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Today, the CDC chief warned of a "pandemic of the unvaccinated." As the Delta variant becomes the dominant one worldwide, cases are rising in the USA in almost every state, but most dangerously in states with the lowest vaccination rates. Where exactly? Read on to see where Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said were the latest hot spots, during today's White House COVID-19 Response Team Briefing.The CDC chief began with some disturbing numbers. "CDC reported more than 33,000 new cases of COVID-19. Our seven day average is about 26,300 cases per day....

Health officials in seven Bay Area counties — Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma — on Friday urged vaccinated people wear masks again indoors to prevent the spread of the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus. The officials said in a joint statement that while fully vaccinated people are well protected from developing serious illness from all coronavirus variants, asking everyone to wear masks indoors can help protect unvaccinated people. A universal rule makes it easier to verify that unvaccinated people are masking up, the officials said.

ANALYSIS: Pope restricts ‘divisive’ Traditional Latin Mass, says 52-yr-old Novus Ordo is ‘unique expression’ of Church’s liturgyPope Francis has made several sweeping changes to the permissions granted to the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass.ANALYSISVATICAN CITY, July 16, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis has today issued a new motu proprio restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, declaring that the liturgy of Paul VI, or the Novus Ordo, is the “unique expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite.”The document, entitled “Traditiones Custodes,” is written “in light of the experience” of the survey carried out by the Congregation...

Dozens of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters are down for engine repairs, top military officials disclosed Tuesday, as the services grapple with an engine shortage that has afflicted the Pentagon for more than a year. Testifying before the House Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, who runs the F-35 program, disclosed that his service has been the hardest hit by the shortage. As of July 8, the Air Force had 41 aircraft in what's known as "Mission Impaired Capability Awaiting Parts," or MICAP, status, for engines. That means the planes can't be used on...

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Researchers analyzed the CO2 content of inhaled air among children wearing two types of masks, as well as wearing no mask CO2 in inhaled air under surgical and filtering facepiece masks came in between 13,120 ppm and 13,910 ppm; the German Federal Environmental Office set a limit of CO2 for closed rooms of 2,000 ppm Younger children appeared to have the highest CO2 values; a level of 25,000 ppm was measured from a 7-year-old wearing a facemask The researchers believe the use of facemasks could lead to “impairments attributable to hypercapnia,” which is a buildup of CO2 in...

Researchers have found new evidence about the positive role of androgens in breast cancer treatment with immediate implications for women with estrogen receptor-driven metastatic disease. In normal breast development, estrogen stimulates and androgen inhibits growth at puberty and throughout adult life. Abnormal estrogen activity is responsible for the majority of breast cancers, but the role of androgen activity in this disease has been controversial. Androgens were historically used to treat breast cancer, but knowledge of hormone receptors in breast tissue was rudimentary at the time and the treatment's efficacy misunderstood. Androgen therapy was discontinued due to virilising side effects and...

Scott Bieser is the author of the libertarian comic series Quantum Vibe. He has created book covers, graphic novels and a ton of webtoons. And I had the opportunity to interview him. Tamara Wilhite: Why are you most famous for the “Quantum Vibe” series? Scott Bieser: Probably because I’ve been at it for a decade, as both writer and artist. All my other projects have been collaborations, usually with L. Neil Smith.

e new Russian 5th generation stealth fighter jet. (Image via Rostec) on Jul. 15, 2021, Photos started circulating on Twitter of an aircraft believed to be Russia’s new 5th generation stealth fighter jet, but it is unclear this is a mock-up of a future fighter or real prototype. A Russian next-generation single-engine fighter jet has been spotted at the Zhukovsky International Airport outside Moscow. The jet, covered by black canvas, was rolled to the static display at the MAKS 2021 show, which starts next week. The appearance of the mysterious aircraft did not come completely unexpected. On Jul. 11,...

Biden Press Sec calls for users banned on one social platform to be banned from ALL social platforms. "You shouldn't be banned from one platform and not others if you providing misinformation out there."

Silverstone Circuit First Grand Prix1950Number of Laps52Circuit Length5.891kmRace Distance306.198 kmLap Record1:27.097 Max Verstappen (2020)

Congress is looking to change the way Social Security benefit payments are calculated because the coming cost of living adjustment (COLA) will be the highest in decades. Experts see at least a 6.1 percent increase in benefits starting January 1, 2022. But even that increase may fall far short of the actual increase in cost seniors pay for things like healthcare and food. So Congress is examing a change in how Social Security benefits are calculated that would better reflect what senior citizens are paying for goods and services.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Gov. Kim Reynolds addressed 1200 conservative Christians and social conservatives at The FAMiLY Leader’s 10th Annual Family Leadership Summit. She commended Iowa’s churches for their work during COVID-19. “Iowans know how to turn obstacles into opportunities, something that Iowa’s faith community put on full display during COVID-19,” Reynolds said. “Unlike other states, Iowa never closed its churches or religious gatherings. Churches had increased responsibilities to keep their congregations safe from streaming worship services to creating drive-in services to responsibly keeping churches open every single one of them found new ways to give glory to God,” she...

An Oklahoma woman was recently arrested in connection with a murder after she commented on a Facebook post asking about reward money. On Wednesday, the Tulsa Police Department published a Facebook post regarding their "weekly most wanted" suspect connected to the murder of 30-year-old Eric Graves. The post said Lorraine Graves is charged with with accessory to murder in the killing of Eric Graves.(snip) On Friday, the Tulsa Police Department published another Facebook post stating that Lorraine Graves was arrested after she commented on the previous post from Wednesday. "Shortly after that, Lorraine Graves started commenting on our post asking...

WhatsApp has blocked more than two million users in India in just a month for violating its rules, the United States-based company has disclosed in its first compliance report under India’s controversial new social media rules. Most of the users were blocked for spam message abuses. The Facebook-owned firm has put a limit on mass forward messaging in a bid to counter misinformation.India implemented new rules in May to regulate social media companies, forcing them to disclose each month their efforts to police their platforms. “We maintain advanced capabilities to identify these accounts sending a high or abnormal rate of...

The Israeli government has unveiled a program called “Happy Badges” that will restrict attendees of large gatherings such as parties and weddings based on vaccination status, COVID recovery status, and whether the individual in question has recently tested negative for COVID-19. The ‘Happy Badge” system will apply to all gatherings composed of over 100 people.

Determined to convince tech companies to trade in views of the Golden Gate Bridge for the City of Big Shoulders, Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent Wednesday and Thursday wooing Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, even as the city reeled from the most violent weekend of 2021. Touting her administration’s efforts to “build the most diverse tech economy in the country” in Chicago, Lightfoot met with leaders of Uber Freight and Salesforce in San Francisco Thursday. The two tech firms announced plans to expand their operations in Chicago before the COVID-19 pandemic up-ended the U.S. economy. “We have no indication that it is anything...

The chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus celebrated her arrest Thursday after leading an incursion of protesters into the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio said that breaking the law was an important way to illustrate her belief that voting reforms passed by state legislatures will disenfranchise black voters. “I stand in solidarity with Black women and allies across the country in defense of our constitutional right to vote. We have come too far and fought too hard to see everything systematically dismantled and restricted by those who wish to silence us,” Beatty...

New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI/Mediawire): There was a time when it was indeed survival of the fittest. A time when hurdles and obstacles from mother nature and other living beings lurked around every corner. How do you survive all by yourself if you are not armed with any weapon to fight back whatever comes your way? If we have to rewind this to many hundreds of years ago, one of the answers was Silambam. Silambam, the finest tune of art was used by kings, soldiers and even civilians as a foundation for honing the skills in defence tactics. Unlike...

New polling shows that a large majority supports voter ID laws that require individuals to show a photo identification before voting, including almost 70% of black voters. The poll, released on Wednesday by Rasmussen Reports, found that 75% believe photo identification should be presented before voting and that 69% of black voters support voter ID laws. Broken down by party, 60% of Democrats support showing an ID to vote compared to 89% of Republicans. The polling also showed that only 21% oppose voter ID laws. The new data comes as Democrats and Republicans spar on Capitol Hill over H.R. 1,...

Olivia Rodrigo schooled Anthony Fauci on "man crush Mondays" in a new video aimed at pushing young people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The nation's leading infectious diseases expert and the "good 4 u" singer read tweets from fans in the pro-vaccination video released Friday by the White House. After Fauci reads aloud a tweet wishing him a "happy man crush Monday" and praising his "intelligence" and "compassion," he tells Rodrigo, "Well that's very nice to say that." When asked if he knows what the lovey-dovey term means, he responded with a laugh, "No idea." "Man crush Monday is just...