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Abstract Background. Despite the availability of published data on 4 pandemics that have occurred over the past 120 years, there is little modern information on the causes of death associated with influenza pandemics.Methods. We examined relevant information from the most recent influenza pandemic that occurred during the era prior to the use of antibiotics, the 1918–1919 “Spanish flu”; pandemic. We examined lung tissue sections obtained during 58 autopsies and reviewed pathologic and bacteriologic data from 109 published autopsy series that described 8398 individual autopsy investigations.Results. The postmortem samples we examined from people who died of influenza during 1918–1919 uniformly exhibited...

Three people were shot late Saturday in North Topeka after a man confronted people he thought had committed past thefts of signs promoting the campaign of Republican Presidential incumbent Donald Trump, a Topeka police supervisor said Sunday. Police weren’t specifying who was thought to have shot whom or revealing the names, ages or genders of those who were wounded. Officers responded about 11 p.m. to the scene in the 1300 block of N.W. Eugene, from which one person was taken by ambulance to a hospital with gunshot wounds that were considered potentially life-threatening, said police Lt. Joe Perry. Two other...

A recently revealed email from a business associate of Hunter Biden's reveals plans of a potential deal between the two of them and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg...The email in question is from well-known Hunter business associate Devon Archer to a certain Jason Galanis...."This is great. I will have some edits shortly. One big [edit] is that Zuckerberg is investing in the Veterans vertical. We'll own 50% of the business at BTC Global holdco we're investing in but he's going to own 50% of the vertical PTSD in his and his partners for profit foundation."...Galanis responds, "Facebook zuckerberg [sic]???" Archer emails...

President Donald Trump will declare victory on Tuesday night if the initial results show him "ahead," according to an Axios report. But Trump falsely saying he won early has no legal impact on the race being called and will not stop the remaining ballots from being tallied. For over a year, the president has raised the specter of massive voting fraud and questioned the validity of absentee ballots for the 2020 presidential election. The report is based on private conversations from three sources with connections to the president. According to Axios, Trump will declare victory "even if the Electoral College...

Ciara Haley and George Szamuely talk to renowned litigator and political analyst Robert Barnes about polls and why they are of such limited usefulness.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorsed President Donald Trump three days before the election Saturday in the paper’s first Republican presidential endorsement since 1972. “We share the embarrassment of millions of Americans who are disturbed by the president’s unpresidential manners and character,” the paper’s editorial board wrote, before adding, “But he gets things done.” This newspaper has not supported a Republican for president since 1972. But we believe President Trump, for all his faults, is the better choice this year. Via @pgopinions https://t.co/dZYEQp3pGY — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@PittsburghPG) November 1, 2020/blockquote> The Pennsylvania paper emphasized Trump’s accomplishments on the economy and trade while...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-RVkGqXFLM"Here’s why I think the polls are wrong and Trump will cruise to a decisive electoral majority." 

A handful of GOP activists and candidates had asked the state's highest civil court to rule Harris County's drive-thru voting locations illegal, and invalidate votes that have already been cast. The challenge has also been filed in federal court. A legal cloud hanging over nearly 127,000 votes already cast in Harris County was at least temporarily lifted Sunday when the Texas Supreme Court rejected a request by several conservative Republican activists and candidates to preemptively throw out early balloting from drive-thru polling sites in the state's most populous, and largely Democratic, county. The all-Republican court denied the request without an...

Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Donald Trump was “going to do exceedingly well in what historically has been a Democrat area” in the final election tally. DeWine said, “I think the president wins Ohio. I think it’s going to be a close vote. I think he wins by two points.”...The ground game, the best I could see it on both sides, I think the president’s ground game has been a lot better than the Biden ground game, frankly.

  Joe promises to reverse Trump's actions re Palestine.

FAKE KAMALA GOT LOOMERED!This Is Peak 2020!A fake Kamala Harris Body Double Got Loomered today at a Palm Beach polling place!On Sunday afternoon Laura Loomer was campaigning in Palm Beach, Florida, President Donald Trump’s home district. Laura was greeting voters at the Lantana Branch Library in Palm Beach.Laura Loomer is currently in a tight race against Democrat Louis Frankel and LAURA IS LEADING IN THE POLLS!TRENDING: HOLY CRAP! FAKE KAMALA GOT LOOMERED! --Laura Loomer Catches Kamala Harris BODY DOUBLE at Palm Beach Polling Place! (VIDEO -PHOTOS)** You can donate to Laura Loomer for Congress Here.On Sunday a stretch limo pulled...

“Take this virus seriously … Don’t wait for the illness and death it delivers to arrive on your doorstep.” –Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered state flags to half-staff this afternoon for a week of mourning in recognition of the state of New Mexico recording 1,000 COVID-19 fatalities. The state Department of Health today reported 13 additional COVID-19 fatalities, the most deaths reported in the state in a single day of the pandemic, bringing the state’s total to 1,007. The state reported its first COVID-19 fatality March 25. The state of New Mexico today...

Party loyalty runs so deep -- and is connected to so many past battles -- voters struggle with an identity crisis when confronted with the reality that the Democratic Party has long left Mass-attending Catholic workers behind. EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA — Religion runs deep in eastern Pennsylvania. Through mountains and valleys, in once-thriving mining and factory towns, Catholic steeples dot low skylines. In smoky pool halls, Monday afternoon drinkers would rather talk about the Knights of Columbus than national politics. Man for man, they’re lifelong Democrats — or once thought so. It’s common for American families to transmit political values from...

Joe Rogan announced he'll be streaming a special Election Day podcast featuring guests with deep political disagreements. Rogan, the host of the widely watched Joe Rogan Experience, announced on a Tuesday podcast that he'll be doing an election night special with several guests, including liberal commentator Kyle Kulinski, who hosts the YouTube show Secular Talk, and InfoWars founder Alex Jones.

Throughout this month, we come together as a Nation and pledge our heartfelt support for Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. As we pray for their comfort and strength, we also hold in our hearts friends and family we have lost to this cruel disease, and promise to never waiver in our resolve to one day find a cure. Millions of Americans have had their lives altered by an Alzheimer’s diagnosis in their family or among their friends. This disease not only robs men and women of their treasured memories, but also disrupts their ability to live as...

Throughout National Diabetes Month, we reaffirm our continued efforts to discover better solutions for the more than 34 million Americans living with diabetes today. Facing the threat of diabetes head on—particularly in our aging population—is a top priority of my Administration. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 1 in 10 Americans have diabetes, and approximately a third are prediabetic, meaning they are at a high risk of developing it. Through innovative policies, we are confronting the public health challenge of diabetes head on. The United States has increased efforts to reduce the prevalence of...

You need to click this link. It's to Google Search for new cases of Covid in CHINA over time since the beginning of the year. The bottom line is that since March 1st, the graph basically flatlines near zero. China is the place where this all started. WTF is going on? For comparison purposes this is a link to similar data for the USA. ML/NJ

Robert Cahaly: What we are seeing is a movement toward Trump with late breakers. We are also seeing folks that had initially given every indication that they were going to support Biden or they were undecided moving toward Trump. And the issue we see moving on is the shutdowns. Even young people we’ve identified who don’t like the president. They like shutdowns even less. Even suburban women who said they have problems with the president, they like their children home and shutdowns even less. https://youtu.be/l0piu1sZ_ZA

Orthodox Jews step up to the plate to help the President and America

In 2016, I had a straightforward question for Black Americans: “What do you have to lose? Black Americans don’t have to ask what they have to lose in 2020. Instead, the question should now be, “how much more do we have to gain?” As your President, I’ve done more for the Black community than Democrats like Joe Biden have done in 47 years, and we are going to do so much more. As part of our efforts, we’ve unveiled my second term agenda called the “Platinum Plan” for Black Economic Empowerment, to ensure even more Black Americans have the opportunity...