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New Studies Support Wuhan Market as Pandemic's Origin Point
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3 years ago
Well, it looks like the pandemic is falling off the news cycle so the press needs to gin up a controversy to keep the story alive. And, of course, the scientific community is more than willing to...
Prominent scientists call for more investigation into origins of coronavirus
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4 years ago
The only thing we know with any certainty about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is that investigations into origin have not been objective, data-driven, or transparent. There have been too...
We Fact-Checked Biden's Prime-Time White House Address - The New York Times
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4 years ago
Have missed these the last couple of months. But in the tradition of equal time, I thought it would be a good idea going forward. Was used to POTUS getting checked every damned day.
Some States May Be Well on Their Way to Herd Immunity
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5 years ago
The number of infections has certainly been alarming. And the estimates are quite uncertain. Nevertheless it may be possible to use adversity to our advantage. The reported instances of...
Covid-19: How Much Herd Immunity is Enough?
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4 years ago
When do we acknowledge that the public has been deliberately misled? The public has been spoon fed whatever science someone in an authoritarian position chooses to believe. According to expert...
The First Americans Are Being Vaccinated. Now, the Hard Part
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5 years ago
The deployment of the vaccines will be very predictable. The obvious first phase involves vaccinating health care workers and the most vulnerable. A common sense approach. But that first phase...
Ivanka Highlights Trump Administration's Big Pandemic Success
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5 years ago
There has been a lot of speculation about whom Trump will pardon. Ivanka is a prime candidate. Her abuse of power (making deals in China while on the White House payroll) is surely open to...
Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why
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5 years ago
Science? Who needs stinkin' science when the evidence doesn't fit the hair-on-fire politics. Yes, real-world trials on the effectiveness of masks have been performed. Of course those trials were...
Major glove factories close after thousands of workers test positive for COVID-19
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5 years ago
No biggie. The globalized supply chain will be back in operation shortly. Malaysia can easily stop the spread with barbed wire and military checkpoints. Another example of democracy in action....
74 Million U.S. Workers at High Risk for COVID
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5 years ago
People must work. That doesn't have anything to do with economics or politics. Essential workers are employed in sixteen critical infrastructure sectors that are vital for the safety and...
COVID-19 household transmission is way higher than we thought
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5 years ago
Not surprisingly these mini-spreader events, with infection rates as high as 55 pct, account for a large portion of the recent surge in cases. Similar household spread is responsible for...
'Turning pain into purpose': why the Covid crisis is driving Arizonans to the polls
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5 years ago
Trump's policies have systematically harmed the ordinary people... who elected him. Most of them have been foolish enough to continue worshiping him, regardless of how badly he screwed them....
China Economy Grows 4.9% as Rest of World Struggles With Coronavirus
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5 years ago
BEIJING—China said its economy grew 4.9% in the third quarter from a year earlier, which was slower than expected, but it underscores the robustness of the recovery as its growth rate...
Pence ordered the closure of US borders against CDC's wishes: report
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5 years ago
The dumbfukery of extraordinarily smart stupid experts is appallingly amazing. These extraordinarily smart stupid experts would have us believe there is no valid reason to close the borders?...
Study Finds 'Single Largest Driver' of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump
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5 years ago
The New York Time publishes another lie. The cited study was not an analysis of comments, statements, or Tweets made by Trump. Attention was focused on articles published by the English-language...
Top U.S. Health Officials Tiptoe Around Trump's Vaccine Timeline
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5 years ago
The administrative mind is a marvelous archetypical model of contradictions. The foremost objective of the administrative mind is to shift blame. To the administrative mind 'believe the science'...
New Thinking on Covid Lockdowns: They're Overly Blunt and Costly - WSJ
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5 years ago
In response to the novel and deadly coronavirus, many governments deployed draconian tactics never used in modern times: severe and broad restrictions on daily activity that helped send the...
Anthony Fauci: Top US health advisor Dr Fauci backed controversial Wuhan lab for risky coronavirus research
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5 years ago
The research program administered by the NIAID, under Dr. Anthony Fauci's direction, involved gain-of-function experiments using bat-coronaviruses. NIAID has also funded gain-of-function research...
Local Officials in China Hid Coronavirus Dangers From Beijing, U.S. Agencies Find
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Yes, a rush to judgement. Science is a slow process. And the possibility that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was man-made in a research laboratory raises ethical/moral questions that the scientific...
Chinese virologist says she has proof COVID-19 was made in Wuhan lab
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5 years ago
Of course, Dr. Yan isn't a reliable source because she isn't anonymous. And Dr. Yan's research and information hasn't been peer reviewed. And a trusted member of the Chinese science community who...
Joe Biden walks back national mask mandate
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5 years ago
President Joe made a show of being a strong, decisive leader. President Joe would impose national mandates to wear masks and social distance. The press certainly spread Biden's call for a...
It's now looking like the lockdowns may have been a huge mistake
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5 years ago
First of all it's necessary to understand that the country never locked down. Essential workers didn't have the option of hiding in their basements. The lights had to stay on, the internet kept...
Political insider explains voter fraud with mail-in ballots
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5 years ago
A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth. And he knows this because he’s been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades. Mail-in ballots have...
WHO Special Envoy Heaps Praise on Sweden's Covid Strategy
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5 years ago
Sweden has made phenomenal progress in developing herd immunity and the data is impressive and encouraging. France currently has twice the infection rate as Sweden.
How Covid-19 Signals the End of the American Era -The COVID crisis has reduced to tatters the idea of American exceptionalism.
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5 years ago
this is only about half of the original article. I recommend people read the whole thing.
The Right Begins A Reckoning With Globalization
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HuffPo, being what it is, focuses attention on the right. But the left cannot simply sweep the appalling consequences of globalization under the rug any longer. Ronald Reagan argued for a...
Herman Cain, former GOP presidential candidate, dies after battle with coronavirus
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5 years ago
I knew he was sick with the COVID. Less than two weeks before receiving his diagnosis, Cain had attended Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the marquee event for the president’s self-proclaimed...
New COVID-19 mutation helps outbreaks spread quicker
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Viruses are tricky little buggers. Just keep in mind that people spread the coronavirus. The careless complacency of people are allowing new strains of the virus to spread more rapidly.
Air conditioning may be factor in COVID-19 spread in the South
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If the coronavirus is airborne then social distancing becomes less effective, particularly indoors. Recirculated air through air conditioning may spread the virus further. Airborne spread of the...
Antimalarial drug touted by President Trump is linked to increased risk of death in coronavirus patients
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5 years ago
Related Seed: Trump Says He's Taking Malaria Drug To Protect Against Virus President Donald Trump said Monday that he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the new...
Sweden recorded the most coronavirus deaths in Europe per capita over the past week
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5 years ago
Related Seeded Article: (Note-- this article is from April 6th, before the results of Sweden's policy were actually known): Has Sweden Found The Right Solution To The Coronavirus?...
Cuomo: Most new NY coronavirus hospitalizations are from people who stayed home
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5 years ago
What do you make of this? Not sure how the data was controlled, but scary to think that the shelter at home policies might be having unintended consequences.
Coronavirus cases are on the rise in Texas and other states that reopened early, former FDA chief says
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5 years ago
Watch what happens in the next week or two in states such as Alabama, South Dakota, and Texas . Related: Trump says Fauci’s warnings about reopening amid coronavirus crisis are not...
Bored at Home? Take a Virtual Tour of the Country's Best National Parks (PHOTOS) | The Weather Channel
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Enjoy the visual tour of some of America's National parks. Be sure to click on the arrows on each photo. There will be numerous photos of each national park. You'll have to click on ''seeded...
The Coronavirus Drug Remdesivir Is a Big Deal. But How Much Will It Cost? | Opinion
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5 years ago
Disease means dollars; lots and lots of dollars. The owners of science offer a devil's bargain; your money or your life. It would be cheaper to buy a gold-plated coffin than buying medical care.
Chicago homeowner cited for throwing party as video emerges of packed party that had a STRIPPER | Daily Mail Online
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5 years ago
Yet another wild video shows a large crowd gathering in a Chicago apartment for a party, but this time they have a stripper for the unhygienic occasion. The clip comes as Chicago police charge...
Trump passes coronavirus test with flying colors: Goodwin
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5 years ago
Big and bold, optimistic and compassionate. President Trump’s Oval Office address was exactly what America needed to hear This is what it looks like when a president rises up to meet a...
FDA warns televangelist Jim Bakker and six others to stop selling fraudulent coronavirus products
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Televangelist Jim Bakker and wife, Lori, attend the ceremony honoring BeBe Winans and CeCe Winans with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 20, 2011 in Hollywood. Albert L. Ortega...