Special Opinion to the Mirror by Paul Plante
By way of introduction to this thread, which is a rational and critical analysis based on science and fact, not hype, or hysteria or emotion, of the toxic and poisonous political speech Joe Biden made to the people of this nation concerning COVID on 9 September 2021, never before in all my time on the globe which spans back to a simpler time in a much different America than exists today in a different century and a different millennium, back when Democrat Harry S. “The Buck Stops Here” Truman was in the White House, never before have I heard an American president spew such poison as Joe Biden did that night, and never before in my lifetime as an American citizen born here and raised here and educated in American values such as honesty, truthfulness, forthrightness and integrity have I heard such a toxic and poisonous political speech laced with falsehoods by an American president that reminded me so much of speeches by the rug-chewing, vitriol-spewing madman Adolph Hitler ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3N_2r6R-o ), and with that said, and without further ado, let’s go straight to Joe’s own words in the transcript of his speech, as follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic
SEPTEMBER 09, 2021
5:02 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, my fellow Americans.
I want to talk to you about where we are in the battle against COVID-19, the progress we’ve made, and the work we have left to do.
And it starts with understanding this: Even as the Delta variant 19 [sic] has — COVID-19 — has been hitting this country hard, we have the tools to combat the virus, if we can come together as a country and use those tools.
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And there we are only three sentences in and there we have classic Joe Biden feeding us outright lies because the truth is that there are no “tools” that a mediocre, career politician of limited intelligence and no public health credentials or experience or expertise like Joe Biden can use to “combat” the virus, and for the truth of that statement, let’s go to a real medical expert for some facts on the matter in a CNBC article entitled “WHO says Covid will mutate like the flu and is likely here to stay” by Rich Mendez on September 7, 2021, just two days before Joe’s toxic COVID speech on 9 September 2021, to wit:
“I think this virus is here to stay with us and it will evolve like influenza pandemic viruses, it will evolve to become one of the other viruses that affects us,” Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program, said at a press briefing.
Several leading health experts, including White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and Stephane Bancel, CEO of Covid vaccine maker Moderna, have warned that the world will have to live with Covid forever, much like influenza.
“People have said we’re going to eliminate or eradicate the virus,” Ryan said.
“No we’re not, very, very unlikely.”
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So, people, since it your life, you have to be the judge as to who is lying to us here.
Is it Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program, along with White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and Stephane Bancel, CEO of Covid vaccine maker Moderna, all of whom have warned that the world will have to live with Covid forever, much like influenza?
Or is it Joe Biden?
Getting back to the transcript:
THE PRESIDENT: If we raise our vaccination rate, protect ourselves and others with masking and expanded testing, and identify people who are infected, we can and we will turn the tide on COVID-19.
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Identify people who are “infected?”
How so, Joe?
But let’s move along, because that is a minor issue right now, to wit:
THE PRESIDENT: Many of us are frustrated with the nearly 80 million Americans who are still not vaccinated, even though the vaccine is safe, effective, and free.
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HUH?
Frustrated?
The president of the United States of America, whose job pursuant to OUR Constitution is to take care that OUR laws are faithfully enforced is frustrated (feeling or expressing distress and annoyance) with American citizens?
How so?
Where does Joe Biden get any authority, jurisdiction or discretion to divide up the population and to then single out a portion of it for him to be frustrated with in the first place?
Who is Joe Biden to be calling out ANYBODY in America for special treatment because he happens to be frustrated with them?
Does he not know what country he is in?
Does he think in his mind that he is another Hitler to decide who is in his favor and who is not?
And what of his statement that the vaccine is safe and effective?
Is that true?
Or is that hype?
And let’s go to an expert for that answer, as follows:
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
AUGUST 18, 2021
11:10 A.M. EDT
MR. ZIENTS: Next question, please.
MODERATOR: Weijia, at CBS.
Q Hi, thanks so much for taking my question.
If — it sounds like effectiveness begins to wane sooner than eight months.
And please correct me if I’m wrong.
So, if the supply is not an issue, can you walk us through the science of how you landed on eight months, please?
Thanks.
DR. MURTHY: Sure.
So, thank you, Weijia, for that — for that question.
So, let me talk you through how we were looking at this.
We did see that around the six-month mark in the data, you start to see increases in mild-to-moderate infection.
But our anticipation is that if the trajectory that we are seeing continues, then we will likely see, in the future, an increase in breakthrough hospitalizations and breakthrough deaths.
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So, people, again, you must all decide for yourselves as to who is trying to mislead us here for political reasons!
When the esteemed Surgeon General of the United States of America, put in that office by Joe Biden himself, tells us on August 18, 2021, twenty-two (22) days before Joe Biden’s poisonous and toxic COVID speech on 9 September 2021, that the anticipation of the medical experts is that if the trajectory of waning effectiveness they are seeing continues, then we will likely see, in the future, an increase in breakthrough hospitalizations and breakthrough deaths of those who got the vaccines Joe Biden is telling us twenty-two days later on September 9, 2021 are safe and effective, is he trying to scare us?
Is he feeding us hysterical hype?
Is he lying to us?
Or is that the truth?
And if so, what’s this horsecrap Joe is peddling on 9 September 2021 about these vaccines being safe and effective?
If they instill a false sense of confidence and security, when all the time their effectiveness is waning, are they really “safe?”
Think about it and we are barely into the speech so stay tuned for more poison from Joe Biden courtesy of the Cape Charles Mirror when we return.
Paul Plante says
And before we go any further in here, does everyone understand that what Joe Biden was calling the “tools to combat the virus” in his speech to the nation on 9 September 2021 are experimental mRNA “vaccines” which have never been produced before for use by human beings, which makes this all a huge science experiment using unwitting American citizens as guinea pigs or lab rats?
Does anyone out there who praises these “vaccines” understand what “mRNA” actually is?
Does anyone who praises these experimental “vaccines” understand the theory behind them, if there even is one, something that is highly doubtful if one looks at the actual science, not the hog swill peddled by Joe Biden, who is worthy of all the contempt that can be heaped on him by the people of the United States of America who do not like getting lied to and misled by the chief executive officer of the United States of America, whose duty pursuant to OUR Constitution, which he took an oath to uphold, is to take care OUR laws are faithfully enforced?
Simply stated, “mRNA” stands for “messenger RNA”, where RNA, short for Ribonucleic acid, is a naturally-occurring molecule in the human body similar to DNA, but unlike DNA, is single-stranded, with a backbone made of alternating sugar (ribose) and phosphate groups, with some small RNAs being found to be involved in regulating gene expression, which happen be to be a vital function in the human body if we want to remain healthy.
As to the natural role or function of mRNA in the human body, and this is important, indeed critical information to understand in evaluating Joe Biden’s empty assurance that these experimental mRNA “vaccines” are “safe,” messenger RNA (mRNA) carries the genetic information copied from DNA in the form of a series of three-base code “words,” each of which specifies a particular amino acid.
In the human body, the cell, of which there are 724 trillion cells in the human body uses RNA for a number of different tasks, one of which is called messenger RNA, or mRNA, and that is the nucleic acid information molecule that transfers information from the genome into proteins by translation, where the genome is an organism’s, in this case, a human beings’ versus say the genome for a horse or aardvark, complete set of genetic instructions.
Each genome contains all of the information needed to build that organism and allow it to grow and develop.
The instructions in our genome are made up of DNA.
Within DNA is a unique chemical code that guides our growth, development and health.
Now, people, that is very basic “science” which is at the level of tenth grade biology, if not eighth grade health, and it is not disputable, except by mindless idiots.
So, people, before I go further, with that very basic “science” before us, if the real function of mRNA in the body is to keep us functioning and growing as human beings, and if mRNA is naturally produced by our cells, what exactly then is this experimental “mRNA vaccine” Joe Biden is pushing on behalf of BIG PHARM doing to our natural systems?
Ask yourself this question, which is a simple one: if, as the science clearly tells us, COVID-19 is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that can trigger what doctors call a respiratory tract infection affecting your upper respiratory tract (sinuses, nose, and throat) or lower respiratory tract (windpipe and lungs), then why on earth would a shot in the arm have any real affect on it, and here I will close with these words from Dr. Tony Fauci himself on that subject, to wit:
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
AUGUST 18, 2021
11:10 A.M. EDT
MR. ZIENTS: Okay, so why don’t we take the last question, Kevin.
MODERATOR: All right, Brenda (WebMD).
Q Thanks.
I just have a question a little bit to do with the rationale here.
So, do you have any evidence from the U.S. or from other countries that waning immunity is playing a role in transmission of Delta because it’s so highly contagious?
Do you anticipate that boosters will help to slow the spread?
MR. ZIENTS: Dr. Fauci, you want to go first there?
DR. FAUCI: Yeah.
Thank you, Jeff, and thank you for that question.
Transmissibility is a bit more tricky than looking at a clinical phenomenon such as infection, seriousness of disease, and hospitalization.
It is entirely conceivable — and we will be looking at that — that when you boost and have a high level — and as I showed you on the next-to-last slide, the increase with a boost is really quite striking: multiple-fold increase — that it is conceivable that that would be important in lowering the level of virus in the nasopharynx, which could have an impact on transmission.
I certainly hope that’s the case.
If it is, then you could really get multiple benefits from doing this.
You can get benefits for disease, severity of disease, and then, ultimately, infection and transmission.
But the bottom line, with full transparency: We don’t know that right now.
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So if Tony Fauci and all the real medical experts and scientists out there DO NOT KNOW, then how does a hack career politician with limited intelligence and no public health experience or qualifications know anything with the certainty Joe Biden is saying he has?
And please, stay tuned, for more on this subject is yet to come.
Paul Plante says
And before I go further in here, let me make it clear that in addition to being a parent and grandparent, I am speaking as someone who made the arduous climb up the ladder of responsibility in the field of public health at the state level, which is where the public’s health is supposed to be not only maintained, but improved, from a technician doing field studies and gathering evidence in the 1960s to becoming certified by examination at the associate level as a public health engineer in the state of New York, where pursuant to 10 NYCRR 11.100, “The term public health engineer shall mean a person who applies engineering principles for the detection, evaluation, control and management of those factors in the environment which influence the public’s health,” a climb that takes years of patience and diligence to make, given you first have to become educated as an engineer, and then licensed as a professional engineer pursuant to §7201 of the New York State Education Law titled “Definition of practice of engineering,” which profession is defined as performing professional service such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design or supervision of projects wherein the safeguarding of life, health and property is concerned, when such service or work requires the application of engineering principles and data, a process itself that can take nine years or more to accomplish.
As an associate level public health engineer, I was personally responsible for protecting, safeguarding, maintaining and improving the health of 154,000 people in a health district in upstate New York, a responsibility I took quite seriously then, and now, although I no longer actively practice in that field.
As an associate public health engineer, I was personally responsible to the people of the State of New York and ultimately, to the Commissioner of Health of the state of New York, for providing advice and guidance to local officials and the general public in regard to environmental health problems and the measures necessary for improvement and compliance with legal requirements, as well as providing leadership in the health district in the promotion of public health through the application of environmental health practices, and in addition, I was responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of the Public Health Law in the state of New York, a law the enforcement of which Joe Biden as president has no control over whatsoever, as well as local and State Sanitary Codes in relation to environmental health matters.
That is all pursuant to Section 3 of ARTICLE XVII of the New York State Constitution, entitled SOCIAL WELFARE, which section states thusly:
§3. The protection and promotion of the health of the inhabitants of the state are matters of public concern and provision therefor shall be made by the state and by such of its subdivisions and in such manner, and by such means as the legislature shall from time to time determine. (New. Adopted by Constitutional Convention of 1938 and approved by vote of the people November 8, 1938.)
I would further note that Section 1 of ARTICLE XII of the New York State Constitution provides in clear and unequivocal language as follows:
§1. The defense and protection of the state and of the United States is an obligation of all persons within the state.
Which takes us back to the transcript of Joe’s speech to the nation on 9 September 2-21, where we have some real crazy talk from Joe Biden, as follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic
SEPTEMBER 09, 2021
5:02 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: As your President, I’m announcing tonight a new plan to require more Americans to be vaccinated, to combat those blocking public health.
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To “combat” those “blocking” public health?
What on earth is Joe Biden talking about there with his threat to “combat” people who are American citizens in the United States of America, where the word “combat” means a fight or contest between individuals or groups?
With regard to protection and promotion of the public’s health in the United States of America, Joe Biden is the equivalent of a “minister without portfolio,” where in politics, a portfolio is a minister’s responsibility for a particular area of a government’s activities.
So Joe has absolutely no jurisdiction, authority or discretion to be sticking his nose into what is clearly not his business.
Tracy says
If You Ask Me I Thought This Was America and not some place that we are told what it is that we need to have put into our Bodies Why is it that our Governments are not Impeaching him along with the rest of his crew, why is it that No one is standing up for every American citizen what is wrong with all of you ,why should we be dictated too I guess We indeviduals Need to make our point when it comes to this President that we will not stand for someone stepping all over our rights to do what he says we have to do if anything they need to be held accountable for unleashing this virus along with Fauchi who had his big hand in it along with his other viles of virus he has planned for us need to be stopped before it’s too late what’s wrong with everyone in just standing by and allowing the government to do what they are trying to do to every American which is take away all of our rights and pretty soon they will want us to stop breathing.!!!!
Paul Plante says
Tracy, as a grandfather, I’d like to take a moment to thank you for coming in here and stepping up to the plate to comment on just how stupid the American people have become that they no longer not only do not know what country they live in, but would also stop breathing if Joe Biden told them to do so.
Amazing, isn’t it?
How do you think that happened, that people have become so stupid in this country to the point of where the congress itself is now loaded with some real stupid people who themselves have no idea what country they are living in?
How does that happen, when we are supposed to have American children being taught about AMERICA through lesson plans like this one, to wit:
Overview
Type: Lesson Plan
Topic: Campaign, Election, and Inauguration
Grade Level: Grades 3-6
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Are you catching that, Tracy – this is what THIRD GRADERS in America are supposed to know, but from your comment, obviously don’t.
Getting back to that lesson plan, it continues as follows:
Subject Area: US History, Civics and US Government, English Language Arts
Time Required: 2 hours
Goals/Rationale
John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address inspired children and adults to see the importance of civic action and public service.
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Is that what you were taught, Tracy, about the importance of civic action and public service, or were you taught something completely different?
Getting back to that lesson plan, it continues thusly:
His historic words, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country,” challenged every American to contribute in some way to the public good.
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And boy, are those days now long gone!
Today under Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Charley “Chuck” Schumer, it is “**** what you can do for the country, that’s for saps; ask what it is the country can do for you, and ask big!”
Getting back to the lesson plan:
In this lesson, students learn about a theme in President Kennedy’s inaugural address, civic action, and consider how it applies to their own lives.
Essential Question: How does a leader inspire a nation or a group of people?
Objectives
Students will be able to:
* analyze and interpret a primary source to gather information about President Kennedy’s inaugural address.
* explain the quote, “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
* propose an idea for civic action in their own school or community.
Preparation
Prior Knowledge and Skills
Students should be familiar with the concept of the inauguration of a president (see Additional Resources).
Historical Background and Context
On January 20, 1961, a clerk of the US Supreme Court held the large Fitzgerald family Bible as John F. Kennedy took the oath of office to become the nation’s 35th president.
Against a backdrop of deep snow and sunshine, more than twenty thousand people huddled in 20-degree temperatures on the east front of the Capitol to witness the event.
Kennedy, having removed his topcoat and projecting both youth and vigor, delivered what has become a landmark inaugural address.
His audience reached far beyond those gathered before him to people around the world.
In preparing for this moment, he sought both to inspire the nation and to send a message abroad signaling the challenges of the Cold War and his hope for peace in the nuclear age.
He also wanted to be brief.
As he’d remarked to his close advisor, Ted Sorensen, “I don’t want people to think I’m a windbag.”
He assigned Sorensen the task of studying other inaugural speeches and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to glean the secrets of successful addresses.
The finely-crafted final speech had been revised and reworked numerous times by Kennedy and Sorensen until the President-elect was satisfied.
Though not the shortest of inaugural addresses, Kennedy’s was shorter than most at 1,355 words in length and, like Lincoln’s famous speech, was comprised of short phrases and words.
In addition to message, word choice and length, he recognized that captivating his audience required a powerful delivery.
On the day before and on the morning of Inauguration Day, he kept a copy handy to take advantage of any spare moment to review it, even at the breakfast table.
What many consider to be the most memorable and enduring section of the speech came towards the end when Kennedy called on all Americans to commit themselves to service and sacrifice: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
He then continued by addressing his international audience: “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Having won the election by one of the smallest popular vote margins in history, Kennedy had known the great importance of this speech.
People who witnessed the speech or heard it broadcast over television and radio lauded the new President.
Even elementary school children wrote to him with their reactions to his ideas.
Following his inaugural address, nearly seventy-five percent of Americans expressed approval of President Kennedy.
Materials
Letter from Brenda Sue Wesson
Procedure
Part I: Examining the Evidence
Begin the activity with a discussion about the most recent presidential inauguration.
What happened that day?
Were there students who watched it?
Read about it?
Listened to the inaugural address?
What were some of the topics and ideas the president discussed in his speech?
How did the crowd respond?
1. Explain that on January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy, the youngest US president ever elected, gave an inaugural address which is now well-known for its powerful language and message.
They will have the opportunity to examine historical evidence from the Kennedy Presidential Library to find out more about John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address and its impact on people at that moment in time.
2. Distribute copies of the letter.
3. Lead a discussion to interpret the information.
Include some or all of the following questions:
Why do you think Brenda Sue Wesson wrote this letter?
What if you could speak with Brenda Sue Wesson today?
How old would she be?
What would you ask her about the inauguration?
What might she say?
What was an important piece of information that you found in your investigation?
What makes it important?
What else would you like to know about the inauguration?
How could you find this information?
4. According to students’ interests, share photographs of the inauguration and excerpts of the speech.
Visit web pages on Passing the Torch and Poetry and Power, two museum exhibits about the inauguration.
5. Explain that many people remember the cold that day, but they also remember particular quotes from Kennedy’s speech.
In the next lesson, they will find out more about Kennedy’s inaugural address.
Part 2: “Ask not what your country can do for you”
1. Ask if anyone knows a famous quote from Kennedy’s inaugural address.
After students respond, write the quote on a blackboard or chart paper: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
Explain that these words are some of the most well-known from Kennedy’s inaugural address.
Can they put the quote in their own words?
What does it mean?
2. Have students brainstorm a list of actions they might take in response to John F. Kennedy’s call to service.
What could they do to help their family, school, community, or country in some way?
3. As a class, select one action from the list that students generated.
Devise an action plan and carry it out.
Or, have students draw posters to publicize their civic action idea.
Assessment
Have students imagine they watched President Kennedy’s inauguration on January 20, 1961, either on television or in person.
Their assignment is to write a journal entry about the event.
They can write the entry as themselves or an imagined character.
The entry should include:
* their age,
* where they live,
* where they were when they watched the event,
* and their response to the inaugural address.
Accommodations: Provide a re-wording of the quote.
Extensions
1. How might students check to see what John F. Kennedy actually said in his speech?
Access President Kennedy’s inaugural address here.
Have students read a transcript as they listen to the speech (translations of the inaugural address are also available here).
Ask them to highlight the parts of the speech that might have inspired Brenda Sue Wesson to write a letter to the president.
(Since the speech has many words that are unfamiliar to elementary students, it is best to preview vocabulary and concepts with them before reading the speech).
2. Have students study and present quotes from the speech.
Divide the class into small groups.
Have each group put the quote into their own words.
Challenge students to memorize the quote, present it to the class, and explain what they think the quote means.
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
“All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days.”
“Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.”
“But let us begin.”
“The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it — and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.”
“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.”
“I do not shrink from this responsibility — I welcome it.”
3. Read and/or listen to all or part of the most recent inaugural address.
What message do students hear?
What part of it is most important to them?
As individuals, or as a class, write a letter to the president, responding to the speech.
Additional Resources
Books
Hossell, Karen Price, John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech. Heinemann-Raintree: 2005, 48 pages.
In addition to dense text written for upper elementary and middle-school students, this account describes in detail JFK’s inaugural ceremony.
It breaks down the speech into sections and gives a detailed explanation with photographs to explain each excerpt.
It also includes historical context leading up to the 1960 election and major events of Kennedy’s presidency.
Websites
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: Access President Kennedy’s inaugural address here. (To find more of his speeches, select “Research Aids” under “Research.”)
To access online resources on the inauguration, including memos and early drafts of the speech, visit the Poetry and Power and Passing the Torch special exhibits.
“Presidential Inaugurations: I Do Solemnly Swear” guides you through a series of lessons that introduce students to presidential inaugurations using primary source material.
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies includes videos, charts, and narratives on all aspects of the inaugural ceremony.
A student-friendly chart listing the date and location of every inauguration has links to each president with information on who administered the oath of office, what bible was used, the length of the inaugural address, attire, weather, and other interesting facts.
Library of Congress: “I Do Solemnly Swear…”: From the American Memory collection at the Library of Congress, “I Do Solemnly Swear” guides you to photographs and documents from inaugurations throughout history, oath of office information, and interesting facts about these ceremonies.
Connections to Curriculum Standards
National Standards for Civics and Government
V. What are the roles of the citizen in American democracy?
National History Standards: Historical Thinking Standards
2. Historical Comprehension
Common Core State Standards
ELA College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language
C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards
Discipline 2 – Applying disciplinary concepts and tools (History and Civics)
Discipline 3 – Evaluating sources and using evidence; and
Discipline 4 – Communicating conclusions and taking informed action
Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework
1.T1 Civics: Communities, Elections, and Leadership
3.T1 Massachusetts Cities and Towns Today and in History
Massachusetts English Language Arts Framework
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That’s the way it once was here in America, Tracy.
That is critical thinking you see being taught there.
Now, people in America are literally incapable of rational thought, which is why there are so many people in this country today, and here we are talking about national politicians, who have to use TWITTER as their communications device because they can’t think in sentences or make paragraphs, because their minds have become too small for them to do so.
As I say, thanks from a grateful nation for taking the time to bring that all to our attention.
Pathetic, isn’t it?
I thought so, anyway.
Cotton says
Trump Won!
Fauci Lied!!
Americans Died!!!
Paul Plante says
And while we are on that important subject of authority and jurisdiction with respect to public health threats or concerns or emergencies in the United States of America, by way of background, let’s first go to the CDC’s own website for the subject of the Health Alert Network that exists in the United States of America, where we have as follows:
CDC’s Health Alert Network (HAN) is CDC’s primary method of sharing cleared information about urgent public health incidents with public information officers; federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local public health practitioners; clinicians; and public health laboratories.
CDC’s HAN collaborates with federal, state, territorial, tribal, and city/county partners to develop protocols and stakeholder relationships that will ensure a robust interoperable platform for the rapid distribution of public health information.
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If one carefully scans that information, what one does not find in there is Joe Biden’s name, nor does one see the office of president listed anywhere on that list, for the simple reason that it is not the job of an American president who is not qualified as a public health professional to be involved in public health matters which are best left to public health professionals, not hack politicians of limited intelligence who would only get in the way and make a mess of things.
And that brings us to a key date in our time line in here, that being January 8, 2020, which is the date the CDC used the Health Alert Network to issue an alert on COVID, as follows:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This is an official CDC Health Advisory
Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network
January 8, 2020, 1615 ET (04:15 PM ET)
CDCHAN-00424
Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring a reported cluster of pneumonia of unknown etiology (PUE) with possible epidemiologic links to a large wholesale fish and live animal market in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.
An outbreak investigation by local officials is ongoing in China; the World Health Organization (WHO) is the lead international public health agency.
Currently, there are no known U.S. cases nor have cases been reported in countries other than China.
CDC has established an Incident Management Structure to optimize domestic and international coordination if additional public health actions are required.
This HAN Advisory informs state and local health departments and health care providers about this outbreak and requests that health care providers ask patients with severe respiratory disease about travel history to Wuhan City.
Wuhan City is a major transportation hub about 700 miles south of Beijing with a population of more than 11 million people.
Background
According to a report from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, as of January 5, 2020, the national authorities in China have reported 59 patients with PUE to WHO.
The patients had symptom onset dates from December 12 through December 29, 2019.
Patients involved in the cluster reportedly have had fever, dyspnea, and bilateral lung infiltrates on chest radiograph.
Of the 59 cases, seven are critically ill, and the remaining patients are in stable condition.
No deaths have been reported and no health care providers have been reported to be ill.
The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission has not reported human-to-human transmission.
Reports indicate that some of the patients were vendors at the Wuhan South China Seafood City (South China Seafood Wholesale Market) where, in addition to seafood, chickens, bats, marmots, and other wild animals are sold, suggesting a possible zoonotic origin to the outbreak.
The market has been closed for cleaning and disinfection.
Local authorities have reported negative laboratory test results for seasonal influenza, avian influenza, adenovirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) among patients associated with this cluster.
Additional laboratory testing is ongoing to determine the source of the outbreak.
Health authorities are monitoring more than 150 contacts of patients for illness.
CDC has issued a level 1 travel notice (“practice usual precautions”) for this destination. (https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/wa … onia-china).
On January 5, 2020, WHO posted an update on this situation, including an early risk assessment, which is available at: https://www.who.int/csr/don/05-january- … n/external icon.
Recommendations for Health Care Providers
1. Providers should consider pneumonia related to the cluster for patients with severe respiratory symptoms who traveled to Wuhan since December 1, 2019 and had onset of illness within two weeks of returning, and who do not have another known diagnosis that would explain their illness.
Providers should notify infection control personnel and local and state health departments immediately if any patients meet these criteria.
State health departments should notify CDC after identifying a case under investigation by calling CDC’s Emergency Operations Center at (770) 488-7100.
2. Multiple respiratory tract specimens should be collected from persons with infections suspected to be associated with this cluster, including nasopharyngeal, nasal, and throat swabs.
Patients with severe respiratory disease also should have lower respiratory tract specimens collected, if possible.
Consider saving urine, stool, serum, and respiratory pathology specimens if available.
3. Although the etiology and transmissibility have yet to be determined, and to date, no human-to-human transmission has been reported and no health care providers have been reported ill, CDC currently recommends a cautious approach to symptomatic patients with a history of travel to Wuhan City.
Such patients should be asked to wear a surgical mask as soon as they are identified and be evaluated in a private room with the door closed.
Personnel entering the room to evaluate the patient should use contact precautions and wear an N95 disposable facepiece respirator.
For patients admitted for inpatient care, contact and airborne isolation precautions, in addition to standard precautions, are recommended until further information becomes available.
For additional information see:
https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/gu … index.html.
This guidance will be updated as more information becomes available.
For More Information
1-800-CDC-INFO
https://www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/index.html
CDC’s Emergency Operations Center: 770-488-7100
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protects people’s health and safety by preventing and controlling diseases and injuries; enhances health decisions by providing credible information on critical health issues; and promotes healthy living through strong partnerships with local, national and international organizations.
This message was distributed to state and local health officers, state and local epidemiologists, state and local laboratory directors, public information officers, HAN coordinators, and clinician organizations.
Page last reviewed: January 8, 2020
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So there is where the COVID clock started ticking, with that alert, and again, if one looks at the distribution, one notices that it went to public health professionals, not a politician in the white house, because politics are not supposed to interfere with public health matters.
Then, nine (9) days later, on 17 January 2020, the NYS Department of Health issued the following notice about COVID, to wit:
TO: Healthcare Providers, Healthcare Facilities, Clinical Laboratories, and Local Health Departments (LHDs)
FROM: New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control (BCDC)
SUMMARY
• The enclosed Health Update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides updated information about an outbreak of a 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China that began in December 2019.
• CDC will today begin screening travelers on direct and indirect flights from Wuhan to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), San Francisco International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport.
• NYSDOH is working closely with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and other public health partners to support CDC’s efforts at JFK.
• In accordance with the current requirements and expectations from the 2014 Commissioner’s Order, healthcare providers and facilities are required to collect a travel history for patients presenting with febrile illness and remain aware of current outbreaks overseas.
• As described in CDC’s Health Update, patients who meet either of the following criteria should be evaluated as a person under investigation (PUI) in association with the 2019-nCoV outbreak.
o Fever AND symptoms of lower respiratory illness (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) and in the last 14 days before symptom onset had:
▪ A history of travel from Wuhan City, China OR
▪ Close contact with a person who is under investigation for 2019-nCOV while that person was ill.
o Fever OR symptoms of lower respiratory illness (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) and in the last 14 days before symptom onset:
▪ Had close contact with an ill laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV patient.
• Providers caring for patients who meet either PUI criteria should follow CDC’s recommended infection prevention and control guidelines and immediately notify the local health department (LHD) where the patient resides.
Notification is required under the New York State Sanitary Code (10NYCRR 2.10).
o Providers who are unable to reach the LHD can contact the NYSDOH Bureau of Communicable Disease Control at 518-473-4439 during business hours or the NYSDOH Public Health Duty Officer at 1-866-881-2809 evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• NYSDOH will assist providers in determining and accessing appropriate laboratory testing for respiratory pathogens and if indicated, 2019-nCoV. Specimen collection and shipping instructions will also be provided.
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So there we see the Health Alert Network working as it is supposed to.
As to the CDC guidance on 17 January 2020, it reads as follows:
HEALTH ADVISORY: INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND FACILITIES IN NEW YORK STATE ON THE OUTBREAK OF 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019 n C o V)
This is an official CDC HEALTH UPDATE
Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network
January 17, 2020, 2030 ET (8:30 PM ET)
CDCHAN-00426
Update and Interim Guidance on Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China
Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to closely monitor an outbreak of a 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China that began in December 2019.
CDC has established an Incident Management System to coordinate a domestic and international public health response.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses.
Some cause illness in people; numerous other coronaviruses circulate among animals, including camels, cats, and bats.
Rarely, animal coronaviruses can evolve and infect people and then spread between people such as has been seen with Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/index.html) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) (https://www.cdc.gov/sars/index.html).
Chinese authorities report most patients in the Wuhan City outbreak have been epidemiologically linked to a large seafood and animal market, suggesting a possible zoonotic origin to the outbreak.
Chinese authorities additionally report that they are monitoring several hundred healthcare workers who are caring for outbreak patients; no spread of this virus from patients to healthcare personnel has been reported to date.
Chinese authorities are reporting no ongoing spread of this virus in the community, but they cannot rule out that some limited person-to-person spread may be occurring.
China has reported that two of the patients have died, including one with pre-existing medical conditions.
Chinese health officials publicly posted the genetic sequence of the 2019-nCoV on January 12, 2020.
This will facilitate identification of infections with this virus and development of specific diagnostic tests.
Thailand and Japan have confirmed additional cases of 2019-nCoV in travelers from Wuhan, China.
It is possible that more cases will be identified in the coming days.
This is an ongoing investigation and given previous experience with MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV, it is possible that person-person spread may occur.
There is much more to learn about the transmissibility, severity, and other features associated with 2019-nCoV as the investigations in China, Thailand, and Japan continue.
Additional information about this novel virus is needed to better inform population risk.
This HAN Update provides a situational update and guidance to state and local health departments and healthcare providers that supersedes guidance in CDC’s HAN Advisory 424 distributed on January 8, 2020.
This HAN Update adds guidance for evaluation of patients under investigation (PUI) for 2019-nCoV, prevention and infection control guidance, including the addition of an eye protection recommendation, and additional information on specimen collection.
Background
An outbreak of pneumonia of unknown etiology in Wuhan City was initially reported to WHO on December 31, 2019.
Chinese health authorities have confirmed more than 40 infections with a novel coronavirus as the cause of the outbreak.
Reportedly, most patients had epidemiological links to a large seafood and animal market.
The market was closed on January 1, 2020.
Currently, Chinese health authorities report no community spread of this virus, and no transmission among healthcare personnel caring for outbreak patients.
No additional cases of infection with 2019-nCoV have been identified in China since January 3, 2020.
On January 13, 2020 public health officials in Thailand confirmed detection of a human infection with 2019-nCoV in a traveler from Wuhan, China.
This was the first confirmed case of 2019-nCoV documented outside China.
On January 17, 2020 a second case was confirmed in Thailand, also in a returned traveler from Wuhan City.
On January 15, 2020 health officials in Japan confirmed 2019-nCoV infection in a returned traveler from Wuhan City.
These persons had onset dates after January 3, 2020.
These cases did not report visiting the large seafood and animal market to which many cases in China have been linked.
On January 11, 2020, CDC updated the level 1 travel health notice (“practice usual precautions”) for Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China with additional information (originally issued on January 6, 2020):
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So what happened after that?
Where did things go south?
Where did the wheels come off?
Stay tuned, and we shall soon find out, and the short answer is that the wheels started coming off the day that hack politicians inserted themselves into the process, like Joe Biden is doing now, and essentially took it over.
Stuart Bell says
Funk Joe Biden and each one of you that support him.
https://www.newsweek.com/members-congress-staff-exempt-biden-covid-vaccine-mandate-1627859
Paul Plante says
And for the sake of completeness with regard to who knew what about COVID and when did they know it, here is the remainder of that 17 January 2020 CDC health alert about COVID, to wit:
As to the CDC guidance on 17 January 2020, it reads as follows:
HEALTH ADVISORY: INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND FACILITIES IN NEW YORK STATE ON THE OUTBREAK OF 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019 n C o V)
This is an official CDC HEALTH UPDATE
Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network
January 17, 2020, 2030 ET (8:30 PM ET)
CDCHAN-00426
Update and Interim Guidance on Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China
Recommendations for Healthcare Providers
Limited information is available to characterize the spectrum of clinical illness associated with 2019-nCoV.
No vaccine or specific treatment for 2019-nCoV infection is available; care is supportive.
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And let’s stop right here for a moment, and pay some heed to that statement by the CDC on 17 January 2020, to wit: No vaccine or specific treatment for 2019-nCoV infection is available!
That is an important date to remember in this discussion, because that statement about no vaccines for COVID being available is what led to all this hysteria being generated by Joe Biden about a “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” even as we read in an NPR article today entitled “What We Know About Breakthrough Infections And Long COVID” Heard on Morning Edition on September 13, 2021, as follows:
Like millions of others, Kathleen Hipps thought she was safe from COVID-19 after she got two shots of the Moderna vaccine last spring.
So she figured she just had a summer cold when she got the sniffles in July.
But then she opened some Vick’s VapoRub.
“Anyone who’s ever smelled Vick’s VapoRub knows how pungent of a smell it is.”
“And I couldn’t smell it.”
“And that’s how I knew I had COVID,” says Hipps, 40, a Los Angeles lawyer who has two young sons.
And sure enough, Hipps tested positive.
“I got very sick.”
“I was very tired, very congested — could barely get out of bed.”
“I couldn’t work at all.”
“I had to find colleagues to cover my work for me.”
“And I just spent the next week basically in bed, completely isolated from my family,” she says.
Hipps never ran a fever, though, and did not have bad head or body aches.
She started feeling better after about a week, tested negative and went back to working from home and caring for her family.
She thought she was fully recovered.
“And I was in my mom’s new car and all of a sudden I felt burning.”
“And I thought there was something wrong with her car,” she says.
Wherever she moved her foot, she could still feel the burning sensation.
And then her other foot started burning too.
It felt like she was walking on hot coals, she says.
“I’ve learned that this is neuropathy, and this a common symptom of long COVID,” Hipps says.
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And that is after getting vaccinated.
Getting back to the CDC January 17, 2020 Health Alert on COVID, it continues in a very comprehensive manner as follows:
The CDC clinical criteria for a 2019-nCoV patient under investigation (PUI) have been developed based on what is known about MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV and are subject to change as additional information becomes available.
Healthcare providers should obtain a detailed travel history for patients being evaluated with fever and acute respiratory illness.
CDC guidance for evaluating and reporting a PUI for MERS-CoV remains unchanged.
Criteria to Guide Evaluation of Patients Under Investigation (PUI) for 2019-nCoV
Patients in the United States who meet the following criteria should be evaluated as a PUI in association with the outbreak of 2019-nCoV in Wuhan City, China.
1) Fever1 AND symptoms of lower respiratory illness (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) – and in the last 14 days before symptom onset,
• History of travel from Wuhan City, China
-or-
• Close contact2 with a person who is under investigation for 2019-nCOV while that person was ill.
2) Fever1 OR symptoms of lower respiratory illness (e.g., cough, shortness of breath) – and in the last 14 days before symptom onset,
• Close contact2 with an ill laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV patient.
The above criteria are also available at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/novel-c … alcriteria.
html.
The criteria are intended to serve as guidance for evaluation.
Patients should be evaluated and discussed with public health departments on a case-by-case basis if their clinical presentation or exposure history is equivocal (e.g., uncertain travel or exposure).
Recommendations for Reporting, Testing, and Specimen Collection
Healthcare providers should immediately notify both infection control personnel at their healthcare facility and their local or state health department in the event of a PUI for 2019-nCoV.
State health departments that have identified a PUI should immediately contact CDC’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 770-488-7100 and complete a 2019-nCoV PUI case investigation form available at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/novel-c … i-form.pdf.
CDC’s EOC will assist local/state health departments to collect, store, and ship specimens appropriately to CDC, including during afterhours or on weekends/holidays.
At this time, diagnostic testing for 2019-nCoV can be conducted only at CDC.
Testing for other respiratory pathogens should not delay specimen shipping to CDC.
If a PUI tests positive for another respiratory pathogen, after clinical evaluation and consultation with public health authorities, they may no longer be considered a PUI.
This may evolve as more information becomes available on possible 2019 nCoV co-infections.
For biosafety reasons, it is not recommended to perform virus isolation in cell culture or initial characterization of viral agents recovered in cultures of specimens from a PUI for 2019-nCoV.
To increase the likelihood of detecting 2019-nCoV infection, CDC recommends collecting and testing multiple clinical specimens from different sites, including all three specimen types — lower respiratory, upper respiratory, and serum specimens.
Additional specimen types (e.g., stool, urine) may be collected and stored.
Specimens should be collected as soon as possible once a PUI is identified regardless of time of symptom onset.
Additional guidance for collection, handling, and testing of clinical specimens is available at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/.
Interim Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients Under Investigation for 2019-nCoV
Although the transmission dynamics have yet to be determined, CDC currently recommends a cautious approach to patients under investigation for 2019-nCoV https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nC … teria.html).
Such patients should be asked to wear a surgical mask as soon as they are identified and be evaluated in a private room with the door closed, ideally an airborne infection isolation room if available.
Healthcare personnel entering the room should use standard precautions, contact precautions, airborne precautions, and use eye protection (e.g., goggles or a face shield).
Immediately notify your healthcare facility’s infection control personnel and local health department.
Additional Infection Control Practices Resources
• Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/gu … index.html)
Notes
1 Fever may not be present in some patients, such as those who are very young, elderly, immunosuppressed, or taking certain fever-lowering medications.
Clinical judgment should be used to guide testing of patients in such situations.
2 Close contact with a person who is under investigation for 2019-nCOV.
Close contact is defined as—
a) being within approximately 6 feet (2 meters), or within the room or care area, of a novel coronavirus case for a prolonged period of time while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment or PPE (e.g., gowns, gloves, NIOSH-certified disposable N95 respirator, eye protection);
close contact can include caring for, living with, visiting, or sharing a healthcare waiting area or room with a novel coronavirus case.
– or –
b) having direct contact with infectious secretions of a novel coronavirus case (e.g., being coughed on) while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment.
See CDC’s Interim Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients Under Investigation for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nC … ioncontrol.
html).
Data to inform the definition of close contact are limited.
Considerations when assessing close contact include the duration of exposure (e.g., longer exposure time likely increases exposure risk) and the clinical symptoms of the person with novel coronavirus (e.g., coughing likely increases exposure risk as does exposure to a severely ill patient).
Special consideration should be given to those exposed in healthcare settings.
For More Information
More information is available at https://.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html or by calling 800-CDCINFO
| (800-232-4636) | TTY: (888) 232-6348
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So again, people, ask yourself this question – with all of that information available to the healthcare network across the United States on 17 January 2020, how was it possible for this virus to become so rampant?
And just by way of reference, according to science, biologists estimate that 380 trillion viruses are living on and inside your body right now — 10 times the number of bacteria.
Some can cause illness, but many simply coexist with you.
That’s for those who think Tony Fauci, who doesn’t seem very bright to me, has some kind of god-like powers that enable him to literally create a virus out of thin air.
Paul Plante says
REUTERS
“S&P 500 snaps losing streak with tax hikes, inflation data on horizon”
By Stephen Culp
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Shares of vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer Inc sank 6.6% and 2.2%, respectively, after experts said COVID booster shots are not widely needed.
Paul Plante says
So once again, people, after reviewing the above HEALTH ADVISORY: INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND FACILITIES IN NEW YORK STATE ON THE OUTBREAK OF 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-nCoV), an official CDC HEALTH UPDATE distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network on January 17, 2020, 2030 ET (8:30 PM ET), CDCHAN-00426, Update and Interim Guidance on Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China, Recommendations for Healthcare Providers, we have to each of us individually ask ourselves what happened after that?
Focus in on who that guidance was for – Recommendations for Healthcare Providers,
Aren’t the healthcare providers that guidance was for on 17 January 2020 the same for-profit hospitals that were caught flatfooted by COVID after 17 January 2020?
So how can that be?
Look at what the guidance to these same healthcare providers caught flatfooted was saying:
Clinical judgment should be used to guide testing of patients in such situations:
Close contact with a person who is under investigation for 2019-nCOV.
Close contact is defined as—
a) being within approximately 6 feet (2 meters), or within the room or care area, of a novel coronavirus case for a prolonged period of time while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment or PPE (e.g., gowns, gloves, NIOSH-certified disposable N95 respirator, eye protection).
Is that language not clear?
Is it confusing?
Would healthcare providers in the most advanced nation ever on the face of the earth not be able to understand what the CDC was saying when it talked in what I thought was clear and unequivocal language about wearing recommended personal protective equipment or PPE, e.g., gowns, gloves, NIOSH-certified disposable N95 respirator, eye protection?
Do you need several Ph.D and MD degrees to comprehend what personal protective gear in a hospital setting consists of?
So where did things go south?
Why didn’t the healthcare providers have that stuff on hand after getting that warning?
And what about this on 17 January 2021:
Although the transmission dynamics have yet to be determined, CDC currently recommends a cautious approach to patients under investigation for 2019-nCoV.
Such patients should be asked to wear a surgical mask as soon as they are identified and be evaluated in a private room with the door closed, ideally an airborne infection isolation room if available.
Healthcare personnel entering the room should use standard precautions, contact precautions, airborne precautions, and use eye protection (e.g., goggles or a face shield).
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Don’t healthcare providers in America know what surgical masks are?
So why weren’t there any?
Where did the wheels come off?
And to help us ferret out that answer, because clearly, after all that notification, things clearly did not go right here, let us go to a press release picked up by the media and further reported on from Rensselaer County (NYS) County Executive Steve McLaughlin on 2 March 2020, 54 days AFTER the CDC issued the January 8, 2020 public health alert about COVID to state and local health officers, state and local epidemiologists, state and local laboratory directors, public information officers, HAN coordinators, and clinician organizations, where we have as follows:
“Rensselaer County Officials Working with State and Federal Officials on Coronavirus Issue”
3/2/20
With confirmed cases of coronavirus in the nation and the state, Rensselaer County health officials took part in calls with the Centers for Disease Control and the New York State Department of Health regarding the issue.
At this time, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county.
Federal and state health officials have termed the spread of the illness nationally and in the state as “isolated” cases.
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And stop right there, people for a moment and re-read that last sentence a time or two about Federal health officials terming the spread of the illness nationally as “isolated” cases.
That is on 2 March 2020, thirty-one (31) days AFTER the World Health Organization issued a Global Health Emergency on 31 January 2020, as follows:
With a worldwide death toll of more than 200 and an exponential jump to more than 9800 cases, the WHO finally declares a public health emergency, for just the sixth time.
Human-to-human transmission is quickly spreading and can now be found in the United States, Germany, Japan, Vietnam, and Taiwan.
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So what was the political response to that, because that is why this all went off the tracks very early on?
Let’s go back to the March 2, 2020 press release to find that out, to wit:
“We want residents to know that our team at the Health Department is monitoring this situation closely and working with state and federal officials to share information and get updates.”
“However, there is no need for undue concern or worry,” said County Executive Steve McLaughlin.
“We have been informed that New York State remains at a low risk for coronavirus.”
“Our Health Department is doing a solid job monitoring this situation and residents can be assured that we will be providing updates and news as needed,” said McLaughlin.
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So who dropped the ball here, people, right in the very beginning, that caused this PANDEMIC?
Donald Trump?
Or was it the CDC itself?
Think about it, people, for it is your life that has been put at risk here by an obviously shoddy and slipshod public healthcare system in America that blew it BIG TIME!
Who in the CDC told said Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin to tell the people of New York state, “However, there is no need for undue concern or worry, we have been informed that New York State remains at a low risk for coronavirus?”
Tony Fauci?
Or did that come from Trump, as well?
Stay tuned!
Paul Plante says
CNBC
“Data shows Covid booster shots are ‘not appropriate’ at this time, U.S. and international scientists conclude”
Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Published September 13, 2021
An expert review of scientific evidence to date has concluded that Covid-19 vaccine booster shots are not needed at this time for the general public, a group of leading U.S. and international scientists said Monday in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet.
The conclusion by scientists, including two senior Food and Drug Administration officials and the World Health Organization, came as studies continue to show the authorized Covid vaccines in the U.S. remain highly effective against severe disease and hospitalization caused by the fast-spreading delta variant.
Shares of Covid vaccine maker BioNTech were down more than 5% in intraday trading.
Paul Plante says
And staying with the timeline here, precisely because timelines in this case are quite important in determining how this whole COVID train went off the tracks subsequent to 8 January 2020, the date the CDC activated the Health Alert Network to put state and local health officers, state and local epidemiologists, state and local laboratory directors, public information officers, HAN coordinators, and clinician organizations on notice that COVID was on its way and to get prepared for it, something that never happened, let’s go to a press release by Democrat governor of New York Andy Cuomo, a politician, not a public health professional, as well as being a Biden Elector on the Electoral College, on January 24, 2020, sixteen (16) days after the 8 January 2020 CDC Health Network Alert about COVID, and thirty-eight (38) days before Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin issued a press release entitled “Rensselaer County Officials Working with State and Federal Officials on Coronavirus Issue” on 3/2/20 informing people therein that with confirmed cases of coronavirus in the nation and the state, Rensselaer County health officials had taken part in calls with the Centers for Disease Control and the New York State Department of Health regarding the issue, and at that time, there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county, and that Federal and state health officials had termed the spread of the illness nationally and in the state as “isolated” cases so that there was no need for undue concern or worry and that Rensselaer County officials had been informed that New York State remains at a low risk for coronavirus, this just before New York state became the epicenter for the COVID outbreak that killed 54,271 people in the state with 12,913 COVID cases in Rensselaer County alone, where we have as follows:
Albany, NY
Governor Cuomo Outlines State Response to First Two Confirmed Cases of Novel Coronavirus in United States
New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said, “This virus is being carefully monitored at federal, state and city levels to ensure the public’s health and safety, and while awareness is important, the current risk to New Yorkers is low.”
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And how wrong he was.
Why?
Thereafter, on January 26, 2020, governor Cuomo issued another press release entitled “Governor Cuomo Announces State’s Continued Response to Novel Coronavirus as Three More Individuals are Identified for Testing in New York State” wherein was stated as follows concerning COVID:
“While the experts still believe the risk of catching this novel coronavirus is currently low in New York, I want all New Yorkers to know we are prepared and continue to take all necessary steps to keep people informed and safe,” Governor Cuomo said.
“I have directed the Department of Health and other state agencies to continue working closely with the CDC, the World Health Organization, our local and federal government partners, and New York’s healthcare providers to ensure we stay ahead of this situation.”
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But as subsequent events make incandescently clear, not only did they not stay ahead of the “situation,” they got way behind the eight ball and people died as a result!
But Andy was on a roll, trying to reassure people that he was in charge, so he issued yet another press release on January 27, 2020 entitled “Governor Cuomo Issues Update on Novel Coronavirus as Two More New Yorkers Identified for Testing Bringing Total to Nine” where he stated as follows:
“While the risk for New Yorkers is currently low, we are still working to keep everyone informed, prepared and safe.”
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On January 28, 2020, Andy issued yet another press release entitled “Governor Cuomo Issues Update on Novel Coronavirus as One More New Yorker is Identified for Testing Bringing Total to 10” where the people were informed as follows:
So far, there are no confirmed cases in New York State.
“While we continue to closely monitor the spread of this novel coronavirus, I have directed our Department of Health to continue communicating with and providing updates to our local communities, healthcare providers, colleges, universities and New York companies with locations or business interests in China,” Governor Cuomo said.
“My message to New Yorkers is: take this coronavirus seriously, take proper precautions, stay informed, but also feel confident that our Health Department and this administration are prepared and ready.”
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And then another press release on January 30, 2020, entitled “Governor Cuomo Provides Update on Novel Coronavirus While Reminding New Yorkers Flu is Still Prevalent” as follows:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today advised New Yorkers that State and local health departments and healthcare partners are remaining vigilant and have a high state of readiness to protect New Yorkers from novel coronavirus.
“New York does not have one single confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, but we are taking every necessary precaution to protect against its spread into our state.”
“We have been here before, and I want to remind New Yorkers that it is much more likely that they will be exposed to the influenza virus than to the coronavirus,” Governor Cuomo said.
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That was followed by yet another Cuomo press release on February 2, 2020 entitled “Governor Cuomo Issues Update on Novel Coronavirus and Announces New Hotline Staffed by State Health Department Experts” wherein was stated as follows:
There are no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in New York State.
“In situations like this, we take every precaution necessary to ensure the safety of New Yorkers,” Governor Cuomo said.
“At the same time, perspective is key – and I want to remind people that New York currently has zero confirmed cases of this virus.”
“We want all New Yorkers to know that the State and its agencies and authorities are on top of this situation and we will continue doing everything we can to keep people safe.”
New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said, “We are working hand in glove with our federal, state and local partners, as well as healthcare providers all over the state to ensure the health of New Yorkers.”
“Bottom line, as this public health response evolves, we continue to be prepared.”
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Except they weren’t prepared at all and as a result, people died, which takes us to yet another in a seemingly endless progression of press releases by Democrat Andy Cuomo that were self-serving in that they touted his leadership, this one on February 4, 2020, entitled “Governor Cuomo Issues Update on Novel Coronavirus,” wherein was stated as follows:
“Even though there are no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in New York State, we continue to take every precaution necessary to ensure the health and safety of all New Yorkers,” Governor Cuomo said.
“While the risk to New Yorkers is still low, we urge everyone to remain vigilant, stay informed, follow the recommended steps to protect themselves and their families, and call our coronavirus hotline if you still have questions or concerns.”
New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said, “As this situation continues to evolve, the State Department of Health remains in close contact with our federal, state and local partners to protect the health of all New Yorkers.”
“It is important for people to take appropriate precautions, just as they should to protect themselves against the flu, and have confidence that we are prepared to handle this public health issue.”
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Yeah, right, Howie!
The next press release to come along was on February 7, 2020, this one entitled “Governor Cuomo Updates New Yorkers on Novel Coronavirus and Urges Continued Awareness While Flu is Still Prevalent” wherein was stated as follows:
“While we do not have a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the state, we are continuing to take every necessary precaution to protect New Yorkers from this dangerous virus,” Governor Cuomo said.
“I also want to remind New Yorkers they are more likely to be exposed to the influenza virus than the coronavirus, and urge everyone to take commonsense precautions to protect against both, such as regular hand washing and avoiding close contact with people who are sick.”
On January 3, the State Department of Health issued a statewide health advisory alerting healthcare providers to the dramatic increase in flu activity across New York State.
Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said, “While New York does not have a confirmed case of coronavirus, the flu is here and can be very serious.”
“Taking simple preventive steps such as washing hands often, covering a cough or sneeze with your arm and staying home when experiencing flu-like symptoms will help prevent the spread of the flu.”
“These same actions will help protect New Yorkers against the novel coronavirus.”
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The next press release to come along was dated February 13, 2020 anbd entitled “Governor Cuomo Reminds New Yorkers That Flu Cases Continue to Increase, as Flu Season Expected to Set Record-High Levels,” which press release carried this message, to wit:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today reminded all New Yorkers to take recommended precautions to protect themselves from the flu as new numbers released today show flu activity still has not reached its peak this season.
Flu cases in New York this season are expected to set record-high levels since the New York State Department of Health began tracking flu cases during the 1998-99 season.
“As flu season has not yet peaked across New York, I urge everyone to remain vigilant and take simple precautions to protect themselves and their families,” Governor Cuomo said.
“I encourage all New Yorkers older than six months to get their flu shot – it’s not too late.”
The latest influenza surveillance report for the week ending February 8th shows seasonal flu activity continues to be widespread across New York State for the eleventh consecutive week.
As indicated in the report, there were 17,233 laboratory-confirmed flu cases reported to the State Department of Health, the second highest weekly total since the 1998-1999 flu season.
The most lab-confirmed influenza cases reported during a single week in a flu season was 18,252 in 2017-18.
There have been a total of 106,824 lab-confirmed cases reported in New York State this season, with three flu-associated pediatric deaths.
Last week, 1,993 New Yorkers were hospitalized with lab-confirmed influenza.
So far this season, there have been 15,541 flu-related hospitalizations.
Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said, “While flu activity is higher than usual this season and it has not yet peaked, taking basic preventive steps such as washing hands often, covering a cough or sneeze with your arm, and staying home when experiencing flu-like symptoms, will help prevent the spread of the flu.”
On January 3, the State Department of Health issued a statewide health advisory alerting healthcare providers to the dramatic increase in flu activity across New York State.
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Now, things start to get interesting as we see from the next press release on February 26, 2020, forty-nine (49) days after the 8 January 2020 CDC Health Network Alert about COVID, this one entitled “Governor Cuomo Announces $40 Million Emergency Appropriation to Support DOH Staffing and Equipment to Respond to Potential Novel Coronavirus Pandemic,” as follows:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a $40 million appropriation for the New York State Department of Health to hire additional staff, procure equipment and any other resources necessary to respond to the potential novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Governor will also propose legislation to grant authority to DOH Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to ensure local health departments and public and private hospitals statewide take certain actions and measures in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak as needed.
DOH will convene local health departments and hospitals statewide to review protocols, best practices and procedures to help ensure they are prepared to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
“As we are seeing the novel coronavirus spread to new countries around the world, in New York we are continuing to take all necessary precautions to protect New Yorkers from this dangerous virus,” Governor Cuomo said.
“While there are still no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in New York, these aggressive actions including $40 million in emergency funding will help ensure our healthcare system is equipped with the necessary staff, supplies and equipment needed to respond to any emergency situation that may arise in the future.”
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That should say New York’s for-profit healthcare system, which failed us greatly, which takes us to yet another Cuomo press release on February 29, 2020 entitled “Statement from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Coronavirus,” as follows:
“When I spoke to Vice President Pence, I urged him to approve New York State’s Coronavirus test — we just received word that our test has been approved by the FDA.”
“New York State will begin testing immediately at Wadsworth Lab.”
“This approval will expedite wait time and improve New York’s ability to more effectively manage the Coronavirus situation as it unfolds. ”
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Vice president Pence?
What on earth did he have to do with New York’s COVID response, besides nothing at all?
So why was Andy asking Mike Pence to give an approval to New York’s Coronavirus test?
What would Mike Pence know about coronavirus tests?
And see what I have been saying about the wheels coming off because of the involvement of politicians with no medical experience or public health qualifications in matters they had no business meddling in?
Things now start to change in the next press release on March 1, 2020, entitled
“Governor Cuomo Issues Statement Regarding Novel Coronavirus in New York” where he stated as follows:
“This evening we learned of the first positive case of novel coronavirus — or COVID-19 — in New York State.”
“There is no cause for surprise — this was expected.”
“As I said from the beginning, it was a matter of when, not if there would be a positive case of novel coronavirus in New York.”
“Last week I called for the Legislature to pass a $40 million emergency management authorization to confront this evolving situation — I look forward to its swift passage.”
“There is no reason for undue anxiety — the general risk remains low in New York.”
“We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available.”
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Yes, people, take it from a real expert – nothing to see here, folks, nothing to be concerned about, now get back in your basements and stay there!”
Keeping the flow of press releases touting Andy’s prowess as governor, we go to March 2, 2020, and a press release entitled “At Novel Coronavirus Briefing, Governor Cuomo Announces State is Partnering with Hospitals to Expand Novel Coronavirus Testing Capacity in New York,” where Andy told us as follows:
“We have the best health-care system in the world, and we are leveraging that system to help contain any potential spread of the novel coronavirus in New York,” Governor Cuomo said.
“This isn’t our first rodeo – we are fully coordinated, we are fully mobilized, and we are fully prepared to deal with the situation as it develops.”
The Governor will also propose legislation to clarify authority for governor to take certain statewide actions and measures in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak as needed.
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And yes, people, this is all about promoting Andy Cuomo, not protecting the public’s health, and as of today, New York state ranks third in the nation in COVID deaths behind front runner New Jersey and second-place finisher Mississippi, and let’s stop there for a moment to let that all sink in before we get back to Joe Biden, so stay tuned.
Paul Plante says
As to why the for-profit healthcare system dropped the ball here and was woefully unprepared despite the warnings from the CDC in January 2020, that answer is quite simple: the bean counters didn’t have a pandemic built into their financial model.
I wonder if people are clued to the fact that in a for-profit healthcare system, there are stockholders, and it is to those stockholders that the corporations running the healthcare system are responsible to, providing them with ROI, or return on investment.
No ROI, they bail, plain and simple.
That’s why Andy issued his February 26, 2020 press release, forty-nine (49) days after the 8 January 2020 CDC Health Network Alert about COVID, this one entitled “Governor Cuomo Announces $40 Million Emergency Appropriation to Support DOH Staffing and Equipment to Respond to Potential Novel Coronavirus Pandemic,” as follows:
“While there are still no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in New York, these aggressive actions including $40 million in emergency funding will help ensure our healthcare system is equipped with the necessary staff, supplies and equipment needed to respond to any emergency situation that may arise in the future.”
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Except they weren’t and people died as a result, and where did the $40 million in taxpayer money end up going?
Nobody really knows!
Paul Plante says
By way of background, U.S. health care spending grew 4.6 percent in 2019, reaching $3.8 trillion or $11,582 per person.
As a share of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, health spending accounted for 17.7 percent.
According to the Investopedia article “6 Reasons Healthcare Is So Expensive in the U.S. And why we get less bang for our bucks” by THE INVESTOPEDIA TEAM, Reviewed by MICHAEL J BOYLE on April 27, 2021, we have on that subject as follows:
The Bottom Line
The pressure on our sprawling healthcare system in the U.S. has never been greater.
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Keeping in mind that this is the same sprawling “healthcare” system that failed the nation and its people greatly since January of 2020, when it was put on notice by the CDC that COVID was coming.
Getting back to the article:
There’s an urgent need to expand testing and treatment for COVID-19 to all residents who need it, regardless of health insurance status.
Massive federal cash influxes have sought to shore up hospitals sagging under the weight of the coronavirus burden and the related cessation of elective surgery and regular medical care.
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Ah yes, privatize profits, socialize losses.
That’s the way you do it, because as Hussein Obama was always fond of saying, in a capitalistic country with a for-profit healthcare system, it’s the right thing to do.
Getting back to it:
Long before this crisis, the U.S. led other industrialized nations in high spending on healthcare and getting a low bang for the buck in terms of health outcomes and the percentage of the population served.
Life expectancy in the U.S., for example, is 78.8 years, while it ranges from 80.7 to 83.9 in 10 other high-income countries, according to an influential study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
And only 90% of the population in the U.S. has health insurance, compared to 99% to 100% of the population in the other industrialized countries examined.
One reason for high costs is administrative waste.
Providers face a huge array of usage and billing requirements from multiple payers, which makes it necessary to hire costly administrative help for billing and reimbursements.
Americans pay almost four times as much for pharmaceutical drugs as citizens of other developed countries.
Hospitals, doctors, and nurses all charge more in the U.S. than in other countries, with hospital costs increasing much faster than professional salaries.
In other countries, prices for drugs and healthcare are at least partially controlled by the government.
In the U.S. prices depend on market forces.
Costly Healthcare Hurts Everyone
The high cost of healthcare affects everyone, sick or well.
It has depressed individual spending power for the past few decades.
Salaries for American workers have risen, but net pay has stayed the same because of increasing charges for health insurance.
1. Multiple Systems Create Waste
“Administrative” costs are frequently cited as a cause for excess medical spending.
The U.S. spends about 8% of its healthcare dollar on administrative costs, compared to 1% to 3% in the 10 other countries the JAMA study looked at.
The U.S. healthcare system is extremely complex, with separate rules, funding, enrollment dates, and out-of-pocket costs for employer-based insurance, private insurance from healthcare.gov, Medicaid, and Medicare, in all its many pieces.
In each of these sectors consumers must choose among several tiers of coverage, high deductible plans, managed care plans (HMOs and PPOs) and fee-for-service systems.
These plans may or may not include pharmaceutical drug insurance which has its own tiers of coverage, deductibles, and copays or coinsurance.
For providers, this means dealing with myriad regulations about usage, coding, and billing.
And, in fact, these activities make up the largest share of administrative costs.
2. Drug Costs Are Rising
On average, Americans shell out almost four times as much for pharmaceutical drugs as citizens of other industrialized countries pay.
High drug prices are the single biggest area of overspending in the U.S. compared to Europe, where drug prices are government regulated, often based on the clinical benefit of the medication.
With little regulation of drug prices, the U.S. spends an average of $1,443 per person, compared to $749, on average, spent by the other prosperous countries studied.
In the U.S. private insurers can negotiate drug prices with manufacturers, often through the services of pharmacy benefit managers.
However, Medicare, which pays for a hefty percentage of the national drug costs, is not permitted to negotiate prices with manufacturers.
3. Doctors (and Nurses) Are Paid More
The average U.S. family doctor earns $218,173 a year, and specialists make $316,000 — way above the the average in other industrialized countries.
American nurses make considerably more than elsewhere, too.
The average salary for a U.S. nurse is about $74,250, compared to $58,041 in Switzerland and $60,253 in the Netherlands.
U.S. managed care plans (HMOs and PPOs) may succeed in lowering healthcare costs by requiring prior authorization for seeing a high-priced specialist.
Use of a nurse practitioner instead of a family doctor can also save money.
4. Hospitals Are Profit Centers
Hospital care accounts for 33% of the nation’s healthcare costs.
Between 2007 and 2014, prices for inpatient and outpatient hospital care rose much faster than physician prices, according to a 2019 study in Health Affairs.
U.S. prices for surgical procedures in hospitals greatly exceed those of other countries.
A typical angioplasty to open a blocked blood vessel, for example, costs $6,390 in the Netherlands, $7,370 in Switzerland, and $32,230 in the United States.
Similarly, a heart bypass operation in the U.S. costs $78,100 compared to $32,010 in Switzerland.
Today, many hospitals are on the brink financially.
What’s more, the cessation of elective surgery and severely declining provider visits because of the coronavirus lockdown account for a big part of the decline in the overall economy.
5. U.S. Healthcare Practices Defensive Medicine
Both physicians and hospitals have an interest in preventing lawsuits, so “just in case” tests and scans may be ordered.
And these tests can be costly!
While a CT scan costs just $97 in Canada and $500 in Australia, the average cost is $896 in the U.S.
A typical MRI scan costs $1,420 in the United States, but around $450 in Britain.
Researchers have concluded that it’s not the sheer number of tests and procedures but their high price that explains why it’s so expensive to be sick in the U.S.
6. U.S. Prices Vary Wildly
Because of the complexity of the system and the lack of any set prices for medical services, providers are free to charge what the market will bear.
The amount paid for the same healthcare service can vary significantly depending on the payer (i.e. private insurance or government programs, such as Medicare or Medicaid) and geographical area.
For COVID-19, for example, the cost of an urgent care visit and lab tests averages $1,696, but can range from a low of $241 to a high of $4,510 depending on the provider.
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Nothing like having a good Pandemic to capitalize on when the taxpayers are guaranteeing your profits!
Paul Plante says
And let us be crystal clear on something here, people – while I have been focusing in on what went on in a state with the third highest number of COVID deaths in the nation, behind California and Texas as of today, because with my limited time on the computer, it was a full time job just keeping up with what was going on in that state, the 8 January 2020 CDC Health Alert Network warning on COVID went out to state and local health officers, state and local epidemiologists, state and local laboratory directors, public information officers, HAN coordinators, and clinician organizations in EVERY state, including Virginia, with its tally as of today of 819K COVID cases and 12,170 COVID deaths, and Mississippi, with 468K COVID cases and 9,100 COVID deaths, putting them all on notice that COVID was on its way and to get prepared for it.
So once again, we have to ask ourselves this question – what went wrong?
With that warning in hand, how could this massive healthcare system
failure have happened all over the United States of America, especially when on March 2, 2020, Democrat Andy Cuomo of New York, with its 54,693 COVID deaths as of today according to Statista, the Talk-Show Pandemic Media Darling of America, told us in a press release on that date that “We have the best health-care system in the world, and we are leveraging that system to help contain any potential spread of the novel coronavirus in New York?”
If we have the best health-care system in the world, and the system was being leveraged to help contain any potential spread of the novel coronavirus, why did so many people end up dying?
What is it that we are missing here?
And for Joe Biden’s highly partisan political answer to that question, let us fast forward one hundred eighty-two (182) days into the future from March 2, 2020, when Democrat Andy Cuomo of New York, the Pandemic Media Darling of America, told us in a press release that “this isn’t our first rodeo – we are fully coordinated, we are fully mobilized, and we are fully prepared to deal with the situation as it develops,” and Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin in another press release on the same day informed people therein that with confirmed cases of coronavirus in the nation and the state, Rensselaer County health officials had taken part in calls with the Centers for Disease Control and the New York State Department of Health regarding the issue, and at that time, there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county, and that Federal and state health officials had termed the spread of the illness nationally and in the state as “isolated” cases so that there was no need for undue concern or worry and that Rensselaer County officials had been informed that New York State remains at a low risk for coronavirus, this just before New York state became the epicenter for the COVID outbreak that killed 54,693 people in the state with 12,913 COVID cases in Rensselaer County alone, to August 31, 2020 and a toxic, poisonous, highly partisan political speech Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which state as of today according to the New York Times has 1.36M COVID cases and 28,696 COVID deaths, at Carnegie Mellon, where we had this spew of political poison from Joe, as follows:
Joe Biden: I want to thank Carnegie Mellon for providing this space and all the promise it holds for future jobs in the high tech world.
In recent days, we’ve had a lot of talk about who’s going where and how I’ve decided to come to Pittsburgh to talk a little bit about what’s going on right now.
In the early days of World War II, Franklin Roosevelt told the country, and I quote, “The news is going to get worse and worse before it gets better and better.”
“And the American people deserve to have it straight from the shoulder.”
Straight from the shoulder.
The job of a president is to tell it straight from the shoulder, tell the truth, to be candid, to face facts, to lead, not to insight.
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And let’s stop right there and ask Joe this pertinent question that the main-stream media who fawn on Joe failed to ask him – IF the job of a president is to tell it straight from the shoulder, tell the truth, to be candid, to face facts, to lead, not to insight, why are you “insighting” instead of telling us the truth?
IF the job of a president is to be candid and to face facts, then why aren’t you doing either?
Why are you feeding us poisonous political pig poop, instead?
And in the United States of America, Joe, the job of the president is to “take care that OUR laws are faithfully enforced.”
This America – in America, the president does not lead, and the people, who are as yet a free people, do not follow!
If we go to the “Congressional Oversight Manual” by the Congressional Research Service, https://crsreports.congress.gov , RL30240, updated January 16, 2020, we find the following with respect to the “job” of an American president, to wit:
Summary
Today’s lawmakers and congressional aides, as well as commentators and scholars, recognize that Congress’s lawmaking role does not end when it passes legislation.
Oversight is considered fundamental to making sure that laws work and are being administered in an effective, efficient, and economical manner.
This function is seen as one of Congress’s principal roles as it grapples with the complexities of American government.
Purposes, Authority, and Participants
Throughout its history, Congress has engaged in oversight — broadly defined as reviewing, monitoring, and supervising the implementation of public policy by the executive branch.
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If you are reading that as saying that the job of Joe Biden as president is the implementation of public policy set by Congress, not by Joe Biden who is not our “leader,” perish that thought, then there is absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever with your reading comprehension.
The CRS Oversight Manual, which one would think Joe Biden would be thoroughly and intimately familiar with, front to back, from all the years he spent in Congress, continues as follows:
Congress’s oversight role is also significant because it shines the spotlight of public attention on many critical issues, which enables lawmakers and the general public to make informed judgments about executive performance.
Woodrow Wilson, in his classic 1885 study Congressional Government, emphasized that the “informing function should be preferred even to its [lawmaking] function.”
He added that unless Congress conducts oversight of administrative activities, the “country must remain in embarrassing, crippling ignorance of the very affairs which it is most important it should understand and direct.”
First, oversight is an implicit constitutional responsibility of Congress.
According to historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., the Framers believed “it was not considered necessary to make an explicit grant of such authority.”
“The power to make laws implied the power to see whether they were faithfully executed.”
Purposes
Congressional oversight of the executive is designed to fulfill a variety of purposes, such as those outlined below.
Ensure Executive Compliance with Legislative Intent
Congress, of necessity, must delegate discretionary authority to federal administrators.
To make certain that these officers faithfully execute laws according to the intent of Congress, committees and Members can review the actions taken and regulations formulated by departments and agencies.
Protect Individual Rights and Liberties
Congressional oversight can help safeguard the rights and liberties of citizens and others.
By revealing abuses of authority, oversight hearings and other efforts can halt executive misconduct and help prevent its recurrence through, for example, new legislation or indirectly by heightening public awareness of the issue(s).
Authority to Conduct Oversight
U.S. Constitution
The Constitution grants Congress extensive authority to oversee and investigate executive branch activities.
The constitutional authority for Congress to conduct oversight stems from such explicit and implicit provisions as:
The power to organize the executive branch.
Congress has the authority to create, abolish, reorganize, and fund federal departments and agencies.
It has the authority to assign or reassign functions to departments and agencies and grant new forms of authority and staff to administrators.
Congress, in short, exercises ultimate authority over executive branch organization and generally over policy.
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So that should make it patently clear that Joe Biden is not “our leader,” which takes us back to his toxic, poisonous political speech on 31 August 2020, where he took great pains to politicize the COVID pandemic for partisan political purposes totally unrelated to protecting the public’s health from COVID, as follows:
That’s why I’m speaking to you today.
The incumbent president (Trump) is incapable of telling us the truth, incapable of facing the facts and incapable of healing.
He doesn’t want to shed light, he wants to generate heat and he’s stroking violence in our cities.
This is a tragic fact of the matter, how he’s dealing with this perilous hour in our nation.
* * * * *
We need justice in America.
We need safety in America.
We’re facing multiple crises.
Crises that under Donald Trump have kept multiplying.
COVID, economic devastation, unwarranted police violence, [inaudible] white nationalists, a reckoning on race, declining faith in the birth of the right American future.
There’s no reason why we can’t just do so much more than we’re doing.
The common threat, the incumbent president who makes things worse, not better, an incumbent president who sows chaos rather than providing order.
An incumbent president who fails in the basic duty of the job, which is to advance the truth that all of us know, that we’re all born with the right to life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
That’s right.
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Yes, indeed, people – RULE ONE of American politics: DO NOT ever let a crisis go to waste without exploiting it for all it is worth!
Regardless of what really happened, COVID was all Trump’s fault, period!
And that brings us to the present time, to wit:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic
SEPTEMBER 09, 2021
5:02 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: So before I outline the new steps to fight COVID-19 that I’m going to be announcing tonight, let me give you some clear information about where we stand.
First, we have cons- — we have made considerable progress in battling COVID-19.
When I became President, about 2 million Americans were fully vaccinated.
Today, over 175 million Americans have that protection.
Before I took office, we hadn’t ordered enough vaccine for every American.
Just weeks in office, we did.
The week before I took office, on January 20th of this year, over 25,000 Americans died that week from COVID-19.
Last week, that grim weekly toll was down 70 percent.
And in the three months before I took office, our economy was faltering, creating just 50,000 jobs a month.
We’re now averaging 700,000 new jobs a month in the past three months.
This progress is real.
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Sounds like Joe Biden was sent to us by Heaven, does it not, to save the soul of America in our hour of need!
And there we are seeing what the politicization of a public health matter in the United States of America looks like in real life.
Paul Plante says
CNBC
“Moderna releases new data on Covid breakthrough cases it says supports need for booster shots”
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. @BERKELEYJR
PUBLISHED WED, SEP 15 2021
Moderna on Wednesday released more data on so-called breakthrough cases it says supports the push for wide use of Covid-19 vaccine booster shots.
The U.S. drugmaker shared a new analysis from its phase three study that showed the incidence of breakthrough Covid cases, which occur in fully vaccinated people, was less frequent in a group of trial participants who were more recently inoculated, suggesting immunity for earlier groups had started to wane.
There were also fewer severe cases of Covid-19 cases in the group that received the vaccine more recently, according to a manuscript of the results shared by the company.
Three Covid-19 related hospitalizations occurred in the group that got the shots early on, resulting in two deaths, according to the data.
“There’s a large debate, we all know, about whether or not vaccine boosters are going to be necessary into the fall,” Moderna President Stephen Hoge said in a phone interview.
“That debate, what makes it really hard is it’s not really about whether the vaccine worked last month.”
“It’s really about whether it’s going to work this winter.”
The data shows that “we do see a significant increase in the risk of Covid-19 for those who are vaccinated a year ago versus six months ago,” Hoge said.
Paul Plante says
REUTERS
“Biden approval drops to lowest of presidency – Reuters/Ipsos poll”
By Chris Kahn
September 16, 2021
NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Public approval of U.S. President Joe Biden has dropped to the lowest level of his presidency, with Americans appearing to be increasingly critical of his response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
The national poll, conducted Sept. 15-16, found that 44% of U.S. adults approved of Biden’s performance in office, while 50% disapproved and the rest were not sure.
Biden’s popularity has been declining since mid-August as the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed and as COVID-19-related deaths surged across the country.
The weekly poll showed the number of Americans who approved of Biden’s response to the pandemic dropped below 50% for the first time: About 48% approved of the president’s COVID-19 policies, while 46% disapproved.
Paul Plante says
REUTERS
“Analysis-Torrid Moderna stock rally cools over booster shot doubts”
By Lewis Krauskopf
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Debate over the need for COVID-19 booster shots is clouding the outlook for Moderna Inc’s high-flying shares after the U.S. biotechnology company’s stock price soared as much as 360% this year, making it the best performer in the S&P 500.
Moderna has benefited from being one of the dominant coronavirus vaccines, but its shares have pulled back 11% since hitting a closing high of $484.47 in early August.
One factor in the rally stalling, analysts said, is a muddier outlook for additional booster COVID-19 shots, on top of the initial two-dose regimen.
“When (the stocks) ran up, I think it was expecting a booster shot to be given to everyone,” said Jeff Jonas, a portfolio manager at Gabelli Funds.
“Now I think it’s maybe a little less certain that that extra demand is going to be there.”
In a note earlier this week, SVB Leerink analysts estimated that the booster market is likely to add another $3 billion to $4 billion in U.S. revenue potential for existing vaccines.
Substantial booster revenue for the companies “are already contemplated in consensus estimates,” the Leerink analysts said, “making the stock impact for Moderna in particular dependent on the breadth of the recommended population and boosting interval.”
An already powerful rally in Moderna shares went into overdrive this summer, as index fund managers were forced to buy the stock after it was added to the S&P 500, and as concerns rose over a resurgence in COVID-19 cases due to spread of the virulent Delta variant of the virus.
The stock has been volatile since joining the index in mid July, with Moderna shares being either the biggest daily percentage gainer or loser in the S&P 500 in 10 trading days since the stock joined – a quarter of all the sessions over that time.
The median price target for Moderna shares among 12 analysts is $391, according to Refinitiv, over 11% below Thursday’s closing price of $440.65.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- … SKBN2GD1OB
Paul Plante says
CNBC
“FDA panel recommends Pfizer’s Covid booster doses for people 65 and older after rejecting third shots for general population”
Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Robert Towey and Rich Mendez
September 17, 2021
An influential Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Friday rejected a proposal to distribute booster shots of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to the general public, paring back those plans to unanimously recommend the third shots to people age 65 and older and other vulnerable Americans.
“It’s likely beneficial, in my opinion, for the elderly, and may eventually be indicated for the general population.”
“I just don’t think we’re there yet in terms of the data,” said Dr. Ofer Levy, a vaccine and infectious disease specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital.
The panel voted 16-2 against distributing the vaccines to Americans 16 and older, before unanimously embracing an alternate plan to give boosters to older Americans and those at a high risk of suffering from severe illness if they get the virus.
That’s previously included people with diabetes, heart disease, obesity and other so-called comorbidities.
Pfizer’s stock closed down 1.3%, while shares of BioNTech fell 3.6%.[/b][/color]
The nonbinding decision by the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee comes as the Biden administration has said it wants to begin offering booster shots to the general public as early as next week, pending authorization from U.S. health regulators.
While the agency hasn’t always followed the advice of its committee, it often does.
A final FDA decision could come in a matter of hours.
“We are not bound at FDA by your vote, just so you understand that.”
“We can tweak this as need be,” Dr. Peter Marks, the agency’s top vaccine regulator, reminded the panel after the votes.
White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said he wasn’t surprised they didn’t recommend the shots for people 16 and older.
Fauci, who has publicly backed boosters, hesitated in an interview Friday on “Closing Bell” to guess what the committee would ultimately decide.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the advisory committee at the time that they’re deliberating,” he said.
In outlining plans last month to start distributing boosters as early as next week, Biden administration officials cited three CDC studies that showed the vaccines’ protection against Covid diminished over several months.[/b][/color]
Senior health officials said at the time they worried protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death “could” diminish in the months ahead, especially among those who are at higher risk or were inoculated during the earlier phases of the vaccination rollout.
Before the vote, some committee members said they were concerned there wasn’t enough data to make a recommendation, while others argued third shots should be limited to certain groups, such as people over age 60 who are known to be at higher risk of severe disease.
Some members raised concerns about the risk of myocarditis in younger people, saying more research is needed.
Dr. Hayley Gans, a voting member, said she was “struck” that the FDA was asking the committee to look at the totality of the evidence presented Friday because some data, including on safety, was still insufficient.
Another member, Dr. Paul Offit, said he would support boosters for people over 60, but had trouble backing third shots for younger groups due to a higher risk of myocarditis.
Before the vote Friday, the committee listened to several presentations on data to support the wide distribution of booster shots, including from health authorities from Israel, where officials began inoculating the nation’s population ahead of many other countries and began offering third shots to their citizens in late July.
Phil Krause, an FDA vaccine regulator and a co-author of The Lancet paper, was critical of the findings presented Friday, saying much of the data had not been reviewed by the federal agency or had not been peer-reviewed.
He said the models used were complex and scientists have to ensure it “is giving you the correct results.”
“That’s part of the difficulty at looking at this kind of data without having the chance for FDA to review it,” he said.
In a presentation Friday, Dr. Sharon Elroy-Preiss of Israel’s Health Ministry argued that if officials there had not begun distributing boosters at the end of July, the nation likely would have exceeded its hospital capacity.
Health officials began to see a trend, she said, of individuals in their 40s and 50s who were fully vaccinated become critically ill with Covid.
“We didn’t want to wait to see those results and we knew that we needed to vaccinate a larger portion of the population in order to get the numbers down quickly,” she told the committee.
Israeli health authorities expected severe cases to average 2,000 by late August, she said.
“We were able to dampen that effect and our severe cases are roughly 700 or less and have stayed stable, even though we still have days at 10,000 confirmed cases.”
Paul Plante says
SCIENCE INSIDER
“Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine — but vaccination remains vital; Israelis who had an infection were more protected against the Delta coronavirus variant than those who had an already highly effective COVID-19 vaccine”
BY MEREDITH WADMAN
26 AUG 2021
The natural immune protection that develops after a SARS-CoV-2 infection offers considerably more of a shield against the Delta variant of the pandemic coronavirus than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a large Israeli study that some scientists wish came with a “Don’t try this at home” label.
The newly released data show people who once had a SARS-CoV-2 infection were much less likely than never-infected, vaccinated people to get Delta, develop symptoms from it, or become hospitalized with serious COVID-19.
“It’s a textbook example of how natural immunity is really better than vaccination,” says Charlotte Thålin, a physician and immunology researcher at Danderyd Hospital and the Karolinska Institute who studies the immune responses to SARS-CoV-2.
“We continue to underestimate the importance of natural infection immunity … especially when [infection] is recent,” says Eric Topol, a physician-scientist at Scripps Research.
Nussenzweig’s group has published data showing people who recover from a SARS-CoV-2 infection continue to develop increasing numbers and types of coronavirus-targeting antibodies for up to 1 year.
By contrast, he says, twice-vaccinated people stop seeing increases “in the potency or breadth of the overall memory antibody compartment” a few months after their second dose.
Stuart Bell says
Sever your ties with your Loacal, State, and Federal Government. They have shown us their ‘true colors’ time and time again.
Do it today!
Paul Plante says
And staying with the timeline here, because timelines are important to our understanding of Joe Biden’s dangerous COVID lies and distortions, let’s go back to the following, to wit:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic
SEPTEMBER 09, 2021
5:02 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: So before I outline the new steps to fight COVID-19 that I’m going to be announcing tonight, let me give you some clear information about where we stand.
First, we have cons- — we have made considerable progress in battling COVID-19.
The week before I took office, on January 20th of this year, over 25,000 Americans died that week from COVID-19.
Last week, that grim weekly toll was down 70 percent.
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According to the statistics, on 3 January 2021, the day Nancy Pelosi guaranteed to her fellow Democrats that when the sealed boxes containing the results of the electoral college were all opened three days later on 6 January 2021, Joe Biden would be the president, the total number of deaths in the U.S. on that date was 371,921.
Three (3) days later, on 6 January 2021, when the violence incited by Joe Biden in his toxic and poisonous political partisan Pittsburgh Speech on August 31, 2020 calling for the overthrow of Donald Trump as president was taking place in Washington. D.C. at the Capitol, the number of deaths had risen to 381,901.
On 20 January 2021, the day the peaceful transfer of power from the Trump administration to the Biden administration took place pursuant to OUR Constitution, the number of COVID deaths had increased to 429,080.
On September 9, 2021, the date of Joe’s speech above, the COVID death toll stood at 677,925.
On 3 January 2021, the number of daily deaths that day was 1,523.
January 4, 2021, the count was 2,005.
January 5, 2021, the count was 3863.
On January 6, 2021, the daily death count was 4112.
In the week before the peaceful transfer of power on 20 January 2021, the daily death count according to the COVID tracking project at The Atlantic was as follows:
13 January 2021: 4087
14 January 2021: 3915
15 January 2021: 3679
16 January 2021: 3709
17 January 2021: 2053
18 January 2021: 1395
19 January 2021: 2141
Which equals out to 20,979, not over 25,000.
On 9 September 2021, the date of Joe Biden’s above speech, the daily death count was 2261.
In the week before, it was as follows:
2 September 2021: 2021
3 September 2021: 1876
4 September 2021: 1361
5 September 2021: 1027
6 September 2021: 850
7 September 2021: 1204
8 September 2021: 1987
Which equals out t0 10,326.
However, on 9 September 2021, this is what Joe told us: Last week, that grim weekly toll was down 70 percent.
If it was down seventy percent of the total for the week before 20 January 2021, that would be would be 14,685 deaths lower, for a total of 6,294, not the actual 10,326.
So is Joe blowing some smoke there, people?
And of course he is, because he is Joe Biden, and that is what Joe Biden does – blows torrents of smoke!
And let’s look at the week after Joe’s 9 September 2021 speech to see what it is we see:
10 September 2021: 1991
11 September 2021 1460
12 September 2021: 867
13 September 2021: 1014
14 September 2021: 2113
15 September 2021: 2417
16 September 2021: 2065
Which equals out to 11,927, 1601 deaths higher than the 10,326 deaths in the week before!
So what’s up with that, people?
I thought Joe had this whole thing under control!
And from 13 June 2021 to about 18 July 2021 there was a definite trough where the daily deaths were down around 300 per day, so this excuse that this is a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” doesn’t cut it, at all.
But again, this is Joe Biden we are talking about, so should anybody be surprised that he has his own set of numbers to tell us to make himself look good?
Paul Plante says
And here we need to come forward to present times with the following from the speech Joe Biden made at the U.N. on 21 September 2021, to wit:
Remarks by President Biden Before the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
10:01 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, my fellow delegates, to all those who dedicate themselves to this noble mission of this institution: It’s my honor to speak to you for the first time as President of the United States.
We meet this year in a moment of — intermingled with great pain and extraordinary possibility.
We’ve lost so much to this devastating — this devastating pandemic that continues to claim lives around the world and impact so much on our existence.
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And now, people, we need to be frank and candid with each other here – Joe Biden needs this PANDEMIC the same way Adolph Hitler needed the Reichstag Fire, because this PANDEMIC is the source of the literal dictatorial powers Joe Biden has assumed since the peaceful transfer of power took place on 20 January 2021 in Washington, D.C. when Donald Trump peacefully transferred the reins of executive power in America to a TYRANNICAL DESPOT and AUTOCRAT who is now ruling through fear, intimidation, threats and executive orders that continue to amplify his dictatorial powers over our lives.
It
s a war, people, against the PANDEMIC, and in a war, it only stands to reason the Constitutional protections have to be suspended for the good of the nation, until Joe Biden should see fit to relinquish those dictatorial powers the PANDEMIC gave him, because the “science” tol;d him it was the right thing to do, which takes us back to Joe at the U.N., as follows:
We’re mourning more than 4.5 million people — people of every nation from every background.
Each death is an individual heartbreak.
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And if we collectively stop to think about it, without this PANDEMIC, Joe Biden really would not have had anything to say at the U.N., other than having to explain to the world why he made the U.S. a laughing stock, a world-class bungler, with his incompetent rapid exit from Afghanistan while arming the Tenth-Century Taliban with 21st century weaponry, and why he screwed over France with the submarine deal of his, so for Joe, keeping this PANDEMIC alive for partisan political purposes is of great importance to him, which again takes us back for more Joe at the U.N., as follows
But our shared grief is a poignant reminder that our collective future will hinge on our ability to recognize our common humanity and to act together.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the clear and urgent choice that we face here at the dawning of what must be a decisive decade for our world — a decade that will quite literally determine our futures.
As a global community, we’re challenged by urgent and looming crises wherein lie enormous opportunities if — if — we can summon the will and resolve to seize these opportunities.
Will we work together to save lives, defeat COVID-19 everywhere, and take the necessary steps to prepare ourselves for the next pandemic?
For there will be another one.
Or will we fail to harness the tools at our disposal as the more virulent and dangerous variants take hold?
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And WHOA, MULE, stop the tape right there: Will we work together and take the necessary steps to prepare ourselves for the next pandemic for there will be another one?
HUH?
The next PANDEMIC?
What is it that Joe Biden knows here, that we do not?
Sounds like Joe is really planning ahead here in how to maintain his status as the DICTATOR OF AMERICA with another PANDEMIC in the pipeline even as Joe is making a SUPER HUMAN effort to defeat this one!
Paul Plante says
And from there we need to come forward in time again to 24 September 2021 and the “Remarks by President Biden on the COVID-19 Response and the Vaccination Program,” where we have this seriously sick pup in the White House ranting as follows and sounding like a real dangerous despot as he does so, to wit:
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everyone.
But this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated.
And it’s caused by the fact that, despite Americans having an unprecedented and successful vaccination program, despite the fact that for almost five months, free vaccines have been available in 80,000 locations, we still have — we still have over 70 million Americans who have failed to get a single shot.
And to make matters worse, there are elected officials actively working to undermine with false information the fight against COVID-19.
This is totally unacceptable.
The vast majority of Americans are doing the right thing.
And in a country as large as ours, that’s — 25 percent minority can cause an awful lot of damage.
And they are causing a lot of damage.
The unvaccinated overcrowd our hospitals, overrunning emergency rooms and intensive care units, leaving no room for someone with a heart attack or a cancer operation needed to get the lifesaving care because the places where they would get that care are crowded; they are not available.
The unvaccinated also put our economic at — recovery at risk, causing unease in the economy around the — and causing unease around the kitchen table.
I can imagine what’s going on in the conversations this morning, and a lot of parents wondering what’s going to happen.
“What’s going to happen?”
Those who have been vaccinated — “what’s going to happen?”
Potentially slowing economic growth, costing jobs.
Their refusal has cost all of us.
The refusal to get vaccinated has cost all of us.
And I understand there’s a lot of misinformation you’ve been fed out there, but try to look through — get to people you trust, the people who have been vaccinated.
Ask them.
Ask them.
So, get vaccinated.
But just don’t take it from me.
Listen to the voices of the unvaccinated Americans who are lying in hospital beds, taking their final breaths, saying — and, literally, we’ve seen this on television — “If only I had gotten vaccinated.”
“If only.”
“If only.”
They’re leaving behind husbands and wives and small children — people who adore them.
People are dying and will die who don’t have to die.
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Listen to the voices of the unvaccinated Americans who are lying in hospital beds, taking their final breaths, saying — and, literally, we’ve seen this on television — “If only I had gotten vaccinated.”
HUH?
Where the hell is that taking place, putting people who are taking their last breath on television as a scare tactic to help Joe Biden push this **** on behalf of BIG PHARM whose SHILL Joe Biden is?
That right there is some real sick **** Joe Biden is pulling, putting dying people on television to scare people into doing what he says.
What kind of a sick twist uses dying people on television as props to push his partisan political agenda?
And people are dying and will die who don’t have to die?
They don’t have to die?
How come?
Because Joe Biden says so?
As to people dying who didn’t have to die, I’m thinking of that little two-year old girl in Kabul, Afghanistan who Joe blew into hamburger along with her family just recently with his revenge drone strike.
They didn’t have to die, but notwithstanding, Joe Biden killed them, anyway, to show all the world, the galaxy, and the universe just how tough a mother****** Joe Biden really is.
But people do die, and people have been dying now for millennia because dying is a natural part of life, and accordingly, that is what people do.
So is Joe Biden now trying to tell us that he has the power to make us live forever if we would only believe in him with all our hearts and minds and do exactly what he says when he says it?
Talk about a hack politician spewing misinformation, alright, there it is in spades!
Paul Plante says
And let us stop this Biden-esque FARCE right here to confront this poisonous pig poop Joe Biden is spewing about a “PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED,” a stupid, hyperbolic (something that has been exaggerated or enlarged beyond what is reasonable; a reaction by a person that is completely out-of-proportion to the events occurring) term concocted by a stupid man, a dangerous despot who doesn’t know what he is talking about as he continues his toxic efforts to divide us further as a people and as a nation in order to cement his power over us as our new dictator.
This is NOT a “PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED!”
“Pandemic” is simply a word that means an event in which a disease spreads across several countries and affects a large number of people.
That’s it!
That’s all it is!
And if it is a pandemic of anything, it is a pandemic of the unhealthy, the immuno-compromised, the weak among us, which takes us to the real science, not this garbage put out by the politicals posing as scientists that inhabit the Biden regime, by going to an article in the Daily Mail entitled “Is the end finally in sight? New model predicts COVID cases will decline through winter and drop to 9,000 per day by March 2022 – with daily deaths falling below 100” by Mary Kekatos, Acting U.S. Health Editor for DailyMail.com on 22 September 2021, where we have as follows concerning this “PANDEMIC OF THE SUSCEPTIBLE,” to wit:
The end of the COVID-19 pandemic may be near with cases and deaths declining to levels not seen in more than a year by next spring, a new model predicts.
The analysis, conducted by the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), looked at different scenarios regarding the trajectory of the pandemic.
Researchers predicted that the U.S. has reached the peak of the fourth wave fueled by the Delta variant and will see all indicators improve.
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So while Joe Biden spews ignorant and hysterical horse crap making it sound like the end of the world is actually going to happen for the poor vaccinated folks because of the unvaccinated and the sky will fall as a result of those people defying Joe Biden’s direct command to put that stuff he’s peddling on behalf of BIG PHARM’s profit margins and stock values, the real science is telling an entirely different story, as follows:
Experts have previously the decline in cases be attributed to two things: vaccines and the ‘true’ number of people infected by the virus.
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Now, focus in on that statement about the “‘true’ number of people infected by the virus.”
Why?
Because those UNVACCINATED people have NATURAL IMMUNITY which is far better protection than the protection offered by the stuff Joe Biden is pushing on the American people, which takes us an article in Science Insider entitled “Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine — but vaccination remains vital; Israelis who had an infection were more protected against the Delta coronavirus variant than those who had an already highly effective COVID-19 vaccine” by Meredith Wadman on 26 August 2021, as follows:
The natural immune protection that develops after a SARS-CoV-2 infection offers considerably more of a shield against the Delta variant of the pandemic coronavirus than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a large Israeli study that some scientists wish came with a “Don’t try this at home” label.
The newly released data show people who once had a SARS-CoV-2 infection were much less likely than never-infected, vaccinated people to get Delta, develop symptoms from it, or become hospitalized with serious COVID-19.
“It’s a textbook example of how natural immunity is really better than vaccination,” says Charlotte Thålin, a physician and immunology researcher at Danderyd Hospital and the Karolinska Institute who studies the immune responses to SARS-CoV-2.
“We continue to underestimate the importance of natural infection immunity … especially when [infection] is recent,” says Eric Topol, a physician-scientist at Scripps Research.
Nussenzweig’s group has published data showing people who recover from a SARS-CoV-2 infection continue to develop increasing numbers and types of coronavirus-targeting antibodies for up to 1 year.
By contrast, he says, twice-vaccinated people stop seeing increases “in the potency or breadth of the overall memory antibody compartment” a few months after their second dose.
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But that science will not stop Joe Biden from spreading his dangerous COVID lies, because Joe is a SHILL for BIG PHARM, and what he is trying to protect is their cash flow and stock values, not the American people who are nothing more than “human infrastructure” to Joe Biden where the word “infrastructure” is the general term for the basic physical systems of a business, region, or nation.
To Joe, in Joe’s “America,” we aren’t fellow human beings – we are merely “things” for Joe to move around at will, as he will, when he will, and as “things,” we have absolutely no voice in the matter anymore than a forklift or telephone pole does, which takes us back to the Daily Mail as follows:
Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that far more than 42.2 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19 and the true figure stands at 120.2 million.
Combine this 120.2 million statistic with the number of people who have been vaccinated and the virus is running out of vulnerable bodies to infect.
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HERD IMMUNITY, people!
And note what the scientists are saying there: the virus is running out of vulnerable bodies to infect.
So, if it is a pandemic of anything, it is a “PANDEMIC OF THE VULNERABLE,” where the word “vulnerable” means “susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm,” such as emotional harm coming from listening too long to Joe Biden, or “a person in need of special care, support, or protection because of age or disability.”
Sadly, that is all too many people in this sick and unhealthy nation where people look to PILLS and BIG PHARM as their saviors instead of trying to take care of themselves, and half the people at any time suffer from some kind of mental illness or condition, and while it might be sad, those are whom the virus was sent by nature to take, because nature abhors weakness and works to eliminate it, whether we like it or not, because nature doesn’t leave the choice to us, other than to stay fit and healthy to the best of our ability.
So are you going to listen to the science?
Or are you going to listen to Joe Biden and his dangerous COVID lies?