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So is the purpose of the nationwide lockdown to "flatten the curve" or to reduce the total, cumulative number of infections? Because the very important distinction between the two goals is about to become critical. See, "flattening the curve" meant delaying -- not preventing -- infections. The idea was that our medical system was going to become absolutely overwhelmed by infections, resulting in an elevated death rate. The notion was explicitly that people were going to get infected no matter what we did, but we could delay many of those infections until our medical system could handle them. It's important...

Slated for human trials, EIDD-2801 could become the first pill for COVID-19An oral medicine was able to hinder the coronavirus behind COVID-19 as it attempted to replicate itself in human lung cells in test tubes, scientists reported Monday. It also hampered closely related coronaviruses from reproducing in mice for several days and improved their lung functions.* The drug, called EIDD-2801, interferes with a key mechanism that allows the SARS-CoV-2 virus to reproduce in high numbers and cause infections, the researchers explained in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Human trials have not yet been done, but if the effect is similar...

As daily life across America is upended by the coronavirus crisis -- with mass business closures plunging the economy into freefall -- one former New York Times reporter is sounding the alarm about what he believes are flawed models dictating the aggressive strategy. Alex Berenson has been analyzing the data on the crisis on a daily basis for weeks and has come to the conclusion that the strategy of shutting down entire sectors of the economy is based on modeling that doesn’t line up with the realities of the virus. THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK STATE BY STATE "The response we have...

Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care as he continues to receive treatment for coronavirus at St Thomas's Hospital in London. A Number 10 spokesman said: "The Prime Minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. "He is in extremely good spirits." The prime minister was taken to St Thomas's Hospital on Sunday night where his condition worsened. He was then admitted to intensive care on Monday.

A Chinese city on the Russian border is entering a "lockdown" due to an increase in coronavirus cases - even as the rest of China cautiously opens up. In Suifenhe, 1,000 miles from Beijing, people have been ordered to stay indoors, with some exceptions. The border is closed to people, although not goods, and a 600-bed isolation hospital is being built.

David Benham and the eight Christians who were arrested for praying outside a local abortion clinic and helping mothers in need are not taking the abrogation of their Constitutional rights lying down. Their attorneys drafted a letter to the city of Charlotte, North Carolina today telling the city to stand down and let them pray and counsel outside the abortion center or face a potential lawsuit. As LifeNew reported, Benham was arrested Saturday while praying outside an abortion facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed that they arrested eight people outside the abortion facility for allegedly violating...

Texas abortion facilities begged a federal judge this week to allow them to start aborting unborn babies again. Right now, Texas is abortion-free. A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Tuesday in favor of a state-wide restriction on non-essential medical procedures, including elective abortions, during the coronavirus pandemic. The ruling overturned a decision by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel blocking the state from enforcing the restriction on abortion facilities. And it is to Yeakel that the abortion industry is turning again. The Free Beacon reports a group of Texas abortion facilities filed a new motion Wednesday asking Yeakel for...

A new survey from Jackson & Coker shows an overwhelming majority of doctors would prescribe hydroxychloroquine or another anti-malaria drug to a family member suffering from Wuhan coronavirus. "Sixty-five percent of physicians across the United States said they would prescribe the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent COVID-19 in a family member," the survey, which questioned 1,271 doctors in 50 states, found. "Only 11 percent said they would not use the drug at all." In addition, a significant number of doctors said they would prescribe the drugs to those exposed to the virus as a preventative measure...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) is directing all grocery stores and food markets in the city to require customers to wear face masks before entering. The order, which Bowser released on Twitter Wednesday night and discussed during a news conference Thursday, also requires all farmers' markets in the city, including the D.C. seafood market, to apply for waivers in order to continue operations. Those waivers will only be granted to markets that provide plans for enforcing social distancing guidelines. Customers will additionally be required to shop at least six feet apart from those not in their immediate families and...

Tommy Sotomayor Talks About His Love For Joe Exotic & More! Hilarious Monologue Fast forward to 3.55 to avoid Tommy's Intro Tommy gives his opinion on the Tiger King

*This photo IS NOT from the broadway play "Cats".* Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "rupaul's Drag Race" dream is about to come true — with the New York Democrat poised to appear on this week's episode as a guest judge. ITK has an exclusive first look at the House freshman — an avid fan of the VH1 series — striking a pose alongside the reality competition's namesake. Ocasio-Cortez makes her debut on the show on Friday, in which the contestants compete in a "Rusical" dedicated to pop icon Madonna. In a promo for the show, Ocasio-Cortez is dubbed "the judge America needs...

It was after the crucifixion of the Messiah of Israel that Satan and godless Israelites rejoiced in their demonic triumph of unrighteousness. They thought that they had done away with “This Man”, this Miracle Worker, this Preacher of RIGHTEOUSNESS, this violator of the Sabbath, the "messiah", this One who claimed to be Almighty God the Son; and it was exhilarating to their godless mind (Matt. 27, Luke 23). As the Sabbath day was about to begin these godless men made their preparation to finish “their” Feast of Passover and partake in “their” man-made traditions (Matt. 15:7-11, 23, John 18:28). Satan...

Twitter temporarily locked the account of online personalities and political commentators Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, known as Diamond and Silk, over a tweet that criticized the stay-at-home guidelines. The tweet argued that staying inside will make people sicker and that going outside boosts immunity. “The only way we can become immune to the environment; we must be out in the environment. Quarantining people inside of their houses for extended periods will make people sick!” Diamond and Silk tweeted Wednesday.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Wednesday scolded progressives who may “plan to sit this election out or vote for Trump.” She issued her warning after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced the suspension of his presidential bid, begging them to remain active and “fight like hell” to oust President Trump and “end the rise of fascism in this country.” Sanders formally ended his year-long campaign on Wednesday, conceding that the path to the nomination simply is not feasible. He tried to encourage supporters, reminding them of their greater movement and contending that they are “winning the ideological battle.” Omar, one of...

The INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is temporarily closing most of its facility due to a mass decline in patients, it confirmed on Wednesday. The postponement of non-emergent surgeries and procedures, according to the hospital’s statement, “has led to a declining census at both facilities.” Therefore, to better consolidate resources, the bulk of the 238-bed acute-care facility is temporarily shutting down, with the exception of the emergency room and “some Radiology and infusion services,” according to KFOR. Last month, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) issued an executive order postponing all elective surgeries and minor medical procedures through...

Attorney General William Barr is confident that when the coronavirus pandemic finally ends, Americans will realize that President Donald Trump saved a lot of lives by moving to close down the border early.Trump recently sent more than 550 troops to the Southern Border earlier to reinforce its closure and help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Q Ping - NEW THREAD Proverbs 3:1-2,24 ESV My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you… If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. I request that all are careful to post links rather than graphic images directly on FR. We're not all on the same playing field; among us are those who have already witnessed too much horror, are already carrying too many emotional burdens, or/and are...

A sex spell designed to force a man into bed with his female admirer has been discovered on an ancient Egyptian papyrus. The newly-translated spell demands that a man called Kephalas face 'anxiety at midday, evening, and at all times' until he has sex with a woman called Taromeway. It also features a crude drawing of the naked Kephalas, his genitals grossly exaggerated, as he's shot with an arrow by the ancient Egyptian god of the dead, Anubis. The 'erotic-binding spell', apparently commissioned by Taromeway herself, was likely placed in a tomb where it was meant to summon the ghost...

Dr. Anthony Fauci did it again. The first time Fauci was noted signaling to his allies in media was when he signaled to ABC’s Jonathan Karl after an antagonistic exchange with President Trump at a task force briefing [SEE HERE]. Today, another briefing, and CNN’s Jim Acosta had a similar antagonistic exchange with President Trump. Once again Dr. Fauci hangs back to give Acosta a similar signal. Subtle like a brick through a window. WATCH:

The guiding principle here is that, as a rule of thumb, companies only pay full retirement benefits after 30 years of employment. 25 years ago the United States was going through utility "deregulation". The secondary energy industry had been a much larger segment of the American market until deregulation. As it turns out competition for employees before deregulation had driven retirement benefits to levels which were unaffordable under post-deregulation profits. With deregulation many secondary energy companies laid off large numbers of employees before they could attain full retirement. That all happened about 25 years ago. Doesn't it seem curious that...