Posted on 11/13/2020 5:38:32 PM PST by weston
I went looking for info on the Johns Hopkins newsletter since I wanted to tell a friend about it. Found this on the JH website:
https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/a-closer-look-at-u-s-deaths-due-to-covid-19
A closer look at U.S. deaths due to COVID-19
By YANNI GU | November 27, 2020
Editor’s Note: After The News-Letter published this article on Nov. 22, it was brought to our attention that our coverage of Genevieve Briand’s presentation “COVID-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data” has been used to support dangerous inaccuracies that minimize the impact of the pandemic.
We decided on Nov. 26 to retract this article to stop the spread of misinformation, as we noted on social media. However, it is our responsibility as journalists to provide a historical record. We have chosen to take down the article from our website, but it is available here as a PDF.
In accordance with our standards for transparency, we are sharing with our readers how we came to this decision. The News-Letter is an editorially and financially independent, student-run publication. Our articles and content are not endorsed by the University or the School of Medicine, and our decision to retract this article was made independently.
Briand’s study should not be used exclusively in understanding the impact of COVID-19, but should be taken in context with the countless other data published by Hopkins, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
As assistant director for the Master’s in Applied Economics program at Hopkins, Briand is neither a medical professional nor a disease researcher. At her talk, she herself stated that more research and data are needed to understand the effects of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Briand was quoted in the article as saying, “All of this points to no evidence that COVID-19 created any excess deaths. Total death numbers are not above normal death numbers.” This claim is incorrect and does not take into account the spike in raw death count from all causes compared to previous years. According to the CDC, there have been almost 300,000 excess deaths due to COVID-19. Additionally, Briand presented data of total U.S. deaths in comparison to COVID-19-related deaths as a proportion percentage, which trivializes the repercussions of the pandemic. This evidence does not disprove the severity of COVID-19; an increase in excess deaths is not represented in these proportionalities because they are offered as percentages, not raw numbers.
Briand also claimed in her analysis that deaths due to heart diseases, respiratory diseases, influenza and pneumonia may be incorrectly categorized as COVID-19-related deaths. However, COVID-19 disproportionately affects those with preexisting conditions, so those with those underlying conditions are statistically more likely to be severely affected and die from the virus.
Because of these inaccuracies and our failure to provide additional information about the effects of COVID-19, The News-Letter decided to retract this article. It is our duty as a publication to combat the spread of misinformation and to enhance our fact-checking process. We apologize to our readers.
BIG news out of GA.
Judge granted decertification of election results, as well as everything else requested
The Court has reviewed the terms and conditions of this Emergent Injunctive Relief Order, and for good cause shown IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. A Temporary Restraining Order is immediately in effect to preserve the voting machines in the State of Georgia, and to prevent any wiping of data, until such time as a full computer audit is completed.
2. Governor Kemp, Secretary Raffensperger and the Georgia State Board of Elections are to de-certify the election results.
3. Governor Kemp is hereby enjoined from transmitting the currently certified election results to the Electoral College.
4. Governor Kemp is required to transmit certified election results that state that President Donald Trump is the winner of the election.
5. It is hereby Ordered that no votes received or tabulated by machines that were not certified as required by federal and state law be counted.
6. A declaratory judgment is hereby issued declaring that Georgia Secretary of State Rule 183-1-14-0.9-.15 violates the Electors and Elections Clause, U.S. Const. art. I, § 4.
7. A declaratory judgment declaring that Georgia’s failed system of signature verification violates the Electors and Elections Clause by working a de facto abolition of the signature verification requirement is hereby issued.
8. A declaratory judgment declaring that current certified election results violates the Due Process Clause, U.S. Const. Amend. XIV is hereby issued.
9. A declaratory judgment declaring that mail-in and absentee ballot fraud must be remedied with a Full Manual Recount or statistically valid sampling that properly verifies the signatures on absentee ballot envelopes and that invalidates the certified results if the recount or sampling analysis shows a sufficient number of ineligible absentee ballots were counted Is hereby issued.
10.An emergency declaratory judgment that voting machines in Fulton County be seized and impounded immediately for a forensic audit—by plaintiffs’ experts is hereby issued.
11.A declaratory judgment declaring absentee ballot fraud occurred in violation of Constitutional rights, Election laws and under state law Is hereby issued.
12.A permanent injunction prohibiting the Governor and Secretary of State from transmitting the currently certified results to the Electoral College based on the overwhelming evidence of election tampering.
13.Immediate production of 36 hours of security camera recording of all rooms used in the voting process at State Farm Arena in Fulton County, GA from 12:00 AM November 3, 2020 to 12:00 PM on November 4, 2020 is hereby ordered.
It is so Ordered, this
day of 2020.
Timothy C. Batten
U.S. District Court Judge Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division
Shouldn't there be a specific date listed, i.e. "It is so Ordered, this
28thday of 2020"?
Well it’s electronic so no, the date is in the top of the ruling 11/27
That is really coming along. Looks like it will be nice and cozy. Did you eat your Thanksgiving meal there like you said you were going to or were the workers there?
I may have jumped the gun. It says proposed order. 😩😩😩😩
It’s going to be beautiful, hm!
When you see the judge’s signature at the bottom, then it’s a judgment.
Yes, I see that now.
Today can’t get any worse today for me personally, so I jumped the gun here with what I thought was great news.
What was I thinking. Things never go our way like this.
Wow, that seems quick. Nice!
Box cake, of course. Now that you say it I know what you mean. Somehow I was picturing it being in a box that was decorated.
No box cake for you! I’ve got the carrots grated, crushed pineapple drained, golden currants soaking in a little bit of warm water. They were a little bit old. And the cream cheese and butter are getting to room temperature.
I hadn’t even thought of professional assassinations. Shoot, that just adds another level. I’m sure he has the best protection available. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be bribed or threatened.
“Rudy assured PA he archived the forensic on their machines.”
Good! I was thinking that’s the first thing he probably did. I should quit second-guessing him :-)
“Bunker Biden”
LOL!
1 down, 2 more states to go!
This looks to be a proposed order by Sidney Powell to the Judge.
If he signs and dates it, WOW!
Yeah, I jumped the gun. See my post 4389.
I am praying he will.
Me too!
Give the Judge a pen and let’s go!
Yup, jumped the gun.
Gee, thanks
“4. Governor Kemp is required to transmit certified election results that state that President Donald Trump is the winner of the election.”
Wow. This goes beyond just decertifying.
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