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Hong Kong reported two deaths in Covid-positive patients, the first fatalities in the city since September, as a record outbreak overwhelms hospitals and testing resources. A 73-year-old man who had received two doses of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine in September died Tuesday, and an unvaccinated 76-year-old man died on Wednesday, health officials said. Both men had chronic illnesses. Hong Kong is battling to contain an unprecedented outbreak that’s pushed its health system to the brink. The city had managed to live for months with no local transmission due to onerous anti-virus measures -- including flight bans, up to 21 days...

Legendary comedian Dave Chappelle inspired more outrage when he joined a group of local residents to kill a proposal for low income housing in rural Ohio as a part of a large residential development. Chappelle grew up in Yellow Springs, Ohio, a small rural village of 3,700 people about 20 miles from Dayton. He bought 39 acres of farmland there and moved back in 2005. On Monday, he attended a village council meeting where he threatened to pull his plans to develop a restaurant called “Firehouse Eatery” and comedy club called “Live from YS" in the town. "I cannot believe...

A study has challenged the view that testosterone is bad for women's hearts, showing that for women aged over 70, having low testosterone levels actually doubles the risk of a cardiac event. Researchers say the findings warrant further research into the potential benefits of testosterone therapies for older women. Before menopause, women's ovaries are the primary source of testosterone circulating in the blood. After menopause, because the ovaries stop functioning, blood testosterone is made from the hormone DHEA which comes from adrenal glands. Using data captured in the longitudinal ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) randomized trial, this...

Even some of the most liberal states across the country are rolling back restrictions to do with the Wuhan coronavirus, especially as it pertains to mask mandates. As Katie pointed out, though, this is surely to do with what the polls are telling Democratic politicians. Yet not all are willing to accept what many of us have known for months now when it comes to the importance of freedom when it comes to masking. Some of the states might surprise you. As mentioned above, they really are the most liberal states, with New Jersey ending its mask mandate in schools,...

Protests are proliferating around Canada in a way that Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet never expected. In fact, none of the political class had any idea that that they were coming. Everyone was totally taken by surprises; for the federal government, taken aback, it got worse. The Cabinet Ministers were disoriented, not believing what they were seeing and likely expecting that it would go away. But it didn't. Turning to their leader, who overnight became proverbially beleaguered, they could not come up with any solution that might save them from humiliation.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Tembexa (brincidofovir) to treat smallpox. Although the World Health Organization declared smallpox, a contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease, eradicated in 1980, there have been longstanding concerns that the virus that causes smallpox, the variola virus, could be used as a bioweapon. Before its eradication in 1980, the variola virus mainly spread by direct contact among people. Symptoms typically began 10 to 14 days after infection and included fever, exhaustion, headache, and backache. A rash consisting of small, pink bumps progressed to pus-filled sores before it crusted over and scarred. Complications of...

DHS is now going after COVID misinformation spreaders considering them terrorist threats. Here's my list of people I think they should be investigating.Steve KirschFeb 8 SummaryDHS is getting tough on COVID misinformation spreaders, i.e., people who spread information that “undermines public trust in government institutions.”Since DHS has finite resources to pursue all these perpetrators, as a public service, I have created a list of what I believe are some of the country’s top misinformation spreaders.I sincerely hope that the DHS will focus their efforts on these individuals since they have made statements and/or taken actions (or refused to take action)...

@TuckerCarlson Who planted the pipe bombs found on January 6? Thirteen months later, and the FBI still has no idea. Segment...

Feeling lightheaded upon standing up due to initial orthostatic hypotension (IOH), or a transient decrease in blood pressure and increase in heart rate, is a common but poorly understood condition. A new study offers two simple cost- and drug-free techniques to effectively manage symptoms of IOH and improve quality of life by activating lower body muscle before or after standing. Syncope, lightheadedness, dizziness, or loss of consciousness from IOH, affects up to 40% of the general population (all ages), while presyncope is probably even more common. Despite this, the condition is relatively understudied and there is minimal information available about...

Corporate Media in Absolute MELTDOWN Over Canadian Trucker Convoy https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1491582735735009284

Both Ford and GM are directing their dealers to stop charging so much for autos, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal. Dealerships have been marking up vehicles over sticker price as a result of a drought of inventory, attributable to supply chain issues and the semiconductor shortage, combined with increased demand. But Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley said this week that dealers who gouge prices will “face consequences” that may include losing supplies of future models. “We have very good knowledge of who they are,” he said on his company’s earnings call, talking about these dealerships....

A review published in the Journal of Internal Medicine provides convincing evidence that micronutrients—including iron, selenium, zinc, copper, and coenzyme Q10—can impact the function of cardiac cells' energy-producing mitochondria to contribute to heart failure. The findings suggest that micronutrient supplementation could represent an effective treatment for heart failure. "Micronutrient deficiency has a high impact on mitochondrial energy production and should be considered an additional factor in the heart failure equation, moving our view of the failing heart away from "an engine out of fuel" to "a defective engine on a path to self-destruction," said co–lead author Nils Bomer, Ph.D., of...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14

Virginia governor under barrage of media, Democratic attacks ... Va. Gov Glenn Youngkin joins 'Hannity' with reaction

Trudeau walked out of Parliament during during questions yesterday... Canadians are standing up right now, grabbing this moment in our history, because they know there is something fundamentally wrong when a Prime Minister refuses to listen. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13hHz_s4P3I

Donald Trump tore into Mitch McConnell on Wednesday and said he does 'not represent the voice of the Republican Party' after the Senate Minority Leader called January 6 an 'insurrection' and criticized the censure of Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney. The former president attacked his GOP nemesis for doing nothing to stop the Biden administration, the 'fraudulent election' or the 'persecution of political opponents' in a scathing statement on Wednesday - deepening divisions in a party on the brink of civil war. 'Mitch McConnell does not speak for the Republican Party, and does not represent the views of the vast...

US President Joe Biden has condemned a Florida bill that would ban discussion of sexual orientation in primary schools as "hateful" to LGBT students. Governor Ron DeSantis has signalled his backing for the measure and it appears to have enough support to pass through the state's Republican-led legislature. Activists have dubbed it the "Don't Say Gay" bill and warn it will stigmatise LGBT people and issues. But its proponents say the legislation is about protecting parental rights. The proposal was introduced in the state House of Representatives last month. An identical version advanced in the state Senate on Tuesday. In...

Today New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called "eviction" of Freedom Convoy protesters from the parliament grounds a strictly police decision but regardless of who made the decision action was taken as a line of police moved onto the grounds of parliament making over 100 arrests... Breaking News: Mounties Write Tickets At Alberta Blockade... Breaking News: Tow Trucks Massing In Windsor, Ontario Tonight...

If shoplifting is a crime of poverty, now an article of progressive faith, how come shoplifters tend to hit the high-end shelves? How come Steak Guy departed Trader Joe’s Tuesday with 10 packages of fine eatin’ — rather than, say, 10 cans of Spam? The Spam would be easier to handle, no? (Not that luxury-label Trader Joe’s would carry it, but you get the point.) How come when the locusts descend on the ice cream freezer at the local Rite Aid, the Ben & Jerry’s seems always to go first? And why is it that the craft beer is carted...

Officials at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg in central Russia announced Monday they believe the perpetrator was a private security guard who, during his first day on the job, added eyes to the faceless figures with a ballpoint pen. He has since been fired, and the Three Figures painting, done by Anna Leporskaya between 1932 and 1934, has been sent back to Moscow for restoration. The painting is insured for nearly $1 million and was on loan from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The damage will be remedied with a restoration expected to cost over $3,000, according to the...