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TAMPA, Fla. - The delta strain of COVID-19 is putting healthcare workers to the test, Florida infectious disease experts explain why the mutation is a game-changer in the pandemic. "It's about six times more infectious than the original strain, making it and put it at a level of infectivity now and pretty much the same as whooping cough or smallpox. And smallpox is like a highly, highly infectious virus," said Dr. Thomas Unnasch, an epidemiologist with USF Health.

A team of researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, has found evidence that suggests giving patients ACE inhibitors reduces the ability of their immune system to fight off bacterial infections. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group describes testing of multiple ACE inhibitors in mice and human cells. ACE inhibitors are drugs that are typically given to patients who have hypertension, and in some cases, to people with heart failure, kidney disease or diabetes. Administration of the drugs relaxes the walls of arteries, veins and capillaries, which in turn reduces blood pressure. Some prior research had...

Danny Meyer: If you want to be unvaccinated, 'you can dine somewhere else' The policy will go into effect September 7. "We are requiring all guests to show proof they are fully vaccinated," a pop-up notice on the website said, adding, "Our teams are required to be fully vaccinated as well." Guests will be asked to bring their "physical Covid-19 vaccine card, your New York State Excelsior Pass, your relevant state-provided vaccine pass, or a photo of your vaccination card to share upon arrival," according to the hospitality group's website.

The OpenVAERS website released its most recent weekly numbers on Saturday.*OpenVAERS.com* is currently down. It has been down for hours. OpenVAERS is a privately run site that data mines the official CDC VAERS site. The more difficult to read CDC-linked *VAERS* website is still up.According to the website there are now 11,405 reported deaths from the COVID vaccines in the United States according to the latest numbers.This is up from 11,140 total vaccine deaths last week.And this was up from 9,125 reported deaths from the COVID-19 vaccinations total from the previous week.The number of deaths linked to the CDC promoted...

Mask-wearing was likely the greatest failed social experiment of our lifetime. Yet its own failure means it continues to be forced down our throats … or noses. While it was always illogical that a cheap mask could stop a virus that is much smaller than the mask's pores, we embarked on a grand national experiment with a greater degree of compliance and shame than anyone could have imagined. On June 9, 2020, Reuters ran a headline, "Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves." The outlet suggested, based on a mathematical equation presupposing that masks work, that "even homemade masks can...

The Dixie Fire expanded by around 4,000 acres in the 24 hours headed into Thursday morning, marking a relatively slow day of growth for the blaze. In its Thursday morning incident report, the state fire agency said the fire encompassed 221,504 acres (346 square miles) and remained 23% contained. Over 5,900 firefighters are battling the blaze, which ignited July 14 above the Cresta Dam in Feather River Canyon, in the burn scar of the deadly 2018 Camp Creek fire. The fire is California’s largest so far this season, and is now California’s 13th-largest of all time by acreage. According to...

HARDIN COUNTY, OHIO, Ohio — In a place that sees more cars than foot traffic, Bob Emlinger calls Kenton, Ohio home. “It’s a small town. I think the population might be around 3,000 or 4,000,” Emlinger said. But in the small county of Hardin, he notices a big problem. “They've had the shots for the last five months, and a lot of people just don't want to bother with it,” Emlinger said. Kelsey Ralsten with the health department said the number of vaccines they have mirrors the size of the community. She said there’s only so much space they can...

[Catholic Caucus] Traditionis custodes and "reception theory" - or - When a law is no law at all.Have you ever heard of “reception theory”?Reception theory states that a law, in order to be a law, a binding law, must be received by the community for which it is intended. If they community does not receive it, that is, they reject it outright or it fails to have any effect on how they live, the presumed law is non-binding and is really no law at all.This doesn’t apply to moral law, because it flows from above reception or rejection by mere...

Thursday, July 29 2021: Representatives Gaetz, Gosar, Gohmert, and MTG visit corrections facility where Jan 6th political prisoners are being held after reports of inhumane treatment. The reps. will then follow the visit with a presser in D.C. at 1 P.M. EST. Watch RSBN LIVE and view past shows/events on our new app! iPhone/iPad/tvOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rsbn/id... Android/Android TV: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08... Roku: https://channelstore.roku.com/details... Coming soon to: Samsung and LG

Paul Markowitz is a Retired NYPD cop, a good friend and VP of my FOP lodge. Paul is also a member of the Staten Island Chapter of the Blue Knights. Paul had a very serious accident in his home that has left him in a coma. At 7PM EST tonight brother and sister members of our Fraternal Order of Police lodge will be praying in front of the hospital where he is being treated. Paul is 54 years old and a fighter but needs our prayers. Please join in praying for Paul. I ask everyone to help pray Paul back...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Thursday he supports the advancement of the budget resolution, which serves as the Democrat vehicle for their $3.5 trillion “infrastructure” bill. “We should move forward with the budget resolution,” Manchin said, although he said he remains undecided on the level of spending he would support on the budget resolution.

Missouri is the birthplace of some pretty famous thinkers, writers, and leaders like Mark Twain, Harry Truman, and Rush Limbaugh. It also happens to be where I come from. So I sit up and take notice when I see media attack my home state as some kind of careless, irresponsible, backwoods ground zero of COVID when the people of Missouri and most thinking people across the country have figured out the latest panic porn from the CDC is incongruous with what we know, see, and understand for ourselves. It’s called the Show Me State for a reason. The nickname is...

The DC Department of Corrections locked out multiple Members of Congress from reviewing the conditions of the January 6th prisoners.What are they hiding? https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1420784846134288388

Does this make any sense? Americans have been under mask mandates since last year, and now we’re under tremendous pressure to submit and take an experimental, non-fully FDA approved, potentially fatal, COVID vaccine. The virus had been under control, continuing to diminish, until recently, when the “Delta variant” spiked up. And during this same time, the Biden administration just so happened to have opened our borders wide. Hmmmmm…. Nothing to see here, right? Is there a correlation? Don’t expect any government studies on this anytime soon. The Whataburger outrage While driving yesterday, I heard radio host Chris Plante discussing an...

Why would the US Department of Justice drop five cases against Chinese researchers including Dr Juan Tang, a cancer researcher who allegedly lied on her visa application after photos of her were found wearing a Chinese military uniform? The five cases are just part of a bigger picture which can best be termed as “The Great Retreat.” In many areas, the US is lowering its profile and backing away from its commitments. For example, the US has pulled its only aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, from the Pacific ostensibly to cover the retreat from Afghanistan. But whether the Ronald...

After a coronavirus outbreak in their clubhouse affected four players and nine staff members, Nationals manager Davey Martinez expressed how grateful he was that a majority of those placed into health protocols were vaccinated. “I truly believe, from what I’ve seen, thank God that most of us if not all of us are vaccinated and it does help,” Martinez told reporters Thursday morning. “The vaccination does help. I couldn’t even imagine going through this with people that aren’t vaccinated but the vaccination does help. There were some mild symptoms and that’s all it was so I’m really glad that we...

As hundreds of illegal immigrants surge across the southern border daily, migrants from Africa are gaining entry into the United States with free plane tickets paid funded by American taxpayers.Asylum seekers wanting entry to the United States from Africa typically embark on journeys to South America by boat or plane, then make a treacherous trek on foot through Colombia and Panama towards the United States.Now, migrants and their families can entirely circumvent checkpoints at the U.S. southern borderMiles4Migrants, a 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to donating frequent flyer miles to refugees and their family members provides free flights to thousands of Africans...

After surging for months because of the hypercontagious Delta variant, COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom are rapidly plummeting, raising the question of whether America’s Delta wave could also peak sooner than expected. “In the United Kingdom … cases are clearly coming down at this point,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, told CNBC on Monday. “If the U.K. is turning the corner, it’s a pretty good indication that maybe we’re further into this than we think, and maybe we’re two or three weeks away from starting to see our own plateau here in the United...

On July 15, President Joe Biden’s Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, informed the American people that the Biden administration was working directly with one of the social media giants to “flag” posts that spread “disinformation.” It should alarm every American citizen that the federal government is now sifting through Internet conversations and advising a social media platform on what can and cannot be published. When tech giants illegally banned President Donald Trump and thousands of other American citizens, leftist apologists blithely explained, “They’re private companies, not the government, so they can do what they want.” But when it’s the White House...

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., are blasting Sen. Kyrsten Sinema after the Arizona Democrat said she does not support the $3.5 trillion spending plan proposed by President Joe Biden and Democrat lawmakers.