The Federal Government': Postal Workers Union With Nearly 217,000 Members Slams Biden Vaccine Mandate.  One of the largest labor unions representing federal workers, strongly criticized President Joe Biden's reported plans to soon issue a vaccine mandate.  The American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which represents 216,797 federal workers, announced its opposition to a mandate forcing its members to get the coronavirus vaccine.  The APWU also demanded that Biden's administration negotiates with union leadership before issuing any mandate.  "While the APWU leadership continues to encourage postal workers to voluntarily get vaccinated, it is not the role of the federal government to mandate vaccinations for the employees we represent," the union said in a statement.  "At this time the APWU opposes the mandating of COVID-19 vaccinations in relation to U.S. postal workers," the statement continued.

Nope, I Won't Mask Up Again.  Last March, I followed the CDC's advice and got fully vaccinated against COVID-19. [...] Naturally, I was delighted when the CDC finally announced that fully vaccinated people could safely participate in indoor and outdoor activities without wearing inconvenient and clinically useless face masks.  Now, the CDC has reversed itself and issued new guidance telling 163.6 million fully vaccinated Americans to put our masks back on.  Sorry, no sale.  First, the CDC published no data supporting its bizarre reversal.  The Washington Post reports:  "In the text of the updated masking guidance, the agency merely cited 'CDC COVID-19 Response Team, unpublished data, 2021.'"  Moreover, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is struggling to produce a plausible explanation.  She claimed without evidence on ABC News that "new science" has emerged showing that fully vaccinated people should be masking.  Meanwhile, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) points out that the CDC decision was based on a defective study involving a vaccine that hasn't been approved in the U.S.

Covid variant that originated in Colombia has been detected in Miami, accounting for 10% of cases.  A new coronavirus variant that originated in Colombia has been detected in South Florida.  Variant B.1.621 has yet to receive a Greek letter designation from the World Health Organization (WHO), but it is starting to make an impact in Miami.  Carlos Miyoga, CEO of Jackson Health System in Miami, told Local 10 that the strain accounts for around 10 percent of cases in the area.

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Heaven forbid that we should call it the Colombia Covid.  That would be racist!  No, it needs an innocuous Greek letter for a name, because Greek letters don't offend anybody.

Cruz: Latest Mask Guidance Is 'Pure Politics'; Mandates for Americans, But Not for Illegal Aliens?  Telling vaccinated people they should resume mask-wearing, as the CDC did this week, is both unnecessary and "absurd," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told Fox News's Sean Hannity Wednesday night [7/28/2021].  Cruz also called out the hypocrisy of Democrats who put COVID-related mandates on Americans while allowing hundreds of thousands of foreigners from Third World countries, untested for disease, cross into the United States.  "Democrats have, from the beginning of this pandemic, treated it as a matter of politics," Cruz said:  [Video clip]

Israel's president gets third COVID-19 shot, urges boosters for over-60s.  Israeli President Isaac Herzog received a third shot of coronavirus vaccine on Friday [7/30/2021], kicking off a campaign to give booster doses to people aged over 60 as part of efforts to slow the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

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Are Covid vaccines so ineffective that they require a monthly subscription?

Biden Angrily Attempts to Reconcile His Own Contradictions on Mask Mandates.  Earlier today [7/29/2021], the installed occupant of the White House announced that all federal workers will be required to undergo vaccinations against COVID-19 or subject themselves to weekly tests to prove their health status.  Going a step further, the administration announced all private contractors for the federal government will be held to the same standard as federal employees.  [Video clip]  Joe Biden was visibly unsettled[,] straining to keep his focus in place[,] as he read from the carefully prepared script on the teleprompter.  During the questioning following the prepared comments Biden said, "If in fact you are unvaccinated, you present a problem to yourself, to your family and to those with whom you work".  These comments highlight his intent to apply as much federal pressure as possible to force vaccinations.

The Noble Lies of COVID-19.  In March 2020, as the pandemic began, Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the president of the United States, explained in a 60 Minutes interview that he felt community use of masks was unnecessary.  A few months later, he argued that his statements were not meant to imply that he felt the data to justify the use of cloth masks was insufficient.  Rather, he said, had he endorsed mask wearing (of any kind), mass panic would ensue and lead to a surgical and N95 mask shortage among health care workers, who needed the masks more.  Yet, emails from a Freedom of Information Act request revealed that Fauci privately gave the same advice — against mask use — suggesting it was not merely his outward stance to the broader public.  Although some have claimed that the evidence changed substantively in the early weeks of March, our assessment of the literature does not concur.

Biden on Vaccine Mandates:  "It's Still a Question Whether the Federal Government Can Mandate the Whole Country... I Don't Know That Yet".  Joe Biden on Thursday delivered remarks on his administration's Covid-19 vaccination efforts.  Biden was asked about vaccine mandates in the private sector.  Joe Biden said he supports vaccine mandates in the private sector then said he isn't sure if the government can implement mandates on a federal level.  "I would like to see them continue to move in that direction... it's still a question whether the Federal government can mandate the whole country.  I don't know that yet," Biden said.

The White House Admits We Are a Tyrannical State Run by Unelected Bureaucrats.  All hail your new unquestioned leaders:  the unelected career mediocrities at the CDC.  That was the message out of the White House today [7/29/2021] during the daily press briefing.  When asked about the possibility of endorsing new lockdowns in response to the non-crisis that is the COVID Delta variant, deputy White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre let it be known that the White House would back whatever the CDC recommended.  How's that for leadership?  [Tweet]  Why even bother electing a president at all?  Let's just get rid of Congress as well.  Better to be ruled by unelected bureaucrats who couldn't cut it in the private sector than have actual, accountable representation at the federal level.  These lauded civil servants can even tell us when we can leave our houses, all under the faux guise of expertise.  This is nuts, and it's the kind of thing that would normally get a politician laughed off the national stage.  Of course, Joe Biden is a Democrat, and the press love being told what to do by the CDC, so there will be no reprisal for this total abdication of duty.  Instead, this will be spun as "following the science," a phrase of authority I see nowhere in the Constitution.

Indoor mask mandates could wreck NYC's post-Labor Day recovery, group warns.  A new indoor-mask mandate proposed by the CDC would undercut efforts to draw employees back to offices after Labor Day — a crucial step needed to prop up the struggling commercial real estate market and to protect the city's economy, according to an influential business advocacy group.  Although Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not yet mandated indoor masking as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends, he said municipalities in "high-risk" areas — which include New York City under CDC guidelines — should "seriously consider it" and that he's "studying" the proposal.  Mayor Bill de Blasio said he'll announce his masking decision on Monday.  Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, ominously told The [New York] Post, "Mask mandates will reverse the momentum for bringing people back to the office."  She forecast at the end of June that 62 percent of office workers would return in September for at least three days a week.

It's time to take CDC chief Rochelle Walensky off the air.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Rochelle Walensky just can't stop spreading gloom and doom — needlessly.  The White House needs to find a different voice for public-health pronouncements.  Take Tuesday's warning that COVID may be "just a few mutations" away from being able "to evade our vaccine in terms of how it protects us from severe disease and death."  Fine, she prefaced that by saying it's "the largest concern" of "we in public health and sciences" — but it should have come with the key context that this doomsday scenario is highly unlikely.  Yes, viral mutations tend to make a bug more contagious, but they also tend to make it less deadly because it's contra-survival for a virus to kill its host.  That's why today's flu viruses are far less of an issue than their ancestor of 1918, which took tens of millions of lives over two years, as we noted Thursday.

Joe Biden Just Opened the Door for Federally Mandated Vaccinations for Everyone.  One of Joe Biden's handlers should really reign him in.  He made a series of remarks today that ranged from head-scratching to anger-inducing.  At one point, Fox News' Peter Doocy pinned him down on his previous statements on vaccinations and masks, noting that the president is now saying the opposite.  That led to a flailing claim that he didn't say what he said while insisting the science on masks has changed when it simply hasn't.  But one comment involving the vaccines may be Biden's most ill-advised yet.  After being asked about businesses and local communities mandating vaccines, the president opened the door for federally ordered, mandatory vaccinations, not just for government employees, but for all Americans.  He noted that he's not sure if he can do it, though.  [Tweet]

No, Karen, we're not masking again.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest confused pronouncement about masks is another blow to the embattled agency, whose track record hasn't been exactly brilliant.  For months, the CDC has married a god-awful communications strategy with a determination to cater to the most irrational whims of the paranoid, triple-masking urban gentry: the whims of the archetypical Karen, in other words.  The latest stutter-step is an embarrassment for the public-health establishment and for a Team Biden left trying to explain what the CDC meant.  But there's also an opportunity here for Republicans heading into the 2022 election:  The GOP should run as the anti-lockdown party — the anti-Karen party.

Republican Staffers Defy Pelosi:  Maskless 'Beer' Pong, Cigars in Capitol Hallway.  Republican staffers defied Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday evening by playing beer pong (with water) in a Capitol office hallway, smoking cigars, and socializing — without masks, courting arrest by Capitol Police.  As Breitbart News reported Thursday [7/29/2021], Pelosi ordered Capitol Police to arrest any staff and visitors who refused to comply with new mask mandates, which she imposed earlier in the week, regardless of vaccination status.  She ordered the Capitol Police to report members of Congress who refused to comply to the House Sergeant at Arms for disciplinary action.  In response, several GOP members of Congress defied Pelosi's orders by allowing staff to work without masks, or remotely.

Illinois Superintendent Will Hand Out Yellow ID Badges Based on Vaccination Status.  Galesburg, IL School District 205 Superintendent John Asplund sent this shocking email out to staff members announcing a new ID badge policy.  School staff now have the option to change from the customary white ID badge to a yellow ID badge to indicate that they have received the covid vaccine.  They are actually going to use Yellow Badges for identification.

What do you mean, the virus mutates?  If we are now dealing with a version of the original COVID virus that cannot be rendered benign or killed by vaccines, then there are two significant conclusions:  [#1] The resurgence of virus cases is not due to the unvaccinated as the politicians would like us to believe; the unvaccinated made the correct choice in avoiding inoculation.  The new cases are from a virus mutation that has been caused by the DNA/mRNA-based vaccines. [...] [#2] Mandating the use of the current vaccines on the market or any future untested vaccines should cease immediately.  First, the vaccines now being distributed are likely ineffective in dealing with the current mutated viruses, and second, these vaccines are causing the ongoing mutations of the original COVID virus.

CDC Expected To Announce Tomorrow That COVID Vaccines Don't Work on Delta Variant.  The White House would never credit Donald Trump with the vaccine rollout unless there was something negative about the vaccine that is going to hit the newswires; that is a no-brainer.  That baseline is why CTH said two months ago to watch for the moment when the White House credits Trump with the vaccine, because that's the moment when:  (1) the vaccine was going to be identified as dangerous; and/or (2) reports would show the vaccine did not work.  Today [7/29/2021] the White House credited President Trump with the vaccine:  [Tweet]  And right on cue, the late-evening reporting indicates that tomorrow the CDC will announce the vaccine doesn't work (against the Delta variant).  Hence, the need for masks, social distancing and/or possibly lockdowns 2.0.

Biden Defends Previously Saying Vaccinated Don't Need Masks: 'That Was True At The Time'.  President Biden grew heated Thursday [7/29/2021] while defending his administration's flip-flop on whether vaccinated Americans need to wear masks.  Fox News' Peter Doocy pressed Biden about his administration's reversal, pointing to the president's statement in May that, "If you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask."  "In May you made it seem like the vaccine was the ticket to losing the mask forever," Doocy pointed out.  "That was true at the time," Biden shouted.  "Because I thought there were people that were going to understand that getting vaccinated made a dramatic difference and what happened was the new variant came along, they didn't get vaccinated, it spread more rapidly, and more people were getting sick." "That's the difference," Biden added before walking away.  [Video clip]

Biden to force vaccines on federal workforce — blacks, minorities hardest hit.  Joe Biden, not the brightest bulb in the box, has unwittingly declared war on his own political base.  What else to make of his mandatory vaccine diktat for the federal workforce, which came out yesterday, demanding that 2.876 million federal workers be vaxxed for COVID, or else. [...] For good measure, Biden threw in the military, too.  And federal contractors.  Hear that?  Get vaxxed, or Biden will make your life miserable.  ["]The unvaccinated will have to put up with regular testing, required masking and social distancing, and they will be barred from official travel.  Similar rules will be applied to federal contractors.["]  Which is bad news for the reportedly 40% of the federal workforce that refuses to get vaccinated.  And who might these targeted people be?  Well, the federal workforce, and the military, both include a higher proportion of minorities, particularly black people over the civilian population.

Cuomo wants N.Y. workers back in offices by Labor Day, tells businesses to deny unvaccinated patrons.  Gov. Cuomo is pushing private employers to bring workers back to the office by Labor Day — and calling on restaurants and others to deny unvaccinated patrons.  Citing economic concerns, the governor implored businesses to encourage in-person work by the end of the summer during a virtual address Wednesday [7/28/2021] before members of the Association for a Better New York.  "Everyone has to be back in the office," Cuomo said.  "I understand remote learning, I understand remote working, I understand trepidation, but the numbers are down, and we know how to do this safely.  "We need private sector companies to say to their employees 'I need you back in the office,'" he added.  The governor lamented the loss of working one-on-one and said remote options just don't allow for the same creativity and sharing of ideas.

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[#1] We need you to report to work in person, the Governor said, "during a virtual address."  [#2] Go back to the office, because the state needs the income it derives from commuters, in the form of gasoline taxes, speeding tickets, subway fares, etc.

COVID-19 in Los Angeles:  Over 25% of cases are fully vaccinated people.  Health officials in Los Angeles County said over 25% of new coronavirus cases are among those who have been fully vaccinated, an increase from last month, according to a report Wednesday [7/28/2021].  Health officials have called the vaccines effective and said breakthrough cases are to be expected, but the number is a noticeable increase from June when fully vaccinated individuals accounted for 20% of the county's infections, Fox 11 Los Angeles reported.  "As more people are vaccinated, the number of fully vaccinated people becoming infected will increase and with the Delta variant that's far more infectious, exposures to infections have also increased," Barbara Ferrer, the public health director from the county, said, according to the station.

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Either mRNA is the most dangerous and ineffective vaccine ever, or it is not a vaccine at all.  Now you have to wonder what its purpose really is, and why the government is using coercion and incentives to make you accept it.

Biden crowd in PA with no masks
Biden Administration and Democrats Promote New Mask Mandate, Then This Happens.  The Biden Administration, Nancy Pelosi, the CDC and scientific establishment along with the Democrat machine writ large, have re-instituted a new indoor national mask mandate that everyone is expected to abide by.  However, check out Joe Biden today in Pennsylvania.  Notice anything missing?  [Photo]  Not a mask in sight; which highlights the reality — Democrats do not even believe their own message.  It's not really hypocrisy because they know the mask narrative is a fraud.  They know their mask narrative is a purposeful ruse.  Their actual behavior is a physical representation of the lie they know they are selling.


Biden Orders Plans for Mandatory COVID Vaccination for Service Personnel.  President Biden announced Thursday [7/29/2021] that he has instructed military officials to craft a plan for making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for service personnel.  "I think it's going to happen," Biden said of a military vaccine mandate during remarks at the White House.  He said it was only a question of when.  The news comes as Biden also announced that all federal employees will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face weekly or twice weekly testing as well as mask mandates and distancing rules in the workplace.  "After months and months of cases going down, we're seeing a spike in COVID cases," Biden said in remarks at the White House.  "Why?  Because of this new form, this new variant called the delta variant."

220,000 Member American Postal Workers Union Releases Statement Against Mandatory Vaccinations for Federal Employees.  One of the reasons why the federal mandate for vaccinations will fail will be the backlash and refusal compliance by the blue-collar workforce.  While the U.S. ideological media will downplay the scale of power within the middle-class and blue-collar workforce, they know the true power exists.  The team behind Biden might poke this bear to test a reaction, but they will not dare confront it directly.  They know that.  WE know that.  The 220,000 members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) released a statement saying the federal government has no business attempting to force vaccinate the workforce.  This union will not be the only one.

Nancy Pelosi Orders the Arrest of Those Without Masks and the Capitol Police Play Along.  Throughout the "back the blue" craze of the Trump era, one thing became abundantly clear that largely quelled it — police follow orders.  That includes orders that are patently absurd and violate the basic freedoms of individuals.  Yes, law enforcement officers generally do good work and are to be respected for that, but if you are expecting them to stand up to their authorities to protect the rights of individuals, they are almost always going to disappoint you.  Take that revelation and do with it what you will. [...] Another example of that has emerged within the Capitol of the United States.  Nancy Pelosi has ordered the Capitol Police to arrest people who aren't wearing masks.  [Tweet]  If the USCP weren't such a ridiculously politicized department, they'd scoff at the notion of using manpower to arrest people for not wearing masks, especially when the edict is coming from a purely political place.  There is no science behind the idea of further mask-mandates anywhere.  That's especially true regarding the Capitol Building, where almost every person in attendance is vaccinated and has lasting protection from the effects of COVID.  Pelosi put this mask-mandate back into place for one reason — to poke at Republicans.  No data exists to actually supports the mandating of masks, much less in the Capitol.

Illinois driver services facilities to reinstate mask requirement starting Monday.  Secretary of State Jesse White announced Wednesday that driver services facilities, Secretary of State offices and the Illinois State Capitol building will require all employees and customers to wear a mask beginning Aug. 2.  The reinstatement of the mask requirement comes a day after the CDC reversed course on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where COVID-19 is surging.  White says the mandate will allow the facilities to remain open to serve the public to reduce the heavy customer volume caused by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year.  Driver Services facilities have greatly expanded online services and the public is encouraged to visit the website at www.cyberdriveillinois.com.

Pfizerleak:  Exposing the Pfizer Manufacturing and Supply Agreement.  [Thread reader]  Pfizer has been extremely aggressive in trying to protect the details of their international COVID19 vaccine agreements.  Luckily, I've managed to get one.  Because the cost of developing contracts is very high and time consuming (legal review cycles), Pfizer, like all corporations, develop a standardized agreement template and use these agreements with relatively minor adjustments in different countries.  These agreements are confidential, but luckily one country did not protect the contract document well enough, so I managed to get a hold of a copy.  As you are about to see, there is a good reason why Pfizer was fighting to hide the details of these contracts. [...]

Biden calls on states to offer $100 vaccine incentives.  President Biden on Thursday [7/29/2021] called on state and local governments to use funds from his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to offer $100 payments to individuals in order to incentivize coronavirus vaccinations.  The payments would be offered to newly vaccinated Americans to provide "an extra incentive to boost vaccination rates, protect communities, and save lives," the Treasury Department said in an announcement Thursday afternoon.  "Treasury stands ready to give technical assistance to state and local governments so that they may use the funds effectively to support increased vaccination in their communities, and Treasury will partner with the Department of Health and Human Services throughout this effort," it said.

Delta cases chart
Delta Hysteria.  The current re-masking of America is driven by hysteria over the Indian variant of covid (renamed the Delta variant when it occurred to liberals that if "China virus" is racist, "Indian variant" must be racist too). It is entirely foreseeable that viruses will mutate, usually to a less lethal form, since it is bad for the virus to kill you.  That is what is happening with the Indian form of covid.  A few simple charts, courtesy of the CDC, tell the story.  "Cases," many of which are false positives, are rising rather sharply:  [Chart]  But deaths are not:  [Another chart, not shown here.] [...] There is no reason for a return to masking, shutdowns, remote "learning" or anything else.  What we see now is mostly just the proto-fascist Left clinging to power.


The CDC's Hysterical Delta Flip-Flop Might Be Its Final Undoing.  The crazy, convoluted, mixed up messaging from the CDC — it's been this way from the beginning of the pandemic until now — has taken yet another turn.  Now the CDC is recommending masks not just for the unvaccinated but for the vaccinated too.  This is supposedly because of the discovery that the variant known as Delta is making an end-run around the vaccines, causing not only infections but infectious spread.  So we have an odd situation developing.  The layperson's understanding of a vaccine is that it protects a person against infection, like measles or smallpox.  In other words, you won't get Covid, exactly as President Biden accidentally and apparently inaccurately said in a press conference last week.  That is apparently untrue in this case.  That realization seemed to dawn on people only a few weeks ago, as reports from Israel revealed that half the new infections listed were with people who had been fully vaccinated.  I pity anyone who took a few weeks' vacation from the news during this period.  We went from believing that the whole point of the vaccines was to protect against infection to realizing that this was not the case.  You can still get the bug.

Chiropractor: FDA knew about potential COVID vaccine side effects last October.  As the adverse events count related to COVID-19 vaccines continues to grow around the world, an American medical practitioner has claimed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had advance notice of some of the possible severe health defects now being reported following use of the jabs, including death, before granting them "emergency use authorization" (EUA) for distribution among the general public.  Bryan Ardis, a chiropractor who has closely followed the trial, development, and public administration of COVID-19 vaccines, spoke with Brannon Howse during his live segment on Lindell TV in a June 11 interview.  Ardis explained that the FDA had been presented a document detailing the potential side effects of the proposed anti-COVID jabs for monitoring as early as October 22, 2020, at least two months before the release of the first mRNA gene therapy.

Does the vaccine work, or does it not?
House is Going to Force Vaccinated Members of Congress to Wear Masks.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing the masks back.  The California Congresswoman is reimplementing House rules to and mandating that members wear them in the Capitol building, regardless of vaccination status.  "To be clear, for meetings in an enclosed US House of Representatives controlled space, masks are REQUIRED," the Capitol physician, Brian Monahan, stated in a new memo.  "For the Congress, representing a collection of individuals traveling weekly from various risk areas (both high and low rates of disease transmission), all individuals should wear a well-fitted, medical-grade filtration mask (for example an ear loop surgical mask or a KN95 mask) when they are in an interior space," Monahan's memo continued.

Awkward COVID questions for Jennifer Psaki and other administration mouthpieces.  Why do the media and the White House always lie and blame low vaccination rates for the increase in cases when counties in California with low vaccination rates are doing better than counties with high vaccination rates?  Why do they lie and blame Trump voters for not being vaccinated when there are people of all races and political parties who aren't getting vaccinated?  Why are they giving VA workers 8 more weeks to get the vaccine?  Why have so many health care workers and other federal workers not received it yet since they have had plenty of access?  Why won't Jennifer Psaki say how many people at the White House haven't been vaccinated?  Shouldn't they require the vaccine for themselves before they require anyone else to get the vaccine?  They clearly don't want the public to know the answer.  Where is the data that shows vaccinated people without masks are spreading the virus?  Shouldn't they follow the science?

'Delta' hysteria is another hammer blow to already flattened small businesses.  We're in a frenzy — again.  And small businesses are poised to suffer for our panic — again.  The Delta variant is circulating, cases are up.  But with three vaccines on the market, and nearly 60 percent of eligible Americans fully vaccinated, the picture is much brighter than the breathless headlines would have us all believe.  COVID hospitalizations and deaths remain low.  So-called breakthrough cases among the vaxxed, endlessly hyped by the blue-check media, account for a little over 1 percent of infections and 0.8 percent of deaths.  In short, we have figured out how to contain COVID-19.  But it's hard to let go of paranoia.

What Does Economics Have to Say About the COVID Vaccine?  [Scroll down]  Vaccinations may be the Biden administration's method of choice for mitigating the spread of the virus, but there are valid reasons why this method is not ideal for everyone.  Individuals may harbor legitimate concerns about the rigor employed in comprehensively testing these vaccines and some serious, adverse reactions have been reported.  Notably, the FDA has yet to fully approve any of these vaccines.  For select population groups, the perceived risk of the vaccine exceeds the expected benefits.  Not all mitigation methods are equally effective.  The data strongly suggests that vaccines are the most effective method for controlling the spread of the virus.  That said, the United States is not an authoritarian regime.  Freedom of choice, at least within certain limits, is a bedrock principle of our system of government.  This means that the government should reject calls to mandate vaccines for the general population — particularly when the risk of not being vaccinated is borne largely, though not exclusively, by those individuals that make that choice.  The increased risk to the general population in not mandating vaccines across the board is simply the price we pay to live in a free society.

Levin slams CDC's 'unscientific' edicts:  If you're worried about COVID, order the Mexican border sealed.  Former Reagan Justice Department official Mark Levin slammed the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, after they issued widely-criticized guidance calling for vaccinated Americans to return to wearing facemasks indoors, despite being administered the vaccine, an abrupt reversal of previous orders.  Levin, host of "Life, Liberty & Levin" as well as his own eponymous radio show on Westwood One, told "Hannity" on Tuesday that the Atlanta-based health bureaucracy has been caught both overstepping its bounds as well as sanctioning "stupidity."  "I have a question for the CDC, you're busy issuing all kinds of orders to American citizens — vaccinated citizens are supposed to wear masks?" he asked.  "Don't you understand when you tell people that, they aren't going to get vaccinated — on the one hand you say hurry up and get vaccinated, we are going to treat you as if you're not vaccinated:  that's not science, that's stupidity."

Hmmm.  Who was the president in 2015?
France Warned US in 2015 About China's Wuhan Lab, Investigator Says.  The U.S. federal government should have stopped funding research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 when China reduced its cooperation with the French in building and operating the lab, according to the leader of an investigation into COVID-19's origins by the State Department under the Trump administration.  In 2015, French intelligence officials warned the U.S. State Department and their own foreign ministry that China was cutting back on agreed collaboration at the lab, former State Department official David Asher, now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute think tank, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.  By 2017, the French "were kicked out" of the lab and cooperation ceased, leading French officials to warn the State Department that they had grave concerns as to Chinese motivations, according to Asher.

CDC justified new mask guidance based on vaccine study listed as failing peer review.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited an unpublished study from India to justify its recommendation Tuesday that fully vaccinated people "wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission" of COVID-19.  That study, which claimed the Delta variant produced an unusually large viral load in more than 100 vaccinated healthcare workers with "breakthrough infections," was listed as having failed peer review in the journal Nature when the CDC cited it.  Archives of the study's page on Research Square, a preprint server for unpublished research, show that it was marked "reject" on July 9 and remained so at least through the evening of July 26, Eastern Daylight Time.  That version was still live early Wednesday morning, the day after the CDC cited the study in its July 27 updated science brief, according to a Twitter user who posted a screenshot.

Irony, Absurdity, and Dishonesty — The Democrat Party's Playbook.  Much has been reported about the Texas state legislators who fled the state and abrogated their responsibilities, all in the name of "voter rights" and "Democracy." [...] Aboard their private charter bus and their private charter jet (all at taxpayer expense), they are not wearing their COVID masks.  What?  Don't they believe the masks are effective?  Don't they know they need to set an example?  More likely, they just want us to do as they say — you elected me, so I make rules are for you.  I will do as I wish.  Not surprisingly, their escape to Washington DC turned into their very own "super spreader" as members of the Texas delegation, along with staff members of both the House of Representatives and the White House with whom they conducted un-masked, in-person (no doubt closed-door) meetings, have tested positive for COVID.  It's just too much, and many of their allies have been forced into a palm-to-the-face moment and are acknowledging this has become a disaster.

Mask Mandate in Missouri's St. Louis County Is Overturned.  A mask mandate in Missouri's St. Louis County has been overturned just one day after it went into effect.  A county council meeting voted 5-2 on Tuesday evening to repeal the mandate that would have required masks to be worn in indoor public settings regardless of vaccination status.  "Too many American men and women have given the last full measure of devotion for us to be cavalier with the very liberty they fought and died to provide," said Councilman Ernie Trakas, reported the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  "I will not abide any measures that seek to compromise or erode our liberty and freedom."  The mandate was announced by county executive Sam Page and St. Louis mayor Tishaura Jones amid a surge in cases of the highly contagious Delta COVID-19 variant.  The strain was first identified in India late last year and currently makes up approximately 83 percent of all new sequenced cases in the United States, according to federal officials.

Say What?  The Vaccine Causes The Virus To Be More Dangerous.  [Video clip]

Return to mask theater.  Just this past May, the CDC announced that, at last, we could remove our virtually useless masks indoors because the salvation of the vaccine for Covid-19 was finally here.  Thankfully, we wouldn't have to endure the inability to breathe deeply, nor listen as an increasingly feeble-minded president lectured us to "wear the [...] mask!"  People truly rejoiced, planned vacations, parties, and other celebrations that had been put on hold while we, allegedly "flattened the curve" last year.  Never mind that Covid illnesses and fatalities had been declining for months.  The CDC finally gave us the all-clear for ditching masks, but only for fully vaccinated people, which was an incentive to get the vaccine for those who hadn't done so already.  From the time he took office as president, Mr. Biden sternly ordered us to get the vaccine, and many complied, but not in the numbers that he demanded.  Nevertheless, it appeared as though Covid was finally fading away.  Some got the vaccine; some didn't, but life was normalizing and the number of deaths were declining regardless.  Some people finally saw that, despite the shrill voices on the left, Covid was little more than a bad flu with a survival rate of around 99.9% for most people under 70 years old according to the CDC.

The People Who Enjoy Making Everyone Else's Lives Miserable.  Anyone thinking a month ago that the country was putting the tyranny of lockdowns and mask mandates in the past was being unrealistically optimistic.  The U.S. is overflowing with an army of nags, busybodies, and stuffy schoolmarms clinging bitterly to the power they've had over others since the pandemic began, and the Delta variant arrived for them just in time. [...] While politicians tend to act in a risk-averse manner, avoiding to the extent they are able any blame for death, illness, and destruction, the pandemic has been a handy vehicle to control and manipulate the populace.  As the Pacific Legal Foundation's Steven D. Anderson noted in clear and plain terms, "many of these leaders are, even given all we know, unwilling to relinquish their newfound power."

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Covid hysteria must be maintained — even in the absence of sick people — until at least December of 2022, to facilitate the theft of the 2022 election by way of mail-in ballots (from nowhere).

The CDC uses discredited, inapplicable authority to back its new mask guidelines.  This will not be an anti-vaccine post.  It will, however, be an attack against the CDC for using discredited and inapplicable authority to justify its latest mask and vaccine guidelines and for ignoring credible opposing authority.  I'll also make a stab at answering why all this craziness is coming from the Biden administration.  I've got two theories (one of which I discredit), so stick around for them.  First, the Biden administration, having said all Veterans' Affair employees must be vaccinated, will soon announce that all federal employees must be vaccinated or lose their jobs, that children should wear masks all day in school, and that everyone else should wear masks too, whether they're vaccinated or not.  All those orders and guidelines are ludicrous and they're ludicrous for multiple reasons:  In December, Biden promised that there would be no mask or vaccine mandates.  And keep in mind that he has no legal authority to make such a mandate national in any event.  However, he does authority over the administrative state, and the federal government is the largest single employer in America.  This will affect a lot of people.

SEIU to Newsom:  Stuff your vaccine mandate.  The civil war brewing between Democratic executives and the unions that elect them spread to California yesterday — and at the worst moment for Gavin Newsom.  Facing a recall election prompted by his incompetent handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Newsom rushed to match Joe Biden's actions by imposing a vaccine-or-mask-and-test mandate on the state's workforce.  The union representing the largest number of those workers publicly blasted Newsom for his unilateral abrogation of the collective bargaining agreement and declared that they would refuse to cooperate.

Gottlieb: Let's face it, this new CDC mask guidance doesn't make much sense.  Indeed it doesn't, and in more ways than former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb lays out here.  Gottlieb tells CNBC's Squawk Box that the new guidance doesn't appear based on any real evidentiary shift, and is also doomed to failure anyway.  Masks will have a "negligible impact" on the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, and the emphasis should really be elsewhere.

Pics and Video That Implode Joe Biden's New Push for Mask Mandates.  Quite frankly, the Democrats' flip-flops when it comes to the Wuhan coronavirus are just out of control.  Here's Joe Biden in May explaining to us that it's "vaxed or masked[.]"  [Tweet]  But now, they're pushing that even if you are fully vaccinated, you need to be masked in areas where the Delta variant is high or substantial.  They're included the White House in those requirements, saying they are re-instituting a mask requirement.  [Tweet]  Get vaccinated, but you still have to wear a mask, Kamala Harris said.  The CDC is saying just mask up for "a couple of weeks" to break it.  And we're right back to where we were more than a year ago, with "15 days to slow the spread."

Texas Gov. Abbott:  No More Masks — 'Now Is the Time for Personal Responsibility'.  Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reacted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation that, among other things, vaccinated people should still wear masks in high-infection areas by reaffirming no mask mandates will be in place in the state.  "The time for government mask mandates is over — now is the time for personal responsibility," Abbott posted on Twitter on Tuesday.  "In May, I signed an executive order prohibiting mask mandates by gov't entities."

5 Ways To Get Digital Proof Of Covid Vaccination Status, Even If You Live In A Red State.  Travel during the Covid-19 pandemic has created a bureaucratic mess, especially for those who venture outside the country.  It's now routine overseas for unvaccinated individuals to have to jump through more hoops and restrictions than vaccinated travelers do.  A growing number of countries around the world now require some form of digital proof of vaccination.  While the details of these Covid passes vary from place to place, they function essentially the same way: digital health records, stored on your phone, prove that you present a low risk to others.  From a practical perspective, these "vaccine passports" or "digital Covid certificates" drastically cut down the time it takes humans to screen documents.  Want to visit Canada when the border opens to vaccinated Americans on August 9? Travelers will be required to download the free ArriveCAN app, which verifies the vaccination status of incoming travelers.  Anyone entering Canada must first upload their passport information, Covid-19 vaccination documentation and test results, and the app provides a digital receipt to show at the border.

CDC Director:  Vaccine Passports 'May Very Well Be a Path Forward' in US.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky suggested that vaccine passport-style systems might be implemented in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  When asked in a TV interview Wednesday [7/28/2021] about whether the United States would mandate a European-style "health pass" system for nightclubs or bars, Walensky said, "That may very well be a path forward."  The director further said that "in some fully vaccinated venues," it "is possible" for a fully vaccinated individual to transmit and pick up COVID-19 "in those settings" and added that federal officials have "seen that" during studies.

If a school has "full vaccinaion," why would the number of cases be greater than zero?
CDC Director:  Areas Need 'Documented' 'Full Vaccination' in Schools and Low Case Rates to Start Thinking about Loosening School Masks.  On Wednesday's [7/28/2021] broadcast of CNN's "New Day," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky stated that if there are areas where "we have full vaccination in schools, we have full vaccination in teachers, all of those are documented, we have disease rates that are low," then they can think about loosening up mask rules in schools.  Co-host John Berman asked, "If all kids in a classroom were vaccinated, would there be a need to wear masks?"

DOJ indicates it might sue states returning to pre-pandemic voting regulations.  President Biden's Justice Department warned states on Wednesday [7/28/2021] that they could face legal action in rolling back COVID-era voting procedures.  "The department's enforcement policy does not consider a jurisdiction's re-adoption of prior voting laws or procedures to be presumptively lawful; instead, the department will review a jurisdiction's changes in voting laws or procedures for compliance with all federal laws regarding elections, as the facts and circumstances warrant," reads a document released by DOJ.  It proceeds to outline a long list of statutory protections on voting rights, including those surrounding mail-in voting.  The new guidance comes as Arizona audits its 2020 election results and as Congress weighs legislation on the issue.

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I find it amusing that a thinly-veiled threat is called "guidance."

Microscopic blood clots are inevitable, he says.
Well Known Canadian Doctor Explains What Happens To Your Cells When You Get The COVID Vaccines And It's Terrifying.  An outspoken B.C. doctor threatened with losing his license is sounding the alarm on "inevitable" damage to blood vessels by the COVID-19 vaccines.  In a recent online interview, Dr. Charles Hoffe, a family physician of 28 years in Lytton, B.C., offered a grim prognosis for jab recipients.  "In a single dose of a Moderna vaccine, there are 40 trillion messenger RNA molecules," Hoffe said.  Three-quarters of these molecules leave the arm of the injection, circulate through the bloodstream, and end up in the tiny capillary vessels.  "These little packages of the genes are absorbed into the cells around the blood vessels of the vascular endothelium.  The packages open, the genes are released, your body then gets to work reading these genes and manufacturing trillions and trillions of COVID spike proteins."  [Video clip]

Vaccine Resistance and Public Trust.  After the first few months of the vaccine rollout, the bigger obstacle was not logistics, but public skepticism.  After the lockdowns, China propaganda videos, and masking wars, a large proportion of the population had lost faith in "the science."  The twists and turns of Anthony Fauci and other prominent scientists did nothing to help the cause of those promoting the vaccines.  The personal experiences of Americans, where highly cautious people became sick and the more cavalier sailed through unscathed, reinforced fatalism about the disease and skepticism of the authorities and their recommendations.  The skepticism went further than this.  The existing anti-vaccine community had their minds made up.  But many newly skeptical and "vax hesitant" groups arose.  Minorities had higher rates of skepticism and hesitancy, due perhaps to the indifference and patronizing attitude of the government authorities they deal with.  Very little shame and anger is directed at these vaccine skeptics.

Stop listening to the CDC.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidance once again to recommend that fully vaccinated persons continue to wear masks in certain situations.  Apparently, this reversal was made out of concern for the delta variant, which appears to be more transmissible, though not at all more deadly.  That last part is key:  Vaccinated persons are not falling seriously ill or dying from the delta variant because the vaccines work.  Out of the tens of millions of people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, less than 0.037% have been hospitalized with the virus.  So, vaccinated persons are at no more risk of dying from the coronavirus or one of its many variants than they were 18 days ago when the CDC agreed that vaccinated teachers and students don't need to wear masks.  The science has not changed, but the CDC's risk assessment has.  Unfortunately, we went from trying to contain the virus's damage and to protect people from falling seriously ill to trying to get rid of the virus and its spread completely.

When It Comes To Masks, Physics Will Always Trump Politics.  Since the onset of SARS-CoV-2 (hereinafter the CCP-virus) various figures on the political left have issued proclamations unsupported by science.  Experts have asserted things that contravene long-established infectious disease precepts, statements an uncritical press, eager to support the Left's preferred narrative, freely mimics.  Reputable professional sources have produced one-sided opinions only to have to retract them later.  Authoritative sources have made statements in this time frame that have been flatly contradictory. [...] Public reactions to this "authoritative" roller coaster have ranged from confusion, to blind deference, to challenging authoritative pronouncements and, finally, to resisting actions and policies that are at odds with reality.  This information mash-up was coupled with the scientific and media communities simultaneously, and in a coordinated fashion, suppressing dissent from other credible sources.  In consequence, expert credibility that has been built up over decades has been substantively eroded in the collective public mind.  Media credibility, already waning prior to the pandemic, has recently hit new all-time lows.

It's Time to Return to Vigorous Medical Debate.  The world has been living with COVID-19 for more than eighteen months now.  I think they call this the new normal.  If by now you haven't developed natural immunity to the virus, there are a half-dozen or so COVID-19 vaccines and candidates publicly available to you or in approval stages.  The bulk of the country is mostly open, and many states have been for six to eight months or more.  As the summer wanes and a return to school approaches, we're beginning to hear the mutterings of an all too familiar disease management style that places an outsized emphasis on reduced public interaction, masking, and even lockdowns.  These measures have had disastrous consequences economically, with skyrocketing inflation and supply chain disruptions.  They've taken an enormous toll on the physical and mental health of the public as suppressed treatment and diagnosis for other ailments have resulted in increased morbidity and mortality separate from COVID-19.  Perhaps the greatest impact yet to be fully realized has been on the educational and developmental progress of our children.

What Vaccines Say about the Precarious State of Our Freedom.  As purportedly "free" countries all over the world get their tyrannical freak on by insisting that every citizen be jabbed with an experimental pharmaceutical cocktail or face the wrath of the Leviathan, I am reminded of a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, in which he remarked:  "The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive."  Jefferson's point was that ordinary citizens represent a necessary check on the natural abuses of government and the last line of defense against corruption and political tyranny.  Make no mistake:  the writer of the Declaration of Independence saw government as not a benefactor of man's freedom, but rather its adversary.  "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground," Jefferson warned in another letter to Edward Carrington, a distinguished soldier and Virginia statesman.  Free people don't stay free by blindly trusting everything government officials say and do; free people stay free by treating government with great apprehension and even greater suspicion.

Pfizer data suggest third dose of Covid-19 vaccine 'strongly' boosts protection against Delta variant.  A third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can "strongly" boost protection against the Delta variant — beyond the protection afforded by the standard two doses, suggests new data released by Pfizer on Wednesday [7/28/2021].  The data posted online, which are expected to be discussed in a company earnings call on Wednesday morning, suggest that antibody levels against the Delta variant in people ages 18 to 55 who receive a third dose of vaccine are greater than five-fold than following a second dose.

Video: Fauci Haunted by Resurfaced Comments on Gain of Function Research.  Check out this short video at the Bongino Report exposing resurfaced comments in which the duplicitous Dr. Fauci tells an interviewer that scientists need to cultivate a culture of responsibility which restricts them from experiments that can create harm.  On the other hand, he says, "being too restrictive in research can impede creativity" that can come from that very same kind of work.  [Video clip]

COVID-infected illegals released without notice into Texas communities.  Is the Joe Biden administration serious about COVID? Doesn't look like it.  Fox News, citing a local incident in La Joya, Texas, found that the Border Patrol is releasing COVID-infected illegals into Texas communities to spread the disease.  That's a curious thing given that Biden drew headlines for supposedly keeping Title 42 in place, which would require the Border Patrol to instantly expel migrants based on COVID concerns.  Based on this kind of news, the order is de facto rescinded whether Biden says so or not.  In this Texas case, illegal migrants had been let in and then handed over to the NGO Catholic Charities in La Joya, Texas, which housed them unguarded in local hotels.  After that, they walked around unencumbered and in one incident, wore no masks and coughed all over locals in a fast-food establishment.

It can't happen here?  It is happening here!.  It has become increasingly clear that the COVID virus was indeed engineered in the lab in Wuhan under the gain-of-function auspices of the monstrous Anthony Fauci, seemingly the most powerful man on the planet.  He has long supported gain-of-function research that makes an animal virus transmissible to humans; he had/has the authority to fund such experiments and did, even after the Obama administration banned it.  Was it released purposefully?  Time will tell.  Fauci and his pals have long wanted to test their experimental vaccines on humans.  But this flu was killing mostly the elderly and/or those suffering from co-morbidities; Fauci and his cohorts likely knew that HCQ and ivermectin could and would both prevent and treat the illness.  But those drugs were off-patent; Fauci and his partners in crime would not be able to enrich themselves.  Those tried and true therapeutics had to be suppressed, even feared.  Doctors could not be allowed to prescribe them.  This would be a good time to implement their global reset and make nine new billionaires in big pharma.  In the words of Hayek, "Emergencies have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded."

More mask madness from the CDC.  Just over a week ago, the Centers for Disease Control advised that vaccinated teachers and students don't need masks.  On Tuesday, it reversed that, recommending that all staff and K-12ers mask up, regardless of vax status.  It also switched to saying indoor-mask mandates make sense, at least in areas experiencing spikes in cases.  This is nonsense — and pernicious, too:  The vax-hesitant lose a big reason to get jabbed if the shot doesn't let them breathe freely.  Indeed, such reversals also undermine the CDC's entire claim to be making calls purely on the science.  Especially since the science is clear:  Kids under 12 clearly don't much get or transmit COVID, and ones over 12 can get jabbed — as can all but a tiny handful of adults who work in schools.

Sounds like forcible abduction.  Just like you might see in China or North Korea.
Andrew Cuomo:  We Must Knock on Doors, Put People in Cars, 'Drive them and Get that Vaccine in Their Arm'.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Monday [7/26/2021] said it is the community's mission to get more people vaccinated, previewing his administration's desire to knock on doors, put unvaccinated people in cars, and drive them to "get that vaccine in their arm."  "I wear a mask because I care about you.  I get a vaccine because I care about you," Cuomo said, framing compliance to various methods of government coercion as an expression of selflessness.

Biden Moves on to Insulting Americans If They're Not Vaccinated.  If you wanted to try to give people vaccine hesitancy, what would you do that Joe Biden already hasn't done?  I'm not sure you'd act much differently than he has.  The latest move today — the CDC issuing guidance that the fully vaccinated should go back to wearing masks in most of the country where the Delta variant might be surging — will leave some who already are questioning the vaccine, to doubt and question it even more.  Plus, as we reported, the White House's explanation for why we should do so amounted to basically:  Do it because we told you to do so.  Not very confidence-building.

Even They Have Had Enough:  Reporters Unleash on Psaki Over Return of Masks.  When there's a White House press briefing in which the press corps doesn't appear friendly with the Biden administration, you know it was a tough day at the office.  Tuesday's briefing was one of those rare days as Fox's Peter Doocy was joined by over a half dozen colleagues in asking tough questions Press Secretary Jen Psaki refused to answer about the return of masks, even for vaccinated Americans.  The Associated Press's Alexandra Jaffe didn't wait for Doocy, leading off the Q&A by wondering "how will the White House get Americans to start wearing masks when they've gone for more than two months without them," and if it was a mistake to say July 4 all but marked our "independence" from the virus.  [Video clip]

Kevin McCarthy:  Biden Mask Surrender to Enforce 'Perpetual Pandemic State'.  House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement Tuesday that President Joe Biden's mask mandate seeks to enforce a "perpetual pandemic state."  McCarthy spoke to Breitbart News as the Biden administration looks to revive the mandate to have Americans — including fully vaccinated Americans — wear masks indoor in places with high coronavirus infection rates.  The California Republican said Biden's reversal could cast doubt on the efficacy of the coronavirus vaccines and force children to wear masks despite the science showing that children are at very low risk of contracting the virus.

House Republicans sue Nancy Pelosi in federal court over mask fines.  Three House Republicans who were fined for violating the House's mask rules are taking their grievances to federal court.  Reps.  Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, and Ralph Norman of South Carolina, filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Mr. Massie, who said he was fined $500 for not wearing a mask on the House floor in May, said they filed the suit to make a broader point about government overreach during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stop the Fearmongering:  Johns Hopkins Doctor Shreds Latest COVID Madness Peddled by CDC and Fauci.  Fear is contagious.  It's almost as bad as the Delta variant.  Again, is the new variant more transmissible?  Yes.  Is it deadlier?  No.  Does it make you sicker?  No.  Are those being impacted primarily the unvaccinated?  Most definitely.  So, when you want to increase vaccination rates, the government did what it did best: screw things up.  Fully vaccinated people now must wear masks again in high-case areas.  What constitutes a highly infectious area?  Well, that's not clear yet, but I'm sure the CDC and Dr. Anthony Fauci will make up some science fiction to justify this new mask mandate.  The mandates are coming too.  Not nationwide, Biden can't do that yet due to the midterms, but federal agencies are one-by-one mandating it for workers who risk the loss of pay or their jobs if they refuse.  Get vaccinated but also continue to live in fear.  Yeah, no wonder why hesitancy is through the roof.

Coercion, COVID and free will.  There is something we are not being told that would explain the elites' extreme push to ensure that we all — regardless of age, health or vulnerability — get vaccinated against the coronavirus, a virus that has an overall survivability rate of 99.8 percent globally (higher for young people), on a par with the seasonal flu.  There has to be.  Governments and media have never before reacted in this manner, even for flus, diseases, plagues and pandemics that were more lethal than COVID-19. [...] At any rate, I've thought a lot about this in recent days and I've come to this conclusion regarding the tyrannical attempts to coerce us all into ceding sovereignty over our own bodies:  it is primarily a big test — probably the final one — issued by those in power to see if there are still limits as to what they can force Americans to do.  For if they can succeed in wresting our health decisions away from us, if they can take away our choice, if they can force us to submit to allowing an unvetted foreign substance into our persons to act in a way that cannot be now known on the very genes of which we are composed, they will know there is nothing they can't do to us.

Minnesota medical worker has both of her legs amputated after contracting COVID-19 just days after receiving her second vaccine dose.  A Minnesota woman who contracted COVID-19 after getting vaccinated had to have both of her legs amputated, and will soon have her hands amputated as well.  Jummai Nache, a medical assistant from Minneapolis, received the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on February 1.  A few days later on February 6, her husband, Philip, took her to urgent care after she felt chest pains.  A day later, she tested positive for COVID-19, and her condition quickly deteriorated, leading to hospitalization and eventual amputation.  Philip is now searching for answers to the true cause of his wife's condition.

Sorry, Fauci, but lockdown theater is over and the US is not going back.  On CNN this week, the much-sainted but not-always-honest Dr. Anthony Fauci stated the Biden administration is considering national recommendations that would encourage local governments to force fully vaccinated individuals to go back to wearing masks in public. [...] According to Fauci, local governments should be allowed to tell people, "Even if you are vaccinated, you should wear a mask."  No, no, no.  We believe in science.  Therefore, we believe the vaccinated should not have to pretend vaccination doesn't work — to live under the performative restrictions of public health theater, just to appease the insufferable mask-scolds among us and allay their pandemic-era superstitions.  If you fear the coronavirus and don't believe in vaccination, feel free to lock yourself down.  Nothing is stopping you.  The United States has already been through more than a year of largely ineffective lockdowns and mask mandates.  At no point have differences in state and local mask-wearing shown up appreciably in the statistics for COVID-19 deaths.

DeSantis blasts CDC for K-12 mask recommendation: 'It isn't based in science'.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' office sharply rebuked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for urging that all children, regardless of vaccination status, be required to wear masks when school returns in the fall.  CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday cited an increase in COVID-19 cases from the delta variant for the changes, which also recommend some vaccinated individuals to resume wearing masks in certain situations to protect against COVID-19.  "It isn't based in science.  There is no indication that areas with mask mandates have performed any better than areas without mask mandates.  In fact, this policy could actually backfire," DeSantis press secretary Christina Pushaw told Fox News.

Fauci, CNN, White House, Newsom And Cuomo All Ratchet Up Attacks On Unvaccinated Americans.  Unvaccinated Americans were the talking point of the day on Monday with a slew of figures slamming those who have chosen not to take the coronavirus jabs, assigning blame to them for America 'going backwards', likening them to murderers, and suggesting that they are to blame for more deadly variants of the virus emerging. [...] The message is clear, 'we're all in this together'... except for the unvaccinated.

California City:  Vaccinated Employees Should Wear Stickers If They Want to Work Without Masks.  A city in Southern California has ordered vaccinated government employees to wear stickers if they want to work without masks on, said city officials.  Montclair, California, city manager Edward Starr told the San Bernardino Sun that workers who haven't been vaccinated or don't provide proof or verification of their vaccination against COVID-19 will be required to wear masks.  The California Department of Public Health is recommending stickers placed on employee badges "to demonstrate they have been fully vaccinated," Starr said.  Starr added that if the city doesn't comply with state or federal regulations, which he didn't elaborate on, fines as much as $10,000 per day could be issued.  "We intend to avoid those violations," he said.

California State Joins New York City and Veterans Administration in Mandating Vaccination Shots for Employees.  It's all a strategic Alinsky move once you connect the dots. [...] The new CDC approved rapid response test will cull the flu cases from false positives; that approach will automatically drop the number of new COVID cases identified.  The Biden regime will then say the drop in new COVID cases is because of the forced vaccinations in major populations (VA, NYC and CA).  As a result, everyone must get vaccinated because the added vaccinations are lowering the COVID cases, and the statistics will prove it.  Additionally, to enhance the talking point of most new infections caused by non-vaccinated persons, the hospital guidance is not to test the vaccinated. [...] This false assertion, driven by organized manipulation of events, will then increase pressure on the remaining public to get vaccinated.  The drop in COVID positive cases will create the momentum for additional COVID vaccination mandates.  If we thought the pressure to vaccinate is bad now, we haven't seen anything yet.  It is going to get ugly, with threats of federal reimbursement dollars (medicare, medicaid, food and housing) withheld from states as leverage against Red State governors who do not mandate vaccinations.

The Press Go Wild at Psaki Presser and Show the Authoritarianism Is the Point.  Perhaps one of the most ludicrous claims of the last few years is that the news industry still represents a bulwark against government tyranny and exists to help preserve the freedom of Americans.  Instead, over and over, the press has shown themselves to value dictatorial pronouncements from their chosen politicians over speaking out for individual rights.  That was made clear again yesterday during White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki's press briefing.  Imagine being so radical and subservient to government power that you would actually beg the Biden administration to exercise more of it over you.  Here's PBS' Yamiche Alcindor, perhaps the most shamelessly biased reporter in Washington, to start things off.  [Tweet]

CDC recommends masks for all K-12 students, even those who have been vaccinated.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday that all students in kindergarten through 12th grade should wear masks when they return to classrooms for the new school year.  The newly issued CDC guideline includes youngsters who have already been vaccinated.  CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky urged all schools reopen to in-person learning in the fall, but with proper safety protocols — and that now includes masks.  "CDC recommends that everyone in K-12 schools wear a mask indoors, including teachers, staff, students and visitors regardless of vaccination status," she told reporters.

Chaos: Team Biden Struggles to Explain CDC Call for Vaccinated Americans to Wear Masks Again.  The White House on Tuesday [7/27/2021] struggled to explain why the Centers for Disease Control would announce new masking policies across the country, despite ongoing faith in the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines.  "I know this is slightly awkward timing," White House press secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged at the beginning of the daily press briefing.  The CDC scheduled a briefing on their new mask guidance for later in the afternoon.  Throughout the briefing, Psaki repeated that the administration was still battling the coronavirus, despite weeks of sunny rhetoric celebrating President Joe Biden's success in handling the pandemic.  "We're still in the midst of a once in a generation pandemic, battling an ever-evolving virus," she said.

Frank Luntz to CNN: I am begging you to stop putting Anthony Fauci on television.  "Every time he speaks, he actually turns off people," he says to Anderson Cooper of Fauci in the clip below.  Luntz's Republican focus groups have been telling him that for months, before the partisan gap on vaccinations began to widen and long before Fauci came under scrutiny for his agency's role in funding bat research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  He's almost uniquely incapable of persuading reluctant Republicans, a key demographic, to get their shots at this point.  So why are the White House and cable news networks still running him out there as the face of the national vaccination effort?  On the other hand, why is Luntz pushing this message on CNN, which few Republicans watch?  If he's serious about replacing Fauci with Dr. Tom Frieden as public vaccine liaison to try to flip more Republicans, he should be making this point on Fox.

History Will Condemn Bigots Using Coronavirus to Persecute Trump Supporters.  The fascist left obviously learned nothing from the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, where the healthy were persecuted as walking biohazards simply because they were gay.  Today, the healthy being persecuted as biohazards are the unvaccinated.  Those who choose not to get vaccinated are almost no threat to those of us who are vaccinated, and yet they are the ongoing targets of the left's rising bigotry, hate, and social exclusion.  This is reprehensible behavior, straight-up bigotry, and like all acts of bigotry, history will not be kind to the bigots.  There is, though, one vital difference between AIDS and the coronavirus.  Thirty-five years ago, the fatality rate for AIDS was 100 percent.  Today, according to the CDC, if you're under the age of 70, the coronavirus survival rate is over 99 percent.  If you're under the age of 50, the survival rate is over 99.9 percent.

Biden DOJ Declares COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Legal.  The Biden DOJ ruled that federal law doesn't prohibit public agencies, private business from requiring vaccines for employees[.]  It was only a few months ago that Kamala Harris said she would NEVER take the Trump endorsed vaccine.

CDC Says 'Breakthrough' COVID Infections Are Virtually Non-Existent.  A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) document obtained by ABC News shows that "breakthrough" COVID-19 infections — among those who are already vaccinated — are extremely rare, despite headlines and scare stories in the media.  More than 156 million Americans have been fully vaccinated.  The CDC estimates that there have been approximately 153,000 infections among vaccinated individuals — about 0.098 percent.  This number comes from an unpublished internal CDC document obtained by ABC News.

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I would prefer to rely on information that's more accessible and less apocryphal than "an unpublished internal CDC document" that only ABC News has seen.  That smells like Rathergate.  If "breakthrough" infections are so rare, why are vaccinated people being told to wear masks?

Hundreds of San Francisco bars to require vaccination or COVID test to sit inside.  Hundreds of bars in San Francisco will begin requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result from patrons who want to eat or drink inside, an industry group announced.  The San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance, which represents more than 500 bar owners in the area, said it changed its position this week on requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test due to a recent uptick in cases "among our staff members, especially those who are fully vaccinated."  "This decision is based solely on our need to protect our workers, customers and their families," the group said in a statement.  "However, we hope it might also influence some who have not yet received vaccinations to do so as soon as they are able."

Atlanta restaurant announces plan to serve only vaccinated customers.  An Atlanta restaurant is making the bold decision to serve only customers who are fully vaccinated.  Argosy Restaurant and Bar, located in East Atlanta Village, is one of the first businesses in Georgia to mandate with signs that say "No Vax, No Service."  The company owner made the decision earlier this week after he and several of his employees, who were all fully vaccinated, contracted the virus as breakthrough cases.

White House:  Vaccine Mandates 'Meant to Keep People Safe'.  The White House on Monday offered vocal support for vaccine mandates, arguing they were meant to keep Americans safe from the coronavirus.  "I would say though that mandates, as is evidenced by the Hospital Association's, those are meant to keep people safe around the country," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.

A Foretaste of Fascism.  How can we make sense of the Biden administration's project to establish a shadow state in which the federal government achieves its unconstitutional objectives — mask mandates, forced vaccines, suppression of religious freedom and free speech — by recruiting private corporations to do its bidding?  What is the official name for this public-private partnership in opposition to our liberties?  Before I answer this question, let's zoom in on precisely what the administration seeks to do.  It recognizes, of course, that any attempt to impose a nationwide mask mandate or to force Americans to take the vaccine would run into serious constitutional problems.  Where does the Constitution give the federal government the power to require such things?  Nowhere.  Moreover, there are practical obstacles.  How exactly would the federal government go about enforcing such mandates?  It would take a nationwide reporting system of unimaginable complexity to ensure full compliance with a mask mandate.  No less than a national vaccine database would be needed to ensure that all citizens took their compulsory vaccine.  In either case, it's unclear what penalties could be imposed on those who refused.

U.S. urges vaccinated Americans to wear masks indoors in many places.  Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should go back to wearing masks in indoor public places in regions where the coronavirus is spreading rapidly, U.S. health authorities said on Tuesday [7/27/2021].  In a toughening of guidance issued earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommended all students, teachers and staff at schools for kindergarten through 12th grade wear masks regardless of whether they were vaccinated.

Three St. Louis County Municipalities Will Not Enforce Reimposed Mask Mandate.  As we reported yesterday, the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County have jointly reimposed mask mandates, effective today.  Following news of the mandates, Missouri's Attorney General, Eric Schmitt, announced almost immediately that he would be filing suit to attempt to enjoin them, and members of the St. Louis County Council called for the new order regarding the County to be added to the agenda for tomorrow night's Council meeting.  But those aren't the only elected officials pushing back against the mandates.  Three St. Louis County municipalities — Wildwood, Eureka, and Chesterfield, all in western/southwestern St. Louis County — have declared they will not enforce the mandates.

Americans: Choose Freedom and Take Off the Mask.  In the midst of an 8,000-mile car trip around the formerly United — and now fractured — States of America, I arrived in Southern California a couple of weeks ago, just in time to fall victim to an indoor mask-mandate jackbooted by Los Angeles County in the interests of Leftist conformity, virtue signaling, and general fascist stupidity.  From New England, where my journey started, to central Florida and back again, thence from the Northeast to the Golden State by way of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, my drive was almost entirely mask-free, except for the occasional Karen sightings, sporting their slave muzzles as badges of submissive honor.  It wasn't until I got to Gallup, N.M. that masks and their ugly companions, closed restaurants taped up like crime scenes, became in evidence.  And then I got to L.A. — and once again, here in sunny SoCal, I got a glimpse into America's future unless we finally put an emphatic stop to this unconstitutional and irrational madness.  To put it in terms even an Antifa progressive can understand, and which conservatives need to adopt, we need to start resisting by any means necessary.

Served Its Purpose?  CDC and FDA Recall Faulty COVID PCR Test.  Last week, big media was salivating over the COVID Delta variant and recommendations for indoor masking, even for the vaccinated, masking young children, and the possibility of a return to last year, with social distancing, capacity limits, and business closures.  There were also news stories that the media dutifully ignored, like ongoing election audits, Hunter Biden's laptop, his father's growing inability to think and speak coherently, and growing inflation and unemployment.  Also somehow missed by the investigative sleuths at CNN and MSNBC was the recall of a COVID rapid antigen test last month.  This wasn't just any recall but according to the FDA a serious one, "The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall.  Use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death."  That's an understatement.

So the vaccinated are "running out of patience," eh?  It seems as if every day we see another slew of headlines about the Delta variant and "resurgence" of the virus in this or that place.  In reality, even some of these surges involve a number of new positive tests that are still vastly lower than during the height of the pandemic last winter.  Still, there are cities that are bringing back mask mandates and complaining loudly about the slow vaccination rates.  These complaints are being picked up in the liberal media, with the vast majority of the blame being cast at a predictable group:  white, Republican Trump voters.

Psaki Talks Restrictions on Americans and Travel While Refusing to Be Transparent About WH Infections.  Jen Psaki admitted today [7/26/2021] that they are in "active discussion" with states about the possibility of reinstating mask mandates because of the rise of the Delta variant.  [Video clip]  On top of that, she said that because of the variant, they would be keeping restrictions in place on people who want to travel into the United States, claiming there was a surge among the "unvaccinated."  [Video clip] [...] The White House is taking that position — talking about once again restricting Americans and preventing legal travel into the United States — while not restricting illegal entry at the southern border, and allowing hundreds of thousands of people to pour in and thank Biden for allowing them in.

Missouri AG Plans To Sue St.  Louis Over Reinstatement Of Mask Mandate.  Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said he plans to file a lawsuit against St. Louis and St. Louis County for reinstating a mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people over the age of 5.  Local leaders announced the new requirements on Friday citing the rising number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.  The requirements were to take effect on Monday in indoor public places and on public transportation.  Masks are also "strongly encouraged" for groups when outdoors.

Pride and the Fall of Anthony Fauci.  Naturally, we want to know the origins of the disease and assess some measure of culpability for this worldwide disaster, and it has become increasingly clear that the virus originated in the Wuhan Chinese virology lab, and that media darling Fauci bears some significant responsibility for funding the research that made the virus, once confined to bats, transmissible to humans.  Moreover, he has played a major role in covering up the source, the NIH funding for the research, and his role in providing the funding.  This week, both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Washington Post have come around to conceding that the virus originated in the Wuhan Lab, a notion that just a year ago was "dangerous misinformation" and a wild "conspiracy theory."

Speaking of misinformation...
California governor Gavin Newsom compares unvaccinated to drunk drivers.  California Governor Gavin Newsom has compared unvaccinated individuals to drunk drivers.  He appeared on CNN to discuss the recent spike in coronavirus cases due to the Delta variant.  As US health authorities are considering re-instating mask guidelines even for vaccinated adults due to the surge of cases, Mr Newsom claimed that individuals who refused to take the vaccine posed a risk to the public similar to drunk driving.  "It's like drunk drivers, you don't have the right to go out and drink and drive and put everybody else at risk including your own life," Mr Newsom said.

Rand Paul Lights Up Anthony Fauci: 'There's a Possibility We Are Suffering from His Poor Judgment'.  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) laid into Dr. Anthony Fauci yet again this week following their tense exchange Tuesday over the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Paul spoke to WBKO this week following the viral clash, which effectively saw Fauci denying his own definition of gain-of-function research.  "I think he has self-interest and not being attached to this research, because more and more of the evidence is pointing towards the virus having come out of that lab, if it did, you can see how moral responsibility or culpability attaches to Dr. Fauci because he had the poor judgment to fund this lab," Paul told the outlet, adding, "[It was a] mistake to fund the lab in the Wuhan period because I don't think the Chinese government or military has been very forthcoming":  [Video clip]

Biden says 'long Covid' could qualify as a disability under federal law.  President Joe Biden announced Monday [7/26/2021] that serious long-term Covid-19 cases could qualify as a disability, making federal protections and resources available to those suffering from the disease.  Speaking at an event at the White House celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, he said that lingering Covid symptoms, such as fatigue or brain fog, "can sometimes rise to the level of a disability."

CDC Announces Withdrawal of Rapid Response COVID Test to Belatedly Stop Diagnosing Influenza as SARS COV-2.  Well this is seriously sketchy, and feel free to correct me if my interpretation is incorrect, but the CDC has recently released a Lab Alert notifying healthcare providers they are withdrawing their emergency use request of the SARS-COV-2 rapid response diagnostic; and informing test centers to adopt new, modified, COVID testing that does not conflate influenza (the flu) with positive results for COVID-19.  This looks like a back-door admission that many of the COVID positive results were actually, perhaps intentionally & purposefully, Flu cases diagnosed as COVID.  If so, this would explain why the number of cases of influenza disappeared over the last 18 months.  And, if so, this would seem to indicate an intentionally inflated outcome from prior COVID-19 testing.

Deadly Blood Clots Develop In 62% of People Receiving COVID Vaccine.  Alex Jones breaks down the shocking discovery by a Canadian physician showing that 62% of his COVID-vaccinated patients have developed blood clots, and may die in a few years as a result.  [Video clip]

Vaccine Passports: Why?  A number of countries are instituting, or proposing to institute, "vaccine passport" systems.  This means, basically, that no one will be allowed to go out in public, or to enter most public places, without carrying a certificate of vaccination.  Understandably, requiring everyone to have "papers" to engage in normal daily activities rubs many the wrong way.  Thus, protests have broken out in several countries.

Dr. Fauci defends giving $600,000 in NIH funding to Wuhan lab for COVID research.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the Biden administration, has defended the National Institute of Health's decision to give $600,000 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2014 for research into whether bat coronaviruses could be transmitted to humans.  In Sunday's [7/25/2021] episode of CNN's 'State of the Union,' Fauci, the director of the NIH's Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told host Jake Tapper that it would be 'negligent' not to fund the research — though some have argued it could have led to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2019.  Fauci and Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul feuded over the subject last week, when Paul questioned Fauci on the theory of gain of function research contributing to the origin of the virus at the Wuhan lab.

Humanity Must Resist Lockdown 2.0 And Arrest The Tyrants.  Alex Jones delivers a message of hope and perseverance as the globalists' plan to jab everybody with the experimental COVID shot backfires spectacularly around the world with massive protests erupting in defiance of their tyranny.  [Video clip]

The Lancet is accused of costing lives by sitting on a study showing human transmission of Covid-19.  The world's most famous medical journal, The Lancet, sat on vital information being suppressed by China proving that the Covid virus could jump from human to human and was spreading outside of Wuhan in the early days of the pandemic.  Its editors also failed to share critical evidence — given to them by brave Chinese scientists trying to alert the world to the danger of the new disease — that showed the new coronavirus could be spread by people who were not displaying symptoms.  The revelation has emerged in a new book by Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust.

What Does China Have on Dr. Fauci?  Perhaps no one has done more damage to the credibility of the scientific community over the last year and a half than Dr. Anthony Fauci.  RedState has written more articles than I can count documenting his contradictions, dishonesty, and even complicity regarding COVID-19.  Yet Fauci continues to be a super-star on the left, largely because he represented a foil to Donald Trump, but also because he's become even more overtly political under Joe Biden's tenure.  To those who crave power, Fauci is the perfect spokesman, able to parlay faux claims of scientific authority into ever-encroaching government power.

The Other Side of the COVID Argument.  There is a lot of incoming information from government and the private sector promoting the vaccine.  Recently, there has been a significant uptick in compulsory demands for taking the COVID vaccine.  This forced vaccination approach has made many people start to question why this coordinated pressure campaign has increased with such ferocity.  As a result of such one-side information, people are increasingly skeptical.  In this video below you can review the counter-position for why people do not want to take the vaccination shot.  I am not sure who produced it, but CTH is sharing it in an effort to provide balance.  The claims are well cited.  [Video clip]

Washington Post:  China's denial and diversions about the origin of the coronavirus is suspicious.  Last week WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said his organization had been "premature" when it ruled out the lab leak theory of the virus' origin.  He went a bit beyond that and said that, having worked in a lab himself, he was well aware that "accidents happen."  "We need information, direct information on what the situation of this lab was before and at the start of the pandemic," he said.  The investigation into the lab would fall under phase 2 of the WHO's efforts to identify the origin of the virus.

The World Has Had It With China Flu Lockdowns:  Protests Rock Cities All Over the Globe.  Anti-riot cops clashed with protestors in central Paris, using tear gas to break up angry mobs that are tired of useless lockdowns, immunity passports, and a possible forced vaccination plan for healthcare workers.  Over 100,000 people took to the streets to show their disdain for the COVID restrictions, including "COVID-Free" letters allowing them to enter restaurants and theaters.

Vaccine Passports: Why?  A number of countries are instituting, or proposing to institute, "vaccine passport" systems.  This means, basically, that no one will be allowed to go out in public, or to enter most public places, without carrying a certificate of vaccination.  Understandably, requiring everyone to have "papers" to engage in normal daily activities rubs many the wrong way.  Thus, protests have broken out in several countries.

Instagram video of woman 'struggling to walk' after getting Pfizer jab is fueling anti-vax movement.  A series of Instagram videos showing a woman struggling to walk after being jabbed appears to be fuelling anti-vaccine sentiment among younger people.  In one of the posts, Georgia-Rose Segal, 34, is seen staggering before nearly collapsing on to a kitchen floor.  Another clip in the same series then shows her legs and feet spasming in a hospital bed.  The videos were uploaded to the Instagram account Imjustbait, which has attracted 4.7 million followers since it was set up by Anthony 'Antz' Robb in 2014.

Doctors Raise Awareness on Ivermectin Treatment for COVID-19.  In an effort to help end the pandemic, an international coalition of medical experts is holding worldwide events Saturday to raise awareness about the effectiveness of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19.  Organizers of the World Ivermectin Day say doctors and supporters of the inexpensive FDA-approved drug will host free online and public events in over a dozen countries.  Two nonprofits — Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care (FLCCC) Alliance and the British Ivermectin Recommendation Development (BIRD) group — who have been campaigning for the off-label use of ivermectin to prevent and treat COVID-19 say the event's focus is to let more people know that the antiparasitic drug can treat COVID-19, possibly end the pandemic, and help eliminate fear of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  "We have an incredibly positive and uplifting message to share: ivermectin treats and prevents COVID and it is the key to unlocking the never-ending cycle of pandemic peaks and personal restrictions and will help restart economies," Dr. Tess Lawrie, cofounder of the BIRD group said in a press release.

Don't fall for Alabama doctor's Wuhan Virus fear porn.  In order to keep alive the false notion that "systemic racism" is rampant in the United States, leftists across America have peddled massive amounts of misleading information.  Thus, it should come as little surprise that the COVID-loving mask cultists on the left would stoop to spinning false or misleading tales about Wuhan Virus doom and gloom in order to help keep as much of the nation as possible on edge. [... But] as often as leftists hype the Wuhan Virus — along with the vaccine, masks, lockdowns, etc. — they keep getting put in their place by the data.  It seems it has become particularly important to the COVID-worshiping left to scare as many as possible when it comes to the young and healthy.

Lawmakers Move To Defund The Wuhan Lab Suspected Of Creating COVID-19.  Communist China is refusing to comply with further investigation into the Wuhan lab, located in the city the pandemic originated.  While the Chinese Communist Party throws a fit about the "shocking" and "offensive" proposal by the World Health Organization to audit Chinese labs claiming it projects "arrogance towards science," some U.S. legislators haven't given up on finding where COVID-19 came from and who needs to be held responsible for unleashing the virus on the world.  Last week, the bipartisan House Appropriations Committee voted to ban funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology through designations in the National Institutes of Health funding bill for next year.

When leftists shun ivermectin, they show how scientifically illiterate they are.  Being of venerable age, I am at risk for COVID, so I follow the debates over the vaccines and treatments, such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, with intense interest.  My conclusion, on which I am willing to bet my life, is that taking ivermectin is a superior alternative to vaccination, both for prevention and, should it come to it, treatment.  I am convinced by the careful scientific work of the FLCCC, the BIRD group, and independent researcher Andrew Hill and reinforced by the refusal of the government health agencies to respond in any coherent fashion.  A priori, one would not expect issues of drug safety and efficacy to be a political hot potato, but one would be wrong.

There may be some method to the January 6 overcharging madness.  [Scroll down]  Fauci is currently being revealed as someone who seriously misdirected the COVID response.  We're also beginning to understand that he did so not because he was caught flatfooted by an unknown virus and a possible pandemic, but because he knew exactly what had happened, had helped make it happen, and was engaged in a cover-up to protect himself — a cover-up, moreover, that conveniently helped destroy the presidency of a man he despised.  We can point to Fauci as a fool and an incompetent, but he's not.  He's been playing these games successfully for forty years — and was so successful in 2020 that he allowed his Chinese friends to destroy the evidence; went a long way to wiping out America's middle class; and, as I said, got Trump out of office.  Overall, I'd say he's been a pretty successful puppet master.

Simple, Honest Questions In The Battle Against COVID.  [Scroll down]  I still have a few simple, honest questions.  Is there anyone who has access to the information who would be willing to research and share?  Are these even the right questions to ask?
  •   CDC data for July 18, 2021, shows just under 34 million Americans have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with just under 607,000 deaths.  Does that mean that roughly 33,393,000 Americans have antibody immunity?
  •   What is the number of Americans expected to have antibody immunity plus those who have been vaccinated?  How close then, are we to "herd immunity?"
  •   Of the most recently reported cases, how many (or what percentage) are of the Delta variant?
  •   Of the most recently reported deaths, how many (or what percentage) are of the Delta variant?  This is an important distinction, is it not?  The Delta is proclaimed to be more infectious/easier to spread, but less severe and less deadly.
  •   How can we be sure the "uptick" in cases is the much-dreaded Delta variant?  Do the current tests allow us to make that determination?  If not, does the scientific evidence exist to show that the uptick can clearly be attributed to the Delta variant?
  •   If the Delta variant is less severe, and those who contract it will most likely recover (vaccinated or not), then will that not lead us more quickly to "herd immunity?"

Cholesterol medication may reduce COVID-19 severity.  In a new study from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, researchers have discovered that patients taking statin medications, commonly used to reduce blood cholesterol levels, had a 41% lower risk of in-hospital death from COVID-19.  Using data from the American Heart Association's COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry, the team analysed the medical records of 10,541 hospitalised COVID-19 patients over a nine-month period (January-September 2020) at 104 different hospitals.  Lori Daniels, MD, professor and director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at UC San Diego Health and lead study author, said:  "When faced with this virus at the beginning of the pandemic, there was a lot of speculation surrounding certain medications that affect the body's ACE2 receptor, including statins, and whether they may influence COVID-19 risk.

Vaccine undermines your natural immune system.  [Video clip]

The Number Of Vaccine Deaths Has Skyrocketed Again!.  According to VAERS data released by the CDC showed a total of 411,931 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 6,985 deaths and 34,065 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and June 25, 2021.  VAERS is the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S. Reports submitted to VAERS require further investigation before a causal relationship can be confirmed.

Lawsuit Claims Feds Are Covering Up At Least 45,000 Injection-Related Deaths.  Attorney Thomas Renz filed a lawsuit in federal court in Alabama on July 19 that alleges a massive government cover-up of injection-related U.S. deaths that number "at least 45,000."  The suit, filed on behalf of America's Frontline Doctors in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, is based on a sworn statement by a government insider under federal whistleblower protection.  Speaking at the Re-awaken Tour event held July 17-18 in Anaheim, California, Renz made the bombshell announcement he says is based on a whistleblower with access to government computers and can prove that "at least 45,000" Americans have already been killed by the three COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the FDA.

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Psaki Refuses to Give The Number of Vaccinated White House Staff Who Contracted COVID.  When President Trump was in office, the media ran a daily narrative about the number of people within the orbit of the White House who contracted COVID-19.  Today the installed spokesperson for the regime, Jennifer Psaki, was asked about the number of vaccinated White House staff who test positive for the virus.  Psaki refused to answer the question saying:  "Why do you need that information?"  Can you imagine the backlash if President Trump's spokesperson gave that answer?

Anthony Fauci Champions The Forever Pandemic.  Dr. Anthony Fauci welcomed back mask mandates regardless of vaccination status on Friday during an interview on Fox News with Neil Cavuto.  "It's quite understandable," Fauci said, "why local authorities are now saying, 'good that you're vaccinated, but in a situation where you have people indoors, particularly crowded, you should wear a mask.'"  [Video clip]  The doctor lauded Los Angeles as a prime example, which re-implemented universal indoor mask requirements this week as cases have risen of the Indian Delta variant.  Deaths, however, according to data from the LA County Public Health Department, have not followed the same upward trend.

Bill Gates Funded Development of Under-the-Skin Vaccine History Storage Using Specialized Dye.  Bill Gates.  Vaccines.  Put those words together and conspiracy theories abound.  The tales range from stories of embedding microchips in people to the potential use of vaccines for population control.  And Gates' name is often tied to such ideas.  But at least one documented idea supported by Gates is just as scary — especially in the era of COVID-19.  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided funding for a project that aims to record a patient's vaccination history by injecting dye under the skin.  In announcing the process via a Massachusetts Institute of Technology news release in December 2019, its inventors suggested the injection method was mainly to aid developing countries where traditional medical records are rare or do not exist.

Seven fully-vaccinated Stanford students test positive for coronavirus in a single week — all of whom are symptomatic.  At least seven fully-vaccinated students at Stanford University have tested positive for coronavirus.  Officials at the Ivy League school in California's Bay Area reported the breakthrough infections in a letter to students on Thursday [7/22/2021].  They said all of the cases were confirmed in the last week and all seven students were symptomatic.

Who Are The Real COVID Vaccine Refuseniks?  The Biden administration, stung by missing its vaccine targets and the rising COVID-19 cases, has decided to blame Republicans.  That's not surprising.  But it's traditionally Democratic groups — minorities and the young — who aren't getting vaccinated, and it's leftists who are the most influential anti-vaxxers on the planet.  As Politico reported recently, "the Biden administration is casting conservative opponents of its COVID-19 vaccine campaign as dangerous and extreme."  The administration points to state immunization rates as proof that anti-vaxxers on the right are to blame for the problem.  "State vaccine rates fall along red, blue divide," is how The Hill reported it.  But wait a minute.  The states with low vaccination rates also tend to have larger minority populations.  And blacks are the least likely racial or ethnic group to have been vaccinated, with Hispanics the second least likely, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

'15 Days to Slow the Spread' Lie Makes 'Slippery Slope' Arguments Great Again.  We went from "15 Days to Slow the Spread" to sliding all the way down a slippery slope of a year-plus of lockdowns, shutdowns, mask mandates, and the kind of outright government fascism the America I grew up in never would have stood for.  This is why slippery-slope arguments matter.  When we're talking about the federal government, and most especially about the Democrat party, slippery-slope arguments matter — they matter a whole lot.  Good grief, even after South Dakota, Texas, and Florida showed us that mask mandates, shutdowns, and lockdowns make little to no difference, the fascists in Los Angeles County have once again forced its citizens back into those filthy masks, and that includes the fully vaccinated.

Sweden's no-lockdown Covid strategy [has been] vindicated.  Alone among the advanced countries of the world, Sweden followed the sensible policy for dealing with a highly transmissible virus with a 99%+ survival rate, dangerous mostly to easily identifiable groups — the elderly and those with co-morbidities.  It allowed the population at minimal risk to carry on life as usual, and restricted movements and otherwise protected only those at elevated risk.  As the rest of the advanced world locked down, life for almost all Swedes went on as normal.  The result:  herd immunity spread.  Sweden's economy avoided the catastrophic harm inflicted elsewhere.  And now we see that Sweden's approach (which, incidentally, is how all previous pandemics have been handled) has been vindicated.

Gottlieb: This Delta wave may end "sooner than we think".  That doesn't mean tomorrow, former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb tells CNBC.  The CDC hasn't provided any modeling on the Delta wave yet, which Gottlieb finds odd, but other academic institutions have produced some models — and those suggest that the peak might come as soon as next month:  [Advertisement]  [Tweet]  [Transcript]  The range for the peak might extend to early October, Gottlieb says, but that seems to be the far outside of the current models.  Some of that is due to Delta's sheer transmissibility; it moves so fast among the unvaccinated that its saturation point comes that much more quickly.  That has some implications for the current data set we are seeing in this new wave, which has not produced the normally corresponding increase in deaths or hospitalizations, although the latter has been ticking up substantially.  If the peak hits sooner, it might mean that Delta isn't as deadly as first feared.

9 Ways China Created A Pandemic That Have Nothing To Do With The Wuhan Lab.  The resurgence of a theory that the Chinese coronavirus first began infecting people through an accident at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) has rekindled outrage towards Beijing but presents the danger of obscuring the many actions China took to spread the disease regardless of where it originated. [...] Americans, and all world victims of the Chinese pandemic, deserve answers regarding the virus's origins, but the speculation has distracted from the facts already in plain sight:  the actions the Communist Party took to hide the pandemic, actively spread disease, punish medical experts, and use global health agencies to spread misinformation.  The Chinese Communist Party may or may not have created the virus itself, but all evidence indicates that it absolutely did create a pandemic whereas there would have been at worst a regional epidemic.

Alabama GOP Governor Dehumanizes Unvaccinated People.  Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) turned her ire toward unvaccinated people on Friday and blamed them for the rise in Covid cases.  Kay Ivey dehumanized unvaccinated people and put a target on their backs.  Ivey referred to vaccinated people as "regular folks" — so unvaccinated people are now "others" — this rhetoric is dangerous and must be denounced.  "Folks are supposed to have common sense.  But it's time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks.  It's the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down," Ivey told reporters in Birmingham.

AP-NORC poll:  Most unvaccinated Americans don't want shots.  Most Americans who haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta variant despite evidence they do, according to a new poll that underscores the challenges facing public health officials amid soaring infections in some states.  Among American adults who have not yet received a vaccine, 35% say they probably will not, and 45% say they definitely will not, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.  Just 3% say they definitely will get the shots, though another 16% say they probably will.

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If there was an actual pandemic in this country, and the disease made a lot of people sick, and the vaccine was proven to be safe and effective, it wouldn't be necessary to coerce, bribe, and cajole the general public into getting the vaccination.  But no, mRNA is an experiment; it isn't a vaccine at all, it comes with dangerous side-effects, and therefore everybody who wants it has already got it.  The vaccination drive, and indeed the entire Covid scare, are all part of an elaborate test to see how much tyranny the American people will tolerate before fighting back.  It was all a test; and in general, we failed miserably.

DOJ Decision on Nursing Home Investigations Is in and It's Infuriating.  While most of the attention about nursing homes being ordered to take Wuhan coronavirus positive patients has focused on New York because of the cover-up by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it wasn't only going on in New York.  It was also ordered in other Democratic-run states in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.  Congress had asked for answers from the DOJ as to what was going on in the investigations into the matter.  Now, the DOJ has finally responded to House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), who is the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee for the Coronavirus Crisis.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital requiring employee vaccination.  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis is now requiring employees to get vaccinated against coronavirus or be terminated.  A letter was sent to all employees Wednesday afternoon from President and CEO Dr. James Downing, outlining the new mandatory vaccine policy.  In the letter, Downing cites the dangers of the Delta variant and its rapid spread as part of the reason for the mandate.  St. Jude employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 9, barring a medical or religious exemption.  The eight weeks between now and then is meant to give employees time to schedule and complete the vaccination process.

Rick Dennison out as Vikings offensive line coach after refusing COVID vaccine.  The Vikings and assistant coach Rick Dennison are trying to work it out.  Amid reports Friday [7/23/2021] that the two sides had split over Dennison's refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the Vikings released a statement saying they're continuing to "hold discussions" with the offensive line coach and run game coordinator.  "The Vikings continue to hold discussions with Offensive Line Coach Rick Dennison regarding the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 Protocols for training camp and preseason games," the statement read.  "At this time, Coach Dennison does not have an exemption to the vaccination requirements of those protocols.  We will adhere to the requirements of the protocols and of applicable law."

Illegal alien COV cases surge 900%, lots of fighting age men.  The number of illegal alien COV cases surged 900% along with the rise in numbers coming in illegally.  The number of detainees who tested positive for COVID-19 in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector alone has increased by 900% on the border, according to information obtained by Fox News.  There were 135 detainees who tested positive in the first two weeks of July alone, marking a 900% increase in confirmed positive cases compared to the previous 14 months.  The RGV sector is one of the main destinations for migrants crossing the border, seeing more than 2000 apprehensions each day and accounting for 60% of confirmed positive detainees in the U.S. Border Patrol custody.

Biden DOJ drops civil rights probe of Gov. Cuomo over nursing homes and COVID-19.  The Department of Justice has decided not to investigate whether the civil rights of residents in New York's government-run nursing homes were violated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's controversial admission policy related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  In a letter Friday [7/23/2021], the DOJ's Office of Legislative Affairs told US Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), ranking member of that House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, that New York was off the hook in connection with potential violations of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.  In August, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division requested information from New York in connection with a March 25, 2020, order from the state Department of Health that required nursing homes to admit "medically stable" COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals.

Why Are Soros And Gates Buying UK COVID Testing Company?  A consortium of investors led by the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are buying UK-based COVID testing company, Mologic, which has developed a 10-minute coronavirus test — and is best known for its deep-nostril swab test for the virus.  According to Forbes, citing a Monday press release, the buyout was done to increase access to "affordable state-of-the-art medical technology" via a rapid 'lateral flow' test, which offers an early-warning screening for Covid-19, as negative tests are going to be increasingly required to go back to 'normal life' — along with one's vaccine passport of course.

Eric Clapton Takes A Stand, Will Not Perform at Any Concert Venue That Forces Vaccination For Attendance.  Well known singer and songwriter Eric Clapton has taken a stand against vaccine discrimination efforts after he personally had horrific side-effects following his vaccination.  Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.  He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream.  Last month Clapton told Oracle News (Full video Here) about his experiences.  Tuesday, the exceptional blues guitarist announced on Telegram that he would not perform at any venue where non-vaccinated attendees are discriminated against.

Read my lips:  We're not going back to masks and lockdowns again.  Last weekend, Los Angeles County reinstituted its mask mandate for indoor settings.  More than 60 percent of the county is fully vaccinated, but the mandate applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.  The move is absurd in several ways.  For starters, it throws shade on the vaccines.  If vaccination works, why do the vaccinated need to be masked?  And if we do still need to be masked post-vaccine, why would anyone take the jabs?  The vaccinated are protected, and the unvaccinated have had enough time to get vaccinated.  We have to move on.  But beyond that, there's the added question of whether mask mandates have made any difference in containing COVID.  In March, when Texas and Mississippi dropped their mask mandates, President Joe Biden criticized the moves as "neanderthal thinking" and said it was too soon to stop wearing masks.  The blue-check media predicted a COVID holocaust in these states.  That didn't happen.  Case numbers collapsed in the months after the mandates ended.

Nonprofit Sues HHS to Immediately Stop Emergency Use Authorization of COVID-19 Vaccines.  America's Frontline Doctors, a nonprofit, filed a motion on July 19 seeking immediate injunctive relief to stop the emergency use authorization (EUA) of COVID-19 vaccines for three groups of Americans:  anyone under the age of 18, anyone who has recovered from COVID-19, and those who haven't given informed consent as defined by federal law.  The motion was filed against Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and other defendants in a federal district court in the Northern District of Alabama.  "The emergency declaration and its multiple renewals are illegal," the complaint alleges.  According to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, when the HHS secretary declares that an emergency use is appropriate, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) may then authorize unapproved use or EUA of a vaccine.  On Feb. 4, 2020, then-HHS Secretary Alex Azar declared a public health emergency, saying that existing circumstances justify the EUA.

Slavitt: Biden Needs to Require Unvaccinated Workers, Students Test Every Day and Pay for It.  Former White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt said Thursday [7/22/2021] on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" that President Joe Biden needed to get "very aggressive" and advocate that schools, businesses and government agencies require daily negative coronavirus tests results from the unvaccinated for which they pay.  Cooper said, "Fifty-seven percent of those eligible are fully vaccinated in the United States.  Now given those percentages and the vigor of the Delta variant, what more does the administration need to be doing right now?"  Slavitt said, "It was great to see the town hall last night that President Biden is not willing to quit.  Not willing to leave any American behind.  And willing to continue to make the case.  Now it's going to take more than him to make the case.  It's going to take getting very aggressive about particularly younger people.  People under 25.  I think as they return to school, presumably at full FDA approval, we should be really seriously considering whether schools, workplaces, government agencies ought to be saying, 'Hey, if you're coming here, you need to be vaccinated.  If you're not, you need to show you have a negative test every single day."

NFL teams will be forced to forfeit if unvaccinated players cause COVID-19 outbreak.  The NFL has laid out its strongest incentive yet for players to get the vaccine.  According to a memo shared on Twitter by NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, the league has mandated that a game cannot be rescheduled due to a COVID-19 outbreak among unvaccinated players — and that team will be forced to forfeit, resulting "in a loss for playoff seeding."  The memo said the league intends to play all of its games within the scheduled 18-week period and a 19th week will not be added to the schedule under any circumstances — an idea that was floated in 2020 amid numerous outbreaks.

Survey of Practicing Physicians Shows Support for Mass Injections 'Far From Unanimous': Medical Association.  An internet survey by a non-partisan physicians' association found that most respondents have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or plan to get the shot.  In the June 16 online survey by the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) in Tuscon, Arizona, nearly 60 percent of over 700 both retired and practicing physicians said they were not fully vaccinated and would decline the shots based on their assessment of risk.  "This contrasts with the claim by the American Medical Association that 96 percent of practicing physicians are fully vaccinated.  This was based on 300 respondents," the AAPS stated in a press release.  While neither survey represents a random sample of all U.S. physicians, the AAPS survey shows that doctor support for the mass injection campaign "is far from unanimous."

New Jersey hospital network fires 6 supervisors for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19.  A New Jersey hospital network has fired a half-dozen high-ranking employees who refused to comply with a new policy requiring them to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  RWJBarnabas Health, one of the largest health care systems in the Garden State and in the nation, announced in May that it was mandating COVID-19 vaccination for all staff at the supervisory level and above, effective immediately.  Those employees were required to have completed their course of vaccinations no later than June 30.

Homeland Security Announces Border and Travel Restrictions for American Citizens Due to COVID, But Border Will Remain Wide Open for Illegal Aliens.  They are rubbing it in our faces now.  As CTH warned yesterday [7/20/2021], this is not hypocrisy — this is the United States Government, Department of Homeland Security, initiating an enhanced and intentional effort to antagonize lawful American people into a place of extreme anger.  This is not hypocrisy.  The Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) is now announcing enhanced travel restrictions for law-abiding Americans, blocking non-essential travel into Mexico and Canada.  Simultaneous to this the same, ironically named, Homeland Security is facilitating a mass influx of illegal entry into the United States.  Stay aware and evaluate this for what it is.  This is an intentional effort to provoke American citizens.  This is Alinsky methods deployed at a federal and institutional level.

COVID-19: A Weapon to Fundamentally Transform America.  While Americans have been asleep at the wheel, the power brokers were manipulating us into constant societal unrest, with dwindling individual liberties and growing dependency on the government and big corporations.  COVID-19 has been a handy justification for left-leaning politicians to promote and solidify their ideology.  What many Americans were led to believe was well-intentioned concern for our safety and health has turned into a morass of ever-changing rules designed not for our health, but to accustom us to government control of our lives.

U.S. coronavirus cases rising but deaths from the virus aren't.  The spread of the Wuhan coronavirus in the U.S. has accelerated, apparently due mainly to the delta variant.  Last month, reported new cases were averaging around 17,000 per day, according to Worldometer.  Now, they are averaging around 40,000 per day.  The good news is that deaths attributed to the virus aren't increasing.  A month ago, the daily death count was said to be around 350-400 per day.  Now it's slightly lower — more like 300 per day.  Both totals represent a decrease from May, when the daily death count was coming in at more than 600.  What explains the fact that cases have increased, but not deaths?  Timing might be a big part of the explanation.  Naturally, there is a lag between becoming infected with the virus and dying from it.  The increase in cases began around three weeks ago, so maybe not enough time has passed for it to translate into a spike in deaths.

Biden draws ire of fellow Democrats for opting not to reopen Canadian border.  Members of President Joe Biden's party are upset about his decision not to allow Canadians into the United States despite Canada's plan to begin admitting Americans in the coming weeks.  "As Canada prepares to further open the border next month, the United States is failing to reciprocate, jeopardizing an already tenuous recovery for thousands of businesses, families and communities across Upstate New York," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, in a statement.  "It is critical for the United States to level the playing field and create a uniform system, following the science and data, to safely — and finally — reopen the border for those vaccinated."

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China reports first human case of Monkey B virus after veterinarian's death.  A veterinarian in China has become the first person in the country to contract and die of the extremely rare Monkey B virus, Chinese officials said last weekend, according to reports.  The veterinarian, 53, suffered severe nausea and a fever two months after dissecting two monkeys at a breeding research institute in Beijing and died on May 27, according to the Washington Post.  The Monkey B virus, also known as the Herpes B virus, usually comes from contact with a macaque monkey and can cause severe brain damage or death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The virus attacks the central nervous system and has about an 80% fatality rate if untreated, the Post reported, citing infectious disease expert Kentaro Iwata of Japan's Kobe University.

Monkey Business from China — COVID Part Two?  A year and a half ago, in February 2020, shortly after President Trump banned travel to the US from China, we learned of this story:  "Li Wenliang:  Coronavirus kills Chinese whistleblower doctor."  He was a Wuhan hospital ophthalmologist who in December 2019 sent a message to fellow doctors through a chat group warning of seven cases he had seen of a virus causing symptoms resembling the SARS virus from 2003.  Four days later he was summoned to the Public Security Bureau, coerced into signing a letter of confession for "making false comments" that had "severely disturbed the social order."  A month later he was diagnosed with coronavirus and a week later he died.  What a coincidence.  The next part of rhyming history is how his medical observations were treated by the state.  China uses it's "Public Security Bureau" while in the US we have Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Brian Stelter to determine truth.  Credit China for being honest about state sponsored censorship, unlike doublespeak from the American ruling class.

JAMA's retraction of paper finding masks harm children was 'political,' lead author says.  he lead author of a study that found dangerously high levels of inhaled carbon dioxide in German masked schoolchildren is crying foul after the prestigious journal that published the study retracted it.  Harald Walach told Just the News that editors at the Journal of the American Medical Association and JAMA Pediatrics did not tell him how he failed to provide, in the words of the retraction notice, "sufficiently convincing evidence" in response to criticism of the study.  "I would actually also like to see how those conclusions were reached, but I am afraid that there was no solid conclusion," he wrote in an email.  The "key phrase" in the retraction notice was "potential public health implications," which suggests "the retraction was political, because some people did not like our data," Walach said.

Mitch McConnell warns of lockdowns if COVID vaccine rates don't increase.  A fresh wave of deaths and hospitalizations like the ones that crippled the country last year loom on the horizon if people don't wise up and get vaccinated against COVID-19, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned.  "These shots need to get in everybody's arms as rapidly as possible or we're going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don't yearn for — that we went through last year," McConnell (R-Ky.) said at a news conference Tuesday, adding, "This is not complicated."  Asked about comments from Utah Gov. Spencer Cox alleging that conservative pundits are killing people with their rhetoric, McConnell stated that he encourages everybody to "ignore all of these other voices that are giving demonstrably bad advice."  McConnell's call to seek trusted and verified information about the virus and vaccines mirrors White House efforts this past week to counter false information that they say is spreading on social media and cable news.

White House Weighing More Mask Mandates for Vaccinated Americans.  President Joe Biden's administration is weighing the idea of more mask mandates for Americans during the coronavirus pandemic — even if they are vaccinated, according to a report published Wednesday [7/21/2021].  Details of the masking discussions were reported by the Washington Post.  The White House is weighing these options as the "Delta variant" of the virus is spreading, even among the vaccinated.  The report noted that federal health officials are considering whether they would update masking guidance, asking all Americans to wear masks indoors in public places.  The White House would likely face strong pushback from vaccinated Americans who feel protected from the virus.  But a growing number of political leaders, public figures, and even athletes have tested positive for the coronavirus despite being vaccinated.

Doctor says:  Stop the panic over the Delta variant.  Delta is now the dominant variant in the US of the virus that causes COVID-19. It is more transmissible than earlier variants and has led to an increase in cases nationwide.  Los Angeles and Las Vegas have responded with indoor mask mandates, even for those who have been vaccinated.  New York City Council Health Committee chairman Mark Levine says New York City should follow their lead.  Public health officials should disregard these exhortations and calls for even more restrictive measures.  Delta is not the existential threat that the media is making it out to be.  Despite rising numbers of Delta cases in July, hospitalizations have only increased moderately, with most of the increase concentrated in areas with low vaccination rates.  The COVID-19 death rate per 100,000 population is lower than it was three weeks ago.  The reasons are not hard to understand.  First, the Delta variant does not appear to be especially deadly.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says He Will Not Implement Another Statewide Mask Mandate.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Tuesday [7/20/2021] insisted he will not implement another statewide mask mandate as calls for reinstating such restrictions grow nationwide.  "There will be no mask mandate imposed, and the reasons for that are very clear," Abbott said during a Tuesday interview.  "There are so many people who have immunities to COVID [Chinese coronavirus], whether it be through the vaccination, whether it be through their own exposure and their recovery from it, which would be acquired immunity," he explained, adding it would be "inappropriate to require people who already have immunity to wear a mask."

The tragedy of the Texas COVID-crats.  Last week, Texas Democrats fled the state on a chartered plane to Washington DC, maskless with a case of Miller Lite in tow, to a chorus of whoops and cheers of our national media.  As Texas attempts to pass new election integrity legislation, or to Democrats and our media writ large, 'voting restrictions', Texas Democrats decided to object to the Senate filibuster, by participating in a filibuster.  They were doing the rounds on CNN and MSNBC, appearing on morning shows or being celebrated on them (The View).  The irony of celebrating a minority party as 'brave' few for mucking up the legislative process was apparently completely lost on our journalistic elite.  Perhaps a more likely explanation is the media thinks the Texas Democrats are on their side, and Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are, putting it lightly, not.  The jamboree came to a sudden and grinding stop when on Friday it was announced that several members of the Texas delegation had tested positive for COVID-19.

Eric Clapton won't play venues that require vaccinations.  Guitar wiz Eric Clapton won't bring his ax to venues that require the vax.  Drawing from his own experience — an AstraZeneca shot he described as "disastrous" — the "Tears in Heaven" singer stated that he took exception to English Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision that unvaccinated people would not be allowed inside English clubs and music venues.  "Following the PM's announcement on Monday the 19th of July 2021 I feel honour bound to make an announcement of my own:  I wish to say that I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present," Clapton said in a statement posted to his friend Robin Monotti's Telegram account.  "Unless there is provision made for all people to attend, I reserve the right to cancel the show.  Eric Clapton."

China: We've looked at this lab leak theory enough.  The World Health Organization is preparing to launch the next phase of its investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus, having come up with nothing definitive thus far.  Or at least they were preparing to do that, anyway.  They encountered something of a snag in their plans after unveiling the general routes of inquiry they planned to pursue this week.  One portion of the agenda involved a closer examination into the types of viruses being studied at the Wuhan Institute of Virology to see if there might be a match found there.  This drew an immediate response from the Vice Minister of China's National Health Commission, who said that he was "taken aback" by such a suggestion.  There is, he said, simply no way that China can accept such a plan and there will be no cooperation on their part with this effort.

California Students and Parents Rally Against Forced Masks and Vaccinations in School.  John Spiropoulos provides another ground report in California.  As John notes:  "The recent decision by the state of California to require masks in schools this fall prompted this rally/protest in San Juan Capistrano.  Parents want the masks to be optional, not mandatory.  Several hundred people (parents and their kids) showed up to loudly voice their feelings outside a meeting the San Juan Capistrano school board.  Many were later able to speak to the board during the public comment session.  The spot includes interviews with 10 parents."  [Video clip]

Michigan governor to be stripped of emergency powers used for COVID-19 rules.  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be stripped of emergency powers she used during the coronavirus pandemic after a 76-year-old law was repealed Wednesday [7/21/2021].  The GOP-led state House followed the Senate's lead on Wednesday in voting 60-48, largely along party lines, to support an Unlock Michigan petition seeking to eliminate the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945.  Whitmer, a Democrat, is unable to issue a veto after the state Supreme Court determined the law was unconstitutional.  The repeal will not take effect until 91 days after the Legislature adjourns at the end of the year.

GOP-led Michigan Legislature kills law Gov. Whitmer used for COVID rules.  Republican lawmakers on Wednesday [7/21/2021] killed a law that underpinned coronavirus restrictions issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, wiping it from the books after Michigan's Supreme Court declared the measure unconstitutional.  The Democrat is powerless to veto the citizen-initiated bill.  A conservative group that organized the ballot drive next plans to target a public health law that enabled Whitmer's administration to keep intact capacity restrictions and mask requirements for eight additional months until voluntarily lifting them in June after infections subsided amid vaccinations.  The GOP-led House voted 60-48 to repeal the 1945 law, with four Democrats joining all Republicans in support.  It gave governors broad powers to declare an emergency and promulgate rules to "protect life and property or to bring the emergency situation within the affected area under control."  The legislation cleared the Senate last week.

Newsom threatens:  We might be headed back to lockdowns and school closures if people don't get vaccinated.  It's an indirect threat.  He doesn't say anything will definitely happen, rather that Californians won't need to "worry" about in-class instruction and closing small businesses again if more people get vaccinated.  And if they don't, then...?  My memory's starting to fail in old age but I could have sworn that the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics issued guidance within the past two weeks that schools must reopen this fall.  No matter how bad the pandemic gets, depriving kids of any more classroom time is too dangerous to their development.  Make 'em mask up, spread out, open the windows, do whatever you've gotta do.  But keep them in class.  Evidently Newsom didn't get the memo.

Democrats Rush to Rescue Fauci After Rand Paul Wrecks Him Again.  Senate Democrats swooped in to rescue Dr. Anthony Fauci during a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning after he was confronted by Republican Senator Rand Paul about his role in funding dangerous gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Paul also asked Fauci if he lied to Congress about his role in the research.  "There will be responsibility for those who funded the lab, including yourself," Paul said.  "You are obfuscating the truth."  "I totally resent the lie that you are now propagating Senator," Fauci fired back.  [Video clip]

CDC Advisory Panel to Meet on Cases of Rare Syndrome in Vaccinated Americans.  A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee is set to meet Thursday to go over data regarding cases of a rare syndrome in people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.  The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a panel made up of medical and public health experts who make recommendations on vaccinations, will hear from officials on the occurrence of Guillain-Barré syndrome in Americans who have received Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 jab, according to a draft agenda.  Presenters include Dr. Narayan Nair, an official with the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Nicola Klein with Kaiser Permanente Northern California, and panel member Dr. Grace Lee, who chairs the panel's Vaccine Safety Technical Subgroup.

Yes — Fauci Must Go.  After watching Anthony Fauci once again obfuscate, evade and outright lie before Congress about his failures as this nation's de facto COVID-19 czar, we're led to one inescapable conclusion:  He needs to resign immediately or be fired for incompetence and dishonesty.  Fauci's appearance this week before a congressional panel should be the final straw, even for his partisan supporters in the Democratic Party.  Challenged by Sen. Rand Paul, himself a medical doctor, on U.S funding of so-called gain of function research at China's Wuhan Virology Laboratory, Fauci showed his petulant side.  Deploying little word games, he denied that the U.S. did any such thing.  But the evidence that Fauci's own agency did is piling up.  It can no longer be ignored.

GOP Rep. Cawthorn:  Fauci Is a 'Punk' 'Pawn for the Chinese Gov't' — 'He Should Be Charged for Lying to Congress'.  Representative Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) had some rough words for National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Tuesday appearance on Newsmax TV's "American Agenda."  Cawthorn called Fauci a "punk" and "pawn of the Chinese government" on the heels of his appearance on Capitol Hill earlier in the day.  "[I]t really makes me angry to say that he does not want to retract his statements because he did lie to the American people," Cawthorn said.  "He did lie to Congress, which is a crime.  And I'll tell you — I normally have a great amount of respect for the people who work here on Capitol Hill, knowing that they, although we have different ideas on how to accomplish it, we are all trying to work for the betterment of the American people.  But I will tell you right now, that is not the case with Anthony Fauci.  He is a punk who is trying to further his own career, make himself wealthy and famous.  But let me tell you, he deserves neither wealth nor fame because he has destroyed countless small businesses."

Aussie health official says DON'T TALK TO ANYONE, EVER, EVEN WITH A MASK ON ... because Covid.  When will this madness end?  Dr. Kerry Chant, chief health officer of New South Wales, Australia, beclowned herself on Tuesday when she seriously told citizens to avoid even TALKING with each other.  And it's all for the cause of stopping the spread of COVID-19.  [Video clip]

Really?  Is anybody going to fall for this AGAIN?
WHO Warns of Deadlier Variants Taking World Back to 'Square One' of Pandemic.  Failing the pandemic test, as World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus believes the world is, means even countries with high vaccination rates could once again find themselves back where they were in March 2020.  Ghebreyesus has long advocated for high-income countries to help fill inequities in health care by sharing vaccine doses with other countries' most vulnerable populations.  Focusing on a country's own people and not the world's population allows for more mutations of the virus to pop up and in a global world, a deadly variant in one place poses a threat to everywhere.

The great vaccination farce:  Twice vaccinated Boris Johnson ordered to self-isolate.  Boris Johnson has been ordered to self-isolate... again.  The isolation order, however, was not issued because Johnson contracted the virus.  Rather he has been sent packing to his country house, because he came into proximity of an individual who tested positive for Covid.  You may well wonder why the British Prime Minister has been so unceremoniously put away given that he should be safe from the virus.  If you did not know, in addition to having overcome the infection, Boris has received his two jabs earlier this year and upon accomplishing the feat urged everyone else to do likewise.  The promise was that by getting the shots we will be kept safe from the Covid scourge, and our lives will finally return to normal.  Well, it is apparently not true as the case of Johnson clearly demonstrates.  It also shows that the powers that be have no confidence in the efficacy of the vaccines to protect their recipients from the virus.  Why, otherwise, would they lock Boris away for ten days?

Top Health Officer Orders Australians: 'Don't Have a Conversation' With Each Other.  The chief health officer of New South Wales gave a press conference telling Australians that they shouldn't "engage in conversation with each other," even if they're wearing masks, in order to reduce the transmission of COVID.  Yes, really.  Dr. Kerry Chant made the remarks in response to people in NSW being ordered to comply with yet another lockdown triggered by just a handful of new cases, which included a man in Cootamundra who visited a Woolworths supermarket, Pizza Hut restaurant, petrol station and Officeworks store.  "Whilst it's human nature to engage in conversation with others, to be friendly, unfortunately this is not the time to do that," said Chant.  "So even if you run into your next door neighbor in the shopping center... don't start up a conversation, now is the time for minimizing your interactions with others, even if you've got a mask, do not think that affords total protection, we wanna be absolutely sure that as we go about our daily lives we do not come into contact with anyone else that would pose a risk," she added.

Truth and COVID-19.  Dr. Fauci at first called mask wearing ineffective.  In an email to Sylvia Burwell, the HHS Secretary in the Obama administration, Fauci wrote:  "Masks are really for infected people to prevent them from spreading infection to people who are not infected rather than protecting uninfected people from acquiring infection."  Fauci said the "typical mask" is "not really effective in keeping out the virus, which is small enough to pass through material."  Now he says the opposite.  Some people questioned these and other comments.  For their skepticism they were banned from social media and called spreaders of disinformation, even kooks.  The UK, which has one of the world's highest vaccination rates in the world, is seeing a surge in COVID cases because of the Delta variant.  Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says the Pfizer vaccine is "weaker" against the Delta variant.  This, after we were told — again by "experts" — the drug is effective against this strain.  Which is it?  No wonder the public is confused.

How seriously should we take the new, pessimistic J&J vaccine study?  Yesterday [7/20/2021], New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced the number of breakthrough cases in the state thus far among the 4.4 million people fully vaccinated in the Garden State:  fewer than 4,000 cases, 84 hospitalizations, and only 31 deaths.  Even if all of those cases came from those who received the J&J (Janssen) vaccine (which is impossible to know based on public data but seems highly unlikely), that would be out of 388,800 recipients.  That figures out to an effectiveness rating of 99.04% against symptomatic disease for the J&J vaccine, 99.98% against hospitalization, and 99.991% against death — even in an environment where the Delta variant has eclipsed all others as dominant.

J&J Vaccine Significantly Less Effective Against CCP Virus Variants, Study Suggests.  The Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 is significantly less effective against variants compared to the two other COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States, a pre-print study by scientists from the New York University School of Medicine suggests.  According to the paper's summary, the antibodies elicited by the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines "showed modest neutralization resistance against Beta, Delta, Delta plus and Lambda variants."  In contrast, the antibodies generated in response to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had "significantly decreased neutralization."  "The data underscore the importance of surveillance for breakthrough infections that result in severe COVID-19 and suggest the benefit of a second immunization following [the Johnson & Johnson vaccine] to increase protection against the variants," the study states.

One-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Indian 'Delta' variant than Pfizer and Moderna shots, study suggests.  The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Indian 'Delta' coronavirus variant than other shots, a new study suggests.  Researchers found that antibody levels from people who received the one-dose vaccine were twice as low compared to those given the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines.  The team says the findings add to the growing body of evidence that the 13 million Americans who received J&J will need boosters to protect against highly infectious variants.

Doctor says:  Stop the panic over the Delta variant.  Delta is now the dominant variant in the US of the virus that causes COVID-19.  It is more transmissible than earlier variants and has led to an increase in cases nationwide.  Los Angeles and Las Vegas have responded with indoor mask mandates, even for those who have been vaccinated.  New York City Council Health Committee chairman Mark Levine says New York City should follow their lead.  Public health officials should disregard these exhortations and calls for even more restrictive measures.  Delta is not the existential threat that the media is making it out to be.  Despite rising numbers of Delta cases in July, hospitalizations have only increased moderately, with most of the increase concentrated in areas with low vaccination rates.  The COVID-19 death rate per 100,000 population is lower than it was three weeks ago.  The reasons are not hard to understand.  First, the Delta variant does not appear to be especially deadly.  Cases are no more likely to be hospitalized or die than with other variants.

Here come the federal vaccine mandates.  None of this is official, at least not yet.  The primary source for this report from NBC News is Andy Slavitt, who was previously the Biden administration's point person on COVID response protocols.  Slavitt is predicting that while there may never be any sort of federal mandate for everyone in the country to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, state and local governments, along with individual businesses and employers, will probably be enacting requirements for immunity passports of some sort in the near future.  Of course, those efforts will run into a legal brick wall in nearly half of the states where laws are either already on the books or being drafted, forbidding vaccination requirements for participation in most activities.  There is still one barrier to overcome before those floodgates open, but it's likely to fall before the end of the year.

Slip-up? Fauci Calls Original Covid-19 Variants the 'Prototype' Viruses.  According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, "Prototype" can have four similar meanings: [...] The word in science is normally used to refer to the first working variation of something that has been constructed.  This is why it's so interesting that Anthony Fauci invoked the word when referring to the original versions of Covid-19 that launched the pandemic.  [Video clip]  It is well known that Anthony Fauci has been accused of participating in some form or fashion with the creation of Covid-19 through gain-of-function research that the Chinese Communist Party is suspected of engaging in before the pandemic.  Did he slip up in this clip and call it what it was likely referred to behind closed doors in the past?

White House Relies on British Dark Money Group to Identify 'Misinformation' and Justify Censorship.  A left-wing dark money group in Great Britain is behind the Biden regime's claim that 12 social media personalities are responsible for the majority of vaccine misinformation online.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mentioned the group's findings during the daily press briefing on Thursday after she announced that the administration has been coordinating with social media companies to combat what they consider COVID "disinformation."  "There's about 12 people that are producing 65 percent of anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms.  All of them remain active on Facebook despite some of them even being banned on other platforms including ones that Facebook owns," Psaki said.  Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) discussed the group behind the claim in a series of tweets Tuesday.

Jen Psaki refuses to call COVID cases from Texas legislators a 'superspreader' event.  Democrats have made a big deal about "super-spreader" events at President Trump's previous rallies.  No such catatrophes have occurred, but that never stopped their fear-mongering in the name of "science."  It was just too convenient for them, given their potential for political gain.  Well, now we got a real super-spreader event — six Texas Democrat legislators out of the 60 who took their "fleebag" show on the road to Washington to halt a vote on electoral clean-up in their own state, coming down with COVID.  This happened despite their claims to have been fully vaccinated, which has a funny sound to it.  Worse still, they very likely spread it to someone on Nancy Pelosi's staff and a White House functionary since then.  Those cases are the ones we know about.  They actually met with a lot of people in Washington and we have yet to hear about potentially more cases.

Sixth member of Texas Democratic delegation tests positive for Covid.  A sixth member of the delegation of Texas Democrats in Washington, D.C. tested positive for Covid-19, a spokesperson told NBC News on Monday [7/19/2021].  Cara Santucci, the spokeswoman for the Texas House Democrats confirmed the case and said the undisclosed member is self-isolating.  She initially said last week the delegation would provide daily rapid tests for its members and their staffers who are in the nation's Capitol.  But in a Monday statement, she said the delegation will no longer release a daily Covid case count.

Biden White House Has COVID Cases; Mocked Trump as Reckless During Campaign.  Joe Biden mocked President Donald Trump for months on the campaign trail, saying that he was reckless with regard to the coronavirus, even in the White House.  Now, the Biden White House is facing a coronavirus outbreak of its own.  Biden, who campaigned on promises to "follow the science," called Trump an "absolute fool" for not wearing a mask during an outdoor event on Memorial Day in 2020. [...] Now, six Texas Democrats who fled the state to block state legislation on ballot integrity have been diagnosed with coronavirus.  Vice President Kamala Harris, who met with the group, was taken to Walter Reed hospital and tested for coronavirus, and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki had to admit Tuesday [7/20/2021] that there was an outbreak.

Fauci v. Paul and 3 Other Takeaways From Senate COVID-19 Hearing.  Another heated exchange between Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci stole the show Tuesday [7/20/2021] at a Senate hearing on COVID-19, although participants also raised other key points.  Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, clashed publicly with the Kentucky Republican for at least the third time in recent months.  "Sen. Paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly, and I want to say that officially," Fauci said at one point, raising his voice.  Other public health officials in the Biden administration also took questions about topics such as the delta variant of COVID-19, the origins of the virus, and the potential need for vaccine booster shots.

Senator Rand Paul Confronts a Very Nervous and Lying Dr. Anthony Fauci.  Kentucky Senator Dr. Rand Paul confronted the Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, about previous lies to congress when Fauci said the National Institute of Health (NIH) was not funding "gain of function" (weaponization) research in the Wuhan Laboratories.  The Wuhan Lab is likely the originating source of SARS-CoV-2 virus commonly known as COVID-19.  Current indications are that U.S. funds helped create the virus that has now become a global pandemic killing hundreds-of-thousands.  As a consequence, Anthony Fauci is increasingly becoming the target of scrutiny for his lies, falsehoods and misleading statements as he attempts to slip away from accountability.  [Video clip]

Rand Paul to Fauci:  You perjured yourself by claiming you didn't fund gain of function research in Wuhan.  I'd love to tell you who's right in this dispute but the study Paul references is so highly technical that it reads almost like hieroglyphics to me.  Combine that with a running dispute about what constitutes "gain of function" research and it's hard for a layman to draw a conclusion.  On the merits, I mean.  Politically this will split into the familiar pro-Fauci and anti-Fauci camps.  Paul confronted with him a simple question during testimony today.  In May Fauci told the Senate that NIH had never funded gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  But the 2017 study "Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus" credits NIH with funding and describes something that sounds a lot like gain of function research.  Did Fauci perjure himself?  I've never seen him so angry in response.

Sen. Paul to Ask for a Criminal Referral From DOJ, Alleging That Fauci Lied to Congress.  As RedState's Scott Hounsell was the first to note, it sure seems like Dr. Anthony Fauci lied to Congress when he claimed in a Senate hearing in May 2021 that the US wasn't funding gain-of-function research on coronaviruses in China.  We documented that NIH/NIAID grant funding was used to conduct gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through awards granted by PREDICT and EcoHealth Alliance, and also through collaborative research projects undertaken by Dr. Ralph Baric at UNC-Chapel Hill and Dr. Shi Zhengli at Wuhan.  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) had the opportunity on Tuesday to again grill Fauci on the topic, even warning him that lying to Congress is a crime, and Fauci absolutely protested far too much, as we covered earlier.  Fortunately for all of us, Sen. Paul isn't one of those legislators who makes a stink about an issue and then refuses to take steps to actually resolve the issue.

Rand Paul says he has written to the DOJ seeking a criminal referral of Dr. Fauci for lying to Congress.  Senator Rand Paul has said he is writing to the Justice Department seeking 'a criminal referral' for Dr Anthony Fauci, accusing the nation's top public health official of having lied to Congress.  Paul, a libertarian Republican who has frequently sparred with Fauci, engaged in a blazing row with the health official on Tuesday [7/20/2021].  Both men ended up calling the other a liar in a remarkable exchange during a Senate hearing.

Washington Post Columnist: 'Rand Paul Was Right and Fauci Was Wrong'.  A columnist for the Washington Post admitted on Tuesday [7/20/2021] that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was correct in Tuesday's heated back and forth between the senator and Dr. Anthony Fauci over the White House chief medical adviser's denial of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. [...] Rogin's remark followed a heated exchange between the Kentucky Republican and the Biden administration's top medical adviser on the coronavirus, which saw Paul grilling Fauci over the denial that the NIH funded gain-of-function research in the Wuhan lab.  "And yet, gain-of-function research was done entirely in the Wuhan Institute ... and was funded by the NIH," Paul said, citing a Wuhan Virology paper entitled, "Discovery of a Rich Gene Pool of Bat SARS-Related Coronaviruses" and detailing the claims made in the paper.

Are Masks About to Become Permanent?  Much of the world's media is spewing nothing but gloom and doom over the Chinese coronavirus, that the worst is yet to come.  NBC newsreader Lester Holt recently interviewed CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.  When Holt asked her, "Is this becoming a worst-case scenario?" she replied, "Unfortunately no I think things can still get worse."  Is that true? [...] Moving goalposts is Fauci's new hobby.  The goalposts are sifting again for masks.  Why are we going backwards with mask mandates by masking up again despite most of the country having some degree of immunity? [...] If the vaccines work as advertised, why the masks for everyone?  The unvaccinated can wear masks if they are at higher risk or concerned about exposure to COVID.  But the vaccinated are protected.  Do we walk under an umbrella on a clear day because it might rain, and one can never be too careful?

Leviathan is hazardous to our health..  Covid has rotted the mask away: all Americans can see the putrid incompetence at every level of institutional power. [...] America's FDA and CDC have lost their way: they are more concerned with prerogative and power than containing a killer outbreak.  Their behavior merits a defenestration by the American public.  FDA is authorized to protect the public good by overseeing the safety of America's food, drugs, and medical supplies.  CDC is empowered to protect public health by controlling and preventing disease.  Both agencies have enjoyed the bloated budgets that come from an appalling and unwarranted degree of scope creep.  Even technological devices that may affect long-term health are now under FDA's purview.  Anything that can be labelled a disease by academia, like obesity or gun violence, is now within CDC's reach.  Scope creep makes these agencies easier targets for more interference from industry.  As economist Alfred Kahn wrote, when agencies are responsible for industries, they are "under never completely escapable pressure to protect the health of the companies" that they regulate.

Bill Gates- and George Soros-Backed Organization Buys Out COVID-19 Testing Company.  A consortium backed by George Soros and Bill Gates joined a buyout of a COVID-19 testing company, Mologic, according to the two billionaires in a press release.  The Soros Economic Development Fund, an arm of Soros' Open Society Foundations, confirmed Monday [7/19/2021] that it partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, according to the press release.  The Soros-Gates collaboration is part of the Global Access Health initiative, which will invest "at least" $41.1 million in the project, the release said.

Psaki Mum on Which Facebook Posts White House Flags as 'Misinformation'.  During a press conference Monday [7/19/2021], White House press secretary Jen Psaki dodged addressing whether the White House would reveal which Facebook posts it flags as misinformation.  Psaki said last week that the White House will flag posts deemed vaccine misinformation to Facebook.  But the White House press secretary didn't address Monday whether the White House will "publicly release information on posts that it considers misinformation on vaccines that it's asked Facebook to block."  "First of all, we have not asked Facebook to block any individual posts," Psaki said.  "The way this works is that there are trends that are out there on social media platforms.  You're aware of them; we're aware of them.  Anyone in the public can be aware of them."

French Police Lay Down Shields, Join 100,000 Protesters Marching Against Vaccine Passport.  "The health pass will never be a right of access that discriminates among the French.  It cannot be made compulsory for access to everyday places," French President Emmanuel Macron pledged in April during an interview with the regional press.  However, less than three months later and Macron has done an about-face.  Last week, in full totalitarian form, Macron mandated the "health pass" or (pass sanitaire) that will be mandatory in order to gain access to leisure and cultural venues with more than 50 people, including cinemas and museums.  From the beginning of August, it will be necessary to show your health pass to have coffee or eat lunch at a restaurant — even on an outdoor terrace — or to shop at a mall.

Decoding California's New Digital Vaccine Records and Potential Dangers.  The State of California recently released what it calls a "Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record."  It is part of that state's recent easing of public health rules on masking within businesses.  California's new Record is a QR code that contains the same information as is on our paper vaccine cards, including name and birth date.  We all want to return to normal freedom of movement while keeping our communities safe.  But we have two concerns with this plan:  First, with minimal effort, businesses could use the information in the vaccination record to track the time and place of our comings and goings, pool that information with other businesses, and sell these dossiers of our movements to the government.  We shouldn't have to submit to a new surveillance technology that threatens pervasive tracking of our movements in public places to return to normal life.  Second, we're concerned that the Digital Vaccine Record might become something that enables a system of Digital Vaccine Bouncers that limit access to life's necessities and amplify inequities for people who legitimately cannot get a vaccine.

Human Rights attorney gives 3 min of vax/covid jaw dropping truth.  Human rights attorney addresses california board of supervisors about informed consent — children vax and the Nurenberg trials — in exactly 3 minutes and nails it!  [Video clip]

Why did we give up on AstraZeneca?  There is an irony, which is that on so-called Freedom Day, it was announced that one freedom would not be expanded.  Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccine minister, declared yesterday that only extremely vulnerable children between the ages of 12 and 15 would be offered the vaccine: that is, children who have severe disabilities or who are immunocompromised.  The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) explained that this is the result of a risk-benefit analysis.  The JCVI's Prof Adam Finn in a briefing with the Science Media Centre pointed out that "happily the virus very rarely affects children seriously", and that the very small risks of adverse effects from the vaccine outweigh the risk to a child of getting, and then becoming ill with, Covid.  The UK medicines regulator has declared the Pfizer vaccine safe and effective in children, but the JCVI has a more stringent approach.  Similar calculations were made back in March.

The last six months have seen a lot of leftist wish fulfillment.  They think their plan is foolproof.  The latest move, to cow us with Delta COVID, is catching fire.  But if you check the stats, you'll see that there the seven-day average of COVID deaths is 228 for the nation.  That's not an increase.  Yet we hear only about an "alarming increase in cases," as you watch the country moving toward yet another crippling shutdown.  We can't let that happen.

White House official, Pelosi aide test positive for COVID after attending same reception.  A White House official and a staff member for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have both tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the same reception last week, officials confirmed to Axios.  While both individuals are vaccinated and mildly symptomatic, they illustrate how Americans inoculated against the coronavirus can still contract and, potentially, unknowingly transmit the virus — even at the highest levels of the nation's government.  "We know that there will be breakthrough cases, but as this instance shows, cases in vaccinated individuals are typically mild," a White House official told Axios.

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Never mind the "mild" nature of their illness.  After being "vaccinated," how is it possible to get the disease at all?  If you were vaccinated against polio or chicken pox, would you not be shocked to experience even a "mild" case of it?

Zombie chimps from heck.  A year ago, leftists blamed COVID deaths on the sitting president; the accelerated vaccine he promoted would surely be both late and dangerous.  Now, these same doubters have morphed into vaccine Nazis, demanding passports and punishments for the unvaccinated.  These fear-mongers claim that a new "Delta variant" is especially scary for the young and unvaccinated.  Yet statistics from the U.K. clearly show that the Delta death rate is crazy-low (0.1%) and that recent COVID case numbers have jumped precisely after millions had been fully vaccinated.  Furthermore, fully vaccinated people in England are currently over five times more likely to die from the Delta variant than are the unvaccinated.  Maybe those death statistics are tilted by age bias in the vaccinated U.K. population, but once again, it reveals this:  the basic premise behind the Permanent Pandemic is 180 degrees wrong.

Fauci tears into GOP Senator Rand Paul for saying he lied to Congress about gain-of-function research at the Wuhan.  Anthony Fauci lashed out at Rand Paul on Tuesday during a Senate hearing as he accused the Kentucky Republican of being a 'liar' who 'doesn't know what you're talking about' when it comes to COVID origins and gain-of-function research. 'Dr. Fauci, knowing that it is a crime to lie to Congress, do you wish to retract your statement of May 11 where you claimed the NIH [National Institutes of Health] never funded gain of function research in Wuhan?' Paul asked of the nation's top immunologist and Joe Biden's top COVID advisor.  'Senator Paul, I have never lied before the Congress and I do not retract that statement,' Fauci shot back in the heated exchange on Capitol Hill during a Senate Health Committee hearing.  When Paul asked Fauci if taking an animal virus and increasing its transmissibility to humans is not the definition of 'gain of function', Fauci said: 'That is correct.'  'And Senator Paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly.  And I want to say that officially — You do not know what you are talking about,' Fauci lambasted as the two began talking over each other in front of the hearing room.  'You won't admit the truth,' Paul rebutted.

Las Vegas woman, 18, who underwent THREE brain surgeries for blood clots after getting J&J COVID vaccine finally returns home.  A Las Vegas teenager who underwent three brain surgeries from blood clots after getting the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has only just returned home and is still unable to walk after three months in the hospital.  Emma Burkey, 18, was rushed to a Las Vegas hospital after she started suffering seizures following the one-dose COVID shot back on April 1.  Burkey suffered what has since been described as a one in a million reaction to the J&J shot after developing blood clots.

One in five NHS Covid app users have turned OFF contact-tracing.  One in five NHS Covid app users have turned off contact-tracing and a tenth have deleted it all together, according to a new survey, which comes amid growing fears over the so-called 'pingdemic'.  The new survey shows a fifth of Covid app users have either turned off their bluetooth of their mobile phones — essentially stopping its contact-tracing function.  One in ten have deleted the app altogether, according to the YouGov poll, while one in three Britons have also been avoiding using the app to check in at venues.

3 existing drugs fight coronavirus with 'almost 100%' success in Jerusalem lab.  Israeli scientists say they have identified three existing drugs that have good prospects as COVID-19 treatments, reporting that they illustrated high ability to fight the virus in lab tests.  They placed the substances with live SARS-CoV-2 and human cells in vitro.  The results "showed that the drugs can protect cells from onslaught by the virus with close to 100 percent effectiveness, meaning that almost 100% of the cells lived despite being infected by the virus," Prof. Isaiah Arkin, the Hebrew University biochemist behind the research, told The Times of Israel.  "By contrast, in normal circumstances, around half the cells would have died after two days following contact with the virus."  He added there are strong indications that the drugs will be robust against changing variants.

'Life-saving' nose spray that kills 99.9% of viruses begins production in Israel.  A nasal spray that will be marketed as capable of killing 99.9 percent of virus particles has started rolling off production lines in an Israeli factory.  The spray could have prevented much of the world's COVID-19 infection, its inventor, Dr. Gilly Regev, told The Times of Israel.  "We are hoping that our nasal spray will now save many lives of people in countries that are waiting for the vaccine," said Regev, an Israeli-raised biochemist who co-founded the company SaNOtize and developed the spray in Canada.  "This will be affordable and can be used for prevention, to protect from any respiratory viral infection."

COVID Authoritarianism Has Changed Our Polity.  [Scroll down]  This all raises two very serious questions.  [#1] Why does anyone care who gets vaccinated at all?  Those who want to have the vaccine have either gotten the shots or have ready access to it.  Those who don't want the vaccine have not taken steps to get it, because they don't desire to do so.  Those who've gotten the vaccine are protected from serious harm from COVID infection.  After all, if they were not, why would they get the vaccine in the first place?  Those who have not gotten the vaccine, we can presume, are not concerned about the risk of infection.  Children are incredibly resilient to COVID infection.  And, mercifully, the "science" hasn't yet suggested that we begin jabbing our youngest Americans with a swiftly-crafted, novel vaccine to protect them from something their bodies would easily build natural immunities against.  There is no "public" consideration here.  Adults who encounter an unvaccinated person have had opportunities to have been vaccinated, at this point, whether it's an elderly person, an obese man with diabetes, or a hospital worker.  So, who, exactly, does forcing the vaccine upon an unvaccinated person actually protect?  [#2] If the government can force vaccination for what is, to you, an incredibly unthreatening risk, what can't the government do?  We're outside the realm of governmental policy based upon the "collective good," and have reached the realm of governmental policy based upon what the government believes is "for your own good."

Federal Judge Upholds Indiana University's Vaccine Mandate.  A federal judge ruled Monday that Indiana University could maintain its COVID vaccination mandate for incoming and returning students.  Eight students filed suit against the university on the grounds that the college's requirement infringed upon their individual liberty and bodily autonomy.  They also contended that the COVID vaccine does not fall under the umbrella of immunizations for tetanus, measles, and other diseases schools typically list as prerequisites for enrollment given that its development and rollout was expedited and that it was not technically approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

The Incoherence of the White House's COVID Messaging Reaches Code Red Levels.  With breakthrough cases of the Delta variant of COVID infecting a growing number of vaccinated individuals, including no less than five Texas Democrats who fled their state to stop an election integrity bill, the fear is getting cranked back up to max.  Democrats and the media are drooling at the possibility of gaining yet more control over people's lives with a pandemic serving as the excuse.  Within that framing, there are renewed talks of lockdowns and mask mandates despite the fact that deaths and hospitalizations are not following the increase in cases.  In fact, the data out of the United Kingdom shows just how irrelevant case counts are these days, though, the obsession with them continues for obvious, political reasons.

World in Chaos.  In Greece, there are thousands of people protesting against the discrimination of people who have not been vaccinated and the mandatory vaccinations and other measures imposed by the Greek government to tackle the pandemic in Athens.  There are far worse viruses that have taken place, yet governments have not destroyed the economies and taken such totalitarian measures.  This in itself has raised skepticism as to what is really going on when the death rate is minimal.

World in Chaos.  In Britain, 47% of those with COVID have been vaccinated.  In Australia, the mob stormed the government as in ancient Roman times resulting in chaos on the streets of Melbourne just hours before the city entered its fifth lockdown.  The protesters have marched through the CBD, saying if they do not act, he will get away with it again.  What I am hearing is that many are starting to say they would rather die in freedom than live in prison indefinitely.  This is our problem.  Governments will NEVER admit a mistake, and the fact that they are so involved with the vaccines, we have nobody to offer independent verification of anything.

World in Chaos.  Meanwhile, the Biden Administration wants to shut down all dissent and has been putting pressure on Big Tech to shut down people who disagree with the administration.  The greatest problem here is that Biden has stated UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE will he ever fire Fauci.  That implicitly means he refuses to investigate anything about his research or the connection with Wuhan.  That means the Biden Administration will NEVER provide the truth about COVID or anything else.  The US will not admit that the origin of COVID might be linked to Fauci — he is above any investigation.

Masks recommended inside schools for anyone over age of 2: American Academy of Pediatrics.  The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidance for the upcoming school year on Monday, now recommending that anyone above the age of 2 wear masks inside schools to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, "regardless of vaccination status."  The decision comes as COVID-19 cases are climbing across the U.S. due to the highly transmissible Delta variant.  "We need to prioritize getting children back into schools alongside their friends and their teachers — and we all play a role in making sure it happens safely," Sonja O'Leary, the chair of the AAP Council on School Health, said in a statement.  "The pandemic has taken a heartbreaking toll on children, and it's not just their education that has suffered but their mental, emotional and physical health.

Fear Free Speech:  Biden Denounces Big Tech as "Killing People" By Not Censoring Speech.  President Joe Biden slammed Big Tech companies this week for "killing people" by failing to engage in even greater censorship of free speech on issues related to the pandemic.  It was a surprising condemnation of companies who have been loyal allies of Biden, including killing stories embarrassing to his family like the Hunter Biden laptop scandal before the election.  It also has censored stories questioning his victory in 2020.  Nevertheless, Biden denounced the range of uncensored free speech as the cause of death for many — the ultimate anti-free speech trope for those seeking to convince people to embrace their own censorship.  Biden was asked by a reporter what his message was to "platforms like Facebook" on the subject of "COVID misinformation."  He responded "They're killing people.  The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and they're killing people."  This comes as these companies have been criticized for censoring debates over the origin or treatment of Covid-19.

Judge upholds Indiana University's mandatory vaccine policy after students sue.  A federal judge upheld a mandatory coronavirus vaccine policy from Indiana University after a group of students brought a lawsuit against the college in June.  Judge Damon Leichty of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana's South Bend Division decided Sunday that the institution's near-total inoculation mandate did not violate the 14th Amendment nor that it goes against the state's ban on vaccine passports.  The decision, which denied a preliminary injunction on the matter and was not a final decision on the merits of the lawsuit, was handed down more than one month after eight students at the university sued the school through their counsel America's Frontline Doctors and the Bopp law firm.

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If you were planning on attending Indiana University, here is your recourse:  Go to school somewhere else.  If you have a scholarship for Indiana University, you now know the meaning of "strings attached."

Ex-FDA chief Scott Gottlieb warns that most unvaccinated people WILL get Indian Covid Delta variant.  The former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that most unvaccinated Americans will contract the Indian 'Delta' Covid variant and it will be the 'most serious virus of their lives'.  In an appearance on CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday [7/18/2021], Dr Scott Gottlieb, said that about 75 percent of the population — about 50 percent of whom have been vaccinated and 25 percent of whom have had the virus — are no long susceptible to COVID-19 but at least one quarter still are.  He said that those who haven't been vaccinated, or don't have antibodies from a previous infections, are risking severe illness and hospitalization.  'This virus is so contagious, this variant is so contagious that it's going to infect the majority — that most people will either get vaccinated or have been previously infected or they will get this Delta variant,' Gottlieb told host John Dickerson.

Biden's Door to Door Plan to Inoculate Americans.  As if the conflict between American parents, their public school districts, and CDC requirements were not already enough to create a firestorm of unpredictable proportions, President Joe Biden has dramatically increased the stakes by announcing a door-to-door policy to inoculate millions of Americans.  The prospect of a national at-your-front-door vaccination program represents a massive Fourth Amendment assault that threatens the future of the country's Constitutional republic.  As appears to have been the case since Covid was first identified, politics more than the science continues to guide public health decisions rather.  Reputable scientists have connected what has been identified as spike protein bioweapon with what is more commonly referred to as Covid 19; which is not a scientific vaccine yet is still classified by the FDA as an untested Emergency Use Authorization in order to facilitate public usage.  As if Biden's announcement was not enough to cause great clanging alarm bells, WH press secretary Jan Psaki removed any doubt as to the government's true agenda.  Her follow-up to Biden's announcement included reference to the creation of 'strike forces' which removed any benign appearance from what may be shaping up to be the implementation of a nation-wide militarized deployment.

COVID Shot Home Visits [are] Unconstitutional and Unethical.  The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) makes the following observations:
  •   The U.S. Constitution provides no authority for the federal government to be involved in medicine, for example, by recommending, promoting, or mandating treatments.
  •   If the Ambassador knows a person's vaccination status, the government has already been collecting personal health data and sharing it with agents having nothing to do with the person's care, a violation of the Fourth Amendment.  The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will not protect you — it allows very broad disclosure to government officials.
  •   States have the lawful authority to regulate the practice of medicine, but the Ambassadors are evidently not under any constraints regarding training, credentialing, documentation, or scope of practice, although they are collecting data and giving medical advice without supervision.  Even medical assistants and medical scribes need to meet certain qualifications.
  •   Ambassadors are promoting an experimental product, with no information on risks.  Even if a product is FDA-approved, advertisers and medical professionals must divulge risks, such as heart inflammation, paralysis from Guillain-Barré or other causes, miscarriage, or death.  Contrast the Ambassador's script with the disclosures on a television ad for a drug, say one to treat your dog's heartworm.
In the opinion of AAPS, this door-to-door solicitation violates the ethical principles of protecting confidentiality and informed consent.  Health professionals need a patient's implied consent even to be seen; they may not simply show up uninvited at a stranger's home.

More evidence that Covid vaccinations don't work:
Texas Democrats Who Fled to DC Test Positive for The Rona.  Three of the 60 Texas House Democrats who fled the State in an effort to block legislation, and promote a PR campaign in DC, have now tested positive for the Coronavirus.  All of the knuckleheads were vaccinated and maskless in their journey, including during their buses and private charter flight.

A reporter lies about Trump's statement regarding vaccines.  My mantra for some time now has been that there was nothing "abnormal" about Trump's presidency.  Since Trump has left the White House, it's become patently clear that the abnormality during the Trump years came entirely from the Democrats and their media operatives, with support from the Vichy Republicans. [...] But the Trump haters were relentless and, as if to prove that the sickness was all theirs, on Sunday [7/18/2021] one of them instantly and proudly perverted Trump's words to claim that he was anti-vaccine.  Remember, please, that Trump was the one who pushed aside regulations and freed up money so that there was a vaccine within less than a year of COVID's appearance in America.  It was also Trump who began the vaccine program with assistance from the military, which is very good at processing vast numbers of people.  Since he left the White House, Trump has watched the Biden administration make a complete hash of the program.

US Senator:  China Earns Money From US Taxpayers Using Global COVID Vaccination Program.  A U.S. senate budget hearing revealed that the Chinese regime has refused to contribute to, but receives money from, the global COVID-19 vaccination program, known as COVAX, which is financially supported by the United States.  "China started this [pandemic], refused to participate in COVAX, won't contribute money, won't contribute vaccines, but then COVAX turned it around and is paying them for their vaccines.  This is odd, strange to say the least," Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of Foreign Relations Committee, said at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request hearing on July 14.  "Chinese vaccine, it seems to be low quality as compared to what we are producing," Risch said.  The senator asked Samantha Power, USAID administrator, why COVAX buys Chinese COVID-19 vaccines.  Power simply responded that the U.S. pharmaceutical factories could not produce enough vaccines to supply the market, and that COVAX had no choice but to buy the China-made vaccines.

It's not just Trump supporters who are resisting the COVID vaccine.  On May 21, federal health officials testified before Congress that only 60% of their employees had received the COVID vaccine. [...] That was almost exactly the same vaccination rate as that of the public at large.  My question:  Why is the public continually misled that the people not getting the vaccine are just Trump supporters?  Why hadn't 40% of federal health workers received the shot by May 21, since I am sure it had been available to them for about six months?

'Everyone is dying': Myanmar on the brink of decimation.  I have worked in and on Myanmar for more than 30 years.  Everyone I know there is either infected or caring for an infected person.  No hospitals accept patients anymore, not even the priciest private ones.  Some of the Covid-infected die on the steps in front of hospitals that reject them.  They undoubtedly go untested, with death certificates likely reading "pneumonia" as cause of death.  Health care workers, who began civil disobedience against the coup on February 2, are doing what they can from "underground."  But still, C95 and N95 masks and PPE are impossible to come by, despite containers full of them sitting in the Yangon port where the Customs Department will not release them.  Most horrifically, there is no oxygen left in the country, or rather, there is oxygen, but only the military gets it.  One does not need to be an epidemiologist, statistician or econometrician to see where this is going.  The public health system, to the degree it still exists, will utterly collapse, at this rate of infection, probably within two weeks.

French Business Owners Face Prison, €45k Fines for Not Checking Vax Passports.  French businesses that do not check people for vaccine passports, the so-called "health pass", could face fines of up to €45,000 and a year in prison under a proposed new French law.  President Emmanuel Macron announced the draft law on Monday, extending the health pass requirement to various businesses, including restaurants, cafes, shopping centres, trains, and air travel, from August.

FDA revokes authorization of COVID-19 test given to hundreds of thousands in L.A..  Federal regulators revoked the authorization of a COVID-19 test that has been given to millions of people for free across the country, including hundreds of thousands in Los Angeles.  The Food and Drug Administration said Curative, the Southern California startup that had brought in more than $1 billion in revenue through the test, had asked the agency to pull its authorization.  The company says it no longer needs to use the unique mouth-swab test.  In January, the FDA had alerted the public that Curative's test could produce false results, causing people to possibly delay treatment and unknowingly spread the virus.

Former surgeon general says CDC mask guidance 'premature' and 'wrong'.  Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said coronavirus mask guidance may be "premature" or "wrong" in the face of potentially dangerous new variants.  Adams served as surgeon general under former President Donald Trump, taking a prominent role throughout the early phase of the pandemic.  He recently took to Twitter to voice his own regrets and concerns over mask mandates since then.  "Last year Tony Fauci and I famously, prematurely, & wrongly advised against masks," Adams wrote in a rare admission of a misstep.  "I felt it was the best call at the time, but now regret it."

For the Second Week in a Row:  More COVID-19 Vaccination Deaths than COVID-19 Deaths in the US According to CDC and VAERS Websites.  The VAERS website released its weekly numbers on Friday [7/16/2021].  There are now 11,140 reported deaths from the COVID vaccine in the United States.  This is up from 9,125 reported deaths from the COVID-19 vaccinations total from last week.  The number of deaths linked to vaccines this year has absolutely skyrocketed.

Kamala Harris will NOT quarantine after meeting with runaway Texas Democrats even though three tested positive for COVID.  Kamala Harris is getting a 'routine' check up at Walter Reed Medical Center on Sunday [7/18/2021], a report revealed, just five days after she met with two Texas Democratic lawmakers who tested positive for coronavirus.  The visit also comes the day after he office released a statement claiming the vice president would not be getting tested for COVID-19, despite the potential contact with the virus, and would not be quarantining.  A White House official said on Sunday that Harris' visit is just a 'routine doctor's appointment', and asserted it doesn't have to do with her meeting with Texas Democrats.

Music banned on Greece's Mykonos in new COVID-19 restrictions.  Greece banned music in restaurants and bars and imposed a nighttime curfew on its popular holiday island of Mykonos on Saturday after a rise in new coronavirus infections there.  Known as the party island of the super-rich, Mykonos is one of Greece's most popular destinations, attracting more than a million visitors each summer, among them Hollywood stars, models and world-famous athletes.  Following a "worrying" local outbreak, the Civil Protection Ministry said it was banning music on the island around the clock, including in shops, cafes and beach bars.  It also said it would restrict movement between 1 a.m to 6 a.m except for those going to and from work or to hospital.

It's Officially a 'Super Spreader': More Runaway Texas Dems Test Positive.  I think we can officially call the runaway Texas Democrats flight to Washington, D.C., a "super spreader" now.  They announced on Saturday that three people had testing positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.  Then today, it was announced from the Texas House Democratic Caucus that two more have now tested positive, including Trey Martinez Fischer, who represents San Antonio's 116th District.  So that's five total of the group, so far.  The only other person of the five identified at this point has been Celia Israel of Austin, who said she was having mild symptoms of the virus.  The rest of the five similarly were described as having no or only mild symptoms.

Oh, now it's an "honor system."  If I take care of my own health, that's not dishonorable.
Mask honor system not working amid NY COVID spike fueled by Delta variant, councilman says.  The highly contagious Delta variant has fueled a surge COVID cases around the world, including in New York where the numbers are creeping up.  New York's positive infection rate for Saturday [7/17/2021] was 1.51%, continuing its rise from 1.02% a week earlier and 0.63% two weeks earlier, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

2 More Texas Democrats Who Flew To Washington Test Positive For COVID-19.  Two more Texas House Democrats who flew to Washington, D.C. last week to block a vote on Republicans' elections bill have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to five since Friday [7/16/2021].  The Texas House Democratic Caucus on Saturday said one member tested positive on Friday and two others on Saturday.  Now, two more have gotten the virus, a person familiar with the situation told CBS News.  All five of the members who tested positive are fully vaccinated.

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They are all "fully vaccinated," yet they all test positive.  How is that possible?  Does the vaccine work, or does it not?

Runaway Texas Dem Shows How Hypocritical He Is With Call for Mask Mandate.  We reported previously on the irony that hit the runaway Texas Democrats.  The Democratic lawmakers fled to D.C. to avoid having a quorum to be able to vote on an election security bill in Texas.  They've been spreading a blatant lie that the bill is denying people voting rights when, in fact, it doesn't deprive one person of the ability to vote.  But now, three of them have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.  This was after they took a bus, then a charter flight to D.C. and had been all around D.C., even meeting with people like Kamala Harris and Joe Manchin.  Sounds like they were a super-spreader group.  Had they stayed and done their job, they may not have had this result.

The Biden Regime Has Made Us All Enemies of the State.  While the CDC and the White House use the pretext of the China Virus pandemic to arbitrarily close businesses, churches, and civic events of every kind (except those perpetrated by regime-enforcing Antifa and BLM Marxists, of course), other federal agencies have taken advantage of the nation's unenforced borders to send unvaccinated illegal aliens into unsuspecting communities.  Either the severity of the virus is not nearly as lethal as the Washington woke pretend it to be, or else the federal government cares so little about the health and survival of its citizens that it is willing to put lives at risk when doing so can help turn "red" districts "blue."  That might not be quite as shocking as the sight of regime paramilitaries summarily executing dissidents, but it's certainly a step in the same direction.

The 'COVID Misinformation' Train Wreck.  White House officials are notifying Facebook about posts that allegedly spread COVID-19 misinformation as part of efforts by President Joe Biden's administration to combat what U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy described as "an imminent and insidious threat to our nation's health."  Murthy and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki discussed their efforts as part of a "new campaign" to fight virus-related misinformation. [...] Psaki said part of the Biden administration's new campaign involves asking social media companies to be more active in combatting misinformation and to share the results of their efforts publicly. [...] Psaki added that an estimated 12 individuals are responsible for about 65 percent of all anti-vaccine misinformation on social media.  Though some of those individuals are blocked on some social media platforms, she said they are not blocked on Facebook. [...] Of course, this raises lots of questions.  Who are these "12 individuals... responsible for about 65 percent of all anti-vaccine misinformation on social media"?  If they are "an imminent and insidious threat to our nation's health," why can't the government just talk to them directly?

State data shows one-third of NY hospital workers are unvaccinated.  Nearly a third of staffers at Big Apple hospitals are still unvaccinated — more than nine months into the campaign to inoculate medical workers and all New Yorkers against the killer bug, state data reviewed by The [New York] Post reveals.  The figures compiled by the state Health Department also show that nearly 40 percent of hospital staff across three boroughs have either refused or have not received their COVID-19 vaccine.  The vaccination rate among hospital workers was only 61 percent for those in the Bronx, 62 percent in Brooklyn and 64 percent in Staten Island, state statistics received through July 14 found.

Washington Football Team among 4 NFL teams with under 50% vaccinated.  With training camp less than two weeks away, the Washington Football Team has one of the lowest player vaccination rates for the coronavirus.  It remains below 50 percent along with the Arizona Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, and Los Angeles Chargers out of the 32 NFL teams.  It's not just NFL players, but even Olympic athletes are speaking out that they are willing to take the risk of not being vaccinated.  A local sports agent tells FOX 5 that these types of conversations with players and he says many of them don't want to risk any side effects that could put them out of training.

Irish Ice Hockey Star Resigns in Protest Over Vaccine Passports, 'Total Government Control'.  Irish ice hockey star Niall McEvoy announced to his coaches and teammates that he was resigning, explaining he could no longer represent a country that requires vaccine passports.  The Irish government passed a bill in the last two days that will require proof of vaccination if customers want to dine in restaurants, pubs and cafes indoors.  A "vaccine passport," either paper documentation or an EU digital COVID-19 certificate, will very soon be required for people to enter all indoor establishments in Ireland, according to BBC.

The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An 'Urgent Threat'.  With about a third of adults in the U.S. still completely unvaccinated, and cases of COVID-19 on the rise, the U.S. surgeon general is calling for a war against "health misinformation."  On Thursday, Dr. Vivek Murthy released the first surgeon general's advisory of his time serving in the Biden administration, describing the "urgent threat" posed by the rise of false information around COVID-19 — one that continues to put "lives at risk" and prolong the pandemic.  Murthy says Americans must do their part to fight misinformation.  "COVID has really brought into sharp focus the full extent of damage that health misinformation is doing," Murthy told NPR in an exclusive interview ahead of the advisory's release.  Surgeon general's advisories are reserved for significant public health challenges that demand immediate attention.

Something really odd is going on.  In Europe we are seeing surges at many places where most of the population has already been vaccinated.  At the same time, the 15 least vaccinated countries don't seem to face any problem.  At some point, denying this problem will get painful.

MIT Study:  Vaccine Hesitancy Is 'Highly Informed, Scientifically Literate,' and 'Sophisticated'.  Vaccine hesitancy is a big problem, according to the Biden administration.  Less than half the public is fully vaccinated while about 56 percent have received at least one jab.  The goal of fully vaccinating the American public appears to have stalled.  This should not surprise us.  When the vaccines were first approved for emergency use back in December 2020, 40 percent of Americans expressed skepticism about the vaccine.  Trying to shame the holdouts has failed spectacularly.  Insulting and degrading them as "morons" or "ignorant" has resulted in a vicious pushback and a hardening of positions on getting vaccinated.  The administration's plan of sending people door to door to vaccinate them only feeds anti-vaccine skepticism.  Trust in authority is at an all-time low, which makes a government-sponsored vaccine program suspect.

Israeli government says Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine provides 'significantly LESS' protection against the Indian 'Delta' variant than health officials had hoped.  The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is 'weaker' against the Indian 'Delta' variant than health officials had hoped, a new report from Israel claims[.]  On Friday [7/16/2021], Prime Minister Naftali Bennett held a discussion about the coronavirus with his Cabinet at the Kirya in Tel Aviv.  Israel once led the entire world in the vaccine race, vaccinating 61 percent of its population with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine[,] but is now dealing with a surge in cases.

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Majority of Covid misinformation came from 12 people, report finds.  The vast majority of Covid-19 anti-vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories originated from just 12 people, a report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) cited by the White House this week found.  CCDH, a UK/US non-profit and non-governmental organization, found in March that these 12 online personalities they dubbed the "disinformation dozen" have a combined following of 59 million people across multiple social media platforms, with Facebook having the largest impact.  CCDH analyzed 812,000 Facebook posts and tweets and found 65% came from the disinformation dozen.  Vivek Murthy, US surgeon general, and Joe Biden focused on misinformation around vaccines this week as a driving force of the virus spreading.  On Facebook alone, the dozen are responsible for 73% of all anti-vaccine content, though the vaccines have been deemed safe and effective by the US government and its regulatory agencies.  And 95% of the Covid misinformation reported on these platforms were not removed.

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The government makes rash and highly dubious pronouncements about Covid-19, and then uses it power to silence all dissent.  That's un-American.

House panel votes to cut funding to Chinese researchers in wake of COVID pandemic.  The House Appropriations Committee passed several measures attached to spending bills that would end U.S. taxpayer funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), cut funding for certain medical experiments in China, and investigate why COVID gene sequencing data was removed from the National Institutes of Health.  "We owe it to the more than 600,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19 and their loved ones — not to mention the small businesses and communities who were decimated — to investigate and hold China accountable for its role in the catastrophic spread of the virus," said Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington Republican who introduced two measures to investigate the missing sequencing data and withhold U.S. funding for the WIV.

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Three Texas House Democrats who traveled to Washington, D.C., test positive for coronavirus.  Three Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Texas House Democratic Caucus.  The three lawmakers are among House Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., earlier this week to stave off GOP priority voting bills during the special legislative session.  The three members who tested positive all have been fully vaccinated, which helps protect against severe illness.  On Friday night, one member tested positive for the coronavirus and immediately alerted colleagues, who, in addition to staff members, took rapid tests.  On Saturday morning, two additional members tested positive after taking rapid tests.  The Democratic caucus did not identify the members who tested positive.

Three Texas Democrats Test Positive for COVID-19 After Fleeing State for Washington, D.C..  Three Democrats from the Texas state House have tested positive for the coronavirus in Washington, D.C. after departing for the nation's capital earlier this week. according to Texas House Democratic Caucus leadership.  The Texas officials are among more than 50 lawmakers who fled the state Monday to break a quorum, preventing the GOP-controlled House from passing legislation that Republicans say looks to strengthen the integrity of elections.  In photos posted to social media this week, the departing Democrats were seen maskless aboard a private plane en route to D.C.  This comes as mask requirements are still enforced on commercial airplanes.

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Testing positive for Covid is not the same as getting sick from it.  From what I've seen, others have tested negative and positive the same day.

Good Luck With That: 48 Governments Ask WHO to Not Politicize Probe Into Virus Origin.  Straight out the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda machine, this Global Times article wants to spotlight the cooperation and agreement between 48 countries within the WHO member organization.  The countries sent a joint letter to WHO's Director General Tedros Adhanom urging that the probe into the origins of Sars-CoV-2, the novel Coronavirus, not be politicized.

Herd Immunity to Herd Mentality.  When my family and I contracted COVID last November and December, we sighed that at least we wouldn't need to get vaccinated. [...] Indeed, recall the goal:  If Americans could achieve the right combination of people who had been infected with COVID and survived it — i.e., herd immunity — and people protected from the virus through artificial vaccine-induced immunity, we would be all set, perhaps by the summer of 2021.  That was where the nation stood.  Better news still, surely most scientists figured we were doing much better in hitting herd-immunity numbers than official data suggests, knowing that the number of reported known COVID cases was far lower than reality, especially among young people and the asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic.  Consider my family, for instance:  At least eight of us had COVID, but only two tested positive.

L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Won't Enforce 'Unscientific' Mask Mandate.  Polishing his iconoclast creds, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has said he will not enforce the latest mask mandate handed down by the Los Angeles County Department of Health. [...] The majority of Californians, especially small businesses, have had it up to here with arbitrary mask mandates.

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Los Angeles County to go Back to Mandatory Indoor Mask Wearing Regardless of Vaccination Status.  The County of Los Angeles is going back to a mask mandate requiring everyone to wear masks while indoors, regardless of vaccination status.  Mandatory masks indoors will be into effect Saturday at 11:59 pm, as fear over the Delta variant spreads.  Los Angeles County health officer Mantu Davis said Thursday in a digital press conference, "we're nowhere we need to be for millions at risk of infection here in Los Angeles County, and waiting to do something will be too late given what we're seeing now."  Davis said, "this is an all-hands on deck moment." [...] Health officials of Sacramento and Yolo counties are also asking residents to wear masks indoors, but have not made it mandatory.  Davis has given no indication as to when the mandate will be lifted, saying only the order will remain "in place until we begin to see improvements in community transmission."

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Fear is the reason for the masks.  Unless you're chronically ill already, the disease itself is no big deal.  The more fear the public health officials and the TV news readers can generate, the more secure and lucrative their jobs will be, and the easier it will be to suspend or eliminate our rights.

Obama HHS Sec.: Unvaxxed Should Not Be Able to Work, Access Children, Roam Freely.  Former Obama Administration's Secretary for Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, announced on CNN's "Out Front" that people who have chosen not get vaccinated should be limited in their movements, not be allowed to work and have limited or no access to children.  Sebelius said, "We're in a situation where we have a wildly effective vaccine, multiple choices, lots available, free of charge, and we have folks who are just saying I won't do it.  I think that it's time to say to those folks, it's fine if you don't choose to get vaccinated.  You may not come to work.  You may not have access to a situation where you're going to put my grandchildren in jeopardy.  Where you might kill them, or you might put them in a situation where they're going to carry the virus to someone in a high-risk position."

Covid:  Fully [vaccinated] arrivals from France must still quarantine.  Fully jabbed travellers returning to England and Wales from France will still have to quarantine from Monday.  From 19 July, adults who have been double jabbed in the UK arriving from amber list countries will not need to isolate for 10 days.  But the government said the easing would not apply to France due to "persistent" cases of the Beta variant, first identified in South Africa.  There are concerns vaccines may not work as well against the Beta variant.

Moderna Rep Admits During Phone Call That Everyone Getting Vaccinated Is Part Of Phase 3 Of Trails.  In a recorded phone call between a vaccine victim and a representative of Moderna, the rep admitted that everyone that subjects themselves to the vaccine is a participant in the trial.  He also admits long-term protective efficacy against Covid-19.  The woman on the phone call is suffering from Guillain-Barré syndrome after her first dose and recorded the conversation with this Moderna representaive.  [Video clip]

Vaccinated people now make up almost 47% of all new Covid cases, symptom-tracking app claims.  Vaccinated Britons now make up almost half of Covid cases in the country, a symptom-tracking study suggested today — but there are signs the third wave may have already peaked.  King's College London scientists estimated 33,118 people were catching the virus daily in the week ending July 10, compared to 33,723 in the previous seven-day spell.  But 47 percent of cases are among those who have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine, surging upwards from around a quarter at the start of June.

Facebook Levels Biden After He Claims They're 'Killing People'.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki started a hullabaloo yesterday by admitting that they had been in "frequent contact" with Facebook to "flag misinformation" to get Facebook to take down information about the Wuhan coronavirus that they considered "misinformation" and to ban users.  Today, she doubled down on that and said that people banned on one platform should be banned on all platforms, an especially troubling thing to say when the government is in constant contact with social media to flag and ban people.  Then Joe Biden made an insane comment on his way to his helicopter at the the White House that Facebook was "killing people."  "What's your message to platforms like Facebook?"  "They're killing people," Biden said.  "The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and they're killing people."  Facebook is now fighting back after that accusation.

LA County To Require Masks Indoors Starting Saturday Regardless Of Vaccination Status.  Los Angeles County officials released a new Health Officer Order Thursday [7/15/2021] requiring masks indoors regardless of vaccination status.  The new order will go into effect on Saturday night at 11:59 p.m.  According to officials, exceptions will apply similar to masking requirements in place prior to June 15 . The move comes as more than 1,000 COVID cases a day have been reported in the county over the last seven days.  On Thursday, officials reported an additional 1,537 cases and three deaths.

US Surgeon General Asks Big Tech to Restrict Voices That Challenge Biden Regime Narrative on Vaccinations.  Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, Vice Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service Surgeon General of the United States, has produced new guidance to combat "misinformation" about health guidance as provided by the U.S. Government.  Comrades, the 'Ministry of Truth' is becoming very real.  The government push to promote vaccinations for COVID-19 has gone well beyond reasonable advancement for the public health.  Now, we are entering a phase where the ongoing demand is becoming problematic, propaganda.  More government advocates are pushing toward mandatory vaccinations for a virus that has 99.9% survival rate.  If you stand back — the scale of the demand far exceeds the known risk from the virus itself — things just don't add up.

Mass Protests Erupt Across Greece As Government Bans Unvaccinated From Public Spaces.  A few days ago, French President Emmanuel Macron riled up vaccine skeptics across Europe when he made vaccinations mandatory for all health-care workers (many of whom had previously refused) while tightening COVID rules to pressure French citizens to get vaccinated.  As other governments ponder whether to follow suit, thousands took to the streets of Athens in protest on Thursday to oppose vaccination programs.  The biggest transgression, in the eyes of the protesters, was the government's decision to bar the unvaccinated from certain public spaces.  They're also opposed to plans to immunize teenagers.  The policy barring unvaccinated from bars, restaurants, theaters and other entertainment venues will take effect Friday and remain in place at least until August.

Study: Two in five people in U.S. who died of COVID-19 had diabetes.  As many as two of every five Americans who've died from COVID-19 were suffering from diabetes, making the chronic disease one of the highest-risk conditions during the pandemic, an expert says.  About 40% of deaths from COVID-19 in the United States were among diabetics, a "really quite sobering" statistic that should prompt people with the ailment to get vaccinated, said Dr. Robert Gabbay, chief scientific and medical officer for the American Diabetes Association.

Twitter explodes after Psaki urges Big Tech to unite on bans for 'misinformation' spreaders.  The White House is courting intense criticism again Friday after press secretary Jen Psaki said that once users are banned from one social media platform for spreading coronavirus "misinformation," they should be expelled from all others as well.  Remarking on steps social media outlets could take for public health, she advised they "create robust enforcement strategies that bridge their properties and provide transparency about rules.  You shouldn't be banned from one platform and not others if you are for providing misinformation out there."  The remarks riled critics already concerned about collaboration between the Biden administration and Big Tech Psaki discussed from the podium on Thursday [7/15/2021], as they seek to vaccinate more Americans amid spikes in coronavirus cases in the past few weeks.

DNC and Biden White House Pushing for Phone Carriers to Spy on Anti-Vaccine Text Messages.  Numerous figures in the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Biden Administration are allegedly pressuring phone companies to illegally spy on the text messages and phone calls of American citizens who have concerns about getting a coronavirus vaccine, as reported by the New York Post.  First reported by Politico, the shocking allegations claim that Biden Administration officials are frustrated by their failure to reach the self-imposed goal of vaccinating 70 percent of American adults by July 4th.  To this end, Democratic officials are "planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS (Short Message Service) carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines."  White House spokesperson Kevin Munoz told Politico that the Biden Administration is trying to keep "politics out of the effort to get every American vaccinated," which will allegedly "help our economy further recover."

Biden administration 'flagging problematic posts for Facebook,' Psaki says.  The Biden administration is playing an active role in flagging Facebook posts it considers to be "problematic" or "disinformation," according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.  During a Thursday [7/15/2021] press conference, Psaki said White House senior staff were engaging with "social media platforms" to combat the spread of "misinformation specifically on the pandemic."  "In terms of actions we are taking or that we're working to take, I should say, from the federal government, we've increased disinformation research and tracking within the surgeon general's office.  We're flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation," she said.

California pays Liberty Counsel $1.35 million to settle Harvest Rock lawsuit.  One year after Liberty Counsel sued Gov. Gavin Newsom on behalf of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry, the state of California paid a settlement of $1.35 million on July 15.  As a result of Liberty Counsel's lawsuit, a federal district court in May approved the first state-wide permanent injunction in the U.S. against COVID restrictions on churches and places of worship.  Under the statewide permanent injunction, all California churches were allowed to hold worship services without discriminatory restrictions.  The injunction also required the state of California to pay $1.35 million to Liberty Counsel to cover attorney's fees and other costs.  The money will be used to continue litigation on behalf of other churches against COVID restrictions, including a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, the nonprofit religious freedom organization said in a statement.

30 percent of illegal immigrants in border facilities refused COVID vaccine: report.  Roughly 30 percent of illegal immigrants housed in federal detention centers at the border have refused the coronavirus vaccine, according to a report Thursday [7/15/2021].  There have been nine COVID deaths and 20,000 coronavirus cases among those detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Axios reported, citing numbers from the agency.  ICE did not provide the exact number of illegal immigrants turning down a shot, but the 30 percent figure has been shared internally, the report said.  Illegal immigrants have been refusing the vaccine for the same reasons that many Americans have — because they're skeptical that it is safe, the report said.

House Oversight Republicans Demand Answers From Fauci, Collins Over Grant To Wuhan Lab.  Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sent a Thursday [7/15/2021] letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID) Director Anthony Fauci demanding answers about a grant to EcoHealth Alliance, which then conferred the taxpayer funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).  The Daily Caller first obtained the letter led by the Ranking Member Kentucky Rep. James Comer and signed by every Republican on the committee.  In it, they will be invoking the Seven Member Rule, which is a law that requires, upon a request of seven Members on the Committee on Oversight and Reform, an executive agency to "submit any information requested of it relating to any matter within the jurisdiction of the committee."

Biden's Jab Patrol Spotted Going Door to Door; Now Offering Shots on the Spot.  Just days after it was announced, Biden's soviet-style intimidation program is in full swing.  Video that was released on Wednesday shows vaccine agents peddling the experimental jab in the neighborhood streets of Charlotte, North Carolina.  Health department workers joined the vax-peddlers so they could harass and vaccinate residents right at their front door.  They aim to "eliminate any excuse" that people may have for making their own decision about their health.  They ensured that you can't just send them away by 'saying' you would get vaccinated, if you turn down a jab at the door you will surely make their 'list.'

Hey! Fauci!  Leave Them Kids Alone!  The Chinese coronavirus, and more so, the response by governments, the media, and the medical establishment, have isolated so many people from normal commerce and social activities of life.  We were told to stay home, sheltering in place.  Then Dr Anthony Fauci, chief architect of the wall, told us, after first telling us that masks were unnecessary, to wear one, then two masks, hiding our faces and emotions from friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers.  Congregating in churches and other family events like weddings, funerals, and graduations was forbidden, and in some countries like Canada, still is.  The hubbub of a busy restaurant was replaced by a handful of tables spaced so far apart that there might have been walls between tables.  A wall then grew between masked and unmasked, vaccinated and unvaccinated, those who believed government and media propaganda and those who actually tried to follow the science.  The wall is now crushing children, one of the most vulnerable population groups, without the knowledge or voice to push back.

The COVID Aftermath and Lessons Learned.  It is now over a year and a half since we first learned of a new disease that proceeded to spread worldwide and wreak havoc on our civilization.  Actually, it wasn't the disease that caused such destruction, but rather the heavy-handed actions by governments across the globe to employ questionable measures they justified as necessary to protect their populations.  We can now employ hindsight to see what worked and what didn't and learn what we can. [...] One of the biggest lessons learned is how little respect our governments have for civil liberties, including supposedly constitutionally protected rights.  Freedom of religion, of association, of travel, and even of speech was curtailed in the name of protecting the population.  Were these actions necessary?

CNN medical analysts call for mandatory vaccinations.  CNN is all in on forcing Americans to receive experimental drugs, cozying up to a violation of the Nuremberg Code, featuring several "medical analysts" calling for mandatory coronavirus vaccinations.  CNN's own medical analyst, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, told host Erin Burnett, "I do think it's time to start mandating vaccines.  And I think that private industry and private organizations will do that."  Reiner added, "75 million adults have chosen to not get vaccinated, and that choice has consequences.  Now, we can't force you to take a jab in the arm but there are many jobs perhaps that can prevent you from working if you decide not to get vaccinated."  ("Arbeit macht frei"... unless you are unvaccinated?)  Leana Wen, the former president of Planned Parenthood, also recently appeared on the flagging network to say that unvaccinated Americans should be subjected to more draconian restrictions.  Wen is on the record as stating that businesses should only be allowed to return to full capacity if "they are checking for proof of vaccination."

With Biden's 'Doses to Doors' Vaccine Push and Intrusive Text Messages, we Have Officially Entered "The Twilight Zone".  While many Blacks may suck at voting for their best interest, they kind of have the right idea on this COVID-19 vaccination campaign.  To paraphrase the late President Ronald Reagan, Verify, before you trust.  So this creepy, Twilight Zone-worthy Biden program of "Doses-to-Doors" in Mecklenberg County, North Carolina captured my attention, especially since the administration chose to mount the major push in this heavily-minority, lower income section of that state. [...] This is North Carolina, so maybe spaces are more wide open than other states.  Despite Governor Hair Gel's evil ways, Californians at least have access to one of four things: a Ring camera, a fence, a dog, and a gun.  You bet your bippy that we will employ one or all four on anyone who attempts to come a knock on our door.

Dr. Fauci Calls for Government-Mandated Vaccinations.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recently called for local governments to issue vaccination mandates.  During an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Fauci discussed the fact that many Americans remain unvaccinated.  After arguing that "there's no reason not to get vaccinated," he said:

Wuhan Lab Director Ordered Staff to Hush Up on COVID-19, Per State Department Cable.  In January of 2020, the director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology ordered staff to "not discuss COVID-19," according to a blog post cited in a State Department cable obtained by U.S. Right to Know.  Secrets secrets are no fun unless you share with everyone.  The cable, which states the blogger's post "has since been blocked on social media," adds to reports that the Chinese government ordered silence on all information pertaining to COVID-19.  The cable was just one of several records released in response to a U.S. Right to Know Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.  As reported by U.S. Right to Know, other items in the records include the following.  A February 2020 cable reported that the U.S. Consulate's South China Public Affairs Section "media contacts discussed the rumors circulating on social media that a graduate of the Wuhan Institute of Virology is patient zero of COVID-19, which has been denied by the institute."

CDC: Vaccine Deaths Jump by 2,000 in 1 Week, Almost Half a Million Adverse Reactions Reported.  Data released recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed over 9,000 reports of deaths for all age groups in the US from the COVID vaccines.  The latest numbers show an increase of more than 2,000 compared with the previous week.  The data comes directly from reports submitted to the CDC's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).  VAERS, the CDC's primary mechanism in the U.S. for reporting adverse vaccine reactions, historically only reports 1% of the total actual adverse events according to a Harvard study.  Reports to the system come from medical professionals regarding patients, and most are failed to be reported for various reasons.  Some experts say that if VAERS only reports approximately 1% of the total adverse events from vaccines, the high number of adverse reactions already reported to VAERS by healthcare professionals could possibly be much higher.

Pay Attention — French President Emmanuel Macron Announces All Citizens Who Wish to Shop, Drink, Eat At Restaurants, Travel or Worship Must Be Vaccinated.  Recently American media, specifically CNN, who is the official PR campaign arm of the U.S. Department of State, have said, "Life needs to be harder for non-vaccinated Americans". Yesterday [7/12/2021], President Emmanuel Macron ruled that all French citizens must be vaccinated in order to shop, eat at restaurants, drink in bars, travel (use buses, trains, etc.), attend worship services or otherwise engage in life.  This announcement is a complete reversal from the prior French government position of not forcing vaccinations.  Now the French government is requiring businesses to inspect COVID passports ("sanitation IDs") before they allow anyone into their business.  The media in France are very leftist and push the vaccine narrative, yet even they are shocked at the announcement.

Global Vaccine Passports Have Arrived Courtesy of Google, EU.  On June 30th, 2021, the Google Developers blog announced the launch of vaccine passports in Android through its Passes API.  Less than 24 hours later, the European Union, long mired in a sea of national standards for digital jab records, rolled out its EU-wide vaccine passport.  Two completely different vaccine passport schemes unveiled on the same day, encompassing the whole of the Western world?  What are the odds!  Exceedingly low, of course.  This level of coordination belies yet another blitz in the ongoing rollout of a global, technofeudal control grid.  The EU has arguably been at the forefront of this rollout — its standardized digital jab certificate is little more than an aggregator for the draconian technology now operating at the Nation-State level.  Adoption of this unified standard is already approaching 100% of EU Member States.  Doublethink rhetoric of restoring the Schengen Area's "freedom of movement" abounds, even as additional barriers to travel are erected.

Sebelius: Unvaccinated Americans Should Not Be Allowed to Work, Have Access to Children.  Former Obama administration Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday on CNN's "OutFront" that Americans who have not received a coronavirus vaccine should not be allowed to work or have access to children and be limited on where they are allowed to go.  Sebelius said, "We're in a situation where we have a wildly effective vaccine, multiple choices, lots available, free of charge, and we have folks who are just saying I won't do it.  I think that it's time to say to those folks, it's fine if you don't choose to get vaccinated.  You may not come to work.  You may not have access to a situation where you're going to put my grandchildren in jeopardy.  Where you might kill them, or you might put them in a situation where they're going to carry the virus to someone in a high-risk position."

A Child's Chances of Surviving a COVID-19 Infection: 99.995 Percent.  Via the Wall Street Journal, a statistic from a new comprehensive study that should be cited early and often whenever anyone starts making noises about reverting back to distance learning when kids go back to school in autumn:  "Some 99.995 percent of the 469,982 children in England who were infected during the year examined by researchers survived."  Underlying health conditions, especially serious brain or nerve-related disabilities, increased the risk of dying of COVID-19.  No child with a stand-alone diagnosis of asthma, diabetes, epilepsy or Down syndrome died from COVID-19.

Geraldo Rivera calls for crackdown on the unvaccinated: 'No work, no school, no in-person shopping'.  One of Fox News Channel's top personalities called for mandatory vaccination against COVID-19, upon threat of forced home isolation.  Geraldo Rivera made the demand Tuesday reacting to a story in the New York Post that nearly one-third of New York's nursing-home workers hadn't been vaccinated.  Mr. Rivera agreed on Twitter that this situation was "absolutely insane" and issued the crackdown demand.

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When the government nags you about getting vaccinations and wearing face masks, that's just an annoying nanny state.  When the government threatens your freedom of association, your ability to buy and sell, your ability to live with your family, and your freedom to move about the country as you please — all because of an overblown illness that you wouldn't have noticed without the help of television news — that's outright tyranny.

Bidenites dispatch DNC operatives to police private SMS texts for COVID 'misinformation'.  In what looks like a confluence from hell, the Democratic National Committee plans to police your SMS messages for "misinformation" about COVID vaccines.  It sounds like a bad joke, or a right-wing conspiracy theory.  But nope, it's right there in Politico:  ["]The White House has decided to hit back harder on misinformation and scare tactics after Republican lawmakers and conservative activists pledged to fight the administration's stated plans to go "door-to-door" to increase vaccination rates.  The pushback will include directly calling out social media platforms and conservative news shows that promote such tactics.["]

What Happened at CPAC That Was 'Horrifying' to Fauci.  Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN's Jake Tapper he was appalled by a Conservative Political Action Conference crowd cheering about the number of Americans who have not received a Covid vaccine.  During a segment on Sunday's [7/11/2021] "State of the Union," Tapper played a clip of former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson talking about how the "government was hoping that they could sort of sucker 90 percent of the population into getting vaccinated.  And it — and it isn't happening, right?"  Asked for his reaction, Fauci called it "horrifying."  "I mean, they are cheering about someone saying that it's a good thing for people not to try and save their lives," Fauci said. [...] The comments come after the Biden administration said it will go door-to-door promoting the vaccine in an effort to get more Americans inoculated.  In defending that plan, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra insisted it's the government's business to know an individual's vaccination status.

California backtracks on banning unmasked students from school campuses.  California issued a new rule on Monday banning unmasked students from school campuses but then rescinded it just hours later.  The California Department of Health published its COVID-19 public health guidance for K-12 schools in the Golden State for the 2021-2022 school year, including a new mandate that said students "are required" to wear face masks indoors, unless they are exempt due to a medical condition, and "schools must exclude students from campus" if they refuse to do so.  The guidance, which was initially published on Monday afternoon and took immediate effect, noted that schools "should offer alternative educational opportunities for students who are excluded from campus because they will not wear a face covering."

The Crumbling Global Tower.  [Scroll down]  Meanwhile, "Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, has earned another grim distinction: it's the only one that hasn't vaccinated a single resident against Covid-19," writes Bloomberg.  "Haiti was among the 92 poor and middle-income countries offered doses under the Covax Facility.  But the government initially declined AstraZeneca PLC shots, citing side effects and widespread fears in the population."  Already falling apart, it is now disintegrating.  Haiti has no parliament, no president, a dispute over who is prime minister, a weak police force, and it's full of looting gangs controlled by politicians.  A prominent gang leader named Barbecue promises to launch a revolution to rid the island of the "stinking bourgeoisie."  But the bourgeoisie are also dying of COVID.  Haiti's chief justice recently died of it and former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has arrived in Cuba for medical treatment.

Cruise line takes Florida to court over ban on vaccine passports.  The parent company of Norwegian Cruise Lines filed a "last resort" lawsuit against Florida's top doctor on Tuesday over the state's prohibition of proof-of-vaccination documentation, commonly known as "vaccine passports."  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, which announced its plans to require vaccinations among ship staff and patrons in April, said in its legal complaint that Florida's ban unlawfully prevents it "from safely and soundly resuming passenger cruise operations" and seeks to have a judge enjoin state Surgeon General Scott Rivkees from enforcing it with a fine of up to $5,000 per violation.

Vaccine door-knocking instructions revealed.  Joe Biden rolled out his door-to-door vaccination agenda at full speed, which has raised many concerns.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency assembled "surge teams" to bring door-knockers to local communities as early as next week, with more to come later this month.  However, some states did not wait for federal oversight.  Over the weekend, Illinois volunteers took part in the Community Health Ambassador Outreach Door-Knocking Project to increase COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and received an instruction manual from the campaign team.  Volunteers were instructed to ignore "no soliciting" signs and stick to their script, which included directions to inform Americans that vaccines were "the first step to getting our lives back" and a part of the solution.

California issues school mask mandate and rescinds it within hours.  This turned out to be one of the quicker cases of a governmental about-face in recent memory.  Despite the CDC's recent guidance saying that it was safe to go back to in-person learning at schools and universities without the need for masks, the state of California decided to make up its own rules yesterday.  State health officials not only ignored the CDC guidance but went several steps further.  The new instructions would have forced schools to bar students from campus if they refused to wear a mask.  That lasted for approximately four hours.  Then Gavin Newsom and state public health Director Mark Ghaly apparently thought better of it.  They won't be issuing orders for colleges and universities, and the "mandate" for public K-12 schools will leave the decision up to the schools.  So in reality, there is no mandate at all.

Of masks and men; the weird religion of COVID masks.  Dr. Fauci originally told us that masks were not effective.  It turned out that he never really believed that.  He was lying in order to conserve the masks for people he thought deserved them.  Then when masks became plentiful, the good doctor said they are effective after all and so we should wear them.  He himself took to wearing two at a time, both over his mouth.  I rather wish he'd worn half a dozen.  Within about 9 months, vaccines were approved with an efficacy of 95%.  You know, the vaccines that the media "journo-scientists" (could there be a more oxymoronic hyphenation?) predicted and prayed would take years if not forever and would have an efficacy of maybe 60%.  Most of America has now been vaccinated. [...] As vaccinations edged toward herd immunity levels, it became OK not to wear masks.  The CDC and even the COVID czars like Dr. Fauci said you could toss the mask if you're vaccinated.  Most of us did exactly that.  But to toss the mask implies that one has complied with the condition imposed by the COVID czars — that you're vaccinated.  But the COVID doubters are as doubtful about the vaccine as they are about masks.

CNN Medical Contributor Wishes The Government Makes Life Hard On Those Not Vaccinated.  CNN medical contributor Dr. Leana Wen suggested Saturday [7/10/2021] that life needs to be "hard" for Americans who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine and individuals who refuse to get shots should perhaps face weekly testings.  "It needs to be hard for people to remain unvaccinated," Wen, the former Planned Parenthood president, said.  "Right now, it's kind of the opposite."  Unvaccinated people, she fretted, can at the moment go about their lives as normal without any consequence.  [Video clip]

Proof That Puts an End to the Sars-Cov-2 Narrative.  Some good news and some troubling news, from Professor Sucharit Bhakdi, M.D.  [Video clip]

New warning to be added to J&J vaccine over rare side effect.  The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will soon have a new warning from the Food and Drug Administration after the shot was linked to a rare but serious side effect in a handful of patients, it was revealed Monday [7/12/2021].  The side effect, Guillain-Barré syndrome — a condition that occurs when the immune system attacks the body's nerves — has been detected in about 100 people after 12.8 million jabs of the single-dose shot were administered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the Washington Post.  The outlet, citing four individuals familiar with the situation, reported the FDA is preparing to announce the warning after the adverse reactions came to light.  Instances of Guillain-Barré syndrome post-vaccination were predominantly seen in men age 50 and older and reported about two weeks after inoculation, the outlet said.  Current data doesn't suggest a similar risk with the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.

New York inmates offered food, conjugal visits, more to get COVID vaccine.  State prison officials are so desperate to get inmates vaccinated against COVID-19 that they're dangling care packages, barbecue parties and even conjugal visits, according to a memo issued this week to the nearly 34,000 jailbirds.  A mere 45 percent of New York's incarcerated felons have been inoculated, compared to more than 70 percent of the law-abiding population, Acting Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Anthony Annucci wrote.  Meanwhile, "many other state prison populations have much higher vaccination rates," Annucci lamented.  "To encourage you to do your part in this fight, the Department will implement an incentive program," he wrote Wednesday.

Government document instructs vaccine "strike force" teams how to clear buildings, violate trespass laws and flag anti-vaxxers for forced quarantines.  A government document that has recently surfaced offers horrifying details on how door-to-door "strike force" vaccine enforcement teams plan to operate.  Labeled, "Community Health Ambassador Outreach Door Knocking Project," a now-public document published by the government of Lake County, Illinois, instructs "ambassadors" to:
  •   Violate "no soliciting" restrictions and illegally trespass onto private property.
  •   Impersonate Health Dept. officials and attempt to intimidate building managers into consenting to allowing entry for the strike force teams.
  •   Lie to the public and falsely claim covid vaccines are safe by withholding information about serious vaccine side effects, including hospitalizations and deaths.
  •   Clear buildings in military fashion, going floor by floor, wing by wing, knocking on doors and intimidating residents of apartment buildings and residential units.
  •   Recording the locations (address, room number) of anti-vaxxers in order to feed this information into a government database for further action — most likely forced quarantine removal (medical kidnapping).
White House spokesperson Jen Psaki announced last week that the Biden regime would activate door-to-door "strike forces" to coerce more people into getting vaccinated:  [Video clip] [...] Note that these teams are instructed to lie to the public and imply that these are "approved vaccines" which are completely safe.  In truth, none of the covid vaccines are FDA approved, and all of them have been linked to hospitalizations, deaths and a long list of side effects including myocarditis (heart inflammation), heart attacks, strokes, blood clots, muscle tremors, neurological problems and more.

Say, How Do You Feel About Bringing Back Those Covid Rules?  There seems to be a stubborn sector of our officialdom desperately seeking to prolong our latent fear of that virus from you-know-where and extend government's Covid controls.  The latest is that evil D.V. (Delta Variant).  Well, good news.  Perhaps you've noticed at the convenience store, in the post office, the break room.  That pathetic effort of restoring government controls is failing.  Crumbling might be a better word for it.  Understandably, a year ago in the face of so many unknowns and inchoate fears combined with confusing government directions (Two weeks to flatten the curve 68 weeks ago), Americans were ready — almost eager — to believe any warning, take any precaution to avoid possible exposure to an invisible you-know-what from you-know-where.  And media fed this panic porn with death toll headlines that seemed a little too happy.

COVID Began Far Earlier Than We Were Told.  COVID has been a wrecking ball on the U.S. and world's economies, devastating businesses, families, and individuals.  How much of what we have been told by government "experts," parroted by the media, has been false, either by design or incompetence?  One can debate how much destruction was due to the actual virus versus the response to the virus, diktats handed down from government and medical bureaucrats supposedly following the science, but in reality, following the political winds or their own partisan agendas.  Much of the so-called guidance was based not on science but instead a much simpler concept.  If President Trump said X, then the Democrats, media, and administrative state said not-X, castigating and attempting to ruin anyone with the audacity to agree with Trump.

Fauci Steps In to Correct Pfizer's Unapproved Science.  If there has been anything of value coming from the one-two gut punch of the Chinese Communist Party's COVID-19 virus and the Great Reset global oligarchs' use of that virus to remake the world in their lasting favor, it is that more Americans have been awakened to three truths:  (1) governments lie to their citizens all the time; (2) the media lie to the public all the time; and (3) because science has become a politically funded tool of government, scientists lie about their research all the time.  On Friday [7/9/2021], Chief Politburo Medical Mandater and Flip-Flopper Anthony Fauci proved that truth trifecta yet again by going on CNN and contradicting Pfizer's scientific conclusions on the efficacy of its own vaccine.

Covid Andy's Junk Gun Laws and Lawsuits.  New York governor Andrew "COVID Andy" Cuomo said he intends to address gun violence the same way he addressed the COVID-19 epidemic.  This is hardly reassuring because his directive for nursing homes to readmit COVID-positive patients may well have killed thousands of senior citizens in 2020.  While there is controversy as to the extent that the directive in question caused most of the deaths, common sense says you do not put people with a highly communicable and lethal disease in a setting with the people who are most vulnerable to dying from it along with their caregivers.

'Start mandating': Officials eye options to combat sputtering rollout, vaccine hesitancy.  Medical assistant Sara Vaeth was fired last week from her job in a pediatrician's office in Stevensville, Maryland, because she refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the shots are experimental and unsafe.  Her job at an urgent care office, where she worked during the COVID-19 pandemic and rollout of the vaccines, also set a September deadline for employees to get vaccinated or lose their jobs.  "I truly believe that what they are putting in the vaccine is bogus," said Mrs. Vaeth, 30, a mother of three.  "Being on the front line, I've seen patients come in with the side effects of the vaccine, and that outweighs for me" the risk of catching the disease.

CNN Medical Analyst Wen:  Life 'Needs to Be Hard' for Unvaccinated Americans.  CNN medical contributor Dr. Leana Wen said Friday that life needs to be "hard" for Americans who have not received a coronavirus vaccine with "twice weekly testings."  Wen, the former Planned Parenthood president, said, "So now we have this delta variant that is much more contagious.  Because it's more contagious, it's going to be even harder for us to reach herd immunity.  We're going to have to vaccinate an even higher proportion of people to get there.  What happens, then, if we end up having another variant developing that's even more contagious, that could cause more disease, that could evade the protection of our immune system?" R28gYmFjayB0byBDaGluYSwgYmFieS1raWxsZXIh

"Ignore No Soliciting Signs, Use Your Script": Vaccine Door-Knocking Documents Revealed.  As the Biden administration peddles its plan to send door-knocking missionaries across America to spread 'vaccine awareness' (and keep track of who's vaccinated and who's not), White House-coordinated FEMA "surge teams" are being assembled to reinforce local efforts on the ground.  In preparation for the coming campaign, Lake County, Illinois has published 'Helpful Hints' for volunteers taking part in their "Community Health Ambassador Outreach Door Knocking Project to Increase COVID Vaccine Acceptance."

Joe & Tony's Door-To-Door Vaccine Drive.  If Joe Biden, Tony Fauci or any of their underlings really come snooping door-to-door to check our vaccine status and tell us where we can get the COVID vaccine, they'll be wasting their time.  Every person on the planet by now knows where you can get a free COVID shot — everywhere.  There's one simple reason millions of people have not gotten the vaccine yet — because they don't want it and don't want to be forced to get it.  There also are a lot of people who don't need the vaccine because they've already had COVID and have natural antibodies.  Other people, including school kids, are at little risk because they are young and healthy and because they are not already very old, very sick or very fat.

You are Now in the Totalitarian Zone.  [Scroll down]  One more piece of good news, a Freedom of Information Act suit by Judicial Watch has confirmed what we've suspected — Dr. Anthony Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) was deeply involved in the Wuhan Lab's work on developing coronavirus and surely knew or had reason to know the source of COVID-19.  He can hardly keep denying his collaboration in the development of the virus and efforts to obscure its source.

Dr. Anthony Fauci:  More 'local' vaccine mandates might be needed.  The federal government does not require the COVID-19 vaccine, but Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday [7/11/2021] that he would welcome more mandates at the local level, particularly once the Food and Drug Administration grants the shots a full license instead of relying on an emergency authorization.  Dr. Fauci was responding to a question from Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" about whether the doctor thought it was generally a good idea for schools and businesses to require vaccinations.  "I remain of that opinion, that I do believe, at the local level, Jake, there should be more mandates.  There really should be.  We're talking about a life-and-death situation.  We have lost 600,000 Americans already, and we're still losing more people," said Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Covid Strike Force Will Backfire.  Jen Psaki's downplaying of her own description of a vaccine strike force going door to door will be her final undoing, as she will have to contend with the arrogance of Dr. Fauci and the draconian incompetence of United States secretary of health and human services Xavier Becerra as the effort ramps up.  Becerra's 24 years of overseeing the Los Angeles Democratic petri dish of Skid Row and then failing upwards as California's Attorney General ensures that he will be a totalitarian Health and Human services Secretary, eager to ignore fundamental Constitutional rights, all in the name of the progressive agenda that is merely global governance in disguise.  It is blatantly obvious.  The power mad are recklessly running with the totalitarian opportunity to please their globalist masters.  No matter what it takes.

Fauci: 'It's Horrifying' CPAC Audience Cheer for America Not Being More Vaccinated.  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday [7/11/2021] on CNN's "State of the Union" that it was "horrifying" to see an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) cheer a low vaccination rate. [...] In a video, Alex Berenson said, "The government was hoping that they could sort of sucker 90% of the population into getting vaccinated, and it isn't happening," to a cheering crowd.  When asked for his reaction, Fauci said, "It's horrifying.  I mean, they are cheering about someone saying that it's a good thing for people not to try and save their lives. [...]"  [Video clip]

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Very few people's lives are threatened by Covid-19, a/k/a the flu.  Dr. Fauci knows this.  We all know what's at stake.  I'd rather save my freedom than save my life.

People Who Recover From COVID-19 at 'Very Low Risk' of Re-Infection:  Study.  People who have contracted COVID-19 and recovered should know that the risk for re-infection is very low, a doctor said after a study he worked on was published.  Researchers analyzed records from Curative, a clinical laboratory based in San Dimas that specializes in COVID-19 testing and has during the pandemic been conducting routine workforce screening.  None of the 254 employees who had COVID-19 and recovered became re-infected, while four of the 739 who were fully vaccinated contracted the disease.  "The big takeaway was that if you are not vaccinated, and were not previously infected, one, you have a very high risk getting infected — 24 percent of employees over a year tested positive.  However, on the flip side, if you were vaccinated or previously infected your risk was near zero," Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, clinical professor of preventive medicine and medicine at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, told The Epoch Times.

Andrew Cuomo Says Leading Pandemic Was A 'Tremendous Personal Benefit' After Making $5 Million From Book.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) made an eyebrow-raising statement on Thursday in a speech to fellow governors, a statement some have seen as tone deaf.  The New York Post reported that Cuomo said leading the coronavirus pandemic in New York was a "tremendous personal benefit," a jarring claim considering how many New Yorkers died under Cuomo's watch, particularly in nursing homes.  "Very few people were going through what we went through and we went through it together," Cuomo said during his speech.  "And speaking for myself, it was a tremendous personal benefit."  Part of that "tremendous personal benefit" was Cuomo's $5.1 million book deal about his pandemic "leadership."

Public Schools Still Can't Figure Out How To Reopen.  The masks are off, the planes are full, the deaths are way down, and the thriving is high, yet millions of parents still don't know whether their children's schools will be reliably open this fall.  That's because many government-run schools, which despite an ongoing enrollment decline are still the main providers of instruction for around 90 percent of the country's 56 million or so K-12 students, have yet to promulgate final rules on the kinds of COVID mitigations that can limit in-person capacity and/or trigger automatic shutdowns.  "Up until a couple of weeks ago, you thought we'd be out of the woods by September," Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said at a news conference last week.  "But now you see the Delta variant, you see what's going on in Australia, you see what's going on in Israel, you see what's going on in Britain, not to mention Arkansas and L.A., so we're going to have to make up our minds on that a little bit later."

House Dems demand FEMA pay NYC hospitals' nearly $1B COVID crisis bill after months of stalling.  Twelve of New York's congressional Democrats are demanding that the federal government immediately reimburse the city's public hospital system for at least $864 million in coronavirus-related emergency spending after the Daily News reported that the feds have dragged their feet on the payout for nearly a year.  The Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Ritchie Torres of the South Bronx, issued the demand in a letter dated Sunday to Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell.  NYC Health + Hospitals — which oversees the city's 11 public hospitals — first requested the reimbursement from Criswell's staff in October.

CNN's Dr. Leana Wen:  Joe Biden Should Consider Vaccine Mandates, 'This Is Not Just About the Individual'.  During an interview this morning with Jim Sciutto, co-host of CNN's Newsroom, Dr. Leana Wen said that Joe Biden should consider imposing vaccine mandates on the American people claiming that it is "not just about the individual.  Sciutto started the segment by asking Wen "You just wrote a new op-ed in the Washington Post where you argue it's time for President Biden to consider vaccine mandates.  Tell us why?"  "There is this narrative that the Biden administration and many others have been putting out, which is once you're vaccinated, you're fine," Wen started.  "And so the natural conclusion from that is why would you care if others around you are vaccinated or not?  If you're protected, then why not let everybody else just do whatever they want?"

A Coup Against The Constitution?  The Wuhan virus was a perfect storm for the statist left.  It gave them a way to attack Trump and weaken him coming into an election where he was going to cruise to reelection.  That was paired with the medical emergency and "science" that required all Americans to accept a suspension of their rights to ensure we all didn't die.  Democrat governors and other officials went all in on refusing to trust their citizens and passed many edicts that were questionable at best.  Gov. Whitmer of Michigan eventually got slapped down by her own state's Supreme Court for her un-Constitutional power grab.  Many others used or exceeded their authority to order lockdowns, restrict gatherings, order masks, and impose other steps because we could not question the science and the bureaucrats.  The message was relentlessly carried by the leftist media, who love a medical story to get eyeballs and the chance to exploit it to attack enemies and empower allies.  They also showed their cards in carrying water for the Communist Chinese who caused the outbreak and turned it into a pandemic by hiding the truth.  It became a social media death sentence to point out the odd fact this supposed animal market disease came from right next to a lab where scientists were working on exactly this type of virus.

An Affront to the State.  [Scroll down]  The subject of the injection as a solution for Covid is a prime example of where the government now threatens to go door to door to encourage compliance with an experimental drug for an illness (to the extent that it exists) that has virtually no chance of harm to children, but they will use the power of the state to force the injection of children.  Laws intended to protect children from violence, will be used to facilitate violence of another, more devastating sort.  Objectively, one must wonder why the push to inject so many children when they are the lowest percentile of risk for Covid.  When Covid itself has been exposed for the fraud it is, the absence of the flu during the same year Covid was at its height tells the whole story.  Add to that the comorbidities and the numbers are miniscule; they don't even rate the description of a "pandemic."  Why?  What is the urgent need to affect so many lives?

This is from the latest Fauci email drop.  [Thread reader]  It's a pre-pandemic email from Ping Chen, Fauci's man in China (didn't know NIAID had someone over there).  Looks like they were keeping a close eye on projects.  Notice the b(5) "inter-agency or intra-agency" redaction being abused here. [...]

Watch As The Sydney Gustapo Harass And Arrest A Man For Wearing Mask Not Tightly Enough.  New South Wales police inspected 87 businesses and issued 51 warnings and eight fines on the first day of a compliance "crackdown" in Sydney's south-western suburbs targeting people breaching Covid lockdown rules.  An extra 100 officers, including some on horseback, patrolled the Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown and Liverpool local government areas on Friday.  Residents said fines were issued for not wearing masks and leaving home for non-essential reasons.  [Video clip]

We were right:  Xavier Becerra is a disaster, and his creepy door-to-door comments show why.  Xavier Becerra is a disaster as the secretary of Health and Human Services.  President Joe Biden this week announced his administration will go "door-to-door" to encourage more people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.  However, critics of the plan say it's invasive, especially if the people tasked with knocking on doors plan to inquire about vaccination status.  Not so, says Becerra, who claimed Thursday it's absolutely the government's right to know whether a person has been vaccinated.

The wretched Xavier Becerra wants to control your life.  How to weigh the rights of the individual versus the authority of the government?  That question became trickier over the past 18 months.  In an otherwise free country, governments forbade us from gathering to worship, instructed us not to congregate with our families, forced businesses to shut down, and even ordered us to wear masks while going about our business outdoors.  The contagion and lethality of the coronavirus stretched to its limits our notions of personal autonomy and duty to one's neighbor.  Federal, state, and local governments took a central role in subsidizing the development, manufacture, and distribution of vaccines.  Some governmental entities are even considering requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for certain purposes.

Biden has to eat his Vax Police.  Xavier Becerra, the head of HHS, clarified his remark that "it is absolutely the government's business" who is vaccinated.  Becerra tweeted, "To be clear:  government has no database tracking who is vaccinated.  We're encouraging people to step up to protect themselves, others by getting vaccinated.  It's the best way to save lives and end this pandemic."  What he left out of his statement is that the government wants to build such a database.  This has been a bad week for Marxists who want to use covid 19 to expand their power over the people.  Thank goodness the holiday made it a short week for them.  On Tuesday, Josef Biden said, "Now, we need to go community by community, neighborhood by neighborhood, and oftentimes, door to door — literally knocking on doors — to get help to the remaining people protected from the virus."  These Josefbiden Witnesses will knock on your door and ask, "Have you found Vaccination?"  Jen Psaki clarified the president almost immediately at her briefing that afternoon.  She told the press the Vaccine Police would go to "targeted, community-by-community, door-to-door outreach to get remaining Americans vaccinated."

Health Care Workers And Police Trap A Man On His Roof And Force Vaccinate Him In Argentina.  Coming to a health dystopia near you?  [Video clip]

House Members Send Letter to Biden Demanding Answers on 'Deeply Disturbing' Door-to-Door Vaccine Campaign.  As Townhall has been covering, the Biden administration this week announced they would literally be going "door-to-door" to encourage Americans to get vaccinated.  Such comments came from President Joe Biden himself, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.  The negative reaction was strong and swift, and includes members of Congress.  On Friday, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and 31 other Republican colleagues sent a letter to Biden demanding answers.  [Tweet]  The letter mentions privacy concerns and communicates the importance of letting Americans make their own medical choices.  "Your administration's decision to go door-to-door to coerce individuals to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is deeply disturbing and violates the privacy of Americans.  The private health information of millions of Americans should never be a matter of concern for the federal government.  Americans must be free to make their own personal health choices," the letter begins.

Is vaccine resistance futile?  Don't be surprised if, someday soon, there is a knock on your door, and you open it to find strange people standing there trying to get you to do something for them.  And it isn't Halloween.  The Biden administration recently announced that government officials will shortly embark on a door-to-door push to convince the unvaccinated to recant and testify to the error of their ways.  That's right:  feds may well be coming to your home to twist your arm to get you to accept receiving a jab in one.  Will they be wearing red armbands for ease of identification? [...] The campaign to intimidate Americans into getting vaccinated against the coronavirus/COVID-19/the Wuhan Flu is creepy and ham-handed at best — and possibly unconstitutional.  It is shades of the Third Reich and similarly mindful of East Germany.  The Nazis forced Jews to be marked with the "Jewish Badge" in the lead-up to the Holocaust.  "Progressive" politicians throughout the U.S. are considering "vaccination passports" — and various ways to publicly mark people who have not consented to having an experimental foreign substance injected into their bodies.  These same government heads encouraged everyone to rat out their friends, neighbors, family members, and  countrymen  countrypersons for not wearing facial masks or not observing proper social distancing mandates, so you can bet they will also encourage citizens to shun those who haven't yet been vaccinated.

Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill Banning Federal Government From Maintaining Vaccine Database.  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a bill that would bar the federal government from creating and maintaining a database of who has received COVID-19 vaccines.  White House officials had just announced a plan to send outreach teams door-to-door in areas with relatively low vaccination rates.  Cruz, in a tweet, suggested that statements from President Joe Biden and White House press secretary Jen Psaki are concerning.  "When the Biden admin calls for 'targeted' 'door-to-door outreach' to get people vaccinated, it comes across as a g-man saying:  'We know you're unvaccinated, let's talk, comrade,'" Cruz wrote Thursday [7/8/2021].  "My bill to ban federal vaccine passports prohibits the feds from maintaining a vaccine database."

More than 600,000 duplicate vaccinations deleted from the Pa.  Department of Health dashboard.  The Pennsylvania Department of Health made major adjustments Saturday to its COVID-19 vaccinations reporting, cutting about 600,000 shots statistically statewide "to more accurately reflect the number of people who are partially and fully vaccinated."  The statistical cleanup involving nearly 5% of the state population will affect Pennsylvania's standing in national rankings.  It means there have been about 600,000 fewer people involved in the vaccination process than the state statistics previously suggested.  The adjustments to the state vaccination numbers come after weeks of some officials in counties around the state suggesting that there were errors involving double counting in the state reporting system.

Why Does the Wuhan Institute of Virology's Shi Zhengli Keep Changing Her COVID-19 Story?  In the last six weeks, the official line from scientists and science writers on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has fallen apart.  Once dismissed as a "conspiracy theory," the idea that the COVID-19 virus could have come from a lab in Wuhan is now openly discussed, and researchers and journalists are picking apart the heretofore leading hypothesis that the pandemic started from a natural spillover from bats.  One scientist who has dissected the narrative promoted by science publishers is Colin Butler, a physician, epidemiologist and Honorary Professor of public health at the Australian National University.  In an editorial titled, "Plagues, Pandemics, Health Security, and the War on Nature," Butler highlighted a series of errors and contradictory statements published by Nature, Science, and Scientific American.

The Week In Review.  On Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci once again weighed-in on mask-wearing due to COVID when he explained that those of us who have been vaccinated should return to wearing masks if we're traveling to destinations which have low COVID vaccination rates.  If you're confused about what Fauci, and thereby our federal government, is telling you to do regarding any number of elements involving the virus, it's understandable.  Fauci has changed directions on so many issues, so many times, it's difficult to keep track of what he would like us to do.  Fauci's had so many reversals, my colleague Parker Beauregard wrote a 6-part series on the matter.  Fauci has no credibility.  And it may be time for Parker to add a few more articles to his series.  The pandemic is over, and Fauci and Democrats can't stand that idea.  As the virus' dangers wane, so does their power over us.  There are variants emerging, and some may pose additional health challenges, but the pandemic is over.  Could you be infected with COVID still?  Could you be stricken with a variant?  Could you be hospitalized and die as a result?  Absolutely, but such is life.  You could also come down with hepatitis, or encephalitis, or a flesh-eating bacteria.  It's a dangerous world out there.  Life is dangerous.  But it's also wonderful and we need to live it.  A laughable aspect of Fauci's point is the contradictory nature of the government's messaging on the vaccines.  First, they balked at the vaccines' safety because President Donald Trump might have gotten credit.  Then they told us to get the vaccines, but the vaccination wouldn't change our way of life, as you'd still have to stay away from grandma, social distance, and wear masks.  Then they backtracked and said you could go back to normal if vaccinated, sort of.  Then Biden told us getting the vaccine is the "most patriotic" thing we can do, which presumably includes joining the military.  Is it any wonder there are areas of the country where large portions of the population are still unvaccinated?

Study: Rising CO2 IS a Deadly Problem — in Kids' Bodies — Because of Face Masks.  Will we one day view masking children as akin to giving them, as was once done, radium candy?  It increasingly seems so, and now yet another study has found that putting kids in masks to prevent COVID-19 is not only unnecessary, but highly dangerous to their health.  Mask wearing to prevent SARS-CoV-2 contraction is an article of COVID Ritual faith among many and is still encouraged, if not mandated, by "health" authorities far and wide.  This is despite indications that masks can become as pathogen-laden Petri dishes on people's faces, that they can restrict oxygen intake, and that wearers may be inhaling unhealthful plastic microparticles from them.  Now we hear about serious research out of Germany and Poland on one of these perils:  dangerously high mask-induced carbon dioxide levels in children.

FAA Deals $10,000 Fine to Airline Passenger over Mask Refusal.  The Federal Aviation Authority announced on Tuesday [7/6/2021] that it dealt an airline passenger a $10,500 fine for refusing to cover his nose with his mask and allegedly intimidating a flight attendant.  The FAA said in a press release that flight attendants on an Allegiant Air flight from Utah to Arizona repeatedly told the passenger to cover his nose and mouth with a mask, however the passenger immediately "moved it off of his nose after the flight attendant walked away."  Flight attendants then told him they would have to file a disturbance complaint, however the passenger "argued" and "claimed that it was fine just over his mouth."  When the flight landed the passenger "approached a flight attendant from behind as she prepared to open the cabin door and touched her," getting close to her saying she was "being aggressive" about the mask policy.

Cincinnati zoo training great apes to receive COVID vaccine.  Great apes, big cats and other animals are among creatures the Cincinnati zoo is prepping for the coronavirus vaccine later this summer, the zoo said Thursday [7/8/2021].  The zoo has begun training animals to accept the vaccine voluntarily, similar to training that's already been done with some animals for treatments such as flu shots, said David Orban, the zoo's director of animal sciences.

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How many cats of any size have tested positive for Covid-19?

Stunning Daszak/Fauci Emails Reveal Non-Zoonotic Coronavirus And Attempts To Infect Human Cells.  EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak emailed Anthony Fauci in 2017 outlining his collaborative research on a "bat-origin coronavirus" with the Wuhan Institute of Virology's Shi Zhengli, which included "doing assays to find out if it can infect human cells in the lab."  Daszak titled the October 2017 email, released via a Freedom of Information Act filed by Judicial Watch, "Confidential — A new bat-origin coronavirus emerging in pigs in China discovered under our NIAID R01."  Daszak appears to be referencing a $3.7 million grant from Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to the organization EcoHealth Alliance with the declared purpose of "understanding the risk of bat coronavirus emergence."

Scientific reasons for waiting to get the COVID vaccine.  I voted for Donald Trump twice, but that has nothing to do with my hesitancy to get the vaccine.  I'm a Christian, and that has nothing to do with it, either.  Even the fact that I had COVID and should be immune doesn't matter to me.  My reason is based on science and science alone.  It's still an experimental vaccine; it doesn't have FDA approval; and although mRNA vaccines have been studied for years, they were not used before.  My biggest fear of the vaccine is that I can't get any information about why mRNA vaccines were not used before COVID.  I can Google plenty of information about how wonderful the vaccine is, but I can't find anything at all about why mRNA vaccines were not approved for human trials before.  There is a lot of invective directed at people who are hesitant about getting the vaccine.  I have been called a murderer for being hesitant, and I have been accused of refusing to get the vaccine because of my political leanings.

The Real Chinese Virus — Totalitarianism.  For many years in advance of the COVID-19 crisis, planners in the United States strategized as to how to respond when a true influenza pandemic struck.  Extensive plans were made.  None of them ever contemplated the use of lockdowns.  On the contrary, all planning revolved around the fundamentally different principle of quarantines.  A lockdown — insanely enough — involves restricting the movements and activities of healthy individuals.  Quarantines involve restricting and isolating the sick.  Nonetheless, when the pandemic struck American health officials fell into lockstep behind the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), emulating the actions and attitudes of Communist officials in China and urging us to act more like the Chinese.  Simultaneously, they gobbled up the lies the Chinese Communist Party fed us about the origins of the virus, helped cover the CCP's tracks and censured Americans who dared contradict Xi Jinping's party line.

Warning: New Zealand Govt Will 'Go and Find' People Who Refuse Covid Vaccine.  In New Zealand, the communist government will be "chasing out people" who are "hesitant" to take the coronavirus vaccine.  The country's Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins declared that the govennment will be actively hunting those who have yet not "come forward" on their own.  During an appearance on Kiwi news outlet "Newshub" this week, the Labour Party Member of Parliament said that if people do not "come forward" to take the vaccine, the government will have to "go out and find" them.

Nurse Blows the Whistle on the Medical Industry: 'They're Not Offering Informed Consent'.  Last week, America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) came to speak in Kansas City, Missouri.  AFLDS founder Dr. Simone Gold brought her message that COVID-19 is nothing to fear and that there are treatments available.  At the start of the pandemic, she was fired after speaking out in support of anti-malaria medication hydroxychloroquine (HCQ).  At the time, President Donald Trump was praising the effectiveness of the drug, but shortly after, the FDA revoked emergency use authorization for it.  Now, recent studies are confirming that "Low-dose hydroxychloroquine combined with zinc and azithromycin was an effective therapeutic approach against COVID-19."  The Epoch Times interviewed Sarah Absher, a registered nurse who worked in the field for 8 years but quit this spring and decided to volunteer with AFLDS after what she witnessed.  She expressed her passion for the "medical freedom fight" and offered previously unseen materials to support her claims.

Warning that fully vaccinated may be spreading Delta variant as cases rise across US.  Health experts in the United States have raised the alarm that vaccinated individuals might be spreading the Covid-19 Delta variant, as cases surge in states across the country.  The highly transmissible Delta variant now makes up more than half of new infections in the US.  Currently the B.1.1.7, or Alpha, variant is the dominant strain in the country, But researchers said the Delta variant would likely overtake the Alpha variant in three to four weeks.  Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, told Insider that the spread of the Delta variant could actually be worse than current data suggests.

Knock, Knock.  Show Me Your (Vaccine) Papers!  In Nazi Germany, the people lived in a constant state of fear that the authorities would knock on their door and demand that they show "their papers."  If anyone refused this "request," he or she would likely face dire consequences.  In present-day America, we the people might be hearing knocks on our own doors soon, with a government official demanding that we show our vaccine papers.  If we refuse, who knows what consequences could be in store.  This might seem far-fetched, were it not for a recent pronouncement by President Joe Biden that his administration is working on a plan to go door-to-door checking on Americans' vaccine status.

WH slams GOP governors who resist 'door-to-door' vaccine effort.  The White House on Friday said GOP governors who rejected President Biden's door-to-door vaccine effort are fueling attitudes that are "literally killing people."  White House press secretary Jen Psaki also said the governors had mischaracterized the initiative.  "The failure to provide the accurate public health information, including the efficacy of vaccines and the accessibility of them to people across the country — including South Carolina — is literally killing people, so maybe they should consider that," she said.

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If the government sends its goons door-to-door to speak face-to-face with everybody in town, how do we know they aren't spreading disease?

CDC Urges Schools to Fully Reopen in Fall.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged school districts to fully reopen in the fall without mandatory coronavirus vaccination of all students and staff.  Teachers and students who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus are not recommended to wear masks.  Those who are unvaccinated — including children under the age of twelve for whom a vaccine has not yet been approved — should continue to wear masks, according to the new CDC guidelines.

Rand Paul vows to seek repeal of federal mandate requiring face masks on airplanes.  Sen. Rand Paul said he will seek to repeal the requirement that airline passengers and crew wear face masks on planes once Congress reconvenes after lawmakers' current Fourth of July recess concludes.  Mr. Paul, Kentucky Republican, announced his plans on social media Thursday, nearly six months after President Biden signed an executive order requiring that people wear face masks on commercial planes.  "When the Senate returns to session, I will be introducing an immediate repeal of the mask mandate on planes.  Enough!  Time to stop this farce and let people travel in peace!" Mr. Paul said on Twitter.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Decrees "it is absolutely the government's business" to Know Who Has and Has Not Been Vaccinated.  The same political voices who said the Census Bureau was not allowed to ask about the citizenship status of U.S. residents are now saying HHS has the right to know if you have been vaccinated or not.  This is not hypocrisy, this is the ideological mindset of totalitarian elites who will tell you what is, and is not, permitted behavior.  We The People are insignificant gnats; the power elites will tell us what we are allowed to do, even what they will teach our children in schools.  Hopefully people wake up soon and realize this will not end well.  Having previously announced the government will go door-to-door asking about vaccination compliance, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra declared Thursday that "it is absolutely the government's business" to know people's vaccination status, arguing the federal government has a vested interest in keeping Americans safe.

Biden HHS Sec.  Becerra on knowing COVID vaccine status: 'It is absolutely our business'.  Knowing which Americans have been vaccinated is "absolutely the government's business," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Thursday [7/8/2021].  Speaking to CNN, the HHS secretary was responding to criticism of President Biden's comments Tuesday about going "door to door, literally knocking on doors" to get wary Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus.  "It is absolutely the government's business, it is taxpayers' business, if we have to continue to spend money to try to keep people from contracting COVID and helping reopen the economy," Becerra told the network, noting the government has had to "spend trillions of dollars to try to keep Americans alive during this pandemic."  On Tuesday, Biden announced that his administration would step up efforts to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 with a new program "literally knocking on doors," urging people to get the shots.

Up to 40% of 'Covid hospital patients' infected with Delta variant may have been admitted for a different illness, official figures suggest.  Four out of 10 patients hospitalised with the Indian Covid variant in England may have been admitted for something else, MailOnline analysis of official data suggests.  Public Health England's fortnightly report on the 'Delta' strain showed a total of 1,904 people had spent at least one night in hospital with the mutant virus by June 21.  But the agency admits 739 (39 percent) of these patients may have gone to hospital for a different condition or injury and tested positive through routine NHS testing.

Children face just a one in 500,000 risk of dying from Covid, studies show.  Children face an 'extremely low' one in 500,000 risk of dying from the coronavirus, researchers have found.  In England, just 25 under-18s have died from Covid, which equates to around two in a million, experts said.  Young people with pre-existing medical conditions, like heart disease and cancer, and severe disability, which can include cerebral palsy and autism, have a higher chance of becoming seriously ill from the virus.

New Zealand panic as children fall ill in high numbers - experts warn of 'immunity debt'.  RSV is a common respiratory illness and in adults only produces very mild symptoms but for young children, it can make them extremely ill or even be fatal.  Doctors have warned New Zealand's outbreak is likely due to children not developing immunity to other viruses suppressed by Covid lockdowns.  Epidemiologist and public health professor Michael Baker said:  "What we're seeing now is we've accumulated a whole lot of susceptible children that have missed out on exposure — so now they're seeing it for the first time."

HHS Sec. Becerra: 'Absolutely the Government's Business' to Know Your COVID Vaccine Status.  President Joe Biden's minions fully support his idea of going door-to-door and literally asking you for your vaccine paper proving you had the vaccine.  NEWS FLASH:  My medical history is no one's business except for me or people I approve of on any documents I sign.  Absolutely no one and I sure as heck would not put "government" on any form.  I will raise hell if any of my doctors tell anyone not on the permission slip anything about our visits or medical records.  Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told CNN Brianna Keilar the government has the right to know if you had the COVID-19 vaccine.

Fauci Slams Unvaccinated Americans: 'Get Over This Political Statement'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on MSNBC on Wednesday and slammed unvaccinated Americans, telling them to "get over this political statement."  "This is not complicated.  We're not asking anybody to make a political statement one way or another," Fauci said during a segment of "All in with Chris Hayes" on MSNBC.  "We're saying, try to save your life, and that of your family, and that of your community."  "We have so many things, as you said, so many diseases that I deal with that don't have solutions," Fauci continued.

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Covid-19 is not life threatening, except in cases where the infected person has a long history of neglecting his or her health; and in those cases, it's no surprise when some additional issue turns out to be fatal.  For the rest of us, the disease is far less of a threat than the so-called vaccine that is being aggressively pushed upon us by the heavy-handed federal government.  The campaign to inject everyone — door-to-door if necessary — with whatever this stuff really is carries a bizarre urgency that can't be justified by the disease.

10 Really Sickening Covid TikToks.  This past year and a half has showed us all-too-well just how insane people truly are.  At least they're willing to upload it online so we can make fun of it!

Recorded cases of influenza dropped to ZERO at one Detroit hospital in 2020 as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions killed flu season.  Cases of influenza plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one Detroit health system having a zero percent positivity rate for the virus, a new study finds.  Researchers from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, looked at data from Detroit Medical Center for the 2019-20 and the 2020-21 flu seasons.  They found that every single one of the 6,830 tests administered for adults, and the 1,441 for children came back negative for Influenza A and Influenza B during the 2020-21 (September 2021 to February 2021) flu season.  There were also zero positive tests for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults — out of 6,822 — and one for children among 1,404 tests.  The findings add to the wealth of existing information that shows social distancing and mask mandates put in place to protect from COVID-19 were effective in combatting the flu.

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Ri-i-i-ight.  Either that, or the flu is now called Covid-19.  The flu did not miraculously disappear.  Masks are less than 100 percent effective, and less than 100 percent of those who went about their business in public were wearing masks.  Masks did not eradicate the flu.

Those dying post-vaccine: Where are the autopsies?  In this age of supposed scientific medicine and a pandemic, we are relying on death certificates for statistics on the cause of death, even though they are known to be extremely unreliable.  Thousands of healthy people are dying unexpectedly, but our public health agencies are assuring us that their deaths were not caused by the COVID jab.  The toll of post-vaccine deaths has reached nearly 7,000, according to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS).  It's the best system we've got, even though it misses 90% or more of the actual events.  But I have seen a report of just one autopsy.  This patient had had one dose of the Pfizer shot and died four weeks later.  Although there were no characteristic features of COVID-19, almost all tissues tested positive on PCR for SARS-CoV-2.  A 45-year-old mother just died of heart issues and brain swelling, shortly after getting the COVID shot required before she could begin her job at Johns Hopkins University.  There will be tears and flowers, but probably no autopsy — and no pause in the shots demanded for mothers and potential mothers if they want to work at JHU.

Woman, 61, becomes the third Australian to die after taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine with her extremely rare death 'likely linked' to the jab.  A third Australian has died after getting the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, having developed a rare bleeding disorder separate from the more well known blood clotting condition TTS.  The jab has been widely linked to TTS, despite it being incredibly rare and with a lower than one in 2.5 million chance.  But this woman had immune thrombocytopenia, a rare autoimmune bleeding condition.

Watch As Sydney Police Pepper-Spray 12 Year Old, Arrest Her 20 Year Old Sister For Not Wearing A MASK.  A 12-year-old girl was allegedly pepper-sprayed in front of shocked onlookers as her sister was arrested for refusing to wear a face mask during Sydney's Covid lockdown.  Distressing footage of the melee was shared online overnight after the girl's family threatened to sue the officers involved for 'assaulting and harassing a child'.  [Video clip]

Australia Just 'Accidentally' Vaccinated More Than 150 High School Students, Health Minister Says "So What".  NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says the state should "move on" from revelations more than 150 Sydney private schoolboysAustralia, were vaccinated by his ministry while refusing to explain how the situation came about or why no one revealed the error until it was reported in the media.  Mr Hazzard downplayed the Sydney Local Health District's decision to administer 163 Pfizer vaccines to year 12 students from St Joseph's College in Hunters Hill during a press conference on Wednesday, saying:  "There was a mistake and so what?"  [Video clip]

The vaccine-happy feds are going to chase you down in your home.  We've learned a great deal in the past year.  When it comes to COVID, for those who are neither old nor sick, COVID is another flu.  For those who are young, COVID is almost meaningless.  And when it comes to the vaccines, while their efficacy is still questionable, it appears that, if you're young or already have COVID antibodies, the vaccines can be more dangerous than the illness itself.  Oh, and the Biden government wants badly to control you.  On that last point, the latest evidence is the administration's promise that it's going to hunt unvaccinated people down, door-to-door.

Jen Psaki Says They're Pressing to Get Kids Vaccinated, Too, With 'Strike Forces'.  As we reported yesterday [7/6/2021], White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that they were going to be going "door to door" in an "outreach" to "get remaining Americans vaccinated."  [Tweet]  Joe Biden then later repeated the same thing, showing it wasn't a mistake or a random comment by Psaki.  But there was more. [...] "Our work doesn't stop there," Psaki said.  "We are going to continue to press to get 12-18-year-olds vaccinated, to continue to work with communities that have lower vaccination rates.  That's one of the reasons why we initiated these um — these strike forces to go into communities and determine what they need."  So not only are they going door to door to press adults they're going to "press to get 12-18-year-olds" as well with the "strike forces" going in.

White House Announces They Will Go Door to Door to Enhance National Vaccination Compliance.  Comrade citizens, the COVID Ministry announced today [7/6/2021] they will assist your compliance for vaccinated status by visiting you in your home.  Prepare for the Jackboots to arrive on your doorstep to inquire about your vaccinated status.  The spokesperson for the regime made the compliance announcement earlier today during a press conference: "targeted community, by community, door-to-door outreach".  [Video clip]

Biden to outline 'door to door' COVID-19 vaccine efforts.  President Biden said Tuesday he is launching a "door-to-door" fight against COVID-19, making shots available to more doctors' offices and pharmacies in a scramble to reach unvaccinated Americans as dangerous variants threaten new outbreaks.  Mr. Biden said his team will emphasize pediatricians so that patients ages 12 to 18 can get immunized ahead of the school year and fall sports.  Shots will flow to 42,000 neighborhood pharmacies, he said, so people can get a shot after grabbing their toothpaste.  He's also leaning on employers to make vaccination available at worksites and will dispatch additional mobile clinics to areas of need.

Biden Administration's Latest Plan to Get Shots in Arms Sure Sounds Like a 'Vaccine Police'.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made a lot of antennas go up during Tuesday's press conference when announcing the administration's latest plan to try to get more people to take the coronavirus vaccine.  Psaki outlined the things they were going to focus on.  She then explained that one way that they were going to increase vaccinations was to go "door to door" to do outreach to "get remaining Americans vaccinated."  Psaki said that the government would be doing "targeted by community door-to-door outreach to get remaining Americans vaccinated by ensuring they have the information they need on how both safe and accessible the vaccine is."

Luxembourg prime minister admitted to hospital with Covid.  Luxembourg's prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 last week, local media have reported, citing a statement from his office.  Multiple outlets said Bettel, 48, attended hospital as a precautionary measure on Sunday morning [7/4/2021]. [...] He received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on 6 May.

Xavier Bettel:  Luxembourg prime minister in 'serious but stable' condition in hospital with Covid-19.  Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel remains in "serious but stable" in hospital after contracting Covid-19, his spokesperson said Tuesday [7/6/2021].  Bettel, 48, is breathing on his own and is awake, his press attaché Liz Thielen told CNN.  The Prime Minister tested positive just over a week ago on June 27 following a European Union summit and was hospitalized Sunday for additional tests and analysis.  Bettel received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on May 6, and had been due to receive his second dose in a couple of days, Thielen said.

Fauci: 'Wear A Mask — Even If You're Vaccinated'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. immunologist, says Americans should keep wearing masks — even when they've been fully vaccinated.

Constitutional Lawyer Sounds the Alarm on the Canadian Covid Police State.  Canadian lawyer and president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, John Carpay recently released a short video regarding the shocking usurpations of power by the Canadian government under the pretext of Covid safety.  "Over the past year, Canada has turned into a police state.  Very basic, fundamental freedoms have been taken away from us.  In most provinces it is now illegal to meet up with a friend.  It's illegal to have your parents and other family members enjoy dinner together at Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and other special occasions.  It's illegal for children and adults to enjoy playing hockey, basketball, soccer, football, and other team sports.  Parents cannot come watch their children perform in a school play, or enjoy a piano recital. [...]"

Wearing a mask can expose children to dangerous levels of carbon dioxide in just THREE MINUTES, study finds.  Young children may have been hurt by wearing masks over the past year as they may have been exposed to unsafe carbon dioxide levels in minutes, a new study found.  A study led by researchers Poland, Germany and Austria wanted to test whether making young children wear masks at schools and other public areas could have done more harm than good.  They found that some children were reaching twelve-times the acceptable limit within only three minutes of wearing the mask, according to the study funded by German charity Mediziner und Wissenschaftler für Gesundheit, Freiheit und Demokratie eV.

Military Members Say They'll 'Quit' If Army Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine:  Congressman.  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said he was informed by some members of the U.S. military that they would quit if the armed forces mandated a COVID-19 vaccine, coming after a report claimed that Army headquarters told commanders to prepare for mandatory vaccinations in September.  "I've been contacted by members of our voluntary military who say they will quit if the COVID vaccine is mandated.  I introduced HR 3860 to prohibit any mandatory requirement that a member of the Armed Forces receive a vaccination against COVID-19.  It now has 24 sponsors," Massie wrote on Twitter.  He didn't provide more details.  It isn't clear how the service members could quit or how many would try to do so.  Once a member reports to their first duty station, they are obligated to stay within the service of the armed forces.  If a service member leaves without approval, they can be declared AWOL, or absent without leave.

Major funder of Wuhan lab refuses House request for docs as Democrats fail to subpoena.  A major conduit of federal research funding to the Chinese coronavirus lab at the center of ongoing speculation over the origins of the SARS-Cov-2 virus is not complying with a months-old request from House Republicans for documentation related to his work with that lab, while Democrats in the House have failed to issue a subpoena to compel that evidence.  Peter Daszak, the president of the U.S. nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, has been the subject of growing scrutiny over the last several months regarding his role in the funding of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  For several years leading up to the pandemic, EcoHealth Alliance funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal research grants to the WIV for the study of potential pandemic coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab.  As government investigators and journalists dig to uncover the full scope of Daszak's links to the WIV, Daszak is continuing to spurn a congressional request for that information.

Fears arise that lambda COVID-19 variant from Peru may be resistant to vaccines.  Scientists fear that a highly contagious new COVID-19 variant that is ravaging Peru may be resistant to vaccines.  The lambda mutation, or C.37, appears to have emerged in Peru last August — and is being blamed for the country having the highest pandemic death rate in the world.  The concerning strain has since spread to around 30 countries, mostly in Latin America — but also as far as the UK, which has recorded at least eight cases, according to government figures.

Lambda Variant's 'Unusual' Mutations May Make It Resistant to Vaccines:  Researchers.  Scientists are concerned that a newly labeled COVID-19 variant, first detected in Peru, may be resistant to COVID-19 vaccines due to "unusual" mutations.  Researchers from the University of Chile in Santiago said in a study published in a preprint last week that the variant has "a considerable potential to become a variant of concern."  "Our data show for the first time that mutations present in the spike protein of the Lambda variant confer escape to neutralizing antibodies and increased infectivity," wrote researchers in the paper that has yet to be peer-reviewed.  The Lambda variant, also known as C.37, is believed to have first emerged in Peru in August last year, but has only been recognized as a potential global threat in recent weeks, with the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring it a variant of interest on June 17 after it appeared in several countries simultaneously.

The Issue of Mandatory Vaccines.  The Justice Centre's position is that the government should make the Covid vaccine available to Canadians who want it, starting with those who are the most vulnerable.  That should be the end of their involvement in the personal health decisions of Canadians.  To go further and threaten or mandate liberty restrictions on Canadians who decide not to receive such a vaccine is a violation of the rights to freedom of conscience and religion, mobility rights, and the right to liberty, and security of the person under the Charter.  "Forced vaccination" means forcibly injecting citizens with a vaccine against their will.  "Mandatory vaccination" means a legal requirement to be vaccinated, and to provide proof of vaccination.  Failure to comply with the mandate could result in consequences, such as being prevented from attending events, holding certain employment, or receiving certain government benefits.  Some provinces already require vaccines for children to attend public schools; however, there have always been exemptions available on medical, religious, or conscience grounds.

Timeline of China's COVID Vaccine Development Raises Serious Concerns.  Ever since the CCP virus began spreading in China around the fall of 2019, its vaccine development was once ahead of the rest of the world.  However, as one analyzes the timeline of the R&D process of Chinese-made vaccines, a series of anomalies occur, prompting the international community to question the origin of COVID-19.  Moreover, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) vaccine production plan reveals the regime's attempt of profiting from the pandemic.  According to official data, the first case of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, was identified on Dec. 1, 2019; and by Jan. 21, 2020, only 440 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus.  On Jan. 15, 2020, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission's 8th public health report stated that "no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission has been found so far."  If this information was accurate, then it appears the regime did not expect the virus to spread globally and weren't prepared for such an event.  However, on March 25 this year, an article in the state-run media Beijing Daily blew the narrative in the opposite direction.

Distraught father warns 17-yr-old son now has ongoing heart condition after receiving Covid shot.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed hundreds of cases of myocarditis or pericarditis, which is heart inflammation, have been reported in people under 30 after receiving the COVID-19 vaccinations.  On Tuesday [7/6/2021], Fabio Berlingieri appeared on Fox & Friends to say that his 17-year-old son was diagnosed with heart problems after taking the Pfizer vaccine so he could go to school and play soccer.  "A week later, he came home and started telling me that his heart was hurting every time he had a heartbeat," the distraught father told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.

If New COVID-19 Variants Need to Be Taken Very Seriously, Why Isn't Biden Closing the Border?  Last week, it was all about the Delta variant of COVID-19.  Health experts tell us this variant is more transmissible than other variants, but vaccines still appear to prevent severe disease and death effectively.  It also does not appear to be causing severe illness in children any more than the other variants have, which is excellent news.  Researchers earlier in the pandemic felt exposure to COVID-19 in childhood could help build long-term immune responses, making the virus far less virulent over time.  Currently, the Delta variant is raging in the UK.  Yet Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted in the country on July 19, including masks, social distancing, and smartphone apps.  The government will make the final decision on July 12, but Johnson said the country needs to move to a philosophy of personal responsibility and learn to live with the virus.  It seems even he is not held captive by rising case numbers anymore in the absence of significant severe illness.

Singapore to scrap daily COVID counts, treat COVID like the flu.  Singapore, the tiny, wealthy, Southeast Asian nation with world-class medical care, has always been known for its objective readings of facts, and practical, proportionate responses.  So, in concluding that COVID probably isn't ever going to go away entirely, the island state has decided to put the virus into the same category as other infectious diseases, such as malaria and the flu.  They'll remain vigilant against such diseases and on the top with treatment, but they will not shut down the entire country in a disproportionate response to the problem.

Greater Sydney lockdown will be extended until July 16.  Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed residents of Greater Sydney will have to endure at least another week of stay-at-home orders.  The NSW Premier announced on Wednesday [7/7/2021] that the two-week Covid-19 lockdown for Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour will be extended until midnight next Friday, July 16.  Non-essential businesses will remain shut, and students in Greater Sydney will be learning online when school starts back on Tuesday.  Regional NSW students will return to face-to-face learning.  The state recorded 24 new cases of community transmission overnight, but only 13 of those were already in isolation.

LinkedIn Reinstates Account of mRNA Vaccine Inventor Who Questions COVID-19 Vaccine Benefit for Children.  LinkedIn has reinstated the account of mRNA vaccine technology inventor Dr. Robert Malone, who said his page was deleted last week after he made comments about mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and questioned whether they're appropriate to give to certain groups of people.  In a Twitter post on Monday evening, Malone said he'd received a "very kind and personal note from a senior executive of LinkedIn," and shared, with permission, an anonymized version of the message.  "Dr. Malone's account has been fixed as of this morning," the note from the LinkedIn official read.  "I'd like to apologize on behalf of LinkedIn — we're just not good enough at detangling complicated, subtle scientific claims concurrent with similar (but different) misinformation coming from others."  Malone said he is "truly grateful for his kind gesture."

The Oxymorons Heard 'Round the World.  [Scroll down]  Despite these odd discrepancies in recommendations, we are still counseled that the vaccines work, which does not prevent the authorities from declaring that the disease is spiking.  The two obvious reasons for this contradiction are never mentioned or even recognized:
  [#1]   The vaccines are ineffective, mere panaceas.  The limited trials were flawed as nobody was exposed to the virus during the relevant studies; indeed, the actual numbers show there is no such thing as a miraculous vaccine.  Pfizer math purporting trial success rates has been shown to be radically unconvincing if not deceptive.  In any event, whether the vaccines are effective or not, they are clearly not safe.  Adverse symptoms will routinely be blamed on "anxiety" or some other emotional reaction, or some pre-existent medical condition.  As Stacey Lennox writes discussing traumas of this nature and the staple explanations adduced by professionals, "There are no words strong enough to describe how cynical and dismissive these medical providers are."
  [#2]   The surge in "cases," predictably assigned to the always timely arrival of new mutations, may be the result, as dependable sources have claimed, of the vaccines themselves via a condition known as antibody-dependent enhancement.  Prominent French virologist and Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier, the bête noire of the leftist establishment, contends that mass vaccinations are "an unacceptable mistake... they are creating the variants."  The virus is cleverly adaptive and will find a way to circumvent the vaccines or, as noted, even use the vaccines to aid in adopting new forms.  Similarly, the top-tier medical journal Vaccine has warned that the vaccines may exacerbate rather than attenuate viral infections, and remains skeptical of their viability.

The War on Reality.  On March 13, 2020, the public school district where I teach announced that all classrooms and buildings would be closed for two weeks.  Then two weeks turned into two months, and two months turned into over a full year without in-person instruction. [...] "Public health" and "the safety of our children" came to mean students Zooming from homeless encampments, experiencing severe abuse, regressing academically, falling into depression, going hungry, struggling through catastrophic learning loss, and, in the saddest cases, not making it through the year alive.  Despite consistent evidence that schools were not sites of high transmission for COVID-19, many teachers failed to put aside baseless fears about classroom superspreading and rampant infection.  As a result, many of the most vulnerable children in our society suffered outrageous hardships, while their affluent peers attended private schools in person.  We've all been told that school closures and lockdowns were mandated by science, but what if these mandates were immoral?  What if they were based on a series of lies?  In fact, what if the entire rationale for most restrictions was actually rotten to the core?

Rep. Michael McCaul:  Democrats 'playing with fire' over probe of COVID origin.  The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee accused Democrats on Sunday of "playing with fire" in refusing to back a thorough probe into China's role in the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic.  Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas said on "Fox News Sunday" that further scrutiny was required into the origins of the pandemic that has killed more than 600,000 Americans.  To date, Democratic congressional leaders have refused to back a widespread investigation into whether China played any role in the outbreak.

Michigan boy dies in his sleep three days after getting vaccine.  A 13-year-old Michigan boy died in his sleep three days after receiving the coronavirus vaccine in June and the Centers for Disease Control has opened an investigation into the death, a report said on Sunday [7/4/2021].  Jacob Clynick — who was preparing to enter high school in the fall — received his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a Walgreens in Zilwaukee, Mich. on June 13, his aunt told the Detroit Free Press.  Jacob was healthy and had no underlying health conditions.  In the two days following the second jab, the only side effects he had experienced were the same ones most others had to deal with: fatigue and fever.  On June 15, two nights after receiving the second dose, Jacob complained of a stomach ache before going to sleep and never woke up.

Face Masks Cause Children to Inhale Dangerous Levels of Carbon Dioxide at SIX TIMES the Safe Limit, Study Finds.  New research published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) has found that wearing a face mask causes children to inhale dangerous levels of carbon dioxide that becomes trapped behind the mask.  The peer-reviewed research letter from Dr Harald Walach and colleagues found that the air masked children inhaled contained more than six times the legal safe limit for closed rooms as set down by the German Federal Environmental Office.  The safe limit is 0.2%, whereas the air the masked children inhaled contained over 1.3% carbon dioxide.  The effect was worse for younger children, with one seven year-old child inhaling air with 2.5% carbon dioxide, over 12 times the safe limit.

The Genesis of Our American Collective Meltdown.  A pandemic caused by the leak of a Chinese-engineered virus and its coverup was cause enough for nationwide madness.  But the spread of COVID-19 was followed by a nationalized and often politicized "flatten-the-curve" quarantine that soon ensured a stir-crazy nation.  Tens of millions saw no people, and heard nothing human other than what was fed to them through television and computers.  No wonder they grew paranoid, conspiratorial, and angry, and soon forgot the therapeutic nature of personal interaction and the shared humanity of being in the physical presence of others.  Our first self-induced recession came next and lasted over a year, destroying all the hard work of the prior three years.

MIT Scientist:  Covid Vaccines May Cause Diseases in '10 to 15 years'.  RAIR Foundation USA is honored to present an exclusive interview with prominent scientist Stephanie Seneff about her take on the impact of mRNA vaccines.  RAIR also features Scientist Madeline Weld, Ph.D., Physiology and Biology who has graciously used her background to write about the interview for RAIR's readers.  Dr. Seneff serves as Senior research scientist at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and is the author of Toxic Legacy, How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment.  The MIT scientist wrote a research paper with Dr. Greg Nigh titled:  "Worse Than the Disease?  Reviewing Some Possible Unintended Consequences of the mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19" for the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research.  [Video clip]

What if anti-vaxxers decide to 'identify' as being inoculated?  We have surrendered our individual responsibilities to medical "experts" (?) who still debate whether the vaccines are safe or effective.  Why have only about half of the employees at the NIH and CDC accepted the vaccination?  For more than a year, we've relinquished our daily freedoms to the faux security of masks. [...] It's highly likely that denying unvaccinated college students admission to "in person" classes is just the tip of a massive social engineering iceberg.  Visualize, or should I say "identify" as, someone who, in the future, is denied access to public events, city council meetings, restaurants, churches, banks, airline terminals, public transportation, and even walking on sidewalks, because you are deemed irresponsible, uncooperative, and labeled a "contagious threat" to yourself and others.  With one phone call, your doctor, neighbor, co-worker, or government official could put you on a "no-fly," "no-social-events," "no-outdoor-activity," or "no-ballot" list.  Brace yourself, folks, because a vaccination "passport," microchip, or barcode on the forehead could be just around the corner.

COVID-19 Pandemic And Vaccine Update.  The pandemic is going away across America because we have reached herd immunity (and why does this not get mentioned anymore?).  This is due to three things:  (1) people already immune (due to cross-reactive immunity to other common Coronaviruses); (2) people who have had COVID-19 and are now immune, (3) people now vaccinated.  Note that cases already started decreasing in January, way before a significant number of people were vaccinated. [...] So, even without discussing the vaccine effectiveness or side effects, there is no need to vaccinate "everyone."  But still, there is a massive PR effort, media push, and CDC/Dr. Fauci disinformation campaign to get all vaccinated.  One must ask why they're pushing fear to force vaccines. [...] Now, though, when one analyzes the VAERS data, which reports adverse vaccine reactions, we see many more side effects from the vaccines.  Most understand that the CDC's VAERS system is not the greatest system.  Its underreporting of side effects is estimated to run from being 10 to 100 times off.  Obviously, a vaccine designed to protect a patient should not result in his/her death.  To date, the VAERS system has recorded 6,000 deaths in close proximity (1-2 weeks) to getting vaccinated.  This has never happened before in vaccine history.

Vaccine propaganda and injection indecision.  How do you make decisions in our new Internet world?  Most of us just go to Google and type in their question, "Is it safe to get the COVID-19 vaccine?"  The overwhelming response is "Yes!"  [Illustration]  Every entry below has the same strangely similar results.  "Side effects are minor and common."  "Side effects are a sign that your vaccine is working properly."  When you visit YouTube and do the same search, again, you see a consistent theme.  "The risk from the COVID outweigh the risks from the vaccines" and "vaccine side effects are actually a good thing."  Check for yourself.  But when you go to an uncensored video website like Bitchute.com or Rumble.com, you see a totally different result:  scores of doctors and scientists warning about the danger from the shots, and hundreds of videos from real people who have had horrific side effects from their injections, and most were at extremely low risk for dying from COVID.

Sen. Ron Johnson sends letters to Moderna, Pfizer CEOs seeking answers about COVID-19 vaccines.  Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has sent letters to the CEOs of Pfizer and Moderna seeking answers about adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine following a June 28 press conference with affected individuals.  The conference in Milwaukee included stories from five people, four of whom were women, from across the country who experienced adverse reactions to the vaccines and experienced "refusal or reluctance" from their doctors to acknowledge that their symptoms might be tied to the vaccine, according to Johnson's letters.

Shelter-in-place orders didn't save lives during the pandemic, research paper concludes.  A little-noticed study says government orders to "shelter in place" during the COVID-19 fight did not save lives and spurred an uptick in excess deaths in some places, especially overseas.  Researchers from the RAND Corporation and the University of Southern California studied excess mortality from all causes, the virus or otherwise, in 43 countries and the 50 U.S. states that imposed shelter-in-place, or "SIP," policies.  In short, the orders didn't work.

Ohio Judge Is Requiring Criminals To Vaccinate As A Term Of Probation.  An Ohio judge will require some criminals to get a coronavirus vaccination as a condition of probation, local reports said.  "It occurred to me that at least some of these folks need to be encouraged not to procrastinate," Richard Frye, a judge in Franklin County, told the Columbus Dispatch.  [Video clip]

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Operation Covid-19 Exposes The Beast System.  There are now huge and irreparable cracks opening up in the Covid Plandemic façade. [...] The extraordinarily unique thing about this greatest global criminal conspiracy in world history is that it had to involve everyone — every major institutional entity, that is, which was necessary to carry out this ginormous hoax.


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Pentagon: Military will prepare for COVID-19 vaccines to be mandatory in September.  The Army and other branches of the military are preparing to administer mandatory COVID-19 vaccines as early as Sept. 1.  This order is pending full Food and Drug Administration approval of the COIVD-19 vaccines, now under emergency use approval.  The Army Times is reporting that the directive came from an executive order sent by the Department of the Army Headquarters.  Army Times obtained a portion of a recent update to HQDA EXORD 225-21, COVID-19 Steady-State Operations.  Apparently, the Pentagon assumes that full approval from the FDA will come by September.

Employers Are No Longer Required by OSHA to Record Worker Side Effects from COVID Vaccine.  Yesterday [6/28/2021], Human Events News did a report on vaccine injuries and how some are turning to the crowdfunding site GoFundMe to raise money to assist in replacing lost income caused by the vaccine.  In the article, we cited Dr. Janelle Routhier, former executive within the pharmaceutical and medical device industries with experience in clinical trials, research & development, and marketing.  She speculated that many people may be forced to crowdfunding sites owing to vaccine injuries not being covered under conventional workman's compensation insurance.  Separately yesterday, it was reported that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's new guidance states that they will not enforce requiring any employers to record worker side effects from the vaccine.

OSHA Provides Guidance on Adverse COVID-19 Vaccine Reactions.  In late May, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provided an extensive update to its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) guidance for recording COVID-19 vaccination adverse reactions.  The guidance now states that OSHA will not enforce the recording requirements to require any employers to record worker side effects from the COVID-19 vaccination through May 2022.  Prior OSHA FAQs indicated that employers were required to record an employee's adverse reaction(s) to a COVID-19 vaccination if the reaction was (1) work-related, (2) a new case and (3) met one or more of the agency's general recording criteria.  In its prior guidance, OSHA had clarified that an adverse reaction would be "work-related" if the vaccine was required as a condition of employment.

Can you say 'Ivermectin' in the USA?  Ivory Hecker, an astute and brave local Fox reporter interviewed Dr. Joseph Varon, despite Fox threatening her job if the unedited interview went live.  It's worth listening to in its entirety, but here's some of what it says.  It's certainly not the first time Dr. Varon's been interviewed.  He's talked with the media 1,640 times, including Hecker's interview.  The first 1,639 interviews were edited to exclude specific information about his successes in treating hospitalized COVID patients.  This doctor is certainly no quack.  He's Chief of Staff at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, TX.  He invented the MATH+ protocol for treatment, and his death rate has consistently been far less than half that of other hospitals, even a third compared to many.  Back in the beginning, when he was able to include Hydroxychloroquine in his formula, his death rate was close to 4%, as opposed to around 20% in other hospitals.  Hecker interviewed several of his patients for the piece.

Teachers unions' zero COVID-risk demand makes zero sense.  It's an unreasonable demand that the risk of coronavirus diminish to zero before life returns to normal.  Along the same lines, countries including Ireland, Israel, and Australia experiencing new outbreaks due to the COVID-19 delta variant are either locking down again or pausing their reopening.  Los Angeles County has instructed fully vaccinated residents to continue wearing masks indoors.  There are two deep misperceptions behind these reactions.  The first is a false assumption, undermined by all available data and experience, that the delta variant poses a serious threat to vaccinated people.  It doesn't.  Vaccines have proven extremely effective against the variant, and almost all vaccinated people who test positive are either asymptomatic or have very mild symptoms.  The second mistake is more foundational.  It's a demand for zero:  Zero COVID and zero risk.  Australia's re-lockdown comes from its misguided effort to ensure the entire continent is free of the virus.  The teachers unions' resistance to reopening schools fully in the fall is based on an untenable demand for zero risk.

Sudden Shift in COVID-19 Lab Leak Narrative 'Mysterious': Evolutionary Biologist.  The sudden shift in narrative over the possibility that COVID-19 could have emerged from a lab in Wuhan, China, is mysterious and contingent to "just how corrupt our system has become," according to evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein.  Weinstein, biologist and co-host of the DarkHorse Podcast, has since last year explored the possibility that COVID-19 could have emerged from a laboratory.  He told Epoch TV's "American Thought Leaders" program (episode premiering on Sat. July 3) that the fact that the hypothesis is now receiving widespread recognition from the international community is "completely mysterious."  "My channel was very early on this topic, and it was quite clear to many of us, starting with the tremendous coincidence of this virus having emerged first in Wuhan, where there is a biosafety level four lab studying these very viruses and enhancing them," said Weinstein.  "It was quite clear that there was at least a viable hypothesis that needed to be discussed.

Lorain Municipal Court employees required to get COVID-19 vaccine.  Lorain Municipal Court employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.  In a statement, Court Administrator Scott Stewart said the two municipal judges and Clerk of Courts Ted Kalo adopted a policy requiring vaccinations against the virus "Out of concern for the health and safety of the people of our community who are required to attend court proceedings."  He did not answer further questions via email Thursday and a message left for Administrative Judge Thomas Elwell at his office was not returned.  Clerk of Courts Ted Kalo estimated there are about 35 employees impacted by the policy, 17 of them in his office.

Pandemics are staged on Television.  When a new epidemic is launched and promoted, despite the lack of good science and good evidence, it is jacked up on television screens.  Images begin to flow:  An emergency medical vehicle on a street.  EMT personnel, in hazmat suits, load a man strapped down to a stretcher, into the van.  On another street, a man collapses on the sidewalk.  We see a quarantined man sitting inside a huge plastic bubble on a third street.  Cut to an airport lobby.  Soldiers are patrolling the space among the crowds.  Cut to a lab.  Close-up of vials of liquid.  Camera pulls back.  Techs in light green scrubs are placing the vials into slots of a table-top machine.  Auditorium — a man on a platform, wearing a doctor's white coat, is pointing a wand at a large screen, on which a chart is displayed, for the audience.  Back to the street.  People are wearing face masks.  These images wash over the television viewer.  Meanwhile, the anchor is imparting his prepared meaning:  "The government today issued a ban on all travel into and out of the city... hundreds of plane flights have been cancelled.  Scientists are rushing to develop a vaccine..."  The television audience has an IMPRESSION of knowing something.

Scalise Reacts to Fauci's Refusal to Testify About the Origins of Wuhan Coronavirus.  Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise is reacting to Dr. Anthony Fauci's refusal to show up to a congressional forum Tuesday afternoon to discuss the origins of Wuhan coronavirus.  "It's disappointing that Dr. Fauci chose not to testify at our forum on the origins of COVID-19.  Dr. Fauci's recently released emails reveal the very alarming concerns raised by medical experts about a lab leak in February 2020, and that the virus appeared to be engineered.  Dr. Fauci needs to testify so we can find out what he knows about the COVID origins investigation, and we hope he will come before Congress soon to provide the American people with much needed answers," Scalise tells Townhall.

The Top Ten Pending Eruptions.  Number 3 on my list is the whole mess with COVID-19 origins, treatment suppression, Fauci/Wuhan/Google/Gates and the vaccine side effects.  I can't even imagine how all of that is going to get untangled because every day a new piece of damning information rises to the surface and raises even more concerns.  Something needs to be done about Cuomo and his malfeasance with the nursing home deaths.  Something needs to be done to atone for all the people who could have been treated with either Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine but were denied those medications.  How do we relieve the paralyzing fear so many are stuck in?  How do we help children who were adversely affected by school closures?  How do we resurrect our small businesses?  Most important of all, how do we prevent this from happening again?

COVID-19 Vaccines Could Be Spurring Variants, Say Israeli and European Experts.  In January, an Israeli Defence Forces Intelligence report warned that Israel's mass vaccination program could create an Israeli mutation that proved resistant to COVID-19 vaccines.  Prepared for Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center, the report stated that "The mass vaccine campaign taking place parallel to the active outbreak in Israel may lead to 'evolutionary pressure' on the virus."  In May, the Pasteur Institute's Luc Montagnier, the virologist whose discovery of HIV won him a Nobel Prize in 2008, warned that COVID-19 vaccines are spurring deadlier variants.  "I am doing experiments at the Institute with patients who became sick with Corona after being vaccinated.  I will show you that they are creating the variants that are resistant to the vaccine," he stated in an interview in France.  "It is the antibodies produced by the virus that enable an infection to become stronger. ... It is clear that the new variants are created ... due to the vaccination."

Poll: Most Americans Want No Governmental Action on Coronavirus Delta Variant.  A Monday poll indicated most Americans want no governmental action on the coronavirus delta variant.  The Trafalgar Group asked respondents if the government should take action on the coronavirus delta variant.  Sixty-three percent said the government should take no action, considering "the widespread availability of the vaccines and treatments individuals can to make personal decisions on how to respond."  17.7 percent said "government should reinstate mandates for mask wearing and social distancing."  And 12.3 percent said they were not sure.

Los Angeles COVID Compliance Ministry Re-institutes Masking Requirements for New Delta Variant.  Comrades, the U.S. council on citizen control is highly concerned about the American predisposition toward freedom.  Unregulated human activity might possibly lead to decreased government effectiveness in controlling citizen behavior.  As discussed by those who look out for your best-interests, if this quest for unregulated human activity continues the ministry of compliance may be forced to initiate new lockdown procedures.

L.A. health officials:  You should mask up again while indoors — even if you're vaccinated.  This reminds me of what Israel just went through, lifting their indoor mask mandate as cases dwindled to nearly nothing only to turn around and reinstate it a few weeks later as the B.1.617 "Delta" variant started to push case counts upward again.  For the moment, that's the only restriction the country has reimposed.  But it carries psychological weight.  Having the government tell vaccinated people that it's okay to ditch their masks is the closest we're going to get to an official declaration that it's safe to get back to normal.  Israel just revoked that implicit declaration.

Gov. Lujan Grisham killed 40% of New Mexico small businesses with her lockdowns.  According to the "Economic Recovery Dashboard" on the New Mexico Tourism Department website, embattled Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's harsh lockdown during the pandemic resulted in an economic catastrophe, including the closure of 40% of New Mexico's small businesses, a devastating figure.  The figures show that in the food service and accommodations industry, nearly 60% of small businesses in that sector have been killed by Lujan Grisham's lockdowns.

NM Kids forced to wear masks while running in 100-degree heat; Parents are striking back.  While over half of the country has removed mask mandates, New Mexico children ages 3yo+ are still required to wear masks at school as well as during outdoor athletics.  Summer temperatures in New Mexico range into the 100's, and kids are being forced to wear masks even while running track races and playing soccer in the summer heat.  New Mexico parents have reported that their children are suffering blackouts, vomiting, breathing problems, dizziness, disorientation, nosebleeds, learning problems, and other health problems as a result of the mask mandates.  The youth mask mandate is clearly putting kids at risk of imminent harm, yet nonetheless, the local school principals, boards, superintendents, and athletic associations are all saying that their hands are tied by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's policies.

Trump COVID testing czar testifies coronavirus most likely originated in Wuhan lab.  The COVID-19 testing czar for former President Donald Trump says the "most likely" origin for the pandemic was an accidental escape from a Wuhan lab, testifying Tuesday as one of four expert witnesses during a House Republican effort to get to the bottom of how the coronavirus emerged.  Brett Giroir, an assistant secretary of health and a member of Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force, said:  "I assess that the most likely origin was an accidental infection of laboratory personnel from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, with secondary transmission to the local population and subsequent spread to hundreds of millions of people around the world."  Giroir, a former four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, spoke Tuesday as part of a panel organized by House Republicans on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

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Liberal Fox Host Whines About Not Feeling Safe, Says She's Wearing a Mask On Planes Forever.  Fox News liberal correspondent Marie Harf made headlines this week when she pathetically claimed she is wearing a mask on planes for the rest of her life.  During a segment Tuesday afternoon [6/29/2021] on the Faulkner Focus, Harf and the panel were discussing most states lifting mask mandates.  Harf, who worked for the Obama administration for many years, had quite a hissy fit over the idea of people daring to live their lives without a mask on.

K.T. McFarland:  A D.C. COVID Cover-Up?  It's by now the conventional wisdom that the Chinese government is covering up — and has consistently covered up — the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan.  But the always indomitable K.T. McFarland, President Trump's first deputy national security adviser, has posed a blockbuster question over at Fox News. [...] She points to the ferocity with which these "government scientists and bureaucrats" not only denied the idea that the source of the Wuhan virus was the Wuhan laboratory but also attacked absolutely anyone — beginning with President Trump — for even making the suggestion.  The question is: why?  What explains the ferocity and vehemence of these attacks?

Second COVID cover-up — China, we know about but was there another one in the US?  The world rightfully wants to find out what really happened in Wuhan and how what should have been a run-of-the-mill virus set off a global pandemic.  We probably never will, however, because of the Great Chinese Cover-up.  But is there another cover-up, hiding right here in plain sight in Washington?  Did America bungle our initial handling of the pandemic because a handful of government scientists and bureaucrats, and their unwitting media enablers, deliberately sent us off in the wrong direction in order to cover up their own complicity in creating COVID-19?  These scientists insisted that anyone promoting the lab leak theory, including our leading governors and well-respected scientists, was a hysterical, xenophobic, anti-science conspiracy theorist.  Did they react with such velocity and venom because they were covering up for their own misguided actions?

Are We Nazi Germany?  Like a lot of Americans, I always assumed that America was safe from the kind of tyranny the German people experienced under the heavy hand of the Third Reich.  There is no way our federal, state, and local governments could restrain and control the American people the way Hitler and his Nazis dominated the German population, I thought.  Yet, for the past eighteen months, that's exactly what has happened in America.  A nation that always prided itself on its independence and individuality was suddenly locked down.  Travel was restricted, schools and businesses were shuttered, we were commanded to wear face masks, voting laws were altered, isolation and quarantines were mandated, and speech was censored by social and mainstream media if Big Tech oligarchs judged what was said or written as "misinformation."  It didn't stop there.  A public health emergency was declared, borders were closed, and large gatherings were forbidden — including church attendance, funerals, and weddings.

The truly scary China Virus variant.  Even though infection and death rates continue to decline, the bureaucrats at the CDC are very, very concerned.  "These variants seem to spread more easily and quickly than other variants, which may [emphasis added] lead to more cases of COVID-19.  An increase in the number of cases will put more strain on healthcare resources, lead to more hospitalizations, and potentially more deaths."  Scared yet?  Well, don't be.  It's the same old shtick from the same cast of dullards who have been using fear, ignorance, and intimidation to perpetuate their meaningless careers and destroy their political enemies for the past eighteen months or so.

Rand Paul rips Delta variant 'fearmongers,' cites .08% death rate in unvaccinated group.  Sen. Rand Paul says Americans must not let "the fearmongers win" as rhetoric about the dangers of the Delta variant of COVID-19 heats up.  The Kentucky Republican took to Twitter on Tuesday with some statistics on the contagion's Delta strain, which originated in India.  "Don't let the fearmongers win," Mr. Paul told his 3.2 million followers.  "New public England study of delta variant shows 44 deaths out of 53,822 (.08%) in unvaccinated group.  Hmmm."

Donald Trump says he's more confident than ever that COVID leaked from Wuhan lab.  Donald Trump says he's more confident than ever that COVID leaked from a virus lab in Wuhan — and thinks people initially disagreed with his theory because they hated him.  The former President of the United States rang in to The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show on Tuesday [6/29/2021] to claim the now-credible theory was initially dismissed because he popularized it while in office.  Asked if he was as confident of his initial claim about the lab leak by Travis, Trump answered: 'Probably more confident.[']

Fox News Poll Says 60% of Voters Believe Fauci is Lying and COVID Came From A Lab.  A new Fox News poll says that 60% of those polled believe that Dr. Anthony Fauci is lying, and that the coronavirus came from a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan.  Sadly, that's looking more and more like the case every single day as more evidence pours out.  [Scroll past clickbait.]  In the poll, 60% of those polled believe it was created in the lab, and then leaked.  Thirty-one percent of voters believe that Covid-19 "evolved from nature in China."

Rand Paul Blows Up Another Fauci Claim, This Time on the Delta Variant.  President Joe Biden is claiming, on his official Twitter page, that the Delta variant of Wuhan coronavirus is "deadlier" than other variants seen during the pandemic.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, who Biden administration officials continue to defend, is claiming the Delta variant "spreads more efficiently" and that unvaccinated individuals are most at risk for serious illness or death.  "I'm here to talk to you today about the Delta variant that causes COVID-19," Fauci said.  "The comparison is it is transmitted much more efficiently, which means the chances of getting infected upon exposure is greater than the dominant variant that we have now in the United States."

WHO Stops Recommending Widespread COVID-19 Testing of Asymptomatic Cases.  In updated guidance on COVID-19 testing strategies, the World Health Organization (WHO) says it does not currently recommend widespread screening of people without symptoms, citing the cost of such a strategy and its ineffectiveness.  "Widespread testing of asymptomatic populations, including through self-testing, is not currently recommended, based on lack of evidence on impact and cost-effectiveness of such approaches and the concern that this approach risks diverting resources from higher priority testing indications," the guidance stated.

Top GOP Senators Demand NIH Director Disclose COVID Data Deletion Details.  Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn, Chuck Grassley, and Roger Marshall sent a letter Monday to the director of the National Institutes of Health, which operates a scientific facility that conducted coronavirus research, demanding that he disclose the details surrounding the deletion of COVID data from its key database.  In a letter obtained by National Review, the lawmakers asked Director Francis Collins a number of pertinent questions regarding the omitted data and the motives behind its erasure.  It was revealed last week that Chinese researchers instructed the NIH to remove gene sequences of early COVID carriers from an important database called the NIH Sequence Read Archive, the Wall Street Journal reported.  The deleted data included sequences from early virus samples extracted from hospitalized patients in Wuhan who were believed to have contracted COVID in January and February of 2020.

Doctors Sue Dr. Fauci to Stop the Forced COVID Vaccination of Children.  A group of American doctors and patients seeking to stop the forced COVID vaccination of children have filed a lawsuit against Dr. Facui and other federal health officials and agencies.  The plaintiffs in the suit include a group of health care providers and people who claim to have been harmed by COVID vaccines.  One particular plaintiff includes representatives of a deceased woman named Dovi Sanders Kennedy, who allegedly died after receiving a forced COVID vaccine.  Specific to Ms. Kennedy, the plaintiffs assert Kennedy was given a COVID vaccine while at an assisted living center over her family's objections.  The plaintiffs say Kennedy had Alzheimer's and could not have understood what was going on when she was vaccinated.

Be Safe:  Don't Visit Your Dying Parent.  Don't Leave Your House.  Don't Get Married.  Don't ....  As many observers have noted, staying safe has become a religion.  "Safetyism," as it is sometimes called, like all religions, places what it values — in this case, being safe — above other values.  Safetyism explains the willingness of Americans to give up their most cherished values — including liberty — in the name of safety for the last year and a half.  Millions of Americans not only gave up their right to go to work, earn a living, attend church or synagogue, and visit friends and relatives, but they even gave up their right to visit dying relatives and friends.  One can assume that nearly every person recorded as having died of COVID-19 died without having a single loved one at their bedside from the moment they entered a hospital until their death.  The acceptance of such cruelty — irrational and unscientific cruelty, one might add — can only be explained by the failure of generations of schools and parents to teach liberty, while successfully teaching the worship of safety.  If your father had to die alone, it was worth it for the sake of safety; if your mother had to be in what amounted to solitary confinement in a nursing home for more than a year, that, too, was worth it for the sake of safety.  And, of course, if political leaders and leaders in science and medicine have to lie for the sake of safety, so be it; truth, too, is less important than safety.

The lockdown fanatics are moving on to climate change.  Sir David King is a former UK chief scientific adviser to successive New Labour governments, and the founder of Independent SAGE, the self-appointed group of experts offering scientific advice to the UK government and the public on how to handle Covid.  He has now announced he is to convene a new Indie SAGE-like group, this time tackling climate — the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG).  According to the Guardian, CCAG 'will emulate the impact of Independent SAGE' on Covid policymaking and 'advise, warn and criticise global policymakers about the climate and nature crises'.  No doubt, this means that CCAG will attempt to do for climate change what Indie SAGE has done for Covid — that is, drive an alarmist opinion into mainstream public discussion.

NYT Writer on People Getting Back to Normal After COVID: This Is Like a 'Horror Movie'.  Did you know about the COVID Delta variant?  Do you even really care?  I sure [...] don't.  COVID variants were always going to be something to deal with — and we are. [...] So, why are we panicking?  No, scratch that — why is liberal America panicking?  It's because these are the same clowns who still refuse to admit that we were lied to about COVID.  It was a political show from the start.  Store-bought masks don't work.  Mask-wearing post-vaccination is not necessary.  And airplanes are not sources of super spread, but you still need to wear a mask because of... respect?  Whatever happened to following the science?  You follow it until it no longer supports your politically-motivated narratives.  You follow it until the facts start to shred your lockdown agenda.  And after all else has failed, scream into the wind, against those who have returned to their normal lives because COVID is over.  You might not like it, but it's over.  Enter Wajahat Ali, a New York Times contributor, who took to Twitter to remind us that there's still a pandemic going on and that he feels like he's in a horror movie.  Yeah, the pandemic is over, man.

Delta Variant — The COVID Sequel.  Most successful movies try to cash in on their box office bonanza with a sequel. [...] COVID is no exception, after a wildly successful debut year.  Success, of course, is in the eye of the beholder.  For those who died or are suffering long haul symptoms, it was a disaster.  Same for owners of closed businesses, those still out of work, and individuals and their families dealing with the aftershocks of depression, substance abuse, and a host of other mental health issues.  It was successful for those willing do absolutely anything to get rid of President Trump as well as for those standing to gain financially by destroying small businesses, creating a multi-billion-dollar COVID vaccine industry, or bowing to their Chinese and social media paymasters.  The COVID sequel is called the "Delta Variant," a predictable mutation of the original Chinese coronavirus as it passes through hosts, replicating, and moving on to another host.

The Three-Way Squeeze.  Here is why the "Joe Biden" regime only has a few months to live:  it is caught in a squeeze between some of the greatest lies in world history, and they're all unraveling now. [...] Big Lie No. 1 is actually a whole bundle of lies surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.  The chief national health official, Dr. Anthony Fauci (a.k.a.  "The Science") can't get his story straight about whether or not he funneled US taxpayer money to a lab associated with China's People's Liberation Army, to engineer a virus that was turned loose on the rest of the world.  An email train of evidence shows that he did. [...] Dr. Fauci and the medical bureaucracy are promoting an experimental "gene therapy" as "vaccines," or so says the man who invented the mRNA vaccine procedure, Dr. Robert Malone [...] You will learn in this detailed discussion that the three vaccines being used have produced more deaths and "adverse events" in aggregate than all the other vaccines medicine has developed over the past thirty years.  Let that sink in.  You will also hear Dr. Malone describe the spike protein, which is the chief mechanism activated by the vaccines, as a "toxic" agent.  This cannot be good news for the millions who gave their consent to be vaccinated.  We have no idea what the long-term effects will be, but it's apparently the case that the toxic spike protein does not behave the way it was supposed to.

Controlling the World Is Easy.  [Scroll down]  Whenever you heard raw numbers of cases, hospitalizations, or deaths it was because those numbers were bad.  When they weren't so bad, you started hearing percentages.  Why?  Because certain ways of presenting information can make it seem better or worse than it really is. [...] Going from 10,000 deaths per day to 20,000 deaths per day is a 100 percent increase in the number of deaths.  So is going from 1 death per day to 2 deaths per day.  If you want to scare [...] people in the hope that they continue watching your news program, you headline the story with, "There has been a stunning, 100 percent increase in the number of COVID deaths in just 24 hours."  You're not lying, it's an accurate statement.  It's just presented in an absolutely fraudulent way to manipulate the audience.  That's what so much of what the left does has become.

The Left Is Now Scaremongering The COVID 'Delta Variant'.  COVID-19 infection rates are down.  Deaths are down.  Vaccinations are up.  So what's the response from the left?  It continues a desperate attempt to scare the public and blame Republicans. [...] The congenital liar Anthony Fauci chimed in as well, saying that "the Delta variant is currently the greatest threat in the U.S. to our attempt to eliminate COVID-19."  Fauci, you may have noticed, has changed the goalposts again, from "flattening the curve" to eliminating COVID-19 entirely — which is an impossibility, but would let him play dictator for years to come.  Despite the claims, it's not clear that the "Delta variant" is as deadly as the earlier variant.  One analysis points out that hospitalizations declined in the United Kingdom as the Delta variant spread in that country increased.  And just because it might be more transmittable, doesn't necessarily mean it's as threatening as the original version of the novel coronavirus.

Scientists Obfuscated Source of COVID-19-Like Virus Stored at Wuhan Lab.  Shi Zheng-li, the director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, is the common thread through which many key research projects and gain-of-function experiments on coronaviruses are connected.  Her work shows a curious pattern of deception tracing through her publications from 2013 to 2020 in which a key source for the coronavirus most closely related to COVID-19 was concealed.  In 2002, an outbreak of a novel coronavirus named SARS resulted in the deaths of 774 people worldwide.  Investigations quickly established that the virus spread from bats to civets and then on to people.  The SARS outbreak would prove to shape Shi's career, moving from field research to work in level 2 biosafety labs before culminating in gain-of-function experiments in China's first and only level-4 lab in Wuhan.

Forget the booster:  Study shows Pfizer, Moderna vaccines create durable immunity from COVID.  How durable?  Durable enough that otherwise healthy people might not need a booster unless and until there's a diabolical new variant capable of punching through the current vaccines.  Immunity against the current variants shouldn't fade, if this new study is accurate.  If the B.1.617 "Delta" strain is as bad as SARS-CoV-2 gets, those of us who've been vaccinated might truly be done with preventive measures.

Not Making Headlines:  CDC Officials Admit More Hospitalizations of Young People from Vaccine than From the Actual COVID Virus.  Earlier this week the CDC admitted to finding more cases of rare heart inflammation in young adults than was expected after receiving COVID vaccine shots.  The Wednesday [6/23/2021] CDC presentation shows a surge in myocarditis/pericarditis cases in young adults after their second dose of the COVID vaccine.  Former New York Times reporter and author Alex Berenson watched the CDC presentation was shocked with their results and dangerous advice to American parents and their young children.  The CDC's own voluntary vaccine side effect reporting system received about 48,000 reports for ALL vaccines.  This year that number is at least seven times that many for Covid vaccine cases alone.

FDA adds warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday added a warning to the literature that accompanies Pfizer Inc/BioNTech and Moderna COVID vaccine shots to indicate the rare risk of heart inflammation after its use.  For each vaccine, the fact sheets for healthcare providers have been revised to include a warning that reports of adverse events suggest increased risks of myocarditis and pericarditis, particularly after the second dose and with onset of symptoms within a few days after vaccination, the FDA said.

Does Early COVID Treatment Work?  [Scroll down]  U.S. residents can report vaccine side effects to the VAERS governmental site is or to Vaxtracker, a nongovernmental reporting site.  In so doing you may be helping others make a more informed personal risk assessment regarding the vaccine.  However, waiting for the government medical establishment to suddenly allow frontline doctors an early treatment protocol like those used in India is unlikely, especially with the Biden/Harris administration fully in charge.  After all, it was the pandemic chaos that helped them gain power.  Let's face it.  We will have to find our own early treatment options.  But as I suggested previously, there are several safe and effective medications available without a prescription.  "Examples include vitamin D3, Zinc, Glutathione, Quercetin, and even low-dose aspirin.  There are others, and with some research, you can be your own first responder.

Lisbon court rules that only 0.9% of 'verified cases' attributed to COVID in Portugal actually died of it.  The campaign to scare the world into adopting unprecedented abridgements of civil liberties to fight a purported pandemic that threatened unthinkable levels of casualties had a lot of help from the officials charged with counting the death toll.  Most readers of American Thinker are familiar with anecdotes such as the motorcyclist who died in a crash but was counted as a "COVID death" because he had a positive test for antibodies.  An audit by two Minnesota state legislators late last year estimated that COVID deaths in that state were overcounted by about 40%.  But, on the other hand, an audit in Kentucky last March added about 10% to that state's death toll allegedly due to COVID.  And an audit this month in India has added substantially to the death toll in the northern state of Bihar.  Now comes news, via America's Frontline Doctors, of an actual judicial decision on the true extent of COVID deaths in Portugal.

DeSantis: If Florida didn't lead fight against federal COVID overreach, US would look like Canada.  Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his record on handling the COVID-19 pandemic, remarking that if he did not stand up to the continued overreach by the federal government, the U.S. as a whole would be as severely locked down and economically depressed as Canada.  While Florida is returning to normal with sporting events returning to full capacity, DeSantis reminded "Life, Liberty & Levin" host Mark Levin that children in the state had the benefit of in-person learning throughout the past schoolyear.  "You just have so many threats to freedom nowadays.  And what we're doing is we've essentially, 'Katie, bar the door' to protect Floridians and to protect their freedoms and opportunities.  And you see it in a number of different ways," said DeSantis, who himself recently topped former President Donald Trump in a prospective 2024 straw poll of conservatives.

Massive Street Protests Continue in London Against COVID Lockdown Rules.  Thousands of people descended on London's Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon in the latest round of protests against Covid lockdown measures.  The crowds marched through Oxford Street before gathering at Hyde Park while holding banners, placards and flags.  The crowds of protesters (bottom left and bottom centre) marched through Oxford Street, Regent Street, Hyde Park and Northumberland Avenue as they held placards reading 'freedom is not for trade', 'no to Covid vaccine' and 'no to the Covid passport'.

Covid-19 "genetically engineered to target humans".  Li-Meng Yan, the Chinese virologist who has been in hiding in the US after claiming that the Chinese authorities not only knew about the novel coronavirus long before the first cases were officially reported in Wuhan last December but who has also suggested Covid-19 was created in a Chinese military laboratory has published with her team of researchers a 26-page document laying out her theory that the pandemic sweeping the world is not of natural origin.  Yan and her team published their findings on Zenodo in a report entitled "Unusual Features of the SARS CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification Rather Than Natural Evolution and Delineation of Its Probable Synthetic Route."

'You are not doing your societal duty': Local doctors send strong message to unvaccinated Coloradans.  As the delta variant continues to spread throughout the country, the World Health Organization is asking vaccinated people to still wear masks to stop the spread of COVID-19.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, however have not changed, allowing fully vaccinated people to go without a mask.  In Denver-area hospitals, doctors tell FOX 31 at least half of the unvaccinated COVID-19 patients are sick with the delta variant.

Cruz calls for CDC to 'follow the science' and scrap airline mask mandate before July 4 holiday.  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is urging the Biden administration to lift its long-standing requirement for people to wear masks on airplanes and other forms of mass transit ahead of the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend.  Airline travelers ages 2 and older currently have to wear face masks in order to fly, despite the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC's recent declaration that fully vaccinated people can travel safely.  "Biden's CDC needs to 'follow the science' and end its mask mandate for vaccinated Americans on airplanes and public transportation," Cruz tweeted Monday morning.  This followed a similar post Sunday night in which he added that "Americans should be able to travel to celebrate Independence Day without having to follow an outdated and unnecessary mandate."

Hunter Biden Invested in The Pandemic Firm Collaborating With EcoHealth And The Wuhan Lab.  Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners — an investment firm led by Hunter Biden — was a lead financial backer of Metabiota, a pandemic tracking and response firm that has partnered with Peter Daszak's EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners (RSTP) was an offshoot of Rosemont Capital, an investment fund founded by Biden and John Kerry's stepson in 2009, that counted Biden as a Managing Director.  Among the companies listed on archived versions of the firm's portfolio is Metabiota, a San Francisco-based company that purports to detect, track, and analyze emerging infectious diseases, The National Pulse can reveal.

COVID Shots and the Grave Perils of Genetic Editing.  Now that genetically modified mosquitos have been unleashed upon Florida in a "groundbreaking" experiment, it might be time to become familiar with the upcoming gene-editing world — especially since it will more than likely become part of the science and medical world, thus affecting society at every level of health care.  You may ask, what is wrong with an advancement in health care that can save and improve lives?  Well, nothing if this were a perfect and godly world.  But it isn't.  Gene editing can alter DNA in ways you need to know.  This technique is coding body-altering information into our bodies.  Therefore, we had better make sure that the people developing the therapeutics by means of gene-editing are held accountable for the products being pushed.  You may ask why the term editing is being used in this article.  Most refer to the editing of genetic code as engineering.  But this new medical technique of instructing human genes through a cut-and-paste vector is much like coding a computer program.  The human element of empathy, caring, and ethics can be easily removed in the process.

We don't have hard evidence to know if Colorado's vaccine sweepstakes worked.  Gov. Jared Polis (D) is 4-for-4.  All four of the winners of the $1 million vaccination incentive contest received their vaccines prior to the contest, which was meant to encourage unvaccinated Coloradans to get vaccinated.

Where in the World is Dong Jingwei?  Maybe I've been too engrossed in Charles McCarry's wonderful spy novels, but this week the story of the disappearance of Chinese vice-minister of State Security (the Guoanbu) Dong Jingwei strikes me as the most fascinating report of the week. [...] As the rumor goes (first reported in Spy Talk), Dong and his daughter, Dong Yang, in mid-February defected by private plane out of Hong Kong and were taken in by General Michael Flynn's old agency the Defense Intelligence Agency because they did not trust the FBI or CIA. [...] I don't think people just hop on a plane out of Hong Kong and show up at DIA headquarters.  If the rumor is true, I'd imagine contact was made in Hong Kong in advance, and that would be some amazing bit of spycraft given the extent of surveillance the CCP places on both Chinese citizens and foreign visitors.

Debunking the scaremongering over the 'delta variant' of COVID.  Lots of powerful people want you to stay scared about COVID, even as the toll in terms of death and hospitalization continues to plummet in the United States and other advanced countries.  Because viruses naturally evolve rapidly, they have a new variant, at first called "The Indian variant" because it was first spotted there.  But it has now been renamed the "delta variant," perhaps to be able to continue to maintain that calling COVID "the Chinese virus," or "the Wuhan flu," is racist.  The normal practice of naming new diseases after the place they were first identified (German measles, Hong Kong flu, Lyme disease) had to be suspended to protect China's interests (as the W.H.O. so assiduously does) and to demonize Donald Trump as a racist.  The response of the scaremongers to the delta variant has predictably been to try to scare people and use their fright as a bludgeon to continue, expand, or restore limitations on their freedoms such as lockdowns, mask wearing, and restrictions on public gatherings.

Mandatory vaccination for college students is a travesty.  Many, if not most, colleges and universities are requiring students to be vaccinated before resuming classes in the fall.  The two largest university systems in the country, California State University and the University of California, both have mandatory vaccination policies.  But we have data that show this policy inflicts more harm than good on the young age cohort that attends college. [...] This is a classic case of the cure being worse than the disease, though we are finding other examples of this, including the horrendous cost of unnecessary lockdowns and school closures.  The FDA is starting to recognize and warn against at least one of the negative side effects of some vaccines: [...] A group of students in the California State University System who have recovered from COVID and have antibodies are suing to escape the vaccination mandate that they face if they want to return to class.

Make A Wish Foundation It Will Only Grant The Dying Wishes Of Fully Vaccinated Children.  The top executive of the Make-a-Wish Foundation says that as the charity begins granting air travel and large gathering wishes again, children and traveling family members will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to receive the gift.  "We've approached this responsibility with a focus and diligence for your families health and safety," CEO Richard Davis says in a newly released video.

The Editor says...
Why would a terminally ill child — or any child — have any need for a Covid-19 vaccine?

Losing the plot on COVID.  What happens when a population of introverts, hypochondriacs, and obsessive-compulsives is continuously bombarded with messages to seclude and disinfect themselves, for fear that COVID-19 prickle-balls lurk everywhere, waiting to attack?  What happens is that emotionally damaged people start driving bad politics and bad policy.  "Fifteen days to flatten the curve."  That phrase is surely now banned by corporate media, for it reminds us how the supposedly acute health threat of March 2020 was repeatedly re-packaged to keep populations off-balance and out of business not for 15 days, but for 15 months.  Never in modern times has a health issue been so flagrantly politicized, nor wielded as a club, as the Wuhan virus has been.  Outside a few rational locales, almost every nation drank the COVID Kool-Aid, competing to see who could enforce the stupidest rules.

mRNA Technology Inventor Deviates from CDC, Sounds Alarm on Risks of COVID-19 Vaccines.  On Wednesday [6/23/2021], the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continued its push for COVID-19 vaccination among people 12 years and older, despite the findings of its own report citing more than 1,000 cases of heart inflammation, or myocarditis and pericarditis, in young adults (age 16 and up) since April 2021, following a dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, such as the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna shot.  Per the CDC:  "As of June 21, 2021, VAERS [Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System] has received 616 reports of myocarditis or pericarditis among people ages 30 and younger who received COVID-19 vaccine.  Most cases have been reported after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna), particularly in male adolescents and young adults.  Through follow-up, including medical record reviews, CDC and FDA have confirmed 393 reports of myocarditis or pericarditis.  CDC and its partners are investigating these reports to assess whether there is a relationship to COVID-19 vaccination."

You should also wear a mask if you're a Democrat, a hypochondriac, or just living in constant fear.
WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as delta Covid variant spreads.  The World Health Organization on Friday urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks, social distance and practice other Covid-19 pandemic safety measures as the highly contagious delta variant spreads rapidly across the globe.  "People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses.  They still need to protect themselves," Dr. Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, said during a news briefing from the agency's Geneva headquarters.  "Vaccine alone won't stop community transmission," Simao added.  "People need to continue to use masks consistently, be in ventilated spaces, hand hygiene ... the physical distance, avoid crowding.  This still continues to be extremely important, even if you're vaccinated when you have a community transmission ongoing."

How Zuckerberg Will Profit & You Will Keep Your Mouth Shut.  You Think Zuckerberg's Massive Investment In RNA Vaccine Development Has Anything To Do With Facebook Censorship Of Vaccine Information?  Recently, I posted on my personal Facebook page some video shot outside of a hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  The video showed protesters who were opposing the hospital's decision to require all personnel to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  A speaker in the video pointed out that the vaccines being marketed never completed the normal full scope of FDA testing and were being made available pursuant to emergency use authorizations (EAU's).  All of this is undeniably, factually true.  Nonetheless, within hours Facebook shut down the video and advised me that I had violated "community standards" by spreading "disinformation" about vaccines.  Which started me wondering.  Why did Facebook care so much about this topic?  Was it really just a matter of an overriding need to impose group think and conformity or was there something else at play?  So, I started looking.

Ivermectin:  Can a Drug Be "Right-Wing"?  [Scroll down]  Doppleganger cases soon began dotting the map all over the country.  One of the first was in nearby Rochester, New York, where the family of Glenna Dickinson went through an almost exactly similar narrative to the Smentkiewiczes: they read about ivermectin, got a family doctor to prescribe it, saw improvement, only to later have the hospital refuse treatment.  Again Lorigo intervened, again a judge ordered the hospital to treat, again the patient recovered and was discharged.  Hospitals fought hard, hiring expensive law firms, at times going to extraordinary lengths to refuse treatment even with dying patients who'd exhausted all other options.  At Edward-Elmhurst hospital in Chicago, a 68 year-old named Nurije Fype was admitted, put on a ventilator, and again, as all other treatments failed, her family got a judge to order the use of ivermectin.  Lorigo claims the hospital initially refused to obey the court order, which led to the filing of a contempt motion, which in turn led to a pair of counter-motions and another confrontation before another befuddled Judge named James Orel.  "Why wouldn't this be tried if she's not improving?" the Chicago Tribune quoted Orel as saying.  "Why does the hospital object to providing this medication?"

COVID Wins Again:  Olympics Bans Cheering, Advises Crowds to 'Feel Joy in Their Hearts' Instead.  Japan's released its COVID guidelines, and this year won't be a particularly uproarious affair.  As reported by Agence France-Presse, for one, alcohol is banned.  So for attendees hoping to booze it up, sobering disappointment awaits.  Another thing:  Due to germs, no autographs will be allowed.  And affection's taking a back seat to safety:  No hugging. [...] And everyone entering will have their temperature checked.  Masks will also be mandatory.  For those who don't pass muster, no refund will be issued.  Once inside, Seiko explained, folks will be forbidden from "making direct contact with other spectators."

The Human and Financial Cost of Ignoring Generic Therapeutics In Favor Of Novel Vaccines.  The mainstream media, global elitists, and prominent Democrat politicians have blood on their hands for the avoidable deaths of countless Americans.  It's hard to look at the effects of the disastrous policies from the past year and a half and conclude otherwise.  In their mutually beneficial efforts to oust Donald Trump from office and foist a neo-feudal system upon the American middle class, an abundance of science was ignored in favor of advancing a preferred authoritarian agenda.  How much damage was wrought will likely never be fully known or quantified, although there are ways to put some figures into perspective.  In terms of simply funding vaccine development, the U.S. government negotiated with and pre-purchased hundreds of millions of doses from several pharmaceutical giants.  Initial reporting from the fall of 2020 shows that the government paid Pfizer $20 per dose, Moderna about $15 per dose, and Johnson and Johnson $10 per dose.

Technocrats Want Us to Pray to Machines.  [Scroll down]  Looking at young people, a recently published longitudinal study conducted on 217 students at Dartmouth College found that over the past year their depression and anxiety rates have shot through the roof.  Since last fall, two Dartmouth students have committed suicide.  Two others perished from unknown causes.  Of course, none have died from Covid.  The methodology of the Dartmouth study is of particular interest.  Each student installed a StudentLife app on his or her smartphone to collect "sensing data" lifted from GPS trackers, accelerometers, and lock/unlock status.  This data was used to analyze the students' stress levels and sleep patterns, and to infer mood.  To no one's surprise, the researchers concluded the Covid crisis wreaked havoc on the kids' mental health.  You could ask any of their mothers and she'd probably tell you the same, but who needs maternal intuition when scientists have "smartphone sensing data"?

COVID: Martyrdom Meets Fascism.  [Scroll down]  Political Lefties have been waiting for this moment, too.  Workers of the world, unite... it never achieved traction in America.  It was a loser.  But this; this scientific dictatorship; why didn't anyone try it before?  It's such an obvious hole card.  We're all equal, we all carry the virus.  Beautiful.  And big money people can gobble up distressed properties and assets at bargain basement prices.  Buy a block, buy a town, buy a farm, buy a strip of buildings right through the middle of a city, buy a nation.  "I'm just trying to do my part and help the economy..."  "You know, at first I was thinking of moving out of New York.  The rampant crime, the horrific taxes.  But then I realized I could buy New York."

Biden claims 'Latinx' slow to get vaccinated due to deportation fear.  President Biden raised eyebrows Thursday [6/24/2021] in North Carolina with a bizarre statement in which he claimed that "Latinx" people are less likely to get vaccinated against the coronavirus because "they're worried that they'll be vaccinated and deported."  Biden traveled to Raleigh as part of a nationwide "month of action" campaign meant to boost vaccination rates before the July 4 holiday.  However, the president's exhortation for people to get the shot was overshadowed by his strange aside, in which he also confused the Tuskegee Airmen — the heroic African American pilots of World War II — with the victims of the infamous decades-long Tuskegee syphilis study.  "There's a reason why it's been harder to get African Americans, initially, to get vaccinated," Biden said.  "Because they're used to being experimented on — Tuskegee Airmen and others.  People have memories.  People have long memories.["]

The Editor says...
If I ever said, while referring to all blacks, that "they're used to being experimented on," I'd be called a racist.  If I ever said, "they're worried that they'll be vaccinated and deported," I'd be called an idiot; for indeed, [#1] why vaccinate people you're about to deport, and [#2] how many illegal aliens are afraid of being deported?  None!  Zero! 

Even after masks have been shown to be useless...
Israel to reinstate indoor mask mandate next week as COVID-19 cases keep rising.  Coronavirus czar Nachman Ash announced Thursday [6/24/2021] that the indoor mask mandate, obligating people to cover their mouths and noses to prevent infections, will return early next week in an effort to stem the rise in COVID-19 cases.  In a briefing with journalists Thursday evening, Ash said the outbreak had spread to Kfar Saba, Ramla, Herzliya and other cities, as Health Ministry data showed 169 had been diagnosed Thursday by 6 p.m., the highest daily tally in months.  Ash recommended avoiding flights abroad, especially for people who have not been vaccinated.

Biden's Reversal of Border COVID Rules Is an Act of Sabotage.  Since the Biden Administration assumed power in January, many Americans could be forgiven for feeling like they're being held hostage, tied up in the trunk of a car, and driven to a place they do not want to go.  Nowhere is this more evident than on the immigration problem, where Biden has reversed numerous policies that kept American safe, and it seems he has done so for no other reason than because Donald Trump is the one who put them in place. [...] While COVID-19 may be on the decline in the United States, thanks in large part to the Trump Administration's work on Operation Warp Speed, the same cannot be said for many of the poverty-stricken, underdeveloped countries from which those who most often show up at our doorstep originate.  Just as our nation is turning the corner on a deadly global pandemic, it makes absolutely no sense at this moment to ease up on health restrictions on foreign nationals seeking entry.  Only someone with Machiavellian political motives would propose such lunacy.

Miami highway sign hacked to read 'Arrest Fauci'.  A hacker in Florida reprogrammed a digital highway sign to share COVID-19 conspiracy theories and a plea to can the nation's top infectious disease expert.  A sign on State Road 836 in Miami read "Arrest Fauci," "COVID-19 was a hoax" and "vaccines kill," on Tuesday morning, according to NBC 6 South Florida.  Officials had turned off the messages by mid-morning, according to the outlet.  The prank comes as Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has served as chief medical adviser to the last seven presidents, continues to defend himself against critics who claim his messaging was inconsistent during the pandemic.

Kamala Harris racks up a big list of failures.  The Biden administration announced it would fall short of its goal of getting 70% of the population vaccinated for COVID by early July.  Score another "fail" for Biden's point woman, Kamala Harris. [...] The press is reporting that vaccine hesitancy, particularly among the young, is keeping people away, for one thing.  Not even lotteries and free stuff, as some states are offering, are making a difference, either.  Biden just figured that if he sent Kamala on the road, all would be fixed.  Well, it wasn't fixed, at least not for Joe. [...] And no, she never addressed young people's issues, which was the problem of blood clots and high incidences of heart failure which is but one reason why young people are saying 'no.'  Weighing the risk of COVID, which kills virtually no one who is young, against a life-changing heart condition or even death (with no possibility of suing), is kind of an easy decision for the vaccine-hesitant.  What's more, Kamala had expressed vaccine hesitancy herself when President Trump was in office.  If the vaccine was 'bad' then, why would it be 'good' under Joe Biden?

Why Was News of India's Success With Ivermectin Suppressed?  The April COVID surge in India is an interesting microcosm of what went wrong in this pandemic — and what went right.  As cases and deaths began to mount exponentially, a new wave of terrifying headlines and images also began to ripple across the West, accompanied by footage reminiscent of those first videos out of Wuhan and Iran in the early days of the pandemic. [...] That's how it is with this virus.  In most cases, it's like a head cold or a bad case of the flu.  But in some cases, if not properly treated, what seems like a banal infection rapidly spirals into a nightmare.  Given the infectivity of the virus, it can spread faster than we can respond to it.  And for India, this became the case at a national level.

COVID battle 'heroes' getting kicked 'to the curb'.  A nurse who formerly worked at Houston Methodist Hospital but was dismissed for refusing to take the experimental COVID vaccine has appeared on Sean Hannity's show to point out that she doesn't need the vaccination, because she's had COVID.  Hannity on Wednesday [6/23/2021] interviewed Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse who is lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the hospital.  "I had COVID last summer, I don't need that vaccine, and Methodist did not care about that, that was not an option at all," she said.  "We worked so hard last year.  I mean, we were there through thick and thin when we had no help... it was horrible.  And these people that are putting forth these rules right now for us and kicking us to the curb, they weren't there.  They weren't even in the building to be seen for months.  They were staying at home while we were doing all the work."

NIH Deleted Data on Early Wuhan COVID Cases at Request of Chinese Researchers.  The U.S. National Institutes of Health deleted gene sequences taken from early COVID-19 carriers at the request of Chinese researchers, raising concerns about Beijing's efforts to conceal information crucial to the virus origin investigation.  A Chinese scientist asked the NIH to eliminate the sequences after submitting them three months prior, the NIH told the Wall Street Journal.

Law lets government vaccinate unwilling 'by any means necessary'.  A new Florida law that prevents companies and organizations operating there from requiring "vaccine passports," that documentation that purports to prove an individual has been vaccinated for COVID-19, also has a stinger:  a provision allowing the government to force vaccinations on people.  The paragraph in the state's 2nd engrossed version of SB 2006, an "act relating to emergency management" and more, states:  "If the individual poses a danger to the public health, the State Health Officer may subject the individual to isolation or quarantine.  If there is no practical method to isolate or quarantine the individual, the State Health Officer may use any means necessary to vaccinate or treat the individual."

Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi Wear Masks to Funeral Service Despite Being Fully Vaccinated.  President Joe Biden and a number of Democrats were spotted wearing masks at a funeral service for former Sen. John Warner (R-VA) on Wednesday [6/23/2021], even though they are fully vaccinated.  The president, First Lady Jill Biden, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) were spotted wearing masks at the service, as well as Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT).  Some advocates of the vaccines criticize vaccinated people who keep wearing masks, arguing it raises doubts about their effectiveness.  The Centers for Disease Controls have advised that fully vaccinated people can resume activities as normal both inside and outside, except for separate regulations for those using public transportation and airplanes.

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Do vaccines work, or do they not?  Are they still wearing masks because they got injected with sterile water instead of an experimental vaccine?  That would be the simplest explanation.  The second-simplest explanation would be that the mask is a political symbol — like a Nazi armband — rather than a medical device.

Pursuing Truth in COVID Drug Treatment Amid a Censored Media Landscape.  The death rate from COVID-19 is dramatically low at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, TX compared to other hospitals across the nation and the world.  Despite Dr. Joseph Varon's popularity on TV, news personalities avoid questions of why he's having success treating his patients.  As it turns out, he's using drugs the WHO and CDC recommend against.

Combing Through the Science of COVID-19.  Does wearing a cloth or paper face mask protect you from a virus?  Is the PCR test a reliable method for identifying an infection?  Do lockdowns help slow the spread?  Are there any safe medicines that have successfully treated or prevented COVID-19?  Ask these questions to a random selection of people and you'll probably get very conflicting answers.  That's because there's a lot of confusion surrounding the COVID pandemic.  Health experts have always emphasized that science guides their public health orders, but many doctors, lawmakers, and scientists have challenged these rules on the lack of science that supports them.  Even the origin of the virus has been fraught with scientific controversy.  Since the dawn of the pandemic, officials insisted that SARS-CoV2, the virus said to cause COVID-19, emerged from nature, jumping from bat to human in one fell swoop.  Despite evidence suggesting that a Chinese virology lab might have been the true source, a February 2020 statement in the prestigious Lancet journal panned the man-made virus conjecture as a wild conspiracy theory.  Thereafter, the idea was routinely met with criticism, social media censorship, and worse.

Footage of Bats Kept in Wuhan Lab Fuels Scrutiny Over Its Research.  Official Chinese state-approved footage from years ago showing bats being kept at the Wuhan Institute of Virology has further fueled scrutiny of the research being conducted at the secretive facility.  A 2017 promotional video featured on the website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a top Chinese state-run research institute that administers the Wuhan lab, showed live bats held in cages inside the lab.  In it, a researcher who wears blue surgical gloves was holding a bat and feeding it with a worm.  The video, made after the research institute obtained the nation's first P4 designation — the highest bio-security classification — in spring 2017, also showed bats in a cage inside the lab.  It said that the Wuhan lab researchers had collected more than 15,000 bat samples from various parts of China and Africa.

San Francisco to 37,000 city employees:  Get vaccinated for COVID or get out.  In an announcement Wednesday evening [6/23/2021], the city of San Francisco told its 37,000 employees they must either be vaccinated against COVID-19 within 10 weeks of the Food and Drug Administration giving final approval to a coronavirus vaccine, or lose their jobs.  This would make San Francisco the first large U.S. city to require vaccination of all city employees. [...] The vaccination policy released by the city on Wednesday said "failure to comply with this policy may result in discipline up to and including termination of employment."

Daszak Admits 'Faking' $7 Billion Pandemic Grant Costs At Obama White House Meeting.  Peter Daszak — a chief architect of the disinformation campaign surrounding COVID-19's origins — admitted to "faking" figures while soliciting Obama administration funding for his Chinese Communist-linked EcoHealth Alliance group.  Daszak, who was removed from the Lancet committee due to countless conflicts of interest with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, made the comments while speaking on a June 2020 episode of the show "This Week In Virology."

Pennsylvania's vaccine passport ban clears state House.  Senate Bill 618 prevents public entities from requiring proof of vaccination akin to New York's Excelsior Pass, a mobile app that provides digital proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or negative test using a QR code that is connected to the state's vaccine registry and the databases of several testing companies.  The Department of Health said earlier this year that such a policy was never under consideration in Pennsylvania.  But that didn't stop Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-Jacobus, from proposing the legislation anyway — or the upper chamber from amending it to prevent the Secretary of Health from mandating social distancing, universal masking or stay-at-home orders ever again.

Top Doctors Speculate a Reversal on COVID Vaccine Safety Could Be Coming.  Writing in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Doctor Joseph Lapado and Yale School of Public Health Doctor Harvey Risch warn there are legitimate and serious concerns about the side effects of the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine.  They also worry vaccine politics could be preventing officials from telling Americans the truth about the risks.  "One remarkable aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic has been how often unpopular scientific ideas, from the lab-leak theory to the efficacy of masks, were initially dismissed, even ridiculed, only to resurface later in mainstream thinking.  Differences of opinion have sometimes been rooted in disagreement over the underlying science.  But the more common motivation has been political," they write.

Google funded virus research carried out by Wuhan-linked scientist Peter Daszak for over a decade, new report reveals.  Google funded research carried out by Wuhan-linked scientist Peter Daszak and his charity for more than a decade, it has been revealed.  The tech giant's charity arm, Google.org, has repeatedly provided financial backing for research and studies carried out by scandal-hit Daszak and his New York-based EcoHealth Alliance.  The financial ties, which were first reported by The National Pulse, are disclosed in various scientific studies between 2010 and 2018.  The studies are not related to COVID-19 or the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Google on Tuesday [6/22/2021] issued a statement saying: 'These are ludicrous and baseless conspiracy theories.'

Morgan Stanley to block unvaccinated staff and clients from NY offices.  Morgan Stanley will bar employees and clients who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from entering the bank's New York offices, according to an internal memo.  "Starting July 12 all employees, contingent workforce, clients and visitors will be required to attest to being fully vaccinated to access Morgan Stanley buildings in New York City and Westchester," chief human resources officer Mandell Crawley said in the memo, which was obtained by the Financial Times.  After July 12, those who don't attest to being fully vaccinated will lose building access, the memo said.  Those who are not fully vaccinated would continue to work from home.

13 Year Old Dies After Second Dose Of Pfizer Vaccine, Autopsy Shows Enlarged Heart.  A 13-year-old boy allegedly died from heart problems after getting his second dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, according to a viral Twitter post, as health officials begin to link cases of heart inflammation in kids to the jabs.  A Twitter thread went viral on Sunday after a woman claimed that her brother's 13-year-old son had died less than three days after receiving his second dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.  [Video clip]

House Republicans Launch COVID-19 Origins Inquiry — Asking To Grill Fauci.  Republicans on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis are set to announce Wednesday [6/23/2021] that they will hold an expert witness forum on the origins of COVID-19, the Daily Caller has learned.  Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer and Select Subcommittee Republican lawmakers will hold a forum with expert witnesses to examine the origins of COVID-19.  The lawmakers will hold two witness panels and one panel with members.  These Republicans have continued to call on Democrats to investigate if the virus originated from a Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) lab as Democrats have refused to launch the investigation.

It's Beginning to Look Like Enemy Action.  Dong Jingwei is a Chinese defector working with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).  He served as Vice Minister of State Security in the Chinese Ministry of Defense. [...] Dong provided copies of pathogenic studies to the DIA which show that the Chinese military was involved in the development of the COVID-19 virus.  He also provided copies of Chinese models which predicted the spread and damage that the pandemic would do to the U.S. and the rest of the world.  Given what we're learning about Dr. Fauci and his "gain of function" research, we may have paid China to develop a weapon which was used against us.  Further, the Chinese government changed the travel plans of Chinese students returning to the U.S. after the Christmas break.  Their travel plans were advanced so that they returned much earlier than originally planned — prior to the outbreak of the pandemic.  Dong reportedly claimed that they were tasked to gather information about the U.S. response to the pandemic.

In the Sway of the Narrative.  [Scroll down]  Attention given competing theories about the SARS-CoV-2 virus' origin provides a prime example.  Initially China said the U.S. was the source; even home-grown America-haters couldn't make that pig fly.  The "natural" position, that the virus came from a Wuhan wet-market, quickly followed, was heavily pushed by China, and embraced by the World Health Organization (WHO).  The "lab-leak" theory was concurrently proposed and holds that the virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  It was ignored by "mainstream" and social media.  The blogosphere covered and sustained it.  Then media influencers attacked anyone who brought it up.  Social media censored any mention of it and subsequently banned users who continued to talk about it.  "Mainstream" media figures then ridiculed it and those associated with it.  The lab-leak theory nonetheless gained public traction in early 2020, precipitating more focused suppressive efforts.

COVID-19 vaccines and the push for therapeutic nihilism.  The fundamental question about the current Covid-19 vaccinations is not whether they are safe and effective.  This, however, is the wrong question.  The more telling question is why those with power are forcing vaccines on us as the only permissible solution to SARS-COV-2.  A partial answer to this question comes from insights that Dr. Peter McCullough offered in his recent testimony before the Texas State HHS Committee — and what he says has to do with things other than medical efficacy.  McCullough, an Internist, Cardiologist, and Professor at Texas A&M Medical School, is one of the most widely cited physicians in the history of peer-reviewed medical literature.  Not only this, McCullough himself got SARS-COV-2 in the fall and used on himself the same protocol he recommends to his patients.  McCullough has defended the long-lasting and stable durability of the antibodies for SARS-COV-2.  He has also provided a critical account of our response to the pandemic, one which he coins as "therapeutic nihilism."

Indiana University students compare COVID vaccine mandate to Tuskegee experiment in lawsuit.  Indiana University is ignoring the Constitution, CDC recommendations, state and local law, and "modern medical ethics" by forcing students, faculty and staff to get a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of remaining enrolled or employed, a new lawsuit by several students claims.  It compares the mandate to the U.S. government's Tuskegee study that intentionally withheld treatment from African Americans unknowingly infected with syphilis:  Both lack "voluntary and informed consent."  The students also object to the strict mitigation measures required for those who have received medical or religious exemptions, including continued wearing of face masks and twice-weekly testing for the novel coronavirus.

Kamala Harris Tells Activists to Knock on Doors and Harass People Who Haven't Been Vaccinated.  Kamala Harris told left-wing activists to knock on doors to pressure people to get vaccinated as Biden's July 4th vaccine goal is likely to fall short.  The Biden Admin set a goal to fully vaccinate 70% of Americans by July 4th.  Americans are refusing to get the Covid vaccine for many different reasons, but the Biden Admin is pushing for 70% vaccination so they can wield power over the unvaccinated.  This has nothing to do with saving lives.  It's all about power.

Google automatically installed a COVID-19 tracking app on phones in [Utah].  On June 15, Massachusetts launched its exposure notification app, MassNotify.  Within two days, the app had 500,000 sign-ins equal to 7% of the state's population, reports The Boston Globe.  Comparatively, Alabama's exposure notification app only had 150,000 downloads from August to November, says The Boston Globe.  The reason for Massachusetts' success?  Google automatically and silently installed the app on Android phones, reports The Verge.

'Vaccine Resisters' are proving hard to convince.  Even though state leaders across the country have been offering massive incentives to drum up business ("Get a shot, win the lottery!") the CDC has been reporting a continuing drop in injections since March 31st.  The nonstop campaign to encourage those with "vaccine hesitancy" to roll up their sleeves is turning out to be a dismal failure.  Shots have declined from 4,304,851 on April 1st, to 673,280 on June 19th, an 84% drop from the peak.  There's even a website that lists hundreds of incentives and bonuses from vaccine locations and corporations pushing their employees to get the shots.

More than 150 Houston Methodist employees resign or are fired over COVID vaccine mandate.  More than 150 Houston Methodist Hospital employees resigned or have been fired as of Tuesday over a recent policy that required hospital employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Monday [6/21/2021].  All told, 153 people are no longer employees of the Houston health care chain, Methodist spokesperson Patti Muck said.  The hospital has about 25,000 employees, nearly all of whom have abided by the policy, Methodist leaders have said previously.  The firings follow a contentious few weeks in which hospital employees staged protests and filed a lawsuit against the hospital, claiming the policy, announced in April, violated their rights.  Methodist was one of the first large health care providers in the country to announce vaccine requirements.

More than 150 Texas hospital workers resigned or were fired after refusing to get vaccinated.  More than 150 Texas hospital system employees resigned or were fired for not complying with a Houston-based hospital system's employee COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  Houston Methodist, a hospital system in Texas, has fired or accepted the resignation of 153 employees who refused to take the required vaccination shot, spokeswoman Gale Smith told The Washington Post on Tuesday [6/22/2021].  The hospital system — which comprises seven community hospitals, a continuing care hospital, several emergency centers and physical therapy clinics throughout the greater Houston area — announced April 1 that staffers would need to be vaccinated to keep their jobs.

New studies:  Plexiglass does nothing; masks carry diseases; lockdowns destroyed 40% of all small businesses.  Three new studies have once again confirmed what common sense and a hundred-plus years of medical research has consistently shown, that the measures mandated by foolish governments and health officials last year to supposedly "stop" or "slow" the spread of COVID-19 did nothing of the sort, and instead likely accomplished the exact opposite.  The studies specifically looked at three of the most popular and imposing actions mandated by either governments or corporations, the installation of plexiglass everywhere, the mandating of mask use, and the draconian lockdowns that shut down whole states for almost a year.  In all three cases, the studies found them worse than useless.  First, the plexiglass barriers:  Not only has there never been any research documenting the usefulness of the plexiglass barriers that restaurants, convenience stores, and almost all businesses have installed to isolate their workers and customers from each other and thus supposedly prevent the spread of COVID-19, a new study from Boston found that the plexiglass barriers likely increased the risk of infection, because it hampered the flow of air circulation.

Revelations of Who Benefited the Most From COVID Should Change the Republican Paradigm.  With the COVID pandemic waning across the country, the time for reflection on what exactly happened and how it was handled is upon us.  On that front, lockdowns and government overreach are at or near the top of the list of recriminations to be made.  Policies pushed on a vulnerable, fearful public as necessary because "science" arbitrarily destroyed jobs and small businesses across the country, and many of them won't be coming back.  So who benefited the most?  You'll be less than shocked to learn it's the people who always benefit when big government gets involved — billionaires and big business.

Singapore Becomes Latest Country to Cast Doubt on China's COVID-19 Vaccines.  Singaporean health officials have publicly expressed concerns about significant risk reported with vaccines from China following hundreds of Indonesian health workers testing positive for COVID-19 last week despite being fully vaccinated with the Sinovac vaccine.  Singapore is the latest country to cast doubt on the vaccine.  Dozens of the more than 350 doctors and health workers in Indonesia infected with COVID-19 despite having received the Sinovac vaccine have been hospitalized, it was reported last week, causing further doubt over the vaccine's efficacy, especially against more infectious variants of the virus.  Indonesia has bought and administered China's vaccine to a large number of its citizens.  Singapore's Ministry of Health's (MOH) director of medical services Kenneth Mak said at a virtual press conference on June 15 in response to the news from Indonesia that it was evidence of significant risk of "vaccine breakthrough" regarding the Sinovac vaccine "CoronaVac."

Sweden's no lockdown covid response is often called an "experiment." This is utterly false, and it's easy to prove.  In this thread I'll go through pre-2020 pandemic plans from the WHO, CDC, Johns Hopkins, UK, and Australia.  NONE recommended 2020-style lockdowns.  Let's start with the WHO pandemic plan from October 2019.  Quarantine, border closure, and contract tracing are explicitly NOT recommended.  They also reviewed the world's 10 best mask studies.  All concluded masks don't work.  Here's the CDC's 2017 pandemic plan[:]  ZERO mention of restaurant closures, let alone business closures.  Stay-at-home orders?  Nope.  Only VOLUNTARY home isolation of the sick and exposed.  Masks?  Only by sick people in crowded situations.

World Health Organization Now Says Children Should Not Be Vaccinated, Also Reports of J&J Vaccine Recalled.  CTH has received anecdotal and unconfirmed reports the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine has been pulled from the market.  Three independent reports, from 3 different retail pharmacies, have highlighted instructions to send back the J&J vaccine.  If we find out more about this we will let you know ASAP.  Per earlier reporting from media, there was supposed to be an emergency FDA/CDC/NIH meeting this Friday about substantial reports of vaccine side-effects.  Perhaps the J&J recall (not yet publicized) is related; unknown.  In the interim, The World Health Organization (WHO) is now recommending that children SHOULD NOT get the vaccine: [...] That's a pretty profound change in direction from the WHO with little publicity about it.  Something seemingly sketchy appears to be going on in the background.  How can colleges and schools require a COVID vaccine when the WHO is now recommending against it?

Peter Daszak is removed from UN commission investigating COVID after he was exposed for secretly organizing letter denouncing leak claim in The Lancet.  British scientist Peter Daszak has been removed from the COVID commission looking at the origins of the pandemic after helping secretly denounce the lab leak theory while failing to mention his close ties to the same facility.  The scandal-hit scientist's departure from the UN-backed Lancet commission into the virus's origins was revealed on its website.  It added a sentence in brackets under his photo and above his biography, saying 'recused from Commission work on the origins of the pandemic.'

China's Covid Coup.  It is time for Americans to contemplate the possibility that the United States may be surpassed as the world's most influential country.  The Chinese have just won the greatest strategic victory in the last 30 years since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. [...] This push toward Chinese economic preeminence was something widely predicted prior to the Trump era but clearly was not happening in the first three years of the Trump presidency, as unemployment nearly vanished in the United States, illegal immigration was almost completely stopped, and American economic growth soared, generated by an increasing workforce and sharp gains among the lowest 20 percent of income earners.  Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic almost 16 months ago, however, the United States and the West generally have suffered a severe economic slowdown, vast increases in the money supply, and an epochal spike in unemployment.

Fasten Your Seatbelts:  Here Come the COVID-19 Vaccine Lawsuits.  I know the term is getting overly used of late, but it doesn't make it any less true:  this is Orwellian.  I have talked about the Westworld feel of this COVID vaccine drive.  Despite all the smiles, prizes, and cheerleading, there is a malevolent strain ribboned through it.  That malevolent strain quickly becomes a full-blown infection when anyone expresses ambivalence toward getting the vaccine or comes right out and says they will not receive it.  There are millions of people who had COVID-19 and are fully recovered.  These people have natural antibodies that are better protection against contracting COVID-19 a second time than these vaccines.  These millions have no need for a vaccine, and studies are being done that show that it may even be dangerous for them to receive it.  But from workplaces to academia, we are experiencing the encroachment of government or governmental systems which mandate that students, employees, administration must get the vaccine, or lose their employment, their benefits, and their privileges.

If COVID-19 Was Made In China, Why Do Biden And Democrats Refuse To Do Something About It?  China's recent behavior has made it clear:  It sees the U.S. not as a friend or as a mere competitor, but as an enemy.  Recent revelations about China's likely involvement in creating, spreading, then covering up the novel coronavirus, underscore the threat.  After more than 600,000 deaths from the Wuhan bug, it's time the U.S. responded.  A high-level Chinese defector is reportedly spilling the beans on China's involvement in COVID-19 to the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency.  Not only did Beijing probably create the pandemic, but it looks increasingly likely that it released the virus on purpose.  The "infected-bat-meat-in-the-wet-market" thesis doesn't hold up.

25% of young adults most likely won't get COVID-19 vaccine, CDC survey shows.  One in four adults age 18 to 39 in the United States "probably or definitely" will refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to survey data released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Roughly the same percentage said they were "unsure" or "probably would" receive the vaccine, the data showed.

Lab Lies:  A Conflict of Interest for Dr. Daszak.  Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much debate about the origins, treatment and rushed vaccines.  Many doctors have been interviewed and consulted, with varying opinions about the virus, research, and the best medicines on the market to help those afflicted with the virus.  One such doctor is Peter Daszak, a zoologist and president of the Eco-Health Alliance, a group based in New York City.  His bio on the site says that his company is a US-based organization that conducts research and outreach programs on global health, conservation and international development.  Unfortunately, when he participated in a statement for the medical journal, The Lancet, with other medical professionals, he was not 100% forthcoming.  There may have been some factors that swayed his professional opinions on the COVID-19 virus and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

EcoHealth Alliance head Daszak leaves UN-backed COVID origins probe.  The head of a New York City-based nonprofit that directed hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grant money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology is no longer part of a UN-backed commission examining the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.  EcoHealth Alliance president Peter Daszak's profile on the website of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission has been updated to include the parenthetical quote "recused from Commission work on the origins of the pandemic."  The Daily Mail first reported on Daszak's recusal Monday [6/21/2021].  Earlier this month, Vanity Fair reported that Dazsak helped organize a statement signed by 27 leading scientists that appeared in The Lancet — a prestigious British medical journal — in February 2020.  The statement condemned what it called "conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin" and proclaimed "solidarity with all scientists and health professionals in China."

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What is the true number of vaccine-related deaths?  Based on official data from Open VAERS and the CDC, 5,993 Americans have died out of 146,171,792 Americans who are fully vaccinated as of June 11.  This corresponds to a ratio of about four deaths out of 100,000 who are fully vaccinated.  When VAERS death rates are compared with COVID-19 vaccination rates from December to June, an odd pattern emerges:  Vaccine-related deaths decline just as vaccination rates reach their peak in April (Graph 1).  This implies that the VAERS death rate started at 18 per 100,000 on the 1st of February, then dropped to around 3.1 per 100,000 on the 1st of June.  If this remarkable trend really took place, why didn't it make headlines?


Fake Science:  COVID and Global Warming.  The scientists guiding our COVID response have been exposed as driven by politics, not science.  Dr. Fauci says that attacks on him are attacks on science.  We are supposed to believe that persons that cloak themselves with science are infallible and honest.  Really?  If one of their fellow scientists departs from orthodoxy, scientists sign petitions denouncing him.  That happened to Dr. Harvey Risch of Yale because he dared to suggest that hydroxychloroquine might be useful for treating COVID.  Given the COVID example, it is now not so incredible to think that the scientists promoting global warming have ulterior motives.

Dr. Fauci [is] Now Defending Himself in Third Person.  Seems that the best defense when you're up against it from flip-flopping, moving the goalposts and flat out lying — but have the media in your corner — is to start speaking about yourself in the Third Person.  That's the latest escape hatch for slippery-as-an-eel Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The left is pursuing an agenda that benefits just a few of them.  Climate change, COVID, violence in our cities, homelessness, borders and immigration, education, race; all of it is a means to an end. [...] We now know — despite suppression of that knowledge and the cancelation of scientist's testimony — that COVID is a treatable condition for otherwise healthy people.  Early treatment with cheap, off-patent drugs could have, would have, eliminated a lot of the 600,000 deaths we've had in America.  Early management (e.g., not putting sick people in nursing homes) would have eliminated more.  Shutting down society, cowering indoors, and masking ourselves and our children are futile and harmful efforts.  Why are the people forcing these things still in power?  Why are they pushing the vaccine on everyone, as unproven as it is?  Why is there now a group of "vaccine billionaires?" We've recently seen the results of lab analysis of masks children wore.  In an open society, where news flows freely, this information would have moved like wildfire through the country, and our absurd mask mandates would be dropped like the hot potato they are, lest they further sicken our youth.

New Study Links Ivermectin to 'Large Reductions' In COVID-19 Deaths.  A recent pre-print review based on peer-reviewed studies has found that using antiparasitic drug ivermectin could lead to "large reductions" in COVID-19 deaths and its use could have a "significant impact" on the pandemic globally.  For the study, published on June 17 in the American Journal of Therapeutics, a group of scientists reviewed the clinical trial use of ivermectin, which has antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties, in 24 randomized controlled trials involving just over 3,400 participants.  The researchers sought to assess the efficacy of ivermectin in reducing infection or mortality in people with COVID-19 or at high risk of getting it.  Using multiple methods of sequential analysis, the researchers concluded with a moderate level of confidence that the drug reduced the risk of death in COVID-19 patients by an average of 62 percent, at a 95 percent confidence interval of 0.19-0.79, in a sample of 2438 patients.  Among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, the risk of death was found to be 2.3 percent among those treated with the drug, compared to 7.8 percent for those who were not, according to the review.

Following the Scientists Who Were Destroying America Just to Spite Trump.  For the past year and a half of COVID, we have been told by those supposedly in the know, to "follow the science."  Those who question the science are at best called names, like "deniers" or "racists", and at worst, lose their jobs and reputations, and are banned from social media. [...] The origin of the Chinese coronavirus has been a touchy topic.  Dr Fauci and the medical smart set assured us that it came from a wet market and an animal host, despite no such host ever being identified.  Ignored was the fact that the city of origin, Wuhan, was home to a biolab that specifically studied coronaviruses.  Also ignored was that Dr Fauci and his agency were funding, either directly or indirectly, gain of function research into coronaviruses, essentially making them more contagious and/or deadly.  Lastly, Dr. Fauci participated in a 'secret meeting' with scientists about COVID-19 origins in Feb. 2020, before the pandemic really began, where lab origin was already considered probable.

A Canticle for Fauci.  [Scroll down]  The harm from the pandemic and the government's response to it is incalculable.  Hundreds of thousands dead, hundreds of thousands of businesses shut down, chronic loneliness and depression and adiposity rampant; spikes in child, spousal, and substance abuse; millions of once self-reliant citizens now dependent on the state.  The lasting harm appears to have been dealt to civil society, especially religious institutions.  The Christian faith that distinguished itself from cowering paganism during the plagues of antiquity shuttered its doors last year, a non-essential institution by all but its own admission; meanwhile, the sacrificial blood continued to flow at the altars of essential temples like Planned Parenthood.  It may not be the post-apocalyptic savagery of Canticle, but it is unpleasant enough.  At the center of this catastrophe was the ever self-possessed, putative man of science, Anthony Fauci.

COVID Vaccine Advocate Post[s] Proof Of Her 13-Year-Old Nephew Vaccination Who Died Three Days Later From Heart Failure.  More than 300 cases of heart inflammation after Covid-19 vaccinations have been reported in young people, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday [6/17/2021].  "The case are rare," she said.  "Over 20 million adolescents and young adults [have been] vaccinated in the United States."  The teenaged boys all looked like they were having heart attacks.  They complained of chest pain and general discomfort, and tests looked at first as if they were suffering an acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack.  But they weren't.  Instead, the seven youths ages 14 to 19 were suffering from a very rare type of heart inflammation.  It's one that public health officials are beginning to link to Covid-19 vaccines.  But what the mainstream media failed to report is that one 13-year-old kid even died three days after receiving the vaccine.

Chinese Academy of Science Nominates Wuhan Virology Lab For Prestigious 2021 Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize.  We now know that U.S. government officials and the intelligence community have been less than honest, and in some cases downright lying, surrounding the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.  When when we overlay the political motives in the background of mass narrative deflection about the origin of the virus from media and other institutions; and when we consider the known lengths that people inside the U.S. government were willing to go in their efforts to eliminate President Trump; discovering that President Obama's administration technically authorized the restart of "gain of function" research (biological weaponization of SARS virus) just days before President Trump took office, is way more than alarming.

Atlanta's mayor blames 'Covid crime wave' on Republicans reopening state, not Dem's anti-cop policies.  Atlanta's Democrat Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is apparently trying deflect responsibility for the surging lawlessness in the city by laying some of the blame at the the doorstop of the state's GOP governor, Brian Kemp, for what she described as a "COVID crime wave."  The mayor seems to be assailing guns (and gun laws) rather than the wrongdoers who use them for rising criminal activity that she insists is occurring across the country and not just in her backyard.  When MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle pointed out that homicides are up 50 percent from before COVID, Bottoms pivoted to the pandemic and its aftermath, inasmuch as Kemp began easing various restrictions in late March, when Ruhle asked the mayor directly what she was doing about crime.

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Perhaps Covid-19 also caused last summer's rioting, wildfires in California, and the failure of my anti-lock brakes.  The virus is not only used as an excuse for massive spending, the destruction of First Amendment rights, and outright tyranny, but now it's being blamed for all sorts of unrelated municipal problems.  This has been done before:  global warming causes everything!  And if anything bad happens in a Democrat-controlled city that Covid didn't cause, and global warming didn't cause, it must have been racism — or Donald Trump.

McCarthy demands COVID intel be declassified, Americans be allowed to sue China.  House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy demanded Sunday that the House Intelligence Committee's probe into COVID-19's origins be declassified and that China's sovereign immunity be suspended so Americans can have transparency and sue Beijing for reparations for the pandemic's toll.  "We should lift the sovereign immunity so the 600,000 individuals who died, their families could actually have justice and sue China," McCarthy told the Fox News show Sunday Night America. [...] McCarthy also criticized President Biden for sending $40 million in fresh monies to WHO with "no strings attached.["]  "We cannot get to the origin of this by listening to China or the World Health Organization," he said.  "We should declassify the information and find first and foremost where it came from and let the entire world know."

Fauci Takes His God-Complex to the Next Level and Points to Something Bigger.  I regret to inform you that Dr. Anthony Fauci is at it again.  The self-proclaimed god of science, by which any attack on him is literally an attack on the very institution itself, took his narcissism to another level on a recent podcast.  Talking to Kara Swisher, Fauci proclaimed that his critics are all bad-faith partisans unfairly attacking him.  But in a weird twist, he did so while talking about himself in the third person.

Former Trump Official Slices Fauci Apart Over Hydroxychloroquine Fiasco.  Donald Trump scored a major win over the liberal media. [...] Hydroxychloroquine has finally been proven as an effective treatment for COVID.  Russian collusion was a hoax.  The Russian bounty story in Afghanistan was another whopper.  Lafayette Square was not cleared for a photo op.  And Hunter Biden's laptop is real.  The hydroxychloroquine one is significant since it was weaponized heavily against the Trump administration.  The president was trying to save lives and all the media did was attack him.  It's why they're the opposition press.  And Dr. Anthony Fauci's refusal to endorse the treatment caused thousands of unnecessary deaths.  That's the allegation that Peter Navarro, Trump's director for now-defunct Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, said he had around 60 million tablets of this stuff that could have been used to treat some 5-6 million patients.  Fauci refused to budge.

Getting a little Orwellian:  California's COVID vaccine record system.  Whether you knew it or not, if you got your COVID vaccine in California, your medical record of it went to the state of California, which keeps a database on it. [...] Actually, it shows a lot more than just whether you were vaccinated.  It contains your name, telephone number, email, date of birth, all collected information that is highly attractive to hackers.  Here's a recent instance of "nothing to see here, move along" data breach from the vaccine records of CVS, a vaccine distributor, last month, definitely done for California's database, and reported as far as I can see, only by HealthcareIT News, a trade publication: [...] It may have been metadata, but it contained a lot of emails at the very least.  Since I got my vaccine at CVS, it could also have my medical insurance information, since CVS collected it, even though the vaccine was supposed to be "free."

The Pandemic Is Over; Shots are Worthless.  As I pointed out when this began the natural evolutionary pressure on a virus causes more-easily transmitted and less-virulent strains to "win."  The reason for this is not that a virus has intelligence, but simply mathematics:  Each person can get infected once, after which they have immunity.  Even if that immunity is not perfect it prevents nearly all serious harm on re-infection; ergo, whatever strain gets you first is the only one you have to worry about.  A more-transmissible mutation makes it more-likely for you to get that mutation first.

British Airways Confirms 4 Vaxxed Pilots Dead — Claims No Link To Experimental Injections — Anyone Buying It?  It's amazing to watch the propaganda.  If someone died last year, no matter what the actual cause was, it was COVID.  Since the experimental injections have been unleashed upon the public, when people die shortly after taking them, the propagandists immediately claim the injection had nothing to do with their death.  How do they know and is anyone actually buying their claims?  This leads to a confirmation by British Airways that four of their injected guinea pigs, I mean pilots, died, but they claims, with absolutely no evidence, that the injections are not to blame.

The Whole "Pandemic" Is a Lie.  The World Health Organization has recently confirmed that the Covid-19 PCR test is a flawed procedure.  This means that all the estimates of "Positive Cases", which you have been hearing about incessantly for more than a year, are totally meaningless.  This, in turn, means that the worldwide lockdown has no scientific basis.  This also means that social distancing and mask wearing likewise have no scientific basis.

Judge Charges 3 U.S. Marshals After Deputy Marshal Refused To Say If She Was Vaccinated.  A federal judge in South Dakota brought criminal charges of contempt of court and conspiracy to obstruct justice against three U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) officials on Monday in connection with a deputy marshal's refusal to reveal her vaccination status to his court.  In March, U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann tried to require all courthouse employees to be vaccinated, the Associated Press reported.  But U.S. Marshal Daniel Mosteller, who heads up the agency in South Dakota, told Kornmann that wouldn't work because USMS was not requiring its marshals to be vaccinated.

NFL Player Says He Would Rather Retire Than Take COVID-19 Vaccine.  Buffalo Bills player Cole Beasley made clear his pro-freedom position to the NFL and NFLPA in regards to their new vaccine protocol, and said he would rather give up playing than get the COVID-19 shots.  "I will be outside doing what I do.  I'll be out in public.  If you're scared of me then steer clear, or get vaccinated," the NFL player wrote on Twitter, "I may die of covid, but I'd rather die actually living."  The 32-year-old wide receiver's message comes as the league, which has been steadily losing viewership for the 9th consecutive year, has updated their vaccine protocols, which don't say that vaccination is mandatory but order unvaccinated members to be tested daily for COVID-19, wear masks while in team facilities, and not talk to anyone outside of their traveling team while on the road.

Biden Admin Says [There Are] No Immediate Plans to Confront China Over COVID-19 Origins.  The Biden administration will not take immediate action on China to pressure the communist regime to allow an independent probe into whether COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan lab, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday [6/20/2021].  During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," Sullivan said no pressure will be applied on Beijing immediately on the issue, explaining that President Joe Biden's administration is operating on "two tracks" in terms of attempting to determine the origins of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  That includes an assessment by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) ordered by the president with a 90-day deadline, and an international investigation led by the World Health Organization (WHO), Sullivan told host host Dana Bash.

Harvard Scientist Says Trump Hatred Influenced Experts Who Denied Wuhan Lab Leak Theory.  A Canadian scientist and Harvard postdoctoral associate said she and her colleagues withheld support for the Wuhan lab leak hypothesis out of fear that they'd be associated with President Trump.  Alina Chan is one of 18 experts who signed a letter in May calling for a deeper investigation into the origins of the coronavirus.  Before the letter, experts were wary of aligning too closely to Trump.  "At the time, it was scarier to be associated with Trump and to become a tool for racists, so people didn't want to publicly call for an investigation into lab origins," she told NBC News, via The Hill.

Mysterious Origins of COVID-19 Raise Alarming Possibilities.  For over a year, the American establishment and media have ostracized anyone who dared to connect the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Then, suddenly and without apologies for their past demagoguery, "journalists" and "experts" conceded that the Wuhan lab may well have been the most likely genesis.  Why the abrupt change?  For one thing, Donald Trump is no longer president.  There is now no need for progressives to declare everything that Trump once asserted as truth to be a lie.  That includes Trump's insistence that the Wuhan lab, not a wet market full of sliced-up bats, was the source of the outbreak.  The recent release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's emails, along with new information about the gain-of-function research by Dr. Peter Daszak, a zoologist and president of the EcoHealth Alliance, make it clear that U.S. taxpayer dollars were being funneled to the Chinese for coronavirus research in Wuhan.  So now what?

Why Has "Ivermectin" Become a Dirty Word?  On December 8, 2020, when most of America was consumed with what The Guardian called Donald Trump's "desperate, mendacious, frenzied and sometimes farcical" attempt to remain president, the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the "Medical Response to Covid-19."  One of the witnesses, a pulmonologist named Dr. Pierre Kory, insisted he had great news.  "We have a solution to this crisis," he said unequivocally.  "There is a drug that is proving to have a miraculous impact."  Kory was referring to an FDA-approved medicine called ivermectin.  A genuine wonder drug in other realms, ivermectin has all but eliminated parasitic diseases like river blindness and elephantiasis, helping discoverer Satoshi Ōmura win the Nobel Prize in 2015.  As far as its uses in the pandemic went, however, research was still scant.  Could it really be a magic Covid-19 bullet?  Kory had been trying to make such a case, but complained to the Senate that public efforts had been stifled, because "every time we mention ivermectin, we get put in Facebook jail."

The Bureaucrat is the smartest person in the room.  [Scroll down]  By definition, a bureaucrat is infallible.  This corollary of the Law became Fauci's first hit parade.  Early on he trotted out a theory that the AIDS virus could be airborne, causing a pandemic.  UPI trumpeted his unsubstantiated speculation, as did the New York Times.  Neonatal AIDS led to a huge scare and, again, Fauci was a hero.  His amazing intellect would guide us.  The fact that he hadn't read the paper with his name on it in the Journal of the American Medical Association was lost.  HIV was actually transmitted by blood across the placenta, not in the air or by casual contact.  Two months later, Fauci reversed course, although never admitting his error.  After all, as the smartest man in the room, he could not make possibly be mistaken!  When you tracked down his public statements, most of them were couched in "fuzzy" language, making it hard to pin down what he had actually said.  But he sounded so authoritative saying it.  Ebola gave him a second chance at the brass ring.  Remdesivir, his pet project, looked promising, but ultimately failed to halt the disease.  Excellent supportive care allowed a handful of victims to recover, while the deadly course of the disease in Africa killed its victims too quickly to allow it to spread.  Then came COVID-19.  But this story is a bit more complicated.

California, liberal COVID sink-hole.  It's day three of "open" California.  For me, "open" would mean I had the freedom to leave the face rag behind, go about my business unimpeded, and resume normal life.  But wait!  Newsom didn't actually mean it, and the populace appears not to want freedom anyway.  Here in the Bay Area, people are exhibiting irrational, uninformed behavior patterns.  Our citizens have entered a group psychosis of leftist lemming behavior.  The Constitution, rights, and normal life are forgotten.  Instead, they still hide behind masks and glare at anyone naked-faced.  Obviously, when it comes to COVID, real science has no place at the table.

US Senate: 'Establishment Covid-19 narrative is a lie'.  Over the weekend, members of the United States Senate, spearheaded by Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, joined to speak out against the false Covid-19 narrative.  Not surprisingly, mainstream media did not report on this incredibly significant event.  A video of the Senators' announcement to officially investigate the Wuhan lab leak and, more specifically, the cover up thereof — what has aptly been referred to as 'Batgate' — was posted on Rumble.  Rumble, a Canadian online video platform, has been growing in popularity due to the staggering censorship being carried out by its rival YouTube.

Top Virologists Admit Lying to American Public for Months on Likely Wuhan Lab Leak Theory.  Alina Chan is a biologist at the Silver lab at the Harvard School of Medicine.  Chan is one of 18 scientists who finally admitted in the journal of Science last month that the Wuhan coronvirus likely originated in a Wuhan, China virology lab.  Chan says liberal scientists lied to the American public for months about their beliefs on the origination of the virus.  They did this because they didn't want to be associated with President Trump — who was right about the virus all along.  These people are disgusting!

Lab Origins of the Biden Alliance.  Take careful note of the way the Biden Alliance frantically scrambles to re-write history and backfill the gaping holes they've left in the public's understanding of COVID-19's obscure origins. [...] The newly discovered zeal to get to the bottom of the Wuhan lab mystery, now involving our intelligence resources by Biden's order, may prove to be yet another diversionary exercise; shifting attention to an aspect of this crime against humanity that is no longer quite so pressing or revealing.  Information regarding the precise origins of the virus, and the possible laboratory work done to modify and enhance its transmissibility and/or lethality, would have been of far greater value in the confusing opening months of 2020, when the efforts to combat the virus were just getting started.

Chinese Defector's Identity Confirmed, Was Top Counterintelligence Official.  We now know the name of the Chinese defector who has been working with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for a few months and what his position within the Chinese military and government was, among other details. [...] Not only does [the defector] have detailed information about China's special weapons systems, the Chinese military's operation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of SARS-CoV-2, and the Chinese government's assets and sources within the United States; Dong has extremely embarrassing and damaging information about our intelligence community and government officials in the "terabytes of data" he's provided to the DIA.

Dr. McCullough:  COVID Vaccines Have Already Killed Up to 50,000 Americans, According to Whistleblowers.  In an extraordinary interview last week, Dr. Peter McCullough, an American professor of Medicine and Vice Chief of Internal Medicine at Baylor University, declared that the world has been subjected to a form of bioterrorism, and that the suppression of early treatments for COVID-19 — such as hydroxychloroquine — "was tightly linked to the development of a vaccine."  Dr. McCullough made the explosive comments during a webinar on June 11, with Dr. Reiner Fuellmich, a German trial lawyer, who believes the pandemic was planned, and is "a crime against humanity."  McCullough said he believes the bioterrorism has come in two stages — the first wave being the rollout of the coronavirus, and the second, the rollout of the dangerous vaccines, which he said may already be responsible for the deaths of up to 50,000 Americans.

The Death of Rational Science.  [Scroll down]  Now it seems as if evil actors have taken advantage of these human tendencies toward groupthink, compliance, and conformity, to manipulate us into giving up our freedoms of speech, assembly, and commerce in order to survive a "pandemic."  We have followed "experts" who claimed they knew what was happening, and told us what we needed to do to survive.  But even when these experts are exposed as self-serving liars, they are still revered by their tribe members.  People continue to wear masks, even when told repeatedly that they do no good, and in fact, can be very harmful.  Our children have been kept out of school, even though almost none of them have caught the virus or suffered any harm if they did.  We are pressured take the vaccine in order to protect ourselves and our families, and to be able to hug our grandmothers, regardless of our risk from COVID.  It's interesting to note that the same people who revere the earth and despise genetically modified animals, are willing to become genetically modified humans through an unproven vaccine.  It now appears that there are currently more deaths from the vaccine than from COVID. Even more disturbing are stories of women who never took the vaccine experiencing horrific reproductive side effects, including heavy vaginal bleeding and miscarriages, simply from being in close contact with people who have been vaccinated.

The damage done by probability blindness.  The coronavirus has generated more blind fear than perhaps any other event in recorded history.  That fear is blind because it ignores easily calculated probabilities.  The reported coronavirus deaths in the U.S. now stand at six hundred thousand.  The population of the U.S. is approximately 330 million.  When you divide deaths by the population, the number is less than two tenths of one percent.  As catastrophes go, that is a relatively small number.  There is a wide disparity of coronavirus deaths among age groups.  That fact has been deliberately ignored by the authorities and the media.  Eighty percent of all deaths have occurred in the over 65 population even though that age group constitutes only 16 percent of the total population.  The number of deaths in that group is 464 thousand.  The total population of Americans 65 and older is 51 million.  Dividing the deaths by that population gives you a probability of 0.0089, or nine tenths of one percent.

15 States Are Moving To Curb Public Health Agency Powers Following Lockdown Carnage.  In May, the Network for Public Health Law published a report showing that in recent months no fewer than 15 state legislatures have passed or are considering passing measures that would restrict the legal authority of public health departments.  Among the provisions passed or considered are the following:
  •   Prohibitions on requiring citizens to wear masks;
  •   Prohibiting health agencies from closing businesses or schools;
  •   Banning the use of quarantines for people who have not been shown to be sick;
  •   Preventing state hospitals and universities from requiring vaccinations for employees and students;
  •   Preventing local governments from exercising emergency powers that are inconsistent with state health department guidelines;
Earlier this year, for example, North Dakota passed legislation making it unlawful for state officials to force citizens to wear masks — just one of a growing number of states to place restrictions on mask orders.  In March, Kansas's legislature passed legislation that removes the governor's ability to shut down businesses during a public health emergency.  Meanwhile, more than 40 states passed legislation that made it unlawful for health departments to mandate COVID-19 vaccination.

Unthinkable Thoughts.  [Scroll down]  The confluence of these two themes suggests the dark logic that I take for my topic today:  Those who knew in advance, not only that there would be a pandemic but that it would be a Coronavirus, were actually responsible for engineering this pandemic.  Immediately, I think:  How could people capable of such sociopathic enormities be occupying the most powerful circles of the world's elite?  And what would be their motivation?  I don't have answers to these questions, and I will leave speculation to others.  But there's one attractive answer that I find less compelling: that it's a money-maker for the large and criminal pharmaceutical industry.  The new mRNA vaccines are already the most profitable drugs in history, but I think that shutdown of world economies, assassinations of world leaders, deep corruption of science, and full-spectrum control of the mainstream narrative imply a larger power base than can plausibly be commanded by the pharma industry.  Instead, I'll try to follow the scientific and medical implications of the hypothesis that COVID is a bioweapon.

The mask charade has become deranged superstition.  Throughout this pandemic I'd like to think I was flexible, compliant, and cooperative with the authorities even when I failed to see wisdom in some of their decisions.  Did I think locking people in their homes and arresting all economic activity within the industrialized world was an effective way of dealing with a novel virus?  No, not at all. [...] Did I think it made any sense to require people to wear masks as they walk 10 feet to their restaurant table, only to take them off and proceed to laugh, eat, cough, and sneeze for the next 40 minutes, before putting it back on to walk 10 feet back to the door?  No, not at all.  But those 10 feet at Applebees have been the most sanitary 10 feet of my life over the course of the last year.  I've complied and I'd like to think I've limited my complaining.  But we all have our limits.

Physician: 'Fanaticism' — Not Science — Governs CDC's Aggressive Push to Vaccinate Even Those With Natural Immunity.  Although accurate numbers are difficult to come by, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conservatively estimates more than a third of Americans (at least 114.6 million) have been infected with SARS-CoV-2.  There is ample reason to believe that in most of these individuals, SARS-CoV-2 infection "induces long-term immunity."  For example, a December 2020 study by Singapore researchers found neutralizing antibodies (one prong of the immune response) remained present in high concentrations for 17 years or more in individuals who recovered from the original SARS-CoV.  More recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published evidence of durable immune responses to natural infection with SARS-CoV-2.

Indian Bar Assoc. moves against WHO scientist: 'Deliberately suppressed' ivermectin data.  Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization, has been served legal notice of a suit against her by the Indian Bar Association for spreading false information about the drug ivermectin.  Swaminathan is the author of more than 350 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.  A Foreign Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, she is also a Fellow of all three of India's science academies.  Within the WHO, the role of the science division, which she heads, is to ensure the organization "stays ahead of the curve and leverages advances in science and technology for public health and clinical care, as well as ensuring that the norms, standards and guidelines produced by WHO are scientifically excellent, relevant and timely."  The Indian Bar Association (IBA) alleges that Dr. Swaminathan was "spreading disinformation and misguiding the people of India, in order to fulfill her agenda," advancing her own interests, and it is seeking to prevent her from "causing further damage."

Australia Stops Recommending AstraZeneca to Under 60s.  The Australian government on Thursday changed its CCP virus immunisation advice to recommend that AstraZeneca only be recommended for people aged 60 and over.  This comes after experts found new evidence to suggest that there is a much higher risk of a rare but serious blood clot condition known as thrombosis and thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) in the 50-59 age group.  As a result, only the Pfizer vaccination is to be recommended for those aged 59 and under.  The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) continues to recommend that AstraZeneca be used for people aged 60 and over based on the higher risk of illness and death from COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  There is also a lower risk of the TTS condition in that age group.

Protests Amass Outside Foo Fighters Concerts Which Only Allow Vaccinated Fans To Attend.  A Foo Fighters concert for vaccinated fans only in California drew protesters Tuesday night, including former "NYPD Blue" star Ricky Schroder.  Dozens of demonstrators protesting against COVID-19 vaccine "segregation" gathered outside the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills ahead of the band's first full capacity concert since the start of the pandemic.  [Video clip]

Did Fauci Commit Perjury?  Did Anthony Fauci commit perjury when asked about gain of function research?  The egotistical bureaucrat stated repeatedly that the $600,000 in taxpayer money that was directed to the Wuhan Institute of Virology was not geared towards gain of function research that makes viruses more lethal and transmissible to find ways to kill them before things get out of hand.  EcoHealth Alliance formed the third part of this research triangle.  In fact, its president thanks Fauci in newly obtained emails when he dispelled the lab leak theory that is increasingly looking like fact.  Those emails show that Fauci knew that COVID-19 might have some aspects within its make-up that looks engineered.  He didn't disclose this.  When pressed about the grants, he finally admitted that he couldn't guarantee that the Chinese lied about where the money was going.  I mean if you can't trust an authoritarian government with an appalling human rights record, who can you trust?  Fox News' Gregg Jarrett makes the case that Fauci should be charged with perjury since it looks like he knew full well about the gain of function shenanigans that were going on in Wuhan.

Where Were Facebook Fact Checkers For Feckless Fraudulent Fauci?  If Inspector Clouseau and Dr. Joseph Mengele had a love child, it would be Dr. Anthony ("I am science, hear me roar") Fauci, who fumbled his way through a pandemic he helped create and whose misleading, self-serving, and contradictory pronouncements between baseball games, magazine photo-shoots, and talk show appearances contributed to the deaths of millions.  Leading the pack of Fauci's unindicted co-conspirators is Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook.  Facts, as Ronald Reagan would say, are stubborn things.  They do not change.  So when Facebook went from banning and nuking posts and posters asserting that the China virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology to allowing posts considering the possibility after Fauci's incriminating emails exposed his lies, Facebook acknowledged several things.  First, the information it proclaimed "false" was in fact not false, not even 'partly' and, that its fact-checkers were wrong.  Second, as heavily redacted emails between Fauci and Zuckerberg hint at, the two were in cahoots to actually suppress the truth in support of a false narrative that would not embarrass Fauci or China.

Rand Paul:  Those who sent funds to Wuhan lab cannot be involved in second COVID origin probe.  [Quoting] Rand Paul:  Here's the problem.  The WHO investigated this the first time, we suggested three people to send to China.  They rejected all three and they accepted a guy named Peter Daszak who was the one that funded the lab.  So you can't have the people — like Anthony Fauci or Peter Daszak — who are part of the funding mechanism to send these funds to Wuhan lab.  You can't have them investigating themselves.  They have a definite conflict of interest because if this pandemic started in a lab that the U.S. was funding, the people advocating for the funding obviously will have culpability — at least moral culpability...  The WHO did a terrible job the first time.  There needs to be an investigation but I've been advocating for a congressional investigation.["]

Video: Rand Paul Demands Exclusion Of Wuhan Lab Funders From Investigations.  Senator Rand Paul urged Wednesday [6/16/2021] that those involved in funding the Wuhan Institute of Virology's coronavirus 'gain of function' research cannot be allowed to be a part of investigations again.  Appearing on Fox News, Paul said "Here's the problem.  The WHO investigated this the first time, we suggested three people to send to China.  They rejected all three and they accepted a guy named Peter Daszak who was the one that funded the lab."  The Senator continued "So you can't have the people — like Anthony Fauci or Peter Daszak — who are part of the funding mechanism to send these funds to Wuhan lab.  You can't have them investigating themselves."

Scientist who signed letter supporting lab-leak theory:  We didn't speak out sooner because we didn't want to ally with Trump.  "The science around the lab leak theory hasn't changed.  But here's why some scientists have."  That's how NBC headlined this story about the sudden mainstreaming of the possibility that SARS-CoV-2 escaped into the population via a lab accident.  I made that point in this morning's post about Fauci, who now wants the world to believe that he's always been open to the possibility of a lab leak even though he clearly hasn't.  Why is it that scientists like him are suddenly ambivalent about the virus's origins when there's been no new evidence supporting the lab-leak theory to shift their thinking?  What data are these allegedly data-focused people seeing that's moved them from a firm "no" on a lab accident to a modest "maybe"?  The answer, according to a genetic engineer who spoke to NBC, is that there isn't any.  The shift was political, not scientific.

A Group Of Parents Sent Their Kids' Face Masks to A Lab for Analysis.  Here's What They Found.  [Scroll down]  It only stands to reason that one of those health ramifications would be the fact that millions of people, particularly children, have been forced to wear and carry around pieces of cloth they've continually breathed through for hours on end.  What lurking pathogens might be found on these disgusting contraptions being incessantly handled, stuck in pockets, and mindlessly tossed on books, tables, and desks?  Well, one group of Florida parents sent a batch of masks worn by their children to a lab to find out.

Five MSM Lies for Which Trump Has Been Vindicated, and the Damage They Caused.  [#2]  Hydroxychloroquine:  Last year at this time it was verboten to even bring up the name of the drug and doing so was enough to get you booted off Twitter or Facebook.  President Trump frequently touted hydroxychloroquine's efficacy in battling COVID, and it was that advocacy which sent the media into conniptions on the subject.  If Trump supports the drug, it must be bad.  Last week, over a year after most Americans became familiar with the medication, a new study out of New Jersey, the hardest hit state by COVID, shows that if used in conjunction with a regimen of zinc, hydroxychloroquine can give COVID patients upwards of a 200% better survival rate against COVID.  Hydroxychloroquine is indeed a miracle drug.  With modern news cycles, our attention spans are merely fractions of what they once were, but we must remember the context with which the attacks on Trump and hydroxychloroquine were being made.  The media was whipping up everyone into a full-blown panic with COVID.  "It's highly infectious to the point you can't go to church or walk around the park.  If you get it bad enough to be sent to the hospital, you're probably going to die.  And there's no cure; we're doomed."  Meanwhile Trump was right all along, and this treatment was available the whole time.  [See also example #5.]

A massive surge in COVID vaccine deaths.  A month ago, Tucker Carlson raised concerns over the unusual number of deaths associated with the COVID vaccines.  Prominent "fact-checkers" immediately scrambled to discredit these concerns as "misleading" and "lacking in context." FactCheck.org even went on to say, "it's wrong to suggest that reported deaths in the VAERS System database were all caused by vaccines," but Tucker Carlson never made this claim.  The news site "Revolver" provided context with a graph that showed an astonishing 3000% spike in vaccine-related deaths.  Unfortunately, the article did not provide a link to the source and the "Open VAERS" website is cumbersome to navigate.  Fortunately the UK-based "Daily Expose" provided a direct link to the CDC's interactive website, so I am forever in their debt.

Sometimes a Coincidence isn't a Coincidence.  In the past year and a half, we have witnessed a remarkable string of apparent coincidences.  Dr. Fauci sponsored "gain of function" research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Put simply, this work increases a virus's ability to cause disease.  It makes a virus more dangerous.  Coincidentally, we're now learning that COVID-19 originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  The COVID-19 virus spread throughout the world in the early months of 2020.  Coincidentally, this was at the same time that Donald Trump was ratcheting up sanctions against China and rallying worldwide support.  The pandemic resulting from COVID-19 was used as rationale for fundamental changes to our election processes.  These changes facilitated the most questionable election outcome in U.S. history.  51% of the population now believes that fraud affected the election outcome — and that number is growing.  Coincidentally, the election of 2020 neutralized China's biggest threat — President Donald J. Trump.

GOP bill would prohibit requiring any vaccination in Ohio.  No employer, either public or private, could require employees to receive vaccinations under GOP legislation pending in the Ohio House.  Also, workers could not be fired as a result of refusing.  The measure before the Republican-controlled House Health Committee has attracted multiple opponents of COVID-19 vaccines but goes further in addressing mandatory requirements for all vaccines, such as for the flu.

California Gov. Newsom Releases His Political Prisoners.  June 15 should be celebrated as the Golden State Independence Day.  On this date, more than 15 long months after he issued his first imperial order limiting the movements of an ostensibly free people, Gov. Gavin Newsom reopened the state.  "Never Again" should replace "Eureka" on the Great Seal of California as a reminder of the misery inflicted by the governor.  It's arguable that no other state was more restrictive during the coronavirus pandemic.  WalletHub ranked California 45th in "fewest COVID-19 restrictions."  But because California has, at nearly 40 million, more residents than the five states (and District of Columbia) that were more restrictive, a case can be made that its lockdown rules were more stringent since they affected a greater number of people.  Newsom, sued 55 times by Californians who felt they had been unfairly bound by his commandments, took a heavy-handed approach to the coronavirus outbreak.  Columnist Steven Greenhut observed as early as May of last year that Newsom was acting as the "King of Sacramento" and Californians had little choice but to serve at his pleasure.

Former Biden Coronavirus Adviser:  Pandemic Was Worse Because Americans Didn't Sacrifice Enough.  Andy Slavitt was Joe Biden's senior adviser to the COVID response team.  He just stepped down from the position last week and now has a new book he's hawking on all the networks, [...] What a coincidence, I'm sure that his leaving isn't at all timed to coincide with the book coming out.  Did it factor into his joining the administration?  This is just wrong to try to profit off the pandemic with a book.  Yes, he's no longer with the Biden team but that doesn't make it any less scummy.  But on top of that all, he's now trying to hype the book by lying about President Donald Trump and actually disparaging the American people.

Republicans urge Pelosi to 'fully reopen' House of Representatives, ease COVID-19 restrictions.  More than 130 House Republicans are demanding that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "fully reopen" the House of Representatives, saying the failure to do so amid updated COVID-19 public health guidance is a "failure of leadership."  Fox News obtained a letter led by the top Republican on the Committee on House Administration, Rep. Rodney Davis, to Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday, urging her to formally reopen the House of Representatives, just days after June 11 — when Washington, D.C. fully reopened and lifted restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.  "We write today to urge you to fully reopen the House of Representatives," they wrote, noting that the Capitol and the House remain closed to the public, and that the House "continues to maintain policies that run contrary to science of COVID-19."  "It is time for you to reopen the House and get back to serving the American people," they wrote.

GOP senators call for HHS and NIH to hand over records on COVID-19 origins and Wuhan lab.  Five Senate Republicans are urging the leaders of the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to hand over records related to the origins of COVID-19 and China's Wuhan Institute of Virology following recent revelations within heavily-redacted emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci.  Sen. Ron Johnson, ranking member on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, along with Sens. Josh Hawley, James Lankford, Rand Paul, and Rick Scott, sent a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and NIH Director Francis Collins on Monday [6/14/2021].  In the letter, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee members wrote they wanted answers about NIH's "handling of the COVID-19 pandemic."

Heathrow Airport Sets Up Concentration Style Camps For The Unvaxxed, Worker Tries To Silence Man Talking To People Filming.  Travelers entering the UK are being forced to quarantine at Heathrow Airport.  They are being treated like prisoners with only a couple of exercise breaks a day, 24hr security guards to ensure they do not leave [...]  [Video clip]

China's Pandemic Deception.  Nick Paton Walsh of CNN unveils a fascinating but ultimately frustrating work of journalism based upon 117 pages of leaked documents from the Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention from the start of the coronavirus pandemic — what the network calls, "the most significant leak from inside China since the beginning of the pandemic," a leak that "provide[s] the first clear window into what local authorities knew internally and when."  The first and most significant conclusion confirms what many suspected, that China had significantly more cases than the government's official numbers claimed:  "In a report marked 'internal document, please keep confidential,' local health authorities in the province of Hubei, where the virus was first detected, list a total of 5,918 newly detected cases on February 10, more than double the official public number of confirmed cases."

Regarding the Vaccines:  Exercise Extreme Prudence.  In a measured presentation on the subject of vaccines delivered this February, Dr. Byram Bridle, a viral immunologist at Guelph University in Canada, expressed skepticism about these presumed vehicles of salvation.  "I would probably prefer to have natural immunity," he said.  Confirming Bridle's skepticism, a recent study from the Washington University School of Medicine finds there to be lifelong immunity after Covid, owing to natural antibody-producing cells rather than synthetic infusions.  As Global Research explains, a major issue involved in rejecting the vaccines is that they are forms of gene therapy deputizing for vaccines and are potentially hazardous, "exotic creatures that actively hijack your genes and reprogram them." In other words, the vaccines are not really vaccines as commonly understood but genomic substances responding to what is likely a digital virus.

Former CDC director Redfield explains why he believes COVID-19 emerged from lab, WHO 'compromised'.  Robert Redfield, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explained the reasoning behind his opinion that a lab leak was the most likely explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic's origins, in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News.  The former CDC director discussed the ongoing debate over the COVID-19 pandemic's origins during a lengthy interview this past weekend with Dr. Marc Siegel, a professor of medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center and a Fox News contributor.  While Dr. Anthony Fauci and other leading members of the science community have long argued that human contact with an infected animal started the pandemic, calls to investigate the lab leak theory have intensified in recent days.

Rhodes College to charge unvaccinated students $1,500 'Health and Safety fee'.  Rhodes College said it will charge unvaccinated students an extra $1,500 per semester starting this fall to cover the costs of mandatory COVID-19 testing.  The private liberal arts college in Memphis informed incoming students last week that unvaccinated students will be charged a $1,500 Health and Safety fee per semester until the FDA formally approves the vaccine, in which case all students, faculty, and staff will be required to be inoculated.  "Until FDA approval, the college is not requiring, but strongly recommending full vaccination for any individual who comes to campus," the school said in an email to students obtained by Campus Reform.  "Immediately following FDA approval, students will be required to be vaccinated to access campus."

The rules apply to you, not to them.
Joe Biden Plans Massive July 4 Celebration After Telling Americans to Only Host Small Barbecues.  The White House is planning a large gathering to celebrate Independence Day, even after President Joe Biden told Americans to avoid crowded celebrations of the holiday.  Biden's planned event on July 4 will welcome over 1,000 people, according to the Associated Press, including first responders, essential workers, and military service members.  The optics of the event also serve as a "mission accomplished" moment for the Biden administration, as experts predict he will not reach his goal of getting 70 percent of American adults vaccinated by the 4th of July.

Mike Pompeo Challenges Chris Wallace Over Claim 'We Don't Know' Where COVID-19 Came From.  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo objected to the framing of a question from "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace.  Pompeo argued that it was wrong of Wallace to suggest that the origins of the coronavirus pandemic were unknown when the evidence, in his mind, was clear that it had come from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.  Wallace began by challenging Pompeo, noting that he and others from former President Donald Trump's administration had been critical of President Joe Biden over what they saw as a failure to hold the Chinese government accountable in relation to the pandemic.

The World Health Organization won't root out coronavirus origins, and the G-7 knows it.  The only way to know for sure whether the coronavirus escaped from a Wuhan lab or originated naturally is if China opens up its lab records and allows for a complete, thorough, independent investigation into the research its scientists were conducting.  It never was going to be easy to get China to cooperate in this manner, and thanks to weak-kneed leaders in the West, it's becoming impossible.  After a series of meetings this weekend, the G-7 leaders issued a statement on Sunday calling for another investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, this one more "transparent" than the last.  They were right to do so: the original World Health Organization investigation was an obvious failure, marred by severe conflicts of interest and a refusal to push China for more access.  But the world leaders' statement offers no assurance that a second phase of the WHO investigation would be any different.

More evidence suggests COVID-19 was in US by Christmas 2019.  A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the U.S. in December 2019 — weeks before cases were first recognized by health officials.  The analysis is not definitive, and some experts remain skeptical, but federal health officials are increasingly accepting a timeline in which small numbers of COVID-19 infections may have occurred in the U.S. before the world ever became aware of a dangerous new virus erupting in China.

WHO Scientist Served for Allegedly Suppressing Data on COVID-19 Treatment.  The Indian Bar Association has taken legal action against the World Health Organization's (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan for allegedly spreading disinformation on the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19.  The association (IBA) served a legal notice on Swaminathan on May 25, claiming that she was "spreading disinformation and misguiding the people of India, in order to fulfill her agenda" and sought to prevent her from "causing further damage."  They further stated that Swaminathan, in her statements against the use of ivermectin, ignored research and clinical trials from two organizations — the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care (FLCCC) Alliance and the British Ivermectin Recommendation Development (BIRD) — who have presented solid data showing ivermectin prevents and treats COVID-19.

Why Is There Such Reluctance to Discuss Natural Immunity?  Over the past 15 months, the litany of Experts' True Facts and Science regarding various aspects of SARS-CoV-2 has changed more often than the starting lineup of a bad minor league ball club.  Covid-19 is spread by droplets, especially from asymptomatic people, until one day it was airborne all along and people who weren't sick in all likelihood weren't even sick.  Stay at home, you're safer indoors, even stay away from parks and beaches; well, actually, outdoors is the place to be.  Masks don't work against viruses and are actually unhealthy to wear if you're not sick, then suddenly they did work and without one you might as well be shooting people.  Everyone knows and PolitiFact verified that the virus couldn't have been created in the prominent infectious disease lab doing gain-of-function research on coronaviruses in bats coincidentally at Covid Ground Zero until, one day, PolitiFact had to retract the entire "Pants on Fire!" article.  And so forth.

Alarming Casualty Rates for mRNA Vaccines Warrant Urgent Action.  On May 8 the European Medicines Agency (EMA) an agency of the European Union (EU) in charge of the evaluation and supervision of medical products, using the data base EudraVigilance which collects reports of suspected side effects of medicines including vaccines, published a report that barely warranted mention in major mainstream media. [...] And among the serious side effects or injuries recorded by the EMA, for the two mRNA vaccines which we focus on in this article, for the Pfizer "experimental" vaccine, most reported injuries included blood and lymphatic system disorders including deaths; cardiac disorders including deaths; musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders; respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders, and vascular disorders.  For the Moderna mRNA vaccine, most serious injuries or causes of death included blood and lymphatic system disorders; cardiac disorders; musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders; disorders of the central nervous system.  Note that these are only the most serious injuries related to those two genetically manipulated mRNA vaccines.  The EMA also notes that it is believed that only a small percent of actual vaccine deaths or serious side effects, perhaps only 1% to 10%, are reported for various reasons.  Officially more than 10,000 persons have died after receiving the coronavirus vaccines since January, 2021 in the EU.  That is a horrifying number of vaccine-related deaths, even if the true numbers are far greater.

'Urgent' British report calls for complete cessation of COVID vaccines.  An "urgent preliminary report of Yellow Card data" issued by the UK-based Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy Ltd submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) states that "the MHRA now has more than enough evidence on the Yellow Card system to declare the COVID-19 vaccines unsafe for use in humans."  Similar to the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), the MHRA describes the purpose of its Yellow Card system as providing "an early warning that the safety of a medicine or a medical device may require further investigation."

2020 Seasonal Flu Has Dropped by 98% Worldwide as it is Re-labeled COVID-19.  Worldwide, seasonal influenza is around 98% lower this year than in earlier flu seasons.  The CDC says:  "The percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for influenza at clinical laboratories is one-10th of 1%."  It is clear from this that the common seasonal flu merely is being called Covid-19.  This fraudulent increase in Covid 'cases' has led to mass hysteria, lockdowns, quarantines, mask-wearing, social distancing, and economic collapse.  Chairman of Reform California, Carl DeMaio, is calling for an audit because, in a typical year, San Diego County gets over 17,073 reported cases of influenza.  This year, however, which is well into the flu season, only 36 cases of the flu have been reported.  He says that, if Covid stats are used to shut down the economy and to take people's livelihoods away, the data should be audited.

Exposing the Media's Plot to Hide Record Vaccine Deaths and Deceive Americans [Part 1].  "What is happening now, for whatever reason, is not even close to normal."  That's what Tucker Carlson claimed, at any rate, prompting outraged denials from the old-guard media and those self-appointed "fact-checkers" who sprung up out of nowhere a few years back, claiming to be the final arbiters of truth.  Carlson was referring to the unusually large number of reports of people who've died after getting vaccinated for COVID-19 piling up in the CDC's official database, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).  And, if nothing else, we learned that those who control which facts and figures become objects of national obsession — those who most of us will never hear a word about — are hell-bent on keeping the VAERS data firmly in the latter camp.

Exposing the Media's Plot to Hide Record Vaccine Deaths and Deceive Americans [Part 2].  You would hope that if a new vaccine wound up getting more death reports in five months than all the others combined over the entire previous 28 years, that might warrant some attention.  Think again.  An army of journalists and self-proclaimed fact-checkers stand ready to besiege anyone who dares to report on this astonishing data.  Not only is there nothing to see, suggesting otherwise makes you a conspiracy theorist or a far-right extremist, according to our betters in the fake news media.  But empty vilification hasn't been the only scurrilous technique employed by the powers-that-be.  VAERS relies entirely on voluntary reporting, but hardly anyone knows it exists, so it is bound to capture a mere fraction of actual side effects.

Exposing the Media's Plot to Hide Record Vaccine Deaths and Deceive Americans [Part 3].  Established in 1990, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is supposed to be "the nation's frontline system for monitoring vaccine safety."  In just five and a half months, the VAERS system has already processed more reports of Americans dying after taking a COVID-19 vaccine than it has for all the other 56 available vaccines combined over a 28 year timespan.  Reports of uncomfortably close calls with death are also flooding the system.  Similarly, the VAERS registry reflects reports of unwelcome medical conditions of all kinds since December 14, when Pfizer started raking in billions selling its version of the vaccine.  Recall that the Pfizer vaccine was the the first to employ mRNA nanotechnology to the public on an emergency use authorization from the FDA. [...] In order to fully contextualize the problems with the VAERS database and the public presentation of its data, it is important to remind ourselves of the general atmosphere of deception surrounding the entire Covid episode.

Cuomo's Book Part of Criminal Investigation Into Nursing Home Deaths.  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is under investigation for his role in covering up COVID-19 related nursing home deaths stemming from his deadly March 2020 executive order.  Cuomo's self-aggrandizing book, "American Crisis:  Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic," are now under scrutiny be investigators seeking further evidence the governor abused his authority to bury data he found politically toxic.  "The U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed material connected to a memoir written by the Democratic governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, as part of an investigation into a possible cover-up of COVID deaths in the state's nursing homes," the Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.

3 Points the Media Is Still Getting Wrong About Wuhan Lab Theory.  [#1] US taxpayer money did go to controversial gain-of-function research.  A 2015 published study specifically discloses that the research is gain-of-function research that took bat coronavirus that was harmless to people — and made it infectious in humans.  The study further states that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved continuation of the research, even amid a general ban on such studies. [...] [#2] The gain-of-function research with China not only received US support and money through the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, but also directly.  Many media reports refer to several hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax money sent from the NIH to the Wuhan lab via the New York-based nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance.  However, research with the lab, and the lab itself, received significant additional U.S. support, including:
  •   Grants directly from the NIH.
  •   Grants directly from Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

An Orchestrated Hoax.  It can now be said publicly:  The massive public campaign to convince and even compel the world to accept the idea that SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, arose naturally from a meat market in Wuhan was a hoax.  The gory details are contained in a bombshell investigative report in the magazine Vanity Fair.  This alone is surprising.  Vanity Fair is a culture and trends magazine, not noted for this type of serious inquiry.  Yet Katherine Eban's in-depth article is thoroughly researched, with multiple named sources, and written in the style of a detective story.  The first question to ask is:  How did we get a scientific and media consensus that SARS-CoV2 originally came from the Wuhan meat market?  The answer is a group letter signed by leading virologists that appeared in the reputable science publication The Lancet.  This article dismissed theories that suggested SARS-CoV2 might have come from the Wuhan lab as "conspiracy theories" that had were flatly rejected by the scientific community.

Sharri Markson Reveals New Footage From Inside Wuhan Lab Showing Live Bats and Research, Disproving Lies From WHO.  In this video investigative report Sharri Markson reveals how the Wuhan Institute of Virology kept live bats in cages with new footage from inside the facility.  This footage proves the denials from World Health Organization investigators were false.  The WHO previously said any suggestion the Wuhan lab was conducting SARS experiments on bats was a "conspiracy".  Additionally, all of the 15,000 bat research files were removed from the Wuhan Lab in September of 2019 right before the Pandemic exploded on the world.  [Video clip]

Cleveland Clinic-led Study Identifies How COVID-19 Linked to Alzheimer's Disease-like Cognitive Impairment.  A new Cleveland Clinic-led study has identified mechanisms by which COVID-19 can lead to Alzheimer's disease-like dementia.  The findings, published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, indicate an overlap between COVID-19 and brain changes common in Alzheimer's, and may help inform risk management and therapeutic strategies for COVID-19-associated cognitive impairment.  Reports of neurological complications in COVID-19 patients and "long-hauler" patients whose symptoms persist after the infection clears are becoming more common, suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) may have lasting effects on brain function.  However, it is not yet well understood how the virus leads to neurological issues.

Stunning video reveals Daszak and WHO lied when claiming no bats in the Wuhan Lab.  The cover-up of the probability that COVID-19 was deliberately created in the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) has had profound consequences for the entire world, preventing early detection and countermeasures, as well as derailing informed research.  One key element of that cover-up was the hiding of the fact that the Wuhan lab was working on bats because the virus was a variant of an existing bat-borne virus.  The cover story, that a wet market led to the dispersal of COVID-19, would have looked awfully weak had it been known that the WIV was creating new viruses from bats.  Both the World Health Organization and Peter Daszak, who acted as an investigator for WHO, outright denied that the WIV had live bats in its research facility.  Australian journalist Sheri Markson has come into possession of stunning video from China uncovered by an underground research group that calls itself "Drastic" that shows live bats at the WIV and much, much more.

Novavax Vaccine 100% Effective Against Both Moderate and Severe COVID-19.  The U.S. is likely soon to have a fourth vaccine approved for the fight against COVID-19.  Novavax just released the results of its Phase 3 clinical trial:  Its two-dose vaccine demonstrates 90 percent overall efficacy and 100 percent protection against both moderate and severe COVID-19 disease.  The doses are injected three weeks apart.  The company reports that 77 cases of COVID-19 were observed in its clinical trial involving nearly 30,000 participants.  Of those cases, 63 occurred in the placebo group and 14 in the vaccine group.  "All cases observed in the vaccine group were mild as defined by the trial protocol," notes the company's press release.  "Ten moderate cases and four severe cases were observed, all in the placebo group, yielding a vaccine efficacy of 100% against moderate or severe disease."  The vaccine's side effects were generally mild.

YouTube Suspends Ron Johnson Over Hydroxychloroquine Claims.  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has been suspended from YouTube for seven days after he posted content promoting experimental treatments for COVID-19.  The senator led two Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings on the potential benefits of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.  Johnson slammed the decision, saying it was just another example of Big Tech censorship.  "YouTube's ongoing COVID censorship proves they have accumulated too much unaccountable power," he told Fox News.  "Big Tech and mainstream media believe they are smarter than medical doctors who have devoted their lives to science and use their skills to save lives," he added.

Brain blood clots after Covid-19 vaccination.  A new "Dear Colleague" letter from Christoph Diener from the Department of Neurology at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany examines the risk of dangerous brain blood clots after Covid-19 vaccination.  According to Diener, when he wrote his public letter, there were about 100 cases of "cerebral venous sinus thrombosis" detected following COVID-19 infection in Europe.  (It seems as though he might mean they were reported after "vaccination" rather than "infection," because later in his letter he says blood clots in people after Covid-19 infection are more common than in people after Covid-19 vaccination.)  In any event, he says the majority of the blood clots occurred after vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine (which is not currently being used in the U.S.).

Emergency!.  The Covid war is over, but Minnesota Governor Tim Walz carries on the fight.  Tomorrow he will continue his one-man rule of the state by declaring another "emergency."  He will accordingly extend his emergency powers for another 30 days.  Doing the arithmetic, Alpha News reports that this makes it the fifteenth month in a row that Governor Walz has ruled with emergency powers.  The relevant statute limits the circumstances under which the governor is delegated the power to declare an emergency:  "A peacetime declaration of emergency may be declared only when an act of nature, a technological failure or malfunction, a terrorist incident, an industrial accident, a hazardous materials accident, or a civil disturbance endangers life and property and local government resources are inadequate to handle the situation."  The circumstances that might justify the declaration of an emergency have not obtained for a long time, if ever.  The continued "emergency" is utterly lawless.

Brilliant Hero Dr:  CDC Bureaucrats & Dem.  Politicians Could be Guilty of Mass Murder & Crimes Against Humanity.  [Scroll down]  If only Trump had listened to [Dr. Vladimir] Zelenko instead of Dr. Anthony Fauci and the corrupt bureaucrats of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and the Food and Drug Administration.  That was a year ago.  How many hundreds of thousands of Americans have died needlessly in the past year?  Isn't this mass murder?  Have you seen the latest headlines?  Multiple studies show that the use of Hydroxychloroquine across the globe reduced death and boosted survival rates by 84%, 100% and in one study, 200%.  It really works.  And that's without what Zelenko calls "the key ingredient" (zinc sulfate).  He also recommends another highly effective drug called ivermectin.

NOT ONE INCH To Covidstan.  Face masks, disgusting interventions that have been forced on people for well over a year despite the fact that they are completely useless and potentially harmful, deserve their own category of mockery and disdain.  Derogatory nicknames like 'face diapers,' 'face muzzles,' 'bacteria collectors,' and 'COVID diapers' just scratch the surface of the hatred normal people should have for the ridiculous contraptions.  Most of us within eyeshot of a column like this are, of course, members of 'Team Reality,' because, well, we aren't brainwashed sheeple.  We believe in the ability to 'breathe freely,' that everyone should have the choice to accept or not accept the 'jab,' and that any governmental imposition of a vaccine passport system is a new form of 'segregation.'  We also firmly reject the notion that the failure to restrict everyone's God-given freedoms will 'kill grandma.'  And we know, with tragic certainty, that we were never, ever, 'all in this together.'

Epic Judicial Smackdown!  Mask Mandates are presumptively unconstitutional.  At least in Florida.  In a strongly worded opinion, Florida's First District Court of Appeal reversed a lower court which had originally ruled in favor of Alachua County's coronavirus mask mandate.  As Judge Tanenbaum noted, starting in May 2020, Alachua citizen Justin Green "found himself under the yoke of a mask mandate, accomplished through a series of emergency orders from the chair of the board of county commissioners."  Green decided to do what many wish they had done and took the county to court by seeking an injunction against the mask mandate from Judge Dona Keim.  As you have figured out by now, Green won at the court of appeals because the court recognized that — at least in Florida — a citizen has a privacy right that includes the right "to be let alone by government."

An Explanation of Tactics to Fundamentally Transform America.  [Brannon] Howse's documentary contemporizes [Yuri] Bezmenov's warning.  It sets out the twelve-step process of brainwashing aimed at effecting a Marxist revolution in America and illustrates it using events from the coronavirus pandemic.  The twelve steps are:  1) removing principled leadership;  2) encouraging the questioning of values, convictions, and the American worldview;  3) presenting a revisionist history that portrays the free market system as oppressive;  4) propagating moral relativity to cloud the distinction between right and wrong;  5) extolling consensus and collectivism while declaring individualism dangerous;  6) focusing on emotions over facts, reason, and context;  7) fostering anxiety, confusion, social turbulence;  8) concealing the ultimate agenda;  9) using trusted individuals and institutions to enhance credibility;  10) using informants to zero in on those who don't comply;  11) rewarding compliance and punishing dissent; and  12) winning public trust by manufacturing chaos to lay the groundwork for a benevolent-seeming rescue.  With the advent of the Chinese-origin coronavirus, many of those steps were played out as if from a manual — all in the name of "flattening the curve" and ensuring that hospitals are not "overwhelmed."

Should We Trust the Medical Priesthood or Their Machines?  Even before the dubious COVID response, many of us viewed medical authorities with intense skepticism.  A 2016 study suggests that roughly 10% of deaths in America are due to medical mishaps.  Authored by Johns Hopkins patient safety experts, the paper puts "medical error" as the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. — just above respiratory illness.  In raw numbers, that's around 250,000 people a year.  If that estimate is accurate, it means that every two years about as many American lives are lost to careless nurses, incompetent physicians, or clinical accidents as were supposedly lost to COVID-19.  During the eight-year period the study covered (2000-2008), medical error appears to have killed nearly four times the number of people that the Covidian cult now upholds as martyrs.  Skeptics say the study's estimates are inflated.  Others say the situation is far worse.  Good!  Every doctor should welcome a second opinion.  That's why the ongoing campaign to silence, shout down, and shame the faithless should have everyone on edge.

How much money did Peter Daszak's nonprofit get paid for laundering a federal grant for gain of function research in Wuhan?  The federal funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology first passed through the hands of a nonprofit organization headed by Peter Daszak, PhD, the Eco Health Alliance.  This troubles me quite a bit, and I have a couple of basic questions about the arrangement.  First of all, why was an intermediary involved in channeling the money?  When a third party is used to disguise the origins of funds, this is usually called "money laundering."  Some have alleged that Daszak's organization was used to evade federal restrictions on funding gain of function research, which makes existing viruses even more dangerous, as appears to have happened with the COVID-19 virus, a modified version of a virus found in bats.  In terms used by law enforcement when investigating illicit money flows, the third party is often called a "cutout."  Weren't the federal funds supplied to the Wuhan lab an example of money laundering?  If not, why not?  And wasn't the Eco Health Alliance functioning as a cutout?  Why was its role even necessary?  Can't the federal government make such grants directly?

Here Are Eight Fake News Narratives About Trump the Media Has Admitted Were Always Wrong.  Supporters of President Donald Trump discovered early in his tenure that whenever he claimed that the news media had gotten something wrong about him or his administration, he was nearly always proven right.  Eventually. [... For example,] COVID-19 lab-leak was just a wild Trump conspiracy.  Except it isn't.  And it wasn't.  Chinese sources at the time made similar claims, but they were suppressed.  So, too, were U.S. experts who offered the same explanation that Trump tried to offer.  But while big tech was busy banning and censoring even experts who offered up the lab leak theory, the media was mocking and deriding them as well, especially Trump.  Lo and behold:  Washington Post Senior Reporter Aaron Blake recently admitted that the "mainstream media overcorrected when it came to one particular theory from Trump and his allies:  that the coronavirus emanated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, rather than naturally."  Other media types also admitted they didn't believe the leak narrative because Trump did.

Ditch the Donkey — Democrats' New Mascot is the Face Mask.  Such a dilemma, which only Democrats seem to face, to wear or not wear a mask, not to prevent infection but to virtue signal their political views and party affiliation to others. [...] "This is not about eternally virtue signaling liberal pandemic politics, but rather acknowledging that our actions influence each other," as one perpetual mask wearer explained.  That's like sitting in a parked car wearing a seatbelt as a means of influencing others to wear a seatbelt while driving.  What happened to following CDC science?  Or common sense?  For many, however, the mask is nothing more than a Biden/Harris bumper sticker worn across one's face.

The Number of Small Businesses Destroyed by COVID Lockdowns Will ASTOUND You.  COVID shutdowns championed by U.S. governors and D.C. bureaucrats are responsible for destroying nearly 40% of small businesses since the virus was unleashed on the world — and we know now that it was for little to no damned good reason.  A study by the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences revealed recently that shutdown orders made little to no difference in COVID's impact. [...] While bureaucrats gave Walmart, Costco, Lowe's, and other big-box stores "essential" status, allowing them to stay open during the COVID pandemic, 38.9% of America's small businesses, the providers of most of the country's jobs, were forced to close based on fear, hackneyed social-distancing rules, early ignorance about transmission, and an insatiable desire by governors to micromanage the affairs of men.

Judge rules in favor of Houston hospital requiring employees to be vaccinated.  A lawsuit opposing the Houston Methodist Hospital network's mandate that employees must get the COVID-19 vaccine has been shot down at the federal level.  A U.S. District judge on Saturday [6/12/2021] tossed the lawsuit from employees of the Texas hospital system who argue they shouldn't be required to get vaccinated.  The dismissal comes after 178 staffers who declined to get the vaccine were suspended by Houston Methodist, which had instituted a June 7 deadline for employees to receive the shots.  A claim made by the lawsuit's lead plaintiff, Jennifer Bridges, describing the vaccines as "experimental and dangerous" was refuted by the judge.

Frequent flyer sues CDC for 'unconstitutional' transportation mask mandate.  A frequent flyer is challenging the constitutionality of a transportation mask mandate in a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, several other federal agencies, and President Joe Biden.  Lucas Wall, a Washington, D.C., man who has been living with his mother in Florida, on Monday filed a complaint in a federal district court.  He claimed that federal requirements forcing people to wear masks on airplanes and other forms of transportation, as well as coronavirus testing requirements for foreign travelers, are out of the federal government's jurisdiction.  "They are improper, illegal, and unconstitutional exercises of executive authority," Wall wrote of the mandates.

My Top 10 media lies.  Sadly, the truth usually emerges not because of the press, but despite it.  Take growing acceptance of the idea the COVID-19 pandemic started with a leak from a virology lab in Wuhan, China.  The idea was always plausible, but the press and big tech declared it a "conspiracy theory" and snuffed it out of circulation.  But after China couldn't prove the virus jumped from bats to humans, the lab-leak theory gained credence.  Suddenly, it became acceptable to share it on Facebook, which appointed itself guardian of all that is proper in American discourse.

CDC must come clean on the COVID vaccine and previous infection.  News this week reveals that a serious complication myocarditis is linked to young men who receive the COVID vaccine.  An Israeli study with over 6 million participants found natural immunity from COVID infection equivalent to or superior to vaccination for reducing the risk of COVID.  A recent study from the Cleveland Clinic found similar results.  The VAERS database reports over 5,800 deaths possibly linked to the vaccine.  In 1976, a few hundred cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome caused the cancellation of the swine flu vaccine program.  How can the CDC continue to insist that previously infected people must get the vaccine while they hide real-world data related to this cohort and ignore information that implies vaccination for this group is not beneficial?  If they know that the vaccine causes any serious side effects and still insist on vaccinating naturally immune people, they are behaving criminally and causing serious harm.

Former White House COVID coordinator Deborah Birx 'wanted Trump to lose presidential election,' new book claims.  One of the top advisers to Donald Trump during the pandemic has suggested that she wanted him to lose the 2020 election, according to a new book.  Dr Deborah Birx dropped the hint at a meeting with Minnesota officials in August 2020 according to Andy Slavitt, a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  In a new book, Preventable, written by Slavitt, he recounts asking Dr Birx if she would want to continue her service should Joe Biden win the election.

Federal Judge Embarrasses the CDC With a Crucial Question on Mask 'Science'.  When does science cease to be science?  When one stops relying on the citing of objective evidence and starts gnashing their teeth at any questioning of a specific theory.  In regards to masks, we crossed that Rubicon long ago.  Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing the issue to its breaking point, requesting that the CDC has its mitigation requirements for cruise ships slapped down.  Those requirements include having 95% of passengers vaccinated and mask-wearing.  This is part of Florida's larger battle against so-called vaccine passports.  The judge in the case is apparently not going to let the CDC skate by.  He asked the federal bureaucracy to provide actual evidence for its claims about mask efficacy.

Defector Claims to Have Evidence That Chinese Military Coordinated Creation and Release of COVID-19.  Last week, Jen Van Laar at our sister site RedState broke the news that a high-ranking defector had been working for months with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), unbeknownst to either the FBI or CIA.  The defector claims to have knowledge of special weapons programs in China that include bioweapons.  Now, in a new exclusive bombshell, Van Laar reports that the defector has provided evidence that the Chinese military orchestrated the creation of the COVID-19 virus, which did, in fact, leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Defector Provides Evidence That the Chinese Military Orchestrated the Creation of COVID-19 and Lab Leak.  One week ago we reported that a man believed to be the highest-ranking Chinese defector ever was working with the Defense Intelligence Agency and that he had direct knowledge of special weapons programs in China, including bioweapons programs.  We also reported that the defector provided an extensive, technically detailed debrief to US officials, that the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) was able to corroborate very technical details of the information provided, and that in DIA's assessment, the information provided by the defector is legitimate.

The Vaccine Cabal Co-Opts Science — Again.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency charged with protecting workers injured or otherwise health-impacted while on the job.  OSHA is in the business of enforcing the Occupational Safety and Health Act, a statute that covers most private sector employers and their workers — in addition to most public sector employers and workers in all 50 states.  On Thursday, April 22, 2021, OSHA issued the following statement:  "If you require your employees to be vaccinated as a condition of employment (i.e., for work-related reasons), then any adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine is work-related."  Just over one month later, OSHA pulled a Fauci — reversing its previous statement 100%.  Their website now features this updated statement: [...]

Playing Sherlock Holmes on COVID.  After more than a year of dismissal, mockery and outright suppression by parties some of whom have obvious conflicts of interest, the theory that COVID-19 was intentionally created in a lab is now ascendant.  The possibility that its creation was secretly part of a bioweapons program of the Chinese military is gaining some support.

COVID Origins: A Timeline Of Theories — Part 2.  At least three researchers at the lab fell ill with COVID-like symptoms in November 2019 — a month before official reports of any patients.  That was a key detail left out of the public eye in the early days of the pandemic, but it has sparked renewed interest in determining if COVID-19 came from a lab leak.  According to Vanity Fair — which claims to have compiled in-depth research, complete with interviews and official documents — a former State Department official said:  "These [patients from the lab] were not the janitors.  They were active researchers.  The dates were among the absolute most arresting part of the picture, because they are smack where they would be if this was the origin."  The virus was initially being called a form of pneumonia.  But Li Wenliang, a Wuhan ophthalmologist, tried to warn the world in January 2020 that it was a form of SARS.  The doctor was arrested and forced to write a retraction — and died with COVID in February.

Dr. Fauci Attacked Trump for Lab Leak Theory Despite Not Having Access to the Intelligence.  When former President Donald Trump and others floated the Wuhan lab leak theory last year, they were blasted for pushing a "conspiracy theory." Now fact-checkers are rescinding posts, and media outlets are quietly updating articles.  What is the Chinese Communist Party trying to cover up?  And what did Dr. Anthony Fauci know at the time?  In this episode of Kash's Corner, Kash Patel and Jan Jekielek sit down to discuss the growing questions surrounding the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  [Video clip]

California Woman Who Got Both Moderna Vaccine Shots Dies of COVID-19: Officials.  An elderly woman in Napa County, California, who had received both Moderna vaccine shots died from COVID-19, county health officials said.  While scant details about the woman were released, Napa County spokeswoman Leah Greenbaum said she was over the age of 65 and had underlying health problems.  The woman died on June 2 after a long hospital stay, Greenbaum said on June 7.  Officials said she tested positive for the B.1.1.7 variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

Anthony Fauci, Prophet of Scientism.  [Scroll down]  Despite being in less danger from the Wuhan virus than they are from the seasonal flu, millions of U.S. students have not seen the inside of their schools for almost a year-and-a-half.  Most of those that were allowed to return to school have been foolishly and ignorantly required to wear a face mask.  Since U.S. schools were shut down in March of 2020, week after week has provided clear data that shows that the young and healthy are in virtually no danger from the Wuhan virus.  Yet the shutdowns and the masking persisted.  Why?!  The only answer is:  scientism.  Fauci has proven himself to be the high priest of this perverse ideology.  Make no mistake:  much of what has been imposed in the name of the Wuhan virus — including widespread changes in election methods — was done to keep Donald Trump from winning re-election and to further empower power-hungry Democrats.  However, scientism was the means by which almost all of this was accomplished.

Capitol Attending Physician lifts mandate for masks on House floor for vaccinated members.  Is mask theatre on the floor of the House of Representatives near the end of Act Three?  The Attending Physician of the United States Congress, Brian Monahan, now says so.  His post was established in 1928 "to meet the medical needs of Members of Congress." [...] However, I wonder if Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, will allow his words to overrule her earlier insistence that members remain masked on the floor, even after CDC guidelines stated that vaccinated people need no longer wear masks indoors?  I suppose it comes down to minimizing her embarrassment.  Her constituents in California still must wear masks indoors in public places, as her fellow San Franciscan and distant relative Governor Gavin Newsom clings to his emergency powers beyond his promise to end them.  But keeping the mask mandate operative risks mass rebellion by members, who could cite Monahan's move and accuse her of not following the science, as she already did in shrugging off the CDC's advice.

Capitol Physician Lifts Mask Mandate on House Floor for Vaccinated Members.  Vaccinated members of the House of Representatives will no longer be required to wear a face covering when on the House floor after the Capitol Attending Physician lifted the chamber's mask mandate Friday afternoon [6/11/2021].  "The guideline document reflects that fully vaccinated individuals may discontinue mask wear and 6-foot social distance separations in most situations consistent with the CDC revision regarding fully vaccinated individuals of May 13, 2021," explained the new guidance that came almost a month after the federal government decreed masks and social distancing precautions were no longer necessary for vaccinated Americans.

All 48,000 NewYork-Presbyterian hospital employees must get COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 1.  Every employee of the NewYork-Presbyterian healthcare network who can safely take the COVID-19 vaccine must do so by Sept. 1, hospital officials said Friday [6/11/2021].  "As a leading health care organization, we believe it is essential to require vaccinations to protect our patients and ourselves against the threat of further harm from the pandemic and the possibility of more dangerous mutations," Dr. Steven Corwin and Dr. Laura Forese wrote in an email to their 48,000-strong workforce.  The directive from NewYork-Presbyterian's president and vice president makes the statewide hospital system the first in New York to require its employees to get vaccinated against the virus that's now killed almost 53,000 New Yorkers.

Pursuing the Lab Leak Hypothesis is Worth More to America than Merely Knowing its Origins.  Last week, the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to cut taxpayer funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and the Biden Administration ordered an investigation into COVID's origins, including whether it resulted from a lab accident.  It's about time.  A little over a year ago in Townhall, I wrote about how "a federal grant funded dangerous virus experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the bio-agent lab suspected as an origin for coronavirus.  This is especially concerning because in 2018, the U.S. Department of State visited the facility and warned that its practices could cause a pandemic."  That piece followed an exposé by the tenacious taxpayer watchdog White Coat Waste Project revealing that U.S. taxpayer money from Anthony Fauci's division at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) did, in fact, provide funding to programs within the Wuhan lab.  The funds were used to capture wild coronavirus-infected bats, bring them back to the lab, and conduct animal experiments to manipulate the coronaviruses in order to infect so-called "humanized" mice and human cells.

Why Are American Leaders Not Protecting Our Interests When It Comes to China and COVID-19?  The debate about the origins of COVID-19 is not purely an intellectual one.  Learning how this deadly disease started is crucial to preventing it from recurring.  The dominant theory early on, rapidly declining in likelihood, was that the disease passed from a bat to people through a Chinese outdoor food market.  If this were true, then we may want to pressure China even more than we already are to clean those markets up and to reform some of their dangerous practices.  If, on the other hand, the disease escaped from a Chinese bio laboratory with ties to Chinese military bioweapons programs, a theory at first dismissed by the so-called experts and by the corporate media, then there are a whole slew of policy choices we should reconsider.  From the very start of the pandemic, China has acted horribly, and America has sat back and taken it.  We have not pursued our national interests aggressively.  We have definitely not behaved the way anyone would expect the world's preeminent power to behave.  We have let China dictate everything, and we have pushed back minimally, if at all.  Saddest of all, the passive American response was cheered on by America's top corporate and media elites.

Instagram is Forcing Users to Remove Satirical Posts about Fauci Emails.  Shortly after Dr. Anthony Fauci's emails were published by BuzzFeed and The Washington Post after Freedom of Information Act requests, Facebook and Instagram started to suppress mentions and screenshots of them after they were flagged by its third-party "fact checkers."  Now, Instagram is using these third-party fact checks to flag satirical posts about these emails and force users to delete them.

COVID Origins: A Timeline Of Theories — Part 1.  Has there ever been a bigger cluster of confusion in modern history than the facts and expert advice surrounding the coronavirus?  You don't need to wear a mask; you have to wear one.  No need to alter daily routines; time to lock down the nation.  Asymptomatic people do not spread the virus; everyone is contagious.  Discovering where COVID originated is also a chaotic journey that has us coming full circle, suspecting what former President Donald Trump suggested more than a year ago:  It escaped from the Wuhan lab in China.  Liberty Nation believes that a timeline of theories and events might help clear up the muddied waters and provide more insight as to what started and contributed to spread of the deadly SARS-CoV-2 for more than a year.

Prom Students Treated Like Prisoners In Nazi Germany.  The High School in Exeter, New Hampshire went too far this week by shaming the unvaccinated students attending the prom.  It was reported by a State Representative from Brentwood and School Board Member that parents had contacted her about their children being numbered with a black sharpie marker if they had not received the experimental mRNA shots.  These deadly injections are experimental treatments that cannot be mandated or forced onto people under U.S. law and FDA regulations.  Coercion is not only morally and ethically wrong, it's illegal.  Even worse, children should not be shamed or coerced through peer pressure to do anything against their will, or against their family values.  Schools and governments around the world are putting so much pressure on these children that many of them are reacting beyond all reason.

FDA orders Johnson & Johnson to throw out 60 million Covid vaccine doses made at Baltimore plant that had several violations.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered Johnson & Johnson to discard 60 million COVID-19 vaccine doses on Friday [6/11/2021].  The shots were made at a plant in Baltimore that had several health violations and ruined million of doses of J&J vaccine during an ingredient mix-up.  People familiar with the situation told The New York Times that the FDA said the shots have to be thrown away due to potential contamination.

Everything was better with President Trump in the White House.  [Scroll down]  What happened to the seasonal flu?  Or did the alleged miracle PCR test create a pandemic by creating cases?  Our knowledge base is very thin.  We do know that Fauci and his craven, sophomoric fellow scientism-ists did everything in their power to conceal their gain-of-function experiments and to suppress known therapeutics, HCQ and ivermectin, which could have saved tens of thousands of lives.  But those decades-old drugs wouldn't have made any of them rich beyond their wildest dreams.  Bottom line?  These despicable Mengeles-in-waiting still think nothing of experimenting on "the people," all those peons for whom they have such disdain.  Bill Gates's fingerprints are all over this nightmare and he has been upfront about his goal of depopulation for many years.  It just may be true, as some have suggested, that this pandemic/vaccine plan of theirs is of long standing and Trump was in their way.  This would be one of many reasons they had to defeat him by any means necessary.

Trump Was Right:  Study Shows Hydroxychloroquine Boosted Ventilated COVID Patients' Survival by 200%.  A new study seems to confirm that former President Donald Trump may very well have been right about hydroxychloroquine.  According to the observational study published on MedRxiv that surveyed 255 patients infected with the coronavirus and requiring intermittent mandatory ventilation, weight-adjusted hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin improved the survival of such patients by nearly 200 percent.  "Most Covid studies have not considered days of therapy, cumulative dose, or weight-adjusted dosing.  We found that when the cumulative doses of two drugs, HCQ and AZM, were above a certain level, patients had a survival rate 2.9 times the other patients," the study noted in its conclusion.

Where does the COVID Vaccine end up?  Not Where it Should Be.  The COVID vaccine is not a vaccine at all.  A vaccine is a weakened, dead, or partial virus that is injected in order to prompt the body to build antibodies without getting ill.  The mRNA vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna don't do this.  Instead, they contain mRNA that tricks cells into manufacturing spike proteins that resemble the coronavirus and the body creates the antibodies to those proteins.  It turns out that these spike proteins are harmful themselves as they travel throughout the body and enter into the bloodstream.  The spikes seem to be causing clotting, which is leading to serious side effects and deaths.  They can also end up accumulating in the ovaries and testicles, where they may be attacked by the body's immune system, leading to permanent damage.

CDC to hold 'emergency meeting' over 'rare but higher than expected' cases of heart inflammation in Americans who have had Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.  Centers for Disease Control bosses have called an emergency meeting over higher than expected cases of heart inflammation among young people who've had Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines.  They will gather on June 18 to discuss 226 plausible cases of heart inflammation in young people — mainly affecting teenage boys and young men — after they have received their second doses of the vaccines.  CDC bosses said Thursday [6/10/2021] the number of cases is higher than expected, although still rare.

CDC To Hold "Emergency Meeting" After 100s Suffer Heart Inflammation Following COVID Vaccines.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday [6/10/2021] that it will convene an "emergency meeting" of its advisers on June 18th to discuss rare but higher-than-expected reports of heart inflammation following doses of the mRNA-based Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.  The new details about myocarditis and pericarditis emerged first in presentations to a panel of independent advisers for the Food and Drug Administration, who are meeting Thursday to discuss how the regulator should approach emergency use authorization for using COVID-19 vaccines in younger children.  As CBS reports, the CDC previously disclosed that reports of heart inflammation were detected mostly in younger men and teenage boys following their second dose, and that there was a "higher number of observed than expected" cases in 16- to 24-year-olds.  Last month, the CDC urged providers to "ask about prior COVID-19 vaccination" in patients with symptoms of heart inflammation.

Six possible reasons the Democrats want lockdowns forever.  A recent Gallup poll showed that most Americans think it's time to move on from the pandemic.  But not the Democrats.  Democrats say by a 71-29% margin that we still should not "live normal lives", but instead should "try to stay at home." That's despite the fact that the COVID death rate in America is down nearly 90%, the new cases are down about 65%, over half of Americans have been vaccinated (and over 80% of the vulnerable ones) by vaccines shown to be 95% effective, and even the redoubtable (or perhaps doubtable) Dr. Fauci says we can go out now.  So what gives?  I can suggest at least six answers to that question. [...] [#3] Maybe it's all tribal.  If conservatives think it's time to move on past COVID, then the Dems are obligated to think it's not.

Interesting Exchange Between Congressman Matt Gaetz and FBI Director Christopher Wray.  It would appear that Representative Matt Gaetz was using the opportunity provided in a public hearing with FBI Director Chris Wray to push information into the public.  This is a very interesting exchange where Rep Gaetz outlines a timeline of engagement between a Chinese "whistle-blower" and the FBI in the spring and summer of 2020 pointing directly to the Wuhan Biolab as the originator of the virus.  [Video clip]

Two passengers on first 'fully-vaccinated' post-Covid cruise from US test positive for coronavirus during voyage in the Caribbean.  Two passengers on the first 'fully-vaccinated' cruise from the US have tested positive for coronavirus during the Caribbean voyage.  Cruise operator Royal Caribbean said on Thursday that two guests on its Celebrity Millennium ship had tested positive but are asymptomatic and currently in isolation.  The guests, who were sharing a room, are being monitored by the company's medical team, the cruise operator said.

Report: Unvaccinated Students 'Numbered' with Sharpie and Tracked at High School Prom.  Unvaccinated students attending the Exeter, New Hampshire, high school prom were "numbered" with a sharpie pen and then tracked throughout the evening, a New Hampshire parental rights advocate reported.  Ann Marie Banfield, who writes at the blog Granite Grok, reported New Hampshire Rep. Melissa Litchfield, who represents the Brentwood district, posted to Facebook Tuesday that some constituents informed her their unvaccinated students who attended the Exeter High School prom Monday night [6/7/2021] "had a number written on them in Sharpie" and were tracked throughout the evening.

New study shows hydroxychloroquine can increase COVID survival rates by 200%.  A malaria drug which Donald Trump was condemned for hailing as a possible COVID-19 treatment can increase survival rates by up to 200 per cent, scientists say.  Scientists found that, when ventilated patients with a severe version of COVID were given high doses of hydroxychloroquine with zinc, their survival rates could increase dramatically.  Trump said in March 2020 he was taking it to prevent him catching the virus, rather than treat it.  He did not become infected until October, and was not treated with the drug.  The former president had previously touted hydroxy as a potential miracle treatment, with scientists lining up to insist he was wrong to do so.  Yet Trump's allies on Wednesday [6/9/2021] were highlighting the study, conducted by Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey on 255 patients.

Nearly 800 Reports of Heart Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccination in US.  Federal authorities have received over 800 reports of heart inflammation in people who received a COVID-19 vaccine, a health official said Thursday [6/10/2021].  The reports of myocarditis or pericarditis were submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, a passive reporting system run jointly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration, through May 31.  The bulk of the reports described heart inflammation appearing after the second of two doses of either the Pfizer of Moderna vaccines, both of which utilize messenger RNA technology.  Authorities stress that anybody can submit reports through the reporting system but authorities have already verified that 226 of the reports meet the CDC's working case definition, Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, a deputy director at the agency, said during a presentation of the data.  Followup and review are in progress for the rest.

The Two Chinese Scientists Who Shipped Live Ebola Viruses from Canadian Lab to Wuhan Lab Seem to Have Disappeared.  The two Chinese scientists who were expelled from a high-security lab in Canada two years ago for "possible breaches of security protocols," have allegedly disappeared amid an ongoing investigation.  The scientists, Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng, had their security clearances revoked, and were escorted from the lab after live Ebola, Henipah, and other deadly viruses were reportedly sent to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. [...] They were removed from the lab in July of 2019.  Qiu and Cheng were fired in January, 2021, and have not publicly commented on why they were fired.  Qiu played a key role in shipping the deadly Level 4 pathogens to China, according to the Globe and Mail.

Study shows hydroxychloroquine and zinc treatments increased coronavirus survival rate by almost three times.  A new study shows that the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine touted by former President Donald Trump increased the survival rate of severely ill coronavirus patients.  The observational study, published by medRxiv, found that antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, along with zinc, could increase the coronavirus survival rate by as much as nearly 200% if distributed at higher doses to ventilated patients with a severe version of the illness.  "We found that when the cumulative doses of two drugs, HCQ and AZM, were above a certain level, patients had a survival rate 2.9 times the other patients," the study's conclusion states.

Rand Paul:  Cleveland Clinic Study Indicates No Point in Vaccinating People Who Already Had the Coronavirus.  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) highlighted a Cleveland Clinic study on Tuesday, which showed no difference in coronavirus reinfection rates among unvaccinated people who already had the coronavirus and vaccinated people who previously fell ill with the virus.  "Great news!  Cleveland clinic study of 52,238 employees shows unvaccinated people who have had COVID 19 have no difference in re-infection rate than people who had COVID 19 and who took the vaccine," Paul said, citing the study, adding, "This information frees up millions of doses of vaccines for those not yet infected in places with vaccine shortages like India".

FLASHBACK, May 2020, Democrats Announce Intent to Use ISIS Level Propaganda Against Trump on COVID Messaging.  As recent media reports provide hindsight into how wrong the narrative was against President Trump; and specifically as details emerge about: (1) Anthony Fauci misleading background statements; (2) Obama's involvement in the restart of SARS-CoV-2 weaponization via the Wuhan bio-lab; (3) the intentionally hyped risk caused by the COVID-19 virus; and, (4) the intentionally false attacks against mitigating medical treatments proposed by President Trump; it is worth revisiting an announcement in early May 2020 when the Democrats said they intended to use intelligence community methods to promote propaganda against the Trump administration.  On May 1, 2020, the Washington Post — an outlet known for being the manipulative propaganda voice of the Intelligence Community — openly stated a network had formed with the intent to weaponize "Technology once used to combat ISIS propaganda" against President Donald Trump and the White House efforts on COVID.

Biden's Military Puts West Point Cadets in Solitary Confinement If They Refuse COVID Vaccine.  Military cadets at West Point Academy who refuse to take one of the controversial COVID vaccines are being put in solitary confinement, with more stringent restrictions than those who tested positive for the virus.  At West Point Military Academy, a number of cadets are currently rebelling against the push from the Biden administration and military higher-ups to take one of the controversial COVID-19 vaccines.  700 cadets who initially refused the vaccine were brought together into a meeting room, and were briefed as to the benefits of the vaccine.  The number of cadets has now dwindled significantly after allegations of daily pressure by "senior officials" at the school, and rumors of reductions of leave.  Some cadets relented and received the vaccine, while many left West Point due to the pressure.

Expert Virologist Claims 'Scientific Evidence Points to the Conclusion That the Virus Was Developed in a Lab'.  For the last year or so, virologist and infectious diseases expert Dr. Steven Quay has been at the forefront of questioning the narrative of COVID-19's origin, conducting studies, and analyzing the genetic properties that make up the viral strain that has sent the world into panic for the last 18 months.  In Sunday's [6/6/2021] Wall Street Journal Quay and UC Berkeley physics professor Richard Muller make an extremely strong, scientifically-based case that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 infection, is a lab-created viral strain.

Dr. Quay:  Analysis 'Gets Into the One in a Billion Chance' COVID Came from Nature, No Known Facts Similar to Prior Natural Diseases.  On Tuesday's [6/8/2021] broadcast of "Fox Business Tonight," Atossa Therapeutics founder Dr. Steven Quay stated that there are no known facts on COVID-19 that are similar to previous diseases that have jumped from animals to humans, and that his analysis of the virus "gets into the one in a billion chance here that this could have come from nature."  Quay said, "[T]here are just so many signatures and so many events that are consistent with a lab leak.  There's literally no fact that is of — that we know of that is similar to a previous natural zoonosis.  So, my analysis gets into the one in a billion chance here that this could have come from nature.  So, when something doesn't come from nature, and the alternative is the lab leak, you have to go with that."

EU Calls for Unfettered Investigation Into Origins of COVID-19.  European Union leaders on Thursday called for an unfettered investigation into the origins of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which they said is necessary to draw the right lessons from the pandemic.  Addressing a news conference in Brussels, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said:  "There is this horrible pandemic, a global pandemic.  We have to know where did it come from in order to draw the right lessons and to develop the right tools to make sure that this will never happen again.  "And therefore the investigators need complete access to whatever is necessary to really find the source of this pandemic and, depending of that, we have to draw conclusions."  Charles Michel, the head of the European Council, said, "The world has the right to know exactly what happened in order to be able to learn the lessons."

The Editor says...
Even IF there is an honest investigation of the Covid-19 scam, the results will be sent down the Memory Hole immediately, if it embarrasses the Deep State.

Most Americans who aren't planning to get vaccinated are unlikely to change their mind, poll finds.  A new poll found that those Americans who don't want to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot are unlikely to ever change their mind about doing so.  According to the poll published Tuesday [6/8/2021] by the analytics and advisory company Gallup, 78 percent say they are unlikely to reconsider their vaccination plans, including 51 percent who say they are "not likely at all" to change their mind and get vaccinated.  That leaves one in five vaccine-reluctant adults open to reconsidering, with two percent saying they are very likely and 19 percent saying they are somewhat likely to change their mind and get vaccinated — equivalent to five percent of all U.S. adults.

Fauci Is Starting To Look Guilty, Guilty, Guilty On 'Gain Of Function'.  As the "lab-leak" theory for COVID-19 gains increasing credibility, Dr. Anthony Fauci must answer for whether he had any role in supporting Chinese researchers who created this monster.  So far, his answers aren't exactly helping his case.  For those not following this story closely, it now appears likely that COVID-19 didn't just happen in nature, but was the result of so-called "gain of function" research in a Wuhan lab, where scientists "spiked" a virus found in animals so it could infect humans.  If true, the Chinese are directly responsible for the resulting pandemic's massive economic and human cost.  Until just recently, the press and the "experts" — including Fauci — dismissed the lab-leak theory as a Trump-concocted conspiracy.  Not anymore, and now there's the question of Fauci's involvement.  What have we learned since?  Nothing that exonerates him, that's for sure.

House Republicans demand answers about why Facebook censored lab leak theories after it emerged that Mark Zuckerberg was emailing Dr Anthony Fauci.  Senior Republicans are demanding to know why Facebook censored posts that shared the COVID-19 lab leak hypothesis after it emerged that chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was in e-mail contact with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's leading coronavirus scientist.  Republicans on the House judiciary and oversight committees have written to Zuckerberg asking him to hand over all documents and communications between Facebook employees and U.S. government officials.  They accuse the federal government of using a private company to skirt First Amendment protections.

Follow the Science or Follow the Herd (Immunity).  Mask science doesn't add up.  Neither does six feet of social distancing, quarantining the healthy, closing schools and businesses, allowing massive social justice protests but stopping a small family wedding or funeral.  Medicines that have been safely taken for 60 years are suddenly going to kill anyone who dares take them, but experimental, non-FDA-approved vaccines are safe for everyone, even young children.  What science are we following?  Medical science, political science, or Chinese propaganda?  Herd immunity is another bit of science that is suddenly on par with the Earth being flat.  It's "magical thinking" according to the "follow the science" left because it can be "achieved only through the use of vaccines."  Why then before vaccines were invented, wasn't every viral pandemic a human extinction event?

Emails Reveal How Influential Articles That Established COVID-19 Natural Origins Theory Were Formed.  The two most significant articles promoting the "natural origins" theory for the COVID-19 outbreak originated from scientists who were part of a response team of "experts" brought in by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine (NASEM), in response to a request from a White House official.  These influential articles were used extensively by media organizations to push the natural origins theory, while simultaneously deriding alternative theories — including that of a possible lab leak — as conspiracy theories.  The articles appear to have been part of a coordinated effort originating from a Feb. 1, 2020, teleconference organized by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Dr. Jeremy Farrar, director of the British Wellcome Trust, which took place after a group of health officials scrambled in late January 2020 to respond to public reporting of a potential connection between COVID-19 and the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

Chinese Government Scientist Filed COVID Vaccine Patent Before Pandemic Began.  A Chinese government scientist who worked closely with researchers at the Wuhan lab filed a patent for a COVID-19 vaccine well before the disease was declared a global pandemic.  He was found dead 3 months later.  [Video clip]

Indian Bar Association Threatens to Sue WHO Chief Scientist for Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation.  The Indian Bar Association has taken legal action against the World Health Organization's (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan for allegedly spreading disinformation on the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19.  The association (IBA) served a legal notice on Swaminathan on May 25, claiming that she was "spreading disinformation and misguiding the people of India, in order to fulfill her agenda" and sought to prevent her from "causing further damage."  They further stated that Swaminathan, in her statements against the use of ivermectin, ignored research and clinical trials from two organizations — the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care (FLCCC) Alliance and the British Ivermectin Recommendation Development (BIRD) — who have presented solid data showing ivermectin prevents and treats COVID-19.

Heroic Professions of the COVID Pandemic:  It's A Long List, But Teachers Aren't On It.  The COVID nightmare in America is over.  There are other countries in which the virus is still a serious concern, but not here.  President Joe Biden and the rest of the leftist Democrats are thoroughly disappointed with this fact, as they slowly watch their ill-gotten grip on tyrannical power slip away, but it's a fact, nonetheless.  By virtually every metric — new cases, deaths, active cases, vaccinations — the effects of the COVID pandemic on Americans and our society are rapidly disappearing.  It may be too soon to declare eradication, but it's not too early to reflect on some of the heroism we witnessed over the past sixteen months.  It's easy to forget now if we dismiss some of the unhinged hysteria we saw at the beginning of the pandemic, but COVID was indeed frightening at the start.  There was a lot we didn't know about the disease as events unfolded.  How transmissible is it?  Can it be contracted by touching contaminated surfaces?  Which comorbidities are most vulnerable?  Despite those uncertainties, millions of Americans braved the unknown, put fear for their personal safety aside, and stepped up.  They rose to the occasion.

Rand Paul Shares Some Big News That Crushes the Idea of 'Vaccine Passports'.  With COVID "vaccine passports" becoming a point of contention in states like Florida and Texas, where the governors there have moved to ban them (see Bluff Called:  Ron DeSantis Wins Big Time Over Cruise Line's 'Vaccine Passports'), has anyone truly stopped to ask whether they even make sense?  That's a question I've pondered and given my opinion on several times, and a new study shared by Rand Paul may be just the piece of evidence needed to make things conclusive.  [Tweet]

178 hospital workers in Texas suspended for refusing to get COVID-19 vaccine.  A Houston-based hospital system has suspended 178 employees without pay for two weeks for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine, according to reports.  Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom wrote in an internal message obtained by the Washington Post Tuesday that nearly 25,000 of the health care system's employees were fully vaccinated by Monday's deadline — but some chose not to comply.  "Of these employees, 27 have received one dose of vaccine, so I am hopeful they will get their second doses soon," Boom wrote.  "I know that today may be difficult for some who are sad about losing a colleague who's decided to not get vaccinated.  We only wish them well and thank them for their past service to our community, and we must respect the decision they made."

Who Loses When the China Bat Cave Implodes?  We still don't know where the COVID-19 pandemic originated, but the more we learn, the less China's official story sounds right.  The World Health Organization's year-long endorsement of Beijing means nothing.  At this point, even the WHO is starting to say we need a more thorough investigation.  Good luck with that.  China has prevented independent scientists from conducting any serious, open inquiry of the pandemic's origins.  That won't change. [...] We know China is hiding something.  What we don't know is what it is hiding and why.  [List of possibilities omitted for brevity.]  Whatever they're hiding, they have powerful reasons.  The Chinese Communist Party knows how high the stakes are if it is found responsible for a deadly lab leak and for keeping that information secret when others could have acted promptly and saved countless lives.

No point vaccinating those who've had COVID-19: Findings of Cleveland Clinic study.  Scientists from the Cleveland Clinic, USA, have recently evaluated the effectiveness of coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19) vaccination among individuals with or without a history of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.  The study findings reveal that individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection do not get additional benefits from vaccination, indicating that COVID-19 vaccines should be prioritized to individuals without prior infection.

What if Proof of 2020 Presidential Election Fraud Develops?  If the last month has taught us anything, today's conspiracy theory could easily be tomorrow's commonsense truth.  The speed at which the Wuhan Lab theory as the source of the Covid virus went from "thoroughly debunked" to "Viable" and "Probable" in the media was extraordinary.  Indeed, the media scorned the possible source of the most economically destructive virus in history — one that is credited with killing 3 million people — because they didn't like the then-President of the United States!  Despite the fact that the lab in Wuhan was one of the only places on earth where scientists were studying such viruses, that 3 Wuhan employees went to the hospital in November 2019 with what turned out to be Covid symptoms, that the NIH had actually been funding "gain of function" research in Wuhan focusing specifically on the transmission of such viruses to humans, we were told the Wuhan "China virus" theory was a racist conspiracy theory!

Secret report by respected US government laboratory concluded in May last year that it WAS plausible coronavirus leaked from Wuhan lab.  A government laboratory in California concluded in May 2020 that COVID-19 may have escaped from a facility in Wuhan, it has emerged, and recommended further investigation.  Scientists at the the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, near Berkeley, analyzed the genetic makeup of the virus to try to understand how it evolved.  They passed their May 27, 2020 findings on to the State Department in October.  The five-month delay was not explained.

More evidence the COVID-19 panic was just that: an unwarranted panic.  Three more stories in the past few weeks have proven once again what I and many others saw unequivocally more than a year ago:  The panicky response to COVID was unwarranted and not based on the actual facts on the ground but on manipulated and unproven assumptions.  Those assumptions were touted for purely political reasons.  Worse, too many Americans meekly accepted those assumptions without any of the kind of mature skepticism that is required of adult citizens in a democratic republic.  The result:  Our rights were violated and false and corrupt politicians gained power, power they eagerly abused.  First, officials in Alameda County in California revealed on June 4th that they have reduced the number of COVID deaths in that county for the past year by about 25%, from 1,634 to 1,223.

The Depravity of the Democrat Party, the American Left, and the Media.  After nearly 17 months, the Chinese laboratory manipulation of coronaviruses as the origin of Covid-19, the Federal science bureaucracy's complicity and cover-up, and the motivation behind the overwrought government- and media-sponsored solutions to the pandemic are finally being exposed and can no longer be suppressed by the Democrat party (i.e., mainstream) media.   It is difficult for the average American to fathom the depth of dishonesty and potential treason of those motivated by self-preservation to keep hidden their incestuous relationships with the Communist Chinese and the part they played in the Chinese development of highly infectious viruses as potential military weapons. [...] But far worse is the absolute depravity of many of these same bureaucrats and Democrat politicians who demanded, without any reliable data, unwarranted economic lockdowns and mandatory quarantines with the primary intent of so undermining the economy and self-confidence of the American people that their nemesis, President Trump, would be unable to win re-election in November of 2020.

I've Read That....  Despite this massive information flow, what I have not read about is the possibility that combinations of medication, such as a cocktail of HCQ/Ivermectin, Zinc, prohormone D, Vitamin C, and Aspirin, could become the go-to initial treatment for other respiratory viral infections.  And I don't expect that I'll ever read that considering organized medicine's disdain for alternative approaches to address health or treat disease since these approaches don't generate wealth.  It's no wonder that CoViD mania, in the form of mask mandates, shutdowns, lockdowns, social distancing, pro-vaccination, vaccine hesitancy, etc. exacerbated mental illnesses. [...] There is no vigorous debate to help us understand what is true, what is false, and what are shadows on the wall.  There is something, however, that many of us clearly see, and that's our society being purposely destroyed before our eyes.

Washington state offering free joints for COVID shots.  Washington state is offering free marijuana joints this week to residents who get their COVID-19 vaccine shots.  The state's Liquor and Cannabis Board is temporarily allowing state-licensed cannabis retailers to give one joint to adults who receive a shot at an in-store vaccination clinic under the "Joints for Jabs" promotion.  The promotion began Monday and will expire July 12.  A free pre-rolled joint can only be given to residents ages 21 and up.

China Is the Big Winner from Our COVID Hysteria.  The tidal wave of probability, circumstantial evidence of such mass and consistency that it is now almost irrefutable, that the novel coronavirus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, will alter China's relationship with the world and particularly with the United States.  Accompanied as it is by the increasing volume of evidence that Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases — a post he has held for 37 years — and chief medical advisor to the president, went to unjustified lengths to deny that the coronavirus was anything but an unforeseeable escapee from a live food market, the unraveling story will ramify very widely.  Seen as a whole, it has been an immense strategic victory for the People's Republic of China.  This victory is all the more remarkable because it was probably an extraordinary act of improvisation.  There is no reason to believe at this point that the Chinese authorities deliberately manufactured this virus and unleashed it mindless of the great damage it wrought among China's civilian population.

Was mask-wearing pointless after all?  Fauci must be forced to answer.  Last week, a trove of Dr. Anthony Fauci's emails were released to the public.  In a Feb. 5, 2020, email to a Team Obama health official, the virus guru wrote that masks were for infected people, and that "the typical mask you buy in a drug store is not really effective in keeping out the virus, which is small enough to pass through the material."  Fauci now claims that new information emerged in the time since that email proving the efficacy of masks.  But did it?  What was that new information?  Did the virus magically grow in size, so that the masks could contain it?  When he referred to masks in the drug store at that point, he meant medical masks.  But most Americans spent more than a year wearing cloth masks.  If medical masks couldn't contain the tiny virus, how could the cloth ones?  Can Fauci point to any studies showing that masks made a significant difference in containing the coronavirus?

High-Ranking Chinese Defector Has 'Direct Knowledge' of China's Bioweapons Program — and It's Very Bad.  In an exclusive story at RedState, Jen Van Laar reports that sources inside the intelligence community say a high-ranking defector from China has been working for months with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).  According to Van Laar's confidential sources, that high-ranking defector claims to have knowledge of special weapons programs in China — that include bioweapons.  Adam Housley first reported via Twitter on Thursday [6/3/2021] that "the increased pressure on China in recent days is due to a defector with intimate knowledge" of the program.  According to Housley, FBI director Christopher Wray "didn't know right away because they wanted to make sure they got all they needed before telling him."

The Pandemic that Keeps on Giving.  [Scroll down]  At no time has the ideological goosestep among the Democrat leadership been more apparent than during the pandemic.  Generating fear and uncertainty in the midst of a presidential campaign, it opened the door for innumerable and abusive federal and state regulations that shredded the Constitution and force-fed the American public a heaping portion of socialism.  SARS-CoV-2, or by its household name COVID-19, is a China-formulated, sticky microorganism engineered to superglue itself to the human lung and vents most of its lethality on the old and infirm.  Nonetheless, all Americans, regardless of age, low risk, and high rate of recovery, hid themselves behind ineffective designer masks, cut themselves off from the human race, and were ordered to follow the foibles of a science bent more to the politics of control than reduction of harm.  State political leaders had their way with the body politic, used it to disrupt the electoral process, and put a laughingstock in the Oval Office.  Democrat governors, particularly those East Coast headliners in New York and New Jersey, created state monocracies through health emergency powers unwrapped from vintage statutes dating back to the Second World War.

Fauci escapes questions on his emails and COVID origins — and is instead asked about family dinners and his childhood bike.  Dr. Anthony Fauci avoided questions on his emails and growing demands for him to be fired as he joined Jill Biden for an interview on Live! with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest on Monday morning [6/7/2021].  The pair were instead asked when they have diners with their families and discussed Jill's recent birthday trip to Delaware, a day after protesters greeted them at a vaccine center in Harlem and called for the embattled White House medical adviser to be axed.  Fauci got only a few basic questions about vaccines for children and if the US public need booster shots.

Institutional Collapse.  [Scroll down]  All of this is something to keep in mind as the American empire staggers out of the self-inflicted daze of the Covid panic.  For over a year, the ruling regime has cooked up irrational policies to a threat they swore was a potential extinction event.  They trampled the rights of the citizens and flagrantly trampled the respect that is supposed to underpin democratic order.  Key institutions exit this panic lacking respect and trust.  The obvious example is the political class and their media puppets.  Before Covid, most Americans assumed the media was highly biased.  In the Trump years a growing number of people came to see the media as partisan fabulists, making up stories to fit whatever narrative they are told to peddle.  Of course, those narratives were part of a larger conspiracy for the benefit of a tiny minority.  After Covid, half the country thinks the ruling class is evil.  Respect for the mass media cannot go lower, as almost no one thinks they are honest.  Both political parties are in such low regard, they would collapse if the system allowed for alternatives.  More important, the disgust and distrust are not just with the officeholders, but the system itself.  All social trust has been drained from politics.

Waking up one year too late.  Suddenly there is pandemonium about the Lab Leak idea as the West wakes up a year too late. [...] Why is it suddenly OK to mention now, after being banned on Facebook for months?  Because timing is everything in politics.  Imagine how different it would have been in February last year if Western leaders knew then that it was possible the Wuhan flu had leaked from a lab?  And talk of it being a bioweapon was all over twitter even in January last year.  How fast would those borders have slammed shut, saving literally a million lives or three and so many businesses?  Neighbours around China were already snapping doors closed in the first days of February.  Remember all the nations that wouldn't accept, the poor infected Diamond Princess?  Even if the West wasn't sure, the possibility that it was a laboratory leak would have changed everything about the early response.  Italy would hardly have run a "hug a Chinese (bioweapon)" campaign.  Politics explains so much.  Sixteen months of silence served Biden's backers well.  If Donald Trump could have closed those borders, as he tried to in early February, and protected US citizens from an artificial pandemic, he would have been an unstoppable force in 2020, even in a rigged arena.

Fauci Emails:  How Top Public Health Officials Spun Tangled Web of Lies Around COVID Origin, Treatments.  In early 2020, there was a lot of chatter about where the virus, later named SARS-CoV-2, actually came from.  In an excellent, detailed article written earlier this month for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, former New York Times science writer Nicholas Wade described how two short pieces published in March 2020 — one in The Lancet and one in Nature Medicine — determined how this chatter would be channeled to the public.  These two extraordinarily influential pieces, each published under the heading "correspondence," were parroted by mainstream media for a year.  Both were plainly intended to shut down any discussion of the possibility that the virus originated in a lab.

Interesting Timing — Obama Administration Lifted Block on "Gain of Function Research" Just Eleven Days Before President Trump Took Office.  This discovery makes the suspicions of an intentionally released Pandemic virus, with a political intent, to "STOP TRUMP" look exponentially more plausible.  SARS = Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the deadly consequence within COVID-19.  With people beginning to recognize that U.S. government officials and the intelligence community have been less than honest, and in some cases downright lying, surrounding the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus; and when we overlay the political motives in the background of mass narrative deflection from media and other institutions; and when we consider the known lengths that people inside the U.S. government were willing to go in their efforts to eliminate President Trump; discovering that President Obama's administration technically authorized the restart of "gain of function" research (biological weaponization of SARS virus) just days before President Trump took office... is way more than alarming.

Gavin Newsom Goes Back on His Word, State of Emergency Will Remain in Place After June 15 Deadline.  On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) alerted state residents that he was not going to lift he state of emergency on June 15, which was the proposed date.  Newsom made the announcement during a press conference while announcing winners of a vaccine lottery, "Vax for the Win," where those selected win $50,000 cash prizes.  By the way, it's taxable.  Welcome to California, the state with the highest income tax.  The casual reveal came during what Eric Ting of SF Gate called a "testy press conference" in his headline, also indicating in his piece that it was "often tense."  The exchange was between Newsom and AP reporter Adam Beam, who referenced the June 15 date.

Royal Caribbean Won't Force Passengers on US Cruises to Be Vaccinated.  Royal Caribbean has decided not to require passengers on U.S. cruises to be vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19.  An ongoing battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has apparently concluded as the company announced Friday that passengers do not need a COVID-19 vaccine.  "Guests are strongly recommended to set sail fully vaccinated, if they are eligible.  Those who are unvaccinated or unable to verify vaccination will be required to undergo testing and follow other protocols, which will be announced at a later date," Royal Caribbean said in a press release alerting Americans that the cruise line's U.S. comeback is slated to start on July 2 in Miami.  DeSantis, a Republican, recently signed a law that could fine companies up to $5,000 for each person who is asked to provide proof they've received a vaccine against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19.

DeSantis Wins — Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Drops COVID Vaccination Requirement.  The battle over COVID vaccination passports in Florida came down to a reversal by Caribbean Cruise Lines yesterday.  After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation that fined companies $5,000 per incident for requiring COVID vaccination identification Royal Caribbean backed down from the fight.

The Fall of St. Fauci.  Dr. Anthony Fauci's new book [...] recently had its listing removed by Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  What we can say with near certainty is that Amazon and Barnes and Noble didn't delist the political left's most marketable saint for the past year because they disagree with the book's content, which undoubtedly touts his wisdom in supporting compulsory masking and distancing, strict government lockdowns, and the suspension of constitutional freedoms as the panacea for national health crises.  No.  Something really, really big is cooking, and it doesn't bode well for Dr. Fauci.  This has all the signs of an order that came from above, and it likely has everything to do with a large cache of emails released in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

The bizarre British connection behind America's biggest hoaxes.  It's becoming increasingly clear that America's bureaucracies engaged in a cover-up about COVID's origins.  What's also become clear is the fact that one of the main players in the entire COVID scandal is a British man, Peter Daszak.  And I realized something when I thought about Daszak's involvement:  Beginning more than 20 years ago, the British have taken lead roles in three leftist lies that have been used to remake America:  Climate change, the Russia hoax and, now, COVID's development and its subsequent cover-up. [...] A large part of the initial research that led to the Climate Change madness that the Democrat party is using to destroy America's economy and, indeed, its lifestyle, came from the Climatic Research Unit at England's University of East Anglia.  That was the same institution that falsified information to hide the fact that global temperatures were falling, not rising ("Hide the decline").  Several years later, Democrats used the Steele Dossier, written by Christopher Steele, a former British spy, to try to destroy Trump's presidency. [...] America has not been well-served by individual Britishers of late.  Daszak is just another Brit who seems to be determined to get revenge for the Revolution.

Why the Science Points to a Lab Leak.  In today's [6/6/2021] Wall Street Journal, two eminent scientists explain why the evidence points toward a laboratory origin for the covid-19 virus: [...] All of this didn't just recently come to light.  The authors point out that the CGG connection was noted in published literature by February 2020.  So, why is it that only in the last few weeks have the scientific, political and media establishments decided not only that it is acceptable to entertain the idea that covid could have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but to point out publicly that this is the most likely explanation of the virus's origin?  I think the answer lies in the realm of politics, not science.  Covid was not a hoax, but it was immediately seen by the Left as the means through which they might oust Donald Trump from the White House.

Chinese military scientist 'filed a patent for a COVID-19 vaccine before the virus was declared a global pandemic.  A Chinese military scientist with ties to the United States reportedly filed a patent for a COVID-19 vaccine well before the disease was declared a global pandemic.  Yusen Zhou, who worked for the People's Liberation Army (PLA), lodged the paperwork on behalf of the Chinese political party on February 24 2020, according to The Australian newspaper.  That date was just five weeks after China first confirmed human transmission of the coronavirus.

Former FDA Commissioner Says Fauci Briefed World Leaders On Potential Lab Leak — A Year Ago.  Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Sunday that he was told Dr. Anthony Fauci had briefed world leaders on the possibility that the novel coronavirus leaked from a lab.  Gottlieb told "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson that a senior official in former President Donald Trump's administration had informed him there was suspicion that the strain "looked unusual," which prompted Fauci to address the possibility that it had leaked from a research laboratory in Wuhan.

How mainstream press glossed over Fauci emails while others dug deeper.  The bombshell emails of infectious disease chief Anthony Fauci released last week generated markedly divergent coverage from mainstream and alternative media outlets, with legacy outlets offering more glowing coverage of the documents and newer publications covering the material in much more depth.  The emails, released as three batches by The Washington Post, Buzzfeed and the group Informed Consent Action Network, offered readers a front-row seat to Fauci's earliest days managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the first inklings of the virus's spread in the U.S. through the springtime shutdowns that persisted into summer.  The reasons for the specific, targeted email requests — obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests and lawsuits — were not immediately clear.  Coverage of the documents from both the Washington Post and Buzzfeed read more like a profile piece of Fauci than an expos  of the internal documents of one of the most polarizing figures in current U.S. public health.

8 Things to Know About Whether COVID-19 Leaked From Chinese Lab.  The trove of newly public emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci only has intensified calls for more answers about the origins of COVID-19. [...] Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a Senate panel May 11 that the United States didn't help fund research at the Wuhan lab that involved making the virus more contagious or otherwise more dangerous.  However, the surfacing of an email exchange from Feb. 1, 2020, between Fauci and his deputy and fellow immunologist Hugh Auchincloss seems to cast doubt on that point.  That exchange is among thousands of pages of Fauci's work emails obtained by BuzzFeed and The Washington Post in separate requests under the Freedom of Information Act.

California county cuts death toll after finding fatalities 'clearly not' caused by COVID-19.  The coronavirus death toll in a California county has been cut by 25 percent — after officials found that some fatalities were not a "direct result" of the virus.  Alameda County on Friday [6/4/2021] issued a corrected death toll that puts the total number of fatalities at 1,223, significantly down from its previous count of 1,634.  "Alameda County previously included any person who died while infected with the virus in the total COVID-19 deaths for the County," health officials said in a statement.  "Aligning with the State's definition will require Alameda County to report as COVID-19 deaths only those people who died as a direct result of COVID-19, with COVID-19 as a contributing cause of death, or in whom death caused by COVID-19 could not be ruled out."

California County COVID-19 Death Toll Lowered by 400 After Counting Method Change.  The number of COVID-19 deaths in Alameda County, California, fell by about 25 percent after health officials changed their methodology for total mortality count, removing deaths that weren't a "direct result" of the disease or "in whom death caused by COVID-19 could not be ruled out."  The county's COVID-19 dashboard, following an update on June 4 to reflect the total number of COVID-19 deaths using the state's death-reporting definition, shows that 1,223 deaths were caused by the CCP virus, 411 fewer than it previously reported.  "Alameda County previously included any person who died while infected with the virus in the total COVID-19 deaths for the County," the county's public health department said in a statement.  For example, someone who tested positive for the virus before dying in a car accident would still have been counted toward the COVID-19 death toll.

COVID death toll suddenly drops 25% when California county officials make policy change.  Alameda County, a Northern California county that includes the city of Oakland, has revised its COVID-19 data methodology, resulting in a massive 25% decrease in its reported COVID-19 deaths.  The COVID-19 death toll in Alameda County decreased from 1,634 to 1,223 on Friday after officials updated their methodology for COVID-19 reporting, now only including people who directly died from COVID-19 in their count.  Previously, Alameda County officials included in their death toll any resident who died while infected the virus — not just those individuals who died directly from COVID-19.

Dr Fauci briefed world leaders that coronavirus could have escaped from Wuhan lab in Spring, Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb reveals.  The former head of the Food and Drug Administration, Scott Gottlieb, has said Dr. Anthony Fauci told world leaders in the spring of 2020 that the coronavirus may have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China.  U.S. researchers around that time still were considering whether the virus came from a lab break, and Fauci told the health leaders gathered that the newly identified strain of the coronavirus 'looked unusual,' according to Gottlieb.  The disclosure from the former FDA chief comes as an increasing number of mainstream scientists and media figures no longer are parroting the line from the Chinese Communist Party that the virus came from a bat.

Science shows COVID-19 likely engineered in lab: experts.  [Condemnatory] science strongly suggests that COVID-19 is a man-made monster, optimized in a lab for maximum infectivity before hitting the outside to catastrophic effect, two experts said Sunday [6/6/2021].  Writing in an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Steven Quay and Richard Muller pointed to two key pieces of evidence to support the claim, which has increasingly gained steam after long being derided as little more than speculation.  The first relates to the nature of gain-of-function research, in which microbiologists tweak a virus' genome to alter its properties, such as making it more transmissible or more lethal.

Leading the Memorial by six strokes, Jon Rahm forced to withdraw after positive COVID-19 diagnosis.  Jon Rahm was rolling in dominant fashion to his second consecutive Memorial Tournament win after an unbelievable 64 on Saturday [6/5/2021] at Muirfield Village.  Things took a devastating turn post-round, however, as he was alerted by the PGA Tour that he tested positive for COVID-19 and would be forced to withdraw from the tournament after three rounds.  Rahm was informed by the PGA Tour on Monday that he was in contact tracing protocol as he was in close proximity to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.  Rahm tested negative throughout the week but a positive test popped up on Saturday while he was on the course.  He was informed shorty after shooting his 64 — one of the best rounds on the PGA Tour all year — and immediately withdrew from the tournament.

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[#1] Golf is an outdoor sport in which the participants are widely spaced.  Even if he had Covid-19, what's the problem?  [#2] A professional athlete is a person who is extremely unlikely to be at risk of serious complications from Covid-19.  [#3] Did Mr. Rahm really have the disease, or just a positive test result — which could easily have been a false positive?  With all that's at stake, especially since he was doing so well, a false positive could easily lead some to suspect tampering with the outcome of the tournament.

Why Are All the Experts Such Dopes?  We normals are now expected to defer and submit to the commands of unelected functionaries bossing us around for our own good, though this is only good for those said experts and their fellow travelers in the ruling class.  Over about 250 years, America has gone from its leaders being selected on the basis of the divine right of kings to its leaders being selected by on the basis of the divine right of nerds with advanced degrees from Yale. [...] Now, experts are not always wrong.  In fairness to Dr. Fauci he was right about COVID, at least for a moment.  Of course, this is only because, over the last 18 months, that ubiquitous shrimp has literally taken every possible position on the pandemic, so he was bound to have been right at least once simply because of the sheer number of different and often contradictory poses he struck.

Experts Explain Evidence That COVID-19 Was Deliberately Altered In A Lab.  A scientist and a doctor explained in a Sunday op-ed the "damning" evidence suggesting that COVID-19 was altered in a laboratory.  Dr. Steven Quay and UC Berkeley emeritus professor of physics Richard Muller explained in The Wall Street Journal that the genomic structure of COVID-19 was unlike anything discovered in nature, which is the strongest evidence the coronavirus was altered in a lab.  The two explained that in gain-of-function research, a spike protein is altered for the purpose of making a virus more transmissible or lethal.  A specific genomic sequence, CGG-CGG (known as "double CGG"), they said, has "never been found naturally" in "the entire class of coronaviruses that includes CoV-2."  They explained that natural processes could not create a sequence combination if it "isn't present in any other virus."

Biden's vaccine push fails to gain traction with African Americans.  The Biden administration knew the key to a successful Covid vaccination campaign would be reaching the most vulnerable populations.  But more than five months in, even a blueprint that's worked with other ethnic and racial groups isn't doing enough to win over Black Americans.  Less than a quarter of Black Americans had received their first Covid-19 shot as of June 7 based on available federal data, amid a weeks-long stagnation that has defied the government's ramped-up effort to accelerate vaccinations and reach the nation's most vulnerable communities.

Democratic COVID-19 psychosis: 71% [are] not ready to get back to normal.  Despite 63.5% of all American adults having been vaccinated against the virus, 71% of Democrats want healthy people to stay at home as much as possible, according to a poll from Gallup.  This compares to 87% of Republicans who agree with the recommendation that people should now strive to lead their normal lives.  Forty-three percent of Democrats say their lives are not yet back to normal, as compared to only 24% of Republican respondents.  Apparently, Americans are also not willing to take off their face masks, which Dr. Anthony Fauci even questioned the effectiveness of early in the pandemic.  In a separate Gallup poll released Monday, 79% of respondents said they have worn their face masks in the past week, despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance saying face masks are no longer needed among those fully vaccinated.  The survey didn't break down the respondents between political parties.

8 Things to Know About Whether COVID-19 Leaked From Chinese Lab.  The trove of newly public emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci only has intensified calls for more answers about the origins of COVID-19.  On some level, the executive branch and Congress are investigating the origins of the pandemic that has killed millions around the world and almost 600,000 in the United States.  The renewed attention comes amid mounting circumstantial evidence that the new coronavirus that causes the disease came from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a Senate panel May 11 that the United States didn't help fund research at the Wuhan lab that involved making the virus more contagious or otherwise more dangerous.  However, the surfacing of an email exchange from Feb. 1, 2020, between Fauci and his deputy and fellow immunologist Hugh Auchincloss seems to cast doubt on that point.

Sharri Markson Questions Why Biden Administration is Protecting Dr. Anthony Fauci.  Now that we know the Obama administration was directly involved in the creation of SARS-CoV-2 as a biological weapon that was released from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China (an accidental or purposeful release still undetermined), we have the background to understand why the JoeBama administration has to defend Anthony Fauci.  All of the originating activity surrounding U.S. collaboration with the Wuhan Institute, the funding of the Wuhan Institute and the approvals for the Wuhan Institute to conduct "gain of function" research (weaponizing the virus) took place during the Obama administration.  Including the events on January 9, 2017, eleven days before leaving office, when President Obama's administration lifted the funding moratorium to weaponize SARS bat viruses.  Sharri Markson has a book that details how the Wuhan Lab was used to create SARS-CoV-2 and how Anthony Fauci was the key decisionmaker in the U.S. who organized funding for the Chinese experiments.

Former Australian PM Calls For Vaccine Passports.  Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for vaccine passports to be mandated to increase vaccination rates around Australia.  Speaking on ABC radio on Monday, Turnbull said that the Australian government needs to become tougher on vaccines and declared that while you cannot force people to have vaccines, Australia needs to "make it very clear that there are some things you will not be able to do if you are not get vaccinated."  "We are not safe until we are all safe," Turnbull said, noting that the country also needs strong records on vaccination status.

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I'd rather be free than safe.

DeSantis: Florida Chooses Freedom Over Faucism.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) slams Biden's chief medical adviser over handling of coronavirus in light of recent email revelations.  DeSantis said Thursday on FOX News' "Ingraham Angle" that Fauci spent so much time on interviews it was instantly clear to him that "this was all about himself and his own image."  "In Florida we choose freedom over Faucism and we are much better off for doing that," DeSantis said to FNC host Laura Ingraham.  "His lockdown policies were not justified by the scientific data.  He was somebody that fearmongered about schools.  He did not support Florida when we had our kids in school in person.  I think he was wrong about masks and asymptomatic spread."  "He did so many interviews that it was clear to me after pretty short time this was all about himself and his own image and for me, a look at that magazine cover it with him lounging by the pool with the sunglasses on, you know, right in the midst of a pandemic and it was almost like a let them eat cake moment for all of the people who were chaffing under his lockdowns and get he seemed to be having the time of his life," the governor said.

'Dr. Jill' and Dr. Fauci in Harlem Greeted with a Chorus of Boos and Chants "Fire Fauci!"  Dr. Jill and Dr. Fauci received a not-so-warm welcome today as they visited Harlem, New York.  The crowd on hand to greet 'Dr. Jill' and Dr. Fauci in Harlem today booed loudly as their car arrived.  Spectators screamed in their New York accents, "Fauci you got your talking points from the CCP."  And then the spectators joined in a chorus screaming in unison, "Fire Fauci.  Fire Fauci.  Fire Fauci."

Slammed by COVID-19 Shutdown, San Luis Obispo Boosts Newsom Recall.  Though in-person service came and went at the Paso Robles winery Paix Sur Terre during the pandemic, alcohol consumption skyrocketed, making for winemaker Ryan Pease's "best year ever."  But despite personal gains, Pease couldn't shake the feeling of guilt when talking to neighbors who struggled to run restaurants and small businesses throughout San Luis Obispo County.  When the opportunity came to back a recall petition to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom, the lifelong Democrat signed his name.  "Our mindset here is, because we're so isolated from other metropolitan areas, we take care of each other.  We create our own economy," said Pease, 37.  "Even though I'm a Democrat and blue, we don't like to be told what to do here."

Why Was the US Department of Defense Funding Bioweapons Research at Wuhan?  Late Friday [6/4/2021] the British publication DailyMail reported that the United States Department of Defense provided $39 million in grant funding to "EcoHealth Alliance" as part of the aggregated grant funding received by EcoHealth Alliance to conduct various types of "gain of function" virus research — a type of research in which scientists engineer viruses to make them more transmissible or lethal and which can be used to create bioweapons.  EcoHealth Alliance used a large amount of its funding to support research projects on the subject at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, led by Chinese "bat virus" expert Dr. Shi Zenglhi — the "Bat Lady."  While the Daily Mail report is fairly exhaustive, I think it is important to note that RedState, led by my colleague Scott Hounsell, was asking questions about US government funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab back in February.

Why was Mark Zuckerberg's 'even bigger deal' offer to Fauci redacted from the FOIA emails just released?  Dr. Dale Brown raised on interesting question on Twitter about a curious redaction from the emails of Dr. Fauci that were released last week.  On March 15, 2020, the mega-rich founder of Facebook sent a fawning email to Fauci, thanking him for his leadership and offering to "share a few ideas of ways we could help you get your message out...."  After discussing how FaceBook can become an "information hub" for "authoritative information," encourage people to practice social distancing, and offering to do a video with Fauci, the email closes with a final offer that is completely redacted.

The End of the Wuhan Scamarama:  The Fauci Emails.  There's a caveat from Dr. Jeffrey Satinover on the emails:
  [1]   Almost ALL of the emails are from others to Fauci with his reply.  There are very few, if any (I will have to review) initiated by him.  It is very unlikely this represents his full correspondence using his official NIH address.
  [2]   The rough per-day number of emails in Jan and Feb, then May, greatly exceeds March and April.
  [3]   A very large proportion of text with what looks to me likely to be scientific detail, in others' comments to Fauci, has been blocked.
  [4]   The largest proportion consists of requests to Fauci to speak either at scientific conferences or on major media television programs.  Strikingly:
        [a]   Fauci refuses almost every invite in a medical or scientific setting
        [b]   Fauci accepts almost every invite to go on TV
  [5]   The most striking feature by far, so far, is this:  Fauci's responses are utterly devoid of either scientific curiosity or depth.  He shows no evidence in these pages at least, of anything but the most superficial familiarity with viral illnesses.  Whenever someone proposes a helpful idea, he hands it off to a deputy to respond.  He is temperate to the point of vacuity.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Responds to Anthony Fauci Stunning Emails.  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appears on Fox News with Laura Ingraham to share his reaction to the newly released emails of Anthony Fauci.  Secretary Pompeo states there were active political bureaucrats in multiple institutions with a vested interest in shaping discussion of how the SARS-CoV-2 virus began.  Specifically, Pompeo says people within the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) were trying to suppress any investigation into the origin of the outbreak.  Secretary Pompeo notes the current points from Dr. Fauci are almost identical to the talking points of the Chinese Communist Party.  Pompeo also expresses confidence that eventually it will be discovered that the virus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

Stay Strong, The Conspiracies Will Continue.  Drip, drip, drip; certain facts began to ooze out from under the Colossal Covid Contravention.  First, St. Fauci was revealed for the poison weasel sucking liar he is.  Then certain people began to expose the Covid Cabal as nothing more than an elaborate plot designed to take Trump out.  But remember:  we're the kooks here.

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Where We Are Now.  [Scroll down]  At the same time somehow the media, the panic, the insanity, was all in the holy name of convincing people this was the most lethal thing ever.  Oh, and crashing the economy.  And being able to steal the election.  ALL OF IT was a political coup; a way to take down a successful president and install a China stooge.  ALL OF IT.  The side effects of this are horrific:  We have unemployed people.  We have people who missed their cancer diagnosis and are now dying.  We have people who died of other illnesses, because going to the hospital wasn't a thing.  We have hospitals closing because they can't keep their heads above water after this.  Oh, restaurants and stores too, but hospitals inevitably are closing in the most underserved communities.  We have elderly who lived their last few months in isolation and pain and misery.  We have elderly who started developing cognitive problems after being isolated for over a year.  We have teens committing suicide.  We have food wasted in big honking batches because restaurants were closed.

California Ordered to Pay $2 Million in Legal Fees to Church that Violated Coronavirus Restrictions.  After a lengthy court battle, the government of the state of California backed down in its efforts to enforce coronavirus restrictions on a church that continued hosting in-person worship services, and has now agreed in a settlement to pay the church's $2 million worth of legal fees, Breitbart reports.  When the state repeatedly attempted to enforce strict capacity limits, mask mandates, and other "social distancing" requirements on the San Diego-based Pentecostal church, the church's lawyers filed suit with the United States Supreme Court, winning all three suits.  This ultimately led to lawyers on behalf of the state of California agreeing to the settlement, which was approved by a federal judge.  Responding to the settlement, an attorney with the Thomas More Society, a legal group that represents churches facing suppression of their First Amendment rights, pointed out that while businesses such as Costco were limited to 50 percent capacity, while churches were forced to stay as low as 25 percent, and sometimes even lower.

If there's one thing a tyrant loves, it's a "state of emergency."
Gov. Newsom Won't Lift COVID 'State Of Emergency' When California Reopens.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday said he will not lift a state of emergency that gives him broad powers to impose or suspend rules involving the coronavirus when the state fully reopens its economy on June 15.  But he still intends to lift most mask and other restrictions on that date.  California has been under a state of emergency since March 4, 2020.  Since then, Newsom has authorized billions of dollars in emergency spending and issued at least 47 executive orders to alter or suspend 200 state laws and regulations because of the virus, according to a resolution authored by Republican state senators.

Scientist At Center Of Lab Leak Controversy Put In Charge Of The Lancet's Task Force To Investigate Virus Origin.  Revered scientific journal The Lancet has created a 'task force' to investigate the origins of the coronavirus that caused a global pandemic, yet it has decided to employ as its leader the very guy who funded the dangerous gain of function research at the Wuhan lab and subsequently allegedly 'bullied' other scientists into avoiding looking into the lab as a potential source of the outbreak. [...] Dr Peter Daszak, who is heading up this task force, is perhaps the least suitable scientist on the planet to objectively analyse the data, given his track record.  Daszak, as President of the EcoHealth Alliance, shovelled at least $600,000 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the past few years to play around with coronaviruses inside the lab through the now infamous 'gain of function' research.  Daszak, who also works for the World Health Organisation, is on record admitting that he was involved with manipulating coronaviruses.

Twitter LOCKED group's account after they announced 3k more pages of Fauci emails via FOIA.  A group called ICAN (Informed Consent Action Network) announced today another 3,000 pages of Fauci emails coming, that they got via a Freedom of Information Act request.  But for some ridiculous reason, Twitter decided to block ICAN's account over the announcement.

New Email Revelations Prove that Slippery Dr. Fauci Lied About His Lying on Masks.  On March 8, 2020, Dr. Fauci famously told Americans via 60 Minutes that there's no reason to be walking around with a mask.  In fact, masks are likely even counterproductive, he said, because people don't wear them correctly, constantly touch their face when wearing them, and the mask may give a false sense of security to wearers that may lessen other practical precautions to avoid exposure, like washing hands or physical distancing.  Months later, he told us that he knew that masks actually would save countless lives, but he was lying to us in March about masks' effectiveness because wanted to protect the medical mask supply chains for hospital workers.  And he had "no regrets" about telling this lie, he told Lawrence O'Donnell, because it was "correct in the context of when" he made the recommendation.  Besides, he said, "it soon became clear that homemade masks were as good as the masks that you would buy from surgical supply stores."  I missed that quote last year while following this, but perhaps that's because the media neglected to fact check the good doctor on this extremely stupid and unscientific thing that he said.

The Unmasking of Dr. Anthony Fauci.  The sudden collapse of the COVID-19 animal-to-human transmission theory is just one of many false narratives foisted upon We the People by our legacy Corporate Media with the aid of others in a cabal as reported by Scott McKay in The American Spectator:  ["]... the Narrative Wall has come down in a manner metaphorically quite similar to what happened to the civil infrastructure in Jericho, we can see just how devoid of merit is the American mainstream media.  For an entire year these people, aided by the totalitarians who run the Big Tech social media sites, ... have done everything they could to squelch any notion that COVID-19 is the product of irresponsible, if not downright evil, virology research gone wrong in Wuhan, China.["]  This information is not new.  This information was readily available since early last year when the pandemic hit.  Many others wrote about the fallacies of the natural theory narrative pushed by the media.  These people were derided and marginalized for having heretical thoughts.

Fauci's wife needs an investigation, too.  Christine Grady, MSN, PhD, is Fauci's colleague at the National Institute of Health, where she serves of Chief of Bioethics and Head of Human Subjects Research at the NIH Clinical Center. [...] Why was Grady ever placed in a position at NIH, where she was the final arbiter of the ethics of her husband's experiments?  If Fauci wanted to study gain-of-function research on lethal viruses, did he just need to roll over in bed and say, "Honey, is this OK?" to obtain "ethical" permission?  And has anybody ever given Americans an accounting of the money that the Faucis were incentivized to make from their decisions?  In 2005, a British medical journal reported that Fauci and other NIH researchers were receiving royalties on their pharmaceutical discoveries for AIDS/HIV.  "Dr. Anthony Fauci told the BMJ that as a government employee he was required by law to put his name on the patent for the development of interleukin 2 and was also required by law to receive part of the payment the government received for use of the patent.  He said that he felt it was inappropriate to receive payment and donated the entire amount to charity."  Did he?  Did anybody check?  Which charity?

Wuhan lab was to get $1.5M in federal grant money for bat study, emails show.  The Wuhan Institute of Virology was awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars more in federal grant money than chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci indicated to lawmakers last week, newly released emails show.  The messages, obtained by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, show that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) allocated $826,277 to the lab over a six-year period ending in 2019 via the New York City-based non-profit EcoHealth Alliance.  But Fauci, the longtime NIAID director, told a House Appropriations subcommittee on May 25 that the funding commitment "was about $600,000 over a period of five years, so it was a modest amount."  US funding of the lab has come under scrutiny amid the ongoing controversy over whether the coronavirus leaked from the research hub into the 11 million-strong city of Wuhan, triggering the worst global pandemic in a century.

Believe Your Own Eyes About Fauci E-Mails, Not the Fact Checkers.  Reading through the 4,000-plus pages of Dr. Fauci's emails — where's the bottle of Visine? — has not been the most exciting of literary experiences, but it certainly has been revealing.  After all, Dr. Fauci was the US architect of the lockdowns that smashed all that we believed was true in the good 'ol US of A; namely that we had rights and freedoms and a system of government that protected both.  Suddenly we found ourselves housebound by law, prevented from going to concerts, movies, church, or even to the hospital if we didn't have Covid-19 (health care spending fell 6% in 2020).  So, yes, these emails are remarkable.  You want to know what this guy was thinking?  How and why did he convince President Trump to shut down major parts of the economy?

Republicans must campaign on making Red China pay.  Red China turned the world upside down last year by unleashing a virus that was just deadly enough to create a panic.  Politicians knew not what to do.  They shut down the economy, creating an even larger mess.  But we were saved by a wise, wily, septuagenarian federal official who knew exactly what to do.  Oh, it was not Tony Fauci, the man the media heralded.  A year later, the world has read his emails and realizes that Fauci worked with Red China in creating this monster.  No, the hero was the man the media scorned, President Donald John Trump.  Under his leadership, Operation Warp Speed delivered not just one, not just two, but three vaccines in record time.

US Gave More Money to Chinese Lab for Bat Research Than Fauci Claimed:  Documents.  The United States gave over $800,000 to the top-level laboratory in China from which some believe the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus escaped, according to newly released documents.  Internal emails from officials with the National Institutes of Health and an office inside the agency, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), show they discussed in 2020 a question from Republican members of Congress regarding how much the agencies sent to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  The total amount sent between Fiscal Years 2014 and 2019 was $826,777, according to the officials.  The funding went to EcoHealth Alliance, which channeled money to the lab for the purpose of "understanding the risk of bat coronavirus emergence."

Mike Pompeo:  Dr. Fauci 'saw everything I saw' about COVID origins, but came to a different conclusion.  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined 'Hannity' Friday [6/4/2021] to react to reports that the Biden administration stopped the State Department's investigation into the origins of COVID.  MIKE POMPEO:  ["]By March and April of 2020, I don't know how anyone could have seen the accumulated evidence surrounding the Wuhan Institute of Virology and conclude that there was no chance that the virus escaped from this place.  The evidence had become overwhelming.  It continues to grow.  And yet, I heard Dr. Fauci this week say 'I think the Chinese have every incentive to come clean about this.' [...] ["]  [Video clip]

Psaki to Doocy:  Team Biden Won't 'Stand by' and Allow 'Attacks' on Fauci Over His E-Mails.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki continued on Friday afternoon [6/4/2021] to show an aversion to discussing the thousands of published e-mails from Dr. Tony Fauci, repeatedly declining to elaborate on them during Friday's press briefing.  Speaking to Fox's Peter Doocy, Psaki insisted that, while Fauci can speak for himself, the Biden administration "wouldn't stand by" while "attacks" are "launched" against him.  Doocy started his Friday Q&A on the subject of a congressional or presidential commission to look at "the initial U.S. response to COVID-19," but all Psaki would commit to would be the administration's 90-day review of the intelligence regarding the origins of the virus.

Bluff Called:  Ron DeSantis Wins Big Over Cruise Line's 'Vaccine Passports'.  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida keeps stacking wins.  He did so again after news broke yesterday evening that Royal Caribbean, one of the top two, major cruise lines that operate out of Florida, will not require so-called "vaccine passports" for passengers.  This comes after DeSantis used the state's power over the ports to ban the practice.  While many suggested the cruise lines would succeed by simply moving to another state, that doesn't appear to be the case.

High-Ranking Chinese Defector Has 'Direct Knowledge' of Several Chinese Special Weapons Programs.  A person believed to be among the highest-ranking defectors ever to the United States from the People's Republic of China has been working with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for months, sources inside the intelligence community have told RedState on condition of anonymity.  The defector has direct knowledge of special weapons programs in China, including bioweapons programs, those sources say.  The information provided to RedState corroborates and clarifies Thursday evening's [6/3/2021] reporting by journalist Adam Housley.

Reported Chinese Defector With Information About Wuhan Lab Possibly Related to Sun Lijun, Former Chinese Deputy Minister of Public Security.  Red State is reporting on a defector to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) who is presumably giving the U.S. government information related to the leak from Wuhan BioLab. [...] Interestingly, one of the incredibly astute Twitter researchers who focuses on China, "aka Ben", previously reported on the family of Sun Lijun who defected to Australia in February of last year.  Sun Lijun was the former Chinese Deputy Minister of Public Security who was sent to Wuhan to manage (aka cover-up) the SARS-CoV-2 breakout.  His wife and children fled China during the height of the pandemic spread.

The Island of Dr. Fauci.  The great crime of history, the Holocaust, happened through and with the cooperation of the German medical profession.  The vast majority of German doctors were committed Nazis, and they implemented at Hitler's request, Aktion T-4 program, which was the systematic murder of the incurably ill, emotionally distraught, elderly, and other persons deemed defective.  The impulse and infrastructure of this program, and more importantly the authority (moral and command) of the medical profession, were used to carry out industrial, medicalized murder at Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Treblinka.  If there is anything the 20th century ought to teach us, it is to distrust doctors in or adjacent to politics.  They are dangerous — some due to incompetence, and some because they are evil.  Fauci's incompetence can be presumed from his age.  His propensity for evil is becoming apparent from his correspondence.

Biden Says He's 'Very Confident' in Scandal-Plagued Dr. Fauci.  Joe Biden on Friday [6/4/2021] said he was "very confident" in Dr. Anthony Fauci when asked about his embattled medical advisor during a press conference in Delaware.  Fauci has been under fire from Republicans after explosive emails released earlier this week showed that he was aware of evidence supporting the Wuhan lab-leak theory, and quietly worked with self-interested scientists to cover it up.  The White House, meanwhile has defended the longtime National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director.  "Do you have confidence in Dr. Fauci?" a reporter shouted as Biden was leaving the room at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center following his remarks about the May jobs report.  Biden poked his head out from behind the door to answer the question.  "Yes, I'm very confident in Dr. Fauci," he replied.

Our Government Is Evolving into Something Horrifying.  A highly ruthless and committed movement driven by deception and an organized plan was set in motion to win the November 3, 2020 election by any means necessary, including possibly releasing or at a minimum deliberately spreading the COVID-19 virus around the world, starting either in late 2019 or early 2020.  After its introduction, a comprehensive campaign was waged to weaponize and promote the public's fear of COVID-19.  As the pandemic raged, the parties opposing President Trump ratcheted up the stakes by demonstrating their willingness to sacrifice people's lives and inflicting all kinds of collateral damage on fundamental American institutions and our economy for the primary purpose of political gain.  An American government seemingly in partnership with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was born, inflicting without any compunction the destruction of the lives, health, welfare, and livelihoods of a great number of fellow Americans.

Is Fauci a fall guy?  Sundance of The Last Refuge looks into something that also puzzled me:  why were multiple FOIA requests for the emails of Dr. Anthony Fauci all released at the same time, and why now? [...] He constructs this sequence of recent events:
  •   A once beloved Bill Gates, the primary advocate for COVID vaccines, suddenly became a target by the political left.  It was quite a shift.
  •   The White House announces their support of investigation into the origin of COVID-19.
  •   Media report on State Dept investigators who were handcuffed during their research into the COVID origination.
  •   Suddenly discussion of the "Lab Leak Theory" was permitted by those who control the platforms of speech.
  •   Media then report of Anthony Fauci gaining a lucrative book deal.
  •   Joe Biden gives a speech in Oklahoma on Tuesday; and immediately thereafter the White House announces no more public appearances for the remainder of the week.
  •   The Fauci emails are released under the auspices of a FOIA fulfillment.
He asks: "Why would the Deep State release these emails, instead of just hiding them?" [...] Having begun the panic narrative, that COVID 19 — with a mortality rate under 1% — was the worst pandemic ever, fanned by the media, the way was cleared for:
  •   The stalling of a fantastic economy that was benefiting every American voter.
  •   Deployment of mail-in ballots that can be used and manipulated to achieve fraudulent results.
  •   Controls over presidential debates to avoid a weak candidate being exposed or confronted.
  •   The deployed 'excuse' for a very visible lack of voter enthusiasm for the puppet (Biden).
In Sundance's view, Fauci is being offered up as a distraction from the larger story that a fairly bad annual flu was weaponized as a means of taking down the re-election of Donald Trump, whose term up until the lockdown was a story of tremendous economic growth and diplomatic triumphs in the Middle East, making his re-election very probable.

Never Let a Plague Go To Waste.  During America's first-ever national lockdown, thousands of unelected bureaucrats, as well as federal and state governments, assumed enormous powers not usually accorded to them.  They picked and chose which businesses could stay open without much rationale.  They sent the infected into nursing homes occupied by the weak and vulnerable.  Their rules for prosecuting those who violated social distancing, sheltering in place, mask wearing or violent protesting often hinged on political grounds.  Their spending measures on "infrastructure" and "health care" were excuses to lard up redistributive entitlements.  Conservatives moaned that left-wing agendas were at work beneath the pretenses of saving us from the pandemic.  And the giddy left bragged that it was true.

Our Increasingly Unrecognizable Civilization.  [Scroll down]  And here's the thing.  It is not at all clear to me that many of America's conservative politicians understand the seriousness of all this.  You can see it in the fact that they go around trying to scare people with the specter of a "radical socialist agenda."  For well over a year now, we have been living in a world in which it's accepted as normal that the state has essentially unlimited power — and in which our freedom to decide for ourselves has been diminished almost to invisibility.  Why do these conservative politicians think the words "radical socialist agenda" still scare anyone in a time when the state can tell us whether we can have Aunt Mabel over for Christmas?  They are completely out of touch. [...] I can't get over the way we in the U.S. have been ordered by our governors and the CDC to punish ourselves by living small, shrunken lives, while the people in China who loosed this pandemic on the world have paid no price for it.  Dr. Fauci [...] talks about the COVID virus as if we're at war.  But he seems to think a country wins a war by taking it out on its own population rather than the enemy, which is what we've done.

Fauci's Napoleon complex.  Everyone now knows that Anthony Fauci is a fraud, an emperor with no clothes, a liar and a narcissist who is very likely responsible for tens of thousands of deaths because he squelched the use of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin in favor of costly vaccines in which he is alleged to have a financial stake.  Everyone, that is, except those blinkered souls at CNN and MSNBC; he is still their hero, no matter how much blood is on his hands.  Fauci exhibits the very definition of megalomania:  a delusional mental illness that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur.  He loves being on tv, magazine covers, and at the podium of press conferences, pontificating as to how each of us should live in fear of the dreaded COVID from now until he says we can return to normal.  If it is up to him, we will never return to normal.  He's a miserable little tyrant drunk on power.  That Trump was saddled with him was and remains a tragedy.  There are countless real doctors, those who actually treat patients, who knew better from the outset of this pandemic.  Instead, Fauci became the wizard of COVID and the media clung to his every word if he were some sort of all-knowing oracle.

Chinese military 'engineered mice with humanized lungs' in 2019 to test viruses on them — just months before the pandemic erupted.  Medical researchers with the Chinese army engineered mice with humanized lungs in 2019 to test viruses on them, it has been reported.  The mice, developed using CRISPR gene-editing technology, were mentioned in an April 2020 study which researched their susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness, Vanity Fair revealed in its bombshell investigation.  Of the study's 23 co-authors, 11 of them worked for the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, the medical research institute for the Chinese army.

Chinese Military 'Engineered Mice With Human Lungs' To Test Virus, Report Says.  According to a bombshell report published by Vanity Fair, the Chinese military "engineered mice with humanized lungs" in 2019 to test viruses on them, prompting the United States National Security Council to speculate in early 2020 whether the Chinese military was conducting the tests to see which viruses might be transportable to humans.  The report notes that a study submitted in April 2020 from the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, the Chinese army's medical research institute, acknowledged that the Chinese military had utilized CRISPR, a gene-editing technology that permits DNA sequences to be altered and can also modify gene function, to create mice with humanized lungs and examine if they were vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

British Ex-Spy Chief Says CCP Likely Destroyed Possible Evidence of Wuhan Lab Leak.  Former head of British intelligence Sir Richard Dearlove said he believes Chinese authorities will have most likely destroyed any potential evidence that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan.  Questions have swirled about the origin of the CCP virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, with two competing theories continuing to grab headlines — one that the virus made a natural jump from animal to human, and the other that it arose due to a lab leak.  While the thesis that the virus leaked from a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology was initially dismissed by a number of prominent scientists, including White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, there's now been a remarkable pivot.  Fauci has acknowledged that he's no longer that sure that the virus didn't leak from the lab, while President Joe Biden has ordered U.S. intelligence to "redouble" their efforts to examine both theories, which he characterized as equally plausible.

Biden Now Offering Free Beer For People To Take One Of The None-FDA-Approved, Experimental Covid Vaccines.  President Biden on Wednesday declared June a "national month of action" to take aim at the coronavirus pandemic, urging Americans to get vaccinated.  Aiming to reach his goal of getting at least one COVID vaccination shot into the arms of 70% of the nation's adults by July 4th, the president unveiled a five-part plan to reach that goal, which included steps to make it easier to get the vaccine and incentives such as free food, beer, and tickets.  [Video clip]

Peter Daszak Orchestrated 'Bullying Campaign' to Make Sure COVID Outbreak Was Not Linked to the Wuhan Lab.  Dr. Peter Daszak, the director of the New York-based non-profit that funneled hundreds of thousands of American tax dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, reportedly orchestrated "a behind-the-scenes bullying campaign" to make sure the Covid-19 outbreak was not linked to the Wuhan lab.  Daszak got more than two dozen other scientists to sign off on the letter he wrote to the highly respected British medical journal, The Lancet, the Daily Mail reported.  The idea, according to the emails, was to put forward a statement from "a community supporting our colleagues."  Emails released through a Freedom of Information Act request show that Daszak considered not signing the letter himself, although in the end he did.

China's COVID-19 vaccines don't appear to be effective at preventing outbreaks in the real world.  The World Health Organization recently granted emergency use approval to China's Sinopharm and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines, but the countries that have put the Chinese-made vaccines in the arms of their residents are reporting mixed results, at best.  "In the Seychelles, Chile, and Uruguay, all of whom have used Sinopharm or ... Sinovac in their mass vaccination efforts, cases have surged even as doses were given out," The Washington Post reports.  And in Bahrain, one of the first countries to embrace the Sinopharm shot, The Wall Street Journal adds, "daily COVID-19 deaths have leapt to 12 per million people in recent weeks — an outbreak nearly five times more lethal than India's — prompting the island nation's government to shut down shopping malls and restaurants in an effort to limit the spread."

Chinese military 'engineered mice with humanized lungs' in 2019 to test viruses on them — just months before the pandemic erupted.  Medical researchers with the Chinese army engineered mice with humanized lungs in 2019 to test viruses on them, it has been reported.  The mice, developed using CRISPR gene-editing technology, were mentioned in an April 2020 study which researched their susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness, Vanity Fair revealed in its bombshell investigation.  Of the study's 23 co-authors, 11 of them worked for the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, the medical research institute for the Chinese army.

Chinese Military 'Engineered Mice With Human Lungs' To Test Virus, Report Says.  According to a bombshell report published by Vanity Fair, the Chinese military "engineered mice with humanized lungs" in 2019 to test viruses on them, prompting the United States National Security Council to speculate in early 2020 whether the Chinese military was conducting the tests to see which viruses might be transportable to humans.  The report notes that a study submitted in April 2020 from the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, the Chinese army's medical research institute, acknowledged that the Chinese military had utilized CRISPR, a gene-editing technology that permits DNA sequences to be altered and can also modify gene function, to create mice with humanized lungs and examine if they were vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Peter Navarro, Former Coordinator of COVID Supply Chain Procurement, Notes Dr. Fauci Never Once Mentioned Sars-Cov-2 Could Be Gain of Function Outcome From Wuhan Lab.  Peter Navarro was appointed the lead role in procuring all COVID supplies for the U.S. response to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak.  In that role Navarro was at every situation room conversation where the administration was responding to the COVID pandemic.  Within this interview Navarro is directly confronting Dr. Anthony Fauci for his role in creating and supporting 'Gain of Function' research that was taking place in Wuhan, China.  However, of additional interest is the point that not once did Fauci ever tell the people within the taskforce that the Wuhan labs were involved in creating a more dangerous biological manipulation of the bat virus.  [Video clip]

Fauci Lied About COVID-19 Origin in 2020: Adm. Brett Giroir.  Former White House COVID-19 testing czar, Adm. Brett Giroir, has accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of lying last year about the origins of the CCP virus, as health officials ramp up efforts to probe the hypothesis that the virus emerged from a lab accident.  In May last year, Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), claimed that the virus could not have been "artificially or deliberately manipulated" at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) — a possibility that is now receiving wider recognition.  Until last month, the infectious disease expert had maintained that COVID-19 had developed naturally.  Fauci told the National Geographic in May 2020 that there's no scientific evidence that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus was made in a lab.

Looks Like Trump Was Right About Fauci After All.  "I have not been misleading the American public under any circumstances." — Dr. Anthony Fauci, July 28, 2020.  That, we now know, thanks in part to the release of thousands of pages of Fauci emails, was a lie, and Fauci is starting to look a lot more like the person former President Donald Trump described: the "king of flip-flops," who "got a lot wrong," a "self-promoter" and a "disaster."  Of course, the press had long ago decided that Fauci was a "national treasure," and just as it treated the lab-leak theory as a Trump-fueled conspiracy, it called Trump's attacks "unbelievably idiotic."  But Fauci's lies and misinformation are starting to pile up, calls are mounting for him to be fired.  Was he also involved in a cover-up?

Should COVID now be called the 'Fauci Flu'?  Contagious disease outbreaks are named after their place of origin.  There are myriad examples — Lyme Disease, Ebola, Zika, or Marburg virus, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and so on.  Tradition changed with "COVID-19", an acronym indicating that this was a coronavirus disease beginning in 2019. Naming this virus after its source location, such as the Chinese Coronavirus or Wuhan Flu is now considered racist, xenophobic, white supremacist, or any other novel woke-ism adjective.  Perhaps a new name for COVID virus is in order.  The past weeks have rubbed some of the glitter off Fabulous Fauci, the god of all things COVID. Dr Anthony Fauci has been the face of America's COVID response, the all-knowing, all-powerful savior of civilization.

What Axios Did With Their Weekly COVID Map Is a Sign That the Pandemic Is Over.  Axios is ending their weekly COVID map.  It's a waste of time.  They're ending it because of four words: the pandemic is over.  At least that's the case in the United States.  President Donald Trump's Operation Warp Speed is the greatest domestic achievement of his presidency.  It's a win for the country that we got not one, but three vaccines approved and shipped out on a timeline that many experts laughed at initially.  They were wrong.  The experts have been wrong about a lot lately, and they've been caught lying to us and ignoring the science for obvious reasons.  They wanted Trump gone.  Well, he is — and now the CDC, Fauci, and other COVID panic clowns must deal with a population that simply will not and should not listen to them anymore.  At any rate, the level of infection is so low due that Axios is ending their weekly COVID map.

The Lab-Leak Theory:  Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19's Origins.  Since December 1, 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 has infected more than 170 million people around the world and killed more than 3.5 million.  To this day, we don't know how or why this novel coronavirus suddenly appeared in the human population.  Answering that question is more than an academic pursuit:  Without knowing where it came from, we can't be sure we're taking the right steps to prevent a recurrence.

Extraordinary revelations about scientists colluding to hide COVID's originsVanity Fair's article is entitled "The Lab-Leak Theory:  Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19's Origins:  Throughout 2020, the notion that the novel coronavirus leaked from a lab was off-limits.  Those who dared to push for transparency say toxic politics and hidden agendas kept us in the dark."  Of course, it doesn't give credit where credit is due to people like Tom Cotton or many other conservatives and that's okay because it does something more important:  It reveals how deeply corrupt, compromised, and politicized America's scientific community is.

Bombshell Upon Bombshell.  Some conservative commentators are hailing alleged "bombshells" in the just-released emails of Anthony Fauci.  I have seen nothing — yet — in those emails that even remotely merits that characterization.  But this does:  a very long article in Vanity Fair by investigative reporter Katherine Eban, titled "The Lab-Leak Theory:  Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19's Origins." [...] One warning — Eban engages at various points in ritual denunciations of Donald Trump, without which I suppose you can't get an article published in Vanity Fair.  But these have little or nothing to do with the story she relates — in fact, the bottom line is that Trump was right, but he didn't know the half of it — and can easily be ignored.

State Department staff warned officials NOT to investigate Wuhan lab's gain-of-function research because it would 'open a can of worms'.  Career staffers at the State Department 'warned' officials not to investigate the possibility that COVID-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab, fearing it would expose U.S. funding for gain-of-function research there, according to a new report.  Thomas DiNanno, former acting assistant secretary of the State Department's Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance raised the concern in a memo reported by Vanity Fair on Thursday [6/3/2021].  DiNanno wrote that staff from two bureaus, his own and the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, 'warned' leaders 'not to pursue an investigation into the origin of COVID-19' because it would 'open a can of worms' if it continued.

U.S. State Department Tried to Block Investigation of Lab Leak at Wuhan.  A report in Vanity Fair details actions by some members of the U.S. State Department to block efforts to investigate the origins of the coronavirus because the inquiry could open "a can of worms."  An internal memo sent to department heads by Thomas DiNanno, former acting assistant secretary of the State Department's Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, warned "not to pursue an investigation into the origin of COVID-19."

State Department staffers were warned against probing COVID origin: report.  State Department staffers were warned against investigating the origin of COVID-19 because it would "open a can of worms," a former official revealed in a bombshell report Thursday [6/3/2021].  Thomas DiNanno, former acting assistant secretary of the State Department's Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, also told Vanity Fair that the warning "smelled like a cover-up."  "I wasn't going to be part of it," he said.  Vanity Fair cited a five-page Jan. 9 memo in which DiNanno outlined "apprehension and contempt" from State Department technical staff and a "complete lack of responses to briefings and presentations."

Tucker Carlson's devastating analysis of Fauci emails leads to call for 'criminal investigation'.  As analysts pore through the thousands of pages of Fauci emails released under FOIA, we are getting a better handle on his efforts to prevent exposure of his own role in funding gain of function research in the Wuhan lab where it appears COVID 19 was invented, and from which it leaked.  Moreover, the emails expose Fauci's efforts to shape media coverage, his correspondence with billionaires Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, and his early acknowledgement that masks were useless in protecting a wearer from infection.  So far, nobody has done a better job of putting it all together than Tucker Carlson, who began his Fox News show last night [6/2/2021] with a long segment on what the emails tell us. [...] Particularly telling was his juxtaposition of Fauci's denial of gain of function research with his emails' reference to it.  That "looks a lot like perjury."  Referring to redactions of email contents under a law that mentions doing so if it would interfere with criminal investigations, Tucker wonders whether such investigation is underway.

Tucker Carlson Questions The Conflict Between Fauci Private Emails vs Fauci Public Statements.  Tucker Carlson produced a segment on the issues around Anthony Fauci's recently released emails.  It is worth the watch.  [Video clip] [...] When we take a breath and remind ourselves of the curious emphasis, from every possible institution, pushing everyone to take a COVID vaccine.  I have a question:  Would a person who took the vaccine be more or less likely to admit the COVID narrative was based on a fraudulent presentation of risk?  Perhaps the answer to that question is the reason for the originating "take the vaccine" demand.

From masks to the origins of COVID, Anthony Fauci is a liar and a fraud.  In the past few days a slew of 2020 emails by Dr. Anthony Fauci have revealed his dishonest, incompetent, corrupt, and political agenda during the entire COVID-19 epidemic.  The emails have revealed he lied about his connections with the Chinese Wuhan lab.  They reveal that he knew all along that the virus was almost certainly leaked from that lab.  They also reveal that he immediately worked to prevent these facts from being revealed publicly, lying if necessary to do it and successfully forcing publications to withdraw news stories based on his lies.  Of all these revelations, however, the one email that best illustrates Fauci's dishonesty and venality was the one in February 2020 — before the epidemic had taken hold and before any shutdowns had been imposed — where he bluntly admitted what has been known for more than a century, that the general widespread use of masks by people who are not sick is pointless and will accomplish nothing.

Fauci Emails Show NIH/NIAID Director Had No Checks or Balances on His Power Grab Over Our Nation, Fueled By Media Worship and Idolatry.  Within the emails we discover, Fauci had some urgent, time sensitive discussions about "gain of function" research; the weaponization of the COVID virus.  Fauci also told colleagues "retail masks don't work" as protection from COVID due to the molecular size of the virus.  Also the emails reveal that Anthony Fauci was very well aware the outbreak came from a possible lab leak.  Additionally, there is a warning from a scientist inside the NIH who warned Fauci that China was lying about virus, death rates, spread and data.  A hubris filled Dr Fauci responded to the internal warning by telling the physicist his email was "too long for me to read."  Yeah, think about that.

Sycophants: White House Reporters Refuse to Ask Psaki About Bombshell Fauci Emails.  Continuing to show their undying fealty to the altar of Dr. Tony Fauci, the White House press corps refused to ask Press Secretary Jen Psaki a single question during Wednesday's briefing about the bombshell trove of emails from the NIH official from the early moments of the pandemic.  It was on the mind of at least one reporter in the room as our friend Amber Athey of The Spectator had planned to ask about them, but she wasn't granted a question during 42-minute briefing.  [Video clip]

Republican lawmakers blast Fauci after thousands of emails [are] released.  GOP lawmakers lashed out at White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci Wednesday [6/2/2021] after a bevy of his emails from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic were made public.  Many Republicans focused their ire on the fact that Fauci received messages in early 2020 warning that the virus had been "engineered" or may have otherwise emerged from a lab in Wuhan, China, while he was publicly dismissing the possibility.  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has clashed with Fauci on a number of pandemic-related issues this year, set the tone early Wednesday by tweeting "Told you" followed by an emoji of a pair of eyes and the hashtag "#firefauci."  "Fauci's leaked emails are shocking to say the least," agreed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).  "He needs to be FIRED!" Greene followed that tweet by posting an image of herself wearing a black mask bearing the words "Fire Fauci."

The New Secession Crisis: The Democrats have already left the Union.  The Democrats have already seceded from America's historic conception of nationhood in many respects: [...] THEY have locked us in our homes on the basis of often-arbitrary requirements and lack of evidence and enriched themselves dramatically in the process.  Meanwhile, the most stringent lockdown proponents from Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan to Gavin Newsom in California have been found flagrantly violating their own lockdown orders.  Furthermore, thousands of left-aligned "public health" professionals, many of them directly on the government payroll, advocated for the Black Lives Matter and Antifa protests and riots, during the heart of the pandemic, claiming that racism was a public health crisis.

11 Takeaways From Fauci's Emails About COVID-19.  More than 3,000 pages of emails last year from Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's most famous health official, are now public and prompting calls for a congressional investigation or even his ouster.  The emails from the first half of 2020 reveal Fauci's skepticism early on about masks to ward off COVID-19, his dismissal of the notion that the new coronavirus escaped a lab in China, and his vague reference to researching how to make the virus deadlier.  He also received complimentary messages from a Chinese scientist, the emails show.

'Healthy' mother-of-three, 43, dies from blood clots days after having her AstraZeneca Covid jab.  A mother of three suffered multiple blood clots and died in hospital just days after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine.  Childminder Tanya Smith, 43, had her first jab in March and died just over a week later after being rushed to hospital with severe stomach cramps.  An inquest is set to take place to determine the circumstances surrounding her death.

Fauci Emails Show U.S. Scientists Knew COVID Looked "Engineered" Only Days Before Insisting The Virus Was "Natural".  Inside the Fauci emails there is one that stands out for many reasons.  On February 1st NIH scientists were telling Anthony Fauci the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) has "unusual features" that "potentially look engineered".  Later in the email they highlight the genome of SARS-CoV-2 appears "inconsistent with expectations from evolutionary theory".  Despite this analysis, only a few days later Anthony Fauci vehemently proclaimed the SARS-CoV-2 strain was a naturally occurring Bat virus, and anyone questioning the natural creation of the virus was ridiculed, marginalized and dismissed; some even lost their jobs.

Fauci Was Informed of Hydroxychloroquine Success in Early 2020 But Lied to Public Instead Despite the Science.  It's been over a year since the WHO declared the coronavirus a pandemic after originally downplaying the threat.  It is no secret that both the disease and the response to combat it following this SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in late 2019 have turned our world upside-down.  Mandates, lockdowns, and guidelines seem to change every time Dr. Fauci opens his mouth.  All of these unprecedented rules were put into place, we were told, to slow down the spread of a disease that today is linked to the death of over half a million Americans and 3.7 million global citizens in the last year.  You would think that researchers would have concentrated on prophylactic and therapeutic solutions of this disease especially since this disease is a death sentence for the elderly, the obese, those with preexisting conditions.

Bombshell Emails Reveal That Fauci Wasn't Being Straight With the American People.  Dr. Anthony Fauci is getting roasted all over social media after the Washington Post and BuzzFeed released scores of his emails, obtained through FOIA requests.  The ones that aren't heavily redacted tell quite a story.  It should come as no surprise to readers of PJ Media that Dr. Fauci didn't believe the line of crap he sold us about wearing "the typical mask you buy in the drugstore" to protect us from the virus — at least he didn't in Feb. 2020.  "Masks are really for infected people to protect them from spreading infection to people who are not infected rather than protecting uninfected people from acquiring infection," Fauci wrote in an email to Sylvia Burwell, presumably President Barack Obama's former HHS secretary.  "The typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus, which is small enough to pass through the material."

Israel finds possible link between Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and cases of heart inflammation.  Israeli health officials have found a "possible link" between the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and hundreds of cases of myocarditis in young men, the government announced Wednesday.  "There is some probability for a possible link between the second vaccine dose and the onset of myocarditis," or inflammation of the heart linked to viral infection, among men ages 16 to 30, the Israeli health ministry reported.  "In most cases, myocarditis took the form of mild illness that passed within a few days."

Looks Like the Effort to Crush the Lab Leak Theory in People's Minds Is a Colossal Failure.  Media, Big Tech, and folks in power like Dr. Anthony Fauci went all-in to squash any thought of the virus being the result of a lab leak or any of the other theories people were postulating about it.  It's now a year later, and the veil over the subject has been ripped away, with media finally reporting on it all. [...] Now, polls are showing that finally hearing the evidence that is out there is having an effect on Americans.  According to the latest Economist/YouGov survey, most Americans now believe that the virus was developed in a Wuhan lab.  58% now believe it, as opposed to 49% a year ago.

Wuhan Lab Funder Daszak Behind 'Lancet' Article Claiming COVID-19 Arose Naturally.  In the March 7th, 2020 issue of The Lancet, a group of scientists from around the world wrote a letter, condemning "conspiracy theories" regarding the origins of COVID-19.  In the letter entitled "Statement in support of scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19," the scientists are quick to push the narrative of a natural zoonotic (a natural viral mutation) event that led to the initial outbreak of SARS-CoV-2.  The letter was initially published online on February 18th, 2020, nearly two weeks before the first known US case of COVID-19.

Amazon deep sixes prepublication sales of Fauci's new book.  On Tuesday [6/1/2021], I noted that Dr. Fauci was publishing an 80-page book in November, just in time for the Christmas giving season, so that all his fans out there in Blue America could turn from reading the New York Times and Washington Post, turning off MSNBC and CNN, and read the Deep Thoughts of the demi-god the media has made of him.  Then came the FOIA emails, starting to reveal the real story of Fauci covering up the lab origins of COVID 19 and his own role on circumventing federal law banning gain of function research through a nonprofit cutout.  As the import of these emails started to sink in, Amazon suddenly and without notice made the forthcoming book disappear!

America's greatest enemy.  After watching my country gutted for over a year by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, where should my anger turn?  To Xi Jinping and the CCP?  Or to Anthony Fauci and the biomedical "Swamp" who seem to have made the research possible?  Or to the New York Times and Washington Post (and NPR, ABC, etc) that ridiculed Senator Cotton, President Trump, and Secretary Pompeo every time they suggested the Wuhan Virological Institute as COVID's source? [...] Americans of 2021 are like the catatonic millions of The Matrix who, if offered the chance, would lunge at taking the blue pill and stay in their comas.  After all, they do it nightly as they read their copies of the Times or the Post, or turn on NPR, CNN, ABC, etc.  They were just on the receiving end of biological warfare and they yawn!!

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace Fawns Over Fauci In First Interview After Email Dump.  MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace tossed a series of sugar-coated softballs at Dr. Anthony Fauci during the first interview since his personal emails were made public.  Instead of focusing on the fact that a number of the emails flew in the face of prevailing narratives — about face masks (both the efficacy of and necessity for) and the possibility that the novel coronavirus originated in and then leaked from a Wuhan lab — Wallace praised Fauci for refraining from attacking former President Donald Trump, even in his private emails.

Federal Law Prohibits Mandates of Emergency Use COVID Vaccines, Tests, Masks.  With more than 100 U.S. colleges mandating COVID vaccines for in-person attendance and schools enforcing mask mandates, it's critical people understand their rights.  The bottom line is this:  mandating products authorized for Emergency Use Authorization status (EUA) violates federal law as detailed in the following legal notifications.  All COVID vaccines, COVID PCR and antigen tests, and masks are merely EUA-authorized, not approved or licensed, by the federal government.  Long-term safety and efficacy have not been proven.

Fauci was warned that COVID-19 may have been 'engineered,' emails show.  Dr. Anthony Fauci was warned that the coronavirus had possibly been "engineered" and appeared to be taking reports about it seriously — at the same time he was publicly downplaying the notion of the virus being created in a lab, according to his emails.  Meanwhile, Fauci, America's top expert in infectious diseases, also got a "personal thank you" for backing the "natural origin" theory from the head of a nonprofit that used a $3.4 million government grant to fund research at the Chinese lab suspected of creating the virus, the emails show.  On Jan. 31, 2020 — more than two months before the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic — Fauci sent an email to US virus researcher Kristian Andersen and Sir Jeremy Farrar, who runs a global health charity in Britain.  Fauci forwarded them a copy of a Science magazine article titled, "Mining coronavirus genomes for clues to the outbreak's origins."

Anheuser-Busch teams up with White House in free beer giveaway for 200,000 vaccinated Americans.  Brewer Anheuser-Busch announced on Wednesday that it is teaming up with the White House to offer its 'biggest beer giveaway ever' if 70 percent of American adults have had at least one vaccine by July 4 but the offer has a catch: only 200,000 people will reap the benefits of free booze.  The free beer is part of a 'month of action' that President Joe Biden is announcing to get more shots into arms before the July 4 holiday — which he has previously hoped would be the celebration of the 'independence from COVID'.  The White House is doubling down as it struggles to reach that goal.

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Trump was right!  Study shows Hydroxychloroquine works and people died.  Hydroxychloroquine for use with COV patients is still banned in hospitals across the country but not for almost anything else.  You can use it for literally anything else.  It was politicized because Donald Trump suggested it might be a medication that could help.  How many lives could have been saved by the drug?  A prominent physician said the number would be staggering, more than 100,000 easily.  The media, social media, and partisan scientists let people die.  [Video clip]

Ivermectin cost soars after research suggest 75% chance of cutting COVID deaths.  As Azuka laid down in bed feverish, he had resigned to his fate believing he was not going to make it to the next day.  Just 3 days into the new year and all the fun he had, attending weddings and burial ceremonies in the east all seemed like a big mistake.  He must have caught covid-19 at one of those events, he thought.  Since attending the last event, he fell sick and has been exhibiting the symptoms of Covid-19 and just waiting to die until someone recommended Ivermectin, a little known drug as a potential medicine that could help save his life.  A few days later he recovered and spread the news to friends and family — he believes Ivermectin cured him.

'Third Wave' Of Sickness And Death Will Be Dominated By Those Who Have Been Fully Vaccinated.  When genetic scientists decided to recklessly meddle with the human immune system, the aftermath of the first round of gene therapy jabs guaranteed only one thing: ongoing direct access to humans for an unending series of additional gene therapy shots.  For those who died as a result, no apologies will be forthcoming.  The next big wave of COVID infections, already hitting states such as Michigan, will be dominated by people who have been fully vaccinated.  This was predicted by the authors of a scientific study published in a British medical journal.  Between 60 and 70 percent of "third wave" COVID deaths and hospitalizations will be from people who were fully vaccinated, according to the study,

57 Top Scientists And Doctors Release Study Critical of COVID Vaccines.  There are two certainties regarding the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.  The first is that governments and the vast majority of the mainstream media are pushing with all their might to get these experimental drugs into as many people as possible.  The second is that those who are willing to face the scorn that comes with asking serious questions about vaccines are critical players in our ongoing effort to spread the truth. [...] There are still far too many unanswered questions regarding the Covid-19 vaccines' safety, efficacy, and necessity.  This study is a bombshell that should be heard by everyone, regardless of their views on vaccines.  There aren't nearly enough citizens who are asking questions.

Sweden: Damaging Side Effects From Vaccines Tops 31,000.  As Europe pushes ahead with its vaccination program, the Nordic countries are reporting a surge in damaging side effects.  In the country, the tally has surpassed 30K with the majority of these reactions reported in patients who received the AstraZeneca jab.  Sweden's Medical Products Agency reported that as of last week, the Scandinavian nation had tallied 31,844 reports of adverse reactions linked to its vaccine rollout.

Why Did Twitter Censor An Eminent Infectious Disease Expert For His Opinion On COVID Vaccines?  ulldorff, one of the world's preeminent and most cited infectious disease epidemiologists from Harvard University's School of Medicine has experienced what many others in the field have experienced during this pandemic, censorship and ridicule.  Kulldorff has been quite critical of the response to COVID by multiple governments, including the measures put in place to combat the spread of the virus.  Sometimes it seems as if scientists and doctors who question these measures are actually in the majority, while the minority seem to get all of the attention and praise within the mainstream media.  Who knows what these numbers actually look like.

Dr. Michael Yeadon: 'Not One Of Those Things Is Supported By The Science'.  Michael Yeadon, Ph.D., a life science researcher and former vice-president and chief scientist of allergy and respiratory research at Pfizer, shares his views on the COVID-19 pandemic, fast-tracked COVID-19 "vaccines," the issue of mutated virus variants and the need for booster shots, and how this manufactured crisis is being used to strip us of our civil liberties.  Yeadon has a degree in biochemistry and toxicology and a research-based Ph.D. in respiratory pharmacology.  He's spent 32 years of his career working for large pharmaceutical companies, and 10 years in the biotechnology sector.

Salk Study:  COVID-19 is Primarily a Vascular Disease.  Scientists have known for a while that SARS-CoV-2's distinctive "spike" proteins help the virus infect its host by latching on to healthy cells.  Now, a major new study shows that the virus spike proteins (which behave very differently than those safely encoded by vaccines) also play a key role in the disease itself.  The paper, published on April 30, 2021, in Circulation Research, also shows conclusively that COVID-19 is a vascular disease, demonstrating exactly how the SARS-CoV-2 virus damages and attacks the vascular system on a cellular level.  The findings help explain COVID-19's wide variety of seemingly unconnected complications, and could open the door for new research into more effective therapies.

How Covid Put an End to Your Right to Due Process.  Over a year ago, the covid panic shook the world.  We were told it would only be "15 days to flatten the curve" as businesses were locked down, "nonessential" employees were forced out of work (I've written about the myth of the nonessential employee [elsew]here), masks were mandated, and individuals were not allowed to gather in groups or attend religious services.  In typical fashion, a government-mandated "temporary" usurpation of liberty turned into an indefinite infringement, as shown by the fact that we're still under covid orders four hundred days later.  Regardless of the length of time, the question remains that few have asked:  What authority does the government have to lock us down and force us out of work?  This brings us to the issue of due process, which at minimum requires the right to appear in front of a judge and represent oneself to a jury of his peers before being stripped of essential liberty.  Did the thousands of businesses closed and millions put out of work get this opportunity?  Of course not.  They were unilaterally stripped of their ability to put food on the table and pay their bills without any opportunity to object.

How Team Biden Ended Covid Mania Overnight.  How was the Biden Administration able to flip the switch on Covid Mania and turn off the Safety Regime virtually overnight, after 15 months of a ruthless propaganda and fear campaign claiming that America was in the midst of a perpetual pandemic of endless death and destruction?  Luckily for Team Biden, the current White House are beneficiaries of Democrat, or D.C. insider privilege.  And because they are part of the insider's club, they have the ability to control and manipulate the power centers in D.C. at a moment's notice.  To make sense of this rapid, perplexing change of events, you have to understand how our institutions in Washington, D.C. actually work.

Scientists Admit to Using "Totalitarian" Fear Tactics in the COVID Response to Control the Population.  A book by journalist Laura Dodsworth, A State of Fear, How the UK Government Weaponised Fear During the Covid-19 Pandemic, features testimony by members of the UK government's influential Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviour (SPI-B) who regret their 'unethical' methods of coercion that amounted to "totalitarianism."  An unnamed SPI-B member explained that in March 2020 the government was very worried about compliance with lockdowns, and there were discussions that fear was needed to encourage compliance, and how to ramp up the fear.  The source said, "It's been like a weird experiment.  Ultimately, it backfired because people became too scared.  The way we have used fear is dystopian."  Another noted that the psychologists became intoxicated with the power to control.

Why the media was quick to defend Red China and its virus.  On February 17, 2020, just three weeks after covid 19 splashed onto the world scene, the Washington Post dismissed as a debunked conspiracy theory that Red China cooked the Wuhan Virus up in its biomedical lab.  The Post attacked any public official who dared raise that possibility.  At my kindest, I would say the Post acted in ignorance.  But given its history of running Red China's propaganda (which Red China paid handsomely to run) and its promotion of communism in its editorials and news stories, I realize there were more nefarious reasons for the Jeff Bezos and his newspaper instantly rejecting any possibility of biomedical warfare by Red China.  They wanted no discussion of the origin of this virus, which upended our society, our economy, and our form of government.  By falsely claiming this was a debunked conspiracy theory, the Post and its fellow liars in the newspaper trade shut off any debate or investigation for at least a year.  They also got us to call it covid 19 rather than the Wuhan Virus with another false claim that the label was racist.  The left has since succeeded in having place of origin removed from the name of viruses and diseases.

And Just Like That, Dr. Fauci's Book Has Been Pulled From Presales.  The publishing industry can be a fickle enterprise, as the time to roll out a new edition can entail many changes, especially when the topic of note is so deeply rooted in current events.  It was only yesterday when the announcement was made that a book was set to be released featuring the figurehead of the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, entitled "Expect The Unexpected" — an unintentionally ironic description of the man infamous for contradicting himself repeatedly.

Fauci's upcoming book scrubbed on Amazon, Barnes & Noble amid backlash.  White House coronavirus adviser and long-time U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci's upcoming book has been scrubbed from and altered on online listings, amid criticism that he is profiting from the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.  The book, "Expect the Unexpected," was earlier pegged for a November release, according to its Amazon listing.  As of Wednesday morning, the book's listing had been entirely scrubbed from Amazon.  However, a cached version of the listing, still displayed the book's promotional description and preorder status.  A cached website also shows the book's listing on Barnes & Noble's website, though by Wednesday morning [6/2/2021] that listing was no longer live anymore.

Coming Up Next.  There are very few Covid-related topics we aren't sick of at this point, so we're not really enjoying the media's tiptoe approach into speculation that the virus was manipulated in, and escaped from, a lab in Wuhan, China.  People who were paying any freaking attention at all have known this for more than a year.  But the truth had to be covered up, lest the reality help Donald Trump's reelection effort.  With very few exceptions, every news source has gotten so much wrong (often deliberately) about Covid that we just don't [care] anymore.

Key figure in Wuhan research thanked Fauci for downplaying lab leak hypothesis.  A key figure in coronavirus research at a Wuhan laboratory personally thanked Dr. Anthony Fauci for downplaying the likelihood that COVID-19 originated in a lab — even though the possibility remains, more than a year later, under investigation.  Peter Daszak, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, a research group that secured a grant to perform coronavirus research in Wuhan before the pandemic, wrote to Fauci in April of last year "to say a personal thank you on behalf of our staff and collaborators" after Fauci dismissed the idea that the pandemic started due to a lab accident in Wuhan.

Previous Infection is Superior to Vaccine for COVID Protection.  Millions of Americans have been infected with COVID and survived.  We must examine the important question of whether they are now immune to the disease or whether it is advisable for them to receive injections of one of the Emergency-Use-Authorized shots — Pfizer, Moderna, or Jansen (Johnson & Johnson).  In a news briefing on May 5, Dr. Anthony Fauci highlighted three recent studies addressing immune response with and without vaccination (Reynolds et al, Leier et al, Stamatatos et al.) and declared, "We need to get vaccinated because vaccines are highly efficacious.  They are better than the traditional response you get from natural infection."  The net conclusion of the studies he cited was that, based on antibody response, vaccinated people who had a previous infection are more protected from future COVID infection than both people vaccinated but not previously infected and people who are unvaccinated but previously infected.

Researcher Tied to Wuhan Lab Thanked Fauci for Dismissing Lab-Leak Theory.  Peter Daszak, a zoologist whose non-profit steered U.S. funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, thanked Dr. Anthony Fauci for pushing back on the theory that the coronavirus leaked from a lab, in an April 2020 email published as part of a FOIA request by Buzzfeed.  Daszak's organization, the EcoHealth Alliance, funneled $3.4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to the WIV to study bat coronaviruses between 2014 and 2019. While politicians and scientists in the U.S. have suggested that the novel coronavirus initially leaked from the WIV before spreading across the globe, Daszak has vehemently denied the allegation.

Thousands of pages of Fauci emails released.  The public now has access to over thousands of pages of official digital correspondence of Dr. Anthony Fauci that were obtained by BuzzFeed through a FOIA lawsuit and the Washington Post via a FOIA request.  Naturally it will take some time to work through them all, but already some interesting tidbits are grabbing attention. [...] I am no lawyer, but I wonder if this correspondence could be used to substantiate a charge of conspiracy if civil litigation or even criminal charges result from Fauci's potential role in creating this pandemic?

I Do Not Come to Praise Fauci, but to Bury Him.  The Washington Post thought it was doing the Lord's work in fluffing Dr. Fauci's reputation with an article about 866 pages of emails produced pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request.  The emails purportedly give a window on Fauci's world in the thick of the 2020 global pandemic, and how he handled things under the pressure of that Bad Orange Man.  You see, for the American public, the bloom is off the rose.  Oh, you will always have your Cult of Fauci and people who believe that had it not been for Fauci, the entire nation would have been dead.  From the mounting evidence proving otherwise, it's a miracle that more people are not dead.

FOIA Release Shows Frank Luntz Helped Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Construct COVID Propaganda Messaging.  Judicial Watch has received a lengthy FOIA release based on Michigan state inquiries into the details of state Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon departure from his position.  Within the FOIA release there are emails between Director Gordon and Governor Whitmer using guidance from pollster Frank Luntz.  In essence Luntz was helping Gretchen Whitmer construct the wording used to manipulate the Michigan citizenry into buying the COVID propaganda. [...] Throughout the early months of 2020 (during the COVID narrative beginning) Gretchen Whitmer was positioning herself to be a vice-president to the eventual nominee.  Whitmer's public positions on COVID were backstopped with those political ambitions in mind.

Michigan Documents Detail $155,506 Severance Requiring Confidentiality of COVID Official.  Judicial Watch announced today [6/1/2021] that it received 1,221 pages of records from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services related to the settlement agreement of Department Director Robert Gordon, which amounted to nine months' severance ($155,506), and "includes a confidentiality clause that bars Gordon or state officials from sharing further details about his departure, 'unless required by law.'"  Other records show that Gordon warned of the "freedom crowd" in a discussion about mask mandates, and that controversial consultant Frank Luntz was consulted on COVID messaging.  Gordon was subpoenaed by the Michigan House Oversight Committee over his separation agreement, "they want to know whether he differed with the governor on a policy position and whether that information in some way led to his departure."  The records also shed light on Michigan's COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns.

CNN's poor coverage of the debate around COVID-19's origins: the "coincidences" that definitely point to a lab scenario.  [Thread Reader] A bat coronavirus (CoV) started an outbreak on the doorstep of a lab (in the Wuhan Institute of Virology or WIV) that specializes on bat CoV research, the lab where SARS-CoV-2's closest known relative was sequenced.  Three of the lab's staff fell ill and were hospitalized with respiratory symptoms just before the outbreak[.] [...] Another coincidence was noted by some in early 2020: how did a novel SARS-related CoV start a pandemic in a metropolis, hundreds of miles from any bat caves, right in the middle of a country that excels in SARS-related virology, SARS epidemiology & general social control?  How did this bat coronavirus come out of the blue, without an identifiable intermediate host, devoid of previously known relatives, despite 15 years of extensive bat sampling?  Turns out this was an illusory coincidence stemming from, let's call it, asymmetric information.  Now we know that SARS-CoV-2, the "novel coronavirus", was a complete novelty only to outsiders.  For WIV insiders, SARS-CoV-2 was just another member of Lineage 4, of which at least 9 close relatives had been known for years, linked to a prior outbreak not unlike COVID-19.

Mounting Evidence Supports Use of Ivermectin.  When it comes to the treatment of COVID-19, many Western nations have been hobbled by the politicization of medicine.  Throughout 2020, media and many public health experts warned against the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), despite the fact that many practicing doctors were praising its ability to save patients.  Most have been silenced through online censorship.  Some even lost their jobs for the "sin" of publicly sharing their successes with the drug.  HCQ had been approved for use on COVID-19 under an emergency use authorization (EUA) like that used to fast-track the approval of the vaccines now being taken by millions of Americans.  But the EUA for HCQ was withdrawn shortly after a high-profile study published in The Lancet claimed the drug had no benefit in treating COVID and may be harmful.  The Lancet study has since been retracted because the datasets used were found to be extremely unreliable.  Other studies had found HCQ could have a beneficial impact on COVID. Another decades-old antiparasitic drug that may be even more useful than HCQ is ivermectin.  Like HCQ, ivermectin is on the World Health Organization's list of essential drugs, but its benefits are also being ignored by public health officials and buried by mainstream media.

World Renowned Doctor Blows Lid Off of Covid Vaccine.  [Video clip]

Death Toll Exceeds a Million in Chinese Vaccine-Reliant Latin America.  The death toll from the CCP virus in Latin America and the Caribbean has now exceeded 1 million.  In a statement, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said that as of May 21, nearly 89 percent of deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean occurred in the countries of Brazil (44.3 percent), Mexico (22.1 percent), Colombia (8.3 percent), Argentina (7.3 percent) and Peru (6.7 percent).  Three percent of the deaths were concentrated in Central America and 1 percent in the Caribbean.  As of May 31, Brazil had more than 462,000 deaths attributed to the pandemic, the second-highest reported death toll in the world after the United States.  Mexico, with more than 223,000 deaths, ranks second in the region, followed by Colombia with more than 88,000 deaths.

Biden's Wuhan Cover-Up.  Reeling from the revelation that the Biden administration shut down a State Department investigation into the origins of COVID-19, the Biden team is now trying to cover up their cover-up.  Let's examine what they were covering up in the first place, why it matters, and how the administration is now pretending to take action while not actually doing anything.  Late last year, the Trump administration, under the supervision of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, began a State Department probe into how COVID-19 got unleashed into the world, causing a global pandemic with millions of deaths and ruined economies and lives in its wake.  The investigation sought to determine whether COVID-19 came from the Wuhan meat market, as originally reported, or the Wuhan virology lab that operates under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.  As we now know, this is a legitimate inquiry and an open question.

"Respect the Science" Becomes "Respect, not Science".  Pete has finally just come out and said what many of have long known:  Federal mandates are not about science.  Honestly, the most surprising aspect of all this is that Tapper actually asked Pete a real question.  Imagine what we might have learned (and when) if journalists had actually acted like journalists instead of fawning propogandists and fear narrative amplifiers all along.  [Video clip]

Newly released emails reveal Dr Fauci's friendly messages to Chinese expert at start of COVID outbreak.  Newly uncovered emails reveal Dr. Anthony Fauci's cozy relationship with China's top infectious disease expert during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Digital exchanges between Fauci and Dr. George Gao — the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention — were discovered among a trove of Fauci's emails obtained by The Washington Post.  The newspaper was granted access to 866 pages of Fauci's messages through a Freedom Of Information request.

Ignorant Liberals Pushing Vaccine Passports Don't Get Who That Would Really Hurt and Discriminate Against.  [Scroll down]  But this isn't the only place where the left and the media are getting it wrong.  Media seems to want to pitch this picture of the people not getting vaccinated or reluctant to do so as white Trump supporters rubes.  They seem to forget that we have the vaccines in large part because of President Donald Trump.  While there certainly may be some Trump supporters in that group, there are people across the political spectrum who might not be getting vaccinated for a variety of reasons.  As these charts tend to show, the people who could be most impacted by vaccine passports or requirements of vaccinations like the cruise ships are contemplating would likely be black and Hispanic.  [Charts]  This is actually one of the reasons that WHO is against vaccine passports because they believe it may adversely impact people.  So this is not fitting the political biases that the liberal media tends to push.

Hey Facebook, Ban This!  Last week, we learned that Facebook had been banning posts suggesting that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab.  We became aware only when Facebook announced that it would no longer ban such posts, raising the question of why it was doing so in the first place.  It wasn't as though there was no possibility that a lab leak was responsible.  There was an ongoing discussion of this.  Then over the weekend, we learned that Facebook apparently has plans to ban posts that might encourage "vaccine hesitancy."  What does that mean?  Who knows.  Facebook never reveals how it makes such decisions.  "Anything that questions the vaccine or the narrative regarding the vaccine, which is, you know, everyone should get the vaccine and the vaccine is good and you're not going to get many bad side effects, anything outside of that realm is basically considered under 'vaccine hesitancy' by Facebook's algorithms," Morgan Kahmann, a former data center technician for Facebook, told Fox News.

Reporters Say Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Was Disregarded Because It Came From GOP.  A number of reporters from mainstream media outlets have recently admitted that the Wuhan "lab leak" theory was originally dismissed because it came from Republicans.  Jonathan Karl, ABC News Washington correspondent admitted to ABC's "This Week" host on Sunday [5/30/2021] that the lab leak theory was not taken seriously because it came from the Trump administration but, "now serious people are saying it needs a serious inquiry."  "Yes, I think a lot of people have egg on their face," Karl said.  "This was an idea that was first put forward by Mike Pompeo, secretary of state, Donald Trump, and look, some things may be true even if Donald Trump said them.  Because Trump was saying so much else that was just out of control ... he said flatly this came from that lab, and it was widely dismissed ... but now serious people are saying it needs a serious inquiry."  Besides Trump and Pompeo, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) argued that the origin of the virus should be investigated because it does not appear to have come from the animal market, as claimed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The ever-changing orthodoxy of COVID.  The CDC acts as if COVID bends to its will. [...] A recent CDC document states that, as of May 14th, for vaccinated people, only cases that lead to hospitalization and/or death will be counted as cases of COVID.  This is a radical departure from the past 18 months, during which the CDC has been counting every positive PCR test as a COVID case.  The MSM and tech giants will, no doubt, ignore such maneuvers.  The CDC document further informs state health departments that, to track variants, "For cases with a known RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) value, submit only specimens with Ct value ≤28 to CDC for sequencing".  Do you see what they're doing here?  This is a vastly different standard than the far more sensitive 35-cycle threshold for the PCR test, which has been in effect since the beginning of testing.  This means that, for the unvaccinated, "cases" get reported if the test detects even minuscule amounts of the virus, that wouldn't get anyone sick; there are also a large number of false positives that are not factored out of the statistics.  If you've gotten the jab, that sensitivity threshold is decreased to a number that more clearly reflects actually being ill from COVID.  The lowered standard is arguably what we should have used from the beginning.

No One Will Pay for COVID Crimes Against Humanity.  [Anthony Fauci, the] ubiquitous infectious disease "expert" who became a household name and the most powerful man in the country — or is it the world? — last spring, finally wore out his welcome, even by the friendliest of hosts.  For the first time in recent memory, the doctor did not make his morning rounds on the Sunday talk shows.  Last week's weekly press briefing by Joe Biden's coronavirus task force, featuring Fauci, only earned 19,021 views, a 50 percent drop in viewership since April.  The American public, for the most part, is suffering from Fauci Fatigue; his favorability rating has dropped from 68 percent one year ago to 54 percent now.  Forty percent of U.S. voters say they've lost confidence in Fauci over the past year.  His latest tap dance about the origins of the virus while defending the trustworthiness of Chinese researchers does little to restore confidence in his integrity or self-proclaimed expertise.  House Republicans introduced a symbolic but futile bill to oust Fauci from his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.  Some even imagine Fauci and his fellow COVID-19 propagandists and profiteers will face charges for the incalculable damage they have inflicted on the country under the guise of virus mitigation.

Doctors Are Trying To Figure Out Why Some Who Get Vaccinated Experience MASSIVE Tongue Enlargements.  Macroglossia is a condition in which the tongue grows abnormally large in comparison to other oral structures — and a Houston doctor is trying to figure out why at least nine COVID-19 patients have been hospitalized from it.  "It is psychologically depressing because they are looked at as an oddity," said Dr. James Melville of UTHealth School of Dentistry, per Newsweek's Aristos Georgiou.  "They have to be on a feeding tube, a permanent tracheostomy for an airway, and there is an infection risk.  The tongue completely dries out, so you have to wrap it to keep it moist so it doesn't crack and bleed."  [Video clip]

This Is The LUNACY Dr. Fauci And The Media Has Created With The Vaccine Madness.  Here is a prime example of what it's like to be a sheep that gets all his information from soundbites instead of researching medical data and research.  This man thinks even though he's received both doses of the COVID vaccine, he still needs to live in fear and wear a mask.  He also believes anyone who doesn't get one of the vaccines, none of which have been approved by the FDA, that you're so sort of enemy of the state, rendering his vaccination ineffective.  The media, with the help of Dr. Fauci, has divided America into two camps that may never join as one again.  [Video clip]

117 employees sue TX hospital over vaccine mandate, forcing them to act as 'human guinea pigs'.  A Houston-area hospital is being sued by 117 employees over its mandate that all staff must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by June 7 or they will be terminated.  The hospital's employees claim they are being used as "human guinea pigs."  The civil suit was filed on Friday.  It contends that the mandate violates the Nuremberg Code and U.S. statutes that permit Americans to legally refuse "unapproved" medical treatments.  The suit also claimes that it violates both Texas labor and employment laws.  Lead plaintiff Jennifer Bridges told KHOU that the hospital "trying to force you to put something into your body that you're not comfortable with to keep your job is just insane."

Echoes of Russia reversal in the intelligence community's COVID origins probe.  When President Biden recently revealed a schism in the intelligence community over the origins of the COVID-19 virus — with some now seeing it plausible a lab leak caused the pandemic — he did far more than just order a 90-day review.  He acknowledged implicitly that the prevailing assessment of America's spy agencies during the last year of Donald Trump's presidency — that the virus evolved in nature — was now fully in question.  Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, went a step further and revealed some U.S. intelligence analysts believed the virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology much earlier but their views were suppressed from policymakers.

With Trump Out of White House, Media Suddenly Finds 'Lab Leak Theory' Plausible.  Former President Donald Trump is known for a lot of things, but one of his special powers is his ability to make the entire corporate media act in concert to bring embarrassment upon themselves.  For nearly a year, almost every major news outlet declared that it was a debunked, fringe conspiracy theory to even discuss the idea that the coronavirus pandemic began as a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.  It so happened that Trump was the most visible person pressing the case of the "lab leak theory," which meant that the media felt compelled to push back extra hard.  Now, a year later, the very same news organizations are allowing that the lab leak hypothesis is indeed plausible.  So, what changed?  Practically and factually, the only real difference today, versus a year ago, is that Trump is no longer in the White House, so journalists are safe to entertain competing ideas again.

Fauci will be gone in 90 days.  A lot has happened in the last two weeks that may result in the retirement of Dr. Anthony Fauci.  The face of the government's Covid-19 response may have finally met his Waterloo.  The way things are going, a forced retirement at age 80 may be the best outcome that "Dr. Doom" can expect.  It turns out that all roads to Covid-19 — even more than we expected — lead back to Fauci.  Finally, after a year of stonewalling and obfuscation, the news about Fauci's apparent role in directing U.S. government funding to the notorious Wuhan Virology Lab — and the identification of that facility as the source of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic — have gone incredibly mainstream.

Stockholm Syndrome over Mask Wearing.  Americans have been held hostage in their homes for months, told not to wear masks, then to wear one, then two, now none.  We were assured that that a BLM protest of thousands is perfectly safe while a family wedding, funeral, or a Trump rally is a super spreader event.  An experimental, non-FDA approved vaccine is being mandated for everyone, including children at extremely low risk from getting sick from COVID, yet at the government agencies pushing vaccinations, they don't know how many of their own employees have said no to the vaccine, perhaps as many as half.  Speaking out against your COVID captors leads to punishment and abuse, from social media deplatforming and public harassment, to loss of job or even prison.  Americans have been beaten with a stick for over a year, based more on the whims of the ruling class than any sound science that would explain the above contradictory ruling diktats.  Many COVID hostages are fighting back but others may have succumbed to Stockholm Syndrome.

Fauci cashing in with book to be published in November.  Even a slender volume (80 pages) can make millions of dollars for the man who has become a cult figure to Trump haters when sold for 18 bucks a copy.  The National Pulse reports, and Amazon confirms that Dr. Anthony Fauci will be selling a book to the public next November 2 (in time for the Christmas buying season), titled, Expect the Unexpected:  Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward, all of 80 pages long and selling for $18 a copy in hard cover. [...] It sounds to me as though Fauci is preparing to retire or lose his job, and submitting his version of reality to a public already becoming skeptical about the man whose flip-flops and "noble lies" are finally catching up to him, eroding the secular sainthood conferred upon him by the agitprop media.  Even so, there are enough devout believers in the fantasy world offered by the media that Fauci will make millions of dollars from his 80 pages.

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Of course, the news media will provide free advertising when it is released, along with effusive praise, no matter what the actual contents of the book.  The price is a bit steep at 22.5 cents per page.

WHO renames Covid variants with Greek letters.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new naming system for variants of Covid-19.  From now on the WHO will use Greek letters to refer to variants first detected in countries like the UK, South Africa and India.  The UK variant for instance is labelled as Alpha, the South African Beta, and the Indian as Delta.  The WHO said this was to simplify discussions but also to help remove some stigma from the names.

New Study Says COVID-19 Could Have Only Been Created in Lab.  The People's Republic of China always knew this was going to come out.  That's why its propaganda quickly blew past the defensive "it was a natural occurrence" to the offensive "America secretly created it".  Why would the Communist regime keep pushing the lab theory, one that risked drawing attention to its own Wuhan lab?  Because the PRC knew that the pandemic had come out of a lab and that, once the initial anti-Trump frenzy died down, the truth would start coming out.  Its best propaganda defense was a good offense that admitted the virus came out of a lab and blamed America.  The Communist narrative is likely to gain some traction in and out of America.  A lot of the world is ready to believe the worst of America.  And so are a lot of Americans.  All of this should have been discussed last year.  But better late than never as the actual research starts breaking through the lies.

Bias in the World Health Organization.  The role of the World Health Organization (WHO), whose stated objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health, has been challenged, especially by the U.S. The WHO has played an important role in public health issues, including the eradication of smallpox, the virtual elimination of polio, the development of an Ebola vaccine, and research on HIV/AIDS.  But it has been blamed for inadequate handling of the current pandemic, for not sounding the alarm when the virus appeared and not acting quickly to deal with it, and with being compliant to China, covering up the threat that all agreed had originated in China, thus causing countless loss of life and great economic hardship.

10 serious COVID patients given Israeli drug, leave hospital in one day.  An Israeli biotechnology company has claimed a 100% success rate in the first 10 patients treated with its drug as part of an early-stage clinical trial at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa.  The company, Bonus BioGroup, presented the preliminary findings of its Phase I/II trial to peers at the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy conference in New Orleans last week and shared the results in a statement released to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.  The Jerusalem Post, which first wrote about the treatment in May 2020, reviewed the PowerPoint presented at the conference and the five-page letter sent to the exchange.

Fauci's 15  minutes  months of fame are about to end, and he's not happy.
Covid summer:  Fauci warns US not to 'declare victory' despite lowest rates in a year.  Dr Anthony Fauci, the top infectious diseases expert in the US, has warned it is too early to declare victory against Covid-19 as cases fall in the country to the lowest rates since last June.  "We don't want to declare victory prematurely because we still have a ways to go," Fauci told the Guardian in an interview.  "But the more and more people that can get vaccinated, as a community, the community will be safer and safer."  The Memorial Holiday weekend marks the unofficial start of summer in the US, and for the at least 50% of the adult population that is fully vaccinated, it could usher in a season of maskless barbecues and trips to the beach.

This statement would have been more helpful last year.
COVID lab leak argument grows as ex-FDA head says accidents 'happen all the time'.  The former head of the Food and Drug Administration said Sunday [5/30/2021] that the argument for COVID-19 originating in a lab is strengthening — as he revealed such accidents "happen all the time."  "Even here in the United States, we've had mishaps, and in China, the last six known outbreaks of SARS-1 have been out of labs, including the last known outbreak, which was a pretty extensive outbreak that China initially wouldn't disclose that it came out of a lab," Dr. Scott Gottlieb said on CBS' "Face the Nation."  In fact, Gottlieb said, there's less evidence now that the novel coronavirus could have arisen naturally, eventually jumping from an animal to humans.

DeSantis VS Lockdowns.  Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that followed have ravaged much of what Americans hold dear.  And virtually every aspect of life has been at the mercy of our government leaders, as they navigated uncharted territory.  A governor's single decision could mean the death of a loved one, the decimation of your life's work, or being deprived of a final goodbye.  The cost of a poor policy decision has never been more devastating.  In the face of all this, one governor has stood out.  [Video clip]

The lab leak hypothesis and media complicity.  Now that the great white shark that is the media — always hunting, always devouring — has moved on, it once again appears to be safe to jump back into the waters of the COVID lab leak hypothesis, as it always should have been.  An analogy will be helpful here to show just how far the media deviated from reality to push their theory. [...] Because the Wuhan Institute of Virology can rightly be called the Detroit of coronavirus research, for media outlets to claim that the one place in the world the virus couldn't have originated is that lab is just as ludicrous as your friend saying that the second car could never have come from Michigan.  This means that the media's insistence that this hitherto unknown virus could not have possibly come from the Wuhan lab was clearly — and sadly — political in nature.

Media admits it:  They've got 'egg on their faces' over their cheap dismissal of Wuhan lab-leak theory.  The whole COVID fiasco has been an amazing string of bad reporting revolving around the press's crazed desire to Get Trump.  The press lied about the Chinese origin of the virus, using it as bait to hammer home on television screen after television screen that the president was a racist.  The coverup of the origins of this virus was useful indeed for that agenda, but the truth went untold.  They even allowed a killer-clown like New York's Gov. Andrew Cuomo claim that the virus emerged from Europe.  That, too, was a lie and nobody called him on it.  Speaking of Cuomo, who the heck among this bunch exposed Cuomo, and four other leftist governors, for seeding nursing homes with COVID patients, the most insane and lethal move in the entire pandemic?  That government-mandated atrocity killed tens of thousands and was characterized by unusual cruelty.  Loved ones were prevented from seeing their elders even in their last moments, forcing them to die alone, to somehow 'protect' them, yet untested hospital patients from COVID wards were let in, ostensibly on non-discrimination grounds, all to cough, wheeze, and breathe all over the most COVID-vulnerable people on the planet.

Blue state, blue mask blues.  Sixteen months ago, when we were first told to wear them, after first being told why we shouldn't, I thought (and said) that outdoor masks were useless.  I got excoriated for saying (with no medical degree, just logic) that sunshine is a great disinfectant, and exercise was a great way to stay healthy.  I noted that our lungs need to breathe fresh air and that our immune systems need the stimulus of external pathogens in the air to keep functioning properly. [...] Back then, my little burg put yellow caution tape around every park, and the state, in its infinite wisdom, closed all the beaches.  Posted signage all over town told us to shut up and stay indoors.  We didn't know any better, so we learned to obey.

Canada ignores COVID restrictions for pro-Hamas protests.  Canada has gone crazy (there's no other way to put it) when it comes to the quixotic effort to stop COVID's spread.  Despite its low COVID death rate, Canada has made every effort to stop religious worship within its borders, going so far as to arrest a pastor for daring to hold services.  It's been pursuing anti-maskers with KGB-esque vigor and just recently ticketed dozens of people who attended an anti-lockdown protest. [...] In other words, Canada is still living like America in spring 2020.  And just like America in spring 2020, Canada has an exception to all the rules.  In America, the exception was for BLM protests. [...] In Canada, the exception is Hamas.  A large pro-Hamas rally in Edmonton attracted hundreds of people, none of whom seem to have been bothered by the COVID police or disapproving journalists.

White Coat Supremacist Anthony Fauci Still Wears Yellow Beret.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, has become quite the celebrity in America.  Even so, as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down, key aspects of Fauci's career remain largely unknown to the people.  Fauci earned a medical degree at Cornell in 1966 but if he ever practiced medicine it was only for a short time. [...] Instead of attending wounded American troops in Vietnam, Fauci joined the entering NIH clinical associate class of 1968. As Fauci told Greenberg, the yellow beret tag was "very much derogatory," but the NIH recruit didn't mind.  "In general, the spirit on campus was much more a liberal leaning than a conservative leaning because that is generally the case with scientists."  Fauci contends "most people were against the war," but not all physicians were against serving in the military hospitals in Vietnam or anywhere else.  Those who did regarded the yellow berets askance.  As Fauci noted, the physicians who did not go into the service had a "cushy job" at the NIH.

Rep. Mike Turner Predicts Biden Will Dismiss Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins.  Republican Ohio Rep. Mike Turner said Sunday that he believes President Joe Biden will dismiss any investigation that blames the coronavirus on the Wuhan lab because he "has no interest in pursuing China."  "He's already blown it off in a number of ways to indicate that it's not important.  I mean, remember, he was uninterested in the origins of the virus, but wanted to give the vaccine of Pfizer and Moderna to China," Turner told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."  [Video clip]

Liberal media Finally admit they made a mistake dismissing Wuhan Lab leak theory.  Liberal media reporters and pundits admitted over the weekend they were wrong to dismiss the Wuhan lab leak theory just because it was espoused by former President Donald Trump.  Mainstream reporters had pushed back at the idea that COVID-19 may have originated in a virology lab in Wuhan, China, and openly ridiculed the idea as Trump spoke openly about it in the early days of the pandemic.  But now, those same reporters have admitted that it is possible that the virus came from a lab leak — as more scientists and political officials openly question the virus' origins.

Deception Wearing the Mask of Truth.  Dishonesty is Biden/Harris asserting that Trump administration had no Covid-19 vaccine plan, despite Trump's authorization of operation Warp Speed, including the federal government pre-purchasing 190 million doses from Pfizer, and vaccinations starting in late November.  How did Biden/Harris get vaccinated in December if there was no program, and no plan?  Or were Biden/Harris jabbed with an empty needle and vial? [...] Where is the science behind mask wearing and lockdown restrictions?  There isn't any, unless one counts political science.  In fact, studies from MIT and University of Louisville among others, have conclusively shown mask wearing has had no effect on Covid 19 cases, hospitalizations, or death rates.  The CDC advisories, often led by Dr Anthony Fauci, who changes his guidance regularly, and now found to have perjured himself testifying before the US Senate, pushed data to the side, relying on political posturing, and untested presumptions.

How Fact-Checkers 'Deceived The Public' About Possible Virus Outbreak From Wuhan Lab.  It's not an accident that most Americans are just starting to hear about the lab leak theory of COVID-19 origin as a potential legitimate source for the global pandemic's outbreak.  It's because the theory was suppressed for more than a year by corporate media fact-checkers and their allies in Big Tech.  The pages of The New York Times and The Washington Post have been filled with articles in recent weeks about the newfound potential legitimacy of the lab-leak theory. [...] Evidence for the lab-leak theory has been publicly available but censored from the public on social media.  When the theory first began to surface in early 2020, fact-checkers far and wide decried it as a conspiracy theory.  In September 2020, PolitiFact labeled the lab leak theory as a "pants-on-fire" lie that was "inaccurate and ridiculous."  The premature fact-check has now been retracted in May.

History shows us why vaccines must be voluntary.  The history of vaccination is one of an heroic effort to rid humanity of deadly and blighting disease.  Vaccination has scored rightly celebrated successes against smallpox, polio, tuberculosis, diphtheria, mumps, measles, yellow fever and many other illnesses. [...] In response to the horrors of the Nazi regime's perverse 'social hygiene' programmes in the 1930s and 1940s, the European Convention on Human Rights contains a clause saying that nobody should be obliged to have a medical procedure against their will.  Today, the NHS's Covid-19 National Immunisation Vaccination System computer programme will not let vaccinators proceed without checking that the recipient consents.  Voluntarism, in the end, proved to be a tremendous success.  In the postwar years, the NHS vaccination campaigns against polio, tuberculosis, diphtheria, mumps and measles worked because they engaged the positive support of the population.  Under the terrible challenge of coronavirus, the temptation to use coercion in health provision is strong, but history shows why the voluntary principle is still best.

Five times lockdown governors broke their own COVID-19 guidelines.  Over the past year, Democratic governors have clamped down on their electorates with a range of rules for lockdowns.  Not all of them have managed to abide by their own mandates.  Here's a list of some of the most hypocritical actions of governors during the COVID-19 pandemic.  [#1] Former Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo went out to a "wine and paint night" at Barnaby's Public House in Providence with her husband on Dec. 11, after she had closed bars as part of a two-week pause on her state's reopening.  Such events were technically allowed under the pause so long as attendees did not share paintbrushes or glasses, a spokesman for the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation said.  Still, it seemed to violate the spirit of guidance Raimondo had offered just four days earlier.

Free speech under attack.  It has been said that "everything is about sex, except sex, which is about power."  An intriguing notion, but incomplete.  Speech, especially the fight to control the speech of others, is also about power.  How else to describe Facebook's ban on users sharing the claim the COVID-19 virus came from a Chinese lab?  The sudden lifting of the ban, following a White House plan to investigate the pandemic's cause, only underscores the social media giant's desire to restrict users' speech.  Now you can't, now you can.  Either way, it's speech control.  If just Facebook and others in Big Tech lusted for such power, it would be bad enough.  But free speech is under attack everywhere over the simple right to express ideas that break with the party line.

We Have Technology, But Do We Have the Wisdom to Handle It?  One analyst, writing on Twitter, suggested that even if suspicions that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a lab should prove well-founded, little would come of it because regional reactions had already taken it into account.  The world would move on as before, in other words.  But this is unlikely for several reasons, the most obvious of which are:
  •   The ecosystem of the world has been globally and forever changed.  Billions of lives and careers have been altered, thousands of industries devastated and millions of lives lost.
  •   A political backlash that may alter the balance of the 2022 elections in the U.S. and similarly in Europe.
  •   Resulting tensions between China and the U.S.
The most imponderable impact will be a loss of naive confidence in technological progress as the public becomes increasingly aware that technology is also the greatest single source of risk to the human race.  Dual-use technologies like climate engineering, biotechnology, and artificial general intelligence are not only the stuff of dreams, they are the well of nightmares.

The Forced COVID-19 Vaccination of Children:  A Crime in Progress.  Healthy children and young adults do not need to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  Nevertheless, the current administration vaccinates them without informed consent and even using direct coercion (like giving the choice: vaxx or wear a muzzle).  About 200,000 kids 12-15 are injected daily.  This rate has been sustained since the start around May 12.  Additionally, they continue vaccinating older teenagers.  The word vaccination is associated with kids in people's minds, but COVID-19 vaccines were not designed for kids or adolescents.  Neither were they designed to prevent a mild illness.  They were created and rushed to production for emergency use only, for people whose lives are at stake.  Corners were cut.  Generally, vaccines elicit long-term (years or decades) immune responses, some of which might be not desirable.  Vaccines can interfere with the existing immunity, development of immunity to other diseases, can cause autoimmune disorders, etc.  It used to take more than a decade after a vaccine's development to start using it broadly.

Wuhan Lab Leak Proof Could Lead to Mass Lawsuits Against China.  Definitive proof, if found, that a laboratory accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) may have caused the Chinese coronavirus pandemic has the potential to break the nearly impenetrable shield of sovereign immunity protecting China from lawsuits by American victims of the virus.  American law protects foreign state powers from litigation on behalf of private persons through the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA).  Mainstream diplomatic thought holds that sovereign immunity is a desirable policy to limit the power that individual citizens have to meddle in foreign policy, concentrating diplomatic powers in the state.

Explosive study claims to prove Chinese scientists created COVID.  A bombshell new study claims to have proof that Chinese scientists created COVID-19 in a lab and then tried to reverse-engineer versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved naturally from bats.  British professor Angus Dalgleish and Norwegian scientist Dr. Birger Sørensen wrote they've had primary evidence "of retro-engineering in China" since last year, but were ignored by academics and major medical journals, The Daily Mail reported Saturday, citing the soon-to-be-published study.  Dalgleish is a London oncology professor known for breakthrough work on a vaccine for HIV.  Sørensen is a virologist and chair of a pharmaceutical company, Immunor, which developed a coronavirus vaccine candidate called Biovacc-19.  Dalgleish also has a financial stake in that company.

Feds say employers can require workers to get COVID vaccine.  Employers are allowed under federal law to require workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine before they can physically return to the workplace, according to updated guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Friday [5/28/2021].  But they must provide "reasonable accommodations" for workers who refuse the shots because of a disability — including pregnancy — or for religious reasons, the agency said.  The decision may mean unvaccinated employees could be required to wear masks, or to work remotely.  The EEOC's rules also gave the green light to companies offering incentives as a means of encouraging staffers to get vaccinated, as long as the perks are "not so substantial as to be coercive."

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If your employer can require a Covid-19 vaccine, they could also require you to get a flu shot, or take pills, or submit to any number of other medical treatments.

Get vaccine or be fired? Federal agency affirms companies can force employees to get vaccinated.  The federal government says businesses can mandate that employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter their workplace, and offer incentives for receiving the vaccine.  Meanwhile, legal experts affirmed that being fired for refusing the vaccine is generally legal.  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released updated guidance Friday explaining that vaccine mandates do not generally violate equal employment regulations.  "The federal EEO laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19, subject to the reasonable accommodation provisions of Title VII and the ADA and other EEO considerations discussed below," the agency said.  "These principles apply if an employee gets the vaccine in the community or from the employer."

Sen. John Kennedy Continues to Scrutinize Wuhan Lab Funding.  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has placed pressure on the National Institute of Health to explain allegations on why taxpayer money was used for gain of function research in Wuhan, China.  "You gave them money and you said, don't do gain of function research," Kennedy expressed.  "You have no way of knowing whether they did or not.  Except you trust them, is that right?"  [Video clip]

Gambling with your life?  "Get a shot, win the lottery!" That's what state leaders across the country are proclaiming.  If you live in Kentucky, get your COVID shot at a Walmart or Kroger store and you'll receive a free lottery ticket for a statewide nightly drawing of $225,000.  New York State is offering free lottery tickets to those who agree to get the shot.  The top prize is $5 million.  Not to be outdone, Ohio governor Mike DeWine announced the launch of a $1 million lottery for residents of the state who get the shot.

Following the Politics, Not the Science.  It is a disturbing prospect, like something out of a science fiction novel, but it's appearing increasingly plausible nonetheless:  the cause of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed millions and cost tens of trillions of dollars, may have been a viral escape from a Wuhan, China virology laboratory.  The latest indicator pointing toward a man-made catastrophe — that, until now, has been obscured with the aid of credulous media and scientists — comes from the Wall Street Journal, which reported that U.S. intelligence found that three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized in November 2019 with symptoms consistent with Covid-19.  That is well before the Chinese government's claim that the first confirmed case occurred on December 8, 2019.  This new report echoes a January 15, 2021 State Department fact sheet that reported several Wuhan Institute researchers became ill in autumn 2019. [...] Early in the pandemic, conservative newspapers, like the Daily Mail and the Washington Times, and Senator Tom Cotton raised the possibility of a Chinese lab leak.  The Washington Post dismissed such speculation as a debunked conspiracy theory.  The New York Times labeled it a "fringe theory."

Facebook says mentions of COVID-19's possible origins in Wuhan are now allowed.  How generous.  Facebook has long banned anyone who discussed the evidence that a worldwide pandemic killing millions and destroying the global economy may have been released from a government lab in Wuhan, China.  Facebook would not allow the theory to be discussed as "debunked" despite widespread criticism that the social media giant was, again, engaging in corporate censorship.  The false claim that this theory was "debunked" was pushed by various media platforms as part of the criticism of then-President Donald Trump and his administration.  Now, however, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, and others have acknowledged that there is a basis for suspect the lab as the origin of the outbreak.  So now Facebook will allow you to talk about it.

LI school prom will have different rules for vaxxed and unvaxxed teens.  This is what a pandemic prom looks like under New York state guidelines.  Forget popular kids and dorks — seniors at one Long Island high school dance will be divided by whether they are vaccinated or unvaccinated against COVID-19, The [New York] Post has learned.  Port Washington High School will be hosting the 500-person event — dubbed the "Gambol" — at the tony Village Clubs of Sandpoint on June 27.  The school said that, per state and CDC guidelines, kids who are vaccinated will be able to attend maskless — while those who aren't will need to wear a face covering.

Number of COVID cases in Delhi crashes after mass distribution of ivermectin.  India has been suffering horrendously from COVID of late, and the complete death toll may never be known.  But in the capital city of Delhi, mass distribution of ivermectin began and the results have been stunning. [...] Yet, most doctors in this country refuse to prescribe ivermectin, and most hospitals in this country refuse to administer it even to seriously ill COVID patients, citing the lack of double-blind studies — which are expensive and time consuming and which yield no big profits for anyone since ivermectin is a generic drug with no patent protection.  A Buffalo, NY woman had to sue in order to receive ivermectin therapy while hospitalized, forced to bear considerable legal fees.  After a judge ordered that she receive it, she recovered and left the hospital.

US may require vaccine passports to get in and out of the country.  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that the Biden Administration is 'looking closely' at requiring international travelers to have a vaccine passport if they want to travel in and out of the country.  Mayorkas made the comment as 2.5 million Americans prepare to fly for Memorial Day Weekend, and after the White House provided repeated assurances the administration will not impose such a system.  Asked if the nation could see vaccine passports either for people coming into the country or flying out, he told ABC's 'Good Morning America': 'We're taking a very close look at that.'

Get vaccinated, win cash as California offers $116.5 million in prizes.  California will offer $116.5 million in cash and gift cards to residents who get COVID-19 vaccinations before June 15, the latest — and most lucrative — incentive by U.S. states desperate to persuade laggards and vaccine-skeptics to get the injection.  The move by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is part of an effort to boost vaccinations as the state prepares to fully reopen its economy on June 15.  Ten Californians who become inoculated before that date stand to win lottery-style prizes of $1.5 million apiece, while another 30 people will each win $50,000.

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[#1] There must be something badly wrong with this vaccine, if incentives like this are necessary.  [#2] The pandemic is all but completely over.  Everybody who wants a vaccination has gotten it already.  Why is the government pushing this vaccine at all?

COVID-19 'has NO credible natural ancestor' and WAS created by Chinese scientists who then tried to cover their tracks with 'retro-engineering'.  An explosive new study claims that Chinese scientists created COVID-19 in a Wuhan lab, then tried to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved naturally from bats.  The paper's authors, British Professor Angus Dalgleish and Norwegian scientist Dr. Birger Sørensen, wrote that they have had 'prima facie evidence of retro-engineering in China' for a year — but were ignored by academics and major journals.  Dalgleish is a professor of oncology at St George's University, London, and is best known for his breakthrough creating the first working 'HIV vaccine', to treat diagnosed patients and allow them to go off medication for months.

The New York Times' Bone-Headed Guidelines on COVID 'Mitigation'.  [Scroll down]  "In the wild" is a crucial term.  It means that, for practical purposes, the virus is everywhere.  There will be more of it near a sick person, but not having anyone spreading it in your house doesn't mean that it isn't being spread at your workplace, grocery store, or gas station.  And you will have no way to avoid it, because you have no idea who is infectious.  By March of 2020, I noted that the Wuhan Flu was already in the wild.  The five million people allowed to travel worldwide from Wuhan during their outbreak made that a certainty.  And pop-up hot spots closed the case.  People with no apparent connection to known carriers were getting sick.  This meant that any sort of mass "quarantine" was doomed to fail.  It was like trying to stop mosquitoes with a chain link fence.  Yet our "betters" insisted.

Report: Facebook Is Censoring COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy.  Facebook is suppressing comments and posts expressing doubts about the COVID-19 vaccine to "drastically reduce user exposure to vaccine hesitancy," a new report states.  "Reducing the visibility of these comments represents another significant opportunity for us to remove barriers to vaccination that users on the platform may potentially encounter," the Facebook documents say.  Project Veritas first reported the censorship after two whistleblowers shared leaked documents demonstrating how the Big Tech company is testing algorithms to limit the spread of vaccine skepticism.  The internal memos examined by Project Veritas revealed that the algorithm currently affects 1.5 percent of users who question the immunization on health authority pages.

Florida rock concert tickets are $18 if you're vaccinated — $1,000 if you're not.  A Florida concert promoter is trying to encourage concertgoers to get vaccinated for an upcoming punk rock show in Tampa Bay.  Fans looking to see Teenage Bottlerocket, MakeWar and Rutterkin at the VFW Post 39 venue in St. Petersburg on June 26 will have to spend just $18 to get in if they're vaccinated — while unvaccinated attendees will be charged $999.99 per ticket.  "To be eligible for the DISCOUNT, you will need to bring a government issued photo ID and your PHYSICAL COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card," the website where tickets can be purchased states.

Masks! What are they good for?  The CDC finally said that vaccinated people can ditch the masks.  Where I live (in a free red state), a lot of people promptly did.  Now, at stores, nobody asks whether those without masks are vaccinated.  We trust them to make their own decisions.  However, a lot of people are still wearing those skimpy, often dirty rags on their faces.  It turns out, though, that they should ditch them, too, because a new, comprehensive study found that masks made no difference to the Wuhan virus's spread. [...] Whenever we ventured out, we saw people wearing the equivalent of t-shirts or napkins on their faces.  They had them under their noses, they touched them constantly, they shuffled them repeatedly in and out of pockets and bags, and generally rendered them completely ineffective at stopping viruses.  My feeling all year was that the masks were pure theater.  I was right.

Scientist Discovers What May Cause COVID-19 Vaccine-Linked Blood Clots.  A German team of researchers this week said they may have discovered what causes rare blood clots in some COVID-19 vaccine recipients.  Rolf Marschalek, a professor at Goethe University in Frankfurt who has been involved in studies looking into the rare clotting condition caused by the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, said his researcher showed the issue may be triggered due to adenovirus vectors.  An adenovirus — a common cold virus that can't replicate — is the primary mechanism used by both the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, delivering the genetic instructions for the spike protein of the virus into the recipient's body.  Meanwhile, vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer use mRNA technology.  The German scientists led by Marschalek said in a research paper that hasn't yet been peer-reviewed that the problem might be caused when the adenovirus enters the nucleus of the cell rather than the cellular fluid, where the virus makes proteins.

The Drug that Cracked COVID.  [Scroll down]  The cocktail of safe, cheap, FDA-approved generic drugs — the steroid Methylprednisolone, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Thiamine (Vitamin B1), and the blood thinner Heparin — was the first comprehensive treatment using aggressive corticosteroid and anti-coagulant treatments to stop COVID-19 deaths.  Both were novel approaches strongly recommended against by all national and international health care agencies throughout the world, but later studies made both therapies the global standard of hospital care.  In addition, Kory, Marik, et. al published the first comprehensive COVID-19 prevention and early treatment protocol (which they would eventually call I-MASK).  It is centered around the drug Ivermectin, which President Trump used at Walter Reed hospital, unreported by the press, though it may well have saved the president's life while he was instead touting new big pharma drugs.

Was the US complicit in China's Covid research?  The Joe Biden administration closed the US State Department's investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.  But as the pandemic recedes in the United States, there is renewed interest by the scientific and journalistic communities about the origins of the virus and whether it could have escaped from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).  So, a day later, the president opened a new investigation.  The flip-flop came amid Senator Rand Paul's claim at a Senate committee hearing on the Covid-19 pandemic that the US collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China to make a more deadly, transmittable coronavirus.  That's putting the Chinese lab leak theory, which Beijing vigorously denies, back at the forefront of the Covid-19 origin debate.

'Literally criminal': Suppressing data on ivermectin cost 'half a million lives', doctor charges.  In a recent Zoom call, Dr. Pierre Kory of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance outlined numerous details showing the World Health Organization (WHO) knowingly suppressed data on the effectiveness of ivermectin against the virus in order to benefit the vaccine interests of Big Pharma.  "It's criminal," Kory said.  "It's literally criminal." The drug "could have saved half a million lives this year if it had been approved."  The WHO, Kory contends, is simply taking part in the tactics of a time-worn "Disinformation Playbook."  The term was coined by the Union of Concerned Scientists 50 years ago to describe the strategies corporations have developed over decades to "attack science when it goes against their financial interests."

Sen. Ron Johnson Grills Anthony Fauci for His Evolving Claims on Coronavirus Origin.  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) grilled Dr. Anthony Fauci over his evolving view about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and if the virus emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to a letter obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.  Johnson sent the letter to Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Thursday after Fauci appeared to change his view about the origins of the coronavirus.  Fauci said in May 2020 the coronavirus definitively came from natural origins, Johnson noted.  "If you look at the evolution of the virus in bats, and what's out there now is very, very strongly leaning toward this [virus] could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated," Fauci said.

The Media's Embarrassing Incuriosity About Wuhan.  Pardon the whiplash!  It feels like the media suddenly decided the theory that the deadly coronavirus leaked from a lab in Wuhan is now considered plausible when it was aggressively dismissed by the press as a "fringe theory" in 2020.  It's not a mystery why this happened.  The Democrats thought the coronavirus was going to be that "silver bullet" that would remove Trump from office.  Their arrogant belief that Trump was an ignoramus led them to shame anyone or any theory that Trump endorsed on the year's biggest story.  They were willing to embrace the supposed authority of communist China, of the China-enabling World Health Organization, and the "prevailing opinion" of science journals and magazines.... that endorsed Biden for president.  Needless to say, "Science" doesn't operate on this principle.  The "hard news" business does.

Fauci and the Media Have Serious Blood on Their Hands Over COVID.  Donald Trump did many good things as president, but he didn't always choose the best people to work with or for him. [...] But I don't blame Trump for the man who was by far the worst government functionary during his administration and right up there among the worst in American history — Anthony Stephen Fauci.  Treated by the media like some combination of Jesus, Moses, and Hippocrates, this overpaid, lifetime bureaucrat was elevated to the level of soothsayer, every word from his mouth treated as if it were "settled science," even though that concept could be seen as an oxymoron by anyone with a seventh grade education, and even though he contradicted himself so many times it would take an abacus, appropriately, to keep count.  Meanwhile, the same media excoriated Donald Trump for even suggesting the cheap and readily-available hydroxychloroquine might be useful in curing the disease long ago dubbed here at The Epoch Times, with more corroboration daily, the "CCP virus."

Fauci once argued for risky viral experiments — even if they can lead to pandemic.  Dr. Anthony Fauci once argued that conducting experiments on contagious viruses to increase their potency was worth the risk, even if the work could accidentally lead to a pandemic, it was revealed Friday [5/28/2021].  The nation's chief medical advisor wrote in the American Society for Microbiology in October 2012 of the public health benefit to gain-of-function viral experiments — which center on manipulating viruses and making them stronger — as long as there is significant oversight.  In the article, first reported by The Australian, Fauci also noted that a pause on such studies should continue until researchers can figure out how to do them more transparently.

Facebook will no longer remove posts claiming the coronavirus is 'man-made'.  Facebook will no longer remove posts claiming the coronavirus is "man-made," it said Wednesday [5/26/2021].  In February, the tech giant said it would take down "debunked" claims that humans created the virus that causes COVID-19, but it has reversed its policy amid renewed interest in the virus' origins from scientists and politicians.  "In light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health experts, we will no longer remove the claim that COVID-19 is man-made from our apps," a Facebook representative told Insider in an emailed statement.  "We're continuing to work with health experts to keep pace with the evolving nature of the pandemic and regularly update our policies as new facts and trends emerge."

About those overbearing vaccine ads...  It seems pretty obvious that everyone who wants the covid vaccine has already been vaccinated.  They've waited in lines at Dodger Stadium, college campus sites, all the drug stores like Walgreens of course.  Big pharma has become much wealthier; there are nine new billionaires.  How's that for motivation?  Get vaxxed to make the rich guys richer.  How many taxpayer dollars are being spent to convince people who have no interest in submitting to a an entirely new form of vaccine to get the shot? [...] How about those governors who are offering taxpayer-funded monetary enticements?  Get the vaccine and be entered in a lottery to win a million dollars!  California Governor soon-to-recalled Newsom is one of them.  No surprise there; desperation is the order of the day.  He's trying to purchase goodwill in all the wrong places.  Government does nothing better than waste money on specious campaigns to push one radical agenda or another.

Go north and get your 'vacuna'.  Two months ago, a good friend and his wife flew to Dallas from Mexico City.  We were happy to see them but surprised as well because of COVID.  So I asked him:  "What brought you to Dallas?"  He winked and confirmed what I suspected: "la vacuna," or the vaccine.  He also showed me his next ticket, or the next trip to Dallas for "vacuna numero dos."  I didn't press my friend for details, but this article confirmed what we now called "vaccine tourism."

Just Who, Exactly, 'Turned the Tide' on COVID-19?  Once again, Joe Biden is trying to rewrite history by crediting his administration — and his administration only — for having "turned the tide" against the COVID-19 pandemic.  "From a year of darkness, we're now emerging into the light," Biden said during remarks at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. [...] Biden never once mentioned Operation Warp Speed.  Instead, he made the dubious claim that his administration "made the vaccine program a priority."

Former State Department official:  Probe into COVID origins found almost no evidence supporting natural origin.  A government probe last year into the origins of the coronavirus found practically no evidence COVID-19 originated from nature, former State Department official David Asher told Fox News on Thursday [5/27/2021].  "We were finding that despite the claims of our scientific community, including the National Institutes of Health and Dr. Fauci's NIAID organization, there was almost no evidence that supported a natural, zoonotic evolution or source of COVID-19," he told "America Reports."  The probe was led out of the State Department's arms control and verification (AVC) bureau and initially launched at the request of former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo before ending this year.

How Anthony Fauci Made Himself The Face Of America's Institutional Decay.  Few events have accelerated Western institutional decay as the coronavirus pandemic, and it's been Dr. Anthony Fauci's foot on the gas.  As the pandemic sunsets on the United States, the nation stands far weaker, rocked by a public health emergency driving up debt and division amid a polarizing presidential election while political elites capitalized on the virus for ulterior ends.  Legacy media got more irresponsible, big tech got more unfair, and half the population comfortably shut down their neighbors' livelihoods in seeking an impossible life with zero risk, as if the virus had the potential to wipe out the human race.  At the center of this crisis stood National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Fauci, who became a prominent voice in the first days of the pandemic while serving in the Trump White House.  Standing at the press lectern each day to appear on evening television, Fauci took on the appearance of the trusted hometown physician.

Mollie Hemingway:  Media Killed Lab-Leak Theory, They Couldn't Let Donald Trump Be Right.  Mollie Hemingway called it a scandal that the media downplayed the lab-leak theory under the Trump administration but are giving it credence now on Wednesday's edition of 'Special Report.'  ["]I think it's not just that the Biden administration couldn't have Donald Trump having said anything true.  The media really play a role here, too.  You just pointed out, Bret, this is what we knew a year ago.  And the media thought that there were two options, basically, you can blame China for how they handled this, you know, viruses can come from anywhere, how you handle them is key.  So many problems with how China handled this, even if you leave aside it was always a strong possibility that it came out of this Wuhan Institute of Virology, they couldn't let Donald Trump or Mike Pompeo be right.  So they couldn't even be curious about those origins.["]

Life Insurance & COVID-19; Something Doesn't Make Sense.  You would think that during the worst Pandemic since the 1918 Spanish Flu life insurance companies would be hedging their bets to avoid major losses from Covid-19. [...] I called one of the brokers I deal with that interacts with hundreds of big life insurers to get an inside look into how the Covid crisis has changed their business.  Imagine my surprise when she said it was pretty much business as usual!  Last year when the hysteria was just getting ramped up she did say the companies temporarily tightened up underwriting and reduced the amount of coverage they would offer.  But as time went by and the hard data came rolling in those same companies went back to business as usual.  I asked her specifically if life insurers wanted a Covid test as part of the underwriting process and she said none that she was aware of.  Hmm, that's pretty interesting isn't it?  The most lethal pandemic in decades descends on the globe with deadly mutations taking millions of innocent lives and the life insurance companies couldn't care less.  I also asked if the cost per thousand of coverage had increased due to Covid and again she said no.

Cancer Death Rates Are Up Because of COVID Protocols.  The COVID-19 lockdowns have affected more than just schools, the economy, and how people socially interact outside of their homes — thousands of cancer screenings and treatments were skipped or delayed, leading to a rise in cancer deaths for the first time in decades.  This is directly due to excessive COVID policies that pushed fear into the hearts and minds of people across the nation and the globe.  From 2001 to 2017 the CDC reported that overall cancer rates had been decreasing about 1.5% each year.  Male cancer deaths decreased 1.8%, and female cancer deaths decreased 1.4%.  This was considered a medical triumph.  There was hope for many.  Unfortunately it was quickly destroyed by changes in medical protocol due to COVID rules put in place without proper research and consideration for all the consequences, short and long-term.

The Case for Mandatory Masking Gets Obliterated by a New Study.  RedState has been far ahead of the curve, even among right-leaning outlets, in calling out the absurdity of mandatory masking.  As time has passed, we've been proven more and more correct even as Big Tech sought to censor us.  You can go back and look at the data out of Japan last summer, where they saw a massive spike after having mask mandates in place since the beginning of the pandemic as an example of evidence we've had for a long time.  But it's really in the last several months that the data has become fairly conclusive that masks don't work to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Flip Flop Fauci.  Dr Anthony Fauci has achieved godlike status within the media and administrative state.  His words are treated as gospel, to be accepted without question regarding all things COVID.  He is a long-established member of the ruling class, first coming to fame in the early days of HIV and AIDS.  As head of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, he is also the highest paid employee in the entire US federal government.  He earned $417,608 in 2019, more than the US president, at the time Donald Trump, who donated his entire presidential salary to charity.  Dr Fauci undoubtedly has additional income from patents, royalties, and speaking fees, common for those in the upper echelons of the medical establishment.  Revered by the media, in the COVID era he has graced numerous magazine covers, was nominated as one of People's sexiest men alive, and was a constant guest on television news shows.

Senate unanimously passes bill forcing Biden admin to declassify intel on COVID-19 origins.  The Senate unanimously passed Republican Senator Josh Hawley's bill that requires the Biden administration and the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information within 90 days regarding the origins of the COVID-19 virus.  "The American people deserve to know about the origins of COVID-19," Hawley proclaimed on the Senate floor prior to the bill passing.  "They deserve to know how this terrible pandemic that has ravaged the globe and our country, how it got started, and what China's role was in starting it."  Hawley contends that American voters have a right to see the evidence and decide for themselves where the virus originated from rather than being spoon-fed speculation from the Biden administration.

Senate passes bill requiring the Biden administration to declassify intelligence on COVID-19 origins.  The Senate approved a bill that would require the Biden administration and the director of national intelligence to declassify intelligence on the origins of COVID-19 by unanimous consent Wednesday evening [5/26/2021].  "The American people deserve to know about the origins of COVID-19," Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said on the Senate floor before the bill passed.  "They deserve to know how this terrible pandemic that has ravaged the globe and our country, how it got started, and what China's role was in starting it."  He said that voters deserved to see the evidence and judge for themselves, rather than different speculation from various administration officials on where the virus may have come from.

Some Michigan Residents Use Transgender 'Logic' to Go Maskless.  If you're a male and you "identify" as female, the woke amongst us will rush to affirm your identity, and punish those who don't validate your delusion and call them bigots.  Well, some Michigan residents, tired of COVID-19 restrictions, are using that same logic to be able to ditch their face masks by saying they "identify as fully vaccinated" despite not being so.  Residents of Luce County, Mich., a county of 6,600 people where only three people have died from COVID-19, are giving local health officials headaches from their clever tactic.  "A lot of people are using the phrase, 'I identify as fully vaccinated' and taking their masks off," Kerry Ott, public information officer for the Luce, Mackinac, Alger, and Schoolcraft (LMAS) health department told Michigan Radio. [...] When so many buy into the idea that if you feel like you're a woman when biologically you are a man, there's no justification for saying one can't identify as "fully vaccinated" when they are not.

Here's the Most Interesting Thing in the CDC Data About Post-Vaccine COVID Breakthrough Infections.  Earlier this week, I wrote about a study that demonstrated that prepositions matter when discussing hospitalizations for COVID-19 among children.  There is a difference between getting hospitalized with COVID-19 and getting hospitalized for COVID-19 in the hospitals studied.  Reported data does not capture this crucial distinction, which likely applies to hospitalizations of children and adults nationwide, given the testing protocols and reimbursement incentives.  I have been railing against the context-less reporting of death counts since the beginning of the pandemic.  While writing for another outlet, I noted the bizarre instructions issued by the National Center for Health Statistics after CNN reporter Jim Acosta called any questioning of the counts a conspiracy theory.  If Acosta is attacking an idea, there is almost certainly some truth to it.  As testing protocols blossomed to the point where every inpatient received one, and the number of asymptomatic individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 became clear, there was even more reason to question the counts.

Facebook Gives American Journalists Permission to Write About COVID Originating From Wuhan Lab.  Comrade Citizens, the magnanimous leader of Facebook has decided to allow the previously censored discussion to take place.  Big Technocracy has given permission to the U.S. media to write investigative articles about COVID-19 originating from the Wuhan bioweapons lab. [...] Please remember to thank Dear Leader Mark Zuckerberg for his decision to allow conversational debate on Facebook.  However, also remember your responsibilities as good citizens to remain compliant to the topics that are permitted, and do not stray into conversations that are not approved by the technocratic command and control authority.

The Covid Lab Leak went from terrible, racist conspiracy theory to plausible overnight for the mainstream media.  [Thread reader]  If you don't believe me, look at these stories side-by-side, then vs. now.  You may remember that much of the really bad coverage was focused on @SenTomCotton's suggestion that we better understand the potential for a lab leak from Wuhan.  The difference in framing here from @nytimes between May 2020 and May 2021 is... stark.  [Illustrations]  But it wasn't just NYT.  There's a lot of ammo from @CNN, too.  Not even two months ago, they ran a piece writing off the lab leak theory as "like something out of a comic book."  Yesterday, the tone had changed, without any reference to their own role in the previous debate.  [Illustrations]  But if you go back further, @CNN's coverage gets even worse.  Early in 2020, they ran CCP talking points suggesting it was all a political tactic based on "disinformation."

Don't let the media get away with U-turning on the lab leak theory.  The theory that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese laboratory has completed its year-long trudge — from fringe nutjob idea to mainstream and expert-approved opinion.  Leading scientists and epidemiologists such as none other than Dr Anthony Fauci were so quick to dismiss the 'lab talk'.  It was first portrayed as a hare-brained wild and tacitly racist conspiracy theory driven by paranoid Republican senators and fever-dream right-wing media.  Now it is seen as not only an acceptable theory worth more study, but one that has broken through into the mainstream.  This has happened in a matter of days.  Where does Sen. Tom Cotton go for his apology?  Interestingly enough, the lab leak theory started gaining more traction — not only in the international community, but in the scientific community in the United States — right around the same time that questions of United States government funding of EcoHealth Alliance, a research and collection group of bat coronaviruses in China, may have lead to gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Dr. Fauci admits to funding bat virus research at Wuhan lab, says NIH funneled $600K over 5 years.  While appearing before a congressional budget committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci revealed and defended what he called the "modest" and "very respectful" funding of an infamous Wuhan laboratory.  In a house testimony Tuesday, he admitted that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funneled U.S. taxpayer money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Dr. Fauci said at least $600,000 was sent to the lab through the non-profit called EcoHealth Alliance.  The NIH director confirmed the money was given to the Chinese lab over a five-year period to study bat coronaviruses and whether they could infect humans.

Sen. Rand Paul:  Dr. Fauci should be fired for committing perjury and lying to Americans.  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says that Dr. Fauci perjured himself before Congress when he claimed that the NIAID did not fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where COVID-19 originated, and "ought to be immediately fired."  [Podcast]

Enough of Fauci's lies!.  Dr. Anthony Fauci was absolutely adamant that the National Institutes of Health has never funded dangerous research on bat viruses in the Chinese lab suspected of being the source of the COVID-19 pandemic, when he was questioned by Republican Sen. Rand Paul two weeks ago.  "Senator Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect that the NIH has not ever and does not now fund 'gain of function' research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology," Fauci said in the fiery Senate hearing on May 11.  He couldn't have been more certain.  Until he wasn't certain a few hours later.

Five reasons not to be optimistic about America's future.  Starting with Obama, Democrats have been undermining the Bill of Rights.  "Every single one of [Obama's] initiatives," said American Thinker, was "directed at increasing government control in every area, with a corresponding decrease in individual liberty."  Nowhere has this been more evident than in the overreaching mandates imposed on the American public in the name of combatting the coronavirus.  The Left's ultimate objective is socialism/communism, where the government controls everything.  The consequence will be economic collapse on the scale of Venezuela.  If they get away with this, say goodbye to the nation we all used to know and love.

Joe Biden Orders U.S. Investigation of Coronavirus Origin After Canceling Mike Pompeo Effort.  President Joe Biden ordered United States intelligence agencies Wednesday [5/26/2021] to "redouble their efforts" to investigate the origin of the coronavirus, despite ending a State Department investigation under former President Donald Trump seeking the same goal.  "I have now asked the Intelligence Community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion, and to report back to me in 90 days," Biden said in a statement released to reporters Wednesday.  CNN reported Tuesday that the Biden administration shut down a State Department effort launched by then-Secretary Mike Pompeo to investigate the origin of the virus.

Masks Didn't Slow COVID Spread:  New Study.  New findings reported Tuesday [5/25/2021] in a University of Louisville study challenge what has been the prevailing belief that mask mandates are necessary to slow the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.  The study notes that "80% of US states mandated masks during the COVID-19 pandemic" and while "mandates induced greater mask compliance, [they] did not predict lower growth rates when community spread was low (minima) or high (maxima)."  Among other things, the study — conducted using data from the CDC covering multiple seasons — reports that "mask mandates and use are not associated with lower SARS-CoV-2 spread among US states."

The Lawsuit Donald Trump Is Facing Regarding COVID.  This was bound to happen.  I'm sort of shocked it didn't happen sooner, but here we are with the triggered left-wingers tossing around lawsuits like candy because they found something offensive.  That thing was a phrase Donald Trump used to describe the coronavirus.  It's accurate.  It's not offensive, but that's not the point.  This is about the Left's unhealthy and unhinged obsession with the former president.  Even when he's gone, he's facing criminal investigations into his business dealings, but this one deals with two words:  China virus.  Yes, Trump is being sued because he said that.

Facebook lifts ban on suggesting COVID-19 was man-made after Biden orders intel agencies to probe whether coronavirus leaked from Wuhan lab.  Facebook will allow users to claim on its platform that COVID-19 may have originated in a lab in Wuhan, China — a reversal of its previous policy which banned comments suggesting the coronavirus was man-made.  The move comes after Fauci changed his tune on where the virus may have originated — and after Biden ordered his intelligence agencies to launch a probe into whether it leaded from a Wuhan lab.  'In light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health experts, we will no longer remove the claim that COVID-19 is man-made or manufactured from our apps,' the company said in a blog post on Wednesday [5/26/2021].

On Election Fraud, The Media Are Repeating Their Wuhan Lab Fiasco.  Remember how, until just this week, anyone who suggested that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab was called a Trump-style conspiracy nut? [...] Soon after Sen. Tom Cotton said that COVID-19 might have originated in a Wuhan lab, the media pounced.  The Washington Post accused Sen. Cotton of repeating an already "debunked" coronavirus "conspiracy theory."  Anyone who brought it up got similar treatment.  USA Today called the lab-leak story a "myth."  The New York Times called it a "fringe theory."  Others called it "baseless."  Fact-checking site Politico said the claim that COVID originated in a lab "is inaccurate and ridiculous.  We rate it Pants on Fire!"  Just two months ago, ABC News ran a story headlined:  "Sorry, conspiracy theorists.  Study concludes COVID-19 'is not a laboratory construct'". [...] But now reporters are all furiously backpedaling as the idea that the virus originated in a lab has suddenly gained credibility in the wake of new revelations.  Politico even retracted its bogus "fact check."

NY Times Covid beat reporter discredits her own coverage and then deletes smoking gun tweet.  Twitter may have devolved into a left-wing propaganda organ, but it still has value as a medium for leftists to discredit themselves with hasty expression of their real thoughts and feelings.  Particularly for journalists accustomed to relying on editors to save themselves from revealing too much, the speed with which their unfiltered thoughts can be broadcast to the world is dangerous.  The latest example comes from the New York Times reporter assigned to cover what may be the hottest story of our era:  the Covid virus that turned the world upside down and killed millions.  Apoorva Mandavilli at first seems to have thought that just as the agitprop media were being forced to admit that it isn't a crazy conspiracy theory to suspect that Covid emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, it was time to discredit such ideas as racist... at least in origin.

Illegal immigrants' COVID-19 rate [is] twice that of [the] U.S. population.  The rate of coronavirus cases has plummeted in the U.S., but on the border, illegal immigrants are pouring across with elevated rates of infections, and some of them are still being released directly into communities, a congressman revealed Wednesday [5/26/2021].  Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas Democrat, said officials in Laredo are seeing a 6% COVID-positive rate among the migrants being shipped to them from the border deeper in Texas.  That's double the rate of the broader U.S. population.  And Mr. Cuellar said the number of migrants has grown so large that Laredo's nonprofits aren't able to handle all the people the Border Patrol is shipping for testing and quarantine.  Some migrants are being released directly to bus stations, where they mingle with the population as they head deeper into the country.

Mild coronavirus infection leaves behind lasting antibody protection, research suggests.  Even a mild case of coronavirus could leave people with lifelong protection against the virus, a new study suggests, with researchers calling previous reports that immunity was not long-lived following infection "a misinterpretation of the data."  In the study, conducted by Washington University School of Medicine in St.  Louis and published May 24 in the journal Nature, researchers took bone marrow samples from 18 out of 77 participants who were already signed up to give blood samples at three-month intervals starting about a month after initial infection. [...] While antibody levels in the blood of people who had previous infections did drop quickly in the first few months before mostly leveling off, some antibodies were detectable even 11 months after infection.

Biden Ended Wuhan Lab Leak Probe.  Donald Trump Just Weighed in on Being Proven 'Right'.  President Joe Biden worked behind the scenes to end a State Department probe into a potential Wuhan lab leak, a new report shows.  It is yet more evidence that Biden is in the pocket of Communist China, unlike the case with the Democrats' false claims about Trump and Russia collusion.  "Joe Biden's team shut down a State Department investigation into the Wuhan laboratory as a source of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new report on Tuesday night," the Daily Mail reported.  "Last fall, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lead an investigation to answer whether China's biological weapons program may have played a role in the pandemic, sources told CNN," the report continued.

Fauci admits he doesn't know whether Wuhan lab lied about what it used the $600K US-taxpayer research grant for.  Dr Anthony Fauci admitted that there is no way to know if Chinese scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lied and conducted what are called 'gain of function' experiments on bat coronaviruses using U.S. tax dollars.  'There's no way of guaranteeing that,' Fauci said Wednesday at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, responding to a question from Republican Senator John Kennedy.  'But in our experience with grantees, including Chinese grantees, which we have had interactions with for a very long period of time — they are very competent, trustworthy scientists.'

COVID: The Perfect Crime?  If Nicholas Wade in his earth-moving article seemed to set the stage pretty well — currently, the preponderance of the evidence points to the Novel Coronavirus as having escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  From there, the rest is history (and the future, too.  Funny how that happens.) [...] Instead of investigating what happened and how to prevent it from happening again, the real interesting one is the legal investigation into who pays how much to whom for the injuries and deaths that occurred.  Planetwide.  Unfortunately, it will not happen.  Such issues as spoliation of evidence (which surely has or will occur); numerosity (both legal and lay meanings); conflict of laws; differing criteria for diagnosing COVID-19; and hundreds, if not thousands (it is worldwide, after all), more issues will be raised (e.g., defenses based on the mishandling of the sick — "The Cuomo, Whitmer, Wolf, Murphy Defense").  The investigation, if pursued, will be paralyzed or (best case scenario) move glacially.  Anyway, we will all be dead before it can complete making the matter moot.  Bottom line:  everyone gets off scot-free.

Media proven wrong on COVID origins, but who cares?  It seems the media's and assorted government officials' insistence that the COVID virus did not escape from the Wuhan lab was a lie.  As Tucker Carlson put it:  "Pretty much every sane person acknowledges at this point that the government of China likely caused the single worst man-made disaster in human history."  The evidence is so overwhelming that all the previous authoritative sources are flip-flopping on the issue.  One prime example is the Washington Post's head fact-checker, Glenn Kessler.  This man ridiculed anyone who said the virus likely came from the Wuhan lab.  He especially singled out President Trump and Senator Ted Cruz.  Kessler is now backtracking.  He's out with a new article on May 25 entitled "How the Wuhan lab-leak theory suddenly became credible."  To which Donald Trump, Jr. responded in a tweet:  "It didn't suddenly become credible.  It always was credible."

Prominent physician: Don't get a COVID shot.  Dr. Peter McCullough, a prominent cardiologist, internist and professor of medicine who has testified to the U.S. Senate, has explained that he is not against vaccines, and many of his patients have been vaccinated for COVID-19.  But he said in a new interview this week that with increasing reports of adverse effects, it's too risky for people who have a more than 99% survival rate to receive one of the experimental vaccines.  "Based on the safety data now, I can no longer recommend it," he said in an interview with journalist and author John Leake.  "There are over 4,000 dead Americans, there are over 10,000 in Europe that die on days one, two and three after the vaccine," said McCullough.

What a Wuhan lab leak would really mean.  It has taken 17 months since the new coronavirus supposedly erupted, but the lab leak hypothesis has finally come in from the cold.  At first it was dismissed as a crazy conspiracy theory promoted by ranting right-wingers and nasty Sinophobes; a stance inflamed by some of the wilder claims made about the deliberate release of bio-weapons and the determination of some scientists to assist the Chinese cover-up.  But now an increasing number of credible scientific voices are calling for a full investigation into whether this global catastrophe was the result of some kind of human error at a Wuhan laboratory.  The ground began to shift late last year when Stanford microbiologist David Relman published a superb paper setting out why we should investigate seriously the possibility of a lab leak alongside natural zoonotic transmission, backing the small handful of brave scientists who had been making this case to the scorn of the medical establishment.

The Lab-Theory Cover-Up:  When Truth Serves Prejudice.  [Scroll down]  And, indeed, if it is true that the COVID-19 outbreak was the result of an accident at a laboratory in China, we might well come to reevaluate some things.  We might come to see virologists both as the villains and the heroes of the piece.  Western criticism of the Chinese Communist Party — which far too many left-leaning Americans have decided represents "xenophobia" — might increase.  There might be a great deal of justified anger aimed at the handful of people who have cause this much suffering and damage.  We might have to acknowledge that Tom Cotton was right about something.  And we might end up less worried about Donald Trump's having called it the "China virus."  It is certainly not a coincidence that the people who have been the most dismissive of the lab-leak theory are the people most desperate to avoid these eventualities.

Pennsylvania Rebukes Tom Wolf.  On May 18, Pennsylvania held its customarily scheduled municipal primary elections.  Following the example of previous municipal primary elections, Keystone State voters were faced with several statewide questions and ballot initiatives.  This year, these prompts included a new genre of questions:  those related to Gov. Tom Wolf's emergency powers.  Two questions specifically targeted Wolf's abuse of his emergency powers during the pandemic.  The results show Pennsylvania voters have fatigued from overreaching executive authority and they have chosen to strip Gov. Wolf of his emergency powers.  The first ballot question asked if voters felt that the state constitution should be amended to provide additional checks on the governor's emergency powers.  More specifically, by allowing the General Assembly the authority to terminate an emergency declaration, effectively removing Gov. Wolf as the sole decision-maker when it comes to emergency declarations.  Currently, under the Pennsylvania Constitution, any action by commonwealth agencies to address statewide emergencies requires the governor's approval.

Gargasz, Ohio Stands Up! sue DeWine to stop Vax-a-Million lottery.  Calling Ohio's Vax-a-Million program "bribery" and vaccines "poisonous" to children, attorney Robert Gargasz has filed suit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and his budget and management director before the Ohio Supreme Court, seeking to halt the program and the use of taxpayer money to fund it.  Gargasz filed the action against DeWine and Kimberly Murnieks, director of the state's Office of Budget and Management, on behalf of Ohio Stands Up! on Monday, seeking to prevent "serious public injury to Ohio's children and Ohio's treasury" by canceling the Vax-a-Million vaccine lottery.  The writ of prohibition seeks to prevent DeWine and Murnieks "from committing violations of law and illegally spending" $5 million on the Vax-a-Million program.  It also seeks to "prevent child abuse and criminal battery of children in Ohio by dangerous experimental and untested DNA altering poisonous mRNA shots."

Fire and investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci.  It's time for him to go.  The man in charge of finding out to truth of how the deadly COVID-19 virus came to be.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the highest paid man on the U.S. government's payroll.  Finally, the U.S. media are forming a consensus on coronavirus's origins — China and the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab.  It has taken more than a year for the few credible reports on this story not to be characterized as "conspiracy theories."  There was a report out of Thailand in November 2019 saying just that.  There was a report by the Lancet after that suggesting the same thing.  The Wall Street Journal found that three of the first victims of the virus worked in the lab.  But Fauci kept saying he found it difficult to accept these theories — and insisted China was cooperating with an investigation.  Maybe that's because he was one of the funders of the Wuhan research.  That's a fact, as hard as it is to believe.

Mark Levin:  Here's what we know about the REAL origins of COVID-19.  Did COVID-19 emerge naturally, or did the virus escape from a lab in Wuhan, China?  These are the questions science journalist Nicholas Wade addresses in an explosive new article:  "Origin of Covid — Following the Clues."  As the deadly virus raced across the globe in 2020, a group of scientists claimed the virus' genetic makeup showed that it could not have come from a lab and the corporate media ran with that version of the story — smearing anyone who dared to ask questions as a conspiracy theorist or worse.  But why did the media take this at face value instead of investigating all possible scenarios, especially when China has been known to choose secrecy over openness?  With the help of Wade's article, BlazeTV host Mark Levin revealed stunning new information about how scientific efforts to create super-viruses for research purposes might have caused the pandemic.  [Video clip]

Biden's COVID relief — here's how you can track the waste, fraud and abuse, in US and abroad.  President Biden's COVID relief is quickly devolving into shocking stories of waste, fraud and abuse, along with a dose of misdirection and political spin.  Biden bellowed on COVID relief, "This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation, working people, middle-class folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance."  That was the promise, but that is not the reality.  What Biden didn't tell Americans is their money is actually being sent overseas for projects bearing little relation to the public health crisis.  Scuba gear in Uruguay, gas turbine engines in Canada, HIV research in Ukraine, and management consulting services in Fiji are all part of what Democrats consider urgent emergency relief.  Even "Disinformation and fake news, TV, radio and multimedia project for PD" in South America via the Department of State.

Canadian Government Offers Free Ice Cream To Children Who Get Vaccinated, Can Do So Without Parental Consent.  "Ontario government wants itself — not parents or guardians — to be the final authority over your children's health decisions.  The Ontario government is enticing children with promises of free ice cream to get the experimental COVID-19 shot without parental consent. [...] Ontario's University of Health Network is teaming up with community organizers to deliver Pfizer vaccines to children at a pop-up vaccine event at the Nathan Phillips Square this Sunday — and children are encouraged to do so even without their parents' permission.

Doctors, Parents Sue HHS Over COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization in Children Under 16.  America's Frontline Doctors — a nonprofit organization — and parents filed a motion for a temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on May 19, saying "every plaintiff with children or patients in the target age group stands to be immediately and irreparably harmed by the extension."  The motion is against HHS and its relevant subagencies and personnel, including but not limited to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Becerra, the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and the HHS Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.  "We've never seen this level of side effects for any vaccine without the FDA taking action," Dr. Angelina Farella, pediatric medical director for America's Frontline Doctors, said in a statement.  "The Rotavirus vaccine was pulled for 15 cases of non-lethal side effects and the Swine Flu vaccine was pulled for 25 deaths.  But now, by the CDC's own data, we are seeing a 12,000 percent increase in deaths with these vaccines and they're still talking about giving this to our kids."

NIH Director Francis Collins Confirms NIH Sent Funds to EcoHealth Alliance, Which Sent $600K to Wuhan Institute of Virology.  NIH Director Francis Collins confirmed Tuesday that that the National Institutes of Health approved $3.7 million in taxpayer funds to the non-profit group EcoHealth Alliance, which in turn sent $600,000 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is suspected to be the source of the coronavirus.  "One of the things that we have to do is to provide some oversight of the monies that have been appropriated to NIH, and for instance, this morning's front page story in the Wall Street Journal is the Wuhan lab leak debate," Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) said at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on NIH's 2022 budget request.

CDC Investigating Heart Inflammation in Young Adults Who Received COVID-19 Vaccine.  The CDC is investigating reports of heart inflammation among teenagers and young adults who have received the COVID-19 vaccine.  While the cases have been few and far between, it is important to be aware of the potential risks associated with the vaccine.  Indeed, while there have been "relatively few" reports of "mild" cases of myocarditis, the CDC says that its COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical Work Group should investigate and communicate the findings of the investigation to those who have been inoculated.

Sen. Paul:  Fauci Committed Perjury Over Gain Of Function Comments Related to Wuhan Lab.  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci committed perjury over his gain of function comments related to Communist China's Wuhan lab.  Paul was asked on Real America's Voice's The Water Cooler show, "do you believe he [Fauci] perjured himself?" "Absolutely, he lied to the America people.  There was gain of function research going on with Dr. Shi Zhengli at the Wuhan Institute," Fauci explained.  In her paper, she actually thanked Dr. Fauci and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is a part of National Institutes of Health (NIH) that Dr. Fauci runs," Paul continued.

Republicans call for Dr Fauci to be fired or resign after umpteen U-turns on COVID and its origins.  Republican lawmakers demanded Dr. Anthony Fauci be terminated from his role as the nation's top infectious disease expert after he was accused of flip-flopping on key COVID-related topics like mask-wearing and the origins of the coronavirus.  House Rep. Warren Davidson, a Republican from Ohio, on Tuesday proposed the 'FIRED Act' — whose acronym stands for 'Fauci Incompetence Requires Early Dismissal.'  'Dr. Fauci is at odds with the [Centers for Disease Control],' Davidson told Fox News.

Fauci and NIH admit giving $600K to Wuhan to study how viruses can transmit from bats to humans before COVID-19 outbreak.  Anthony Fauci has defended the United States' 'modest' and 'very respectable' funding of the Wuhan laboratory, which is now at the center of speculation as a possible source of the COVID-19 virus.  Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), appeared before a Congressional budget committee on Tuesday [5/25/2021].  He defended allocating $600,000 to a group called EcoHealth Alliance, which then paid the Wuhan Institute of Virology to study the risk that bat coronaviruses could infect humans.

NYT's Maggie Haberman Blames Trump For Media Not Covering Theory That Pandemic Origin Was Wuhan Lab.  New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman suggested to CNN on Monday [5/24/2021] that the reason the media did not treat claims seriously that the coronavirus pandemic originated from a lab accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology was because the information was coming from the Trump administration.  "I do think it's important to remember that part of this issue when this was first being reported on and discussed back a few months after the pandemic had begun was that then President Trump and Mike Pompeo the Secretary of State both suggested they had seen evidence that this was formed in a lab and they also suggested it was not released on purpose, but they refused to release the evidence showing what it was," Haberman told CNN's "New Day" on Monday.

Biden Officials Shut Down State Department Investigation Into Wuhan Lab Leak Theory.  Yesterday [5/24/2021], Peter Doocy asked Jen Psaki why President Biden wasn't pressing for more information on the Wuhan lab leak theory.  "We have repeatedly called for the WHO to support an expert-driven evaluation of the pandemic's origins," Psaki replied.  That answer was very troubling, I observed in our story on Psaki's response.  Is there an American investigation still ongoing into the question from the Biden team, I asked?  Because it doesn't sound like it, from what Psaki was saying — and because we surely can't trust anything that WHO concludes on the matter, given their prior actions.

Biden team shut down State Dept. inquiry probing possible lab link to COVID: report.  The Biden administration ended an inquiry into a possible connection between the origins of the novel coronavirus and a lab in Wuhan, a CNN report published Tuesday claims.  The State Department launched the previously-undisclosed inquiry last fall under President Trump — but the effort was shut down this spring because of "concerns about the quality of its work," CNN reported, citing three unnamed sources.  Allies of Mike Pompeo, Trump's Secretary of State, were looking into the possibility that the coronavirus pandemic may have started in Wuhan Institute of Virology and not in nature, CNN reported.  But after the changeover in administrations, concerns were raised early in 2021 about draft findings of the probe shared with Biden's team, CNN said.

Oregon Will Require Proof of Vaccine for Maskless Entry Into Businesses, Work, Church.  The Oregon Health Authority is requiring that people attending work, businesses or religious institutions show proof of vaccination to be allowed maskless entry.  While it was expected to happen somewhere and sometime, Oregon is the first state to issue this guidance.  The state's health authorities updated their mask guidance on May 19, following the CDC's rollback of mask mandates for vaccinated individuals.  "Businesses, employers and faith institutions now have the option to adjust their masking guidance to allow fully vaccinated individuals to no longer wear a mask in their establishments," the Health Authority said.

Trump Won't Let Biden Throw His Greatest Accomplishment Down the Memory Hole.  States across the country are lifting COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is relaxing mask recommendations, and much of American life is slowly returning to normal after the pandemic.  While President Joe Biden may want to take credit for these positive developments, former President Donald Trump has a better claim.  Sure, Trump made some misstatements during the pandemic, but he launched the one project that made the greatest difference in combatting COVID-19.

It's Not Hypocrisy, The COVID Narrative is a Lie — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Provides Another Example.  Everything about the COVID mitigation narrative is based on control and manipulation.  The COVID "narrative" is a fraud, a systemic and purposeful fraud, perpetrated by a group of manipulative political interest groups who needed a vector to exploit the American social fabric:  to trigger specific "fundamental change" that could benefit their longer term political interests. [...] Because the COVID narrative is built upon a foundation of fraud, those who have pushed the usefulness of it are often caught in hypocritical behaviors.  Some have said "they don't believe their own message"; however, that is only partially true.  It's not that they don't believe the control message, it's more along the lines of knowing the message is a lie; as a result they do not follow the rules they demand of others.  All of the conflicts within the COVID storyline reconcile when you accept the overall COVID threat is based on fraud.  The disparity of outcome amid open states vs lockdown states reconciles when you accept the larger COVID narrative is false.  The officials violating their own rules and guidelines reconciles when you accept they know the baseline is a lie.

Too Little Too Late, Whitmer Rescinds Order She Got Caught Violating Last Weekend.  I am now 100% convinced that the 49th Governor of the state of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, is trolling the whole state and daring anyone to stop her.  Really.  If you are a political junkie it is amazing to watch how this lady rolls.  As I wrote about here at RedState yesterday, Whitmer held an event just a day after issuing an apology for breaking her own COVID rules. [...] This event at a furniture manufacturer gave the press the first chance to ask her why she broke her own rules.  She answered in only the way she could. [...]

Collapse of the fake consensus on Covid-19 origins.  The Covid-19 virus first appeared in Wuhan, China, where there is a laboratory that conducts research on bat coronaviruses.  However from the beginning, the possibility that this virus accidentally escaped from the lab was dismissed quite forcefully by prominent virologists.  The 'consensus' that Covid-19 had an entirely natural origin was established by two op-eds in early 2020 — The Lancet in February and Nature Medicine in March.  The Lancet op-ed stated, "We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that Covid-19 does not have a natural origin." [...] The enormous gap between the actual state of knowledge in early 2020 and the confidence displayed in the two op-eds should have been obvious to anyone in the field of virology, or for that matter anyone with critical faculties.  There were scientists from adjacent fields who said as much.

Exactly How Corporate Media Launders Opinion To Attack Inconvenient People And Facts.  A New York Times business correspondent in Hong Kong, a weekend editor at The Guardian who lives in New York, a British Business Insider reporter with a focus on the Saudis, and the executive editor of The Daily Beast.  A 48-year-old blogger who works for Rachel Maddow, a union activist who covers "extremism, far-right politics and media disinformation" for The Huffington Post, and the 29-year editor of the Arkansas Times.  A breaking news reporter at The Washington Post who wrapped up her most recent internship in May 2016, a 2016 University of Pennsylvania graduate who covers "young people doing big things" for Forbes, a 45-year-old former George Will intern who writes for CNN, and David Frum.  What do these people have in common, aside from their political ideology?  Every one of them is a part of a machine that launders smears and opinions through newspapers, magazines, and television channels, presents the cleaned-up product as unimpeachable truth to the public, and then uses the fresh-minted facts to protect friends and hurt enemies.  It's called "the news," and here's how it worked for Arkansas' Sen. Tom Cotton's completely plausible theory that COVID-19 came from a Chinese lab.

Is the pandemic over in the U.S.?  Just a thought occasioned by the fact that the United States recorded 13,541 cases yesterday, the lowest single-day number — by far — since the virus started rolling last March.  The best we'd managed since April 1, 2020 was one day last June when cases slipped under 19,000 briefly as the country enjoyed a summer respite from its terrible first wave.  But testing was still sparse back then.  There were probably many infections going undetected.  Last June was also the last time we saw a seven-day average in daily cases of 25,000 or lower, again with lower testing.  Right now we're at 25,083.  Is this it?  The imminent demise of COVID?

Two weeks ago 73,000 people watched a fight indoors in Texas.  What's happened with COVID since then?  I've had my eye on the fallout from the Canelo Alvarez/Billy Joe Saunders fight since it happened on May 8, as it was one of the most highly attended sporting events since the start of the pandemic.  It may have been the single most highly attended indoor event in the United States, period, since COVID arrived last February, in fact.  The retractable roof on AT&T Stadium was closed.  Seventy-three thousand people packed together, talking, screaming, occasionally visiting small, poorly ventilated public restrooms inside the stadium that many other strangers had passed through in the span of a few hours.  If anything was going to seed a new outbreak in Texas, you'd expect Alvarez/Saunders to be it.

Michigan's 6-person restaurant, bar rule rescinded after Whitmer's violation.  Michigan's new COVID-19 health rules, effective June 1, include the elimination of a restriction Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violated over the weekend.  The epidemic rules released by the state Department of Health and Human Services Monday [5/24/2021] have dropped requirements that restaurant and bar tables be limited to six people, with each table [sic] being six feet apart.  The governor told the media at a Monday press conference that the determination to eliminate the rule "was made well before the weekend" and prior to her Saturday visit to East Lansing's Landshark.  She repeated apologies for violating her own social distancing rules at the restaurant, but avoided saying whether the restaurant should be fined as other facilities have been for breaking COVID-19 guidelines.

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Clumsy syntax alert!  Two tables could be positioned six feet apart from each other, but a single table cannot be "six feet apart," thus it is improper to say that each table will be "six feet apart," relying upon the reader to infer "from any other table."

AFT president endorses Florida COVID data conspiracy theory in order to justify school reopening stance.  In private statements that I obtained between March 18 and March 22, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten articulated that, had Florida been 'accurately' reporting their positive COVID-19 cases, this would have possibly demonstrated that their numbers are actually worse than California's numbers.  She floated this contention in response to being challenged on her union's school-reopening position.  For clarification purposes, I reiterated to her how 'I said previously that "Florida schools have been open since September, and no significant difference in case numbers or other statistics was found between them and California's numbers."  In response, you explained how Florida is hiding cases.  If I'm following correctly — and please correct me if I'm not — your contention is that, had Florida been accurately reporting their cases, this would have demonstrated that their numbers are actually worse than California's numbers.  Is that correct?"'  Weingarten answered this question by stating that she and the AFT 'don't know but we think it could be as bad[.]'

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And another thing:  Apparently it is now trendy and cool to reverse the functions of quotation marks and apostrophes when typing nested quotations.  Trendy but wrong.

DeSantis Asks if Fauci's COVID-19 Origin Remarks Will Result In Censorship.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a sarcastic jab at social media platforms on Monday [5/24/2021], asking if Dr. Anthony Fauci should be deplatformed after he said earlier this month he was "not convinced" that COVID-19 developed naturally.  DeSantis referenced Fauci's remarks at a press conference ahead of his signing of a Florida bill that will penalize social media platforms for suspending the accounts of political candidates.  During the event, the Republican governor argued that social media platforms had previously cracked down on accounts who posted claims that the COVID-19 pandemic may have originated at a lab in Wuhan, China.

Phony Tony the mask king.  Phony Tony Fauci has mastered the art of talking out of both sides of his mask, an art form comprised of telling people what the speaker wants them to believe, regardless of veracity, out of one side of your face diaper while still claiming to be the ultimate bearer of objective scientific fact out of the other.  We all know of the eminent doctor's conflicting statements on masking.  First, they were unnecessary, then mandatory.  From photos, we can imagine wee Tony proclaiming, "Look at me.  I wear three!" Now, although he has declared that the vaccinated need not fear infection either indoors or out, masking should be continued.  According to Fauci, people are not reading the CDC guidelines with a critical enough eye.  He states that even though the federal agency did proclaim the fully vaccinated "safe from infection in or out of doors," it did not specifically state that masks could be discarded.  Indeed, he states that fear of going maskless is not irrational.

More L.A. Parents Protest Teachers Union Shifting Re-Open Standards.  It seems the legacy media is deliberately ignoring these grassroots protests by parents who are concerned, angered, and extremely tired of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), local school boards, and local teachers unions using their children as pawns.  Parents have been rising up in great numbers, but if you watched any legacy media, you would barely know it. [...] On April 27, 2021, Vail, AZ parents stormed a School Board meeting to protest the board's intention to extend the mask mandate for their children.  The Board canceled the meeting and then called the police! [...] On May 20, 2021, parents in Palm Beach County, FL flooded a school board meeting to protest mask infractions being used as a cudgel to penalize their children. [...] On May 21, 2021, Orange County, California parents held a "No More Masks Rally" which was extremely well attended.  However, in California, the battle over masks is only one aspect of parents' frustrations; particularly in Los Angeles County.

Why Do Teachers Unions Think Elementary-Age Students Need Vaccines and Masks?  If the American Federation of Teachers and other teachers unions actually cared about children, they would not have opposed returning to schools as long as they did.  If they actually cared about education, they would not be orchestrating a massive gaslighting campaign to make it look like they were always working toward the goal of returning to schools.  If they were serious about being, well, serious, they'd get rid of Randi Weingarten.  But, none of that is actually going to happen, because the goal of a teachers union is political and definitely not about education.  If it were about education, the unions would have followed the actual science and made recommendations for things that were attainable.  They would not have stymied efforts to get schools open or force kids to suffer in social isolation.  The science has said, pretty clearly for most of the school year, that kids should be back in school.  They do not transfer this virus at the rate adults do, if they transfer it at all.  Hard-surface transmission does not appear to actually exist.  We are not seeing outbreaks linked to schools that are open.

Tom Cotton Hasn't Just Had It With Fauci, He's Hinting at Going After Public Health Bureaucrats in General.  Ever since Kentucky Senator Rand Paul grilled NIH head, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on his department granting the CCP funds to create biological weapons at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the entire political world has begun focusing on what could be one of the biggest scandals of this decade.  If it's true, then then it proves two things.  Firstly, that the virus was created by the Chinese in a lab and, either through neglect or intent, released the virus into the world which is something that even Fauci now admits could have been the case.  Secondly, it proves that U.S. bureaucrats helped them do it through funding.  Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton also has Fauci in his figurative crosshairs, but he's hinting that he's not stopping at Fauci.  Cotton seems to be suspicious of the entire network of public health bureaucrats.

Kilmeade goes there; thinks Fauci knew all along virus likely from Wuhan lab, 'can't duck this anymore'.  "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade said Monday he believes that Dr. Anthony Fauci has known from the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic that it was created in a lab in Wuhan, China after the nation's lead immunologist refused to dismiss the possibility over the weekend.  Earlier this month during an event sponsored by the Poynter Institute, Fauci, who is also the Biden administration's chief coronavirus medical adviser, was asked about whether he was confident COVID-19 developed naturally.  "No actually.  I am not convinced about that.  I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we continue to find out to the best of our ability what happened," he said.

Expert Says Fauci Responsible for Hundreds of Thousands of American Deaths by Blocking Hydroxychloroquine.  Dr. Steven Hatfill, infectious disease expert, says the medical bureaucracy blocked an effective treatment in hydroxychloroquine so they could push through experimental vaccines.  Dr. Hatfill told War Room hydroxychloroquine is proven to be effective and costs roughly 60 cents per pill.  However, the existence of a proven effective treatment would not have allowed Dr. Fauci and FDA's Janet Woodcock to expedite covid vaccines.  "You don't need a vaccine," Dr. Hatfill said.  [Video clip]

Feet-of-Clay Icons.  When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, spreading panic, superstition, false information, and rumor, we at least had "the science" — American science, the disinterested expertise that created the modern affluent and sophisticated world we take for granted.  But shortly thereafter "the science" started to baffle Americans.  We were told to listen to the World Health Organization that assured us the virus was not transmissible, that travel bans were superfluous, that China was blameless, that the virus was static.  All were not just lies, but Chinese-fed lies that scientists — scientists of all people — swallowed or aided.  Our iconic Dr. Anthony Fauci, rather than collating current research and hosting medical symposia, became a TV junkie and spin doctor.  His narratives about our daily regimens kept changing to accommodate the political agenda deemed most influential at the moment.  What followed was a pandemic version of Alice Through The Looking-Glass surrealism.  For Fauci, masks were useless, then essential, then even better when two were worn.  Vaccines alone would save us — but not until mid- or late 2021.  But then they mysteriously were ready in November 2020 and even mysteriously so announced, but only a few days after the election.

Rand Paul says he won't get a Covid vaccine.  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Sunday [5/23/2021] he is not getting vaccinated because he already had Covid-19.  Speaking with a conservative radio host on WABC radio, Paul, an Ophthalmologist, said he won't change his mind unless he sees evidence that people who have already been infected are again getting very sick, needing hospitalization or dying.  "Until they show me evidence that people who have already had the infection are dying in large numbers, or being hospitalized or getting very sick, I just made my own personal decision that I'm not getting vaccinated because I've already had the disease and I have natural immunity," Paul said.

Fox News' Peter Doocy Repeatedly Grills Psaki on WSJ Report Alleging Three Wuhan Researchers Fell Very Ill in November 2019.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday repeatedly deflected after Fox News reporter Peter Doocy grilled her on the Wall Street Journal story alleging three Wuhan employees became very ill in November 2019.  The Wall Street Journal reported that according to an intelligence report, three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology became so ill in November 2019, they sought hospital care.  The Gateway Pundit reported on this bombshell story last year and the mainstream media is just now playing catch up.  In April of 2020, we reported on evidence from Chinese officials that the Wuhan Institute was a source of the coronavirus through February of 2020.

Oxford Secretly Used Millions Of Patients' Cell Phone Data For Vaccine 'Mobility Study'.  In a flagrant violation of patients' medical privacy that has just come to light, the British government has admitted to collecting and using smartphone data to analyze their activity without disclosing it as part of a vaccination study.  A report by the Independent Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours claimed researchers from the University of Oxford discreetly used data from mobile phones as part of their study into how vaccination affected the lifestyles' of patients.  The report was first cited by the Telegraph.  SPI-B advises the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, better known as SAGE, which is responsible for advising the government and has played a key role in the UK's battle against COVID.

Police Ticket Journalist For Violating Virus Rules - Including for 'Shaking Hands'.  Whenever we think that the rules imposed upon us to "beat" the Wuhan coronavirus are screwy, just remember, you could always be in Canada, where it's still really nuts.  Ontario is on lockdown with a stay-at-home order prohibiting people from having any social gatherings outside of their household.  People are prohibited from traveling outside of their public health region and are only "allowed" to go out for necessities.  If you don't comply, you can be fined and face potential jail time.  Folks came out in Hamilton, Ontario to protest the rules on Sunday.  They've gotten tickets in the past even when socially distanced.  Efron Monsanto, who reports for Rebel News, came out to cover the action and he got nailed by the police, too.  [Tweet]

The ChiComs Are Lying About Their Virus Stats Bigly.  The China death totals have remained static for over a year, never even topping 5,000 deaths in a country of 1.4 billion people.  Did "traditional Chinese medicine" come to their rescue?  Not unless they slipped some hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin into the mix.  My bet is on bald-faced lying — a Chinese communist specialty.

New Study on Texas Reopening Puts the Nail in the Coffin of Fauci's Credibility.  Two and a half months ago, when Texas Governor Greg Abbott axed the state's mask mandate and other COVID-related restrictions on businesses and people, Joe Biden called the move a "huge mistake" and "Neanderthal thinking."  Dr. Anthony Fauci, who advises Biden, called it "risky" and "potentially dangerous." Both were proven wrong when weeks later Texas experienced no surge in cases.  A dumbfounded Fauci refused to admit he was wrong and claimed that a spike in cases and deaths would show up as a lagging indicator.  But, no spike came.  And last Sunday, Texas recorded zero COVID deaths for the first time since the pandemic.

Facebook Blocks Doctor's Message on COVID's Low Infant Mortality Rate.  A physician's message about low pediatric deaths from COVID-19 was blocked from Facebook for violating "community standards on spam."  Dr. Tracy Høeg, sports, spine, and regenerative medicine doctor responded to a poster's question about the infant mortality rate due to COVID.  Dr. Høeg told users following her account that there were 19 infant deaths due to COVID in April, a number that is rapidly declining.  "Part of the reason I have (for the most part) left Facebook is they delete my post/responses that are factual, which I triple check," she wrote.  "I was responding to a question about what the number of pediatric deaths were due to COVID in April.  I don't feel like directly citing numbers from CDC and AAP should be deleted as spam, but maybe that is just me.  I have moved to Twitter FYI."

Masks, Theater, and the New Awareness Ribbons.  Awareness ribbons are popular fashion accessories among the elite, particularly Hollywood celebrities.  They are meant to show support or raise awareness for a particular cause. [...] Awareness ribbons are so yesterday.  Today it's the mask that demonstrates caring, scientific acumen, and virtue.  It also represents the political left.  Forget driving around with a Biden/Harris bumper sticker on your car.  Just wear a mask while driving alone and everyone will know who you voted for.  Masks have become medical theater, pomp and circumstance not to prevent an infectious disease but, instead, a form of virtue signaling with the added, more sinister motive of creating fear, leading to submission and control.

Time for a National Freedom from Fauci Day.  It's bad enough when college students don't fundamentally understand the Scientific Method.  It's truly frightening when the lead voice on the COVID pandemic response doesn't.  Texas governor Greg Abbott announced that no COVID deaths were recorded in Texas for Sunday, May 16.  This is fantastic news for Texas and Texans.  It also shows that emperor Dr. Fauci has no clothes.  Dr. Fauci predicted results that were exactly the opposite of what happened in Texas.  He wasn't just wrong; he was completely wrong. [...] It's long past time to stop listening to Dr. Fauci and his wrong predictions. [...] Dr. Fauci's "science"-based prediction was that the number of Texas cases would rise when in fact the experimental data showed they fell.  Whatever Dr. Fauci's theories of disease transmission were, the predictions based on them were wrong.  Therefore, his theories are wrong.

Three Wuhan lab researchers were hospitalized in November 2019: report.  Three researchers at a Chinese lab that has been scrutinized as the possible origin point of the coronavirus pandemic went to the hospital due to an illness in November 2019, according to a new report.  The Wall Street Journal, which cited current and former US officials, reported that the intelligence gathered by "an international partner" expands on a State Department document confirming that workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill with symptoms "consistent with both Covid-19 and common seasonal illness" in fall 2019.  The officials were split on the strength of the intelligence, with one telling the Journal it needed more corroboration and another saying it was "of exquisite quality" and "very precise."  Both said the intelligence stopped short of confirming the researchers had contracted coronavirus.

Gretchen Whitmer Violates Own Coronavirus Orders at Dive Bar.  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) hit the bar this weekend and violated her own coronavirus orders, according to a photo Breitbart News has exclusively obtained.  Whitmer and a large group of friends, including her appointed chief operations officer, Tricia Foster, visited the Landshark in East Lansing, violating her restaurant orders in the process, according to a photo one of the attendees posted on Facebook.

Whitmer apologizes after photo shows her at bar violating her own order.  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an apology Sunday [5/23/2021] after a photo emerged showing her at a restaurant with 12 other people gathered around tables pushed together in violation of her health department's current epidemic order.  The May 15 order from the state Department of Health and Human Services says no more than six people can be seated together and groups of patrons must be six feet apart.  The conservative news outlet Breitbart first reported the photo Sunday.  "Throughout the pandemic, I've been committed to following public health protocols," Whitmer said Sunday in a statement.  "Yesterday, I went with friends to a local restaurant.  As more people arrived, the tables were pushed together.  Because we were all vaccinated, we didn't stop to think about it.

Fauci Admits COVID May Have Been from a Lab — Admits to Funding Chinese Labs!.  The Rat-in-a-Trap Dr. Fauci finally admitted in his latest flip-flop that the COVID-19 virus may not have occurred naturally.  Fauci made the comments on far-left Politifact channel, an organization that itself has been pushing fake news on the COVID crisis for over a year. [...] We now know that Senator Paul was 100% correct on his assertions during his Senate testimony.  And we now know that Dr. Anthony Fauci LIED while testifying to the senate committee.  He was not under oath but the same rules apply during any senatorial testimony.  Fauci funded the Wuhan labs that leaked the COVID-19 virus and then shut down the US economy after the virus came to America.  It is hard to fathom how much damage this one man did to our country — and then lied about if for months.

The 'Wuhan lab leak' theory looks more credible then ever.  Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee just released a report citing "significant circumstantial evidence" that COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China, and that Washington "may have funded or collaborated" in research leading to the outbreak — suspicions that in recent weeks have become pretty mainstream.  So two points:  1) Why didn't Democrats sign on?  2) How foolish Facebook now looks for blocking The Post's February 2020 column that first raised the Wuhan-lab-leak possibility.  The turn began when 18 top world scientists challenged the World Health Organization's superficial investigation that called the lab-leak scenario "extremely unlikely."  They called for "a proper investigation," noting that zero evidence supports the theory that the virus simply jumped from bats.

Controversial ivermectin added to University of Minnesota COVID-19 drug trial.  The University of Minnesota is conducting the nation's first randomized trial of a controversial anti-parasite drug that has a fervent U.S. following and is being used on the black market against COVID-19 across the globe.  Ivermectin is being added to an ongoing trial in which U researchers hope to find a rare outpatient therapy that can prevent infection with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 from resulting in hospitalization, long-term complications or death.  The research comes amid declining pandemic activity in Minnesota, where vaccinations have helped to cut the daily number of infections by half over the past two weeks and dropped the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations below 400 for the first time since late March.  However, U researchers said treatments are needed in parts of the world where vaccine access is lacking and in pockets of the U.S. and Minnesota where refusal to get shots could result in localized outbreaks.

Joe Biden sure does a lot of favors for China.  I wonder why.
Biden's Worst Move Yet:  Giving U.S. Vaccine Tech to China.  President Joe Biden is moving to surrender to China U.S. patent and trade secret protections on America's COVID-19 vaccines.  Two of those vaccines, made by American-based Pfizer and Moderna, employ revolutionary mRNA technology.  Specifically, the Biden administration has agreed to support a request by India and South Africa for waivers that would permit members of the World Trade Organization to not enforce laws protecting patents and trade secrets covered under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPs).  "This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures," declared U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai in a May 5 statement.  "The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for COVID-19 vaccines."

CCP-linked professor admits COVID-19 was biological war against U.S..  A top Chinese scholar has reportedly admitted that the coronavirus outbreak was an act of biological warfare against the U.S. In a recent video, Professor Ping Chen of China's Fudan University said in 2020 Beijing won in both a trade war and a biological war against the U.S.  This comes after bioweapons expert Lawrence Sellin discovered China released COVID-19 intentionally to gain economic advantage of the U.S. and remove President Donald Trump from office.  Professor Ping's video further confirmed China's biological warfare program served a political purpose of derailing President Trump's "America First" agenda.

Dr. Fauci:  Expect cruise lines and airlines to require proof of vaccination before you can travel.  In the absence of federally mandated vaccine passports, Dr. Anthony Fauci expects multiple U.S businesses to impose their own requirements for customers to show proof of vaccination to receive service.  Fauci, the White House's top medical adviser, said Thursday that businesses like airlines and cruise ships will likely require customers to show proof of receiving both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine before being allowed on board.  He also noted that several universities have already begun requiring students to be vaccinated before returning to campus this fall.  "There are organizations, particularly universities and colleges who are saying, not withstanding what the federal government is requiring, if you want to come into campus and be in in-person learning, you're going to have to show proof of vaccination," Fauci said at a Bloomberg Businessweek conference.

CDC investigates dozens of reports of heart inflammation in teenagers and young adults about four days after their second dose of Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine safety group is investigating reports that a 'small number' of teens and young adults who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have experienced heart problems days after receiving their second jab.  The condition, known as myocarditis, results in an inflammation of the heart muscle which can occur following certain infections.  Very little detail was provided by the safety group which stated there were 'relatively few' cases which may even be completely unrelated to vaccination.

Six Blatant and Damaging Lies by President Joe Biden.  Upon entering office, Joe Biden and his entire administration, with the help of the American Pravda establishment, boldly declared that they were building the entire network of vaccine distribution from scratch. [...] This lie, designed to continue soiling the memory of the many Trump successes, required a degree of suspended reality in order to accept as truth.  Americans had begun signing up for and receiving vaccines in December.  Millions of Americans, countless Democrat voters among them, had been poked by January 20th.  Millions more were lined up to receive the jab on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, etc.  Let's not even pretend the Biden camp miraculously took no plan on the 20th and whipped it up into an amazing plan in 24 hours.  Facts are stubborn things, and the facts around vaccine development, roll out, and distribution are quite stubborn indeed.  On the day of Biden's inauguration, the country vaccinated almost one million people, with a seven-day moving average of around 900,000.

Covid's origins and the systemic corruption of science.  For more than a year, honest and impartial scientific exploration of the origins of the Covid-19 virus has been blocked, with consideration of the possibility that it was engineered in the Wuhan Institute of Virology virtually suppressed, mocked as a "conspiracy theory."  This has had enormous real-world consequences, not merely because it let off the hook China — and Dr. Fauci, who approved American money flowing to gain-of-function research there on coronaviruses — but because "an engineered virus behaves differently from a naturally evolved one, and this has implications for how it can best be fought."  Only with the publication of a rigorous examination of the question by Nicholas Wade, former science editor of the New York Times, has the tide turned, with numbers of established figures retreating from their insistence that the virus could not have come from a lab.  Even Politifact has withdrawn its "fact check" that awarded a "pants on fire" rating to a doctor who claimed it came from a lab.

Polish right-wing opposition party opposes 'vaccine passports'.  The "green certificates" to be introduced across the EU will "significantly hinder or even make it impossible for tens of millions of people, including at least 10 million Polish citizens to travel in Europe," Michał Wawer, a lawyer and treasurer of the right-wing Confederation party in opposition, told the Polish parliament, the Sejm, in a conference on Thursday.  In his view, such documents would discriminate against people who decided not to get vaccinated.  Wawer pointed to a survey indicating that more than half the Poles oppose such vaccination certificates.  For his part, MP Jakub Kulesza said such a proposal would be "against the pillars of the European Community and Poland's Constitution", warning it might be "the first step to a totalitarian country".

Caught Red-Handed:  CDC Changes Test Thresholds To Virtually Eliminate New COVID Cases Among Vaxx'd.  The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) is altering its practices of data logging and testing for "Covid19" in order to make it seem the experimental gene-therapy "vaccines" are effective at preventing the alleged disease.  They made no secret of this, announcing the policy changes on their website in late April/early May, (though naturally without admitting the fairly obvious motivation behind the change).  The trick is in their reporting of what they call "breakthrough infections" — that is people who are fully "vaccinated" against Sars-Cov-2 infection, but get infected anyway.  Essentially, Covid19 has long been shown — to those willing to pay attention — to be an entirely created pandemic narrative built on two key factors:
  [#1]   False-positive tests.  The unreliable PCR test can be manipulated into reporting a high number of false-positives by altering the cycle threshold (CT value)
  [#2]   Inflated Case-count.  The incredibly broad definition of "Covid case", used all over the world, lists anyone who receives a positive test as a "Covid19 case", even if they never experienced any symptoms.
Without these two policies, there would never have been an appreciable pandemic at all, and now the CDC has enacted two policy changes which means they no longer apply to vaccinated people.

Two weeks — trust us.  Afternoon there, neighbor!  There's a new disease in town, and I wanted you to know about it.  It gives the chills and sweats and headaches and fevers and diarrhea and a cough and it can kill you.  Not a cold or a flu, but a new thing.  It can kill most of us, it turns out.  Very dangerous.  We're going to have to lock you down, in fact.  For your well-being.  Two weeks is all we ask to flatten this curve.  What's a curve?  Funny you ask.  It's when too many people get put into the hospital.  We just want to slow the numbers.  Whittle them down a bit.  Lock you out of work and church and play for two weeks.  Totally worth it, we promise.  What do you mean, you don't have any symptoms?  It causes all symptoms and no symptoms, and the people with no symptoms are the most dangerous people.  In fact, wear this mask.  Put it on your kids.  Pull them out of school and hide them from the other kids.

Study: Texas Reopening Had No Impact on COVID Cases, Deaths.  After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) decision to lift COVID-19 restrictions in the state was deemed "Neanderthal thinking" by President Joe Biden, a new study found no connection between lifted mandates and people contracting or dying from the virus.  Bentley University economist Dhaval Dave, San Diego State University economist Joseph Sabia and San Diego State University graduate research fellow Samuel Safford conducted a study using smartphone mobility data from SafeGraph and COVID-19 data collected by The New York Times to compare Texas' coronavirus data from before and after restrictions were lifted by the governor on March 10.  They said their discoveries "underscore the limits of late-pandemic era COVID-19 reopening policies to alter private behavior."

Bloomberg Columnist:  We May Have To Force People To Get Vaccinated.  So much for "my body, my choice."  The authoritarianism of Michael Bloomberg and his flunkies is on full display in a new column at the anti-gun billionaire's personal news network, where columnist Clara Ferreira Marques argues that personal choice and responsibility should take a back seat to government coercion and brute force when it comes to vaccines.  Sticking a needle in people's arms against their will may be "unpalatable," says Marques, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't happen if large numbers of Americans refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine on their own.

Pelosi Goes Mask-Free at White House Event Hours After Imposing Strict Rules for Congress.  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi confused millions of Americans this week; attending a crowded White House event without her face-mask just hours after accusing mask-less Republicans of turning Congress into a COVID "Petri Dish."  "A maskless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., mingled indoors at a White House event Thursday while still enforcing coronavirus mask mandates on the House floor that amount to $500 fines," reports Fox News.

It looks as if China did create and unleash COVID on the world.  From the beginning of COVID's outbreak in China, there's been a steady drumbeat of information saying the Chinese created COVID in a lab and, accidentally or on purpose, unleashed it on the world.  The World Health Organization, the Democrats, the Deep State, and the tech tyrants managed to suppress that information in 2020, but it's roared back this year.  Tucker Carlson put the pieces together in his opening monologue and, with help from Chinese scientist Li-Meng Yan, makes it plain that, even if China didn't deliberately release the virus, it turned it into a weapon of biological warfare by withholding information about it.

Rebekah Jones Admits She Was Never Asked to Delete COVID Deaths in Florida.  On Twitter last night, Rebekah Jones confirmed the central case within my long piece on her deception:  That she was not, in fact, asked to delete COVID deaths in the state of Florida.  In a now-deleted tweet, Jones wrote:  "Deleting deaths was never something I was asked to do.  I've never claimed it was."  [Tweet]  But Jones has claimed it.  Indeed, she's literally claimed it, as this also-deleted tweet clearly shows:  [Tweet]

Anthony Fauci Predicts Airlines, Universities Will Require Proof of Vaccination.  Dr. Anthony Fauci expects airlines, cruise ships, and other organizations to require proof of being vaccinated in order to participate in their services, he said during Thursday's [5/20/2021] Bloomberg Businessweek conference.  "There are organizations, particularly universities and colleges who are saying, not withstanding what the federal government is requiring, if you want to come into campus and be in in-person learning, you're going to have to show proof of vaccination," Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Biden, said Thursday.

Fauci: Fully Vaccinated Americans May Not 'Necessarily' Need COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots.  Fully vaccinated Americans may not need to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday in an interview on CBS' "This Morning."  Fauci, who is head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said that there was "some misunderstanding" about whether fully vaccinated people would need a booster shot six months after getting injected.  "We are planning for the eventuality that we might need to boost people, we don't know whether we will have to do it and when we will have to do it," Fauci said.

The Shot Heard Round The World.  At Concord Bridge in 1775, a revolution started when a handful of American colonists stood up, refused the King's orders, and said they would make their own decisions about how to live their lives.  The ripple effects changed the world.  The next American revolution may have just begun, not at Concord but at Target.  Within the last few days, an employee of Target went to work and — sick and tired of having her rights trampled upon — refused to wear her mask as directed by her employer.  She informed her manager that she would not comply with his directive to wear the mask, that there was no scientific basis for the rule, and that there was no legal authority, which would allow him to enforce it.  The employee added that she was in contact with the legal team at America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) specifically an attorney named Tom Rentz, and had retained his services.  The Target manager directed the woman in question to go home and advised she was being terminated.  Within 24 hours she was contacted at home and called back into work.  The mask requirement was dropped.  Apparently, somebody at Target's legal department knew the name Tom Rentz and had bothered to check the law.

New Hampshire Police Arrest Maskless Parents Attempting to Confront School Board — Following Arrests Board Cancels Meeting To Avoid Parents.  Comrades, it is interesting — some would say disturbing — to watch law enforcement arrest people for not violating laws.  The requirement to wear a mask is a local school board policy, created by random fiat, not a law.  The arrested maskless parents were proactively accused of 'disturbing the peace', before any disturbance could be identified.

Police arrest unmasked attendee as maskless group shows up at Timberlane school meeting.  A Sunday school teacher was arrested at Thursday night's [5/20/2021] Timberlane Regional School Board meeting moments after she and several other unmasked attendees showed up to demand an end to a school mask mandate.  The meeting was planned to be held in person at the district's Performing Arts Center, but board Chairwoman Kimberly Farah quickly shut it down before it began and required that it be held remotely.  "I didn't want to jeopardize the health of the staff and the students," Farah said as several Plaistow police officers and state police troopers swarmed inside and outside the auditorium.

Also posted under No offense is too petty to overlook.

Children Admitted to the Hospital With COVID-19 May Be Overcounted:  Study.  The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 may have been overcounted, according to a recent study published online in Hospital Pediatrics on May 19.  Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine examined COVID-19 cases from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford for nine months between May 10, 2020, as the hospital began to test all of its inpatients for COVID-19, and Feb. 10, 2021.  During that time, 117 children had either tested positive for COVID-19 or were hospitalized for multi-system inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), a rare condition that causes inflammation in different parts of the body, including the organs.  Of the 117 patients, nearly 40 percent of the cases were asymptomatic, 28.2 percent had mild to moderate COVID-19, 7.7 percent had severe illness, 12.8 percent had a critical illness, and 12 percent had MIS-C.  It was determined that the CCP virus was unlikely to be the cause of admission in 45 percent of the patients (n=53).

Marjorie Taylor Greene Tees off on 'Mentally Ill' Nancy Pelosi Over Mask Silliness.  As if we didn't already know that dictatorial House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and renegade Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) aren't exactly BFFs — they're not even occasional lunch buddies — Greene took Pelosi out behind the woodshed on Thursday [5/20/2021] over the Speaker's continuing insistence that members wear masks in the House Chamber.  In direct contradiction of the latest "scientific advice" — Democrats love "science" when it supports their various narratives and ignore it when it does not — from the CDC, mind you, the COVID font of knowledge most revered by the Democrat Party.

White House teams with top dating apps to promote COVID vaccinations.  As part of President Biden's goal of vaccinating 70 percent of American adults with at least one shot by July 4th, the White House announced a partnership with some of the largest dating apps in the country Friday [5/21/2021].  The apps — which include Tinder, Hinge, Match, OkCupid, BLK, Chispa, Plenty of Fish, Bumble and Badoo — will launch new features to encourage hesitant singles to get inoculated.  Some of the features will include badges on profiles showing an individual's vaccination status, access to free premium content like boosts, super likes and super swipes for vaccinated users as well as in-app promotions and links to vaccination sites.

Andrew Cuomo Under Federal Investigation for VIP Coronavirus Testing Scandal.  The far-left New York Times reports that disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) is currently under federal investigation over credible allegations that he gave friends, family, and supporters special access to coronavirus testing.  "Federal prosecutors have been looking into whether Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration granted special access to rapid coronavirus test results for the governor's family and other influential people, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions," writes the left-wing Times.

PolitiFact Quietly Retracts Fact Check Labeling COVID-19 Lab Origin Theory as 'Debunked Conspiracy'.  PolitiFact has quietly retracted a Sept. 2020 fact check that labeled a Hong Kong virologist's claim that COVID-19 originated in a lab as inaccurate and a "debunked conspiracy theory."  "The claim is inaccurate and ridiculous," now-archived fact check previously said.  "We rate it Pants on Fire!"  In an updated editor's note published Monday, PolitiFact explained why it has now removed the label.  "When this fact-check was first published in September 2020, PolitiFact's sources included researchers who asserted the SARS-CoV-2 virus could not have been manipulated.  That assertion is now more widely disputed," the note states.  "For that reason, we are removing this fact-check from our database pending a more thorough review.  Currently, we consider the claim to be unsupported by evidence and in dispute."

Chris Cuomo wears face covering alone in convertible.  Fully vaccinated CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has taken mask-wearing to absurd heights — covering his face as he cruised alone in a convertible with the top down amid the latest scandal to hit his family.  Photos show the "Cuomo Prime Time" host wearing a surgical mask and waving as he rolled through Sag Harbor in his blue Firebird with an expired inspection sticker on Thursday [5/20/2021], despite CDC and state guidance that says it's safe for people vaccinated against COVID-19 to go mask-free outside.  Cuomo was jabbed in March and previously infected with the virus, greatly reducing his risk of catching it again.

Nobel Prize Winner Warns Vaccines Facilitate Development of Deadlier COVID Variants, Urges Public to Reject Jabs.  Luc Montagnier, a French virologist and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has recently exposed the dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines.  Montagnier discussed the issue in an interview with Pierre Barnérias of Hold-Up Media earlier this month, which was exclusively translated from French into English for RAIR Foundation USA.  The vaccines don't stop the virus, argues the prominent virologist, they do the opposite — they "feed the virus," and facilitate its development into stronger and more transmittable variants.  These new virus variants will be more resistant to vaccination and may cause more health implications than their "original" versions.  During the interview, professor Montagnier referred to the vaccine program for the coronavirus as an "unacceptable mistake."  Mass vaccinations are a "scientific error as well as a medical error," he said.  "The history books will show that, because it is the vaccination that is creating the variants."

Fully Vaccinated People in Oregon Must Show Proof of Vaccination Status in Order to Enter Businesses Without a Mask.  Oregon has gone from a liberal hell hole to 1930s Germany overnight.  The Oregon Health Authority is now requiring businesses and religious institutions to enforce mask mandates by forcing people to show proof of vaccination.  The CDC last week updated its mask guidance and said fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors.  In order to prevent the unvaccinated from walking around unmasked, Oregon health officials are now creating a caste system by marking the unvaxxed lepers.

Vaxx or Anti-Vaxx?  Independent Study Seeks Answers.  Our country is undergoing a radical transformation of trust.  The people we relied on to lead us in difficult and challenging times are no longer credible.  The COVID-19 pandemic is a prime example.  Our politicians, doctors, and scientists say one thing on Monday with great conviction and sincerity, and by Wednesday they are saying the exact opposite with equal fervor.  Trump, Biden, Fauci, Birx — whom should you believe?  Should you wear a mask?  Should your children be in school?  Should you get the vaccine shot?  Should your five-year-old get the injection?  Are these people taking their positions on these issues for personal or political gain, or are they just totally without a clue as to what's going on?  And why, in a supposedly open society like the United States, are legitimate reports of concerns about face masks, children in school or vaccinations being censored?

Vermont's Richard McCormack vs. the Constitution.  Vermont Senator Richard McCormack disseminated a letter in which he misrepresented health data to justify imposing extensive restrictions on the rights of unvaccinated citizens, and dismissed as stupid anyone who raised "pseudo-libertarian" arguments against vaccination.  When challenged, the senator offered yet more misinformation, defending his dishonesty as "a good faith attempt at logical persuasion."  It was not good faith to allege that "We know [vaccines] greatly lessen the odds of contracting COVID and/or spreading it to others" and "Not being vaccinated risks prolonging the pandemic... long enough for the virus to evolve resistant variants."  He has not pointed to any source for these factual claims, which he presented to the Vermont public as ironclad scientific conclusions.

LA Times slammed for article praising lockdowns and downplaying effect on economy.  The Los Angeles Times was slammed Wednesday [5/19/2021] over a business column claiming coronavirus lockdowns saved lives without harming the economy.  The column, titled "The evidence is clear — COVID lockdowns saved lives without harming economies," cited published data and concluded "lockdowns played a significant role in reducing infection rates" and "had a very modest role in producing economic damage."  In the article, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Hiltzik criticized red-state governors like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for opposing lockdowns.  He also suggested that California's stringent lockdowns are the reason why the state now "boasts among the lowest case, hospitalization and death rates in the nation, as well as a recovering economy."

Harris Calls COVID an 'Opportunity to Transform' America as We Know It.  [Scroll down]  The left will never say it out loud — within earshot of non-leftists, that is — but make no mistake:  the Democrat Party has viewed the COVID pandemic from the outset as the best crisis to come along in a generation; a golden opportunity they were determined to not only not waste but to exploit [...].  And they gleefully set about doing exactly that as we speak. [...] Think about the actions and behavior of Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats throughout the presidency of Donald Trump.  Think about the actions and behavior of executive-order-happy "Biden-Harris" over the last 121 days.  Think about Democrat promises — make that threats — of things to come.  Potential packing of the U.S. Supreme Court.  Elimination of the Electoral College.  Ridiculous restrictions due to "climate change" — AKA: "The existential threat of our time" [rolling-eyes emoji).  The purposely misnomered "For the People Act"; legislation that would codify at the federal level various Democrat-driven state laws on early voting, same-day registration, and voter ID rules, first and foremost among them.

Iowa Bans Mask Mandates, Expands Education Freedom.  The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down while presenting many challenges and affronts to liberty.  Unfortunately, under the guise of the pandemic, individual freedom took a backseat to the fear instilled by power-hungry politicians over the past year.  Fortunately, there are freedom fighters who will stop at nothing to uphold our natural rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  In a similar vein, the state motto inscribed on the Iowa state flag reads:  "Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain." This creed rings true and encompasses the values of Iowans.  Correspondingly, on May 20, Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa signed SF847 into law.  This legislation bans mask mandates by local entities, including school districts.  This means parents and individuals are able to make decisions that are best for themselves and their families.  This is a huge step toward regaining our freedom and breaking the stranglehold of power government has wielded over us since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak more than 15 months ago.

The rich and powerful thrived as the rest of us suffered in the year of lockdowns.  It's been over a year since "two weeks to slow the spread," and the pandemic is finally dragging to a finish.  Cases are down, herd immunity has more or less arrived, and even in deep-blue Boston, Stop & Shop has announced it will end mask requirements before the month's out.  The pandemic saw a huge amount of power and money transferred to what Michael Lind calls the "overclass" of politicians, corporate managers and bureaucrats.  Small businesses shut down while big-box stores deemed "essential" remained open.  The laptop class worked from home — to the delight of many of its members — while the working class brought them stuff.  Federal money flowed like water to the connected.  The national debt went from scandalous to essentially absurd, an amount of money that no one expects to be repaid.

Six House GOPers hit with $500 fine for going without masks in chamber.  Six House Republicans have been fined $500 for going maskless in the chamber — with two members docked the cash after they trashed letters warning them to follow rules about face-coverings on the floor.  Around a dozen GOP lawmakers opted to keep their masks off during votes Tuesday, with some making a point to stand in the well of the House chamber to ensure that spectators, colleagues and the C-SPAN cameras could not miss them.  House rules dictate that members must keep their faces covered in the chamber except when speaking during debates.  Failure to follow the rule results in a fine of $500 for a first offense and $2,500 for a second offense.

Pelosi Just Fined 4 House Members for Violating Mask Mandate, But Watch Her Walk Through a Crowd of Democrats.  It should be obvious to every thinking American by now that the Democrats are complete frauds.  Among other things, they are frauds with their phony concern over COVID regulations, which they support for political reasons and not out of any concern for the so-called 'science."  The lastest example of this is the Madame Speaker herself fining four members of the House of Representatives, all Republicans, of course, and issuing warnings to seven others to comply 'or else.'

Don't tell Fauci:  More evidence for ivermectin.  Dr. Pierre Kory and his colleagues at the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) are leading an effort to assess the effectiveness of ivermectin as a prophylactic against and treatment for COVID and to communicate to the public the mounting evidence of its efficacy.  (Ivermectin is well known as an anti-parasitic, and millions of doses are distributed annually in complete safety.)  Kory recently published two important papers.

I'm going to miss my mask.  Our bluey state has somewhat gone to following current CDC mask guidance.  I walked into the feed store yesterday and noted that their "MASKS REQUIRED" sign was gone.  (I had my mask looped around my wrist, just in case.) Every helper and customer I saw, though, was masked.  Inquired and was told it was okay to be without my mask if I was fully vaccinated.  That explained it.  We're in a relatively under-vaccinated area.  I figure it applies to me too as nature has vaccinated me.  I caught the COVID in April of 2020.  Relatively mild symptoms that lasted a couple of weeks.  The doctor's office said not to come in, but to go to the hospital if I felt like I needed to.  That consultation was certainly worth the no-charge cost.  Someone coughed on me at a grocery store in late March, so I figured that must be how I was exposed.

US States Start Seeing Days of Zero COVID-19 Deaths.  U.S. states are starting to record days of zero deaths among people with COVID-19, another marker that the pandemic is easing.  Idaho, Minnesota, and Wisconsin saw several zero-death days in recent weeks, and the nation's second most populous state, Texas, saw a zero-death day for the first time since March 2020.  Fifteen states on Monday reported zero COVID-19 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University, though many later added several deaths.  Still, fatalities attributed to COVID-19 were just a handful in most of the states, including Alabama, Arizona, and Delaware.  Martin Kulldorff, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, told The Epoch Times:  "That's good news.  Not surprising.  There are two reasons for that.  One is that we have a lot of immunity in the population, mostly from natural disease but also from the vaccines.  We also know that it's a seasonal disease.  So the decline in March and April was mostly due to immunity but now in May seasonality has also helped," he said.

1,000 Lawyers and 10,000 Doctors Have Filed a Lawsuit for Violations of the Nuremberg Code.  A large team of more than 1,000 lawyers and over 10,000 medical experts, led by Dr. Reiner Fuellmich, has initiated legal proceedings against the CDC, WHO and the Davos Group for crimes against humanity.  Fuellmich and his team present the incorrect PCR test and the order for doctors to describe any comorbidity death as a Covid death — as fraud.  The PCR test was never designed to detect pathogens and is 100% inaccurate at 35 cycles.  All PCR tests monitored by the CDC are set at 37 to 45 cycles.  The CDC acknowledges that tests over 28 cycles are not allowed for a positive reliable result.  This invalidates over 90% of the alleged Covid cases / "infections" detected by the use of this incorrect test.  In addition to the incorrect tests and fraudulent death certificates, the "experimental" vaccine itself violates Article 32 of the Geneva Convention.  Under Article 32 of the 1949 Geneva Convention, "mutilation and medical or scientific experiments not required for the medical treatment of a protected person" are prohibited.  According to Article 147, conducting biological experiments on protected persons is a serious breach of the Convention.  The "experimental" vaccine violates all 10 Nuremberg codes — which carry the death penalty for those who try to break these international laws.

It's Not About The Masks:  It's About The Power.  Masks are just another form of power.  The forms of power are unlimited.  Being able to tell you to recycle, to check your privilege, to check this box on this questionnaire are all forms of power.  There are legitimate policy issues that are important for their own sake, but it's also important to recognize a larger trend in which manufacturing compliance and getting people to do anything is itself the point.  A lot of the things that the Left wants people to do really don't matter in and of themselves.  They matter because they can get people to do it.  Compliance is a pattern.  Totalitarian societies drift that way because people become used to obeying.  They don't ask questions.  And they learn to resent those who do.

'Saint' Fauci a lying sinner:  Devine.  This is how confused New Yorkers are about masks.  At Barnes & Noble Wednesday, no mask was required to browse the bookshelves, but on the other side of Union Square, the Strand bookstore had mandated masks for all shoppers.  Practically everyone inside both stores was wearing a mask anyway, despite CDC advice that you don't need one, indoors or outdoors, if you're vaccinated against COVID-19.  Considering that more than half of Manhattan has been fully vaccinated, something is very wrong with the way we are processing risk.  The trust between public health experts and the public is broken and now no one knows what to believe.  We can blame one man above anyone for this parlous state of affairs:  Saint Anthony Fauci, the coronavirus czar once hailed as the most trusted man in America for his leadership through the pandemic.  He has flip-flopped on every piece of advice, never admits doubt and tells lies with brazen indifference.

The Pandemic Could Have Been Over Much Sooner — If Not for the FDA.  The pandemic isn't over — but it's over, at least in the United States.  That's welcome.  But it could have been over so much sooner if not for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Let's start with where we're at.  After spiking over the winter, new coronavirus cases and deaths have both dropped dramatically — not to zero, but enough that, in combination with vaccines, local leaders are lifting many pandemic restrictions.  Even deep-blue cities and states that put in place the strictest pandemic restrictions are moving rapidly toward reopening.  In Washington, D.C., where I live, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced this week that the District would become the latest locality to lift a longstanding mask rule, following updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines last week.  New York City will allow restaurants to return to something close to full capacity this weekend.  And many lingering restrictions are scheduled to end in the coming weeks and months.

Scott Atlas:  The Last Word.  The coronavirus pandemic has been a great tragedy, there can be no doubt about that.  But it has also exposed profound issues in America that now threaten the very principles of freedom and order that we Americans often take for granted.  First, I have been shocked at the enormous power of the government, to unilaterally decree, to simply close businesses and schools by edict, restrict personal movement, mandate behavior, and eliminate our most basic freedoms, without any end and little accountability.  Second, I remain surprised at the acceptance by the American people of draconian rules, restrictions, and unprecedented mandates, even those that are arbitrary, destructive, and wholly unscientific.  This crisis has also exposed what we all have known existed, but we have tolerated for years:  the overt bias of the media, the lack of diverse viewpoints on campuses, the absence of neutrality in big tech controlling social media, and now more visibly than ever, the intrusion of politics into science.  Ultimately, the freedom to seek and state the truth is at risk here in the United States.

Satirical Impressions of Dr. Anthony Fauci Banned on TikTok.  To the growing list of banned topics on Chinese Communist run TikTok, we can now add satirical impressions of Dr. Anthony Fauci.  According to comedian Tyler Fischer, whose hilarious Fauci impressions have gone viral on Twitter and YouTube, apparently TikTok is not amused.

Scott Atlas:  Lockdowns Not Only a 'Heinous Abuse' of Power, They Also Failed to Protect the Elderly.  The lockdowns implemented to curb the transmission of COVID-19 in the United States and across the globe have not only been a "heinous abuse of power," but they have also failed to protect the elderly and vulnerable, according to former White House COVID-19 adviser Dr. Scott Atlas.  In an interview for Epoch TV's "American Thought Leaders," Atlas, a public health policy expert, suggested that the consequences of lockdowns, which he believes have been largely fear-driven, will be felt in the country for decades to come.  "We will have a massive price to pay for what was done in the United States," said Atlas.  "The consequences of the lockdowns have been enormously harmful and they will last for decades after this pandemic is completely finished."

Rep. Bryan Steil Presses Biden, Asks What Prompted CDC's Abrupt Reversal On Mask Guidance.  Republican Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil sent a letter Wednesday to President Joe Biden calling for answers over the timing of the federal government's latest mask guidance, which allows vaccinated individuals not to wear masks in most settings.  In the letter first obtained by the Daily Caller, Steil asked Biden about the May 13 decision from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce mask restrictions for fully vaccinated people and why Biden did not make the recommendation during his May 4 announcement at the White House.  "As you may recall, on May 4 2021, you made an announcement indicating the country would move toward normality on July 4 2021, when 70 percent of the country's adult population would have at least one shot of the vaccine.  Only 9 days later, on May 13 2021, the CDC announced updated guidance that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear masks or socially distance in most indoor or outdoor circumstances," the letter read.  "I am thrilled to see you and the CDC make this decision, but question whether this unmaksing recommendation could have occurred days, weeks, or months before May 13."  Steil wondered what changed in two weeks and asked if the current gas shortage, inflation or other factors had to do with the CDC's timing.

New York's Excelsior Pass:  How it works and when you may need to use it.  With much of New York allowed to fully reopen for business Wednesday [5/19/2021] — and relaxed CDC rules for vaccinated people at indoor venues going into effect — residents may soon find themselves having to provide proof of inoculation or a negative COVID-19 test to gain entry to events or businesses.  While many other states have balked at the idea of so-called "vaccine passports," the Empire State has already rolled out a platform called the Excelsior Pass that's being used at big events here, like Yankees and Knicks games.

How the Teachers Union Politicized COVID.  Randi Weingarten is confronting unwanted headlines for her politicizing the COVID epidemic as president of the American Federation of Teachers.  Her most formidable critic is the financial newspaper of record, the Wall Street Journal, that lambasts the union leader for her "interference as a non-scientist" to push the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to reverse its recommendation to open schools as far back as early February.  Weingarten's success in applying pressure on the CDC was summed up with the WSJ headline:  "The Centers for Politics and Unions."  "The chronology of (Weingarten's) non-scientific political intervention is even worse than it sounds," wrote the editorial board.  Weingarten admitted the AFT was regularly in touch with the CDC, and her COVID-related recommendations that best serve her members made its way into the CDC revised guidelines.  School closures offered Weingarten more negotiating room for stimulus funds for higher teacher salaries and pensions.  She, and her union friends, would not to be disappointed.

More about unionized teachers.

Deace: It is time to end 'Faucism' once and for all.  Over the past 14 months, all Americans have had their lives at least somewhat under the capricious control of the double-minded Anthony Fauci.  Same goes for every business and the decision of whether the business can be open and to what extent.  Same goes for every school and every house of worship as well.  Even whether we're permitted to breathe the free air outside once we're allowed to leave our homes.  And Fauci was granted that unprecedented authority without a single vote cast.  That level of power bestowed without direct consent of the governed would be dangerous enough to a free people even if it were given to someone with proven competence and reliable consistency.  Absolute power corrupts absolutely even in the best of hands.  However, when that much power is given to someone with little regard for intellectual honesty and as schizophrenically wrong as Fauci has repeatedly proven to be, you end up with one of the darkest hours in our nation's history.

New Study Shows COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects More Common and Severe in Recovered Recipients.  A new study of COVID-19 vaccine recipients globally should give the public health community a reason to reevaluate recommendations that everyone needs to be vaccinated regardless of prior infection with the virus.  The researchers surveyed slightly more than 2,000 self-reporting vaccinated individuals who were at least seven days past their first vaccine dose and monitored their reports of side effects and their severity through the vaccination process.  They compared the results for recovered patients with a confirmed COVID-19 PCR or antigen test with those who had not had COVID-19. [...] While this is the first study of its kind and certainly warrants further examination, particularly because the side effects were self-reported, it acknowledges something that the public health bureaucracy, including CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and Dr. Anthony Fauci, rarely, if ever, mention.

12 Lessons Learned from Covid-19.  [#1]  Government will use any crisis to take away your rights and give themselves more control, and once you relinquish those rights, you don't get them back.  We are [more than a year] into "15 days to slow the spread" and we still have lockdowns, business restrictions, empty sports stadiums, mask mandates, and other arbitrary, anti-common sense rules that aren't backed by results or science data.  Mask mandates have been in place in nearly every state for months, yet we haven't seen any significant correlational infection rate reduction, certainly not enough to offset the negative health & psychological effects of masks, not to mention their ability to ruin the enjoyment of almost any activity.  Are we going to be forced to wear masks the rest of our lives if we don't find an effective vaccine?  The "new normal" is code for "you're never getting your rights back."

Heated maskless rebellion on House floor Tuesday.  Politico reporter for Congress, Melanie Zanona said there was a "heated scene on the House floor" around 8 or so yesterday as Republicans refused to wear masks.  A Democrat member went over and confronted a few of them.  Rep. Thomas Massie shouted back at the Democrat:  "I can't hear you" with your mask on.  Among the rebels, protesting Pelosi's performance mask mandate were Brian Mast, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Louie Gohmert, Mary Miller, Beth Van Duyne, Thomas Massie, Ralph Norman, Bob Good, Greg Steube, and Chip Roy.  Thomas Massie tweeted yesterday, "Thought America might like to know this... Few congressmen or staff or guards are wearing masks in the hallways or offices.  ONLY ON THE FLOOR FOR TV.  It's all theatrics folks."  Democrats have been caught repeatedly ditching the mask.  The mask is for show.

Fauci Admits Wearing A Mask While Fully Vaccinated Was Political Theater.  White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci has admitted that his wearing of a face mask indoors after being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 was based on imagery and not science.  The moment came during a Tuesday morning [5/18/2021] interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "Good Morning America," in which the host pressed Fauci on how his mask-wearing practices have changed since the latest recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  "Well, you know, George, I'm obviously careful because, I mean, I'm a physician and a health care provider.  I am now much more comfortable in people seeing me indoors without a mask," Fauci said.

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If Dr. Fauci is a "health care provider," I guess I don't know what that means.  Is he a practicing physician with an office and a waiting room full of patients?  What kind of health care does he provide?

Did The Chinese Government Just Admit On Video That COVID Was Biological War On The US?  The video authenticity and translation was confirmed by New York-based Chinese blogger Jennifer Zeng.  "In 2020, China won the trade war, science and technology war, and especially the biological war.  The achievement is unprecedented.  This is an epoch-making historical record.  So for the liberal, America-worshiping cult within China, their worship of the US is actually unfounded.  After this trade war and biological warfare, the US was beaten back to its original shape," Chen Ping said.  [Video clip]

Rep. Jim Jordan speaks for the American people in demanding an investigation into the origins of COVID-19.  In a House hearing on Wednesday on Examining Emergent BioSolutions' Failure to Protect Public Health and Public Funds, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) called for a full investigation into the origins of COVID-19, which emerged from Wuhan, China, early in 2020 and spread across the world at breakneck speed.  "Where did this thing start?" Jordan asked a question that Americans have been now asking for well over a year.  "Did it jump from an animal to humans?  Or was it a leak from from a lab?  A lab in Wuhan, China?  The American people would probably like to know.  After all, they've had their liberties assaulted for the past year."

Some House Republicans now refusing to wear masks, defying Pelosi rule.  It's the trollish MAGA slice of the caucus that's championing this, but for once they have Pelosi at a disadvantage.  Why, precisely, are House members still being asked to mask up on the floor?  The CDC's new guidance says that vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks, even indoors.  According to CNN, every last Democrat in the House and Senate has been vaxxed.  If everyone in the chamber unmasks, the only people who are at risk are unvaccinated Republicans.

Universities Are the New Church Ladies.  Both experience and medical consensus attest that young people are least at risk from COVID-19 and more likely to suffer or die from pool drowning or car and bicycle accidents.  Even if they "conceal carry" the pathogen, young people can stay away from those at greater risk, and college kids who spend most of their time with peers pose an even lower risk of contagion to others.  These facts haven't stopped universities from imposing bewildering and austere requirements on their students.  Colleges say little to their students about getting sufficient rest, proper nutrition, or outdoor exercise — the time-tested advice from Grandma to fortify the immune system.  Instead, schools demand masks for students, including outdoors where the risk of contagion is zero and also off-campus, where the authority of school officials is questionable.

Texas governor bans schools, local governments from requiring masks.  Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas issued an order on Tuesday that will bar local governments and public schools from having mask mandates, the latest in a string of states issuing similar bans.  "Texans, not government, should decide their best health practices, which is why masks will not be mandated by public school districts or government entities," the Republican governor said in a statement.  "We can continue to mitigate COVID-19 while defending Texans' liberty to choose whether or not they mask up."

CDC reportedly loses second top official in a week amid mask guidance confusion.  The Centers for Disease Control, already under fire for setting off mass confusion over its mask guidance for the vaccinated, is losing its second high-profile employee in as many weeks.  Deputy Director Anne Schuchat on Monday announced her retirement from the agency after 33 years.  "This summer, I'll be leaving the agency for a retirement that I hope will allow more time for creative passions," Schuchat said in a statement.

Biden Warns Unvaccinated: 'You 'Will End Up Paying the Price'.  Joe Biden and other political leaders are doing everything they can to get the vaccine stragglers to do their patriotic, civic duty and get vaccinated against the coronavirus.  Ohio has begun a million-dollar lottery to encourage people to take the vaccine.  Other states are giving out free beer for getting jabbed or other enticements.  But Joe Biden thinks that strong-arming the American people into getting jabbed will be effective.  The president gave a talk about progress against the virus at the White House on Monday [5/17/2021].

Fauci admits wearing mask after vax is theatrical even though he denied it under oath in March.  Dr. Anthony Fauci ought to be the punch line of many jokes by now, and if he were a Trump loyalist, he would be.  Only because the corporate media refuse to mock him can he appear in public without catcalls and derision as his lot in life.  Yesterday [5/18/2021], he blatantly contradicted what he told Senator Rand Paul under oath in testimony last March: yes, wearing a mask indoors after being vaccinated is just theatre ("I didn't want to look like I was giving mixed signals, but being a fully vaccinated person, the chances of my getting infected in an indoor setting is extremely low.")

The tail is wagging the dog:
Teachers union prez admits CDC 'asked for language' on opening schools, and doesn't see a problem with it.  On the same day that a million-dollar campaign accused President Joe Biden of working with dark money and powerful teachers' unions to keep schools closed, the head of that union gave an interview that essentially confirmed the assertion.  Americans for Public Trust, a government accountability group, went after Biden and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over reports the American Federation of Teachers lobbied the CDC on school reopenings.  In a CSPAN interview Monday, AFT President Randi Weingarten can be heard saying of the CDC, "They asked us for language and we gave them language when they asked for it."

Will Vaccine Passports be America's Version of Yellow Badges?  With millions of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, a national debate now rages over "vaccine passports" (or vaxxports) that privilege those who have taken "the jab."  These proofs of immunization take the form of a smartphone app with a personalized QR code.  Those favoring such digital certification say it makes us "safer" as a society and hastens a return to pre-pandemic normalcy.  But critics liken it to China's social scoring system (Social Credit System) aimed at rewarding those who conform and punishing those who don't.  They decry it as government overreach, invasion of privacy, and curtailment of personal freedom.  They believe Americans shouldn't be required to show proof of vaccination or reveal personal information to go about their daily lives.  Anti-vaxxport protesters in California's Orange County — who are on the frontlines in this battle — even had a placard saying "'Show Your Papers' is a Nazi Plan."

Keywords:  Mixed signals, habituation, schizophrenia.
Fauci Wears Mask Outside Two Days In A Row, Despite Telling Vaccinated People To 'Put Aside Your Mask'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has worn a mask outside two days in a row despite being vaccinated against COVID-19 and telling Americans they can lose their masks after getting their shots.  Fauci recently told Americans they could ditch facial coverings after getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and has been vaccinated since January.  However, the NIAID director has been caught rocking a face mask outside the past two days, even though he told vaccinated people himself that they no longer need to wear masks outside.

Media in Full Spin Mode to Cover for Biden's Failures.  Joe Biden's presidency is spiraling out of control.  By any reasonable metric he has failed as a commander in chief.  He has failed on immigration, he has failed on the economy, he has failed to create jobs, he has failed on foreign policy, he has failed on handling the pandemic, he has failed to unite the country, and he has failed as a leader.  But that's not what the mainstream media would have us believe. [...] Based on no new scientific information, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decided on Thursday that those who are fully vaccinated can now safely walk around outside and inside (in many cases) without a mask.  This comes after the fully vaccinated Biden has been parading around the White House and on Zoom calls with a mask on for weeks, telling everyone that even after they have been fully vaccinated, they must continue to do so.

Freedom Begins to Return as Masks Are Removed.  So here we are, 14 months or so after "two weeks to slow the spread" and "fifteen days to flatten the curve," finally being allowed out of our jail cells and "permitted" by elected and unelected bureaucrats to breathe fresh air without wearing a slave muzzle.  As the prisoners in Don Pizarro's dungeons sing in Beethoven's mighty opera, Fidelio:  "Oh what joy, in the open air / Freely to breathe again!"  How did you enjoy your first taste of totalitarianism, America?  And for your own good, too!  Yes, fellow citizens, "cases" of the dreaded COVID-19 — a very likely man-made, gain-of-function "disease" with a 99 percent survival rate — are now down in all 50 states.  Even with less than half the American population fully vaccinated, the "crisis," such as it was, is over.

They're Vaccinated and Keeping Their Masks On, Maybe Forever.  Whenever Joe Glickman heads out for groceries, he places an N95 mask over his face and tugs a cloth mask on top of it.  He then pulls on a pair of goggles.  He has used this safety protocol for the past 14 months.  It did not change after he contracted the coronavirus last November.  It didn't budge when, earlier this month, he became fully vaccinated.

My road trip back to reality.  Road trips often elicit thoughts and memories of quirky roadside attractions, local food, postcards, and long hours behind the wheel.  A recent trip from my home in Maryland to Texas, for a nephew's wedding, was just the excuse my wife and I needed to create some of these road trip memories for our family of five.  Our trip didn't disappoint as we visited family and famous attractions:  the Parthenon in Nashville; a Civil War museum and battlefield in New Market, Va.; and Buc-ee's in Texas.  I couldn't help but notice the striking difference between the two different worlds we encountered along the way.  Unlike the state of Maryland, Texas has many citizens focused on freedom of action and thought.  Everyone we encountered at the wedding was unafraid of COVID and exhibited independence and self-reliance in personal matters.  These people were staunchly against the government telling them what they could and couldn't do.

Another Fauci Lie About Masks and the COVID Vaccine Comes Back to Bite Him.  So, it was all theater.  It was all for show.  And yet we have another reason for why Dr. Anthony Fauci has to go.  How long will we be subjected to the schizophrenic regime of this dude?  We have talk from Democrats about Trump and the 'big lie' concerning the 2020 election.  On COVID, it's all about the 'noble lie.'  It's a mixture of fear and a 'you can't handle the truth' mindset that has taken hold with these folks, possibly to hide the fact that they know nothing.  Or worse, they know how to control the public.  It's probably a combination of both.  Let's circle back to when Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) made a scientifically accurate statement concerning mask-wearing among those who have acquired immunity from COVID in March.  Re-infection rates for those who've already had the virus are immensely low.  Those who are vaccinated fall within this group as well.  You're immune.  You have the antibodies, and you're not going to spread the virus.  So, why should you keep wearing a mask?  Joe Biden, Fauci, and most of Congress have been vaccinated.  Why keep wearing a mask, especially when we were initially told not to by the so-called experts?  Isn't it theater?  Fauci was not pleased.

Candace Owens:  Folks need to keep their eyes on Dr. 'Simon Says' Fauci because 'this man is corrupt'.  Conservative author and podcaster Candace Owens mocked Dr. Anthony Fauci Monday evening, accusing him of making up COVID-19 guidance and comparing his recommendations to the follow-along game "Simon Says."  During an interview with Fox News's Tucker Carlson, Owens responded to claims by Fauci that the coronavirus laid bare the "undeniable effects of racism" on black Americans.  "This is just so brilliant.  The left is always looking for a victim, a narrative," Owens began, adding that she believes the one true "victim" during the COVID pandemic is "science" which, she said, "has been killed by the left."

CDC Director Finally Admits that COVID Cases are Hugely Over-Counted.  In August 2020 The Gateway Pundit's Joe Hoft posted an article about COVID-19 that sent shockwaves throughout the internet — The CDC website admitted that only around 6% of COVID recorded deaths were due entirely to the Coronavirus[.] [...] The gist of the reporte [sic] was that COVID-19 is not nearly as deadly as first projected by the WHO and then by Dr. Tony Fauci and Dr. Debra Birx.  Based on CDC numbers in Ausust only 6% of all deaths attributed to COVID-19 were instances where the only factor in the individual's death was due to COVI9-19.

223 People Have Died With COVID-19 After Getting Fully Vaccinated:  CDC.  Over 1,100 people in the United States have been hospitalized with COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated against the virus that causes it, and more than 220 have died, according to new figures from a top U.S. health agency.  The number of hospitalizations among the fully vaccinated is up to 1,136, and the number of deaths among the same population is 223 as of May 10, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The statistics published by the CDC are an accumulation of reports from 46 U.S. states and territories.  Which locations haven't shared breakthrough numbers isn't clear.  The numbers could also be undercounted because "national surveillance relies on passive and voluntary reporting, and data might not be complete or representative," according to the CDC.

Sounds like a threat.
Biden's COVID warning:  Unvaccinated 'will end up paying the price'.  President Biden highlighted on Monday that for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation early last year, cases of COVID-19 "are down in all 50 states."  But in a pitch to encourage unvaccinated Americans to get their shots, the president warned that "those who are not vaccinated will end up paying the price."  And Biden, in remarks from the White House, also announced that the U.S. will share millions more doses of coronavirus vaccines with other countries around the world.  The president highlighted that "deaths are down from COVID by 81%," which he said was "their lowest level since April of 2020."

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasts zero COVID deaths after early reopening.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott — whose controversial early coronavirus reopening plan was slammed by President Biden as "Neanderthal thinking" — boasted that the state had zero daily COVID-19 deaths on Sunday [5/16/2021].  "Today Texas reported: 0 Covid related deaths — the only time that's happened since data was tracked in March, 2020," the Republican governor said on Twitter.  He added that the state also had the "lowest 7-day Covid positivity rate ever" and "the fewest Covid cases in over 13 months."  But while the Lone Star State tallied zero fatalities that day, officials in the highly populated Dallas County no longer report new coronavirus data on Sundays — and the CDC's tracker shows that Texas had 305 coronavirus deaths overall last week.

Texas records zero COVID deaths two months after being accused of 'Neanderthal thinking' by Biden.  Texas recorded zero COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, months after President Joe Biden criticized the state for relaxing pandemic restrictions too soon.  State healthcare data shows that the state's zero COVID death day was its first in about 14 months.  The state also saw a 13-month low in cases and an 11-month low in hospitalizations, according to Gov. Greg Abbott.

The COVID-19 Test No One Is Talking About.  We are already seeing colleges and universities requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for students to attend classes in the fall.  The vaccine is being tested for children under 16, and there may be school districts that attempt to require it in the fall.  All of this pressure to vaccinate the young, given their relative resilience to severe disease and near-zero fatality rate from COVID-19, is unprecedented.  The health bureaucracy is not nearly as insistent about the flu vaccine, even though it often makes children much sicker and often carries higher fatality rates in children.

And Just Like That, Masks Are No Longer Necessary.  Now after a year of mask-wearing, "just like that" it is no longer necessary per the CDC's latest guidance. [...] In politics there are no coincidences.  This includes COVID which has been driven by politics from the very beginning, including hostility toward potential therapeutics, exuberance over emergency use experimental vaccines, school and business closures driven by political considerations rather than science, and constant agenda driven gaslighting by the media.  What is the political scene these days?  In four months, America has gone from energy independence to gas lines.  The Southern border is anything but, instead a wide-open door and completely out of control.  War is brewing in the Middle East.  Inflation and unemployment are on the rise, resurrecting the Misery Index and appropriate comparisons between Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter.  According to Rasmussen Reports, as of May 14, 40% of likely voters "strongly disapprove of Joe Biden's job performance compared with only 30% who "strongly approve".  The media speaks of Biden's cognitive capacity being in an "advanced state of decline."  It's time for a distraction, as in ditching the mask mandates.

Donald Trump Should Not be the 2024 Republican Candidate.  [Scroll down]  Fauci disappeared into the bowels of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, where he found solid footing as a bureaucrat.  But when SARS CoV-2 came calling, he was ready.  And as recent history has proven, he was seldom right, and seldom in doubt.  Very little of his advice was useful, but petty dictators, mostly in blue states, used it as an excuse to flex their muscles.  Trump played along, giving his opponents all the rope they wanted.  His economic prowess was drowned in a cacophony of media mavens proclaiming every conceivable error.  Even his dramatic success with operation Warp Speed was no help.  Fauci predicted no vaccines for two or three years, while Trump got it done in months.  The media conveniently forgot.  Fauci was their savior, and Trump was a chump.

White House Visitor Logs Reveal Fauci/Klain Situation Room Meeting After Gain Of Function Moratorium.  A National Pulse review of White House Visitor Logs from November 2014 reveals a meeting in the White House Situation Room, chaired by then-Ebola Czar Ron Klain.  The meeting appears to have been coordinated by Dr. Anthony Fauci, and included several high-level U.S. government agency heads.  The high profile summit came just weeks after the Obama administration issued a moratorium on the same "gain of function" experiments that Dr. Fauci now claims were never directly funded by his government agency to take place at the Wuhan lab in China.  The high profile summit came just weeks after the Obama administration issued a moratorium on the same "gain of function" experiments that Dr. Fauci now claims were never directly funded by his government agency to take place at the Wuhan lab in China.

Common sense isn't common anymore.  [Scroll down]  The city, a tourist destination, is full of people in the ubiquitous blue Chinese mask, the one that may or may not (Russian roulette, anyone?) have graphene in it.  I've written about how it's a known carcinogen, especially when inhaled.  A lot of kids walking around with their parents were in those masks.  Then I read the headline that the CDC "guidance" includes keeping kids in masks seemingly forever, even while letting adults breathe.  Rand Paul asked them to provide some rationale for it, which I'm sure they will ignore.  There simply isn't one.  So I wonder if it's a lead-up to an attempt at making children take the vaccine.  There are enough horror stories of vaccine reactions, and enough unknowns about the long-term consequences of taking it, that vaccinating those not prone to get the disease anyway ought to be off the table.  Common sense would dictate not giving vulnerable children an unapproved substance.  But money talks.

Neurotic America:  Masks Today, Masks Tomorrow, Masks Forever.  The coronavirus pandemic revealed in stark terms a truth about this country that many of us have long suspected.  We've grown soft, fearful, perpetually nagging and paralyzed by safetyism.  Our prosperity has allowed many of us to feed our eccentricities and disorders, taking us down dark alleys and through doors that lead to grand halls of odd behavior. [...] To see just how deep this nation has plunged into a rancid broth of fear, take a look at this STAT-Harris poll taken after last fall's election.  It found that 75% of the public supported the idea of Joe Biden mandating mask-wearing, while two-thirds of Americans thought he "should ban gatherings involving more than 10 people."

Black, Hispanic COVID-19 vaccination rates lagging, according to CDC.  lack and Hispanic Americans are statistically underrepresented among those receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a demographic reality overlooked in the ongoing media focus on rural white aversion to the vaccines as the stumbling block to national vaccination goals.  As of May 15, black Americans constituted only 8.9% of those who received at least one dose of the vaccine despite being 12.4% of the U.S. population.  Hispanic Americans, meanwhile, are 17.2% of the population, but only make up 13.3% of the total with at least one dose.  Interpretations vary as to the reasons for those discrepancies.  Some commentators and experts have argued that both demographic groups are simply less likely to have access to a vaccine, whether due to distance from a vaccination site, hectic schedules, or lack of knowledge of the vaccine campaign itself.

Dr. Fauci:  Critical Race Theorist?  Critical race theory is the absurd idea that the United States is a fundamentally racist country and that our society is designed to uphold white supremacy.  While the reasonable among us dismiss this idea, schools across the country are teaching it and big liberal corporations like Disney and Coca-Cola have tried pushing it.  And sadly, it seems like our nation's "top infectious disease expert" is pushing it, too.  Over the weekend, Dr. Anthony Fauci delivered a virtual commencement address to the graduates of Emory University.  During his speech, he claimed that higher rates of COVID-19 deaths among various minority groups constitute evidence of "social determinants" causing the pandemic to hit those communities harder than others.

PBS Reporter Pressures Jen Psaki Over New CDC Guidance, Showing It Was Never About the Science.  We've been covering the new CDC guidance in regard to mask wearing — basically, that you no longer have to wear a mask if you have been vaccinated unless there are local or state ordinances or businesses requiring it.  But what's been so astounding about it is that the folks on left have become so hidebound to the wearing of the mask and the virtue-signaling concerning it, that even now that the official "science" has determined that they don't have to if vaccinated, they still want to wear that mask.  Not only that, but that they're upset at the CDC for announcing this.  So much for the science.

A Review of 'Origin of COVID — Following the Clues,' by Nicholas Wade.  The article "Origin of COVID — Following the Clues" by Nicholas Wade is a comprehensive investigation into the COVID19 pandemic. [...] The author lays out serious problems with the much-touted theory that the virus developed in bats naturally and then coincidentally chose Wuhan's wet market as the place to begin spreading to humans:
  [#1]   Prior to the virus spreading widely there were people who got sick without any contact with the wet market.
  [#2]   Wuhan is home to the Institute of Virology which specializes in researching Corona viruses of the COVID19 type.
  [#3]   The bat caves are 1500 km away and the virus would have had to travel to Wuhan before anyone became sick.  Bats only hunt within 50 km of their cave.
  [#4]   At the time the virus broke out in humans, it was cold outdoors, and the bats were hibernating.
  [#5]   The Chinese have failed to find COVID19 in any bat population, or in any animal population despite testing over 80,000 animals in the last year.
  [#6]   Unlike SARS1 and MERS, the virus appeared fully formed and infectious with no intermediate, lesser infections seen.
  [#7]   Wuhan Institute of Virology does gain-of-function research that modifies viruses to more easily infect humans and was working on this particular virus at the time.
  [#8]   Wuhan Institute of Virology was documented to use inadequate safety rules when working with dangerous viruses because it is cumbersome to wear the spacesuit type of lab gear.

Dr. Fauci is Finally Unmasked.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the leader of the federal government's politically based responses to Covid-19 since day one of the pandemic.  The director since 1984 of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, he now serves as President Biden's leading advisor on the issue.  Last year, Fauci repeatedly undercut President Trump when he was working for the 45th president.  And now he's all in for Joe Biden.  In recent years, people on the left who lie and break the law — from the streets to the suites — have rarely been held accountable.  One of them, in the opinion of many, is Dr. Anthony Fauci.  Fauci is more responsible than anyone else for promoting lockdowns, mask mandates, and experimental vaccines rather than inexpensive, effective treatments for Covid-19.  While most conservatives have lost faith in "Dr. Doom," it has seemed like he would never be held to account for what he has done or that he would ever be compelled to relinquish his lifelong, incredibly influential, and highly remunerative bureaucratic perch.

School Boards:  Unmask our children.  What are they afraid of?  They're afraid of getting COVID and dying, even though most of them are at very low risk and have been vaccinated anyway.  They're afraid of "liability," a catch-all legal phrase that has long provided cover for feckless bureaucrats.  They're afraid of powerful teachers' unions, even in right-to-work states like Georgia.  And they're afraid of the disproportionally loud and strident voices of a relatively small number of mask cultists in our midst.  But [...] they're just following CDC guidelines, right?  Perhaps.  Yet the CDC is not a governing body.  It does not make laws.  Specifically, no one in Gwinnett County or anyplace else voted for the CDC to write policy for our schools.  That is the job of the elected school board members — one they are currently shirking as they fail to address the new realities of a swiftly receding pandemic.  Furthermore, the CDC's recommendations run counter to the science — even, in some cases, the agency's own science.

AOC's statement about masks reveals how COVID damaged leftists.  [Scroll down]  Only when Biden, the North Star of the Church of Science, took Trump's vaccine program as his own, did they rush to get vaccines.  This included young, physically healthy women like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the voice of a new generation of neurotic women with "generalized anxiety disorder," anger management issues, and a deep and abiding faith in the Church of Science.  Even when vaccinated, these women clung to those masks, which showed that they were good people who cared.  They ignored mounting evidence (science!) showing that masks don't protect against infinitesimally small viral particles and may make people sick when the same mask is continuously reused.  Like medieval peasants clutching a religious icon, or superstitious people carrying a rabbit's foot, these woke women knew that these masks were "science," and if they wore them, they would be saved.  This leads us to a peculiar pronouncement from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the youngest female bishops in the Church of Science.  Even though her beloved government, in the form of CDC director Rochelle Walensky says science means it's time for vaccinated people no to abandon masks, AOC can't give it up.

The CDC Inadvertently Outs the Mask Cult.  hen the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that fully vaccinated people can safely participate in both indoor and outdoor activities without wearing face masks, it was good news for most Americans.  In addition to a sense of vindication for those of us who object to post-vaccination masking, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky's statement provided another much-needed service — it forced the metastasizing mask cult to reveal itself as a coalition of anti-science zealots and petty tyrants.  A typical example of their collective response to the CDC guidance appeared in the Washington Post under the title, "The CDC shouldn't have removed restrictions without requiring proof of vaccination."  Its author, former Planned Parenthood CEO Leana S. Wen, is a proponent of vaccine passports for routine activities such as retail shopping, restaurant dining, going to the theater, and working in a fully staffed office.  Aside from the constitutional and legal issues raised by the kind of government-issued passports Dr. Wen advocates, her views aren't shared by most Americans.  A recent Gallup survey found that a mere 40 percent support vaccine passports for restaurant dining, and only 45 percent favor them in the workplace.

Biden ignores new CDC guidelines to wear mask outside as he spends Sunday at church and then golf.  President Joe Biden spent his Sunday [5/16/2021] in Wilmington, Del., where he went to church and played a round of golf as his administration faces a number of challenges both at home and abroad.  Biden, who was originally scheduled to return to the White House on Sunday evening, changed his schedule to go back to Washington Monday morning.  No explanation was given for the change.  The president is dealing with worries about the economy and the threat of rising inflation, a division among Democrats over violence in Israel, and mass confusion over the country's face mask rules.  Biden, himself, donned a face mask to go to church after a new CDC policy said that fully vaccinated Americans do not have to wear masks outdoors and in most indoor settings, aside from crowded places such as buses and planes.

Why Are Media Ignoring Data Showing Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Death Spike?  If these were any other vaccines, they would already be off the market.  In fact, they would have been pulled a long time ago.  Usually a new drug is withdrawn after 50 deaths, which isn't typical because the FDA has a strict approval process.  The COVID-19 vaccines have been exempted from it, instead being temporarily "authorized" for emergency use.  These vaccines have coincided with 3,544 American deaths and 12,619 serious injuries as of April 23, according to the CDC's Vaccine Adverse Event Reports System database (VAERS).  The flu vaccines by comparison are linked to 20 [to] 30 death reports a year, according to Dr. Peter McCullough, and those 20 [to] 30 death reports come with considerably more vaccines administered.  This is precisely the kind of thing FDA approval is supposed to prevent.

Time for Modern Masking Madness to Be Cast into the Dustbin of History.  [Scroll down]  There is no shortage of such evidence, only a shortage of voices expressing it on platforms loud enough for people to see or hear it over the fear-mongering, unscientific cacophony to be found on mainstream media.  And yet, our devotion to the idea of masks saving lives has turned our reality into absurdist satire.  Someone wearing a mask while jogging or driving alone in a car is not only useless, but it is unimaginably stupid.  Seeing someone wearing multiple masks with a face shield, or pulling down one's mask to insert a peanut and replace the mask as one chews are visuals that seem better suited to a vintage Monty Python sketch than real life.  But in the "real life" of 2021 not only has the leading health "expert" in the country suggested that wearing multiple masks "just makes common sense," but airlines are kicking people off of airplanes for not quickly replacing their mask after inserting a Twizzler into their mouths.  To believe that any of this nonsense is justifiable requires a total disavowal of the principles of even rudimentary thought.  It is a devotion to a ridiculous fantasy where that dirty piece of cloth that you grabbed out of your glove compartment and haven't washed for a week will act as some sort of magical trinket to keep you safe from harm.

When it comes to vaccinations, we're in the bribery phase.  I'll admit, I'm not getting the "vax."  No amount of fear porn, "it's my patriotic duty," publicly shaming me, or telling me that "I'm protecting other people" will convince me that I should get it.  Anti-Vaxxer, I believe I'm called.  Many people evidently feel the same way.  Since fear, pride, shame, and concern for others didn't work, the machine is now using the best of all human traits to coerce us to get vaccinated:  Greed.  Here are just a few examples to appeal to our greedier side:
    The Cincinnati Reds offer discounted tickets for those who received the "vax."
    The Philly Flyers offered up free tickets to a game next year if you got vaxxed before the last game of the season.
    New Orleans is offering a "one shot, one pound" event.  That's right, get your free Covid shot and a free pound of steaming crayfish.
    West Virginia is offering a $100 Savings Bond if you get the vax and you are between the ages of 16 and 35 years old.
    Not to be outdone, Ohio will create a lottery of all vaccinated people in the state and draw one person each day for five days with each winner receiving one million dollars.

CDC Director Walensky Makes Eyebrows Go up — Again.  CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has been making the rounds today to talk about the new CDC guidance that if you are fully vaccinated, you can dispense with masks outdoors and indoors.  As my colleague Bonchie reported earlier, Walensky went on CNN with Dana Bash and made some astonishing remarks.  She spoke about folks who had died with COVID after being vaccinated, but said that not all of those people had actually died because of the virus.

Eric Clapton blasts vaccine safety 'propaganda' and claims he had a 'disastrous reaction' to AstraZeneca Covid jab.  Eric Clapton has hit out at 'propaganda' over vaccine safety, claiming he suffered alarming side effects after his Covid jabs.  The legendary guitarist, a lockdown sceptic, said his hands and feet became 'useless' — prompting fears he would never play again.  In a message to his music producer, he said:  'I took the first jab of AZ [AstraZeneca] and straight away had severe reactions which lasted ten days.'

Trump-Hating Pro-Vax Chelsea Handler Can't Believe How Sick She Is After Second Shot, Goes Deaf In One Ear.  Alleged comedian and generally annoying political activist, Chelsea Handler was surprised at how sick she felt after her second shot of Moderna.  "Ok, so I got my second shot of Moderna today and I feel really sick and it's only been four hours and I'm deaf in one ear," Handler said while putting her hand to her ear in a video posted to her Instagram page on Thursday [5/13/2021].  [Video clip]

No vaccine, no college?  Physicians group urges students to fight back.  Many colleges and universities have announced they will require students planning to return to campus this fall to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, explaining their aim is to "protect the health and safety of the community."  And the American College Health Association — which recommends the vaccination requirement — makes it clear that the main purpose is not to protect the students themselves.  The protection is not for the young people, who have only a miniscule risk, but for the high-risk individuals in the surrounding community or wherever the students go in the "mass migration" at the end of the semester.

Vaccine passports blasted as 'stealth move to tyranny'.  The chief of a Minnesota-based health freedom organization is warning about those coming COVID vaccine passports.  They're already commonly being promoted as a fast way for people to gain access to public facilities, airlines and more — with the "passport" confirmation they've taken one of the emergency-use COVID vaccines.  Some states, however, have preemptively acted, creating bans on the public display of private health information.

Biden Steals $850 Mil from COVID Strategic Medical Stockpile for Illegal Aliens.  Remember during the pandemic when we occasionally wondered where the supplies that the federal and state government was supposed to have stockpiled for emergencies like this were, and it turned out Obama and Democrat governors had emptied them out?  Even lackluster RINOs like Schwarzenegger had responsibly built up stockpiles of supplies for an emergency that Democrats trashed.  Once this became an issue, the media rushed into action, spinning frantically and tossing out denials.  Except that we're now seeing the same process repeating itself in real time.

Anticipate Alinsky-styled Language "Insurrection Deniers" to be Main Element of Current Democrat Narrative.  If they do not control the politics of the national conversation the Democrats will be crushed in the 2022 mid-term election.  Ultimately their loss of control over the COVID narrative is what has led to the new CDC guidance about masks.  A false premise can only last as long as the reality can be ignored.  With more people awake to the fraud modifications need to be made.  The Democrats are counting on exploiting the false storyline around the Jan.6th protest.  They will work overdrive in the next few days to attack anyone who puts that narrative at risk.

Vaccination is required for participation in a public school activity:
New York School District Says Students Must Show Proof of Vaccination or Negative COVID Test to Attend Prom and Graduation.  Massena Central High School in New York is requiring students to show proof of vaccination or negative COVID tests in order to attend prom or graduation.  The school's principal, Alan C. Oliver, has given seniors a deadline for getting the vaccine in order to be clear to attend.  "The prom is scheduled for June 12.  Graduation has been scheduled for June 25, with a rain date of June 26.  Anyone attending those events must show proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 testing," NNY360 reports.

Dad Facing Jail Time, Banned From Kids' School For Refusing Mask Outside:  If I Have To Sue, I Will.  As reported by The Daily Wire, Rochester, New York father Chad Hummel was arrested last week and charged with criminal trespassing at his son's high school baseball game after he refused to put on a mask, even though the game was outdoors and he was far outside the recommended six-feet social distancing guidance.  Hummel spoke to The Daily Wire on Thursday [5/13/2021] and offered context to the arrest, arguing that he has been specifically targeted by the school due to his past pushback against arbitrary COVID guidance and critical race theory curricula affecting his children.

McCarthy: Biden's CDC Changed Mask Rules Because 'Gas Went to $7' and They Needed to Change the News.  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a Friday interview that the only reason the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its masking rules for vaccinated Americans was to distract people from the skyrocketing gas prices.  The rising gas prices were in response to high fuel demand following the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline Company.  Colonial Pipeline Company operates the largest fuel pipeline in the United States — providing roughly half of all diesel and gasoline on the East Coast — and became aware of a cyberattack from hackers linked to a group called DarkSide last Friday, promptly shutting down its operations.

Oh, Just Shut Up Already, Dr. Fauci.  Anthony Fauci is just awful.  The highest-paid person in the federal government "became famous" for working on an AIDS vaccine.  If you haven't noticed, we don't have an AIDS vaccine.  Which means he's known for failing.  I don't blame him for that, viruses are tough to treat or defeat.  I do blame him for everything else. [...] Fauci [...] stuck to his old game plan with COVID.  No masks, double mask, triple mask, socially distance, it can get in your eyes, surfaces need to be scrubbed, packages boiled in oil, mail dipped in acid, etc.  Scare people into submission, then change everything whenever it's convenient and deny you ever said otherwise. [...] After months of insisting everyone wear a mask because of the science, and with no new science to back it up, he and his team simply waived them when things started to look bad for President Biden.

Self-Spreading Insanity:  The Age of Contagious Vaccines.  With COVID vaccination "rollouts" ongoing, it would seem the angelic host of Big Pharma has swooped in to avert the end of the world, triumphing in the nick of time over a super-lethal, super-contagious, super-pandemic... with a whopping 0.15% infection fatality rate.  But if, for whatever reason, you still aren't sold on the whole COVID Vaccination Magical Mystery Tour, don't worry.  You may get another chance at serum-based salvation quite soon — whether you want it or not.  This is because COVID-19 may mark not the end, but the dawn of an age in which mankind will be constantly and inescapably peppered with custom-engineered viruses of all kinds.  A great many of these will go by the name "vaccine."

Confession: I don't like Anthony Fauci very much.  True, I don't know the man.  Never met him.  But after more than a year of seeing his arrogant, condescending face almost daily on the national news, I feel as if I have a pretty good sense of the character, or lack thereof, of Dr. Anthony Fauci.  Some biographical research certainly helps...and I've probably done more digging into Lord Fauci's history than the average person.  The more I read, the more negative my feelings become, especially as our country remains mired in the COVID swamp.  And Dr. Fauci helped build that swamp as much as or more than any other individual.  Lord Fauci is indeed a licensed medical doctor, but he never really practiced medicine, at least not in the traditional sense.  To put it bluntly, he's the consummate career bureaucrat and has been for over five decades.

Rand Paul: 'Little Dictator' Fauci 'acts like an ignoramus every day' over masks.  The COVID-19 pandemic may be nearing an end, but the war of words between Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci doesn't appear to be stopping anytime soon.  "He probably has the highest IQ for someone who actually acts like an ignoramus every day of the week," Paul said of the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Friday in an appearance on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle."  What set Paul off this time was Fauci's statement in a recent MSNBC interview that while vaccinated parents and children don't have to wear masks in their home, "when a child is outside and is not vaccinated and [is] interacting with other people, either in an outdoor or in an indoor setting, you want to make sure the child is masked."  "I mean, really?" Paul responded.  "Kids don't get this disease.  When they do get it, it's a mild form.  They don't transmit it well.  We've got two years worth of evidence on this.  We don't have a rash of deaths [in kids aged] 1-10, 1-18. [...]"

California Governor Newsom Using Federal COVID Bailout Money to Bail Himself Out of COVID Recall Effort.  California Governor Gavin Newsom is taking the federal COVID bailout money to new levels of manipulated intent by using the funds to bail himself out of a recall that is based on the COVID dictates he initiated.  Thus part of the reason why the highly political federal agencies lifted the COVID rules surfaces.  Politically the blue state shutdowns were backfiring, and the ramifications were getting more serious by the day.  The CDC responded to the political shift against JoeBama and lifted their mandates.  Simultaneously, Governor Newsom goes on a spending spree in California to provide bailout money to all the favored leftist causes.

Fauci: 40 to 50 Percent of His Agency's Employees Are Not Vaccinated.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said that about 40 percent of his agency's employees have not received the COVID-19 vaccine, while a deputy at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the agency is reporting similar numbers.  During a Senate hearing, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) asked Fauci, the FDA's Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Peter Marks, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky about the percentage of their employees that were vaccinated against COVID-19.  "I'm not 100 percent sure, senator," Fauci said in response, "but I think it's probably a little bit more than half.  Probably 60 percent."

This was at least three months overdue, and was waiting for the right political timing:
CDC: Fully vaccinated people can largely ditch masks indoors.  In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings.  "Today is a great day for America," President Joe Biden said during a Rose Garden address heralding the new guidance, an event where he and his staff went without masks.

What About Listening to the Science?  States and Companies Won't Commit to CDC Guidelines Granting More Freedom.  While it's encouraging that the CDC caught up with the science enough to acknowledge that "if you are fully vaccinated, you are protected," and thus has relaxed mask mandates.  That being said, Reagan acknowledged in her reporting that "Fully vaccinated individuals are still required to abide by local, state, and federal mask-wearing mandates."  Of course, but if you still wear a mask after you've been fully vaccinated, that really should be your only reason for doing so.

Doocy Schools the WH Over the Sudden Change on Masks; 'What Was the Big Breakhrough?!'  Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy went into the weekend on a bang, hammering the Biden administration during Friday's briefing about the sudden change no longer requiring vaccinated people to mask or socially distance indoors and outdoors.  Specifically, he wondered what the "big breakthrough" was since President Biden had said in March that such a change was "Neanderthal thinking."  Doocy first told Press Secretary Jen Psaki there's been "a lot of questions about the timing of the CDC's announcement yesterday," so he first wanted to know whether anyone on Team Biden had the update done out of "political reasons."

States, companies grapple with overnight change on masks.  Trader Joe's said it will allow fully vaccinated persons to go maskless in stores, while places like Home Depot, Target and Starbucks say customers should still cover up for now.  CVS and Walgreens, top pharmacies that offer the COVID-19 vaccine, haven't changed their mask policies but they're taking a second look and said they will be guided by the safety of their workers and customers.  "As a destination for COVID vaccine and testing we have decided to keep our current face-covering policy in place for the time being," said Walgreens spokesman Fraser Engerman.

Republicans Question Timing of CDC Mask Announcement.  While those on the right and left were glad to see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally follow the science and announce that vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear masks indoors in many instances, some questioned the timing of Thursday's announcement amid multiple crises, both at home and abroad.  "While the new mask guidance is encouraging, the CDC and my Far Radical Left colleagues only chose to do this to distract from the consequences of catastrophic policy decisions that have been heard around the world," said GOP Rep. Andy Biggs.  "Inflation is rising, the Middle East is in shambles, the working class can't fill up their gas tanks, our border is being overrun and the Biden Administration's leadership is nowhere to be found."

Gov. Ron DeSantis is Pardoning Anyone Who Violated Mask Mandates, Social Distancing Guidelines in Florida.  Gov. Ron DeSantis is granting clemency to Floridians who were arrested for refusing to follow or enforce mask mandates and social distancing guidelines.  "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will grant clemency Thursday to gym owners in the state who were arrested for refusing to enforce a mask mandate and social distancing protocols at their gym — and will soon pardon all other Floridians who violated local Covid-19 orders," Forbes reported.  "Former gym owner Michael Carnevale denied a plea deal in March over charges of not enforcing Broward's mask mandate," Local 10 noted.  Now, he will get reprieve from the governor.  But not just that — all Floridians who violated such COVID guidelines are being pardoned.

Stop the performative mask-wearing.  After more than a year of caution, this is wonderful news.  The pandemic is effectively over, and the credit should go to the vaccines.  Since the pandemic has become yet another political issue, there has been some vaccine hesitancy.  But 46.6% have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 35.8% are fully vaccinated.  While other nations are ahead of the United States in the race to be fully vaccinated and close to herd immunity, the country is still doing well.  Encouraging vaccines is the main goal, so there should be no behavior that appears to contradict the message.  But up until this point, too many have behaved as if vaccines would not change our pandemic trajectory.  This includes members of the Biden administration.

Mask Mandates Crumbling.  The CDC has finally bowed to reality, acknowledging that there is no reason for vaccinated people to wear masks indoors, let alone outdoors.  Call me cynical, but my guess is the polling has gone South on mask mandates.  People have had enough.  Next thing you know, Joe Biden will take off his mask to celebrate his administration's great victory over the coronavirus.  Must have been those vaccines Biden was so instrumental in developing.  As Scott [Johnson] reported this morning, Minnesota's proto-fascist governor, Tim Walz, has revoked his state's mask mandate.  His declared state of emergency remains in place, although no one can explain wherein the emergency lies.  He just likes power.

Unmask me here.  Minnesota Governor Tim "tear down this" Walz continues to hold onto his emergency powers, but he has freed us from his mask mandate as of today.  In doing so, he followed the new CDC guidance announced yesterday that those of us who have been vaccinated could go without.  Query when "the science" changed.  Oh, happy day.  Walz called a 6:00 p.m. press conference last night to make the announcement.  Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm was also on hand, but she was not fully on board.  She has mixed feelings; she continues to wring her hands.  "We don't have nearly enough people vaccinated to keep this virus suppressed," Malcolm said.  "It will come back if we don't continue to build up more vaccinations."  War is over if you want it, but Malcolm soldiers on.

Walmart to allow vaccinated shoppers, workers to go maskless.  Walmart, the world's largest retailer, said Friday that it won't require vaccinated shoppers or workers to wear a mask in its U.S. stores unless state or local laws say otherwise.  Vaccinated shoppers can go maskless immediately, the company said.  Vaccinated workers can stop wearing them on Tuesday.  As an incentive, Walmart said it is offering workers $75 if they prove they've been vaccinated.  Customers won't be asked but rather held to an "honor system" regarding their vaccination status, Walmart said.

Fauci says that only 'a little bit more than half' of his employees are vaccinated for Covid.  As the public faces escalating demands that we become test subjects for an experimental "vaccine," and "vaccine passports" loom as a method of denying rights to those who decline, it turns out that employees at Dr. Fauci's unit of the CDC, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, are not playing along enthusiastically.  The same seems to go for the FDA and the CDC as a whole. [...] Note that Fauci first said "a bit more than half," and then, perhaps thinking that this doesn't sound too good, he upped it to "probably 60%."  Usually the first answer is the truthful one.  Ask a cop.

Shouldn't the media ask common sense questions on the masks and other dictatorial edicts?  Here are some suggestions:  Since the particles for COVID 19 are a similar size to the particles from the seasonal flu shouldn't the masks have also obliterated COVID?  In the 2019-2020 flu season, the CDC estimates there were 38 million cases in seven months or around 180,000 cases per day, which is more cases than we have had from COVID in 15 months.  And we didn't have free testing sites, we didn't test people with no symptoms, and we didn't have contact tracing.  Isn't it possible that COVID 19 just replaced the seasonal flu as a new variant in the past year since they are both coronaviruses?  Could some seasonal flu cases have been assumed to be COVID 19?  Did medical providers and testing sites get more bang for the buck if they were COVID than they would have for the seasonal flu?  Why did countries and states that did not have the mask requirement also have no seasonal flu if the mask was the reason for the disappearance?

Unvaccinated kids still need to wear masks, especially indoors:  Fauci.  Unvaccinated children still need to wear masks when playing with friends, especially while indoors, Dr. Anthony Fauci insisted Thursday [5/13/2021].  The recommendation from the country's top infectious disease expert came just hours after the CDC eased its mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans, saying they can stop wearing masks and practicing social distancing in most settings.  But Fauci said in his first interview following Thursday's announcement that youngsters should continue to take precautions such as wearing a mask to protect themselves against COVID-19.

After CDC Flip-Flops, Dr. Anthony Fauci Doubles Down on Insanity.  Of course, one of the chief purveyors of the "you must stay masked even after you get vaccinated" narrative was Dr. Anthony Fauci.  He made the rounds the last several weeks preaching the gospel of minuscule infection chances and the glories of cloth face-diapers.  Given that, today's announcement left him in a bit of a pickle.  Would he admit he wasn't following the science or double down?  Well, he managed to take the most ridiculous route, insisting that children need to stay masked up even after the adults and older children around them have been vaccinated.  This is psychotic behavior, in my opinion.

DeSantis promises blanket pardon for mask and distancing prosecutions — on air.  Ron DeSantis is the first governor to pledge a blanket pardon for violations of COVID-19 restrictions.  He won't be the last.  The Florida Republican joined Fox News host Laura Ingraham last night along with two Floridians facing misdemeanor charges and a few months in jail for not enforcing mask mandates at their gym.  DeSantis, who had lifted the statewide restrictions, called local enforcement and prosecution "total overreach," and pledged to push through the broad clemency order that would yank the issue away from local jurisdictions altogether.

CCP Virus Deaths Hit 10-Month Low in the United States.  CCP virus fatalities in the United States have dropped to an average of around 625 per day, lows not seen since last summer's trough that was followed by a deadly resurge that peaked in January with an average of some 3,740 daily deaths.  White House senior advisor for the COVID-19 response, Andy Slavitt, told a press briefing Thursday that various outbreak metrics were showing improvement.  "Our progress has been steady, and it's beginning to take hold.  Case counts, hospitalizations, deaths ... virtually every metric is now improving consistently and in most of the country," he said.  Confirmed infections have fallen to about 36,600 per day on average, their lowest mark since mid-September.

Why Does Thailand Have Such a Low Incidence of COVID-19 Deaths?  In the following video a doctor who specializes in infectious diseases for a major group of hospitals in Thailand explains why the country has so few deaths from the Wuhan Coronavirus compared with most other countries.  [Video clip, transcript.]

Top scientists call for deeper inquiry into COVID-19 origins.  More scientists are calling for a deeper investigation into the origin of the coronavirus as key questions about where the pathogen came from remain unanswered.  In a letter published Thursday [5/13/2021] in the academic journal Science, an international group of 18 prominent biologists, immunologists and others called for a new and truly independent investigation of all possible origins of the virus, including the theory that a laboratory accident released the coronavirus in Wuhan, China.

Joe and Kamala take all the credit as they finally announce it's time to ditch the masks [...] if you've had your shots.  President Joe Biden told Americans who have their full COVID vaccine to remove their face masks and his wife Jill, visiting West Virginia, did just that.  'If you're fully vaccinated, take your mask off.  You've earned the right to do something that Americans are known for all around the world, greeting others with a smile,' President Biden said during remarks in the White House Rose Garden.  And a maskless first lady was all smiles when she stepped off her plane in Charleston, W. Va., on Thursday [5/13/2021], one of the first to appear in public without a face covering after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced their new guidelines.

Joe Biden Unveils His Big Distraction.  [Scroll down]  Yeah, it hasn't been a good week.  That meant that a distraction was needed.  Enter today's CDC guidance changes.  [Tweet]  Now, to be clear, the above guidance still spits in the face of science.  There is no evidence that large outdoor gatherings like sporting events are dangerous.  In fact, we have overwhelming data that shows spread is basically non-existent in those settings.  The same is true for a variety of things listed above that non-vaccinated people are supposed to wear a mask for.  In fact, the CDC's own data pointedly shows that masks essentially don't work, with them only finding a 1% chance in infections between masked mandated and non-mask mandated areas.  Regardless, this change in guidance is a sharp turn from where the CDC was just a few weeks ago.

No, Really, Why Is Joe Biden Wearing His Mask Around Other Vaccinated People?  In the Oval Office today, while doing a brief appearance before the cameras, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi all wore masks and sat very deliberately spaced apart — if not six feet apart, then as close to that distance as possible.  Every elected official in that room was vaccinated months ago and is considered fully vaccinated.  Their immune systems are as prepared for an encounter with SARS-CoV-2 as they can get. [...] When will it be considered safe for Joe Biden to be unmasked in the Oval Office?  Will it ever?

CDC Education Guidelines are a Disaster for Children.  The latest CDC guidelines for education will put America's children even further behind the rest of the world in basic learning.  Teachers have long known how important it is for children to learn together.  After ordering schools closed for over a year, the CDC is finally allowing them to be reopened.  Yet now, the CDC is pressuring schools to arrange classrooms so that all the pupils are "socially distanced" as well as masked and — it is suggested — also shielded from one another, as well as from their teacher.  Shall we now throw out the window everything we know about child development in favor of social correctness?

Sounding a Bit Like a Dictator There, Joe Biden.  The CDC has finally basically admitted that if you're vaccinated, you don't need to be wearing a mask.  [Tweet]  Now this has seemed fairly logical for awhile to anyone who understands science.  But apparently not to the Biden team, who kept wearing masks despite everyone being vaccinated.  [Tweet]  As we reported earlier today, CNN asked White House adviser Andy Slavitt why they kept doing this, seemingly sending mixed signals to the American people?  Slavitt's response?  Biden is a "very important man."  Alrighty now.  So because he's so "important,' he'll just keep doing something that makes no sense?  What kind of sense does that make?  But despite not being clear in his own actions, Biden was out trying to spread the vaccination message again today, but sounding pretty dictatorial in the process.  [Tweet]

Andrew Cuomo defies CDC guidance, orders New Yorkers to keep masks on.  From the man who seeded nursing homes with COVID patients under penalty of law, we now hear from him to keep our masks on, breathing our own germs over and over, and never mind what the Centers for Disease Control says. [...] Places like Texas and Florida have long dropped their mask mandates and seen positive results, but Cuomo clings to the old mask and lockdown culture, even when the leftist CDC says 'don't.'  In New York City's case, his logic is particularly absurd.  New York City residents have been riding that tight-packed subway for more than a year in this pandemic, a system so packed no mask is ever going to help.  The city saw a giant COVID surge at the beginning of the pandemic, quite likely as a result of this, and then suddenly, a lot less, becoming one of the first cities in the country to show evidence of herd immunity after all that riding.

Bill de Blasio pitches free burgers, fries with COVID-19 shot: 'Mmmm, Vaccination.  Mmmm'.  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a plan for getting the Big Apple fully vaccinated: french fries and burgers.  The Democrat touted a partnership with Shake Shack that uses greasy treats to get people in line for COVID-19 shots.  "I want you to look at this and think about, again, some people love hamburgers, some don't.  I really want to respect all ways of life, but if this is appealing to you, just think of this when you think of vaccination," Mr. de Blasio said during a Thursday [5/13/2021] press conference.

Drew Holden offers up a thread explaining how Rebekah Jones's grift went on for so long.  As Twitchy reported earlier Thursday [5/13/2021], Charles C. W. Cooke wrote a must-read exposé on Rebekah Jones, the fired data scientist and alleged felon in Florida who continues to claim that Gov. Ron DeSantis has been hiding the true death toll from COVID-19 in the state.  Drew Holden has picked up on Cooke's piece and pulled the receipts of all the media outlets that let Jones's grift go on for so long.

New York Yankees have seven cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated coaches and staff.  The New York Yankees now have seven confirmed cases of coronavirus among coaches and staff — a surprising fact given that all of the infected personnel have been vaccinated.  Pitching coach Matt Blake was the latest to be diagnosed with COVID-19, following third-base coach Phil Nevin, first-base coach Reggie Willits, and four unidentified staffers.  All seven received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which requires only a single shot, as opposed to the two-injection vaccines from pharmaceutical companies like Moderna and Pfizer.  New York shortstop Gleyber Torres has not tested positive, but was held out of Wednesday's [5/12/2021] 1-0 win in Tampa out of an 'abundance of caution,' according to manager Aaron Boone.

Tucker Carlson Torches Biden's Mask 'Ultimatum'.  President Joe Biden's declaration Thursday that the unvaccinated would have to continue wearing masks didn't sit well with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who made it abundantly clear that such an "ultimatum" was not "within his powers to demand."  Biden, responding to the Centers for Disease Control's announcement Thursday that vaccinated individuals would no longer need to mask up even in indoor settings, tweeted what he considered a "simple" choice for Americans.  "The rule is now simple:  get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do," Biden (or whoever handles his social media account) wrote.  "The choice is yours."

Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn't.  This is a story about Rebekah Jones, a former dashboard manager at the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), who has single-handedly managed to convince millions of Americans that Governor Ron DeSantis has been fudging the state's COVID-19 data.  When I write "single-handedly," I mean it, for Jones is not one of the people who have advanced this conspiracy theory but rather is the person who has advanced this conspiracy theory.  It has been repeated by others, sure:  by partisans across the Internet, by unscrupulous Florida Democrats such as Nikki Fried and Charlie Crist, and on television, by MSNBC in particular.  But it flows from a single place:  Rebekah Jones.  To understand that is to understand the whole game.  This is about Jones, and Jones alone.  If she falls, it falls.

Let's demand a recount... of COVID deaths.  America counts COVID-19 deaths differently from other countries.  According to Dr. Deborah Birx, speaking at the start of the pandemic, "if someone dies with COVID-19, we are counting that as a COVID-19 death."  However, we must acknowledge that there is a difference between dying from COVID-19 and dying with COVID-19.  This is a familiar uncertainty for doctors during the winter flu season.  In most states, 40-60% of the people dying of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are elderly persons with multiple medical problems who live in nursing homes.  A portion of this same cohort dies every year from the seasonal influenza virus.  When that happens, did the flu kill them or their cancer, heart failure, strokes, or liver problems?  Doctors use their best judgment to fill out the death certificate correctly, but they do not categorize all of them as "flu" deaths.  According to the CDC, only 6% of those who died with the COVID-19 infection had no other pre-existing health conditions.  The other 94% had an average of four medical conditions already affecting their health.

They lie — they overplayed COVID dangers then and underplay COVID inflation now.  Early in the pandemic, Dr. Fauci said, "there's no reason to be walking around wearing a mask."  He said masks might cause more harm than good.  In the kind of pirouette for which he's now famous, Fauci later told us all to wear masks indoors and out.  Fauci himself starting wearing two at a time.  (Why not three?)  His baffled boss, Joe Biden, wears them for Zoom calls — even though he's been fully vaccinated.  As it turned out, Fauci lied about his reason for initially telling us not to wear masks.  The real reason was that he wanted to save them for doctors such as himself. [...] But lying is not the way to manage grownups.  Fauci should have explained that masks are probably effective to some degree, but that for a few weeks we needed to save them for front-line health workers who were in daily contact with the virus.  Then there were the apocalyptic COVID predictions.  Real scientists knew all along that COVID was very selective in its victims.  It seldom struck people under 60 and rarely killed them.  For young people, COVID remains less dangerous than the flu.  But we weren't told that.  Instead, as in the case of the masks, they lied in order to manipulate behavior.  The behavior they wanted was isolation and lockdowns, and so they deliberately scared people.

What is causing COVID-19 deaths to spike in India?  There has been much news coverage of the rising COVID-19 deaths in India.  Our World in Data reports as of May 9th, the seven-day average daily deaths in India had reached 3,829.  This is an alarming number, but India has a population of 1.4 billion people. [...] India's sustained low death rate for most of the pandemic was most likely because they authorized the widespread use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) at the onset; both as a prophylactic and for when symptoms first develop.  Of course, India has a major advantage since it produces nearly three-quarters of the world's supply of HCQ.  Neither the U.S. nor Brazil allowed comparable widespread use of HCQ.  With HCQ still widely available in India, something else must have changed to bring about the recent spike in deaths.  Did they become complacent and cease prescribing HCQ?

At what point do adverse reactions matter?  Tucker Carlson pointed out recently that some 3,700 people in the US who have received the COVID vaccine died shortly after receiving it.  He gets his data from the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS).  He also pointed out that about an average of 100 people dies each year from the flu vaccine.  He added that, after receiving the COVID vaccine, there were "...nearly 900 non-fatal heart attacks in people who just received the shot.  2,700 people reported unexplained chest pain.  In all, the vaccine, according to the government reporting system, appears to have contributed to at least 8,000 hospitalizations."  Just looking at deaths, this means that about 35 per million (.0037%) COVID vaccinated Americans will die, as opposed to less than 1 per million (.0001%) who die from the flu vaccine.  Admittedly, these numbers are both very small, but they are significantly different from each other.  They indicate that a person is 53 times more likely to die from the COVID vaccine than the flu vaccine.

Yankees have two more 'breakthrough' COVID-19 cases.  The Yankees are dealing with a COVID outbreak on their coaching and support staff, with three confirmed cases.  Third base coach Phil Nevin and first base coach Reggie Willits and an unspecified support staff member tested positive, the team announced Tuesday.  All three cases are considered "breakthrough positives," since they had been fully vaccinated.  Manager Aaron Boone said there are other staff members and coaches "still pending," and some staff members had been sent home.  Nevin was under quarantine in Tampa.

This Is Why Fauci Needed to Go.  Last week there was a very long, but explosive and illuminating article, published first at Medium and later republished by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, on the source of the Wuhan virus.  It was written by Nicholas Wade, the former science correspondent of the New York Times and a 30-year veteran of journalism on the subject, and it makes a quite forceful case that the COVID-19 virus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  There's a bit of science jargon in it, but a layman shouldn't have too much trouble deciphering this:  ["]It's documented that researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were doing gain-of-function experiments designed to make coronaviruses infect human cells and humanized mice.  This is exactly the kind of experiment from which a SARS2-like virus could have emerged.  The researchers were not vaccinated against the viruses under study, and they were working in the minimal safety conditions of a BSL2 laboratory.  So escape of a virus would not be at all surprising.  In all of China, the pandemic broke out on the doorstep of the Wuhan institute.["]

Ask yourself why these incentives are necessary.
Ohio governor introduces $1M vaccine lottery.  Ohio governor Mike DeWine introduced Wednesday [5/12/2021] a state lottery to motivate residents of the Buckeye state to get vaccinated.  The drawing is open to adults who have received at least their first dose of the vaccine.  "This announcement will occur each Wednesday for five weeks, and the winner each Wednesday will receive one million dollars," he tweeted.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Changes Definition of "Anti-vaxxer" in Chilling Orwellian Move.  Big Tech has been working furiously to obliterate the conversation coming from half the country for the last year or so and after the 2020 election madness.  The progressive left did not count on one man igniting so much passion and pushback against the status quo among so many people.  Trump is worthy of much criticism, but one thing that can be said about him is that he made a lot of average Americans feel very powerful, and that was a feeling they were not willing to give up even after his loss.  The progressive left does not like that.  The only way to make sure another Trump doesn't come along to remind people of their own power is to eliminate those people altogether.  Since genocide is largely frowned upon in this country, the powers that be (for now) have taken the less violent but equally creepy path of silencing any dissenting language.  From removing Trump from social media to having their own competition deplatformed to banning the accounts of conservative outlets, Big Tech has been making big moves to end free thought in public altogether.

COVID and the Loss of Common Sense.  Fourteen months into the pandemic and so many persist in their immunity to any hint of commonsense, risk and cost / benefit analysis — common skills in ever day life — despite a mother lode of data that show our reactions remain disproportionate to the attack.  The examples are legion and stunning.  On August 7th, 2020 over 400,000 mask-less, non-distancing bikers descended on Sturgis, SD (population 7,000) for nine days.  Supposedly, this was an epidemiologist's nightmare of catastrophic magnitude, the rally was condemned by all as wholly irresponsible, predicting consequent illness and death for thousands — the mother of all super-spreaders.  It's worth taking a moment to grasp the significance of the numbers involved.  The largest stadiums in the world hold a bit over 100,000 people.  Additionally, South Dakota never pulled the lock down trigger and was therefore ripe for carnage.  To date, Meade County (Sturgis) has reported thirty deaths — over the last fourteen months.  But the fear mongers persist:  "They came, shared, and took the virus home with them causing death everywhere else."

The New York Times just won't quit its dishonest COVID fearmongering.  We first called attention to the Times' blatant fear-mongering three months ago, but it's only gotten more obnoxiously alarmist since then, even as the vaccines clearly have the virus on the run.  The Times' hysterical, out-of-date claims of "very high risk" in the Big Apple are prominently featured every day near the top of the paper's online home page.  (It's usually under the header "Covid-19 risk in your area.")  It persists in Orwellian-scale falsehoods despite the swelling tide of progress that's evident to any New Yorker able to read.  The facts are these:  Our daily positivity rate has fallen from nearly 9 percent in February to lows unseen since October — 2.01 percent as of May 8 and falling, as per city Department of Health data.  The state found a scant 1.29 percent for the five boroughs (the city and state use different methodologies to come up with their numbers).

Sen. Rand Paul has Anthony Fauci dead to rights on the charge of sending taxpayer money to the Wuhan virus lab.  [Thread reader]  From 2014 to July 13, 2020 (!), NIAID sent $3.75 million to EcoHealth Alliance to study "bat coronavirus emergence."  EHA then sent $600k of that to the Wuhan lab. [...] Let's take a look at what was done with Fauci's grants to EcoHealthAlliance/Wuhan: "[W]e constructed an infectious clone" of a SARS-like bat coronavirus.  That is the literal definition of "gain-of-function" genetic research.  [Link]  We know that research was funded by Fauci and NIAID because it explicitly says it was funded by the same NIAID grant listed here at USASpending.  [Link]  The lead researcher who received the Fauci grants from NIAID via EcoHealth Alliance even admitted in his own hand that he would be conducting gain-of-function research by engineering infectious strands of cloned SARS-like bat coronaviruses.  [Link]

Dr. Fauci Dismisses Question About Gain-Of-Function Research From Sen. Rand Paul:  "Completely Incorrect".  During a Senate Health Committee hearing Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul asked Dr. Anthony Fauci about the National Institute of Health's involvement in funding gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan bio-lab in China.  Fauci said we do not "now" fund such research and explained why it was done in the past.  "We don't know whether the pandemic started in a lab in Wuhan or evolved naturally, but we should want to know," Paul said.  "To arrive at the truth, the U.S. government should admit that the Wuhan Virology Institute was experimenting to enhance the coronavirus's ability to infect humans... This gain-of-function research has been funded by the NIH.  The collaboration between the U.S. and the Wuhan Virology Institute continues."

Rand Paul Nukes Dr Fauci From Space Over His Support Of Wuhan Lab That Infected The World With COVID.  Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday admitted that COVID-19 could have originated in a lab in Wuhan, China — and acknowledged there should be further investigation into the possibility.  The nation's top infectious disease doc made the acknowledgment on Capitol Hill while getting grilled by US senators — including Republican Rand Paul, who heatedly butted heads with him over alleged government funding of the lab.  [Video clip]

DeVos: Teachers' Unions 'Play Politics with Kids' Lives'.  Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos joined The Story with Martha MacCallum Tuesday [5/11/2021] to sound off on extended school closures and respond to Monday's remarks by president of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten.  In a Monday interview with MacCallum, Weingarten tried to blame the Trump administration for months of extended school closures and distance learning in the name of COVID safety.  DeVos responded on Tuesday, calling Weingarten's attempt to pass the buck "an outright lie," adding the Trump administration "knew last spring that it was safe for kids to be back in school."  DeVos didn't mince words when it came to evaluating the state of play for America's students through the beginning of the Biden administration:  "We have failed kids across this country.  I worry for the future of the country when this is how we're treating the most valuable asset we have, our children, they're our future.  It's just been heartbreaking to hear some of these stories, to see some of these things first hand.  There is no excuse."

"Where's the plan?" World — and insiders — losing patience with Biden on vaccines.  Plan?  Did the Washington Post forget whose administration this is?  Joe Biden has managed the COVID-19 fight in the same manner that he handled immigration — by issuing statements raising expectations, then providing no plan on how to meet his expressed goals.  Thus far, Biden's skated by on the pandemic by following the Trump administration's playbook while complaining about it publicly.  Now, however, the rest of the world wonders where Biden's promised assistance is.  And for that matter, so do members of his own administration.

Gov. DeSantis Leads the Way:  "These Kids Do Not Need to Be Wearing Masks".  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is a hero.  Governor DeSantis is leading the way and defending Floridians from the Communism that is creeping in under the guise of Covid restrictions and protocols.  DeSantis said that it's time to unmask the children.  "These kids do not need to be wearing these masks," DeSantis said Tuesday.  "We need to let them be kids and let them act normally and that's what should be the case in the fall throughout the school year!"

Tucker Carlson attacks St. Fauci's role in the genesis of the Covid pandemic.  "More than any other single living American, Tony Fauci is responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic."  With these bold words, the most popular commentator on cable news threw down the gauntlet on a man all but sainted by the corporate media.  Drawing on the work of Nicholas Wade, who for decades edited the Science section of the New York Times, Tucker pointed out that Dr. Anthony Fauci (the highest-paid employee of the federal government) personally overrode a federal ban on gain of function research that makes pathogens more deadly and more transmissible, and funded such research at a facility linked to the Chinese military.

White House Occupant Reads Teleprompter, Desperately Attempting to Spin Horrific Policy Outcomes.  The White House occupant appeared today [5/10/2021] to deliver remarks on some key issues that are catastrophic to the long-term goals of the leftist administration.  First, let's be clear; there's no-way the Chicago control agents would allow the installed occupant to speak on any issue, publicly, that was not a direct and measurable threat to their long-term goals.  The remarks today by Joe Biden are carefully scripted to diffuse political damage that is pending as a direct outcome of the executed policies. [...] The vaccination issue is a toxic problem as people start to realize the government is talking out of both sides of its mouth.  At the same time the Chicago crew is using every narrative distribution network to push the vaccine, claiming it is safe, OSHA is telling employers that all mandated vaccination side-effects must be recorded as "workplace injuries".  If the un-tested, non-FDA approved vaccine is safe, then why are employers being held liable for vaccine side-effects?

Origin of Covid — Following the Clues.  [Scroll down]  Neither the natural emergence nor the lab escape hypothesis can yet be ruled out.  There is still no direct evidence for either.  So no definitive conclusion can be reached.  That said, the available evidence leans more strongly in one direction than the other.  Readers will form their own opinion.  But it seems to me that proponents of lab escape can explain all the available facts about SARS2 considerably more easily than can those who favor natural emergence.  It's documented that researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were doing gain-of-function experiments designed to make coronaviruses infect human cells and humanized mice.  This is exactly the kind of experiment from which a SARS2-like virus could have emerged.  The researchers were not vaccinated against the viruses under study, and they were working in the minimal safety conditions of a BSL2 laboratory.  So escape of a virus would not be at all surprising.  In all of China, the pandemic broke out on the doorstep of the Wuhan institute.  The virus was already well adapted to humans, as expected for a virus grown in humanized mice.  It possessed an unusual enhancement, a furin cleavage site, which is not possessed by any other known SARS-related beta-coronavirus, and this site included a double arginine codon also unknown among beta-coronaviruses.  What more evidence could you want, aside from the presently unobtainable lab records documenting SARS2's creation?

CDC risk of coronavirus transmission outdoors greatly exaggerated, bombshell report finds.  A stunning New York Times report claims that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's estimate that the risk of coronavirus transmission while outdoors is around 10% is greatly exaggerated.  The CDC has cited the estimate to back up its recommendation that vaccinated individuals do away with masks in certain outdoor situations, but should keep wearing masks during others.  According to the Times, the 10% benchmark is based "partly on a misclassification" of some virus transmission in Singapore at various construction sites that may have actually taken place in indoor settings.  Singapore also classified settings that were a mix of indoors and outdoors as outdoors, including construction building sites, the outlet reported.

Just 11 percent of unvaccinated Americans say they will definitely get a shot: poll.  Only 11 percent of those who have not been vaccinated for COVID-19 say they will definitely do so, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released Tuesday [5/11/2021].  Thirty-five percent of Americans surveyed said they have not received a COVID-19 vaccine compared to 64 percent who said they have.  Of those respondents who haven't been vaccinated, 38 percent indicated that they would get a vaccine, but only 11 percent of that group said they will "definitely" get inoculated compared to 27 percent who said they "probably" will.

Starting a Pandemic in Order to Prevent One.  "China was preparing for a Third World War with biological weapons — including coronavirus — SIX years ago, according to dossier produced by the People's Liberation Army in 2015 and uncovered by the US State Department," the Daily Mail reported. [...] If so it creates a disturbing context for the present outbreak.  This doesn't mean that the pandemic was deliberately started by Beijing.  It could have happened accidentally not just in China, but in Russia, the United States, Europe or a half-dozen other countries.

Rand Paul clashes with Fauci:  Didn't your agency fund gain of function research in connection with the Wuhan virology institute?  If you're coming to this fresh, you'll be lost.  If you watched Tucker Carlson talk about it last night, you'll be better prepared.  And if you read this magisterial analysis by science writer Nicholas Wade a few days ago, you'll be really prepared.  I'll sum up as best I can:  The NIH, which Fauci's agency is a part of, has given grants in the past to a nonprofit called EcoHealth Alliance, which hunts emerging viruses.  Among the places where they do research is China.  Of the $3.7 million EcoHealth received from NIH before 2019, $76,000 per year was given to — ta da — the Wuhan Institute of Virology for its research on bat viruses.  So, while it's apparently true that the Wuhan lab didn't receive money *directly* from NIH, some of NIH's money ended up in their coffers via EcoHealth Alliance as the middleman.

McDonald's introduces redesigned coffee cups to share COVID vaccine information.  McDonald's will soon be serving up support for the COVID-19 vaccine along with its coffee.  The popular fast-food chain will start in July to serve McCafé cups that feature the "We Can Do This" slogan, which was introduced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to increase awareness and share information about the vaccinations.  The cups will also encourage people to visit vaccine.gov for more information as part of the restaurant's partnership with the Biden Administration.

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Why must every product and every purchase be politicized?

The Liberals Who Can't Quit Lockdown.  In surveys, Democrats express more worry about the pandemic than Republicans do.  People who describe themselves as "very liberal" are distinctly anxious.  This spring, after the vaccine rollout had started, a third of very liberal people were "very concerned" about becoming seriously ill from COVID-19, compared with a quarter of both liberals and moderates, according to a study conducted by the University of North Carolina political scientist Marc Hetherington.  And 43 percent of very liberal respondents believed that getting the coronavirus would have a "very bad" effect on their life, compared with a third of liberals and moderates.

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The explanation might be very simple:  I suspect Democrats watch television — especially MSNBC and CNN — more than Republicans.  I also suspect they seldom question what they hear on TV; and being godless humanists, they are far more susceptible to the fear that television spreads daily.

Professor Explains Flaw in Many Models Used for COVID-19 Lockdown Policies.  Economics professor Doug Allen wanted to know why so many early models used to create COVID-19 lockdown policies turned out to be highly incorrect.  What he found was that a great majority were based on false assumptions and "tended to over-estimate the benefits and under-estimate the costs."  He found it troubling that policies such as total lockdowns were based on those models.  "They were built on a set of assumptions.  Those assumptions turned out to be really important, and the models are very sensitive to them, and they turn out to be false," said Allen, the Burnaby Mountain Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University, in an interview.  Allen says most of the early cost-benefit studies that he reviewed didn't try to distinguish between mandated and voluntary changes in people's behaviour in the face of a pandemic.  Rather, they just assumed an exponential growth of cases of infection day after day until herd immunity is reached.

A Plague of Politicians.  It is becoming clearer each day that the global imposition of lockdowns in the name of fighting COVID-19 has been one of the greatest political, economic, and social blunders of the decade, and perhaps even the century.  Yet many leaders across the world continue to mandate existing lockdowns and even impose new ones in vain attempts to curb the spread of COVID in their populations.  Originally opposed as an ineffective measure by nearly every epidemiologist worldwide, leaders across the globe followed, in monkey-see, monkey-do fashion, the example of China when it locked down the city of Wuhan and a few nearby areas.  Aping the act of a totalitarian regime, leaders of liberal democracies across the world implemented lockdowns in what seemed to them, if to no one else, a good idea at the time.  Sold as "two weeks to flatten the curve," lockdowns have continued for over a year, despite great evidence that the only curve flattening that happened was the curve of economic prosperity, and boy, were lockdowns effective at flattening that.

U.S. authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine for children 12 to 15.  U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 and said they could begin receiving shots as soon as Thursday [5/13/2021], widening the country's inoculation program as vaccination rates have slowed significantly.

When Will Biden Apologize For His 'Neanderthal' Smear?  More than two months ago, President Joe Biden, using a slur a Republican could never get away with, criticized the decisions by red state governors to lift mask-wearing mandates and reopen.  He not only insulted the people of those states, he was wrong.  So where's his apology?  On March 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbot [sic] and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, both Republicans, not only lifted their states' mask rules, they also killed business capacity limits.  The next day, Biden, who seems to be as devoted to his mask as an infant is to a pacifier, felt it appropriate to compare Texans and Mississippians to cavemen.  "The last thing — the last thing — we need is the Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, everything's fine, take off your mask," said Biden, whose cerebral activity has failed to live up to his lifetime of flap-jawed bragging about his intelligence.

'Things Fall Apart' With No End in Sight.  [Scroll down]  Speaking of COVID — caused by the CCP virus, which most independent authorities now agree was hatched somewhere in a lab in Wuhan — the practically state-run media is now openly fretting that vaccination rates are leveling off as Americans begin to ask themselves whether they want to voluntarily take part in the biggest real-time laboratory experiment in history.  And now the FDA has authorized the Pfizer vaccine for use on children aged 12-15 — a group that is essentially immune to COVID-19 anyway, while Washington — in collaboration, National-Socialist-style with its media, tech, and corporate lackeys — will soon turn to vaccine passports, brothers under the skin of the old Soviet system of internal passports.

Talladega Superspeedway offering free laps to those who receive COVID-19 vaccine on site.  On Saturday [5/15/2021], the Talladega Superspeedway will be hosting a free drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination and testing site from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.  All participants will be asked to review educational material about COVID-19 vaccine and sign a consent form.  Vaccines will be administered by members of the Alabama National Guard, with a public health nurse present.  After receiving the vaccine, people will wait 15 minutes to be observed for any rare allergic reactions.  Registration is not required, but encouraged.

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Bans Coronavirus Vaccine Passports.  Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) issued a directive on Friday barring state officials from requiring people to receive a Chinese coronavirus vaccine before they use state property or services.  "Vaccine passport programs have the potential to politicize a decision that should not be politicized," Gordon said in a statement.  "They would divide our citizens at a time when unity in fighting the virus is essential, and harm those who are medically unable to receive the vaccine."

Seychelles, the World's Most Vaccinated Nation, Sees Renewed Covid-19 Surge.  Seychelles, which has vaccinated a higher proportion of its population against coronavirus than any other country, is struggling to contain a new surge in Covid-19 infections, raising questions about the effectiveness of a Chinese shot the island nation has administered to the majority of its vaccinated residents.  In recent days, a rush of patients seeking treatment has overwhelmed the Seychelles's sole coronavirus treatment center, as the pristine archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean battles its worst wave of infections, according to the health ministry.  The daily rate of Covid-19 symptomatic infections has jumped to more than 300 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 8,172 and forcing the government to reinstitute lockdown measures.

Professor Explains Flaw in Many Models Used for COVID-19 Lockdown Policies.  Economics professor Doug Allen wanted to know why so many early models used to create COVID-19 lockdown policies turned out to be highly incorrect.  What he found was that a great majority were based on false assumptions and "tended to over-estimate the benefits and under-estimate the costs."  He found it troubling that policies such as total lockdowns were based on those models.  "They were built on a set of assumptions.  Those assumptions turned out to be really important, and the models are very sensitive to them, and they turn out to be false," said Allen, the Burnaby Mountain Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University, in an interview.  Allen says most of the early cost-benefit studies that he reviewed didn't try to distinguish between mandated and voluntary changes in people's behaviour in the face of a pandemic.  Rather, they just assumed an exponential growth of cases of infection day after day until herd immunity is reached.

University of Iowa College Republicans Temporarily Suspended For Chalking Outside Without Face Masks.  The University of Iowa's College Republicans were temporarily suspended for chalking outside on campus without face masks on.  On the evening of May 4, the College Republicans congregated outside to "chalk" slogans on the university's sidewalks.  The student organization — following university protocols — wrote slogans such as "Unborn Lives Matter," "Jesus Loves You," and "Blue Lives Matter," among others.  [Photos]  The next morning, the university's Office of Student Accountability emailed College Republican President Makenzie Jones informing her that the club had been placed on an "interim suspension" following reports that club members were not masked outside.

Tapper presses White House official on why fully vaccinated people need to continue wearing masks.  CNN's Jake Tapper pressed the White House COVID-19 response coordinator on why people need to continue wearing masks when they are fully vaccinated.  "Is it really necessary for a fully vaccinated person to wear a mask at a limited indoor gathering if everyone there is vaccinated?" Tapper asked Jeff Zients Sunday [5/9/2021] on State of the Union, pointing to events where Joe Biden meets with journalists while wearing a mask.  Zients cited health-safety guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advising people, even those who are vaccinated, to exercise caution.

What's Behind Masks in Cars and Other COVID-19 Insanity.  If you wanted to teach a class on how to cause confusion and distrust, you would follow the U.S. government's coronavirus playbook.  A lot has been written about the historically low levels of trust Americans have in their leaders and institutions.  There's been less analysis on what happens when a government has no faith in its own citizens.  We are seeing the results today.  From the start of the pandemic, health authorities have chosen gamesmanship over honesty.  That has resulted in muddled and inconsistent messaging from national leaders.  The end result is a broken country of citizens at one another's throats.

Fauci Says COVID Deaths Undercounted, Seasonal Mask-Wearing 'Quite Possible'.  U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci gave a gloomy forecast on Mother's Day.  That wearing a mask could become a seasonal mandate.  Speaking on NBC News Meet the Press on Sunday, Fauci said it is "quite possible" that we could see seasonal mask-wearing.  Fauci cited Australia as an example for allegedly having a mild flu season due to diligent mask-wearing.  "It is conceivable that in a year or two, that during certain seasonal periods with respiratory-borne diseases, people might elect to wear masks," he said.

Healthy 17-year-old boy gets blood clots in brain after COVID vaccine.  A mother in Utah is warning parents about the possible dangers of COVID-19 vaccines after her 17-year-old, basketball-playing son got a shot and developed three blood clots in and near his brain. [...] The mother is Cherie Romney of Draper, Utah.  "The hardest thing was I let him get that shot.  And he was healthy and well before," she told the station.  "But you question it, you can't help but question it when it all goes wrong."  The report said that playing basketball could have aggravated the swelling caused by the vaccine.  Everest Romney, 17, felt his neck swell the day after his COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine shot and he then experienced severe headaches, the report said.

Why Can't We Question COVID's Origins?  Recall back to the beginning of the COVID pandemic and discussion were had about the origins of the virus.  Was it naturally occurring, coming from an infected bat sold in a wet-market in China, or was it created in a lab and leaked whether on purpose or accidentally?  At the time, the ladder was sharply considered a conspiracy theory, and if you ask most people today, inevitably including fact checkers, they will tell you this is true — COVID coming from a lab is a mere conspiracy theory.  But still today, many don't agree with this hypothesis.

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That sounds like the opening paragraph of a thoughtful article; but no, it is the entire article.

Former FDA Boss Tells CBS It's Time to End Mask Mandates in 'Wholesale Fashion'.  In a welcomed Mother's Day gift on Sunday's [5/9/2021] Face the Nation, former FDA commissioner and Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb called for the end of outdoor and INDOOR mask mandates in a "wholesale fashion" since the country was well on its way to getting over the COVID pandemic.  He argued that "the public has to trust that public health officials are going to lift these restrictions as quickly as they put them in place as the conditions improve" as a way to "maintain our integrity."  Interestingly, Gottlieb was teed up to deliver his message by fill-in CBS moderator John Dickerson.  "Every time we talk, we talk about where things are and then you kind of tell us where things are going to be," Dickerson prefaced.  "Your feeling now about maybe changing those mandates for indoor masks.  You think they should be lifted do you?"  Noting that "COVID won't disappear" and "we're going to have to learn to live with it," Gottlieb pointed out the fact that "the risk is substantially reduced as a result of vaccination, as a result of immunity that people have required there prior infection."

Evidence Reveals That Military Team Collaborated With Lab in City Where COVID-19 Pandemic Originated.  The Chinese regime has said its controversial virology institute had no relationship with the military, but the institute worked with military leaders on a government-sponsored project for years.  The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) participated in a project, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) — a regime-funded scientific research institution — from 2012 to 2018.  The project team comprised five military and civil experts, who conducted research at WIV labs, military labs, and other civil labs leading to "the discovery of animal pathogens [biological agents that causes disease] in wild animals."  The WIV is located in central China's Wuhan City, the COVID-19 pandemic ground zero.  As an advanced virology institution, the WIV has the only P4 lab — the highest biosafety level lab — in China and the biggest repository of bat coronaviruses in Asia.  The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, is "96 percent identical at the whole-genome level to a bat coronavirus," Chinese researchers wrote in a research article published in February 2020.

Parents across the country rally against school COVID-19 protocols.  Parents throughout the country have rallied against school coronavirus mandates to push back against masks and other policies, resulting in tense scenes, some of which prompted a police presence.  On Tuesday [5/4/2021], parents from the Granite School District in Salt Lake County, Utah, erupted at a local school board meeting that later turned into a full-scale protest.  Unruly attendees repeatedly chanted "no more masks!" at the meeting while some in the crowd approached top brass in the district, forcing the gathering to a halt.  Law enforcement was alerted to the display, and police are in the process of identifying the "main aggressors" who could face legal repercussions, district spokesman Ben Horsley told WGN-TV.  The demonstration followed comments from Utah Gov. Spencer Cox who has said face coverings will be required for the next school year.  Adults have also filed a lawsuit on the matter in an effort to repeal the COVID-19 protocols.

Halt Vaccine Passports!  It is very important that people understand what is happening here.  The intention is to introduce vaccine passports everywhere.  But this is a disguise.  It's a world's first digital common-format, globally-interoperable ID system with an editable health flag (vaccinated Y or N).  It makes no one safer.  If you're vaccinated, you're protected & are not made safer by knowing others immune status.  As in Israel, you will be compelled to present a valid VaxPass in order to access defined facilities or access services.  No VaxPass, you're denied.  This system only needs 50%+ of the adult population to start up because of its huge, coercive power on the unvaccinated.  It's illegal, medical apartheid.

Dramatic Video Shows SWAT Team Arresting Pastor for 'Inciting' People to Attend Church.  It's not getting much play right now, but Canada is an absolute mess.  In some parts of the country, the tyrannical mitigation measures put in place by the government to supposedly combat COVID-19 are so bad that they'd make New York blush.  A dramatic new video has just been released by independent, conservative journalist Ezra Levant of Rebel News showing the arrest of a Christian pastor for "inciting" people to go to church.  Apparently, a SWAT team was used to arrest him after he left his church service.  The churchgoers had initially expelled the police from the church building, but they returned in force.  That led to this dramatic encounter, on what looks like a highway, where Pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother were taken into custody.  [Video clip]

Calgary police finally got their revenge against Pastor Pawlowski.  Pastor Artur Pawlowski, a resident of Calgary, Canada, has been a thorn in the flesh of Alberta Health Services (which is the equivalent of an American state's health services) since the Covid pandemic began.  Pastor Pawlowski had the temerity to believe that the Canadian Constitution meant it when it said that everyone has a fundamental freedom of conscience, religion, and peaceful assembly.  When the government tried to shut him down over a virus with an average 98% survival rate, he vociferously resisted.  The government got its revenge yesterday [5/8/2021].  Canada has been extraordinarily aggressive in policing its citizens over a virus that has a 98% survival rate.  People who have traveled overseas must stay in designated hotels, where they get abysmal service, for prices that would keep someone comfortably at the Ritz in New York, back in pre-Covid days.

Canada's War on Christians: Police Arrest Pastor for Opening Church; Mosques Operating.  Pastor Artur Pawlowski gained international attention last month for expelling officials from his church in a viral video.  A Canadian Pastor who escaped communism in Poland has been arrested for holding church services during a coronavirus lockdown in Calgary, Canada.  Earlier this month, the Muslim mayor of Calgary Naheed Nenshi called for ramping up punishments for "flagrant" coronavirus lockdown measures.  "You know, these real flagrant violators — Pastor Coates sat in jail for a month — so what do we have to do to make sure we are going after these real flagrant violators?," he asked.  [Video clip]

UMass Gives Incredible Punishment to Students Not Wearing Masks Outdoors, off Campus.  Three freshman at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have suffered a huge punishment from the college for allegedly violating the university's virus restrictions policy, according to CBS affiliate WBZ.  The three girls were at an outdoor party off-campus when they took a picture without masks on.  The picture was then posted by someone on social media.  The picture was subsequently sent to the school administration.  The girls were suspended from school and forced to take remote learning for the rest of the semester.

UMass Amherst suspends three students over maskless photo at off-campus party.  One maskless photo at an off-campus party has cost three students at UMass Amherst their entire spring semester.  The three female freshmen were attending an off-campus party when they snapped the maskless photo, which was posted on Instagram.  It's not clear when the party took place, though one student has a clover on her shirt and many students are wearing green, suggesting it could date back to St. Patrick's Day.

China was preparing for a Third World War with biological weapons — including coronavirus — six years ago, according to dossier produced by the People's Liberation Army in 2015.  Chinese scientists have been preparing for a Third World War fought with biological and genetic weapons including coronavirus for the last six years, according to a document obtained by US investigators.  The bombshell paper, accessed by the US State Department, insists they will be 'the core weapon for victory' in such a conflict, even outlining the perfect conditions to release a bioweapon, and documenting the impact it would have on 'the enemy's medical system'.  This latest evidence that Beijing considered the military potential of SARS coronaviruses from as early as 2015 has also raised fresh fears over the cause of Covid-19, with some officials still believing the virus could have escaped from a Chinese lab.

South Carolina, Montana to Stop Providing Pandemic-Related Welfare.  The states of South Carolina and Montana have both decided in recent days to put an end to their handouts of federal unemployment benefits as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, in an effort to encourage residents to return to the workforce, as per CNN.  Montana Governor Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) said in his announcement that "incentives matter, and the vast expansion of federal unemployment benefits is now doing more harm than good.  We need to incentivize Montanans to return to the workforce."  Instead, Governor Gianforte announced that the state government will be providing $1,200 checks as bonuses to every citizen who returns to work, using the state's share of the recent $1.9 trillion stimulus package to pay for it.

Waiving COVID Patents:  A Step to Socialism.  Even European countries — the most socialist ones — are refusing this proposal.  And the irony is that the European countries turned the Biden administration's suggestion away in a convention held in Oporto, Portugal about a "Pledge for a Social Europe."  The European leaders pledged to enhance the so-called "European social model" despite the fact that they had rejected the Biden administration's idea of waiving patents for the COVID-19 vaccines.  Quite ironically:  The socialist European countries rejected an idea supported by the current U.S. administration basically because...it is too radical.  Only the political parties in Europe that support regimes such as those in Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, and Communist China are cheering Biden's announcement.  Thus, Joe Biden, with this amateur and reckless move, undermined American leadership of the Free World.  This must not happen again.

Pharmacist Opens The Giant Johnson And Johnson COVID Vax Insert And What She Reveals Will Shock You.  Watch as this pharmacist opens the MASSIVE insert found inside the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine and learns two important and shocking things.  First, the insert is the size of a flag once opened, but more importantly, the entire insert is blank.  No information on safety or what chemicals and medicines are found in the actual vax.  [Video clip]

COVID Nazi And The View Host, Sunny Hostin Says Those Not Vaccinated Should Be Shunned From Society.  "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin said Monday that people who refuse to get vaccinated for COVID-19, specifically White evangelicals and Republicans, should be shunned from society.  "When you look at the folks that are not getting vaccinated, White evangelicals — 45% — say they won't get vaccinated, according to Pew Research," Ms. Hostin said on the show.  "Republicans — almost 50% of Republicans are refusing to get the vaccine.  "So we won't reach herd immunity because of those particular groups," she said.  "So I say we need to shun those who refuse to get vaccinated."  [Video clip]

Leaked Chinese document reveals a sinister plan to 'unleash' coronaviruses.  A document written by Chinese scientists and Chinese public health officials in 2015 discussed the weaponisation of SARS coronavirus, reveals the Weekend Australian.  Titled The Unnatural Origin of SARS and New Species of Man-Made Viruses as Genetic Bioweapons, the paper predicted that World War Three would be fought with biological weapons.  Released five years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it describes SARS coronaviruses as a "new era of genetic weapons" that can be "artificially manipulated into an emerging human disease virus, then weaponised and unleashed in a way never seen before".

Tucker's Vaccine Skepticism.  VAERS, a standard for doctors and organizations seeking reliable data on adverse events, including deaths, stands for Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.  Even though it has been jointly used for 30 years to monitor post-licensure safety of drugs by both the CDC and the FDA, is not 100% foolproof, in that some adverse events are not reported, thus not included in their database.  All reports are "passive" to the system, neutrally submitted, and are then evaluated via a variety of methodologies and measures by the CDC and the FDA after whatever drug has hit the market.  The public is cautioned on relying on the data's predictive or retrospective reliability:  You still won't know for sure that a particular set of adverse events were "caused" by a particular market entity.  In terms of some figures that are already established, according to VAERS:  There are over 4,100 dead in the U.S. from the shots, over 8,000 dead in Europe from the same vaccines, and more than 3,300 dead in Israel contiguous to the jabs in the arm.  Worldwide, the data say, there are somewhere between 30,000-35,000 dead reported from the inoculations, or shortly thereafter.  To be sure, reported deaths are always far fewer than the real numbers, as there are always unreported figures, unrecognized parallels, comorbidities, and so on.

Costco — Case Study In How To Lose A Customer.  My perception of Costco has now shifted from "Beneficial and positive" to "Evil and hates me".  Good luck ever shifting that back.  Customer Experience will now be with angst riding on my shoulder... with annoyance at where MY MONEY might be going to be used against me.

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The Editor and Mrs. Editor were denied entrance to Costco about a month ago, because we refused to wear face masks.  This was about a month after Governor Abbott did away with face mask requirements.  I grumbled (to the enforcer) on the way out that "I'm sure paying a lot of money every year to get thrown out of here."  Adios, Costco.

Snarky Biden snaps at reporter who asked about mask use: 'I'm worried about you'.  As his administration continues to be criticized for sending mixed messages to Americans on face mask use, President Biden snapped at a reporter Friday who asked why he wore one to a sparsely attended indoor event. [...] The remarks were in the cavernous White House East Room.  Most, if not all, of Biden's staff and most White House journalists are vaccinated.  To access White House grounds, reporters also must test negative each morning.  Biden has struggled with messaging on masks after the CDC last week said that there's no reason for vaccinated people to wear them outdoors.  Shortly after that announcement, the president stood masked on a largely empty outdoor rally stage near Atlanta as his wife introduced him.  The first lady helped plant a tree on the White House lawn the next day while masked.

Comrades, Big Pharma Creates COVID Vaccination Wristbands To Help Speed Up Checkpoint Passage.  Comrades, let it not be said the ministry of COVID compliance does not listen to the citizens.  After considering the bad optics of armbands, due to negative historic references, the government is allowing the private sector to create a modern method of compliance with vaccination protocols.  To enjoy your new freedom the COVID Ministry is working on QR Code wristbands to speed up the vaccination checkpoint scanning process.  The wristbands will be connected to a secure governmental database so you don't have to worry about your travel habits being tracked, and the governmental contractors have promised they will not use the data to monitor citizens.  The government cares about you.

Wuhan 'lab leak' coronavirus theory in focus as House Republicans demand answers.  Congressional Republicans are leading "comprehensive" investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the possibility of an "accidental" leak from a Wuhan lab.  The top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers, R-Wash., wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week requesting documents to "assist" in their investigation into the origins of COVID-19.  "As leaders on the Congressional Committee with jurisdiction over public health, we strongly support a comprehensive investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the possibility of an accidental laboratory leak," McMorris, joined by Reps.  Brett Guthrie and H. Morgan Griffith wrote.

Climate Of Fear?  Colleagues Silent On CDC Retaliation Against 'Superstar' Scientist Who Tried To Prevent Vaccine 'Pause' Disaster.  None of the 10 doctors on the committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control on COVID-19 vaccines would say if they support the CDC removing a world-leading scientist from that committee for opposing a pause that may have spooked Americans off COVID vaccination.  The Federalist contacted all of the committee's members for comment on the CDC's decision that could affect the integrity and public perception of the committee's work, as well as Americans' willingness to accept COVID vaccines, a current pressing concern for the public health agency.  None was willing to comment.  The reluctance underscores the retaliatory climate CDC communicated when it punished a "world-class" scientist who helped invent methods dramatically improving the very vaccine safety system the CDC uses today.  That story The Federalist broke received major media attention, and so has the vaccine hesitancy the agency's pause seems to have amplified.

The Wuhan-Lab Theory Is Not Far-Fetched.  Just Look at China's Reckless Rocket Program.  When the Chinese government is confronted with a problem, the regime's default setting is to deny the problem exists.  The Chinese government's official statistics would have you believe that the COVID-19 pandemic effectively ended in that country in March 2020.  The official statistics declare that the most populated country in the world, with more than 1.4 billion people, ranks 96th among all countries in cases, with just over 90,000, and 58th in deaths, with 4,636.  To believe the Chinese official numbers, the entire country has seen four people die from COVID-19 since April 2020, and that they've never had more than 1,000 active cases on any given day over the past year.  According to the Chinese government, no variant of COVID-19 has touched them in any significant way.

Major cruise line may avoid Florida after new COVID law bans asking about vaccination status.  The CEO of a major cruise line has expressed concern regarding a new law in Florida that bans businesses from asking whether employees and customers have been vaccinated against coronavirus.  "In Florida, your personal choice regarding vaccinations will be protected and no business or government entity will be able to deny you services based on your decision," Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a statement.  Senate Bill 2006, which was signed into law on Monday, also prohibits requiring any sort of COVID-19 or vaccine passports.

What about the landlords with deadbeat tenants?  What do they get?
Biden releases $21.6 billion in new aid for renters.  The administration on Friday [5/7/2021] authorized $21.6 billion for emergency rental assistance to help prevent evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Treasury Department announced.  Treasury said the money will come from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law by President Biden in February.  New guidance issued Friday said the aid "must be offered directly to renters when landlords do not accept direct payment."  The move comes after a federal judge in Washington ruled this week that an eviction moratorium imposed by the Centers for Disease Control was not authorized by federal law.  The administration is appealing that ruling.

What's Behind Vaccine Hysteria?  If you are reluctant to get the COVID vaccine and beginning to feel overrun by forces pressuring you to get vaccinated, you aren't alone and you aren't crazy.  There's a reason you feel the way you do.  You are being manipulated.  We are being bombarded with commercials pushing us to be socially responsible.  Medical professionals, celebrities, and folks in our communities admonish us not to shirk our civic duty.  Suddenly, the vaccine is the only way to normalcy.  Friends and family openly brag about their vaccinations and gasp in astonishment when they find out you haven't decided or, worse, that you will not get it.  Doctors who inquire also give that disapproving look.  The president routinely stokes fear, recently decrying the unvaccinated.  Andrew Cuomo had the gall to suggest that the unvaccinated "could kill their own grandmother."

Would a libertarian force you into COVID quarantine?  What should be the libertarian position on whether to impose quarantines to reduce the incidence of the coronavirus?  One argument is that we should do no such thing since a quarantine is equivalent to house arrest.  It is a violation of our rights to bodily integrity, and in this case, it is imposed upon people who have not committed any crime whatsoever.  On the other hand, we cannot allow the "Typhoid Marys" of the day to spread their diseases, even if they lack any vestige of mens rea.  We have to protect ourselves in any case, and forced quarantine seems to be the only means to do so.  No, carriers of the coronavirus have not committed any crime.  However, harboring the disease and mixing among the general population can be said to constitute a threat, and the law should not be limited to prohibiting only actual invasions or trespass.  It should also proscribe threats thereof.

Dr. Joseph Mercola provides a case study in how censorship works in America.  Another chapter is being written in the book known as "I don't recognize my country anymore."  The latest entry is the leftist jihad waged against Dr. Joseph Mercola for daring to contradict the left's agreed-upon narrative about preventing and treating COVID.  Up until COVID hit, Dr. Joseph Mercola was a well respected osteopathic physician and bestselling author whose specialty was natural health — that is, maintaining good health through smart nutrition and healthy living.  Since the left was long about natural health, he was even featured in such leftist media outlets as Time, Forbes, and CNN.  With the coming of COVID, Dr. Mercola was interested in ways to ward off the virus, lessen symptoms, and even cure it.  To that end, he wrote articles about Vitamins D and C, both of which are necessary for a robust immune system, and zinc, which seems to have operated as both an immune response and an aid to recovery.  In a country dedicated to freedom of speech and the free exchange of ideas, Dr. Mercola would have been unmolested for his ideas.

Michigan Gov Sneaked off to Florida in a Billionaires' Jet and No One Seems to Care.  [Michigan] is lagging behind almost all other states around us in the Great Lakes region in how we have been dealing with the COVID-19 situation. [...] Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, for over a year, has beseeched the citizens of the Mitten State to follow the rules she has laid out, and together we will defeat this.  If we just wear our masks and social distance and wear our masks in a car alone, we will whip this thing.  Really, this is based on science — or something that they still will not release.  Oh and don't travel to one of those southern states that her good pal Joe Biden said had "Neanderthal thinking" for deciding to open up their states and ditching the fear-driven drivel of despair.  Unless, of course, it is the Governor going on a secret visit to see her Dad.  In Florida.  On a gaggle of billionaires' jet.  Without alerting Florida authorities as a courtesy to let them know one of the 50 state governors was visiting in case something happened while she was there.  Without having had one of the COVID-19 "vaccine" shots given to her.

Parents Have Had Enough — South Salt Lake City School Board Shuts Down Parents During Meeting.  School boards are where mini-dictators are grown.  Thus the latest exhibit comes from South Salt Lake, Utah and the Granite School District Board of Education meeting.  The board was going to hear proposals of removing the mask mandate for K-12 students.  However, they would only allow one parent to speak during "citizen participation time", a control method for keeping the pesky proles from expressing their opinion of board policy.  After the board allowed a mask advocate from the state to speak, the School board said that's it, no more discussion.  Parents became infuriated, things got ugly.  The board ended the meeting and escaped out the back-door of the building.  [Video clip]

Johns Hopkins Doctor Dismisses Walensky Fear-Mongering: 'Most Of The Country Is At Herd Immunity'.  Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, disputed CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky's contention that COVID-19 variants could set back the march to herd immunity from COVID-19 during a Thursday afternoon [5/6/2021] appearance on Fox News' "The Story."  Walensky on Wednesday called the various COVID-19 scariants, er, variants a "wild card" that could "reverse" the progress made so far.

Dr. Fauci is Funding Gruesome University of Pittsburgh Study Skinning Scalps off of Aborted Babies and Growing them on Lab Rats.  The University of Pittsburgh is growing scalps from aborted babies on lab rodents.  This is straight from a horror movie.  The scientists are using human baby fetal skin processed via removal of excess fat.  And Dr. Tony Fauci is funding this gruesome study.

Uh-oh.
Bald men are up to 2.5 times more likely to suffer severe COVID-19 than males with a full head of hair, study warns.  Severe cases of COVID-19 are 2.5 times more likely in men with male-pattern baldness than those retaining a full head of hair, researchers have warned.  Male-pattern baldness — or 'androgenetic alopecia' — is a common, genetically-determined form of hair loss that affects around 50 percent of men aged over 50.

Pfizer hits out at Biden's support for waiving patents so poorer countries can make copycat Covid vaccines.  Pfizer has hit out at the Biden administration's support for waiving intellectual property protections to allow poorer countries to produce vaccines developed by companies like it and Moderna, potentially cutting into the firms' profits.  It comes just hours after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle penned an open letter to vaccine makers urging them to suspend the patent protections to help developing countries gain access to the shots.  Shares for vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna tumbled on Thursday, following the Biden administrations announcement that it supports waiving the protections during the pandemic.

California bar owner arrested for selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, officials say.  A bar owner in California faces multiple felony charges for allegedly selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards from his bar.  The state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control arrested the man at his bar, the Old Corner Saloon, in the small town of Clements this week.  Clements is about 35 miles southeast of Sacramento.

I'm Still not Getting the Vaccine.  Nearly 50 percent of Americans polled think that at least some social distancing measures will be permanent.  Who can blame them?  We have decided to make avoiding disease our full-time job.  It's more important than going to work or seeing your friends.  It's worth destroying the established Western social convention that we be able to see each other's faces in public.  I've got news for you:  If you spend all your time worrying about getting sick, you're sick already.  America is having a giant, hysterical, hypochondriacal fit.  I wrote a piece last month explaining why I wasn't getting the vaccine.  My argument boiled down to this:  As a young and healthy person, there is really no upside to vaccination.  I'm simply not likely to get the disease.  And, say what you will, we don't know what the long-term effects of this vaccine will be.  I spoke to a doctor on the subject last week who reported that he'd felt pressured into getting the vaccine — by his own patients!  The patients don't know anything about medicine of course, but they were nervous.  So he took it to reassure them.

Mask Rebellion at the Kentucky Derby.  Right before the big race, the University of Louisville marching band played the time-honored classic "My Old Kentucky Home," as they have since the 1920s.  Thankfully, the state anthem was not canceled on derby day, as some on the militant Left have desired.  All in all, this year's derby was one of my favorites.  But something different happened this year, something that I didn't expect.  This year's derby was more than just the wonderful day I described.  This year's derby was essentially a protest. [...] About 20 steps in, all we could see surrounding us were smiling faces.  No masks, not even on the line of cops standing in the background against the wall.  Sure, there were a few folks here and there wearing them, but by and large, I would estimate mask participation at around 5 to 10 percent.  Out of the roughly 50,000 people who attended (a small, capacity-restricted crowd, keep in mind), the vast majority were completely ignoring the arbitrary regulation.  I suppose there was little that the staff at Churchill Downs could do to force people to comply with the mask mandate, short of kicking everyone out.  Literally, no one cared.  It was glorious.  It was normalcy.

14 Months Later:  A Pathway Forward.  Is there a chance to recover and to effectively vanquish Covid-19, at least to end the pandemic and return to normal lives again?  We function here as prognosticators and contrarians that seek to inform and share and to learn, and we thus argue yes, and while we were blindsided and there were grave initial mistakes and some very consequential such as the very flawed and botched initial testing by the CDC that left the United States vulnerable and flying blind and allowed the virus to seed for 4 to 5 weeks initially, the following are the key components of the Covid-19 response that should have been enacted from inception (save 3-4 weeks initially to understand the pathogen) and which should be urgently implemented based on the experiences over the last 14 months or so.  In our opinion.  We offer this as a pathway forward and ask that we consider these as we try to deal with essentially failed approaches thus far, and use our common sense and deductive reasoning and logic to interpret the science and make informed decisions.  We call on the medical experts who inform governments to — likely for the first time — use some common sense and logic and some critical thinking; [...]

Fauci Shows His True Partisan Colors, Attacks Rand Paul and Jim Jordan with Ridiculous Label.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the virologist that the U.S. government considers the man to be listened to about all matters under the sun, pointed the wrong finger at the wrong people while discussing "extreme people" who disagree with him.  Fauci enjoys something of a cozy relationship with the left, especially the press, who makes him out to be infallible to the general public.  When that narrative is challenged or even broken, it sends the press, social media, and politicians into a frenzy.

Pfizer's CEO Hasn't Gotten His Vaccine Yet.  Every day they hit us with dose after dose of propaganda about how we HAVE to get the vaccine.  They bribe us with free donuts and beers like we can't possibly think for ourselves if someone jams a Krispie Kreme in our face.  When the bribes don't work, they move to strong arm tactics like the COVAIDS vaccine passports that soon will not let you buy, sell, shop or fly without being fully vaccinated.  Which just begs the question, if the virus is so deadly and the vaccine so good, why do they need to constantly bribe and threaten us to take it?

Peer reviewed study finds that ivermectin is effective as prophylaxis for Covid-19 and as a therapeutic remedy.  I expect the corporate media will ignore as much as possible the findings of a peer-reviewed study just published in the American Journal of Therapeutics that concludes the readily-available, inexpensive (off-patent) drug ivermectin is effective in treating existing cases of Covid-19 and in preventing coming down with the illness.  Unlike the experimental vaccines that we are being ceaselessly urged to take, ivermectin has been around for many years and is safe for all but a few people.

The Incredible Vanishing Flu.  Seasonal influenza, also known as "the flu," visits America every year, similar to tornados, thunderstorms, heat waves, and snowstorms.  As tracked by the CDC, over the past decade symptomatic flu cases ranged from 9 to 45 million cases per year in the US.  Hospitalizations varied from 140 to 810 thousand, and deaths from 12 to 61 thousand, depending on the particular year, strain of influenza, and effectiveness of the vaccine.  This year, "flu activity is unusually low at this time" according to CDC surveillance.  Since late September 2020, they recorded only about 2000 cases, a minute fraction of the tens of millions of cases in past years.  Hospitalizations this flu season are minimal with only 224 confirmed influenza hospitalizations from September 2020 to mid-April 202, nowhere near the hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations in past seasons.

Mainstream media don't want you to know the difference between vaccines that work and vaccines that don't.  So far two countries have exited the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic using U.S.-made vaccines (Israel and the United States), while two other countries have seen infection rates rising despite heavy use of Chinese-made vaccines (Chile and Seychelles). Israel achieved herd immunity by vaccinating almost 60% of its population using the U.S.-made Pfizer vaccine.  According to a chart published by Worldometer, the COVID death rate has fallen to almost zero in Israel.  Similarly, the United States exited the pandemic the week of March 20, when just 25% had been vaccinated, compared to 45% today.  That was the week when deaths in the United States, according to the "Excess Deaths" statistics published by the CDC, stopped exceeding the threshold of what is considered to be a normal number.

Haiti still not ready to receive COVID-19 vaccines as delays drag on.  While most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have begun administering COVID-19 vaccines, Haiti still has not completed the necessary steps to receive a single shot, the Pan American Health Organization acknowledged Wednesday.  "Haiti is still in the process to finalize the arrangements that all the other countries have made to be able to receive these vaccines," said Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, assistant director of PAHO.  "Haiti is not paying for these vaccines but the country needs to make some legal and administrative arrangements."

One of the world's poorest countries has one of the world's lowest COVID death rates.  Haiti has one of the lowest death rates from COVID-19 in the world.  As of the end of April, only 254 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 in Haiti over the course of the entire pandemic.  The Caribbean nation, which often struggles with infectious diseases, has a COVID-19 death rate of just 22 per million.  In the U.S. the COVID-19 death rate is 1,800 per million, and in parts of Europe[,] the fatality rate is approaching 3,000 deaths per million.  Haiti's success is not due to some innovative intervention against the virus.  Most people have given up wearing masks in public.  Buses and markets are crowded.  And Haiti hasn't yet administered a single COVID-19 vaccine.

Scientists are working on vaccines that spread like a disease.  What could possibly go wrong?  Once a COVID-19 vaccine is approved for public use, officials around the world will face the monumental challenge of vaccinating billions of people, a logistical operation rife with thorny ethical questions.  What if instead of orchestrating complicated and resource-intensive campaigns to vaccinate humans against emerging infectious diseases like COVID-19, we could instead stop the zoonotic diseases that sometimes leap from animals to people at their source?  A small, but growing number of scientists think it's possible to exploit the self-propagating properties of viruses and use them to spread immunity instead of disease.  Can we beat viruses like SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, at their own game?  A virus that confers immunity throughout an animal population as it spreads in the wild could theoretically stop a zoonotic spillover event from happening, snuffing out the spark that could ignite the next pandemic.

Shares of COVID vaccine makers plummet after US backs IP waiver.  Shares of Moderna and other makers of the COVID-19 vaccines plummeted after the US backed a plan to waive intellectual property protections for the life-saving products.  Moderna stock fell more than 6 percent Wednesday [5/5/2021] after the announcement and extended those losses a further 2 percent in premarket trading on Thursday.  Pfizer shares were down more than 3 percent in that same period and shares of its vaccine partner BioNTech were down more than 7 percent.  U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced Wednesday that the US will advocate for the "extraordinary measures," which would potentially enable companies in developing countries to manufacture their own versions of the vaccines, increasing the supply globally.

Degan McDowell Goes Off After Joe Biden Blows Off Intellectual Property Rights on Medical Vaccines.  The Biden administration announced on Wednesday they were suspending intellectual property rights and giving patent information on the COVID vaccines to China and the world.  The administration believes giving the research away for free will help end the China Virus pandemic.  On Thursday morning [5/6/2021] Degan McDowell and Newt Gingrich weighed in on this assault on property rights.  Newt mentioned how this was a gift to the Chinese communists who will not be forced to steal this property and who will outproduce the US in manufacturing the vaccines.

Those Superstitious Democrats.  Even when they're vaccinated against the coronavirus, Democrats insist on wearing masks and social distancing.  Think of the absurd scene in the House chamber when President Joe Biden addressed Congress last week, or when Biden wore a mask on a Zoom call.  The Democrats say theirs is the party of science but in reality it's the party of fear, runaway emotions, and myth.  Not a shred of science has established that mandatory mask wearing and stay-at-home orders have been effective prophylactics against the Chinese virus.

Microbiologist Says Vaccines May Decimate World's Population.  In this exclusive interview with The New American magazine's Senior Editor Alex Newman, world-renown German-Thai-American microbiologist Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi warns that the COVID hysteria is based on lies and that the COVID "vaccines" are set to cause a global catastrophe and a decimation of the human population.  Starting off, he explains that the PCR test has been abused to produce fear in a way that is unscientific.  Next, he explains what the mRNA vaccines are going to do to the human body in terms and using analogies that anyone can understand.  Among other concerns, he expects massive deadly clotting as well as immune system responses that will destroy the human body.  [Video clip]

Study: Pfizer's COVID Vaccine May Trigger Virus That Causes Shingles.  A recent study published in the journal Rheumatology found six women out of 491 patients who developed a skin rash known as herpes zoster (HZ) infection — or shingles — within three to 14 days of receiving either the first or second dose of the Pfizer's COVID vaccine.  Researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Carmel Medical Center in Haifa also found the risk of developing HZ infection following a COVID vaccine increases among people with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases, Jerusalem Post reported.  Out of 491 patients, six people — or 1.2% — experienced the infection, researchers said.  Five of them developed the shingles infection after the first dose and one after the second.

Study: COVID-19 RNA Based Vaccines and the Risk of Prion Disease.  Vaccines have been found to cause a host of chronic, late developing adverse events.  Some adverse events like type 1 diabetes may not occur until 3-4 years after a vaccine is administered. [...] RNA based vaccines offers special risks of inducing specific adverse events.  One such potential adverse event is prion based diseases caused by activation of intrinsic proteins to form prions.  A wealth of knowledge has been published on a class of RNA binding proteins shown to participating in causing a number of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease and ALS.  TDP-43 and FUS are among the best studied of these proteins.  The Pfizer RNA based COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the US FDA under an emergency use authorization without long term safety data.  Because of concerns about the safety of this vaccine a study was performed to determine if the vaccine could potentially induce prion based disease.

Are Covid Fatalities Comparable with the 1918 Spanish Flu?  [Scroll down]  It is common to invoke comparisons with the 1918 Flu Pandemic, as that was an extremely devastating virus that rocked the world.  The article makes multiple references to the 1918 pandemic but there are a couple that raise interesting questions for further investigation.  The first point is as follows, "Combined with deaths in the first few months of this year, Covid-19 has now claimed more than half a million lives in the United States.  The total number of Covid-19 deaths so far is on track to surpass the toll of the 1918 pandemic, which killed an estimated 675,000 nationwide."  Comparing the death counts between the 1918 Flu and Covid-19 without adjusting for population growth is extremely misleading.  In 1918 the population of the United States was roughly 103 million, while near the end of 2020 it stood at roughly 330 million.

Locked-Down States Are Where COVID-19 Is Growing Most.  Early last month, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced he would end the state's mask mandate and allow most businesses to function at 100 percent capacity.[...] Other states have followed in Texas's wake, and Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia are now all states where covid restrictions range from weak to nonexistent.  Georgia and Florida, of course, are both notable for ending lockdowns and restriction much earlier than many other states.  And in those cases as well, the state governments were criticized for their policies, which were said to be reckless and sure to lead to unprecedented death.  Georgia's policy was denounced as an experiment in "human sacrifice."  Yet in recent weeks, these predictions about Texas's fate have proven to be spectacularly wrong.

CDC is not aware of any trials showing that masks are effective against COVID-19.  They push masks simply because they believe they "send the right message."  [Tweet]

CDC Summer-Camp Guidance Is So Absurd, Even Fauci Can't Keep a Straight Face When Asked about It.  CDC guidance on children's summer camps has gone so far that even Anthony Fauci couldn't keep a straight face when asked to defend it.  On NBC's Today Show, host Savannah Guthrie asked Fauci about the absurd CDC guidance on summer camps, which says that vaccinated adults and children have to wear mask outdoors unless eating, drinking, or swimming.  This even though children are at low risk for severe COVID-19, and the risk of outdoor transmission is extremely low.

AZ School Board Flees, Parents Elect New Board, Vote To End Mask Mandate.  On Tuesday [4/27/2021], the Vail School District in southern Arizona was scheduled to discuss its mask policy after Gov. Doug Ducey enacted a new executive order that lifted the state's order to require face masks in schools.  In response to the meeting, more than a hundred parents rallied for the Vail School District to drop the mask mandate.  But just moments before the meeting was scheduled to take place, school officials abruptly decided to cancel the meeting, citing safety concerns over the parents' protest.  [Video clip]  A throng of parents later pushed their way into the board room while refusing to wear masks and demanded to speak with their elected officials.  In response, the Vail board called 911, and Pima County Sheriff Nanos told KGUN 9, a sergeant and four deputies showed up in just over a minute.  The district said the sheriff told the board to adjourn the study session because the crowd was uncontrollable.  But the Sheriff says that's false, the board made that decision on their own, and crowd control was not an issue.  [Video clip]

Fauci Has Chalked Up 300+ Media Appearances Over Past Year.  For decades, Anthony Fauci was an unrecognizable government bureaucrat to anyone who lived outside of the D.C. Beltway.  He would pop up out of obscurity and into the conversation every few years in the event of a niche issue involving infectious diseases.  That all changed with the COVID-19 pandemic, which elevated the once-irrelevant mandarin to stardom.  Today, he is a media mainstay.  The celebrity doctor, who has become best known for his routine peddling of quackery related to the coronavirus, has developed a cult following thanks to his consistent political activism and regular appearances across a plethora of media platforms.  The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) — where Fauci has held the top post for 38 years — now accommodates their celebrity doctor by maintaining a dedicated list of his media appearances.

Adults have failed children in foisting harmful Covid-19 restrictions on them.  The pandemic has turned American adults, or at least the ones who make the rules, into selfish neurotics who have been punishing innocent children for over a year — and still can't restrain themselves.  When the pandemic began, the lack of knowledge about Covid-19 justified this behavior.  That excuse has vanished.  It became clear long ago that the virus is less dangerous to children than the flu, and that keeping schools open poses minimal risk of spreading infections.  Yet despite this evidence — and despite the widespread availability of vaccines to teachers and other adults — many schools have yet to reopen full-time, and others are still making students as miserable as possible.  Schools have canceled many sports and other extracurricular activities, isolated students in Plexiglas cells, and forced them to wear masks in classrooms and on playgrounds.  Social distancing and masks hinder learning while harming children emotionally, socially, and physically, all for no purpose other than providing false comfort to adults who ought to know better.

The Anti-Lockdown Movement Is Large and Growing.  Feeling outgunned, outnumbered, overpowered, smothered, and censored?  Many people who oppose Covid lockdowns and all their associated restrictions feel this way.  It's hard not to.  You can hardly post on social media without triggering warnings, corrections, and sometimes outright blocks.  Bans are part of the mix too, the complete deplatforming of people merely because they want their freedoms back.  It's creepy.  We never thought we would see these days but here we are.  Meanwhile, the mainstream media continues to push restrictions — mask mandates and vaccine passports — just as it has for the past 14 months.  The technology of intimidation is getting more sophisticated.  But how true is it that anti-lockdown people are a small and increasingly marginalized minority?

Imperial College Predicted Catastrophe in Every Country on Earth.  Then the Models Failed.  The satirist Ambrose Bierce once defined prophecy as the "art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery."  Covid-19 has produced no shortage of doomsaying prophets whose prognostications completely failed at future delivery, and yet in the eyes of the scientific community their credibility remains peculiarly intact.  No greater example exists than the epidemiology modeling team at Imperial College-London (ICL), led by the physicist Neil Ferguson.  As I've documented at length, the ICL modelers played a direct and primary role in selling the concept of lockdowns to the world.  The governments of the United States and United Kingdom explicitly credited Ferguson's forecasts on March 16, 2020, with the decision to embrace the once-unthinkable response of ordering their populations to shelter in place.

Fauci's agency spent over $400k on experiments grafting aborted fetal scalps onto mice and rats.  The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the federal health agency run for decades by celebrated White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, has spent over $400,000 funding a series of experiments that grafted the scalps of aborted fetuses onto living mice, studies that were meant to investigate the human skin's propensity for developing infections.  The research, published last fall in the journal Nature, was performed by a dozen scientists out of the University of Pittsburgh.  The experiments involved developing rat and mouse "models" using, in part, "full-thickness fetal skin" in order to "provide a platform for studying human skin infections."  The report notes that the "human skin tissues" used in the skin grafting experiments were obtained "from the scalp and dorsum" of "donors," namely aborted fetuses.

Megyn Kelly shares pic of Fauci doll she found in store: 'My friends, it's worse than we thought'.  In today's polarizing times, it's generally not hard to understand how the left feels about various public officials.  When it comes to the "tolerant" progressive cabal, it's either a hearty thumbs up or a demonstrative thumbs down.  And what can be more of a thumbs up than an action figure cut in one's likeness?

The Left Will Not Let Go of COVID: It's far too useful for their agenda.  COVID's grip on America is relaxing, not so the Left's.  The Left seized COVID as an unprecedented statist opportunity to advance their agenda.  Unsurprisingly, they now resist relinquishing it.  Since the Left refuse to let go of America, America must let go of the Left.  Last week the CDC relaxed its guidelines for outdoor mask-wearing by those fully vaccinated against COVID.  It was more a rearguard action than a vanguard one, but at least it was a start.  Several states are well ahead in their return to normalcy.  America's virus statistics demonstrate the remission of the virus and validate accelerating relaxation of the lockdowns.  On a seven-day moving average, active cases, daily new cases, and daily deaths have been plummeting since the beginning of the year.  On the ledger's other side, vaccinations began in the U.S. in December, averaging over two million a day since February; as a result, around 31 percent of the population is now fully vaccinated at this writing. [...] All evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, the Left have little interest in relaxing their COVID power grab.  Only eight states have lifted restrictions.  Oregon is considering extending its mask and social distancing mandates on businesses indefinitely.  Of course, the most left of America's major unions have been the epitome of reopening resistance:  teachers unions.

52 Charts Show Mask Mandates Have No Effect on COVID Cases.  There is hardly a more divisive issue in the country than mask mandates.  Interestingly, the nation is split in half on the issue: half the states currently have mask mandates; the other half doesn't.  This article is a statistical overview that is going to do something that experts and most of the mainstream media refuse to do:  Assume you can look at the data and come to your own conclusions.  It is important to note that this study is not about mask compliance.  It is about mask mandates.  The following chart of mask compliance in the United States in 2020 comes via the New York Times.  It bears out that mask mandates and compliance are two different concepts.

Our Quasi-Soviet States of America.  Imaginary or exaggerated dangers are useful for distracting the citizens and making them dependent on the authorities.  The Biden administration makes a fetish of wearing surgical masks, even for people who are vaccinated or immune due to previous infection with COVID-19.  On the streets of New York, mask-wearing is widespread, including among children.  The disease is difficult to catch outdoors, and children are highly resistant to it.  The propaganda from the authorities pursues the theme that there is no escape from the potentially deadly disease.  The left wants people to be frightened.

Aldous Huxley foresaw our despots - Fauci, Gates and their vaccine crusaders.  [Scroll down]  Could Huxley have more prescient?  What do we see around us?  Masses of people dependent upon drugs, legal and illegal.  The majority of advertisements that air on television seem to be for prescription drugs, some of them miraculous but most of them unnecessary.  Then comes covid, a quite possibly weaponized virus from the Fauci-funded-with-taxpayer-dollars lab in Wuhan, China.  The powers that be tragically deferred to the malevolent Fauci who had long been hoping for just such an opportunity.  Suddenly there was an opportunity to test the mRNA vaccines that had been in the works for nearly twenty years.  They could be authorized as an emergency measure but were still highly experimental.  These jabs are not really vaccines at all but a form of gene therapy.  There are potential disastrous consequences down the road.  Government experiments on the public are nothing new.  Since there have been no actual, long-term trials, no one who contributed to this massive drug experiment, knows what the long-term consequences might be.  There have been countless adverse injuries and deaths already for which the government-funded vaccine producers will suffer no liability.  With each passing day, new side effects have begun to appear; blood clots, seizures, heart failure.

Pfizer expects $26 billion in 2021 sales from COVID vaccine.  Pfizer said Tuesday [5/4/2021] it expects to do $26 billion in sales this year from its two-shot COVID-19 vaccine alone.  That's up more than 70 percent from its last forecast, largely thanks to new contracts signed with countries struggling to get their hands on vaccine doses.  The estimate assumes that Pfizer will deliver 1.6 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2021.  Across all of its products, Pfizer said in its first-quarter earnings report that it expects to make between $70.5 billion and $72.5 billion in revenue this year.  That means sales from the COVID-19 vaccine are expected to account for more than one-third of all of the company's revenue this year.

Groundhog Day:  Dr. Doom Spits Out More Bad News.  Fourteen very long months ago, Americans were told we needed "two weeks to flatten the curve" to beat the coronavirus that originated from Wuhan, China.  Since that time the curve has been flattened and broken back on itself.  Hospitalizations and deaths are way down from their peak.  Common sense 14 months ago was right, and locking the country down wasn't a good idea.  We have vaccines and they're widely available to anyone who wants them.  Arizona, Florida, Texas, and several other states are more or less fully open and even Pennsylvania is opening in mid-May. [...] Why, then, are we not farther along in the fight, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci?

Oligarchy, and Remedies.  What is the Biden Administration doing when it swears disinterest in "vaccine passports" to regulate ordinary people's access to travel, careers, etc. but works with airlines, theaters, big retailers, and universities to help them impose such passports?  Is the government — in practice, the political party that controls the government — fronting for corporations, or do the corporations front for the Party?  Do the drug companies influence what the Centers for Disease Control "recommends" regarding pandemic restrictions?  Do they influence the Democratic Party, or is it the other way around?  Who runs whom?

The pandemic was planned with the sole purpose of submitting humanity to a New World Order of unprecedented tyrannical control.  Any informed person in this world is fully aware of the severe health risks posed by vaccines.  Especially a rushed, untested experimental biological agent, that is falsely marketed as a vaccine, activates all the alarm bells within the educated part of humanity. [...] Covid is the excuse to lock down the world, supposedly to save humanity.  In reality the agenda behind the lockdowns is very different.

After Masks and Lockdowns, Here Come the 'Vaccines'.  We have been wearing masks for over a year.  We have been quarantined in government facilities and in our homes.  We have been rigorously locked-down in a futile attempt to control a virus that is clearly unimpressed by our efforts.  The latest installment in the Covid frenzy is the love affair with the various vaccines, a mammoth suite of pharmaceutical interventions, that have flooded the market, promising eventual salvation from the ravages of the pandemic.  Yet the negative side of these disparate vaccines has gone largely unreported. [...] The ramifications of the vaccines are far worse than that.  Symptomatic reactogenicity is not uncommon.  In just a few months, a spectrum of concerning side-effects have appeared, ranging from blood clots, erythema, cardiovascular ailments and Bell's Palsy to anaphylactic reactions, swollen lymph nodes, chronic pain and untimely deaths.  It should be no surprise that the general population will be constantly assured by a complicit network of authorities and pseudo-authorities that adverse reactions are statistically insignificant and should not be heeded.  The incurious will be easily persuaded, especially as countervailing reports will be duly censored.

Michigan mother-of-four, 35, dies from brain blood clot 11 days after receiving Johnson & Johnson shot.  The family of a Michigan woman says she died 'as the result of complications after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.'  Anne VanGeest, 35, a mother-of-four from Easton Township, was given the one-shot immunization on April 8, reported WOOD TV.  Five days later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended a temporary pause of J&J over blood clot concerns.  VanGeest's family said that within a few days, she developed a nonstop headache.  She eventually was taken to Mercy Health Saint Mary's hospital in Grand Rapids, where she died April 19, 11 days after her inoculation.

Following the Clues:  Did people or nature open Pandora's box at Wuhan?  The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted lives the world over for more than a year.  Its death toll will soon reach three million people.  Yet the origin of pandemic remains uncertain:  the political agendas of governments and scientists have generated thick clouds of obfuscation, which the mainstream press seems helpless to dispel.  In what follows I will sort through the available scientific facts, which hold many clues as to what happened, and provide readers with the evidence to make their own judgments.  I will then try to assess the complex issue of blame, which starts with, but extends far beyond, the government of China.  By the end of this article, you may have learned a lot about the molecular biology of viruses.  I will try to keep this process as painless as possible.  But the science cannot be avoided because for now, and probably for a long time hence, it offers the only sure thread through the maze.

A weird photograph perfectly encapsulates the Biden administration.  There's a photo rocketing around the internet that, once seen, cannot be unseen.  It shows Joe and Jill Biden posing with the nonagenarian Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.  However, it appears that the Carters having become Lilliputians, for they are teeny people in a teeny house next to the giant Bidens.  Also, Biden's invariable mask is missing, despite the Carters' advanced age.  The whole thing is bizarre and almost certainly deliberately intended to make Biden seem important. [...] First, did you notice that Jill and Joe, who are in close proximity to people in their 90s, are not wearing masks?  Joe wears his mask everywhere, all the time.  Even though he's been vaccinated, he considers it his patriotic duty to wear it outdoors, in that bright disinfecting sunlight, and when he, who has been vaccinated, is in the presence of other vaccinated people.  Yet here he and his wife are, unmasked, with two of the most vulnerable people in America.

Irish Police Break Into Man's Home and Remove His Children at 3 AM After He Films Police Barging In and Shutting Down a Catholic Mass.  The local Garda or Irish police, barged into a Catholic Mass in Athlone, Ireland last weekend and shut down the service.  As you can see from the video, the congregation was sitting rows apart, and even by crazy Dr. Fauci's standards were likely not in danger of infecting others in the church.  One man in the congregation, later identified as Pat Sweeney, decided to film the assault on this Catholic service by the state.  A couple of nights later local Garda stormed the man's home at 3 in the morning and took his children away.

Man Is Detained And Children Taken Away After He Films Cops Shutting Down Mass In Ireland.  A man named Pat Sweeney, who video recorded the Irish police (Gardai) storming a church in Athlone, Ireland last week has had a police raid at his home at 3.30 am on May 2nd.  A Twitter user, Philip Dwyer, who have posted the series of the events that have happened with the man who recorded the church video said:  ["]Just been contacted by Pat Sweeney, the man who videoed the Gardai in a church in Athlone last week that went viral.  The Gardai have taken his two children from him last night at 3.30 am.  If you are near Longford please head to the Garda station to support him.  Please share this.["]  [Video clip]

COVID Madness, NY Governor Cuomo Calls Unvaccinated Youth "Grandma Killers".  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held a press conference today [5/3/2021] pondering why the number of people in the state taking the COVID vaccine is dropping even with increased availability.

Why masks are still mandatory.  Joe Biden is in a pickle.  He wants to continue to convince Americans they should get the experimental biological agent (AKA "the vaccine"), but, as Tucker Carlson pointed out last week, the administration and the CDC have offered no explanation as to why you need to continue to wear a mask after you have taken "the vaccine."  Why would they want us to doubt the efficacy of the vaccine?  Why would any sane person who is not in a high-risk group contemplate becoming a lab experiment subject if you are not allowed (yes, our rights are now derived from government and will be doled out based on compliance) to burn your mask and return to a pre-pandemic way of life?  That's just bad salesmanship, until you think about the alternative.  Think about what would happen if they allowed (there's that word again) people not to wear masks after being vaccinated. [...] Do you really think these people will give up their newfound power so easily?

A Short History Of How Anthony Fauci Has Kept Failing Up Since 1984.  In 2003, terrorism was a more immediate national danger than infectious diseases.  Dr. Anthony Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) had just redirected $117 million from infectious diseases to fund a new anthrax vaccine effort in response to the anthrax attacks that happened a week after 9/11.  The millions were just a small part of the $1.8 billion Fauci had poured into defense from bioterrorist attacks over the preceding two years.  More than half of those funds were devoted to anthrax and smallpox alone.  In 2004, Fauci launched the $5.6 billion "Project Bioshield," the National Institutes of Health's biggest outlay for a single research issue until then.

Vaccine tyranny?  Those on the left are increasingly aggressive in their insistence that each and every one of us, regardless of age or health, get vaccinated.  Whether it's the Biden administration, Dr. Fauci, "educators," or members of the lamestream media, if they are proponents of Big Government, they want us to present arms and take a dose... or two.  Recently, Sunny Hostin of The View said Americans who don't wish to be injected with a COVID-19 vaccine should be "shunned," specifically calling out "white evangelicals" and "Republicans." [...] The vaccines are fantastically effective, they say, so it is especially odd that now that anybody who wants to get vaccinated can easily and quickly do so, that isn't enough.  Forget herd immunity; we all still have to wear masks, at least until every last American citizen has been inoculated.  They have moved the goalposts so many times that the posts have long since exited the stadium.

Florida Gov. DeSantis suspends all remaining Covid restrictions: 'We are no longer in a state of emergency'.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Monday that immediately suspends all outstanding local Covid-19 emergency orders and related public health restrictions.  "The fact is, we are no longer in a state of emergency," DeSantis said during a news conference.  He acknowledged that Florida was still not done with its fight against the coronavirus but reiterated the nation's decline in Covid-19 cases and deaths.  "I think that's the evidence-based thing to do," DeSantis said, adding that asking vaccinated individuals to continue to wear masks would undermine confidence in the coronavirus vaccines.  Private businesses can still require masks and enforce social distancing and other protective measures.

Lauren Boebert Demands Pelosi Let House Members Speak Without Masks: 'Biden Was Able To'.  Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to "end the charade" and allow congressmembers to speak on the House floor without masks, according to a letter first obtained by Breitbart News.  Boebert in her letter, dated April 30, points to President Joe Biden's speech he gave in the House chamber Wednesday to a joint session of Congress during which he did not wear a mask, while Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris, who sat behind him, did wear masks.  All three have been vaccinated.

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The masks are no longer about public health — if they ever were.  They are now just symbolism.  The Ruling Elite will decide who must wear a mask and who can do without it.  You are required to wear a mask only as a symbol of your obedience and submission.  If it filters and traps any viruses in the air, that's immaterial.

Top 10 Absurdities of the COVID Pandemic.  [#10]  One-way traffic rules in supermarket aisles:  At the beginning of the pandemic — when we were still making jokes about coronavirus and Corona beer — there was a lot of confusion.  As the magnitude of COVID became clear, people were erring on the side of caution; fair enough.  But over a year into this thing, we can still see signage in stores telling us which direction to push our carts.  If anyone ever abided by these rules, it was only for a short while, and that was a long time ago.  If you were one of those people who tried to scold me for going the wrong way down an aisle last June, to which I told you, "shut the hell up," I'm still not sorry.  Here's a prediction: no one will bother to conduct a study on exactly how many lives were saved by one-way supermarket traffic.  And if an accurate analysis does come along it will arrive at this conclusion:  Zero.

Biden Says Its A 'Patriotic Responsibility [...]' For Two Vaccinated People To Wear Masks While Talking Indoors.  President Joe Biden said that it is a "patriotic responsibility" for two vaccinated people to wear masks when they are talking indoors during an interview with "Today" on Friday.  Host Craig Melvin asked Biden if he was going to stop wearing his mask outdoors given the new CDC guidance saying that vaccinated people can stop wearing masks outside.  "Sure, I mean, but what I'm going to do though because the likelihood of my being able to be outside and people not come up to me is not very high so it's like look, you and I took our masks off when I came in.  Because look at the distance we are," Biden said.  The two appeared to be sitting about ten feet apart.

Who Gets To Define What's Patriotic?  ast week, President Joe Biden said it's the patriotic duty of Americans to wear masks while outside.  Years ago, while campaigning as Barack Obama's running mate, he said it was patriotic to pay higher taxes.  It's hard to decide if these statements are more akin to the ramblings of a child or are uncomfortably similar to Third World despots who demand obedience from their subordinated citizens.  Frankly, they're both.  Making a distinction is virtually impossible.

Next Phase of COVID Vaccination is To Create Public Pressure:  You Are Selfish and Destroying Herd Immunity if You Do Not Cooperate.  As soon as government started controlling the behavior of people under the justification of COVID fear, there was a natural conclusion evident to the issues.  The lady holding up the sign has it exactly correct.  All of the approaches demanded by leftist governmental action framed 'non-compliance' with the dictates as the individual being "selfish."  The leftist pattern of framing your demand for individual freedom and liberty as selfish, has permeated throughout the COVID narrative.  The vaccination demand now carries the exact same compliance narrative as the leftists blend vaccinations with the term "herd immunity."  The current media talking points say that if you don't take the non-FDA approved test vaccine, you are selfishly blocking a national effort to attain this "herd immunity."  The argument is actually quite silly.  If your vaccine protects you from COVID; and if the vaccine actually does do what the government and media tell you it does; then why would you be worried about someone else's vaccine status?  If the vaccine works, presumably you are protected; my not being vaccinated does not increase your risk or pose a threat.

DC Mayor Bans 'Dancing' at Indoor and Outdoor Weddings in Washington.  DC Mayor Muriel Bowser issued new guidelines for residents living in the nation's capital Monday; saying wedding parties can proceed at 25% capacity but guests should remain seated and cannot dance.  "It's insane, it's been an absolute roller coaster," says Stephanie Sadowski, a D.C. wedding planner and owner of SRS Events.  "They want to have a party.  Planning their wedding, they've made concessions along the way, they've reduced, reduced and reduced their guest count in Washington, D.C," she says.

The COVID Passport:  Fascism at Hand.  Naomi Wolf is perfectly accurate warning that the COVID Passport is an unassuming, mild, reasonable-sounding concept that will lead to untold catastrophic civic consequences.  She is way out front, and we should all pay attention to her.  The COVID Passport is the doorway to fascism in your lifetime, on your doorstep, and there may be no turning back once it happens.  Her thesis is this: the COVID Passport creates the platform on which to add all kinds of different data types (information from social media, credit card purchases, whom you were with from your geo location info on the phone) to profile every citizen and then take action against all of them.  Do not think this is far-fetched.  It has begun, and my team was at Ground Zero as it did.  [Video clip]

CPS aims to help teens get COVID-19 shots.  The teachers union wants a student vaccine goal met before fall classes start.  Troubled by what leaders say is a lack of a central plan, the Chicago Teachers Union wants the Board of Education to set a goal for vaccinating students 16 and over before the start of the new school year.  CTU President Jesse Sharkey told the board Wednesday that while he is "not an epidemiologist or public health expert," it is critical that the school board establish a targeted student vaccine benchmark.  "I'm not suggesting I know exactly what that should be," Sharkey said.  "But I think you have to be clear and say something like, 'CPS intends to get 90% of eligible students vaccinated as we prepare to return in the fall.' "

Small Businesses Fight Arbitrary Shutdowns.  No event in history has devastated small businesses like the coronavirus shutdowns.  In the first three months (February to April 2020) of the pandemic, mandates requiring restricted access, social distancing, and periodic closures caused the number of small business owners to fall 22%.  After seven months of such restrictions, a Federal Reserve survey found that 44% of small businesses had debts of more than $100,000, up from 13% in 2019.  Three out of every ten said they wouldn't survive 2021 without government assistance.  One report said 27% of small and medium businesses had to reduce their workforce, and 48% had to lay off at least half their employees.  Among the worst hit is the restaurant industry:  110,000 had closed for good by December 2020.  Federal relief, which could have served as a lifeboat, was poorly administered.  Less than two weeks after the SBA received its first application for the emergency Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the money ran out.  The initial $350-billion fund was meant for businesses with under 500 employees, but it was disbursed on a first-come, first-served basis.  Big banks put their largest clients first at the expense of struggling small businesses.

Fake News Still Gaslighting America with Phony Polls.  President Biden last week addressed Congress, at least those select few members invited to listen to Sleepy Joe propose new spending in excess of $4 trillion, an amount larger than what the federal government takes in annually through already-confiscatory taxes.  Despite most or all members of Congress, as well as the president and vice president, already being vaccinated, the sparse audience was wearing masks and sitting at least six feet apart.  If fully vaccinated, why were the attendees acting as though they were not?  If the government message is that the vaccine works and everyone should take it, why are the top government leaders sending the opposite message?

Woman Claims She Took Her Mask Off Because She Doesn't Feel Well, Riders Urge Her To Jump From Moving Train.  Welcome to Long Island folks.  Where loud-mouths and short fuses run head-on into each other every 38 seconds or so.  The woman yelling was being told by the train car to put her mask back on after removing it because she felt ill.  The riders tell get to GTF off the train, even urging her to jump off as the train sped towards its next stop.  The virus that is the fear of COVID is worse than the sickness.  [Video clip]

Man Kicked Off Plane For Not Wearing Mask In Between Bites of Food.  A man was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight because he didn't wear his mask in between eating bites of food, which according to the TSA is now a federal mandate. [...] The most stunning aspect of this story is not that flight attendants were pedantically enforcing a stupid rule made up on a whim, but that this ludicrous practice is now a federal mandate.  After [Avi] Mandel emailed Southwest, he was told that it is now official TSA policy.  "According to the Transportation Security Administration, passengers may remove masks while eating, drinking or taking medications but must put them on between bites and sips — and cannot leave them off for "prolonged periods," reports the New York Post.

Covid indoctrination for kids
Grandmother builds list of 161 major books indoctrinating kids on indefinite Covid lockdowns, face masks.  A grandmother and family advocate identified 161 books available on Amazon that attempt to indoctrinate children and their parents into a new normal of lockdowns, face masks, social distancing, and virtual replacements for standard child activities like birthday parties and schools.  But that's not even the worst part.  What makes it more discouraging is that the list is not exhaustive; she had to force herself to stop because they just kept popping up.  On Deborah DeGroff's website What's In Children's Books, an article titled Sweet Dreams, Sally explains the process she went through in compiling the list and the shocking ideology being spread to children and parents through them.  Young children are apparently the main target audience used to create societal changes.  Books play an important role in these transformations.


SAGE admits risk of catching Covid in a pub or restaurant is 'relatively low'.  The risk of catching coronavirus in a pub or restaurant is 'relatively low', the Government's scientific advisers have admitted.  Analysis by SAGE found the chance of contracting the virus in hospitality settings appeared slightly higher than in gyms or shops, but concluded the risk was still small.  The admission came in a review of studies and data from the UK and around the world into the threat of the virus in the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors.

News Reporter Has Freudian Slip Of The Ages While Reporting On Mass Vaccinations!.  As the old saying goes, even a fake news clock is right twice a day, usually when their subconsciousness takes over.  In this case, a reporter made a slip-up of the ages while doing a story on the importance of mass vaccinations.  "Healthcare providers are beginning to run out of people who want to be euthanized, immunized."  [Video clip]

The New World Order:  Good Citizens Who've Been Vaccinated Now Can Get A Digital Wristband With All Their Vax Info On It.  Face masks aren't the only accessory brought into our lives by the pandemic.  Now, there is a bracelet that lets you access your vaccination information digitally.  As Central American specialties sizzle on the grill at a Reading Terminal restaurant you may notice the employees are wearing a blue bracelet.  "No, I didn't notice.  I thought it was a fashion statement," diner Mike Schramm said.  It's a new ID bracelet with a QR code that proves you are vaccinated.  [Video clip]

The Cell Lines Used for COVID-19 Vaccines Came from Carefully Planned Abortions, Not Miscarriages.  In an article published last year, M.I.T.-trained scientist Fr. Nicanor Austriaco passed along speculation that the HEK-293 cell line may have been developed using tissue from a miscarriage.  This cell line is in the news because it has played a role in the development and/or testing of the three vaccines currently authorized for emergency use for COVID-19.  The point of Fr. Austriaco's conjecture, I presume, was to reduce worry that this cell line started with an abortion.  But worry we should.  This conjecture seems to have become a full-fledged rumor.  In recent months, many Catholics and other Christians have cited that rumor when defending these vaccines.  But the rumor, to put it bluntly, is nonsense.  There's nothing in the scientific literature dealing with this claim, and for good reason.  No competent biologist would even try to establish a living cell line from dead tissue.

Canada has an eerie 'police state' feel lately.  Canada lacks the miracle that is the United States Constitution.  Still, as befits a nation the once-free British founded, it is a country that has traditionally had a few of what we consider to be core English freedoms — freedom of speech, worship, assembly, etc.  Those concepts seem far away now, as Justin Trudeau and the various provincial and municipal governments use COVID as an excuse to crack down on those liberties.  I've written before about Canada's draconian and expensive hotel rule for people returning by air from overseas travel.  It's gotten so bad that people are flying into the U.S. and driving to their home country to avoid the hotel restriction.

Ivermectin Wins in Court Again:  For Human Rights.  One dose of Ivermectin was all it took to get 81-year-old John Swanson off the ventilator.  John's wife Sandra could not believe it.  His story is remarkably similar to other cases of patients who were on their way out with advanced COVID-19 but saved when Ivermectin was added.  Ralph Lorigo is the lawyer who now has won three court orders forcing New York hospitals to administer Ivermectin to dying patients.  Incredibly, these three hospitals and their lawyers fought against the patients, arguing they did not have the right to receive the drug despite a valid prescription written by their doctors.  In essence, the argument was that they did not have the right to try a potentially life-saving medication.  In each of the three cases, the New York State Supreme Court Justices sided with the patient, and in each of the three cases, the patients made near-miraculous recoveries after the Ivermectin was given.  In each case, these patients were in the Intensive Care Unit on ventilators, unable to breathe on their own, and universally, after the drug was given, they rapidly improved and were able to breathe on their own.

Novavax's COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Authorized Next.  Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine may be the next shot to receive emergency authorization in the U.S.  The company is preparing to file the FDA paperwork in coming weeks and could beat out other vaccine manufacturers such as AstraZeneca.  Public health officials and researchers see the Novavax shot as an option to fill in supply gaps in the U.S. and worldwide after safety concerns emerged with the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.  "I do think it's going to play a larger role," Lawrence Gostin, a global health law professor at Georgetown University, told Politico.

Powerful teachers union influenced CDC on school reopenings, emails show.  The American Federation of Teachers lobbied the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on, and even suggested language for, the federal agency's school-reopening guidance released in February.  The powerful teachers union's full-court press preceded the federal agency putting the brakes on a full re-opening of in-person classrooms, emails between top CDC, AFT and White House officials show.  The emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative watchdog group Americans for Public Trust and provided to The [New York] Post.  The documents show a flurry of activity between CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, her top advisors and union officials — with Biden brass being looped in at the White House — in the days before the highly-anticipated Feb. 12 announcement on school-reopening guidelines.

Biden keeps masking despite updated guidance.  President Biden sought to send the message this week that the nation is in a new phase of the pandemic when he strode away from a podium outside the White House without a mask after announcing guidance that the vaccinated no longer need face coverings when outdoors.  But days later, Biden was spotted with a mask while walking outside to Marine One with first lady Jill Biden, even though both have been vaccinated and no others were around.  The president again donned a mask at a Georgia drive-in rally while his wife spoke a few feet away, despite nobody else being on stage.

Biden is considering ordering all military members to get COVID vaccine after data shows 40% of Marines refused.  President Joe Biden did not rule out ordering all members of the military to get the COVID vaccine after data showed that 40% of Marines refused to get a shot.  'I don't know,' he told NBC's Today Show.  'I'm going to leave that to the military.'  Nearly 40% of the 123,000 Marines who have had the chance to receive COVID vaccine have turned it down, according to force-wide data obtained by Military.com.  'I'm not saying I won't,' Biden said.  'I think you're gonna see more and more them getting it.'  He acknowledged it would be a tough order to give.  'It's going to be a tough call, as to whether or not, they should be required to get in the military, because you're in such close proximity with other military personnel,' he noted.

Poll: Nearly half of vaccine-hesitant Americans worried about side effects.  U.S. resistance to getting a COVID-19 vaccine is slowly diminishing, a new online survey finds, but it still exists and at especially high rates in some blue-collar jobs — and nearly half of respondents are worried about side effects.  For adults under age 65 who are hesitant, reluctance is mainly driven by concerns about safety, side effects and distrust in government, the poll found.  It's also largely linked to people's line of work.

TSA extends mask mandate for planes, public transportation in U.S. until September.  The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it has extended through Sept. 13 its orders requiring people to wear masks in transportation settings, including at airports, on commercial aircraft, and on buses and trains.  TSA officials said the extension of the mask requirement is consistent with updated policies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The TSA requirement had been set to expire May 11.  "The federal mask requirement throughout the transportation system seeks to minimize the spread of COVID-19 on public transportation," Darby LaJoye, a senior TSA official, said in a statement.  "About half of all adults have at least one vaccination shot and masks remain an important tool in defeating this pandemic."

Joe Biden to Restrict Travel from India Despite Describing Travel Bans as 'Xenophobic'.  President Joe Biden plans to restrict travel from India on May 4 over the country's coronavirus surge, despite describing such bans as "xenophobic" during the 2020 presidential campaign.  The president plans to act on advice from federal health officials, Reuters reported Friday, citing a White House official.  The official said the travel ban from India would be announced Friday "in light of extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in India."

Family of Elmhurst COVID patient in standoff with hospital over controversial treatment.  An Elmhurst woman whose mother is in grave condition with COVID-19 says a local hospital is refusing to treat her mom with a specific drug, despite a judge's order to do so.  "She might pass away within hours," said Desi Fype of her 68-year old mom, Nurije, whose condition has been deteriorating since she was admitted to Edward-Elmhurst Hospital on April 7.  "My mother has been on a ventilator for three days now, and the moment before they intubated her, she had her heart stop," said Fype.  Worried her mother may die of the virus at any moment, Fype has asked that she be treated with an anti-parasitic drug called ivermectin, which has gained attention as a possible treatment for COVID, but has not been approved by the FDA.  The hospital has refused.

CDC becomes a chew toy for the teachers' unions.  The Centers for Disease Control, which bills itself to the public as an agency all about "science," is actually pretty political.  So in late February, when the agency released its disappointing recommendations to slow and halt school re-openings, despite the pandemic passing its peak, the obvious options for outdoor learning, and the success of school reopenings in Europe, and among private schools here, many assumed they were just a little slow on the uptake, and maybe going by their outdated research.  Nope, they were parroting what the American Federation of Teachers told them to say, word for word at times, according to a report in the New York Post: [...]

Woman Wakes Up Paralyzed From The Neck Down After Getting The Pfizer Shot.  There have been some negative side effects reported worldwide from the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, but a Bethel Park woman told Channel 11 she has been affected by something that hadn't been seen at all yet:  paralysis.  Doctors at Allegheny General Hospital ran a bunch of tests but then Rachael Cecere, 33, from Bethel Park was moved to the Cleveland Clinic a few days ago.  She spoke exclusively with Channel 11 from her hospital bed at the clinic.  [Video clip]

Elderly Man Is Held Down And Forcibly Vaccinated In Brazil.  This is not the first time Brazil has made headlines with its handling of COVID and vaccinations.  Police in Rio de Janeiro launched an investigation on Wednesday into reports that doses of the coronavirus vaccine may have been diverted after images emerged of healthcare workers sticking needles into elderly people without injecting them.  [Video clip]

CDC Data Shows Flu Deaths Stayed Constant in 2020, Except There Were No Flu Cases.  In the past few weeks, there has been a surge of mainstream media reporting on the absence of a flu season.  Outlets like USA Today, Newsweek, and The New York Times count as just a few names within the left-wing media cabal publishing identical stories.  If they are reporting something, it can almost be certain that the reportage is untrue.  Therefore, what is the real truth regarding flu statistics?  CDC mortality data shows that the flu was still categorized as the 10th leading cause of death in the United States in 2020.  Amazingly, there was actually an 8% increase in flu deaths from the 2019-2020 flu season to the one last year.  All told, some 53,000 Americans allegedly died from the flu.  Who knew?  The figures are pretty remarkable, considering that no flu testing was done last year nor was any mention made of the flu at all raising the alarm.  CDC data from a section of their labyrinthine site reveals that there were a total of just 243 positive lab specimens for the 2020-2021 flu season.  Normally, they identify tens of thousands of positive samples.

Even if the death rate is zero...
Gov. Whitmer unveils plan to tie Michigan vaccination rates to easing COVID-19 rules.  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer outlined a plan that ties specific vaccination levels to rolling back COVID-19 restrictions during a news media event Thursday morning [4/29/2021].  The announcement mirrors the state's goal of vaccinating 70% of all Michigander's 16 and older, but comes as Michigan continues to grapple with the nation's worst pandemic outbreak.  "On our path to vaccinating 70% of Michiganders 16 and up, we can take steps to gradually get back to normal while keeping people safe," Whitmer said in a statement.  "If you haven't already, I encourage you to rise to the challenge and be a part of the solution so we can continue our economic recovery and have the summer we all crave."

The far-left Los Angeles Times says...
There is no absolute right to refuse vaccination.  We're getting closer to the point where every American who wants to be vaccinated will have gotten their needle stick.  A quarter of Americans say they don't plan to be vaccinated; in vaccine-friendlier California, that's 1 in 5.  Of those who don't plan to be immunized, some worry about the newness of the vaccines, while others just don't like vaccines in general, despite the mountains of proof about how many lives they save, and some stubbornly refuse to believe that COVID-19 is all that dangerous.

The Editor says...
Tyranny is far more dangerous than any disease — especially a disease which isn't "all that dangerous," as many sensible people believe.  Mandatory vaccination is especially dangerous when the vaccine — or whatever it really is — is experimental, and it is impossible to know its long-term side effects.  Mandatory vaccination(s) will inevitably put everyone in a position of having to prove they've had their shots, which would require a so-called vaccination passport to enter public buildings, fly on an airplane, or vote, to name a few examples.  This is a quick and easy recipe for abject tyranny.

Joe Rogan Gets Scolded by Anthony Fauci and the White House for Not Supporting the Proper Vaccine Narrative.  [Scroll down]  This could not have come at a worse time for the Biden Bunch and the public health nazis trying to reorder American society by using a "public health emergency" to erase the First Amendment.  The efforts to convince Americans to accept the various vaccines are flagging.  The effort has been marred by instances of unexplained death, the temporary removal of one vaccine from use, a general impression that the development was hurried and involved a lot of cut corners.  And because this is all a stalking horse for a power grab rather than being based upon any concern for the health of Americans, the government has as much as acknowledged that the vaccine does not protect you from the virus, but you still have to get it anyway if you want back the life you can't have.

Once Again:  It's Not Florida That's Cooking the Books, It's New York.  It's truly remarkable:  Whatever Governor DeSantis is baselessly accused of doing, Andrew Cuomo or someone else seems actually to have done.

Former-Pfizer VP Yeadon: 'I don't think you could come up with a better plan' for depopulation than the pandemic and vaccines.  Mike Yeadon is a soft-spoken microbiologist and a former vice-president of allergy and respiratory research at Pfizer.  He spent 32 years working for large pharmaceutical companies and is a leading expert on viral respiratory infections.  He is also a man on a mission, and his mission is to inform as many people as possible about the elite powerbrokers that are using the pandemic as a smokescreen to conceal their real objectives.

Why is it only "rare?"  Why is it not impossible?
It's rare, but some have caught COVID-19 even after being vaccinated.  Robin Hauser, a pediatrician in Tampa, got COVID-19 in February.  What separates her from the vast majority of the tens of millions of other Americans who have come down with the virus is this:  She got sick seven weeks after her second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. [...] As more Americans every day are inoculated, a tiny but growing number are contending with the disturbing experience of getting COVID-19 despite having had one shot — or even two.

Mask Fanatics Prove Exactly What Conservatives Have Been Saying All Along.  [Scroll down]  Mask mandates do nothing to stop the spread of COVID-19, full-stop.  The data shows it, the numbers coming out of these states show it, and any state that has lifted their mask-mandates has not seen an increase in cases or deaths (aside from the predicted second wave) after the action was taken.  Masks are worthless, aside from the performative relief it provides certain people.  If you are fully vaccinated (that is, two weeks after the second shot), you have even less of a reason to wear a mask.  (.04% of all vaccinated people got COVID-19 during the Pfizer trial)  This isn't a directive that people should ignore mask-mandates on private property, rather it is an argument against government forced mask-mandates.  [Mask fanatics] don't realize that literally, no one is stopping them from wearing a mask if they so desire.  This maskhole who attacked me for not wearing a mask, outside, in the sun, while fully vaccinated, thinks that for him to be protected, I have to change something about my lifestyle to make him more comfortable.  And here's the point:  They choose to do so, absent a government mandate.  When confronted with the data that shows mandates do not affect the spread, they retreat to some ivory tower of judgment to suggest that your own desire to not wear a mask is somehow indicative of your lack of caring for others.  They know they are wrong yet they continue on their inquisition to convert everyone to their point of view.

CDC's New Outdoor Mask Guidance Is a Joke.  There was a lot of buildup toward the CDC's announcement relaxing the guidance on the wearing of masks outdoors.  The results are now in, and they are a joke.  Per the Washington Post, the CDC now says that "fully vaccinated Americans can go without masks outdoors when walking, jogging or biking outdoors, or dining with friends at outdoor restaurants."  But this isn't the only deliverance the pezzonovante at the CDC are bestowing upon us.  The CDC says that "even unvaccinated individuals may go without masks when walking, jogging or biking outdoors with household members."  But for those hoping this new guidance means you might be able to attend a baseball game without wearing a mask, I have disappointing news.  Our moral betters at the CDC "caution that crowded outdoor settings still pose risks and urge everyone — both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals — to wear masks when attending sporting events, live performances and parades."

Biden wears a mask for no reason
CDC Concedes the Outside Mask Person is Nuts.  The Centers for Disease Control ordered Americans in 2020 to wear masks when outside and coming anywhere within 6 feet of another person.  The agency never gave an explanation for the guidance since there is no evidence that the novel coronavirus can spread between people who are walking, running or biking past each other outside.  Finally, under pressure by a frustrated public, the CDC acknowledged Tuesday that its order to wear masks for over a year was complete nonsense. [...] I won't even discuss here what most media outlets are reporting that the new CDC guidance on maskless outside relief is mostly for vaccinated people.  I refuse to engage in any government order about wearing masks after getting the vaccine.  As you know, Facebook has censored me for saying that Pres.  Biden is worsening vaccine hesitancy by wearing a mask now.  He added to this drama by walking to his press conference about the new CDC outdoor guidelines by wearing a mask while walking alone outdoors.


Joe Biden Proposes Crippling Taxes, Strangling Regulations, and Completely Unsecure Elections in Prime-Time Speech.  [Scroll down]  He then shamed those who didn't want to get vaccinated, wagging his finger in our faces and demanding that we get vaccinated now.  ["]Everyone over the age of 16, everyone — is now eligible and can get vaccinated right away.  So get vaccinated now.["]  [Tweet with video clip]  Why should we get vaccinated?  The three people in that video have been vaccinated, yet they're still wearing masks.  The chamber was nearly vacant due to unnecessary social distancing requirements — unnecessary, because all of the members have either had COVID or been vaccinated.  So, why are they still acting as if there is any sort of risk?

The Biden Administration's Latest Incoherence on COVID Will Blow Your Mind.  There was a lot said, mostly by the mainstream media, about the supposed "chaos" surrounding some aspects of the Trump administration.  Every time someone was fired or a certain aspect of messaging had to be clarified, gnashing of teeth commenced.  It didn't matter how minuscule the position or issue actually was.  Yet, I'm struggling to think of anything that comes close to the sustained incoherence we are currently witnessing from the Biden Administration.  We are quite literally at parody levels.  Today [4/27/2021], as RedState reported, Joe Biden walked outside with a mask on his way to go announce that you no longer need to wear a mask outside.  You can't make this stuff up.

Nashville woman unable to walk claims Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is to blame.  Brandy Parker-McFadden sits in her Vanderbilt hospital bed, unable to stand.  "Our youngest is like — are you ever going to walk again?  We just reassure him this is extremely rare."  The mother of three received her second Pfizer COVID shot on April 16.  Hours later, an unusual sensation started in her legs.  "Then it turned into a horrible neck pain, and it just kept getting worse and worse," recounted Brandy.  Her husband James knew something was terribly wrong.  "She was screaming in pain.  She is one that is pretty stoic.  That's what created the sense of urgency."  James rushed Brandy to the emergency room at Vanderbilt, and then the unimaginable happened.  "I woke up.  I can't move my arms.  I can't move my legs.  So, he's freaking out.  The doctors are panicking," Brandy recalled.

In Florida and Texas, Americans Are Free to Be Americans.  [A]fter decades of slowly tearing at the fabric of our nation, the Left is now ripping it to shreds.  The "un-wasted opportunity" of the COVID-19 pandemic has only magnified their radicalism.  Over the last year, Americans have seen churches fined and churchgoers imprisoned in the name of the coronavirus — a virus with a 99.7 percent survival rate.  We have seen millions of small businesses closed, with the greatest concentration in Democrat-run states like Michigan.  We have seen big-government Democrats like California Governor Gavin Newsom continue to impose restrictions on their constituents while playing by different rules, to the point where even the left-leaning mainstream media has cried foul.

CDC Ministry of COVID Compliance Creates Tiered Liberty Outlook Based on Vaccination Status.  Comrades, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), also known as the U.S. Ministry of COVID compliance, has released new guidelines for outdoor expressions of liberty and freedom.  Within the guidelines vaccinated people are now permitted to engage in activity without masks.  However, non-compliant citizens — those who refuse the non FDA approved emergency vaccination — are still required to wear masks.

Baltimore County Man Says He Was Kicked Off Southwest Flight For Not Wearing Mask While Eating Twizzlers.  A Baltimore County man said he was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for not wearing a mask while eating Twizzlers and wants to share his story in the hopes things will change.  Avi Mandel said he was a frequent Southwest flyer until his flight Sunday out of Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International Airport.  He showed WJZ a selfie video he made during the flight, in which he said, "I, Avi Mandel, just got kicked off a plane because I wasn't wearing my mask in between bites while I was eating."  "That's so sad.  That's so wrong," Mandel told WJZ.  "It was absurd.  The way I was treated was absolutely absurd.  It was crazy and it wasn't fair."

Watch As California Official Forcibly Vaccinate Mentally Challenged People With 'Operation Homebound' Program.  In a video that will disturb most, California officials hold down mentally handicapped patients at an undisclosed home.  Those being forced to vaccinate are seen crying and even trying to escape those administering the shots, who are dressed in ironically paramilitary garb.  One young girl is seen held down on a woman's lap and forcefully injected.  [Video clip]

COVID nurse explains becoming a whistleblower: 'I recorded them murdering patients'.  Erin Maria Olzewski, the whistleblower nurse who made headlines last year documenting "fraud, negligence, and greed" that "led to unnecessary deaths" during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sat down with LifeSiteNews during the Health & Freedom Conference to share her experience and reflections.  Olzewski, whose findings were first brought to light in a viral June video titled "Perspectives on the Pandemic:  The (Undercover) Epicenter Nurse," received a strong appreciative reception from the sold-out, 4,000-person event held at Rhema Bible College.  A native of Wisconsin, yet a current resident of the Tampa, Florida area, Olzewski, explained how she volunteered to temporarily work as a travel nurse in New York City telling LifeSite's Rebekah Roberts, "we weren't seeing a large influx of [COVID-19] patients" in Florida.  Also being an Army combat veteran who served in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, Olzewski mentioned how she decided to enter another type of "frontlines war zone," by serving those in greater need at the "epicenter" of the pandemic.

Quebec Reports Blood Clot Death of Woman After Receiving AstraZeneca Vaccine.  The Quebec government has announced that a woman in her 50s has died of a blood clot that occurred after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.  Public health director Dr. Horacio Arruda told a news conference Tuesday that the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks, and the province always knew that rare complications were possible.  Health Minister Christian Dube said the province is currently investigating four cases of serious complications out of some 400,000 people who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine.  Currently the province is offering the vaccine to Quebecers between the ages of 45 and 79, and Arruda said there are no plans to change that strategy.

People Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Don't Need to Wear Masks Outdoors:  CDC.  People who have been fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 are no longer being advised to wear masks outdoors.  People who have gotten two Moderna or Pfizer shots, or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, can conduct a range of activities outside without wearing a mask, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday [4/27/2021].  Those include dining at outdoor restaurants with friends and attending an outdoor gathering with a mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated people.  People who are not vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus are being told to continue wearing masks in those situations.

Edwards rolls back Louisiana mask mandate, limits locations.  Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday partially lifted Louisiana's statewide mask mandate enacted to combat the coronavirus outbreak, limiting the face covering requirement to schools, hospitals, clinics and other specific locations.  The Democratic governor's decision to roll back the mask mandate he enacted in July is at odds with the recommendations of President Joe Biden's administration, but puts him more in line with other Southern state leaders who have either ended their statewide face covering requirement or never enacted one at all.

Vaccination Shamers, Please Check Yourselves.  This author has been a nurse over 40 years and have never seen such blind faith or exuberance in experimenting with a serum/vaccine.  I suppose in the 1980s if President Reagan had suddenly announced that a vaccine for AIDS had been developed in warp speed our society might have seen some semblance of today's blind acceptance.  I suppose the perfectly healthy that had little if no chance of contracting the AIDS virus would blindly inject a miracle serum into their God given body if they were told by the government, media, and scientists they must do this for society's sake.  But, without the internet, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the like the results would not be quite the same.  Our society has entered a very slippery slope creating classes of Vaccinated Population (VP) versus Unvaccinated Population (UVP). [...] One can't help but think of Rand Paul and his very valid questions to Anthony Fauci about continuing to require masks after vaccination.  Do the vaccines work or not?

Call it what you will, but this is a vaccine passport.
Some summer fun limited to COVID-19 'Vax Pass' holders? 'Vaccination is going to be your ticket.'  Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady on Tuesday said the city will launch a COVID-19 vaccination passport program next month for admission to select concerts geared toward young people, in another effort to "incentivize" residents to get their shots.  For now, the city is working with club organizers on setting up shows and other events with "a youth flavor," Arwady said, but the "Vax Pass" concept could end up applying to other venues, too.  "As we build vaccine confidence and convenience, we're interested in thinking about ways to incentivize people to get the vaccine," Arwady said.  "I would hope that for most people their main incentive is to be able to stay healthy, keep their families healthy, keep their communities healthy — but we also know, younger people in particular may be excited about the idea of getting into events, for example, that might be limited to people who are vaccinated."

It's Official:  It's Now A Cult!  You'll need a mask over your eyes during this Fauci song and dance.  [Video clip]

The Editor says...
The video clip in the article above features a pathetic young man who has watched too many re-runs of Glee.  This is what happens in a fatherless household, or in an affluent family where the dad is always too busy to play baseball with his son.

Fauci Was the Worst Choice to Helm COVID Response.  In what's supposed to be a major scoop, the Daily Mail just published "Worrying new clues about the origins of Covid:  How scientists at Wuhan lab helped Chinese army in secret project to find animal viruses."  It may not be quite that big — the Gateway Pundit revealed some of this information a year ago — but there are significant new facts, including that a People's Liberation Army colonel, Cao Wuchun, who is on the board of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, studied epidemiology at Cambridge, the very seat of advanced experimental science in the United Kingdom.  Think Stephen Hawking.  (Have the "Five Eyes" gone blind?)  Having finished his studies, Cao is now a Chinese regime advisor on bioterrorism.  The DM added "He was second-in-command of the military team sent into the city under Major General Chen Wei, the country's top biodefence expert, to respond to the new virus and develop a vaccine."  Suspicious, no?  But wait, there's more, as they say: [...]

Security At A Baseball Game Cuff And Slam A Man In Front Of His Crying Child For Having His Mask Down While Eating.  This was the pathetic scene at an Omaha Beef baseball game at the Ralston Arena last week when security cuffed, then body-slammed a man in front of his family for daring to eat with his mask down.  They dragged the poor man out of the arena while his young son cried.  [Video clip]

Worrying new clues about the origins of Covid:  How scientists at Wuhan lab helped Chinese army in secret project to find animal viruses.  Scientists studying bat diseases at China's maximum-security laboratory in Wuhan were engaged in a massive project to investigate animal viruses alongside leading military officials — despite their denials of any such links.  Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveal that a nationwide scheme, directed by a leading state body, was launched nine years ago to discover new viruses and detect the 'dark matter' of biology involved in spreading diseases.  One leading Chinese scientist, who published the first genetic sequence of the Covid-19 virus in January last year, found 143 new diseases in the first three years of the project alone.

The Media Doesn't Seem To Want You To Know COVID-19 Cases Are Plummeting Nationally.  Case numbers trended upward in late March and early April, but the 7-day average has now declined for 12 of the last 13 days and is back to mid-March levels.  Deaths have mostly flattened, rather than increased, when cases saw a brief bump, and Sunday the CDC reported 294 new deaths.  That's the lowest single-day number since Sept. 7.  Despite the overwhelming abundance of good news to share about the coronavirus pandemic in the United States — cases and deaths are falling, vaccines seem to be working exceptionally well and new variants aren't causing the hiccups some feared — positive coverage of the pandemic is hard to find in American media.

Mandatory vaccines themselves are a limit on freedom.
GOP docs in Congress promote COVID-19 vaccine, say it's the best way to end limits on freedoms.  Republican doctors and health pros in Congress promoted the COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday [4/27/2021] as safe and effective tools to wind down the pandemic and "end the government's restrictions on our freedoms."  The public-service announcement from Sens. Roger Marshall of Kansas, John Barrasso of Wyoming, John Boozman of Arkansas and seven House Republicans does not mention former President Donald Trump by name but highlights his efforts to shepherd multiple vaccines to approval in under a year.  "Operation Warp Speed brought us safe and effective vaccines and all in record time," Rep. John Joyce, a medical doctor from Pennsylvania, says in the two-minute video that rotates among the GOP participants.

Fauci flip flops but the point is to obey.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease bureaucrat, said the CDC will update its guidance on mask-wearing in public in what can only be described as another major flip-flop. 'If you're vaccinated, obviously the risk is minuscule,' he told ABC News.  He now claims they've been saying that all along.  A year ago, he recommended not wearing masks.  Then he claimed he only said that so emergency workers would have enough masks.  In other words, he lied to and manipulated Americans.  He also lied about herd immunity and now says we need 90% vaccine herd immunity.  As cases grew, Fauci and the government changed their minds and told everyone to wear masks.

West Virginia Governor offers $100 savings bond for young people to get COVID-19 vaccine.  West Virginia Governor Justice is announcing a way to encourage those ages 16 to 35 to get vaccinated from the coronavirus.  He discussed it during a press conference Monday afternoon [4/26/2021].  "We're going to give every single one of these people, the people that already stepped up, our young people that have already stepped up and been vaccinated, and every single one of our young people, we're going to give a $100 savings bond to every single one that steps up and takes their vaccines," said Governor Justice.

The Editor says...
If the disease is really as bad as the government and the news media say it is, and the vaccine is really as beneficial as they claim, why are monetary incentives necessary?  Obviously this is the carrot — the stick is coming next.

COVID 'Experts' Shut Out the Light at the End of the Tunnel.  Recently Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that, despite being fully vaccinated, he does not plan to go to an indoor restaurant or a movie or plan any trips "for a while."  Not long after, the CDC and FDA recommended pausing the administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine "out of an abundance of caution" because, out of around 6.9 million doses administered, six women had developed a rare form of blood clot.  Just like that, the reward-to-risk ratio of the COVID vaccination effort worsened.  It was a one-two punch.  One:  Fauci's admission diminished the return on getting vaccinated.  For many people, eating out, going to a movie, and taking a trip are the reasons they wanted to get vaccinated.  Two:  the CDC-FDA "pause" gave further pause (not that more was needed) to those debating vaccination's safety and did so over a literally "one in a million" occurrence.

Report:  Biden Has Andrew Cuomo Lead White House COVID Calls with Governors.  Embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) has reportedly taken over the leadership of the weekly White House conference calls with the nation's governors about the coronavirus pandemic, since President Joe Biden does not join them.  Philip Wegmann of RealClearPolitics reported Monday [4/26/2021] that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have both opted not to join the weekly conference calls with governors, unlike former President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

Biden, Harris Skipping Weekly COVID Calls With Governors, Leaving Cuomo in Charge.  Governors have become frustrated because President Joe Biden has not attended a single weekly COVID briefing.  Vice President Kamala Harris has only attended one so far. [...] So Cuomo, the man under investigation for nursing home deaths and sexual harassment, leads the calls now.

Governors Complain That Biden, VP Skip Weekly COVID Calls.  The phone calls come from inside the new administration, but the president is not on the line.  In fact, Joe Biden has not dialed in to any of the weekly COVID-19 coordinating calls with the nation's governors since he came into office, a sharp contrast with his predecessor and a break from last year's pandemic ritual.  Every Tuesday, usually at 11 a.m. EST, all 50 governors dial in to the same conference call to coordinate federal and state responses to the coronavirus crisis.  And until this past January, they heard each time from the vice president.  Mike Pence, as head of the White House COVID task force, led those weekly discussions.  Donald Trump dropped by from time to time.  The calls continue under the current administration but without Biden.  "It's been a real frustration, I think it's safe to say, for all 50 governors," New Hampshire's Chris Sununu told RealClearPolitics.

Tucker Carlson:  These Are the Only People Who Still Voluntarily Wear Masks.  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has delivered the final blow to the COVID lockdown regime.  The new study on the so-called six-feet apart rule was blown up.  The indoor occupancy caps were also trashed.  What about those insanely expensive air filtration units that teachers want to be installed before they venture out of their caves and start working again?  Not necessary.  Open windows, fans blowing, and a good circulation of fresh air is good enough.  It doesn't matter if you're 60 feet away or 6 feet away from someone inside, you're still at risk of contracting the virus, even with a mask on.  It's quite a sledgehammer to the entire Fauci-Democrat-Media COVID panic machine that's been working nonstop to keep us in a constant state of fear. [...] Even The New York Times did a story about a mass study in Denmark about masks and their effectiveness in curbing the spread of COVID.  It was negligible.  The media has annoyingly pointed out maskless events.

Gretchen Whitmer and Other Michigan Lunatics Tell 2-Year-Olds To Mask Up.  Starting today across the state of Michigan, two-year-olds at daycare facilities will be required to mask up, thanks to an order from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.  Kids from ages 2 [to] 4 will now be subjected to mask requirements just like the rest of Michigan citizens, according to MDHHS representative Bob Wheaton, who told MLive.com that two-year-olds will be required to wear a mask at a park just like 18-year-old senior in high school.  The new rules will require daycare workers to keep masks on two-year-olds.  One daycare worker told Mid-Michigan Now that she's concerned for the two-year-olds who are learning from teacher facial expressions and expressions from classmates.  "Something might be super exciting and fun, but they can't see that so they don't know how to react," Nicole Bellanger from Lady Di Daycare told the news channel.  Bellanger added that three-year-olds at the facility are speaking less since they started wearing face masks.

Second Opinions About COVID-19 Denied to Americans.  Americans are being denied access to key information about COVID-19 by unelected bureaucrats who seek to expand government power and control, warned talk show host and author Steve Deace, whose new book "Faucian Bargain" recently topped Amazon's bestsellers list.  "The two main objectives of our health care system — informed consent and second opinions — were denied to us at COVID," Deace said in an interview with The Epoch Times' "American Thought Leaders," adding that much of the data presented in his book has not been communicated to the American public by Dr. Anthony Fauci, who leads the nation's pandemic response.  "For example, if the average American knew that almost half of the deaths in America with COVID occurred in nursing homes where less than one percent of Americans live, we would have never ever gone along with this level of subjugation," Deace told host Jan Jekielek.

Fifty-two passengers on one flight from Delhi to Hong Kong test positive for coronavirus after landing — despite ALL presenting a negative test while boarding.  At least 52 people from a single flight from Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive for Covid-19, despite all passengers presenting a negative coronavirus test before boarding.  All of the passengers who tested positive flew into Hong Kong on a flight from India's capital, run by Indian airline Vistara on April 4.  Hong Kong as a whole has been recording fewer daily new infections than the total number detected on the flight, since it brought a fourth wave of infections under control in January.

Alaska Airlines bans mask-resisting Republican state senator from home state.  A Republican state senator from Alaska who staunchly opposes COVID-19 restrictions has been banned from Alaska Airlines for refusing to wear a mask while flying.  Alaska State Sen. Lora Reinbold was handed the no-fly order by airline management after she resisted multiple requests by staff to abide by its policies requiring masks for all passengers.  "She is not permitted to fly with us for her continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy," spokesman Tim Thompson told the Anchorage Daily News.  Reinbold was captured on video last week arguing with Alaska Airlines staff in Juneau International Airport over her refusal to wear a mask covering her nose and mouth.

Covid pill could be ready this year.  Pfizer's Inc experimental oral drug that would be the first specifically designed to stop the novel coronavirus could be available by the end of this year.  The antiviral pill prevents the virus from spreading inside the body by blocking an enzyme that coronavirus needs to copy itself.  The treatment belongs to a class of drugs known as protease inhibitors.  Known as PF-07321332, the medication would be prescribed to patients at the first sign of infection with COVID-19.

Does Paying Teachers $500 to be Vaccinated Sound Crazy?  It's Happening in Detroit.  Detroit is attempting to entice their teachers into being vaccinated by offering a $500 bonus to those who get the shots, as well as providing them with two additional sick days that can be rolled over if not used.  Keep in mind, schools in Detroit had been closed for months, finally reopening only last month before closing again for two weeks in early-April due to COVID concerns.  Detroit, like so many other governments, has been extremely cautious in protecting students and teachers.  But this policy begs many questions to be answered, and one in particular.  If COVID is so deadly and threatening, and if the vaccines are so effective and safe, why would Detroit, or any other city, need to essentially bribe teachers into getting the shots if their priorities are indeed the students' educations and health?

Track coach blasts mask rule after runner collapses from 'complete oxygen debt'.  On Wednesday [4/21/2021], a face-masked high school distance runner in Oregon collapsed unconscious on the track a few meters from the finish line — due to what her coach deemed "complete oxygen debt."  According to The Bulletin, despite Summit HS 800-meter star Maggie Williams' fall [...], she slid across the finish recording a blazing time of 2:08.45, a school record.  Maggie suffered a burn to her face along with scraped elbows and knees.  "I was pushing so hard and everything went blurry and I just fell," she said.

Here's a Mask Guideline for Joe Biden to Follow.  Joe Biden is scheduled to issue his new mask-wearing guidelines for Americans this week.  Can't wait.  Something else to chuckle over and ignore seeping out of this White House.  Here's my guideline for you, Joe, on wearing masks:  Stop it!  When you're on a Zoom call in front of an international audience and their unmasked leaders, lose your mask, Joe.  You're vaccinated and talking to a screen.  That's not a virtue signal.  That's a stupid signal.  At your desk in the Oval Office, lose your mask.  Everyone around you has been vaccinated.  They've been tested that day.  You look dumb.

Astroturfing COVID Agitprop.  Attention, parents:  If your children are online, they are being bombarded by an inescapable public relations campaign by all the Bigs — Big Pharma, Big Government and Big Tech — to brainwash them about the COVID vaccine.  While children under 18 remain at the lowest risk of COVID-19, peer pressure to get the experimental jabs is enormous.  That groupthink is compounded by relentless messaging from politicians, celebrities and social media influencers posting virtue-signaling photos of themselves flaunting their arm Band-Aids and immunization papers.  The playing field is rigged by internet titans who ban all dissenters and label all skepticism as "misinformation" or "conspiracy theory."  It's mass agitation and propaganda — agitatsiya — that would make the old Soviet Marxists proud.  The 21st-century twist is that Silicon Valley, Fortune 500 corporations and their nonprofit organs are pouring gobs of money to manufacture support for the public-private COVID vax regime.  The Ad Council alone — backed by major companies including Facebook, Google, NBC Universal, GM, Verizon, Walgreens, Walmart, Amazon, Apple and CBS/Viacom — has earmarked $50 million "to persuade skeptics to believe in coronavirus vaccines."  The businesses and public relations agencies work closely with the Biden administration's U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on crafting Big Brother-approved content.

COVID-19 Hygiene Theater Is Out of Control.  The 9/11 attacks gave us the heightened security theater now on display in all U.S. airports.  Day after day for the last two decades, Transportation Security Administration agents have patted down travelers from teens to the elderly, looking for weapons that nobody expects to find.  While airplane cockpit doors are now locked to prevent hijackings, the pat-downs remain.  And now we have pandemic hygiene theater to give uninformed people a false sense of control and sustain their fear of the virus.  Think of the number of hours that schools, restaurants, and other businesses spend wiping down surfaces to prevent COVID-19 transmission even though we've known since last July that this wiping isn't necessary.  Yet Americans continue to spend untold hours and dollars wiping surfaces to provide the appearance of virus protection to their patrons.

Why are Texas and Florida doing so well for new COVID cases?  A report from Fox News shows that new COVID cases in both Florida and Texas continue to decline, though Florida's numbers are still a bit above the national average.  That's the good news.  The not-so-good news is that Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan are currently leading the pack in terms of new cases.  Some of that can be attributed to which states are still conducting more aggressive testing regimens, but not all of it.  So where is the mystery in all of this?  As the report points out, Texas has been fully reopened without a mask mandate for more than six weeks and Florida has been in the same situation for considerably longer.  New York, Michigan and Pennsylvania are still under various levels of lockdown protocols with mask mandates in place.  So if those policies are as effective as everyone keeps telling us, why aren't we seeing more of a disparity in the numbers in the opposite direction?

When Will Biden Declare The COVID Crisis Over? (Hint:  It Won't Have Anything To Do With 'Science').  Last week, Biden was on a video chat with other world leaders to talk about the so-called climate crisis.  On the call were the heads of Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Russia, and many others.  Not one of them was wearing a mask.  And why would they?  They are on a video call.  We are not experts on infectious disease, but one thing we do know for sure is that only computer viruses can be transmitted over the internet.  But in a screenshot circulating the web, Biden is the only one donning a mask.  Why?  Biden has already been inoculated against the disease.  He has repeatedly bragged about how — unlike President Donald Trump — he would heed "the science."  Biden kept promising his first order of business would be ending the pandemic.  The White House hasn't offered an explanation.  But we'd surmise that the reason is that Biden wants to instill continued fear in the public.  All along he's been a doomsayer about the disease.  He continues to warn against new threats.

Millions of People Are Skipping Out on the Second Dose of Vaccine.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that at least 8 million Americans who received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine have failed to return for the second dose.  Both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines require two doses about a month apart for the full immunological effects to take hold.  About 8 percent of people are not taking their second dose, double what the rate was in February.

Meanwhile, Back in COVID-Land.  In the never-ending saga of Dr. Fauci's white-coat supremacism over public policy, in which, to paraphrase Mussolini, the motto of Faucism might be "All within the CDC, nothing outside the CDC, nothing against the CDC," we note the new study from MIT published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which finds that the indoor six-foot distancing rule is not well-founded.  To the contrary, the study found that there was about the same risk of catching COVID indoors at 60 feet as there is at six feet.  Face masks and ventilation/air circulation are much more effective than social distancing. [...] Meanwhile, the New York Times has a story out Friday [4/23/2021] purporting to prove that the U.S. death rate is the highest in a century because of COVID.  The article is a case-study in the importance of statistical presentation — especially when put into graphic form.

Fauci acknowledges outdoor COVID-19 transmission 'low,' expects updated mask guidance.  Dr. Anthony Fauci believes the Centers for Disease Control will soon provide updated COVID-19 guidance on using face masks in outdoor settings, calling it "common sense" to do so.  Face masks have taken an increasingly central role in debate lately as many have questioned the continued and widespread use of masks even as vaccinations continue to soar nationwide.  A Georgia mother went viral this week after she sounded off on her local school board continuing its mask mandate through next year.  Fauci agrees with some of that thought, saying that the risk for people engaging in outdoor activities is "miniscule," especially for vaccinated individuals.

Covid: Prior infection vs vaccination.  [W]hat we really need is a study that looks at the degree to which people actually get re-infected, not more studies that look at antibodies.  Once we have that, we can do a comparison with the results of the vaccine trials, and then we will finally have a reasonably good estimate of whether prior infection or vaccination provides a higher level of immunity, or if they are equivalent.  That is now exactly what we have, thanks to a study that was recently published in The Lancet.  This was a cohort study carried out in the UK that recruited 25,661 NHS hospital workers and then followed them for an average seven months.  The study was funded by the UK government.  Participants were divided in to two cohorts, a covid positive cohort and a covid negative cohort.  The purpose of the study was to see what proportion of people in each cohort went on to develop covid-19.  The data were collected during the second half of 2020.  Everyone who had or had previously had a positive antibody test or PCR test for covid-19 at the beginning of the study was placed in to the covid positive cohort, and everyone else was placed in to the covid negative cohort.

MIT researchers:  Risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors [is] the same at 6ft and 60ft.  The risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors is the same when socially distanced 6 feet apart and 60 feet apart, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say.  The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America earlier this month, argues that there isn't much benefit to distancing 6 feet apart.  Ideas about coronavirus transmission have changed since the beginning of the pandemic.  At the start of the global outbreak, scientists and medical professional believed that hand-washing after touching surfaces was the leading cause of transmission.  Experts now say the virus is transmitted through droplets released when people talk, sneeze and cough.

What to know about the India coronavirus variant causing worries.  E484Q and L452R are known as escape mutations.  These types of mutations make it easier for the spike proteins on the virus to evade the antibodies elicited by vaccines and invade cells in the body.  Recent research in the journal Cell Host & Microbe found that E484Q was able to evade antibodies in convalescent plasma.  An article in Cell recently found that variants containing L452R became more resistant to neutralizing antibodies.

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Remember, a subscription to Cell Host & Microbe makes a thoughtful Christmas gift — especially for the insomniac who has tried everything else.

Throat spray and hydroxychloroquine found to reduce risk of Covid-19 infection:  Singapore study.  Using a throat spray or consuming the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine has been found to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection in healthy individuals in areas with high transmission rates.  These findings were revealed by a local study of more than 3,000 healthy young migrant workers who were quarantined in Tuas South Dormitory in May last year.  The study found that taking a povidone-iodine throat spray three times a day, or the oral drug hydroxychloroquine once daily, reduced the likelihood of getting infected by Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, by over 20 percent.

Chicago restaurant group to require vaccination for employees by July 15.  A prominent Chicago restaurant group announced in a memo to employees Thursday that all employees are required to be fully vaccinated by July 15.  Crain's Chicago Business reported Friday that Fifty50 Restaurant Group, who operates the Berkshire Room and Roots Handmade Pizza, will require vaccinations for employees.  The announcement comes just as many colleges and universities have announced required vaccinations for in-person learning during the upcoming fall semester.

U.S. Under Fire For Not 'Sharing' the Coronavirus Vaccine.  There is no nation on earth more generous than the United States of America.  We supply half of all food aid around the world, feeding an estimated 600 million people.  We rush aid to people hit by natural disasters, sending ships of war, experts, and, of course, billions in cash.  Even a bitter enemy like North Korea, which receives substantial food aid from the U.S., gets help when the calls go out.  No other nation comes close to matching the generosity of the American people or its government to help those less fortunate. [...] The Operation Warp Speed program was a U.S.-created endeavor.  We spent billions of American tax dollars to fund it.  But the rest of the world thinks we're being selfish in "hoarding" the drug.

Masks are a Joke, But No One is Laughing.  [Scroll down]  As I approached the door to board the jet with several passengers ahead of me, my eyes met the fierce, darkly penciled eyebrows of a flight attendant overseeing the boarding.  Of course, I couldn't see the rest of her face due to her face mask.  For a fraction of a second, I thought she was going to give me a welcoming smile, but she yells over the people in front of me and points at my face, and says "Your mask, pull it up all the way, cover your nose completely!"  Apparently, unbeknownst to me, my mask was not sufficiently secured to my face, even though it felt okay to me.  I made sure not to let that happen again!  Next, throughout the flight, in two languages, we were berated and chided about the importance and necessity of thoroughly covering our faces, or risk being ejected and suffering the consequences.  We were told how to eat and drink while only momentarily lowering our masks.  Meanwhile, the rather large passenger in the seat next to me was invading into my seat space, even using my foot space, but as long as I have my face muzzled, when not eating or drinking, all is well in COVID world.  It is a complete joke, but no one is laughing.

Only Biden wears a mask
So Long America, And Thanks For All The Fish.  Welcome to the New World Order:  [Illustration]  Where our PINO is the only tool who feels it necessary to mask up for a virtual climate change summit.  They say a picture is worth a thousand words which is good because I have none; so allow me say simply... **so long America, and thanks for all the fish.  Although Joey is a fish out of water on his best days it still seems like the rest of the world is shooting fish in a barrel now.


7,157 Fully Vaccinated Americans Have Contracted COVID-19, 88 Dead:  CDC.  The number of recorded COVID-19 cases among Americans who have been fully vaccinated against the virus that causes it is now over 7,100, according to health officials.  The so-called breakthrough cases are reported by states to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which then releases the figures.  In its new update, the CDC reported that 7,157 people who were fully vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, still got the virus.  Most of the breakthrough cases, 64 percent, took place among women, while 46 percent were among men or women aged 60 years old or older.  Nearly 500 people who contracted COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated required hospital care, though about a third of their illnesses were deemed unrelated to COVID-19.

Is TV's favourite Sage member Professor Susan Michie such a big fan of lockdowns because she's a Communist once known as Stalin's nanny?  Few of the Government scientists helping to shape the nation's Covid strategy are as influential and ubiquitous as Professor Susan Michie.  Not only is she a senior member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) but also two other groups guiding Ministers and she is regularly given a platform by the BBC and ITV to share her ideas.  Yet few viewers and listeners will realise that Prof Michie is a key member of the Communist Party of Britain and is dedicated to establishing a new socialist order in this country.  To her critics, it is little wonder that she is prominent among those demanding yet more Covid controls, bursts of short, sharp isolation and seemingly indefinite mask-wearing and distancing — the sort of policies favoured by the Communist Morning Star newspaper.

The government has to make an example of somebody, to make the rest of us get in line and submit.
Albert Lea wine bar owner, wanted in alleged COVID violations, says she will turn herself in if conditions are met.  Lisa Hanson, an Albert Lea wine bar owner charged with violating COVID-related restrictions, said from an undisclosed location Friday [4/23/2021] that she had no plans to turn herself in until authorities agree to several conditions.  Among those conditions, she said, is getting served by the sheriff with "the proper summons with the charges."  She added that "jurisdiction must be established by the court."  But Freeborn County Sheriff Kurt Freitag said Hanson "is in no position to be making conditions," and called her description of a phone conversation she had with him "lunacy."  Hanson's defiance has caused a small uproar in Albert Lea, a city of 17,400 near the Iowa border where her Interchange Wine and Coffee Bistro is located.  She faces nine misdemeanor criminal counts, each carrying penalties of up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Where life is normal.  Left-wing magazine Slate took the stunning and brave step Saturday of publishing an article outlining the case for no longer wearing masks outside.  'As we've come to know more about the virus, as vaccinations are ramping up, and as we're trying to figure out how to live with some level of COVID in a sustainable way, masking up outside when you're at most briefly crossing paths with people is starting to feel barely understandable,' the author reasoned. [...] Yes, outside of the Twitter bubble and large city centers where mask virtue-signaling reigns supreme, no sane person has been wearing a mask outdoors for months.  The science doesn't support it.  As Slate noted in its late-to-the-party piece, the chances of catching COVID during a brief moment passing someone else on the sidewalk are lower than getting struck by lightning.  Still, leftists persisted because they didn't dare upset their woke neighbors who believe a 'culture of safety' is more important than a return to normalcy.

Georgia Wolverine Mom Speaks to School Board On Behalf of Many, "Take These Masks Off Our Children".  This is just about representative of every wolverine mom in the nation.  The ridiculous COVID mandates have thrown common sense out the window.  During a Georgia school board meeting, this mom passionately speaks for many.  She is withdrawing her consent:  [Video clip]  The power of government comes from the people; or as we say in the U.S. "from the consent of the governed."  When people lead, the politicians are forced to follow.  Without implied consent the municipal or state government has no power.  None.  Unfortunately the totalitarian authority might label this mom a subversive dissident voice; consider her defiance a reason for targeting and re-education; and then engage child protective services in the removal of her children.  It would not surprise me to see DHS show up at her door with an armed FBI SWAT team to deliver a no-knock warrant for her arrest.

Well-ventilated bars and restaurants should reopen fully because capacity limits do not cut the risk of catching COVID-19, new research claims.  Professors Martin Bazant and John Bush from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology say the 'six foot rule' that encourages people to socially distance in public has no solid basis in science.  They explained that the risk of being exposed to the coronavirus indoors is the same whether people are six feet or 60 feet apart, and that this risk is low in well-ventilated spaces.  Bazant and Bush developed a model to calculate indoor exposure risk based on time spent inside, air filtration and circulation, immunizations, respiratory activity, variants and mask use.

How to Make a COVID Vaccination Decision.  In the debate over whether one should or should not get the COVID vaccination, much has been said about the "science." However, I'm not sure any encyclopedic knowledge of "science" is required to make this health decision.  Simple statistical analysis should suffice to inform one's ultimate decision. [...] For example, through statistics as of April 7, the odds an American under the age of 25 would die from COVID were 1-in-106,217.  On the extreme other end of the age spectrum, the odds an American 85 or older would die from the disease were an eye-opening 1-in-39.4.  (Not surprisingly, albeit under-reported, the largest category of COVID victims by age cohort is Americans 85 and older).  This means that the probability a person in our country's oldest age cohort (85 and older) will die from or with COVID is 2,696 times greater than the nation's youngest citizens (those under the age of 25). [...] As my young children's odds of dying from COVID are probably around 1-in-700,000, I definitely don't think they should get a vaccine... especially where the long-term effects of these vaccines are the very definition of "unknowable."

The Failure of Imperial College Modeling Is Far Worse than We Knew.  A fascinating exchange played out in the UK's House of Lords on June 2, 2020.  Neil Ferguson, the physicist at Imperial College London who created the main epidemiology model behind the lockdowns, faced his first serious questioning about the predictive performance of his work.  Ferguson predicted catastrophic death tolls back on March 16, 2020 unless governments around the world adopted his preferred suite of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to ward off the pandemic.  Most countries followed his advice, particularly after the United Kingdom and United States governments explicitly invoked his report as a justification for lockdowns.  Ferguson's team at Imperial would soon claim credit for saving millions of lives through these policies — a figure they arrived at through a ludicrously unscientific exercise where they purported to validate their model by using its own hypothetical projections as a counterfactual of what would happen without lockdowns.  But the June hearing in Parliament drew attention to another real-world test of the Imperial team's modeling, this one based on actual evidence.

Biden Threatens To Cancel 4th Of July If Americans Don't Get "The Jab".  Whoever is writing Joe Biden's material doesn't appear to have a working knowledge of why it is that Americans celebrate the Fourth Of July, or as it is otherwise known Independence Day.  On Wednesday [4/21/2021], the nation's 46th president reiterated his tired threat:  If people don't march down to their local vaccination site and roll up their sleeves, that they would not be able to celebrate July 4th.  Even to get together in "small gatherings" to commemorate the day when our forefathers broke free of the tyranny of a king.  Biden's mass vaccination push has gotten stuck in the mud now that those who were eager to take "the jab" have done so.  That leaves tens of millions of Americans who are understandably wary of being injected with vaccines that were rushed into distribution under emergency use approval.  Without the standard years of clinical and animal trials that show safety and effectiveness long-term.

Usefulness Exhausted, CDC Reassigns Rod Rosenstein's Sister : "she has since taken leave".  Interesting notation from Politico regarding the move of Rod Rosenstein's sister, Nancy Messonnier, out of the CDC executive management coordinating the COVID-19 response.  Messonnier made a big splash in February 2020 when she proclaimed COVID was a looming catastrophe about to overwhelm the nation. [...] The alarming February 2020 message from Dr. Messonnier was quickly picked up by most major news organizations and pushed into all reporting on the issue.  The tone of the alarm was also counter to the message of the Trump administration and HHS Secretary Alex Azar, as outlined in a press conference with leadership from U.S. Health and Human Services.

Fauci fatigue:
'Show us anyone besides him': Fauci distrust at the core of 'vaccine-hesitant' focus group.  A focus group of vaccine-hesitant Republican voters from across the country said they want a whole lot less of Dr. Anthony Fauci and a whole lot more of the facts.  Speaking with pollster Frank Luntz for a focus group put together by the de Beaumont Foundation, the participants — all of them Republicans of various ages and races — expressed a shared distaste for the Biden administration's top coronavirus "expert."  After the conclusion of the focus group, Luntz posted a tweet in which he summed up their feelings with a few short words:  "Show us anyone besides Dr. Fauci."  He also shared clips from the focus group to his Twitter feed, though for some reason he didn't share a clip of the participants talking about Fauci.

Mask Mandates for Children Mostly Harmful:  Professor of Medicine.  Requiring children wear masks does more harm than good, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told The Epoch Times.  Bhattacharya advised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis not to make children don face coverings.  Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University.  He's a health economist by training.  "I think about things from a cost-benefit point of view, you have to think about what the costs and benefits are of any policy to set before you make a recommendation," Bhattacharya said on The Epoch Times' "American Thought Leaders."  "In the case of masks, the evidence [how] children spread the disease even without a mask is that they're much less efficient spreaders.  It's not like the flu where children actually are efficient spreaders of the disease.  In the case of coronavirus — for reasons we don't fully understand — children even unmasked are much less likely to spread the disease to adults, than an adult is to spread disease to an adult," he added.

The COVID-19 Disaster That Did Not Happen in Texas.  When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, lifted his statewide face mask mandate and his limits on business occupancy in early March, Democrats warned that he was inviting a public health disaster.  Yet a month and a half later, newly identified coronavirus cases in Texas have fallen by more than 50 percent, and daily deaths have dropped even more.  Meanwhile, states with stricter COVID-19 regulations have seen spikes in daily new cases.  This is not the pattern you would expect to see if government-imposed restrictions played a crucial role in curtailing the pandemic, as advocates of those policies assume.  Abbott's critics did not mince words.  President Joe Biden said the governor's decision reflected "Neanderthal thinking."  Gilberto Hinojosa, chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, said it was "extraordinarily dangerous" and "will kill Texans."  One reason those dark prophecies have not come true:  The practical impact of Abbott's changes was much less significant than his detractors implied.

Los Angeles Dodgers create section for vaccinated fans; masks still required for ticket holders.  The Los Angeles Dodgers will attempt to incentivize fans to get COVID-19 vaccines by creating a special section for those who are immunized.  Select outfield seats will be open to fans this Saturday [4/24/2021] when the team takes on the San Diego Padres.  Details regarding the seats, which are in sections 166LG and 168LG in the loge level, include the following:
  •   Negative tests must be provided for children under 2 years old.
  •   Ticket holders must have received shots at least two weeks prior to attending the game.
  •   Children between 2 [and] 15 years old must have a virus test within 72 hours of admission.
  •   Masks must be worn unless ticket holders are eating and drinking.
A news release by the team notes that social distancing rules will not be enforced in the section.

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[#1] The outfield seats?  Is that the best incentive they can offer?  [#2] Children under 16 are the least likely to spread Covid-19.  [#3] If they can require you to wear a mask in the outfield, they could soon require you to wear a baseball glove.  Just in case.  For your safety.  We're all in this game together!  [#4] I can confidently predict that I will never attend a professional sports event again.  You go ahead.  Come for the BLM ceremony, stay for the game.

U.S. nonprofit linked to Wuhan coronavirus lab has received $1.5 million in taxpayer bailout loans.  A U.S.-based nonprofit that has helped bankroll coronavirus experiments at a controversial Chinese laboratory has received roughly $1.5 million in taxpayer bailout loans over the past year despite questions surrounding what role the lab in question may have played in the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.  EcoHeatlh Alliance, a New York biomedical nonprofit headed by British zoologist Peter Daszak, has been under scrutiny for more than a year due to its funneling of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a coronavirus research facility that sits just a few miles from where the first large outbreak of COVID-19 reportedly took place.  Though many questions remain unanswered as to how those funds were spent at the Wuhan lab, EcoHealth has nevertheless over the past year been the recipient of two whopping government bailouts bankrolled by U.S. taxpayers as part of a COVID relief program.

Petition to undo Michigan Governor Whitmer's COVID executive orders has enough valid signatures.  A petition drive in Michigan that attempts to repeal a law allowing many of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's coronavirus executive orders has enough valid signatures to send the matter to state boards, then legislature.  The state's Board of State Canvassers is set Thursday to hear the petition and send it to Michigan's Board of Elections for approval.  If the board, made up of two Democrats and two Republicans, recommends certifying the petition, the matter goes to the state's GOP-led legislature, which is expected to adopt and enact the repeal of the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act, and avoid a Whitmer veto.

OOPS: NC Walgreens Admits To 'Accidentally' Giving COVID Vaccines Filled With Only SALINE.  Several people mistakenly received a saline injection instead of the COVID-19 vaccine at a Walgreens in Monroe, North Carolina.  "We recently learned of a limited number of patients who did not receive the vaccine at one of our Monroe, North Carolina, stores and instead received an injection of saline," a Walgreens spokesperson says.  Walgreens says it reached out to all impacted patients and gave them the COVID-19 vaccination as soon as they were able to return to the pharmacy.

US may soon reach 'tipping point' on COVID vaccine 'enthusiasm': report.  The US will likely reach a "tipping point" over the next few weeks when supply of the COVID-19 vaccine will outpace those willing to receive it, according to a report released this week.  "While timing may differ by state, we estimate that across the U.S. as a whole we will likely reach a tipping point on vaccine enthusiasm in the next 2 to 4 weeks," the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation said in the report published Tuesday [4/20/2021].  "Once this happens, efforts to encourage vaccination will become much harder, presenting a challenge to reaching the levels of herd immunity that are expected to be needed," the report said.

China Joe Signs Executive Order Banning Federal Use of the Words "Wuhan Virus" to Describe Wuhan Virus.  China Joe Biden signed an executive order to ban the use of Wuhan Virus to describe the Wuhan Virus.  That's important!  Joe Biden still says it's xenophobic.

The Lockdown Paradigm Is Collapsing.  It's taken much longer than it should have but at last it seems to be happening: the lockdown paradigm is collapsing.  The signs are all around us.  The one-time hero of the lockdown, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, is now deeply unpopular and most voters want him to resign.  Meanwhile, polls have started to favor Florida governor and lockdown opponent Ron DeSantis for influence over the GOP in the future.  This remarkable flip in fortunes is due to the dawning realization that the lockdowns were a disastrous policy.  DeSantis and fellow anti-lockdown governor Kristi Noem are the first to state the truth bluntly.  Their honesty has won them both credibility.  Meanwhile, in Congressional hearings, Representative James Jordan (R-OH) demanded that Dr. Fauci account for why closed Michigan has worse disease prevalence than neighboring Wisconsin which has long been entirely open.  Fauci pretended he couldn't hear the question, couldn't see the chart, and then didn't understand.  Finally he just sat there silent after having uttered a few banalities about enforcement differentials.

Biden Tells All Americans to Wear Masks Until 'Everyone Has a Chance to Get Their Shot'.  President Joe Biden asked all Americans to "mask-up" in May and June as "everyone has a chance to get their shot" before Independence Day this Fourth of July.  "To celebrate our independence from this virus on July 4th with family and friends in small groups, we still have more to do in the months of May and June.  We all have to mask-up until the number of cases go down, until everyone has a chance to get their shot," said the President.

Some [women] are reporting abnormal periods after a COVID-19 vaccine.  U. of I. professor is looking for answers..  The tweet was from Kathryn Clancy, an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who posted April 7 about a new survey she's running to catalog people's menstrual experiences after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.  The survey is a joint effort between Clancy and Katharine Lee, a postdoctoral research scholar at Washington University School of Medicine.  As of Monday, Lee said more than 25,000 people have filled it out.  So far, there have been only anecdotal reports of menstruation changes following the COVID-19 vaccines, and experts emphasize there is no sign of danger in getting the vaccine, nor is this a reason to skip getting vaccinated.

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Ri-i-i-ight.  This is no reason to skip getting vaccinated, unless it's just a symptom of some serious side-effect yet to be named.

Biden announces it's your 'patriotic duty' to get jabbed with the experimental Covid vaccine.  Yesterday [4/21/2021], while patting himself on the back for carrying out the program established by President Trump to create, produce and distribute vaccines against Covid-19, President Biden announced a first-ever "patriotic duty" to get vaccinated. [...] If the Constitution is being reinterpreted to mean that the state can impose medical procedures on its citizenry as a duty, then given the below replacement level birthrate, can the state impose a "duty" on pregnant women to carry their unborn children until birth?  I wonder what the feminists think of the idea of the state imposing medical procedures as a "duty"?

Biden to employers:  Offer vaccination incentives.  President Biden said Wednesday the government will reimburse small employers who give paid time off to workers who step out for a COVID-19 vaccine and need time to recover from any side effects.  Speaking from the White House, Mr. Biden implored businesses of all sizes to offer gift cards, compensation and other incentives to get vaccinated.  He characterized it as a win-win that ensures a healthy and productive workplace while building sufficient immunity in American society.  "One concern I've heard from so many Americans is that they can't afford the time to take the time off to get vaccinated or lose a day's work because they're feeling slightly under the weather after their shot," Mr. Biden said.  "No working American should lose a single dollar from their paycheck because they chose to fulfill their patriotic duty of getting vaccinated."

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Imagine that.  The guy who accepted the office of President, after his party stole the election, is lecturing us about our patriotic duty.

Vaccine-Hesitant Americans Aren't Ignorant Rubes, They're Understandably Cautious.  Recent polls show about a quarter of American adults either don't plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine or want to wait on it.  The numbers have held steady for months: 27 percent in a recent Quinnipiac poll, 25 percent in an NPR/Marist poll from late March, and 30 percent in a Pew survey from mid-February.  After federal health officials called for a pause in the distribution of Johnson and Johnson's one-shot vaccine last week over fears of severe blood-clotting, the number of vaccine-hesitant Americans could be slightly higher now.  That means tens of millions of American adults won't be getting a vaccine, at least not right away.  Why?  For corporate media, the answer is simple:  those people are idiots who have either bought into crazy conspiracy theories about the pandemic or are simply too selfish and lazy to do the right thing.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, for one, is very frustrated with them.

120 doctors ask JAMA to retract misleading Ivermectin study.  No, they didn't find any harm from ivermectin, but after every study showing the amazing efficacy of ivermectin against SARS-CoV-2 at every stage of the disease, the media breathlessly promoted a Colombian study supposedly showing no statistically meaningful benefit among those COVID-19 patients who were treated with it.  Last month, a group of Colombian researchers published a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concluding that, contrary to the findings of every other study, ivermectin showed no signs of bettering outcomes in COVID-19 patients in Cali, Colombia.  "Among adults with mild COVID-19, a 5-day course of ivermectin, compared with placebo, did not significantly improve the time to resolution of symptoms," concluded the authors.  "The findings do not support the use of ivermectin for treatment of mild COVID-19, although larger trials may be needed to understand the effects of ivermectin on other clinically relevant outcomes."

CDC Data: Vaccine Injury Reports Top 50,000.  Data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the number of injuries and deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) following COVID vaccines revealed steadily rising numbers, but no new trends.  VAERS is the primary mechanism for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S. Reports submitted to VAERS require further investigation before a causal relationship can be confirmed.  Every Friday, VAERS makes public all vaccine injury reports received to the system as of Friday of the previous week.  Today's data show that between Dec. 14, 2020, and March 26, a total of 50,861 total adverse events were reported to VAERS, including 2,249 deaths — an increase of 199 over the previous seven days — and 7,726 serious injuries, up 631 over the same time period.  Of the 2,249 deaths reported as of March 26, 28% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, 19% occurred within 24 hours and 43% occurred in people who became ill within 48 hours of being vaccinated.

Vaccine makers destroy COVID vaccine safety studies
  •   Makers of COVID-19 vaccines are now destroying long-term safety studies by unblinding their trials and giving the control groups the active vaccine, claiming it is "unethical" to withhold an effective vaccine
  •   In so doing, they make it virtually impossible to assess any long-term safety and effectiveness, and the true benefit versus cost
  •   It's ironic, because vaccine mandates are being justified on the premise that the benefit to the community is more important than an individual's risk of harm.  Yet vaccine manufacturers are saying that participants in the control groups are harmed by not getting the vaccine, and saving the individual is more important than securing the data needed to make public health decisions
  •   Getting the active vaccine comes with risk, not merely benefit. This is particularly true for the novel mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines
  •   As of April 1, 2021, VAERS had received 56,869 adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination, including 7,971 serious injuries and 2,342 deaths.  Of those deaths, 28% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination.  The youngest person to die was 18 years old

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Visited Her Elderly Dad In Florida While Telling Michiganders Not To Travel.  Her spokesman confirmed Monday that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer flew to Florida more than four weeks ago.  The formal announcement raises glaring questions over why Whitmer has been criticizing Florida's handling of the pandemic and urging Michiganders to not leave the state she has kept in one of the tightest lockdowns in the nation.  "In the past six months, she has left the state three times, once for the inauguration, once to assist her elderly father who is battling a chronic illness, and once to visit with Michigan's National Guard troops," said Bobby Leddy, Whitmer's press secretary.  "All trips were very brief, two full days or less, closely followed public health guidelines, and were made when Michigan's daily positivity rate was in the low single digits."

Video: Vaccine Is Trojan Horse For Totalitarian Takeover.  In a lengthy interview Friday [4/9/2021] with British journalist James Delingpole, distinguished biochemist and pharmacologist Dr. Mike Yeadon described the COVID-19 vaccine as a Trojan horse that would be used to build "a common platform database" at a "supranational level."  Yeadon, who worked as Chief Scientific Officer for Allergy and Respiratory Research at the pharma giant Pfizer, said he couldn't think of any "arguable medical reason whatsoever" for coercing entire populations from infants to the elderly to take the jab.  "Our government is lying to us in a way that is frightening," Yeadon repeated throughout the interview, warning listeners of the deception of the government's scientific advisers saying, "every single number put out is unreliable, untrustworthy and scientifically meaningless."  The scientist explained that the new technology was a radical departure from traditional vaccines and "should be called gene-based vaccines just to emphasize there's something quite different about them."

Herpes infection possibly linked to COVID-19 vaccine, study says.  Herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine, experts have revealed.  Scientists in Israel identified six cases in a new study of patients developing a skin rash known as herpes zoster — or shingles — after receiving the Pfizer vaccine, according to a study in the Rheumatology journal.  Herpes zoster starts off as a small, itchy skin rash, but if left untreated, it could cause nerve damage and pain, the Jerusalem Post reported.  This can include a prolonged burning sensation on the skin even after the rash disappears.  Researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Carmel Medical Center in Haifa found those with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases had a higher risk of developing the herpes infection.

Laboratories in US can't find COVID-19 in one of 1,500 positive tests.  A clinical scientist and immunologist-virologist at a southern California laboratory says he and colleagues from 7 universities are suing the CDC for massive fraud.  The reason: not one of 1500 samples of people tested "positive" could find Covid-19.  ALL people were simply found to have Influenza A, and to a lesser extent Influenza B.  This is consistent with the previous findings of other scientists, which we have reported on several times.  Dr. Derek Knauss:  "When my lab team and I subjected the 1500 supposedly positive Covid-19 samples to Koch's postulates and put them under an SEM (electron microscope), we found NO Covid in all 1500 samples.  We found that all 1500 samples were primarily Influenza A, and some Influenza B, but no cases of Covid.  We did not use the [...] PCR test.'  'When we sent the rest of the samples to Stanford, Cornell, and a couple of the labs at the University of California, they came up with the same result:  NO COVID. They found Influenza A and B.  Then we all asked the CDC for viable samples of Covid.  The CDC said they can't give them, because they don't have those samples.' [...] 'I still need to find one viable sample with Covid-19 to work with.  We who conducted the lab test with these 1500 samples at the 7 universities are now suing the CDC for Covid-19 fraud.  The CDC still has not sent us a viable, isolated and purified sample of Covid-19.  If they can't or won't, then I say there is no Covid-19.  It's fictional.'

Kiss goodbye to foreign travel:  State Department plans 'Do Not Travel' advisories for 80% of countries due to COVID.  The U.S. Department of State announced on Monday [4/19/2021] it will issue a 'Level 4: Do Not Travel' advisory, its highest warning, for about 80 percent of countries.  In an official statement, the agency said the risk of COVID-19 while traveling remains too high and urged Americans to 'reconsider all travel abroad.'  'This does not imply a reassessment of the current health situation in a given country, but rather reflects an adjustment in the State Department's Travel Advisory system to rely more on CDC's existing epidemiological assessments,' the statement read.

How Do Republicans Regain the High Ground? By Ending the Mask Tyranny!  Americans of all stripes are fed up with wearing masks, particularly in Red states where virus cases and deaths have been plummeting despite having repealed mask mandates.  And, thanks to the internet, many Americans have performed their own research on the efficacy of masks since experts like Dr. Fauci have flipflopped on the issue, and people have found a number of studies conducted that conclude the wearing of masks is not "backed by science" after all (the gold standard for the Left these days).  Here are some conclusions from just a few of them:
  •   April 2020: masks have no effect for self-protection or to protect third parties
  •   May 2020: masks could even increase the risk of infection
  •   May 2020: masks had no effect in a CDC study (!)
  •   July 2020: cloth masks had no effect
  •   December 2020: masks cause a rise in bacterial pneumonia
  •   February 2021: there is no evidence supporting the effectiveness of non-medical and medical face masks (EU's CDC)
  •   March 2021: US data from March-December 2020 show that masks reduced cases and deaths only by from .5% to 2% at a confidence rate of 95% (statistically meaningless!)
But the straw that may have broken the mask-mongers' backs is an April 2021 study from Stanford University that devastates the logic and science for wearing masks.

Vaccine resistance and Covid fear within families.  All one has to do is visit the websites of the vaccine-manufacturers themselves to discover that those Big Pharma companies do not claim that their jabs can prevent COVID or its transmission.  They claim only that they may reduce the severity of symptoms.  And as the number of serious adverse reactions and even deaths by vaccine mount, those who have succumbed to the media fear-mongering and Biden administration heavy-handed promotion still ignore the many, many obvious factors that mitigate against all four of the vaccines, all of which may have serious consequences down the road when other viruses come along.  Those of us of a certain age are perhaps more likely to research the vaccines than younger generations, and conservatives are certainly more likely to be suspicious of anything the government pushes so aggressively, especially when tried and true, inexpensive, and effective treatment is available.

PGA Tour Plans to Make Non-Vaccinated Golfers Pay for COVID Test.  The PGA Tour is telling its players they will not have to be tested for the coronavirus if they are vaccinated, and those who aren't will have to pay for their own tests starting this summer.  In a memo sent to players Monday, the tour strongly encouraged them to get vaccinated.  It stopped short of saying it would require players to be vaccinated to compete in tournaments.  Players would be deemed inoculated 14 days after the full course of the vaccine.  They would no longer be subject to testing for the coronavirus and, in accordance with CDC guidelines, would be able to gather in small groups without face coverings.

Study: mRNA-Based Vaccines And The Risk Of Prion Disease.  Vaccines have been found to cause a host of chronic, late developing adverse events.  Some adverse events like type 1 diabetes may not occur until 3-4 years after a vaccine is administered.  In the example of type 1 diabetes the frequency of cases of adverse events may surpass the frequency of cases of severe infectious disease the vaccine was designed to prevent.  Given that type 1 diabetes is only one of many immune mediated diseases potentially caused by vaccines, chronic late occurring adverse events are a serious public health issue.  The advent of new vaccine technology creates new potential mechanisms of vaccine adverse events.  For example, the first killed polio vaccine actually caused polio in recipients because the up scaled manufacturing process did not effectively kill the polio virus before it was injected into patients.  RNA based vaccines offers special risks of inducing specific adverse events.  One such potential adverse event is prion based diseases caused by activation of intrinsic proteins to form prions.  A wealth of knowledge has been published on a class of RNA binding proteins shown to participating in causing a number of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease and ALS.

After vaccination:  Number of deaths in nursing homes explodes.  And again a "conspiracy theory" of "Corona deniers" is confirmed:  The vaccinations against the virus are dangerous.  This is not claimed by any "covidiots" but is proven by statistical data.  In old people's homes the death rate has dramatically multiplied in the weeks after the start of vaccination as the statistics below show.  This reports the magazine "Our Central Europe" with reference to figures of the Robert Koch Institute.  Further the magazine reports:  "That seems to impress however the politicians and "experts" responsible for it little.  These people claim that this has nothing to do with vaccinations — it's all just coincidence.  It is quite possible that soon it will be claimed that they all died of Corona because there was too little vaccination.

Globalists are using COVID-19 to 'crush the spirit' of mankind.  Dr. Peter Breggin is an acclaimed psychiatrist with decades of experience researching and writing about a great many topics.  He previously did consulting work with the National Institue of Mental Health.  Recently, he wrote a new book that connects all the dots on the coronavirus.  It's titled COVID-19 and the Global Predators:  We are the Prey.  Dr. Breggin is a first-rate scholar.  And his knowledge shines through on my podcast today.  Among other things, he explains to me how Dr. Fauci, Bill Gates, and Klaus Schwab have been openly coordinating during the coronavirus "pandemic."

CDC, FDA maintain vaccine injury denial despite 6,000% increase in deaths reported.  According to data released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) last week, that reported the current number of deaths following COVID-19 vaccines standing at 2,509, including an increase of 459 deaths compared to CDC data received through the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) through March 19.  While VAERS reported only 36 deaths during the first quarter of 2020 through March 31, with nearly 50% of those who died infants under 3 years of age, last week's CDC release, based on VAERS data published on March 26, 2021, recorded 2,050 deaths following COVID-19 vaccination.  As of March 19, there were 2,050 deaths after COVID injections, with some of them dying after COVID injections in December 2020, when the FDA granted approval for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.  This year's data, 2021, relevant until March 19, 2021, showed 1,754 deaths following all vaccines, not just COVID-19 injections, with 80% of these reported deaths among the elderly over age 65.

Take the [...] Mask Off!  In the New York Times, David Leonhardt writes about "Irrational COVID Fears." The subhead:  "Why do so many vaccinated people remain fearful?" Oh, I don't know.  Maybe because of constant media hysteria, and the insistence by Dr. Fauci and others that vaccinated people continue to wear masks?  That isn't where Leonhardt is going, of course.  He begins with the fact that most people are terrible at objectively assessing risk.  That is both true and unfortunate, but not exactly news. [...] In reality, wearing a mask post-vaccine is a symbol of submission to irrational state power.  How about this for a symbol?  How about if we all declare ourselves free from the nonsense, take off our masks, and get back to normal life?

Western Civilization's Growing Intellectual Dead Zones.  [Scroll down]  Trapped in this fear-virtue prison it is now possible for experts to be compelled into irrational actions against their better judgment.  As Charles Schmidt writes in MIT Technology Review "for many scientists, challenging the idea that SARS-CoV-2 has natural origins is seen as career suicide.  But a vocal few say it shouldn't be disregarded or lumped in with conspiracy theories."  Just as the purge of innocent Georgetown law professors is a small price to pay for the greater good of advancing an anti-racist narrative, any suggestion of a lab accident origin for the coronavirus epidemic must be dismissed to protect valuable research.

Chile has one of the world's best vaccination rates.  Covid is surging there anyway.  Chile's vaccination campaign against the coronavirus has been one of the world's quickest and most extensive, but a recent surge in infections has sparked concern beyond its borders.  Almost 40% of the South American country's total population have now received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to statistics compiled by Our World in Data, reflecting one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.  Only Israel and the U.K., respectively, have inoculated a larger share of their population with at least one dose.  Nonetheless, Chile has endured a sharp uptick in coronavirus infections in recent weeks, even with its world-renowned vaccine rollout and strict lockdowns in place for much of its 19 million inhabitants.

British government publishes shocking report on side effects of Corona vaccines — Strokes, blindness, miscarriages.  A report from the UK Medicines Agency reveals more side effects from the Corona vaccinations.  In total, more than 30,000 vaccinees reported more than 100,000 adverse reactions to the vaccine by the end of January.  Most notable are 13 people who went blind after the vaccination, eight miscarriages and a total of 236 fatal cases, Epoch Times reports.  The list of side effects and adverse reactions to Corona vaccinations is getting longer.  A report by the UK's Medicines Regulatory Agency (MHRA, a body that licenses and oversees medicines in the UK, similar to the Paul Ehrlich Institute in Germany) now adds blindness and miscarriages to already known reactions to vaccines, such as pain, facial paralysis and blood disorders.  The report was updated on February 11 to include reports of suspected adverse reactions from the start of the vaccination campaign on December 9 through the end of January.

Dr. Fauci Does Damage Control on Sunday Show Circuit After Getting Torched by Jim Jordan.  Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) had a tense exchange earlier this week during a congressional hearing.  Jordan was insistent that he wanted objective measures from Fauci to guide lifting the restrictions many Americans are still living with, such as masking, social distancing, and limited gatherings.  Over a year after the pandemic began, this seems like a perfectly reasonable request, but Fauci would not provide any details.  It was not a good look.  To do damage control, Fauci is making the rounds on the Sunday shows — except for Fox News.

Covid tests are magnetically tagging you and the vaccine is designed for mass depopulation.  Former FEMA operative Celeste Solum talks with David Icke:  'The Covid tests are magnetically tagging you and the vaccine is designed for mass depopulation and the synthetic transformation of the human body[.]'  [Video clip]

Of Course!  Michigan Gov Blames State's Terrible CoVID Spike on 'Travelers from Florida'.  Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer continued to deflect growing criticism of her handling of the state's CoVID-19 outbreak; blaming the spike in new infections on travelers returning from Florida.  "At the end of the day, this is going to come down to whether or not everyone does their part," Whitmer told "Meet the Press."  "That's the most important thing.  This variant, the B117 variant, is what is growing so quickly in Michigan.  We have the second most, I think, after Florida."

Joe Biden Takes Inane Mask Hysteria to Another Level.  Joe Biden has been vaccinated since last year.  Despite that, he's continued to push a message on wearing masks that spits in the face of science and risk probabilities.  Just the other day, Biden walked through Arlington cemetery wearing a double mask, while having no one within 50 feet of him.  What science prompts someone to be so performative?  The answer is none.  He wasn't done, though.  Biden has now decided to take his inane mask hysteria to another level.  While eating with Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga, the president sat socially distanced and double-masked for some reason.

Enough with the coronavirus hysteria.  At this point in the pandemic, there is more good news than bad.  Yet, our leading health officials are doing everything they can to convince the public otherwise.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study late last week that says almost half of all U.S. adults have received at least one vaccine shot.  More than 80% of vulnerable senior citizens have received one vaccine shot, and more than 65% of seniors have been fully vaccinated.  In other words, herd immunity is well within reach — if we haven't reached it already — and the most at-risk population is now safe from this virus.  And yes, vaccinated people are safe from this virus.  Out of the 66 million people who have completed their vaccinations and waited at least two weeks, only 5,800 contracted the coronavirus.  That's fewer than 1 out of 10,000 people.  So, why does the CDC continue to insist that vaccinated people are still at risk?

Ontario Canada Goes into Full-Blown Police State to Lockdown Over COVID, Complete With Admitted Stasi.  Comrades, the Canadian Ministry of COVID compliance has initiated a complete and total lockdown of Ontario.  Premier Doug Ford alerts comrade citizens they will be stopped, questioned and searched if they are out of their home.  The lockdown is absolute and complete with checkpoints, suspension of civil rights laws and the implementation of a provincial Stasi authority for police to act as enforcement officers for the state.  Do not be alarmed Canadian comrades.  Currently the Ontario enforcement units are not allowed to use deadly force for violations by non-compliant citizens.  The state will determine your economic and social freedom based on your compliance.  The Ontario COVID ministry appreciates your compliance in avoiding the dangerous virus freedom zones; and is thankful for compliant citizens who do not question the complex data analysis that goes into regional scientific tracking systems.

Early Reports of U.K. Variant's Lethality Appear Greatly Exaggerated.  The COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, also known as the U.K. variant, was not associated with more severe disease in hospitalized patients versus non-variant strains, but it does appear to be more transmissible, British researchers found.  There was no association between severe disease and death and the SARS-CoV-2 strain (adjusted prevalence ratio 1.02, 95% CI 0.76-1.38), though viral load was higher among patients with B.1.1.7 versus non-B.1.1.7 strains, reported Eleni Nastouli, MD, of University College London in England, and colleagues, writing in Lancet Infectious Diseases.  Most research supports the idea that B.1.1.7 is more transmissible, but a report released by the British government in February examining several studies concluded, "it is likely that infection with ... B.1.1.7 is associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation and death compared to infection with non-[variant] viruses."

43-year-old father of 7 paralyzed, can't talk 3 hours after receiving COVID-19 vaccine.  A 43-year-old father of seven children in Mississippi was left unable to speak and paralyzed on one side of his body three hours after being inoculated with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, his family says.  On a Facebook page to help pay for the medical costs of Brad Malagarie of St.  Martin, Mississippi, the man's family says he suffered a stroke Tuesday caused by a blood clot in his left middle cerebral artery shortly after getting the single-dose shot.

J&J Vaccine Pause — Caution or Collusion?  The FDA and CDC last week recommended a pause in COVID vaccinations of the Johnson & Johnson single shot vaccine due to a small number of reports of blood clots in individuals receiving the vaccine.  This vaccine is the third FDA "allowed" vaccine, along with Pfizer and Moderna.  Note the difference between "allowed" and "approved."  None of the vaccines have seal of FDA approval but are being administered under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Such authorization allows the Secretary of HHS to declare that emergency use is appropriate when necessary, for public health and national security when no adequate approved alternatives exist.  One could argue about therapeutics as an alternative to vaccination, but the medical and political establishment refuses to even consider such options as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.

Curing COVID-19 with the Mushroom Treatment.  Recent events have rendered it all too obvious that the politicians and bureaucrats charged with overseeing the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic are determined to use it as a pretext to restrict our civil liberties indefinitely.  They refuse to provide coherent answers to simple questions about their plan for returning the country to normal, yet insist that we adhere to mitigation strategies that have been shown to be ineffective in practice and inconsistent with basic science.  Meanwhile, they collude with news outlets and social media platforms to censor respected epidemiologist whose recommendations conflict with the pseudoscientific piffle promulgated by the Biden administration's public health "experts."  An example of the administration's refusal to outline a coherent strategy to get us back to normal was provided by "America's doctor," Anthony Fauci, during last Thursday's [4/15/2021] hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

Michigan: 'Strongest public health order in the Midwest' now requires masks for 2-year-olds.  The Michigan state government this week directed state residents as young as two years old to begin wearing masks in the hopes that doing so will help bring down the state's coronavirus numbers.  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said in a press release on Friday that the state will expand its COVID-19 response — what the state DHHS calls "the strongest public health order in the Midwest" — to apply its masking requirement "to children ages 2 to 4" in order to "further protect the state's residents."  "Expanding the mask rule to children ages 2 to 4 requires a good faith effort to ensure that these children wear masks while in gatherings at childcare facilities or camps," the announcement says, adding that the order "follows recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance."

Stanford study quietly published at NIH.gov proves face masks are absolutely worthless against Covid.  Did you hear about the peer-reviewed study done by Stanford University that demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that face masks have absolutely zero chance of preventing the spread of Covid-19?  No?  It was posted on the the National Center for Biological Information government website.  The NCBI is a branch of the National Institute for Health, so one would think such a study would be widely reported by mainstream media and embraced by the "science-loving" folks in Big Tech.  Instead, a DuckDuckGo search reveals it was picked up by ZERO mainstream media outlets and Big Tech tyrants will suspend people who post it, as political strategist Steve Cortes learned the hard way when he posted a Tweet that went against the face mask narrative.  The Tweet itself featured a quote and a link that prompted Twitter to suspend his account, potentially indefinitely.

Efforts to make Oregon's coronavirus rules permanent [have been] met with fierce opposition.  The state's emergency regulations expire on May 4, but a proposal that would extend Oregon's mask mandate and social distancing requirements indefinitely has sparked the ire of state residents.  The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division received a record-breaking 5,000 comments on the proposed rules before the public comment period ended, eclipsing the past record of 1,000 comments.  "The majority of comments were simply hostile to the entire notion of COVID-19 restrictions," Michael Wood, the administrator of Oregon's Occupational Safety and Health Division, said.  "The vast majority of comments were in the context of, 'You never needed to do anything.'"  Republican state Sen. Kim Thatcher is a staunch opponent of the proposal and questioned the threshold at which the mandate would be rescinded.

Southwest Airlines Put Woman On No Fly List, Strands Her At Airport For Showing A Medical Exemption Note For A Mask.  This woman was stranded at an airport and not allowed to fly home to her 3 young children for showing the airline her medical exemption, signed by a doctor, for not having to wear a mask.  The airline told her she still can't board the flight and when she argued, they put her on a no-fly list, even when she said she would wear the mask even with the exemption.  Southwest Airlines has perhaps the nastiest reputation when it comes to mask rules, even kicking off an autistic 3-year old from a flight last year because he wouldn't wear a mask.  [Video clip]

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Greatest Violations of Nuremberg Code in History.  Investment advisor and former Assistant Secretary of Housing Catherine Austin Fitts contends CV19 and the vaccines to cure it are more about control than depopulation.  Fitts explains, "I think the bankers are trying to chip us.  Moderna describes their injection, gene therapy as an 'operating system.'  I agree with them.  I think they are trying to download an operating system into our bodies. [...] If you look at the deaths and adverse events, and the failure to provide true informed consent, we are talking about the greatest violations of the Nuremberg Code in history — now."  Fitts says don't believe the hype on the number of CV19 vaccines being given.  Fitts explains, "One of the things I have seen and gotten feedback on is that the resistance is much greater than anything they are indicating in any kind of official statistics.  There are also indications that the deaths and adverse events (from the vaccines) are much worse, and that has to be spreading virally.  If you look at the people most resistant, including healthcare workers and nursing staff, they are seeing the adverse events, and they are seeing the deaths.  So, I don't trust the statistics. ... The top doctors I trust essentially say this is an experiment, and it's true.  These vaccines are not approved by the FDA.  These are authorized under experimental use.  So, this is a trial, a human trial.  The doctors I trust say we won't know for 4, 6, 12 or 18 months what the real impact is.  These are not vaccines.  It is gene therapy and downloading an operating system.  I would argue that they are not vaccinations, but whatever they are, if it follows the history of vaccinations, what you are going to see is a tremendous diminution of people's immune systems and a whole world of autoimmune diseases that can be explained away by other things.  I would guess that the leadership's goal is not necessarily to depopulate, and I could be wrong, but their goal is to install an operating system.  To get that done, they don't care how many people they kill."

The Injections Being Supplied Are Not Vaccines.  [Scroll down]  Remember, the vast majority of those getting this injection have done little to no research — they implicitly trust Big Pharma's word along with that of the mainstream media that it will be safe and effective.  I believe I have found the best definition from Dr. David Martin [see Martin's bio here] in a video he produced in late January with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Judy Mikovits.  I watched it three times and each time was able to grasp a little more of what he said.  I augmented what I heard with some of my own research and can confidently present it as truth.  [Link to video clip]  One thing you will absorb even on the first listen is this:  The injections being supplied by Moderna and Pfizer are NOT VACCINES.  According to Dr. Martin, these manufacturers had to disguise their treatments as vaccines in order to fit them under the 1905 Jacobson v. Massachusetts U.S. Supreme Court case, a ruling that has been interpreted [some say misinterpreted] as a license for states to mandate vaccines during health emergencies.

Covid deaths by age
COVID-19 Deaths by Age.  According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 is deadliest among older populations.  In fact, through February 17, 93 percent of COVID-19 deaths nationwide have occurred among those ages 55 or older.  Only 0.2 percent were younger than 25.  This trend can also be found on the state level.


Washington Post admits mainstream media overreacted to outdoor gatherings during early months of pandemic.  The Washington Post quietly admitted this week that mainstream media outlets were wrong to panic over crowds in Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. and Clearwater Beach, Fla., last year during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic.  A Post report headlined, "A year into the pandemic, it's even more clear that it's safer to be outside," essentially proving the media narrative was wildly overblown.  "For more than a year, the vast majority of documented coronavirus clusters have been linked to indoor or indoor-outdoor settings — households, meatpacking plants, nursing homes and restaurants.  Near-absent are examples of transmission at beaches and other open spaces where breezes disperse airborne particles, distancing is easier, and humidity and sunlight render the coronavirus less viable," Post reporters Karin Brulliard and Lenny Bernstein wrote.

Americans Exiled within America.  [Scroll down]  A corrupt voting process has deprived millions of meaningful participation within their republic.  Meanwhile, integrity of citizenship itself is imperiled by the erasure of the nation's boundaries and the granting of privileges to non-citizens.  Second, Americans have been deprived of their property, which has essentially been confiscated by the State in the interest of public "health."  Businesses have been shut down and, when partly opened, managed by bureaucrats who dictate how a business such as a restaurant may be run. [...] But most importantly, like individuals who are removed from their country, exiled Americans have experienced loss of community and communication.  The forced isolation of Americans and the shutdown of nearly all institutions have deprived Americans of supportive communities.  Churches, schools, museums, concert halls, political groups, and even family gatherings such as funerals and weddings have become tightly regulated.  Many communities have either disappeared altogether or retreated into cyberspace.

Stanford Study Says Masks are 'Ineffective', Have 'Devastating Health Consequences'.  A group of Stanford researchers published a study that says masks are ineffective and could have long-term health consequences.  "Although, scientific evidence supporting facemasks' efficacy is lacking, adverse physiological, psychological and health effects are established," the article states.  In January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention performed a study and concluded that universal masking is recommended to slow the spread of COVID-19.  The CDC concluded that cloth masks and medical procedure masks substantially reduce exposure from infected wearers and reduce exposure of uninfected wearers — the CDC's study states that mask mandates were in place in 38 states and DC at the time of publication.

As mask mandates end, Oregon bucks trend with permanent rule.  As states around the country lift COVID-19 restrictions, Oregon is poised to go the opposite direction — and many residents are fuming about it.  A top health official is considering indefinitely extending rules requiring masks and social distancing in all businesses in the state.  The proposal would keep the rules in place until they are "no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace."

Russians Say COVID Came from an American Lab in China.  Is It True?  Burning questions remain regarding the COVID epidemic.  Where did it come from?  How did it spread?  Who is responsible?  The key question is whether we are dealing with the release, accidental or not, of a lab-created pathogen.  The Russian and Chinese press continue to pump out articles holding America guilty, but they serve as a smokescreen for ill-run Chinese labs.  In March 2020, the Russian monthly Zvezda ([Red] Star) blamed George Soros for financing "the laboratory in Wuhan, China, that developed and released the coronavirus in late 2019," blaming America by association.  The mainstream American media are quick to dismiss that claim as "disinformation."  Yet perhaps it is Russian mis-information, a propagandized account shaping public opinion of something that actually happened, some lab accident at a Chinese laboratory.  However grossly hyped, this claim still deserves investigation to determine whether or not the novel coronavirus was released in a laboratory accident connected to American-funded research facilities located in Wuhan, China.

Globalists Will Need Another Crisis In America As Their Reset Agenda Fails.  Consider the Event 201 coronavirus pandemic simulation — It was held by the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation only two months before the real thing "coincidentally" happened in early 2020.  The pandemic war game was less about saving lives and more about how the elites planned to keep the public under control.  The suppression of alternative media and censorship in social media was discussed at great length.  Dissenting voices need to be silenced if the Reset is going to prevail.  One factor within the Event 201 simulation that never played out, though, was the WEF projections on deaths.  The war game suggested at least 65 million initial deaths due to the pandemic.  Early projections on the death rate suggested 2% to 3% of the population or more.  The same projections were repeated by the UN's World Health Organization when the real pandemic was first revealed to the public.  Instead, Covid-19 has been a letdown for the globalists, with a tiny death rate of around 0.26% outside of nursing homes.  Meaning, 99.7% of the population has nothing to worry about from covid.  Millions of Americans are becoming savvy to the situation and are refusing to comply with mandates over a virus that is a non-threat.

'Vaccine Passports': A Trojan Horse To Further Shrink Your Rights?  By far, the worst idea for a post-COVID-19 "reset" is the vaccine passport.  The idea is that anyone who wants to travel, attend a concert or sports event, go to the theater, hold a family gathering, or perhaps even eat in a restaurant will need a "passport" proving they're COVID-19 Clean.  Who knew that authoritarianism would show up wearing a white medical smock?  Don't worry.  They'll tell you that it's all for your safety.  The bogey-man, er, virus, is ready to spring at you again from the dark.  But you really must be able to prove that you're worthy of the privileges of open society before you can take part.  That means vaccine passports.  And, yes, it's being considered, despite White House claims to the contrary.

Medical student, 21, died a day after getting J&J vaccine leaving family devastated as officials open an investigation into his death.  Officials are investigating the death of a University of Cincinnati student one day after he received Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine.  John Foley, 21, a pre-med junior, passed away on Sunday.  His body was discovered shortly afterwards by his college roommates, reported FOX 19.  The Ohio Department of Health and the Hamilton County Coroner's Office are awaiting medical records and test results before determining the cause of death.  It comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday they were recommending a pause of the shot after six women developed rare, but serious, blood clots out of 7.2 million vaccinations.

University of Cincinnati student dead a day after getting J&J vaccine.  A University of Cincinnati student died one day after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, according to health officials.  John Foley, 21, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday — a day after he was administered the one-dose jab, Hamilton County Coroner Lakshmi Kode Sammarco told Fox 19.  The cause of Foley's death is under investigation by the Ohio Department of Health and the coroner's office.  Foley was found Sunday by his roommates.  There is no evidence that his death is related to the Johnson & Johnson shot — which was paused in the US this week over ties to blood clots.

Mississippi man partially paralyzed, unable to talk after J&J vaccine.  A Mississippi man who experienced a blood clot after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, has been left paralyzed on one side of his body and unable to talk, his family said.  Brad Malagarie, 43, of St.  Martin, suffered a stroke soon after stepping out last week to get the one-dose shot, news station WLOX reported.  "They called me and said he had that vaccine and something is wrong, we think it's a stroke," his aunt, Celeste Foster O'Keefe, told the outlet.  The father of seven was rushed to the hospital, where they determined that he had a stroke as a result of a blood clot in his brain, the outlet reported.  "I said be sure to tell the doctors he took that J & J vaccine and that, to me, is what caused his stroke," his aunt said.

Jim Jordan Gets Dr. Fauci to Tell Congress What We've Known All Along: He Doesn't Care About Your Rights, He Cares About His Power.  For some months, I have been arguing that the declaration of a "public health emergency" based on the Wuhan virus epidemic has had much more to do with an effort to curtail civil liberties — and to develop a body of favorable Supreme Court decisions that essentially eviscerate the Bill of Rights — than they have to do with any desire to keep Americans safe.  As we've seen in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Michigan (to name the top-shelf examples), there are state governments who are perfectly happy killing as many of us as necessary to get their way. (As an aside, perhaps no more malicious example of deliberately killing people to, I think, keep the death rate high exists than former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health and current Assistant Secretary of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services, "Rachel" Levine, who removed "her" mother from a long term care facility before ordering such facilities to accept patients infected with the China virus.

COVID House Arrest and Mass Shootings.  Two years ago, one in ten adults reported symptoms of anxiety or depression.  That number is now four in ten.  Substance abuse and thoughts of suicide are also on the rise, though not to the same degree — at least for now.  Americans are losing grip on their lives.  The mental health crisis bubbles under the surface, erupting in episodic outbursts of mass violence.  Law-abiding citizens were not meant to be locked away from their lives and loved ones for any length of time.  The government's response is to pass more seemingly arbitrary dictums through the process of an executive order.  President Biden has signed forty-nine such orders, bypassing the checks and balances put in place precisely to prevent rule by fiat.  Simultaneously, runaway members of Congress propose bill after bill that only serve to distance themselves from the very Americans who elected them.  The apex of liberty seems to have passed.

Canada's Ontario goes for a police state in the name of Covid suppression.  A new police state has been established just north of the states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.  The Province of Ontario is home to over 38% of the population of Canada and is 55% bigger in area than the State of Texas, and it is now acting like a nightmarish police state.

Ron DeSantis Delivers a Message to Vaccinated Americans, Hysteria Follows.  Ron DeSantis continues to trigger the libs, and it's not just because he's really good at owning them.  They can't stand the fact that he beat one of their supposed future stars in Andrew Gillum, and they hate him even more for defying their COVID hysteria and producing results that bested all the comparatively populated blue states.  In fact, Florida sits at 28th in the country in COVID deaths per one million, a mark that is simply amazing when you consider the state has the second-largest vulnerable, elderly population in the country.  Today, DeSantis continued his crusade against the hysterical among us, delivering a message to vaccinated Americans.  A freak-out commenced shortly thereafter.

3rd Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Dose 'Likely ' Needed Within a Year, CEO Says.  People who have received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are "likely" to need a third dose sometime within a year after being fully vaccinated.  "A likely scenario is that there will be likely a need for a third dose, somewhere between six and 12 months and then from there, there will be an annual revaccination," CEO Albert Bourla said during an online event on April 15.  "But all of that needs to be confirmed.  And again, the variants will play a key role," he said.  "We need to see what would be the sequence, and for how often we need to do that, that remains to be seen."  Bourla also said it "is extremely important to suppress the pool of people that can be susceptible to the virus."  Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two shots, while the Johnson & Johnson vaccine requires one.  U.S. health agencies this week recommended a pause in administering the J&J vaccine after several reports of blood clots out of millions of vaccinations.

Can we finally start ignoring Fauci?  Anybody who's taking Dr. Anthony Fauci seriously probably needs to stop doing so.  He endlessly moves the goalposts to maintain his unlimited power over the American people, something Democrats support.  That's why, on Thursday, during House testimony, Rep. Maxine Watters (who is a low-rent harridan) tried to shut down Rep. Jim Jordan's efforts to get Fauci to say when enough Americans will be vaccinated so that COVID restrictions can end.  The past year has shown that Fauci either has no idea what he's talking about or is trying to advance an agenda that invariably has to do with maintaining the 2020 status quo of lockdowns, isolation, and masks.  In February 2020, Fauci scoffed at masks.  By April, Fauci was urging people to wear masks.  He later explained that he was earlier covering for a perceived shortage of masks and then got panicked learning people had asymptomatic COVID.  By February 2021, as vaccines were rolling out and cases were dropping, Fauci announced that people should start wearing double masks.  Fauci also gave constantly shifting information about herd immunity.

Ted Cruz says he's done wearing masks in the Capitol.  Sen. Ted Cruz is no longer wearing a mask while in the Capitol complex or on the Senate floor now that he is vaccinated, he revealed this week.  Speaking to CNN Thursday, Cruz (R-Texas) explained, "At this point, I've been vaccinated.  Everybody working in the Senate has been vaccinated."  "CDC has said in small groups, particularly with people who were vaccinated don't need to wear masks," he continued.  While lawmakers and congressional staff were given priority access to the Pfizer vaccine in December, as well as additional staff being inoculated earlier this year, there are many other Capitol employees and reporters on the premises who have yet to be vaccinated.

Exclusive: Florida Gov. DeSantis Says Lockdowns Were a 'Huge Mistake'.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statewide stay-at-home order on April 1 last year, locking down the Sunshine State for 30 days amid global panic about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak.  Sitting in his office exactly one year later, he told The Epoch Times that the lockdowns were a "huge mistake," including in his own state.  "We wanted to mitigate the damage.  Now, in hindsight, the 15 days to slow the spread and the 30 — it didn't work," DeSantis said.  "We shouldn't have gone down that road."  Florida's lockdown order was notably less strict than some of the stay-at-home measures imposed in other states.  Recreational activities like walking, biking, playing golf, and beachgoing were allowed, while what constituted an "essential business" was broadly defined.  "Our economy kept going," DeSantis said.  "It was much different than what you saw in some of those lockdown states."

NH governor will let mask mandate expire on Friday.  New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said Thursday he will not renew the state's mask mandate, and will let it expire on Friday [4/16/2021].  "We'll continue to work with public health to encourage social distancing and wearing of masks when appropriate.  That will not change whatsoever.  What does change is the government's imposed requirement to do so," Sununu said during a press conference.  New Hampshire is the first state in New England to lift its mask mandate, which has been in place since November.

The Fauciite Consensus Will Never Take Us Back to Normal.  Over the past year of COVID, there's been a recurring news narrative of "experts surprised their predictions were off the mark."  It's happened on almost every major policy issue — from masks to lockdowns to surface cleaning — and the margins of error are often vast.  The CDC or some government body told us with certainty that something was true concerning COVID, and we had to obey.  But then the data comes out, and the people yelling about "the science" were totally wrong.  Yet somehow we're supposed to ignore the abysmal track record of these experts and listen to whatever their next proclamation of "the science!" may be, even as the end of the pandemic appears to be in sight.  This comes from the "Fauciite Consensus" — the absolutist voices that pretend there's such a thing as "the science" that determines public policy decisions.  Until we understand what the consensus is, and what it plans long term, it's never going away.

"Here's How it Works, Dr. Fauci, I Get to Ask You the Questions!" — Rep. Jim Jordan Puts Arrogant Fauci in His Place.  Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) ripped Fauci apart on Thursday for flip-flopping on Covid mitigation measures.  Rep. Jordan, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, demanded Fauci give him a date for the end of Covid restrictions.  "15 days to slow the spread turned into 1 year of lost liberty," Jim Jordan said.  To no one's surprise, Fauci, an unelected, overpaid bureaucrat, said:  "I don't look at this as a liberty thing, Congressman Jordan.  I look at this as a public health thing."

18 Reasons I Won't Be Getting a COVID Vaccine.  A few friends have asked my thoughts on the COVID jab(s) so I thought it was time to write an article on the topic.  Knowing how contentious this issue is, part of me would rather just write about something else.  But I believe the discussion/news is so one-sided that I should speak up.  As I always strive to do, I promise to do my best to be level-headed and non-hysterical.  I'm not here to pick a fight with anyone, just to walk you through some of what I've read, my lingering questions and explain why I can't make sense of these COVID vaccines.

Vaccines Should Be Personal, Never Political.  With a limited availability of COVID-19 vaccines now accessible, 192 million Americans have the first dose and 75 million are now fully vaccinated.  Yet, the debate about making vaccinations mandatory has only begun.  And, like the pandemic itself, expect this battle to be just as political.  Recently we've been hearing noise from companies like United Airlines wanting to make the vaccine mandatory for all employees.  United CEO Scott Kirby even encouraged other companies to do the same.  Southwest and American Airlines however have taken a more delicate stance saying that while they encourage employees to get vaccinated, there are no current plans to make the vaccination mandatory.  In a recent survey of C-Suite executives, 48 percent said they would not require employees to get vaccinated.  43 percent said they were still undecided.

That's a big IF:
If Republicans Are Worth Their Salt, They'll Block Invasive 'Vaccine Passports'.  On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Senior Editor Christopher Bedford and Assistant Editor Kylee Zempel join Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the dangers of vaccine passports and how Republican politicians should react and respond to them.  "Right now, it's a mandate.  You show your vaccine, you show your digital passport, you show that you're a citizen in good standing," Bedford said.  "This is the path to a social credit system: corporate government alliances that keep track of your history and do you do the right virtue signals.  And it's not going to stop with COVID."  [Video clip]

Jim Jordan Proves Fauci a Fraud in One Question.  [Scroll down]  The executive branch, in which Fauci finds himself, is not shielded from oversight from Congress.  If asked for information by a member of Congress during an official hearing, he should either be prepared to directly answer the question or state that he will provide the information when he so decides.  Fauci should have been held in contempt during that exchange as well as any Congressperson who attempted to deny Jordan of his time, which essentially was wasted by the argumentative and tyrannical Fauci.  The second issue I take particular umbrage with is how Congressman Jordan asked the question of Fauci.  He kept asking "when will Americans get their rights back." To accept that premise is to accept that the Government had the power to strip us of our rights in the first place.  That in itself is ridiculously dangerous.  It states that they had that power, and reverses the intent of the US Constitution.  [Video clip]

House Republicans tear into Fauci for not letting Americans eat at restaurants while migrants cross the border without COVID tests.  House Republicans complained to Dr. Anthony Fauci for not letting Americans eat at restaurants, while charging that COVID-positive migrants are being released into the country — and people's liberties are being lost.  Fauci was chided by Reps.  Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan as he testified alongside Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky Thursday before the House Select subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.  'We had 15 days to slow the spread turned into one year of lost liberty,' Jordan said.  'What metrics, what measures, what has to happen before Americans get their freedoms back?'

Examining the Relationship between COVID Death Rates and Population Density.  Calculation of simple rates for new COVID cases and deaths has revealed that mask mandate states have performed no better than states in which masks have been voluntary.  Advocates for the mandate are looking for a confounding variable that — when properly controlled — will reveal the heroic performance of mask mandates as life-saving actions taken by enlightened governments.  Almost certainly, they will settle on population density as the knight in shining armor designated as Defender of the Mandate.  Already, some are beginning to contend that high population density is the main cause of COVID diffusion.  Once this is controlled for, they claim, the effectiveness of the mask mandate will be established.  This is the hope.  What follows is a dose of reality. [...]

Regular Exercise May Help Protect Against Severe Covid.  More exercise means less risk of developing severe Covid, according to a compelling new study of physical activity and coronavirus hospitalizations.  The study, which involved almost 50,000 Californians who developed Covid, found that those who had been the most active before falling ill were the least likely to be hospitalized or die as a result of their illness.  The data were gathered before Covid vaccines became available and do not suggest that exercise can substitute in any way for immunization.  But they do intimate that regular exercise — whether it's going for a swim, walk, run or bike ride — can substantially lower our chances of becoming seriously ill if we do become infected.

Maxine Waters snaps at Jim Jordan as COVID hearing with Fauci erupts into shouting match: 'Shut your mouth'.  The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus held a hearing Thursday titled, "Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel:  Ending COVID-19," but it erupted into shouting match when Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, pressed Dr. Anthony Fauci on when that end might become a reality in terms of restrictions being lifted.  Jordan got right to the point, noting that Fauci had recently written that it is not yet the time to cease taking precautionary measures such as social distancing, avoiding gatherings, and wearing face masks.  "When is the time?" Jordan asked.  "When do Americans get their freedom back?"  "When we get the level of infection in this country low enough that it is not a really high threat," Fauci said.  Jordan continued to ask for specifics as far as what level would be deemed low enough.

Whitmer's health honcho took beach getaway as pandemic raged.  It's a simple enough question:  Did she or did she not go on vacation last week to the Gulf of Mexico while the pandemic raged in Michigan?  Elizabeth Hertel, the state's director of health and human services, will not say.  Her office instead prefers the dark art of deflection, dissembling and sleight-of-hand.  This comes on the heels of news that her colleague Tricia Foster, the state's chief operating officer who is in charge of Michigan's vaccine roll out, beat it for the sunny climes of the Keys during spring break, while Whitmer warned the rest of us to stay away from Florida.  There Foster was — if her Facebook posts are to believed — surrounded by a gaggle of teenage girls sunning themselves poolside, while her son was back in Michigan fighting Covid.

U.S. to Temporarily Halt Use of Johnson & Johnson Vaccines over Rare Clotting Issue.  Federal agencies will call to temporarily suspend the use of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines, after six recipients of the vaccine developed a blood clotting disorder.  Almost seven million Americans have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is administered in a single dose.  Six recipients, all of them women between ages 18 and 48, developed an extremely rare clotting disorder, known as cerebral venous thrombosis.  The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will temporarily halt distribution of the vaccine at federal vaccination sites while an investigation is conducted into a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and the clotting disorder, the New York Times reported.

How did top U.S. scientists get so much wrong about COVID-19?  Don't wear a mask.  Wait, wear a mask.  Better, wear two masks.  Wash your hands a lot.  Disinfect everything nonstop.  Wait, never mind.  Six-foot social distancing is science.  Hang on, maybe not.  More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, it's remarkable how little we know about the coronavirus.  And the message keeps changing, which makes you wonder whether anyone really knows anything at all.  Remember when a doctor — early in the pandemic — put out a viral video telling Americans they just needed to wash their hands a lot to keep from catching or spreading COVID? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) jumped on board, as did the World Health Organization (WHO).  But that turned out to be not at all true.  Just last week, the CDC put out new guidance.  "It is possible for people to be infected through contact with contaminated surfaces or objects (fomites), but the risk is generally considered to be low," the guidance says.  The CDC added that the chance of contracting the coronavirus through surface transmission is lower than 1 in 10,000.

In world first, Denmark ditches AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot.  Denmark on Wednesday [4/14/2021] became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine altogether over a potential link to a rare but serious form of blood clot.  The decision will push back the scheduled conclusion of Denmark's vaccination scheme to early August from July 25, health authorities said.  But that new timeline assumes it will start using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, whose rollout in Europe has been delayed over similar clotting concerns and the use of which Denmark has suspended.

Are These the 'Experts'?: CDC Flip-Flops on COVID Several Times in One Week.  In the past several days alone, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has flip-flopped on several important issues regarding COVID-19.  These constant reversals in messaging have called into question the government agency's efficacy.  Although messaging from the CDC has been mixed and inconsistent throughout the pandemic, this has especially been the case in recent weeks.

The J&J Pause Raises Questions About Who Should Be Getting the Vaccine.  On April 13, 2021, the FDA decided to pause the Johnson and Johnson vaccine's use due to six women suffering from an unusual type of blot clot and low platelets, which assist a person's blood with clotting.  There have been two distinct opinions on this move in the commentariat that are opposed.  The first position is that this pause on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is ridiculous based on population-wide statistics for vaccine side effects.  Six women out of over seven million doses are not sufficient to deprive the rest of the population of a vaccine effective in preventing severe illness and death from COVID-19.  This point of view is understandable and many also correctly point out that the widespread deployment of the COVID-19 vaccines has resulted in more robust data than traditional safety trials.  It also points out the genuine possibility the pause will create additional vaccine hesitancy.

'Faucian Bargain' Does What Media Failed to Do by Examining Influence of Anthony Fauci.  Experts have expertise you and I don't have, but they're not necessarily wiser, nor are they any less sinful.  Experts are also wrong all the time, because they're human, too.  Experts told Admiral Nimitz he was dumb to listen to one Japanese code-breaker and risk much of our remaining Naval fleet on an ambush at Midway, which ended up turning the tide of the Pacific theater in World War II. [...] Plenty of "experts" right now think there are 57 genders, and human life happened because two amino acids formed a single-celled protein 600 million years ago for no reason whatsoever.  Plenty of "experts" also love them some of those open borders that allowed China to export its Wuhan virus to our shores.  Beware of easily handing your sovereignty over to the experts, especially without skeptical vetting.  For sure, experts have done amazing things for humanity as well.  But a critical time such as this requires more questions, not fewer.

The real problem is minorities refusing the vaccine.  According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, white people make up 60% of the U.S. population.  Also according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, white people make up 65% of the vaccine takers.  So why is the Biden administration pushing the narrative that white Trump supporters are refusing to take the vaccine when the problem is minority Biden supporters?  Well, that question self-answered.  The Washington Times reported, "White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration is currently engaged with NASCAR and Country Music TV, among multiple other venues, in an effort to reach White conservatives who may be hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19."  That is nice but the real problem is only 8% of the people vaccinated are black.

Quarter of Covid deaths not caused by virus, new figures show.  Almost a quarter of registered Covid deaths are people who are not dying from the disease, new official figures show, as the Government was urged to move faster with the roadmap in the light of increasingly positive data.  The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 23 percent of coronavirus deaths registered are now people who have died "with" the virus rather than "from" an infection.  This means that, while the person who died will have tested positive for Covid, that was not the primary cause of their death recorded on the death certificate.

College Forces Students To Pay Fifty Bucks For Not Wearing Masks.  Students are being fined $50 if they fail to wear a face mask on a college campus in Maine, CBSN Boston reported Tuesday [4/13/2021].  St. Joseph's College in Standish, Maine, has issued more than 20 tickets to students in violation of the school's mask mandate, according to CBSN Boston.  Patrick Meyers, a junior at St. Joseph's College, said he was given a ticket Sunday by campus police while enjoying a nice spring day, the outlet reported.  "He kind of saw me slipping without a mask on.  I had it below my nose and rolled right around to me said 'hate to do this to you, but I gotta give you a 50-dollar fine,'" Meyers said.

Out Behind The Barn.  [Scroll down]  The apparent ultimate objective of the COVID pandemic program is to acquire global power.  COVID-19 appears to be a key element in the power grab, an excuse to impose freedom-stifling restrictions that fall short of common sense.  Consider some of the things that happened in the last year.  Or didn't happen.  The ballyhooed millions of COVID-19 deaths in America and elsewhere mercifully didn't happen as experts predicted.  Face masks are proven to offer little or no protection against COVID-19, while sometimes causing dental or dermatological problems or problems associated with rebreathing one's own expelled CO2.  Masks may be good for virtue signaling or showing subservience and obeisance to authority, but not for medical protection.  Economy-destroying lockdowns are intensely damaging. [...] Social distancing for COVID mitigation is common sense in the same way that avoiding people with the flu and colds makes sense.  Do that, but don't become a pariah about it.  Washing one's hands as once taught in grade school is the most elemental common sense and should be assumed without mention, not juiced up and marketed as COVID "science."  Slavishly wiping inanimate surfaces with disinfectant wipes may be emotionally therapeutic but it is useless for COVID control.

Perpetuating harmful stereotypes:
Biden admin: 'We're engaged with NASCAR and Country Music TV' to reach unvaccinated White people.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration is currently "engaged with NASCAR and Country Music TV," among multiple other venues, in an effort to reach White conservatives who may be hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  During a press briefing Monday, Ms. Psaki was asked to address a New York Times report that said rural states such as Mississippi, Ohio and Oklahoma are seeing a lackluster demand for the vaccine.  Ms. Psaki said the White House was addressing the problem primarily at the local level but that other measures had been taken to "get directly connected to White conservative communities" and meet them "where they are."

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Cheap Shot.  Remember when characterizing entire groups of people with broad, unflattering stereotypes was considered unacceptable?  Apparently the Biden administration doesn't, as evidenced by a recent Jen Psaki press briefing in which she said that the White House was trying to push their vaccine message to white conservatives by advertising on "The Deadliest Catch" (essentially a fishing show) and making outreach via Nascar and country music.  While not specifically referenced, we assume taxpayer-funded pro-vaccination ads are also being put on confederate flags and packages of chewing tobacco, while bumper stickers ("White Trash Matters - Get The Shot") are being handed out in trailer parks.

Physical inactivity linked to more severe COVID-19 infection, death:  Study.  A sedentary lifestyle is associated with more severe COVID-19 infection and an increased risk of dying from the viral disease, according to a large-scale study.  Researchers, including those from the University of California San Diego, found that COVID-19 patients in the US who were consistently inactive during the two years preceding the pandemic were more likely to be admitted to hospital.  Inactive patients were also more likely to require intensive care, and die compared to those who had consistently met physical activity guidelines, they said.

Football Coach In The UK Has COVID Gustapo Smash Down His Door And Arrest Him, Force Him Into Quarantine After Returning From Bahrain.  Mathew Owens is a soccer coach from Liverpool who was fulfilling his dream job in Bahrain.  But following a change in the rules on how you can live, work and function normally over there, Mathew determined it was no longer for him and decided to return home.  He took all the right advice and followed all the correct procedures in order to achieve safe passage back to England.  Everything was fine until he reached Frankfurt International Airport where his story suddenly began to take a turn for the worse.  What follows is both shocking and disturbing and needs to be shared far and wide as a cautionary tale.  [Video clip]

COVID-19 fallout threat 'will ripple through the world for years,' new intel report finds.  The U.S. intelligence community warned in a new report that fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will "ripple through the world for years" and is likely to escalate existing challenges posed by America's adversaries — a sign of the challenges that lie ahead as the nascent Biden administration seeks to stem the virus' spread and reassert America's role as a global leader.  The Annual Worldwide Threat Assessment, which provides lawmakers and the American people with a vast landscape of threats to the U.S. homeland, found that the "far-reaching effects" of the pandemic, which "extend well beyond global health to the economic, political, and security spheres," may present the governments of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, an opportunity to "advance their interests at the expense of the United States and its allies."

New Dem Program Inflates Possible 'COVID Deaths' Without Testing.  The COVID-19 pandemic is the gift the keeps on giving for Democrats seeking to cash in on the viral outbreak for every bit of power and political influence it can wring from it.  On Tuesday [4/13/2021], Democrats Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer discussed a new funeral aid program that would allow posthumous deaths to be recategorized as 'may have' died from COVID. [...] "So here's what families need to know," she went on.  "Your loved one should have Covid on their death certificate.  Anywhere listed on their death certificate, either as the primary or contributing cause of death.  In those early days though we know that so many people — we didn't know what was Covid and what wasn't — and so there are several options available here, one is that we can go back to the institution that issued the death certificate, the hospital, the physician, etc., and you can have your death certificate added in retrospect knowing what we know now about COVID."

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AOC is urging her constituents to retroactively jump aboard the Covid bandwagon, to have them claim dubious victimhood, for the sake of her power and influence.

The Totalitarian Undertow of Social Distancing.  Totalitarian regimes usually take power during periods of massive social and political upheaval, and they must perpetuate the upheaval through reigns of terror in order to retain power.  This completely isolates the individual, subjecting him or her to the full power of the central government to prevent any coherent political opposition from forming.  Intervening institution such as families, churches, schools, media, unions, and political parties are co-opted or eliminated.  Local and regional governments, the military, and the police are brought under central control. [...] The strength of the United States lies in its people and their voluntary associations, not their government — regardless of how well organized or well run it may be.  The measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 may ultimately prove more harmful in the long term than the disease itself.

Chlorinated swimming pool water can kill COVID virus in just 30 seconds, study finds.  Chlorinated swimming pool water can inactivate the virus that causes COVID-19 in just 30 seconds, a study found as indoor pools re-open across England this week.  Virologists from Imperial College London studied the impact of varying concentrations of chlorine in water on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.  The findings suggest that the risk of COVID-19 transmission via swimming pool water is 'incredibly' low, the researchers reported.

Is Dr. Fauci the 'Father of the Pandemic?'.  The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, believes the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  If Dr. Redfield is correct — and he almost certainly is — then Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health must assume significant responsibility for a global pandemic that has killed over half-a-million Americans, kicked tens of millions of Americans to the unemployment curb and drained trillions of dollars of wealth from the American economy.  SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in the fall of 2019 within several kilometers of both a Wuhan, China, wet market and the Wuhan Lab.  The "wet market" theory postulates the virus jumped from an animal to humans as the infected animal was being butchered, cooked and consumed.  Alternatively, the "Wuhan Lab" theory postulates the virus escaped from the lab.

Anthony Fauci Has Worn Out His Welcome.  More than a year ago, Americans welcomed Anthony Fauci into their homes as a sober scientist who was helping them make sense of a deadly new virus.  But he has worn out that welcome.  It's true that Fauci has enjoyed an illustrious career, advising every president since Ronald Reagan and winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008.  There's much to admire in his overall leadership since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Yet, as director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, he has a serious job that's not supposed to involve being a media spokesman so ubiquitous that it's hard to believe he ever turns down any media requests.

Critics erupt on Fauci after he says to not eat indoors, even after getting vaccine.  White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci told MSNBC on Sunday it's "still not" acceptable for Americans to eat indoors, even after they've received the COVID-19 vaccine.  His comments come after he and other government experts have seemingly moved the pandemic goal posts for some time now.  "Drinking indoors, restaurants, and bars.  Is that OK now?" host Mehdi Hasan asked the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director.  "No, it's still not," Fauci said.  "For the simple reason that level of infection, the dynamics of infection in the community are still really disturbingly high."

It Doesn't Take An Einstein.  To be absolutely clear:  they are not orders, mandates or requirements but [Governor] Whitmer is strongly urging residents to avoid indoor dining for two weeks, for high schools to consider going back to virtual learning for two weeks and to hit the pause button on organized youth sports.  She said she's relying on the common sense of a citizenry now experienced in struggling with the deadly virus for over a year.  In other words she trusts that enough of us have been indoctrinated.  She's now relying on the Karens and Kens to keep the rest of us in check.

Joe Biden Botched the Vaccine Rollout.  President Joe Biden has officially botched the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, as his Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended the use of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine Tuesday because of just six reported claims of blood clotting.  As statistical expert Nate Silver noted, the decision makes no sense whatsoever:  [Tweet]  The Biden administration promised that unlike its supposedly "political" predecessor, it would use science to guide its approach to the coronavirus pandemic.  Instead, it has adopted the unscientific, risk-averse approach to public health that has been typical of most Democrat-run "blue" states during the pandemic, who have used drastic and draconian shutdowns at the slightest hint of medical risk.

The government wants you to accept an implanted RFID chip.  Don't do it.
Video: DARPA is Working on Covid Vaccine, Implantable Microchip to Detect Virus.  The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on a COVID vaccine that will work on all variants and has developed an implantable microchip that it says will continuously monitor the human body for signs of the virus.  Retired Colonel Matt Hepburn, an army infectious disease physician heading up DARPA's response to the pandemic, appeared on 60 Minutes to demonstrate the technology.  Holding up a vial of green tissue-like gel, which contains the chip, Hepburn proclaimed "You put it underneath your skin and what that tells you is that there are chemical reactions going on inside the body, and that signal means you are going to have symptoms tomorrow."  "It's like a 'check engine' light," Hepburn added, noting that those with the chip "would get the signal, then self-administer a blood draw and test themselves on site."

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I can get by without that kind of help.

Surging Virus Has Michigan's Democratic Governor at Loggerheads With Biden.  The Biden administration and Michigan's Democratic governor are locked in an increasingly tense standoff over the state's worst-in-the-nation coronavirus outbreak, with a top federal health official on Monday [4/12/2021] urging the governor to lock down her state.  As the governor, Gretchen Whitmer, publicly called again for a surge of vaccine supply, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at a White House news conference that securing extra doses was not the most immediate or practical solution to the outbreak.  She said that Michigan — whose metro areas include 16 of the 17 worst outbreaks in the nation — needed to enact shutdown measures to stamp out the crush of infections.

Keywords:  Propaganda, infomercial, publicity stunt, Deep State.
Michelle Obama, Matthew McConaughey, Fauci, And Others Team Up For NBC Vaccination Special.  NBC will be hosting an hour-long vaccination special on Sunday titled "Roll Up Your Sleeves," in a bid to raise awareness and encourage Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  "Nearly 100 million people across the U.S. have already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine — and now Michelle Obama and a few famous friends will do their part to encourage the rest of the country to get their shots," reported NBC's "Today" show.  Presented by Walgreens, the special will feature former first lady Michelle Obama, Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, and "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Texas and Florida Continue to Beat Lockdown States:  Fauci 'Not Sure' Why Open States are Winning.  Dr. Anthony Fauci is unsure why Texas and Florida continues to defy the settled "science" on COVID-19.  Since the states did away with the mask mandates and authorized all businesses to re-open, there has not been a disproportionate surge in COVID cases, hospitalizations, or deaths.  Dr. Fauci was asked why Texas hasn't seen the often predicted surge on MSNBC this week.  "I'm not really quite sure," he said.  "It could be they're doing things outdoors."  Fauci added in his MSNBC interview that it may take weeks to see any effects from re-opening the state on the number of COVID cases.

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Ri-i-i-ght.  Everything is always a few weeks away, isn't it?

Experts Like Anthony Fauci Can't Fight Fires, They Are the Fires.  Just as expert central planners routinely failed miserably when it came to crafting economic outcomes in the 20th century, so did a modern version of central planning fail in 2020. Fauci may have been brilliant, but he was no match for the collective wisdom of hundreds of millions of Americans making decisions based on what they knew, every second of every day.  Fauci wasn't the solution to what some deemed the COVID-19 "crisis."  Rather, he was the crisis.  Central planning that always fails in good times also fails during times of uncertainty.

California city erects fence outside COVID mandate-defying restaurant.  A California city erected a fence outside a restaurant that has repeatedly flouted coronavirus health orders, a report said.  The fencing was put up Saturday outside Tinhorn Flats Saloon & Grill in Burbank after a court ordered the establishment's electricity be shut off, according to an NBC Los Angeles report.  The eatery has racked up nearly $50,000 in fines since the start of the pandemic for violating public health orders, allowing outdoor dining at a time when the practice was banned by the county, according to the Los Angeles Times.  A judge on Friday ruled the restaurant cannot reopen without new permits.  The city had previously placed sandbags outside the business in a bid to keep it closed.

Woman Get Paralyzed On One Side Of Her Body, Gets Multiple Seizures After Receiving COVID Vaccine.  Tabatha Lauren:  "I was rushed over via ambulance to [Baylor University Medical Center] where I have had numerous scans done.  I have had about eight seizures in the last two days — never had a seizure before.  They did find a 3mm brain aneurysm.  I am currently hooked up to my EEG so they can monitor my seizures."  In a follow-up video, Lauren says she began suffering seizures nearly two-and-a-half hours after receiving the vaccine, in addition to having a 102° F fever.  [Video clip]

Why bother?  What is to be gained from vaccination?
Dr. Fauci: 'It's still not OK' for vaccinated people to dine indoors.  White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday said "it's still not OK" for people to gather in public indoors even if they're vaccinated against COVID-19.  Appearing on MSNBC's "The Mehdi Hasan Show," Dr. Fauci was asked whether "eating and drinking indoors in restaurants and bars" is safe now that nearly 22% of the population had been fully vaccinated.  "No, it's still not OK for the simple reason that the level of infection, the dynamics of infection in the community are still really disturbingly high," Dr. Fauci responded.  "Like just yesterday, there were close to 80,000 new infections, and we've been hanging around 60-, 70-, 75,000.

Do we now need permission to be free?  As Britain was heading into lockdown on 23 March 2020, UK health secretary Matt Hancock was busy introducing the accompanying legislation in parliament.  'To defeat [Covid-19]', he said, 'we are proposing extraordinary measures of a kind never seen before in peacetime'.  He was underselling them.  In their repressiveness, their illiberalism and often their sheer arbitrariness, the 'extraordinary measures' the government was then about to impose on British society had never been seen before in wartime, either.  They exceeded powers granted by the Defence of the Realm Act 1914.  And they went beyond those of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939.  These were draconian pieces of legislation, placing people and property at the service of the state.  But they certainly didn't authorise the de facto imprisonment of every single citizen in his or her home.  Because that is what Hancock's 'extraordinary measures' amounted to:  the quarantining of everybody, regardless of health.

Team Of Lawyers Suing WHO And Related Orgs.  For Misleading [the] World About COVID.  The WHO made pronouncements that protected China and blocked the world from the truth, leading to catastrophic consequences.  Now they are being called on to pay the piper.  A group of lawyers has gotten together and is taking a run at the World Health Organization's leadership for the various ways they helped screw the world over.  Along with WHO Director Tedros Adhanom, included as defendants in the suit are Dr. Christan Drosten, the head of virology at Berlin's Charité Hospital, and Dr. Lothar Wieler, the head of the RKI, the German counterpart of the U.S. Center for Disease Control.

Forced Masking Is Behavioral Science, Not Medical, And They've Been Playing Us The Whole Time.  Most people probably think of epidemiologists as simply doctors who specialize in contagious illness, but that would be only part of the story.  Indeed, rather than studying and finding cures for diseases, arguably the most important component of the field is increasingly being viewed as something else entirely — the molding of public behavior.  This explains why so many who go into epidemiology hold undergraduate degrees in public health, which focuses on the social and behavioral sciences, instead of the more hard-core sciency stuff studied by their medical doctor peers, like biology or biochemistry.  So when epidemiologists like Dr. Anthony Fauci make pronouncements from on-high, one must always be aware of the motive behind their messaging — to get YOU to do what THEY tell you to do, purportedly in an effort to "stop the spread" of whatever contagion they are fighting.  Except, if you do a deep dive into the nature of most of the world's response to today's particular disease du jour, COVID-19, you'll see that little of it ever had to do with actual science or data.

South African COVID variant may evade protection from vaccine, study finds.  The South Africa variant of the coronavirus may evade the Pfizer vaccine, according to a new study from Tel Aviv University and Israel's largest healthcare provider.  The study, which was published Saturday [4/10/2021] and still requires peer review, looked at 400 individuals who tested positive for the coronavirus despite receiving at least one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and compared the prevalence of the South African variant, B.1.351, with the same number of people who have not yet received a vaccination.  "We found a disproportionately higher rate of the South African variant among people vaccinated with a second dose, compared to the unvaccinated group," said Adi Stern of Tel Aviv University.  "This means that the South African variant is able, to some extent, to break through the vaccine's protection."

'Huge' explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting.  La Soufriere volcano fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas early Monday in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island of St.  Vincent late last week, with officials worried about the lives of those who have refused to evacuate.

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Or those who wanted to evacuate, but weren't allowed to leave because they didn't have their Covid-19 shots.  (See below.)/p>

St. Vincent volcano evacuation:  No COVID vaccine, no rescue for you!  Seems the largest island of St. Vincent is experiencing a dangerous volcanic eruption. [...] Volcanos are serious matters in that region, and can mean complete island obliteration whenever they move to explode.  Volcanic eruptions are also unpredictable, and St. Vincent's can blow at any minute.  So now we hear how St. Vincent is dealing with this imminent volcanic eruption in which 16,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate.  Aircraft can't get in due to volcanic conditions, but cruise ships can, and to their credit, are rushing to help evacuate the island's affected residents, as are fellow Caribbean island nations, such as St. Lucia, Antigua and Grenada, which are taking evacuees in.  Just one hitch, according to a report from the Daily Wire, citing other news sources:  ["]The island's Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves, then sparked criticism by saying that those boarding cruise ships or seeking temporary refuge on nearby islands must be vaccinated against COVID-19.  Those who have not yet been vaccinated — numbering in the thousands — will not be permitted to leave the island, and will be housed in local hotels in 'safe zones,' according to the Prime Minister.["]

Greenie freaks versus COVID control freaks.  We dined this weekend at Bill's Café, the oldest continuously owned family restaurant in Collin County, Texas.  The waitresses wear t-shirts that say, "Bless our troops, especially the snipers."  What's not to love?  As if it could get any better, there wasn't a single mask to be seen at Bill's, and the place was packed.  You might say the folks at Bill's were doing their patriotic duty to "follow the science" and to be good stewards of the environment.  The science, contrary to the talking heads who want to run (and not incidentally ruin) your life, says masks are utterly ineffective in keeping you from catching or passing on the China virus.  Zero percent effective.

In 2021, you're supposed to shout your vaccine.  I've tried twice to quit Facebook, but my account lives on.  So, while I wouldn't dream of posting, I still go there occasionally to find out what's going on with people I've known over the years, almost all of whom are Democrats.  That's how I've learned that "shout your abortion" has been superseded by a new trend:  "Shout your vaccine."  It's such a "thing" now that CNN's little tater man, Brian Stelter, scolded Fox News personalities for failing to do so.  I've noted before that modern leftism is performative.  They fake waterboard each other, do die-ins, dress as broccoli, wear stupid pink hats, and generally engage in theater for their politics.  And they virtue-signal.  There is no such thing as a private political thought in leftist world — perhaps because they realize at some subliminal level that their political demands range from useless to stupid to harmful, they constantly try to offset that by showing how truly good they are.

CNN's Brian Stelter Whines About Fox Hosts Not Taking Vaccine Selfies.  CNN's Brian Stelter whined about Fox News hosts not taking vaccine selfies on Sunday [4/11/2021].  Brian Stelter specializes in three things:  Complaining about Trump, complaining about FOX News, and targeting conservatives for cancellation.  'Vaccine selfies' are a creepy trend taking social media by storm wherein people post photos of themselves getting the jab or holding up their Covid-19 vaccine card.  The 35-year-old talking spud (yes, Stelter is only 35) said he was "inspired" by all of the news anchors at MSNBC and CNN posting vaccine selfies.

The Liberal Race To Vaccinate.  This past February, popular Soul Cycle master Stacey Griffith was criticized for receiving her COVID vaccination ahead of seniors and first responders.  Griffith believed her role as an exercise instructor "made her eligible for the vaccine as an educator." While many in New York feigned outrage, this behavior is increasingly common among liberal elites in the Big Apple.  As a conservative living in Westchester County, a wealthy Democratic enclave north of Manhattan, I witnessed many New Yorkers engaging in a similar fashion to that of Ms. Griffith.  Oblivious to the fact that homebound seniors and those who live in minority neighborhoods were yet inoculated, these anxious suburbanites who once spent months fetishizing over New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's daily briefings and stringent lockdown measures were now obsessively trying to promote their eligibility for the vaccine.  As a result of their rush to vaccinate, many coastal elites are contributing to the racial inequities they purport to be against.

Perpetuating the masquerade.  [T]he efficacy of masks has been much discussed and debated as they went from "not recommended or effective vs respiratory viruses" in early 2020 and in prior years to a "must have social mandate" as [C]ovid has worn on.  [D]id this ever make any sense or was it just a path of least resistance to adopt a highly visible talismanic placebo to look like experts and leaders were "doing something" about [C]ovid?  [A]t the end of the day, any medical or epidemiological mediation or intervention comes down to a cost benefit analysis.  [W]hat is the benefit of adoption and what is the price paid to do so?  [S]o much time has been spent fighting about efficacy of masks that the cost side of this equation has received somewhat short shrift.  [M]y goal here is to set effectiveness aside as an issue for a moment and take a look just at cost because [I] think this side of the story needs a better hearing and provides a far higher hurdle rate for "worth it" than is being admitted in public debate and policy.  [M]any have tried to argue that masks must be worthwhile because their cost to adopt is so low that even modest benefit must outweigh it.  [W]as this claim ever true or was it just convenient tactical propaganda used to prevent taking a real look at the policy?

South African variant can 'break through' Pfizer vaccine, new study in Israel finds.  The mutant South African Covid-19 variant can 'break through' the Pfizer jab, a study has found.  Scientists studied 400 people who had tested positive for coronavirus at least 14 days after receiving one or two doses of the jab — and 400 who tested positive with no vaccine.  The variant was eight times more prevalent in those who had two jabs than none.  It was seen in 5.4 percent of people with two doses — but 0.7 percent of people without any.

COVID vaccine passports not government's role, Buttigieg says.  The Biden administration will not require "vaccine passports" by law, but stands at the ready to "support" companies who are pursuing the technology, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday [4/11/2021].  "We don't view this as the role of the government, to create or mandate any kind of vaccine passport — but these technologies are there," Buttigieg told CNN's Jake Tapper when asked whether he supported airlines requiring customers provide vaccination documentation in order to fly.  "Private sector is working on them," Buttigieg said.  "We're interested in following that, providing any kind of technical advice or support where needed."  The transportation secretary said the Biden administration and CDC would provide recommendations for airlines to make decisions on their own about "what they think is right — to protect their passengers, to protect their workers, and to build up that confidence in the safety of American travel."

Biden tolerates a COVID border crisis.  Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, doesn't want people to hope that a return to normal life can come anytime soon.  That's despite rising rates of vaccination, evidence of vaccine efficacy, and declining rates of infection.  Walensky said she has a "recurring feeling" of "impending doom" due to COVID-19 variants around the globe that could come to the United States and reignite the pandemic.  The rest of the Biden administration doesn't seem to take the threat of new COVID-19 variants seriously.  You would think it would put policies in place to limit national exposure while we assess the risks, as many other countries are doing.  Unfortunately, the Biden administration's COVID-19 border and travel policies do the opposite, undermining safety precautions and increasing the risks to all people.

Leftists will say anything to keep people masked.  Vaccinations or not, Dr. Fauci wants everyone to continue with lockdown behavior and, most especially, to keep wearing masks.  It's safer that way.  Meanwhile, a San Francisco publication says we must keep wearing masks because race-based vaccine inequities make it rude to cast them off.  Underneath this specious reasoning is the leftists' desperate desire to erase our individuality with masks.  As we've noted at American Thinker, there's increasing evidence that masks not only aren't helpful, they're counterproductive, as well as being dangerous and dirty.  Nevertheless, leftists will not let go of their mask obsession.  Fauci, of course, is all-in on masks.  Indeed, he's still all-in on lockdowns to judge by all the activities he urges Americans to continue avoiding. [...] On Saturday night, SFGATE's top promoted article explained why people should continue wearing masks even if they've been vaccinated.  Ultimately, the article explains that, because of racism, not all people can shed their masks so it's rude to flaunt your privilege by going maskless.

Masking our humanity.  Recent NPR and Yahoo! News articles addressed the supposed "debate" over whether Americans should continue to wear masks, even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over, in perpetuity, until the sun expires.  The NPR article touched on the fact that it appears illnesses other than COVID-19 have been less prevalent since mask wearing was mandated in most areas of the U.S.  This shouldn't be a surprise, though it has little or nothing to do with mask wearing.  People have been locked down, prevented from going outside and mingling with other humans or even going to their workplaces for longer than the mask mandates have been in effect.  Additionally, people have been urged to wash their hands longer and more frequently than most ever did before and to avoid touching their mouth, eyes, nose and ears with their hands.  Moreover, everything in every retail outlet and office setting — virtually every public and private space really — has been disinfected countless times every day and hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes are available everywhere.

Fauci: No Concern About Number of People Testing Positive After COVID-19 Vaccination.  Breakthrough cases refer to COVID-19 cases that appear in people more than two weeks after they have been fully vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  The CCP virus causes COVID-19.  A number of states have reported breakthrough case numbers.  Michigan, for instance, recorded 246 residents testing positive more than two weeks after being fully vaccinated, a spokesperson told The Epoch Times this week.  Washington state authorities reported last month that over 100 fully vaccinated residents tested positive for COVID-19 and Oregon health authorities said Thursday they have identified 168 breakthrough cases, including three deaths.

Gretchen Whitmer's Top Aide Gets Caught Red-Handed in Florida.  Rules for the little people, or at least that seems to be the standard in Michigan.  As you may recall, many months ago, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's family broke her own COVID regulations by traveling to their lake house and attempting to use their boat.  Now, Whitmer's top aide has been caught red-handed partying in Florida for spring break while Michigan still has travel restrictions in place. [...] There's no excuse for this, especially when Whitmer has been so adamant about her state's residents staying home and not enjoying themselves.  Further, Michigan is experiencing the worst COVID outbreak in the country right now.  Wouldn't it seem prudent for this aide to avoid travel?

Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine halted at Georgia site after 8 adverse reactions, 4th J&J site to pause.  A Georgia vaccine site temporarily shut down Wednesday after eight people suffered serious side effects.  The site in Cumming is one of four nationwide to pause injections of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week, The Associated Press reported.  A mass vaccination site in Denver halted operations Wednesday, and another in Raleigh, N.C., stopped using the J&J vaccine Thursday.  The Centers for Disease Control is also investigating a shutdown in Iowa, according to the AP.

Supreme Court Rules Against California's Limits On In-Home Religious Gatherings.  The U.S. Supreme Court in a divided decision late Friday ruled in favor of lifting restrictions on in-home religious gatherings, overturning a lower court ruling that upheld Gov. Gavin Newsom's limits on people from different homes.  The 5-4 unsigned ruling follows other similar decisions recently regarding churches and the coronavirus pandemic.  The decision noted it was the fifth time the court has rejected the Ninth Circuit's analysis of California coronavirus restrictions.  Chief Justice John Roberts dissented but did not sign the dissenting statement submitted by justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer.  The ruling stated that before it can limit religious gatherings, the government must prove they pose a greater danger than secular activities that remain open, such as shopping or attending movies.

European Union High Court Declares Mandatory Vaccinations are 'Necessary in a Democratic Society'.  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) declared on Thursday that mandatory vaccinations do not violate human rights and may be necessary to remedy public health concerns.  "The measures could be regarded as being 'necessary in a democratic society,'" the court judgment stated.  They ruled that mandatory vaccinations administered in the Czech Republic were not illegal because the jabs were delivered in the "best interests" of children.  "The objective has to be that every child is protected against serious diseases, through vaccination or by virtue of herd immunity," the judgment added.

Side effects that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine caused at Colorado site.  The 11 people who suffered adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine — prompting the closure of a vaccination site in Colorado — experienced symptoms including nausea and dizziness, according to health officials.  Two people within that group were also taken to the hospital for further observation, the Denver Post reported, citing a statement from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.  The nine others were treated with juice and water, state officials said.  The health department stressed that the side effects experienced Wednesday were "consistent with what can be expected" with the one-shot dose.  It said the decision to close the vaccination site at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City was made out of an abundance of caution.

8 Year Old Child 'Accidentally' Given The COVID Vaccine In Texas.  Fire department officials in Texas concede that an 8-year-old boy was recently vaccinated by mistake.  The colossal error occurred at a COVID-19 vaccine site in Grand Prairie.  Dallas County requires people to register online before receiving the vaccine, and date of birth is required on the registration form.  In a statement, a Dallas County judge wrote that human error from a third party that oversees the county's vaccination registration list was the root cause of the mistake.  The judge said the automated sorting process initially identified minors as not yet eligible and placed them on a list with others who aren't eligible.  [Video clip]

Masks Mandates [are] Counterproductive.  How Much More Data Do We Need?  On March 17, American Thinker posted an article entitled "Mask Mandates Do Not Save Lives."  By comparing COVID death rates in states with no mask mandate to states in which masking was mandatory, the article was able to show that, on average, states in which masking was voluntary had lower death rates than states requiring it. [...] What it highlighted, however, is the ongoing failure of our governments to provide measurable evidence that masks save lives.  At the time that article was written, there were only ten states that had no mask mandates, but since then, seven additional states have lifted them.  Those states have been heavily criticized for having done so.  President Biden has referred to their decision as "Neanderthal thinking," and a great many high-profile people of a progressive bent have expressed dismay at such irresponsible behavior.  However, no evidence has been brought forward to document the measured effectiveness of obligatory masking.

Federal Government at the Heart of 'Vaccine Passport' Development.  The Biden administration — arguably the most extremist executive regime in terms of its threat to civil liberties in recent history — is currently engaged in a coordinated effort to develop and introduce "vaccine passports" to the American public: [...] Suffice it to say, the federal bureaucracy has been less than forthcoming regarding its role in the creation of vaccine passports.  In late 2020 and early 2021, when the concept of looming vaccine passports first began to enter the public consciousness, insiders in the Trump administration assured the public that the U.S. government would not be involved in their creation: [...] This means one of three things:  a) the federal government officials who spoke to the media were lying or ignorant to the true nature of federal involvement in the creation of vaccine passports, b) the policy orientation changed from administration to administration, or c) opportunistic government bureaucracies sensed the benefits of these types of documents for social control and changed course.

Now there's even more reason to resist the masks.  In California, we have a "mask mandate" that is stringently adhered to in stores or public places.  As a general rule, we're told to wear masks.  People in cars wear them, people walking their dogs wear them.  Children religiously wear them.  Now that restaurants are open, you can see the kids taking the mask down for a bite, then putting them back in place.  They have learned to obey.  I see the kids (finally) playing outside our window, climbing the trees across the street — they're all masked up, as they are for their mandated few hours of weekly "in-person" learning.  Too bad we know with reasonable certainty that masks don't actually help prevent COVID's spread.  As I recall one doc stating, if you're breathing, your mask isn't good enough to stop COVID.  Yeah, not about to stop doing that.  So, why wear them?  Why force our children to wear them?  A report I read today really alarmed me.  It turns out that masks are far more dangerous than they are helpful.  The ubiquitous blue-gray paper hospital-type mask, for instance, is made from stuff that will kill you if you breathe it.

The Dangers of Masks.  This is a public health warning to the US population and elsewhere, as it appears that our public health agencies and television medical experts seem unable to address key health messages that could have a dramatic effect in reducing risk of severe sequelae in higher-risk populations such as the minority and African-American population to the scourge of SARS-CoV-2.  This is now clear.  They have squandered many an opportunity to inform the public on simple yet very effective messaging that could reduce morbidity and save lives.  Not just for Covid-19, but our focus here is on Covid-19.  For example, obesity has emerged as a potent human target for the SARS-CoV-2 in most studies, in addition to being elderly, frail and having comorbid conditions.  It would behoove our agencies to address these risks in a large-scale education program for the populace and especially by calling for a reduction in body weight and particularly for the minority sub-groups (African-Americans).  In a similar light, studies have shown that vitamin D supplementation for African-Americans has been associated with a lowered risk of severe disease and mortality from the SARS-CoV-2.  Early ambulatory outpatient treatment with successful combination and sequenced antiviral agents, corticosteroids, and anti-clotting therapeutics should be used widely to help the people at risk.

No, This Was Not Federalism at Work.  Rare is the business that can shut down, or operate at 25% capacity for even a few weeks, let alone many months.  The stringent limits foisted on the citizens of blue states like California, New York and Illinois were economic death sentences of sorts, but then so were the less restrictive limits imposed by states like Texas, Florida and Georgia.  To believe otherwise is to believe that pre-virus, businesses structured themselves with abundant, and unnecessary spare capacity just because, as opposed to having done so with profits in mind.  In which case it's worth imagining what the virus response from states would have been if the federal government had for all intents and purposes done nothing out of deference to states' rights.  If so, it's a safe bet that the response from Governors Newsom, Cuomo and Pritzker would have more resembled that of Governors Abbott, De Santis and Kemp, and that the response of the red state governors would have more resembled that of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who never imposed restrictions in the first place.  Absent a federal response, lockdowns of the kind Americans endured would have been an impossibility for states precisely because it was the federal government itself that subsidized the lockdowns.

Covid discrimination
Is Race Discrimination Legal, Or Not?  We live in a world in which race discrimination is ubiquitous.  Universities, government agencies and all major employers systematically discriminate in favor of some races, and against others, under the banner of "affirmative action."  This has been going on for 50 years.  And yet, the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection has been applied to ban race discrimination by public entities in a number of contexts.  Similarly, the Civil Rights Act purports to bar race discrimination in employment and public accommodations.  I have no idea what the operative legal principles are.  Here is an example from contemporary America:  race discrimination in the dissemination of covid vaccines.  This email was sent out by the University of Minnesota Health Services in collaboration with the Fairview health care system.  For legal purposes, I take it this is a public enterprise to which the 14th Amendment applies.


Biden's Chamber of Confected Hatreds.  It is all becoming absurd.  The group photograph of the Biden cabinet has 17 people sitting masked and socially distant despite the fact that they have all been vaccinated.  The idea that they might transmit or be afflicted by the coronavirus is simply goofy.

Family Member Says DMX Recieved The COVID Vaccine Days Before Heart Attack, No Drugs Taken.  Rap legend DMX, real name Earl Simmons, is currently in the ICU after suffering from a massive heart attack.  Early reports speculated that DMX's condition may have been brought about because of an alleged drug overdose.  But MTO News spoke with a member of the Simmons family who believes that it was NOT drugs that caused the heart attack.  In an EXCLUSIVE interview, MTO News spoke with DMX' family member who told us that the rapper received the COVID vaccine about a week before he suffered from the heart attack.  DMX's family member told MTO News, "[DMX] got the vaccine when they opened it up to people over 50.  He got it so that he could go travel and perform, stuff like that."  [Video clip]

Anthony Fauci's limitless publicity thirst is undermining the war on COVID.  Every day, and it seems for hours a day, [Anthony] Fauci pops up on cable shows or in interviews with major journalists, and the blue-check Twitterati amplify his messages through social media.  He is inescapable.  And the problem with his inescapability is that, unlike Sylvia Miles, it matters deeply what he says and does — and it's now clear that our epidemiologist general can't restrain himself from speaking and speaking and speaking, even when he doesn't have anything much to add and when his contributions muddy and confuse and dishearten, rather than reassure and rally, the public.

Former Pfizer VP: 'Your government is lying to you in a way that could lead to your death.'.  Dr. Michael Yeadon, Pfizer's former Vice President and Chief Scientist for Allergy & Respiratory who spent 32 years in the industry leading new medicines research and retired from the pharmaceutical giant with "the most senior research position" in his field, spoke with LifeSiteNews.  He addressed the "demonstrably false" propaganda from governments in response to COVID-19, including the "lie" of dangerous variants, the totalitarian potential for "vaccine passports," and the strong possibility we are dealing with a "conspiracy" which could lead to something far beyond the carnage experienced in the wars and massacres of the 20th century.

Michael Yeadon: 'Convergent Opportunism' Or Conspiracy?  Readers should be familiar with the name Michael Yeadon by now.  Wikipedia has no page for Yeadon, but one Wiki page refers to Yeadon as "a former Pfizer employee and conspiracy theorist."  The fact that there is no actual Wikipedia page for Yeadon but that Wikipedia publishes unsourced claims that Yeadon is a "conspiracy theorist" is highly suggestive.  Yeadon, in the eyes of the political establishment, is a 'dangerous person.'  Someone who must be marginalized — not debated.  In actual fact, Dr. Michael Yeadon was formerly Pfizer's Vice President and Chief Scientist for Allergy & Respiratory.  He spent 32 years in the pharmaceutical industry leading new medicines research.  Yeadon retired from Pfizer with "the most senior research position".  He has sterling scientific credentials. [...] Yeadon, along with leading scientists in the fields of virology, immunology, and epidemiology, has been an outspoken critic of the Covid response — especially of lockdowns and the idea of vaccines as the only salvation and route to 'herd immunity.'  'Outspoken' means he states categorically that these response are based on "demonstrably false" propaganda put out by governments.

We Must Draw the Line at Vaccine Passports.  This past week I challenged conservatives who have been hoping for a logical and reasonable dialogue to open up with the other ideological side of the aisle to stand up and draw their lines.  The time has come. [...] Some folks may draw the line at their airline getting involved in state voter laws.  Some may draw it at oppressive transgender laws that hurt women and girls' athletics.  Some may draw their line at gun control.  Wherever yours is, identify it and then stand on it and do not budge.

What Do Mandatory Vaccination and Forced Sterilization have in Common?  [Scroll down]  In the 1905 case of Jacobsen v.  Massachusetts, the Supreme Court ruled that Jacobsen could not refuse the smallpox vaccination.  The Court's Progressive majority held that the Constitution does not always allow freedom for all because there are "manifold restraints to which every person is necessarily subjected for the common good."  For that reason, statute legislatures could mandate compulsory vaccinations, enforced by the state's police power, to "secure the general comfort, health and prosperity of the state."  In other words, for the "greater good."  (Smallpox, incidentally, had a 30% mortality rate.)  Ultimately, Jacobson was fined $1,000 in today's dollars.  Given smallpox's deadliness, maybe that was aberrant.  However, Jacobson's case was later used against a woman named Carrie Buck with another Progressive Supreme Court agreeing that the government could forcibly sterilize her.

Who Needs Vaccination Passports?  It should come as no surprise that the Biden administration is promoting vaccine passports.  In his March address to the nation, Biden announced "in the coming weeks, we will issue further guidance on what you can and cannot do once fully vaccinated" making clear that a return to normalcy depends on one's vaccination status.  If liberties are reinstated for the vaccinated, then it only stands to reason that they will not be reinstated for the unvaccinated.  Apart from the obvious hypocrisy of pushing COVID-19 vaccination passports while pushing back even harder against voter IDs, mandatory vaccinations and vaccine passports hit hard at the privacy and liberty interests of all Americans and warrant a robust national conversation.  As part of that conversation, naysayers must be prepared to respond to the question of why people are reluctant to comply with mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and vaccination passports, but willingly vaccinate their children for common childhood diseases and provide schools with the required documents[.]

Faulty Covid death numbers explained.  For many of us who have had ties to the scientific standards and procedures connected to recording fatalities there has been a serious sense of doubt about the numbers of Covid 19 deaths reported by the media, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The numbers have appeared to be somewhere between marginally overstated and grossly exaggerated.  Finally, these instincts have been supported by a peer-reviewed scientific paper.  On October 12 of last year, a 25-page paper in Science, Public Health Policy and The Law was released that explained, in detail, the foundational reason for the publicly announced fatality numbers and the mechanism by which they were derived.  This paper, authored by ten members of the scientific community is titled "Covid-19 Data Collection, Comorbidity & Federal Law:  A Historical Perspective."  At the heart of the issue is the CDC and its methods for collecting and reporting the data, a model which was changed radically in the face of the current crisis.

'Random Act of Journalism' by NBC on Virus Numbers.  Looks like The Today Show just may have committed what Rush Limbaugh used to call a "random act of journalism," as Townhall reports.  They did a piece wondering why some of the states with the strictest restrictions in the country, like Michigan and New York, were now experiencing surges in the Wuhan coronavirus while the places which removed restrictions and dropped mandates, like Texas and Arkansas, had decreasing cases?  Now, while they raised a good question, they didn't come to a clear conclusion.  They theorized that perhaps it was less testing in the southern states.  The problem with that argument is that if that were true then the hospitalizations and deaths would be going up as well and that doesn't appear to be the case.

Could sunshine help you survive Covid?  UVA rays can release skin chemical that stops deadly virus from spreading, scientists say.  With restrictions set to ease, hopes for a good summer were already sky high.  And scientists have now said there could fewer Covid deaths due to the change in season.  Experts found sunnier places had around a third fewer deaths from the virus.  They believe exposure to the sun's rays — specifically UVA — caused the skin to release a chemical which stops the virus from spreading.  Researchers from Edinburgh University compared recorded Covid deaths to UV levels across 2,474 counties in the US between January and April last year.  They found that people living in areas with the highest level of exposure to UVA rays — which makes up 95 percent of the sun's UV light — had a lower risk of dying.

The Editor says...
More sun, less Covid.  Apparently when the police were chasing people off the beaches last year, that was the worst thing they could have done.

County Officials Warn that Texas Rangers Games Could Lead to Coronavirus Surge.  Tarrant County's top health officials are claiming without evidence that large crowds for Texas Rangers games may turn into a coronavirus super spreading event.  "We need to be sensible about how we bring back normal.  There are times when you have to be cautious, and right now is the time to be cautious," said Vinny Taneja, the county's public health director, according to the Star-Telegram.

The Editor says...
Weeks from now, when no super-spreading is seen, the Startle-gram will forget all about this story.

New York to give up to $15,600 to undocumented migrants who lost work due to Covid.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York lawmakers struck a deal Tuesday on a $2.1 billion fund for undocumented essential workers who lost their jobs because of the Covid-19 pandemic, The New York Times reported.  The "Excluded Workers Fund" could provide payments to hundreds of thousands of people excluded from other pandemic relief.

This massive COVID-19 vaccination site was shut down after 11 people suffered side effects.  A massive COVID-19 vaccination site at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, was closed down Wednesday [4/7/2021] because 11 people suffered adverse side effects from the vaccines, The Denver Post reports.
  •   The reactions were specifically to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
  •   Two people were taken to nearby hospitals and placed under review and observation.
  •   According to KDVR, the group of people who were not hospitalized were given juice and water for their recovery.

COVID vaccination site closes early after adverse reactions to Johnson & Johnson shot.  Thirteen people at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Colorado had adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Wednesday [4/7/2021][,] shutting down operations for the day, a report said.  Officials did not disclose the types of reactions suffered by less than 1 percent of the more than 1,700 people given shots at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, the Denver Gazette reported.

Millions Locked Down Again as Canada Rues Vaccine Failure.  Back in December, before the COVID-19 variants changed the course of the pandemic, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau bragged that he had procured enough potential vaccines to protect a population four times the size of Canada.  But four months later, not even two percent of Canada's population of just under 38 million is fully vaccinated and large swaths of the country are going back into lockdown thanks to a brutal third wave.  Canada has logged nearly one million cases and 23,000 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.  Trudeau had hoped to get the population vaccinated by June but now says all Canadians who want a vaccine will get one by the end of September.  Canada is one of the only large economies in the world that did not attempt to manufacture its own coronavirus vaccine.

During Mass French Lockdowns, This Restaurant Opens So French Ministers Can Eat There.  French authorities are investigating accusations that government ministers and others dined in secret restaurants in violation of pandemic restrictions.  The Paris prosecutor's office said an investigation was opened Sunday into possible charges of endangerment and undeclared labour, and to identify the organizers and participants of the alleged gatherings.  A documentary that aired on French network M6 over the weekend included an unidentified man saying that he had eaten in two or three clandestine restaurants "with a certain number of ministers."  Government members quickly denied knowledge of such wrongdoing.  [Video clip]

Meet the Censored:  The U.S. Right to Know Foundation.  In July of 2020, a nonprofit watchdog group called the U.S. Right to Know Foundation — which describes its mission as exposing "corporate wrongdoing and government failures that threaten the integrity of our food system, our environment, and our health" — began filing requests for public documents "in an effort to discover what is known about the origins of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2," which "causes the disease Covid-19."  Later in the year, the Foundation began publishing the results of those document requests.  These included reports of unsafe conditions at biolabs in Fort Collins, Colorado, as well as emails connected with the EcoHealth Alliance, an American non-profit that has been supported in part by taxpayer-funded grants, and has collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Those emails were not flattering to the EcoHealth Alliance.  They showed that its leadership had a role in helping organize a letter in the prominent medical journal, The Lancet, denouncing as "conspiracy theory" the idea that Covid-19 might have had laboratory origins, but appeared reluctant to have its own involvement made public.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Sponsors Three Bills For The People.  Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has sponsored three bills in the past month.  Her immigration bill, H.R.1883, was sponsored on Mar. 12, and she sponsored two other bills, H.R. 2316 and H.R. 2317, on April 1.  H.R. 2316 is a bill to reduce the salary of Dr. Fauci, and H.R. 2317 seeks to protect from discrimination citizens who choose not to be vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine.  Greene told Steve Bannon of the War Room Pandemic Podcast that she plans to defund Dr. Fauci's salary with the sponsorship of her new bill, the "Fire Dr. Fauci Act" or H.R. 2316.  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY-4) joined as a co-sponsor.  Fauci has been Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984 and is the highest-paid government employee in D.C., according to Greene.  She told Bannon that Fauci's salary is $434,312, more than that of the President.

Women say they are having heavier and more painful periods since getting their COVID-19 vaccines.  Several women say they have experienced heavier and more painful periods since getting the COVID-19 vaccine, with several also revealing that they have had breakthrough bleeding in the middle of a cycle after getting the shot.  Dr. Kate Clancy, an associate professor at the University of Illinois, tweeted in February that she'd been hearing talk of people who had experienced changes in their menstruation since getting one or two vaccine shots.  Her Twitter thread has prompted more women to share their menstrual concerns on Twitter, revealing their heavy flow, worsened cramps, and irregular timing — with one saying she spent 16 days bleeding after getting the Johnson & Johnson shot.

Cops Swarm Another Canadian Church for COVID Defiance and the Woke Crowd Cheers.  It's hard to know what's more disheartening, cops shutting down a church for daring to meet or the fear-mongering scolds cheering it on.  Worse, this is the second time in mere days that Canadian cops have attempted to intimidate a church for daring to meet with social distancing.  At dawn on Wednesday morning [4/7/2021] in Edmonton, Alberta — in an area that looks like it's the middle of a prairie — Alberta Health Services police and cops with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) swarmed the GraceLife Church to cut off the building from its parishioners.  Police and crews arrived at oh-dark-30 to erect fencing around the church property to send a message that the church would not be able to worship on site until the government gave permission.

What good does the vaccination do?
Avoid traveling to Canada, even if you're vaccinated, CDC says.  The CDC is advising Americans to avoid traveling to Canada, even if they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  Canada is currently ranked as a Level 4 health risk by the CDC due to high levels of the virus and low vaccination rates.  "Because of the current situation in Canada even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to Canada," the CDC wrote on its website.

The COVID-19 Response Is Killing More Than It Saves.  In medicine, we are constantly balancing risk and reward.  Nearly all medicines and many therapeutic treatments involve risk to the patient we hope to help.  It's time we use this same intellectual exercise to create a reasonable inquiry into the risks we took when responding to COVID-19 and balance it against the reward.  If nothing else is accomplished, a better plan for future societal responses can be formulated.  And if we recognize and remedy our failures in time, maybe we'll still have a recognizable United States of America. [...] Although we've lost well over 500,000 American lives to COVID-19, it could have been far worse.  Even though the number is in question (as there were economically rewarding incentives to list COVID-19 as a cause of death when it could have had little to do with a person's demise), it is still a frightening and increasing number.  But our methods to mitigate COVID-19 come at a terrible societal cost.  People will die from the fallout from the governmental response.

Texas stats reveal Fauci's failure at the scientific method.  One would think that Anthony Fauci, a man who has spent decades of his life involved in scientific research, would understand how the scientific process works. [...] On March 2, Texas governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order ending mask mandates for individuals and limits on Texas businesses.  Fauci instantly announced that Texas faced imminent disaster by doing this and that citizens should ignore the governor: [...] Fauci could not have been more wrong.  With Texas residents released to live normal lives — leaving their homes, breathing fresh air, and getting back to business — case numbers decreased, rather than increased.  This shouldn't have been surprising because it was consistent with data showing that, for the most part, the stricter the COVID rules imposed on people, the worse the states are doing.  At this point, if Fauci were indeed a scientist, he would have realized that his hypothesis was wrong, changed his mind based on the science, and changed his recommendations to America at large.  But that's not how Fauci rolls.

The Higher Superstition:  The fallacy that lies behind "follow the science" fundamentalism.  [T]he great example of the abuse and limits of scientific authority is the hysterical and contradictory pronouncement of credentialed experts about the Covid pandemic.  Politics, an unwillingness to confess ignorance, and a fear of not being proactive enough, rather than science, determined policies like wearing masks and, more costly both now and in the future, lockdowns. [...] Yet a few days ago, as [James] Freeman reports, "government disease experts Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Rochelle Walensky reasonably and responsibly urged Americans to get vaccinated and to take care in avoiding infection.  But they also went beyond reasonable admonitions, fearfully encouraging continued restrictions by state governments without even addressing the pros and cons, as if lockdowns have been proven to work and have no negative impact on public health."  No research science stood behind their advice, nor any recognition of the collateral damage some of which Freeman catalogs above.  But Dr. Walensky did confess to a "recurring feeling I have of impending doom."  Much of what we call science today and call on as a definitive authority does not meet the standards of real science.  It increasingly looks like the higher superstition — ideologies and opinions that gratify our pretensions to superiority over all who disagree with us.

Dr. Fauci Dumbfounded as Texas COVID Cases Drop Despite His Own Dire Prediction.  Last month, when Texas Governor Greg Abbott axed the state's mask mandate and other COVID-related restrictions on businesses and people, Dr. Anthony Fauci called it "risky" and "potentially dangerous."  "When you pull back on all mitigation methods on all public health guidelines, that's when you get into trouble and history has proven that," Fauci told Chris Wallace of Fox News.  "This isn't just some kind of a theoretical, a point that I'm trying to make.  It's not theoretical.  It actually happens."  But, there's been no surge.  In fact, cases have continued to decline.  And Fauci, proven wrong, struggled to explain how Texas has defied his own predictions during an appearance on MSNBC on Tuesday, and tried to suggest that there might be a "lag."

Police raid and put up fences around Alberta church that defied lockdown orders.  GraceLife Church, the Alberta church which made headlines for defying provincial pandemic-related lockdown orders, is being blocked off by police using roadblocks and fencing to prevent worshippers from reaching the building.  The church first made headlines last month after their pastor, James Coates, was jailed for violating lockdown orders on Mar 5.  He was held for weeks before his release on Mar 22, but still faces an upcoming trial.  Sources familiar with the situation say that the premises was raided in the early morning.

Over-hyped COVID variants are being used as part of a campaign of fear to destroy freedom.  The goal post for "public safety" has been moved further and further away.  At regular intervals during the COVID-19 pandemic, there's been another Chicken Little warning that the sky is still falling and that we must not let down our guard.  In a Wall Street Journal essay, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urges readers not to trust "the elites," pointing out that "Influential people in public health, government and the media" have "failed to rise to the moment."

Texas Bans Vaccine Passports.  Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a ban on government-mandated vaccine passports Tuesday morning [4/6/2021].  The Republican governor issued an executive order on Monday banning any regulation that would require Texans to show proof of vaccination before getting a product or service.  The order also blocks all businesses or entities receiving state funds from requiring vaccine documentation, as well.  "Every day, Texans return to normalcy as more people get the COVID vaccine.  In fact, this week, Texas will surpass 13 million doses administered," Abbott said in a Tuesday video announcement.  "Those shots help slow the spread of COVID, reduce hospitalizations, and reduce fatalities."  "But, as I have said all along, these vaccines are always voluntary and never forced.  Government should not require any Texan to show proof of vaccination and reveal private health information just to go about their daily lives," the governor continued. "

Gov. Abbott issues executive order banning 'vaccine passports'.  Texas is following Florida's lead in banning "vaccine passports."  Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that he's issued an Executive Order banning state agencies or political subdivision from creating a "vaccine passport" requirement for receipt of services or even requesting an individuals COVID-19 vaccination status.  "Everyday, Texans are returning to normal life as more people get the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine.  But, as I've said all along, these vaccines are always voluntary and never forced," said Governor Abbott.

Britain will offer alternatives to the AstraZeneca vaccine to adults under 30, and E.U. officials said it had a "possible link" to rare blood clots.  Britain said on Wednesday [4/7/2021] that it would offer alternatives to the AstraZeneca vaccine for adults under 30 as European regulators described a "possible link" with rare blood clots, a setback for the world's most widely used vaccine and a blow to the more than 100 countries relying on it to save lives amid a global surge in coronavirus cases.  The European regulator, the European Medicines Agency, stopped short of advising that use of the vaccine be curbed in the 27 European Union countries, saying that it was up to the national authorities to decide who should receive which vaccine.

Fauci Turns Into a Bumbling Mess While Trying to Explain How Texas' Covid Cases.  During an interview with MSNBC, Dr. Anthony Fauci completely embarrassed himself when he tried explaining how Texas' COVID cases continue to decline despite ignoring his advice.  "It just is inexplicable why you would want to pull back now," Fauci said last month while reacting to Texas' decision to open up.  It has been a whole month later since Fauci made these comments and Texas' COVID cases continue to decline.

One Flu Out Of The Wuhan Nest.  [Quoting a tweet from Yuri Deigin:]  We examined public sequencing data from Wuhan and discovered contamination of agricultural datasets by viral sequences.  We were even able to pull out two novel MERS-like coronaviruses, one of which was in a reverse genetics backbone.  So much for "they would have used a known backbone" argument of Andersen.  Our findings confirm the following:
  •   there was massive work on many viruses in Wuhan
  •   novel CoVs and backbones remain unpublished
  •   biosafety guidelines were potentially breached
Read and shiver.

Mitch McConnell Says Something So Dumb, It'll Make You Question Everything About Him.  Perhaps no figure in Washington has caused more damage over the last year than Dr. Anthony Fauci.  The once-obscure government bureaucrat has taken a leading role in pushing disastrous lockdowns and mask mandates.  He also championed a vaccine strategy that possibly kneecapped the effectiveness of the roll-out.  Through all that, Fauci has been relentlessly arrogant despite his many, many mistakes and misstatements.  Given that, you'd expect Republicans to be unified around the idea that he's not someone to be propped up or respected at this point.  Unfortunately, Mitch McConnell didn't get the memo, delivering this unbelievable endorsement of Fauci.

Low risk of catching COVID from surfaces, CDC says in updated guidance.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday [4/6/2021] there is no significant risk of catching the coronavirus from a surface or object.  The CDC clarified its position in a guidance update that said people generally contract COVID-19 through direct contact with a sick person or from airborne transmission.  "It is possible for people to be infected through contact with contaminated surfaces or objects (fomites), but the risk is generally considered to be low," the revised guidance states.  The official revision was made nearly a year after the agency noted last May that COVID-19 "does not spread easily" through touching surfaces or objects.

Almost 80 percent of teachers, child care workers [have gotten] at least 1 vaccine dose, CDC says.  Nearly 80 percent of school staff members and child care workers have received at least a single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, bolstering President Joe Biden's efforts to reopen schools shuttered by the pandemic.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday [4/6/2021] that about 8 million teachers, school staff members and other child care workers had gotten their first doses by the end of March.  A federal push to give such workers priority access to vaccines "paid off and paved the way" for a return to in-person education, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a news release.

At least seven US colleges say students must be fully vaccinated to come back onto campus in the fall.  At least seven US colleges have said students must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to come back to their campuses this fall with Brown University and Northeastern University the latest to implement such rules.  Brown, Northeastern, Cornell University, Rutgers University, Fort Lewis College, Nova Southeastern University and St.  Edward's University each announced COVID-19 vaccination requirements for returning students in recent weeks.  Students with specific underlying medical conditions and religious beliefs can apply to be exempt from the rule which the institutions say is crucial to be able to welcome people back to in-person learning at full pre-pandemic capacity.

Joe Biden Breaks Social Distancing Guidelines at Vaccine Center.  President Joe Biden offered a glimpse into his thinking Tuesday [4/6/2021] on Americans mingling during the coronavirus pandemic.  Biden commented during a visit to a vaccination site in Virginia to promote Americans getting the vaccine.  During his conversation with one woman, Biden leaned toward her and told her to keep practicing the CDC guidance during the pandemic.  "Keep wearing the mask, wash the hands, and socially distance, which I'm not doing," he said as people around him laughed.  "I'm going to get in trouble here."  "Is this your second shot?" Biden asked the woman.  The woman told him that it was.  "Oh we're set," Biden replied.  "I've had two as well."

A Marriott hotels pilot is replacing desk clerks with automated kiosks.  Desk clerks are poised to become the latest coronavirus casualty at some Marriott hotels.  The world's biggest hotel chain said it is testing automated kiosks equipped with touch screens that can check in guests and spit out room keys, as well as giant vending machines it calls "grab-and-go marketplaces" that can dispense everything from coffee to breakfast sandwiches and cereal.  The new kiosks are being tested at two New York City hotels — the Moxy in Times Square and the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown East.  They also are being piloted at the TownePlace Suites in Monroe, Louisiana.  A test also is scheduled for the Moxy in Miami.  Marriott said the so-called "contactless arrival kiosks" are meant to ease customers' fears about getting COVID-19 by interacting with hotel staff.  As such, they are equipped with "antimicrobial technology baked into the touchscreen glass, powered by UV light to kill bacteria and viruses," Marriott said in a Monday [4/5/2021] press release.

Undercover Nurse Exposes What is Really Happening with 'Covid-19 Pandemic' — 'It's Murder'.  [Video clip]

Clear Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine and Rare Blood Clots in Brain, EMA Official Tells Paper.  There is a link between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday [4/6/2021].  "In my opinion, we can now say it, it is clear that there is an association with the vaccine.  However, we still do not know what causes this reaction," Marco Cavaleri, chair of the vaccine evaluation team at the EMA, told Italian daily Il Messaggero when asked about the possible relation between the AstraZeneca shot and cases of brain blood clots.  Cavaleri added that the EMA would say there is a link although the regulator would not likely be in a position this week to give an indication regarding the age of individuals to whom the AstraZeneca shot should be given.  He did not provide evidence to support his comments.

Clergy Who Bowed to COVID Fears Need to Face a Reckoning.  [Scroll down]  How sad it is, then — how demoralizing — to see our fellow citizens in the sunshine with slave masks on, heads down, avoiding eye contact with fellow villagers, furtively shuffling along like sullen convicts getting a few moments in the prison yard before returning to their cells to continue a life sentence without the possibility of parole.  Even were the Wuhan flu — caused by the CCP virus unleashed, perhaps deliberately, perhaps accidentally, on an unsuspecting world sometime in late 2019 — a real global emergency instead of a jumped-up, panicked, and likely malevolent overreaction to an illness whose death toll has been largely confined to the elderly, the sick, and the obese, the way we have responded has been nothing less than a civilizational humiliation.  We have taught our people to fear one another, to move aside on a public street as if someone coming their way were radioactive, to shout at strangers for refusing to muzzle themselves as they go about their business.  And all because an 80-year-old lifelong bureaucrat whose advice seems to change monthly, commandeered the heights of the federal government and terrified the American people about a disease with a 99 percent survival rate, if you even get it.

This is Out Of Control!  Family is being thrown off a Spirit Airlines flight from Orlando to NY because their two-year-old child is eating without a mask.  [Video clip]

Vaccine Scam Caught On Video In Mexico City, Nurse Pushes In Needle But No Vaccine.  On Saturday afternoon [4/3/2021], social networks denounced the deception of an older man who went to receive his first dose of the covid vaccine at the Biological Sciences unit of Zacatenco.  The user who identifies herself as @aletopia narrated that the affected person was her uncle:  "The nurse made him believe that he was vaccinated and only made him a prick with the needle and the syringe has no liquid, it happened at the @IPN_MX in Zacatenco, it cannot be that the health personnel are doing this."  [Video clip]

Brazilian Cops Try To Close Down Rio Beach Because Of COVID Regulations, Get The Beating Of A Lifetime.  You've been seeing more and more situations where people have just had enough of the COVID police state.  The good people of Canada have been booting health inspectors with the COVID Gestapo in tow out of churches and restaurants.  [Video clip]

Carnival Cruises threatens to leave U.S. ports due to COVID rules.  Carnival Cruise Line threatened Tuesday [4/6/2021] to pull its ships from U.S. ports because of federal COVID cruise ship rules, USA Today reported.  "While we have not made plans to move Carnival Cruise Line ships outside of our U.S. homeports, we may have no choice but to do so in order to resume our operations which have been on 'pause' for over a year," company president Christine Duffy said in a statement.

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Who would travel on a cruise ship anyway?  I thought the cruise ship industry was one of the first casualties of Coronavirus in early 2020. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

The Cult of Safety.  Whether out of true concern or some other nefarious motive — power, profit, societal purchase — the inexorable march towards the bubble-wrap world of today that was launched by the professional caring class continues all the way from the classroom to the living room to the newsroom to the board room.  Obviously, we can see this process in real time in the pandemic effort.  From "two weeks to stop the spread" to fully vaccinated people being shame/told to wear two masks a year later, this continuing impact is a perfect example of a "gain of function" experimental research principle being implemented not in a lab but in society at large.  This form of — or bastardization of — progress is in fact antithetical to the tenets of a free society.  By worshiping at the altar of the safe we denigrate, delay, and deny the myriad possibilities for human advancement that are inherent in the concept of risk.

The mask's insidious symbolism.  Why are those of us who have had our COVID vaccines still wearing masks?  We are protected from the virus and cannot carry the virus despite being admonished otherwise.  Is it because Maoism is still shaping our world?  While the West mistakenly believed that China would become more like us after embracing Capitalism, the West is becoming more like China; Maoism and Chinese communism are spreading like a prairie fire.  For those of us who had the opportunity to travel to China following Richard Nixon's 1972 visit, besides the overall bleakness resulting from Chairman Mao Zedong's reign, the uniform that every person in China wore was disconcerting.  The Mao jacket was the quintessential Chinese communist apparel.  It symbolized Mao's ideology: he intended to equalize more than a billion people by what they wore.  Does this sound familiar?  Is the mask a means to "equalize" the West?

We must never forget the Old Normal.  We have now spent over a year in lockdown limbo.  Vaccines were supposed to release us by 'early spring'. Matt Hancock promised that after the vulnerable had been vaccinated, the government would 'cry freedom'. Well, it's early spring, and the vulnerable have more or less all been vaccinated.  But Chris Whitty has been back on the airwaves to tell us that there will 'definitely' be a third wave of infections.  Meanwhile, the head of Public Health England thinks nothing of saying that we will be wearing masks and obeying social distancing rules for 'years' — and might as well since, according to her, we have all grown used to it anyway.  Normal life — the pub, the real pub, where you did not have to wear a mask or produce a certificate to get in; meeting friends for a casual coffee; going to work; going to an art gallery or a football match — already seems like a dimly remembered dream.  What will be left of those memories if all this really does go on indefinitely?  Particularly if there is an 'escape variant' that evades vaccination — or if another pandemic comes along?

Joe Biden says, "getting vaccinated is a moral obligation."  It won't be long until he leaves out "moral"?
Donald Trump and Joe Biden's Easter Messages Reveal Everything You Need to Know About the Presidents.  Donald Trump and Joe Biden gave messages to Americans on Easter, the Christian religious holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  The 45th President of the United States gave the salutation "Happy Easter" and then decried that he lost the U.S. election. [...] Joe Biden, on the other hand, delivered an Easter Message that preached about the coronavirus, mentioning it 7 times, but failed to mention Jesus Christ even once.  "We share the sentiments of Pope Francis who said that getting vaccinated is a moral obligation, one that can save your life and the lives of others," Biden said.

Team-left Opposes IDs for Voting, But Not For Vaccines.  When it comes to carrying identification, democrats are simply hypocrites.  While they largely oppose Georgia's new election law requiring voter identification, dubbing it "racist," many on team-left are gung-ho on creating a "vaccine passport" despite the actual vaccine hesitancy in black communities.  As reported by The Federalist, the Biden administration is supposedly working with private tech companies to create vaccine passes for Americans to use as proof that they've received the COVID-19 vaccine.  These "passports" will be required in order to gain access to certain services, like concerts or large gatherings.  While some states, like New York, are all for the idea, others, like Florida, have already taken swift action to denounce it due to privacy concerns and manipulation into participation in "normal society."  These concerns, however, have not stopped a slew of other initiatives by organizations like the WHO and IBM from pushing for the collection of vaccination information in order to "return to normal."

Michigan coronavirus cases at record, tops daily tally among U.S. states.  Michigan topped the coronavirus daily tally among U.S. states on Monday [4/5/2021] after a steep rise in infections, about a month after the state eased restrictions when new cases showed a downward trend.  It reported 11,082 cases on Monday, which included Sunday and Monday's case load as the state does not report on Sunday.  Michigan's daily COVID-19 tally is hovering close to its previous single-day peak of 10,140 new cases on Nov. 20.  Michigan is currently the worst affected U.S. state in terms of new cases and hospitalizations per 100,000 people in the week to April 5.  It is the only state to report more than 7,000 new cases on Monday.

The CDC said the risk of getting COVID-19 from surfaces is 'low,' suggesting deep-clean protocols are overkill.  Routine use of disinfectants to fight the coronavirus is mostly unnecessary, as the risk of transmission through touching surfaces is "low," the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday [4/5/2021].  In a science brief based on analysis of the latest available data, the agency said intense cleaning was needed in only a few scenarios.  This news could bring an end to what some refer to as "hygiene theater," or routine deep cleaning of hotel rooms, business premises, and public transport.  Such measures might appear reassuring but are costly and, it seems, of limited use.

246 vaccinated residents diagnosed with COVID; 3 dead, Michigan reports.  As many as 246 Michigan residents considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 were later diagnosed with the virus, and three have died, state officials confirmed Monday [4/5/2021].  The cases were reported between Jan. 1 and March 31, and the 246 had a positive test 14 or more days after the last dose in the vaccine series, said Lynn Sutfin, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Healthand Human Services, in an email.  "Some of these individuals may ultimately be excluded from this list due to continuing to test positive from a recent infection prior to being fully vaccinated," she said.  "These cases are undergoing further review to determine if they meet other CDC criteria for determination of potential breakthrough, including the absence of a positive antigen or PCR test less than 45 days prior to the post-vaccination positive test.  In general, these persons have been more likely to be asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic compared with vaccinated persons."

US Grant to Wuhan Lab on Bat-Based Coronaviruses Didn't Get Review, NIH Says.  An oversight board created to scrutinize research that would enhance highly dangerous pathogens did not review a National Institutes of Health grant that funded a lab in Wuhan, China, to genetically modify bat-based coronaviruses.  Experts say the NIH grant describes scientists as conducting gain-of-function research, a risky area of study that, in this case, made SARS-like viruses even more contagious.

Not yet, anyway.
Fauci says US will not require COVID-19 'vaccine passports'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday that the US government will not require Americans to use vaccine passports to prove they've been immunized against the coronavirus. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the federal government "may be involved in making sure things are done fairly and equitably."  "But I doubt if the federal government is gonna be the leading element of that," Fauci told the "Politico Dispatch" podcast.  Fauci said he expects certain businesses and educational institutions to be the ones to create their own policies about vaccination.

For once, in an airline mask story, the right person got punished.  Yet another story about airlines behaving badly broke on Monday.  This time, a family of four got kicked off a flight because the two-year-old toddler was eating.  However, unlike all the other grotesque examples of panicked mask fascism, this story has a happy ending: the flight attendant who caused the ruckus was the one who ultimately got kicked off the plane, and the family was allowed back on.  As a preliminary matter, the evidence is very strong that little children neither get nor give COVID from or to those around them.  And as a factual matter, putting masks on a child who has just turned two is cruel.  The family's situation was also difficult:  not only did they have a baby who had just turned two, but they also had a special needs child who has seizures, and the mother is seven months pregnant.

The Deranged 60 Minutes Hit Piece on Ron DeSantis Gives the Game Away.  The left are terrified of Ron DeSantis, and that was never made more apparent than how 60 Minutes chose to handle the supposed "scandals" surrounding Florida's vaccine program.  RedState initially covered the absurdity last night.  As Jennifer Van Laar put it in her write-up, the memo has gone out to destroy DeSantis, facts [notwithstanding].  While 60 Minutes attempted to make it seem like DeSantis had been paid off to allow Publix to host early, pop-up vaccination sites, the truth is much more mundane.  You see, Publix has over 800 locations in Florida and also has large facilities and parking lots, a combination unmatched by smaller stores like CVS and Walgreens.  Further, and more importantly, they were the only major outlet ready to go in January to start distribution.  This is largely due to Publix already taking the lead in delivering millions of flu vaccinations a year.  In other words, they had the systems and infrastructure in place.

CBS Attempts To Controversialize Florida Governor Ron DeSantis For Doing Exceptional Job With COVID Response.  You can always tell who the left-wing media fear by the way they attempt to create false attacks against them.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has done an outstanding job leading his state through the COVID crisis.  While balancing the economic needs of the people, and keeping the majority of the state functioning and open, DeSantis prioritized protecting the most vulnerable elderly citizens; and then, once available, coordinating the COVID vaccine for that vulnerable population by expediting a massive distribution network to be the first state with over one million doses administered for those who wanted it.  In addition DeSantis allowed local communities to make their own decisions about mask wearing and school opening.

Vacation in Hawaii:  Prison on the Pacific.  Hawaii is an American gem, a collection of island paradises that one can travel to in a reasonable period of time from most of the US mainland. [...] Under COVID however, visiting Hawaii is more like checking into prison with myriad rules and procedures, including monitored quarantine and GPS bracelets.  Virtually all countries requiring a COVID test for admission allow the standard PCR test now available ubiquitously in any pharmacy, lab, or parking lot test center.  But not Hawaii.  Each Hawaiian island, despite being part of a single state, makes its own rules, similar what American states do under the concept of federalism.  Hawaii, for inexplicable reasons, mandates a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) rather than the standard PCR test.  Both are molecular tests and their sensitivity is based on amplification cycles, as many of us have written about, that can be artificially elevated to the point of absurdity.  It's simply another version of the standard PCR test but not readily available and challenging for visitors who need the test within 72  hours of travel.

Biden Getting Together With Family For Easter, Despite Urging Against Gatherings Until July.  Rules for thee but not for me.  As many people are celebrating Easter today, Joe Biden had been urging against gatherings, saying in March that his goal would be for people to get together for "small family gatherings" perhaps by the Fourth of July to hold barbecues and normal celebrations. [...] But guess who's getting together with his family today at Camp David?  You got it, Joe Biden and his wife.  He left early on Friday for the retreat.  He wouldn't identify with whom he was getting together.  Apparently July Fourth is for the commoners.

Dozens Of Floridians Who's Been Vaccinated Have Gotten Ill With COVID.  They're called COVID-19 breakthrough cases — people who have been fully vaccinated yet still contract the virus more than 14 days after their second shot.  The cases are popping up around the country, including in Central Florida.  [Video clip]

Ivermectin is effective for COVID-19 when used early: analysis of 49 studies.  [Synopsis]  We analyze all significant studies concerning the use of ivermectin for COVID-19.  Search methods, inclusion criteria, effect extraction criteria (more serious outcomes have priority), all individual study data, PRISMA answers, and statistical methods are detailed in Appendix 1.  We present random effects meta-analysis results for all studies, for studies within each treatment stage, for mortality results, for COVID-19 case results, for viral clearance results, for peer-reviewed studies, for Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), and after exclusions.

Don't Be Surprised When Vaccinated People Get Infected.  It's hard to know when exactly the first cases appeared.  But certainly by January's end, a slow trickle of post-vaccination infections had begun in the United States.  They arose in the West, making headlines in Oregon; they sprouted in the Midwest and the South.  Some of the latest reports have come out of Florida, Texas, and Hawaii.  These breakthrough cases — discovered in people more than two weeks after they received their final COVID-19 shot — will continue to grow in number, everywhere.  And that's absolutely no cause for concern.  Breakthrough infections, which occur when fully vaccinated people are infected by the pathogen that their shots were designed to protect against, are an entirely expected part of any vaccination process.  They're the data points that keep vaccines from reaching 100 percent efficacy in trials; they're simple proof that no inoculation is a perfect preventative.  And so far, the ones found after COVID-19 vaccination seem to be unextraordinary.

COVID-19 Vaccine Tested on Babies Even as Death Toll Mounts.  If early statistics are any indication, we are facing the greatest public health calamity in modern history.  No, I'm not talking about a third, fourth or fifth wave of COVID-19.  I'm talking about the current vaccination campaign.  I have no doubt that deaths caused by COVID-19 vaccines will end up far exceeding the number of actual COVID-19 deaths.  The greatest tragedy here is that while COVID-19 kills already unhealthy elderly individuals who are just years from their natural death, the vaccines are killing the young and healthy who typically have many more decades to live.  From my perspective, there's simply no justification for this.  There's no "greater good" argument that can ever make this type of tradeoff OK.  Equally unjustifiable is the fact that death within months of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test was automatically pegged as a COVID-19 death, whereas death within days or even hours of the vaccine is shrugged off as coincidental, no matter how many times it happens.  It is reprehensibly inexcusable the way these deaths are being attributed.

3,964 Dead 162,610 Injuries:  Some Adverse Drug Reactions for COVID-19 Vaccines.  The European database of suspected drug reaction reports, EudraVigilance, is now tracking reports of injuries and deaths following the experimental COVID-19 "vaccines."

"Go, and don't come back without a warrant!": Calgary Police told to leave after interrupting Polish church service.  Seven police officers entered a Good Friday church service in Calgary, Alberta with the intent of shutting it down.  Pastor Artur Pawlowski would not have it.  The officers stand masked and ready to enforce the closure of the worship service during the highest holy days on the Christian calendar.  In response to their entry, Pastor Artur Pawlowski says "Please get out, get out of this property immediately get out."  Pawlowski, pastor at the evangelical Street Church, says again "Get out of this property immediately.  Out!  I don't want — out of this property immediately!  I don't want to hear a word.  Out!  Out of this property immediately until you come back with a warrant."

Police show up at Polish Catholic church AGAIN for Easter Sunday Mass.  Police turned up at a Polish Catholic church again today [4/4/2021] during an Easter Sunday Mass after officers shut down its Good Friday service for breaching Covid rules and threatened worshippers with £200 fines.  Officers shut down the religious ceremony in Balham High Street, south London, at around 5pm on Friday, with footage showing one telling worshippers that the gathering was 'unlawful' and that they had to go home.  Today, dozens of Christians attended Easter Mass services at Christ the King Polish Roman Catholic Church — with many forced to kneel outside to avoid overcrowding.

Crowd Chants GET OUT At Health Inspectors Trying To Shut Down Restaurant In Vancouver, Forces Them To Leave.  Diners at a Vancouver restaurant flouting the province's 'circuit breaker' restrictions join in a chant Saturday, prompting health officials attempting to enforce the health order to leave.  B.C. banned indoor dining for three weeks last Monday, as a part of a "circuit breaker" meant to curb a third wave of COVID-19 infection.  [Video clip]

Man Who Paid 15 Grand For Vacation At Disney World Gets Arrested There For Refusing To Get His Temperature Taken.  A Louisiana tourist complained he paid $15,000 for a Disney World vacation that was disrupted when he was arrested after he refused to get his temperature checked at Disney Springs, according to video footage released this week by the Orange County Sheriff's Office.  Kelly Sills, 47, of Baton Rouge, pleaded not guilty on a charge of trespassing following the Feb. 13 incident.  Authorities confronted him outside The Boathouse restaurant after Sills skipped the temperature screening tent, refused to go back, and wouldn't leave the property when asked by Disney and the sheriff's office, according to the arrest report.  As deputies escorted Sills away, Sills had a change of heart and said he was willing to get his temperature checked after all.  [Video clip]

FDA approves two more over-the-counter COVID-19 home tests.  U.S. health officials have authorized two more over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that can be used at home to get rapid results.  The move by the Food and Drug Administration is expected to vastly expand the availability of cheap home tests that many experts have advocated since the early days of the outbreak.

More "Covid Suicides" than Covid Deaths in Kids.  Suicide is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death for those aged under 25 — one far bigger than Covid.  And it is something that we have only made worse as we, led by politicians and 'the science,' deprived our youngest members of society — who constitute one-third of the US population — of educational, emotional and social development without their permission or consent for over a year.  And why?  For what?  We were scared.  We were scared for our lives and those of people we love.  And, like your average German-on-the-street in the 1930s and 40s, we believed that doing what we were told and supporting the national cause would save us and our families.  The reality is we sacrificed others without a second thought.  We have sacrificed our youths' lives and future livelihoods in a desperate attempt to save a slim minority of the elderly population who have surpassed the average US life expectancy of 78.8 years and those who were already on their way out.

Vaccine Passports Are A Serious Threat To American Civil Liberties.  With the advent of the deceptively named "vaccine passport" concept, coronavirus vaccines have quickly turned from savior hailed by an American populace desperate for a return to some semblance of normalcy into a cudgel with which to beat the vaccine heterodox into submission.  Add the relentless desire for Big Tech to collect all data it can suck into a rapacious corporate maw to be digested into more profits and more power over our lives, and you have a perfect storm of tyranny.  Currently, the COVID-19 vaccines are not U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved, but authorized only for emergency use.  As an investigational product, the statute governing emergency use authorizations provides that the recipient be advised of his or her option to accept or refuse administration of the vaccine, something a DC District court considered in a 2003 case that ruled against forcing soldiers to take the then-experimental anthrax vaccine (suspiciously, the vaccine was deemed "safe" not long after the court enjoined mandatory vaccination, although there are numerous claims that the anthrax vaccination program has led to debilitating side effects).

Vaccine Passports to Hell.  The latest CDC report shows that approximately 162 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered.  This number is increasing steadily every day.  These results show that millions of Americans are not reluctant to take the vaccine.  Despite the impressive distribution statistics, there is not universal support for the vaccine.  A recent poll revealed that 41% of Republicans will not get the coronavirus vaccine.  These results mimic other polls that have been taken in recent weeks.  Unfortunately, these Republicans, along with millions of other Americans who refuse the vaccine might face a severe infringement of their freedoms.  It seems that vaccine passports are being encouraged by the Biden administration and are being developed by the administration's ideological partners in academia and corporate America.

Politicians can't stop you from celebrating Easter.  It's a year ago now that Donald Trump, then president of the United States, mused about how wonderful it would be if the country opened up again by Easter.  It didn't.  Although some states have taken a few steps in that direction, most of us are still actors, willing and unwilling, in a weird germophobic paranoia play.  Even many conservatives have been well conditioned: they've convinced themselves that the country really is opening back up because all they have to do is comply, comply, comply with the order to wear a mask or get an injection or engage in mandatory cringing.

On May 1, Let's All Tear Off Our Masks.  One hundred days.  That's what President Biden asked for before he was inaugurated — 100 days of masking.  That was the linchpin of his plan to end the coronavirus pandemic.  It was in his executive order requiring people to wear masks when they are on U.S. Government property, including national parks and forests, even when there are no other people around for miles.  Just give him that 100 days and everything will be fine.  Well, April 30 is the 100th day.  On May 1, we can take off our masks for good.  Well, maybe.  But probably not.  In fact, Biden has said as much.  By now we should know that the goalposts won't be where they were when we began this latest touchdown drive.  They never are.

Marjorie Taylor Greene:  Fire Fauci and ban vaccine mandate and passport.  In a double-barreled blast at the coronavirus crisis, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene today offered bills to ban COVID-19 vaccination mandates such as those called for in vaccine "passport" proposals and to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci.  In her "Fire Fauci Act" and "We Will Not Comply Act," the controversial representative took direct aim at the Biden administration's support for a vaccination passport and promotion of near daily advice by Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.  "Americans deserve better than a self-promoting career bureaucrat like Fauci, who spent the last year getting it wrong almost all of the time," Greene said.

The totalitarians' Covid con unintentionally explained by CNN public health 'expert'.  Too much freedom is a bad thing because it limits the ability of the state to coerce its subjects ("citizens" seems almost archaic as the Great Reset looms) into behavior they otherwise would resist.  That's the basic message explained to Chris Cuomo by a professor of public health policy that CNN favors with its airtime.  We lost an incredible amount of the freedom we formerly took for granted when Covid-19 leaked out of a lab in Wuhan, China, and was greeted by world leaders as a pandemic justifying the radical curtailment of liberty and enhancement of their own power.  Now, they and their lackeys in the academic and medical establishment see the restoration of those liberties as a threat.  George Washington University Public Health Policy Professor Laura Wen said it out loud — a classic Kinsley gaffe of accidentally telling the truth about something that politicians would rather the public not understand.

How not to cower before the COVID police.  Visually, the video is simple but compelling.  The church is on the second story of a building with a stairway leading directly from the front door up to the place where the congregation assembles.  A masked female spokeswoman has climbed all the stairs.  Behind her are seven police officers, in uniform, and all heavily armed with guns, cuffs, safety vests, and the ubiquitous and useless cheap paper masks.  The woman is trying to speak but there is a voice from behind the camera that thunders "Get out!" No matter what she says, he tells her some variation of "Out!  And don't come back unless you have a warrant." [...]   [Video clip] [...] As for the rest of us, the window of time within which we can act with courage and integrity (and, you'll note, without violence or threats) is closing fast.  If we wait too long, all action will be illegal.

Texas Sees Lowest Daily Average In COVID Cases Since Last June Three Weeks After Mask Mandate Was Lifted.  An update to last week's post about case counts declining in the Lone Star state.  Not only have cases continued to fall in Texas since then, the seven-day average is now the lowest it's been since June 18, 2020 according to Worldometer.  Yesterday the state was averaging just 3,263 daily confirmed infections.  On March 10, the day Greg Abbott's order lifting Texas's mask mandate took effect, it was averaging 4,895.

Number of COVID Vaccine Injuries Reported to VAERS Surpasses 50,000, CDC Data Show.  Data released today [4/2/2021] by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the number of injuries and deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) following COVID vaccines revealed steadily rising numbers, but no new trends.  VAERS is the primary mechanism for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S. Reports submitted to VAERS require further investigation before a causal relationship can be confirmed.  Every Friday, VAERS makes public all vaccine injury reports received to the system as of Friday of the previous week.  Today's data show that between Dec. 14, 2020, and March 26, a total of 50,861 total adverse events were reported to VAERS, including 2,249 deaths — an increase of 199 over the previous seven days — and 7,726 serious injuries, up 631 over the same time period.  Of the 2,249 deaths reported as of March 26, 28% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, 19% occurred within 24 hours and 43% occurred in people who became ill within 48 hours of being vaccinated.

Cornell University mandates COVID-19 vaccines for students and staff.  Students and staff have no shot of returning to Cornell this fall if they don't get the COVID-19 vaccine, the school said in a statement.  "With the recent announcements of expanded vaccine eligibility in New York and other states, and increasing vaccine production, it is likely that all members of our community will be able to obtain vaccination sometime this spring or summer," Cornell President Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff wrote Friday [4/2/2021].  "Accordingly, Cornell intends to require vaccination for students returning to Ithaca, Geneva, and Cornell Tech campuses for the fall semester."  Exceptions will be made for those with religious and medical exemptions, the statement says.

Fully vaccinated people may travel, CDC says.  Federal health officials gave the green light Friday [4/2/2021] for fully vaccinated people to resume travel as more than 100 million Americans have had at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, and evidence mounts of the shots' effectiveness.  While fully vaccinated people are at lower risk of infection, the officials said, travel is still not recommended due to the rising number of cases in the United States and globally.  The long-awaited guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is welcome news for the growing number of vaccinated adults who want greater freedom to visit family members and take vacations for the first time in a year.  It is also expected to help boost the travel and airline industries that have been seeking a relaxation of restrictions.

Ditch The Mask Mandates By Memorial Day.  Writing at the Wall Street Journal this week, Nicole Saphier has a very simple message for the CDC.  "Dr. Fauci, Tear Off These Masks."  This new spin on a famous speech by Ronald Reagan wasn't some sort of April Fools joke.  The author lays out a very cogent argument as to why we are already much closer to the point where there's little to no benefit from vaccinated people wearing face masks than most health officials and politicians are willing to admit.  Continuing to enforce these mandates at that point would be little more than bureaucratic oppression.  And the target date for ending the mandates should be Memorial Day weekend.

Vaccination Passports:  The Cornerstone of a Totalitarian State.  Vaccination passports, like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want everyone to be forced to carry, are profoundly un-American.  This data-driven authoritarianism, if it comes to pass, will wash away what remains of the rule of law and the Constitution, and annihilate the American way of life.  First, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) inflicted their possibly lab-designed Wuhan Virus on America, and now we get their Social Credit System, their totalitarian digital architecture for society as well.  America's placeholder president, the Communist Chinese ventriloquist's dummy who fantasizes about becoming the new Franklin Delano Roosevelt, wants these vaccination passports badly.

Wait Until You Find Out What They're Not Telling You About Covid-19.  Way back in July of 2020, I reported on the thousands of doctors and scientists desperately trying to get the word out that Anthony Fauci's program of economic ruin and crippling social isolation had no scientific justification whatsoever.  Yet, to this day, the media and tech giants have managed to keep most of the public in the dark about the existence of any dissenting opinions on the wisdom of an historically unprecedented "public health" strategy that's rained down more misery and death on the American people than our worst foreign foes could have imagined but, coincidentally, has turned out to be a financial windfall for tech giants and multinational corporations like Facebook and Amazon.  And, speaking of foreign enemies, only a tiny percentage of Americans know that the whole idea of locking down in response to a respiratory virus had never been so much as suggested in all of history until China's Communist Party rulers started pushing it on the rest of the world in 2020.

Vaccine pub passports 'will last less than a year': Boris Johnson offers to set a time limit on Covid certificates.  A 'time limit' of less than a year could be imposed on the vaccine passport scheme to head off a Tory revolt on the issue, the Mail can reveal.  Boris Johnson will give the green light on Monday to the development of a system of 'vaccine certification' as he looks to reinvigorate the economy.  Ministers believe the scheme may be essential in reopening venues such as theatres and stadiums which rely on large crowds.  But the idea of creating a new 'Checkpoint Britain' has led to a fierce cross-party backlash, with 72 MPs yesterday [4/1/2021] signing a pledge to oppose the 'divisive and discriminatory' scheme.  There was also a huge outcry over the plans yesterday, with a litany of critics branding the idea as oppressive.

Vermont accused of discrimination for moving minorities to head of vaccine line.  Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has come under fire for a newly announced statewide vaccination protocol moving minorities to the head of the line based solely on their race.  The Republican governor announced Thursday that Black, Indigenous and people of color, known as BIPOC, may now sign up to be vaccinated against COVID-19, two weeks before the state plans to make available vaccines to anyone over the age of 16.  "If you or anyone in your household identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color (BIPOC), including anyone with Abenaki or other First Nations heritage, all household members who are 16 years or older can sign up to get a vaccine!" Mr. Scott tweeted.

COVID-19 alarmism is working, new polls show.  That's a huge problem.  More than 550,000 Americans have died in COVID-19-related deaths.  So, of course, the coronavirus is undoubtedly a serious and life-threatening disease, at least for vulnerable groups such as the elderly and those with compromised immune systems.  But people wildly overestimate the actual risks posed by COVID-19, according to several new polls that show the stunning extent to which the public has internalized alarmist misinformation.  A YouGov survey out this week reveals that young people aged 18 to 24 are the subgroup most anxious about resuming normal social life — despite being by far the least at risk from COVID-19.  Indeed, the death rate for members of this age group is approximately 0.006% — a tiny fraction of a percentage.  Meanwhile, folks over age 55 are the least worried about resuming social life, even though, statistically speaking, they have the most to fear from the coronavirus.

London Has Fallen As Boris'Jackboot Thugs Declare Good Friday Mass As Unlawful.  This lunatic Boris is hell-bent on turning the entire country into a police state in the name of COVID, using cops to take away all human and civil rights of freedom to move, worship etc.  We may have hit the bottom here as London cops barge into Good Friday service and declare it an UNLAWFUL event.  [Video clip]

Lindsey Graham tells Fauci to go to border and see 'biggest super spreader event in the nation'.  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., hit Dr. Anthony Fauci in a series of tweets Friday suggesting the top infectious disease doctor is turning a blind eye to the risk of coronavirus spread among migrants at the border.  "Paging Dr. Fauci:  You need to go to the southern border and witness in person the biggest super spreader event in the nation — President [Biden's] immigration policies," Graham tweeted.  Graham said thousands of migrants from Central America with a "10% COVID-positive rate" are spreading the virus at overcrowded border facilities.  The migrants are staying "on top of each other" and then "dumped off in Texas" and other parts of the country to further the spread of coronavirus, Graham said in a multi-thread tweet.

AstraZeneca Blues.  It seems like only yesterday the Euro regulators were only allowing the AZ vaccine for the under-65 crowd, saying the data for oldsters was too sparse.  But that was late January!  Well.  No one will blame these bureaucrats if thousands die of COVID and this action may even prevent a few dozen deaths from a weird clotting disease.  Weird the Brits aren't seeing it in there much larger vaccinated population, but do we trust them to tell the truth?  As to the US, AZ is preparing their trial data but has not yet applied for an EUA.  As I understand it, the US vaccine supply situation is already in good shape between Pfizer, Moderna and J&J.  We bet on a lot of horses, a lot have crossed the line, and we may not need the AZ product (which people won't take anyway.)  And Novavax is lurking in the wings!  For the rest of the world, this is a blow.  AZ used refrigerator storage, which made distribution easier in less developed countries.

Germany suspends use of AstraZeneca's Covid shot for the under-60s, dealing another blow to drugmaker.  Germany has suspended use of the coronavirus vaccine created by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford in the under-60s, due to renewed concerns over reports of blood clots.  The move comes after the country's medicines regulator found 31 cases of a rare type of blood clot in a small number of people immunized with the coronavirus vaccine produced by the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker.  The suspension is likely to deal yet another blow to its vaccine's reputation.  Initially, a few regions suspended some use of the shot Tuesday due to concerns over a possible link to rare but serious forms of blood clots.  But then on Tuesday it was announced that the whole country would no longer give the vaccine to anyone under 60 years old following advice from the country's independent vaccine committee, known as STIKO.

Sunlight Inactivates Coronavirus 8 Times Faster Than Predicted.  We Need to Know Why.  A team of scientists is calling for greater research into how sunlight inactivates SARS-CoV-2 after realizing there's a glaring discrepancy between the most recent theory and experimental results.  UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz and colleagues noticed the virus was inactivated as much as eight times faster in experiments than the most recent theoretical model predicted.  "The theory assumes that inactivation works by having UVB hit the RNA of the virus, damaging it," explained Luzzatto-Fegiz.  But the discrepancy suggests there's something more going on than that, and figuring out what this is may be helpful for managing the virus.

It Sure Looks Like Joe Biden and Dr. Fauci Botched the Vaccine Roll-Out.  If you were to ask the Biden administration how the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine is going, they'd insist it's been absolutely perfect and that only they, and not Donald Trump, deserve credit.  It doesn't matter that the development of the vaccine and the escalation of its doses has followed the exact path the former president said it would (at the time, the media "experts" insisted Trump's projection was unlikely).  Biden wants all the credit, and the media is more than happy to give it to him.

Wake up, people:  Science shows mask zealots were very, very wrong.  I've long said the data on the Wuhan virus in no way matched the hysteria visited on most of the U.S. and the world.  Whether "cases," hospitalizations, deaths, masks, lockdowns, or anything else of the like, time and again, we've seen that the actual data reveal that our efforts to "slow the spread" have been largely useless and thus unnecessary.  In other words, time has revealed the truth on the Wuhan virus.  As I noted back in August of last year, short of an effective vaccine (which, at the time, didn't seem as though it was on the near horizon), each of us is going to get exposed to the Wuhan virus, and our health outcome will be determined by how our Creator made us and what treatments are given to us.  The rise in hospitalizations and deaths over the holidays, and the subsequent steep decline we've seen over the last several weeks, has little to nothing to do with masks and the like.  The rises we saw during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season likely would not have been as severe if we had allowed for more herd immunity to occur during the summer and early fall of 2020.  In other words — and again, short of an effective vaccine — the increase in cases was always going to happen; it was just a matter of when.

The CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Travel, as Long as They Do Exactly What Unvaccinated People Do.  People should start to ask themselves, aside from personal protection from the virus, what incentive do I have to get the vaccine?  Certainly, there is some peace of mind that can come from knowing that you have significantly reduced your ability to be infected, but as far as most government mandates and recommendations, your life will go unchanged.

CDC's Incoherence Accelerates as They See Power Slipping From Their Grip.  [Scroll down]  Two separate things are happening.  First and foremost, our public health policy is being determined by idiots. [...] No matter what other motive is afoot, and there is one, it is difficult to reconcile the relentless self-beclowning the public health establishment has inflicted upon itself with anything but absolute incompetence.  It is funny, and I must admit, watching the Grand Poobahs tell us no mask, one mask, two masks, six-feet, three-feet, demonstrate-but-don't-go-to-church has been entertaining.  It is also dangerous.  We are confronting a virus that is somewhat more lethal than the seasonal flu but definitely much less dangerous than the 1918 flu, and no sane person can have any confidence that anyone advising policymakers and legislators [is competent].  For instance, states without a mask mandate and lockdowns are doing better than the states with the most extreme policies.  Events that were maligned as "superspreader events" in the media [...] have not been proven to be any more dangerous than the events, like BLM riots, that were championed by the media.

Using the vaccine to undermine freedom.  During a March interview with CNN host Chris ("I am my brother's keeper") Cuomo, Dr. Leana Wen — a former president of Planned Parenthood — said that, if Americans want their freedoms back, they'd better get vaccinated.  Cuomo talked of certain states "reopening," prompting Wen to say, "The window to do that is really narrowing.  You were mentioning, Chris, about how all these states are reopening.  They're reopening at 100%.  And we have a very narrow window to tie reopening policy to vaccination status." [...] Helpfully, she explained:  "Because otherwise, if everything is reopened, then what's the carrot going to be?  How are we going to incentivize people to actually get the vaccine?  So that's why I think the CDC and the Biden administration needs to come out a lot bolder and say, 'If you are vaccinated, you can do all these things.  Here are all these freedoms that you have.'  Because otherwise, people are going to go out and enjoy these freedoms anyway." [...] So here we have another "expert" saying that Americans should not be granted any of the freedoms the government recently stripped from them until they comply with a government mandate to have an unvetted foreign substance injected into their bloodstreams.

Fauci Gets Grilled on COVID at the Border, Says He's Too Busy, "I Have More Important Things to Do".  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the father of the COVID lockdowns, joined Neil Cavuto on FOX News on Friday afternoon.  Cavuto pressed Fauci on Senator Lindsey Graham's concerns about COVID at the border.  A report by Noticias Telemundo Investiga this week reported the Biden administration is releasing COVID positive migrants in Brownsville, Texas without testing or quarantine.  The migrants are being tested by local authorities where they gather at a bus stop to travel to other states, however they have no authority to detain them thereby leaving the infected migrants free to spread the virus throughout the U.S.  Dr. Fauci told Cavuto that border is a "difficult situation."  He then added that he's too "busy" to get involved with the border because "I have more important things to do" than acquiesce to their concerns.

Biden Is Unhappy That Baseball Fans Will Be Able to Enjoy Some Baseball.  Biden called Texas a bunch of Neanderthals when Gov. Abbott lifted the mask mandate and allowed businesses the option of reopening.  It's just an option.  Businesses can still choose how open they'll be and they can even require masks if they want.  Has Biden been here?  Most businesses are still requiring masks, but they're also opened up and hiring.  But for having the mere freedom to choose, the career politician called the nation's job-creating engine a bunch of Neanderthals.  But... unity!  Covid case numbers went down in Texas after the mandate went away.  That's a fact.  The positive test rate is about 4.2% last time I checked.  Our hospitals are fine, Texas is fine.

The Vaccine Passport Propaganda Template.  With reports that President Joe Biden's administration is planning for imposing a vaccine passport mandate in America, expect to see in the media a deluge of vaccine passport propaganda.  What will that propaganda look like?  A template illustrating several elements you can expect to see in the propaganda push was provided several weeks ago in a CNN interview. [...]
  [#1]   Include some short expression that the idea of vaccine passports can be troubling, but make sure to only bring this up superficially. [...]
  [#2]   Frame the imposing of a vaccine passport mandate as something that is both inevitable and threatens only minimal, if any, harm. [...]
  [#3]   Bring on a guest who, despite his description making him sound like someone who would be looking out for the interests of people concerned about vaccine passports, pretty much says that vaccine passports are the best thing since sliced bread. [...]
  [#4]   Reiterate that vaccine passports are inevitable, and that people should support them. [...]
  [#5]   Declare that vaccine passports must be imposed on the American people because of coronavirus. [...]
  [#6]   Say that mandating vaccine passports is really no big deal because of some other supposedly very similar restriction to which some people are already subjected. [...]
  [#7]   Dismiss as insignificant people's concerns about being required, in order to go about their daily activities, to present a vaccine passport and to take a vaccine, or, really, an experimental coronavirus vaccine that is not even a vaccine under the normal meaning of the term. [...]
  [#8]   Dismiss any concern that vaccine passports can in fact harm freedom.  Instead, describe people as benefiting from and gaining freedom by their being mandated to take experimental coronavirus vaccines and present vaccination passports in order to go about their daily activities. [...]
  [#9]   Insist that the vaccine passport mandate is fine because it will be applied equally to all people. [...]

8 Ways Public Schools Could Further Radicalize When They Finally Re-open.  I think we can infer eight negative outcomes down the pike after a long period of politicized school closures that were never justified by medical science.  I imagine our ruling elites will be happy with such outcomes.  We should be prepared for the following.  [#1] Even More Peer Pressure to Conform:  Our famine of social connection will likely spark a greater tolerance for blind conformity.  There has been a mass starvation for peer connection among students.  Many have been numbed by the drudgery of online learning with no outlets through sports and clubs, no human contact with teachers and peers.  Parents are also starving for a place their kids can engage with others during the workday.  So might they now be willing to swallow anything for some relief?  There's a phrase attributed to Lenin:  "The worse, the better," which means that the more misery people feel, the better it is for the success of communism (or perhaps the "great reset").  The longer people suffer in isolation, the higher the toll and more susceptible they are to depression and self-harm.  So after a long period of social deprivation, they may become far more willing to conform under the slightest of social pressures, no matter what's asked of them.

CDC: Our director misspoke when she said vaccinated people don't carry the virus.  How many times is Rochelle Walensky going to be embarrassed by the Biden administration publicly accusing her of jumping to conclusions about COVID? It happened in early February, when Walensky insisted that teachers didn't need to be vaccinated for schools to reopen safely.  That made the White House and its patrons in the teachers unions anxious so Jen Psaki walked it back, telling reporters that the head of the CDC was speaking merely in her "personal capacity."  The agency itself was still reviewing the data and would issue a formal judgment at a later date.  But that episode seems mild compared to Walensky excitedly telling a national TV audience a few days ago that those who've been immunized don't carry the virus, only to have her own deputies scramble to try to unwind that message as it got picked up across American media.

Hey, Fauci!  Stuff This in Your Mask!  After more than a year of lockdowns, stuffy masks, fogged eyeglasses, false promises of progress, chapped hands, pretend school classes, missed family events, lost jobs and shattered dreams, Americans appear to have decided to move ahead with their lives.  To shuck the strictures.  And ignore the DC crowd that's gotten a little too comfortable wielding authoritarian control over the routines of more than 300 million.  A new Gallup Poll reports that for the first time in this pandemic, a majority of Americans now feel safe going about their business in public places.  In just the past month that number has jumped from 44 percent up to 52 percent.  Last month nearly half the country (47 percent) self-reported it was strictly or mostly self-isolating.  In just one month that percentage has dropped to 36 percent.

Videos Are Now Being Uploaded Showing Fibers That Squirm Inside COVID Masks.  Many videos are now being uploaded to social media showing black fibers that move when coming close to heat sources.  Last November, it was reported that mask companies such as 3M will start using nanotechnology within their masks:  [W]hen the COVID-19 pandemic struck, 3M announced it would boost global production of N95 face masks to more than 1 billion per year.  Mask facilities in China also ramped up, increasing their capacity by nearly 12 times.  With less fanfare, several small companies responded to the pandemic by using nanotechnology to develop what they say is a better kind of mask.  Using a fiber production technique called electrospinning, these start-ups have developed nanofibers that capture aerosol droplets better while providing additional breathability.  Some of them are manufacturing millions of masks per month.  But in the absence of funding to scale up output, their products will likely remain niche offerings, at least during this pandemic.  [Video clip]

CNN Says the Quiet Part out Loud About Lockdowns and Vaccinations, and It's Pure Tyranny.  Sometimes tyrants just come right out and say what they mean.  Last night was one of those nights.  Chris Cuomo and Leana Wen appeared together to bat around an absolutely insane idea, and it shows just how far the left in this country are willing to go to exact their will.  In this case, Wen says that vaccinations should be tied to "freedoms," denying them to those who haven't yet gotten the shot.  I think they call this saying the quiet part out loud.  [Video clip]

Six months?  There has been a vaccine for six months already?
Pfizer Vaccine Shown to be 91.3 Percent Effective After Six Months.  The Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer has been shown to be 91.3 percent effective against infection even after six months according to findings released by the company.  The findings come from a growing body of data on how volunteers in the shot's late-stage trials are responding to the vaccine.  The data determined whether or not the volunteers contracted Covid with or without symptoms.  That the vaccine still proved to be so effective after six months is an excellent sign it may last even longer.

Misleading White House chart Biden White House Wildly Misleads Public On COVID Vaccinations.  On the front page of WhiteHouse.gov is a bar chart showing how many shots have been delivered relative to Biden's new goal of 200 million shots by April 29.  There's a curious feature about this chart, however.  Based on the scale, there were zero shots administered on Day 1 of the Biden administration.  The chart is divided up into equal 50 million shot increments.  So, it appears that on Biden's "Day 1" there'd been none, when in there had already been more than 21 million shots administered.  The exact number of vaccine shots given by Jan. 20 was 21,746,697, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  On the day Biden was sworn in, more than 1.5 million people got immunized.  The seven-day rolling average on Jan. 20 was just shy of 1 million.  By the end of January, and well before any Biden policies were implemented, the seven-day rolling average was close to 1.4 million.  That was from a dead start in mid-December.


Biden in favor of providing COVID-19 vaccines to illegal immigrants.  President Biden is in favor of providing COVID-19 vaccines to immigrants regardless of their legal status, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday [4/1/2021].  Asked during her daily press briefing about a push in Florida to waive a residency requirement for inoculation, Psaki said the president supports getting vaccines into as many arms as possible.  "The more people who are vaccinated, whether they're undocumented or not, the safer we are as a country, and that's certainly the president's point of view," said Psaki.  Access to the vaccine for illegal immigrants has been a hot-button issue since the shots became available.

Liberal Author Naomi Wolf Warns 'Vaccine Passports' Are the 'End of Human Liberty in the West'.  The Left would like to dismiss Naomi Wolf as a heretic and conspiracy theorist now that she disagrees with their anti-liberty responses to coronavirus, but her warning about President Biden's threatened "vaccine passports" should be heeded.  Wolf, who started a tech site that she says is meant to bring the right and left together, says the passport would divide people between haves and have nots: those who have had the COVID shot and those who have not.  In her words, it "is literally the end of human liberty in the West if this plan unfolds as planned." [...] Wolf told Fox News host Steve Hilton that Big Tech companies will oversee all of your personal information and intermingle it with information that government will use to determine if you're eligible to be able to travel and do anything else in polite society.  President Biden signed an executive order in January to coordinate with other countries to track people to stop the spread of COVID.  Wolf says the move is nothing short of "catastrophic."

Biden's War on CO2 — Starving Planet Earth.  One of President Biden's first executive orders, signed on January 20, aims to "restore science to tackle the climate crisis." Joe claims, "the policy of my Administration to listen to the science."  Really?  His administration can't decide how many masks we should wear, how far apart we should stand next to each other, or why despite millions of Americans getting vaccinated every day, we need to consider more lockdowns.  Most of these recommendations did not "listen to the science" and now the arbitrary changes are still not following any science, particularly evidence-based clinical trials, the holy grail for Drs Fauci, Birx, and the rest of the medical smart set.

New York Congresswoman Calls on Cuomo to Resign Over Nursing Home Deaths.  A New York congresswoman is calling on the state's governor, Andrew Cuomo, to resign over his administration's cover-up of reporting of thousands of COVID-19 deaths in the state's nursing homes.  In an interview with The Daily Signal, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said she called on the three-term governor to step down after Jill DesRosiers, his own chief of staff, revealed the cover-up.  The cover-up "was purposely done because they were afraid of the [federal] Department of Justice getting this information," Malliotakis said.  The congresswoman said that the nursing home deaths occurred because of Cuomo's executive order of just over a year ago on March 25, 2020, which forced nursing homes to take in COVID-19-positive patients discharged from hospitals, exposing vulnerable elderly in the nursing homes to the coronavirus.  [Video clip]

The 10 Radical New Rules That Are Changing America.  [#5] Most Americans should be treated as we would treat little children.  They cannot be asked to provide an ID to vote.  "Noble lies" by our elites about COVID-19 rules are necessary to protect "Neanderthals" from themselves.  Americans deserve relief from the stress of grades, standardized testing, and normative rules of school behavior.  They still are clueless about why it is good for them to pay far more for their gasoline, heating, and air conditioning.

Welcome to the new Jim Crow.  Vaccine passports are racist.  One thing we know about the rollout of COVID vaccinations across the country is that white people are being vaccinated at significantly higher per capita rates than Blacks or Hispanics.  Whether this is a result of greater rates of vaccine hesitancy among minorities or uneven distribution of the vials as they become available is a matter you are free to debate.  But the underlying numbers haven't changed.  Black people in particular are being vaccinated more slowly than whites.  That means that significantly fewer Black people will be qualified to receive immunity passports and will be denied access to many public events as society continues to reopen.  So doesn't that mean that vaccine passports are... racist?

Texas Coronavirus Cases Drop Over Two Weeks After Restrictions [and] Mask Mandate [were] Lifted.  In March, [Texas Governor Greg] Abbott announced the end of the statewide mask mandate, which had been in effect since July, and lifted restrictions allowing businesses to operate at 100 percent capacity.  "It is time for Texas to be open 100 percent," the governor said at the time.  "Everybody that wants a job should be able to get a job.  Every business that wants to be open should be open." [...] Breitbart reports recent data out of Texas shows Covid-19 cases have been on a decline over two weeks after the state lifted its restrictions.  On Saturday, the state's seven-day positivity rate reached an all-time low of 5.27 percent, while hospitalizations fell to their lowest level since October.

The Four Pillars of the Branch Covidian Faith.  Like all religious cults, the Branch Covidians believe by faith.  They don't have a particular catechism or central document they use to indoctrinate their pupils.  This is because most everything to which they bend the knee is theory.  It changes day by day.  Separate from the deity of the virus itself, the Branch Covidians do have clergy that is quick to preach a sermon in a moment's notice, especially if there are TV cameras around.  That clergy is led by "America's Doctor" Pope Anthony Fauci, M.D. And Branch Covidian converts are quick to repeat the COVID-19 law when given the orders from the pulpit.  A staple liturgical mantra of Branch Covidian doctrine has been to "follow the science." Unfortunately, this has resembled divination more than it has bona fide "science."  Although they do not have a holy book to disseminate or specific houses of worship to attend, they do have the four pillars of the COVID faith. [...] Pillar of Faith No. 1: Lockdowns — Data are not on the side of the Branch Covidian Cult when it comes to lockdowns.  But Covidians strongly believe that lockdowns work.

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down governor's mask mandate.  The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate on Wednesday, stripping the governor of one of his last remaining tools to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the state stands on the precipice of another surge in infections.  The conservative-leaning court ruled 4-3 that Evers violated state law by unilaterally issuing multiple emergency orders to extend the mandate for months.

Why vaccinate the people who are least likely to get the disease, and least likely to die from it?
Pfizer: Vaccine 100% Effective For Children Aged 12-15 In First Trial.  In a release this morning [3/31/2021], Pfizer declared that a trial involving 2,000 children between ages 12 and 15 showed its vaccine to be 100% effective against COVID-19 infections.  That's an even better rate than its previous Phase 3 trials among adults, in an environment with more variants in the mix to boot.  With the FDA already allowing Pfizer vaccinations at 16 years and up, the news could touch off the next phase of the battle to end the pandemic — with middle and high schools as the battlegrounds.

Workers accidentally ruined 15 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.  We've been watching the progress of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine since before it was approved by the FDA.  The vaccine has some advantages in that it requires only one dose and can be kept in a normal freezer for transport.  So when J & J was struggling to crank up production, it was big news when Merck stepped in to help.  But even the best of plans can fail because of the most common of errors.  In this case, a mistake by plant workers in Baltimore has spoiled 15 million doses of the vaccine.

Shipments of 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's one dose Covid vaccine will be halted after ingredient mix-up at Baltimore plant.  Some 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's one-shot coronavirus vaccine have been ruined after employees at a Baltimore manufacturing plant accidentally swapped in an ingredient meant for a different vaccine into the J&J shot, the New York Times reported Wednesday [3/31/2021].  The Emergent BioSolutions plant is also manufacturing doses for AstraZeneca, and apparently used an ingredient for the UK firm's vaccine in a batch of J&J's.  The gaff occurred two weeks ago and will delay tens of millions doses of J&J's shot slated to ship next month while the FDA investigates.

Marjorie Taylor Greene dubs COVID-19 vaccine passports 'Mark of the Beast'.  Freshman US lawmaker Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) dubbed the idea of a COVID-19 vaccine passport for those who have been inoculated against the novel coronavirus as US President Joe Biden's "Mark of the Beast."  In a video on social media by the NGO Right Wing Watch, Taylor Greene went further than the biblical allegory for the devil, and criticized the vaccine for being controlling and "fascism, or communism — whatever you want to call it."  She further added that any company requiring one was engaging in what she dubbed "corporate communism."  The idea of a COVID-19 passport first made waves after being utilized in Israel.  Known locally as a "green passport," the system has equipped people who have been immunized against COVID-19 with a special pass that allows them to participate in activities, such as going to gyms and restaurants and traveling.

Corrupt Monopolies Are A Constitutional Loophole For Fascism.  "Corporate communism" began trending on Twitter Tuesday afternoon [3/30/2021] due to a video of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene coining the term.  The freshman Republican was talking about the Biden administration's ambitions to buddy up with so-called private companies in creating a way to identify who has been vaccinated against the Wuhan virus.  These "vaccine passports" would allow some combination of companies and the government to prohibit unvaccinated people from traveling, going to events or gatherings, or otherwise participating in a free and normal society.  Perhaps more troubling than the ruling class telling Americans they must receive a vaccine in order to participate in normal life is the prospect of the government colluding with monopolistic corporations to accrue private health data from American citizens and restrict their lives accordingly.

Vaccine Passports May Not Be Effective in Reducing Spread of COVID-19: Experts.  Experts say that relying solely on vaccine passports to allow people to engage in certain activities again is not an effective mitigation tool to reduce the spread of COVID-19, and may distract from other necessary interventions or from the message of vaccination itself.  "I think pinning all our hopes on and putting all our efforts into vaccine passports as the main solution to opening up travel might be the wrong strategy," Dr. Sarah Chan, an expert in bioethics at the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, told NTD's "The Nation Speaks" in a recent interview.  "And if we put too much emphasis on passports as the sole strategy, I think we risk creating a false sense of security that might lead people actually to increase their personal risk behaviors," she said.  Chan said that vaccine passports may divert resources and attention from other important "structural and social interventions to address the wider effects of the pandemic such as education, mental health, and so forth."

Why is Chile experiencing a COVID wave when it's vaccinating at such a high rate?  Ed touched on this question yesterday but it deserves its own thread, as it's one of the great mysteries of the post-vax stage of the pandemic.  Why is Chile, which has one of the highest rates of vaccination on Earth, currently mired in a nasty wave of COVID?  Only Israel, the UAE, and the UK have partially vaccinated a higher share of their population than Chile has and it's paid off lavishly for two of those countries.  Today the UK's seven-day average in daily cases is the lowest it's been since September.

CNN's "COVID War" Special Was a Scripted Fauci and Birx Reality Show.  The dynamic duo of Drs.  Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx spent nine months of 2020 (February-October) appearing to be the adults in the room who had to deal with, as the legacy media loved to frame it, an ever petulant, ill-informed, and dangerous President Donald J. Trump.  In CNN's 'COVID War' Special on Sunday [3/28/2021], I surmise that all doubt was removed on who the adults were, and it certainly was not these doctors.  The wholesale campaign to throw the president, and others, under the bus on the COVID policy that they helped to create, then taking credit for the COVID breakthroughs that they had little to do with, is reminiscent of children jockeying for position to benefit themselves.

Mother's face, arms, chest, back and legs erupt in agonising red rash after getting AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine.  A mother's face, arms, chest, back and legs erupted into an agonising red rash after getting the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.  Leigh King, from North Lanarkshire in Scotland, claimed her skin flared up almost immediately after she got her first dose two weeks ago — and is still sore now.  'My skin was so sore and constantly hot,' she said.  'I have never felt pain like this... and to say it's been the worst time of my life is an absolute understatement.'  The hairdresser, 41, was invited for the jab because she is the sole carer of her autistic son, Aidan, 13.

Huh: Vaccinated people are less likely to socialize than vaccine refuseniks are.  Bad bad bad — but not surprising.  If you've decided for whatever strange reason that you don't want to be vaccinated, what's left to do except get back to normal ASAP?  You can't hunker down until we reach herd immunity.  It might take many months and we may never ultimately reach it, thanks to the refuseniks and the attendant risk of vaccine-resistant variants arising within that group.  To refuse the vaccine is to embrace fatalism.  If you're "meant" to get the disease you'll get it and if you aren't you won't.  Might as well live life and let the chips fall where they may.

Modern education is [incompetent] — or Lincoln, math and the CDC are racist.  The Center for Disease Control announced in February that schools could safely reopen, and that it was "critical" that they do so.  They said the risk of COVID transmission in schools was minimal — even if teachers were not vaccinated — and the damage to children by remaining closed was maximal.  Experience in the schools that have opened bears that out.  There have not been cases of widespread transmission of COVID in reopened schools.  That's undoubtedly because children are nearly immune to COVID.  And their teachers retire long before they reach the COVID-vulnerable post-65 age group.  That CDC announcement that teachers, vaccinated or not, should return to work was two months ago, though it didn't get much media attention because teachers are overwhelmingly Democrats and so are the media.  Since then, many teachers still refuse to return to work even though many have been vaccinated in the meantime.  So much for "follow the science."  Teachers' unions deserve much of the blame.

Alabama Face Mask Mandate Will End April 9 Despite Biden Request.  A spokeswoman for Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says the state's mask mandate will end April 9 despite the president's request for states to reinstate them.  Ivey spokeswoman Gina Maiola said Monday that we are moving towards personal responsibility and not government mandates.  President Joe Biden and a top health official on Monday appealed for mask requirements and other restrictions to be maintained or restored to stave off a "fourth surge" of COVID-19.  Alabama has kept a mask mandate in place longer than surrounding states, but Ivey has made clear it will not be extended.

If the vaccine works, why continue excessive safety protocols?  According to White House officials, more than one in three adults have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Nearly 75% of senior citizens have at least received their first vaccination.  Yet American are still being urged to remain socially distant and mask their faces despite reports of the shot's effectiveness. [...] Whatever others feel is best for them is how I feel they should proceed.  It's how I've viewed all the issues throughout the pandemic.  I, myself, have no interest in allowing my body to be experimented on.  Not all the vaccines have been FDA approved.  They have not been tested enough.  My children will not be receiving the shot either.  It makes no sense to consider inoculating children for a virus that does little or nothing to them.

Man's skin 'peeled off' in rare reaction to Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine.  A Virginia man suffered a rare reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine that caused a painful rash to spread across his entire body and skin to peel off, doctors said.  Richard Terrell, 74, of Goochland began suffering strange symptoms four days after receiving the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, news station WRIC reported.  "I began to feel a little discomfort in my armpit and then a few days later I began to get an itchy rash, and then after that I began to swell and my skin turned red," Terrell told the outlet.  But soon the rash covered his entire body, Terrell said.

Notes on the second COVID vaccination shot.  [Scroll down]  I had read that the second jab could cause a significant reaction.  Indeed, the staff at the clinic mentioned that some people might be staying away because of the potential for the second shot reaction.  However, these reactions seem to be worse for younger people, and neither my wife nor I qualify as "younger."  Because I have always tolerated vaccines well, I was only worried about my wife.  My concern was misplaced.  That evening, eight hours after the shot, it was I who was starting to have chills and severe shivering.  The vaccines are reactogenic and should be expected to produce some reactions, but most will be mild.  My wife was fine.  I slept fitfully and got up with severe body aches and a headache that felt like my head would explode.  All day I was miserable.  By evening, it started to let up, but it was a long miserable day.  In the trials for the vaccines, about 70 percent of participants were fatigued after their second dose and more than half were achy or had chills.  Take that information and my experience as a warning.  The potential for an after-vaccine reaction is real and it is not fun.

LI woman tests positive for COVID-19 after second dose of Moderna vaccine.  A Long Island woman tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday [3/30/2021] — more than a month after receiving her second dose of the Moderna vaccine meant to protect against the virus, a report said.  Melanie Rosen, who works as a secretary in the Hewlett-Woodmere school district, told PIX-11 she thought that getting the jab meant it was safe to resume normal activities without wearing a mask.  She started experiencing symptoms shortly after attending a wake — unmasked — for a friend's father who had passed away.

Wealthy Mexicans [are] Traveling to [the] U.S. to Get [the] Coronavirus Vaccine.  Americans are being told to wait until it is their turn to get a coronavirus vaccine while wealthy Mexicans are heading north to the United States to get vaccinated.  In Mexico, only five percent of citizens have been vaccinated and the wait time is lengthy.  Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) reported on what the leftwing media outlet called "the quest for shots."

CDC Director:  Our Data Shows Vaccinated People Don't Carry COVID.  We've been hearing this sotto voce for a few weeks, and we're also seeing it in data from areas with better delivery of inoculations too.  However, CDC director Rochelle Walensky offered it as a conclusion last night in an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, noting that this has been confirmed by "real-world data" as well as in clinical trials.  However, Walensky's overall message was aimed not at promoting a return to normalcy but in extending the restrictions in the US — at least for a little while.

Canadians wary of AstraZeneca vaccine:  Poll.  A new poll shows Canadian citizens have more reservations about receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as opposed to other approved vaccines amid blood clot concerns, CP24 reports.  In a poll conducted by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies, just 53 percent of poll takers would opt to receive or have a family member receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, far less than other vaccines for coronavirus.  The poll asked 1,523 adult Canadians about whether they would take that vaccine or not.

Biden's proposed 'vaccine passport' is worse than you realize.  This will not be the first post in which you've read that the Biden administration is contemplating a vaccine passport — that is, an official government document proving to all the world that you've gotten the COVID vaccine.  However, this may be the first post that notes that the proposed vaccine passport is another example of how the current administration is avoiding the Bill of Rights through partnerships with corporate America and Big Tech.  The Biden administration has explained that the government won't really be doing anything.  It will just coordinate with American corporations to force everyone to have a vaccine passport to function in the modern world.

Are Democrats Dangerous to Your Health?  Consider the performance of Republican governors versus Democratic governors in keeping minorities free from COVID-19 infection and death.  On a national basis, it is true and troubling that minorities have been more adversely affected by COVID-19 than whites.  The media reports this all the time.  But the story that hasn't been told is that Democratic governors have done a much, much worse job keeping Blacks protected from the virus than red-state governors.  For proof of this, I checked the racial composition data from The Atlantic's COVID Tracking Project through January 2021.  Two findings jump out.  First, Blacks per 100,000 population were substantially MORE likely to die from COVID-19 if they reside in blue states with a Democratic governor than in red states with a Republican governor.  Of the 10 states with the highest rates of COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 Black residents — led by New York, New Jersey and Michigan — most have Democratic governors.  Eight of the 10 states with the lowest death rates for Blacks have Republican governors.

Chris Cuomo reportedly received even more attention than other 'VIPs' during COVID tests.  The Washington Post ran a brutal "behind-the-scenes" report on how Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prioritized COVID testing in the early months of the pandemic, including how his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, allegedly received treatment "beyond" others on the so-called VIP list.  According to sources, more than "100 individuals" with close ties to the governor were referred to as "priorities," "specials," "inner circle" or "criticals" and were "logged in an electronic data sheet that was kept separate from a database for the general public."  The Post reported that Dr. Eleanor Adams, a top New York physician who was tasked by the Cuomo administration to coordinate COVID testing in nursing homes, was "dispatched multiple times" to Chris Cuomo's home in the Hamptons, where visits "sometimes stretched hours."

'Your papers, please!'  It is becoming increasingly clear that part of the global left's master plan to institute absolute control over the world's population is to mandate their still-experimental vaccines for all of us even though Covid is a very treatable disease from which nearly 98.5% of those afflicted recover.  Given that fact, there are many millions of people who will not willingly submit to any medically intrusive procedure without doing their own research.  Those who are resisting turning their bodies over to an insufficiently-tested group of vaccines that are not only experimental but the very first of their kind, mRNA messenger vaccines, are not going to get the jab just because the government says they must.  Those of us old enough to remember some of the most egregious "scientific" experiments on people (Tuskeegee, LSD, e.g.) are not going to be guinea pigs for the global reset crowd, especially since the man who fancies himself a deity, Bill Gates, is involved.

Blue Check Lawyer Explains One Motivation of Vaccine Passport, He Gets Blasted Big Time by Trump, Jr, Naomi Wolf.  People projected the government might at some point require papers proving you were vaccinated and the idea was pooh poohed.  But now, it looks like we're here.  The Biden White House is working on developing a "vaccine passport," which may then become required to get into events, enter businesses, go on cruises, potentially to travel anywhere you would have to prove you have a negative test or have been vaccinated.  If businesses jump on board with all this, it could mean that very quickly you would be very limited if you were not vaccinated and in the government system.  This is a good thing according to the WaPo because it could "motivate skeptical Americans" to get vaccinated.

WHO report: Of course the Wuhan virus didn't start in one of China's laboratories.  Nearly two full months after the World Health Organization sent a team to China to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus, they are finally close to releasing their findings.  An early copy of the draft report was leaked to the press by an anonymous diplomat from a WHO member country and the overview portion doesn't inspire much confidence.  Rather than being able to pin down the precise origin of the first strain of the virus, the report offers multiple scenarios (all of which we've heard before) with varying degrees of "likelihood" for each.  But the one thing the WHO team seems to be very confident in is that there's almost no chance that the virus could have leaked out of one of the two advanced viral research laboratories in Wuhan.

Remember how we segregated smokers?  It could be a lot worse for the unvaccinated.  Anyone who is older than they care to admit remembers the time when smoking not only was expected, but welcome outside the small designated areas designed to corral and shame those within.  Smokers and non-smokers mingled easily in offices, hospitals and bars — wherever people tended to gather in clumps large and small.  That all changed when science determined the hazardous chemicals within smoke withered the lungs of all who inhaled it.  Non-smokers insisted on social distancing from smokers, the kind requiring physical barriers.  For those too young to have ever boarded a plane divided into smoking and non-smoking sections — apparently airborne particulates could do what no 3-year-old could, stay in their area — you'll soon experience what it was like as the vaccinated and non-vaccinated mix in greater numbers.  The divide between the two is already emerging.

Let's not get sucked into a WHO "international pandemic treaty".  A group of twenty leaders of countries that are members of the United Nations and the World Health Organization have cooked up a plan to establish an "international pandemic treaty."  On the surface it sounds harmless enough, calling for a commitment to "reinforce the world's pandemic preparedness and response systems."  Given how hard the majority of countries in the world have been hit by COVID, everyone is justifiably interested in making sure that we don't get caught with our pants down the next time a bug like this shows up.  But what sort of obligations would we be signing on for if the United States were to enter into such an agreement?  We don't know because the WHO isn't really providing any details beyond some sort of gauzy description of everyone being in this together.

Stop listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci.  Dr. Anthony Fauci might have been an important figure in the early days of the pandemic, but he is now hurting our response to the coronavirus by pushing unreasonable restrictions that defy both science and common sense.  Fauci's latest warning is to parents who allow their young children to play with others without masks.  "When the children go out into the community, you want them to continue to wear masks when they're interacting with groups or multiple households," he said on Sunday [3/28/2021].  "The children can clearly wind up getting infected."  This is nonsense.  Multiple studies, including one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, confirm that children rarely transmit the coronavirus.  When they contract it, they are also far less likely to fall seriously ill from it.  Less than 10% of all coronavirus cases have been among children and adolescents ages 5-17.  If anyone is safe from the coronavirus, it would be this age group.

It's 'entirely possible' vaccine campaigns 'will be used for massive-scale depopulation': Former Pfizer VP.  Dr. Michael Yeadon, a former Vice President and Chief Science Officer for Pfizer, spoke with great urgency to America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) late last week warning that the drive to inject the largest possible portion of the population with experimental COVID-19 vaccines is "madness," involves "evil," includes "crimes against humanity" and may have the intention of "massive-scale depopulation."  Yeadon's comments are also made in the broader context of a sharp debate over theories offered by Geert Vanden Bossche, a vaccine expert associated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who, with the appearance of a "whistleblower" has also warned of a "global catastrophe without equal" due to the way these vaccines have been utilized.

Mark Meadows slams Fauci, Birx for 'revisionist' account of COVID response.  Ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Monday [3/29/2021] hit back at new criticism of the COVID-19 pandemic from former White House coronavirus task force members Drs.  Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci, calling their accounts "revisionist" and "disingenuous."  "What we heard last night on CNN was rhetoric we never heard in the West Wing from Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx," Meadows told Steve Bannon, once former President Donald Trump's strategist, on his "War Room" podcast.  The infectious disease experts faulted Trump's handling of the crisis in interviews for a special broadcast on the pandemic.

The costs of zero COVID are too high.  Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are going up in much of the United States, hinting at a third wave.  Fortunately, healthcare businesses and governments have the tools to fight this surge:  testing, tracing, quarantining the infected, and most of all, vaccinating the public.  Nonetheless, the Biden administration is reacting with hysterics and ridiculous nitpicking.  Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invoked an "impending sense of doom."  Biden adviser Anthony Fauci over the weekend explained why vaccinated adults getting together could still be dangerous if their children played together.  If Walensky and Fauci are going to keep this up, President Joe Biden should bar them from further media appearances.  Public health officials should be spending their time approving and deploying the vaccines from Novavax and AstraZeneca, not spreading baseless fears.

Biden Demands States Reimpose COVID Mask Mandates.  Apparently the far-left have a need to reignite COVID weaponized fear.  With more states dropping mask mandates and opening up their restrictions, the JoeBama administration is facing a crisis of spontaneous self-reliance breaking out.  They really need the COVID fear to continue their control over all facets of society.  It's likely they need to funnel more money into their allied corporate funders and the COVID fear is a necessary component therein.  The globalist vaccination passport agenda also needs a dangerous virus in order to facilitate the control program.  If states are open, masks dropped, restrictions removed and COVID is not deadly, it will be a lot harder to sell the registration program underpinning the vaccination passport agenda.

CDC Director Freaks Over COVID Spikes, but the Data Shows She's Spewing Nonsense.  The current CDC Director is a hopelessly politicized figure, and she has shown herself to be completely subservient to whatever political message the Biden campaign is trying to push.  You'll probably recall that she famously said schools could re-open before completely reversing herself just a few weeks later. [...] That flip-flop clearly came after administration officials pulled her aside and told her to get on message.  A CDC director is supposed to simply tell the truth and follow the science.  Walensky continually doesn't do that because she's a partisan hack.  Thus, you get unscientific idiocy like today's freak-out session in which she broke down about the impending doom of COVID because some states are spiking.  These are the people ostensibly leading our country.

Fearmongering AP Reporter Urges Biden, Psaki to Thwart State Reopenings.  Hours after CDC Director Dr. Michelle Walensky was on the verge of tears warning of an "impending doom" of increasing coronavirus cases, Associated Press correspondent and MSNBC contributor Jonathan Lemire took her marching orders Monday afternoon to President Biden and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and pressing them to urge states to halt reopening efforts.  For a liberal media and public health community that's realizing their death grip on the American people was slipping away, it seemed as though they've found their new narrative to keep an increasingly vaccinated country from returning to pre-pandemic life.  Lemire led off the Q&A of the White House press briefing by gushing over Walensky's "impassioned warning against a rise in COVID cases and said it filled with a sense of 'impending doom'" and so he wanted to know if Biden would be "reach[ing] out directly to governors, including Democratic governors of states like New York, New Jersey, and Michigan that are seeing rises and ask them to slow down or pause them reopening their states."

Some things to keep in mind about Dr. Fauci.  Just because Fauci says something, everyone automatically assumes it's the right thing to do.  People, he's an immunologist.  His job is NOT to care about the whole picture.  He sees only infection numbers on a screen.  He's a walking Excel spreadsheet.  But he's somehow been elevated to "unquestionable CEO of America during the pandemic" when he actually has very narrow vision regarding the totality of what's going on.  The pandemic is MUCH more than just infection numbers on a spreadsheet.

Dr. Fauci and his coevals try to burnish their tarnished names.  The COVID industrial complex and its disgraced leaders are somehow trying to burnish their reputations now that COVID is coming to an end and they want it to go on and on, remodeling themselves into heroes.  Medical bureaucrats, Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health, have gotten their words in front of the cameras of late.  They aren't going to succeed.  Their actual records show nothing but failure.

The vaccine passport idiocy.  [Thread reader] [F]or the past year, Justice Roberts has allowed the fed courts to turn away hundreds of Constitutional & legal challenges to COVID government overreach in the name of emergency powers.  This is the civil right crisis of our time.  In the last year, I appeared before federal judges in several states from HI to CA to VA to NJ.  One after the other they gaveled down challenges to the blocking of prayer, protect, small business, schools, outdoor sports — even beaches! — despite the dearth of science to back it.  At @Liberty_Ctr my year and that of many other attorneys was an extended triage to determine which of thousands of civil rights violations was the worst.  Was it the violations of the constitutional requirements for how we make voting laws?  Or was it governors telling hundreds of millions they could only pray by video conference, forget about getting married baptized or burying your loved ones?  Was it telling poor and disabled children, "no school for you — the teacher's union said it's unsafe"?  Was it praising a 100,000-person BLM march in Los Angeles while telling 100 anti-shutdown protestors in Sacramento they would be arrested if they exercised their First Amendment rights peacefully and safely?

Trump accuses Fauci, Birx of 'trying to reinvent history' on COVID-19 response.  Former President Donald Trump slammed Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx on Monday [3/29/2021], accusing the infectious disease experts of "trying to reinvent history" in televised interviews detailing their roles in combating the coronavirus pandemic.  Trump spoke out after Fauci and Birx, who both served as key members of his administration's coronavirus task force, were interviewed for a CNN special titled "COVID WAR: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out."

Biden and the CDC feel their power slipping away as Covid-19 fades into irrelevance, and they're unhappy.
Biden Calls on Governors to Reinstate Mask Mandates, Says He Shares CDC Director's Sentiment of "Impending Doom" on Covid Pandemic.  Joe Biden on Monday said he "shares the sentiment" of CDC Director Rochelle Walensky who warned of "impending doom" with the Covid case trajectory.  "We have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential... and so much reason for hope, but right now I'm scared," Walensky said of a virus with a 99.98% survival rate.  The US is currently recording a weekly average of approximately 63,000 Covid cases per day, a slight uptick from last week.  Biden said he shares the sentiment with Walensky.  [Video clip]

Biden officials brace for worst despite vaccine data.  The Biden administration painted a grim picture of the U.S.'s ongoing bout with COVID-19 on Monday [3/29/2021] as officials grow increasingly concerned with the nation's current trajectory despite key silver linings in the push to vaccinate Americans.  Over the last week, the U.S.'s daily case count has jumped to around 60,000, representing a 10 percent rise in the seven-day average.  Coupled with rising hot spots in states such as New Jersey and Michigan, it prompted a new warning from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky that a fourth surge and "impending doom" could be in the offing without renewed vigilance even despite the current pace of vaccinations.

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[#1] There is no impending doom.  Even if that were true, politicians would be useless at that point.  [#2] A ten percent increase in the daily case count just means there were ten percent more people tested.  What is a case, anyway?  It's not a hospitalization, necessarily.  It's just a positive test result.  Fake news.  [#3] When the news media says, "brace for the worst," you first have to ask what "the worst" is.  Quite often, their idea of "the worst" is the opposite of yours.

Biden Owes His 'Popularity' to Trump's Success With COVID. Here's Why.  Joe Biden can't always speak in full, coherent sentences.  He has trouble with stairs.  Half the time, I'm not sure if he knows what office he holds, yet, he has a 53.4% average approval rating, according to RealClearPolitics. [...] Biden has a whopping 75% approval for COVID vaccine distribution.  It just so happens that's the very thing the Biden administration has been lying about repeatedly by claiming the Trump administration hadn't given them a vaccine distribution plan and saying they had to start from scratch.  Not only did Dr. Fauci dismiss that claim, but, according to Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the former head of Operation Warp Speed, the Biden administration is still using the same vaccine distribution model developed by Operation Warp Speed under President Trump.  Joe Biden's Department of Defense also doesn't dispute that the distribution plan is the same as it was under Trump.

Biden Has Some Advice for States Like Texas.  Earlier today [3/29/2021], Joe Biden blasted governors who had relaxed restrictions and/or mask mandates on the Wuhan coronavirus, asking that they reinstate their mandates.  Even though he was reading, he seemed tired and rambling.  [Video clip]  Here, he forgets how long he's been in office and treats that time as though that's the only period of time in which we have been fighting the virus, under him.  [Video clip]  What does he say about those states who have reopened like Texas and dropped any government mandated restrictions?  He says that states should pause their re-opening efforts.  [Video clip]  o basically he would have us masked and locked down in perpetuity?  He's been vaccinated and can't transmit the virus.  He's still walking around with two masks on (and not following the guidelines touching his face and touching the inside of his masks).

Google still Misinforms Us about COVID-19 Treatment.  [Scroll down]  Ivermectin based treatment and prophylaxis has nearly the same or even higher effectiveness (~80% with the best protocols), safety, and availability as Hydroxychloroquine.  Ivermectin use is not affected by TDS.  Despite these facts, Google's search for ivermectin yields a propaganda piece Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19 from the FDA.  The 'propaganda piece' is not an exaggeration.  It attempts to insinuate that Ivermectin is only used in veterinary practice (with a picture of a veterinarian and a horse at the top), and it further associates the drug with stigmatized diseases such as parasitic worms and head lice.  The article ends with the advice to muzzle up.  In addition to Google's search being misleading, there are also "Common Questions and Answers", which are exclusively Google's own (mis)information, and in no way fall under Section 230 protections.  For the question "Is Ivermectin recommended to treat the coronavirus?" the correct answer is Yes, but Google incorrectly says No.

The Politically Incorrect Secret That May Have Led to Thousands of Covid Deaths.  If you're woke, or want to be woke, or support wokeness, chances are you probably congratulate obese people for being "body positive" despite all medical evidence pointing to obesity as a leading cause of cancer and heart disease.  As it turns out, we don't hear much about the dirty little secret that obesity easily killed as many people as mask avoidance — perhaps more.  The Washington Examiner's Brad Polumbo did a deep dive into the issue of weight and Covid deaths and found some shocking correlations. [...] This isn't really "news" in the sense that the CDC had been warning obese people since the beginning of the pandemic that they were at higher risk of serious illness and death.  So why did so many obese people ignore the warning?

'Give me a break': DeSantis vows executive action against vaccine passports.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday railed against the idea of vaccine passports, pledging he would ban businesses from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for entry.  This comes after New Yorkers starting last Friday were first able to use such a passport to gain entry to certain events and venues.  "You want the fox to guard the hen house?  I mean, give me a break," DeSantis said of allowing companies to have access to vaccination information, at a press briefing in Tallahassee, Florida.  "I think this is something that has huge privacy implications, it is not necessary to do."  "We're going to have hit three and a half million seniors that have gotten shots sometime this week, likely 75% of seniors," he continued.  "It's important to be able to do it, but at the same time we are not going to have you provide proof of this just to be able to live your life normally."

Biden says 90% of adults will be eligible for COVID vaccine in 3 weeks.  President Biden announced on Monday [3/29/2021] that the "vast majority" of Americans will be eligible to get their first COVID-19 vaccination shot by April 19.  "I'm pleased to announce that at least 90% of all adults in this country will be eligible to be vaccinated by April 19, just three weeks from now, because we have the vaccines.  For the vast, vast, majority of adults, you won't have to wait until May 1," the president emphasized.  Biden also announced that he's directing his administration to ensure there is a vaccine site within five miles of 90% of all Americans by the same date.

This sounds a lot like the global warming fearmongers.
'Scared' CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky warns of 'impending doom'.  CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky became emotional at a White House coronavirus press briefing on Monday [3/29/2021] — her voice breaking as she warned that the US is facing "impending doom" as COVID-19 cases rise again.  "I'm gonna lose the script and I'm going to reflect on the recurring feeling I have of impending doom," Walensky told reporters at the briefing.  "We have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of where we are, and so much reason for hope.  But right now I'm scared."  "I know what it's like as a physician to stand in that patient room, gowned, gloved, masked, shielded and to be the last person to touch some else's loved one because their loved one couldn't be there," she continued.

Reinstate coronavirus mask mandates, Biden urges governors.  President Biden called on governors and local leaders to reinstate coronavirus-related mask mandates during a White House briefing Monday, before announcing several other vaccine-related directives.  "I'm reiterating my call for every governor, mayor and local leader to maintain and reinstate the mask mandate," Biden said.  "Please, this is not politics, reinstate the mandate if you let it down."  The call follows actions taken by several states to lift mask requirements earlier this month and ease business restrictions, such as Texas and Mississippi, which drew sharp criticism amid early-stage vaccine rollouts and the spread of highly transmissible coronavirus variants.

CDC: Real-world data shows Pfizer's and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines are 90% effective at preventing infection.  On Monday [3/29/2021], the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released some of the first real-world evidence that mRNA vaccines are 90% effective at preventing COVID-19 infections, even asymptomatic cases.  The CDC study, released Monday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, featured data from nearly 4,000 first responders and frontline workers in the US who received the vaccines between December and March and self-tested weekly for infection after their vaccinations.  The new study found that two weeks after receiving the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna, recipients were about 80% protected from infections.  Getting both doses offered about 90% protection against COVID-19.

New York COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expanding to age 30 Tuesday.  New York residents age 30 and above will become eligible for a coronavirus vaccine starting Tuesday at 8 a.m., Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday [3/29/2021].  A week later, on April 6, eligibility will expand to all New York residents who want a vaccine and are at least 16 years old — three and a half weeks sooner than the May 1 deadline the White House set for universal vaccine eligibility, Cuomo said.

California Assemblyman Kevin Kiley Debunks Gavin Newsom's Morbid Fixation on CA COVID Numbers.  Governor Gavin Newsom's attempts at painting the Recall as a partisan coup spearheaded by right-wing crazies have failed bigly.  So now, he has no choice but to rewrite his tortured record.  In tweets and news conferences Newsom asserts how his actions saved millions of California lives.  It is all theater, and a bald-faced lie.

I'm in Texas.  Why Hasn't COVID-19 Killed Me?  I just realized something.  It's been two weeks since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott rescinded the statewide mask mandate and I'm still alive.  As you can imagine, I'm dealing with a tremendous level of cognitive dissonance and existential confusion.  The media told me, as well as millions of other Texans, that Abbot's repeal of the mask mandate would result in widespread death and desolation all across the Lone Star state. [...] Where are all the mass COVID deaths?  Where is the skyrocketing infection rate?  To make this situation even more curious is the fact that COVID-19 cases have actually been decreasing over the past two weeks.

Biden's Two-Front War.  While the Covid-19 pandemic is declining in Western Europe and America due to the availability of effective vaccines, it is likely to rage on in the Third World until 2022 or later due to shortfalls in pharmaceuticals and the emergence of resistant variants.  Most poor nations "will take until 2024 to achieve mass Covid-19 immunization," says the Guardian.  Lockdown policies promoted by Western governments distorted demand so much they created a crisis in a global logistics chain designed to meet former patterns of consumption.  China is the "big trade winner" from lockdowns in the West, says the Telegraph.  Chinese goods exports have gained ground on the U.S. and eurozone, reaching 110% of pre-virus levels.  A giant container ship stuck crosswise in the Suez canal provided a visual illustration of the logistics crisis caused by the wholesale shift in demand patterns.

Dr. Fauci appears to claim he gave the go-ahead for COVID vaccine and gives no credit to Trump's Operation Warp Speed for development.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, appeared to claim credit for the decision to quickly develop vaccines against COVID-19 on Sunday[,] in comments that are sure to anger Donald Trump.  Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made the comment in an interview with CNN for a special, diving into the details of America's pandemic response.  'When I saw what happened in New York City, almost over-running of our healthcare systems, and that's when it became very clear that the decision we made on January 10 to go all out and develop a vaccine, may have been the best decision that I've ever made with regard to intervention as the director of the institute,' Fauci said.

New York, New Jersey now lead the country in COVID-19 infections.  New York and New Jersey now have the highest rates of COVID-19 infection in the country.  The Empire State has averaged 548 cases for every 100,000 residents over the past 14 days — only surpassed by the Garden State with 647 cases.  Despite vaccination efforts, New York has not seen a dramatic reduction in infections.  Daily cases have averaged about 50,000 people per week since mid-February.  And across the Hudson River in New Jersey, the number of new infections has climbed by 37 percent in a little more than a month, to about 23,600 every seven days.

MIT Researchers Grudgingly Admit COVID 'Team Reality' Is Effectively Winning Minds With Real Data.  On paper, Team Reality should be winning the battle for truth about COVID-19, and it shouldn't even be close.  After all, we've got the science along with over a year of hard data to back up our positions against lockdowns, masking, and other useless measures to "stop the spread" of a highly contagious respiratory virus.  Team Apocalypse, however, does have the media, Big Tech, and the medical & political establishment firmly behind them, and thus the power to brainwash the majority of the non-critical thinking populace with platitudes, scare tactics, and appeals to authority.  We are making headway though, albeit frustratingly slower than we would like.  And while our gains may be snail-like for us, the other side has been paying attention, and they are NOT happy about it.  So, how SHOULD the powers-that-be deal with us rebellious, meddling upstarts who refuse to know our place, especially when we happen to have the data on our side and are using it effectively?  One team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did a whole lot of research to find out.

Study: Media Reported Only Bad COVID News (Until Trump Lost).  A study published by the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research finds that coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic by the domestic press was overwhelmingly negative.  More negative than the international press.  More negative than the local press.  And more negative than the science.  But then a funny thing happened after President Donald Trump lost his reelection bid.  Researchers at Dartmouth College and Brown University did a content analysis of tens of thousands of COVID-19 news stories to look at the levels of negativity.  What they found was that 87% of the stories published by the top 15 news sources in the country were negative in tone.  That compares with 50% of international news sources, and 64% for scientific journals.  They also found the mainstream media were 25 percentage points more likely to be negative than more general U.S news sources.  What's more, this overwhelming negativity included even "areas with positive developments, including school re-openings and vaccine trials."

Biden Administration Developing "Vaccine Passport" To Allow Travel and Entry to Businesses That Will Require COVID Vaccination.  CTH warned since last summer of the ramifications if a leftist group used COVID-19 to expand federal power over peoples lives and livelihoods.  The day after his inauguration JoeBama's team unleashed a series of TEN EXECUTIVE ORDERS fully weaponizing the opportunity.  Today [3/28/2021] the Washington Post is reporting about the Biden administration working with private corporations to create a universal "vaccine passport" to restrict the movement of non-vaccinated Americans.  If you follow the natural progression of the effort, there will come a time when employers will be forced by federal regulation to require vaccination for all their workers.

[Discard] Your Mask:  Take Back Your Freedom — Hope Is Eternal!.  [Scroll down]  Another Holocaust will not materialize from the mask.  But it does clearly show what happens when a piece of cloth isn't questioned.  We are told to simply wear a mask — any piece of cloth covering the mouth and nose will work.  The scientific data behind this idea is weak at best.  What is the percentage of completely healthy individuals in their 20s [to] 50s who have died from COVID only?  And what, if any, were the circumstances?  There is so much the Government doesn't tell us.  No, questions can't be asked.  If you dare speak up, share data from other sources or call the Virus Hysteria a sham, you will now become part of the censure culture — no Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or other platforms for you!

Rutgers University Will Require COVID Vaccine to Attend In-Person Classes Starting in August.  Keep in mind the vaccines are not FDA approved yet; instead all the vaccines are being administered under a federal Emergency Use Authorization (EAU).  Essentially what Rutgers is forcing upon their students is a mandatory policy for a vaccine that is not FDA approved.  However, faculty and staff are not required, only the students.  This is nuts!

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As far as I know, nobody is forcing anyone to attend Rutgers University.  There are plenty of other universities that are just as good.  On the other hand, I suppose if Rutgers offers you a full scholarship or a deep discount on tuition, or if you happen to live right across the street, you have to weigh your options carefully.

Psaki: Biden Admin Preparing Another COVID Relief Bill Despite Passing Trillion Dollar Aid Package.  The Biden White House is planning to push forward with another massive coronavirus relief bill despite having just passed and signed a trillion-dollar relief package, Press Secretary Jen Psaki told Chris Wallace Sunday.  The bill's $1400 individual stimulus relief is barely in Americans' bank accounts, but the Biden administration says it wants further stimulus payments, as well as increased funding for healthcare and education — two industries that received major handouts in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. [...] Biden is, in fact, scheduled to debut a "multi-trillion-dollar" infrastructure investment bill later this week during a trip to Pennsylvania, but the president had yet to specify whether that initiative was also a COVID-19 relief project.  According to Psaki, it may, in fact, be the first over several pandemic-oriented bills, all with price tags over $1.9 trillion — more than Biden's first bill.

From COVID to 'Critical Environmental Justice'?  [T]he Democrat Party and its liberal media lapdogs' embrace of the coronavirus and its never-ending lockdowns and restrictions has been suspect from the beginning.  Put simply, the left hasn't had a cause célèbre this good, as they see it, in decades.  The Vietnam War pops into mind as their last big politically-expedient "crisis."  As I've written multiple times in the past, in the immortal exploitative words of Rahm Emanuel, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste."  No one better understands Emanuel's admonishment better than the Democrat Party — and the pandemic has provided them a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity on a silver platter.  So what's next?  What will come of the "COVID experience"?  How can the Democrat Party continue to exploit [...] COVID after its no longer a perceived threat?

Biden administration is working on unified vaccine passport scheme but critics call it 'un-American' and like 'needing your papers' and should not be mandated.  The Biden administration and private firms are reportedly developing a 'vaccine passport' that will allow Americans to return to pre-pandemic activities like travel and shopping by showing proof they've been inoculated against COVID-19.  The 'vaccine passport' is considered key to meeting the administration's goal of emerging from the lockdown and returning to a semblance of normalcy this summer.  It will in all likelihood be available for free through smartphones.  Vaccinated Americans will be able to flash a scannable code while those who do not have phones could print out a code on a piece of paper, according to The Washington Post.

Biden Regime Is Developing 'Vaccine Passport' Americans Must Have To Engage In Commerce.  After months of speculation, today [3/28/2021] The Washington Post confirmed that the Biden regime is developing a "vaccine passport" that Americans may need to present to prove they have received their COVID-19 vaccine before they will be allowed to engage in commerce in a "return to normalcy" that looks nothing like the past.  According to The Washington Post, the Biden regime "and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials — often referred to as 'vaccine passports' — that would allow Americans to prove they have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus as businesses try to reopen."

Good News on the Coronavirus Pandemic.  It's been hard to objectively assess where we are in the coronavirus pandemic when political agendas, special interests, and media irresponsibility have clouded our outlook. [...] That's too bad, because an objective look at the public health picture shows promise for good news soon that justifies a prompt return to normal life.  In the next few months, you can expect conditions to get much better and you can expect the media and leftist politicians to grasp at progressively thinner excuses to spend money and extend control over your personal liberties.  Let's start with a bold prediction:  Herd immunity (the point where diseases find it hard to spread) is imminent in the next two months!  This is far earlier than expected by medical pop stars like Dr. Anthony Fauci.  We assume herd immunity when 70-80% or more are immune to a disease.  This immunity can be from surviving an infection, or from a vaccination.

Listen up!  Dr. Fauci has your mask marching orders for the new week.  The fading Sunday morning talk shows have been a favored forum for Dr. Anthony Fauci to steer national behavior on masks and travel, and families getting together.  The usual prescriptions from him that have grown pretty tired to many of us.  Sure enough, there he was again Sunday [3/28/2021] on "Face the Nation," urging continued mask vigilance and ongoing travel cautions because, you never know, there could be more health devastation ahead.  Fauci has been elevated to chief medical adviser to Joe Biden, who does need medical advice.  He warned about the dangers of new virus variants and families' Spring Break vacations, after more than a year of insulation and isolation and the threat of some states like Texas easing health restrictions.

Amish community in Pennsylvania becomes first in US to achieve herd immunity.  An Amish community in Pennsylvania has become 'the first in the US to achieve herd immunity to COVID-19' after 90 percent of their households became infected with the virus when they resumed church services late last spring.  The administrator of a medical center in the heart of the Amish community in New Holland Borough estimates as many as 90 percent of Plain families have since had at least one family member infected, and that this religious enclave achieved what no other community in the country has: herd immunity.  'So, you would think if COVID was as contagious as they say, it would go through like a tsunami; and it did,' said Allen Hoover, an Old Order Mennonite and administrator of the Parochial Medical Center, a clinic that primarily serves the Plain community.

Why Is Everyone In Texas Not Dying?  I'm sitting at a bar in Texas, surrounded by maskless people, looking at folks on the streets walking around like life is normal, talking with nice and friendly faces, feeling like things in the world are more-or-less normal.  Cases and deaths attributed to Covid are, like everywhere else, falling dramatically.  If you pay attention only to the media fear campaigns, you would find this confusing.  More than two weeks ago, the governor of Texas completely reversed his devastating lockdown policies and repealed all his emergency powers, along with the egregious attacks on rights and liberties.  There was something very un-Texan about those lockdowns. [...] After nearly a year of nonsense, on March 2, 2021, the governor finally said enough is enough and repealed it all.  Towns and cities can still engage in Covid-related mischief but at least they are no longer getting cover from the governor's office.  At that moment, a friend remarked to me that this would be the test we have been waiting for.  A complete repeal of restrictions would lead to mass death, they said.  Would it?  Did the lockdowns really control the virus?  We would soon find out, he theorized.  I knew better.  The "test" of whether and to what extent lockdowns control the virus or "suppress outbreaks" (in Anthony Fauci's words) has been tried all over the world.  Every serious empirical examination has shown that the answer is no.

Welcome to the "COVID Testing Industrial Complex", Which Is Fast Becoming a $100 Billion a Year Industry.  The COVID-19 Testing Industrial Complex in the United States is completely out of control, and the American taxpayer has been drafted into churning out hundreds of millions of dollars per day to keep it afloat.  This continually growing behemoth, which was spawned in 2020 because of the urgent insistence of select, powerful members of the U.S. "public health expert" class, has no intention of exiting the stage quietly.  Individuals and healthcare-related corporations are getting filthy rich off of this broken, corrupt industry, which largely produces junk tests, and has contributed to an out of control, ongoing "casedemic" in the United States.  Despite the fact that this industry has failed to do anything positive for "public health" related to the coronavirus epidemic, some in the industry are even devising plans to put a COVID testing kit in every home in America.  The COVID-19 Testing Industrial Complex has produced a shockingly high revenue stream over the course of a year.

Biden Called Lifting Restrictions/Mask Mandates in Texas 'Neanderthal Thinking,' They Showed How Wrong He Was.  So many on the left were predicting disaster for Texas after Republican Governor Greg Abbott lifted any remaining Wuhan coronavirus restrictions from the government and eliminated the mask mandate.  Texas announced on March 2 that it would take effect March 10.  Immediately, Joe Biden slammed Abbott's decision as "Neanderthal thinking." [...] So how has that "Neanderthal thinking" worked out?  Has the state fallen to all the increased virus cases?  Hardly.  The number of new cases has continued to go down, according to Worldometers and the state's own records.

Our apathy is Why We are in the Situation We are in Now.  I've been doing a lot of watching of people and talking to people over the last few months about the situation we find ourselves in.  I always ask, Why are you wearing a mask?  Most people respond with things like, "I don't like the looks I get from people when I don't have it on."  Or "I'm afraid of the confrontation that may come from not wearing it."  Or "because it's what our government has told us to do."  People have lost the ability it seems to critically think for themselves. [...] The sheeple continue to wear their mask and take this experimental vaccine, which isn't a vaccine, in the hopes of the government promise that we can go back to "normal" if you just continue to do as we say.  Newsflash, the world that was in January 2020 is never coming back without a fight.  It seems the conditioning of doing nothing and blindly following what the government tells you has been a great success.

Nation's first 'vaccine passport' coming to New York.  The nation's very first "vaccine passport" is coming to the Big Apple.  The program, dubbed the "Excelsior Pass," is an app that will allow New Yorkers to prove their vaccination status, or recent history of a negative COVID-19 test, in order to gain entry to events and businesses, Governor Cuomo announced in a news release Friday [3/26/2021].  "Similar to a mobile airline boarding pass, individuals will be able to either print out their pass or store it on their smartphones using the Excelsior Pass Wallet app," the news release explains.

Herd Immunity Is Near, Despite Fauci's Denial.  Anthony Fauci has been saying that the country needs to vaccinate 70% to 85% of the population to reach herd immunity from Covid-19.  But he inexplicably ignores natural immunity.  If you account for previous infections, herd immunity is likely close at hand.  Data from the California Department of Public Health, released earlier this month, show that while only 8.7% of the state's population has ever tested positive for Covid-19, at least 38.5% of the population has antibodies against the novel coronavirus.  Those numbers are from Jan. 30 to Feb. 20.  Adjusting for cases between now and then, and accounting for the amount of time it takes for the body to make antibodies, we can estimate that as many as half of Californians have natural immunity today.

'So it appears it was the Wuhan Virus after all?' Ohio Lt. Gov. under fire after tweets on COVID-19 origin.  Jon Husted, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, took to his personal Twitter account Friday afternoon with a comment on the origin of the coronavirus.  [Tweet]  Husted is now facing criticism.  The response is overwhelmingly negative.

Scientists wonder:  Why are Texas's cases still going down after it reopened everything and ended its mask mandate?  Jazz wrote about this mystery on Tuesday [3/23/2021] and now print media is sniffing around it.  On March 2, Greg Abbott announced that he would lift the state's mask mandate and reopen most businesses at 100 percent capacity on March 10.  That seemed rash at the time given the spread of more contagious variants across the U.S. plus the fact that Texas's daily cases on March 2 (6,660) weren't dramatically lower than they were on July 2 of last year (7,381), the day Abbott implemented the new mandate.  Public health experts like Fauci and Rochelle Walensky warned him that he was risking a new spike.  Sixteen days after the mandate was lifted, there's no spike.

Fauci Must Go.  It is conceivable that the United States might have had a worse government health care official in charge of informing and advising the citizenry than Anthony Fauci, longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during the past 13 months as the nation struggled to come to grips with COVID-19. [...] Over the past year, Dr. Fauci has personally discredited the parts of government that are meant to be apolitical.  He has done this through his bizarrely ego-driven need to be front and center, constantly; his willingness to undercut President Trump, seemingly for the sake of attention; and his ever-changing instructions and assertions about what the "facts" are.  This became clear early on, with his flippant directions to ignore masks, then to wear masks, then to wear double or triple masks — but, hey, if you feel the need to use Tinder to hook up with a stranger — go ahead.

Index of Covid pandemic response among 98 countries ranks Mexico second to last.  Mexico has ranked second to last among 98 countries in a "Covid Performance Index" developed by an Australian think tank to measure the effectiveness of pandemic responses around the world.  Developed by the Lowy Institute, the index tracked six measurements in the 98 countries for which data was available:  confirmed cases, confirmed deaths, confirmed cases per million people, confirmed deaths per million people, confirmed cases as a proportion of tests and tests per thousand people.  The period examined spans the 36 weeks after each country's 100th confirmed case of Covid-19 using data available to January 9, 2021.  Mexico recorded its 100th case on March 18 last year.

Gov. Cuomo prioritized family and associates for COVID testing in early days of the pandemic.  Embattled New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker reportedly instructed local health officials to prioritize Cuomo's family and individuals with links to his administration during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.  According to the Albany Times Union, sources with direct knowledge of the occurrences told the outlet that family members received multiple tests even when they were scarce.  Reportedly, epidemiologist Dr. Eleanor Adams was sent to the Governor's brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo's residence in Long Island to test him.  The Cuomo Prime Time anchor was diagnosed with the coronavirus on March 31 and according to the Times Union, the test came "at a time when many members of the public struggled to obtain coronavirus tests."

Rutgers University to require COVID-19 vaccines for all on-campus students.  Rutgers University announced it will require all students receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the fall 2021 semester.  All students enrolled for the fall semester must be vaccinated before arriving on campus, the university said Thursday [3/25/2021].  "We are committed to health and safety for all members of our community, and adding COVID-19 vaccination to our student immunization requirements will help provide a safer and more robust college experience for our students," said Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway.

1 report, 4 theories:  Where did COVID-19 come from?  A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a pandemic after it was first detected in China over a year ago — with four theories being considered, and one the clear frontrunner, according to experts.  The lengthy report is being published after months of wrangling, notably between U.S. and Chinese governments, over how the outbreak emerged, while scientists try to keep their focus on a so-far fruitless search for the origin of a microbe that has killed over 2.7 million people and stifled economies worldwide.  [Video clip]

Maskless priest has homeschooling mom of 11 arrested for not masking in church.  It was Halloween when Jane Bernardel, a homeschooling mom of 11, was hauled away by police for praying in an empty church without a mask.  It's a Bernardel family tradition to attend Vespers and recitations of the litany of the saints on Halloween, the eve of the great feast of All Saints, to sanctify a day they see as having been secularized.  On Halloween 2020, Bernardel and some of her children prayed at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Kansas City, Missouri.

Clown World On Steroids:  Mexican Scientists Have Now Invented A Nose Mask To Wear With Your Face Mask.  Researchers in Mexico have sniffed out a new COVID-19 mask designed for people to wear only over their schnozes while they eat, according to a report Wednesday [3/24/2021].  The nose masks — worn under a full mask with similar behind-the-ears straps — were unveiled in a demonstration video where a man and woman sit down for lunch, according to Reuters.  In the video, the pair takes off their normal masks to reveal their nose-only gear before chowing down at an outdoor table.  [Video clip]

COVID and the Semmelweis Reflex.  The "Semmelweis Reflex" is a metaphor for our reflex-like tendency to reject new knowledge because it contradicts with an established belief or norm.  That is exactly what is happening today with COVID.  Around the world, a small number of esteemed physicians have found combinations of drugs that can produce a near complete cure for COVID, as long as patients are treated when the viral load is low.  Dr. Thomas Borody is a gastroenterologist and infectious disease specialist in Sydney, Australia who discovered cures for two diseases, ulcers and Crohn's.  According to Dr. Borody, the tri-combination of ivermectin, doxycycline, and zinc is a near complete cure for the outpatient treatment of COVID. Dr. Borody states, "it is just hard to believe how simple it is to cure the Corona virus."  The Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance ("FLCCC") was organized in March 2020 by a group of critical-care physicians.  Their outpatient COVID protocol also contains ivermectin and zinc, but adds to it vitamins C and D, quercetin, melatonin, and aspirin.

The cult of the vaccine.  People are being misled into believing they're virtuous and brave for taking a highly experimental vaccine that was hastily conceived and is the first mRNA vaccine ever distributed.  We don't know what negative effects the vaccine will have on our bodies.  We don't know if there will be side-effects or the possibility of death later on.  Despite this, the media, businesses, and government officials have helped create what I call the "Cult of the Vaccine."  Just recently Krispy Kreme announced that you can have a free doughnut every day this year.  The catch?  You guessed it.  You have to be vaccinated and able to provide proof of your vaccination when visiting one of Krispy Kreme's locations. [...] Various entities are doing all they can to entice Americans to get the vaccine.  They'll tell you that you need it.  They'll make getting vaccinated a momentous, celebratory occasion, and they'll promise trivial rewards for doing what they say.  This ridiculous amount of enticement and desperation should terrify all of us.  It makes me think that they want us vaccinated for some nefarious purpose.

Ohio lawmakers override DeWine veto, pass limits on governor's coronavirus powers.  The Republican-led Ohio General Assembly on Wednesday [3/24/2021] voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of legislation to rein in his administration's coronavirus powers.  Senate Bill 22, which takes effect in 90 days, gives lawmakers the authority to cancel any gubernatorial health orders that last longer than 30 days, require the governor's office to renew such orders every 60 days, and create a legislative oversight panel.  The bill also limits local health officials' power to require people to quarantine or self-isolate without a specific medical diagnosis and allows Ohioans to sue over the constitutionality of any state emergency order in their home county.

Sure Seems Like Cuomo Broke The Law By Prioritizing His Family For Early COVID Testing.  It's a real foot race at this point between the Cuomo boys to see who'll lose his job first.  On the one hand, we seem to be gaining completely new and independent grounds for impeaching Andrew each week.  On the other hand, Chris's ratings are tanking and CNN's embarrassment at his softball treatment of his brother last year — which the network approved, let's not forget — is deepening by the day.  I used to wonder how many of Andrew's scandals Chris was privy to yet withheld from his colleagues and his viewers despite their obvious news value.  In light of today's news, I've started wondering how many of Andrew's scandals Chris may have personally participated in but didn't disclose.

Cuomo directed NY health officials to prioritize COVID-19 testing for his relatives:  Report.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker directed health officials to prioritize the governor's own family and figures with ties to his administration in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report Wednesday [3/24/2021].  Family members who allegedly received preferential testing included Cuomo's brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, as well as his mother and at least one of his sisters, the Albany Times-Union reported, citing sources with direct knowledge of the matter.  Some family members reportedly received multiple tests.  Chris Cuomo was reportedly tested at his home on Long Island.  One source told the Times-Union that tests administered to Cuomo's family members or associates were referred to as "critical samples" and processed ahead of others.

Billionaire Wealth:  Who Are the 10 Biggest Pandemic Profiteers?  A year ago, the Institute for Policy Studies published "Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes and Pandemic Profiteers," and began tracking billionaire wealth gains as unemployment surged.  We teamed up with Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) to track the wealth growth of America's billionaires over the last year.  This report summarizes the extraordinary growth in wealth of those now 657 billionaires based on real-time data from Forbes on March 18, 2021.

Biden meets the press and the pandemic disappears.  During the first news conference of his presidency, Joe Biden was never asked about the issue that likely got him elected and, in all likelihood, will be the defining crisis of his time in office.  Over the course of 62 minutes on Thursday, the Covid-19 pandemic never arose, except for in the president's remarks at the start of the event, touting the accomplishments his administration has made in the U.S.'s year-long fight.

Pfizer has begun testing its coronavirus vaccine in children as young as six months.  Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE have begun testing their COVID-19 vaccine in children under age 12.  On Wednesday [3/24/2021], Pfizer spokesperson Sharon Castillo said the first volunteers in the early-stage trial were given their first injections.  The vaccine was authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late December for those aged 16 and older.  The companies hope they will be able to expand vaccination to that age range by early 2022.

Ex-CDC Director Robert Redfield believes COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab.  The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the virus that causes COVID-19 escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, according to a new interview.  Robert Redfield told CNN on Friday that it was his "opinion" that SARS-CoV-2 — the new coronavirus responsible for killing 2.7 million people globally — did not evolve naturally.  "I'm of the point of view that I still think the most likely etiology of this pathology in Wuhan was from a laboratory — escaped," said Redfield, who led the CDC during the height of the pandemic.  "Other people don't believe that.  That's fine.  Science will eventually figure it out."  Researchers believe the deadly and highly transmissible strain of coronavirus behind the global pandemic mutated from a virus that infects animals — namely, bats — to one that sickens humans.

Former CDC Director Redfield Says He Believes Coronavirus Originated Inside a Wuhan Lab.  Dr. Robert Redfield, the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said recently he believes the novel coronavirus originated inside a lab in Wuhan, China and "escaped," and was potentially spreading as early as September 2019.  "If I was to guess, this virus started transmitting somewhere in September, October in Wuhan," the virologist told CNN in a clip that aired Friday.  "That's my own feelings.  And only opinion.  I'm allowed to have opinions now."

Top health officials [were] told to prioritize COVID testing for Cuomo's relatives.  High-level members of the state Department of Health were directed last year by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to conduct prioritized coronavirus testing on the governor's relatives as well as influential people with ties to the administration, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.  Members of Cuomo's family including his brother, his mother and at least one of his sisters were also tested by top health department officials — some several times, the sources said.

Judicial Watch:  New Emails Detail WHO/NIH Accommodations to Chinese Confidentiality 'Terms'.  Judicial Watch announced today [3/1/2021] that it and the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) received 301 pages of emails and other records of Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. H. Clifford Lane from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showing that National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials tailored confidentiality forms to China's terms and that the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted an unreleased, "strictly confidential" COVID-19 epidemiological analysis in January 2020.  Additionally, the emails reveal an independent journalist in China pointing out the inconsistent COVID numbers in China to NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Deputy Director for Clinical Research and Special Projects Cliff Lane.

Cruz Swats Away Reporter's Request For Him To Wear A Mask: 'You're Welcome To Step Away If You'd Like'.  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., was quick to dismiss a reporter's request that he wear a mask during a Senate presser on Wednesday [3/24/2021].  Cruz stepped up to the microphones, but was stopped before he could speak by the unidentified reporter asking, "Would you mind putting on a mask for us?"  "Yeah, when I'm talking to the TV camera, I'm not going to wear a mask," Cruz responded.  "All of us have been immunized, so..."  "It'd make us feel better," the reporter is heard replying.

319 migrant kids in U.S. border facilities have COVID-19: Report.  Hundreds of migrant children detained in U.S. government facilities at the southern border are in medical isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, Axios reported Wednesday [3/24/2021].  Nearly 2,900 unaccompanied minors tested positive for the virus upon entering the U.S. since March of last year and 319 remain in medical isolation, a Department of Health and Human Services official told the outlet.  The population of migrant children in isolation represent less than 3% of the unaccompanied children currently living in government shelters, which is more than 11,500, Axios reported.

Covid Test And Beer.  When beer makes a covid test show positive, one has to wonder.  [Video clip]

Nose-only mask
Researchers create nose-only COVID-19 masks to wear while eating.  Researchers in Mexico have sniffed out a new COVID-19 mask designed for people to wear only over their schnozes while they eat, according to a report Wednesday [3/24/2021]. The nose masks — worn under a full mask with similar behind-the-ears straps — were unveiled in a demonstration video where a man and woman sit down for lunch, according to Reuters.  In the video, the pair takes off their normal masks to reveal their nose-only gear before chowing down at an outdoor table.

The Editor says...
This is probably just a test to see how many people will comply with government recommendations, no matter how obviously futile they are.


Hugs, Smiles, Awe, and This Past Weekend's Celebration of Life.  It's March 2021.  We are one full year into the "health response." [...] The liars are mixing up real problems with imaginary problems, they are artfully directing peasants' blaming fingers at other peasants, and they are hoping that we won't notice the chicanery.  Well, we notice.  And as the world is being ushered toward new digital colonialism, I personally object.  I object to the virtuousness of human isolation.  (It's abusive.)  I object to viewing healthy people as biohazards.  (It's impossible to live with.)  I object to the attempt to cancel the physical world so that billionaires and their corporatchik servants can enjoy control and enrichment at the expense of everybody else.  I object.  We are more than function.  Mechanical conveyor parts, we are not.  What makes life worth living is caring human touch, our relationships with friends and family, the people around us, our community, the joy of unrestricted interaction.

MTA will continue $300M-a-year subway cleaning after COVID crisis.  The MTA will continue splashing out for its $300 million-per-year subway cleaning effort into the future — even as the COVID-19 crisis that spurred the practice winds down, officials said Tuesday [3/23/2021].  Gov. Andrew Cuomo and transit officials instituted the "24/7" subway cleaning effort in the spring as ridership cratered in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic — at a cost of $250 million, MTA budget director David Keller told city council members during [a] budget hearing[.]  The authority has spent another $44 million so far this year, Keller said.

The Editor says...
[#1] $250 million per year is an average of $28,500 per hour.  How many people are working 24/7 on subway cleaning?  [#2] Since the continuous cleaning will continue after the "crisis" is over, that means the alleged crisis was only an excuse to initiate a $250 million perpetual make-work program.

Crony capitalism, vaccine style.  In 1986, the United States Congress authorized the national Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) to respond to adverse reactions to vaccinations.  The program was designed as a no-fault alternative to settling disputes in place of a traditional tort process.  The program was part of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.  The VICP was established after lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers threatened to clog the pipeline for new vaccines as well as reduce vaccination rates against traditional childhood diseases.  The vaccine companies may have had good intentions in supporting this program, but they were wrong on many levels.  Imagine a business model where the government mandates that customers must use a service or product, but then exempts the producing company from any liability.  Doesn't this sound like a license for companies to make money under an umbrella of government protection?  To me, it is a classic form of crony capitalism.  Yet this is exactly the model used by vaccine manufacturers today: mandatory sales to captive customers and no liability if anything goes wrong.

Do We Need Mask Mandates?  Joe Biden has counted on face masks to control the Covid-19 pandemic.  On his first day in office, the president issued an executive order requiring masks on federal property and called for their widespread use for 100 days.  More recently, the Centers for Disease Control has mandated masks on airplanes and mass transit, though most airlines and transit systems already require them.  These recommendations mark the latest step in a thorough reversal of the pre-pandemic public-health consensus that masks are useless or counterproductive.  Yet the evidence underlying this reversal turns out to be quite weak.  Widespread use of masks throughout the United States and Europe has failed to stop massive pandemic waves in the fall and winter.  Preliminary signs also suggest that mask mandates may be causing considerable harm.  Several state governments have recently rescinded their mask mandates, and a look at the science suggests that more should consider following.

How Many Covid-19 Vaccine Deaths Are Acceptable?  In the early days of the controversial China Virus "pandemic," President Trump was asked by a typically hostile MSM reporter, "How many deaths from Covid-19 are acceptable?"  Trump, uncharacteristically snookered by the [trick] question, answered, "None!"  Of course you can't prevent all deaths from any naturally occurring illness.  But now let's ask a more relevant question, since you can prevent deaths from a medical intervention if it proves deleterious, simply by ceasing to use it:  How many deaths from Covid-19 vaccines should be allowed?

Fully vaccinated Americans can only socialize with ONE unvaccinated household of low risk family and friends at a time, new CDC guidelines say.  Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with unvaccinated family members and friends without any restrictions who live under one roof, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday[.] [3/22/2021] In a clarification of its guidelines for those who have received one of the three approved vaccines, the agency said that visits should be kept to one unvaccinated household at a time amid fears of large gatherings, CNN reported.  Officials also reiterated the unvaccinated people must be at low risk for severe illness or death from COVID-19.

The Editor says...
CDC guidelines do not supersede the Bill of Rights, which says we have the freedom to associate with anyone we please.  The CDC is hoping you don't know that.

Covid And The Costs Of The Technocratic State.  Political leaders and television pundits like to say, "we are all in this together," but the fact is that some of us are more in more than others, particularly young people. [...] There were three critical failures making this pandemic much worse than it need be:  the media, the political class, and the technocrats.  The newsreaders, writers, editors, pundits, and cable news talking heads used the pandemic to boost ratings and tilt the political scales in favor of their candidates and party.  It was used as a weapon to divide and isolate Americans, to control the narrative, and to facilitate change using fear.  As they oozed manufactured empathy, how many in the media class died of COVID?  Or lost their jobs?  How many were sitting at home worried about their futures while trying to get their kid to participate in Zoom lessons?  How many politicians missed months of income?  How many elected officials took a job at Walmart or Target to put food on the table?  How many pols lost sleep over missed mortgage payments or their children's mental well-being?

Could an accident have caused COVID-19?  Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory shouldn't be dismissed.  As members of a World Health Organization expert team have made international headlines recently dismissing as "extremely unlikely" the possibility that a laboratory accident in Wuhan, China, could have sparked the COVID-19 pandemic, I can't stop thinking of the hundreds of lab accidents that are secretly occurring just in the United States.  As an investigative reporter, I have spent more than a decade revealing shocking safety breaches that officials at laboratories in our own country don't want the public to know about.  I have uncovered exotic and deadly bacteria that have hitched rides out of high-security labs on workers' dirty clothing, silently spreading contagion for weeks.  I have revealed how spacesuit-like protective gear and tubes carrying safe oxygen to scientists have torn or broken — repeatedly — and high-tech safety systems have failed dramatically.  Vials of viruses and bacteria have gone missing.  Researchers bitten by infected lab animals have been allowed to move about in public — rather than being quarantined — while waiting for signs of infection to appear.  These and similar safety lapses are happening with disturbing regularity at elite U.S. labs operated by government agencies, the military, universities and private firms.  There is no reason to believe they aren't happening at labs in other countries as well.

A Wilderness of Lies.  [Scroll down]  This is something Americans are learning.  When consuming American media, you start with the assumption that the narrative is false.  The framing of the story is always a self-serving fairy tale.  You eliminate that and then try to figure out a new narrative from the facts that can be verified.  Figuring out what is really happening has become a booming industry for independent commentators and analysts.  You see this with the Covid panic.  The one thing everyone agrees upon is that the virus did not start from a bat market in rural China.  That is the official explanation, but everyone knows it is a lie.  Similarly, few people think the government measures have much to do with public health and safety.  Some do, but they are mostly old people more afraid of the Grim Reaper than being lied to by their government.  The result is we have lots of theories about what is "really happening" behind the Covid scare.

Texas "Neanderthal" mask policy appears to have worked.  When Texas Governor Greg Abbott ended his state's mask mandate on March 10, he was accused of "Neanderthal thinking." But what's happened since then?  Over at National Review, Jim Geraghty declares that he's still waiting for the Maskless Texan Apocolypse.  Much like most of the pandemic-related headlines these days, everything ends up being boiled down to a numbers game.  Sadly, when you get to cherry-pick which numbers to highlight, you can make the weekly COVID figures say almost anything you want.  But at least in the initial weeks after Texas ended the mandate, the Four Horsemen are still stubbornly refusing to appear.

Did SARS CoV2 Eradicate the Flu?  [I]f you look at the CDC Maps, you'll notice that the state's without mask mandates or lockdowns or quarantines or curfews did (much like with COVID19) as well or better than the states that did do all those things.  A fact that doesn't change even if the data has been altered, the flu was misdiagnosed, or that infection surveilling was misrepresented as SARS CoV2 'cuz reasons.  Those being the effect of government force or incentive upon a marketplace (in this instance the medical diagnosis of anything with flu-like symptoms as COVID19 using a flawed test that returns substantial false-positives).  In other words, it is just like when NH Gov. John Lynch reduced public school dropouts to near zero.  He'd done no such thing.  They just changed what they called them and they magically went away.  But it didn't.

A decade ago, a prescient thinktank document predicted 2020.  A friend sent me a link to a 2010 document that the Rockefeller Foundation produced, called Scenarios for the future of Technology and International Development. [...] It describes society coming to a screeching halt, with industries like tourism, travel, local businesses, and offices all closed.  In this scenario, the one country that fares best is China, which uses a seemingly admirable totalitarian approach, sealing its country, quarantining all citizens, and swiftly ending its pandemic.  It then describes a world with national leaders imposing draconian rules and restrictions, from face masks to temperature checks.  "Even after the pandemic faded, this more authoritarian control and oversight of citizens and their activities stuck and even intensified... leaders around the world took a firmer grip on power."  The scenario posits that at first, people willingly give up privacy and sovereignty to more paternalistic states, in exchange for greater safety.  Independence of thought is stifled.  In the narrative, it takes 13 years for citizens to weary of this control, which enables rampant cronyism and corruption.

Federal law prohibits employers and others from requiring vaccination with a Covid-19 vaccine distributed under an EUA.  Ever since the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for two new vaccines, employers, schools, and other organizations are grappling with whether to require Covid-19 vaccination.  While organizations are certainly free to encourage their employees, students, and other members to be vaccinated, federal law provides that, at least until the vaccine is licensed, individuals must have the option to accept or decline to be vaccinated.  Knowing what an organization can or cannot do with respect to Covid-19 vaccines can help them keep their employees, students, and members safe and also save the them from costly and time-consuming litigation.

AstraZeneca Vaccine Safe, 79 Percent Effective in U.S. Trial.  AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine was 79 percent effective in preventing symptomatic disease and 100 percent effective against severe disease and hospitalization in a new U.S.-based clinical trial, the company announced on Monday [3/22/2021].  Experts did not find any safety concerns related to the vaccine, including any increased risk of rare blood clots that have raised concern in Europe.  A number of European countries, including Norway, France and Denmark, have temporarily suspended distribution of the vaccine in recent weeks following reports of blood clotting in patients who had received the shots.

Science in an Age of Fear.  [Scroll down]  There is great danger from those who would use science for political control over us.  How do they do this?  They instill, and then continuously magnify, fear.  Fear is the most effective instrument of totalitarian control.  We are immersed in an Age of Fear. [...] For the last dreadful year we have suffered from a virus.  Without question COVID-19 is a disease to be feared.  Many have died.  Many families have grieved.  We will be glad to put this epidemic behind us — we normal people, that is.  Some glory in the abused power that fear of this disease has given them.  The fear of this epidemic has been used by governments to imprison us.  After all, "lockdown" means we must remain in our locked cells.  The lockdown has wreaked havoc with our economy, obliterated multitudes of businesses, and demolished the savings of millions of citizens.  There is no science behind this imposed tyranny.  It should be obvious that the directives coming from those charged with managing the epidemic are based not on scientific understanding but on intentionally magnifying fear for political advantage.

Understand That Some People Love the Pandemic.  It might not occur to you, because you are not a bizarre wierdo, but a lot of people really love the pandemic. [...] They resist a return to normalcy because their normal lives were not that great to begin with and this is the most exciting thing that will ever happen to them.  People crave a challenge, and for a while one of the most challenging things about America was its utter lack of challenge.  It's generally safe here.  You probably won't get hurt, except by accidents or if you live in a big Democratic city, and only then if you find yourself in the wrong neighborhood.  You won't starve — even if you are a bum, someone is handing you a ham sandwich.  You really have to go looking for danger, and people do.  They get into extreme sports, or flirt with crime, join the military, or date a Cuban chick.  The hardworking people who built America and made it safe, secure, and prosperous, also made it, in some ways, empty.  We inherited a paradise.  We paid nothing, did nothing, and most importantly, we risked nothing.  But human beings are designed to do all those things.  And we never really got a chance to.

Mixed Messaging and Silencing Campaign Fuel Vaccine Skepticism.  During a series of pointed questions, Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted the COVID-19 vaccines won't stop people from contracting the virus; the shots only lessen the symptoms if a recipient is later infected with SARS-CoV-2.  "There's a 95 percent chance you will not get a symptomatic infection," Fauci told Eugenio Derbez last week. [...] Accustomed to softball interviews by swooning American journalists, Fauci was unprepared to face tough questions.  But his responses exposed the confusing, and frankly unconvincing, promotional campaign for COVID-19 vaccines.  Americans generally understand vaccines to be a safeguard against getting a harmful virus, not an immunity booster to make the resultant disease more manageable.  This is especially true of a highly contagious virus that can be lethal to the elderly, obese, or immuno-compromised.  No one expected the vaccine merely would act as an injectable version of DayQuil or a vitamin pack but with unknown side effects.

The Editor says...
It sounds to me like Dr. Fauci is admitting the Covid-19 vaccine isn't a vaccine at all.  If I get a polio vaccine or a smallpox vaccine or a rabies vaccine, I expect immunity, not just mitigation of the symptoms.

America Has Had Enough of Anthony Fauci.  [Scroll down]  Clearly, he is not only overrated, but also overpaid.  It is high time the highest paid federal government employee, Dr. Anthony Fauci, be fired.  Fauci is irritating for a number of reasons.  He loves the media and is constantly on television, pontificating about COVID-19.  If he provided a consistent, reassuring message, his words of wisdom would be appreciated.  Unfortunately, he is inconsistent, and his changing stories have left Americans confused and dejected about our future.  Fauci has frightened countless people with his doom-and-gloom prognostications about COVID and our future coexistence with the disease.  Initially, Fauci was insistent that masks were not necessary.  Today, he not only believes in one mask, but claims that double-masking is preferable.  While acknowledging the progress of Americans becoming vaccinated, he publicly worries about the threat of COVID variants.  He uses this concern to justify continued masking, social distancing, and other mitigation measures.

Cult of Fauci:  The bungling bureaucrat now gets lionized in a storybook for kids.  Will the cult of Anthony Fauci ever end?  First it was Fauci underwear, branded by TMZ in its SEO link as a "hot commodity trend" and reported to be a "huge online seller."  Then it Fauci socks, branding him a 'hero.'  There were Fauci face masks.  There was a Fauci Fan Club on Twitter, which is still up, its pinned tweet showing Fauci apparently leaning down to kiss a dog.  There also was nomination of Fauci petition for People magazine's sexiest man alive.  And this idiocy about how Fauci, plus New York's disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo and California's about to be booted Gov. Gavin Newsom, form a "dream team" of rulers for us ignorant masses.  Now the Fauci cult is spreading like an infectious disease into storybooks for kids, undoubtedly fodder for the next drag queen story hour.

Simon & Schuster Announces Forthcoming Children's Book About Dr. Fauci.  Publishing company Simon & Schuster recently revealed the cover to their upcoming children's book about Dr. Anthony Fauci.  The book, titled "Dr. Fauci:  How A Boy From Brooklyn Became America's Doctor," is written by Kate Messner and illustrated by Alexandra Bye. [...] Fauci has become a national celebrity since the COVID-19 pandemic and has received numerous awards and recognitions during the past year, including a $1 million Israeli prize established by the late Italian Israeli philanthropist Dan David.

Foolhardy orders like this assume the tests never return false positives.
Every adult in the UK will be asked to 'play their part' and test themselves for coronavirus twice a week to help ease the nation out of lockdown.  Every adult will be encouraged to test themselves for coronavirus at least twice a week under new plans to help ease Britain out of lockdown.  Testing chiefs are pushing the message in the hope of identifying people without symptoms.  They believe that getting people to regularly swab is vital in driving down the spread of the virus and an advertising campaign will encourage Britons to 'play their part'.

Fauci's Fall from Grace Began a Year Ago Today.  One year ago today, an article of mine at American Thinker became a flashpoint of mainstream media coverage and criticism.  Before two weeks had passed, my article was referenced, including with links to it and me in four major articles at the Washington Post, two in the New York Times (one of them on page one — which I exposed as Fake News here), Politico, Vanity Fair, Buzzfeed, New York Magazine, and others.  Many of these articles were syndicated and went around the world.  The reason for all this fuss was that I was the first one in the national media to challenge the media-driven image of Dr. Anthony Fauci as a sage and a savior, a man whose commands to shut down the nation must be obeyed.  You see, I had studied Fauci's handling of AIDS starting almost 40 years ago, and I knew how he operated, and that he was far from politically neutral.

Gov. Whitmer Could Be Facing Cuomo-Type Trouble Over Nursing Home Debacle.  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer could be facing scrutiny over her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it relates to elderly residents in nursing homes.  Like New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, she made decisions that could come back to haunt her in the not-so-distant future. [...] In an article published in USA Today, plaintiffs Steve Delie and Charlie LeDuff laid out the details of their lawsuit against the governor, decrying the fact that she has been less than transparent regarding her executive order about nursing homes.

You Can Link COVID With Any Country — Except China.  It was a year ago today President Donald Trump was forced to defend using the phrase "Chinese virus" when referring to the novel coronavirus where its first outbreak occurred in central China.  "Why do you keep calling this the 'Chinese virus?'" pressed ABC News' Cecilia Vega at a White House briefing one day after another reporter used the precious time to make the same charge of racism in the form of a question.  "A lot of people say it's racist."  [Video clip]  Trump repeated himself from the day before.  "Because it comes from China," Trump said plainly.  "It's not racist at all... It comes from China.  That's why.  It comes from China.  I want it to be accurate."

China Declares a Vaccine War on the World.  China will allow foreigners to enter the country, but it has directed embassies around the world to only issue a visa if the traveler has gotten a COVID-19 vaccine that was made in China.  "It's very much at the sharp end of vaccine diplomacy," Nicholas Thomas, an associate professor in health security at the City University of Hong Kong, told CNN.  "(It's) essentially saying if you want to visit us, you need to take our vaccine."  There has been no Chinese-made vaccine approved for human use in America, nor is there likely to be one anytime soon.

The Battle of Burbank.  Tinhorn Flats is a family-operated bar and restaurant in Burbank.  Burbank has had a death rate from the Wuhan virus of 2.8 percent of which 80 percent were of those over 65 who had, on average three co-morbidities.  Despite this, and disregarding the substantial sums restaurant and bar owners had shelled out to keep outdoor patrons safe, on December 6 the city council ordered all restaurants closed.  Tinhorn refused and continued to serve patrons outdoors.  Six days later their health permit was revoked.  Tinhorn continued its outdoor service, ignoring the city's revocation of its permit.  In response, the L.A. County Department of Health cited the restaurant 13 times for operating without a permit.  Tinhorn stayed open.  The L.A. County Attorney filed a cease and desist order.  Tinhorn stayed open.  After a few more legal forays the Burbank City Council filed suit against the restaurant and obtained a temporary restraining order.  Tinhorn stayed open.  The city cut power to the restaurant and patrons and fans donated generators and equipment so the restaurant could continue operations.  The city council padlocked the front doors.  Tinhorn removed the doors and stayed open.  When the padlocked doors were somehow reinstalled, the restaurant posted on Facebook a picture showing a side door open.  Tinhorn stayed open.  Another L.A. County judge required the county to prove that the ban on outdoor dining was necessary.  The county failed to do so, but inexplicably the judge refused to lift the ban.

The Russians Have Gone Into Terror Tactic Mode To Make People Wear Masks.  Sure, this may be a setup, the cop and his beating victim are players but the end game is scaring the Stolichnaya out of citizens who aren't buying into the COVID mask hype.  Would this work in America?  Don't think so.

CDC Changes Guidelines For Schools, Says 3 Feet Distance Is Acceptable.  The CDC announced new guidelines on Friday [3/19/2021], stating that 3 feet of distance is acceptable within schools after nearly a year of Americans abiding by the 6-feet social distancing rule.  A recent Clinical Infectious Disease study in Massachusetts schools showed that there was no major difference between rates of COVID-19 among students who were 3 feet apart from one another or 6 feet apart from one another.  The study found, "Student case rates were similar in the 242 districts with ≥3 feet versus ≥6 feet of physical distancing between students ... Cases among school staff in districts with ≥3 feet versus ≥6 feet of physical distancing were also similar..."

Is the federal government going to make vaccinations mandatory?  While it hasn't happened yet, it is obvious that the Biden administration, along with the rest of the globalists, thinks vaccinations should be mandatory despite the hesitation of many millions of Americans to submit to what is essentially an experimental vaccine, approved on an emergency basis, still unapproved by the FDA.  Testing that would ordinarily take at least five years has been rushed even though the mortality rate of Covid is low and there are now very effective treatments.  Had HCQ and Ivermectin been approved once it was known that they worked, thousands of elderly lives might have been saved.  But the self-appointed Covid czar, the execrable, highest-paid employee of the entire federal government, Dr. Fauci, denied what he knew to be true, that those old and inexpensive drugs worked.  And because President Trump mentioned HCQ, the media made sure it was thoroughly discounted.

The Illegal Immigration Crisis:  It's All About New Covid Lockdowns.  The bottom line is this:  Covid is a non-threat to 99.7% of the public, and the citizenry is getting wise to this fact.  However, there are certain people that NEED the pandemic lockdowns to continue regardless of what the public wants.  The Biden Administration and its globalist handlers have BIG plans for the next few years, and all of it relies on pandemic fears and totalitarian restrictions.  The "Great Reset", as Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum calls it, is never going to happen unless global populations are locked down and placed under control.

The Real Reasons Why Millions Of Americans Will Defy Covid Mandates And Vaccines.  I suspect a large portion of the public is at least partially aware when they are being pushed or lured into a specific way of thinking. [...] The other day I came across this revealing interview on CBS news about a poll of Americans showing at least 30% will refuse to take the covid vaccine outright.  The interview is, for some reason, with another journalist from The Atlantic with no apparent medical credentials and no insight into the data surrounding covid.  [Video clip]  One thing to note right away is that the discussion itself never addresses any actual facts about the virus, the pandemic, the lockdowns, the mandates, or the vaccines.  The establishment keeps telling us to "listen to the science", but then they dismiss the science when it doesn't agree with their agenda.

Rand Paul Says Fauci Is Lying About Masks 'Because He Doesn't Believe We Are Smart Enough To Make Decisions'.  Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Friday that Dr. Anthony Fauci was lying to the American people about the need for masks after vaccination.  Paul joined Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson to discuss the heated exchange he and Fauci had during Thursday's Senate hearing.  [Video clip]  Carlson began by thanking Paul for pushing back on Fauci, asking whether there was any science at all behind claims that masks would still be necessary for those who received the coronavirus vaccine.

Fauci Blames Coronavirus on Our Failure to Live in 'Harmony With Nature'.  "There's a lot of folks who think that, due to climate change and due to the globalization in general, it is inevitable that we'll deal with more and more viruses like this," Dr. Fauci told Meet the Press.  The "lot of folks" in question include the patron saint of the pandemic.  In addition to appearing on every single news show on the planet, Fauci occasionally co-authors papers.  But "Emerging Pandemic Diseases:  How We Got to COVID-19" in the journal Cell is less of an academic paper and more of a survey and an advocacy editorial.  It might not be all that significant except that its co-authors are David M. Morens, the Senior Scientific Advisor at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Fauci who heads it.  If you didn't know that its authors are prominent figures in the scientific community, you might mistake its contents for the ravings of hippies at an Earth Day rally a generation ago.

DeSantis rips idea of 'COVID-19' passports.  Gov. Ron DeSantis has emphatically resisted placing restrictions on businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.  But DeSantis this week suggested he may go after companies if they require customers to show proof that they are vaccinated, saying "it's more than just a private decision."  The governor was referring to what have been called COVID-19 passports, a phenomenon gathering momentum abroad.  "It's a very, very bad idea," DeSantis said of requiring COVID-19 passports.

If the Covid Bill is So Popular, Why is It Important to Go Out and Sell It?  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were planning on visiting Atlanta on Friday [3/19/2021] to promote their pork-filled Covid relief bill as part of their ridiculous "Help is Here" tour.  However, Biden and his babysitter Kamala Harris have postponed the event and decided to meet with Asian-American leaders in Atlanta instead.  Kamala Harris was confronted by a reporter on the "Help is Here" tour and Harris was so caught off guard that she awkwardly cackled her way through an answer.

COVID Infection Rate at Migrant Minors Shelter Nearly Doubles Texas Average.  Federal officials announced it is no longer moving unaccompanied migrant children to the oilfield mancamp in Midland, Texas, after nearly 11 percent tested positive for COVID-19.  The statewide average in Texas is less than 6.5 percent.  U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesman Mark Weber told the Associated Press they put their plans to move more unaccompanied migrant teenagers to the Midland facility on pause.  The pause followed the finding that 53 of the 485 migrant teens tested positive for COVID-19 after being secretly moved by buses to Midland under the cover of darkness.

Biden Administration Flying Migrants to Northern Border for Processing.  No one should worry.  The Biden administration says there's absolutely, positively, cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die no crisis in any way, shape, or form at the border.  Claims to the contrary are just right-wing propaganda and misinformation.  So why will ICE be flying hundreds of migrants a day to border facilities hundreds of miles away near the Canadian border?  Perhaps Biden wants us to pretend the border surge is mostly Canadians fleeing the oppressive Ottawa regime.  Or perhaps it's a surge in Eskimo and Aleut peoples fleeing climate change.  I'm sure the president would dearly love either scenario to be true, but alas, they are not.  And his refusal to acknowledge the crisis has become almost comical.

California Study Advocates Injecting Men With Female Hormones To Treat Covid.  A new study from a Los Angeles hospital pushes for injecting men with the female sex hormone progesterone to treat COVID-19.  The trial, carried out by pulmonologist Sara Ghandehari of the Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, recruited 40 male patients hospitalized with COVID-19.  "As an ICU doctor, I was struck by the gender disparity among COVID-19 patients who were very sick, remained in the hospital, and needed ventilators," she emphasized.  "One group acted as a control sample, for comparison, and received only the standard medical care given at that time for the disease.  The experimental group, meanwhile, also received 100-milligram injections of progesterone twice daily for five days during the time they were hospitalized.  All the patients were assessed by the team daily for either 15 days or until they were discharged from hospital," a summary notes.

Report: FBI Probing Whether Andrew Cuomo's Staff Provided False Nursing Home Data.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is said to be investigating whether aides to embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) gave false data regarding the number of deaths in the state's nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic. [...] The Times' report builds on reporting by the Albany-based Times Union, which first revealed that both the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn had launched an investigation to examine the Cuomo coronavirus task force's handling of nursing homes during the pandemic.  As the nursing home probe continues to advance, Cuomo faces growing calls to resign due to multiple allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted touches brought forth by multiple former female aides.

The FBI is investigating whether Cuomo and his advisors undercounted COVID-related nursing home deaths.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to find out if New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his advisors provided false numbers on the state's nursing home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic to the Department of Justice last summer, according to a New York Times report on Friday [3/19/2021].  Four people with knowledge of the probe told The Times that federal investigators have subpoenaed Cuomo's office for documents regarding the data, reached out to lawyers for Cuomo's aides, and spoken to officials from the state's Health Department on the matter.  The investigation is part of the FBI's broader examination of Cuomo's handling of nursing homes as New York became a COVID-19 hotspot last spring.  Cuomo has come under immense scrutiny in recent weeks amid reports that his aides pressured state health officials to undercount the nursing home death toll in a July report.

President Biden Gets Reamed for Using Coronavirus to Virtue Signal and Race-Bait.  You would think that the Democrats would have learned by now that trying to pin the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes on conservatives was a failing strategy.  But it appears they are slow learners.  In the latest in a series of attempts to virtue signal about racism, President Joe Biden added to the chorus of leftist castratos singing their classic hit, "Everything Is Racist."  On Friday [3/19/2021], Biden tweeted a subtle race-baiting criticism at those who reference COVID-19's country of origin when discussing the pandemic.  "Words have consequences.  It's called the coronavirus.  Full stop," he tweeted.  Biden's tweet was met with a flurry of criticism from right-leaning Twitter users who took issue with his attempt to link their description of the virus to the increase in Asian hate crimes.  It was quite a show.

Serial Anti-Masker Arrested In Galveston After Run-Ins In Bank, Office Depot.  A 65-year-old woman from Grants Pass, Oregon drove an RV to Galveston, Texas.  Her purpose in making the trip was to to "cross items off her bucket list".  She ended up in jail for her refusal to wear a face mask in not one but two business establishments.  Terry Lynn Wright is the subject of a video that went viral showing her encounter in a Bank of America in Galveston.  She refused to wear a mask inside the bank, even after being offered one by an employee, so the police were called when she would not leave the building.

"Burn Your Masks!" Massive Anti-Lockdown Protests Rage Worldwide.  Thousands, and possibly tens-of-thousands of protesters across Europe marched on Saturday against continued government lockdowns and other pandemic restrictions based on questionable science — which have resulted in mass unemployment, destroyed small businesses, stoked widespread depression and mental illness, and cost taxpayers trillions to keep the whole ship from sinking.  Protesters in London, Germany, France, Sweden, The Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Japan, Vienna and elsewhere came out for the Worldwide Rally for Freedom.

A year ago: top officials urged people to congregate in crowds, not wear masks.  What a difference a year makes.  Around this time last year:
  •   Vaccine propagandist Dr. Peter Hotez made the case against travel bans
  •   Dr. Anthony Fauci said there was no reason to walk around wearing masks
  •   New York City's Health Commissioner urged people to go to crowded places and busy restaurants
  •   Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) encouraged people to get out and be around others in San Francisco's Chinatown
And one year ago, the World Health Organization gave what many scientist called confusing guidance on wearing masks for Covid-19.

Watch Rand Paul Pound Propagandist Anthony Fauci During Senate Hearing.  This is absolutely epic, and is something every American should watch and digest, because Dr. Paul is absolutely correct about Little Menace to Society Anthony Fauci's sinister motivations for continuing to insist we must all keep wearing masks — preferably two at a time — even after we've had the vaccine.  [Video clip]

Rand Paul calls out a slippery, evasive Anthony Fauci.  Ever since getting a big spotlight in the public eye, the National Institutes of Health's Dr. Anthony Fauci, billed by a fawning press as America's foremost expert on infectious diseases, has revealed himself a slippery chameleon or magician of sorts, constantly changing his recommendations and positions on public health in a bid to extend the coronavirus crisis as far out as possible.  He's pretty well burned up all of his credibility with the public as a result, [...] but he doesn't seem to know it.  He continues his role as snake-charmer, or snake-oil salesman, assuming a fawning media will continue to carry him through.  He got called out.  By probably the sharpest guy in the Senate, (and my favorite), Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who questioned his ever more elaborate mask mandate recommendations.

The science is settled!  Until it isn't.
CDC Changes School Social-Distancing Requirements from Six to Three Feet.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced new guidance for physical-distancing requirements between children in schools, allowing for just three feet of space between students instead of the six feet it had previously recommended.  The new guidance, which will allow more students to be inside classrooms, does not apply to teachers and other adult school staff who still must remain six feet apart.  Masks should remain mandatory as well, according to the CDC.  Students also must continue to maintain six feet of distance in common areas, such as auditoriums, and when masks are off, the guidance says.  Many schools had shifted to hybrid or part-time schedules to reduce class sizes in order to accommodate the six-foot rule.  The new guidance will free up space for more students to return to in-person learning.

They Said Things Would Be Much Worse in States without Lockdowns.  They Were Wrong.  Like nearly all US states, Georgia imposed a stay-at-home order in March 2020 in response to demands from public health officials claiming a stay-at-home order would lessen total deaths from covid-19.  But unlike most states, Georgia ended its stay-at-home order after only five weeks, and proceeded to lower other restrictions quickly.  The legacy media responded with furious opposition. [...] All this hyperbole about human sacrifice and recklessness leads us to conclude that states which ended lockdowns quickly must have experienced far worse numbers of deaths from covid than states which maintained lockdowns longer.  Indeed, when it came to lockdowns, we were told, the longer the better.  Ideally, lockdowns shouldn't be loosened up at all until everyone can be vaccinated.  But things didn't turn out that way.  Experts have scrambled to come up with explanations for why this is the case, but the fact remains some of the most strict states (i.e., New York and Massachusetts) have covid deaths at far worse rates than the "reckless" states like Georgia and Florida.

What weird contradiction will Anthony Fauci spin next?  Various questions remain, even a few months after the emergency use authorization of vaccines designed to target the enigma that is COVID-19.  Is the ultimate purpose of the non-FDA-approved vaccines to stop the spread of infection, or is it primarily to lessen the symptoms and severity of COVID-19?  If viral spread is at least partially attributed to asymptomatic carriers, how will a lessening of symptoms via mass vaccination prevent further spread?  And if a majority of those infected don't have symptoms, why should they take the vaccine?  How is herd immunity achieved if the vaccines offered only lessens the symptoms?  These are just a few of the questions that Dr. Fauci has thus far insufficiently addressed.

Say it ain't so, Joe.  Befitting an age of masks, Joe Biden's first prime-time address to the country last Thursday evening was pure kabuki theater.  Reprising his campaign schtick of walking, talking to a teleprompter, and avoiding improv, it was dispiriting at best. [...] Before closing his remarks, Biden threw a bone to Anthony Fauci, the nation's pandemic Svengali, whose reputation in the past year has suffered much at his own hands.  Fauci's noblesse oblige continues to foment confusion and fear in the citizenry.  In asking Americans to pledge allegiance to Fauci, Biden has ennobled one of the few medical scientists who has flip-flopped on every aspect of the pandemic, contagiousness, masks, social distancing, medical therapies, and lockdowns.  In his newfangled position as chief medical advisor to the White House, Fauci will have to bend science to politics as a fulltime job, putting him at odds with his sworn oath as a physician, primum non nocere — first do no harm.

Going Anywhere Is Like Going to a Leper Colony.  An entire year passed since people around the world were driven to live in fear of dying of an influenza virus.  We lost a year in which we could have LIVED and enjoyed life instead of worrying about death.  Some people died of this influenza and we mourn their loss but humans must go on and not live in fear of their fellow humans, their neighbors, their relatives, and total strangers in the street whom they view with contempt as if they were dangerous lepers on an imaginary colony called Corona.  In our temporary and permitted "freedom" to go to the grocery store, the pharmacy, and an occasional restaurant, it feels like we are visiting a leper colony.  Even the beach has a few irrational humans who are wearing masks while walking at the edge of the water, biking, or jogging.  Suddenly everyone around have turned into irrational snitches and zombies, following every order coming from the Mother Ship steered into endless darkness by Dr. Fauci and his team of medical "experts" and financial accomplices.

Officials like Fauci have undermined trust in government institutions.  We now have several COVID vaccines.  All work, all have passed safety testing, and all are in wide distribution.  This is a huge accomplishment, but there's one problem:  A lot of people aren't taking the shot.  Are they just ignorant anti-vaxxers?  No.  As a recent focus group by Frank Luntz, reported in The Washington Post, demonstrates, a lot of people who won't take the vaccine aren't skeptical about vaccines in general.  Just about this batch.  So maybe they're just Red State Luddites?  No.  In fact, it's a worldwide phenomenon.  Yes, there's resistance in the United States:  Gallup reported in February that 34 percent of front-line health workers said they wouldn't get the vaccine, with another 18 percent unsure; fewer than half said they would definitely get jabbed.  Only 65 percent of Americans as a whole said they would get the vaccine.

More Victories for Florida and DeSantis — School Data Shows Lowered COVID Activity.  While being scorched in the media and even challenged in the courts by teachers' unions, the plan installed by Governor Ron DeSantis for reopening the schools across the state of Florida has been a success.  Parents who wanted children back in social settings and students in the most need of personal guidance have been given the chances they asked for, and the results have been only positive across the board.  Now, data is supporting this decision as well.  During the pandemic, the media have been operating in a paradox.  While members of the press declare the need to keep the public informed and adhering to the principles of science and medicine — all in the name of safety — they behave in the opposite fashion, politicizing pandemic details and doing what is needed to keep their mask-mandates and lockdowns in effect.  Often this was done while ignoring or even defying the science.

One Of The Lockdowns' Greatest Casualties Could Be Science.  The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have not only been devastating for society, they have had a chilling effect on the scientific community.  For science to thrive, opposing ideas must be openly and vigorously discussed, supported, or countered based on scientific merit.  Instead, some politicians, journalists, and (alas) scientists have engaged in vicious slander of dissident scientists, spreading damaging conspiracy theories, even with open calls for censorship in place of debate.  In many cases, eminent scientific voices have been effectively silenced, often with gutter tactics.  People who oppose lockdowns have been accused of having blood on their hands, their university positions threatened, with many of our colleagues choosing to stay quiet rather than face the mob.

My original position on the non-existent virus.  About a year ago, I wrote and published my position on the existence of SARS-CoV-2.  I still stand by it. [...] If researchers had actually been interested in proving the virus exists, they would have a conducted a large-scale study.  Here it is.  Take 500 people who have been diagnosed with the pandemic disease, line them up, and take swab samples from them.  Using correct and meticulous procedures, which involve centrifuging those samples, produce 500 clear electron microscope photos — one good photo for each sample.  Place the 500 photos side by side, and answer the following questions:
  [#1]   In each and every photo, do you see MANY particles of what is unmistakably a virus?
  [#2]   In each and every photo, are these particles the same virus?
  [#3]   Are these particles of a virus you've never seen before?
If you answer any of the three questions with a no, you go back to the drawing board.  Your attempt to prove the existence of a new virus which is causing disease has failed.

A NYC judge pulls custody of a child from a mom for refusing to wear a mask?  In a story that's provoking outrage across parts of the conservative Internet, a New York City judge has ordered a child removed from the custody of her mother, over what the mother says is her refusal to wear a mask on a city street in broad daylight in front of her daughter's tony private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. [...] [Dr. Micheline] Epstein is involved in a contentious divorce over child custody with her ex-husband, and apparently the school sent a note to the mom to not drop off the kid anymore given her failure to wear a mask, the ex got a copy of the note, and he took it to the judge, who made his ruling to yank custody and give it all to the ex.

Biden Strategically Neglects 'Operation Warp Speed' And Any Credit For Trump On Vaccines.  Joe Biden's first address to the nation last week (after more than 50 days in office) was profoundly dishonest:  It referred to the vaccine success against COVID-19, sure, but failed to mention the role the Trump administration played in the establishment of "Operation Warp Speed," which produced the vaccine in record time.  Say what you will about many pandemic decisions coming last year from the White House, one thing is certain:  In under 10 months, Donald Trump single handedly willed not one but several successful private sector productions of "China Virus" vaccines which are proving effective despite predictions from many — including the now discredited "Saint" Anthony Fauci — that it could not be done on such a short timeline.

Happy Anniversary America!  It's One Year After 15-Days To Slow The Spread.  One year ago today, during a March 16, 2020, White House press conference, President Trump, Dr. Fauci, and Dr. Birx announced the 15-Days To Slow The Spread program, which began the shut down of the American economy.  365 days and a few peaks later, COVID-19 is still spreading, albeit at a much slower pace thanks to President Trump's "Operation Warp Speed," which so far has produced three vaccines in record time.  The "15 Days" were the latest in a series of Trump administration serious moves attempting to fight the pandemic.  Already demonstrated on this site were the specific actions the Trump team took immediate action on the virus during the last nine days of January 2020 and the first two weeks of February and itemized that during the same time period Joe Biden and his team downplayed the seriousness of COVID-19.

Biden Bashes People Who Are Disinclined to Get the Vaccine, Suggests They Aren't Patriots.  Joe Biden did a pre-taped interview with George Stephanopoulos which aired this morning on "Good Morning America." [...] "I just don't understand this sort of macho thing about, "I'm not gonna get the vaccine.  I have a right as an American, my freedom to not do it,"' Biden said during the interview with Stephanopoulos.  'Well, why don't you be a patriot?  Protect other people."  He doesn't understand the concept of freedom, really?  Yes, Joe Biden, people have the freedom not to get the vaccine if they don't want it.  If you don't understand that, you're missing a rather critical part of being an American.  There are people on both sides of the aisle who are not inclined to get the vaccine, that's up to them and Biden really is the last one who should be questioning anyone's patriotism.

The Editor says...
ALL interviews with Joe Biden are pre-taped, because the sympathetic news media can't risk putting senile Joe Biden on live TV.

California Group Considers 'Effects Of Shouting' On Rides As Theme Parks Reopen.  The California Attractions and Parks Association (CAPA) is a trade group that represents theme parks across the state and supports guidance that would attempt to limit the virus-spreading effects of screaming and yelling on rides at amusement parks.  CAPA released a "Responsible Reopening Plan" detailing how parks should be allowed to reopen, adding that outbreaks have not been linked back to amusement parks in states that have allowed the attractions to offer their entertainment and services.

Climate czar John Kerry caught going maskless on flight.  President Biden's climate czar, John Kerry, sparked outrage Wednesday when he was spotted going maskless on an American Airlines flight to Washington D.C.  The Tennessee Star published a photo of a bare-faced Kerry apparently flying first-class from Boston to D.C. on Wednesday [3/17/2021].  The airline requires all passengers wear masks on board, in accordance with directives from the CDC and TSA and Biden's Jan. 21 executive order mandating face coverings during interstate travel.  A man who sat next to Kerry took to Twitter to describe the former Massachusetts senator and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate's time on the flight.

Italy Opens Manslaughter Probe as Teacher Dies Hours After Getting AstraZeneca Vaccine.  Italian officials have begun a manslaughter investigation following the death of a 57-year-old music teacher hours after receiving AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, according to local media reports.  Officials have so far said there is no evidence of a direct link between the man's death and his shot.  Prosecutors in the northern Italian region of Piedmont announced they opened a manslaughter probe into the death of Sandro Tognatti, who received the vaccine in his hometown of Biella on March 13.  His wife told news outlets that he went to bed that night with a high fever.  The next day, she said, an ambulance was called for him, and he later died.  The local prosecutor in Biella, where Tognatti lived, announced the opening of a criminal case for manslaughter after his death, Italy's La Repubblica newspaper reported.

Trump encourages his supporters to end vaccine resistance.  Former president Donald Trump on Tuesday [3/16/2021] encouraged his Republican supporters — one of the main groups resistant to Covid-19 vaccines — to get their shots.  "I would recommend it," Trump said during an interview on Fox News.  "I would recommend it to a lot of people that don't want to get it and a lot of those people voted for me, frankly," he said.  "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works."

The Editor says...
As much as I hate to disagree with President Trump, nobody is sure it's a great vaccine, or if it works.  Ask the families of those who died immediately after receiving the vaccine if they think it's safe.  Some people say it's not a vaccine at all.

Fauci: Actually, Large Gatherings By July 4 Are "Entirely Conceivable And Possible".  Fauci realizes that the Texas Rangers are planning to allow full capacity for Opening Day, right?  That's 40,000+ fans in the stands on April 5, three months before Biden's target date for all Americans to feel safe having small barbecues with friends for Independence Day.  I dare say the era in which people take Fauci's and the CDC's advice on socializing is rapidly drawing to a close.  School districts will still listen to the experts on whether and how to reopen for bureaucratic [...] purposes but the average joe will be flying solo on gauging his or her personal risk of infection long before July 4, to the extent they aren't already.  The very fact that Fauci felt obliged to do clean-up for Biden here, transforming the president's scenario of Independence Day cookouts from a grand aspiration to a bare minimum of what to expect, betrays a sense of anxiety among public-health experts.  They've heard the criticism from colleagues like Leana Wen and Scott Gottlieb that they're being too cautious.  And they know that endlessly extending the timeline for normalcy ends up underselling the vaccine to skeptics.

Why don't you be a patriot?  Protect other people!  Biden says he doesn't understand 'macho thinking' of vaccine skeptics.  President Joe Biden said he doesn't understand the 'macho' thinking of vaccine skeptics, as former President Donald Trump urged MAGA-world to get shots.  'I just don't understand this sort of macho thing about, "I'm not gonna get the vaccine.  I have a right as an American, my freedom to not do it,"' Biden said in his ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos.  'Well, why don't you be a patriot?  Protect other people.'  Trump brought up that he respected people's freedom, but he also encouraged Americans to get the vaccine and admitted some anti-vaxxers were part of his fan-base.

Sen. Joni Ernst:  U.S. Funded Wuhan Institute of Virology Coronavirus Research with NIH Grants.  Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that the federal government provided funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology for researching bat coronaviruses.  "Through our research and some great researchers out there working in various levels of the press, they have discovered that through the NIH, we did have grant dollars that went to the Wuhan Institute of Virology," Ernst said in an interview with Breitbart News[.]

Lockdowns: Class warfare of the rich and the professional class against the working class.  A year after "15 days to flatten the curve" began our lockdowns, we have enough data to answer the classic question about lockdowns (which still exist a year later in many places, including much of California):  cui bono?  (who benefits?)  The answer is:  as an individual, Jeff Bezos.  His stock in Amazon, the single biggest beneficiary of lockdowns, is worth billions of dollars more than before the lockdown.  As a group:  educated professionals, able to work from home via Zoom and other internet-based services and able to afford home delivery.

Mask Mandates Do Not Save Lives.  Although some studies have concluded that masks help stop the spread of COVID-19, usually they have failed to replicate real-world situations.  A common approach is to evaluate the effectiveness of mask material at stopping the expulsion or intake of the aerosols presumed to be the airborne carriers of the virus.  Useful information, perhaps, but at this stage, what we need to know is whether the widespread use of masks is measurably reducing the risk of death from the disease.  To continue requiring the use of masks makes sense only if there is compelling data that death rates are lower for people who wear masks than it is for people who do not.  We have no way of measuring whether or how much and how appropriately individuals wear masks, but state mandates that people wear them are predicated on the notion that more people will do so if they are threatened with a fine or punishment.  Thus, it makes sense to demand that states with mask mandates have lower COVID-19 death rates than states that don't.  If states with mask mandates are not experiencing lower rates than states without them, the citizenry should insist that the burdensome policy of requiring masks be abandoned.

This is exactly the kind of cops America does not need:
Ron Paul:  She Wouldn't Wear A Mask; Galveston Police Broke Her Foot.  A 65 year old Galveston woman found herself tackled, handcuffed, arrested, and with a broken foot after she refused to leave a local Bank of America branch without her money.  The bank demanded she put on a mask, she refused, so they called in the police.  [Video clip]

Also posted under No offense is too petty to overlook.

Is The Pandemic Over?  At the start of the pandemic, we were told that the SARS-COV-2 was a "novel" virus, meaning a brand-new virus that has not been seen before.  If this were true, then it would be much harder to treat or make a workable vaccine.  Fortunately, this was not true.  SARS-COV-2 is in the family of coronaviruses and shares common characteristics with other members of the same family. [...] Some levels of pre-existing immunity may explain why some people don't get infected and why others have a milder case of COVID-19.  Because children have a higher chance of catching the "cold" viruses, this may also partly explain why children are not affected very much by SARS-COV-2.  This also happened in the 2009 H1N1 Swine flu pandemic.  It was found that 30% of people over 60 years old had prior immunity to Swine flu from earlier immunity to other influenza infections.  This fact lessened the severity of that pandemic, but that fact seems to have been forgotten in the current pandemic.

Fauci: So, The Six Foot Rule May Not Be Necessary.  The Centers for Disease Control guidelines on social distancing may be changing again after a new study shows six feet of distance to avoid the spread of Wuhan coronavirus may not be necessary.  During an interview with CNN over the weekend, Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged three feet of distance may be sufficient to reopen schools that remain closed.

Hollywood Hypocrisy:  Celebs Walk Red Carpet Maskless After Shaming America For A Full Year.  Despite having face mask requirements and socially distanced tables inside the outdoor tent where the Grammys were held Sunday [3/14/2021], celebrities still found a way to show their hypocrisy.  Los Angeles is currently under a mask mandate, but that didn't stop celebrities from removing their masks to take red carpet pictures with each other.  The celebrities also took off their masks once they made it on stage to accept their awards, sometimes even hugging and kissing the presenters, News.com reported.

McConnell To Biden:  Your Overcautious Views On When Americans Can Safely Gather Is Another Example Of You Being Anti-Science.  A fine, if characteristically low-key, indictment of some of Biden's worst foibles on COVID messaging to date.  You didn't "inherit a shambles" from Trump's administration on the vaccination program, McConnell reminds him, which is true.  And your aspiration to administer 100 million doses in 100 days is a joke considering that we were already exceeding that pace on some days before you were sworn in, he adds.  Again, correctly.  That's Team Joe's approach to the pandemic in a nutshell, though.  Don't just underpromise and overdeliver, underpromise to a ludicrous degree.  The same goes for Biden's target date of May 1, announced last week, for making all Americans over 18 eligible to be vaccinated.  States were already moving expeditiously in that direction; all adults are eligible in Alaska right now and all adults will be eligible in Mississippi tomorrow, with Georgia, Michigan, Utah, and Connecticut to follow in early April.

Boxing legend suddenly dies shortly after getting vaccine.  Boxing legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler died at the age of 66 Saturday night, and an online battle has erupted over reports his death was a direct result of getting "the vaccine."  Hours before the undisputed middleweight champion died, his fellow boxing great Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns noted Hagler was "fighting the after effects of the vaccine" before the former undisputed middleweight ultimately passed away.

Update:
Marvelous Marvin Hagler's Wife Says It 'Wasn't The Vaccine That Caused His Death'.  Before the death of boxing legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler was announced on Saturday, Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns, loser to Hagler in one of the greatest battles in the squared circle ever, posted on Instagram that Marvin Hagler was in the hospital because of the COVID vaccine.  Anti-Vaxxers jumped on Hitman Hearns' post as their latest weapon to warn people against the vaccine.  But today [3/15/2021], without mentioning Hearns by name, Kay Hagler, Marvelous Marvin's widow, slammed the Hearns claim.

Idaho School Board Member Angrily Argues For Masks In Schools While She Sounds Like She's Suffocating To Death In Hers.  This Idaho school board Karen freaks out when a fellow male member argues for letting the kids come to school without a face diaper.  As she tries to make her point, it becomes more and more clear she is hyperventilating within her own mask, taking in too much carbon dioxide.  [Video clip]

Does the Astrazeneca Covid vaccine cause blood clots?  At the moment, it can't be said for certain whether this is the case or not.  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) — the first to raise the alarm — is conducting an investigation.  It will be looking at whether the blood clotting events were caused by the coronavirus jab, or if it is just a coincidence.

The Fierce Urgency Of Reopening Schools Now.  Last spring, when the novel coronavirus and its means of transmission were still mysterious, a temporary school shutdown was a defensible precaution.  Since then, our understanding of the disease has become more sophisticated.  We know that surface transmission is, at worst, a minor hazard, obviating the need for constant cleaning and decontamination.  We know that airborne transmission in close quarters is a major risk and how to mitigate it.  We know that only about 10 percent of those infected with COVID-19 transmit the disease to another person.  We also know that young people are resistant to the disease and that schools are not focal points for community spread.

NYT: We might owe a COVID-19 lockdown apology to Florida after all.  If so, the New York Times offers it grudgingly.  They acknowledge that Florida's death rate is no worse than the national average despite the state's more liberalized approach to pandemic restrictions, which had critics predicting a catastrophe for months.  In fact, Florida appears to have fared better than several states that imposed much more draconian lockdowns, although the NYT still casts Florida's decisions as "an unspoken grand bargain".

Johns Hopkins Doctor Notices Something Peculiar About the COVID Vaccine Guidelines.  Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine was bold in his projection that we'll have herd immunity by April.  This has been disputed by those who are nowhere near his level of expertise when it comes to public health, but I get the pushback since it shreds the Democratic Party's COVID lockdown regime.  In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Makary says that we're underestimating natural immunity and with the pace of vaccinations, we'll reach that critical benchmark towards reclaiming normality by tax season.  "About 1 in 600 Americans has died of Covid-19, which translates to a population fatality rate of about 0.15%.  The Covid-19 infection fatality rate is about 0.23%," Dr. Makary wrote.  With those figures, he estimates that two-thirds of the country has already had the infection.  We're rapidly approaching 100 million vaccinations.  It's not an insane projection, but one he says other health experts are afraid to push for fear of impacting the rate of vaccinations.  That's not their job, he argued.  Good health news should be disseminated, not buried.  There was pushback, and there will be more when he recently wrote about the vaccine protocols.

The Latest Word From Fauci.  At what point did our society hand over our lives to government bureaucrats?  Over this past year, it surely has seemed that we have done that, with so much of society being dictated to, not only by those bureaucrats, but by seemingly arbitrary rules that they then imposed like a religion and upon which then, so many policy decisions were then based.  All based on one virus, but not based on considerations of a raft of other viruses/illnesses/freedoms/jobs/school or other concerns.  We saw "guidance" from Dr. Anthony Fauci change from masks not being necessary in March of 2020 to, most recently, him saying double masking was likely better.  We saw some then thinking the more masks, the better (breathing being optional).  Now there's another massive flip from Fauci and it's really enough to make you want to rip your hair out and say exactly what's going on here and how is this guy in charge of anything?

The Legends of Our Fall.  The origins and nature of the virus were hushed up by the Chinese Communist Party from the beginning.  A sycophantic and compromised WHO issued lies about the imminent danger, consistent with its patron China's instructions.  On the accessibility and reliability of initial testing, the utility of masks, travel bans, transmissibility, and the dangers of a pandemic, our medical experts at the CDC, the NIH, NIAID and our own Dr. Anthony Fauci were, as humans and like our politicians, contradictory and sometimes dead wrong.  They presented arguments from authority rather than from fact — and then constantly changed narratives without admissions that prior assertions were flat-out wrong.  Often their narratives were shaped by media flattery, political polls, and the election year 2020.  Year-long quarantines and lockdowns finally lost credibility not because of clueless red-state governors or the ignorance of the deplorables.

Leaked Pfizer Documents Reveal Only 55% of Some COVID Vaccine Samples had RNA Intact Prior to European Approval Exposing Huge Quality Control Issues.  In December of 2020, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) was allegedly the victim of a cyberattack as they were reviewing documents received from Pfizer regarding their mRNA COVID vaccine trials in preparation for issuing emergency use approval for the vaccine in Europe.  More than 40 megabytes of classified information was allegedly published on the dark web, and sent to several journalists, including The BMJ which just published a review of the leaked documents last week.  One of the key issues revealed in the leaked documents, according to The BMJ, was that European regulators had major concerns over unexpectedly low quantities of intact mRNA in batches of the vaccine developed for commercial production.  Some batches were as low as only 55% intact.

Ingraham still searching for 'all rights are suspended during a pandemic' clause in the Constitution.  Fox News host Laura Ingraham laced President Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci during her Friday [3/12/2021] opening monologue for their continued reliance on COVID-19 restrictions even though they have proven to be failures.  "Every day we wake up, and it seems like another constitutional right is under threat," Ingraham began.  "The First Amendment, the Second Amendment, even the Fourth Amendment."  She went on to say that many Americans are self-censoring "because they're afraid of the consequences" of speaking out and sharing their own opinions that may run counter to government narratives and cultural groupthink regarding the pandemic and other issues.

Expert: China knows it can release viruses and not be held accountable.  Critics of communist China have warned the nation could attempt to release more pathogens in the future after it witnessed how the current COVID-19 pandemic was handled.  In a recent interview, China critic Gordon Chang spoke to Steve Bannon and said China was never held accountable for its part in releasing coronavirus into the world.  Chang further speculated China wanted to prevent the world from knowing it was accidentally released.  Chang forewarned this will likely not be the last pathogen that will come from Chinese soil.

Cuomo's Top Vaccine Distribution Official Called County Executives To Gauge Their Support For The Embattled Governor.  The head of New York state's vaccination rollout — Larry Schwartz — made personal calls to county executives asking about their support for Governor Andrew Cuomo as the state's top Democrats continue to call for his resignation, according to reports from the Washington Post and the New York Times on Sunday [3/14/2021].  The phone calls alarmed at least one county executive so much that the official filed a complaint to New York State Attorney General Letitia James's office, according to both reports.  Schwartz insisted to the Post he "did nothing wrong," though did acknowledge he had spoken with various county executives across the state to "ascertain if they were maintaining their public position that there is an ongoing investigation by the State Attorney General and that we should wait for the findings of that investigation before drawing any conclusions."

Propaganda, Chris Wallace and Anthony Fauci Edition.  Once you realize that COVID-19 is being pushed as a purposeful political control tool, it becomes easy to spot the propaganda as it is delivered.  The statistics just do not match the expressed narrative.  Small jumps are labeled "massive spikes."  For an audio visual demonstration, watch this prompted segment from Fox News Sunday and the DC Swamp Gatekeeper Chris Wallace as he discusses narrated statistics of the virus.  Compare what he is saying to the graph he displays to support what he is saying.  They do not align.  [Video clip]

Three Hospitalized with 'Unusual Symptoms' After Taking Newest COVID Vaccine.  Three Norwegian health care workers have been hospitalized after receiving the newly-unveiled single-dose AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, authorities have announced, which has led to a temporary suspension of giving out the shot.  Reuters reported that the workers experienced issues relating to blood clots and other vascular issues.  Norwegian authorities did not say how long the distribution of the vaccine would be halted as those people remain hospitalized.  Sigurd Hortemo with the Norwegian Medicines Agency told reporters at a media briefing with members of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health that each of the hospitalized health care workers were under the age of 50, but said the hospitalizations could not be definitively linked to the shot.

Fauci to Trump Voters Rejecting COVID Vaccines: 'So Disturbing,' Getting Vaccinated Is a 'No-Brainer'.  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday [3/14/2021] on NBC's "Meet the Press" that it is "disturbing" some supporters of former President Donald Trump are unwilling to get the coronavirus vaccine.

The Editor says...
I agree.  It's a no-brainer.  You have no brain if you voluntarily accept an experimental vaccine (if that's what it really is) with unknown long-term side-effects that apparently kills some people within days.  You have no brain if you follow Dr. Fauci's instructions like he's some kind of national hero, which he is not.  You have no brain if you think influenza has suddenly been eradicated.  You have no brain if you if believe everything CNN and MSNBC say about Covid-19.  You have no brain if you are afraid of a disease that's less deadly than the flu — except for people who are already in poor health.  You have no brain if you're still wearing a face mask in 2021.  You have no brain if you allow a county judge to override your First Amendment rights.

COVID And The Tyranny Of Comfort.  One year ago this week, my old boss here at TAC told us to start working from home.  I remember riding the Metro train back to my apartment that evening — the last time I took public transportation, as it turns out — and naively looking forward to the staycation to come.  My inventory was in good shape: lots of canned soup and coffee, plenty of toilet paper and soap, books to read, whiskey in the pantry, a countertop grill, some new recipes I wanted to try, board games, Netflix, Hulu.  "Two weeks to flatten the curve," they said, like it was our "Remember the Maine," and two weeks at home sounded nice.  We would defeat this foe by sleeping in until eight and then maybe taking up homebrewing or knitting.  One year later and those two weeks still haven't ended.

Are We Still Free?  Like many of us, when the lockdowns first began, I believed the directives were basically suggestions from the government that, for our own protection, we needed to close everything down for 15 days. [...] But when the state governments began picking and choosing which businesses could reopen and which ones could not — coming up with crazy and specific lists of how businesses may reopen, and demanding everyone wear masks — I realized government "suggestions" actually had teeth and were not suggestions at all.  Apparently, emergency powers supersede all constitutional rights.  I did not realize before the pandemic that this was the case.  Although some governors, like Kristi Noem of South Dakota, put trust in her citizens after giving them the information they needed, refusing to lock down and cripple her state businesses and citizens, too many other Republican governors followed the herd.  Unbeknownst to me, we actually live in large fiefdoms called states in which you may have either a freedom loving governor, a benevolent dictator, or a medieval king doling out crumbs to the masses and telling them to eat cake when they complain.

Why is Biden releasing thousands of Covid-positive migrants into the country?  The answer to that question may be in his absurd speech on Thursday when he said "we may have to reinstate the lockdown restrictions" if... If what?  What if the migrants the Biden Administration is allowing to come across the southern border without being tested, even if showing symptoms, then given bus tickets to any American city they hope to reach, is a grand plan to spread this flu throughout the country again in order to reinstate all the unconstitutional restrictions to which millions of Americans willingly submitted?  Chances are that the powers that be never dreamed so many people would give up their freedom to work, shop, eat, go to movies, vacation, have their kids in school, etc. without a fuss... but they did.  The carefully calculated, thoroughly propagandistic fearmongering the media has done over the past year in service of the left was embarrassingly effective.  Too many Americans have lost the ability to question authority and have accepted the covid "mandates" as if we are all subjects of a benevolent oligarchy.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

Baltimore Tries To Lock Down Residents After Governor Lifts Restrictions.  Maryland residents received some good news yesterday from Governor Larry Hogan.  Starting at 5 pm on Friday, capacity limits were lifted for a wide range of businesses and social activities.  These include both indoor and outdoor dining, retail outlets and churches.  Gyms and bingo halls were also included, along with bowling alleys and skating rinks.  Hogan credited the progress the state has made in vaccinating people and the continued decline in new COVID cases for the decision.  Unfortunately for the people of Charm City, their new mayor was not a fan of Hogan's decision.  Brandon Scott immediately issued a statement saying that the current conditions did not warrant lifting the restrictions in Baltimore on the governor's schedule.  I'm not sure who will be coming for Scott's scalp first... the Governor or his own residents.

Cuomo Was Warned His COVID Group Home Policies Would Kill.  A New York State whistleblower says that another wrongheaded policy has cost lives to the state's most vulnerable, and he blames Governor Andrew Cuomo.  In 2011, Jeff Monsour won a landmark federal jury trial for whistleblower retaliation after he disclosed abuses in New York state's group homes.  He told The American Conservative that he and Mike Carey, whose son died in a group home over fourteen years ago, have been warning everyone — including Gov. Cuomo — of the so-called floating policy and its deleterious effects on COVID spread in group homes.

Thousands of Bikers Arrive in Daytona Beach, Florida in Defiance of COVID Mandates.  Tens of thousands of motorcyclists arrived in Daytona, Florida earlier this week, present to celebrate the city's yearly Bike Week tradition.  This year's Bike Week is the 80th occurrence of the tradition, with some estimates of up to 300,000 attending the event.  The Bike Week event is akin to a street festival, and was welcomed by small businesses in the city as a much-needed tourist attraction after the economic onslaught of the coronavirus recession.  The yearly event started as a meeting of rival motorcycle gangs, evolving to a national motorcyclist meetup.  The bikers were largely welcomed in the city, with the Chamber of Commerce and city governments displaying materials welcoming them.

What Could Go Wrong?  Dallas Launches Database for Businesses Still Requiring Masks.  In my piece on Nevada's Democrat Socialists of America takeover of the Democrat Party in the State, I gave this warning about Texas:  "With the full opening of the state and the lifting of any mask mandates, Texas businesses who are choosing to not maintain mask requirements for their establishments will now become the focus of harassment."  Now the City of Dallas thinks that this is a good idea.

Uncle Joe Threatens America.  Take the vaccine or be locked down forever!  [Video clip]

DeSantis to Biden:  Thought of reinstating COVID-19 restrictions 'insane'.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday blasted President Biden's warning that the U.S. could need to reinstate certain coronavirus restrictions if the public does not stay "vigilant" about defeating COVID-19.  "To even contemplate doing any type of lockdown, honestly it's insane," DeSantis said during a press conference in Florida, touting the state's efforts to administer vaccines to the elderly and other populations.  "That's not gonna happen in the state of Florida," the governor continued, referring to reinstating restrictions.  "We're gonna continue doing what works, but under no circumstances would we entertain anything of the sort."

28-year-old physical therapist dies two days after taking COVID vaccine.  A 28-year-old physical therapist died two days after being injected with an experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports.  Haley Link Brinkmeyer, who completed her doctorate in physical therapy in 2018 and soon after was married to her high school sweetheart Evan Brinkmeyer, died unexpectedly on January 21, after receiving the shot on January 19, according to her mother.  In a social media comment, Shauna O'Neill Link spoke with significant candor, stating, "My 28 year old daughter took the vaccine on Tuesday and was dead by Thursday ... Autopsy shows no other red flags.  Corner [sic] has assured us he will get to the bottom of this vaccine crap.  Anything with Bill Gates or Quack Fauci's name attached should be a red flag.  Depopulation my folks, depopulation.  That's their objective."

One Year Later, Vindication for Lockdown Skeptics.  One year ago, I tweeted:  "This is what the Left wants.  They want people stripped of wealth, isolated, and terrified.  They want sources of joy — church, sporting events, vacations, large social gatherings — eliminated.  This is how they get control.  And it's far scarier than any virus."  It was not a popular sentiment at the time.  My initial reaction to government-ordered lockdowns, promoted by politicians on both sides and President Trump, was in the slim minority to say the least.  "Flattening the curve" required deep personal sacrifices, we were warned.  Anyone skeptical of the alleged effectiveness of lockdowns or concerned about the long-term consequences was condemned as a bloodless "grandma killer" or "greedy capitalist" defying science and lacking compassion.  But from the start, "the curve" was bogus stagecraft.  As I explained last year, the curve the authorities presented to Americans wasn't accurate.  "It's not unreasonable, in fact, it's necessary and responsible, to consider that COVID-19 has been in the states since the first of the year," I wrote March 19, an assessment we now know is true.  "If this is the new normal, where incomplete data and media-fueled panic rule the day, that is an even more frightening prospect than what's happening right now."  Sadly and shamefully, it has been America's new normal for one year and counting.

Nanny-state officials don't seem to understand:  Sometimes safety isn't everything.
Indoor dining still risky and eating outside is safer, officials warn as L.A. restaurants reopen.  Even with indoor dining returning in many parts of Southern California, officials are urging caution because of the ongoing COVID-19 risk.  Dr. Muntu Davis, the Los Angeles County health officer, cautioned that eating in a restaurant's indoor dining room is still risky.  If eating at a restaurant, dining outdoors remains safer, he said Friday [3/12/2021].  "People are susceptible to this virus.  There are variants that are circulating in our county," Davis said.  "Many of those can be more easily transmitted, and some may be causing more severe disease."

The Editor says...
You might catch Covid-19 at a restaurant.  You might also choke on a sandwich.  Any number of things might happen.  The government is responsible for maintaining our freedoms, not our safety.

65-Year Old Texas Woman Tackled, Arrested For Refusing To Mask A Day After Abbott Lifted Mandate.  Early on in the pandemic "lockdowns" it was sadly an all too familiar scene to see people getting arrested over standoffs that ensued when patrons of businesses refused to wear a mask.  But in Texas despite Governor Greg Abbott having lifted the mask mandate and opened the state back up "100%" it's still happening, apparently.  The mask mandate was lifted statewide on March 10, but the very next day on Thursday a 65-year old Texas woman found herself being tackled to the ground by police after being told by a Galveston Bank of America branch to mask up.  Abbott had left it up to businesses or any premises on private property to decide if they want to require masks or not.

Woman Arrested For Resisting, Trespass After Not Wearing Mask Inside Texas Bank.  A woman was arrested at a bank in Texas on Thursday [3/11/2021] after she refused to wear a face mask inside the building, police said.  The encounter was captured on an officer's body camera.  Police in Galveston said the woman, identified as 65-year-old Terry White, was charged with resisting arrest and criminal trespass after she became uncooperative with the officer.

Did The Shutdowns Save Lives?  A Year Later, Statistical Analysis Suggests Not.  The government response to COVID-19 has mostly been a failure.  Theatric, yes — see New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Emmy.  Symbolic, yes.  But there is no evidence shutdowns did anything but deepen the economic suffering, increase suicides, and prevent lifesaving medical tests and treatments.  With the exception of former President Trump's effort to speed research, approval, and rollout of a COVID vaccine through Operation Warp Speed, and efforts to discourage the spread of the virus through border restrictions (now abandoned by President Biden), what policies can objectively be shown to have worked?

The Biggest COVID-19 Vaccine Skeptics?  Frontline Health Care Workers.  What do frontline health care workers and first responders know about COVID-19 vaccines that politicians and their public health advisers don't?  According to a January analysis by Gallup, 51 percent of health care workers and first responders polled in December were unconvinced of the merits of getting vaccinated, even if the vaccine "was free, available, FDA approved and 90% effective."  Gallup found these results especially concerning since those at highest risk of exposure to COVID-19 — the professionals required to meet America's health, safety, and critical economic needs whom the National Academies of Engineering, Science and Medicine define as "Tier 1A workers" — were the likeliest to refuse vaccination (34 percent).  The frontline workers proved to be as defiant as Gallup's survey of their intentions anticipated.  In California, over half of Tehama County's hospital workers at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, an estimated 50 percent of frontline workers in Riverside County, and 20 percent to 40 percent in L.A. County refused the vaccine, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

Leftist U.S. Public Health Experts Proclaim The "Pandemic" Will Never End, We Should Embrace The New Normal.  Many people understand the COVID-19 fear and weaponization will continue until the political leftists promoting the narrative have exhausted its usefulness.  To support that opinion a Vanderbilt University medical director for the National Foundation for Infections Disease tells CBS news:  "that it would be best to give up the idea of life going "back to normal," and instead embrace a "new normal" where our lives revolve around COVID-19." [...] People would be wise not to dismiss these leftist 'health experts' as political narrative engineers in the healthcare field because they have a very specific purpose.  This is the ideological outlook that will fundamentally transform.  This is the justification for "vaccine passports', control over travel, control over business operations and ultimately control over the lives of everyone.  COVID is a purposeful political tool and this has long been planned out.

Is COVID Almost Over?  Covid is widely regarded as a scourge because of the number of people who allegedly have died from it.  Covid death statistics are notoriously unreliable: a number of shooting victims, for example, have been classified as covid deaths.  Here in Minnesota, among other absurdities, a guy who was killed in a car accident was classified as a covid fatality.  So death certificates, to the extent they are reliable at all, mostly reflect the numbers who happened to have the Wuhan bug when they died, not the number who would have lived, but for covid.  As is widely known, the overwhelming majority of Wuhan victims are not just elderly, but elderly and already sick and frail.  (My 99-year-old father is elderly, but not sick.  He tested positive for covid but otherwise didn't notice it.)  One doctor famously described the typical covid victim as someone who has one foot in the grave, and the other on a banana peel.  The median age of death of reported covid victims is equal to, or — as in Minnesota — older than the average life expectancy.  The fact that we have blighted the lives of our young people and devastated many millions of lives and businesses on account of this virus is, in my opinion, criminal.

Vaccine reaction chart
How safe are the COVID vaccines? (updated).  [Scroll down]  Here, for example, is the screen shot of the CDC's sorted list for the adverse effect of congenital anomaly/birth defect.  [Chart]  See that 144 such effects were reported in total, from all vaccines over all time tracked by the VAERS database.  COVID vaccines account for 37 of them, or over 25%.  Of 23,950 emergency room visits following some kind of vaccination, the COVID vaccines accounted for 4,969, or over 20%.  Of 11,559 deaths after getting some type of vaccine, COVID vaccines accounted for 1,153 of them, or almost 10%, and more than 92 of the 93 other vaccine types.  I got these numbers from the CDC's VAERS database on March 10, 2021.  You can do the same.  The CDC has this disclaimer. [...] So we can't say the vaccines caused these effects.  These effects just happened to follow shortly after the vaccines were given.  One thing to keep in mind with these numbers is that COVID vaccines have been around for less than three months.  Most of the other 93 vaccine type have been in use for years.


Mark Meadows slams Biden for attacking Trump, taking credit for vaccines in primetime address.  Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows slammed President Biden on Friday [3/12/2021] for taking credit for the coronavirus vaccines in his primetime address.  During an appearance on "America's Newsroom," Meadows criticized Biden for attacking former President Trump over his coronavirus response and taking credit for vaccines created under the previous administration.  Meadows said he found it "interesting," that Biden would attempt to take credit for the vaccine, created under Operation Warp Speed, given that Biden received his own coronavirus vaccination while Trump was still in office.

Biden Omits 'China,' 'Operation Warp Speed' from Coronavirus Address.  There were key words and phrases President Joe Biden failed to use during Thursday's [3/11/2021] primetime address marking the one-year anniversary of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, including "China," — the virus's place of origin — and "Operation Warp Speed" — the partnership prompted by former President Trump's administration that sped up the development and distribution of vaccines to fight the illness.  Biden appeared to place blame on former President Trump nearly immediately, telling the American people, "A year ago, we were hit with a virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked, denials for days, weeks, then months." Biden notably failed to mention the travel ban on China Trump instituted weeks before officials formally declared a pandemic.  That was not the only subject Biden failed to mention.

The Editor says...
Why is it necessary to commemorate the first anniversary of the lockdowns?  Especially when they were only supposed to last two weeks!

Mark Levin rips Biden over 'disgusting, propagandistic' address to nation on coronavirus pandemic.  President Biden's remarks on the progress in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic were "the most disgusting, propagandistic speech" any politician has ever given, Mark Levin told "Hannity" Thursday [3/11/2021].  "I used to think Joe Biden was a doddering fool," Levin told host Sean Hannity sarcastically.  "He couldn't tell his sister from his wife and he didn't know the name of the secretary of defense and there you are mocking him for not having press conferences.  "Now I know why he doesn't have press conferences.  He's busy inventing the vaccines and figuring out how to distribute them."

Lapdog Corrupt Media Coverage Of Biden's Carteresque Speech Is Embarrassing.  It's embarrassing.  Our corrupt, partisan media are embarrassing.  Thursday night [3/11/2021], President Joe Biden gave a speech to mark the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization's delayed acknowledgment of the COVID-19 pandemic that China unleashed upon the world.  The media swooned.  The speech was delivered off a Teleprompter by a man who wasn't inspiring even when he had better command of his faculties decades ago.  It was ungracious, going out of its way to refuse to acknowledge his predecessor's Operation Warp Speed, the only pandemic response that has worked.  And it worked so well:  throwing money at private developers and getting rid of regulatory hurdles to do the impossible of obtaining vaccines within a few months.  The dark and depressing speech was reminiscent of Jimmy Carter's "malaise" talks.  He painted a horrible future with threatened future lockdowns if the people didn't keep following his rules.  The best-case scenario, he argued, was that if everyone did what he wanted, he'd let people have very small backyard barbecues with just a few select people on Independence Day.

Reporter to Psaki:  Why can't you give Trump's administration some credit on the vaccines?  She gave two answers at today's [3/12/2021] briefing which I can't square.  One:  She acknowledged that a Democratic White House is poorly positioned to convince Republican vaccine skeptics to get their shots, which is true.  [Video clip]  Two:  Invited to remind those Republican skeptics that their hero had a major role in this vaccination program, she passed.  The most she could bring herself to do is credit a "Herculean, incredible effort by science and by medical experts."  [Video clip]

Exasperated Jen Psaki refuses to give credit to Operation Warp Speed on COVID vaccine.  A clearly exasperated Jen Psaki on Friday [3/12/2021] refused to give the Trump administration credit for its work on the COVID vaccine and also admitted Joe Biden wasn't the best person to convince 'hardcore' supporters of Donald Trump to get a shot in the arm.  The White House press secretary was asked repeatedly about the work of Trump and Operation Warp Speed on the pandemic and she was pressed on why there wasn't more outreach to skeptics of the vaccine, many of whom are also supporters of the former president.  'Let me try this again,' she said at one point during Friday's briefing when she was pushed again and again on the matter.

Joe Biden on Lockdown Anniversary: 'Stick with the Rules' and Trust Government.  President Joe Biden recognized the year-long anniversary of the coronavirus lockdowns on Thursday [3/11/2021] but urged Americans to continue obeying guidance from the federal government.  "Put trust and faith in our government to fulfill its most important function, which is to protect the American people," the president said.  In his first primetime speech as president, Biden spoke about the punishing emotional toll of the coronavirus lockdowns but encouraged Americans to continue following all of the rules from health officials.  "We need to remember that the government isn't some foreign force in a distant capital," he said.  "No, it's us.  All of us."

The Editor says...
From where I'm sitting, the federal government most certainly is "some foreign force in a distant capital."

A Generation Conditioned to Give Up Their Freedom.  As I scrolled through some news articles on Thursday [3/11/2021], one particular article caught my attention.  CNN ran the article and it was talking about a new generation that is being referred to as Gen C or Generation COVID.  The concept is that the global pandemic which has struck our world is creating changes among a generation of kids that are growing and developing through all the craziness.  Throughout the article, several examples were shared of how this pandemic is affecting this 'Gen C' in ways that others may have not experienced in the past.  It spoke of canceled birthday parties, the inability to see family, and more.  Images filled the page showing kids that were in masks, in contact with other people behind glass doors, and images of a child where the parent was creating a TikTok video explaining how the child had yet to know what a playdate was really about.

Biden will announce in first prime time speech that EVERY ADULT will be eligible for the COVID vaccine by May 1.  President Joe Biden asked Americans to stay the course fighting the coronavirus while offering hope that life could begin to return to 'normal' later this summer.  In a prime time address to the nation, given from the East Room of the White House, Biden outlined the steps his administration has taken to combat the deadly disease, and said the 'goal' was to have Americans enjoy July 4th with their loved ones.  'July 4th with your loved one is the goal,' he said.  'If we do all this, if we do our part, if we do this together by July Fourth there's a good chance you and families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or barbecue and celebrate Independence Day.  That doesn't mean large events, with lots of people together but it does mean small groups will be able to get together,' he said.

The Editor says...
"If we do all this, if we do our part, if we do this together" sounds a lot like a demand for mandatory vaccinations.  It also sounds like a veiled threat.

Texas A.G. Paxton Threatens Legal Action Against City Of Austin's Mask Mandate.  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened to sue the City of Austin Wednesday [3/10/2021] over the city's continuation of a mask mandate.  Governor Abbott removed the statewide mask mandate last week and his order went into effect Wednesday.  Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Andy Brown are keeping a mask mandate in effect until April 15 to "avoid another surge of cases."  I assume that the mayor and county judge (county CEO, not a judicial office) are concerned that newly free-to-be maskless Texans will throw caution to the wind. [...] Republicans and Democrats are just as split in Texas as they are in Washington, D.C.  Mask wars often turn on a political dime.  Austin and Houston both have Democrat mayors and county judges.  [So does Dallas.]  The governor and attorney general are both Republicans.  Finger-pointing is a favorite pastime.

Biden Announces U.S. Will Now Be on 'War Footing' at [his] First Prime Time Address.  President Biden finally made his first prime time address on Thursday night [3/11/2021].  During his speech, the president promised the United States would be on a "war footing" with its efforts to "beat the virus," which entails vaccinating the public.  "My fellow Americans," Biden said, "you are owed nothing less than the truth."  "And for all of you asking when things will get back to normal, here is the truth," he continued.  "The only way to get our lives back, to get our economy back on track, is to beat the virus.  You've been hearing me say that while I was running, and the last fifty days I've been president."

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On the contrary, there is another way to get the economy back on track:  Get the government out of the way and let the free market take over again.

Joe Biden's Inspiring Vision of Defeating COVID-19 Is Depressingly Bleak.  [Scroll down]  Well, Biden's delivery certainly is boring — but he is driving America to the Left at breakneck speed, and his own words suggest he wanted to use the pandemic as cover for this "structural" transformation.  Biden's new "normal" championing abortion, railroading religious freedom, forcing the transgender destruction of women's sports, opening the southern border, and more will likely horrify the Americans who thought Trump's presidency was exhausting.  Yet Biden's dour tone on the end of COVID-19 may suggest something else, something perhaps too horrible to contemplate.  Is the president actually depressed that the pandemic is receding?  Does he fear that COVID-19 will no longer provide an "opportunity" for "structural" change?  That would be truly terrifying.

What's Scarier?  Biden's Totalitarian Promises, or the Number of Americans Who Willingly Acquiesce?  Joe Biden's Wuhan Flu anniversary speech was insulting and disturbing in many ways.  He started out by lying about President Trump's actions at the beginning of the pandemic, then went through a list of everything we lost during these draconian lockdowns — attempting to convince us that he sympathizes with what we've lost and that We're All In This Together™.  Watching Biden lie to us and hearing him insult us is annoying and, frankly, boring at this point — because we expect it.  But in this speech Biden went far beyond annoying and straight onto a terrifying new path, the path of complete government control.

One tablet of ASPIRIN a day can reduce your risk of catching Covid-19 by up to 29 percent, study finds.  Taking aspirin pills may help protect against coronavirus infection, a study suggests.  The common, cheap and safe drug is often prescribed to prevent heart disease and stroke as well as a regular over-the-counter painkiller.  Data from more than 10,000 people who were tested for Covid between February and June 2020 revealed one aspirin tablet (75mg) a day led to a 29 percent lower risk of catching the virus.

Biden's scary, boring, and bizarre address to the nation.  [Scroll down]  The main thrust of the speech was that everyone must get the vaccine (the wonderful Biden vaccine).  However, Biden conceded that even with the vaccine, masks and social distancing must continue.  Even with everyone vaccinated, by July 4, maybe we can gather with small groups outdoors.  In other words, even as we're all pumped full of a vaccine, nothing will change.  But we should trust Biden and remember that we're all in this together.  Here's the scariest thing Biden said, although he slipped it in so quickly many may not have noticed (emphasis mine):  "Fourth, in the coming weeks, we will issue further guidance on what you can and cannot do once fully vaccinated to lessen the confusion, to keep people safe, and encourage more people to get vaccinated."  The vaccine, rather than freeing us, will bring us even more tightly under government control as the federal government mandates what [we] can and cannot do.

How safe are the COVID vaccines?  I'll bet you haven't heard this:  more congenital anomalies/birth defects and emergency room visits were reported after getting a COVID vaccine in the U.S. than after any of the other 93 vaccine types in the CDC's VAERS database.  And more deaths than 92 other vaccine types.  Here is how COVID vaccines rank among 94 vaccine types in terms of reported post-vaccine adverse effects.
  •   Congenital anomaly/birth defect: 1.
  •   Emergency room: 1.
  •   Death: 2.
  •   Life threatening: 5.
  •   "Serious" adverse effects: 7.
  •   Hospitalized: 10.
  •   Permanent disability: 12.
  •   Total adverse effects: 15.

Utah mother dies four days after taking second COVID-19 vaccine dose.  A 39-year-old Utah mom died just four days after receiving her second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Wednesday report that investigated vaccine side effects.  Kassidi Kurill, who lived in Ogden, took the second dose on Monday, Feb. 1.  By Friday evening that week, she was dead, according to 2News, which was the first to report on Kurill's case.  "She was seemingly healthy as a horse," Kurill's father, Alfred Hawley, told Fox News.  "She had no known underlying conditions."

39-year-old woman dies 4 days after second Moderna vaccine, autopsy ordered.  A 39-year-old woman from Ogden, Utah, died Feb. 5, four days after receiving a second dose of Moderna's COVID vaccine, according to CBS affiliate KUTV.  Kassidi Kurill died of organ failure after her liver, heart and kidneys shut down.  She had no known medical issues or pre-existing conditions, family members said.

Stop Trying To Create a Zero-Risk Society.  A lot has been said about the harm to people resulting from government lockdowns imposed in the name of fighting COVID-19.  However, lockdowns aren't the only misguided policies that we've had and continue to endure because of this pandemic.  In fact, we will suffer many tragic effects from the pandemic-induced changes long after lockdowns are lifted and the coronavirus is endemic.  The case against lockdowns is pretty well established.  In fact, contrary to accusations issued by lockdown advocates, one doesn't have to believe that COVID-19 isn't a serious disease to oppose lockdowns.  Nor does one have to make the claim that doing nothing would have worked wonders in controlling this nasty virus.  All you have to show is that lockdowns do not control the spread of the virus any better than less-draconian alternatives.  In fact, when all costs are considered, such as the short- and long-term health, educational and psychological harms the lockdowns caused, their costs far exceed their benefits.

'I will sue you': Texas AG warns Austin to lift local mask requirement.  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday threatened to sue the city of Austin for choosing to keep its COVID-19 mask mandate for businesses in place.  The AG accused Austin of not complying with Gov. Greg Abbott's recent executive order, which ended his statewide mask mandate and banned coronavirus restrictions on businesses.  The governor's order "has the force and effect of state law and supersedes local rules and regulations," Paxton said in a letter to Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Andy Brown.  "You and local health authorities have until 6:00pm today to rescind any mask mandates or business-operating restrictions and come into full compliance with GA-34," Paxton wrote on Twitter.  "Otherwise, on behalf of the State of Texas, I will sue you."

The Real COVID Nursing Home Scandal Is Why Cuomo And Other Democrats Did It.  The real scandal is what lay behind the high nursing home deaths in New York and a handful of other states led by leftist governors such as Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer, Minnesota's Tim Walz, and Pennsylvania's Tom Wolf.  It is the story of how grandpa and grandma got tossed aside for money.  The high nursing home deaths were the direct result of policies that quickly discharged elderly or disabled COVID-19 patients from the hospital when they were still COVID-positive and then put them back in group or nursing homes.  The hospital lobby directly engineered this approach, and these governors obliged.  The stated reason for the policy was concern about hospital capacity, but these states kept the policy well after COVID hospitalizations peaked in April.  In states like Minnesota, the policy remained in place even though the health-care system never faced the strain that was initially feared.  What you don't hear is that hospitals didn't want to keep Medicare and Medicaid patients (especially Medicaid patients) in hospitals for too long, because longer stays with such patients are less profitable.

Not Just Cuomo:  These Other Democrat Governors Also Jammed COVID-Stricken Patients Into Nursing Homes.  While conservative media has been consistent in highlighting the disastrous March 25 nursing home policy from Cuomo that jammed COVID-stricken patients into the state's long-term care facilities, the New York governor was promoted to celebrity icon among leftists in the corporate press for his aggressive pursuit of draconian lockdowns.  All along, Cuomo's state has led the U.S. with the highest coronavirus death rate in the country, a feat accomplished in no small part by Cuomo's nursing home policy, which is estimated to have sent nearly 6,500 patients to an early grave.  New revelations related to the governor's early actions on New York nursing homes have now provoked a long-anticipated reckoning on Cuomo's pandemic leadership.  According to data unearthed in a Freedom of Information Act case brought by the conservative think tank Empire Center, Cuomo was manipulating the numbers on nursing homes to underestimate the devastation of his nursing home policy while he paraded around the country to brag about pandemic triumph.  Subsequent reporting from The New York Times found the nursing home death toll in New York at more than 9,000.

23 Percent of COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths [were] in 4 States Where Democrat Governors Forced Admissions:  NY, PA, NJ, and MI.  Twenty-three percent of COVID-19 nursing home deaths were in four states — New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Michigan — where Democratic governors forced nursing homes to admit residents who had tested positive for COVID-19, according to the most recent data published on March 4 by the COVID Tracking Project.  As of March 4, a total of 510,383 Americans have died from the Chinese coronavirus.  Thirty-four percent of those COVID-19 deaths, or 174,474, have been reported as long-term care (LTC) facility residents, according to COVID Tracking Project.

What do they all have in common?  The Deep State Uniparty.
All living former Presidents except Trump urge Americans to get vaccinated in new ad campaign.  All living former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and their respective former first ladies — with the exception of the Trumps — are part of a newly released ad campaign urging Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine when it is their turn, a push that is aimed squarely at combating vaccine skepticism.  The ad campaign reunites almost every member of the so-called President's Club, the group of living former commanders in chief.

Censorship Kills:  The Shunning of a COVID Therapeutic.  Doctors fighting COVID-19 should be supported by their profession and their government, not suppressed.  Yet today physicians are smothered under a wave of censorship.  With coronavirus variants and vaccine hesitancy threatening a prolonged pandemic, the National Institutes of Health and the broader U.S. medical establishment should free doctors to treat this terrible disease with effective medicines.  For centuries, doctors have addressed emerging health threats by prescribing existing drugs for new uses, observing the results, and communicating to their peers and the public what seems to work.  In a pandemic, precious time and lives can be lost by an insistence on excessive data and review.  But in the current crisis, many in positions of authority have done just that, stubbornly refusing to allow any repurposed treatments.  This departure from traditional medical practice risks catastrophe.  When doctors on the front lines try to bring awareness of and use such medicines, they get silenced.

Happy COVID Anniversary, We've Learned Almost Nothing.  It was one year ago today that President Donald Trump imposed that travel ban on most of Europe over the Wuhan Coronavirus, the official kickoff of the dominoes falling that bring us to the point we are at now.  There were a few actions that happened before the European travel ban — the China travel ban, the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force, travel warnings, etc., but today is the anniversary of when those dominoes started to fall in quick succession.  In the week that followed, the world was basically shut down.  Emergencies were declared, borders were closed, economies halted, lives put on hold.  Ultimately, it culminated in "15 days to flatten the curve."  Through all of it, over the past year, we've learned next to nothing.  How many things have the "experts" gotten wrong?  It'd be easier to ask what they'd gotten right — a new virus started infecting humans.  That's about it.  Everything else has been contradicted at some point by the very people who made the original declarative statements.

Biden would bar Granny from traveling but invites COVID-infected illegals to cross freely.  President Biden's health honcho, Rochelle Walensky, announced Monday that vaccinated Americans can visit with others who are vaccinated in small groups at home.  But when Walensky was asked about visiting grandchildren, she said no, unless the kids are local.  Even vaccinated people must avoid traveling, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention insisted:  "Every time there's a surge in travel, we have a surge in cases in this country."  The Biden administration is making one exception, however.  It's OK to wade across the Rio Grande River and enter the US illegally.  Even if you have COVID-19, you can get on a bus in a Texas border town and travel to any part of our nation.  Never mind how far and wide COVID-infected migrants spread the virus as they fan out.  On the travel question, Biden's double standard is mind-boggling.  It's a firm "No" for Granny, but a warm "Yes" for illegal immigrants.

Fauci Turns Into A Bumbling Mess When Asked About the "Science" For Denying Vaccinated Americans Travel.  During an interview with CNN host John Berman, President Joe Biden's chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci couldn't answer how it is "science" to deny Americans the right to travel even after they have been vaccinated.  "We know from the Biden administration that they say it will make its decisions based on science.  What's the science behind not saying it's safe for people who have been vaccinated, received two doses, to travel?" Berman started.  Fauci danced around the question as he offered zero "science" in his explanation, saying the CDC is "heading in that direction."  He did oddly point out that CDC Director Rochelle Walensky's released a report stating that "fully vaccinated" people could meet indoors without masks.  "That was the first in a multi-step process that they are going to be rolling out," Fauci said.

Sheila Jackson Lee:  Texans Who Go Maskless Face 'Destiny of Death'.  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) on Wednesday declared Texans who do not wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic face "a destiny of death."  "Do not have a 'remove mask' party tonight, because you will be walking into a destiny of death," Jackson Lee said during a speech on House of Representative floor.  [Tweet with video clip]  Jackson Lee's warning coincides with Texas lifting its mandatory mask restriction across the state.

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Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, unfortunately, really does represent a lot of poorly-educated people in Houston who place their trust and faith in the government, in the news media, and in face masks.  If Covid-19 was anywhere near as deadly and as contagious as the government and the news media would have had us believe a year ago, the face masks most people wear wouldn't do any good, especially when they are worn in such a manner that they are obviously useless.  But perhaps unlike some of her constituents, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee appears to have learned nothing in the last year, beyond what she was told at the outset of the Coronavirus panic.  The rest of us now know that business shutdowns, school closings, and mandatory masks do more harm than good.

The nursing home scandal is bigger than just Cuomo.  It's convenient for Democrats that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's scandal has shifted from him sentencing more than 15,000 seniors to death by allowing COVID-19 patients access to nursing homes to "Me-too" allegations.  Convenient because Democratic governors in Michigan, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania followed the same disastrous coronavirus practices in their nursing homes and would more likely be held accountable by their constituents if it received more air-time by the national media.  Broadcast news networks ABC, CBS and NBC have spent nearly three times as much coverage on allegations from several women that Mr. Cuomo sexually harassed them in recent years than they did on his nursing home scandal, according to a new report from the Media Research Center.  The less the press focuses on the nursing homes, the more cover they provide to the likes of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.

Eli Lilly's combination antibody drug cuts the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and death by 87%, study finds.  Eli Lilly & Co says its combination antibody therapy is effective at treating mild to moderate cases of COVID-19.  The treatment, a mixture of drugs bamlanivimab and etesevimab, was developed by Indianapolis-based Lilly and the Canadian company AbCellera.  It recognizes the virus once a person is infected and attaches to it, preventing the pathogen from entering human cells, and therefore neutralizing it.

Masks Are Just Part of the Socialists' Uniform.  This whole "masks don't seem to be having much effect, but wear them anyway" bureaucratic calculus may seem like a frivolous controversy to Americans preoccupied with the pandemic, but for Americans who are equally worried about the State's steady encroachment into the lives of families, mask mandates are the worst kind of noxious administrative abuse — another iteration of government coercion that constricts a person's freedom while accomplishing next to nothing.  It's government rule-making for the sake of rule-making whose chief purpose is to demonstrate that it is the government's job to command and each citizen's duty to readily obey.  Mask mandates are the perfect metaphor for a government that demands obedience:  Mask mandates are reminiscent of Barack Obama's belief that wealthy Americans should be taxed at higher rates, even if the imposition of those new taxes produces no net benefit for the federal treasury. [...] In the same way, our American mask mandates are not really about reducing the spread of disease or "following the science," but rather about insisting that individual Americans prove through their attire that they take COVID-19 seriously, even if masks do nothing about it.

Doctors Starting to Offer Louder Dissents to the CDC's Recent Decisions.  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are not having a great week.  First, in USA Today, a group of doctors is accusing the CDC of misinterpreting their research and using it to downplay the need to reopen schools, contending the CDC guidance on reopening schools is an "example of fears influencing and resulting in misinterpretation of science and harmful policy." [...] Second, the airline industry argues that the CDC guidelines for vaccinated people issued this week make no sense because they still discourage vaccinated people from traveling.  Unvaccinated people are traveling while wearing masks now; why would it be considered particularly risky for vaccinated people to do the same while wearing masks on airplanes, etc.?  Third, Dr. Leana Wen — the former health commissioner of Baltimore and short-lived head of Planned Parenthood — writes in the Washington Post that the recently issued guidelines "are too timid and too limited, and they fail to tie reopening guidance with vaccination status.  As a result, the CDC missed a critical opportunity to incentivize Americans to be vaccinated."

So Much For Bringing Dogs Back To The White House.  When I covered the White House for The Washington Times during the George W. Bush administration, I used to play a game with then-Press Secretary Dana Perino, now a Fox News host.  The game was simple:  One of us would send the other an email that said, "Can you imagine if W. had ___."  You could fill in the blank with anything that the Democrats were currently getting away with in the milquetoast U.S. media.  The game, of course, can still be played today, just with different players.  Take former President Donald Trump.  He said in March 2020 that masks weren't needed to combat COVID-19.  That's exactly what the nation's top immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci was saying at the time.  "There's no reason to be walking around with a mask.  When you're in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it's not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is," the doctor said on CBS News.

Whistleblower: Biden's FAA Forcing Air Traffic Controllers to Wear Masks While Speaking to Pilots, Causing Serious Read-Back Errors.  An Air traffic controller is ringing alarm bells about the Biden administration's mask mandates, warning that the face coverings are creating a serious safety hazard.  Investigative journalist Alex Berenson reported on Twitter that he received an "urgent warning" from an air traffic controller who works at a major Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  The whistleblower told Berenson that the FAA issued a guidance about a month ago requiring controllers to "wear masks at all times" while at work and in position, and warned that the directive could have devastating consequences for airline passengers and pilots.  Prior to this, he said, most controllers took off masks while speaking directly with pilots.  "For context, our headsets use a boom microphone that adjusts to fit somewhere an inch or two away from our face.  It has created an issue where we get a lot more read-back errors from pilots on instructions because they can't hear us clearly over the radio," he explained.  "A bad readback or failure to even copy can cause a lot of problems when we're busy because we use up more time to correct them," he continued.  "Worst case scenario is a pilot thinks we say something, reads it back wrong, and it results in disaster because we can't correct them before we lose them on radios."

Things that don't make sense, except to Democrats.  [Scroll down]  Now that cases, deaths, and hospitalizations are declining rapidly we see fewer stories.  They have to get the $1.9 Trillion leftist slush fund passed before the public is allowed to learn the truth.  I also am seeing frequent reporting complaining that not as many people are getting tested.  The media, bureaucrats and other Democrats should be cheering that fewer people are scared and fewer people feel the need to get tested but they are complaining.  The cheers should be very loud because even with fewer people testing, the positivity rate has dropped rapidly.  It's as if the media and other Democrats would rather keep destroying the economy and children instead of getting schools and businesses open.  The cheerleading and campaigning for Democrats is what reporters do.  How is that valuable to the American people?

It's time to move forward, Illinois.  According to the Illinois Department of Health, COVID hospitalizations on March 3, 2021, Illinois had 1200 statewide COVID hospitalizations out of a staffed hospital bed capacity of 31,313 and 1,779 new COVID cases.  Overall inpatient hospital beds are 69.8% occupied.  For comparative purposes, the average hospital's inpatient bed occupancy rate in August 2017 (pre-COVID) was 65.4% (Becker's Hospital Review).  When Governor Pritzker issued his executive order April 30, 2020, there were 4,906 COVID hospitalizations in Illinois and 2,563 new cases.  The worst COVID new case day for Illinois occurred November 15, 2020 when there were 10,636 new cases.  The worst COVID hospitalization day was November 22, 2020 when there were 6,171 hospitalizations and there were 9,373 open hospital beds.  On our worst day, our hospitals were not overwhelmed.  Additionally, on April 30, 2020 there were 141 COVID deaths and on March 4, 2020 there were 42 COVID deaths.  In 2019, there were 108,937 deaths in Illinois (all causes) and nationally, there were 2,845,793 deaths.

Censored: National Vaccine Information Center.  A highly-rated nonprofit vaccine safety charity has been censored by Facebook on behalf of pharmaceutical industry interests in a purge of vaccine safety information.  The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) had maintained a Facebook page since 2008.  The organization was started 39-years ago.  Co-founder and president is Barbara Loe Fisher.  Fisher became a vaccine safety advocate after her two-and-a-half-year-old son suffered a severe neurological reaction to DPT vaccine in 1980.  He was left with multiple learning disabilities that required him to remain in a special education classroom throughout his public school education.  Far from a fringe group, as propagandists try to convince the public, Fisher has provided consumers with crucial vaccine safety information for decades and served as an appointed member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the National Vaccine Advisory Committee as part of the Vaccine Safety Writing Group, on the agency's Vaccine Policy Analysis Collaborative, on the Blue Ribbon Panel on Vaccine Safety, and Chair of the Subcommittee on Vaccine Adverse Events.

New scientific study finds "no evidence" that stay-at-home orders reduced COVID-19 deaths.  A significant scientific study published by Nature found that the imposition of "stay-at-home" orders issued by governments attempting to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 was an ineffective strategy. [...] The study contradicts the conventional wisdom promoted by the World Health Organization, governmental entities, and the leadership of social media platforms who have limited or censored contrary views.  The results, released Friday [3/5/2021], also come at the same time a recent CDC report found that face masks mandates reduce the spread of COVID-19 by less than 2%.

Wyoming Gov. Gordon lifts mask mandate, rolls back coronavirus restrictions.  Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced on Monday that the state would be lifting its state-wide mask mandate as well as some other Covid-19 economic restrictions.  The new order lifting restrictions will allow a number of business categories — including bars, restaurants, gyms and movie theaters — to "resume normal operations" on March 16.  Gordon, a Republican, cited the "declining number of active COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations" in Wyoming as well as the state's "significant success" in a vaccine rollout as reasons behind the easing of restrictions.

In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab.  No One Listened.  On January 15, in its last days, President Donald Trump's State Department put out a statement with serious claims about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.  The statement said the U.S. intelligence community had evidence that several researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory were sick with Covid-like symptoms in autumn 2019 — implying the Chinese government had hidden crucial information about the outbreak for months — and that the WIV lab, despite "presenting itself as a civilian institution," was conducting secret research projects with the Chinese military.  The State Department alleged a Chinese government cover-up and asserted that "Beijing continues today to withhold vital information that scientists need to protect the world from this deadly virus, and the next one."  The exact origin of the new coronavirus remains a mystery to this day, but the search for answers is not just about assigning blame.  Unless the source is located, the true path of the virus can't be traced, and scientists can't properly study the best ways to prevent future outbreaks.

Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford Doctor, Calls Lockdowns the 'Biggest Public Health Mistake We've Ever Made'.  Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor at Stanford University Medical School, recently said that COVID-19 lockdowns are the "biggest public health mistake we've ever made...  The harm to people is catastrophic."  Several U.S. states have started to ease their COVID-19 restrictions over the past few weeks.  Bhattacharya, who made the comments during an interview with the Daily Clout, co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, a petition that calls for the end of COVID-19 lockdowns, claiming that they are "producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health."

Larry Hogan lifts many Maryland COVID restrictions, leaves mask mandate in place.  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced that the state will lift many of its coronavirus-related restrictions on indoor capacity of restaurants and businesses, travel limits and more, while leaving place the state's mask mandate.  Maryland will also continue to impose a capacity limit of 50% on large venues like stadiums, and diners will be required to be seated and distanced to be served.  But the state is removing large amount of its pandemic-related rules after virus numbers in the state dropped precipitously from their peaks between November and January.  The pandemic is "far from over," Hogan said.  But improvements in vaccines and health metrics "have enabled us to continue to follow the science and to be able today to take significant steps to further ease more of the mitigation measures that are currently in place," he added.

The CDC's New 'Rules' Will Have You Pulling Your Hair Out.  I bring good news.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new 'rules' for those who have received one of the coronavirus vaccines.  You'll be excited to know that you can enjoy "limited" freedom, according to CNN.  [Tweet]  The framing here is just incredible.  A mainline news outlet is presenting the CDC as the arbiter of freedom without even a second thought about questioning whether these guidelines even make any sense.  This is, of course, a stark turnaround from the conspiracy-mongering from CNN about the CDC that went on under President Trump.  With Biden in charge, though, we are expected to treat the CDC as sacrosanct.

Yes, Johnson & Johnson used aborted fetal cells in its creation of the COVID-19 vaccine.  Was the Johnson & Johnson vaccine developed from aborted fetal cell lines?  It is a question many of you have asked the VERIFY team after the Catholic church issued a statement warning Catholics that the shot is "morally compromised".  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Committee on Pro-life Activities posted a statement online and social media.  It said, in part, "The Johnson & Johnson vaccine ... was tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines raising ... moral concerns.  Therefore, if one has the ability to choose a vaccine, Pfizer or Moderna's vaccines should be chosen over Johnson & Johnson."

The CDC Is About To Be Canceled By Google & Facebook For COVID Heresy.  According to the CDC's analysis, between March 1 and December 31 last year, statewide mask mandates were in effect in 2,313 of the 3,142 counties in the United States.  And, looking at the county-by-county data, the CDC concludes that mask mandates were associated with an average 1.32% decrease in the growth rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths during the first 100 days after the mask policy was implemented.  Wait, what?  Only 1.32%?  You read that correctly, they didn't misplace the decimal:  according to the federal government agency that is responsible for managing the COVID-1984 pandemic, the difference between mask mandates and no mask mandate is literally just a 1.32% difference.  And bear in mind, it's entirely possible that the real figure is even lower than that, given all the questionable COVID statistics.  For example, the CDC reports that influenza cases in the United States have dropped to almost zero in the 2020-2021 flu season, down from 56 MILLION the previous year.  It's amazing they expect anyone to take this data seriously.  Are we honestly supposed to believe that the flu has been eradicated?

The Media's Miserable Record on Getting It Right.  [Scroll down]  A mask mandate may mitigate the death toll in a state, but not by much.  The state that ranks the worst in COVID deaths per million residents is New Jersey, with 2,654, as of this writing.  New Jersey was the first state to require masks at all businesses starting April 10, 2020, and outdoors in circumstances where social distancing is not possible since July 8, 2020.  More than 90 percent of the state's 23,557 deaths occurred since the former mandate was implemented.  The second state to enact a mask order was New York, which enacted a mask requirement April 15, 2020, and that state ranks second worst in COVID deaths per million residents, at 2,497.  The states that rank at the bottom in deaths per million residents are Hawaii (mask requirement), Vermont (mask requirement), and Alaska (no mask requirement).

Study:  Projected Deaths of Despair from COVID-19.  More Americans could lose their lives to deaths of despair, deaths due to drug, alcohol, and suicide, if we do not do something immediately.  Deaths of despair have been on the rise for the last decade, and in the context of COVID-19, deaths of despair should be seen as the epidemic within the pandemic.  The goal of this report is to predict what deaths of despair we might see based on three assumptions during COVID-19:  economic recovery, relationship between deaths of despair and unemployment, and geography.  Across nine different scenarios, additional deaths of despair range from 27,644 (quick recovery, smallest impact of unemployment on deaths of despair) to 154,037 (slow recovery, greatest impact of unemployment on deaths of despair), with somewhere in the middle being around 68,000.  However, these data are predictions.  We can prevent these deaths by taking meaningful and comprehensive action as a nation.

Report: The progress of the COVID-19 epidemic in Sweden.  I thought it was time for an update of my original analysis of 28 June 2020.  As I wrote then, the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden is of great interest, as it is one of very few advanced nations where no lockdown order that heavily restricted people's movements and other basic freedoms was imposed.  Unfortunately, some of the comment on how the COVID-19 epidemic has developed in Sweden has been ill-informed.  Indeed, a shadowy group of academics, opinion leaders, researchers and others who are upset about Sweden's strategy and are actively seeking to influence it has been unmasked.  They have been coordinating efforts to criticize media coverage of Sweden's strategy and to damage both the image of Sweden abroad and the reputation of individuals who work in this field.

Investigation Links Fauci to Experiments That May Have Led to Pandemic.  Fox News investigation says there's "reasonable grounds to suspect" that SARS-CoV-2, which may have leaked accidentally from a lab in Wuhan, China, was the product of taxpayer-funded gain-of-function experiments commissioned by the U.S. government and overseen by Fauci.

Science, Politics, and COVID: Will Truth Prevail?  The COVID pandemic has been a tragedy, no doubt.  But it has exposed profound issues in America that threaten the principles of freedom and order that we Americans often take for granted.  First, I have been shocked at the unprecedented exertion of power by the government since last March — issuing unilateral decrees, ordering the closure of businesses, churches, and schools, restricting personal movement, mandating behavior, and suspending indefinitely basic freedoms.  Second, I was and remain stunned — almost frightened — at the acquiescence of the American people to such destructive, arbitrary, and wholly unscientific rules, restrictions, and mandates.  The pandemic also brought to the forefront things we have known existed and have tolerated for years:  media bias, the decline of academic freedom on campuses, the heavy hand of Big Tech, and — now more obviously than ever — the politicization of science.  Ultimately, the freedom of Americans to seek and state what they believe to be the truth is at risk.

"Second Nuremberg tribunal" to try global lockdown promoters for crimes?  Should the technocrats who pushed governments to lockdown their citizens be tried for crimes against humanity?  One prominent German lawyer, who is also licensed to practice law in America, thinks they should.  And he is organizing a team of thousands of participating lawyers who want to prosecute a "second Nuremberg tribunal" against a cadre of international elites responsible for what he calls the "corona fraud scandal."  Targeting the Davos, Switzerland-based World Economic Forum and its devotees among global political leaders, attorney Reiner Fuellmich says they are guilty of crimes against humanity for their perpetration of COVID-response policies that led to forced shutdowns, destroyed businesses, impoverished families, broken lives and a spike in suicide rates.

Georgia Governor Sues Atlanta Mayor over Mask Mandate.  Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has filed a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the Atlanta City Council challenging the city's decision to mandate masks and revert to phase one reopening guidelines.  The lawsuit calls the city's new mask requirements "void and unenforceable" and asks a judge to block Bottoms from issuing any orders or press releases imposing a mask mandate or enacting other restrictions that are stricter than the state's.

Injuries Reported to CDC After COVID Vaccines Climbs by 4,000± in 1 Week.  The latest data made public by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) on deaths and injuries reported after COVID vaccines are in line with trends that have been emerging since the first data were released in December.  Between Dec. 14, 2020 and Feb. 18, 2021, 19,907 reports of adverse events have been reported to VAERS, including 1,095 deaths and 3,767 serious injuries.  About a third of the deaths reported occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, and 48% of the people who died became ill within 48 hours of being vaccinated.

Experimental Gene Therapy Should Not Be Called A Vaccine.  Vaccine makers rarely use inert placebos (such as a saline shot), which is the gold standard for drug trials.  Instead, they typically assess the safety of a new vaccine against another vaccine.  This hides side effects, as most vaccines have side effects and risks.

Catholic bishops caution that J&J COVID vaccine is morally wrong.  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging people to seek alternatives to coronavirus vaccines produced by Janssen, a company of Johnson & Johnson, arguing that the product raises additional moral concerns through its connection to aborted fetal cells.  In a press release Tuesday [3/2/2021], Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades said that people should instead take Pfizer's or Moderna's vaccines if possible.  "[I]f one can choose among equally safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, the vaccine with the least connection to abortion-derived cell lines should be chosen," the statement from Rhoades reads.  "Therefore, if one has the ability to choose a vaccine, Pfizer or Moderna's vaccines should be chosen over Johnson & Johnson's."  On Friday, the Archdiocese of New Orleans released a similar statement warning that "the latest vaccine from Janssen/Johnson & Johnson is morally compromised."

Covid-19 vaccines explained
Study: Why current COVID-19 vaccines not be used for mass vaccination.  The bottom-line is that I don't see how mass vaccination campaigns would not lead to a disastrous aggravation of the Covid-19 pandemic.  However, no one else seems to realize; instead, vaccinologists, clinicians and scientists are merely focusing on the (positive) short-term results and impact at an individual level.  Nobody seems to be looking at the consequences and risk at a human population level (which, according to my understanding, will become manifest quite soon).  Why is nobody worried about 'immune escape' whereas Covid-19 has already escaped people's innate immunity as reflected by multiple emerging, much more infectious, viral variants (most likely due to the global implementation of infection prevention measures)?  Vaccine deployment in the ongoing mass immunization campaigns are highly likely to further enhance (adaptive) immune escapeas none of the current vaccines will prevent replication/transmission of viral variants.


The Smug Arrogance Of The 'Science' Crowd.  Last summer, fed up with Democrats' claim that theirs is the "Party of Science," we pointed out that it is in reality the Party of Science Fiction.  We hope others have had their fill, too, and public opinion will force the Democrats to grow up.  "Science" is never invoked by the political left to illuminate, educate, or guide.  It's used to terminate discussion, to shut down debate.  It's employed in exactly the same way "racist" has been used for decades.  Not as a legitimate charge but a bomb thrown into a conversation in an effort to "other" the person or persons the smear is directed toward.  It's a means closing off further dialogue, a bully's tactic. [...] It's a convenient — and shallow — way of showing the rest of us that they're intellectually and morally superior.

Neanderthal Thinking Is Good for Public Health.  hen the Republican governors of Texas and Mississippi announced that they planned to lift their statewide COVID-19 restrictions, including mask mandates, President Biden accused them of "Neanderthal thinking." Yet, despite the president's repeated assurances that his coronavirus policies would "follow the science," it's clear that neither he nor his advisers have bothered to compare the mortality statistics of states with stringent mask mandates to those with no statewide mandates.  As it happens, the average number of COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 residents in the knuckle-dragger states is about half that of those whose governors still impose strict mask mandates, according to statistics provided by the New York Times.  In the 34 states whose hapless citizens still endure stringent mask mandates, the average number of COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 residents is 308.  In the 16 states run by "Neanderthals," the average death rate per 100,000 residents is 156.

Biden cancels visit to vaccine manufacturer after scathing report.  President Biden scrapped a Wednesday [3/10/2021] trip to a vaccine manufacturer after a scathing report said the firm's lobbying left the federal medical supplies stockpile unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic.  Biden was scheduled to visit a Baltimore facility run by Emergent BioSolutions, but he canceled the trip following the Sunday report.  "We just felt [the White House] was a more appropriate place to have the meeting," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday at her daily press briefing.  "The administration is going to undertake a comprehensive review and audit of the National Stockpile," she said.  The CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck are expected to meet with Biden to discuss the rollout of the third US-approved COVID-19 vaccine.

Whitmer Could Face Criminal Charges Over COVID Deaths, Prosecutor Says.  A county prosecutor in Michigan told a local news station Monday [3/8/2021] that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer could possibly face charges for her early handling of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic.  Peter Lucido, the Macomb County prosecutor, told WXYZ.com that he is limited in his own investigation into nursing home deaths, but if it is revealed that there was "willful neglect of office" or "reckless endangerment of a person's life," there could be criminal charges.  Lucido, a former Republican state senator, appealed to those in the state who may have lost loved ones to the virus who were in nursing homes to seek out information about the deaths.  He said HIPPAA laws prevent his office from obtaining some patient information.

Austria suspends AstraZeneca vaccine batch after death.  Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday [3/7/2021].

My respond to Focus on the Family on the vaccine.  [Video clip]

Dr. Anthony Fauci One Year Ago: 'People Should Not Be Walking Around with Masks'.  The chief medical advisor to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said masks were not necessary one year ago Monday.  His advice was overridden by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) four weeks later.  "Right now in the United States, people should not be walking around with masks...  There's no reason to be walking around with a mask."

ANYBODY can gather without masks, First Amendment says.
Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says.  Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials.  The recommendations also say that vaccinated people can come together in the same way — in a single household — with people considered at low-risk for severe disease, such as in the case of vaccinated grandparents visiting healthy children and grandchildren.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the guidance Monday [3/8/2021].

Climate and COVID: The Erosion of Common Intelligence and Common Sense.  [Scroll down]  Climate delirium has been with us for a generation and more and has been discussed and analyzed in innumerable articles and books.  The authentic literature on the subject has long been discoverable by any sentient person.  What is comparatively new on the psychogenic scene is Covid Derangement Syndrome.  The massive public accommodation to the onset of the coronavirus and the draconian measures deployed to combat it have proven to be useless and, indeed, ruinous.  Support for such oppressive measures remains high, despite the fact that public health lockdowns are unprecedented in the West and testify, as former Clinton advisor Naomi Wolf and American Institute for Economic Research senior fellow Donald Boudreaux warn, to the imminence of totalitarian rule.  These measures are instruments of political control, more suited to the police state than to a democracy.  Tucker Carlson gets it right in his February 23 [2021] segment.  Even so, the masked stream by like armies of the living dead or creepy, beaked creatures from outer space, scarcely humanoid.  It's a positive relief to see people who still have faces.  Multitudes continue to insist on virtual incarceration and the demolition of small businesses.  Studies into the effect of mrNPIs — more restrictive NonPharmaceutical Interventions, i.e., lockdowns — conducted by the prestigious European Journal of Clinical Investigation do not "find strong evidence supporting [any] additional benefit of stay-at-home orders and business closures."  These benefits, the report continues, assuming they exist, "may not match the numerous harms of these aggressive measures."  The language is careful but the findings are undeniable.

'Almost useless' COVID-19 tests on migrants dropped in Texas town find 25% infected.  A quarter of the illegal immigrants dropped off in one Texas town tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the man who runs the homeless shelter where Border Patrol agents are bringing the migrants they're catching and releasing.  Bill Reagan, director of Loaves and Fishes, the food bank and shelter in Harlingen, Texas, said more cases are likely but are not being detecting because, given the conditions, testing is "almost useless."  Mr. Reagan told a Harlingen City Commission meeting last week that the migrants are processed at the border and then bused to his facility, so they may have contracted COVID-19 but show no signs of infection.  Besides, he said, there is not much the city can do.

US officials believe Russia launched a disinformation campaign against the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to boost the status of its own:  Report.  Russian intelligence officials are attempting to cast doubt on the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.  Four publications acting as fronts for Russian intelligence are disseminating information that questions the efficacy and safety of the Pfizer vaccine, State Department officials told the Journal.  Russia is pedaling misleading information designed to make Americans question whether the US rushed the approval process for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

CU Boulder Frats Riot After Police Try To Break Up Party Over COVID Concerns, Attack Cop Cars.  Chaos erupted in Boulder's University Hill neighborhood Saturday night after a large party got out of control.  According to the Boulder Police Department, it's estimated 500 [to] 800 people gathered at the height of the riot.  "This is an unlawful assembly.  Due to riot conditions, you're ordered to leave the area immediately," a SWAT officer was heard announcing over an intercom at one point in the night.  A CU Boulder student, who did not want to be identified, told Denver7 what happened Saturday night was a result of frustration over COVID-19 restrictions.  [Video clip]

Is the pill red or blue?
COVID-19 pill effective in preliminary testing may be 'holy grail' of pandemic, Dr. Marc Siegel says.  A new possible medication to treat coronavirus-positive patients could be enough to turn the pandemic on its head, Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel revealed Sunday on "Fox & Friends Weekend."  First-stage testing of the experimental COVID-19 pill called Molnupiravir, by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, showed promising signs of effectiveness in reducing the virus in patients.  "It may be the holy grail on this because it was just studied in phase two trials and it literally stopped the virus in its tracks," he explained.  "And there wasn't any virus found in the patients that were studied."

The Coronavirus panic may have started out as a public health concern, but now it's 100 percent political.
Greyhound Lines stands up to the Biden administration.  From the start of his campaign, Biden weaponized the Wuhan virus against Trump.  Informed and intelligent people realized quickly that Trump was moving with extraordinary rapidity to get systems in place to combat the virus (masks, ventilators, temporary hospitals, etc.) and was unleashing the scientists so that they could find a vaccination for the virus.  On the other side, Fauci was saying whatever nonsense entered his head, frightening people and often stymieing Trump's efforts; the media were battling any treatment Trump supported (most notably hydroxychloroquine); and Biden, despite a 47-year record of incompetence, was promising to do everything better than Trump did.  Once in the White House, Biden and Fauci said America will be dysfunctional for months or years, that we'll be wearing masks indefinitely, and that even getting the vaccination will not return things to normal.  The administration also targeted Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis, who'd never closed his state and who ended up with slightly fewer deaths than lockdown states while keeping Florida's economy alive.

Thousands of people who visited a COVID-19 vaccination site in California received the wrong dose, report says.  Thousands of people who visited a mass-vaccination site in Oakland, California, on March 1 received the wrong dosage of the Pfizer vaccine, KTVU reported.  An estimated 4,300 people were administered less than the recommended dose while getting a shot at the Oakland Coliseum, two unnamed medical workers told the media outlet.  The optimal vaccine dosage is 0.3 milliliters of Pfizer, but thousands of people received around 0.2 milliliters, KTVU said.

Switzerland bans face coverings in narrow vote.  Voters in Switzerland narrowly voted to adopt a measure banning facial coverings in public spaces.  More than 51% of Swiss voters voted to adopt the ban, which is estimated to affect only a handful of the nation's citizens.  The new guidance, adopted five years after the measure was first proposed, forbids niqabs and burqas, religious garb often worn by Muslim women, as well as the ski masks and bandannas often worn by protesters, in public spaces such as restaurants and public transportation, according to the Associated Press.  Exemptions will be allowed for places of worship, and masks designed to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 may still be used.

Immunity Passports Bring Back Racial Segregation.  Vaccine passports aren't coming: they're already here.  And while discriminating against people based on their vaccination status is bad enough: the implications are even worse.  A vaccine passport transforms all of society into a two-tier system, but the basis for it isn't a needle, it's a set of government guidelines that were based on identity politics or 'equity'.  From the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to various state equity initiatives, some even worse than the CDC's push to prioritize people by race, the vaccine rollout was designed to put minorities at the head of the line.  These prioritizations were meant to be invisible, using disparate impact to advance groups with the right demographic skew.  The government using race to prioritize medical treatment is horrifying enough, but vaccine passports take the biased vaccine system and embed that bias into everyday areas of life.  The end result is a horrifying cross between China's social credit system and the racial segregation of the South.  Call it the equity credit system based on racial and sexual identity.

Why Cuomo Cooked the Books on Nursing-Home DeathsThey even lied about lying.  That would be a fitting epitaph for Andrew Cuomo's administration.  An epitaph could be useful to have.  We may end up needing one sooner rather than later.  The governor's top aide, Melissa DeRosa, recently confessed to state lawmakers that Cuomo had misled them about the true extent of COVID-related nursing-home deaths.  Administration officials had done this, she said, because they "froze."  They were paralyzed by the prospect that Donald Trump's Justice Department could politicize the information if it were revealed.  In admitting that the administration had lied, though, Cuomo officials were still lying.  [Paywall]

Preventing a Repeat of Disastrous Lockdown Policies.  The announcement that Texas and Mississippi are lifting their COVID lockdowns and mask mandates is welcome news. [...] Meanwhile, the CDC continues to wax hysteric and Dr. Fauci predicts that we may be wearing masks into 2022.  And, thanks to the Teachers Unions, students still aren't back in school in large parts of the country.  There are many people and institutions in the U.S. that are heavily invested in the pandemic and they won't turn on a dime.  Nonetheless, the movement in the red states may well herald the beginning of a change in some of the big blue states where the financial realities of the lockdowns are becoming impossible to ignore.  Once COVID is in the rear-view mirror, however, conservatives and libertarians — the pro-freedom forces — need to seize the narrative from the Left to make certain that policies like these never happen again.

The Rise and Fall of Andrew Cuomo.  As many as 15,000 virus deaths have now been attributed to Cuomo's March 25, 2020 policy of forcing the admission of patients who had tested positive for the China virus into nursing homes which held the most vulnerable to the virus.  The policy made no sense except as a payoff to the Greater NY Hospital Association, a major donor, (nearly $1 million in support of his 2018 election) which found the COVID patients unprofitable and wanted to make room for more lucrative patients. [...] He paid the donors off in another way, too.  Legislation which he signed on April 2, 2020 shielded the hospital and nursing home executives from any lawsuits respecting the China virus outbreak in their institutions.  The directive deliberately ignored former President Trump's provision of a hospital ship which made it to New York in record time and other quickly arranged alternative sites for treatment.  It was designed to help the donors and the Democrats fashion and enforce the notion that Trump didn't help New York, but that Cuomo was the man for the job.

There is no Covid-19, she says.  That's why the flu has completely disappeared.
Angry Nurse Rants On The Madness That Is COVID-19.  This nurse has had it was the fake news and quack science surrounding COVID-19.  [Video clip]

Ben Stein Warns About His Nightmarish Experience With The COVID Vax.  Ben Stein:  I had the COVID booster by Moderno four or five days ago and I am still feeling wild side effects from it like I have the worst flu in the world, extreme shortness of breath, dizziness, fatigue, extreme irrational thinking.  And it has just been devastating.  "It has just got to be told to the people that this booster is very, very strong.  Beware."  A word of warning from Ben Stein.  "This booster is a killer!"  [Video clip]

Columnist: COVID Numbers Vindicate Ron DeSantis.  Allysia Finley, a member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board, penned an op-ed showcasing how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' COVID policies have been vindicated. [...] There are more numbers vindicating DeSantis as well.  Bureau of Economic Analysis:  Florida's economy shrank 3.7% in the 3rd quarter of 2020 from the 4th quarter of 2019.  During that same time period, California's economy shrank 4.9% while New York's shrank 8%.  Census Bureau:  Between April 2020 and January 2021, Florida's per capita business formation was 2x higher than California's and 75% higher than New York's.  This is more evidence of the harm the lockdowns have done to the residents of states where they were imposed.

CDC Bends COVID Rules to Allow Migrant Shelters to Operate at Full Capacity.  All over the country, there are businesses, schools, and churches that are still not allowed to reopen, but it's a different story at migrant shelters.  The CDC is now bending the rules to allow these shelters to operate at full capacity.

The Editor says...
CDC rules are arbitrary and flexible, and the application of the rules is 100 percent political.

The Department of Health and Human Services is Hiring Coronavirus Quarantine Enforcement Officers.
  •   These positions are subject to permanent reassignment to another CDC Quarantine Station or duty station as the needs of the service warrant.
  •   These positions are subject to temporary assignment at any location in the United States and its territories or possessions, in foreign countries, or at sea.
  •   Selectee will be required to sign a Geographic Mobility Agreement.
  •   These positions are subject to shift work, weekend work, irregular work schedule and evening hours.  On call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, independent of shift work assignments.
  •   The incumbents will be required to wear a uniform.
  •   The incumbent must be able to qualify for unrestricted access to secure areas at U.S. ports.
  •   The incumbent must be able to obtain an official U.S. passport.
  •   The incumbent must have a valid State government-issued driver's license.
  •   The incumbent is required to be current in his/her immunizations per ACIP guidelines.  Must undergo baseline and periodic health screening procedures such as respiratory fit testing and PPD tests for tuberculosis exposure.  May be required to wear an N-95 respirator.
  •   The incumbent must be physically fit enough to work long hours and frequently travel on foot to remote gate areas in a short period of time.

The Editor says...
"Remote gate areas" — perhaps at a FEMA camp?

Why is Cuomo Being Thrown Under the COVID-Con Bus?  Less than a year ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was a darling of the left over his "leadership" in managing the COVID pandemic in his state. [...] Cuomo received an Emmy award, "In recognition of his leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic and his masterful use of television to inform and calm people around the world."  I'm sure those in nursing homes receiving a new COVID positive roommate, courtesy of Governor Cuomo, felt calmed watching his daily "I'm the governor and you're not" thuggery on television every day. [...] Did Dr Fauci not know about Cuomo sending COVID infected patients into nursing homes?  And then covered it up?  While a hospital ship and several makeshift hospitals in New York City sat nearly empty?  Was Fauci unaware or part of the slaughter and coverup?

Famed NYC restaurants opening in Miami due to lax COVID-19 restrictions have seen business 'boom' with three-month-long wait lists.  Famed New York City restaurants that have opened up in Miami despite the COVID-19 pandemic are reaping the benefits of lesser restrictions with business said to be 'booming' and overflowing with patrons and reservations.  While the once thriving hospitality scene in NYC has been largely been crippled due to the state's strict COVID-19 measures, some restaurant owners say Miami has opened up new opportunities to expand and survive amid the pandemic.  NYC's high-end sushi chain Kissaki is among the latest to open in Miami, with restaurateur and owner Garry Kafner preparing to open two new locations this year.

Some Covid Links.  Even the New York Times is now reporting that New York strongman Andrew Cuomo and his henchmen intentionally covered up the number of deaths from Covid-19 that occurred in that state's nursing homes.  A slice:  ["]The central role played by the governor's top aides reflected the lengths to which Mr. Cuomo has gone in the middle of a deadly pandemic to control data, brush aside public health expertise and bolster his position as a national leader in the fight against the coronavirus.["]

A Fourth State is Now Announcing That It Will Be 'Reopening' 100% and Ending Lockdowns — Arizona.  The Great State of Arizona is putting an end to the coronavirus lockdowns and reopening its state for business.  The state's governor, Doug Ducey, stated that Arizona will reopen all businesses at 100 percent capacity.  "We've learned a lot over the past year," Ducey said in a statement.  "Our businesses have done an excellent job at responding to this pandemic in a safe and responsible way.  We will always admire the sacrifice they and their employees have made and their vigilance to protect against the virus."  "We withstood the calls from the extremes on both sides, and we will continue to ignore them," he added.  "We always knew that fighting this virus would be dependent on the personal responsibility of everyday Arizonans."

AZ Sheriff: 'Would Love to Hear Dr. Fauci' on COVID Risk from Border.  On Friday's [3/5/2021] broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends," Cochise County, AZ Sheriff Mark Dannels (R) stated that the Biden administration's immigration policy "goes against the grain of the CDC.  I would love to hear Dr. Fauci."  And that people entering the U.S. are "being released without being tested into communities."  [Video clip]

West Virginia to lift indoor limits at bars, most businesses.  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice ordered to loosen pandemic restrictions on Friday at restaurants, bars and most businesses to allow full capacity at those establishments where social distancing is possible.  The state's mask mandate will remain in effect.  Full capacity will be allowed at small business and retail stores and gyms and museums.  Justice said standing room to congregate will not be allowed in places such as bars.

Why we shouldn't worry about Covid super strains.  Should we worry about new Covid variants?  Much has been made in recent weeks about the potential for new Covid strains to arise, and the danger of a new super variant bypassing all our vaccines and bodies' existing defences to cause another global pandemic even worse than this one.  But while I would say that this is not impossible and could happen, it would be very unusual if this took place.  We know from previous epidemics what happens when a population encounters a new virus.  When Europeans first discovered South America, the viral infections they imported — measles, chickenpox, smallpox, influenza — killed more of the indigenous people than any of the related wars taking place.  But over time, people (particularly during childhood) gradually acquire a certain level of immunity, resulting in improved survival when later exposed to these viruses.  Smallpox has now been eradicated and immunity to measles and chickenpox is very stable and generally lasts for life.

Andrew Cuomo blamed The Post — but HE was the liar and a fraud.  On July 24, 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was asked about criticism of his handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes.  His response:  "I believe it is a political issue.  I think it's the New York Post, I think it's Michael Goodwin, I think it's Bob McManus, I think it's Fox TV.  I think it is all politically motivated.  If anybody looked at the facts, they would know that it was wholly absurd on its face.  People died in nursing homes.  That's very unfortunate.  Just on the top line, we are number 35th in the nation in percentage of deaths in nursing homes.  Go talk to 34 other states first.  Go talk to the Republican states now.  Florida, Texas, Arizona.  Ask them what is happening in nursing homes.  It's all politics."  We now know that New York scored as 35th in the nation only because Cuomo was engaged in a criminal coverup to hide the true numbers.

Japan Supercomputer Finds Double-Masking Doesn't Work.  Last month, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to the president and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, initially said, "there's no data that indicates that that is going to make a difference."  He then flip-flopped, saying that the CDC is investigating "whether two masks may be better than one" and added that "it makes common sense"... and added that the reason they have not recommended it until now is that "they are a science-based organization."  Fauci then added, unscientifically, "if one mask serves as a physical barrier, it makes common sense, and certainly can't hurt and might help to wear two masks."  This week, California Governor Gavin Newsom also doubled-down (literally) on double making following Texas and Mississippi actions to go maskless.

Wearing two masks does little to prevent viral spread of COVID-19, new study shows.  Wearing two masks delivers little additional benefit in blocking the viral spread of COVID-19 compared with one properly fitted mask, according to Japanese supercomputer simulations.  Using a single, good-fitting surgical-type mask, made of non-woven material, provides 85% effectiveness in blocking particles, Reuters reported.  But adding a second polyurethane mask on top of the first one increased effectiveness to just 89%.  And wearing two non-woven masks doesn't work, either, because air resistance within them forces air to leak out round the edges.  "The performance of double masking simply does not add up," wrote the researchers, led by Makoto Tsubokura.  "Researchers used the Fugaku supercomputer to model the flow of virus particles from people wearing different types and combinations of masks, according to a study released on Thursday by research giant Riken and Kobe University," Reuters wrote.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Quietly Changes Definition of 'Vaccine' to Include COVID-19 mRNA Injection.  Merriam-Webster dictionary has quietly changed the definition of the term 'vaccine' to include components of the COVID-19 mRNA injection.  The definition of vaccine was specifically changed due to the COVID-19 injection.

Connecticut dramatically rolls back COVID restrictions, allowing full indoor dining, increased entertainment and sports capacity; travel ban lifted.  Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday [3/4/2021] announced that he will soon roll out an expansive reopening plan for Connecticut, including allowing restaurants to operate at full capacity, loosening rules on sports and entertainment venues and lifting the travel ban.  Most of the changes will go into effect on March 19, with several more coming down the line over the following two weeks.  The decision comes as President Joe Biden warns states not to move fast on reopening.  Lamont said the decision was a result of Connecticut's dropping COVID-19 metrics.

One Governor Is Standing in the Way of Opening Schools.  "I am a Democrat.  He's the governor, and a Democratic governor."  And with that explanation, North Carolina state senator Paul Lowe cast the deciding vote to sustain Governor Roy Cooper's veto of a bipartisan bill offering in-person learning for kids.  Seldom does a politician so openly declare a preference for party over parents, but honesty is a nice change of pace for elected Democrats in the Tar Heel State.

Gov. Doug Ducey lifts restrictions on occupancy at Arizona businesses.  Citing expanded vaccine availability and declining COVID-19 case numbers, Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday [3/5/2021] announced he would relax emergency restrictions previously placed on businesses.  While mask and physical distancing requirements will not change, businesses including bars, restaurants, gyms, theaters and water parks can now operate at full capacity.

Virus experts demand new probe into origins of COVID-19.  An international group of virus experts on Thursday called for a new "full and unrestricted" international forensic probe of the emergence of the coronavirus, expressing concern over China's dissembling and lack of transparency on the origins of the pandemic.  The scientists' call for a new inquiry comes after a probe by a World Health Organization team of experts into the virus's origin produced what critics said was an incomplete and questionable report after a recent visit to China.  "Finding the origins of SARS-CoV-2 is critically important to both better addressing the current pandemic and reducing the risks of future ones," the group of 26 noted virologists, epidemiologists and other medical specialists stated in an open letter posted online.  "Unfortunately, well over a year after the initial outbreak the origins of the pandemic remain unknown," they added.

Cuomo's Aides Massively Undercounted COVID Nursing Home Deaths in Report:  WSJ.  Aides to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo altered a public report on COVID-19 nursing home deaths so that the fatality numbers excluded a huge number of those who died in hospitals, The Wall Street Journal reports.  Sources cited by the Journal said Cuomo's advisers convinced health officials to limit the death toll to those who had died of the virus in long-term nursing home facilities, excluding all of those who fell sick in such facilities but later passed away in hospitals.  The July report consequently showed that only 6,432 nursing home patients died, a figure that represented a massive undercount.  The actual death toll is more than 15,000.  Melissa DeRosa, Cuomo's top aide, had previously admitted to lawmakers that the state withheld COVID-19 nursing home death numbers so that the tally could not "be used against us."  The governor has been under mounting scrutiny over the state's nursing home deaths in light of his July 2020 decision to direct nursing homes to accept coronavirus-positive patients after their discharge from hospital.

Impeach Him:  Cuomo Staffers Altered COVID Nursing Home Death Count in Reports.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing a series of sexual harassment allegations, but let's not take our eye off the other scandal.  He covered up thousands of COVID deaths to make himself look better.  Yes, his top aides said they feared a federal investigation under the Trump administration, but that's weak sauce.  That's not an excuse.  We all see why Cuomo undercounted the number of COVID deaths in nursing homes.  He signed an executive order that forced these facilities to admit COVID-positive patients.  He was on television looking like a COVID response ace.  In reality, he was an incompetent moron who was killing New York's elderly by the fistful.  He won an Emmy for his pressers.  He wrote a book about how awesome he was; the media establishment adored him.  He was a beacon of leadership amid this pandemic, boasting that incompetence is what caused unnecessary COVID deaths.  He should look in the mirror.

More about Governor Andrew Cuomo.

'Neanderthal' Governors Outscore Biden On The COVID Science.  resident Joe Biden wasn't too happy when Texas and Mississippi decided to reopen their economies and liberate their people from statewide mask mandates, calling it "Neanderthal thinking."  But wait a minute, who's following the science here, and who isn't?  While Biden is clearly in love with the idea of the government forcing Americans to wear masks and keeping heavy restrictions on businesses, the science is piling up showing that these measures are not very effective, if they are at all.  One Swiss group, for example, found 10 studies challenging the effectiveness of masks.  One is a Danish review that compared a control group that followed social distancing guidelines but didn't wear masks, while another group wore high-quality surgical masks.  It found no statistically significant difference between the two groups.

Obesity [is] a driving factor in COVID-19 deaths, global report finds.  The majority of global COVID-19 deaths have been in countries where many people are obese, with coronavirus fatality rates 10 times higher in nations where at least 50% of adults are overweight, a global study found on Thursday [3/4/2021].  The report, which described a "dramatic" correlation between countries' COVID-19 death and obesity rates, found that 90% or 2.2 million of the 2.5 million deaths from the pandemic disease so far were in countries with high levels of obesity.  The study analysed the COVID-19 death figures from Johns Hopkins University in the United States and the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory data on obesity.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson forces Senate to read all 628 pages of Biden's COVID bill aloud.  Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., forced the Senate to begin reading all 628 pages of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID bill aloud on the Senate floor Thursday, further delaying a vote on the legislation Democrats hope to make law by next week.  Johnson said his tactic was about "educating" the American public on what was in the $1.9 trillion package, which he has derided as full of provisions unrelated to COVID relief.  The entire process could take at least 10 hours.

Dr. Fauci Rips Texas Governor For Reopening Businesses, Ending Mask Mandate.  The authoritarians are panicking over the loss of their control.  Florida, Texas, Mississippi and several other states in the union are open for business at full capacity with zero mask mandates. [...] But the DC establishment and Democrat tyrants don't want to lose their newfound power.  Dr. Fauci ripped Texas for reopening at full capacity and ending the unconstitutional mask mandate.  "It just is inexplicable why you would want to pull back now," Fauci said.   UHVsbGluZyBiYWNrIGlzIHdoYXQgRmF1Y2kncyBmYXRoZXIgc2hvdWxkIGhhdmUgZG9uZS4=

COVID Restrictions Are Being Lifted in These States.  Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout, several states have pulled back on some safety measures.  The most recent addition to this list is Texas, the largest state so far to lift its mask mandate.

Biden Prioritizing Texas Allowing Personal Choice over People Bringing COVID Across Border.  On Wednesday's [3/3/2021] broadcast of the Fox Business Network's "Making Money," Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) reacted to President Joe Biden's criticism of Texas for lifting its mask mandate by stating Biden is "prioritizing whether or not a Texan can make that decision" to wear a mask over border security, "when we have thousands of migrants coming across the border, some are bringing the disease with them."  Gooden said, "The governor did not come out yesterday and ban masks.  He just eliminated the mandate to wear them.  If you want to wear a mask, you can wear a mask. [...]"

Biden Mocks Texas, Mississippi for Lifting Mask Mandates: 'Neanderthal Thinking'.  President Biden criticized decisions by the governors of Mississippi and Texas to lift their state's mask mandate as "neanderthal thinking" during a talk with reporters on Wednesday [3/3/2021].  "I hope everyone has realized by now these masks make a difference.  We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease," Biden said, in comments reported by Bloomberg.  "The last thing, the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime everything's fine, take off your mask, forget it," the president added. [...] Governor Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday that he would rescind restrictions on businesses to reopen Texas "at 100 percent," and revoke the state's mask mandate by the middle of next week.  The state's daily reported coronavirus cases are far lower than their peak in mid-January, and over 13 percent of residents have received at least one vaccine shot.

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Today I went to the bank, the dry cleaning shop, the Walmart store, two other stores (with Mrs. Editor), and to a sit-down restaurant whose name you would recognize if you live in Dallas.  A few people stared at me as if I were half-dressed, but nobody said anything to me.  And the Walmart store has finally turned off the annoying Big Brother wash-your-hands announcements from the portable PA system in the parking lot.  It surprises me to see people walking around with face masks, even though there is no longer any requirement to wear them.  It is as if they are afraid to return to normal.

"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man and brave, hated and scorned.  When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
- Mark Twain                  

Joe Biden Calls Texas and Mississippi Removing Mask Mandates 'Neanderthal,' but His Fear of What Is Next Is the Real Story.  Yesterday [3/2/2021], Texas and Mississippi announced they'd had enough of the CDC-recommended precautions to stop the spread of the China virus.  We are now nearly a year into "fourteen days to flatten the curve" and "thirty days to stop the spread," and, needless to say, none of the wishcasting by the brainiacs at CDC have had any measurable impact.  In fact, the data indicates quite the opposite.  Mississippi bought into the entire draconian scheme and has one of the highest death rates in the nation.  Texas has blown off nearly all the restrictions on civil liberties and is right at the national average in Wuhan virus death rate.

China makes COVID-19 anal swabs mandatory for foreigners.  China has made anal COVID-19 swabs mandatory for all foreign travelers arriving in the country, a report said Wednesday [3/3/2021].  The government has claimed that such tests provide a higher degree of accuracy than other screening methods for the virus, the Times UK reported.  As part of the new travel requirement, there will be testing hubs in Beijing and Shanghai airports, the outlet reported.  Li Tongzeng, a respiratory disease medic, said the anal swabs are better because virus traces stay in fecal samples longer than they do in the nose or throat, state media reported.  The move comes after Japan asked China to stop performing the exams on its citizens when they enter the country because the swabs cause mental anguish.

Chinese Checkers:  Anyone Flying Into China Can Now Be Forced to Get an Anal Swab.  I've got bad news about that trip to China you've planned. [...] Travelers to the Red Dragon can now be forcibly tested for COVID — with an anal swab.

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If you're planning a recreational trip to China, Vietnam, or North Korea, have a nice time, and don't come back!

You might be a Neanderthal if ...  Joe Biden disparaged governors who are opening their economies by calling them "Neanderthals." [...] To paraphrase Jeff Foxworthy, you might be a Neanderthal if:
  ·   You believe the masks are the solution even though states and countries without the mask mandate did as well or better than the ones who had the mandate.
  ·   You believe that masks and other tyrannical mitigation rules stopped the seasonal flu this year when states and countries without the mask mandate and strict lockdowns also did not have much seasonal flu this year.
  ·   You still believe that the virus easily spreads off surfaces.
  ·   You still believe that millions of people without symptoms are actively spreading the virus.
  ·   You continue to keep schools closed while you bend over for your special interest groups.
  ·   You keep destroying small businesses while you allow yourself to be controlled by social media billionaires and while you allow large corporations to remain open. [...]
  ·   You tell citizens they can't travel and must quarantine while you let illegal aliens roam the country free with the virus.
  ·   You called governors who forced nursing homes to take in sick people to kill the vulnerable elderly "the gold standard" while chastising governors who dared give their residents freedom to stay open and not wear masks who had better results.
  ·   You might be a Neanderthal (or their sheep) if you believe and follow everything Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United Nations's WHO or the CDC say, despite all the things they have intentionally or unintentionally gotten wrong.

Why Democrats are scared.  The Democrats are proud of their ill gotten success, but they know they cheated, and they are afraid of the truth eventually being revealed.  They are consumed with pride and alarm — pride in their power, alarmed that they cannot force the probably seventy-five-plus millions of voters who support Trump to submit to their authoritarian agenda.  Their solution?  We must be forced to comply by any means necessary.  Any and all discussion or references to the fraud that so characterized the 2020 election must be censored.  And it has been censored, just as any legitimate but skeptical medical opinions about COVID and the vaccine must be censored and most certainly have been.  The alarm of the left dictates the deletion of any and all voices that do not align with the fear-mongering narrative that COVID is going to kill us all if we do not submit to their tyrannical restrictions on our freedom.  Their "narrative" is all nonsense, a ruse, part of a grand plan, the "great reset."

New York Legislature Strikes Deal To Strip Cuomo Of Emergency Pandemic Powers.  The New York Post remembered today that not long ago, when certain state legislators were accused of sexual misconduct, Cuomo himself was quick to call for them to resign rather than insist upon an investigation to determine their guilt.  I wonder how many state lawmakers who'll end up voting to strip him of his COVID powers remember those episodes and resent the double standard.  Democrats have two problems in demanding that Cuomo resign, though.  One is that what he's been accused of isn't that different from what Joe "Busy Hands" Biden has been accused of.  Cuomo's intent sounded more lascivious than Biden's did in the incidents recounted by his accusers, but then Cuomo hasn't been accused of anything as bad as what Tara Reade accused Biden of.

Cuomo's Fatal Nursing Home Order May Be Payback For Major Campaign Donations.  Campaign donations of over a million dollars from a hospital trade association may have been behind NY Gov. Cuomo's infamous nursing home order, resulting in thousands of Nursing Home deaths.  In September 2020[, i]n the Wall Street Journal, Bill Hammond reported that one trade association came up with and sold to Cuomo the idea for his March 25, 2020 order that caused the deaths of thousands of Seniors in nursing homes. [...] According to Hammond, it was the powerful GNHA that came up with and sold the idea to the Governor, which resulted in the lame-brained March 25th, order which said, "No resident shall be denied readmission or admission to a nursing home solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19.  Nursing homes are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 before admission or readmission."

Reports: New CDC Guidance Will Encourage Vaccinated Americans To Socialize In Small Groups, Without Masks.  The cynical response to this is "Who cares?  The CDC has handled the pandemic terribly.  Americans ignore their advice in other health matters, why wouldn't they ignore this too?"  I do think it matters to elite opinion, though, and elite opinion seeps down into the culture via its many levers of power.  Like I said last week, it can't be a coincidence that media coverage of family reunions is so hard to find despite the fact that more than 25 million Americans have already received both doses.  Clearly the press is hesitant to showcase the social benefits of vaccination for fear of getting ahead of the experts by encouraging people to relax pandemic precautions — even though it's safe for vaccinated people to do so.

Publix gets 1 out of 4 Florida coronavirus vaccines, which officials don't track.  State officials have shipped 70,000 COVID vaccine doses a week to Publix's central distribution hub in Lakeland in Central Florida, without knowing exactly where the shots will go, a Miami Herald analysis of state vaccine distribution data from the past five weeks and interviews with state officials found.  The grocery chain — a major financial supporter of Gov. Ron DeSantis — is the state's single-largest vaccine supplier and receives nearly a quarter of Florida's available doses without providing state officials a store-specific distribution plan ahead of time, according to Jared Moskowitz, the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the agency leading the vaccination campaign.

Turns Out WaPo Ridiculed Masks & Called Them 'Useless' in April 2020. Here's What Changed.  It seems that Anthony "I Only Lie For Your Own Good" Fauci isn't the only one who's done a total about-face on masks.  Almost 11 months ago to the day, the Washington Post ran a story citing research on the mandates adopted in various U.S. cities to combat the 1918 Spanish Flu that... well, honestly, it reads like something I might have written.  The Post portrays the donning of masks to prevent the spread of a respiratory virus as a ridiculous and thoroughly discredited practice, calling it 'useless' in their very headline!  Turns out folks called them chin sails or flu fences back then rather than face diapers.

Chait: Teachers unions and 'Zeroism'.  Today [3/3/2021] Jonathan Chait puts a name to something we've all observed over the last few months.  Teachers unions around the country have been fighting a return to classrooms and largely ignoring statements from the CDC and other experts that reopening can be done safely even without vaccinating teachers first.  The impact of distance learning on many marginal students has been shown to be a disaster but somehow that doesn't seem to matter.  Teachers in many places are unwilling to return until the risk to them is effectively zero.

Fauci's Failures Are Firing Offenses.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has impressive credentials and a lengthy tenure as a top-level government health official dating back to 1984.  But his performance during the COVID-19 pandemic has been abysmal, with politicized non-science-based edicts and frequently reversed "medical advice" that have confused and frightened Americans.  Just a week ago, Fauci made what to some was a stunning admission:  "We've done worse than most any country" in managing the outbreak, he said.  We say "stunning" because Fauci, as head of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is the official most responsible for the U.S. response.  His 2019 pay of $417,608 makes him the nation's highest paid federal official.  As a scientist, he's held in very high esteem by many, particularly those on the left, who see his sweeping powers — lockdowns, masking, social distancing — as a nifty means of social control.  It's control of 330 million people via social isolation and nonstop browbeating of those who dare to diverge from the oppressive "new normal" we all now experience on a daily basis.  The big problem has been Fauci's pronunciamentos are often nonsensical, not supported by science or contradictory.

America Will Be In Lockdown As Long As Dr. Fauci Is A God.  White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci traded barbs with South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on CBS Sunday, speaking one after the other on the flagship political program over whether aggressive endless lockdowns serve the public's best interest.  Fauci first responded to Noem, who celebrated her state's triumphant success protecting the vulnerable while its economy remained open, in direct rebuke to Fauci, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the weekend.  "We never focused on the case numbers.  Instead we kept our eye on hospital capacity.  Now Dr. Fauci, he told me that on my worst day, I'd have 10,000 patients in the hospital.  On our worst day, we had a little over 600," Noem touted at the annual gathering of grassroots conservatives.  "Now, I don't know if you agree with me, but Dr. Fauci is wrong a lot."  Fauci called the governor's remarks "unfortunate."

'It is now time to open Texas 100%:' Texas Gov. Greg Abbott reverses statewide pandemic orders.  Exactly eight months after issuing a mask mandate in most Texas counties, Gov. Greg Abbott reversed that order on Tuesday, along with most other statewide COVID-19 orders he signed last year.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made the statewide announcement Tuesday while speaking to the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce.  "Too many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities," Abbott said.  "Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills.  This must end.  It is now time to open Texas 100%."  Effective next Wednesday, all businesses regardless of classifications are allowed to open to 100% capacity, Abbott said.

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Greg Abbott came in dead last in the CPAC presidential straw poll over the weekend, and two days later,  poof!  the mask restrictions were lifted!  What an amazing coincidence!

Texas and Mississippi announce a return to the Old Normal.  March 2 was a red-letter day in America because Texas announced that all COVID restrictions are henceforth over.  Additionally, Mississippi, while it didn't go quite as far, did end mask mandates.  Individual citizens in those states can still make their own choices about masks, social distancing, and their business plans but the government is no longer riding herd on its citizens over a disease that is fading away.

Are Mask Mandates Crumbling?  For quite a few months now, my family has been living a normal life, unimpeded by covid hysteria.  Sure, it's not perfect: the restaurants are open again, but we do have to wear masks for a few seconds while walking to our table.  Also during the few moments while we walk indoors to our offices, and in grocery stores, etc.  Given that I think the science is clear, and masks do no, or virtually no, good, I eagerly await the day when we can burn them all.  Is the mask dam starting to break?  I think so.  In Iowa, Governor Kim Reynolds has lifted her state's mask mandate.  In Texas, too, Governor Abbott has said businesses can operate at full capacity, and no more masks.  In Mississippi, Governor Tate Reeves has revoked the state's mask mandate in all counties.  And I believe there are a few more who have taken similar steps, like Montana and North Dakota, joining South Dakota which never had a mask law in the first place.

Reactions to Governor Abbott lifting the mask mandate, reopening businesses.  Governor Abbott chose the 185th anniversary of Texas Independence Day to announce he is completely reopening the state and eliminating face mask mandates, too.  This action goes into effect next week, on Wednesday, March 10.  Reactions from Texans and others came swiftly and were as split as the nation is in general.  As Allahpundit pointed out yesterday, there are not a lot changes with the governor's move.  The timing is questionable.  Is this a counteraction to the CDC and others like Dr. Fauci stressing that now is no time to ease up on taking precautions against the coronavirus?  Or is it a move to distract from the other big story in Texas, that of the catastrophic power failure during the Valentine's Day winter storm?  Supporters were celebrating and opponents were full of doom and gloom.  For example, Rep. Dan Crenshaw is pleased and Beto O'Rourke flat out says Abbott is killing Texans.  There is no room for nuance here.

Handcuffed and Stripped by Welsh Police — for Eating an Ice Cream on the Beach.  A man has described how he was handcuffed, arrested and stripped in a police cell for the crime of not giving his name after being caught taking his family to their favourite Welsh beach.  [Video clip]  Radek Kotlarek moved to Wales from London with his family seven years ago for a peaceful life.  But his treatment at the weekend by Welsh police, he says, was more redolent of Nazi German or the communist era in his native Poland.

[Nearly vertical] "Slippery Slope" - Vaccine Passports Are A Technical & Ethical Minefield.  Vaccine passports are essentially certificates that link proof of vaccination to the identity of the holder, a potential silver bullet to return to our pre-Covid-19 lives.  Before the pandemic, the EU was working on plans for cross-border electronic certificates to replace the paper booklets that many travellers carry.  At this week's EU summit some leaders pressed for further steps towards coronavirus passports.  A recent Royal Society report that I led came up with 12 different criteria that would need to be satisfied to make such passports feasible.  This is a complex ecosystem that requires an understanding of everything from immunity and infection to technology, ethics and behavioural factors.  But the underlying question must be: what would a vaccine passport be used for?

Illinois smokers now prioritized for the coronavirus vaccine.  Illinois smokers are now among the priority groups eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.  As a part of the state's vaccination schedule, residents with certain high-risk medical conditions — including smoking — are now able to get shots, along with seniors and medical and essential workers.  The move to Phase 1B+ went into effect Feb. 25.  The expansion was done in order to "advance the state's goal of equitable distribution" to communities of color, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health website.

Contagious Brazil COVID-19 variant evades immunity, scientists warn.  A highly transmissible COVID-19 variant that emerged in Brazil and has now been found in at least 20 countries can re-infect people who previously recovered from the disease, scientists said on Tuesday [3/2/2021].  In a study of the mutant virus's emergence and its spread in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, the scientists said the variant — known as P.1 — has a "unique constellation of mutations" and had very rapidly become the dominant variant circulating there.

In Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves says masks will no longer be mandatory.  Just encouraged..  Gov. Tate Reeves signed a new executive order Tuesday afternoon [3/2/2021] removing all mask mandates in Mississippi, deciding to instead encourage mask-wearing rather than mandating it.  The order goes into effect at 5 p.m. Wednesday.  Mississippi wasn't the only state Tuesday changing mask requirements.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also announced removing that state's mask mandate.  Reeves' announcement on the heels of Tuesday's reported 301 new cases, and 44 COVID-19-related deaths.  But Reeves said, while he looks at daily case data, "total number of daily cases in not the end all be all."  Instead, it's the number of hospitalizations, filled ICU beds and people on ventilators that dictated his executive orders.  All three of those numbers decreased significantly last month, Reeves said, triggering his move to end county mask mandates.

There's a reason states are still locked down.  Remember how about a year ago they told us to sit tight for a few weeks so that hospitals wouldn't be overrun and then we'd be back to normal?  Heck, we even had a vaccine within eight months (thank you, President Trump, for Operation Warp Speed).  Yet here we are, a year in, and they still resist re-opening.  Why?  Because they crave the control and power they have over their "subjects."  Vote every single one of the Lockdown Politicians out next chance you get.

New Yorkers would have to flash COVID-19 passport to enter venues under new program.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday [3/2/2021] the rollout of a new pilot program in which New Yorkers would have to flash a sort of COVID-19 passport in order to enter sports arenas, theaters and other businesses as the state continues reopening efforts.  The plan is to test the "Excelsior Pass," which will use secure technology to confirm if a person has gotten vaccinated or has had a recent negative COVID-19 exam result, during events at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center, Cuomo said in a statement.  The pass was tested at Tuesday night's New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden.  Similar to an airline boarding pass, people will be able to print out their pass or save it on their phones using the Excelsior Pass's "Wallet App."  Each pass will have a secure QR code, which venues will scan using a companion app to confirm a person's health status.

Biden Says When He Thinks Things Will Get Back to Normal, It's Not Good.  It sounds like some states are well on their way to getting back to normal.  Both Texas and Mississippi today [3/2/2021] announced today [sic] they would be discontinuing all mask mandates and allowing businesses and schools to open back up.  This isn't just out of the air or haphazardly but based on dropping numbers of cases.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lifts COVID-19 mask mandate, allows businesses to open at 100%.  Gov. Greg Abbott says it's time to reopen businesses in Texas and remove the state's mask mandate.  "It is now time to open Texas 100%," Abbott said in Lubbock, joined by Lubbock business leaders at Montelongo's Mexican Restaurant.  "Everybody who wants to work should have the opportunity.  Every business that wants to be open should be open."  Abbott pointed to the state's "abundance" of personal protective equipment, testing capabilities and antibody therapeutic drugs to treat the virus as reasons why businesses can fully reopen.  He also maintained "Texans have mastered the daily habits to avoid getting COVID."

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Ends Mandatory Mask Mandate: 'Time To Open Texas 100%'.  Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, announced on Tuesday afternoon that he is signing an executive order that will lift the state's mandatory mask mandate and will do away with limits on the number of people that businesses can serve indoors effective next week.  "Too many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities," Abbott said.  "Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills.  This must end.  It is now time to open Texas 100%.  "So today, I'm issuing a new executive order that rescinds most of the earlier executive orders," Abbott said.  "Effective next Wednesday, all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%.  That includes any type of entity in Texas.  Also, I'm ending the statewide mask mandate."

Lockdowns:  Which 'Experts' Were Right?  It has now been nearly a year since "public health experts" began appearing on television talk shows insisting that, to survive COVID-19, the nation would have to pursue unprecedented mitigation policies.  They told us that our salvation required draconian measures such as school closures, stay-at-home orders, and business lockdowns.  Moreover, we were advised not to expect a fast return to our normal lives.  In early April 2020, for example, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel solemnly assured us, "We will not be able to return to normalcy until we find a vaccine....  We need to prepare ourselves for this to last 18 months or so and for the toll that it will take."  The good doctor didn't mention that, for a man of his means, "the toll that it will take" would be negligible even as it disrupted the education of millions of children, rendered their parents unemployed, and wreaked social and psychological havoc throughout society.

Gavin Newsom Snipes at Texas for Opening, Ends Up Absolutely Owned.  Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas announced this afternoon that his state will completely lift all COVID restrictions, including allowing 100% capacity in businesses while also nuking any mask mandates.  Texas has already been largely open for months, and while one could argue that Abbott is late to the party on removing the remaining limits (especially in contrast to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Gov. Kristi Noem), it's still good to see the Lone Star State doing the right thing.  It's well past time to make the jump, in my opinion, and it's become a societal and economic necessity regardless.

With These Data Points, NY Post Delivers the Kill Shot to Biden's $1.9 Trillion COVID Bill.  [Scroll down]  Dr. Marty Makary, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins, decided to do something that Dr. Anthony Fauci has refused to do which is to take a position based on the current scientific data, not the political winds.  Makary was blunt the straight-forward:  we're going to have herd immunity by the end of April.  The vaccination rate is on a trend to hit 100 million people.  Johnson & Johnson's vaccine will add a third option to supplement the supply.  And all of this is thanks to the Trump administration.  Based on the current numbers, Makary said that with an infection fatality rate of 0.23 percent and 1 in 600 Americans dying from the virus, two-thirds of the country has already contracted the disease.  We're underestimating natural immunity.  There's that other bit too, which is we've seen a drop in COVID cases over the past six weeks.  How big a drop?  Oh, it's to the tune of 77 percent.  Even in nations with these new strains, deaths and cases are going down.  Why is this news being buried?

New Zealand debates punishing 'rule-breakers' who get Covid.  Mass insanity appears to have gripped nearly the entire nation of New Zealand, which has placed its largest city, Auckland, under its fourth lockdown requiring people to stay indoors at home (aka, "house arrest"), this time because one case of Covid was discovered (a second case followed after the lockdown was announced). The nation's leader, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, is blaming the victim for presumed rule-breaking, on the theory that the spread of a virus can be completely prevented if only people obey their leaders who are imposing radical confinement rules on them.

Report: SARS Covid-2 is the 'Product of Genetic Experiments Commissioned and Funded' by Fauci's NIAID.  Fox News host Steve Hilton on Sunday [2/28/2021] shared the latest shocking findings from his months-long investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, alleging that the virus links back to U.S. commissioned research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology that was overseen by Dr. Anthony Fauci.  The host of the "The Next Revolution" told his viewers that there is reason to believe that SARS Covid-2 — which is now widely believed to have leaked from the Wuhan Lab — is the "product of genetic experiments commissioned and funded by our own government."  Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has been an influential advocate of a very controversial type of research called "Gain of Function" virus research.  The research "aims to take a virus and then manipulate its genetic code to make it stronger and more contagious.  The virus would gain new functions, hence the name," Hilton explained.  "The thinking goes, if we could engineer the most deadly viruses ourselves in lab conditions, we could better prepare for our pandemic response."

A Canadian city added a sadistic child abuse twist to its COVID response.  It's starting to look as if an unspoken side effect of the Wuhan virus is that it drives bureaucrats insane.  How else can one explain a flyer from a fairly populous municipality in central Canada telling parents to isolate their children in a room if they've been exposed to a positive classmate?  The city later apologized saying it was all a mistake but by then people had followed these abusive guidelines.  Canada's quarantine guidelines for travelers are equally subject to abuse, albeit of the financial kind.  The Toronto Sun broke the news about the sadistic guidelines that the Regional Municipality of Peel in Ontario, Canada, which is home to almost 1.4 million people, issued to parents:  ["]Peel Health has issued guidelines to parents instructing them to keep any children who have been sent home because a classmate has tested positive for COVID-19 isolated in a separate room from all other family members for 14 days.  The severe guidelines, which apply even to small children who are dismissed from child care, are being criticized by experts as harmful and not supported by science.["]

Swedish professor quits COVID-19 research amid hostility over his findings.  A Swedish professor of epidemiology has quit researching COVID-19 after facing fierce backlash over his findings that the illness poses a low threat to children — undermining the political argument that schools can't reopen.  Jonas Ludvigsson, a professor of clinical epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute, said he has lost sleep as a result of the "angry messages through social media and email" assailing his study and partly blaming him for Sweden's contrarian COVID-19 strategy, The College Fix reported.  His research focused on children aged 1 to 16 during the first wave of the pandemic last spring, including those with "laboratory-verified or clinically verified COVID-19, including patients who were admitted for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children" because it's "likely" related to the bug.

Neo-racists in state government prioritizing Blacks and Latinos for Covid vaccination.  A new wave of racism is sweeping across the country in the guise of "anti-racism" or "equity."  A better term is "neo-racism," for unlike the previous waves of state-sanctioned racism under slavery, the KKK, and Jim Crow (all of them largely at the hands of Democrats), this wave of racism claims to be about fighting racism, though, in fairness, it is also largely being implemented at the hands of Democrats. [...] Oddly, there is no mention of the widely-reported reluctance of many Black people to take a vaccine in the wake of the Tuskegee atrocity; it is all about victimology.  One of the fundamental tenets of neo-racism is that victim classes have no personal agency, no ability to affect their situation.  They are acted-upon, not actors, which is terribly dehumanizing.  But that element of racism is a major component of neo-racism.  Like the old racism, it sees certain groups as inferior.  But the neo-racists translate that into an imperative to discriminate against other groups, as if racial discrimination is a good thing if the right people (in their mind) are discriminated against.

Fauci: Just take whichever vaccine is available.  With the emergency approval of Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine having been granted by the FDA, three different pharmaceutical companies are shipping doses around the country.  But which one is right for you?  Does it make a difference which one you get?  Appearing on Meet the Press this morning, Dr. Anthony "Move the Goalposts" Fauci urged everyone to not pay attention to such piddling details and just take whichever one is being offered when you're given the chance.  The doctor said that the nation now has "three highly efficacious vaccines" available and he described them all as being "quite good."  But that doesn't explain some of the differences between them that have been explained in excruciating detail by both the government and the media.

Newsom films pro-vaccine PSA inside restaurant that's closed due to pandemic restrictions.  Via Breitbart, is it really so hard for this guy to stay out of restaurants during a pandemic?  His night out at one a few months ago might end up costing him his job.  If that's not a reason to dine in until COVID is over, I don't know what is.  This PSA was filmed at Los Amigos restaurant in Fresno.  Fresno is in California's "purple tier," per Fox News, which means indoor dining isn't allowed.  Yet there was Newsom with comedian George Lopez, firing off this PSA about vaccinations inside the building.  Fox notes that he was at Los Amigos to discuss a relief grant received by the restaurant's owners to help them weather the economic storm until restrictions are finally lifted.  Okay, but why did they need to meet indoors to do that?

2 in 3 Russians Believe Coronavirus Is a Bioweapon — Poll.  Nearly two out of three Russians believe the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus is a bioweapon created by humans, a survey by the independent Levada Center polling agency said Monday [3/1/2021].  According to Levada's results, 64% of Russian respondents said Covid-19 was artificially created as a new form of biological weapon.  That compares with 23% who said the virus emerged naturally and 13% who couldn't answer.

CDC director warns states against lifting COVID-19 restrictions.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky on Monday warned states against lifting coronavirus restrictions, pointing to the threat of variants and the "stalling" of recent declines in new cases.  "Our recent declines appear to be stalling, stalling at over 70,000 cases a day," Walensky said at a White House press briefing.  "With these new statistics, I am really worried about reports that more states are rolling back the exact public health measures we have recommended to protect people from COVID-19," she added.

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The Folly of Lockdowns Exposed in One Simple Graph.  Jeffrey Tucker and his colleagues at the American Institute of Economic Research have been working overtime exposing both the horrific costs as well as the utter lack of any compensatory benefits of the economic carnage and spirit-crushing isolation that somehow became America's go-to public health strategy against COVID-19 since this awful nightmare first began.  He's even written a book on the subject whose title aptly sums up the choice we've been facing all along:  Liberty or Lockdown.  Today on Twitter, however, Tucker posted an image compiled by a businessman named Keith Anderson that couldn't possibly better exemplify that old adage about a picture being worth a thousand words.  It's a simple bar-graph of the total number of COVID-19 fatalities each U.S. state has reported as of February 24, in ascending order, which was posted this morning at the invaluable website, Lockdown Skeptics.


Virginia to shift vaccine distribution toward Black, Latino residents ages 65 and up in next few weeks.  The Virginia Department of Health is finalizing details that would adjust how the state distributes its vaccines, giving more weight to localities with higher rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths among Black and Latino residents ages 65 and older.  The announcement comes as Virginia's seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases has been decreasing every day for more than a week straight.  It's the first time this has happened since June.  The shift away from the current population-based model will likely not go into effect for a few weeks, said Dr. Danny Avula, the state's vaccine coordinator, in a media briefing Friday [2/26/2021].  The plan is among the latest steps taken by Virginia to bake equity into its vaccination policies on the state level.

The Editor says...
In this case, "equity" is a code word for affirmative action and reparations for slavery.

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Face covering exemption cards.  [This is just a sample.]


Fauci and the Danger of Problem Solvers Who Benefit From the Problem.  One of the fundamental problems with the liberal technocracy is that it envisions tackling problems by putting experts in charge of them.  The approach [...] contains within it two flawed assumptions.  The first flawed assumption is that certified experts know how to solve problems.  The second is that they want to solve them.  Take Fauci and the pandemic.  An obscure careerist was suddenly vaulted into a cult of personality and constant television appearances.  It wasn't a unique phenomenon with the point men for the pandemic becoming celebrities in different countries.  There are Fauci masks, dolls, and action figures.  Does Fauci actually have an interest in returning to normalcy, a normalcy in which he's an obscure figure at whose whim economies, presidents, celebrities, and industries don't leap?  Obviously not. [...] Fauci's advice has been light on the science and heavy on the social elements.  And that's just how the Left likes its crises.  A crisis which can be solved using the fruits of actual science is of much less interest than a perpetual crisis that lingers as a social problem with social solutions that never work.

A culture of lies.  Almost everything you are being told to believe by the mainstream media is a lie. [...] We were told not to refer to COVID-19 as the Wuhan Flu, as that would be racist, and besides, there was absolutely no concrete evidence that it really came from China. [...] We were informed that most of our jobs really weren't "essential," whether we thought they were or not.  The response to the coronavirus pandemic, including lockdowns and social distancing, devastated small businesses from coast to coast.  Small businesses had always been the backbone of America, employing as much as 90% of its workforce, but the elites couldn't care less.

Lockdown Sceptics.  A gold mine of information about Covid-19: never-ending lockdowns, suspicious statistics, politicians as tyrants, masks, testing, treatments, hysteria.  Everything.

The Fake Covid "Pandemic" Is the Excuse for Concentration Camps.  The official narrative of 9/11 is unbelievable as it is contrary to all known science.  The official narrative of Covid relies on running the PCR test at high cycles known to produce false positives in order to produce headlines of a scary high rate of infection.  Covid deaths are magnified by ignoring co-morbidities and by counting even motorcycle deaths as Covid deaths.  In the US, financial incentives were created for hospitals to report all deaths as Covid deaths.  The flu season has been conflated with Covid and has disappeared.  It is possible that more Covid patients were killed by ventilators than by Covid and by immune systems unsupported by adequate intake of vitamins C and D and zinc.  No Covid deaths were necessary as two proven and safe treatments — HCQ and Ivermectin — were available but banned by public authorities.  Deaths were wanted in order to build fear in order for pharmaceutical companies to make billions of dollars on vaccine sales and in order for governments to impose more controls over citizens and more inhibitions of civil liberty.  In Florida there are no lockdowns, no mask mandates, no arrests of people for "non-compliance," and Floridians are not dropping dead in the streets.  Indeed, you would not know that there was a "Covid pandemic."  This indicates that the Covid pandemic is an orchestrated hoax with ulterior motives.

Enough Is Enough:  Time to Finally Follow the Science on Masks.  Recently I was "fact checked" by PolitiFact for a demo I did showing that masks don't stop the spread of aerosols.  The reporter asked for my comments and then said what his narrative required, without regard for any scientific data.  The list of CDC and Medscape information in the video description escaped his attention.  He also completely ignored the fact that Anthony Fauci has flip-flopped on masks more than a fresh-caught fish on deck.  Scientists have been very busy.  When the Wuhan Flu came to America, we were told to constantly bathe our hands in sanitizer.  Now we know that very few cases are spread by contact, so constant hand-washing isn't necessary.  That leaves droplets and aerosols.  Unfortunately, many studies use arbitrary size criteria to distinguish between them, giving us confusing answers.  A better distinction is that droplets are too heavy to stay suspended in the air, so they follow a spitball's trajectory to the floor.  Aerosols can stay suspended for hours, much like cigarette smoke.

Is Cuomo's Destruction a Dress Rehearsal for Biden?  Cuomo rocketed in popularity by providing a vivid contrast to Donald Trump during the days of dueling COVID-19 press conferences.  The media swooned over the telegenic but incompetent New York governor.  From the beginning, COVID was a tool to take down the Big Bad Orange Man.  The media now claim they didn't report on Cuomo's COVID scandals because of his "cover-up." [...] We've known since at least last May the essential facts of Cuomo's deadly policy to force nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients.  None of that mattered because the governor looked good on television.  So good that he began receiving mentions as a possible last-minute alternative to the ethically and cognitively challenged Democratic front runner, Joe Biden.  How bad was Cuomo's leadership on COVID-19?  If New York were a country, it would be second in the world for the worst per capita COVID-19 deaths with 2,442 deaths per million.

Coronavirus Fact-Check #10: Why "new cases" are plummeting.  The scary red numbers are all going down.  Check any newspaper or covid tracking website you want.  Cases.  Deaths.  Hospitalisations.  They're all going down, sharply, and have been for weeks, especially in the US and UK.  So, why would that be?  Pundits across the media world have made suggestions — from vaccines to lockdowns — but there's only one that makes any real sense.  The assumption most people would make, and would be encouraged to make by the talking heads and media experts, is that the various "vaccines" have taken effect and stopped the spread of the "virus".  Is this the case?  No, no it's not.  The decline started in mid-January, far too early for any vaccination program to have any effect. [...] Further, the drop is happening simultaneously in different countries all around the world, and not every country is vaccinating at the same rate or even using the same vaccine.  So no, the "vaccines" are not causing the drop.

What happened to the flu?  Not one case of it in the UK.  Health authorities in England announced they have not had a single case of influenza this year. [...] They want Brits in masks for life, BUT are they basing this on FACTS or assumptions?  Could there be other reasons?  Now they want the same restrictions for the flu as they have for COV. Why not colds also?  Of the 685,243 samples that have been reviewed at PHE's laboratories since the first week of January, not a single one has tested positive for influenza, the Independent reports. [...] Before we make assumptions that could be dead wrong and establish policies based on scientists guessing, we need to get the facts.  We need to know what happened to the flu and pneumonia.

If someone in your household has COVID-19, there's only a 1-in-10 chance you'll catch it too, study finds.  Just one in ten people who catch Covid pass it on to someone they live with, a study has found.  US researchers analysed data from more than 7,000 homes in Boston and found more than 25,000 people lived there between March 4 and May 17, 2020.  In this time frame 7,262 people caught Covid but they only passed it on to a further 1,809 people they lived with, a transmission rate of 10.1 percent.

Virginia giving certain minority residents preference in access to COVID vaccine.  [Scroll down]  As a potential justification for this racial preference, the news article cites a report by the CDC claiming that black and Hispanic life expectancy fell disproportionately in 2020.  But that report was based on an obvious mistake, says Professor Eugene Volokh of UCLA, a child prodigy and math whiz who started his own computer firm as a teen and graduated from college at age 15.  Prof. Volokh notes that the true fall in life expectancy last year was a statistically insignificant five days, not a year.

US Dr. Ralph Baric Was Reviewing Moderna and Dr. Fauci's Coronavirus Vaccine in December 2019.  When did Doctors Fauci and Baric find out about the China coronavirus leak in Wuhan and how did they know it?  Why was the US investigating the coronavirus vaccine before the Western world even knew about it? [...] The Moderna mRNA vaccine is now being given to people around the world.  Pfizer also has an mRNA vaccine.  Ralph Baric is a long-time coronavirus researcher with close ties with the batwoman and the Wuhan Institute of Virology as noted above in our post from April 2020.  December 12, 2019, is very early in the COVID-19 outbreak before it was reported in the West.  Baric would be a logical person to test the efficacy of an mRNA vaccine.  What this tells us is that Doctors Baric and Fauci may have been aware of what was happening in China and Fauci and Moderna were likely working on coronavirus vaccines before COVID-19 was announced in the West.  The Moderna vaccine was ready for human testing very quickly.

Warren's whistleblower bill turns Americans into government spies.  Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a new bill on February 4th, titled S268, the Whistleblower Protection Act.  It reads like something you would see in pre-war Germany in that the government encourages snitching on colleagues, possibly neighbors.  If they forget to wear masks, they could be in trouble under this law.  She's broadened the definition of a whistleblower to include the pandemic.  The virus is an excuse to push the country left.  The Act's goal:  To protect certain whistleblowers seeking to ensure accountability and oversight of the Nation's COVID-19 pandemic response, and for other purposes.

Gobbledygook Coronavirus Math Updates 2020.  Back in the middle of the Coronavirus "pandemic," we reported on the Gobbledygook Coronavirus Math we later updated this with a post entitled, Gobbledygook Coronavirus Math Updates.  The Right Wire Report has been asked to update this article again with the final data for 2020 from the CDC for the U.S. and put the new data into a meaningful perspective to see if anything has changed. [...] The analysis is first to combine the data of the recent CDC projected data and the CDC's final data to see historical trends over the past 5 years.

The Progressives are the extremists.  The Progressives' extreme loyalty and submissiveness to "all things China" are allowing for American tax dollars to continue to go to the Wuhan laboratory.  The COVID virus almost certainly came from this viral laboratory in China and thus caused the deaths of 500,000 Americans.  Progressives find it easier just to blame Trump rather than hold China responsible.  Progressives are the Blame America First party.  Progressives' extreme hatred of "all things Trump" in terms of COVID certainly caused American deaths.  Instead of New York politicians sending COVID patients to the underutilized Javitz Center, Samaritan's Purse, and USS Comfort naval ship, New York's Governor Cuomo sent them to nursing homes.  Nursing homes!  There were plenty of beds at Javitz, Samaritan's Purse, and the Comfort.  They wanted to make sure Trump got no credit for COVID relief.  This is extremely hateful, extremely stupid, extremely petty, and probably criminal.

Biden Lied And 105,334 People Died.  uring one of his presidential debates last year when about 220,000 people had died from COVID-19, Joe Biden said that "anyone who's responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America."  So should Joe be looking for another job, now that more than 100,000 have died in just the two months that he's been president?  Biden said, after all, that he had a plan on "day one" as president to tackle the disease.  He was going to move "heaven and earth" to save lives, etc., etc.  But since Jan. 20, there have been 105,334 deaths attributed to the coronavirus as of Saturday, according to the COVID Tracking Project.  That means that one-fifth of all the COVID-19 deaths have occurred just since Biden took office.  Now Biden is busy casting blame for why the disease continues to claim lives, while repeatedly lying about what he inherited from President Donald Trump in order to make his own efforts seem more heroic.

Supreme Court Again Allows Indoor Church Services, Lifts Ban.  The U.S. Supreme Court said a California county must let five churches hold indoor services, adding to a line of orders that have curbed the power of government officials as they battle the spread of the coronavirus.  The latest high court action follows a Feb. 6 order that let indoor worship services resume in most of California at 25% capacity.  The court's unsigned one-paragraph order said the outcome "is clearly dictated" by the earlier decision.  The three liberal justices — Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor — dissented.  Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose, said its ban remained valid because it was part of a broader prohibition on indoor gatherings at both religious and secular establishments.  The county's policy let facilities operate at 20% capacity for purposes other than gatherings.

World Economic Forum commits a 'Kinsley gaffe' and then deletes Twitter video revealing its real agenda.  The World Economic Forum, founded by Klaus Schwab in 1970, hosts a yearly January gathering of global corporate and political elites in Davos, Switzerland.  Annually, it draws hundreds of private jets, as attendees gather to assure the rest of us that we must tighten our belts and sacrifice our standard of living in order to reduce carbon emissions. [...] It's one thing to pontificate at meetings or in print about the types of changes that the pandemic requires, but it is another entirely to show people, approvingly, what that hoped-for world would look like.  And in a tweet released yesterday, the WEF did exactly that, via a one minute video that proclaimed, "Lockdowns are quietly improving cities around the world," heedless of the bankrupted stores and restaurants, the unemployed millions, and the unschooled and suicidal children that have been victims of the lockdown.

Previously jailed Texas salon owner speaks out at CPAC: 'It wasn't about a haircut... it's common sense'.  The Texas salon owner jailed for defying coronavirus lockdown orders spoke out at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and recounted her fight for basic freedom rights.  "It wasn't about a hair salon, it wasn't about a haircut... you could get an abortion, you could get liquor to go in Texas... but you could not get your hair cut by trained stylists who have hours and hours of sanitation training... but it just comes down to common sense," Shelley Luther, owner of Salon a La Mode in Dallas, expressed at CPAC.  [Video clip]

Why Are Stockpiles Growing While Delivery Rates Decline?  What vaccination stall, readers might ask?  It's been very apparent here in Minnesota, where appointment availability in participating pharmacies dried up early last week before the worst of the storm hit, and have yet to materialize almost a week after it passed.  I've mentioned it on Twitter the last few days; the only participating pharmacy still scheduling vaccinations is mainly-rural ThriftyWhite.  The media, however, has seemed curiously incurious about the lack of supply.  Today the Washington Post finally reports that "logistical" problems kept pharmacies and states from getting their planned distributions, and that might continue into next week.

Time to dial back the universal vaccine mania.  Dr. Sherri Tenpenny is an American osteopathic physician who is making some disturbing claims about the dangers to human health from the new vaccines being produced by companies such as Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZenica — dangers she predicts will manifest themselves over the next three to six months or so.  These mRNA vaccines contain instructions for building antibodies to the spike protein that has been identified on the surface of the COVID virus. [...] It's the nature of experimental vaccines not to know if there are long-term adverse effects.  Did the pharma companies conduct similar animal studies during the development of these new vaccines?  If the results of that 2019 experiment carry over to humans, then vaccinated individuals may suffer serious lung damage if they contract the virus a few weeks or months after having been vaccinated.

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China Gave Biden Officials 'Anal Swab Tests' in 'Error'.  The Chinese government admitted it gave officals from the Biden Administration anal COVID swab tests in "error" following complaints from Washington that the practice was undignified, according to the U.S. State Department.  "The State Department never agreed to this kind of testing and protested directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when we learned that some staff was subject to it," a State Department spokesperson told VICE World News earlier this week.  Beijing had assured Washington that the test was given "in error," adding that the mandatory test is exempt for diplomatic personnel.

The Shame of Joe Biden.  Politicians are not, in general, renowned for honesty.  Spin is universal and exaggeration goes with the territory.  But actual lying — [...] about an important public issue — is relatively uncommon.  Unless we are talking about Joe Biden.  During the campaign, Biden absurdly alleged that President Trump had mishandled the COVID epidemic, and therefore had murdered the several hundred thousand Americans who allegedly died from that disease.  The theory was that if Trump had done something differently [...] the U.S. would have been the only country on Earth with zero Wuhan deaths.  Reporters went along with Biden's fantasy.  Since his inauguration, Biden has continued his assault on his predecessor by claiming, repeatedly, that little was going on with regard to vaccinations until he took office, and that the Trump administration "had no plan" to effectuate vaccinations.  This, too, is a [...] lie.  Biden repeated it today [2/25/2021].

Gov. Greg Abbott weighing end to mask order, other statewide coronavirus rules, says announcement coming "pretty soon".  Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday [2/25/2021] that Texas is looking at when it will be able to lift all statewide orders related to the coronavirus pandemic and that an announcement is forthcoming.  Abbott made the comments at a Corpus Christi news conference where he was asked when the statewide mask mandate would end as Texans continue to get vaccinated.  That requirement has been in effect since July.  Abbott called it a "great question."  "We're working right now on evaluating when we're gonna be able to remove all statewide orders, and we will be making announcements about that pretty soon," Abbott said, without giving a specific time frame.

Kristi Noem:  Democrats Use COVID to Promote Fear and Change in America.  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem appeared on Sean Hannity Wednesday Night to discuss Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi's spending bill as a "bailout for bad actors" and discusses destruction caused by Keystone XL pipeline cancellation.  [Video clip]

Should Big Tech determine what the truth is about the COVID vaccine?  The Biden administration is going to collude with social media billionaires to determine what the public is allowed to see about the vaccines.  Should billionaires who campaigned for, colluded with, donated to, and buried truthful stories about Biden corruption before the election be the ones who determine what is truthful about the vaccine?  Should we trust social media outlets and other media puppets to tell the truth about the vaccine when they were so willing to spread so much misinformation about the virus itself?

How many people would still be alive today without media COVID malpractice?  If there's one thing we've learned from the COVID-19 lockdowns, it's that the mainstream media duped us time and again.  Not surprisingly, trust in the Fourth Estate is at an all-time low.  According to Axios, nearly 60 percent of Americans agree with the statement that "journalists and reporters are purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations."  From the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the pro-lockdown media propagated an apocalyptical narrative, dismissing any hope whatsoever — even though most people infected with the coronavirus eventually recovered.  For nearly a year, the media manically obsessed over cases, cases, cases — instead of highlighting more meaningful metrics, like hospitalization rates and the devastating consequences of lockdowns.

U.S. diplomats in China subjected to anal swab testing for Covid-19, State Department says.  U.S. diplomats in China were subjected to anal swab tests for Covid-19, a Department of State spokesperson confirmed Thursday, adding that a protest had been lodged with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  The United States had received assurances from China that the tests were done in error and that diplomatic personnel were exempt from this specific testing requirement, the spokesperson said.  "The Department is committed to guaranteeing the safety and security of American diplomats and their families while preserving their dignity, consistent with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, as well as other relevant diplomatic law provisions," the spokesperson said.

Gov. Cuomo and the Science of Political Decay.  "Follow the science" is what progressive Democrats demand when the science suits them.  And yet, like Pavlov's salivating dog and the meat powder, a whiff of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prompts a predictable, conditioned response:  a barking chorus of "whatabout whatabout" Ted Cruz or other Republicans. [...] But it wasn't Cruz who ordered senior citizens infected with COVID-19 back into nursing homes.  Cuomo did that.  It wasn't Cruz who allegedly manipulated the numbers of nursing home deaths, now under federal investigation, while writing a book about his admirable handling of the health pandemic.  Cuomo did that.  Cuomo's decisions regarding COVID-19 patients allegedly harmed thousands of seniors.  Letitia James, Democrat and New York attorney general, issued a report on the undercounting of deaths.  The New York Post reported on an admission of a cover-up, and investigations began amid Democrat vs. Democrat bullying and shrieking.

Why do they want us all vaccinated?  Our vaccine is experimental, and we, the people, are being herded into a mass drug trial such as the FDA has never before attempted.  That is the unembellished truth.  Nobody in authority wants to mention this truth.  Instead, there's a long trail of rah-rah news propaganda, about fabulous new stadium-parking-lot vaccine sites (because, what else would a parking lot at a stadium be used for these days?), numbers of doses available, and reports about the elderly in nursing homes doing a dance of joy at getting their jabs and maybe being let out of jail to see family and people other than one another. [...] Nothing is said of potential ill effects.  The fact that this drug trial has claimed a good number of victims already is never mentioned.  Nor do we hear about the mRNA injection causing potential long-term problems, despite much speculation on censored sites.  While the media glossed over co-morbidities in COVID stats, when it comes to deaths after getting the jab, if the deaths and adverse effects are mentioned at all, it's with the disclaimer that the victim had other issues, too.  If you try to access information from the CDC about adverse reactions, there's not a word that I could find.

Naomi Wolf Warns:  USA Rapidly "Moving Into A Coup Situation, A Police State" Under The "Guise Of A Real Medical Pandemic".  Former Clinton adviser Naomi Wolf warned that the U.S. is becoming a "totalitarian state before our eyes" Monday evening [2/22/2021] on Fox News Channel's "Tucker Carlson Tonight."  The warns that the country is rapidly "moving into a coup situation, a police state" under the "guise of a real medical pandemic."  "We know from history no one gives up emergency powers."  "That is not a partisan thing," Wolf told Carlson.  "That transcends everything that you and I might disagree or agree on.  That should bring together left and right to protect our Constitution."  "The state has now crushed businesses, kept us from gathering in free assembly to worship as the First Amendment provides, is invading our bodies ... which is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, restricting movement, fining us in New York state ... the violations go on and on," she said.

COVID-19 case counts are incorrect.  It is spoken across our land in constant refrain, "We are just following the science."  Unfortunately, there has been only selective reporting of the science related to COVID-19 that has led to unnecessary fear and hysteria.  Major media outlets seem to pick the science that supports a narrative and ignores completely other important scientific findings.  Some government health authorities seem to pick the science that supports their policies for masks, lockdowns, treatments, and testing and ignore other science that would lead to less onerous and destructive policies restricting our personal freedoms.  Having a rational discussion of ALL the science would lead to much less fear and more helpful policies aimed at balancing the need to protect the vulnerable and preserving our rights, freedoms, and means to make a living.  This essay comments on COVID-19 case counts being artificially high due to errors in testing.  PCR testing that has been done for COVID-19 can be a faulty way, used by itself, to diagnose a case.

Israel adopts law allowing names of unvaccinated to be shared.  Israel's parliament passed a law Wednesday [2/24/2021] allowing the government to share the identities of people not vaccinated against the coronavirus with other authorities, raising privacy concerns for those opting out of inoculation.  The measure, which passed with 30 votes for and 13 against, gives local governments, the director general of the education ministry and some in the welfare ministry the right to receive the names, addresses and phone numbers of unvaccinated citizens.  The objective of the measure — valid for three months or until the Covid-19 pandemic is declared over — is "to enable these bodies to encourage people to vaccinate by personally addressing them", a parliament statement said.

Alarming COVID-19 study finds virus survives on fabric for 3 days.  A new study has revealed that the virus which causes COVID-19 can linger on fabric, such as clothing or upholstery, for up to three days.  Between polyester, a poly-cotton blend and 100% cotton fabrics, the polyester posed the greatest risk, even after 72 hours; on full-cotton samples, the virus lasted one day, while the poly-cotton blend remained contaminated by viral droplets — designed to mimic human saliva — for just six hours.  The breakthrough finding could be especially dangerous when it comes to clothing worn by health-care workers, said Dr. Katie Laird, a microbiologist and author of the study.  If not frequently washed, the fabrics could help transmit the virus from patient to patient.  "When the pandemic first started, there was very little understanding of how long coronavirus could survive on textiles," said Dr. Laird, a leading infectious disease researcher at De Montfort University in Leicester, United Kingdom.

N.D. House votes to ban mask mandates: 'Diabolical silliness'.  Mask mandates are in jeopardy in one state.  The North Dakota House of Representatives, on a 50-44 vote, passed a bill Monday that would ban any future mask-wearing mandates.  The bill, which is now headed for the state Senate, follows the repeal in January of a November order by Republican Gov. Doug Burgum requiring the wearing of masks in public, though some local mandates remain.  State Rep. Jeff Hoverson, Minot Republican, called all mask mandates "diabolical silliness" and the conspiracy of "unelected, wealthy bureaucrats who are robbing our freedoms and perpetuating lies," according to a report in the Grand Forks Herald.  "Our state is not a prison camp," he said.

Fauci: Vaccinated people still can't dine indoors 'because of the safety of society'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci declared this week that people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 still shouldn't dine indoors at restaurants or go to movie theaters "because of the safety of society," even as the number of positive cases in the country continues to decline.  "There are certain aspects of being vaccinated and what that means to you personally and your own personal safety and that of your family, versus what vaccines will allow you to do in society," Dr. Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a White House COVID-19 press briefing.

The media crusade against Ron DeSantis will backfire.  The media are working hard to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the national coronavirus villain.  In doing so, they just might make him the 2024 GOP nominee.  DeSantis has been the target of criticism since the early days of the pandemic for reopening Florida earlier than the experts would have liked.  They predicted his reluctance to lock down the state and implement coronavirus restrictions would result in widespread deaths and overwhelmed hospitals.  DeSantis proved them wrong:  Florida's death rate is half of New York's and far below most other states', including Mississippi's, South Dakota's, Michigan's, Illinois's, and so on.  But the media have not stopped.  Now, they're attacking DeSantis over his vaccination strategy, which is to prioritize elderly residents first.  NBC News ran a piece over the weekend suggesting DeSantis was only prioritizing senior citizens because they might be Republican voters — to say nothing of the fact that senior citizens are also the most at-risk group.

The Blue States Are Now the Beggar States.  Last week, I visited South Florida for four days, and what a shock:  Everything was open.  The beaches, the hotels, the restaurants (with some sensible safety and social distancing restrictions).  The classrooms are full.  The other strange thing about being in Florida was that people were happy.  They were playing tennis and golf.  They were going to work and getting on with their lives.  Florida is a Republican, can-do kind of place.  Then, there is New York.  Manhattan is a morose and deserted place to be.  It's as if it's boarded up.  People are living their lives afraid.  They are depressed, which makes the whole place depressing.  In Southern California, I experienced the same dreariness.  And it wasn't the weather, which was warm and sunny.  Restaurants were closed or highly restricted.  Stores were sparsely attended, and people were generally grimacing and standoffish.  They yelp in horror if you take off your mask, even for a moment.

Fauci: For the good of society, you can't dine indoors or go to theaters — even after being vaccinated.  I'm willing to cut him slack on asking vaccinated people to still wear masks when they're out and about in the near term, as that's a minor imposition to protect the unvaccinated when we're still not sure how contagious the average vaccinated person might be.  (Although the early evidence is:  Not very.)  But asking the vaccinated to continue to isolate in misery after they've done the prudent and virtuous thing by rendering themselves immune from serious illness?  Madness.

Fauci's Boss Francis Collins Contradicts Biden, Praises Trump's 'Operation Warp Speed'.  National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins contradicted the Biden Administration on Sunday [2/21/2021] when he said the Trump Administration deserves credit for the "breathtaking" coronavirus vaccine development.  "The Operation Warp Speed, for which I give a great deal of credit to [former HHS Secretary Alex Azar], was a[n] effort that many of us were not initially convinced was going to be necessary.  And it was thought about as a Manhattan Project," Collins said.

Democrats starting to panic over a reckoning at the polls for blue state bungling of Covid.  The two most prominent Democrat governors in the country, New York's Andrew Cuomo and California's Governor Gavin Newsom, may both be tossed out of office over their botched handling of the Covid panic.  Both men had been considered presidential material, and because their states are populous media centers, both had high national profiles.  Now, Cuomo is facing calls for impeachment and a reported criminal investigation over his coverup of nursing home deaths, while the recall petition for Newsom appears to be gathering the required number of signatures.  More broadly, the economic and social price paid by residents of states with lockdown hardline Democrat governors like Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, and California is starting to look way too high.  "Free states" like Florida are not doing medically worse than states where joblessness is stratospheric, restaurants and other small businesses have been killed, their employees jobless, and the families that owned them financially devastated, with no commensurate health benefit.

Former Clinton adviser Naomi Wolf tells Tucker Carlson she fears America will become a 'totalitarian state' as a result of COVID restrictions under Joe Biden.  Naomi Wolf, a former adviser to Bill Clinton during his reelection campaign, sounded an alarm about COVID-19 lockdowns during an appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Monday [2/22/2021].  Wolf made her comments on the same day the U.S. surpassed 500,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic.  Wolf was extremely critical of Joe Biden's leadership and recently claimed on Twitter that his COVID-19 policies are making her regret her vote for him in the last election.  Wolf says the country is 'moving into a coup situation, a police state' due to all of the coronavirus restrictions.  'That transcends everything that you and I might disagree or agree on,' Wolf said to Carlson, owning up to the political divide between the two.

Leftist Naomi Wolf comes out swinging... in favor of the Constitution.  Naomi Wolf became well known over the years as a third-wave feminist, a member of the Clinton camp, an adviser to Al Gore during his 2000 presidential campaign, and a reliable leftist on most issues.  On Monday, though, she surprised the heck out of Tucker Carlson and, probably, most of his audience, when she turned out to be a fierce defender of individual liberty.  A mesmerized Tucker listened as Wolf fluently expounded on principles of liberty and tagged the Biden government as creating "a totalitarian state before our eyes."

Biden's CDC chief delivers grim public service message with bizarre continuous smile.  At a time when Americans are starting to suspect a COVID-industrial complex with an entrenched interest in permanent lockdowns, out comes Joe Biden with a very bizarre video tweet from his newly appointed CDC director:  [Video clip]  The unmasked woman with the strange, smirking, mirthless grin, making that grim message about COVID having no end in sight and calling for everyone to wear a mask is Biden's appointment to the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Rochelle Walensky.  Who [...] delivers news like that with that bizarre kind of extended smile?  And worse still, the head bobbing, and that flippant giggly ending?  That's the image she wants to project as the calm, knowledgable, trustworthy top doctor?  Even Dr. Anthony Fauci was pretty good at putting that act on.  Her strange smile suggests that apparently she thinks her audience is stupid.

I doubt the CCP really knew how well its lockdown psyop would work.  [Thread reader] ... but everything about its response suggests the lockdowns were part of a larger plan.  This was Xi's plan to make the world China, and what the world would look like if he had his way. [...] The CCP's global lockdowns also appear inspired in part on the work of Stanley Milgram, whose experiments proved the willingness of most individuals to commit human rights abuses when instructed to do so by scientific authorities. [...] In Oct 2019, Gates Foundation, Johns Hopkins, and the WEF hosted an international pandemic simulation in which China took part.  The CCP appears to have modeled its lockdown fraud on Event 201, so Gates, Hopkins, and the WEF would play into their hands.  Lockdowns were launched when Xi instructed his inner circle on Wuhan on Jan 7.  No person ever publicly conceived of "lockdown" before that date.  Businessman Ren Zhiqiang was sentenced to 18 years for a letter requesting Xi's instructions be made public.  As soon as CCP announced its lockdowns had "reversed the escalating cases" in Wuhan, WHO adopted lockdowns as universal world policy for all countries and cities outside China, regardless of economic circumstance, number of cases, or any other factor.

A COVID-19 Bill That Treats COVID-19 as an Afterthought.  While combating the pandemic ought to be the centerpiece of legislation referred to as "COVID-19 relief," public health represents less than 10% of spending in the package.  The legislation throws massive amounts of taxpayer dollars at causes that are barely or entirely unrelated to the pandemic, yet neglects some potentially crucial approaches to bringing the disease under control.  For example, rapid tests for COVID-19 could be deployed for a fraction of the cost of the package, yet would provide a vital tool for individuals and the medical community in preventing unnecessary disease transmission.  Unfortunately, the Food and Drug Administration is dragging its feet, having only approved one type of rapid test that will be available in limited quantities later this year.

By Offering Amnesty Now, Democrats Are Setting Up A Massive Immigration Crisis.  Perhaps Democrats could have picked a worse time to unveil their expansive immigration bill that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, but not much worse.  The legislation, introduced Thursday by congressional Democrats with the full support of the Biden administration, dubbed the "U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021," comes as President Biden is rolling back border security measures implemented under Trump and the number of illegal border crossings is surging.  Combined with the ongoing pandemic and shortages of food and water in Texas after freezing temperatures left millions of Texans without power last week, a perfect storm is brewing on the border.  Earlier this month, Mexico stopped accepting Central American children and families apprehended at the border.  They had previously been quickly "expelled" under emergency pandemic protocols.  Now, U.S. border officials are releasing them into communities across South Texas, often without conducting COVID-19 tests.

Unmasking the Medical Experts.  Masks have become an unwelcome staple of American life with no end in sight.  Mask recommendations change faster and more frequently than the weather.  How did we get here?  In the medical world, particularly in operating rooms, masks protect patients undergoing surgery from bacteria passing from the mouths and noses of surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists, to an open surgical wound.  The Rolls Royce of masks is the N95 mask, used by healthcare workers when caring for COVID infected individuals.  Assuming the mask is properly fitted and worn, a given for healthcare workers (but much less likely for a shopper in the grocery store), they are generally effective.  I say generally because the COVID virus is about 0.125 microns in size while the N95 mask pores are larger, at 0.3 microns.  But the N95 mask is not simply a miniature chain link fence but uses fibers and electrostatic charges to capture viral particles.

There was no Covid-19 spike after the big maskless Super Bowl celebration.  The post-Super Bowl celebration in Tampa where thousands were seen partying without masks or social distancing was not a superspreader event:  [Tweets]  Eventually, experts will realize that being outside without a mask on is safe, right?  RIGHT?  Here's a good thread on how we keep reading that these are superspreader events but then when they're not, it's not reported.  [More tweets]

New Israeli Drug Cured 29 of 30 Seriously-Ill COVID-19 Patients.  A new coronavirus treatment developed at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Medical Center appears to have cured 29 of 30 moderately-ill and seriously-ill COVID-19 patients, the hospital said.  The patients were released within 3 to 5 days of being treated.  This was only the first stage of trials and many months and thousands of patients will have to be treated before anything definitive can be said about the treatment.  But the drug apparently works on the immune system to prevent a cytokine storm, which often leads to critical illness and death.

Doctors Link Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines to Life-Threatening Blood Disorder.  For the second time in under a month, The New York Times has published an article about people who developed a rare autoimmune disease after receiving COVID vaccines.  Monday's [2/8/2021] article featured two women, both of whom were described as healthy before they received the Moderna vaccine.  The women, ages 72 and 48, are now being treated for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a condition that develops when the immune system attacks platelets (blood component essential for clotting) or the cells that create them, according to the Times.  On Jan. 13, the Times reported on the death of Dr. Gregory Michael, a Florida doctor who died 15 days after getting the Pfizer vaccine.  Michael, who was 56 and described as "perfectly healthy" by his wife, developed ITP three days after being vaccinated.  He died of a brain hemorrhage on Jan. 3.  As The Defender reported on Jan. 13, Dr. Jerry L. Spivak, an expert on blood disorders at Johns Hopkins University, said it was a "medical certainty" the Pfizer vaccine led to Michael's death.

Will Small Businesses Burn through Americans' Goodwill by Snitching on Their Customers?  [Scroll down]  It was my first visit to the establishment, and when I stepped inside, a pink-haired receptionist with rhinestone-studded cheekbones took my temperature and handed me the questionnaire.  I dutifully answered the 15 questions on page one pertaining to any physical symptoms I may be experiencing.  Then I turned to page two, stopping abruptly when I read the first questions:  "Did you take part in a social gathering of more than 10 people in the last week in which you were within 6 feet of others?" followed by "If yes, was everyone wearing a mask/face covering, you included?"  I puzzled over the questions.  Had I mistakenly stepped into a doctor's office rather than a hair salon?  Was a small business truly probing into my recent involvement with other people just so I could get my hair trimmed and styled?  Perhaps page three would require my blood type and Social Security number.  I also wondered what the salon's policy would be if I answered "yes" to either question.  Would they deny me service?  More importantly, would they send my private information to the Oregon Health Authority to follow up?

Masks forever!
Masks Today, Masks Tomorrow, Masks Forever!  A friend who is a superb doctor sent along this communication from Fairview/University of Minnesota Health Services:  [Illustration]  Got that?  Vaccination changes nothing!  Wear masks, wash your hands frequently, socially distance and — above all — stay home!  "Until it's gone," which is never. [...] This is the battle that is rapidly shaping up.  As the Wuhan bug fades away, the authorities — the proto-fascist ones, anyway — will hang on to their "emergency" powers and will try to humiliate the rest of us by such measures as forcing us to wear masks and preventing us from traveling.  (They, of course, will mock such restrictions privately and will jet around the world without having to tolerate middle-class travelers.)  It will be incumbent on normal people, in particular those who are well-informed and therefore not cowed by covid hysteria, to insist on a return to normal life.


WHO Coronavirus Report Is Such Blatant Chinese Propaganda That Even The Biden Administration Admits It.  For all their differences, scientists, the Biden administration, and alumni from the Trump administration have reached a consensus that the upcoming report from the World Health Organization on the origins of the Wuhan virus is Chinese propaganda.  A team of researchers sponsored by the WHO wrapped up their six-week investigation in Wuhan, concluding in a preliminary report that the novel coronavirus had not been transmitted in humans prior to December 2019 and that it was "extremely unlikely" that the pathogen came from a lab.  Closer examination of the WHO's work, however, has provoked skepticism from scientists and prominent members of the U.S. Intelligence Community.  While 72,000 deaths were reported in China from individuals who said they had COVID-like symptoms between October 2019 and the end of the year, only 92 cases were analyzed.  A mere 67 of those cases were given serology tests by Chinese doctors, who concluded they all came back negative.

Despite Successful Vaccine Rollout, Jen Psaki Threatens 'Months and Months' of 'Sacrifice' and 'Suffering'.  They're never going to let you go.  The Biden administration is still coasting on the vaccine rollout developed by the Trump administration but according to Joe Biden's Press Secretary Jen Psaki, we're still in for "months and months" of suffering and sacrifice.  "We need to remain vigilant... It's still going to be months and months of sacrifice, of work, of suffering, unfortunately, in order to get through the pandemic," Psaki said during Monday's [2/22/2021] press briefing.

Andrew Cuomo's legal woes.  Those who read Power Line faithfully know that Andrew Cuomo may be in legal jeopardy.  The Justice Department reportedly is investigating him and some members of his staff for their conduct in response to a DOJ request for information about nursing home deaths in New York.  John Daukas was principal deputy to the DOJ's assistant attorney general for civil rights at the time the Department requested information from Cuomo.  Later, he became the acting assistant attorney general for civil rights.  In [a] Wall Street Journal op-ed, Daukas explains why Cuomo should be worried about the federal probe.

Everything is Fake in Utopia.  When Democrats gain power through fraud, everything that follows becomes fake as well. [...] I'm not shocked that Andrew Cuomo falsified COVID-19 death counts at nursing homes.  Frankly, it's stunning the media is covering it at all.  I'm sure Cuomo is surprised to face scrutiny for lying when fraud is the party's modus operandi.  We've already witnessed counties falsely attributing deaths to COVID-19.  A recent study even concluded COVID-19 deaths might be 1600% overreported.  If I were part of a fraud syndicate like Cuomo and was the only one required to report honestly, I'd be upset too.

CDC double mask "study" a perfect example of politicized junk "science".  The latest trend in Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) fashion is to wear not just one but two masks over the nose and mouth, which the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claims provides improved protection against infection.  The CDC "evidence" that supposedly proves this, however, is based on mask experiments that were conducted on mannequins.  As revealed by journalist Jordan Schachtel, writing for The Dossier on Substack, the CDC basically slapped different mask configurations on lifeless dolls, sprayed aerosols at them, and declared wearing multiple masks to help decrease the spread of Chinese virus by "about 95%."  Presenting this junk "science" on Twitter, which did not bother to fact-check any of it, the CDC alleges that wearing a cloth mask over a medical procedure mask, or covering a mask with pantyhose, may "potentially" help to reduce infectious aerosols from going into the mouth or nose.

COVID-19 Data Collection, Comorbidity & Federal Law:  A Historical Retrospective.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on August 23, 2020, "For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned.  For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death."  For a nation tormented by restrictive public health policies mandated for healthy individuals and small businesses, this is the most important statistical revelation of this crisis.  This revelation significantly impacts the published fatalities count due to COVID-19.  More importantly, it exposes major problems with the process by which the CDC was able to generate inaccurate data during a crisis.

CCP Withheld Pandemic-Relevant Data From WHO, Leaked Documents Reveal.  Internal documents that were leaked to The Epoch Times show that the Chinese communist regime has a large amount of data on influenza and other diseases that have symptoms similar to COVID-19, but did not disclose it to the outside world.  Since wrapping up an investigation into the origins of the global CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, experts on the team assigned by the WHO have complained about the Chinese regime's refusal to provide the related data.  The Wall Street Journal reported on Feb. 12, that Dominic Dwyer, a member of the WHO expert team and an Australian infectious disease expert, said that when the WHO expert team conducted an investigation into the source of the epidemic in Wuhan, the CCP refused to provide raw data of 174 COVID-19 patients in the early stages of the outbreak, as well as data on pneumonia patients who may have been infected by the virus earlier than December 2019.

Fear and Falsehood, Dr. Anthony Fauci States Masks Could Be Needed Until 2022 or Beyond.  The scale of false narrative engineering by Dr. Fauci is quite literally stunning when you stand back and look at the bigger picture behind the narrative engineering around COVID-19 and the threat it represents.  Within this interview Fauci-Mengele claims he has not seen his adult children because it is a risk.  This is full-blown Pravda-level manipulation toward the viewing audience.  There is no level of fear that needs to be this great from the virus.  Take Florida as an example; the entire state is essentially open, people are engaged, there is physical interaction at all levels of human contact, and there is no extreme death or outbreak pattern related.  The false and exaggerated stories just do not reconcile with the reality amid a population of more than 19 million, with massive inbound residential visits from all 50 states.  Nothing is happening and life is essentially normal.  Additionally, Fauci claims masks may be needed into some unknown future, again because of some fearful determinations that have absolutely no basis on fact.  This is propaganda.

Rebuttal to Fake News CNN's Hatchet Job.  The recent baseless CNN attack on us is a fake news media hit job of epic proportions which lacks all journalistic ethics and impartiality.  CNN's attack demonstrates that it is not just questioning of the alleged safety of vaccines but "free speech itself."  What is indisputable (but not mentioned in CNN's biased report) is that the COVID vaccines are being used under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the FDA.  An EUA makes the vaccine available for "public health emergencies," but also means that the FDA has not yet compiled all the evidence and clinical data that it would examine before fully approving a drug for public distribution and use.  When combined with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Declaration of February 4, 2020 and the invocation of the PREP Act, the vaccine manufacturers are immune from legal liability (i.e., they cannot be sued for money damages in court) for losses relating to the administration or use of covered countermeasures (like vaccines) against COVID-19.  Despite over 500 reported deaths from the COVID vaccine (according to the CDC's VAERS database), the CNN report insinuates that vaccines are undeniably "safe" while totally ignoring the indisputable $4.4 Billion paid out to Americans damaged by previous vaccinations — an amount paid by the DHHS itself!

NYC subway hours extend on Monday, MTA will give riders two masks to double up face coverings.  It's good news for late night straphangers — and riders who need fresh face masks.  The city's overnight subway shutdown will be scaled back starting early Monday, with passengers not allowed to ride from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. instead of the 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. closure that went into place May 6.  At the same time, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said transit crews would help riders meet new guidelines from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention by giving out a second mask to anyone who asks.

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A chicken-wire fence won't keep mosquitos out.  Two back-to-back chicken-wire fences won't either.

People who wear glasses may be up to 3 times less likely to catch COVID, new study suggests.  People who wear glasses could be up to three times less likely to get coronavirus, according to a new study conducted in India.  The preliminary study suggests that glass-wearers may have the extra protection because they tend to touch their eyes less frequently than most people.  "Touching and rubbing of the eyes with contaminated hands may be a significant route of infection" for COVID-19, the authors wrote in a report published on medRxiv, a website that compiles medical studies before they are peer-reviewed.

WHO's COVID origin probe lacks credibility, scientists warn.  Multiple scientists at major institutions around the world are sounding an alarm over what they say was an incomplete and unreliable investigation by the World Health Organization into the origins of the SARS-Cov-2 virus.  The team, led by an international cohort of researchers, said last week that it was "extremely unlikely" that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, an infectious disease laboratory that has for years conducted experiments with coronaviruses — some of it funded by the U.S. government.  The WIV is located just a few kilometers away from the Wuhan city "wet market" identified as the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.  A growing number of skeptics have cited the lab's well-documented research into the dangers that bat-borne coronaviruses posed to human beings as a likely source for the virus.  But the WHO team concluded that theory should not be considered as an "avenue of future study."

Biden's big con — here's what president, Democrats afraid to tell you about COVID, the economy.  Joe Biden is conning the American people.  He is lying about COVID and he is lying about the economy.  We are not in the midst of a dark long winter.  We are on the cusp of a bounteous blooming spring.  President Biden doesn't want you to know the good news.  Why?  Because then you will refuse to write him and his Democrat colleagues a big fat $1.9 trillion blank check.  And, because if the virus disappears in the next few months, even the most gullible CNN-watching Biden groupie will know that Donald J. Trump conquered COVID, not Joe Biden.  Some radicals might even conclude that President Trump's Operation Warp Speed has delivered a miracle.  Consider the facts.  COVID cases have dropped by more than 70% in recent weeks, more than the "experts" predicted.  Fatalities, which lag cases, are also plummeting.  Vaccine delivery is ramping up, and already some 15% of Americans have received a shot.

Vaccination Rollout:  Red States Outpace Blue States.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for example, West Virginia has delivered twice as many full (two-dose) vaccinations per 100,000 residents than has California.  Indeed, according to news reports, the Golden State's vaccine distribution mess is an important reason the initiative to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has continued gaining momentum.  Inevitably, Newsom blames former President Trump for his own sloppy vaccine rollout, but this is just as preposterous as the whoppers Biden and Vice President Harris have told about the vaccine distribution plan they inherited from the Trump administration.  The reality is that Democrats at both the state and federal levels are better at making promises than making things go. [...] West Virginia is by no means an outlier among red states.

The End Is Near for Covid Hysteria.  Sadly, the hysterical mainstream news media, their allies in "big tech," along with the Biden administration and many Democratic Governors, are not reporting the good news that is happening in the country.  Their motivation is to keep Americans in a state of total fear.  Fortunately, the good news is overwhelming the attempts to suppress the truth.  In a recent Fox News interview, Makary noted that "There is a 77% reduction in daily cases over the last six weeks.  You, as a scientist, have to ask why.  We cannot explain that by vaccinated immunity.  We can't explain it by a sudden change in behavior.  It is natural immunity and it's now over 50% of the population."  Instead of celebrating this news, Democratic Governors and President Joe Biden among others are doubling down on the COVID mandates.  A recent example is Biden's new executive order requiring the wearing of masks on all federal property.

YouTube Takes Down Video of Testimony Given During Ohio House Session.  Google's YouTube last week removed a video that showed an attorney testifying to the Ohio legislature.  Thomas Renz, an attorney with the Ohio Stands Up! group, spoke to the Ohio House State and Local Government Committee in support of House Bill 90, which would implement legislative oversight of orders given by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.  Renz said over the course of around 36 minutes that he opposed the harsh orders imposed by DeWine, a Republican, and health officials amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Renz noted that officials initially believed the fatality rate from the disease, which is caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, was much higher than the flu, but it's now close to the influenza's rate.  He also alleged that no one under the age of 19 has died from COVID-19 in the state, among other claims.  State officials say 11 children under 19 have died from the disease.

Jen Psaki dodges question on whether Biden thinks Cuomo is 'gold standard' leader after nursing home deaths scandal.  Jen Psaki dodged a question Sunday on whether Joe Biden still considers New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's COVID-19 response the 'gold standard' in the midst of his nursing home scandal.  'Does President Biden still consider Andrew Cuomo the gold standard when it comes to leadership on the pandemic?' ABC 'This Week' host John Karl asked the White House press secretary.  'Well, Jon, we work with Governor Cuomo, just like we work with governors across the country.  He's also chair of the NGA,' Psaki dodged.  'So, he plays an important role in insuring that we're coordinating closely and getting assistance out to people of his state and to states across the country.  And we'll continue to do that.'

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That's a great answer to a question that nobody asked.

California, land of delusion.  The latest verbal gymnastics our local San Francisco Bay Area, 11 o'clock news team tried and failed to explain was why, when COVID cases are rapidly plummeting, we are not opening the state.  There are only five counties that have "graduated" out of the deadly Purple Tier as of this morning [2/21/2021].  After months of touting the so-called crisis in ICU capacity, now we get no mention of that issue.  Instead, we're treated to ten minutes of proud stories about massive new vaccination sites.  These are immediately followed by stories about the lack of available vaccine doses.  It's almost funny.  We are exhorted to do our duty and get vaccinated, for the common good, if we can find any vaccine.  I know people who desperately wanted it and had to drive for hours to locate doses.  Personally, I wouldn't get the vaccine.  But that's another story. [...] What's a "case"?  Is it someone in the ICU or just someone who tested positive?  I've looked up that definition, and it's a bunch of either/or/and mumbo-jumbo that seems to get redefined frequently.

Nearly 100,000 in U.S. Died from Coronavirus in Biden's First Month in Office.  Nearly 100,000 people in the United States died from the Chinese coronavirus during President Joe Biden's first month in office.  An estimated 99,763 people in the U.S. have died due to complications from the coronavirus during Biden's first month in the White House, according to statistics provided by Johns Hopkins University.

The first 30 days of Biden's reign are as bad as we feared.  Within this first month that the cabal has instituted its figurehead, we have seen our worst fears realized and our timid hopes destroyed.  Here is what we now know and have learned in just one short month of what the Progressive Dystopians have done and are planning to do against America and her people.
  •   Florida remaining a Free State and Governor DeSantis receiving national acclaim have made for an embarrassment to the new regime.  So the federal government is actually in discussions on segregating the state of Florida from the rest of America in terms of open and unrestricted travel plans.  This is clearly to punish DeSantis.
  •   There was a self-imposed blackout by the left media of all things wrong with Governor Cuomo as he caused the deaths of thousands of seniors in nursing homes in New York.  We know how the leftist media would have treated it if the name was switched from Cuomo to Trump.  Not just biased journalism, but purposeful lying and falsehoods by media.
  •   If someone is in the country legally, he is assumed to have COVID.  If someone tries to come into the country illegally, he is assumed not to have COVID.  What?

Two Democratic Governors See Stars Dimmed by Virus Woes.  At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, two Democratic governors on opposite ends of the country were hailed as heroes for their leadership in a crisis.  Now they're leaders on the ropes.

No Longer Consenting, Carlsbad California Restaurant Owners Defy Order and Open for Indoor Dining.  The power of government comes from the people; or as we say in the U.S. "from the consent of the governed."  When people lead, the politicians are forced to follow.  Without implied consent the municipal or state government has no power.  None.  The power of the local, regional or state authority comes from the expressed consent of the people.  As soon as the majority of people deny that consent, those officials and state authoritarians lose all of their power.  Yes, it really is that simple.  [Video clip]

'Don't waste vaccine!' After early confusion, experts say it's always better to use leftover shots than toss them.  When the COVID-19 vaccine rollout began, there seemed no good answers for what to do with leftover doses.  Vaccinators were punished for giving shots in violation of priority lists, while fearful clinics were condemned for throwing doses away.  "Early on, the question was, 'Is the absolute red line that you don't throw a dose away?  Or is the red line that you don't give it to the wrong person?'" said Dr. Matthew Zahn, medical director of the division of epidemiology for Orange County in California.  Federal guidelines existed but weren't widely emphasized.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issued guidance urging "a flexible approach" to the vaccine, especially when it was in danger of going unused.

Politicized 'Science' Is Not Science at All.  [Scroll down]  Hold aside the fact that the Left, on issues such as the biological personhood of the unborn child and the chromosomal immutability of sex, holds substantive policy positions that are manifestly hostile to science.  The frequency with which the Left acts as if the science on any given issue is "settled" — indeed, the very notion of "settled science" — is anti-science, no matter how confident proponents of any specific scientific theory may be.  It was less than a year ago, after all, that the World Health Organization's Dr. Mike Ryan pronounced:  "There is no specific evidence to suggest that the wearing of masks by the mass population has any potential benefit."  It turns out that "science" was not particularly "settled." And within just a few months, after the WHO changed its mind on the efficacy of mask-wearing, Facebook outright removed a prominent mask-skeptical group on its platform for spreading COVID-19 "misinformation."

Suddenly, It's All a Conspiracy Theory.  Gov. Cuomo continues to insist that nursing home-related charges against him are a "conspiracy theory."  Cuomo is referring to suggestions that thousands of seniors may have died as a result of his actions and that he and others working under him undercounted and covered up those deaths.  Liberals now use the phrase "conspiracy theory" to respond to any sort of criticism.  But what exactly does Gov. Cuomo mean by "conspiracy theory"?  What is the "theory," and who are the "conspirators"?  Is it a "theory" to say the governor ordered nursing home patients with COVID-19 into nursing homes, where they might infect other patients?  Is it mere theory to point out that Cuomo's administration underreported the number of deaths from COVID-19 among nursing home patients?  Is it theory to say Cuomo failed to respond to New York representatives' request for information concerning nursing home deaths?  And who are the conspirators?  According to Cuomo's aide, Melissa DeRosa, information was withheld because Cuomo and DeRosa feared that "it was going to be used against us," presumably by Republicans and specifically by the Trump DOJ.

35 Questions for Dr. Fauci.  Dr. Fauci has become the face and voice of the virus, with dozens of pronouncements over the past year on what Americans should and shouldn't do.  Many of his statements have been contradictory to the point that I (and probably many others) am confused about official virus-related policies from the federal government.  Accordingly, I have a few simple questions to put to him that would clarify matters bigly:
  [#1]   Why is there virtually no incidence of seasonal influenza ("flu") this year?  The low incidence of flu cases this year is unprecedented.
  [#2]   Why has the federal government not made a major push on comprehensive personal measures for improving one's immune system other than a few anecdotal comments?
  [#3]   What is the US government's position on the use of therapeutic drugs like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin given their successful use in many countries?
  [#4]   Why has there been a 77% decline in virus cases in the US over the past six weeks?
  [#5]   Would herd immunity have been achieved faster without the mandatory masking and social distancing of the vast majority of Americans who are almost impervious to the effects of the virus?  If not, why not?

The verb you're looking for is preside.
Media Discovers:  Presidenting In A Pandemic Is Unexpectedly Difficult.  Neither CNN nor Politico are incorrect in that approach, but the timing of their epiphanies is certainly ... curious.  For instance, after a full year of assigning personal responsibility for every COVID-19 development to Donald Trump, Politico suddenly discovered that presidents don't have total control of pandemic management three weeks into Joe Biden's term:  [Tweet]  The irony of their headline about Biden's voyage of discovery no doubt eluded Politico's social-media editors.  Biden's not the only one discovering federalism and the limits of executive power, it seems.

Joe Biden Falsely Claims Trump Had No Vaccine Distribution Plan.  CLAIM: "Just over four weeks ago, America had no real plan to vaccinate most of the country." — President Joe Biden   VERDICT:  MOSTLY FALSE.  Trump had a plan that was complicated by the diverse policies of state governments.  Biden, speaking at a Pfizer manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Friday [2/19/2021] claimed that President Donald Trump had left him no plan for the distribution of coronavirus vaccines.

Why Are These Four Democrat Governors Given a Pass After Sending Sickly COVID Spreaders to Nursing Homes Like Gov. Cuomo?  Governor Andrew Cuomo is in hot water after sending thousands of COVID patients into nursing homes and long-term care facilities and then lying about if for months.  But Governor Andrew Cuomo was not alone.  Four other Democrat governors also signed orders like Cuomo to send sickly COVID patients back to nursing homes where thousands of seniors were killed from the coronavirus.

Johns Hopkins Doctor Thinks COVID Will Be Largely Gone By April, Half of U.S. Has Herd Immunity.  Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon and a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, believes that the coronavirus will be "mostly gone" by April.  In an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal on Friday [2/19/2021], Makary argued that half of the U.S. has already reached herd immunity because there are more coronavirus cases in the country, possibly 6.5 times as many, than the 28 million that have been reported.  Combined with the 15 percent of Americans who have already begun receiving the vaccine, the doctor argued that normal life will return by the spring.

How the COVID-19 Censors Killed the Truth.  The oddest part about the effort to stifle debate over COVID-19's origin is even the experts agree we still don't know the answer.  There is a prevailing theory, but nobody knows precisely where COVID-19 originated.  The disease has killed nearly 2.5 million people around the world and almost 500,000 in the U.S. alone.  It's in everybody's interest to understand exactly where it came from and how it started, but efforts at investigation have been stymied from the start.  Among those eager to suppress dissent on this topic are:  the Chinese government, U.S. media outlets, the Big Tech platforms, and scientists with a financial or reputational stake in the outcome of any investigation.

German Study:  Laboratory Accident Most Likely Cause of Coronavirus Pandemic.  Professor Dr. Roland Wiesendanger, a leading German nanotechnology expert and three-time recipient of the prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant, has completed a one-year, hundred-page study on the origin of the novel coronavirus, Sars-Cov-2.  Professor Wiesendanger concludes that "both the number and quality of the circumstantial evidence point to a laboratory accident at the virological institute in the city of Wuhan as the cause of the current pandemic."

Biden Advisor Stunned That Florida Covid-19 Numbers Remain Stable Despite Open Economy.  One of President Joe Biden's advisers expressed genuine shock over the monumental differences in how Florida, under the leadership of GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, managed to keep its COVID-19 death and illness rates stable even though he took an 'open the economy' approach rather than a 'lockdown the economy' approach, like his blue state rivals. [...] What isn't difficult to understand is that DeSantis, early on, took a far different approach than his New York Democratic gubernatorial colleague, Andrew Cuomo.  The former moved specifically to protect the elderly and the infirm in nursing homes; the latter ordered eldercare facilities in his state to take in patients sick with COVID-19 and the result was predictable.

AOC calls for 'full investigation' of Cuomo's handling of nursing homes amid coronavirus pandemic.  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined a chorus of New York lawmakers demanding an investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic.  The New York Democrat said in a statement:  "I support our state's return to co-equal governance and stand with our local officials calling for a full investigation of the Cuomo administration's handling of nursing homes during COVID-19. Thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers lost their lives in nursing homes throughout the pandemic.  Their loved ones and the public deserve answers and transparency from their elected leadership, and the Secretary to the Governor's remarks warrant a full investigation."

UK supermarket makes disabled people wear yellow stickers if exempt from mask-wearing.  A totalitarian supermarket is forcing those exempt from wearing masks, mostly disabled people, to wear yellow stickers.  After this man politely refused, shop staff called the police and recorded him.

Biden Administration Moves Goalposts Again, Now Says Schools Need Better Ventilation To Combat Asthma, Mold Before Reopening.  The Biden administration continues to provide numerous shifting answers on whether schools should reopen and how soon.  Now the administration wants ventilation systems in schools not just to combat COVID-19, but also asthma and mold.  Much of the confusion surrounding Biden's education plan comes from the administration's conflicting definition of what reopening schools would even look like.  Back in December, Biden pledged "to bring the coronavirus pandemic under enough control to open most of the nation's schools during his first 100 days as president."  "It should be a national priority to get our kids back into school and keep them in school," Biden said at the time.  "If Congress provides the funding, we need to protect students, educators and staff.  If states and cities put strong public health measures in place that we all follow, then my team will work to see that the majority of our schools can be open by the end of my first 100 days."

Forget Double-Masking.  Here's a Better Way to Curb COVID-19.  California-based Innova Medical Group produces millions of COVID-19 tests every day — tests that people can perform at home and that yield results in minutes.  These tests could transform the pandemic response and move us beyond the public health policy stalemate.  Yet not one of them is available to Americans.  Innova is exporting them to other countries because the Food and Drug Administration bans their distribution in the U.S.

The Pandemic Is Over.  Conservative writers and pundits haven't done too well this past year, and many of them turned out not even to be especially "conservative."  One oft-repeated prediction was that once the Democrats had taken over, COVID-19 would disappear overnight.  This was based on the supposition that the panic was created or at least amplified to get Donald Trump out of office.  To take just one example, the American Medical Association shortly after the election rescinded its statement against the use of hydroxychloroquine, admitting that the drug could actually be beneficial (just as Trump had claimed all along).  The AMA, like the mainstream media and other ultra-Left pressure groups, had been perfectly happy for more people to die as long as it made Trump look bad.  But conservatives who predicted that COVID-19 would end with the Trump Administration were overlooking a central point:  The Left's hatred of Trump is merely a symptom of their guiding philosophy, which is, as "Yes, Minister" put it so concisely back in the 1970s, gradually to exclude people from government.  The Left is in favor of any action that will expand the authority of bureaucrats by taking decisions out of the hands of citizens.  With the coronavirus, the Left is beside itself with glee:  This is the first crisis since 9/11 broad enough to make possible a fundamental transformation of American society.

Disgusting Hot Mic Moment Ends With SF Bay Area School Board President Sprinting for the Exit.  Parents who have had it with teachers dragging their feet getting back to work will surely be infuriated over this call.  Board members of a school district in Oakley, California, which is in the San Francisco Bay Area, were caught mocking parents during a video call and could only respond with "uh oh" when they realized all of their remarks were being broadcast live.  I've said it for a while now and I think a lot of other people have done so as well.  Teachers are lazy.  They worried about COVID even it's safe to reopen.  The science is clear.  Reopen the [...] schools.  Kids don't get it and they don't spread it.  And now, even with teachers being vaccinated, they still don't want to work.  Where I live, in Northern Virginia, the teachers cut the COVID vaccine lines.  They still want to stay home.  And yet, these are the same people who complain about their salaries.  They don't work year-round to start, and now they're pulling this nonsense.  Sorry, teachers, you earn every bit of scorn from parents.

Cuomo silent as watchdog report says policy may have led to over 1,000 nursing home deaths.  An Albany-based watchdog group says that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nursing home directive was likely responsible for more than 1,000 additional resident deaths during the coronavirus pandemic, despite numerous denials by the administration that their order was heavily to blame.  Cuomo's office has been silent on the contents of the report released by the nonprofit Empire Center for Public Policy on Thursday [2/18/2021] and reviewed by Fox News, which relies on the information provided to them by the New York State Department of Health (DOH). The governor is facing intense backlash over the scandal, including a federal probe into his administration's handling of the crisis.  The focus on Cuomo comes as liberal CNN and the governor's brother, host Chris Cuomo, have given the Democrat's controversies little to no airtime.  Previously, the network gave Chris Cuomo free rein to conduct friendly, comical interviews with the governor, who wrote a book about successfully handling the pandemic in the middle of the pandemic.

COVID-19 vaccine honchos sold $496 million in stocks last year: report.  Pharma honchos cashed out nearly half a billion dollars in stock as their companies raced to develop life-saving coronavirus vaccines, a new report says.  Executives and directors at 13 firms working on vaccines — including Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax — collectively sold more than 8.5 million shares worth about $496 million last year, according to the Wall Street Journal.  The pace of those sales nearly doubled from 2019, when insiders at the same companies dumped 4.7 million shares worth roughly $132 million, the paper reported Wednesday, citing data from Kaleidoscope, a financial research firm.  The bulk of last year's sales were reportedly made by bosses of Moderna, the upstart Massachusetts-based biotech firm behind one of two COVID-19 vaccines that have been authorized in the US.

Our Democrat-run institutions are in a big hurry to vaccinate the young.  Last night, on the 11 PM report, the newsreader mindlessly said, "The objective is to get the vaccine to every Californian over the age of 16 by the end of the year."  My brain froze at this news.  This is an experimental vaccine, with no studies on long-term effects.  While deemed safe, how do they know?  They can't!  Why on earth would you give it to the young?"  I am old enough to remember Thalidomide babies, born after doctors gave the "safe" drug, which prevented early-term nausea during pregnancy, to pregnant women, mostly in Germany.  What followed was a plethora of children born missing limbs.  This was in the late 1950s and early '60s.  You can see plenty of graphic pictures of these children online, along with plenty of information — all of it after-the-fact.  Although there were warnings that the drug, which was also used for other conditions, was powerful and potentially toxic, no one anticipated the actual horrific effects.  Why, on earth, when almost all kids, teens, young adults infected with the virus recover as if they had a cold, would anyone think it's safe to vaccinate them en masse?

Donations 'Requested' by Newsom Exploded as His Emergency Powers Ballooned.  In 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office reported that individuals or organizations made $226 million in private donations to organizations at Newsom's request.  These "behested payments" were a record-setting haul eclipsing all prior donations on record by nearly $100 million.  While most donations supported COVID-19 relief efforts, a closer look suggests Newsom's fundraising was supercharged not just by the pandemic, but also by the broad emergency powers the Democratic governor has assumed because of it.  Behested payments are a unique feature of California politics.  State law defines a behested payment as a donation to a government program or charity made "at the request, suggestion, or solicitation of, or made in cooperation, consultation, coordination or concert" with a public official.  While payments of $5,000 or more are disclosed to the public, they remain an overlooked portion of politicians' finances, even though contributions often come from businesses with interests in the state government.  Last year, Newsom raised a combined $45 million from insurance giants Blue Shield of California and Kaiser Permanente for Project Homekey, his housing initiative.  Newsom had selected Blue Shield CEO Paul Markovich to co-chair California's task force on COVID-19 testing.  In January, the governor again tapped Blue Shield, with assistance from Kaiser Permanente, to manage vaccine distribution across the state.

Covid Therapies versus Covid Vaccines:  Who Benefits?  I knew something was amiss when the pandemic hit.  I have four degrees in the field of psychology including a PhD. My years of training and experience were telling me something wasn't right.  My BS detector as all the best psychologists would call it kept going off.  I just kept wondering why our National health leaders kept putting the burden of handling the spread on us?  Yes, they were feverishly working on a vaccine.  But why were they not as frantically looking for a cure or treatment?  And why were they continuous knocking down every possible treatment that was suggested?  So, I did what any good academic would do.  I started trying to figure out the answer to my questions.  In my search I uncovered a trail of corruption, monetary incentives, secrecy, and lies.

We do not need lockdown to keep Covid under control.  When we examine Covid-19 data across the world, two facts stand out.  First, when there is a surge in infections, cases eventually come down whether or not a lockdown or significant legal restrictions were imposed.  Second, many lockdowns and legal restrictions have only a limited — though not necessarily zero — impact on hospitalisations and deaths from Covid.  In January 2021, it was clear that infections in England were falling some time before the national lockdown was imposed.  But this is a familiar pattern.  In the vast majority of places that experienced a big winter surge, infections have since been decreasing, irrespective of whether they imposed lockdowns (such as England, Portugal and Scotland); business closures, but no lockdown (such as Spain and Croatia); or few legal restrictions at all (such as Sweden and Japan or Florida and Texas in the US).  The academic evidence on the impact of lockdowns and business closures is, at best, mixed.  Some studies identify significant effects.  But a recent Stanford University study, which analysed the effects of stay-at-home orders and business closures, concluded: 'While small benefits cannot be excluded, we do not find significant benefits on case growth of more restrictive [measures].'

A Bad Week for The Science™.  Monday [2/15/2021], we learned that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) was consulting teachers' unions about whether it was safe to reopen schools.  This might strike you as odd.  You probably thought the CDC was following The Science™, and kindergarten teachers, to be sure, are not scientists.  Could it be that our esteemed government scientists are beholden to certain political interests, and not necessarily just to The Science™?  Could it be that nobody working for the federal or state governments knows what [...] they're doing?  That doesn't seem right.  These are professional scientists, and The Science™ is sacred, we've been told.  Of course, there was a period in time when following The Science™ meant not wearing a mask.  Masks weren't effective in fighting the coronavirus, The Science™ said at the beginning of the pandemic.  These days, The Science™ says double-masking — wearing two masks instead of just one — is a more effective measure in stopping the spread of the coronavirus.  Following The Science™ in 180 degree circles can be dizzying, but who are we to argue?

New York Times wildly exaggerates NYC's COVID rates to prolong lockdowns.  Picking on The New York Times these days is almost too easy, as the Gray Lady routinely renounces or corrects false articles and podcasts and fires staffers who aren't woke enough for its Twitter masthead.  The Times should next cancel its daily "Coronavirus Tracker," which posts infection rates and related data from across the nation.  It claims, and has for weeks, that there's an "extremely high risk level" and an "extraordinarily severe outbreak" of the bug in Gotham.  The Times says that it relies for its Big Apple numbers "primarily on reports from the state," as well as from "health districts or county governments."  This week, the paper cited an 8 percent test-positivity rate in the five boroughs, based on a 14-day average.  The problem:  The state data on which the Times says it mainly relies this week cited a seven-day average in the city of 4.39 percent and falling — the lowest rate since Nov. 28.  In Manhattan, the most densely populated borough, the seven-day average was a mere 2.59 percent.

What's the penalty for wearing only one mask?  And how would they know?
NYC health officials issue new COVID guidelines: start wearing two masks.  New York City health officials issued new guidance Thursday to prevent the spread of coronavirus — and its growing number of variants — urging people to wear two masks now, instead of just one.  The new recommendations came from both Mayor de Blasio and city Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi amid growing concerns over more contagious coronavirus mutations.

Majority Now Says It'll Take A Pass On This Rushed Covid Vaccine.  I got a Covid-19 vaccination the other day.  Even though I displayed remarkable courage, I was not awarded a lollipop.  Turns out, it appears federal and state public officials are gonna need more than a simple sweet or urgent urgings to get many Americans to take the new needle.  Media and Faucistas are fussing over a chaotic delivery system reminiscent of that botched Obama-BidenCare rollout that fed the historic 2010 midterm rout of Democrats in the House plus about 1,000 elected Dems in state legislatures across the country.  Not that Barack Obama cares, but his party has still not recovered from that electoral catastrophe.  And, oh, look, here comes another congressional redistricting.  Millions of doses of the new vaccines have gone missing.  Millions of people who want the inoculations haven't a clue if they qualify, where to go, how to sign up.  And somehow some foreign nationals have cut in line ahead of Americans.  Now, comes a national survey revealing that a surprising number of Americans have no intention of submitting their upper arm to the vaccine.  Intriguingly, the resistance appears to have a base in one political party.

No face diapers required
Florida restaurant goes viral for 'Face diapers not required' mask policy.  A Florida restaurant is getting some heat — and praise — for telling its patrons that "face diapers" aren't required to dine there.  Beckyjack's Food Shack, in Spring Hill, Hernando County, posted a photo to Facebook Sunday of the sign taped to its window.  "Face diapers not required," it said.  "Everyone welcome."  "Howdy Folks!  Happy Valentine's Day," said the caption on the post.  "A friendly reminder that we DO NOT require Face Masks."


Chicago: Mayor Reportedly Used $281M in CoVID Relief Cash to Pay Underfunded Police Dept..  Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot found herself the center of a growing backlash this week after reportedly using CoVID relief funds to help finance her city's underfunded police department.  "Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reportedly used $281.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay personnel in the Chicago Police Department," reports the Daily Caller.

Report: Lightfoot Used $281.5 Million In COVID-19 Relief Funds To Pay Chicago Police.  Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reportedly used $281.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay personnel in the Chicago Police Department.  The use of coronavirus relief funds to pay police department personnel sparked outrage from many community members after a summer of anti-police protests, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.  Alderman Daniel La Spata told the mayor Wednesday that "the last thing people wanted" was to send more money to the police.

Wuhan Lab Eligible to Receive US Taxpayer Funding Through 2024, NIH Confirms.  The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is authorized to receive taxpayer funding for animal research until January 2024, the National Institute of Health told the Daily Caller News Foundation.  The WIV is at the center of widespread speculation that COVID-19 could have entered the human population in China due to an accidental lab leak.  Researchers at the lab were studying bat-based coronaviruses prior to the outbreak, a project partially backed by $600,000 in U.S. taxpayer funds routed to the lab through the nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance.  The president of EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak, was the sole U.S. member of the World Health Organization (WHO) delegation that investigated the origins of the pandemic on the ground in China in January and February.  While the WHO delegation has yet to release a report on their findings, Daszak said the White House should blindly accept their conclusion that it's highly unlikely the virus could have leaked from the WIV.

DeSantis: I Was Criticized for Not Closing Beaches While Media 'Ignored' Nursing Homes.  On Wednesday's [2/17/2021] broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Ingraham Angle," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) reacted to the scandal around New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) handling of nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic by stating that while Florida was facing criticism for not closing beaches, "the media totally ignored how the governors were handling the nursing homes."  [Video clip]

How gone is he?  President Biden claimed during his CNN town hall in Wisconsin on Tuesday that his administration came into office with no coronavirus vaccines available. [...] Biden's remarks are confused, confusing, and absurdly erroneous.  How gone is he?  Or aren't we supposed to ask?

5 Keys to Understanding Cuomo's COVID-19 Cover-up in New York.  New York state lawmakers say they want to impeach Gov. Andrew Cuomo, strip him of emergency powers, and investigate his administration as new information shows the state's COVID-19 death toll in nursing homes is even higher than a revised estimate.  The New York Department of Health released data Wednesday on 647 more nursing home deaths to the Empire Center for Public Policy, a state think tank that has analyzed the issue through a state statute called the Freedom of Information Law.  These additional deaths come on top of the more than 15,000 reported to have died in New York nursing homes while the Cuomo administration put that total at 8,000 as of January, according to The New York Times.  The Empire Center still seeks details about nearly 1,000 other deaths that occurred in "adult care facilities" that are not clearly identified as nursing homes.

The CBO Just Destroyed The Case For Biden's $1.9 Trillion COVID 'Relief'.  he non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released its economic forecast for the next decade.  It got little press attention, probably because it completely undermines the arguments for another massive COVID-19 stimulus bill.  President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress continue to portray the economy as deep in a recession.  In Wisconsin on Wednesday, for example, Biden said that "Now is the time we should be spending.  Now is the time to go big."  But according to the CBO's economic forecast, real GDP this year will climb by 4.6%.  Assuming that holds true, it would be the biggest annual increase in gross domestic product since 1999.  What's more, GDP will have made up all the ground lost by the pandemic lockdowns by mid-2021, according to the report.

Faith over fear.  [Scroll down]  Consider just this: adults across this country have caused a lot of unnecessary harm to their children during the pandemic.  We have taught them to be afraid; we have indicated that they should not question authority; we have shown them how to be obedient to the government.  We have suggested to them that any sacrifice in the name of community health is acceptable.  We have even modeled a path forward — the easiest way to get along is to go along, to shut up and obey.  Is this why we are now seeing an unprecedented level of mental illness in our children?  Is this the cause of the escalation of substance abuse and the teenage suicide rate?  We have also seen an increase in child abuse and domestic violence all in the name of health, über alles.  As my friend Mark McDonald, M.D., a child psychiatrist, says, forcing a child to wear a mask is a form of child abuse.  We have all witnessed much of the current insanity:  a lone jogger with a mask on, a solo driver with a face covering, the dog-walker covered up and the children in school forced to don a mask.  Recently I saw a group of little kids in a schoolyard walking socially distanced, wearing masks, heads bowed.  It was like a dystopian procession of tiny prisoners.

Thousands of service members saying no to COVID-19 vaccine.  By the thousands, U.S. service members are refusing or putting off the COVID-19 vaccine as frustrated commanders scramble to knock down internet rumors and find the right pitch that will persuade troops to get the shot.  Some Army units are seeing as few as one-third agree to the vaccine.  Military leaders searching for answers believe they have identified one potential convincer: an imminent deployment.  Navy sailors on ships heading out to sea last week, for example, were choosing to take the shot at rates exceeding 80% to 90%.

Waitress says she was fired from NYC eatery for not getting COVID vaccine.  A New York City waitress says she was fired from a popular Brooklyn restaurant after choosing not to get the COVID-19 vaccine for fear it might hurt her chances of getting pregnant.  Bonnie Jacobson, 34, told The Post that the management at Red Hook Tavern canned her on Monday because she balked at getting the shot immediately.  "It was shocking to me," she said Wednesday.  "I went through the stages:  I'm hurt, I'm in shock — then I got mad."  Jacobson, who has been married since October 2019, stressed that she's not an anti-vaxxer and "fully supports" people being inoculated, but said she wants to wait for more research on the coronavirus vaccine's possible effects on fertility.

Re:  The calculus really is complex.  We already know that immunity seems temporary.  We already suspect that re-infection will be the norm (we haven't yet seen it much because the timescales are too short).  And from what we know of Corona Viruses in general, CoVid does not appear that different.  The big difference between Sars-Cov-2 and other corona viruses is that we've never met Sars-Cov-2 before.  And it's the *first* *exposure* that seems to be the lethal one.  Come next autumn, pretty much everyone will either (a) have been vaccinated, or (b) actually caught the virus.  Or (c) be young who typically just shrug it off without even realising they've been infected.  Which means, based on the experience of corona viruses and past pandemics, Sars-Cov-2 will become endemic in the background, mostly unrecognised, and might kill a few already weakened individuals every now and then.

Trump says Biden is either 'lying or he's mentally gone' after claiming there was no Covid vaccine when he took office.  Donald Trump has speculated that Joe Biden is either lying or 'mentally gone' after the president on Tuesday night [2/16/2021] said his administration arrived to find no COVID-19 vaccines available.  Trump, who on Wednesday broke his silence to give a series of interviews marking the death of Rush Limbaugh, told Newsmax Biden made 'a very dumb statement' about the vaccines.  The former president teased a possible 2024 run, boasting about his 'tremendous support', and said he would not be returning to Twitter — the platform from which he was banned last month.

New York Senate Democrats to scale back Cuomo's sweeping COVID powers.  Democrats in the state Senate are ready to move forward with a measure to curb Gov. Cuomo's sweeping pandemic powers.  Lawmakers are preparing to pass a measure that will strip the governor of the wide-ranging executive authority granted to him last year as the COVID-19 crisis began.  "I think everyone understands where we were back in March and where we are now," Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) said in a statement late Wednesday [2/17/2021].  "We certainly see the need for quick response but also want to move toward a system of increased oversight, and review."

FBI, U.S. attorney in Brooklyn probing Cuomo administration on nursing homes.  The FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn have launched an investigation that is examining, at least in part, the actions of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's coronavirus task force in its handling of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities during the pandemic, the Times Union has learned.  The probe by the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of New York is apparently in its early stages and is focusing on the work of some of the senior members of the governor's task force, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter who is not authorized to comment publicly.

FBI, US Attorney investigating Cuomo's handling of NY nursing homes.  The FBI and the Eastern District of New York US Attorney's office have opened an investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of nursing homes amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources said.  The probe is examining the Cuomo administration's actions relating to the nursing homes and other long-term care facilities after thousands of their residents died of COVID-19, according to two sources familiar with the matter.  In its early-stages, the investigation is focusing on some senior members of Cuomo's coronavirus task force, according to The Times Union, which first reported its existence.  Cuomo's administration has faced fierce criticism for a since-rescinded March 25 state Health Department directive ordering nursing homes to admit infected patients being discharged from hospitals.

Cuomo Self-Destructs:  Dem Says Gov Threatened to 'Destroy Him', Ruin Career If He Didn't 'Cover Up'.  Democrat Assemblyman Ron Kim told reporters this week that Governor Andrew Cuomo threatened to "destroy him" and ruin his career if the lawmaker refused to "cover-up" the administration's nursing home scandal.  "Gov. Cuomo called me directly on Thursday to threaten my career if I did not cover up for Melissa [DeRosa] and what she said.  He tried to pressure me to issue a statement, and it was a very traumatizing experience," Kim said.  Cuomo then told the assemblyman that "we're in this business together and we don't cross certain lines and he said I hadn't seen his wrath and that he can destroy me," according to Kim.

Cuomo's Show of Corruption in Cover-Up of Nursing Home Deaths [Was] Aided By ABC and CBS.  On Monday in a press conference, corrupt New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spun a web of lies and misinformation about his administration's cover-up of nursing home deaths due to COVID-19.  He was blaming everyone from former President Trump to nursing home staff and he refused to take responsibility as he openly lied about his administration's actions.  Despite how blatant and easily disprovable his claims were, ABC and CBS refused to give him the "Trump Treatment" and fact-check anything he said.  Instead, reporters like Carter Evans, Los Angeles based correspondent on CBS Evening News, who worked to prop up Cuomo's false claims.

Gov. Cuomo threatens Dem over nursing home scandal: 'You will be destroyed'.  A state lawmaker from Queens says Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened that he'd be "destroyed" if he didn't help contain the damage over Cuomo's cover-up of nursing home deaths from COVID-19.  Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Queens) on Wednesday said he got a phone call from the governor on Thursday night, shortly after The Post exclusively revealed how secretary to the governor Melissa DeRosa privately admitted that Cuomo's administration withheld death data for fear it would be "used against us" by federal prosecutors.  "At first, there was a silence on the phone," Kim said.  "Then the governor says, 'Mr. Kim, are you an honorable man?'"  Kim — who said he was "in the middle of bathing my kids" — said Cuomo asked him to draft a statement "to say that Melissa DeRosa said there was a federal investigation and they had to deal with that first."

A Freedom-Loving People Needs to Call the Bluff of Those Instilling Fear.  While it took the combined elements of the New Deal and American mobilization during World War II, the land of the free and the home of the brave eventually reasserted itself and America won through to victory — over straitened economic circumstances and the combined military might of National Socialist Germany and Imperial Japan.  What followed was two decades of prosperity, social harmony, and relative peace.  Today, that country has nearly vanished into history, defeated by a combination of "progressive" assaults on the nation-as-founded, and a concomitant loss of self-confidence and even legitimacy.  Worst of all, the fear that FDR warned of has now inculcated itself as the new American default mode: everything terrifies us, and sends us scurrying for the imagined security of "safe spaces."  Which are, of course, really prisons for a people no longer capable of governing themselves.  Exhibit A is COVID-19, China's gift to the world, the overreaction to which has elevated "civil servants" to the status of dictators, abrogated the Constitution, destroyed the economy, and encouraged the citizenry to shun their fellow men as if they were radioactive.  It has terrified a country grown ever more effeminate in its mannerisms and speech patterns, and fearful of engagement with everyday life.  It has created the absurd spectacle of once-free citizens habitually masked and shuffling along like the captive residents of a communist country, tethered to their iPhones, bombarded daily with government and Google propaganda, and accepting the notion that this is somehow the New Normal — and ought to be.

Absolute power is such a thrill!
Health Inspector Does Happy Dance Moments After Ordering SoCal Brewery to Close.  A health inspector named Jatinder Chhabra did a happy dance moments after ordering a brewery (already struggling because of Covid lockdowns) in Southern California to close.  The brown shirt health inspectors are drunk on power and won't stop until the American people say "enough."  Jatinder Chhabra waltzed into Bravery Brewing Company in Lancaster, a high desert city in northern Los Angeles County last weekend and told the owners to close up shop.  Bravery Brewing Co doesn't have TVs so they set up Super Bowl Sundays with limited hours so customers can take the freshly brewed beer home with them before the game starts.

LA health inspector is caught on camera clapping her hands and dancing after incorrectly shutting down brewery on Super Bowl Sunday over COVID guidelines.  A Los Angeles County health inspector was captured on video dancing inside a brewery after incorrectly ordering the owner to close his doors on Super Bowl Sunday for violating COVID guidelines.  Bart Avery, an owner of Bravery Brewery in Lancaster, California, told Fox News that the inspector came to the establishment around 11am on February 7.  Avery claimed the inspector told an employee that the business was in violation of county guidelines because there was no food truck and needed to close just moments before she broke out in a dance.

Power Crazed:  Inspector Dances with Glee While Shutting Down Los Angeles County Brewery Restaurant.  Moments after shutting down the Bravery Brewing Company for allowing customers to pick up prior to the Super Bowl rather than delivering, the LA County Health Inspector does a little happy dance.  Surveillance footage shows Los Angeles County inspector Jatinder Chhabra entering the building just over half an hour after they opened.  They had to shut down right now, she informed the employee, who was ringing up two customers at that moment.  Why?  No food truck.  [Video clip]

Critics Must Be Silenced for Billionaires to Keep Profiting From Pandemic.  On Feb. 15, the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post published a Feb. 11 Associated Press article applauding the censorship of those who criticize the government's pandemic response policies.  The lockdown has netted Bezos $70 billion since its start.  If you are Bezos, a permanent lockdown is a goldmine.  Bill Gates, meanwhile, has made $20 billion from the lockdown he previously war-gamed and then cheer-led.  His strategy has included emasculating the independent media — the most likely sources of the sort of vigorous journalism that might otherwise scrutinize his self interest in the polices he helped successfully engineer for the rest of us.

Former Detroit TV Anchor Dies One Day After Taking COVID Vaccine.  Karen Hudson-Samuels' career in broadcast journalism spanned over four decades in Detroit.  After making her name at WGPR-TV as an anchor, producer and news director, the historian and journalist used her vision to create one of the biggest accomplishments of her lifetime.  To preserve the history of the country's first black-owned and operated television station, WGPR, Samuels worked tirelessly to bring the William V. Banks broadcast museum to life.

Follow the Money:  Hydroxychloroquine vs. the "Vaccine".  As of Feb. 1, more than 270 deaths and nearly 10,000 total adverse events suspected to be associated with the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 "vaccines" have been reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).  Considering that a nearly three-year study on VAERS found that "fewer than 1% of vaccine adverse events are reported," those numbers are downright scary.  By contrast, if anyone knows how many deaths or adverse events occurred due to people taking hydroxychloroquine the way Dr. Vladimir Zelenko prescribes it, please tell me.  So far all I hear is crickets.  In other words, I can find no reports of deaths or adverse effects that occurred because of people taking HCQ when on the Zelenko Protocol.

I suspect it generates more money if a flu patient comes in and the hospital calls it Covid.
US flu hospitalizations at historic low amid COVID-19 school lockdowns.  The flu season has been virtually nonexistent this season — with the lowest rate of hospitalization ever since that data has been tallied.  Just 165 flu-related hospitalizations were recorded between Oct. 1 and Feb. 6, according to recent information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  That's compared to roughly 400,000 people who were hospitalized during the 2019-2020 flu season, which also saw 22,000 deaths.  "This is lower than average for this point in the season and lower than rates for any season since routine data collection began in 2005, including the low severity 2011-12 season," the CDC said.

The Grand Illusion.  The pandemic had to do with getting Trump out of office.  But, that was not its primary purpose.  The primary purpose was to see if the people could be bullied into conceding to authority that was obviously and intentionally unconstitutional.  The purpose of that was to see if they could cheat as much as they had to steal the election.  It was to see if the American people could be ruled after they had been denied their choice for president.

The Coming Parent Revolt Over School Reopening.  The public health community has long since concluded that the perils of prolonged school closures are far greater than the risks posed by COVID-19 to students and teachers.  This fact has not been lost on parents, who are growing increasingly impatient with teachers who won't return to the classroom.

Press Sec Refuses to Answer Question About CoVID 'Relief' Funds Going to Abortions.  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki refused to comment on whether aspects of the President's CoVID relief package can go towards funding abortions; saying he's "shared his views" on the subject.  "Regarding the American Rescue Plan... Pro-life groups are very concerned that taxpayer dollars will go to the abortion industry.  With that being said, can this administration guarantee that no taxpayer dollars will go to the abortion industry?" asked one reporter.  "Which component are you referring to?  The President believes that community health centers are a key part of addressing the pandemic.  People have access to vaccines and treatments, to make sure that they're healthy," said the Press Secretary.

Chuck Schumer Repeatedly Refuses To Answer Questions About Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal.  Andrew Cuomo's COVID nursing home scandal is become a major liability for the Democrats.  Senator Chuck Schumer of New York was recently questioned about it repeatedly and wouldn't give an answer.  For the first time in a long time, a reporter actually asked a Democrat a tough question.

Biden Falsely Claims: 'We Didn't Have' A Vaccine 'When We Came Into Office'.  President Joe Biden falsely claimed during a CNN town hall on Tuesday night [2/16/2021] that his administration did not have a vaccine to work with when he came into office, saying, "It's one thing to have the vaccine, which we didn't have when we came into office, but a vaccinator, how do you get the vaccine into someone's arm?"

NAACP files lawsuit against Trump, Giuliani, Proud Boys for launching Capitol riot.  A Democratic House lawmaker and the NAACP sued former President Trump and others in federal court on Tuesday [2/16/2021], seeking money damages for putting the lawmaker in fear of his life during the riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.  Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, described the emotional distress he felt while cowering in the House chamber with a gas mask while rioters pounded on the doors.  When he was evacuated to what he thought was a more secure location beneath the Capitol, Mr. Thompson said, he ended up in a coronavirus "hot spot" with Republican lawmakers who refused to wear masks.

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Aha!  He was in a "coronavirus 'hot spot'" surrounded by those evil maskless people!  That was over a month ago.  Did he get sick?  If not, maybe there is no reason for panic in the presence of those who choose not to wear a muzzle.

Longtime nursing home worker slams NY Gov. Cuomo for blaming staff for COVID spread.  A longtime New York nursing home worker told "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave nursing home staff "no plan" to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and blasted him for "never" taking responsibility "for anything."  Danielle Pagoulatos-Lieblein, a nursing home nutrition director with 30 years of experience in the industry, made the comments one day after Cuomo held a press conference where the embattled Democratic New York governor admitted that he should have moved sooner to release relevant data related to COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes amid mounting criticism of his administration's handling of the scandal.  In his first press conference since reports surfaced that his office underreported or withheld critical information on nursing home deaths during the pandemic, Cuomo said all relevant information was "fully, publicly and accurately reported."  When asked if he felt the need to apologize, the New York governor said his team's failure to publicly address concerns created a "void" that allowed the spread of "conspiracy theories."

CDC Admits It Based School Guidelines on Teacher Input and Stakeholders.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admitted during a press conference that it based its new school guidelines on science, but also input from teachers and stakeholders.  No wonder the guidelines pretty much give unions and schools an excuse to not return to in-person learning.  It's weird how one week officials say schools should reopen and the next they come up with every excuse to keep it all closed.  The bipartisan group Open Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia found a few interesting tidbits in the transcript of a press conference with the CDC. [...]

The vaccines will end the pandemic — whether Dr. Fauci likes it or not.  Repeat after me:  Vaccines will end the pandemic.  This bears repeating, as some elites seem bent on prolonging restrictions for a long time, perhaps indefinitely.  If they have their way, we will wear masks for years, continue to socially distance and never get back to our regular lives.  The sane among us need to make sure none of this transpires.  On Thursday, President Biden delivered remarks to the National Institutes of Health while wearing a mask.  Standing on a stage, the president said he had consulted with government gurus Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins about removing his mask and noted that despite being 10 feet away from people, "it's important that I not."

The Rich Don't Need A Mask — Major Airline Company Drop Mask Requirement For First & Business Class.  The arrival of COVID-19 has changed the way we travel.  While the number one priority of airlines is the safety of its passengers and crew, COVID-19 presented airlines with a whole new set of safety-related challenges to deal with.  From mandatory mask-wearing and blocking middle-seats to reduced in-flight service, new safety measures have become standard in most cases.  However, one airline, Cathay Pacific, created quite a stir when it announced it will be giving its business and first-class passengers the option to remove their masks. [...] Cathay Pacific joined Qatar Airways in a rare category, but Qatar Airways after facing huge backlash now says masks are mandatory for all, [despite] words to the contrary, and a press release stating "Business Class customers are asked to wear their face shield and mask onboard at their own discretion, as they enjoy more space and privacy."

More Media Blackout — Report:  Nearly 1,200 Dead Following COVID Vaxx In US In Less Than 2 Months.  These drug pushers are doing nothing but lying to the American people and at the cost of lives.  I reported on Thursday that the January Vaccine Adverse Events Report indicated nearly 3,000 entries and almost 460 deaths.  However, the Center for Disease Control is now saying that from the middle of December to the first week of February, nearly 1,200 people have died following getting the experimental COVID jab, but have no concern, the CDC claims that what you need to know is that they are "safe and effective."

Fact Check?  Kamala Lies to Axios with 'Start from Scratch' Vaccine Claim that Fauci Debunked.  Isn't it fascinating that the liberal media lectures us about all the dangers of misinformation about the coronavirus, but now the Biden-Harris team just keeps repeating nonsense about how they had to start "from scratch" on the vaccine?  That there was "no plan"?  Even after CNN fell on its face running this claim from an anonymous source, only to be corrected by media darling Anthony Fauci, Vice President Kamala Harris said it out loud to Axios reporter and co-founder Mike Allen for the website's HBO show.  Allen just accepted this garbage.  [Video clip]

Honolulu mayor extends coronavirus restrictions.  Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi has extended coronavirus restrictions until the middle of March despite reports of new cases remaining low in the state the past two weeks.  "The health and safety of everyone in the City and County of Honolulu remains our top priority and I want to move us forward in a way that is deliberate and based on science," Blangiardi said in a statement, the Star-Advertiser reported.  "Successfully minimizing the spread of this virus during occasions like Super Bowl weekend, Valentine's Day, and beyond, is the key to getting more of Oahu back to work, school and back in the community activities we desperately need," he added.

Cuomo blames 'politics,' fails to address nursing home cover-up admission.  An unapologetic Gov. Cuomo doubled down on a litany of past excuses Monday [2/15/2021] as he blamed "politics" for the spiraling scandal that's engulfed his administration since The [New York] Post revealed his top aide admitted they hid from elected officials and the public the true number of nursing-home residents killed by COVID-19.  During a virtual news conference at which he declined to take a question from The Post, Cuomo claimed that "there's nothing to investigate" regarding the cover-up to which Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa confessed during a video conference call with Democratic lawmakers last week.  Cuomo never directly addressed DeRosa's recorded remarks in which she admitted "we froze" over whether to come clean to the Legislature — or the public — about nursing home deaths in the face of a Justice Department inquiry.

Democrats slam 'lying' Cuomo over COVID-19 nursing home 'cover-up'.  Fellow Democratic legislators in New York weren't buying Gov. Andrew Cuomo's explanation Monday [2/15/2021] as to why he refused for months to release a true accounting of nursing home residents who died from the coronavirus.  Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Queens), whose uncle died from COVID-19, bluntly said, "all of it is BS" and a cover-up.  "They could have given us the information back in May and June of last year.  They chose not to," Kim said, when hearing Cuomo was blaming the DOJ probe for delays in releasing the accurate coronavirus death tally of nursing home residents.  Cuomo cited an exclusive Aug. 26, 2020 story in The [New York] Post that broke the news about the Department of Justice inquiry into his administration's nursing home admission policy and the undercounting of deaths, claiming Albany legislators should have known about the probe based on that report.

The Pandemic Cure is Far Worse than the Disease.  [Scroll down]  This description of the "War on Covid" causing societal stress though is incomplete.  What has actually been inflicted on Americans and much of the world has been psychological warfare, using distorted statistics, diagnostic manipulations and medical historical amnesia as cover in pursuit of government's agenda namely, further societal control.  Psychological warfare on the general public has taken the form of messaging, using the relentless repetition of words, phrases and ideas not only daily but hourly.  It is transmitted throughout the day on all TV and radio stations, breaking news reports, print journalism whether medically or non-medically related, signage on roadways, business windows, doorways etc.  Think how many times you've heard the following over the past year:  Covid, Coronavirus, novel virus, pandemic, "vaccine", masks, social distancing, cases, ventilators, ICU beds, death count, emergency use, "vaccine" passports, immunization, and mandates.  Now if you're not in a medical occupation try to think how often you've heard these used in the media over your lifetime.  The purpose of this psychological warfare is to overwhelm our individual psychological state, normally used to cope with our everyday life, and replace it with obsessive thoughts.

Cuomo's COVID Cover-Up.  Reporting from the New York Post tonight [2/11/2021] confirms what the public has long suspected: that New York Democrats, under Governor Andrew Cuomo's leadership, hid the real numbers of nursing home COVID deaths to avoid political accountability and to slither out of a Department of Justice investigation. [...] Today's NY Post reporting exposes the worst type of political cynicism and cover-up we have seen in quite some time.  Health officials essentially killed off thousands of nursing home residents with their mandate and then knowingly hid data on nursing home COVID deaths from the public.  Thousands dead.  And to whom did the Secretary to the Governor, Melissa DeRosa, apologize?  Not the the victims, but to fellow Democrats for putting them "in that political position with the Republicans."

Unexplained Covid-19 cases prompt first lockdown in New Zealand since August.  New Zealand's largest city of Auckland will go into a three-day lockdown beginning just before midnight Sunday [2/14/2021] following the discovery of three unexplained coronavirus cases in the community.  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the move after an urgent meeting with other top lawmakers in the Cabinet.  She said they decided to take a cautious approach until they find out more about the outbreak, including whether the infections are of the more contagious variants.  The lockdown is the first in New Zealand in six months and represents a significant setback in the nation's largely successful efforts to control the virus.

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It is irrational to lock down an entire city because three people got sick.

Fauci says new coronavirus relief bill must pass before schools reopen.  Dr. Anthony Fauci said a coronavirus relief bill needs to be passed before schools can reopen.  "I think that the schools really do need more resources, and that's the reason why the national relief act that we're talking about getting passed — we need that.  The schools need more resources," the nation's leading infectious disease doctor said on ABC's This Week. [...] The comments come after Fauci said late last year that bars should close, but "keep the schools open."  "The default position should be to try as best as possible within reason to keep the children in school," Fauci said on Nov. 29.  "If you look at the data, the spread among children and from children is not really very big at all, not like one would have suspected.  So let's try to get the kids back," Fauci added.

A Doctor's View About The New mRNA Vaccines.  With the passage of time, I've learned that what we don't know about medicine outweighs what we do know.  I've always been a proponent of older, more established vaccines.  However, they are imperfect and, like all medical treatments, can have side effects.  Unfortunately, in the conversation about the new COVID-19 vaccines, the tenets of honesty and a willingness to admit ignorance are being compromised.  Operation Warp Speed was remarkable, but it leaves an uncomfortable question:  Is it a good thing to rush a vaccine (or medicine) to the public without the usual safeguards?  Operation Warp Speed might be a great business objective or military goal, but is it great for a medical treatment?  The pharmaceutical industry, government health authorities, and the media insist the new vaccines are safe and effective.  While the initial results are promising, this is not the whole truth.

Woman, 78, dies after receiving vaccine in California.  A 78-year-old woman died in Pomona, Calif., on Friday [2/12/2021] after receiving a shot of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at an inoculation center.  The cause of death wasn't immediately determined, but the patient did not display signs of a severe allergic reaction, said Dr. Michael Morris, the physician director of Kaiser Permanente's Southern California vaccination program.  The woman lost consciousness in the observation area after receiving the shot, Morris said.

Fauci wins $1 million Israeli prize for 'defending science'.  Dr. Anthony Fauci has won the $1 million Dan David Prize for "defending science" and advocating for vaccines now being administered worldwide to fight the coronavirus pandemic.  The Israel-based Dan David Foundation on Monday [2/15/2021] named President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser as the winner of one of three prizes.  It said he had earned the recognition over a lifetime of leadership on HIV research and AIDS relief, as well as his advocacy for the vaccines against COVID-19.  In its statement, the private foundation did not mention former President Donald Trump, who undermined Fauci's follow-the-science approach to the pandemic.  But it credited Fauci with "courageously defending science in the face of uninformed opposition during the challenging COVID crisis."

The 'Insurrection Hallucination' and How We Got There.  You could hardly pick up a newspaper or turn on television news without seeing Andrew Cuomo depicted as someone who bravely locked down his state to prevent a rapidly spreading COVID-19 from killing off more of its citizens.  The President got a hospital ship there in record time and provided every assistance, including a substantial number of respirators Cuomo begged for and didn't use.  In truth, no one was more responsible for the deaths of 15,000 elderly in New York nursing homes than he.  Refusing to use the emergency facilities provided him, he forced nursing homes to house COVID-19 patients removed from hospitals, and, to add to his shame, he withheld the nursing home death count, because, as his top aide Melissa deRosa admitted this week in a conference call, "we froze" out of fear federal prosecutors would use the truth against them.  Anyone who spent a moment looking into the nursing home deaths knew precisely what a disaster Cuomo had inflicted on New York's elderly.  But he was the Left's shining star.

Joe Biden Moves the Goalposts, Pushes Mask Mandate From "100 Days" to "Through the Next Year".  15 days to slow the spread of Covid has turned into a never ending lockdown and power grab for the Democrats.  Now Joe Biden is moving the goalposts on his mask mandate.  Biden previously stated many times that wearing masks for just 100 days would save lives so his first day in office he signed an executive order requiring masks on federal property — just for 100 days.  On Thursday Biden's "100 days of mask wearing" turned into "wearing masks through the next year."

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The goalposts aren't moving.  There are no goalposts.  We can't win this game, and the only sensible option is to stop playing it.  I don't know anybody who voluntarily wears a face mask.  Civil disobedience and constant lobbying are the only ways to stop this foolishness.

Newly Elected Montana Governor Greg Gianforte Ends State Mask Mandate.  Montana's Republican Governor, Greg Gianforte, revoked the statewide mask mandate instituted by his Democrat predecessor, fulfilling a campaign promise.  Governor Gianforte made the announcement on Friday, saying the state of Montana had made "significant progress" in vaccinating elderly and vulnerable parts of the population, meaning that the mask mandate was no longer needed on a state level.  Gianforte had made the removal of the mandate a campaign promise in November, with his defeated Democrat predecessor having signed it into law in July.

7 Reasons Fake News Media Had a Very Bad Friday.  [#3] Andrew "Grandma Slayer" Cuomo Exposed:  Although everyone has known for months that Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) forced nursing homes to accept people still contagious with the coronavirus and that he lied about this and then buried the truth of just how many people died as a result, on Friday [2/12/2021], fake news outlets like CNNLOL and the New York Times — outlets guilty of aiding Gov. Grandma Slayer in this cover-up — were at long last forced to report the truth.  Better still, this story is only starting to explode.

Bill Gates' daughter jokes on social media about getting COVID-19 vaccine.  Bill Gates' daughter told her social media followers that the first dose of the COVID-19 "did NOT implant my genius father into my brain."  Jennifer Gates, 24, made the joke to dispel wild conspiracy theories that the billionaire Microsoft founder was somehow using the vaccine to get inside people's minds and track their movements, according to a report.  Jennifer Gates is a second-year medical student at New York's Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Joe Biden sure is friendly with China.  I wonder why.
Biden administration expresses 'deep concerns' about WHO's China probe.  The Biden administration on Saturday expressed "deep concerns" about the World Health Organization's (WHO) probe into the Chinese handling of the coronavirus.  "We have deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the COVID-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them," National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a lengthy statement.  "It is imperative that this report be independent, with expert findings free from intervention or alteration by the Chinese government."  The WHO sent a team to investigate the origins of the virus in Wuhan, and was closely watched for evidence of Chinese stonewalling.  The team left this week after saying that it was "extremely unlikely" that the virus emerged from a lab in Wuhan — and said it was pretty much not worth "further studies."

Covid vaccines are set to be tested on six-year-old children and 'even newborns and pregnant women' as trials are expanded.  Covid-19 vaccines are set to be tested on children and potentially even newborns.  AstraZeneca, which produces the Oxford vaccine, says it is expanding trials to children as young as six, and The Mail on Sunday can reveal that fellow vaccine maker Janssen, part of Johnson and Johnson, is now looking into testing on newborn babies and even pregnant women.  Janssen last month revealed trials in adults showed its single-dose Covid vaccine is 66 percent effective in preventing coronavirus.

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I'm no doctor, but even I know that unnecessary vaccines should never be given to newborn children.  In the case of Covid-19, anyone under the age of 30 is at such low risk of serious complications that the vaccine is pointless for them.

Top Biden COVID Adviser Wrong About Spiking COVID-19 Numbers (Again).  President Joe Biden's top COVID-19 adviser wrongly predicted that Florida would experience a large, "house on fire" virus outbreak unrivaled by states with lockdown restrictions due to Gov. Ron DeSantis's reopening orders.  "Florida is ripe for another large outbreak," Dr. Michael Osterholm told CNN's Jake Tapper in October.  "What they've done is opened up everything as if nothing had ever happened there.  And you and I could be talking probably in eight to 10 weeks and I will likely bet that Florida will be a house on fire."  Osterholm also ragged on North Dakota and South Dakota for maintaining anti-lockdown and mask policies that he labeled as political decisions motivated by "pseudoscience."  Despite Osterholm's previously failed projections and his drastic vacillations on COVID mitigation strategies, Tapper praised the adviser for "being right the whole time" about COVID-19. [...] Despite Tapper's fawning over Osterholm's coronavirus opinions, data from October when the doctor first gave his prediction about a surge in Florida COVID cases suggests that other states still under strict lockdown orders experienced similar and even worse hospitalization and deaths attributed to the virus.

The Callous COVID Cruelty of Our Ruling Class.  As I wrote in April, coronavirus hysteria has unleashed the inner tyrant in anyone with a modicum of authority, from fame-seeking aged bureaucrats down to the local homeowners' association president.  The only upside, if one can be found in an otherwise catastrophic period of unnecessary human misery, is that the ruling class' depravity now is fully exposed; the face mask, so to speak, has slipped, and slipped for good.  More horrifying, however, is that no one in power shows the slightest hint of regret.  They are, by all indications, actually enjoying it.  They are sadists.

The CDC could have said this six months ago, but then it might have helped Trump, not Biden.
CDC Urges Schools to Reopen 'as Soon as Possible,' Says COVID Risk Can Be Mitigated.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called to reopen schools from kindergarten through 12th grade, in new guidelines released on Friday [2/12/2021].  The guidelines were updated as many local governments have struggled to return students to in-person learning, almost a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced schools across the U.S. to shutter their doors.  San Francisco is suing the city's own Board of Education to reopen its public schools, while Chicago reached a deal with the city teachers' union to reopen schools in March after weeks of negotiations.

Did the CDC Really Say We Need to Wear 2 Masks?  Throughout the course of this pandemic, there has been widespread confusion, misunderstanding, and anxiety about COVID-19 — how it is transmitted, how dangerous it is, and how to protect yourself from it.  Now, the latest topic of debate is whether or not the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend double-masking, and like other COVID-19 debates, misconceptions abound.  The use of masks as a simple infection control measure has become a controversial and polarizing issue.  Now, a new push to wear not one, but two masks at once threatens to make it even worse.  But does it even make sense?

Governor Ron DeSantis Responds to the Biden Administration Singling Out Florida.  Governor Ron DeSantis is responding to rumors that the Biden administration is considering travel restrictions for his state.  The onslaught of criticism for the way DeSantis is handling the pandemic has reached a crescendo following the Super Bowl coverage showing residents moving freely, with and without masks, in the stadium stands and celebrating the game.  DeSantis was photographed maskless in a box seat and preemptively told the press he couldn't drink a beer with the mask on, and beer is required to watch your home team play in the big game.  They were unimpressed.  Here is an example of the overwrought and grossly inaccurate coverage from the unimpressive and often wrong Joy Reid.  [Video clip]

The Morning Briefing:  Andrew Cuomo Should Be in Prison for His COVID-19 Lies.  While the Democrats are busily engaged in the world's worst creative fiction workshop masquerading as an impeachment trial, the real world continues to spin, and not in a way that is very friendly to the Democrats.  When you look at what Grandpa Gropes is actually up to and then see what a disaster vaccine distribution has been in blue states, it's easy to see why they want to keep the impeachment shiny object sham around as a distraction.  Longtime readers here are very well aware of the fact that I am not a fan of New York's petty tyrant chief executive, Andrew "Send Grandma to the Grave" Cuomo.  I don't like his brother Fredo either, but at least he doesn't have a body count.  For the longest time, there was a race between Cuomo, California's Gavin Newsom, and Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer for the title of "Worst Governor In America." [...] Cuomo is now well ahead and putting distance between himself and Newsom.  He may even lap Whitmer by the end of this month.

CNN and the dangerous distortion of truth while New Yorkers died.  CNN was blasted as "an abject disgrace to both the journalism profession and America writ large" in the wake of an aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitting the state withheld COVID-19 nursing home death data after months of glowing coverage from the disgraced network.  Gov. Cuomo's little brother, Chris, hosts "Cuomo Prime Time" on CNN, regularly providing a platform last year for the governor to appeal to viewers by conducting playful on-air conversations masquerading as interviews amid the nursing home scandal.

Cuomo lied and covered it up — we need a federal investigation to find the truth.  New York needs the truth about the Cuomo administration coverup of nursing-home deaths — and that means an independent federal investigation.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aide confessed privately this week that the administration suppressed the true COVID toll in the homes.  She also offered an apology — not to the thousands of New York families who needlessly lost loved ones thanks to her boss's mismanagement but to Democratic lawmakers put in a difficult "political position with the Republicans" by the coverup.  A federal investigation may be the only way to get the full truth of Team Cuomo's order to nursing homes, populated by those most vulnerable to the virus, to take in COVID-positive patients.  Not just the "what" of how many lives it cost, but the "why" behind this madness, and the months and months of coverup.

As [the] 'walls close in' on Gov. Cuomo, rank media favoritism [is] exposed in [a] devastating thread.  If there was going to be a case study on the corrupt bias of the media establishment, it would have to center on the coverage of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.  You may recall that back in the early days of the Democratic primary, when Biden was coming in fourth in Iowa and fifth in New Hampshire, before his revival in South Carolina, there appeared to be an effort afoot in the media to sell Cuomo as a possible alternative.

Cuomo's nursing home death coverup one of NY's worst scandals:  Ex-Gov. George Pataki.  Former Gov. George Pataki unloaded on Gov. Andrew Cuomo, calling the COVID-19 nursing home death reporting "cover-up" scandal "one of the worst things I have seen in state government."  During an interview on AM 570 WMCA radio, Pataki called Cuomo's nursing home policies and actions "inhumane," "reprehensible," "outrageous," "despicable" and "beyond the pale."  He called for a criminal probe by the Biden Justice Department, state Attorney General Letitia James and independent investigation conducted by the state Legislature.  "This is one of the worst things I have seen in New York State government, and I've been following this for a long time," Pataki said of the nursing home death cover-up.

14 Democrats In NY Senate Want Repeal Of Cuomo's Emergency Powers.  Fourteen New York Democrats are seeking to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of emergency powers granted to him throughout the COVID-19 pandemic after a top aide revealed his administration withheld data about nursing home deaths in New York from Justice Department investigators.  "Without exception, the New York State Constitution calls for the Legislature to govern as a co-equal branch of government.  While COVID-19 has tested the limits of our people and state — and, early during the pandemic, required the government to restructure decision making to render rapid, necessary public health judgements — it is clear that the expanded emergency powers granted to the Governor are no longer appropriate," a joint statement by the state Senators said.

Cuomo Chaos:  N.Y. Dems Consider Revoking Emergency Powers as Nursing Home Coverup Unravels.  Democrats in the New York State Assembly will weigh rescinding Governor Cuomo's emergency powers as one of his top aides attempts to walk back her stunning admission that the administration covered up the true number of COVID nursing home deaths in order to avoid being attacked by the Trump administration.  The Democratic lawmakers plan to hold a conference Friday morning to discuss stripping the governor of the emergency powers granted to him last year when the pandemic began, local news outlet NY1 reported.  Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa recently admitted that the Cuomo administration covered up the real data on coronavirus nursing home deaths in New York in order to hide the magnitude of the issue from federal authorities, the New York Post reported.

Illegal migrants are getting Covid jabs in plush quarantine hotels at Heathrow.  At the four star Crowne Plaza Hotel overlooking lawns on the outskirts of London, 20-year-old Abdul from the Sudan says he is pleased with his new life here in Britain.  He proclaims proudly:  'I was given the vaccination yesterday at the hotel to stop me catching Covid.  There are 400 migrants living here and we nearly all had it.  No one I know refused.'  Tapping his arm to show the site of the injection, he adds in faltering English: 'It's important that we don't catch the virus and get sick.'

The Editor says...
Well, look on the bright side.  He might turn out to be an Islamic terrorist in a few years, but at least he learned a little bit of English.

Biden tells Americans to wear masks for COVID-19 until at least 2022.  President Biden on Thursday [2/11/2021] stressed the importance of wearing masks until at least 2022 to save lives — despite declaring the US will have enough supply of vaccines by the summer to inoculate 300 million Americans.  The president told reporters during a visit to the National Institutes of Health complex that he would not take his mask off even though he was standing more than 10 feet away from Dr. Anthony Fauci and NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins.  "You know that wearing this mask through the next year here can save lives — a significant number of lives," Biden said.  "And so I apologize if you don't hear me as clearly as you, maybe you should."  Biden warned that the country is still "in the teeth of this pandemic" with new, highly contagious variants spreading.

The Editor says...
The vast majority of the people who might die from Covid-19 have already done so.  Anyone who is extremely susceptible to Covid is also susceptible to a number of other illnesses, and may have such "comorbidities" already.  People like that stay home and isolate themselves.  They will not be affected if I go to the grocery store without a face mask, because they'll be at home, waiting for the grocery delivery driver.  My point is that "wearing masks saves lives" is not true.  It is an emotional outburst used by politicians to extend their "temporary" power and unilateral decrees.

Biden Administration Threw CDC Director Under The Bus After She Said Teachers Can Return To School.  President Joe Biden's administration threw the director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the bus after she suggested that teachers could return to classrooms before being vaccinated.  "There is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a Feb. 3 press briefing.  "Vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for the safe reopening of schools."  White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded to Walensky's statements later that same day, telling reporters that the CDC Director's comments were not official guidance and that she was speaking in her "personal capacity."

The Editor says...
It appears Ms. Psaki is lying.  Ms. Walensky made her statements "at a Feb. 3 press briefing."  One does not ordinarily hold a press briefing in one's "personal capacity."  Nor was it reported that way.

Report Reveals Mounting Evidence That China Concealed COVID-19 In October 2019.  As first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, good evidence suggests the COVID-19 virus was evident in Wuhan hospitalizations at least 90 days before the disease was first formally identified in Dec. 2019.  The Chinese Community Party (CCP) has been notably evasive in working with health experts and turned down the World Health Organization's (WHO) urging to perform additional lab testing on blood samples collected in autumn 2019. It has also been pushing myriad cover stories about the virus's outbreak, including that it originated in a wet market and came in from foreign countries in frozen food.  While Chinese authorities communicated that they recently performed antibody tests on two-thirds of the patients documented as having COVID-19-like symptoms 90 days before Dec. 2019, WHO investigators claim such antibodies would not necessarily be detectable long after.  Of the 92 patients who were tested for antibodies, a third are now deceased or "did not grant permission" to participate, and the remaining individuals tested negative for serology tests.

Swamp Strikes Back.  The movement against capitalism is very broad and the politicians have caused this crisis to further their agenda.  Governments were shaken by the election of Donald Trump in 2016.  That is why they have brought this impeachment — they are trying to drive a stake in the heart of democracy which they call "populism" for we are too stupid to know who to vote for.  They have had the audacity to even claim that this pandemic has created a further gap in inequality so they must avenge the poor, who they deliberately made poorer knowing they can not work remotely. [...] But it has been the very lockdowns that has destroyed our culture.  There are studies showing that these lockdowns have been ineffective.  Indeed, never before in 6,000 years of recorded history has any government EVER shut down its entire economy because of some disease.  There is absolutely NO historical precedent that any such measure has EVER be used.  This has been a huge experiment by the left to take control of the globe counting on the stupidity of the majority to just follow orders as the Nazis defended themselves at the Nuremberg trials.

Governor Ron DeSantis Responds to Biden Threats of Restricting Florida Travel.  Yesterday [2/10/2021] it was widely reported the JoeBama administration was considering federal intervention to restrict travel into and out-of Florida.  Essentially a travel ban.  Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis discussed the position of his state during a segment of a COVID update press conference from Port Charlotte, Florida.  [Video clip]

'The worst of the worst': Massive counterfeit N95 mask operation busted in Queens warehouse.  A Queens warehouse manager was busted after investigators discovered his building was filled with millions of counterfeit N95 masks, prosecutors said Thursday.  The large-scale fraud — which a Department of Homeland Security official said ranked up with the "worst of the worst" of the country's many personal protective equipment scams during the coronavirus pandemic — unfolded in a nondescript warehouse in Long Island City run by Zhi Zeng, 34.  One unnamed Southern health care system coughed up more than $700,000 for the bogus masks, meaning that frontline hospital workers were wearing the counterfeit face coverings, prosecutors said.

Joe Biden Mumbles Through His Face Mask, Blames Trump For His Own Administration's Vaccine Distribution Failures.  Joe Biden mumbled through his face mask and blamed Trump for his own administration's failure to administer vaccines to hundreds of millions of Americans.  Joe Biden is the biggest idiot to ever be installed as president.  The Biden Admin inherited Trump's vaccination program already meeting their target of 100 million shots in 100 days.  Joe Biden has repeatedly claimed he will use the Defense Production Act to speed up vaccinations — but Trump used the DPA repeatedly.  Biden continues to lie about Trump's vaccine distribution plan and blamed him for his own failures.

Cuomo aide admits they hid nursing home data so feds wouldn't find out.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aide privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state's nursing home death toll from COVID-19 — telling them "we froze" out of fear that the true numbers would "be used against us" by federal prosecutors, The [New York] Post has learned.  The stunning admission of a coverup was made by secretary to the governor Melissa DeRosa during a video conference call with state Democratic leaders in which she said the Cuomo administration had rebuffed a legislative request for the tally in August because "right around the same time, [then-President Donald Trump] turns this into a giant political football," according to an audio recording of the two-hour-plus meeting.

Over 9,000 recovering virus patients [were] sent from hospitals to NY nursing homes.  More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes under a controversial order that was scrapped amid criticisms it was accelerating outbreaks, according to new records obtained by The Associated Press.  The new number of over 9,000 recovering patients sent to hundreds of nursing homes is more than 40% higher than what had been previously released by the state health department.

Doctors warn Covid will become endemic and people need to learn to live with it.  More and more physicians and public health officials are warning that even with the mass rollout of safe and effective vaccines, Covid may permanently establish itself.  White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel and World Health Organization executive director of the Health Emergencies Program Dr. Mike Ryan have said in recent weeks that the coronavirus may never go away.

What Data Shows About Impact of COVID-19 Vaccines So Far.  Are the COVID-19 vaccines effective?  The early evidence is very encouraging.  After the vaccine distributions began in December, we have seen a marked and sustained decline in hospitalizations in America for most of January.  COVID-19 testing rates have been fluctuating for the past several months, probably due to the holiday season and inclement weather, so hospitalizations are currently a better gauge of the pandemic situation in America.  On Jan. 6, America hit a record high, with 132,474 current hospitalizations, according to the COVID Tracking Project.  Since then, we have seen three straight weeks of decreasing hospitalizations.  That portends real progress against the COVID-19 pandemic.  There are several possible explanations for this downturn in hospitalizations, all of them likely contributing to it.

New York Gov Cuomo's top aide admits they HID data on COVID deaths in nursing homes amid fears that stats would be used against them in DOJ investigation.  Calls were mounting on Thursday night to prosecute Andrew Cuomo and his staff for their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic after a top aide admitted that their administration hid damning information about deaths among nursing home patients, amid fears that it would be used against them in an investigation by Donald Trump's Department of Justice.  In a remarkable confession made during a conference call with New York state Democrats, obtained by The New York Post, Melissa DeRosa admitted that officials 'froze' in August when the state legislature asked for the data, before rebuffing the request.  DeRosa told lawmakers: 'We were in a position where we weren't sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice, or what we give to you guys, what we start saying, was going to be used against us while we weren't sure if there was going to be an investigation.'

The Editor says...
They "weren't sure if there was going to be an investigation."  Ri-i-i-ight.

White House eye domestic travel bans to stop coronavirus mutations surge.  The White House won't rule out the travel restrictions into and out of Florida, California or any other state struggling to contain new coronavirus variants.  Republicans say the restrictions under consideration would be unconstitutional and hypocritical for Democrats, who blasted the idea when a Republican was in the Oval Office.  When President Trump considered domestic travel bans roughly a year ago, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, slammed any federal restrictions as a "declaration of war on states."

Here's how reliable the vaccine is:
Joe Biden to Be Tested for Coronavirus Every Two Weeks, Despite Receiving Vaccine.  The White House announced on Wednesday [2/10/2021] that President Joe Biden will be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks, despite receiving the vaccine for coronavirus.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki spoke to reporters on Wednesday, confirming that President Biden will be regularly tested for the novel coronavirus, even after receiving both required doses of the Pfizer vaccine in January.  The vaccine provides approximately 95% protection from the disease, effective within a few weeks of the second dosage.  "There is 95% protection from the vaccine, but it's not 100 percent protection," Psaki explained, "so the president's doctor believes it is reasonable and prudent to randomly test the president every two weeks as surveillance."

Our Tarnished Institutions and the Boy Who Cried Wolf.  COVID-19, the Wuhan virus, will most likely turn out to have been nothing more than a bad flu.  It wasn't really the dangerous pandemic the left needed to camouflage stealing the 2020 election.  But that devastating pandemic is coming.  They show up periodically.  Will we heed the warnings when the real pandemic rolls around, given the cynical use made of this one?  Probably not.

As Things Stand with COVID.  As things now stand, we have reached a point where it is almost impossible to differentiate medical truth from medical fiction, health information from health misinformation.  While there have always been disagreements in medicine about how to treat almost every illness and care for different patients, there has never been an organized effort to censor and completely shut down opinions that differ from the "mainstream" in the last 200 years of medical practice.  But it is happening now. [...] I am sometimes accused by those afraid of my thinking of being anti-science or an anti-vaxxer.  That's way too easy and too simplistic.  Call a name, attach a label and hope that that's enough to bury the other person's point of view.

Deaths of Elderly Who Recovered From COVID-19, but Died After Vaccine, Raise Questions.  Two small clusters of deaths after COVID-19 vaccination have been reported among nursing homes in Kentucky and Arkansas.  In Kentucky, four seniors died the same day of their vaccination on Dec. 30, 2020.  Three of the four who passed away reportedly already had had coronavirus prior to getting vaccinated.  In Arkansas, four seniors died at a long term care facility about a week after their vaccination.  All tested positive for COVID-19 after vaccination.  The deaths are reported in a federal database called VAERS, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.  Deaths after vaccination don't necessarily mean the vaccine is to blame.  Of those receiving coronavirus vaccines, many are elderly and frail, or already suffering from serious illnesses.  That makes it difficult to know whether there's a connection.

The Vaccine Had to Be Used.  He Used It.  He Was Fired.  The Texas doctor had six hours.  Now that a vial of Covid-19 vaccine had been opened on this late December night, he had to find 10 eligible people for its remaining doses before the precious medicine expired.  In six hours.  Scrambling, the doctor made house calls and directed people to his home outside Houston.  Some were acquaintances; others, strangers.  A bed-bound nonagenarian.  A woman in her 80s with dementia.  A mother with a child who uses a ventilator.  After midnight, and with just minutes before the vaccine became unusable, the doctor, Hasan Gokal, gave the last dose to his wife, who has a pulmonary disease that leaves her short of breath.  For his actions, Dr. Gokal was fired from his government job and then charged with stealing 10 vaccine doses worth a total of $135 — a shun-worthy misdemeanor that sent his name and mug shot rocketing around the globe.

J&J CEO Says Annual Covid Vaccine Needed "For Years" As MSM Warns Virus Will "Circulate For Decades".  In recent days there has been a flood in good news on the covid front.  Consider that a recent report from Bank of America, which notes that "COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to plunge" we read the following encouraging data points:  The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US has declined dramatically to 81,439, or 51,035 (down 39%) from the peak which occurred on January 5th — a rapid turn in the crisis.  The decrease is broad-based (50 states + DC, except for AK, which saw a minimal 2-person increase over the past week).  The weekly percentage change in US COVID-19 hospitalized is consistent with the largest declines seen during the coronavirus crisis.  Moreover the 7-day test positivity rate has declined to 7.2% from the 13.6% peak on January 8th.  Since hospitalizations are lagged relative to time of infection,US coronavirus outbreaks peaked back in the second half of December.

Hawley, Scott Introduce Bill To Withhold Taxpayer Money To WHO Until Reforms [are] Made.  Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Rick Scott of Flordia have introduced a bill to withhold U.S. taxpayer funds from the World Health Organization until it makes leadership reforms.  The legislation introduced Tuesday called the World Health Organization (WHO) Accountability Act aims to hold the WHO accountable for what the senators allege to be playing a role in China's early coverup of the COVID-19 pandemic when it was just starting to spread through China.  "Time and again, [WHO] has prioritized advancing the Chinese Communist Party's interests over building a healthier world," Hawley said in a Tuesday statement, naming WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and "other WHO leaders" as those who "must be held accountable for this dereliction of duty."

WHO drops investigation into whether COVID-19 virus leaked from Wuhan lab, calling theory unlikely.  A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic downplayed the possibility that the virus leaked from a lab near Wuhan, China, during a news conference on Tuesday [2/9/2021].  Instead, coronavirus likely spread from an animal to humans, WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek said.  The WHO and China have faced strong criticism from around the world over their pandemic response, as China blocked WHO investigators from entering Wuhan for months; they finally arrived in mid-January of this year.  "Our initial findings suggest that the introduction through an intermediary host species is the most likely pathway and one that will require more studies and more specific, targeted research," Embarek told reporters.

Obviously related:
Report: WHO COVID Investigator Is Recipient Of Chicom Grant; Worked With Wuhan Lab For 18 Years.  An influential member of the World Health Organization who claimed to have no conflicts of interest regarding China, has accepted research grants from the Chinese Communist Party and runs a U.S.-based research organization that been working with the Wuhan Institute of Virology for 18 years, the National Pulse reported.  Peter Daszak recently traveled to Wuhan with other WHO researchers to uncover the origins of COVID-19.  The investigative team concluded that it is "extremely unlikely" COVID-19 came from a Chinese Communist Party lab.  In February of 2020, however, scientists from the South China University of Technology came to the opposite conclusion.  These scientists released a research paper on the origins of COVID-19 that concluded that the deadly virus was likely created in a Wuhan city lab.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been banned from Instagram.  Instagram on Wednesday [2/10/2021] took down the account of controversial anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  "We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines," a spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement.  Kennedy, the son of late former US Attorney General, US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, has repeatedly spoken out against vaccines.  He has lobbied Congress to give parents exemptions from state requirements that mandate they vaccinate their children.  The lifelong Democrat downplays his anti-vaccine views, though, by saying that he is actually in favor of safe vaccines and noting that all of his children have been vaccinated.  Kennedy's Facebook page, with more than 300,000 followers, was still active at the time of publication.  The company spokesperson said there were no plans to take down that page "at this time."

Schumer and AOC Team Up to Announce Taxpayers Now on the Hook for COVID Funerals, Including for Illegal Immigrants.  If there's one way to make sure COVID-19 deaths don't go down, this is it.  New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer joined forces this week to publicize a federal program that will reimburse the families of coronavirus victims up to $7,000 for funeral expenses for deaths from the disease that occurred in 2020 — even if the death involved an illegal alien.  And, according to CNN, Schumer said the lawmakers want the program to last as long as the pandemic does — which means the numbers are likely to show the pandemic lasting a good long time.

Beating Democrat Electoral Corruption.  COVID was the key element in last fall's electoral fraud.  Probably the foulest example yet of the Dem's "never let a crisis go to waste" philosophy.  There's no question that Democrats have exploited the pandemic for their own benefit — the Empress of Ice Cream has boasted as much.  It may be going too far to assert that Democrat policies have deliberately intensified the effects of the disease, though at times it's hard to avoid that conclusion.  Certainly, the irrationality of the anti-disease efforts (what, exactly, is a curfew supposed to do to control a disease?) is hard to explain any other way.  COVID enabled the Democrats to ram through a vastly expanded use of absentee ballots on the grounds that voting was now "dangerous."

Masks are killing us.  The bulk of seniors who are at risk from COVID have either died of the disease, survived the disease or been vaccinated against the disease.  New cases are dropping quickly.  Over ten percent of the overall American population has been vaccinated — over 40 million of them — and that figure is increasing at the rate of about 11 million a week.  It looks like nearly everyone who wants to be vaccinated will be vaccinated by late spring.  Meanwhile, drug treatments have proved increasingly effective.  Most recently, the FDA approved a drug cocktail from Eli Lilly.  There will come a time when COVID masks are no longer necessary.  The implicit assumption in that statement is that masks were necessary before.  The science is not clear in that regard, but it seems logical that they helped to some degree.  The virus seems to be transmitted by airborne particles like microdroplets of sputum.  The virus is far too small to be intercepted by a mask, but many of those microdroplets are not.

CDC Inflated COVID Numbers, Accused of Violating Federal Law.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stands accused of violating federal law by inflating Coronavirus fatality numbers, according to stunning information obtained by National File.  CDC illegally inflated the COVID fatality number by at least 1,600 percent as the 2020 presidential election played out, according to a study published by the Public Health Initiative of the Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge.

WHO attacks America after Wuhan whitewash.  A scientist on the WHO's controversial fact-finding mission to Wuhan has today launched an extraordinary attack on US intelligence, saying it is 'wrong on many aspects' about Covid.  Peter Daszak, a British-American expert in pandemics, warned people not 'to rely too much' on information coming out of the US and instead to 'trust' Chinese data.  He also accused President Biden of 'trying to look tough on China' after a State Department spokesman questioned whether Beijing had been fully open with the WHO investigation.

Universities' Insane COVID Rules And Snitch Culture Are Training The Next Generation To Embrace Totalitarianism.  If you think state and federal government COVID-19 policies are too restrictive, you haven't been to a college campus lately.  Schools across the country have imposed extreme, micromanaging rules on 19-22 year olds — a demographic more likely to die from the seasonal flu and pneumonia than COVID.  Paying top dollar at already overpriced institutions for vastly inferior remote learning, university students remain unnecessarily isolated and barred from using the services and facilities they and their families are paying for.  Many schools, like Southern Methodist University, forbid students from having guests in their dorm rooms.  Others have even installed security cameras in the hallways aimed at residents' doors to monitor adherence.  Most institutions have isolation dorms or, as some students call them, "isolation prisons," where students who test positive for COVID are forced to live alone for two weeks (sound familiar?).

The WHO's Covid shame.  Since the pandemic started, China has promoted various narratives on its possible origins.  First, the country's top scientists blamed a Wuhan market selling wild animals, which was rapidly cleaned up and all the samples kept secret.  Then officials suggested the devastating disease might have come from outside the city, even pointing the finger at a possible laboratory leak — from a United States military base in Maryland rather than within their own borders.  More recently, following the slaughter of infected mink at farms in Europe, prominent figures focused on these furry mammals as hosts of the virus, while pushing hard with another theory that Covid might have been imported on chilled or frozen food.  These ideas have been knocked down or failed to fly.  Several studies showed Sars-CoV-2 — the strange new strain of coronavirus — was unlikely to have come from the market, leading to formal dismissal of this suggestion by Beijing's top expert last May.

Two masks, snug fit reduces COVID-19 spread, U.S. study shows.  Making sure a mask fits snugly on the face and use of two masks is likely to significantly reduce a person's exposure to the coronavirus, laboratory experiments described by U.S. health officials on Wednesday [2/10/2021] showed.  The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January conducted experiments to see how well wearing a cloth mask over a three-ply medical procedure mask, and knotting the ear loops of a surgical mask and then tucking the excess material close to the face, protects against COVID-19.

CDC Exposed:  Inflated Covid Deaths By 1600% Throughout The Election, "Violated Multiple Federal Laws" Peer-Reviewed Study Finds.  Throughout the election, Donald Trump was battered by CCP Virus statistics in order to hurt the American economy and his political campaign.  We know that it was shamelessly wielded as a political weapon to prevent President Trump and his supporters from rallying as Antifa and Black Lives Matter burned progressive poor and minority neighborhoods to the ground throughout the entire year.  Now that Biden has been installed into the office of president, he promises to increase Covid lockdown measures and extend them further into your ability to travel and force unscientific mask-wearing for at least 100 days.

Corona Cash:  Financial Disclosures Reveal Biden Surgeon General Made Millions off Pandemic 'Consulting'.  Vivek Murthy, President Biden's pick for surgeon general, cashed in last year as the Chinese coronavirus pandemic gripped the nation, making more than two million dollars off pandemic "consulting."  Several of Biden's nominees have filed financial disclosures, including Murthy, who according to Politico made millions by consulting various companies, including those in industries severely impacted by the pandemic, such as Carnival Cruise Line.  Such consulting gigs have raised eyebrows due to concerns of bias.

How much credibility does the WHO have?
WHO says COVID-19 unlikely to have leaked from China lab.  A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 determined Tuesday that it's "extremely unlikely" the virus leaked from a Chinese lab.  The team that visited the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the outbreak first emerged at a seafood market in late 2019, said more work is needed to identify the source of the novel virus that has killed 2.3 million people worldwide.  "Our initial findings suggest that the introduction through an intermediary host species is the most likely pathway and one that will require more studies and more specific targeted research," WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek said.  "However, the findings suggest that the laboratory incidents hypothesis is extremely unlikely to explain the introduction of the virus to the human population," he added.

J&J CEO says people may need annual Covid vaccine shots for the next several years.  People may need to get vaccinated against Covid-19 annually, just like seasonal flu shots, over the next several years, Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky told CNBC on Tuesday [2/9/2021].  "Unfortunately, as [the virus] spreads it can also mutate," he told CNBC's Meg Tirrell during a Healthy Returns Spotlight event.  "Every time it mutates, it's almost like another click of the dial so to speak where we can see another variant, another mutation that can have an impact on its ability to fend off antibodies or to have a different kind of response not only to a therapeutic but also to a vaccine."

The Editor says...
All sorts of things could happen.  The virus might mutate.  The government might decide to make vaccines mandatory.  You could be forbidden to travel if you don't have proof of vaccination.  The vaccine itself might kill you.  Your freedoms could disappear overnight.

How Many Americans Has the American Medical Establishment Killed?  I should state at the outset that were it not for doctors, I would either be paralyzed or dead.  I owe my mobility and probably my life to wonderful physicians.  However, I will now state with equal certitude that the American medical profession as a whole and many individual doctors are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans — very possibly, more than that.  Along with the media — from The New York Times to Google/YouTube, Facebook and Twitter — Americans have been denied both life-saving information and life-saving drugs.  I am specifically referring to hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.  These drugs (along with zinc), which are as safe as any medicines humanity has taken in the last half-century, should have been almost universally used to treat COVID-19 patients as soon as those patients showed symptoms or tested positive — and even as a prophylactic to prevent or minimize the effects of the illness in the first place.  If they had been, it is likely that tens, maybe hundreds, of thousands of those who died of the virus would have lived.

Facebook Will Take Down Posts With Claims About Vaccines It Deems False.  Facebook announced on Feb. 8 that it will take down posts with claims about vaccines that health organizations or its fact-checkers deem false.  "Today, we are expanding our efforts to remove false claims on Facebook and Instagram about COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, and vaccines in general during the pandemic," said a post from the social media giant.  "Since December, we've removed false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts."  "Today, following consultations with leading health organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), we are expanding the list of false claims we will remove to include additional debunked claims about the coronavirus and vaccines," Facebook stated in a blog post.

Maskless Fans at Super Bowl Will Be Identified, Tampa Mayor Says.  [Video clip]

COVID-19 patients with gum disease more likely to have severe complications, study says.  Here's another reason to keep up the brushing and flossing during the pandemic, researchers found those with gum disease who contracted COVID-19 were at least three times more likely to have severe complications from the virus.  A team of international researchers published their findings in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology this month.  The study looked at more than 500 people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Qatar between February and July last year.  Of those, about 45% had gum disease.

Pete Buttigieg Says DOT Studying Requiring COVID Tests for Domestic Airline Travel.  Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg made a rather stunning statement during an Axios interview today [2/9/2021].  When discussing domestic travel and transportation as it related to COVID-19, the transportation secretary said: "there is an active conversation within the CDC now" about requiring COVID tests prior to air travel inside the United States.  This ridiculous position was unfortunately one of the issues CTH predicted might happen.  COVID is not a virus inasmuch as it is an opportunity to achieve social-change goals advocated by the far-left.  Remember, one key element within the Green New Deal was to ban airplanes altogether.  The kindergarten class of tree-shouting, algae-cake-eating, everything must be sustainable and stupid, i.e., leftist moonbats, are the ones offering actual policy suggestions.

Giving 1st and 2nd doses at once complicates vaccine effort.  The U.S. has entered a tricky phase of the COVID-19 vaccination effort as providers try to ramp up the number of people getting first shots while also ensuring a growing number of others get second doses just when millions more Americans are becoming eligible to receive vaccines.

Gov DeSantis throws back stunningly common-sensed answer for why he was mask-less at Super Bowl.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was caught mask-less in a photo inside an executive suite at Raymond James Stadium at the Super Bowl.  He was speaking with someone else less than six feet away.  When he was questioned about it, he gave the perfect answer.  Politico's Marc Caputo tweeted on the subject, stating that DeSantis mentioned the picture of himself at the big event circulating on the internet.  DeSantis told Caputo, "Someone said, 'hey, you were at the Super Bowl without a mask' ... but how [...] am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on?  Come on.  I had to watch the Bucs win."

See?  You just don't know what's in those vaccines!
Iran cleric:  People who are vaccinated for COVID have 'become homosexuals'.  An Iranian regime cleric in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday issued a homophobic rant against people vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that they become gay after receiving the vaccine.  Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian wrote on his Telegram social-media platform:  "Don't go near those who have had the COVID vaccine.  They have become homosexuals."  The radical Islamist has nearly 210,000 followers on his Telegram account.  Tabrizian has a history of derogatory opinions about Western medicine.

How did we go so wrong?  So how is it that at this time of unparalleled advances, we find ourselves locked down, masked up, and further isolated from humanity, ostensibly for our protection, from a rather mundane virus that has a 99.5% survival rate, according to our Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?  The one word answer:  politics. [...] The COVID-19 "pandemic" (which just means that a disease has spread to all continents, not that it's more deadly than any other) has an extremely high recovery and survival rate, yet we've been cowed into believing that this is the greatest threat to mankind in our recorded history.

Elderly man collapses, dies shortly after getting COVID-19 vaccine at Javits Center.  An elderly man collapsed and died in Manhattan on Sunday morning [2/7/2021] shortly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination at the Javits Center, a health official said.  The man, in his 70s, fell as he was leaving the building about 25 minutes after his vaccination, according to a statement from New York state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.  "Initial indications are that the man did not have any allergic reaction to the vaccine," Zucker said in his statement.  During a required 15-minute observation period following the vaccination, the man exhibited no adverse effects from the jab, Zucker said.

The Supreme Court Decision Vacating California's Church Attendance Regulations Is Not a Victory and Should Terrify Us.  [Scroll down]  Ever since this pandemic crisis was imposed upon us, I have argued that the regulations imposed upon an initially supine but now restive America had little to nothing to do with public health and everything do with arrogating power to bureaucrats (not the "government"), creating administrative carveout to the Bill of Rights.  If a "public health emergency" brought on by a virus that is not terribly dangerous to anyone who is not already sick or suffering from conditions that would qualify as comorbidities trumps the black-letter right to assemble and to worship, then the First Amendment and Second Amendment have effectively ceased to exist.  At least two state governors have declared "racism" to be a "public health emergency[.]"  Inevitably, gun violence will also attain that status.  It doesn't take a particularly inventive person to see how the ability to declare anything you don't like a "public health emergency" is going to be weaponized to suppress any kind of dissent.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Discusses Economy and The False Narratives Behind COVID Lockdowns.  Florida's MAGA Governor Ron DeSantis appears on Fox News to discuss how his state is dealing with the COVID-19 issues and keeping the economy open.  Visitors to Florida are shocked at how open the state is... outside of the hospitality industry there are few signs that COVID is having any impact.  Florida home prices and real estate are/is skyrocketing in value as millions of people leave states that are heavily influenced by totalitarian government.  The building industry in Florida is higher than ever before to meet continued and increasing demand.  Additionally, DeSantis discusses his recent confrontation with Big Tech censorship and manipulation.  The Florida legislature are finalizing laws that will allow residents to sue social media platforms for unfounded, unethical and ideological targeting.  [Video clip]

Ivermectin to undergo rigorous clinical trial as Covid treatment.  The cheap, generic, anti-parasite drug Ivermectin finally is to undergo rigorous clinical trials in a first world nation for use in fighting Covid-19.  Japan has been hit with a second wave of Covid cases, and as result, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (population: 13.8 million) is looking for approaches which could minimize stress on available hospital beds. [...] Japan has a large and thriving pharmaceutical industry as well as a respected medical research capability.  In fact, Ivermectin was developed in Japan by Kitasato University professor emeritus Satoshi Omura, who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his feat.  But notably Japan's pharmaceutical industry has not produced a vaccine for use on Covid.  Argentina has also reported extremely promising results using Ivermectin, in a trail known as IVECAR.

How to create a surveillance state.  Thanks to the technology in our smartphones, each one of us has the capability to contribute, and many on the left seem to revel in the power.  The rest of us must weigh every action we take, every word we say.  If we say or do the "wrong" thing, we may no longer have the right to earn a living.  If our vigilant self-censorship fails, an idle thoughtcrime might occur publicly.  All it takes is a few ill advised words or actions, caught on video, to ruin us.  Censorship is swift, aggressive, and irrational, without regard to either facts or effects. [...] The news reported that a San Jose gym that stayed open got dozens of complaints from "the public"' and was fined $500K. People are turning into self-righteous tattletales, and those in charge of the companies and social media platforms that created the means for recording and for tattling automatically side with the tattler, without any thought to due process.  We no longer have the right to make our own decisions.

Biden-Induced Border Crisis, Where COVID Meets Catch-And-Release.  Before Joe Biden even took office, DHS reported a surge in illegal border crossings in anticipation of his presidency.  Since taking office, Biden has been busily undoing President Trump's border and illegal immigration policy, effectively opening our borders in the midst of a global pandemic.  In addition to halting deportations and abolishing Trump's "remain in Mexico" policy, Biden has reinstated the disastrous Obama-era 'catch and release' travesty and hamstrung ICE to the point that one official said that Biden has effectively "abolish[ed] ICE without abolishing ICE."  None of this is a surprise since Biden ran — in part — on an open borders agenda, but there is a giant COVID donkey in the room.  Even the left is questioning the wisdom and impact on public health of rashly opening the borders to thousands of migrants in the midst of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.

US Customs:  China Flooded the USA with Counterfeit Covid Tests and Masks in 2020.  The Chinese Communists:  First they lied about the severity of the disease and allowed it to spread, with their pointless coverups and obstructionism, then they followed up by apparently turning a blind eye while Chinese criminals profiteer off people's fear and misery, by selling Americans fake Covid products.

Divided court allows indoor worship services to resume in California.  Friday's [2/5/2021] ruling spawned several different opinions.  Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch indicated that they would have given the churches everything that they had asked for — that is, allowed them to reopen immediately without any limitations.  In a statement that was also joined by Justice Samuel Alito, they suggested that it is not difficult to determine in this case whether California has singled out religion for special, and more stringent, treatment.  They acknowledged that the state "has a compelling interest in reducing" the risk of transmitting COVID-19, but [...] "if Hollywood may host a studio audience or film a singing competition while not a single soul may enter California's churches, synagogues, and mosques, something has gone seriously awry."

Did Biden Get Booed?  Bidens Make Creepy Video Appearance at Super Bowl, Tell Americans to Wear Masks and Get Vaccinated.  Super Bowl LV: Kansas City Chiefs v. Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicked off Sunday [2/7/2021] at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.  According to reports, 22,000 fans attended the Super Bowl on Sunday.  The Bidens barged in and made a creepy video appearance before kickoff to lecture Americans about "social distancing."  Americans just can't get on with their lives because the Democrats have to drone on and on about Covid every second of every day.  Joe Biden and his  handler  wife Jill made a video message from their Delaware basement bunker that played on the jumbotron — as if people watching football and drinking beer want to hear from Dementia Joe.

NYC's COVID vaccine hubs are ghost towns as DOH mum on distribution.  The city's 15 vaccination hubs were ghost towns last Saturday, and the city Department of Health is refusing to reveal just how bad distribution went.  One DOH staffer stationed at the Hillcrest High School hub in Queens on Jan. 30 said he did nothing all day.  "You cannot imagine how much nothing it was," he said of the demoralizing day.  He said there were about 70 workers on hand — some earning overtime pay for 12-hour shifts — and about 10 people to vaccinate.

The Editor says...
Wow.  It's almost as if the public believes Covid-19 isn't really such a big problem.  It's almost as if people aren't too sure what's in those vaccines.  It's almost as if Joe Average doesn't want his name entered into a contact-tracing database.

Britain will not introduce COVID-19 vaccine passports.  Britain will not introduce COVID-19 vaccine passports, but people will be able to seek proof from their doctor if needed for travel to other countries, vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Sunday [2/7/2021].  "We are certainly not looking to introduce it as part of the vaccine deployment programme," Zahawi told Sky News.

Why is the FDA stalling on approving Johnson and Johnson's COVID vaccine?  You may be forgiven for thinking the current pandemic was a crisis requiring immediate, significant, and unprecedented government responses.  The news cycle and social media have been filled with doom and hysteria for almost a year.  We have run out of synonyms to describe the situation.  Disaster, calamity, and catastrophe are some of the milder descriptions we have heard.  Three thousand people per day are dying from the disease.  Yes, I know there is a difference between dying from a disease and dying with a disease.  I am using the government's own language and metrics to ask if it is really serious about its response to this disease.  Why do we have to wait 22 days before the FDA decides to hold a meeting on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine?

Joe Biden sure does a lot of favors for China.  I wonder why.
Biden Deletes China COVID Evidence.  Shortly before the end of the Trump Administration, The U.S. State Department provided information about the deadly COVID-19's origins in China.  The Biden Administration has removed this data, for reasons undisclosed and highly questionable, particularly in light of the Biden family's financial relationship with Beijing.  The World health Organization added to the problem.  Heavily influenced by China, it completely failed to provide or disclose urgently needed information.  The now-deleted State Department report found that for more than a year, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) systematically prevented a transparent and thorough investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic's origin, choosing instead to devote enormous resources to deceit and disinformation.  It notes, "The CCP's deadly obsession with secrecy and control comes at the expense of public health in China and around the world."

You Knew It Was Coming:  AOC, Bernie, and Earl Introduce Bill to Declare National Emergency on Climate.  President Trump declared a national emergency over the novel coronavirus on March 13, 2020.  As the crisis evolved throughout 2020, many governors took that football and ran it as far down the field as they could, implementing ever more severe restrictions on their states as they declared their own state emergencies.  As COVID-19 lockdowns spread across the states, they began to take on an appearance of permanence, despite questionable results in slowing the pandemic's spread.  The populace, often scared into submission, mostly complied out of a fear of the unknown.  This gave those governors a taste of power heretofore resisted by the American public, and many of them found the sensation intoxicating.  Even more intoxicating was the willingness to accept the new normal.  As more despotic governors declare more states of emergency without legislative approval or oversight, or even a light at the end of the tunnel, it seemed the light bulb went on for the far left.  We could finally rid the United States of that pesky republican form of government once and for all and install direct democracy.  This led me to believe that these permanent temporary lockdowns would soon become a dry run for national emergency after national emergency — like climate change — that would create fun new normals ad infinitum.

Climate change "may have played a key role" in coronavirus pandemic, study says.  Human-caused climate change "may have played a key role" in the coronavirus pandemic.  That's the conclusion of a new study which examined how changes in climate have transformed the forests of Southeast Asia, resulting in an explosion of bat species in the region.  The researchers found that, due to changes in vegetation over the past 100 years, an additional 40 species of bat have moved into the region, carrying with them 100 more types of bat-borne coronaviruses.  Bats are known carriers of coronaviruses, with various species carrying thousands of different types.  Many scientists believe the virus that started the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic originated in bats in southern China's Yunnan province or neighboring areas before it crossed paths with humans.  These findings have scientists concerned about the probability that climate change will make future pandemics more likely.

The Editor says...
[#1] What changes took place in the climate, sufficient to alter the forests of Southeast Asia any more than anywhere else?  [#2] If the climate changes took place over the last 100 years, that would include a few decades in which internal-combustion engines were very uncommon.  [#3] Why did 100 years of climate change manifest in this way in a single year?  [#4] It is far more likely that Covid-19 was cooked up in a Chinese lab, it escaped into the wild, it was more or less intentionally spread all over the world, and its arrival in the U.S. was used as a convenient excuse for all sorts of political mischief.

Also posted under Global warming causes everything.

Jill Biden:  We Owe It to Our Dogs to Keep Wearing Masks.  Jill Biden has urged Americans in a filmed public service announcement to keep wearing their masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Biden appeared in a video with her family's two dogs Champ and Major.  The ad was titled "Puppy Bowl XVII" which coincides with this year's Super Bowl on Sunday.  "The unconditional love from a dog is one of the most beautiful things on earth, and we owe it to them to keep ourselves healthy," Biden said in the video.

The Editor says...
That's all you've got?  Wear a mask because you owe it to a dog?  If I don't have a dog, is it okay to forego the mask now?

Biden makes case for $1.9T coronavirus relief plan, calls bypassing Republicans 'an easy choice'.  President Biden on Friday [2/5/2021] made the case for Congress to quickly pass his nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package even if it means abandoning Republican support, warning of an economy that's still in the grips of the pandemic.  "It is very clear our economy is still in trouble," Biden said during remarks at the White House.  "I know some in Congress think we've already done enough to deal with the crisis in the country.  Others think that things are getting better and we can afford to sit back and either do little or do nothing at all.  That's not what I see.  I see enormous pain in this country.  A lot of folks out of work.  A lot of folks going hungry."  Biden's comments came as the Labor Department reported that employment rose by just 49,000 last month, a lackluster start to the new year as COVID-19 and restrictions implemented to curb its spread continued to weigh on businesses.  The unemployment rate edged down to 6.3%.

Sounds like vaccinations will be administered at gunpoint.
Pentagon approves 1,000-troop deployment to support COVID-19 vaccine effort.  The Defense Department approved the deployment of more than 1,000 active-duty troops to help with COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the White House said Friday [2/5/2021].  Biden adviser Andy Slavitt said the effort will begin in California on Feb. 15, with additional missions to follow.  The troops are being deployed at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Hospital 'Medically Kidnapped' An Elderly Woman Who Refused To Take A COVID Test, Protesters Shut Down Facility.  A hospital near Vancouver went into lockdown Friday night, as protesters gathered outside the building, apparently on behalf of a woman who they claimed had refused a COVID-19 test while in the care of the medical facility.  According to a live stream shared online, protesters said a woman in her 70s had been hospitalized at Legacy Salmon Creek the previous night with a urinary tract infection, and declined to take a coronavirus test.  A woman narrating the Livestream said hospital employees did not allow her to leave, prompting demonstrators to gather outside.  [Video clip]

TSA Announces It Could Slap You With a $1500 Fine if You Don't Wear a Mask.  [Scroll down]  There's just one problem with that.  We already have something that gives us the right to due process — and the right to decide if and when we wear a coronavirus face bag.  It's called the U.S. Constitution.  Executive orders signed by the man or woman sitting behind the Resolute Desk are not laws.  And that line about the process possibly being a long one?  Sounds like it might skirt several basic rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.  Also, isn't the TSA supposed to be about keeping us safe from terrorists?  Nothing in this big government power grab has a thing to do with handling that task, as far as I can tell.

SCOTUS apparently not fans of shutting down churches.  In a Friday night [2/5/2021] ruling, the Supreme Court voted along ideological lines and ruled that California Governor Gavin Newsom can't entirely ban indoor church services due to the pandemic.  But they didn't go so far as to say that churches are "untouchable" and can't be restricted in any fashion.  Unsurprisingly, the court's three remaining liberal justices dissented and would have been willing to allow Newsom to forbid indoor church services entirely.  This is a decision that will likely impact a number of other pending cases in multiple states.  It was a case of the First Amendment being pitted against the extraordinary authoritarian powers granted to executive officials during a declared state of emergency.

Supreme Court rules California churches may open despite the pandemic.  The Supreme Court lifted California's ban on indoor church services during the pandemic Friday [2/5/2021], ruling that Gov. Gavin Newsom's strict orders violate the Constitution's protection for the free exercise of religion.  The justices in a 6-3 decision granted an appeal from a south San Diego church that has repeatedly challenged the state restrictions on church services, including its ban on singing and chanting.  The ruling overturned decisions by federal judges in San Diego and San Bernardino, and the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco, which upheld the state's orders despite earlier warnings from the high court.

NYT: The Left Has A Vaccine Problem.  We already know what it is, but it's encouraging to see America's most influential newspaper pinpoint it.  The first step is admitting you have a problem.  If the Times thinks it's time to be less fussy about prioritization in the name of expanding access, certain blue-state governors are destined to start feeling that way too.

What if the pandemic never really ends?  [Scroll down]  What will that world look like?  In Denmark, they are already planning on issuing immunity passports, which would allow those who've been vaccinated to travel and socialize and do business in ways that others still can't — a sort of immunity apartheid system of the kind that many warned about at the beginning of the pandemic but appears more and more difficult to avoid and that may ultimately persuade some number of vaccine skeptics to receive doses after all.  There could also be harder measures taken, with companies requiring vaccine compliance from employees or even a national vaccine mandate — though each of these measures would run up against health-privacy protections in the U.S., where even masking regulations have proved difficult to enforce.

Iowa governor rolls back state's COVID-19 restrictions.  Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a new health proclamation Friday that relaxed many of the state's existing COVID-19 regulations.  Among the policy reversals in the Public Health Disaster proclamation are the removal of the indoor mask requirements in public spaces and the social distancing requirements that previously regulated limits on social gatherings and businesses.  The new policies go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday [2/7/2021], KCCI reports.

British Woman Is Arrested By The COVID Gestapo For Singing In Her Backyard.  UK police invade this family's home, physically force this woman face down on the floor and handcuff her, as her terrified children scream in horror.  What is her crime?  Singing in her garden.  [Video clip]

Guy Demonstrates Why [Single] Masks Don't Work, Not Even Two.  Leave it to a regular Joe to do the job journalists no longer do.  When the hapless Dr. Fauci told Americans to not wear a mask last March, saying it may make you feel better and perhaps block a droplet or two, he was actually correct.  [Video clip]

Poor Toddler Has Been So Brainwashed By COVID Dystopia, She Thinks Everything Is A Hand Sanitizer.  This poor child will know nothing other than germs are everywhere and the black plague around every corner.  Before long, she'll have a mask, strike that, 2 or 3 masks on.  [Video clip]

Dr. Fauci Is Just Making It up as He Goes, and This Latest Example Proves It.  Dr. Anthony Fauci may be a saintly figure within media circles, but most of us recognized his game within a month or two of the pandemic starting.  Claiming expertise does not in fact make someone an expert, as Never Trumper Tom Nichols so aptly illustrates, and Fauci has quickly fallen into that category.  The good doctor's claims shift on a dime, moving from each side of an issue with no accountability for ever being wrong.  The commonality in everything he does just so happens to be politics.

Texas sends 10,000 COVID-19 tests to McAllen, where border agents are releasing migrant families.  A state senator from the South Texas border region told Border Report on Wednesday that the City of McAllen "sounded the alarm" to state leaders over swelling numbers of migrants being released by DHS officials for the past week, and the city has been sent 10,000 COVID-19 tests from the state to test the migrants who are being paroled under the agency's newly reimplemented catch-and-release policy.  This is a unique collaboration with the state that is not happening with other cities along the Texas border with Mexico, State Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, told Border Report.  He said it is "a local policy" by the City of McAllen to try to test all migrants released into McAllen, but Hinojosa said that is not necessarily happening in other South Texas cities where migrants are being released.

Joe Biden Does the Most Joe Biden Thing Possible to Try to Appear to Have a Plan for Wuhan Virus.  The Joe Biden we see in the Oval Office is remarkably similar to the Joe Biden we've observed over his political life.  He says random [stuff], he's pretty much clueless about every issue but can mouth platitudes with the best of them, and a partisanly passive Washington press corps politely applauds him and tells the yokels in the hinterlands what kind of a genius he is.  Right now, the Biden regime is flailing about trying to do something about the Wuhan virus.  And by something, I mean something that was not planned and set into motion by the Trump administration.  The vaccine research and approval... all Trump.  The vaccine production... all Trump.  The vaccine distribution... all Trump.  While Biden and his sycophants were blasting Trump's reaction to the virus.

Jen Psaki warns 'wearing masks is going to be essential' even for vaccinated Americans.  The Biden administration wants Americans wearing masks for the long haul — even if they're vaccinated.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Thursday that being inoculated against COVID-19 should not be seen as a green light for citizens to abandon social distancing or mask rules.  "What we are also trying to do is make our health and medical experts available to ensure people understand — and I'll reiterate it here today — it's not just a vaccine," Ms. Psaki said.  "It's obviously an incredible medical breakthrough and we want every American to have one, but even after you're vaccinated, social distancing [and] wearing masks is going to be essential."

COVID-19: 'Too risky' for special mixing rules among vaccinated people.  Allowing people who have had both doses of the coronavirus vaccine to meet up with each other without social distancing has been ruled out.  During the government's daily coronavirus briefing, the prime minister and England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, said it remained too risky for such a prospect. [...] More than 10 million people in the UK have had a first dose and nearly half a million their second — figures that are growing by the day — but Boris Johnson said it was still too soon to relax measures.  The prime minister said "further down the line" the government may think about "what potential is opened up by these vaccinations".  However, he added that there wasn't yet enough data on the potential of vaccinated people to catch and transmit the virus, despite being vaccinated themselves.  If people are out more — even if they are meeting others who are vaccinated — they might still be able to spread the virus.

The "Florida COVID-19 Whistleblower" Saga Is a Big Lie.  At first glance, the story of Rebekah Jones — a brave "COVID-19 scientist" standing up to a corrupt right-wing machine — looks like a bombshell.  When the Florida Department of Health (DoH) fired her last May, Jones claimed she had been terminated for refusing to falsify case numbers to support Governor Ron DeSantis' plans to reopen the economy.  Overnight, she became a heroine.  She launched her own COVID-19 dashboard, raised half a million dollars, and gathered a Twitter army of 378,000.  Jones shot to stardom because she lent a fresh face to a "Narrative."  According to The Narrative, Florida wasn't supposed to be winning the fight against the pandemic.  It's full of high-risk seniors, teeming with tourists, and run by a Republican who is an unapologetic ally of former President Donald Trump.  To liberal intelligentsia, the idea that DeSantis could handle COVID-19 better than mask-mandating lockdown enthusiasts like Andrew Cuomo or Gavin Newsom was unthinkable.  But by May, the facts had begun contradicting The Narrative.

Risk of catching coronavirus by touching surfaces such as cash machines, petrol pumps and pedestrian crossings is low, scientists say.  The risk of catching coronavirus from frequently touched surfaces such as ATMs, petrol pumps and pedestrian crossings is low, according to researchers.  Scientists swabbed hundreds of supermarket door handles, post boxes and bin lids between April and June last year, during the first wave.  But they only detected Covid 29 times — or eight percent of samples.  And even when the virus was identified it was in amounts so small the researchers said the risk of infection was 'low' — estimated to be as little as one in 2,000.

Psaki Ignores CDC Findings On School Reopenings To Play Scientist And Keep Kids Home.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki misconstrued the results of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study on student and teacher transmission of COVID-19 to fit President Joe Biden's ever-growing anti-school-reopening agenda.  "The CDC study, which I know has received a lot of attention, was based on kind of an area that was more rural in Wisconsin. ... For areas where they are more populated or schools where there is a lot more foot traffic ... there are going to need to be a lot of steps put in place in order to make the schools reopening safe," Psaki said.  This means, the press secretary continued, that schools shouldn't reopen until "every school is able to have the equipment and resources to open safely, not just rural schools or private schools, which often is where a lot of the school reopenings and schools staying open is happening."

The Editor says...
If you're waiting for 100 percent safety in public schools, you'll be waiting a long time, especially since there are serious safety hazards in the schools other than Covid-19.

A brief history of vaccine screwups.  I've made a minor hobby of looking skeptically at immunizations since my case report on atypical measles was published as the centerpiece article in JAMA 45 years ago.  That case illustrated at least one unpublicized problem from immunizations.  It seems that the original measles vaccine, "a killed measles vaccine" was given to preschool kids beginning in 1962-63 and available until 1968.  It did prevent measles for about six years.  Thereafter, when these kids were exposed to measles they sometimes developed an inverted and much more serious illness.  My case was the first that occurred in a young adult 14 years after immunization.  The current live virus vaccine is somewhat less likely to lead to atypical measles.  Among other immunization screwups I include Robert Koch's attempts to immunize for tuberculosis which apparently caused a few deaths as reported in older literature.  Before him, there was variolation, the inoculation of children with smallpox, which greatly diminished the number of serious cases but also led to about 1% developing smallpox and dying.

Hong Kong Threatens to Knock Down Doors to Force Covid Tests.  Hong Kong is threatening to knock down the doors of residents who don't respond to authorities conducting mandatory-testing blitzes, as the city tries to end a persistent winter wave of coronavirus cases.  "The government may take legal action including removing individuals or applying to a magistrate for a warrant to break into and forcefully enter a unit," authorities said in a statement on Tuesday [2/2/2021].

Super Bowl 2021 parties:  Dr. Fauci has warning for anyone planning to watch the game.  The COVID-19 pandemic is still very much a threat in the United State [sic].  For that reason, Dr. Anthony Fauci wants Americans to watch Super Bowl LV between the Chiefs and Buccaneers at home.  In an appearance on "Today," the chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden said people in the United States should avoid large Super Bowl parties and believes that COVID-19 cases could increase even further in the country if people hold or attend Super Bowl parties.  "Every time we have something like this, there always is a spike, be it a holiday, Christmas, New Year's Thanksgiving," Fauci said.

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There are germs in the air.  When you get close to other people, you all exchange germs.  This has been going on for thousands of years.  We can deal with it — without help from the almighty government.

Will New Yorkers Let Andrew Cuomo Get Away With Killing Grandmas Just Because He's A Democrat?  The coronavirus pandemic was kind to Andrew Cuomo.  The New York governor has a well-earned reputation as something of a bare-fisted political thug in Albany but an event that turned out to be a disaster for President Donald Trump and most Americans has been a political windfall for Cuomo.  Or at least it was until last week, when New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a report concluding Cuomo's administration had undercounted the number of coronavirus deaths of nursing home patients by nearly 4,000.  The real death total was far higher than Cuomo had claimed.  Within hours of the report being issued, the state Health Department released previously unpublished records acknowledging that the real number was 12,743, not 8,740 as posted by the state's website only hours earlier.

CDC: Mask Order Will Be 'Further Enforced' by 'Federal Authorities'.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) latest order, requiring individuals to wear masks when using public transportation or residing in transportation hubs, will be "further enforced by other federal authorities," the agency announced in its order, which went into effect this week.  Under the order, individuals are required to wear masks while using public transportation, which includes "awaiting, boarding, disembarking, or traveling on airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-shares as they are traveling into, within, or out of the United States and U.S. territories," per the CDC.  "People must also wear masks while at transportation hubs (e.g., airports, bus or ferry terminals, train and subway stations, seaports) and other locations where people board public transportation in the United States and U.S. territories," the agency said, encouraging the "operators of public conveyances" to enforce the requirement to the best of their abilities.

Duke gives some COVID-19 patients a choice: a hospital bed or their bed at home.  When Susan Sellars was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia, she was sent to the emergency room at Duke University Hospital, where doctors told her she would be admitted to treat her labored breathing and severe cough.  Then they returned a short time later with an alternative:  Sellars could go home, through an experimental home health program for COVID-19 patients.  She'd be given the supplemental oxygen she needed, have her condition and vital signs checked regularly through a tablet and receive as many visits from a nurse as she needed each day.

It's time for Washington Legislature to check Gov. Inslee's pandemic superpower.  Much of Western Washington had reason to rejoice Thursday when Gov. Jay Inslee modified his COVID-19 restrictions and allowed seven counties, including Pierce, to move to Phase 2 in his revised reopening plan.  Restaurants, gyms and museums can resume indoor activity at 25-percent capacity.  High school athletes can return to the field.  People will start to emerge from their winter funk like Punxsutawney Phil from his groundhog burrow.  And Inslee will deservedly win brownie points for flexible pandemic leadership.

Biden Is Already Failing On His COVID Vaccine Promises.  When not attacking the Trump administration for the pace of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, candidate Joe Biden said he'd dramatically accelerate the rate at which Americans got treated.  What's more, he was supposed to be ready on day one.  At least, that's what he and his team kept telling the public.  So why is the growth rate of daily vaccinations decelerating?  And why is President Biden now busy making excuses?  Before taking office, Biden stated that he'd directed his team to prepare a "much more aggressive effort, with more federal involvement and leadership, to get things back on track."

DHS Is Giving Illegal Immigrants 'Equal Access' to Wuhan Coronavirus Vaccines.  The Department of Homeland Security announced today the agency supports granting illegal immigrants equal access to the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine, which is in short supply for American citizens.  "DHS and its Federal government partners fully support equal access to the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine distribution sites for undocumented immigrants.  It is a moral and public health imperative to ensure that all individuals residing in the United States have access to the vaccine.  DHS encourages all individuals, regardless of immigration status, to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once eligible under local distribution guidelines," DHS released in a statement Monday [2/1/2021].

We've turned teens into lockdown lab rats.  Certainly it's not a good time to be a kid.  Teenagers in previous national crises risked being bombed out of their houses, killed by polio or Spanish Flu, or being sent to fight in the trenches.  What Covid is wreaking is relatively invisible, and while the disease dominating the world is vanishingly unlikely to kill anyone under 25, there is a parallel epidemic of anxiety and depression crushing its way through young minds.  The Royal College of Psychiatrists is warning that the psychological damage caused by the last 12 months could last for years.  Rates of referral to child and adolescent mental health services were already alarmingly high before the pandemic; in the last year, they've gone up by 20%, to nearly 1 in 20 as teenagers are forced to stay home with their stressed families and live their entire lives through a screen:  education, entertainment, their grandparents' funerals and their own school-leaving prom.  And, most important for teenagers, their social life.

When Did CDC Become A Law Making Body?  As I was watching Mark Levin on Sunday night, a very interesting message crept across the bottom of the Fox News crawler.  It advised that the CDC has issued a law that required the wearing of face masks on all public forms of transportation.  The message also said that CDC would criminally enforce this law.  I looked at the CDC website about masks, and [indeed], it said they created such law.  Now to be sure I hadn't been unconscious for a period of time where the Constitution had been changed, I checked and it was still Sunday, January 31, 2021.  How did I miss something as important as Congress and the President signing something into law that transferred law making authority to the Center for Disease Control?  More important, it would appear CDC also somehow acquired law enforcement authority.  How does that work?  I know Uncle Joe has been signing things left and right, but I missed the part in the Constitution where he would have the authority to make laws on his own or turn CDC into a lawmaking body and a law enforcement agency.

Fauci Concedes 'There's No Data That Indicates' Double-Masking Is Effective.  Last week, Dr. Anthony claimed on NBC's "Today" that wearing two masks "just makes common sense."  "I mean, this is a physical covering to prevent droplets and virus to get in.  So if you have a physical covering with one layer, and you put another layer on, it just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective," Fauci said.  A week earlier, the New York Times had called the practice of double-masking a new "fashion trend" and a "sensible" and "easy way" to reduce your risk of catching COVID-19, but Fauci's remarks really set off an intense public debate over whether Americans should start double-masking, after being told for nearly year that wearing a single mask and social distancing was adequate, which also came after Fauci told the American people in March 2020, "There's no reason to be walking around with a mask."

Slowing Killing The American Frog.  The preparation for ensuring Biden won started with a multi-pronged attack.  COVID was an integral part, and I don't doubt China's intention was to use it as a means for decreasing the wealth and integrity of as many Western countries as possible.  The proof:  When the Chinese noticed over a year ago that the virus passed from human to human, the CCP closed all travel inside China from Wuhan, but allowed or sent Wuhan residents to travel worldwide.  I would venture to infer intention from that fact.  COVID is complicated by the virus almost certainly having been genetically manipulated.  The media then amplified its bad effects to keep us scared.  This has allowed the government to perpetrate the utter destruction of our foundational small business community, destroying prosperity.  Our repressive COVID restrictions make no sense.

Are TVs Attracting the Pandemic?  Now that Joe Biden has been elected president of the United States and Calif.  Gov. Gavin Newsom is the target of a recall effort, the science on the "Flumanchu" has miraculously changed.  KTLA informs us, "After a two-month ban, Los Angeles County restaurants are once again welcoming customers for outdoor dining Friday."  The get-out-of-"Wuflu"-jail order includes restaurants, wineries and breweries.  Then the troll takes effect:  "But when the eateries reopen, they can't have televisions on, according to the county's new health officer order."  What's the science behind that senseless royal decree?  Nowhere else in the country are restaurants forbidden to operate their TVs.  Costco's electronics' departments have multiple TVs going from open to close, some with a screen as big as a bedsheet.  Yet there have been no reports of coronavirus outbreaks in Costco.  Why are televisions only potentially deadly when patrons are chewing?

White House to invest $230 million in rapid coronavirus test.  The Biden administration announced Monday it has struck a deal with an Australian company to ramp up the production of an over-the-counter, self-administered, coronavirus test that yields results in a matter of minutes.  Andy Slavitt, senior adviser for the White House's COVID-19 response, said the Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Service has awarded $230 million to the company Ellume to bolster the manufacturing and rollout of its rapid at-home nasal test.  "These are over-the-counter, self-performed, test kits that can detect COVID with roughly 95% accuracy within 15 minutes," Mr. Slavitt said at a COVID-19 briefing.  "They can be used if you feel symptoms of COVID-19 and also for screening for people without symptoms so they can safely go to work, to school and to events."

The Editor says...
Is the Executive Branch authorized to spend money on stuff like this?  Does the Congress not have the Power of the Purse?

Half of Moscow's 12 million residents have had Covid-19 — six times official figures.  Half of Moscow's 12 million residents have had Covid-19, six times the official figures, according to the city's mayor.  In an interview with news outlet Rossiya-1, Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin said the number was based on city hall 'analysis and research'.  It puts the number of those infected at over six times the officially recorded 925,000 cases in the city since the beginning of the pandemic.

"Wildly irresponsible": CNN slams Cuomo for dismissing expert opinion on vaccinations.  I'm trying not to be conspiratorial about the beating Cuomo's taken in the media lately, coincidentally at the very moment Joe Biden has supplanted him as the Democratic leader of America's pandemic response.  For almost a year that role was filled by Cuomo, starting with New York's hellacious outbreak last March — made more hellacious through his mismanagement — and continuing with months of press conferences that contrasted favorably with Trump's meandering rants.  Sleepy Joe has finally arrived to relieve him of duty.  Now the press can finally tell the truth about how terribly he's done and how Trumpy he's been at times in his performance. [...] I'm guessing Team Cuomo's going to pivot hard soon to a message of "Why is everyone focused on what happened months ago with COVID when they should be focused on what's happening now?"  That's some new water that the press can carry for him, if it's so inclined.  And they probably are inclined.

Nine N.Y. Public Health Officials Quit amid Feud with Cuomo over Vaccine Rollout.  At least nine senior state health officials have quit the New York State Health Department since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, in part due to clashes with Governor Andrew Cuomo over his approach to battling the virus.  The senior officials who have resigned or retired from the state health department in recent months include the deputy commissioner for public health, Dr. Isaac Weisfuse, who left in late summer.  Following Weisfuse's departure, the director of the bureau of communicable disease control and the medical director for epidemiology also left.  Last month, a state epidemiologist also announced her departure.

Democrats' Climate Agenda Will Mimic Their COVID Tyranny.  If you've enjoyed the last 10 months of foolish, science-denying lockdowns and mask mandates, the widespread destruction of businesses and economies, and the government telling you what jobs are "essential" and how you are to conduct yourself in your own home, then you must absolutely love the Democrats' climate agenda. [...] As soon as the Wuhan virus entered the U.S. in early 2020, Democrats across the U.S. saw it as a means to a political end.  Consumed with hatred and obsessed with the removal of President Trump, the 2020 presidential election was their primary political target.  To help accomplish this, Democrats in politics and the media rampantly spread Wuhan virus fear porn.  Subsequently, Democrat mayors and governors across the U.S. — encouraged and enabled by their like-minded allies in D.C. and the media — enacted widespread and economically devastating lockdowns and accompanying measures.  In spite of the fact that most of these measures were unproven and unnecessary — time again has proven this true — the Democrats persisted because "orange man bad."  They also persisted because, to paraphrase David Horowitz, inside every leftist is a totalitarian screaming to get out.  Because of their lust for political power — because they have made a god of government — leftists are always looking for the next problem that their government elites (supposedly) alone can "solve."  Again, the Wuhan virus provided an excellent opportunity for this.

Massachusetts congressman has COVID after getting 2 vaccine doses.  U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch tested positive for coronavirus on Friday [1/29/2021], after receiving both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.  A spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Democrat, who attended President Biden's inauguration last week, confirmed his diagnosis and current asymptomatic status, in a statement, CNN reports.  "This afternoon U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch received a positive test result for COVID-19 after a staff member in the Congressman's Boston office had tested positive earlier in the week," said Molly Rose Tarpey.

Watch: Furious Woman Whose Mother Died In NY Nursing Home Says NBC News Blocked Her Mentioning Cuomo's Name.  On Monday [2/1/2021], in an explosive condemnation of both the mainstream media and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a woman who lost her mother to COVID-19 in a New York nursing home told Fox News that NBC News barred her from using Cuomo's name when she spoke of her mother's death.  Dawn Best, whose mother died in April 2020, told Brian Kilmeade of "Fox & Friends" that she was told by NBC News, "Can you say that a different way without Governor Cuomo's name, and just say New York failed you?"  Best continued, "So I had no choice.  So I had to say, 'New York failed me.'"

Missouri and COVID — Is It Safe to Come out Now?  [Scroll down]  Not that I don't take COVID seriously — I do.  But I also take a dim view of much of the hype and politicization surrounding it, not least of which has been local and statewide officials' efforts to "do something" by picking and choosing which businesses are "essential" or deemed safe enough to remain open in seemingly illogical (and not backed-by-the-science) fashion.

Will they stop all their other nonsense if there is an "outcry?"  Are we all in a big shouting match now?
Biden admin halts plans to give Gitmo detainees COVID-19 vaccine ahead of Americans after outcry.  After a massive outcry, the Biden Defense Department paused plans to give the COVID-19 vaccine to about 40 Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of the masterminds behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.  While millions of Americans wait in line, The New York Times reported last week that Gitmo detainees and prisoners will be offered vaccines on a voluntary basis, beginning as early as Monday.  But the Pentagon halted those plans Saturday in the face of heavy criticism for prioritizing terror suspects ahead of American citizens, according to CBS News.  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pinned responsibility for the initial decision, which the Department of Defense confirmed Friday, on President Joe Biden.

Canada Implements Racist Travel Ban On United States.  Everything old is new again and that apparently includes Canada.  Our neighbors to the north have just ramped up their restrictions on international travel to a level that will constitute what amounts to a total ban in practice if not in name.  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement yesterday at a press conference and the details are indeed impressive in their oppressive nature. [...] Anyone wishing to travel to Canada or any Canadians wishing to leave the country and come back will need to be tested for COVID before boarding a plane and then again upon arrival.  They will then go to an "approved hotel" and wait up to three days for their test results to come back.  Both the test and the hotel room are to be paid for by the traveler, so you can expect to shell out more than $2,000 for that.  Then you'll have to move into self-quarantine for the rest of the two week period — even if you tested negative — and do so "under significantly increased surveillance and enforcement."

Senator Cassidy:  No, The White House Never Reached Out To Republicans On COVID Relief Bill.  Senator Bill Cassidy didn't hold back during an interview Sunday morning [1/31/2021] with FNC's Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace.  The talk of working with the other side of the aisle is just a whole lot of malarkey coming from Joe Biden and his administration.  On a top priority, a COVID relief package, Senator Cassidy told Wallace that the administration never reached out to work with Republicans.  Not once.  Cassidy didn't say it once, he said it twice as Wallace did his usual bidding for Democrats and Joe Biden's administration.

China Doesn't Have to Lift a Finger to Push Biden Around.  "Xenophobia" has been a constant Biden theme.  On January 31 of last year, President Trump announced the "travel ban," prohibitions and restrictions on arrivals from China.  Within moments of the announcement, Biden went on the attack.  "This is no time for Donald Trump's record of hysterical xenophobia and fear mongering to lead the way instead of science," he said.  Biden's campaign said the attack was not in response to the travel ban, yet on the following day the candidate expressed the same thoughts in a tweet:  "We need to lead the way with science — not Donald Trump's record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering."  There was nothing "xenophobic" about Trump's travel ban.  It was imposed on arrivals from the country where the disease first appeared.  The ban, therefore, saved lives, and it would have saved even more if it had been stricter, announced sooner, and had been more rigorously enforced.

The CDC's National Face Mask Mandate For Public Transport Starts Tuesday.  Starting Monday, just before midnight, there's a new mandate taking effect and it's on the national level rather than the usual state and municipal orders we've been seeing.  Anyone taking public transportation of any kind is not to be allowed to travel without wearing a face mask.  The order applies to airplanes, buses, trains, subways, seaports, transportation hubs, taxis, and ride-sharing vehicles.  The order is coming from the CDC, but you know that it wouldn't have gone out without running it past the White House first.  Also, this goes much further than President Biden's first executive order which only covered travel on federal property.  (Though he seems to have trouble obeying it himself.)  This order applies everywhere in the fifty states.  So it seems that the days of the federal government allowing the individual states to decide what works best for them are over.  It's just another day in Big Government America.

Biden's team can NOT find 20M doses of COVID vaccine sent out to states.  After just one week in the White House, the Biden administration is already buckling under the pressure from the coronavirus pandemic as officials are still yet to locate 20million COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed to the states last month.  A Politico report on Saturday painted a picture of what officials have described as a messy transition for the Biden team that has been confronted with a worse-than-expected situation on nearly all fronts.  Prior to taking office, Biden had promised to tackle the pandemic with an effective COVID-19 response plan and later announced a rather ambitious goal to inoculate 100million Americans in his first 100 days.

If One Mask Doesn't Work, Try Two, or Three, or Four.  Once upon a time, my primary specialty of anesthesiology was the most scientific of all the medical specialties that actually touch patients.  Then I saw that Dr. Scott Segal, chair of Anesthesiology at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina told NBC news that we should consider wearing four — count 'em — four face masks at once.  I had thought that the insanity would stop at double masking.  Welcome to the new normal.  Panic porn has taken over even the medical community that should know better. [...] So the first step in "Will more masks help?" is to ask, "Do masks help at all?"  Lots of people have done a lot of good work on the mechanics of masks.  Jose-Luis Jiminez at the University of Colorado and Linsey Marr at Virginia Tech are two excellent scientists who study the mechanics of the aerosols that transmit COVID-19.  Both have demonstrated that masks will markedly reduce droplets.  Numerous YouTube videos have also demonstrated that quite dramatically.  Masks may even slightly reduce — not eliminate — aerosols.  The problem with all this work is that it starts from two primary assumptions.  First is the questionable idea that droplets are responsible for spreading the bug.  The second is that if we stop droplets, we will necessarily stop the virus.

You Will Be Made to Believe Implausible Things.  I bring to your attention implausible things you are expected to believe this week. [...] [#2] You can Trust Dr. Fauci.  Governor Andrew Cuomo's handling of the China Virus was appropriate even though he placed the virus carriers in nursing homes and ignored the presence of the USNS Solace, the Javits Center, and Samaritan's Purse hospitals which were fully staffed and ready to assist.  Dr. Fauci was right to praise him.  Ignore the New York Attorney General Letitia James, who investigated and announced this week that the Cuomo administration failed to report thousands of COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents after forcing these homes to admit COVID-19 patients.  And you know you can ignore James's report and credit Dr. Fauci's praisee of Cuomo's performance because Joe Biden said "Dr. Fauci isn't just one of our foremost experts on combating viruses — he is a good man and a tireless public servant.... Our administration, and our country, will be stronger because of his guidance."  Dr. Fauci is one of our foremost experts on combating viruses and is totally nonpartisan.  Ignore his waffling and misstatements.

Hey Killer Cuomo:  Your AG Says You've Been Cooking The Books On Nursing Home Deaths.  Why?  It sure would be embarrassing for someone who wrote a book about his own amazing Gubernatorial leadership during a pandemic if it turned out that he was keeping us all in the dark about how bad it REALLY was.  Especially if his state had the second-highest per-capita death toll in the country and a COVID deaths-per-100k rating that far exceeded those of EVERY SINGLE national average in the WORLD?  Because that might make it look like all the trouble Andrew Cuomo took to scapegoat 'Orange Man Bad' was nothing more than one giant New-York-sized CYA move from the very beginning.  And a cynical attempt to run a hated Republican out of office.

Covidictators Up North:  Canadian Prime Minister Announces Harsh Lockdown Restrictions On International Travel.  Were you thinking of heading to Canada in the next few months?  We've got some bad news for you:  it's going to cost you mucho dinero and your freedom.  The restrictions limit international travel to just 4 airports and quarantine at travelers' expense.  Since the beginning of the pandemic all the way back in mid-March 2020, anyone crossing the border into Canada had to quarantine for 14 days or face a penalty of 6 months in prison and/or a fine of $750,000 for violation of the Quarantine Act.

Vaccinated Congressman Tests Positive for COVID-19.  A member of Congress who received a COVID-19 vaccine has tested positive for the disease.  Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving two doses of Pfizer's vaccine.  "Congressman Lynch had received the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and subsequently received a negative COVID-19 test prior to attending President [Joe] Biden's inauguration," a spokeswoman told news outlets.  The inauguration was nine days before Lynch tested positive.  Pfizer has said its vaccine is 95 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 in those without prior infection 7 days or more after the second dose.  In an email, the company told The Epoch Times it does not know the specific details of Lynch's case.

Los Angeles County Orders Restaurants To Keep TVs Off As Outdoor Dining Resumes And Super Bowl Approaches.  Restaurants and breweries were allowed to reopen for outdoor dining in Los Angeles County on Friday, but the revised order from public health officials says "televisions or other screens that broadcast programming must remain off until further notice."  The Los Angeles Daily News reports, "the restriction is an apparent effort to prevent gatherings of sports fans to watch games and other events, most notably during the most-watched TV show of the year, the NFL's championship game."  Critics say the mandate could have the opposite effect, driving more people into cramped quarters indoors to watch Super Bowl LV.  The big game is set for February 7, when Tom Brady, who has won six rings, leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home against the defending champs, the Kansas City Chiefs.  It is unclear when officials plan to lift the rule.

The Editor says...
If the no-TV rule doesn't have a firm expiration date already, it's probably permanent.  Just like the mask rules.

China Gene Firm Providing Worldwide COVID Tests Worked With Chinese Military.  BGI Group, the world's largest genomics company, has worked with China's military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science, a Reuters review of research, patent filings and other documents has found.  The review, of more than 40 publicly available documents and research papers in Chinese and English, shows BGI's links to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) include research with China's top military supercomputing experts.  The extent of those links has not previously been reported.  BGI has sold millions of COVID-19 test kits outside China since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic, including to Europe, Australia and the United States.  Shares of BGI Genomics Co, the company's subsidiary listed on the Shenzhen stock exchange, have doubled in price over the past 12 months, giving it a market value of about $9 billion.  But top U.S. security officials have warned American labs against using Chinese tests because of concern China was seeking to gather foreign genetic data for its own research.  BGI has denied that.

Unite and Heal With Show Trials and Fascist Purges.  The new rules of unity are that no one may question an election that the Democrats claim to have won, no one may say anything that Big Tech doesn't like, and no one may suggest that Biden's Assistant Health Secretary is a middle-aged man in a dress and a flowing blonde wig.  (Now there's a man who knows a lot about healing.  Just ask the 8,400 seniors who died in Pennsylvania nursing homes while Dr. Rick 'Rachel' Levine, Biden's new Assistant Health Secretary, withdrew his mother, but forced facilities to accept infected coronavirus patients.)

Fauci Looks To UN To 'Rebuild The Infrastructure Of Human Existence'.  I have never been a singer in the anti-Dr. Anthony Fauci chorus.  I always admired his work in the 90s to bring the HIV catastrophe to heel and thought his early efforts as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, advising President Trump on fighting the COVID crisis, provided a vital public service to our country.  But of late, I had been having second thoughts.  I am mildly put off by Fauci's relishing embrace of worldwide celebrity.  I thought it a bit frivolous, for example, his agreeing to be interviewed for a cover story in the fashion magazine, In Style.  And it was certainly an eye-popping obeisance to popular culture when the man — who said we will have to give up handshaking forever — benignly blessed in a Vanity Fair interview (of course) "asymptomatic strangers" hooking up for sexual liaisons using the dating app Tinder.

Biden's COVID-19 Bill Costs More Than Entire 1981 Federal Government.  The $1.9 trillion relief bill that President Joe Biden wants Congress to pass now as his response to the COVID-19 pandemic would cost Americans more than the entire federal government cost in fiscal 1981.  That year, according to the historical budget numbers that Biden's own Office of Management and Budget has published on the White House website, the federal government spent approximately $678,241,000,000.  When that is adjusted for inflation from September 1981 dollars into December 2020 dollars (using the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator), it equals $1.895 trillion.  Last March, President Donald Trump signed a $2.3 trillion spending law to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.  In December, Trump signed another spending law that included $900 billion targeted toward COVID-19 relief.  Now Biden wants to spend another $1.9 trillion.

Joe Biden's COVID-19 Deceptions.  President Joe Biden contends there is "nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months," which is the exact opposite of what presidential candidate Joe Biden promised voters during the 2020 campaign.  And by "exact opposite," I mean the president's alleged plan to beat the coronavirus literally said that "the trajectory of COVID-19 in America is headed in the wrong direction" and only he could fix it.  The Biden "plan" amounted to a slew of nebulous promises that would be implemented to correct the "Trump fiasco," such as accelerating the development of a vaccine, producing more masks, and pressuring governors to sign mask mandates.  Biden repeatedly promised to alter the trajectory of COVID-19.  In a platitudinous Oct. 23 speech, Biden pledged to "immediately put in place a national strategy that will position our country to finally get ahead of this virus and get back our lives." "Immediately" is an adverb meaning at once, instantly, without any intervening time.  It does not mean waiting around to take credit for when the Trump-era vaccines kick in.

CDC Orders Sweeping U.S. Transportation Mask Mandate as COVID-19 Rages.  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping order late Friday [1/29/2021] requiring the use of face masks on nearly all forms of public transportation Monday as the country continues to report thousands of daily COVID-19 deaths.  The order, which takes effect at 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday (0459 GMT Tuesday), requires face masks to be worn by all travelers on airplanes, ships, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-shares and at transportation hubs like airports, bus or ferry terminals, train and subway stations and seaports.

The Editor says...
Covid-19 does not "rage," except on CNN.  There will always be germs in the air.  With the exception of airline travel and mass transit, the problem of germs in the air was not a great concern until 2020.  Something tells me the airlines could pump fresh air into their planes, but it would reduce their profits.

Trump, the Covid Panic and the Symbolism of Masks.  [Scroll down]  To be sure, Mr. Trump's refusal to employ masks as a prop was a function of his genuine contempt for artifice; you'd never catch him posing in a hunting outfit à la John Kerry in 2004.  In that respect, the public Donald Trump is, for better or worse, the genuine article.  That has always been a great part of his appeal.  Mr. Biden on the other hand, being nothing but artificial, had no such compunction.  Turning masks into the insignia of the fearful, rather than the tool of the stalwart they might have been, Biden nevertheless correctly gauged the mood of many nervous voters and played upon those fears shamelessly.  It was a short-sighted, ultimately harmful formula, displaying no real leadership at all.  But alas, it worked, undoubtedly costing President Trump votes.  Perhaps more than any total accrued to Biden by fraudulent means.

Alleged 9/11 mastermind, Gitmo detainees to start getting COVID vaccines.  Here's a real kick in the shin:  chances are accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will get the COVID vaccine before you do.  Accused terror masterminds like KSM and other detainees at Guantanamo Bay will begin receiving the coronavirus vaccine, the Pentagon confirmed Friday [1/29/2021], even as the United States continues to experience severe shortages of the miracle jab.  A spokesman for the Department of Defense confirmed that officials had signed an order which will see COVID-19 vaccinations "offered to all detainees and prisoners."  The shots could be given as soon as next week.  "It will be administered on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the Department's priority distribution plan," spokesman Michael Howard told The [New York] Post.

Cuomo callously addresses COVID nursing home report: 'Who cares!'  "Who cares [if they] died in the hospital, died in a nursing home?  They died."  That's how Gov. Cuomo callously responded Friday to the damning state attorney general's report that revealed his administration downplayed the total number of nursing home residents killed by COVID-19.  During his first remarks on the spiraling controversy, Cuomo said, "If you look at New York state, we have a lower percentage of deaths in nursing homes than other states."  "A third of all deaths in this nation are from nursing homes," he said.  "New York state, we're only about 28 percent — only — but we're below the national average in number of deaths in nursing homes."

One hour after Biden inaugurated, WHO changes COVID testing criteria.  In what some have suggested is politicized timing, the World Health Organization on Wednesday changed the protocol for COVID-19 tests, which will result in large reductions in the numbers of positive cases.  The body took this action just one hour after Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States.  On Wednesday [1/20/2021], the World Health Organization (WHO) issued guidance regarding the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, which is being widely used across the globe in order to detect cases of COVID-19.  In a short information notice, the WHO referred back to an instruction booklet for COVID testing, released in September 2020, noting that "careful interpretation of weak positive results is needed."

One week in, Biden administration shows its exquisite cruelty.  Biden's handlers are leading him around by the nose, putting the words they compose on his teleprompter, which he has difficulty reading.  It took the Obama administration a year to do this much damage.  This crowd, believing they have absolute power in every sense of the phrase, have set about implementing the transformation of the U.S. from a democratic republic to a communist oligarchy.  In a flash, there is no more freedom of speech or assembly.  This new regime is about to make the COVID vaccine mandatory.  Medical treatment cannot be mandatory.  President Trump got the vaccine up and running, but now we must wonder how many Chinese scientists were in on its design.

COVID-sniffing dogs screen spectators prior to Nuggets-Heat game in Miami.  As an added preventive measure on top of health questionnaires and a mask mandate, COVID-sniffing dogs are now being used to detect possible infection in fans waiting to watch a sports game.  That's what happened before an NBA game between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, January 27.  The virus-sniffing dogs screened fans waiting in line to get into the American Airline Arena before entering the venue.  [Video clip]

Biden, Teachers' Unions, and the $630 Billion Shakedown.  For all their devastating, long-term side effects, the various failed remedies to COVID-19 have been clarifying.  The "expert" class, in case it was still unclear to anyone, is overrun not with critical thinkers devoted to scientific inquiry but hyperpartisan hacks with a hive mind no better than that of a typical seventh-grade cheer squad.  The scientific method is dead; in its place is a multitiered campaign to bully, silence, and cancel anyone who dares to challenge their unchallengeable expertise.  Political leaders on both sides of the aisle are as clueless as they are callous.  Little daylight exists between Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Governor Mike DeWine.  The majority of Americans, sadly, quickly submit to the whims of the expert class to the point of self-destruction.  Millions of Americans are doubling up on face coverings because Master Fauci said to do so and they are prepared to harass others into compliance as well.

Fauci: The data shows kids are less likely to get infected inside school than outside of it.  It's been a long journey for him on schools.  In May, the early days of the pandemic, he was cautious about reopening schools because the data about transmission among kids wasn't firm yet.  But just a few weeks later he was more encouraged.  By late July he was pushing Trump's position that it was important to try to reopen schools in the fall, citing the "downstream unintended consequences on families" if schools stayed closed.  After Thanksgiving, as cases began to surge, he continued to prioritize schools by insisting that businesses like bars should close to limit the spread so that students can stay in the classroom.

Steve Hilton finds stunning Covid 19 connections: 'Specific activity that Dr. Fauci funded and it is terrifying'.  Fox News' Steve Hilton shared an investigation that breaks down the origins of the coronavirus, and not only links it back to U.S. commissioned research, but also to Dr. Anthony Fauci.  The host of the "The Next Revolution" told his viewers that the evidence uncovered "points to the most likely cause of the pandemic and it's worse than anything that we have heard so far."  Highlighting a study 10 years ago in the Netherlands involving ferrets, which have respiratory systems that operate similar to humans, Hilton said researchers "were trying to see if the virus that starts out without the ability to be transmitted through the air can eventually gain that ability."  "This led to the creation of an entirely new type of scientific research made possible by advances in gene technology," he said.  "It was called gain of function virus research.  The idea was to replicate in a lab what had been done with those ferrets — to take the virus and manipulate the genetic code to make it stronger and powerful.  The virus would gain new function, hence the name."

COVID Continues:  Death By Shopping!  President Biden, immediately upon taking office, mandated the use of masks for 100 Days.  No explanation on the randomness of 100 versus 101 or 99.  Some have even suggested wearing them into 2022!  Where is the logic!  If the virus was so lethal, so contagious, how did many millions of Americans manage to shop at "Essential Stores" and not die?  How can this be? [...] At some point, nearly all of us went to these Box Store types.  We were part of the "experiment" without even knowing it.  Very few of us use medically approved masks.  Nor do we wear gloves or properly disinfect our clothes upon returning home.  No, we are wearing pieces of cloth not designed to be used as medical masks; these garments allow germs both to enter and exit.  We didn't hear horrendous tales featuring Walmart employees dying by the tens of thousands because the stories don't exist.  Or, are they really just that good at sanitizing?  Give me a break.  I've been to those stores, and they aren't exactly a sterile environment.

The Editor says...
Walmart makes a great effort to keep its stores clean, but even so, it is an unsanitary place and you should avoid going there if you have a compromised immune system.  The Editor was in a chemotherapy clinic many years ago, and overheard a conversation between a nurse and a very sick patient, whose immune system was all but completely gone.  The nurse advised the patient to boil all his food before eating it, and stay out of Walmart!  Especially the waiting line at the pharmacy.  And not just Walmart — any pharmacy!  That's where sick people go.  On the other hand, if you are reasonably healthy, Walmart is great.  Mrs. Editor and I spend money there at least two or three times a week.

Beto O'Rourke considering run for Texas governor, cites Abbott's failed virus efforts.  Former El Paso Democratic congressman Beto O'Rourke said in a radio interview that he is contemplating a run for governor of Texas next year against Republican incumbent Greg Abbott.  Abbott will be seeking his third term in office and O'Rourke told ABC-7's media partners at KLAQ radio that he's considering a bid to oust the governor.  "It's something I'm going to think about," O'Rourke said.  "This state has suffered perhaps more than any other in the midst of this pandemic."

The Editor says...
[#1] Exactly the opposite is true.  Texas has been affected far less by Covid than most other states.  [#2] If the state has "suffered" at all, it's because of endless lockdowns and mask mandates inflicted by ledftist politicians like Robert F. "Beto" O'Rourke.

Gov. Cuomo's COVID polices were more murderous than we thought.  A shocking story broke yesterday:  According to a study from the New York State Attorney General's office, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's criminally murderous Wuhan virus policies killed 50% more elderly people than originally reported.  Not only does this highlight what conservatives had already realized (namely, that Cuomo is an awful human being), but it also suggests that Cuomo is about to find himself up to his neck in political alligators.  The Attorney General, Letitia James, is a hard leftist, and she now seems to have Cuomo in her crosshairs.  There were two different Andrew Cuomos at work in New York in 2020 once the Wuhan virus hit that state.  The first Andrew Cuomo was the media darling.  He gave regular press conferences, during which he charmed swooning "journalists" with his earthy Italian, New York style.  He warmed the cockles of their hearts by blaming Trump for the state's unpreparedness to meet a pandemic, although he eventually acknowledged that Trump gave the state everything Cuomo could have wished, including a military hospital ship that was almost completely unused.

N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says.  An investigation by the New York State attorney general has concluded that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration undercounted coronavirus-related deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50 percent.  The count of deaths in the state's nursing homes has been a source of controversy for Mr. Cuomo and state Health Department officials, who have been sensitive to any suggestion that decisions made at the outset of the pandemic may have caused some of those deaths, which the state puts at more than 8,700.  They have also been accused of obscuring a more accurate estimate of nursing home deaths, because the state's count only included the number of deaths at the facilities, rather than accounting for the residents who died at a hospital after being transferred there.

New York Undercounted Coronavirus Deaths in Nursing Homes by up to Half, AG Report Says.  New York may have undercounted coronavirus nursing home deaths in the state by as much as half, the state attorney general's office said Thursday in a report.  New York Attorney General Letitia James's office released its initial report on an investigation into nursing home deaths in the state, an issue that has dogged Governor Andrew Cuomo since New York logged more than 8,500 virus deaths among residents of those facilities.  "Among those findings were that a larger number of nursing home residents died from COVID-19 than the New York State Department of Health's (DOH) published nursing home data reflected and may have been undercounted by as much as 50 percent," James's office said in a statement.

The 'After Trump' Era Begins.  Pfizer had hinted that a vaccine could be ready in late October.  Then, mysteriously, it wasn't.  Then, stranger still, it appeared — a few days after Election Day.  Suddenly, after Joe Biden's inauguration, Illinois, Michigan and other blue states eased some of their lockdown restrictions to get their economies back on track despite little change in COVID-19 rates.  During the Trump Age, the president was supposedly responsible for every death from COVID-19.  Now, the media reports that career scientists and health administrators in the federal government, especially at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were largely to blame for past slow testing, and were tardy and lax in apprising the nation of the infectious threat.  The Biden campaign's widely reported promises of a new, superior COVID-19 plan turned out to be more of the same old, same old from the Trump Age.  Biden did mandate the wearing of masks on all federal property.  But he then immediately undermined his own order during the first few hours on the job by going mask-less during a photo op at the Lincoln Memorial.  Stranger still, President Biden announced during his first few hours in office:  "There's nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months."  For the first time, we now learn that there is "nothing" Biden can do about COVID-19?

Wisconsin Senate Votes to Overturn Democrat Governor's Statewide Mask Mandate.  The GOP-led Wisconsin senate on Tuesday voted 18-13 to repeal Democrat Governor Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate.  Governor Evers issued an emergency 60-day order in August of 2020 and continued to extend his unlawful mandates — until now.  The Republican state lawmakers are working to put an end to Evers' abuse.  The resolution will head to the GOP-led state assembly on Thursday [1/28/2021].

China begins using anal swabs to test for Covid in Beijing because 'they are much more accurate'.  Beijing is using anal swabs to test its residents for coronavirus, a method that experts say is more accurate and raises the chances of detecting the virus.  [Lurid details omitted for brevity, among other reasons.]

About That Non-Existent Vaccine Plan:  Operation Warp Speed Staffers Claim Over 300 Transition Meetings With Biden Team.  The Biden administration is not interested in giving credit where its due, apparently; especially, it seems, as it concerns the plan to rollout coronavirus vaccines in a plan developed under the Trump administration through Operation Warp Speed.  According to a report from National Review, Team Biden has been insisting through press conferences and administration talking heads that there was no vaccine plan to speak of when they entered the Oval Office, and they've been forced to start from scratch to achieve their goal of vaccinating 100 million people in 100 days.

It's All About (Political) 'Science'.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has always claimed that he has based his coronavirus-related stay-at-home orders solely on the "science," yet suddenly — without any dramatic changes in scientific breakthroughs, albeit following some hopeful decreases in hospitalizations — he announced a wide-ranging reopening that lifts stay-at-home orders and gives county officials the final authority on such matters.  "As cases surged after Thanksgiving, Newsom tore up his playbook," AP's Don Thompson reported last week.  "Rather than a county-by-county approach, he created five regions and established a single measurement — ICU capacity — as the determination for whether a region was placed under a stay-at-home order."

Biden's Virus Response Resembles Trump's, Adds Bureaucracy.  President Joe Biden campaigned on a promise to turn the tide of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, telling Americans that he had a superior plan to the one that was being executed by the administration of President Donald Trump.  Biden unveiled his strategy in the first days of his administration amid a flurry of executive orders.  While some of Biden's ideas are truly novel, including his vision for a centralized national contact-tracing workforce through the establishment of the U.S. Public Health Job Corps, the plan largely mirrors what had been set in motion by Trump, plus the addition of several layers of bureaucracy and the infusion of the quasi-Marxist "equity" agenda into every aspect of the pandemic response.

Twelve Times the Lockdowners Were Wrong.  This has been a year of astonishing policy failure.  We are surrounded by devastation conceived and cheered by intellectuals and their political handmaidens.  The errors number in the thousands, so please consider the following little more than a first draft, a mere guide to what will surely be unearthed in the coming months and years.  We trusted these people with our lives and liberties and here is what they did with that trust. [...]

The Question of Masks.  I envy the reader who can reach the end of Alex Berenson's Unreported Truths About Covid-19 and Lockdowns:  Masks, without tearing her hair out in frustration at the absurdity of the world today, which apparently is not so different from the one that Galileo inhabited four centuries ago.  Berenson makes an airtight case (no pun intended) that there is no evidence whatsoever that surgical and cloth masks work to control coronavirus spread, and a substantial amount that they do not.  Nevertheless, as anyone who has tried to discuss the topic in a blue state knows, the subject has been so politicized that to make this contention amounts to heresy.  This is the third booklet in a series, Unreported Truths About Covid-19 and Lockdowns.  The first two focus upon the deleterious effects of lockdowns and overestimation of the virus's dangerousness.  Berenson, who used to work as a reporter at the New York Times before he became a full-time novelist, has been known from the very beginning as a coronavirus "contrarian," and has since attained unofficial status as king of the lockdown skeptics.  As his Twitter profile famously depicts him smiling sardonically with a mask under his chin, it is about time he addressed the subject.

Carlsbad, CA Says No More to Lockdowns.  May It Be a National Model!  [Scroll down]  A different, more local revolt began last weekend in Carlsbad, CA, a town just north of San Diego.  Its restaurant and bar owners decided they're weren't going to take it anymore.  They're no longer going to allow witless politicians to destroy what they've worked so long to build.  They're going to open their businesses to eager customers.  Some will ask what California legislators right up to Governor Gavin Newsom will say.  Ideally the mini-revolt will wake these sick people up to the extraordinary damage they're doing, but if not it's worth reminding everyone that the very individuals in government who are presently limiting your right to work, operate your business, and live your life as you desire, used to not be in government.  Some even used to have regular jobs in the private sector.  The main thing is that they're not experts on medical matters, nor are they abnormally smart.  They just happen to be good at politics.  They're in no position to tell us how to live, or operate our businesses, or whether or not we should have a job to go to.  They're just people who want power, prestige and money, only they want it the easy way.

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Blue States' COVID Restrictions Are Killing Jobs, But Not The Virus.  We have long suspected that the left would use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to take greater control over people's lives, whether or not it helped fight the disease.  The evidence appears to support this.  Wallethub has been ranking states based on their COVID-19 restrictions — things such as mask mandates, limits on travel and gatherings, school closings, liability protections, work-at-home requirements.  The nearby table lists the 10 states with the most and least restrictions in place as of Jan. 25.  Notice anything?  We did, when we looked at these states through the prism of their local politics.


How A Legitimate Theory About COVID-19 Emerging From A Lab Got Dismissed By Media Fact Checkers.  As COVID-19 spread across the world, President Donald Trump suggested in an April press conference that the virus may have emerged from a lab in Wuhan, China.  Fact checkers sprang to check out the claim, often dismissing it summarily by noting there was little to no evidence backing it up.  And it's true, there was no direct evidence, but there was mountain of circumstantial evidence.  Still, the story fizzled.  In part because fact checkers and reporters, while focusing on the more wild claims that China deliberately created and released the virus as a bioweapon, often dismissed out of hand the less aggressive possibility that it simply leaked out of a lab.  Then, in January of 2021, things changed.  An investigative essay published in the New York Magazine's Intelligencer dove into the lab theory and found a number of surprising discoveries.

The Right to Refuse Service Should Be Universal and Absolute.  Restaurant owners in New York City have discussed refusing to serve the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, and the mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, because, as part of the draconian response to the coronavirus, indoor dining was shutdown again at New York City restaurants.  Naturally, restaurant owners are furious.  "I came up with this motto — if we can't feed our families, we certainly won't feed yours," said organizer Michael Quinn.  He points out that "banning indoor dining just pushes people to gather in homes and other places that don't have the safety measures in place that restaurants have" and that "the state says 70 percent of coronavirus cases can be traced to households and small gatherings, while no more than 2 percent have been attributed to indoor dining at restaurants."

Now the CDC is urging schools to reopen ASAP.  Try to keep up with the science.  Had your child gone back to school yesterday, he and all the teachers in the universe would have died.  But today, it's urgent he go to school.  And safe for him to do so.  [Tweet]

Report: CDC Apparently Changed COVID Criteria That Inflated Fatalities 10-Fold (2/2).  [Scroll down]  You see, in March of 2020, the CDC announced some changes to the way they wanted doctors to start filling out death certificates.  And a few weeks later, the CDC issued some new diagnostic guidelines.  But these changes turned out to be very narrowly focused, indeed.  The[y] didn't affect how heart disease or cancer deaths were diagnosed or reported.  Nor did physicians need to change the way they report or diagnose the flu or any other manner of disease, accident, homicidal intention, act of God, or any other conceivable way that a human being can wind up meeting his maker any differently except for just one special ailment.  For some strange reason, the CDC decided that COVID-19 alone among all mortal perils was to get its own unique method of accounting devised especially for it.

Regeneron's antibody cocktail used to treat Trump prevented 50% of people exposed to coronavirus from getting infected.  Regeneron's coronavirus antibody drug reduces the risk of getting COVID-19 after exposure by 50 percent, early data suggests.  The treatment prevented 100 percent of the 186 people who got the drug after being exposed to coronavirus from developing symptomatic COVID-19.  It comes a week after Eli Lilly said its similar drug prevented 80 percent of nursing home residents from getting COVID-19.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis calls White House 'disingenuous' for COVID-19 vaccine claim.  Gov. Ron DeSantis is firing back at the White House for claiming that Florida has only used about 50% of the COVID-19 vaccine supply it's received from the federal government.  That controversial statement was made on Monday by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki during a news briefing in Washington.  "I will note, because we're data first here, facts first here, they've only distributed about 50% of the vaccines that they have been given in Florida," Psaki said.  "So clearly, they have a good deal of the vaccine."

Have 400,000 Americans Died of Covid-19?  Many assumed, lots screamed it, but now there is proof:  The Covid-19 death count is a fabrication.  However, the story is much bigger than number manipulation within our government. [...] Milan Kundera called this kind of thing "Communist Kitsch." Exploiting the dead (no matter what they, in truth, died of, but primarily old age), the pageant was all about Covid, with flags representing those who could not attend due to the Covid Scare and the Domestic Terrorism (from Patriots) scare.  Throughout the ceremony, those who died "of Covid" were remembered, though no mention of those who have died from lockdowns.  PSYOPS hyper-direct our allowed emotions.  In the end, the supposed "blood on hands" of the outgoing President was fused with the (dark) triumphalism of the incoming one.  Meaning:  The very theme of Biden's Presidency would not be, say, America, but rather, "Covid."  Don't serve America; serve Covid, as the new America.  The new America is actually America inverted, prepared, and served up to The Great Reset and the final destruction of all human freedoms, in the name of a "virus" you may not question without risking prison.

White House still can't say where COVID-19 vaccine supply stands.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday again lacked answers on how many doses of the coveted coronavirus vaccine the US has in reserve, one day after admitting that the Biden administration didn't know how many shots were on hand.  At her daily briefing, Psaki repeatedly danced around requests for hard numbers on the available jabs, at one point punting to a briefing by President Biden scheduled for later in the day.  "The president is going to have more of an update later this afternoon," she said, when asked point-blank how many doses are currently in the US stockpile.

So How's Biden's First Week Going?  A Side-By-Side Look At What He Promised Versus What He's Doing.  It's been less than a week since Joe Biden's inauguration.  In that time, how has Biden's campaign rhetoric matched his actions in office?  I'm not fooling around with "pants on fire" or childish Pinocchio ratings like the legacy media does (but, outrageously, won't now that Biden is in office).  He either lied or he didn't.  As adults you can make up your own minds.  During the campaign, Biden promised that he had a plan to "change the course" of the COVID pandemic.  But once in office, he admitted that "there is nothing we can do" to change the pandemic's course (trajectory is a synonym of "course" as used here).  So, he had no plan.

Just 20 of 128,000 vaccinated Israelis got COVID one week after second dose.  Just passing along some exciting news this morning as America inches towards herd immunity.  Estimated time of arrival:  Uhhhhh, 2028?  Israel's going to get there much faster.  Scientists are being cautious about celebrating this study too much, as there was no control group and there are reasons to think there might be some sample "bias."  But knocking down infections to a "one in 6,400" clip would be tremendous progress.  The end of the pandemic is on the horizon.

Biden administration can't say how many COVID-19 vaccines US has in reserve.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday admitted that the Biden administration does not know how many COVID-19 vaccinations the US has in reserve.  Psaki made the startling revelation during a briefing with reporters at the White House, where she was repeatedly pressed on the nation's lagging coronavirus vaccine rollout.  "Is there at least a ballpark amount that officials are aware of how much vaccine there is?" one reporter asked.  "We've been here for five days to evaluate the supply so that we can release the maximum amount while also ensuring that everyone can get the second dose on the FDA-recommended schedule," Psaki said of what President Biden had said would be his top priority, before she then tried to lay the blame on the Trump administration.

Our Pandemic Fears Are Killing What Makes Life Worth Living.  The unconstitutional lockdowns provoked by the Chinese Communist Party virus have dragged on for almost a year now, with little sign of the "pandemic" letting up.  "Two weeks to slow the spread" and "fifteen days to flatten the curve" — lies from the moment they were uttered, as anyone with an ounce of sense knew — have molted into months and soon enough into years.  Meanwhile, the media has been content to celebrate — excuse me, "mourn" — the mounting death toll attributed to Covid-19 as long as it could damage the Trump administration, now driven from a militarily occupied Washington, D.C.  Almost everything that has happened this past year, it seems, could be blamed on the CCP virus, exported from Wuhan whether on purpose or by accident.  Not that it matters.  The Biden administration is no more going to hold Communist China responsible for its malignant carelessness — or its deliberate malignity — than Hunter Biden will ever come clean about his business dealings in both China and the Ukraine.

Something's in a nosedive.  Scary news stories are the norm in the Age of COVID.  Earlier this month, on January 2, 2021, The Hill reported that experts at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) predicted 150,000 deaths by the beginning of February.  Just one problem:  Recent data suggest that the worst of the pandemic is over.  In the interest of unity, let's analyze the COVID data on daily new cases and deaths from the New York Times — in particular, the seven-day moving averages.  Using a moving average is important since there are obvious reporting problems from the relevant state agencies.  The raw daily data have a suspiciously consistent saw-tooth pattern.  There is an unrealistic drop on weekends and holidays and a corresponding explosion during mid-week.  Using the seven-day moving average effectively eliminates the reporting problems by incorporating data over the prior week.  Looking at the curves for new cases and deaths, the NYT data show something perplexing.  As seen in the graphs, the curves are going the wrong way for nightmare scenarios.  According to the NYT data, the IHME's January model's prediction of 150,000 deaths is a fantasy.

Netherlands rocked by worst civil unrest in years as anti-lockdown rioters wreak havoc across country.  More than 180 people were arrested Monday during the third night of violence in the Netherlands, where rioters appear to have hijacked an anti-lockdown protest to cause destruction across the country.  The civil unrest began over the weekend in response to the Dutch government's strict measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, which includes a newly imposed curfew between 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m.  But the seemingly peaceful demonstrations turned into chaos as groups of mostly teenagers began organizing on social media to attack public and private properties in different parts of the country.  Images shared on social media showed rioters looting stores, smashing windows, clashing with police, setting vehicles on fire and vandalizing buildings.

Firehoses and dogs:
The Dutch Government Goes To War With Its Own Citizens Protesting Lockdown.  Police in Amsterdam turned a water cannon on hundreds of demonstrators who were taking part in a banned protest Sunday against the Dutch government and its tough coronavirus lockdown.  Police on horseback also moved in to break up the demonstration on a large square ringed by museums, including the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum.  Amsterdam municipality said riot police took action to disperse the crowd because people weren't adhering to social distancing measures.  [Video clip]

Fauci [is] the highest paid out of 4M federal employees.  President Biden's chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, is the highest-paid employee in the entire federal government.  The nation's leading infectious disease expert made $417,608 in 2019 and is projected to net approximately $2.5 million in salary from 2019 to 2024, according to Freedom of Information Act requests obtained by Forbes.  Fauci, whose salary is funded by taxpayers, received a pay bump in 2014 when his paycheck increased from $335,000 to the current $417,608.  Fauci raked in $3.6 million from 2010 to 2019.  The United States's 4 million federal employees are usually subject to a pay cap, dubbed level IV, which is $172,500.  However, Fauci and other doctors and scientists employed by the government are exempted from the cap to make their salaries more competitive to the private sector.

And the Award for Highest Taxpayer-Funded Government Employee Goes To....  Mirror, mirror, on the wall — who's the highest taypayer-funded federal employee of all? [...] As it turns out, Anthony Fauci's a very lucky man.  According to Forbes, in 2019, the big guy pulled in $417,608.  How many folks do you know making nearly half a mil... at 80 years old?

Report: Fauci is the highest-paid employee in the U.S. federal government.  According to a new report by Forbes, infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci is the highest paid employee in the U.S. federal government.  In 2019, his salary was $417,608, the highest salary out of all four million federal government employees.  In comparison, Speaker Nancy Pelosi will earn $223,500 this year, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will make $270,700 and Members in the House of Representatives and Senators will make $174,000, Forbes reports.

Fauci:  Wearing two masks is better than one.  Two face masks are better than one, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday [1/25/2021].  The infectious diseases specialist that double-masking is a logical way to curb the spread of the coronavirus.  "If you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on, it just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective," Fauci said on the "Today" show.  The White House advisor explained that the face coverings prevent respiratory droplets — and the virus — from spreading to other people, as well as protecting the wearer.  Other experts also say that wearing a surgical mask underneath a cloth face covering provides more protection.

The Editor says...
I don't think I've seen any pictures of Dr. Fauci wearing two masks, but there are plenty of pictures of him with no mask at all.

As Biden Became President, [a] Medical Journal Quietly Retracted [a] Study That Falsely Claimed Hydroxychloroquine Is Ineffective.  A leading medical journal has issued a retraction of their endorsement for a study that concluded the anti-viral drug hydroxychloroquine was ineffective against the Covid-19 virus.  This retraction appears to validate the claims then-president Trump made about the medication being a frontline drug in the battle in the pandemic.  The Lancet, a respected online medical journal, issued an apology to its readers in an edition last year after the retraction.  "We deeply apologize to you, the editors, and the journal readership for any embarrassment or inconvenience that this may have caused," the publishers of The Lancet said.  Compared to the significantly more expensive medications being used to treat the virus, hydroxychloroquine — a drug widely used to treat malaria — is relatively inexpensive and universally available.  Hydroxychloroquine ranges in price from $0.30 to $6.63 per dose depending on location.

The Editor says...
Yes, the timing of this action is political.  The entire Coronavirus scare is political.

China rounds up people without masks.  All people must wear masks, according to law.  [Video clip]

Gov. Newsom plans to cancel California's COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday [1/25/2021] plans to lift regional stay-at-home orders across the state — allowing restaurants to resume outdoor dining amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.  Sources briefed on the governor's plans told the Los Angeles Times that all counties will return to a colored tier system that assigns local risk levels based on the number of cases and positivity rates.  Most counties will go into the "widespread" risk tier, which allows hair salons to provide limited services indoors but restricts many other nonessential indoor business operations.  Some elected officials and the restaurant industry have fought in and out of court to overturn the highly controversial outdoor dining ban, according to the newspaper.

Mayor Lightfoot and CDPH announce plan to ensure equity in vaccine distribution.  Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Department of Public Health officials announced new initiatives Monday to ensure racial equity in distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, after initial data shows low vaccination rates in Black and Latinx communities.  Lightfoot and public health officials released the plan Monday in conjunction with the state moving into Phase 1B of its vaccine distribution, in which an estimated 3.2 million people statewide are eligible for inoculation.  'Protect Chicago' has been the primary plan in Chicago's response to the pandemic, including vaccine distribution.

Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel ban targeting UK, Europe and Brazil: report.  President Biden will reinstate a re-entry ban on nearly all non-US travelers trying to come into the country from the United Kingdom, Ireland, 26 other European countries and Brazil — and impose a new ban on travel from South Africa, a report said Sunday [1/24/2021].  Former President Trump had signed an order Jan. 18 that was to lift the coronavirus-related ban Tuesday — but Biden will take action Monday to keep the prohibition stays in place, federal public-health sources told Reuters.  Biden also will put into place a ban on most non-US residents entering the country after having recently been in South Africa — amid the breakout of a new, more infectious mutant strain of COVID-19 in that nation, the officials said.

Biden to introduce travel bans on South Africa, UK, and others:  Report.  President Biden will reportedly introduce a ban on non-U.S. citizens attempting to enter the United States from South America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, and several European countries.  "We are adding South Africa to the restricted list because of the concerning variant present that has already spread beyond South Africa," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deputy director Anne Schuchat told Reuters, adding that the agency was "putting in place this suite of measures to protect Americans and also to reduce the risk of these variants spreading and worsening the current pandemic."  NBC confirmed the restrictions Sunday afternoon [1/24/2021].

Right on Schedule, COVID Pivots for Biden.  Imagine changing the rules in the middle of the game, so that hits rather than runs, or first downs rather than touchdowns, determine the game winner.  That is exactly what is happening with COVID reporting, just as many of us predicted.  This confirms the lingering question of how much of COVID was about the actual virus versus a political club to hurt President Trump and drive him from office, quite successfully.  As an interesting coincidence, the first case of the novel coronavirus arrived in the U.S. on the same day the House walked articles of impeachment to the Senate.  The next impeachment was based on Trump's supposed calls for violence at a pre-planned Capitol riot just before Congress was to certify (or not) the Electoral College vote, the riot blamed on a speech he gave after the rioting already started.  In politics, there are no coincidences, and the recent rule changes for tallying COVID case are no exception.

GOP Congressman:  Give $1,400 stimulus checks to people who get the COVID-19 vaccine.  One Republican Congressman says instead of sending stimulus checks to every qualifying American, direct payments should go to people who receive the coronavirus vaccine.  "I hope the administration will look at that option because we actually buy something with our $1,400 — and that's herd immunity," said Rep. Steve Stivers (R., Ohio) in an interview with Yahoo Finance Live.  President Joe Biden has called for individual $1,400 payments in his $1.9 trillion relief plan — which some Republicans argue is too much and some progressives say is too little.  Stivers opposes additional stimulus checks as the proposal currently stands.

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If you had to pay $1,400 to get the vaccine, you could reasonably assume that it must be quite safe and really beneficial.  If they have to pay you $1,400 to take it, what does that tell you?

Biden: Oh By The Way, I Can't Do Anything About the Pandemic.  Now he tells us.  Biden and the Democrats had one messaging ace up their sleeves.  Backed by their media, they falsely claimed that President Trump had mishandled the pandemic leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths and that once they were in charge, they would get everything right.  Granted, they couldn't actually explain what they would do differently except order everyone to wear masks on federal property (before violating their own rules.)  Now, a few days later, we're down to the admission that they don't have an actual plan for fighting the coronavirus beyond pushing pork to their base.

Joe Biden Makes Not Wearing a Mask Acceptable Again.  Since the start of COVID-19 in 2020, journalists and other Democrats have taken it upon themselves to snitch on anyone (meaning Republicans) who didn't wear a mask and promptly accuse them of recklessly endangering the lives of others.  Now that Joe Biden is president, it appears that snitching is no longer cool, and not wearing a mask is acceptable so long as you're a Democrat doing it for a good reason, like "celebrating" a Democratic victory.  After Biden and his family were photographed without masks at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday — in violation of the federal mask mandate that he himself had just approved via executive action — White House press secretary Jen Psaki dismissed a reporter's question about Biden's refusal to follow the rules.

Nation's 5th Largest District Sends Kids Back to School Following a Pandemic - of Suicides.  Clark County, Nevada's seen a surge of student suicides.  As stated by The Daily Wire, "The shocking news of a rash of student suicides in Nevada has school districts across the country rethinking the strategy of in-home and online learning amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and reconsidering their position that students might fully recover from a year spent out of the company of peers."  Makes sense.  Following a series of self-inflicted fatalities around the Las Vegas area, in January, the district voted to begin retuning select elementary school grades as well as struggling students to in-person learning.

Calif Gov Newsom appears to be retreating on Covid restriction as recall petition signatures surge.  [Scroll down]  Newsom is fighting for his political life in the face of a recall petition that already has garnered 80% of the signatures necessary for a recall election to be conducted by the state. [...] The immediate spark of the surge in signatures was the release of photographs of Newsom attending a lavish birthday party at the French Laundry in the Napa Valley, one of the most famous and expensive restaurants in America, with no mask and sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with his pals, including the honoree for the occasion, a lobbyist.  This in defiance of the lockdown orders he had imposed on lesser Californians.

Steve Hilton reveals explosive evidence on COVID-19 origins and the Fauci connection.  'The Next Revolution' host Steve Hilton investigated the origins of the coronavirus and announced his findings on Fox News Sunday night [1/24/2021].  Hilton noted that a Utah mink was the first case of COVID-19 to be found in a wild animal.  According to Hilton, minks and related animals have respiratory systems that operate similarity to humans.  About 10 years ago, researchers in the Netherlands did an experiment on ferrets and found that a virus that started without the ability to be transmitted throughout the air, can eventually gain that ability.  This led to a new type of research called "Gain-of-Function" virus research.  The idea was to replicate in a lab what had been done to the ferrets.

'On the cusp of great things': Dozens of other COVID vaccines working their way to public.  COVID-19 has existed for barely more than a year, but 64 vaccines are in clinical development and another 173 in preclinical development worldwide nonetheless, according to the World Health Organization.  Dozens of hopefuls are in clinical trials in the U.S., including several by California researchers.

Vaccinated People May Still Spread CCP Virus:  UK Medical Officer.  People who have received two doses of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine may still spread the virus to others, a senior British medical officer has warned.  Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England's deputy chief medical officer, said on Jan. 24 that "we do not yet know the impact of the vaccine on transmission of the virus."  "So even after you have had both doses of the vaccine you may still give COVID-19 to someone else and the chains of transmission will then continue," he wrote in the Sunday Telegraph.  Therefore, he urged the millions of Britons who have already been vaccinated to keep following the lockdown rules.  "If you change your behaviour you could still be spreading the virus, keeping the number of cases high and putting others at risk who also need their vaccine but are further down the queue."

Dutch COVID-19 testing facility torched during ongoing riots over curfew.  A COVID-19 testing facility was torched in the Netherlands during riots on the first night of a strict new curfew — with police later using water cannons against protesters as the violence raged on Sunday [1/24/2021].  Local media video from Urk, a fishing village about 50 miles northeast of Amsterdam, showed a mob breaking into the portable testing facility on Saturday night and setting it ablaze.  By Sunday morning, only a burnt-out shell remained, with police saying it came on a night where rioters were throwing stones and fireworks in an attempt to destroy cop cars.

More sunlight equals less COVID transmission, new study suggests.  As if the winter darkness doesn't present its own health challenges in a non-pandemic year, a recent study suggests that the sun's lack of intensity in the coldest months of this year might also be enhancing the transmission of COVID-19. However, that also means good news may be on the horizon, literally, as an increase in sunlight could shine hope in the battle against coronavirus transmission.  As researchers continue to expand their understanding of the role weather elements such as ultraviolet (UV) radiation play in the spread of the pandemic, a new study says understanding the factor it plays is crucial in refining strategies to slow and stop the coronavirus.  The seasonality of the virus remains an important puzzle to piece together for researchers, as an environmental effect could help better understand the spread patterns of the virus and inform local public health responses alongside other mechanisms, like vaccination.

World's richest ten people 'are half a Trillion dollars richer since Covid-19 pandemic began'.  The world's ten richest people, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bill Gates, have seen their collective wealth increase by half a trillion dollars since the start of the Covid pandemic, according to a new report.  The business magnates could even pay to vaccinate the entire world with their profits from the last year, the Oxfam study claims.  The anti-poverty campaigners used figures from the Forbes 2020 Billionaire List and wealth data from Credit Suisse to investigate the financial impact of the pandemic on the world's wealthiest.

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Grain of salt:  Rich people get richer.  That's what they do.  The same expansion of these guys' fortunes might well have happened without the Covid pandemic — for different reasons.

Merck ends clinical trials for 2 'inferior' COVID-19 vaccine candidates.  Drugmaker Merck announced on Monday [1/25/2021] that it's ending development for two potential coronavirus vaccines.  The pharmaceutical company said research has been terminated for its V590 and V591 vaccine candidates, because the immune responses it produced in first-stage trial volunteers were inadequate.

WHO Changes CCP Virus Test Criteria in Attempt to Reduce False Positives.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned experts not to rely solely on the results of a PCR test to detect the CCP virus.  In updated guidance published on Jan. 20, the WHO said that lab experts and health care practitioners should also consider the patient's history and epidemiological risk factors alongside the PCR test in diagnosing the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.  The new guidance could result in significantly fewer daily cases.  "Most PCR assays are indicated as an aid for diagnosis, therefore, health care providers must consider any result in combination with timing of sampling, specimen type, assay specifics, clinical observations, patient history, confirmed status of any contacts, and epidemiological information," the guidance says.

W.H.O Modifies Testing Criteria That Will Make Biden's Numbers Look "Better" Than Trump's.  The top international health organization has issued a stunning new directive regarding COVID testing guidelines that will result in a drastically lowered number of cases just as Joe Biden sets up shop in the Oval Office[.]  It's highly unlikely that a career swamp dweller like Biden could have become the nation's 46th president were it not for the mass hysteria created by the coronavirus pandemic and the radical social changes that have been implemented.

COVID Miracle:  Democrat Leaders Are Allowing Businesses to Open As Biden Becomes POTUS.  Democrats across the country are suddenly changing their COVID-19 orders and rhetoric now that President Joe Biden is in office.  Orders such as reduced or banned in-door dining at businesses look to be lifted soon.  The groundwork for such a 180-degree turn was laid even before Biden was officially in office.  On January 11, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has overseen one of the worst statewide response to the coronavirus, said he was no longer in favor of having a hard lockdown because of the negative effects of the economy.

Oops: Media Darling Tony Fauci Debunks Massive CNN Story on COVID Vaccines.  On Thursday morning [1/21/2021], CNN White House correspondent MJ Lee filed an anonymously-sourced story on behalf of her fellow lefties that set the agenda for Zuckerville and like-minded outlets (which our friend Drew Holden chronicled in another legendary thread):  "Biden inheriting nonexistent coronavirus vaccine distribution plan and must start 'from scratch,' sources say."  But as we would learn hours later from Dr. Tony Fauci of NIH, the Biden administration "certainly [is] not starting from scratch because there is activity going on in the distribution."  Huh.  So, in other words, Lee's story was nothing more than pants-on-fire fake news.

Shutdowns Kill.  At AmericanExperiment.org, my colleague John Phelan notes research indicating that many thousands of people will die, not from COVID, but from the shutdowns that have been implemented to try to slow the spread of the virus.  Whether much benefit has been gained from these shutdowns is debatable, but the costs are not:  ["]On the one hand, policymakers have, too often, oversold the benefits of their measures.  On the other, they have downplayed any costs:  indeed, pointing out that these costs exist at all is likely to get you branded a 'Covid denier'.  But these costs are very real.  As I wrote in June, the economic suppression in the name of fighting Covid-19 will hurt today's graduates for years to come.["]

Biden Now Says 'Nothing We Can Do' To Change Pandemic Trajectory Over Next Several Months.  After spending months on the campaign trail criticizing the Trump administration's COVID-19 response and promising to 'crush' the virus with a comprehensive action plan, President Biden now says there's "nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months."  After saying on Thursday [1/21/2021] that "We didn't get into this mess overnight and it's going to take months for us to turn things around," adding "We will defeat this pandemic, and to a nation waiting for action, let me be the clearest on this point:  Help is on the way," Biden lowered expectations even further on Friday.  [Video clip]

We were told over and over again, that the Biden team was going to turn the coronavirus pandemic around.  [Thread reader]  Today [1/22/2021], they told us that wasn't true.  We've got a lot more examples to go.  [Numerous tweets]

Why Is Gavin Newsom Hiding Coronavirus Data from the Public?  California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is hiding key coronavirus data from the public while inexplicably allowing several counties in the state to reopen.  Following a surge in November, Newsom unveiled new lockdown orders that divided the state into five regions, with each region locking down whenever ICU hospital capacity dipped below 15 percent.  Before long, about 98 percent of the state's population fell under the new restrictions.  Despite ICU capacity still south of 15 percent, the governor has lifted restrictions for 13 counties in the Greater Sacramento area, the AP reported.  State data updated daily shows the Sacramento region currently has an ICU capacity of around 7.8 percent at the time of this writing.

Tucker Carlson Triggers CNN by Pointing Out Their COVID Death Tracker Now Frequently Goes Missing.  A lot of people have noticed over the last few days that the Wuhan virus case/death tracker CNN kept on display 24/7 under the Trump administration at the very least frequently goes missing or, at the most, has disappeared entirely.  It depends on who you talk to and how often the people making the accusations watch the network.  Admittedly, I don't have the stomach to watch most of CNN's  programmed anchors  programming, but when I have this week I, too, have noticed it's not there.

Obey, America, for Your Own Good!  If you question how the Constitution empowers local municipal tyrants to combat illness by unilaterally sentencing Americans to house arrest, confiscating their places of business, and separating them from their families, nobody even pretends the Constitution still exists.  It doesn't matter whether wearing a mask reduces the spread of disease or just forces people to touch their faces routinely with unclean hands and dirty strips of cloth; you have been told to wear a mask!  It doesn't matter whether social isolation causes more deaths than the Chinese virus or whether enforced business closures permanently destroy Americans' futures; science must be obeyed, even when it's routinely wrong.  Especially when it's wrong!  Government fiat works, you see, only when common people are trained to abandon common sense.  When people know that rules are absurd but follow them nonetheless, they are finally progressive enough to do exactly as the government commands!

CNN To Biden:  Come On Man, No One Thought 100 Million Vaccinations In 100 Days Was "Impossible".  A surprising fact check from a surprising source.  After all, CNN spent yesterday morning trying to push the nonsensical claim from Joe Biden's White House that Donald Trump' distribution plan for COVID-19 vaccines had been "non-existent," a claim that flew in the face of 36 million doses distributed to states and 17 million vaccinations delivered by the time Biden walked into the Oval Office.  By the end of the day, even liberal journalists were tossing fact-check flags on CNN.

Biden's vaccine pitch relies on you being bad at math.  President Biden has a coronavirus plan.  The plan is to mostly continue the coronavirus plan of the Trump administration but use credulous reporters who can't do division to convince the world that he has hatched a brilliant new coronavirus plan. [...] Biden is promising 100 million vaccines in 100 days.  That's 1 million [vaccinations] per day.  In the final seven days of the Trump administration, about 6.4 million vaccine doses have been given.  That's more than 910,000 per day, or 91% of Biden's "ambitious goal."  What's more, that number is only so low because the weekend was 50% longer than usual.  The weekday average is nearly 1.2 million.  On Trump's last day, 1.6 million vaccines were administered.  Compared to that, Biden's talking about slowing down vaccinations by 35%.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki, after receiving all sorts of reporter praise for being a straight shooter, tried to make it look like Biden's 1 million per day was a massive increase.

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Now That Biden's President, CNN's COVID-19 Death Counter Appears to Be Gone.  If you happened to flip on CNN prior to Inauguration Day, chances are you noticed a COVID-19 tracker chyron that tallied the total cases and death count both globally and in the United States.  Now that Joe Biden is president, that chyron seems to have disappeared from broadcasts. [...] Fortunately The Washington Free Beacon anticipated CNN would do this so the outlet decided to pick up where they left off.  "4,409 Americans have died from COVID-19 since President Joe Biden took office," the latest update from 9 a.m. on Thursday [1/21/2021] read.

Biden's COVID Agenda Can Be Summed Up In Six Words.  Joe Biden pretty much says he no immediate plan to combat the coronavirus.  None.  It can be summed up in six words: "there is nothing we can do."  Okay, that's not exactly fair.  He said, there is nothing we can do for several months.  We're in cruise control, but that's not what he sold on the campaign trail.  He didn't say we're going to coast for the better part of a year with no plan to voters.  It was I'm going to stop it and Trump is at fault.  He should take responsibility.  If you elect me, I will be the COVID killer.  All of this said while he doled out talking points that mirror exactly what the Trump administration's plan was with COVID management.

The Masks Are Coming Off.  [Scroll down]  Last year really was nuts.  It was a year when the authorities managed to convince people that even though they have no symptoms of an illness and feel as right as rain, they need to go get tested for the illness they don't have, using a test that is not fit-for-purpose, such that they come away telling others that they have the illness they don't actually have. [...] Yet despite 2020 craziness, it doesn't seem like it will hold a candle to 2021.  If the first week or so is any barometer, it may be that 2020 was just the trailer or the warm-up act for the real thing.  We've already seen the Chief Medical Adviser telling people who don't have an illness to act as if they do have an illness.  We've already seen the rollout of a vaccine, the study for which is not due to be completed until on 27th January 2023.  And we've already seen international organisations telling us that restrictions are likely to continue for the foreseeable future, Salvation by Vaccine notwithstanding — although those of us who have followed things carefully knew this anyway.

Right On Cue For Biden, WHO Admits High-Cycle PCR Tests Produce COVID False Positives.  Were the 'conspiracy theorists' just proven right about the "fake rescue plan" for COVID?  Did the 'science-deniers' just get confirmation that it was political after all?  The short answer to both of these questions regarding the COVID-19 'casedemic' and the fallacy of asymptomatic PCR testing is YES and YES!

Biden order lets people who quit jobs where they thought they might catch coronavirus to collect unemployment.  Continuing a flurry of executive action, President Biden signed an order Friday calling on the Labor Department to allow workers to collect unemployment benefits if they quit jobs they fear put them at risk for COVID-19.  Pointing to a Gallup Poll finding that found 43% of Americans live in a household where at least one member has a preexisting condition, the White House wrote in a release:  "The President is asking the Department of Labor to consider clarifying that workers have a federally guaranteed right to refuse employment that will jeopardize their health and if they do so, they will still qualify for unemployment insurance."

'Packed us together like sardines': Guard deployed to Capitol struggles to contain Covid.  The National Guard has struggled to implement a plan to test troops flowing into and out of Washington, D.C., for Covid-19, with some Guard members being forced to find their own tests and others pressured to leave their quarantine early to report to duty.  Already, hundreds of Guard members who poured into Washington, D.C., after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol have tested positive for Covid-19 or are quarantining in nearby hotels, three Guard sources said.  Guard leadership has declined to release an official number of positive cases, but troops and lawmakers alike worry that the deployment is becoming a superspreader event.

Biden's Covid Cluster:  Hundreds of National Guard Troops in D.C. Test Positive or Are in Quarantine After Deployment for Inaugural.  Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. for the Biden inaugural this week have tested positive for the COVID-19 China coronavirus or are in quarantine for exposure to the virus, according to a report by Politico published Friday [1/22/2021].  Troops have been seen resting and sleeping in close quarters since their arrival at the Capitol last week.  Thursday night 5,000 troops were reported to have been ordered to rest in a parking garage on Capitol grounds, prompting outrage among Congressmen and Senators.  Because of long shifts that keep them from going back to their hotel rooms in the city, troops have been taking breaks in close quarters.

Biden Press Secretary Turns Into Bumbling Mess When Asked Why Biden Didn't Wear A Mask At Lincoln Memorial.  As you know, Joe Biden is a total hypocrite.  Yesterday evening, he signed an executive order which mandated masks to be worn at all times while on federal land.  Ironically enough, it only took him a few hours to break his own rule.  He and his entire family didn't think it was important enough to wear masks while visiting the Lincoln Memorial last night.  [Video clip]

MSNBC host admits 'Trump would be getting crushed' if he had done what Joe Biden did.  I never expected that an MSNBC host would deliver outright admission that the media have a serious double standard and would attack Donald Trump for actions that Joe Biden just took to no approbation at all.  Has someone spiked the coffee pot at the MSNBC's DC studios with sodium thiopental?  Or is it that with Democrats in charge of all 3 elective organs of the federal government, it is deemed safe to let a little bit of truth out?

Biden Joins the Ranks of Covid Hypocrites.  Yesterday Joe Biden signed a number of executive orders, including one requiring mask wearing on federal grounds.  Yesterday, he also was filmed on federal grounds not wearing a mask, along with various member of his family.  To my surprise, a reporter actually asked Biden's Press Secretary, the inept Jen Psaki, about the contradiction.  She was out of ammo.  [Video clip]

New Documentary 'The New Normal' Maps Out The Frightening Road Ahead For The World.  Amazing but frightening documentary that investigates The Fourth Industrial Revolution, what the 1% has to gain and the rest of us are about to lose.  The filmmakers have a website.  They hosted the documentary on Vimeo (another censoring platform) but it has been taken down.  [Video clip]

10 Executive Orders To Federally Weaponize COVID Against Us.  One of the bigger issues never fully grasped by many Americans was President Donald Trump's restraint in relation to the power of the federal government under the guise of COVID-19 action.  No president in our lifetime was ever more reluctant to weaponize the opportunity to expand government; Donald Trump stood the gap.  CTH warned since last summer of the ramifications if a leftist group used COVID-19 to expand federal power over peoples lives and livelihoods.  Today [1/21/2021], JoeBama's team has unleashed a series of ten executive orders fully weaponizing the opportunity.

Biden administration is trying to figure out what's delaying Covid vaccine shots, CDC says.  The Biden administration is trying to figure out exactly what's holding up the national Covid-19 vaccine rollout, searching for any hiccups in the manufacturing process, suppliers and distribution networks, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Thursday [1/21/2021].  President Joe Biden has vowed to have 100 million shots of vaccine administered in his first 100 days in office, a task that would require the U.S. to modestly accelerate the current rate of vaccination.  Some large states, though, are telling the federal government they have capacity to vaccinate even more people but aren't getting enough doses.

Total Coincidence Alert:  C19 Diagnostic Criteria Tightened by WHO on Biden Inauguration Day!  Well, what are the odds?  It just so happens that — on the very day Joe Biden took office — the World Health Organization also released new guidelines ratcheting up the diagnostic criteria for COVID-19.  A single positive PCR test for the virus isn't going to cut it anymore.  For some reason, as of today, the organization decided that those tests for the virus we've been relentlessly assured are the gold standard for detecting infection are, in reality, just a mere "aid for diagnosis."  Clinicians now, not only can, but "must" also consider a wide array of other factors, like "timing of sampling, specimen type, assay specifics, clinical observations, patient history, confirmed status of any contacts," and even something called "epidemiological information" — whatever that exactly is — before diagnosing anyone with COVID-19.

The WHO Finally Updates Its COVID-19 Testing Policy... One Hour After Biden's Inauguration.  Today, within an hour of Joe Biden being inaugurated and signing an executive order mandating masks on all federal property, the WHO sent out a notice to lab professionals using the PCR test.  It said:  ["]WHO guidance Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 states that careful interpretation of weak positive results is needed (1). The cycle threshold (Ct) needed to detect virus is inversely proportional to the patient's viral load.  Where test results do not correspond with the clinical presentation, a new specimen should be taken and retested using the same or different NAT technology.["]  This translates to "in the absence of symptoms, a high Ct value means you are highly unlikely to become ill or get anyone else sick in the absence of very recent exposure to an infected person."  Dr. Fauci knew this in July when he said that tests with a Ct above 35 were likely picking up viral debris or dead virus.  Even at a Ct of 35, the incidence of virus samples that could replicate is very low, according to Jaafar et al.  The only state I know that requires reporting the Ct with every test is Florida, which started this policy in December.

D.C.'s Unscientific Vaccination Plan Pits the Elderly Against the Obese.  When Washington, D.C., enters its next phase of vaccine distribution in February, all residents who are smokers, have asthma, suffer from high blood pressure, are obese, or possess a wide range of other health conditions will be permitted to get the jab.  The list of included conditions is so vast that a huge portion of the city will be eligible.  For instance, the city considers an obese person to be anyone with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or higher.  But as Nate Silver points out, the average U.S. adult male possesses a BMI of around 29.  (BMI is a flawed tool for gauging health in any case, as people who are extremely muscular tend to have high BMI scores even though they are not obese.)  There's practically no scientific basis for this plan.  While the morbidly obese may be at risk for worse-than-normal COVID-19 health outcomes, people with a basically average BMI do not fall into this category.

Amazon Offers To Help Biden With Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout.  Amazon sent a letter to President Joe Biden Wednesday offering to help the White House distribute the Covid-19 vaccine, marking a sharp change from the company's contentious relationship with former president Donald Trump as the Biden administration faces a significant challenge in ramping up the vaccine rollout.  In a letter to Biden, which was first reported by Reuters, Amazon worldwide consumer CEO Dave Clark said the company "stands ready to assist you in reaching your goal" of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of Biden's presidency.  Amazon is "prepared to leverage our operations, information technology, and communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration's vaccination effort," Clark wrote, noting the company's large scale "allows us to make a meaningful impact immediately."

They're Coming to America (with Covid).  Last Sunday, thousands of Hondurans formed caravans in an attempt to violate Mexico's southern border on their way to our southern border.  Police and soldiers wearing riot gear tried to block them, but the migrants broke through, undeterred by tear gas and batons.  They are likely coming because they are hearing that President Joe Biden plans to deport fewer of them and because relatives have encouraged them to make the risky journey.  They are coming because of poverty and crime in Honduras and other countries.  Many of them had their homes destroyed by hurricanes.  Biden has also said he will not continue construction of Donald Trump's border wall, which the Trump administration touted as having a significant deterrent effect on undocumented people crossing the border.  That, too, sends a "y'all come" signal southward.

Amazon Offers To Help Biden Administration With Vaccine Effort After Sitting On The Sidelines For A Month.  Amazon offered to help the Biden administration on Wednesday, shortly after President Joe Biden was sworn into office, with efforts to distribute the coronavirus vaccine, a proposal that the tech giant had not submitted to the Trump administration in the month since the vaccine was approved for public use.  "As you begin your work leading the country out of COVID-19 crisis, Amazon stands ready to assist you in reaching your goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration," Dave Clark, Amazon's senior vice president of world-wide operations, wrote in a letter to Biden, according to Axios.  "We are prepared to leverage our operations, information technology, and communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration's vaccination efforts.  Our scale allows us to make a meaningful impact immediately in the fight against COVID-19, and we stand ready to assist you in this effort," said Clark.

Amazon offers Biden vaccine assistance after months of silence with Trump.  Amazon is offering to help President Biden hasten distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, inviting questions about whether the offer was ever made to the Trump administration.  Amazon executive Dave Clark pitched the idea to Biden as soon as he took office in a Wednesday [1/20/2021] letter that also congratulated him on his inauguration.  "We are prepared to leverage our operations, IT, & communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration's vaccination efforts.  Our scale allows us to make a meaningful impact immediately," Clark wrote.

Biden Spotted Maskless on Fed Property, Hours After Mandating Masks on Fed Property.  President Joe Biden confused millions of Americans during a televised speech Wednesday night; appearing maskless on federal property just hours after signing an Executive Order requiring face-masks on federal property.  "Wearing masks isn't a partisan issue — it's a patriotic act that can save countless lives.  That's why I signed an executive order today issuing a mask mandate on federal property.  It's time to mask up, America," posted Biden on social media.  [Tweets]  "Does Joe Biden's new executive order mandating masks on federal property not apply to Joe Biden while he's on federal property?  Because here he is at the Lincoln Memorial with no mask just hours after signing it," fired-back Charlie Kirk.

Biden signs mask mandate, immediately violates it multiple times.  As promised — though only after he was declared the winner of the election — Joe Biden signed a face mask mandate for anyone on federal property or engaged in interstate travel.  Later, he went out for more of his victory lap, visiting the Lincoln Memorial and addressing the press at the base of the historic statue.  (Wait... I thought statues of Lincoln were a bad thing now.  Oh well...)  There was an awkward issue with that photo-op, however, as Ryan Saavedra pointed out on Twitter.  While the entire press corps appeared to be following the mandate, Biden himself was not.  Included are a video and a still shot of the new president addressing some reporters.

Biden Snipes at Reporter Questioning His Vaccine Plan: 'C'mon, Give Me a Break Man'.  President Joe Biden has gotten into his first dustup with the media since taking office.  It happened Thursday [1/21/2021] in the White House when the AP's Zeke Miller pressed Biden about one of the signature promises of his first 100 days — the pledge that 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine will be administered in that time.  "You set the goal at 100 million vaccines in the first 100 days — is that high enough?" Miller asked.  "Shouldn't we set the bar higher?  That's basically where the U.S. is right now."  Biden bristled at the question and sniped at Miller in response.  "When I announced it you all said it's not possible," Biden said.  "Come on, give me a break, man.  It's a good start, 100 million."  The president did not engage further.  He got up and left the room as an aide broke up the proceedings by urging reporters out.

CNN ripped as Biden 'PR shop' after 'scoop' that he inherited no vaccine distribution plan from Trump.  CNN is under fire for publishing an anonymously sourced "scoop" that the Biden administration will have to "build everything from scratch" because there was no Trump plan to distribute coronavirus vaccines, when reality tells a far different story.  A CNN producer pushed the story from reporter MJ Lee as a "great SCOOP" on "how bad this situation is with vaccine distribution."  The story quoted anonymous figures with knowledge of the administration's COVID-related work as saying there was "nothing for us to rework" and there was no plan at all:  "just further affirmation of complete incompetence."  Politico editor Sam Stein said the assertions in the story were "not true," as a distribution plan was part of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed.  "Biden folks are spinning here or trying to lower the bar strategically," he tweeted.  "There was, indeed, a plan from Trump.  I listened in on govs calls on vaccine distribution.  The plan had obvious shortcomings[,] but to say there's nothing to rework is not true."

That CNN story claiming there was no vaccine distribution plan was Biden camp spin.  [Scroll down]  Dan Diamond from the Washington Post revealed that people from the Biden camp had been making this claim to reporters but said it looked to him like an obvious attempt to lower expectations. [...] If the difference between no plan and the Biden plan is 88,000 doses per day, that's not much to brag about is it?  When Biden was asked about this today by an AP reporter he replied, "Come on, give me a break, man."

Psaki: Biden violated his mask mandate last night because he was "celebrating".  It's one thing to break your own rule on your first day in office.  It's another to come up with a justification this lame after having 18 hours to prepare.  By this logic, the idiots who celebrated Biden's victory in early November by crowding into city parks to pass around the 'rona are also off the hook.  Here's what she could have said:  "The Lincoln Memorial isn't an enclosed indoor space, he wasn't in close proximity to anyone else, and he's received both doses of the vaccine so it's highly unlikely that he can transmit the virus.  He wears the mask most of the time to set an example." But of course, that would have raised the question of why those exceptions weren't also written into his mask mandate.  Basically, there's no good answer here.  He broke the rule and got caught and Psaki's got nothing.

Fauci says it's 'liberating' to no longer have Trump as president.  Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged Thursday that life's a lot less difficult with Donald Trump out of office, saying he's finally able to do his job without feeling "uncomfortable."  Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert who now serves as President Biden's chief coronavirus adviser, made the candid admission during his first appearance in the White House briefing room since Trump's exit.

Biden Does Not Wear Mask At Lincoln Memorial After Signing Mandate Requiring Masks On Federal Land.  President Joe Biden appeared to not adhere to the federal mask mandate that he signed on Wednesday [1/20/2021] when he visited the Lincoln Memorial.  "The most pressing of his priorities are measures to combat the deadly coronavirus pandemic," The Washington Post reported.  "Biden signed executive actions to require masks on all federal grounds and asked agencies to extend moratoriums on evictions and on federal student loan payments."  The Wall Street Journal noted that the order lasts 100 days and "applies on federal property and on airlines, trains and transit systems traveling between states."  Despite his order, Biden was seen late on Wednesday night visiting the Lincoln Memorial and not wearing a mask while he stood only several feet away from [any] another person.

11,900 Doses of Moderna Vaccines Spoil During Transport:  Health Officials.  McKesson distributing company notified Michigan state health officials on Tuesday that 11,900 doses of Moderna vaccines were damaged due to exceeding cold temperature limits.  Twenty-one shipments of the vaccine were reported to have their temperature drop below the safety range on Sunday, Jan. 17.  The pharmaceutical distributor will investigate the causes.  The frozen vaccines must be kept in temperatures between -13°F and 5°F, the CDC stated.

Ontario asks Biden for a million vaccines amid shortage.  Canada won't be getting any Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines next week and 50% fewer than expected over the next month, officials said Tuesday, prompting the leader of Canada's most populous province to ask U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to share a million doses from Pfizer's Michigan plant.

Time Lapse Footage Shows China Building a Massive Concentration Camp they Claim is for Quarantined COVID Patients.  Footage has emerged of a huge quarantine facility being built in China to house people infected with coronavirus, and presumably anyone else the state deems to be a COVID threat.  The time lapse video shows a sprawling complex in the province of Hebei being fully completed within a week.  [Video clip]

Louisiana Woman Having Severe Convulsions after Taking the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine.  Fears over the vaccine's safety were prompted by a video of a woman suffering convulsions after receiving a Pfizer coronavirus jab in Louisiana.  In an exclusive interview with RT, Brant Griner, son of the affected person, says that she hadn't experienced any health issues before taking the shot, and added that the response he'd received to his video about it suggests his mum's case isn't a one-off.  [Video clip]

Wait, what happened to "no time to waste" on "immediate relief"? Dems to send Biden a COVID relief bill in March.  So much for the fierce urgency of now, at least as far as Andrew Cuomo's concerned.  Democrats fought for months with Republicans and kinda-sorta Donald Trump over the scope of COVID-19 relief.  Now that they have nominal control over both chambers of Congress and the White House, and Joe Biden calling for "immediate action," when can we expect it to happen?

Slew of Biden orders on COVID to include resuming WHO membership.  President-elect Joe Biden is slated to issue numerous executive orders on his first day in office aimed at improving the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, including one that will have the country resume its membership in the World Health Organization (WHO).  "[Today] starts a new day, a new different approach to managing the country's response to the coronavirus crisis," said Jeff Zients, coordinator of Biden's COVID-19 response, in a press call with reporters.  "As you've heard the President-elect say: the pandemic will continue to get worse before it gets better.  This is clearly a national emergency and we will treat it as such."

Bombshell U.S. State Department Report Reveals Evidence The Wuhan Virus Originated In A Chinese Lab.  The U.S. State Department announced last Friday it has evidence that researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), a laboratory in Wuhan, China, became sick in fall 2019 with flu-like symptoms.  This has led U.S. officials to believe the researchers may have been infected with COVID-19 as a result of a lab experiment.  "This raises questions about the credibility of WIV senior researcher Shi Zhengli's public claim that there was 'zero infection' among the WIV's staff and students," reads the State Department "Fact Sheet:  Activity at the Wuhan Institute of Virology."

Erasing Trump:  Biden [is] even scrapping [the] Warp Speed name for [the Covid-19] vaccine program.  When Joe Biden is sworn in as president at noon on Tuesday [1/20/2021], the U.S. project to develop a coronavirus vaccine no longer will be called Operation Warp Speed, two government officials confirmed.  The project's new name has not yet been announced, said the officials, who noted that the renamed project also will have new leaders.  "The Biden team wants to purge every possible vestige of anything connected to President Trump," one official told Just the News.  "That includes wiping out the name of an outstanding program."

Social Media Goon Spends His Days Harassing People Without Masks, Then Doxxing Them Online.  This is what the poisonous Social Media platforms have spawned.  An army of Millenials and gen X'ers who go around and point out where all the witches are so people on Twitter and Reddit can go hunt them.  [Video clip]

Highly unlikely, in my opinion.  I'm no doctor, but viruses spread worldwide, eventually, no matter what.
WHO's refusal to sound alarm, lack of power allowed coronavirus to spread worldwide: report.  The World Health Organization acted too slowly in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, allowing the virus to spread worldwide and eventually kill more than 2 million people, an independent report found.  The report, commissioned in July by the WHO itself, also blamed world leaders for their lack of action, saying China locked down too late in January 2020 but otherwise refusing to single out nations.  The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response suggested that had the WHO taken emergency measures sooner, perhaps its member nations would have realized the severity of the virus and reacted accordingly.

DOJ will not criminally charge Sen. Richard Burr for stock trades he made after getting Covid intelligence.  The Justice Department will not criminally charge Sen. Richard Burr in connection with stock trades that the North Carolina Republican executed on the heels of being briefed about Covid-19 last year, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic rocked the U.S. economy.  The probe of Burr had included the highly unsusual seizure of his cell phone by the FBI in May, and led to his stepping aside as chairman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee that same month.  "Tonight, the Department of Justice informed me that it has concluded its review of my personal financial transactions conducted early last year," Burr said in a statement Tuesday night.

Beware the experts who want lockdowns to go on forever.  Now that the COVID-19 vaccines are here, it's time to celebrate the beginning of the end of this plague, right?  Not so fast.  The media and expert classes seem determined to make permanent the pandemic's abnormal way of life.  In December, a New York Times piece, "Here's Why Vaccinated People Still Need to Wear a Mask," kicked off the perma-gloom.  Vaccinated people will still need to wear masks, because those with high viral loads could be "even worse spreaders," the paper quoted Dr. Yvonne Maldonado of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  "Even worse spreaders!"  That's horrible.  It's also horribly misleading.  I know this, because I read the rest of the article.  The fear arises from studies on monkeys, which found that some vaccinated monkeys didn't get sick but still carried the novel coronavirus in their noses.  But wait:  "Those monkeys were intentionally exposed to massive amounts of virus and still had less virus than unvaccinated animals," Weill Cornell virologist John Moore told the Times.  Ah.  Well, maybe don't intentionally expose yourself to "massive amounts" of the virus, then.

The Press Suddenly Discovers Positive Pandemic News on the Eve of Inauguration Day.  Joe Biden is poised to have one of the breeziest Presidential terms in history.  The man has not even been sworn in and the press has been flush with beatific coverage of the man, from his socks to his food preferences and we have been given all assurances his administration will be most successful in everything from economics to global harmony.  It has been a running gag that the media is poised for a 4-year vacation, but the humor is muted somewhat by the very reality it appears true.  They seem to be pre-writing stories for the coming years.  One other example is that the tone of coverage on various issues is already shifting not only before our eyes but before Biden has even taken the office.  Case in point — there is suddenly positive news to report surrounding the pandemic!

Kristi Noem's No-Lockdown Win:  People Moving To South Dakota.  South Dakota GOP Governor Kristi Noem's rejection of instituting draconian "lockdowns" because of the coronavirus seems to be bearing fruit.  In a survey conducted by United Van Lines in January that tracked customers' 2020 state-to-state migration patterns, South Dakota ranked fourth in the nation, virtually tied for second behind the state of Idaho.  "Black Hills area realtors and builders say there's an influx of people who are relocating permanently or buying land in the region — and the trend isn't expected to slow anytime soon.  Newcomers from California, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Texas, Michigan, Colorado and Virginia along with Minnesota, North Dakota and Wyoming are leading the trend of relocating to South Dakota, local realtors say," the Rapid City Journal reported.

Enter the Dumbest Administration on Earth.  All Joe Biden had to do is ... nothing really.  Just about all of his supposed plans for combatting the Chinese plague have been tried by Democrat governors and disastrously failed.  Or they are ideas he stole from President Trump and are already working.  So, Joe, just leave it alone and continue to deliver Mr. Trump's miracle "Warp Speed" vaccines.  The only thing Mr. Biden is supposed to do differently is NOT call it the "China Virus." [...] Not allowed to mention where the "Kung Flu" came from.  (It is kind of interesting to note for you "conspiracy" theorists out there that China was the only country on the planet last year to see its economy actually expand in 2020, Year of the China Virus.)  But, again, don't call it the "China Virus."

Man caught living in O'Hare for months, prosecutors say he was afraid to fly home due to COVID-19.  A 36-year-old allegedly lived inside O'Hare International Airport for three months before he was caught on Saturday [1/16/2021].  Prosecutors said Aditya Singh was too afraid to fly back to Los Angeles due to COVID-19.  Cook County prosecutors said Singh was found with an airport worker's misplaced credentials and survived inside a secure area of O'Hare Airport.  Singh arrived at O'Hare's Terminal 2 on a flight from LA back on October 19th according to prosecutors, and has lived in the airport's security zone since then.

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This is the inevitable byproduct of 24/7 fearmongering on TV.  This guy isn't the only person frozen in place by irrational fear.  Turn off your television!

Biden Picks Health Sec Who Forced Nursing Homes to Accept Infected Coronavirus Patients.  The most notable thing about Biden's pick of Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rick 'Rachel' Levine as his assistant secretary of health is the doctor's drag act.  For the dead senior citizens in Pennsylvania nursing homes and their families, Rick is known for something more gruesome than turning coronavirus press conferences into the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Shutdown foes buoyed by study showing 'no clear significant' benefit to lockdowns.  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and other lockdown critics have been accused for months of ignoring the science on the novel coronavirus, but a recently released study by Stanford University researchers is providing an empirical boost to those who want to shut down the shutdowns.  A peer-reviewed article in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation found "no clear significant beneficial effect" from stay-at-home orders and business closures in eight nations, including the United States, versus voluntary measures adopted by South Korea and Sweden.  Published Jan. 5, the article offers what may be the strongest scientific challenge yet to more restrictive non-pharmaceutical interventions, or NPIs, prompting cheers from policymakers calling for the reopening of schools, restaurants, bars and gyms.

Former NYS Dem Party head gets vaccinated — in Florida.  A former head of New York state Democratic Party has already received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine — no thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.  John Sullivan, who was co-chairman of the state party in the 1990s, was among the New York snowbirds to become eligible for the shot in Florida before Cuomo opened vaccination sites to senior citizens in the Empire State.  "I got the vaccine down here.  I probably wouldn't have gotten it by now in New York," Sullivan, 73, told The [New York] Post on Sunday.

Fight against COVID-19 hits wall of defiance, suspicion in rural California: 'The excuses just go on'.  Jeremiah Fears sat beneath an elk head mounted on the wall of the volunteer fire department in his little city and rolled up his sleeve for what he hopes is a step toward normality: his first dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine.  "If we can get vaccinated and do our thing to protect one another and ourselves, we can hurry up and open and go from there," said Fears, chief of the Corning Police Department.  "I know there's controversy behind it.  But it is what it is."

This writer is skeptical of the skeptics.
Rise of the Coronavirus Cranks.  "Lockdown sceptics" have been recording footage of empty hospital corridors which they then post on YouTube as evidence that the health crisis is being manufactured.  It saddens me to admit that this kind of thing is coming from people on my side of the argument, people who are anti-lockdown.  Grifters, conspiracy theorists, and bad faith actors have been tolerated for too long by lockdown sceptics.  You can draw a straight line from those who talked about a "casedemic" a few months ago to the crowds of protestors outside hospitals today screaming that "COVID is a hoax." [...] [Ivor] Cummins came to wider prominence on September 8th, 2020, when he published a 37-minute video entitled "Viral Issue Crucial Update Sept 8th: the Science, Logic and Data Explained!"  In this presentation he claimed that "the epidemic largely ended around May/early June" and asserted that around 80 percent of Europeans were "already de facto immune" to the novel coronavirus.  He claimed that increases in testing had created large numbers of false positives, leading to a "casedemic" in which the number of infections appeared to rise but there was "no mortality" because "the epidemic's gone."  It attracted a million views on YouTube within days.  [Video clip]

China blasts Mike Pompeo for 'conspiracy theory' about COVID-19's Wuhan lab origins.  China has dismissed heightened claims from the US that COVID-19 may have originated in a Wuhan lab — slamming it as baseless "conspiracy theories" and dubbing outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "Mr. Lies."  Beijing's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying insisted Monday that a US State Department "fact sheet" published Friday was "full of fallacies," according to Bloomberg.  The US report — which claimed that before the pandemic hit, several researchers fell sick in the Wuhan lab that worked on "secret projects with China's military" — was the "last madness" of Pompeo, Hua reportedly said at a regular news briefing Monday [1/18/2021].  "The so-called fact sheet is another lie sheet produced by the US side," Hua added, according to Bloomberg.

Research: 890,000 Americans may die due to COIVD lockdowns.  A new working paper from US National Bureau of Economic Research predicts disastrous long-term effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns.  The paper, authored by Francesco Bianchi from Duke University, Dongho Song of Johns Hopkins University, and Giada Bianchi of Harvard Medical School, examines the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 lockdowns.  The paper predicts an excess death of 890,000 Americans over the next 15 years due to the unemployment caused by COIVD lockdowns.  "These figures translate in a staggering 0.89 million additional deaths over the next 15 years," the researches write.  The team estimates that woman and African Americans will be hit hardest in the short-term, but white men may suffer larger consequences in the future.

Let's Roll America — Recovering From COVID Lockdowns, The Move to Freedom.  As John Spiropoulos works his way back to California he stops to talk to middle-America about the impacts of the COVID lockdowns and how people are adjusting their family life to retain their values.  This short segment is the story of a family of five who were fed up with the lockdown in Oregon and so they picked up and moved to South Dakota.  [Video clip]

Germany to repurpose refugee camps to detain people who repeatedly flout Covid rules by going out when they should be quarantining.  Germans who refuse to quarantine after being exposed to Covid will be held in detention centres under new rules prepared by regional authorities.  The eastern state of Saxony has confirmed plans to hold quarantine-flouters in a fenced-off section of a refugee camp set to be build next week.  The regional state claimed that the facility will only be used for people who have repeatedly flouted lockdown rules around self-isolation.  Baden-Württemberg in south-west Germany will use two hospital rooms to detain repeat offenders, who will be guarded by police.

Grandma-Killer Gov. Andrew Cuomo Deflects From His Failures By Attacking Janice Dean's Career.  Fox News' Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean is a vocal critic of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic after she lost both her in-laws to the virus due to bad state policies.  Cuomo's office, however, doesn't think she should have a voice in the fight.  Earlier this week, Dean wrote an opinion editorial explaining that despite the countless awards and praises the governor has received for his leadership, Cuomo's Wuhan virus response and vaccine rollout has been a complete disaster.  "If Cuomo had not spent valuable time promoting and celebrating himself for months, missing meetings with the White House in the fall and instead had prepared for the massive vaccine roll-out here in New York, maybe we wouldn't have the mess and mass confusion that is currently happening across the state," Dean wrote.

Fauci warns of 'more ominous' strains of COVID-19 from Brazil, South Africa.  Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday [1/17/2021] warned that "more ominous" strains of COVID-19 have emerged out of South Africa and Brazil.  The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said they're looking "very carefully" at the two new mutant variants in addition to another highly-contagious one that was first detected in the United Kingdom.  "People need to realize there's more than one mutant strain," Fauci told NBC anchor Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press."  "There's one from the UK that's essentially dominated...  There's another more ominous one that's in South Africa and Brazil."

NY says 'unauthorized' COVID vaccine appointments were made.  Here's where they were voided.  New York said Thursday [1/14/2021] it has voided appointments for COVID-19 vaccines at six state sites that have yet to open after a website link to schedule the appointments was wrongly made public.  The "unauthorized" link was shared on social media this week and apparently led to a flood of appointments for the hard-to-get vaccine at future state sites.  The sites where the leaked scheduling link was released were at a Binghamton University property in Johnson City; the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica; the University at Buffalo South Campus; Plattsburgh International Airport; SUNY Potsdam and Stony Brook University on Long Island.  So since those sites are not yet accepting appointments, the state nullified any made through the unauthorized link this week.

Los Angeles Health Crisis Could Be Repeated Across the U.S. in the Next Few Months.  Los Angeles County is experiencing a health emergency as hospitals are literally filling up with COVID patients.  Ambulances circle the city waiting for a spot to open up in emergency rooms.  The ICUs are at zero capacity.  They are running out of oxygen.  The emergency rooms are treating six patients at a time.  There are people in hallways waiting for a bed.  The COVID crisis is hitting hospitals across the U.S. although none appear to be in as bad a shape as LA — for now.  But the dramatic rise in positive tests and increasing numbers of people showing serious symptoms across the country point to a similar crisis erupting in other big cities as well.

A Successful Recall of California Gov. Newsom Could Portend a Disaster for Democrats in 2022.  As has long been transparently predictable, the eve of the inauguration of Joe Biden has coincided with the determination of state and local elected Democrat officials that the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic has passed, and economic and social life in Democrat-controlled cities and states can now begin to return to "normal". [...] Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot suddenly has a plan for reopening bars and restaurants in Chicago. [...] But one Governor who apparently has not received the message that the political imperative of knee-capping the economy to get rid of Donald Trump has now passed is California Governor Gavin Newsom.  He is maintaining the restrictions that have been in place for months, continuing to impose regulatory restrictions in California on a per county basis.

CBS' Catherine Herridge Drops Some Troubling Previously Unknown Info About Coronavirus.  There has been a lot of speculation over time about the origin of the Wuhan coronavirus.  Obviously, it originated out of Wuhan and China was responsible for hiding from the world its true nature and spreading it to the rest of the world.  But now CBS' Catherine Herridge is dropping some intriguing information from the U.S. State Department.  They've come out with a fact sheet with previously unknown facts about the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Very Frail "Should Probably NOT Be Vaccinated," Says Top Norwegian Doc After 13 Elderly Deaths Linked to Pfizer's Experimental Concoction.  Did you know that 1300 people — including 800 kids — had their lives irreparably destroyed after a shot of the rushed-to-market Swine Flu vaccine left them with incurable narcolepsy?  Probably not, I suppose, since our media has gone into full-time shilling for the vastly more rushed-to-market product Pfizer's now peddling as a COVID-19 prophylactic.  Say what you will about that disastrous Swine Flu vax, however.  Unlike the mRNA technology that Pfizer's currently pushing on a mostly unsuspecting world, at least it really meets the definition of a vaccine.  The CDC defines a vaccine as "a product that stimulates a person's immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease."  And, whether or not those same exact words are used, so does every other authority you'd care to consult.  But that's NOT what the stuff Pfizer wants to make a fortune injecting into your veins does.  It doesn't stimulate your system to produce immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.  It doesn't stimulate your system at all.  What Pfizer's concoction does is insert a piece of the virus's RNA into some of your cells to genetically alter them into human-virus hybrids (not kidding or exaggerating) so they start excreting proteins from the virus's outer shell.

In today's America, the wise person willfully suspends belief.  Fifty years ago, it seemed outrageous that the government would create laws requiring people to wear seat belts or to purchase auto insurance to be able to drive.  Today, the debate is about forcing people to stay in their homes, wear masks, and allowing the government to inject them with "vaccines."  Where is the outrage?  Oh, it's all for "our protection."  Well, OK then.  To stay out of jail, I'll wear the mask where it's required but I won't be getting the vaccine and Joe Biden is not my President.

Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue:  The Left 'Weaponized' Pandemic To 'Shutdown Economy' For 'Political Gain'.  Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue came out swinging at the political Left during a Friday interview on Fox News, saying that the political Left "weaponized" the pandemic to shutdown the economy for political reasons. [...] "The worst thing we can do is shutdown our economy, kill our spirit," Unanue continued.  "You know, we need a reason to get up in the morning:  God, family, work.  And they're taking away our spirit.  They're taking away our ability to work.  They essentially declared martial law, I believe, in this country, shutting everything down.  It's the worst thing we could have done just for political gain.  I think it's criminal.  I think it's immoral.  To shutdown this economy for this basically political reasons and, you know, we're one nation under God.  We're not one nation under Twitter.  We're not one nation under big media, or under central government."

WHO researchers arrive in Wuhan to investigate origins of COVID-19.  A global team of researchers has arrived in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to investigate its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.  The 10-member team sent to Wuhan by the World Health Organization was approved by President Xi Jinping's government after months of diplomatic wrangling that prompted an unusual public complaint by the head of WHO.

Cuomo still refuses to disclose total number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths: watchdog.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is again refusing to release the total number of nursing home residents who've died from the coronavirus for at least another two months — until March 22 at the earliest, a watchdog group charged.  In a letter to the Empire Center for Public Policy on Wednesday, the state Health Department claimed that it needs another nine weeks and five days to comply with the legal request for a full accounting of nursing home deaths "because the records potentially responsive to your request are currently being reviewed for applicable exemptions, legal privileges and responsiveness." The Empire Center submitted its FOIL request on Aug. 3 seeking the total number of COVID-19 nursing home fatalities — those who died in nursing homes and those who were ill and died after being transported to hospitals.

New Jersey gym owners who refused to close say state 'seized' all their legal defense funds.  The co-owner of a New Jersey gym who refused to remain closed through COVID-19 lockdowns enacted and prolonged for months by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday state officials have "seized" the business' legal defense funds.  "Moments ago @GovMurphy and his cronies seized 100% of @TheAtilisGym legal defense money ($173,613.60) in the middle of our appeals process — effectively and intentionally interfering with our right to council.  If you think that's gonna make us stand down, you're delusional," Ian Smith, co-owner of the Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, N.J., wrote on Twitter.

Peer-reviewed study finds spread of COVID-19 in schools 'extremely limited'.  A new peer-reviewed study has found that the spread of COVID-19 in surveyed elementary schools is "extremely limited," potentially lending hope to advocates who are pushing to reopen schools that have been shuttered in some cases for roughly a year.  The study, published in the medical journal Pediatrics by the American Academy of Pediatrics, followed "11 participating school districts" with "more than 90,000 students and staff" present for in-person instruction.  "Across the 11 school districts," the researchers write, "773 community-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections were documented by molecular testing; however, there were only 32 adjudicated cases of secondary transmission across the 11 districts combined in 9 weeks of instruction."

Re-Open Cal Now, Day 2: Sheriffs John D'Agostini and Scott Jones — Constitutionality of the Lockdown Orders and the Rule of Law.  The necessary element of a "Police State" is cooperation from law enforcement to do just that:  "enforce" the orders given, no matter how burdensome, unreasonable, and more importantly, unconstitutional.  Thankfully, there are Sheriffs in certain California Counties who take seriously their oath to the Constitution, the rule of law, and their commitment to serve the people over and above a Governor's or unelected bureaucrat's executive orders or restrictions. [...] Then he laid out simpler questions that even a 6th grader could understand:
  •   What amount of force is appropriate to enforce health orders?
  •   If someone is resisting compliance to health orders, what sort of force is appropriate for us to use against that person?
  •   Are we supposed to cite someone or release them if they are violating health orders or are we supposed to book them in jail?
  •   What if we see a public official violating health orders?  As we've seen on the news, are we supposed to issue a warrant for that public official?
People in the audience actually yelled, "Yes!" to the last question, then everyone dissolved in laughter and applause.  Newsom's French Laundry debacle looms large in our legend.

Disneyland Cancels Vital Annual Passholder Program In The Face Of Continued CA Shutdowns.  Gavin Newsom's war on California's economy continues unabated.  On Thursday [1/14/2021], Disneyland (Anaheim) announced they would be suspending the extremely popular annual passholder program as a direct result of continued COVID lockdowns imposed by Governor Gavin Newsom. [...] The park's annual pass program is one of its most lucrative staples and has become a mainstay for California residents, who have always enjoyed taking advantage of their proximity to one of the greatest theme parks in the world.

Hotel industry fighting for survival amid pandemic.  As 2021 begins, the hotel business is fighting for survival.  The Saint Jane, Moxy, Sheraton Grand, Chicago Athletic Club and even the famous Palmer House are just a fraction of local hotels closed right now.  "You see a lot of hotels, especially in the downtown area, that are suspended right now.  I think it gives you a sense of what the permanent damage could be," said Michael Jacobson, President and CEO of the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association.  Jacobsen says a third of Chicago hotels are currently closed.  The fear is that 1000 out of the 1500 in the state could go out of business for good.  Many of them are not the big chains, but mom-and-pop places.

Surgeon: Post-COVID lungs 'look worse' than any awful smokers' lungs.  A trauma surgeon says X-rays from her COVID-19 patients often come back with scarring and that they "look worse than any type of terrible smoker's lung."  Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, an assistant professor of surgery with Texas Tech University, recently tweeted, "I don't know who needs to hear this, but 'post-Covid' lungs look worse than ANY type of terrible smoker's lungs we've ever seen."

The Editor says...
I suspect many of the horrific "post-COVID lungs" belong(ed) to people with serious pre-existing pulmonary issues.

Fourth U.S. lawmaker tests positive for COVID-19 after U.S. Capitol attack.  U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat said Thursday he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the fourth member of Congress to announce they had contracted the coronavirus following a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol last week.  "I am following guidance from my physician and quarantining at home after having tested positive for COVID-19," he wrote on Twitter.  Espaillat is the latest lawmaker to test positive for the coronavirus in what has become a partisan issue, with Democrats blaming Republicans for not wearing masks while sheltering in secure areas on Jan. 6, as violent supporters of Republican President Donald Trump stormed the building.

The Editor says...
Or he could have picked up the virus from anywhere else he has been in the last two weeks, but this makes a much better story, doesn't it?  The writer further errs by presuming that the people who violently invaded the U.S. Capitol were Trump supporters, and not Antifa infiltrators.

Some L.A. County residents should wear masks at home to slow virus spread, officials say.  With the coronavirus spreading rapidly and pushing hospitals to a crisis point, Los Angeles County officials are recommending further safety measures — going so far as to urge some residents to wear masks inside their homes.  The concern, L.A. County's top health official says, is the danger posed to vulnerable residents when those they live with work outside the home or go out to shop or perform other essential tasks.

Pfizer, CDC probing death of Florida doctor who took COVID-19 vaccine.  Pfizer says it is investigating the death of a Florida doctor who had received one dose of the company's COVID-19 vaccine.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also reportedly looking into the death of Gregory Michael, a 56-year-old obstetrician who had taken the shot 16 days earlier.  Pfizer said there is no evidence so far indicating Michael's death was caused by the vaccine it developed with German biotech firm BioNTech.  Manhattan-based Pfizer called it a "highly unusual clinical case" of a condition called severe thrombocytopenia, which limits the body's ability to clot blood and stop internal bleeding.

New York Times Suggests Wearing Two Masks Instead Of One.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says to stem the spread of COVID-19, all Americans should wear a mask.  The New York Times says if one mask works, maybe two will be twice as nice.  "Football coaches do it.  President-elects do it.  Even science-savvy senators do it.  As cases of the coronavirus continue to surge on a global scale, some of the nation's most prominent people have begun to double up on masks — a move that researchers say is increasingly being backed up by data," the paper writes.  The Times cites Linsey Marr, an expert in virus transmission at Virginia Tech, who said "if you combine multiple layers, you start achieving pretty high efficiencies" of blocking viruses from exiting, and even entering, the nose or mouth.  Of course, there's a drawback:  "We run the risk of making it too hard to breathe."

House Democrats promote ignorance about COVID masks, just to blame Republicans.  House Democrats are trying to make hay from the siege of the Capitol, claiming that two House Democrats who got chased around by rioters on Jan. 6 caught COVID from unmasked Republicans in a safe room during the chaotic event.  Never mind the unmasked rioters, or the Capitol Police, or the reporters, or anyone else on the scene, many of whom had no masks as well; it was definitely those bad unmasked Republicans.

Denmark Introducing COVID "Vaccine Passport".  Denmark is the latest country to announce that it is rolling out a 'Covid passport', to allow those who have taken the vaccine to engage in society without any restrictions.  "It is expected that there may be requirements from other countries to present vaccine documentation upon entry.  A Danish vaccine passport can be used here," the Danish Health Ministry said in a statement on Friday [1/8/2021].  Further reports indicate that the immunity document will be issued via the Danish eHealth Portal, with a government issued login, and will be a 'self-print' document.

Docs reveal Governor Newsom's secret $1B CCP mask deal.  A conservative legal watchdog group has announced that it received hundreds of pages of documents revealing the contract materials and communications related to a $1 billion contract for face masks between the California Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Chinese Communist Party linked BYD.  BYD reportedly has been barred by law from some federal contracts for providing faulty electric vehicles and lithium batteries to U.S. buyers.  The documents, all 848 pages of which can be viewed here, reveal that an OES legal representative admits that the state deviated from their normal procurement process for this contract.  Additionally, in the contract with the OES, BYD uses a different name, Global Healthcare Product Solutions, LLC., and BYD provides no liability or warranty for the masks if they are faulty.

Teachers Unions Fail Science.  Is your child's school open now?  Probably not — because teachers unions say that reopening would "put their health and safety at risk."  They keep schools closed by lobbying and protesting. [...] But schools rarely spread COVID-19.  Studies on tens of thousands of people found "no consistent relationship between in-person K-12 schooling and the spread of the coronavirus."  Even Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, encouraged schools to reopen, saying "close the bars and keep the schools open."  Heritage Foundation education researcher Lindsey Burke points out that studies in 191 countries find "no consistent link between reopening schools and increased rates of COVID transmission."  She says schools aren't COVID-19 hotspots.

Healthy Miami Doctor Dies 2 Weeks After Receiving The COVID Vaccine!  A 56-year-old doctor passed away this week two weeks after getting his first dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.  Dr. Gregory Michael, a Miami-Beach obstetrician, was in good health, according to WPDE. Health officials from Florida and the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention are investigating whether the vaccine played a role in his death, which may be the country's first death linked to the vaccine.  [Video clip]

Will COVID Numbers Now Shift for Biden's Benefit?  How much of the past year was about the actual coronavirus rather than a political weapon to damage President Trump and remove him from office?  The answer is obvious.  We have had viral pandemics before, including a seasonal influenza, without mask mandates, social distancing, business closures, travel restrictions, and hysterical media coverage.  Much of the hair-on-fire reporting is over cases and deaths.  As I have previously written, a positive test is not the same as a case, and a death with COVID is different than death from COVID.  What if these definitions suddenly change in the upcoming weeks, once Joe Biden is in the White House, creating the impression that getting rid of the Orange Man caused the case and fatality numbers to suddenly plummet, not because of anything Biden did, but simply because he isn't Trump?

Third Dem Member of Congress Comes Down With Virus, After Protest and Pelosi Vote.  Earlier, we wrote how far left Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) had been diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus.  Jayapal blamed Republicans, claiming that a bunch of the Congress was locked up together during the Capitol protest and some of the Republicans didn't wear masks.  But as my colleague Sister Toldjah observed, Jayapal herself wasn't wearing a mask when she was caught on video in close quarters with other people on video including Rep. Lisa Blount Rochester (D-DE) who was also not wearing a mask.  Not to mention that this followed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pulling in Democrats who were positive for the virus and in quarantine to vote for her and having a big gathering of members for pictures on the floor.  Talk about a super-spreader event in tight quarters.  Now, two more Democrats have announced that they've gotten it:  Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Rep. Brad Schneider (D-CO).

Don't Want To Get Tested For COVID In China?  Just Wait And See What Happens.  In the land where CCP police can barge into your home and drag your wife to an abortion clinic, COVID tests are very mandatory.  The elderly man just was painfully reminded of this as a gang of Chinese Gestapo police tackle him and hold him down as another man in a hazmat suit stucks a swab up his nose.  [Video clip]

US asking states to speed vaccine, not hold back 2nd dose.  Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots.  A slow start had triggered widespread concern from states and public health officials.

Gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park diagnosed with COVID-19.  As many as eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are presumed to have contracted COVID-19 from a human handler after one of the animals tested positive, marking the first known transmission of the virus to apes, zoo officials said on Monday.

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I'll let someone else climb into the gorilla cage and force them to wear masks.

China's Coronavirus Cold War.  The deadly weapons of the Cold War stalemated each other so that neither side could use its weapons without unleashing massive destruction.  Both the US and the USSR wargamed the use of 'low-yield' battlefield nuclear weapons that would allow for strategic victories without triggering a full-scale nuclear war that would kill billions of people and wreck both sides.  The consensus was that any use of nuclear weapons on the battlefield would be apocalyptic.  The People's Republic of China may have disproven that theory using not nuclear, but biological weapons, to secure a strategic victory while avoiding any retaliation for its biowarfare attack.  Instead of escalating military tensions, the PRC made itself economically indispensable to America's elites allowing it to carry out an attack under the cover of plausible deniability.  The purpose of the first biowarfare strike wasn't mass death.  The dead were collateral damage.  Communist China's goal is economic supremacy.

Canadian expert's research finds lockdown harms are 10 times greater than benefits.  Emerging data has shown a staggering amount of so-called 'collateral damage' due to the lockdowns.  This can be predicted to adversely affect many millions of people globally with food insecurity [82-132 million more people], severe poverty [70 million more people], maternal and under age-5 mortality from interrupted healthcare [1.7 million more people], infectious diseases deaths from interrupted services [millions of people with Tuberculosis, Malaria, and HIV], school closures for children [affecting children's future earning potential and lifespan], interrupted vaccination campaigns for millions of children, and intimate partner violence for millions of women.  In high-income countries adverse effects also occur from delayed and interrupted healthcare, unemployment, loneliness, deteriorating mental health, increased opioid crisis deaths, and more.

COVID-19 patients still have symptoms 6 months later; interferon may be helpful treatment after all.  Most patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have at least one symptom six months after falling ill, according to findings from a study in Wuhan, China, where the novel coronavirus first emerged in late 2019.  Doctors there tracked 1,733 patients who were diagnosed and hospitalized between January, 2020 and May.  Six months later, 76% had at least one symptom including fatigue or muscle weakness (seen in 63%), sleep difficulties and anxiety or depression.  Most of those who had been severely ill had ongoing lung problems and chest abnormalities that could indicate organ damage, while 13% of patients whose kidneys functioned normally in the hospital went on to develop kidney problems later, researchers reported on Friday [1/8/2021] in The Lancet.

WHO Chief Scientist Warns "No Evidence COVID Vaccine Prevents Viral Transmission".  Once again, the WHO has stepped in to offer some confusing comments about the coronavirus vaccine, warning that there is "no evidence to be confident shots prevent transmission" and that people who receive the vaccine should continue wearing masks and following all social distancing and travel guidelines.  The comments were made by WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan during what appears to have been a virtual press conference held Monday [12/28/2020].

Urgent Information on the CV19 Vax - Dr Carrie Madej.    [Video clip]

Commuter films video of packed London train during first week of third national lockdown.  Footage shot on London trains on Thursday (January 7) shows standing room only and maskless commuters despite the coronavirus pandemic.  The clip was filmed at 6am on the TFL Rail line between Seven Kings and Liverpool Street.  Further footage filmed on the same line's 6.41 am train from Seven Kings yesterday shows more commuters crammed into the seats with little or no social distancing.  [Video clip]

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A reminder to all London commuters with short memories:  This is called normal behavior!

Masks Are Killing You — Take Them Off Now!  This U.S. Doctor is telling you the TRUTH about how wearing masks is literally killing you and this is what they hope will happen to all of us.  [Video clip]

Doctors & Medical Professionals From All Over The World Speak Out.  Doctors and Medical Professionals From All Over The World Speak Out: On Covid, vaccinations, etc.  [Video clip]

Biden plans to reverse Trump policy on release of vaccine.  President-elect Biden intends to release nearly every available dose of Wuhan coronavirus vaccine to the states.  This is a reversal of President Trump's policy, which was to hold back doses of the vaccine to make sure there is enough for people who receive a first shot to get a second one within the recommended period (21 days or 28 days, depending on the vaccine in question).  Is this a good idea?  I don't know.  I doubt that anyone knows.  I do believe strongly that there is a moral obligation to provide a second dose of the vaccine within the recommended time period to people who have already received the first dose.

After Unused Vaccines Are Thrown in Trash, Cuomo Loosens Rules.  Across New York State, medical providers in recent weeks had the same story:  They had been forced to throw out precious vaccine doses because of difficulties finding patients who matched precisely with the state's strict vaccination guidelines — and the steep penalties they would face had they made a mistake.  On Saturday, state health officials responded to the outcry over discarded vaccines by again abruptly loosening guidelines as coronavirus cases continued to rise.

New California COVID Orders: Residents Can Travel No More Than 120 Miles From Their Homes.  Despite insanely restrictive lockdowns for 10 months, travel restrictions, quarantine requirements, business closures, mask mandates and school closures, California has some of the worst COVID numbers in the nation.  The state currently has a total of just over 3,800 COVID fatalities.  Of course, in a state of 40 million that is .0095% of the population, but we're really not allowed to put perspective on COVID-19 numbers these days.  That little tidbit was for the curious.  In a state like this one, there is no such thing as policy failure.  If a policy isn't working, we just get more of it.  On Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health announced new "guidance" for people in California who have the nerve to want to wander around their free country.  CDPH wants Californians to stay within 120 miles of their residences except for "essential" travel.

Twenty-First Century Rules for Revolutionaries.  #7: The revolution can only succeed in times of extreme economic, political, and social unrest.  This is an important point.  A generally content, gainfully employed, and prosperous populace is not likely to support a revolutionary movement aimed at overthrowing the government, party, or individual that has provided these benefits.  For the revolution to be successful, the population must be brought low and kept in a state of abject misery.  Years ago, former White House Chief of Staff and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stated:  "Never let a good crisis go to waste."  Activist/actress Jane Fonda brought this up when she noted:  "COVID is God's gift to the left."

Scottish Police Enter Home, Arrest Family After Neighbor Snitched On Them For Violating COVID Rules.  Police in Scotland entered a home and arrested a family after a neighbor snitched on them because there were "too many people inside."  The incident happened on Wednesday night at 11:20pm in Aberdeen and a clip of the encounter has since gone viral on social media.  [Video clip]  "My house.  That is bullying.  This is my house.  Get out of my house.  I did not ask you in here," says the woman as she is confronted by officers in her hallway.  "Just stop it mum," says the woman's daughter as the situation escalates.  Particularly harrowing is that the children can be heard screaming as their parents are forcefully handcuffed.  Police Scotland later confirmed that the officers entered the home after a neighbor snitched.

Also posted under Snitch on your neighbor.

Feudalism Returns to America?  Mainstream media portray the Chinese virus as some kind of zombie apocalypse with an imminent death awaiting everyone who dares peek a nose outside his basement.  To get a picture of how ridiculously and painfully overblown the threat was (and is), I highly recommend analysis of Brian Joondeph, M.D., who proves that the COVID-related narrative and politics have no more to do with science than, say, a demented and corrupt man being president of the United States.  So how come a virus with mortality rate ranging from 0.00004 to 0.028 percent in the older population (which is relatively easy to protect), while close to 100 percent of those cases are associated with underlying conditions, with hyper-sensitive tests could cause economic devastation comparable to a world war?  Why would the governments shut down the whole economic sector deemed "unessential," while claiming to save lives, when in fact they brazenly destroyed them and continue to do so?  Why, with the arrival of vaccines, does Joe Biden say our darkest days in the battle against COVID are ahead of us, not behind us?  Is it really about COVD — or the destruction of the booming economy and a prosperous society?  The leftists did and do everything to undermine efforts to save the economy — and lives.

CDC says there's no evidence of a 'USA variant' of the coronavirus, dismissing rumors stoked by the White House task force.  The White House coronavirus task force sent states a report on Sunday [1/3/2021] warning that there might be a "USA variant" of the coronavirus.  The variant could be fueling the unprecedented number of coronavirus cases and deaths in US, the report said, according to media outlets that obtained the document.  The report suggested this USA variant may be more transmissible than the original version of the virus that emerged in China, much like the new strains identified in the UK (B.1.1.7) and in South Africa (B.1.351).  But there is no scientific evidence yet that a more contagious version of the coronavirus has originated or started spreading in the US.

With no lockdown or mask mandate, Florida has roughly same hospitalization level as 2018 flu season.  We are being told that our liberties must be suspended in order to keep hospitals from reaching apocalyptic levels.  But what if those levels are just above normal and not anywhere near apocalyptic levels?  And what if these lockdown measures do nothing to keep the levels down anyway?  Well, if there is anywhere we can cross-check this hypothesis, it would be in Florida, where there is no lockdown or mask mandate.  In fact, people are flocking there from out of state to enjoy vacations and host conferences and even to live.  Naturally, we'd expect hospital levels to be bursting at the seams if they rise and fall with lockdowns and masks, right?  Well, actually, you can barely see an increase in the hospitalization level in the Sunshine State from previous years, and the current level appears to be on par with the 2018 flu season, which was more of a pandemic flu than other flus in recent years.  And in 2018, we did nothing as a nation to suspend liberties.

Lockdown Leadership Has to Go.  [Scroll down]  Nothing has made this clearer than the manufactured crisis over the Wuhan virus.  I write "manufactured" because it is now clear that, whatever health risks the Wuhan virus presents, they pale in comparison to the social, mental, economic, and spiritual carnage wrought by the foolish political actions — and subsequent foolish private actions — that tragically followed the Wuhan virus into the U.S.  The shutdowns, the lockdowns, the mask mandates, and the like have done little to nothing to stem the tide.  As many warned, including President Trump, for the Wuhan virus, the "cure" has indeed been worse than the disease.  In addition, the pervasive fear porn frequently spread by the left-wing media and those like-minded opened the door for mail-in voting, ballot drop boxes, and other opportunities for voter fraud.  Though the exact extent is still unknown, a wide array of evidence has made clear that vote fraud occurred.  Thus, the election fraud — however widespread — is also greatly due to our Wuhan virus reaction.

Investigation launched into luxury Florida nursing home accused of giving vaccines to wealthy donors instead of staff and residents.  An investigation has been launched into a luxury Florida nursing home accused of giving out coronavirus vaccines to wealthy donors before its staff and residents.  MorseLife Health System CEO Keith Myers allegedly sent a personal email offering the COVID-19 shot to donors and members of the Palm Beach Country Club, whose foundation has donated at least $75,000 to MorseLife since 2015, according to a Washington Post report.

Coronavirus for dummies.  We are now almost one year from the dark days when the coronavirus first hit these shores. [...] Haven't we learned anything about how to combat this virus without slamming shut our economy?  Yes.  And so, in the hopes that these errors of government are corrected, I present some well-established truths about how to keep us safe from the virus:  No. 1:  Yes, COVID-19 is a very dangerous disease for those over the age of 70 and for those who are severely overweight or with preexisting health issues.  For young and healthy people, the risks remain miniscule.  No. 2:  Lockdowns have had very limited efficacy in reducing death rates from the virus. [...] No. 4:  The only statistically significant impact of lockdowns is SEVERE and potentially long-term damage to the local and state businesses and workers. [...] No. 5:  Almost all of the severe lockdowns are in blue states with Democratic governors, and these are the states with very high unemployment rates.

Epidemiologist Says Influenza Cases Are Being Counted As COVID-19.  Top epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski says that the massive drop in influenza cases can be attributed to the fact that many are being falsely counted as COVID-19 cases.  Wittkowski, former Head of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design at Rockefeller University, cautioned that, "Influenza has been renamed COVID-19 in large part."  According to CDC figures, the cumulative positive influenza test rate from late September into the week of December 19th was just 0.2%, compared to 8.7% from a year before.  According to Wittkowski, this is because many flu infections are being incorrectly labeled as coronavirus cases.

Abbott's Orders Increase Most Texans' Lockdown Restrictions.  Most counties in Texas are under heightened lockdown restrictions due to executive orders from Gov. Greg Abbott. [...] This week, Trauma Service Area Q, which contains Harris County, became the latest area to reach the 15 percent threshold for increased lockdowns.  That means that, as of January 5, 149 of Texas' 254 counties are subject to the increased restrictions, including the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, San Antonio, and Galveston.  This action comes despite Abbott publicly decrying lockdown policies just weeks ago.  "It's time to put behind us shutdowns.  No more shutdowns.  We need to focus on opening up businesses," Abbott said at a recent press conference.

Mexico reports new high for COVID infections in one day.  Mexico reported a record number of new COVID cases Wednesday [1/6/2021], with 13,345 people testing positive for coronavirus.  Due to a lack of testing throughout the country, that number is likely far lower than the true number of people infected, the Associated Press reported.

Welcome to a Wilderness of Lies.  Remember when dissent was patriotic?  Now, the media's whole job is to angrily reaffirm the divine right of our garbage elite to rule us. [...] And they have carefully cultivated a class of drones to support them.  You see them on the street, healthy people wearing face diapers as they walk alone.  They can't all have immunity conditions.  Most are just brainwashed, and eager to be.

Masks can be Murder.  [Scroll down]  We understand that people will say things online that they would never say face-to-face.  Masks create a similar sense of anonymity for the aggressor, empowering interpersonal violence, and hostility across our nation.  Research tells us that if you are kidnapped and blindfolded by your captors, you are far more likely to be murdered.  You would think, "I cannot identify my captors, so I am less of a threat to them."  But your potential long-term threat is not what is keeping you alive.  It is looking into the face of another human being — thus creating a powerful biological sense of empathy — that is the most important factor keeping that captive alive.  The face is the window to the soul and covering the face with a mask erodes empathy and empowers interpersonal aggression.  That is why individuals being executed by hanging or firing squad, are traditionally blindfolded or hooded.

New Covid crackdown begins:  Four people are fined for 'going to McDonald's' together, officers stop CARS to quiz drivers.  Police today [1/6/2021] got tough on Covid lawbreakers, with 28 protesters arrested for flouting restrictions, four men fined £800 for travelling in the same car on their way to McDonald's and officers even stopping motorists to ask 'why are you here?'  The Met detained 21 demonstrators at an anti-lockdown rally in Parliament Square this afternoon, while a further seven were hauled away from a march outside Julian Assange's bail hearing and now face fines of up to £6,400.  In Northampton, a group of friends were pulled over at 5 am and slapped with a £800 penalty notice for being in the same car despite being from different households — breaching rules that came into force at midnight.

China denies entry to WHO experts investigating origins of Covid pandemic.  Politicians and experts today blasted China for refusing entry to members of a World Health Organization(WHO) team being sent to the country to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.  Number 10 described the move as 'disappointing', insisting that it was vital the probe happens.  Tory MP and founder of Britain's China Research Group, Tom Tugendhat, accused Beijing of 'shameful behaviour'.  He said the failure to investigate 'puts everyone at risk of a repeat, and particularly those who are closest — the Chinese people.'

Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout at Nursing Homes Encounters Fewer Residents, Reluctant Staff.  Hesitancy on the part of long-term-care-facility staffers to receive Covid-19 vaccinations is slowing the rollout of the shots to the nation's nursing homes and assisted-living centers, CVS Health Corp. said Wednesday [1/6/2021].  Another factor driving lower-than-anticipated rollout numbers:  Initial estimates by the facilities overstated the number of people living in them by about 20% to 30%, CVS said.  During the pandemic, families have been reluctant to send relatives to nursing homes, which have been linked to more than 115,000 deaths.

Coronavirus Hasn't Killed Belt and Road.  The past two years have not been kind to the Belt and Road Initiative, the signature infrastructure project of Chinese President Xi Jinping.  First, the United States labeled the initiative a "debt trap" — a loan-shark scheme for luring poor countries into economic vassalage — and began to pressure its allies and partners to stay away.  Then came COVID-19.  Last summer, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs admitted that as much as 60 percent of Belt and Road projects have been impacted to some degree by the pandemic.  That figure is surely higher now.  New Chinese overseas lending has fallen precipitously.  This year, as low-income countries face a debt crunch, Chinese lenders could take enormous losses.  But the Belt and Road Initiative hasn't died of COVID-19.  On the contrary, Xi and other senior Chinese officials continue to trumpet the initiative.

Waving Goodbye to the America We All Knew and Loved.  There is no doubt that our government does not run the way it was intended.  Congress seems incapable of doing the country's business.  What has it accomplished in the last four years aside from the ridiculous impeachment of the president and sending our tax money to countries that call us names?  Using the coronavirus as an excuse, government is trying to insinuate itself into every facet of our lives.  As we allow the government to tell us when we can leave our homes, when we can go to work, and under what circumstances we can run our businesses, we relinquish more and more of our independence.

COVID politics looking ugly as 2021 kicks into gear.  When it comes to COVID treatments and deaths, countries that used hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) early and often for COVID-19 like Nigeria and India (produces 70% of the world supply) have seen few COVID deaths and no pandemic.  By around mid-April, it became apparent that the primary cause of COVID-19 deaths was the internal inflammation resulting from a sepsis-type overreaction by the body's auto-immune system (AKA a cytokine storm).  Apparently, COVID-19 has exceptionally strong cytokine storm — triggering properties, and susceptibility to this type of reaction is greatest for the elderly.  The anti-inflammatory properties of HCQ can help treat COVID-19 if taken as a preventative or administered early before severe symptoms develop.  HCQ does not kill the coronavirus.  It and other anti-inflammatory drugs work by calming the cytokine storm reaction.  Once calmed, the auto-immune system can work properly to develop the necessary antibodies that actually kill the virus.

Portuguese Nurse Dies Suddenly After Receiving COVID Vaccine.  The latest suspicious death to occur days (or, in some cases, even hours) after a patient received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine has surfaced in Portugal, where a pediatric surgery assistant in Porto (who was reportedly in "perfect health" when she received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine) has died suddenly.  Health authorities are investigating the death.  Meanwhile, scientists from around the world continue to criticize the European Union for its comparatively sluggish vaccine rollout, which only began on an emergency basis little more than one week ago.

Anthony Fauci Says Joe Biden Will Hit Target To Vaccinate 100 Million People in First 100 Days.  Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease specialist, has told Newsweek he believes President-elect Joe Biden will fulfill his promise to get 100 million COVID vaccines administered in his first 100 days in office.  His forecast comes amid a slower than expected vaccine roll-out in the U.S.  Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and incoming chief medical advisor to the Biden administration, said:  "I think that's possible, it's very possible to do that.  I think you've got to be careful about judging the long-range by what's happened in the first couple of weeks."

Hundreds Sent to Emergency Room After Getting COVID-19 Vaccines.  Over 1,000 people injected with a new COVID-19 vaccine have experienced an adverse event, with hundreds being taken to emergency rooms.  One patient in Michigan on Dec. 16, 2020, became lightheaded and dizzy, and experienced chest tightness and hand tingling.  She repeatedly told doctors, "I think I am having a panic attack."  She was sent to the emergency room for evaluation.  That's one of 308 reports from patients sent to hospital emergency rooms documented on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).  That represents 0.0064 percent of the total vaccinations done, 4.8 million, as of Jan. 5.  In other cases, patients experienced nausea, tremors, stabbing pain, and wheezing.

CDC: White Lives Matter Less.  I've been pointing out for some time now that the acronym for the fashionable keywords Diversity-Inclusion-Equity is DIE.  But I didn't mean for the federal Centers for Disease Control to take DIE seriously when drawing up their Covid vaccine prioritization philosophy.  Yet when the CDC's panel got together last month, they recommended that while it would save more lives to make the 53 million Americans of age 65 and over the second-highest priority for inoculation after health-care workers, "equity" instead demands that 87 million "essential workers" go ahead of the old, because they aren't as white.

New York Democrat's bill allowing governor to detain individuals dangerous to 'public health' sparks backlash.  A New York Democrat's bill that would allow the governor or his surrogates to detain individuals who pose a threat to public health "by a single order ... in a medical facility or other appropriate facility" sparked fierce backlash online.  New York State Assemblyman N. Nick Perry is sponsoring Bill A416, which will be referred to the Assembly's Health Committee on Wednesday [1/6/2021].  "So disturbing.  NY bill allows for the *removal and detention* of anyone who 'may be a danger to public health.'  Yes, that's purposely undefined," conservative podcast host Allie Beth Stuckey wrote on Twitter.  "Yes, it will be used, at least one day, to forcibly remove you or your children from your home for whatever reason the state sees fit."

NY State Pushes to Detain Infected — What is the Bigger Picture?  Let's set the stage with New York's fourth iteration of a bill.  It's a bill they are desperately hoping to pass that could change human rights and life as we know it.  I am going to paint a picture for you — one that ties multiple actions together — all operating under the same agenda, moving toward the same goal, and choreographed by the same united front.  It begins in New York, where a bill awaits a calendar date for a vote to allow the "removal of cases, contacts, and carriers of communicable diseases which are potentially dangerous to the public health."  The keyword here is "removal," but where to?  "A person who is detained in a medical facility, or other appropriate facility or premises, shall not conduct himself or herself in a disorderly manner, and shall not leave or attempt to leave such facility or premises until he or she is discharged pursuant to this section."  Discharged?  Oh yes, there are legal ramifications throughout this bill, including court orders if they need to hold you longer than a 3 or 5-day period, and especially if they need to exceed a 60-day hold.

Another COVID lockdown extension.  What a surprise.
Merkel extends German national lockdown until at least [the] end [of] January.  Germans will have to limit contacts to a "minimum," Chancellor Angela Merkel said, as she announced that the national Covid-19 lockdown is being both toughened and extended until the end of January, amid soaring infection numbers.  "We need to restrict contact more strictly... We ask all citizens to restrict contact to the absolute minimum," Merkel told journalists on Tuesday [1/5/2021].  Shops, bars, and restaurants in Germany, as well as schools, will remain shut at least until the end of January, Merkel announced, following a video conference with the leaders of the country's 16 federal states.  The government is aiming to reduce infection rates to fewer than 50 cases per 100,000 residents before any restrictions will be lifted.

The UK's New Anti-Science Lockdown Order Threatens Huge Fines For Even Leaving Your Home.  Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a new lockdown order on Monday for England that not only denies the science about keeping schools open but also threatens huge fines on citizens who violate the highly restrictive rules.  "It is clear that we need to do more to bring this new variant under control," Johnson said, referring to the new COVID-19 strain and noting that the country has experienced 50,000 new coronavirus cases per day for a week.  "That means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home." [...] "You must not leave or be outside of your home except where you have a 'reasonable excuse'.  This will be put in law.  The police can take action against you if you leave home without a 'reasonable excuse', and issue you with a fine," the order reads.  "If you do leave home for a permitted reason, you should always stay local in the village, town, or part of the city where you live," it adds.

Injections of mRNA are Designed to Program Humans!  The experimental injections being rolled out by Moderna and Pfizer are nothing similar to traditional vaccines.  These mRNA platforms are an "operating system" designed to program human beings and turn their cells into efficient drug delivery systems.  Moderna is now going public with the real intentions behind the mRNA platform.  The mRNA technology platform is similar to a computer operating system, the company admits.  Scientists prepare a unique mRNA sequence that codes for a specific protein.  Once injected into humans, this program is carried out in the individual's body, at the cellular level.  The mRNA platform is where Big Pharma merges with Big Tech, enslaving human beings to a controlling system designed to profit from their cellular and biological functions into the unforeseeable future.  As mRNA platforms go live on human populations, Moderna admits that healthy human immune responses can actually destroy the mRNA sequences before they get into the person's cells.

Where are all the Flu Cases and Deaths?  In March and April, as the lockdowns began to be announced and enforced, we all headed indoors to weather not only the storm of the viral spread, but also the storm of the unknowns associated with the virus.  As the fear of COVID-19 shot through the roof, something vanished off the radar:  The fear of the common flu annual flu virus and its accompanying "season."  During the 2019-2020 flu year, the CDC reported under 22,000 flu deaths, the 2nd lowest death rate in a decade (12,000 deaths in 2011-2012).  The question remains, why?

Losing Our Freedoms Without A Fight.  A Mask.  Wearing one isn't about loss of Freedom — it is about saving lives.  Stop the spread of the dread Covid-19!  Besides, it's just a piece of cloth.  You choose not to wear the mask; people vilify you.  Get with the program — put the cloth on... NOW!  In such a short period of time, so many Americans have blindly obeyed.  No one openly points out the 99% survival rate.  Or the fact getting the flu is far more dangerous to our population.  Yet, we act like sheep and go along with the mandate.  Rarely does anyone question a Freedom lost.  It appears Americans have no backbones.  I studied history as a minor in college and remember discussing what happened in WWII Germany could not occur here.  Their citizens mindlessly followed the government.  But now I see how a freedom can so easily be taken away with very little opposition.

It is now ILLEGAL to leave the house in Scotland.  Leaving the house in Scotland is now illegal after the country was thrown back into lockdown this morning after fears over the pandemic eclipsed those of last year.  The hardline crackdown, announced by Nicola Sturgeon, includes the legally enforceable stay-at-home rule.  It came after she described the current pandemic situation as the most concerning since March last year.  And this morning her deputy John Swinney confirmed police will take enforcement action on those breaking the rules.

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Now it is becoming clearer what FEMA camps are for.  [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

New York confirms UK coronavirus variant in man with no travel history.  New York has reported its first confirmed case of the U.K. coronavirus variant in a man who has no recent travel history.  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that the case of the B.1.1.7 variant was confirmed by the Wadsworth Lab, and involves a man in the Saratoga area who is in his 60s.  The man was symptomatic.  The man did not travel recently, Cuomo said, suggesting that the case is potentially the result of community spread.

Cheap hair lice drug may cut risk of COVID-19 death by 80 percent: study.  A simple treatment for COVID-19 could be cheaper than 20 bucks — and familiar to most grade school nurses.  Head lice drug ivermectin is being explored as a potential treatment for the coronavirus following a promising new study that showed an 80% reduction in hospitalized COVID-19 patient deaths.  Just 8 out of 573 patients who received ivermectin passed away, compared to the 44 individuals out of 510 who died after being given a placebo.  An earlier study of the antiparasitic prescription drug, which costs between $17 and $43 for a course of treatment, according to GoodRx, revealed promising results in April — by removing all viral RNA within 48 hours of a single dose.

Pregnant Women Get COVID Vaccine Despite Lack of Data.  For Dr. Lauren Westafer, the decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine was a complicated one.  The emergency physician at Baystate Medical Center in western Massachusetts was one of the first to be offered a Pfizer vaccine after rollout began in December, in line with the state's distribution plan and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that front-line health care workers be among the first to get the shots.  As of Jan. 2, more than 4 million people had received their first dose, CDC data shows.  By nearly all accounts, Westafer is a perfect vaccine candidate.  As an ER doctor, she is dangerously close to COVID-19.

Report: Pelosi allowed recently COVID-positive rep. onto House floor to vote for her.  Nancy Pelosi has shown yet another example of her hypocrisy regarding COVID-19 lockdown orders.  Under quarantine for coronavirus, Americans are not allowed to travel, visit friends, family or even go to work in some cases.  If you're a Democrat in Congress, however, it's your "congressional duty" to break quarantine, enter the chamber and re-elect radical Democrat Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker.  According to a report Sunday, that's the example the California Democrat set for Americans amid her narrow re-election to the leading role in the lower chamber of Congress.  The report noted that in an effort to win a tough battle for re-election and compensate for seats lost by Democrats, Pelosi encouraged a handful of coronavirus-positive Democrats to break their quarantine in order to vote for her.

The Truth about Covid-19 with Knut Wittkowski, Ph.D., and Urgent Care, Dr. Dan Erickson.  This document clarifies and establishes a simple reference of epidemiological facts about covid-19 and respiratory diseases.  Governors and legislators must know the facts to make good decisions.  Much of lockdown policy does not agree with established epidemiological policy because the "experts" controlling local policy are motivated by fear, conflicts of interest, or political goals.  I will cover false science, medical corruption, and political aspects of the Covid crisis in separate articles which will be linked here later.

Somewhat related:
CDC reports record-low positive flu tests.  As coronavirus cases surge nationwide, the flu has seen a remarkable dip.  Reported cases of influenza reached record lows last week, with fewer than 40 diagnoses recorded during Dec. 13-19.  In week 51 of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "FluView" data monitoring system, 36 positive flu tests were documented.  This marks a steep decrease from last year's total of 7,703 cases during the same time frame.  The positivity rate has sharply declined this calendar year as only 0.10% of tests taken this year came back positive.  The five-year average is 15.80% positive.

Reopen the Schools Now.  Just the News recently reported that, "States throughout the U.S. are failing to distinguish between patients hospitalized because of COVID-19 and patients who merely test positive for the disease while being hospitalized for other reasons."  This is an important fact for communities across America as hospitalization rates are widely being used to keep much of the U.S. in shutdown mode, including many U.S. schools. [...] It is important to note that the steep increase in "COVID-19 Positives" does not correspond to a similarly steep increase in "Total Occupied Beds."  Again, this is almost certainly due to the fact that virtually everyone who gets admitted — for whatever reason — is tested for the Wuhan virus, and those hospitalized because of the Wuhan virus are not being distinguished from those hospitalized with the Wuhan virus.  Of course, we should not be surprised at this, as states and hospitals have long played similar games with Wuhan virus deaths.

Promoting COVID Madness.  The health experts come from those prestigious institutions and government bodies that are part of the nation's massive research and treatment infrastructure.  They are best represented in this crisis by Dr. Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization bureaucrats.  These experts are influenced by the political debate on health issues, which leans leftward.  They should not be confused with the healthcare professionals found on the frontlines treating the virus. [...] In addressing the coronavirus crisis, the public health experts, supported by the media, have shamelessly abandoned the scientific method and retreated into preconceived liberal ideas that often reinforce failure.  They seem more dedicated to telling people what they don't know about the virus than what they do.  From the beginning, public health experts have followed a narrative that has changed little.  In the name of science, government authorities mandated arbitrary measures, recommending limits and business shutdowns.  Places of worship were needlessly shuttered.  These measures did more harm than good.

Covid:  Boris Johnson set to announce new England lockdown.  Boris Johnson is expected to announce a set of new national restrictions for England, similar to the March lockdown, in a televised address at 20:00 GMT.  The PM is likely to urge the public to follow the new rules from midnight.  It is expected people will be told to work from home if possible and schools will close for most pupils.  It is not yet clear when the measures will be reviewed, but MPs are likely to be given a vote to approve them retrospectively on Wednesday [1/6/2021].  Meanwhile, the UK's chief medical officers warned of a "material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed" in several areas over the next 21 days.  Scotland announced a legal requirement to stay at home from midnight, with schools to be closed.

10 reasons why a second lockdown is a terrible idea.  Following the news that England is going to be plunged into a second national lockdown from midnight on Thursday [1/7/2021], I thought I'd put this list together just in case anyone needs reminding why lockdowns are a really, really bad idea. [...] [#3] There's little reason to expect lockdowns to reduce Covid-19 mortality.  The evidence on this is plentiful, but to give just one example: the per capita Covid-19 fatalities in the eight US states that didn't shut down (North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Utah) is lower than in the 42 states that did.  The main argument for locking down — and the one we heard at the Downing Street press briefing on Saturday — is that it prevents healthcare systems becoming overwhelmed, which would not only mean more Covid-19 patients dying but non-Covid-19 patients, too.  But in those US states that didn't shut down, the healthcare systems weren't overwhelmed — and nor was Sweden's.

Biden Threatens to Unleash the Tribe of the Mask.  Joe Biden insists that mask-wearing saves lives.  "I will be asking the American people to wear a mask for the first 100 days of my administration," he said shortly before the New Year.  "Not as a political statement, but as a patriotic duty."  Biden made mask-wearing a pillar of his presidential campaign; he knows that in the current context it is fundamentally about politics.  So why risk further dividing the electorate, many of whom believe his victory is owing to massive election fraud, by asking them to signal they've forgotten their disenfranchisement and jumped to his side by conforming to his political messaging?  Didn't his advisors realize that he might be setting himself up for early public failure when much of the country ignores his call?  Sure they did and that's the point:  Biden was issuing a threat.

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Joe Biden says, "I will be asking the American people to wear a mask for the first 100 days of my administration."  What's wrong with that?  [#1] He's not asking.  If you're not a Democrat, it won't be voluntary.  [#2] There is nothing magical about "the first 100 days" of a presidential term.  That's a news media cliché.  At the end of 100 days, the mask requirement will be extended on the basis of some excuse yet to be fabricated.

Covaxin:  What was the rush to approve India's homegrown vaccine?  How can a coronavirus vaccine be cleared for emergency use by millions of vulnerable people in a "clinical trial" mode?  No idea, says Dr Gagandeep Kang, one of India's best-known vaccine experts.  "Either you are doing a clinical trial or not".  Clinical trials — a three-phased process — determine whether the vaccine induces good immune responses and whether it causes any unacceptable side-effects.  On Sunday [1/3/2021], India's drug regulator gave emergency approval of a locally produced coronavirus vaccine, called Covaxin, before the completion of trials.  The government-backed vaccine has been developed by Bharat Biotech, a 24-year-old vaccine maker, which has a portfolio of 16 vaccines and exports to 123 countries.  The regulator said the vaccine had been approved for "restricted use in emergency situation in public interest as an abundant precaution, in clinical trial mode, especially in the context of infection by mutant strains".

The Lab-Leak Hypothesis For decades, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one.  What happened was fairly simple, I've come to believe.  It was an accident.  A virus spent some time in a laboratory, and eventually it got out.  SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, began its existence inside a bat, then it learned how to infect people in a claustrophobic mine shaft, and then it was made more infectious in one or more laboratories, perhaps as part of a scientist's well-intentioned but risky effort to create a broad-spectrum vaccine.  SARS-2 was not designed as a biological weapon.  But it was, I think, designed.

Defenders of Civilization?  [Scroll down]  Little need be said of increasing tense racial relations, given that the collective optimism of a year ago during the booming 2019 economy — record low minority unemployment and the undepreciated powers of assimilation and integration were beginning to make race more incidental than essential — has dissipated.  That was then, and this is now after pandemic, lockdown, recession, George Floyd's tragic death, riot and looting, a bitter election, and an ongoing cultural revolution.  Cornell University is now mandating flu shots for its on-campus students, but with allowances for nonwhites to petition for exemptions, in the manner of those pedigreed epidemiologists who all but said science should be ignored in ranking those to be vaccinated by their race.  Had someone in 1980, 1990, or 2005 predicted such things, he would have been written off as a dystopian crackpot.

It's a face shield
The Pandemic Narrative Mutates.  As 2021 begins, some new trends are already emerging.  Third-world political elites are privately acquiring COVID-19 vaccines and activists are advocating a social justice basis to allocate it internationally. [...] Even as some are cadging drugs, the Los Angeles Times reports that many American health care workers paradoxically want to refuse it.  "So many frontline workers in Riverside County have refused the vaccine — an estimated 50% — that hospital and public officials met to strategize how best to distribute the unused doses." [...] Politics has always been a big part of the covid crisis and it has moved from the lockdown to the vaccine phase.  While the rapid development of effective pharmaceuticals pleasantly surprised skeptics, only a few countries/companies have the know-how to participate.

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Oh!  It's a face shield!  I never would have guessed.


Minnesota Lawmakers Call for Audit of COVID Death Totals.  Two Minnesota legislators called for a nationwide audit of death certificates this week, alleging that the number of coronavirus deaths is being deliberately inflated.  Republican state Rep. Mary Franson and Republican state Sen. Scott Jensen appeared on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" and "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Tuesday to discuss the possible inflation.  The lawmakers alleged that, although many death certificates list COVID-19 as the cause of death, they found multiple instances in the state where patients actually died of something else entirely.

Was a COVID-19 Vaccine Developed before the First COVID-19 Case Was Discovered in America?  [Scroll down]  It is not an exaggeration to suggest that COVID-19 vaccines — which currently require two doses — could quickly become trillion-dollar products; every time a "new strain" or "new variant" of SARS-CoV-2 is claimed to be discovered, a new vaccine could (wrongly) be said to be necessary.  Creating the need for such a potential trillion-dollar product could result in several persons being highly compensated.  It is probably wise, then, to "follow the money" and discuss those government officials who are promoting COVID-19 vaccines.  It is preferable to avoid mentioning names, but these are government public health officials who have provided the groundwork for COVID-19 vaccines, and names are required.  For example, in January 2020, one of the first to publicly create COVID-19 panic in America was Dr. Nancy Messonnier — the director of the U.S. federal government's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC.  She uses her position at the CDC to promote vaccines.  Her bio says she is "currently leading the CDC's efforts on COVID-19 vaccine."  (Some probably also know her as the sister of Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general who participated in the FBI investigation of President Trump and appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel.)  So one of the first people to create COVID-19 fear in America works for the CDC to promote vaccines.

Hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, remdesevir, and more:  The evidence on proposed COVID-19 treatments.  Although coronavirus vaccines are now being rolled out, it will be months before most people have access to them.  In the meantime, information about which treatments for COVID-19 are effective and safe is crucial.  Below is a list of treatments for COVID-19 that have received considerable media attention in the last year.  This list describes the latest state of the research on these treatments and which governmental organizations approve the treatment. [...]

House Members Eschew Social Distancing to Take Their Oaths — to Become Congresspeople, to Defeat the Virus.  The best I can tell, coronavirus rules don't mean much if there's a political reason to skirt them.  I apologize — that sounds unfair.  So far as I can figure, nothing means anything outside of political purposes. [...] As reported by Fox News, on Sunday evening [1/3/2021], Nancy Pelosi read the oath to incoming freshmen.  The 117th Congress welcomed its newbies with open arms and closed distances.  The six-feet rule?  It was 86'd.

Shifting Goalposts — COVID Deaths versus Vaccine Deaths.  COVID deaths don't distinguish between death with COVID versus death from COVID. [...] Perhaps that is why the US has more COVID deaths compared to many other countries, although in a world ranking, the US is in tenth place in deaths per million, behind Belgium, Italy, Spain and the UK.  Preexisting conditions are certainly important and death is often multifactorial.  According to the CDC, only 6 percent of COVID deaths were due to COVID only, meaning no preexisting conditions.  But what about the other 94 percent?  Suppose coroners ask the question, "If not for COVID, would this patient be alive today?"  If the answer is yes, it will be recorded as a COVID death.  But one could easily ask the question differently.  "If not for diabetes (or COPD, heart disease, obesity, etc) would this COVID patient be alive today?" in which case any of those other comorbidities could just as easily be listed as the cause of death, rather than COVID.

2021: The Left Is Serious Now.  [Scroll down]  COVID may have been accidental (I say "may"), but Democrats sure picked up the ball and ran with it, destroying our economy and people's lives for no nobler a reason than to kill Trump's re-election chances.  Leftists do not care about us and are no longer trying to even maintain the pretense that they do. [...] They were ecstatic when China deliberately infected the world with its virus.  The only problem was, it killed only old people with comorbidities and those who were already sick. [...] They had to sell it — so they went wild with the pandemic porn.  They joined with media and Big Tech in overstating the danger, classifying almost every death as COVID to hype the number of cases and increase the panic.  They then used the contrived fear to seize power and destroy the economy. [...] Yet there is only so much our erstwhile kings can do to impoverish their subjects before they begin to realize the danger is not quite as dangerous as was claimed and these kings do not have their people's best interests at heart.  When the sky does not fall, subjects tend to notice that the sky is not falling.  Then you get rebellion.

Early vaccination in prisons, a public health priority, proves politically charged.  First came the outcry in a Denver newspaper op-ed, arguing that Colorado's coronavirus vaccination plan would bring relief to a man who fatally shot four people before it protected the author's law-abiding, 78-year-old father. [...] The plan, which put incarcerated people in line for coronavirus immunization ahead of the elderly and those with chronic conditions, had been released by the state health department.  It was the product of months of deliberation by members of the state's medical advisory group — physicians, public health officials and experts in bioethics.  But their framework, when subject to the machinery of online outrage, quickly unraveled.  Asked by a Fox reporter about the prioritization, and the criticism touched off by the op-ed, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said at a December news briefing there was "no way" the limited supply of shots would "go to prisoners before it goes to people who haven't committed any crime."  He let out a short laugh as he pronounced the word "prisoners."

Left-Wing Journalist Threatens Anti-Maskers & Christians During Unhinged Rant.  If you don't believe masks work as much as the media tells you, left-wing journalist and NY Times bestselling author Kurt Eichenwald wants to literally "beat you to death".  Yes, that's what he tweeted.  In a New Years Eve twitter meltdown, Eichenwald blamed "anti-maskers" for the death of his brother in law, even though he provided no proof that a maskless person infected him.

Supreme Court Of Texas To Austin Mayor:  You Don't Get To Make Your Own Rules During The Pandemic.  The long New Year holiday weekend is no excuse for stricter restrictions to be put in place by Austin Mayor Steve Adler during a spike in coronavirus cases.  Adler took it upon himself to clamp down on bars and restaurants in the last minute order earlier this week in the name of coronavirus mitigation.  The Supreme Court of Texas sided with Governor Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a lawsuit asking that the restrictions be halted.  This is an update to a post I wrote on Thursday.  Mayor Adler imposed new restrictions limiting indoor and outdoor dine-in food and beverage services after 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.  These restrictions were in effect from Dec. 31 through Jan. 3. The options of takeout and curbside pickup were still allowed.  The reasoning used by the mayor and the Travis County Judge Andy Brown was that coronavirus cases are spiking in Travis County and in order to stop the spread, Adler and Brown decided to impose restrictions that went farther than those already in place from Governor Abbott.  When push comes to shove, the governor's orders override arbitrary orders put in place by a local public official.

Lab leak is the 'most credible' source of the coronavirus outbreak, says top US government official.  One of America's most senior government officials says the most 'credible' theory about the origin of coronavirus is that it escaped from a laboratory in China.  Matthew Pottinger, who is President Donald Trump's respected Deputy National Security Adviser, told politicians from around the world that even China's leaders now openly admit their previous claims that the virus originated in a Wuhan market are false.  Mr Pottinger said that the latest intelligence points to the virus leaking from the top-secret Wuhan Institute of Virology, 11 miles from the market, saying: 'There is a growing body of evidence that the lab is likely the most credible source of the virus.'

New York is sitting on 2/3 of the vaccine doses it's received.  As we discussed yesterday, Florida has been running into massive problems in trying to get enough doses of vaccine for all the senior citizens signing up to be inoculated.  Far to the north, in New York State, pretty much the opposite problem is being encountered.  Large numbers of vials of vaccine from both Pfizer and Moderna have been arriving in the Empire State.  The problem is, they aren't being injected into hopeful patients at anywhere near an acceptable rate.  As of the end of the year, 630,000 doses have been received, but barely 200,000 have been administered.  This has a lot of people, particularly healthcare workers and nursing home residents, asking what the holdup is and who is actually in charge of this mess.

Los Angeles Superspreader Task Force Detains at Least 900 at NYE Parties.  The Los Angeles County Superspreader Task Force detained at least 900 people after shutting down five New Year's Eve parties.  The task force also arrested or issued 90 citations and recovered at least six guns at the parties, three of them being in downtown Los Angeles, Malibu, and Pomona, KTTV reported.  The Malibu party was held at an upscale home after it had been promoted on Instagram.  The sheriff's department showed up in the middle of the party, warning the crowd via loudspeaker, "This is the LA County Sheriff's Department.  This superspreader party is now over.  Anybody who refuses to leave will be subject to arrest."  Hundreds of people were ordered to leave immediately or face arrest or citation.

Let's Start Jailing Lawmakers Who Violate Their Own COVID Restrictions.  [Scroll down]  My commie Democrat mayor is something of an anomaly these days:  she hasn't been caught flouting the COVID restrictions handed down by the government.  Yet.  As we are all now well aware, there are more than a few who have.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom's mask-free mini-superspreader event at the pricey French Laundry is the most infamous of these recent transgressions.  In New York, Gov. Andrew "Fredo the Elder" Cuomo told the good citizens of his state to avoid traveling to see their families for Thanksgiving or having their families travel to see them.  After a few days of his finger-wagging, it was discovered that he was going to bring in his 89-year-old mother for Turkey Day.  Mrs. Cuomo is one of the few elderly people in New York who wasn't sent by her son to die in a nursing home.  It pays to be connected.

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No, don't jail the officials who violate their own restrictions.  Instead nullify and void any restrictions imposed by that official.

Cuomo: I'll fine doctors up to $1 million if they vaccinate someone who isn't eligible yet.  He said this a few days ago but it only got widespread attention online last night [1/2/2021], the latest bit of evidence that America's worst governor continues to do an abysmal job of managing the pandemic. [...] Cuomo brought down the hammer to scare other providers into following the rules and making sure the right people go first.  But the vaccination machinery isn't running like clockwork:  [Tweet]  Just one third of the total doses distributed to New York has been administered so far.  A mere 1.2 percent of the state population has received the jab since mid-December.  America is jogging along on vaccinations at a moment when the virus, propelled by its more contagious new variant, is beginning to sprint.

Alarming number of US health care workers are refusing COVID-19 vaccine.  U.S. health care workers are first in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine — but an alarming number across the country are refusing to do so.  Earlier this week, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine disclosed that about 60 percent of the nursing home workers in his state have so far chosen not to get vaccinated.  More than half of New York City's EMS workers have shown skepticism, The [New York] Post reported last month.  And now California and Texas are experiencing a high rate of health care worker refusals, according to reports.  An estimated 50 percent of frontline workers in Riverside County in the Golden State opted against the drug, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing public health officials.

Hundreds of Israelis get infected with Covid 19 after receiving PfizerBioNTech vaccine reports.  With the vaccine not providing immediate immunity to the coronavirus, over two hundred Israeli citizens have been diagnosed with the disease days after getting the Pfizer/BioNTech jabs, local media reported.  The number of those who got Covid-19 despite being vaccinated was at around 240 people, according to data from Channel 13 News.  The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which the Israeli health authorities rely on, doesn't contain the coronavirus and can't infect the recipient.  But time is needed for the genetic code in the drug to train the immune system to recognize and attack the disease.

As COVID admissions surge, states conflating patients hospitalized 'due to' and 'with' virus.  States throughout the U.S. are failing to distinguish between patients hospitalized because of COVID-19 and patients who merely test positive for the disease while being hospitalized for other reasons.  Hospitalizations have for months been viewed as one of the critical indicators of the coronavirus pandemic:  Countries worldwide have relied heavily on the number of patients sent to hospitals because of the virus as a way of measuring how severe a region or a nation's outbreak really is.  In the United States, as in most other countries, one of the chief concerns of the pandemic has been whether or not hospitals have enough capacity to treat surges in COVID patients in addition to more routine procedures and emergency issues.  The most recent surge in positive COVID-19 tests, which began in early October, has led to record highs of hospitalized COVID-positive patients.

Was the COVID-19 Test Meant to Detect a Virus?  You don't have to shout, "Stay safe!' to your neighbors.  We are safe.  We have an immune system that is a miracle like The Sistine Chapel.  It withstands toxic, microbial inundation on a grand scale at all times, while operating a super-highway of adaptive life-sustaining genetic information, on cellular bridges, emitting telegrams of vital evolutionary code, slandered as "viruses" or "retroviruses."  People die — yes.  But people don't die the way Bill Gates would have you believe, at the mercy of malicious, predatory pathogens, "lurking" on every surface, and especially other humans.  That's not "science."  That's social engineering.  Terrorism. [...] When you see the word "cases" on your TV screen, in this world that has now been hijacked by one single event, one dread, one Idol, you will be forgiven for thinking those are cases of Covid-19.  The number of "cases" is often a very big number, back-lit in red. [...] I'm not clear what an "active" case is.  Does that mean fully symptomatic?  Partially symptomatic?  If the latter, it surely encompasses influenza/pneumonia, which has magically, as many have observed, dropped off a cliff for 2020.  In China, generally, they diagnose 'Corona' with CT scans and one or two positive PCR tests.  In the US, it's difficult to find out what makes a "case," ie what the case definition is.  Absent CT scans, we are in a bio-tech free-fall.

An obituary that speaks to many people in America.  A big question for 2021 is whether Americans will continue to put up with the lockdowns.  An obituary honoring an 86-year-old man in Bismarck, North Dakota, may reflect a rising tide of anger that sees Americans rebel against the arbitrary, capricious lockdown regulations that hypocritical politicians impose.  The obituary, in addition to celebrating a true American, tells the brutal truth about how this man died all alone, kept from his family for almost a year, because of lockdown policies that arguably have made no difference whatsoever.

Hundreds of Israelis get infected with Covid-19 after receiving Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine — reports.  With the vaccine not providing immediate immunity to the coronavirus, over two hundred Israeli citizens have been diagnosed with the disease days after getting the Pfizer/BioNTech jabs, local media reported.  The number of those who got Covid-19 despite being vaccinated was at around 240 people, according to data from Channel 13 News.  The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which the Israeli health authorities rely on, doesn't contain the coronavirus and can't infect the recipient.  But time is needed for the genetic code in the drug to train the immune system to recognize and attack the disease.  The course of the US-made vaccine requires two shots.  According to the studies, immunity to Covid-19 increases only eight to ten days after the first injection and eventually reaches 50 percent.

Covid-1984? British Anti-Lockdown Activist Arrested for Filming Empty Hospital Wards.  As the British National Health Service screams about the intense stress of dealing with rising Covid-19 hospital admissions, a strange story has emerged of an anti-lockdown activist being arrested for the crime of publishing a video of an empty NHS hospital. [...] I'm not disputing that there likely is substantial stress on the NHS.  But what a strangely heavy handed response to the activities of a citizen journalist, even if she did break a few rules.  Instead of aggravating tensions by responding with force, the Gloucester Royal Hospital could have attempted to de-escalate the situation, say by inviting Debbie Hicks in for an official visit, so she could get a more complete picture on what was happening.

Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses.  Authorities have arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two nights.

UK allows mixing COVID-19 vaccines as experts warn of risks.  British health officials will now allow people to mix COVID-19 vaccines as the pandemic rages on — but experts warn it could be risky.  The tweak in vaccine advice, which comes as the country grapples with a new, highly contagious mutation of the virus, marks a surprising departure from previous guidance — and a starkly different approach to the vaccine rollout in the US, the New York Times reported.  The UK protocol now states that a person can receive their follow-up COVID-19 jab with a different vaccine candidate to their first dose, if necessary.

Lockdown: a deadly, failed experiment.  [Scroll down]  Lockdowns have become central to any discussion of Covid-19.  The assumption that lockdown is the only way to prevent Covid deaths has become embedded in mainstream thinking.  Apparently, the only permitted questions are if we are locking down early enough, hard enough or for long enough.  Lockdown has similarly become the default response to rises in cases (though sometimes these now take local rather than national form).  But the conventional wisdom that more lockdown means fewer deaths simply does not hold true in the real world.  There is globally no association, let alone causation, between lockdowns and Covid deaths.  And yet the harms of the policy are extreme.  Developed countries have this year experienced record drops in economic output.  Britain, for instance, has experienced its worst recession in 300 years (since the Great Frost of 1709, if you were wondering).  The burden of this has fallen overwhelmingly on the poorest in society, while billionaires have watched their wealth multiply.

A Year Of Lies:  The Top Seven Myths Of 2020.  [#3]  Asymptomatic spread is a major driver of COVID-19 transmission.  I'm just going to go ahead and get a bit melodramatic and call the idea of widespread asymptomatic spread being a major driver of the transmission of COVID-19 one of the most destructive myths in all of human history.  Why?  Because the specter of otherwise normal-looking people going about their lives (people who aren't sneezing, coughing, and sniffling all over the place, mind you) being able to literally KILL anyone they encounter by infecting them without knowing they even had the virus has formed the basis for every destructive non-pharmaceutical intervention our overlords have tried, from lockdowns to mandatory masking.  Thankfully, the lie is slowly being disproved.  Will our overlords change their approach to fit the emerging science?  Nah, because 'science' is only real to them when it fits their narrative.

Chicago Teachers Union leader under fire for pushing remote schooling while vacationing in Caribbean.  A Chicago Teachers Union leader is under fire for pushing for Chicago public schools to remain remote because of coronavirus risks while vacationing in the Caribbean.  Chicago Teachers Union area vice president Sarah Chambers opposes requiring teachers to return to the classroom and posted a photo that appears to show her poolside in Puerto Rico, WGN-TV reported.  Chambers has since deleted her Instagram account, according to the station.


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