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Tagged: covid-19

Biden Says He Was Still VP During COVID and Obama Sent Him to 'Fix It'

Biden Says He Was Still VP During COVID and Obama Sent Him to 'Fix It'

Via:   •  Today's America  •  22 Comments  •  11 months ago

And so it continues....................
Opinion | The New Republican Party Isn't Ready for the Post-Roe World

Opinion | The New Republican Party Isn't Ready for the Post-Roe World

Via:   •  NEWSMucks  •  7 Comments  •  2 years ago

US flying blind amid warnings of new COVID-19 surge

US flying blind amid warnings of new COVID-19 surge

Via:   •  News Viners  •  3 Comments  •  2 years ago

Pay attention to the source.  The themes and talking points should sound familiar.  Was the response to the pandemic really driven by science or by politics?
Genetic Evidence Ties Covid's Origin to Raccoon Dogs | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

Genetic Evidence Ties Covid's Origin to Raccoon Dogs | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

Via:   •  The Banned Played On  •  7 Comments  •  2 years ago

I guess Raccoon Dogs are NOT "man's best friend." Raccoon Dogs are cute!
US to consider new measures for travelers from China amid mainland COVID-19 surge | Washington Examiner

US to consider new measures for travelers from China amid mainland COVID-19 surge | Washington Examiner

Via:   •  Today's America  •  26 Comments  •  3 years ago

Russians Used Fake Kid Rock Fan Accounts to Fool Donald Trump Jr.

Russians Used Fake Kid Rock Fan Accounts to Fool Donald Trump Jr.

Via:   •  NEWSMucks  •  4 Comments  •  3 years ago

Conspiracy-promoting sheriffs claim vast election authority | AP News

Conspiracy-promoting sheriffs claim vast election authority | AP News

Via:   •  The Reality Show  •  2 Comments  •  3 years ago

Birx book: First meeting with Trump lasted 30 seconds before he flipped on Fox News

Birx book: First meeting with Trump lasted 30 seconds before he flipped on Fox News

Via:   •  Books  •  6 Comments  •  3 years ago

Federal Judge Blocks Biden's Vaccine Mandate in 10 States

Federal Judge Blocks Biden's Vaccine Mandate in 10 States

Via:   •  Americana  •  14 Comments  •  4 years ago

Florida, Center of COVID Mandate Resistance, Has Lowest Infection Levels in U.S.

Florida, Center of COVID Mandate Resistance, Has Lowest Infection Levels in U.S.

Via:   •  Americana  •  33 Comments  •  4 years ago

Go figure..............
DeSantis and Abbott test negative for competence and compassion | TheHill

DeSantis and Abbott test negative for competence and compassion | TheHill

Via:   •  SiNNERs and ButtHeads  •  28 Comments  •  4 years ago

A Vaccine Or This Marriage: Conspiracy Theories Are Tearing Couples Apart | HuffPost

A Vaccine Or This Marriage: Conspiracy Theories Are Tearing Couples Apart | HuffPost

Via:   •  SiNNERs and ButtHeads  •  15 Comments  •  4 years ago

Fauci: Paul doesn't know what he's talking about 'and I want to say that officially' | TheHill

Fauci: Paul doesn't know what he's talking about 'and I want to say that officially' | TheHill

Via:   •  SiNNERs and ButtHeads  •  15 Comments  •  4 years ago

looks like the kentucky teabag is gearing up for another run at a job he'll never be qualified to hold...
A Misleading C.D.C. Number

A Misleading C.D.C. Number

Via:   •  News Viners  •  11 Comments  •  4 years ago

When facts are exaggerated to fulfill an overzealous and unrealistic benchmark then public doubts shouldn't be surprising.  When should caution justify misinformation?   The claim is that erring...
Logic equals Fact

Logic equals Fact

By:   •  We the People  •  16 Comments  •  4 years ago

What would seem logical has just been confirmed as fact by the Director of the CDC. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced data suggesting that those...
Right-wing Idaho activists burn masks, claiming COVID restrictions infringe on liberties

Right-wing Idaho activists burn masks, claiming COVID restrictions infringe on liberties

Via:   •  Confucius  •  10 Comments  •  4 years ago

BUZZ NOTE:  I find it quite fascinating that there are people who consider their "personal liberties" to be more important than the lives of their parents and grandparents. 
The Paradox of Pandemic Partisanship

The Paradox of Pandemic Partisanship

Via:   •  The Beacon  •  1 Comments  •  4 years ago

It's not too hard to see why Democrats and independents like the plan. What I'm trying to understand is something that seems like a political paradox. Namely, how is it possible that so many...
"Even when the news is bleak, I'll tell you the truth"

"Even when the news is bleak, I'll tell you the truth"

Via:   •  The Beacon  •  5 Comments  •  4 years ago

America's CDC was the world leader for epidemiology. Then came Trump, who gutted the agency. Then came the pandemic.
Some States May Be Well on Their Way to Herd Immunity

Some States May Be Well on Their Way to Herd Immunity

Via:   •  News Viners  •  3 Comments  •  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?

Covid-19: How Much Herd Immunity is Enough?

Via:   •  News Viners  •  58 Comments  •  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...
White House Chief of Security Crede Bailey Has Been Hospitalized With the Coronavirus Since September: Report (10/07/20)

White House Chief of Security Crede Bailey Has Been Hospitalized With the Coronavirus Since September: Report (10/07/20)

Via:   •  The Reality Show  •  9 Comments  •  5 years ago

Trump Tries to Kill Covid Relief

Trump Tries to Kill Covid Relief

Via:   •  The Beacon  •  3 Comments  •  5 years ago

Paul Krugman is not cynical enough. Republicans do not vote for relief for working Americans because those working Americans are only "near" desperation. The ultra-rich want the working...
We Had the COVID-19 Vaccine the Whole Time

We Had the COVID-19 Vaccine the Whole Time

Via:   •  News Viners  •  8 Comments  •  5 years ago

How do we assess risk?  That appears to be the weakest aspect of our response to pandemics. The 2019 SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has been marked by a skewed judgement of acceptable risk.  And the response...
Do We Need Football in America This Badly? - The New York Times

Do We Need Football in America This Badly? - The New York Times

Via:   •  Americana  •  3 Comments  •  5 years ago

Ivanka Highlights Trump Administration's Big Pandemic Success

Ivanka Highlights Trump Administration's Big Pandemic Success

Via:   •  The Beacon  •  3 Comments  •  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

Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why

Via:   •  News Viners  •  68 Comments  •  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

Major glove factories close after thousands of workers test positive for COVID-19

Via:   •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  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

74 Million U.S. Workers at High Risk for COVID

Via:   •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  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...
Living in Nova Scotia's Covid-Free World

Living in Nova Scotia's Covid-Free World

Via:   •  The Beacon  •  4 Comments  •  5 years ago

Containing Covid-19 is not easy. It requires effort, first from leaders, both national and local, and then  from everyone . America is remarkable for the total lack of leader- ship at...
Lies, Damned Lies and Trump Rallies

Lies, Damned Lies and Trump Rallies

Via:   •  The Beacon  •  32 Comments  •  5 years ago

BIDEN 2020
Your Mask Cuts Own Risk by 65 Percent

Your Mask Cuts Own Risk by 65 Percent

Via:   •  News Viners  •  24 Comments  •  5 years ago

We also know that close contact with someone who is not infected will not transmit the virus.  In that situation, the mask protects against nothing. The need for masks address two possibilities....
With Covid-19 Under Control, China's Economy Surges Ahead

With Covid-19 Under Control, China's Economy Surges Ahead

Via:   •  The Beacon  •  14 Comments  •  5 years ago

How did the 1918 Flu Pandemic End? Lessons for COVID-19

How did the 1918 Flu Pandemic End? Lessons for COVID-19

Via:   •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Hmm...  The coronavirus isn't influenza but we are following the same guidelines from 100 years ago.  Hmm... The Spanish Flu pandemic ended because of herd immunity; there weren't any vaccines....
White House not contact tracing Rose Garden event considered possible 'superspreader': report | TheHill

White House not contact tracing Rose Garden event considered possible 'superspreader': report | TheHill

Via:   •  We the People  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Study Finds 'Single Largest Driver' of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump

Study Finds 'Single Largest Driver' of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump

Via:   •  News Viners  •  3 Comments  •  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

Top U.S. Health Officials Tiptoe Around Trump's Vaccine Timeline

Via:   •  News Viners  •  8 Comments  •  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

New Thinking on Covid Lockdowns: They're Overly Blunt and Costly - WSJ

Via:   •  We the People  •  1 Comments  •  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...
Nasal solution may stop spread of COVID-19, study finds

Nasal solution may stop spread of COVID-19, study finds

Via:   •  News Viners  •  11 Comments  •  5 years ago

Hmm ...  Who would have thought that using a disinfectant internally could possibly be beneficial for treating COVID infections?  That's just crazy. Since the press and Democrats jumped the...
Anthony Fauci: Top US health advisor Dr Fauci backed controversial Wuhan lab for risky coronavirus research

Anthony Fauci: Top US health advisor Dr Fauci backed controversial Wuhan lab for risky coronavirus research

Via:   •  News Viners  •  2 Comments  •  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

Local Officials in China Hid Coronavirus Dangers From Beijing, U.S. Agencies Find

Via:   •  News Viners  •  8 Comments  •  5 years ago

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...
America's 1% Has Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90% | Time

America's 1% Has Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90% | Time

Via:   •  The Reality Show  •  27 Comments  •  5 years ago

Herman Cain, former GOP presidential candidate, dies after battle with coronavirus

Herman Cain, former GOP presidential candidate, dies after battle with coronavirus

Via:   •  The Reality Show  •  66 Comments  •  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...
Hurricane Hanna threatens Texas as state struggles with coronavirus surge

Hurricane Hanna threatens Texas as state struggles with coronavirus surge

Via:   •  The Reality Show  •  10 Comments  •  5 years ago

Texas Supreme Court blocks mail-in expansion over COVID-19 - Axios

Texas Supreme Court blocks mail-in expansion over COVID-19 - Axios

Via:   •  We the People  •  3 Comments  •  5 years ago

How Fear, Groupthink Drove Unnecessary Global Lockdowns | RealClearPolitics

How Fear, Groupthink Drove Unnecessary Global Lockdowns | RealClearPolitics

Via:   •  We the People  •  4 Comments  •  5 years ago

McConnell: Beefed up unemployment benefits will not be in next coronavirus bill | TheHill

McConnell: Beefed up unemployment benefits will not be in next coronavirus bill | TheHill

Via:   •  We the People  •  2 Comments  •  5 years ago

Rep. Jim Banks: Democrats 'Slipped Free Cash for Illegal Immigrants' into Coronavirus Bill

Rep. Jim Banks: Democrats 'Slipped Free Cash for Illegal Immigrants' into Coronavirus Bill

Via:   •  We the People  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Coronavirus vaccine: China-linked hackers are targeting US research, FBI warns

Coronavirus vaccine: China-linked hackers are targeting US research, FBI warns

Via:   •  We the People  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

We can protect the most vulnerable and reopen the economy | TheHill

We can protect the most vulnerable and reopen the economy | TheHill

Via:   •  We the People  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab with Millions of U.S. Dollars for Risky Coronavirus Research

Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab with Millions of U.S. Dollars for Risky Coronavirus Research

Via:   •  We the People  •  26 Comments  •  5 years ago