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Dr. Wes Van Voorhis, professor of allergy and infectious diseases at the University of Washington and director of the Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, told me that he remains cautious about the Sputnik V vaccine. “It is an adenovirus (cold virus) vaccine, and thus, has more potential than the Pfizer, Moderna (mRNA vaccines), and Sinopharm (inactivated) vaccines to cause adverse reactions,” he said. “I am uncertain whether it is safe because the data for large scale safety have not been released yet. … The issue for experts to endorse the Sputnik V safety is the lack of access...

It has occurred to us all. Somewhere in this plague-ridden world is a way to manage COVID-19 that works. Somebody must be getting this right. Indeed, at isolated hospitals and nursing homes, in parts of India and Africa, in countries like Bangladesh and Egypt, and even in a few American doctors’ offices, COVID-19 is quietly and effectively being managed. Fewer patients in those places go to hospitals. Those admitted don’t stay as long. Fewer die, according to preliminary but impressive studies. The typical American, however, has heard none of this — not heard that COVID can be prevented, not that...

An Estimated 1.5 billion disposable face masks will end up in the oceans this year according to a Hong Kong-based conservation organization. OceansAsia based its estimate on 52 billion masks being manufactured in 2020 to meet the demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Their report also says that a “conservative” calculation means at least 3 percent of them will be washed out to sea. “Single-use face masks are made from a variety of meltblown plastics and are difficult to recycle due to both composition and risk of contamination and infection,” the report says.

One of the things that I will really, really, really, really miss about President Trump is his ability to reveal the left and the NeverTrump GOP establishment as a bunch of slobbering imbeciles using 240 characters or less.A few hours ago, President Trump sent out this tweetThe lockdowns in Democrat run states are absolutely ruining the lives of so many people – Far more than the damage that would be caused by the China Virus. Cases in California have risen despite the lockdown, yet Florida & others are open & doing well. Common sense please!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December...

....“We discovered that it is quite simple to kill the coronavirus using LED bulbs that radiate ultraviolet light,” said Prof. Hadas Mamane, head of the Environmental Engineering Program at Tel Aviv University’s School of Mechanical Engineering, who led the study with Prof. Yoram Gerchman and Dr. Michal Mandelboim. She said that the UV-LED bulbs require less than half a minute to destroy more than 99.9% of the coronaviruses. The study is the first of its kind in the world. An article about it was published earlier this month in the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. TRUMP TOLD THEM,...

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Vice President Mike Pence announced on December 19 that personnel in the Space Force branch of the U.S. Armed Forces will be officially called Guardians, which prompted some wisecracking from writer-director James Gunn. Since Space Force’s new “Guardians” title overlaps with Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise, the filmmaker shot back at the vice president on social media, writing: “Can we sue this dork?” Flash forward to this week and “Star Wars” legend Mark Hamill got in on the Space Force skewering. Responding to Gunn, Hamill quipped, “So they grab the ‘Guardians’ from your movies, they use the ‘Force’ from...

A new mutant strain of COVID-19 that has been dubbed “501.V2” has gotten completely out of control in South Africa, and authorities are telling us that it is an even bigger threat than the “Super COVID” that has been causing so much panic in the United Kingdom. Of course viruses mutate all the time, and so it isn’t a surprise that COVID-19 has been mutating. But mutations can become a major issue when they fundamentally alter the way that a virus affects humans, and we are being told that “501.V2” is much more transmissible than previous versions of COVID and...

For Christmas in 1997, my mother gave me the VHS set of the Original Trilogy of Star Wars Initially, I stuck my nose up at it as Star Wars was for dorks. After being coerced into watching “A New Hope” I quickly jumped into “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.” I must have watched those movies over a dozen times during the coming weeks and months. As the prequels came out I remember going to the movies right after school to watch “The Phantom Menace” (yes I know it was garbage, but at the time, we were...

A new report by Barclays cites the expanding market around the alternative protein source and predicts the edible bug industry could be worth $8 billion by 2030, up from a little under $1 billion last year. The product is already found in experimental cuisines and boasts an “eco-friendly” reputation. But it has yet to go mainstream as Americans still prefer meat over bugs. Well, our government seems to be in doubt about that as they spend $1,327,781.72 of your tax dollars to see if you’ll eat ground-up bugs. Below you can see a partial list of where your taxpayer money...

...Bill Binney, of US Intel fame tweeted out a message yesterday noting that more people voted in the 2020 election nation-wide than were eligible to vote....Binney attaches a link to the number of registered voters in the US. We made a copy as of today and added these voters up. When we add up the number of registered voters we obtain 213.8 million registered voters in the US as of this morning....Binney attaches a link to the number of registered voters in the US. We made a copy as of today and added these voters up. When we add up...

While the U.S. Congress seems likely to push through a massive $900 billion stimulus plan as soon as today, researchers are starting to crunch the numbers when it comes to the total damage done to the U.S. economy due to the COVID-19 outbreak. For example, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California, the U.S. economy lost between $3.2 trillion and $4.8 trillion in real gross domestic product (GDP) over the course of two years.

First of all, very high praise goes to Christine Massey, for her work in exposing the coronavirus fraud. In a half-sane world, she would have received many awards by now. Her latest communication reads: “Freedom of Information reveals Public Health Agency of Canada has no record of ‘SARS-COV-2’ isolation performed by anyone, anywhere, ever” [1] I urge readers to visit Massey’s site and read her new article and follow all the links. Her findings are stunning. She and her team have made about 40 FOI requests to public health agencies in various countries, requesting proof that SARS-CoV-2 has been isolated....

Cases and mortality by country Mortality Analyses - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center (jhu.edu) JHU.edu Copyright © 2020 by Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. All rights reserved.[Numbering and enhanced formatting (color, bold fonts) added by poster Listed per case fatality rate. US currently preceded by 79 countries.] COUNTRYCONFIRMEDDEATHSCASE-FATALITYDEATHS/100K POP.Yemen2,08560629.1%2.13Mexico1,267,202115,0999.1%91.21Ecuador202,35613,8966.9%81.34Sudan21,8641,3726.3%3.28Bolivia147,7169,0266.1%79.50Egypt122,6096,9665.7%7.08Syria9,4525435.7%3.21Chad1,7841025.7%0.66Liberia1,676835.0%1.72China94,5374,7575.0%0.34Iran1,123,47452,6704.7%64.39Afghanistan48,9521,9954.1%5.37Tanzania509214.1%0.04Peru986,13036,7543.7%114.89Italy1,870,57665,8573.5%108.98Tunisia113,2413,9563.5%34.21Mali5,8782053.5%1.07Niger2,361823.5%0.37Bosnia and Herzegovina102,3303,4573.4%104.00United Kingdom1,893,43665,0063.4%97.77Guatemala130,0824,4763.4%25.95Antigua and Barbuda14853.4%5.19Bulgaria184,2876,0053.3%85.49Gambia3,7851233.2%5.39Australia28,0609083.2%3.63Malawi6,0801873.1%1.03Sierra Leone2,451753.1%0.98Belgium611,42218,1783.0%159.15Greece126,3723,7853.0%35.28Indonesia629,42919,1113.0%7.14North Macedonia74,7322,1692.9%104.13Canada479,06413,6852.9%36.93El Salvador42,1321,2122.9%18.88Chile575,32915,9492.8%85.16Ireland76,7762,1342.8%43.97Algeria93,0652,6232.8%6.21Nicaragua5,8871622.8%2.51Spain1,762,21248,4012.7%103.59Argentina1,510,20341,2042.7%92.60Colombia1,444,64639,3562.7%79.27South Africa873,67923,6612.7%40.95Zimbabwe11,5223102.7%2.15San Marino1,982522.6%153.91Brazil6,970,034182,7992.6%87.27Kosovo47,2031,2202.6%66.11Honduras114,9433,0012.6%31.30Guyana5,9731562.6%20.03Somalia4,5791212.6%0.81Hungary285,7637,2372.5%74.08Republic of the Congo14,5973582.5%6.83Vietnam1,405352.5%0.04France2,447,40659,1822.4%88.35Romania565,75813,6982.4%70.34Barbados29772.4%2.44Haiti9,5972342.4%2.10Jamaica11,8752762.3%9.40Angola16,3623722.3%1.21Slovenia98,2812,1492.2%103.95Sweden341,0297,6672.2%75.29Belize9,5112112.2%55.08Iraq577,36312,6142.2%32.82Suriname5,3811172.2%20.31Bahamas7,6981642.1%42.53Albania50,0001,0282.1%35.86Paraguay95,3531,9912.1%28.62Mauritania11,4312362.1%5.36Myanmar110,6672,3192.1%4.32Moldova128,6562,6252.0%74.03Poland1,147,44623,3092.0%61.37Philippines451,8398,8122.0%8.26Pakistan445,9779,0102.0%4.25Senegal17,2163502.0%2.21Zambia18,4283682.0%2.12Togo3,295662.0%0.84Brunei15232.0%0.70Eswatini6,9121321.9%11.62Lesotho2,307441.9%2.09Mauritius524101.9%0.79South Sudan3,222621.9%0.56United States16,716,777303,7731.8%92.85Russia2,682,86647,4101.8%32.81Trinidad and Tobago6,9001231.8%8.85Guinea-Bissau2,447441.8%2.35Cameroon25,3594451.8%1.76Czechia586,2519,7431.7%91.69Armenia149,1202,5291.7%85.68Panama196,9873,4111.7%81.66Ukraine934,16116,0381.7%35.94Germany1,391,08623,5441.7%28.39Kyrgyzstan78,1511,3171.7%20.85Morocco403,6196,7111.7%18.63Saudi Arabia360,1556,0691.7%18.01Sao Tome and Principe1,010171.7%8.06Kenya92,4591,6041.7%3.12Burkina Faso4,300731.7%0.37Switzerland388,8286,2661.6%73.57Netherlands638,80110,2541.6%59.51Portugal353,5765,7331.6%55.76Malta11,3031771.6%36.61Equatorial Guinea5,195851.6%6.49Nigeria74,1321,2001.6%0.61Democratic Republic of the Congo6,2001001.6%0.12Croatia179,7182,7781.5%67.93Dominican Republic155,7972,3671.5%22.27India9,932,547144,0961.5%10.65Finland31,4594661.5%8.45Ethiopia117,5421,8131.5%1.66Madagascar17,5872591.5%0.99Montenegro42,1485971.4%95.93Austria327,6794,6481.4%52.54Libya92,0171,3191.4%19.75Kazakhstan187,8902,6131.4%14.30Bangladesh494,2097,1291.4%4.42Saint Lucia27841.4%2.20Japan184,7522,5811.4%2.04Cuba9,5881371.4%1.21Benin3,090441.4%0.38Thailand4,261601.4%0.09Liechtenstein1,579211.3%55.39Costa Rica154,0961,9561.3%39.12Jordan265,0243,4371.3%34.52Latvia26,4723571.3%18.53Central African Republic4,936631.3%1.35South Korea45,4426121.3%1.19Oman126,7191,4751.2%30.54New Zealand2,100251.2%0.51Andorra7,382791.1%102.59Azerbaijan183,2592,0071.1%20.19Djibouti5,749611.1%6.36Comoros63371.1%0.84Papua New Guinea72981.1%0.09Luxembourg42,2504181.0%68.78Georgia194,9001,8831.0%50.47Cabo Verde11,3951101.0%20.23Namibia16,9131641.0%6.70Serbia277,2482,4330.9%34.85Lithuania96,4528630.9%30.94Slovakia135,5231,2510.9%22.97West Bank and Gaza113,4091,0230.9%22.39Turkey1,898,44716,8810.9%20.51Norway41,8523950.9%7.43Venezuela108,4809650.9%3.34Uruguay10,418980.9%2.84Taiwan74270.9%0.03Israel360,6303,0140.8%33.93Lebanon148,8771,2230.8%17.86Denmark116,6369610.8%16.58Belarus164,0591,2820.8%13.52Estonia18,6821570.8%11.89Uzbekistan75,2416120.8%1.86Uganda28,1682250.8%0.53Mozambique17,0421440.8%0.49Rwanda6,832570.8%0.46Nepal250,1801,7300.7%6.16Gabon9,351630.7%2.97Tajikistan12,777880.7%0.97Kuwait146,7109130.6%22.07Ghana53,2703270.6%1.10Guinea13,457800.6%0.64Côte d'Ivoire21,7751330.6%0.53Iceland5,571280.5%7.92Cyprus15,789840.5%7.06Malaysia86,6184220.5%1.34Sri Lanka34,1211540.5%0.71Bahrain89,4443480.4%22.17Maldives13,392480.4%9.31Monaco67830.4%7.76United Arab Emirates187,2676220.3%6.46Botswana12,873380.3%1.69Qatar141,2722410.2%8.66Singapore58,341290.0%0.51

My mother was telling me tonight that my cousin Tina had covid. I asked her if the rest of her family got it? Turns out my cousin Tina got it, her daughter who was in high school got it, her son who is in his early twenties did not get it, her husband who is the same age and works in a hospital did not get it. Here's the kicker, her brother who lives with them is 49 years old and had a heart transplant last year got it and recovered in a week. The rest who got it pretty...

Despite Dr. Fauci’s cries about how all vulnerable Americans should make sure to get their flu shots to protect against a deadly vortex of a COVID-19-supercharged flu season “twindemic”, it appears influenza-related infections, hospitalizations and confirmed cases over the past couple of months have been much, much lower than the ‘experts’ had anticipated.And on Tuesday, one day after publishing an editorial written by bossman Michael Bloomberg where the billionaire urged Joe Biden to “lead” on the fight against climate change (he even suggested Biden mandate sleepy ESG-focused financial disclosures), the financial news behemoth has decided to boldly question the accepted...

Nazi Operated Enigma Machine Retrieved In Baltic Sea Recovery of the century’s long lost-quintessential mechanical encryption machine: The Enigma code machine was made in the cold Baltic Sea in Europe nearly three centuries after its drastic beneficial purpose had been served during the second world war. Having been said that during the ending period of World War II, the machine was abandoned deep into the sea by German to keep it out of reach of the allies. WHAT IS AN ENIGMA CODE? The Enigma code machine. ( image source ) Enigma machines also used a form of substitution encryption. Substitution...

New research has found that 95.5 percent of individuals who died with a coronavirus-positive diagnosis in the Mass General Brigham health system did so in the hospital, according to a letter published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. The data, collected between February 18 and May 18, also revealed that about 40 percent of hospital deaths occurred in the intensive care unit, further highlighting the need for more ICU beds amid the surge of virus cases across the country. Based on the overwhelming number of patients who died in the hospital and ICU, the research noted that it is highly...

I woke up on time this morning, hitting the alarm on the first ring. I had slept OK that night according to my fitness tracker. I didn’t need it to tell me I normally slept badly, but the social workers wouldn’t let you get healthcare under the limited government programs if you didn’t wear it.

In an essay in the liberal UK broadsheet The Guardian, multiple authors chart out the most important task for the incoming Biden administration: to “restore the faith in science.” “Joe Biden’s most important promise to the American people was a policy platform taken for granted prior the Trump presidency: believe science,” the article suggests, adding that “Restoring trust in science will not be simple after four years of lies, half-truths, misdirections and conspiracy theories.” Days later, the academic journal Nature was under pressure from a concerted effort because it dared to publish a paper showing that “increasing the proportion of...