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Children and young people are far less likely than adults to get severe cases of COVID-19 infection, and death from the pandemic disease among children is exceptionally rare, according to UK research published last summer. A study of COVID-19 patients admitted to 138 hospitals in Britain found that less than 1% were children, and of those fewer than 1% – or six in total – died, all of whom were already suffering serious illness or underlying health disorders. “We can be quite sure that COVID in itself is not causing harm to children on a significant scale,” said Malcolm Semple,...

"Massacre" is not too strong to describe what happened in Italy's nursing homes. Was it deliberate, or just incompetence and uncaring?

They say journalism is the first rough draft of history. With the Covid pandemic now a year old, we are starting to see books on the topic. And various libertarian studies and articles, critically examining government and private-sector responses to the crisis, have appeared. But some of those rough drafts in the major media add up to a pretty strong critique of government failure by themselves. Just consider the disappointing, even tragic, analyses that have been appearing over the past year: The federal government had reports and warnings and war games about pandemic danger at least as far back as...

Mr. Potato Head Has Another Glitch! Come on man... He’s gone.

We’ve been playing the blame game about coronavirus for months now here in the United States. It’s President Donald Trump’s fault that the pandemic got out of hand. Or Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s. Or Mayor Bill de Blasio’s. We’ve leveled blame at people who refuse to wear masks. Or those who continue to gather in large groups. It’s gotten political. It’s turned Americans against each other. Everybody’s got some blood on their hands. But we have to remember where this pandemic started: China. And we have to remember that that country’s Communist rulers lied about the virus from day one. That’s...

Joe Biden is not well. That marks one of several dozen times I’ve opened an article in that fashion or similar, yet those words have become no less relevant with time. The former VP is only getting worse and that was on full display again yesterday. Biden made an embarrassing blunder during his first foreign meeting with Canada’s Justin Trudeau. Biden tried to send a warning to China on behalf of the Canadians, promising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he would help get two imprisoned Canadians back from the Chinese. Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained by the...

The Most Inevitable Story of the Week, from Politico. – Sigh. This story is so predictable that it’s a wonder it took this long for the Democrat toady media to get it out. Texas Republicans are taking a drubbing in the wake of last week’s winter weather disaster, because hey, they’ve been in charge of all aspects of Texas government for 27 years now. So, who else are Texans going to blame for the massive, epic failure of ERCOT and other Texas officials to ensure the heat and lights stay on when it’s 5 degrees outside? Thus, the first thought...

Democrats formally unveiled their $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package in the House — and the big-spending measure was swiftly panned by GOPers as a bloated “liberal wish list.” The 591 page bill unveiled Friday night includes $1,400 direct checks to eligible Americans making less than $75,000 a year, extensions for $400 in federal unemployment benefits and the long sought Democratic priority of a federal minimum wage increase to $15.00. But what is more important is the fact that only 9% of the $1.9 Trillion Covid-19 bill will be used for Covid-19. Watch the video below: LinkAnother thing that was revealed...

A former adviser to Bill Clinton has raised the alarm about Joe Biden's leadership, warning Americans that the Democrat is turning the country into a "totalitarian state before our eyes." Dr. Naomi Wolf, who worked on Clinton's reelection campaign in 1996, warned America that Biden's administration is using the COVID-19 pandemic to "strip us of our rights."

<p>Oklahoma University wide receiver Spencer Jones was involved in an altercation in a bar bathroom in a video that surfaced on Feb. 19. The video shows Jones eating a few punches and getting choked in the video.</p><p>Of course, the camera never catches the beginning of an altercation, but it looks like a pretty run-of-the-mill bathroom bar confrontation. Jones tells one guy to “get the fuck out” of there, before Jones’ friend gives one of the guys a shove.</p>

Many on the Internet noted that when President Joe Biden was reading a speech to the Virtual Munich Security Conference, he might have reportedly slipped and used what could be mistaken for the N-word. In the 18-minute 22-second-long video at the 15:33 mark, the users could hear what seemed like some mumbling that sounds like a racial slur. Biden said, “Look, the range of challenges Europe and the United States must take on together is broad and complex. I am eager to hear, n*gg*r (sic) here next from my good friends and outstanding leaders such as Merkel (German Chancellor) about...

Comments from those who watched this shocking video: "In Texas. Filled a saucepan with snow and heated on gas stove and snow sticking to outside and bottom of pan sparked a little and burned different colors. I was a little freaked out by that." "We had the same kind of line “snowflakes” falling in central Texas the other day. Not sure what it was but I’ve never seen anything like it before..." "Those snowflakes look like designer viruses." "Here in Indiana we got weird "stick shaped" snowflakes! I took a video recording. Looked like material fibers! My Senior Mother commented,...

Two ice skating rinks in Central Park that are operated by the Trump Organization will remain open for the remainder of the season, CBS New York reports. The rinks were originally set to close Sunday at 4 p.m. because New York City is cutting ties with the Trump Organization due to the Capitol riot. Although the contract with the Trump Organization runs through April, the leases to the Wollman Rink and the Lasker Rink were set to be terminated on February 26. The original Sunday closing date had been chosen to allow time for the Trump Organization to move out....

VIDEOTrump Derangement Syndrome is so powerful that it can completely warp its victims into perceiving something that is the exact opposite of reality. Such an example came from a recent Washingtonian magazine article in which its liberal author thought she had a "gotchya" story exposing abuse by President Donald Trump and the management of his Washington, D.C. hotel, when in reality it exposed extreme, bordering on criminal, abuse by those who hate Trump.

Finding the perfect parking spot is the bane of every driver’s existence and but sometimes the desire for the closest spot can put others in danger. You’ve seen it, people illegally parking in front of fire hydrants for easy access, but firefighters are teaching these inconsiderate parkers that this is a matter of life and death. Yesterday New York firefighters had to smash a car’s windows as it was blocking a fire hydrant. The driver was also given a ticket by the New York Police Department. The video has been viewed more than 90,000 times and has sparked a debate...

Having solved all of the nation’s problems, Democrats have now introduced a bill that would ban former President Donald Trump from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery. ... The bill – known as H.R. 484 or the No Glory For Hate Act – was introduced in late January by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA). The Act’s intent reads to “prohibit the use of Federal funds for the commemoration of certain former Presidents, and for other purposes.” It is designed specifically to prevent “the interment or inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery of any former President that has been twice impeached by the...

The Wollman and Lasker rinks will not be closed after all, with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio suddenly folding to pressure to keep the ice rinks open. Sunday was destined to be the last day of the season the rinks would be open in Central Park. The mayor wanted to shut them down because they are run by the Trump Organization, whose contracts he has been trying to cancel in the wake of the Capitol riot.

In this video you will see a staff member, for the University of El Paso Medical Center, supposedly getting a vaccine shot to show everyone that it's nothing to worry about. After all, if a member of the University medical staff will get the shot, you should also. Well there's just one problem. He never got the shot. Oh he got stuck with a needle, but he never received any of the vaccine serum. As you can clearly see the plunger of the hypodermic needle is never depressed. Thus, no serum was injected into the staff member. To be sure...

Newsweek published a “fact check” which labeled claims that India had banned the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as “mostly false” despite admitting in the article that India has in fact temporarily banned the vaccine. Last week, discussion around the issue intensified after it was revealed that Indian health authorities had refused to give permission for the vaccine to be distributed. “On February 3, 2021, India’s Subject Expert Committee (SEC), a panel that advises the nation’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), a national regulatory body focused on pharmaceuticals and devices, ruled that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine should not be recommended for an EUA...

President Joe Biden declared a major disaster for only 77 of Texas’ 254 counties in order to focus on the “hardest hit” parts of the state, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday. Biden’s disaster declaration, issued last Friday, offers much less than what Texas officials had requested. Gov. Greg Abbott had asked for a declaration that covered the entire state, as Texans reel from a winter storm that knocked out power and heat across the state, and left millions without safe drinking water. The declaration Biden signed late Friday covers much of the Texas population, including Dallas and...