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Peter Schirmacher, director of the Pathological Institute of the University of Heidelberg in Germany performed autopsies on over forty people who died within two weeks of their COVID vaccination. He concluded that 30% to 40% of these deaths were caused by the vaccinations. He called for more autopsies to be undertaken to confirm or refute his findings. Hoping to avert a panic, the Merkel administration quickly rebutted Schumacher’s findings calling them “incomprehensible” and “not the official view of the government. Our view is that the vaccines are safe and no further autopsies or investigations are necessary.” Immunologist Christian Bogdan from...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – San Francisco’s Department of Public Works wants to replace 3,000 existing green trash cans with bigger and better-looking ones. The prototype being considered will cost taxpayers about $20,000 per can. “It’s insane. Insane,” said Fred, a San Francisco resident. READ MORE: San Jose Police In Standoff With Suspect Who Fired From Balcony; Homes Evacuated Too often, residents say trash put into the cans end up on the sidewalks. “They go looking for drugs. They go looking for things to recycle. In the neighborhood I live in, they bust them open, pull things out. Sometimes they...

Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday vetoed a number of bills authored by Republicans that would place new restrictions on Wisconsin voters following former President Donald Trump's election loss. The bills make significant changes to Wisconsin elections, such as making most people who are indefinitely confined — not able to get to the polls by themselves — provide a photo ID to vote. The legislation would also require all people who vote absentee to present a photo ID every time they vote, not just the first time. GOP lawmakers have said their election bills would help build trust in elections, but...

An Army veteran who shot into a car full of black girls following a gathering of supporters of then-President Trump in Iowa has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. Michael McKinney, 26, of St. Charles, pleaded guilty in June to intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury in the Dec. 6 confrontation between a 15-year-old black girl who traded insults with the Trump supporters near the state Capitol, the Des Moines Register reported. McKinney, who was initially charged with attempted murder, pleaded guilty to the lesser offenses in the shooting that occurred following a rally organized...

**HERE'S WHAT WAS SHARED IN ANOTHER MEWE FORUM** : **This is very useful Life Saving information for those in the USA.** *Monoclonal Antibodies are one of the best therapies for those with Covid. President Trump himself was injected with Regeneron monoclonals and was released from Walter Reed Hospital in a few days, ready to resume his job.* *Here are the Hospitals in the USA that have received shipments of monoclonal antibody therapeutics.* *Punch in your city or ZIP Code to see if a hospital near you offers this therapeutic. Apparently, this therapeutic is available in all 50 states.* https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/therapeutics-distribution#distribution-locations

Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory... say researchers examining signs of past sea levels along various coasts may have failed to accurately correct for long-term ups and downs of the land itself. Based on newly sophisticated measurements made across the Bahamas along with new methods of analyzing data, the researchers produced lower—though still daunting—estimates for the last interglacial. They say seas peaked at least 1.2 meters (4 feet) higher than today—roughly in line with most current models for the next 100 years of so. However, they say, levels could have been higher. An unlikely upper limit, they say, is 5.3 meters...

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm responded to concerns on whether China will meet its climate goals by stating that the U.S. and its allies need to ensure there is pressure on China and that China doesn’t “want to be shamed.” Granholm said, [relevant remarks begin around 3:50] “[T]he whole world is surrounding this. I mean, every country that has signed onto the agreement to get to net-zero carbon pollution by 2050, we’re all surrounding, and China, they want to be seen as a leader. They don’t want to be shamed. But...

Four people in the U.S. have mysteriously fallen ill with a rare and sometimes deadly bacterial disease that's usually seen only in other countries with tropical climates, according to health officials. Yet none of these patients had traveled outside the country. The four cases, which were identified between March and July, occurred in Georgia, Kansas, Texas and Minnesota, according to a statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Two of the patients died and two were hospitalized for long periods of time. The first death occurred in Kansas in March, and the second death occurred last month...

Mike Lindell's symposium of China's interference in the election.

Pennsylvania state workers who are employed in health care facilities or other “high-risk” settings will be required to get vaccinated or be tested weekly for COVID-19, Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday. The move affects 25,000 state workers, the Wolf administration said. The requirement covers state employees working in 24-hour state facilities including state hospitals, state homes for people with intellectual disabilities, veterans homes, community health centers and state correction institutions. Those workers will need to be vaccinated by Sept. 7 or they will undergo weekly coronavirus tests. “It is our responsibility to do our part to protect our most vulnerable...

Chet Hanks went an anti-vaccine tirade, telling people to “get over” COVID-19 and to “stay inside” if you’re unhealthy. The oft-troubled son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson — who both battled the virus last year — began his Instagram rant by being pro-vaccine, stating he was just now coming out in support of it because of the increase in cases. “I’ve been kind of on the fence about this for a while. That’s why I never spoke on it, but with the amount of people I know recently who have gotten COVID and with like the numbers rising, I...

WASHINGTON — The Senate gave overwhelming bipartisan approval to a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Tuesday to rebuild the nation’s deteriorating roads and bridges and fund new climate resilience and broadband initiatives, delivering a key component of President Biden’s agenda. The legislation would be the largest infusion of federal investment into infrastructure projects in more than a decade, touching nearly every facet of the American economy and fortifying the nation’s response to the warming of the planet. It would provide historic levels of funding for the modernization of the nation’s power grid and projects to better manage climate risks, as...

The Texas Supreme Court has voided a state district judge’s temporary restraining order barring the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who have refused to return to the Legislature, putting in jeopardy the liberty of some Democrats who have returned to the state. The all Republican high court’s order comes at the request of Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dade Phelan who petitioned the Texas Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a ruling by a Travis County state district judge that blocked them from ordering the arrest of Democratic lawmakers.

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis and the civil war in the ChurchOn August 5, the Italian newspaper Il Foglio published a letter from a group of laypeople addressed to Pope Francis. The letter, elaborating on the title of Andrea Riccardi’s latest book, “La Chiesa brucia,” wanted to highlight a profound distress that is being experienced in the Church. Transformed – say the authors of the letter – into a “field hospital” through the many injuries it has caused. The authors also denounce the failure of the outbound Church.It is a letter that recalls different situations of opposite sign: from the lack...

Restaurants can ask for a proof of vaccination (despite HIPPA laws) because, well, healthcare. If abortion really is women’s health care can restaurants refuse service to women who have had an abortion? And why would the 4th Amendment apply to one and not the other?

VILNIUS. Aug 10 (Interfax/BNS) - Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite has said she hopes that the fortifications on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border will be ready within a year. "There will be no efficient protection of our border without a physical barrier. When the bill is adopted, it will be possible to build this, a physical barrier, within a very short time, two times faster. Hopefully, this will be done within a year," Bilotaite said at a press conference on Tuesday. The government submitted a bill on building a barrier to the Seimas (parliament) on Tuesday and asked that it be considered...

Former President Donald Trump against lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for giving President Joe Biden a win by allowing the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to pass. 'Nobody will ever understand why Mitch McConnell allowed this non-infrastructure bill to be passed. He has given up all of his leverage for the big whopper of a bill that will follow. I have quietly said for years that Mitch McConnell is the most overrated man in politics - now I don’t have to be quiet anymore,' Trump wrote in a Tuesday morning statement. 'He is working so hard to...

'Squad' congresswoman Rashida Tlaib faces hypocrisy allegations after dancing unmasked at an indoor wedding in an area with 'substantial' COVID transmission. The Democrat Representative was photographed and videoed unmasked, among a large crowd at a wedding on Sunday Wayne County, Michigan, where virus transmission is so high the CDC has recommended wearing masks indoors. Tlaib was caught out the same day she slammed Republican Senator Rand Paul for telling his followers to resist mask mandates and other forthcoming protocols from the CDC.

After six months, researchers detected immune system dysfunction in most recovered COVID-19 patients, regardless of initial disease severityPISHEVroman/Depositphotos ============================================================================= New Australian research is offering a thorough look at the lasting impact of COVID-19 on immune system activity. Tracking a wide variety of biomarkers the research found immune abnormalities persisting at least six months after patients recover from acute disease. Eighteen months into this global pandemic researchers are increasingly investigating the long-lasting effects of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Dubbed "long COVID", growing numbers of patients are reporting persistent symptoms lingering for months following the acute disease. The Australian research is following 69...

Former NBA star Jeremy Lin announced over the weekend that he tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.On Aug. 7, the Taiwanese-American athlete posted a photo of himself on a hospital bed. He revealed that despite being cautious while traveling from the United States to China, he tested positive for the virus on his third day of quarantine while in Shanghai.“Somehow, despite being vaccinated and having tested negative prior to departure twice, testing negative upon arrival, and being really careful during travel, I tested positive for coronavirus during day three of my quarantine,” Lin shared on his Instagram.“My case is...