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from AAPS - Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Nonprofit Organization headquartered in Tucson, Arizona
Analyzing the CDC’s Available Data Without Hysteria
Today I took an in-depth look at the actual numbers of all recorded Covid deaths to date and from the period of Feb 1 through July 11, 2020 .... Sure, every single death is a loss and impacts everyone around it. There are 328 million people living in the USA per the 2019 US census data. Everyone dies of something. Let’s hope it is when we are pretty old and sick, when death comes and hopefully suddenly! It would appear that Covid may be fulfilling this wish: 60% of all deaths occurred in persons over age 74, and with a current US life expectancy of 78.7 years. Only 13% of the US population is over 65 and with only ½ of these persons over 74 per 2010 US census data.
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from American Thinker
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE, EXTREME RIGHT BIAS, LOW, News and Opinion BlogMichelle Malkin beaten by BLM thugs and prevented from speaking at Denver pro-police rally
Conservative author and activist Michelle Malkin was brutally assaulted and prevented from speaking as she made her way to the speaker's platform at a pro-police public rally in downtown Denver on Sunday. The patriotic event, the 6th Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day billed as "family friendly," was advertised in advance on social media including at Malkin's Twitter, where she has 2.2 million followers.
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Bishop Charlie Masters’s (ANiC) Personal Reflections On The Promotion To Glory Of The Reverend Canon Dr. J. I. Packer.
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from BBC News (UK)
Coronavirus: Protein treatment trial 'a breakthrough'
The preliminary results of a clinical trial suggest a new treatment for Covid-19 reduces the number of patients needing intensive care, according to the UK company that developed it. The treatment from Southampton-based biotech Synairgen uses a protein called interferon beta which the body produces when it gets a viral infection. The protein is inhaled directly into the lungs of patients with coronavirus, using a nebuliser, in the hope that it will stimulate an immune response. The initial findings suggest the treatment cut the odds of a Covid-19 patient in hospital developing severe disease - such as requiring ventilation - by 79%.
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from Bloomberg
Media/News Company
Wall Street Firms Consider Moving Jobs from NYC, Study Says
Work from home and the reduced need for employees in New York’s financial and professional-services industries have prompted some companies to consider paring their presence in the city by at least 20%, according to a study on the economic impact of Covid-19.
Wall Street Firms Consider Moving Jobs from NYC, Study Says
Work from home and the reduced need for employees in New York’s financial and professional-services industries have prompted some companies to consider paring their presence in the city by at least 20%, according to a study on the economic impact of Covid-19.
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from Business Insider
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, business news site in New York CityUK officials reportedly told Huawei its 5G ban could be revisited if Trump loses the 2020 election
On July 14, the UK announced that from next year it will be illegal for telecoms operators to buy 5G equipment from Huawei. Operators must remove all existing Huawei 5G kit by 2027. The Observer reports that, in the days before the announcement, government officials briefed Huawei that the motivations behind the decision were partly geopolitical. The Trump administration was exerting pressure on the UK, they reportedly said. They also hinted the ban could be revisited if Trump loses the 2020 election and pressure from the US abates.
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from Conciliar Post
If the average Christian were asked to identify the essential roles in Christianity and pre-Christian Judaism, he or she would probably name the pastor, the apostle, the prophet, the priest, and perhaps also the king. Depending on the person’s denominational affiliation, he or she might mention the pope or the musician or the nun. Few members of any denomination, I think, would mention the historian—a figure lamentably seen by many as merely providing additional support to the ministry of the church, like the mechanic who fixes the pastor’s car or the landscaper who cuts the church’s grass. The historian remains an unsung hero, and understandably so, because the historian is the bard who pens the ballad, not the one for whom the ballad is penned. In this brief article I would like to break from the established pattern and sing of a ballad of the historian, a figure who was and is at the heart of the mission and ministry of Christ’s church.
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from The Daily Beast
LEFT BIAS, MOSTLY FACTUAL, Media/News Company in New York City
Walmart Workers Are Terrified of Enforcing Mask Rules
“I asked a customer if they had a mask, and she walked by me, completely ignored me as if I did not exist. Another one swore, ‘That's f*cking bullshit, and f*ck this place.’” Even in a time of record unemployment, some of Dan’s colleagues at an Indiana Walmart have walked off the job. They aren’t quitting over fears of catching COVID-19, he explained. They’re quitting because of customers who become abusive when asked to wear face masks.
“I asked a customer if they had a mask, and she walked by me, completely ignored me as if I did not exist. Another one swore, ‘That's f*cking bullshit, and f*ck this place.’” Even in a time of record unemployment, some of Dan’s colleagues at an Indiana Walmart have walked off the job. They aren’t quitting over fears of catching COVID-19, he explained. They’re quitting because of customers who become abusive when asked to wear face masks.
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from Fast Company
progressive business Media/News Company
Every year, about 2.3 million American renter households receive eviction papers at some point. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we might see that many evictions in one month. Global advisory firm Stout, with input from the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (NCCRC), used census survey results and income data to develop a new eviction estimation tool that estimates how many households could be at risk of eviction as moratoriums end, courts reopen, and rent relief efforts fall short. More than 16 million renter households are at risk of eviction, according to the tool, and more than 11 million households could be served with eviction papers over the next four months.
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Beefeaters at Tower of London face job cuts amid coronavirus crisis
The famous Beefeaters at the Tower of London are among staff at six palaces in London and Northern Ireland threatened by redundancies as the coronavirus pandemic hits visitor numbers. Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), the charity that looks after the palaces, faces a shortfall of £98m this year, and it expects visitor numbers to take years to recover to 2019 levels. It is thought to be the first time since Henry VII established the force in 1485 that the yeoman warders, the ceremonial guardians of the tower popularly known as Beefeaters, face the threat of compulsory redundancy. It is understood that two Beefeaters have so far opted to take voluntary redundancy, but further cuts are possible.
Beefeaters at Tower of London face job cuts amid coronavirus crisis
The famous Beefeaters at the Tower of London are among staff at six palaces in London and Northern Ireland threatened by redundancies as the coronavirus pandemic hits visitor numbers. Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), the charity that looks after the palaces, faces a shortfall of £98m this year, and it expects visitor numbers to take years to recover to 2019 levels. It is thought to be the first time since Henry VII established the force in 1485 that the yeoman warders, the ceremonial guardians of the tower popularly known as Beefeaters, face the threat of compulsory redundancy. It is understood that two Beefeaters have so far opted to take voluntary redundancy, but further cuts are possible.
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from The Independent
LEFT BIAS, Media/News Company in London, UK
‘They just started whaling on me’: Veteran speaks out after video of federal officers beating him at Portland protests goes viral
Christopher David, a 53-year-old disabled Navy veteran, was so angry at the sight of federal officers sweeping up protesters in the last few nights on the streets of Portland, Oregon, that he decided to go and talk to them about it. The city resident, who served more than eight years with the US Navy, got on a public bus on Saturday and headed to a protest in front of the city courthouse in the hope he could ask them some questions. “I was enraged simply because I did not think they were taking their oath of office seriously or they were compromising their oath of office,” Mr David told The Independent. “So I actually went down because I wanted to talk to them about it.” His advances were rebuffed, however, and he was the victim of a brutal attack that was caught on video and went viral on Sunday.
‘They just started whaling on me’: Veteran speaks out after video of federal officers beating him at Portland protests goes viral
Christopher David, a 53-year-old disabled Navy veteran, was so angry at the sight of federal officers sweeping up protesters in the last few nights on the streets of Portland, Oregon, that he decided to go and talk to them about it. The city resident, who served more than eight years with the US Navy, got on a public bus on Saturday and headed to a protest in front of the city courthouse in the hope he could ask them some questions. “I was enraged simply because I did not think they were taking their oath of office seriously or they were compromising their oath of office,” Mr David told The Independent. “So I actually went down because I wanted to talk to them about it.” His advances were rebuffed, however, and he was the victim of a brutal attack that was caught on video and went viral on Sunday.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS
Oxford coronavirus vaccine induces strong immune response, early trial results suggest
A coronavirus vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca is safe and shows signs of inducing an immune response, according to early clinical trial results published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet. The trial did not look at whether the vaccine prevents coronavirus infection, however. That's a question that will be answered in trials that are ongoing. The trial results found that the vaccine generated two "strong" immune responses: the production of both antibodies and T cells. The immune system makes antibodies in response to a virus so it can recognize it and fight it off a second time. T cells are also important, because they search for infected cells, attacking and killing them.
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Trump to send federal forces to more 'Democrat' cities
President Donald Trump on Monday said he would send law enforcement to more U.S. cities, as a federal crackdown on anti-racism protests in Oregon with unmarked cars and unidentified forces angered people across the country. Trump, a Republican, cited New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and Oakland, California, as places to send federal agents, noting the cities’ mayors were “liberal Democrats.” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot frequently blasts Trump on Twitter.
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Oxford coronavirus vaccine induces strong immune response, early trial results suggest
A coronavirus vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca is safe and shows signs of inducing an immune response, according to early clinical trial results published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet. The trial did not look at whether the vaccine prevents coronavirus infection, however. That's a question that will be answered in trials that are ongoing. The trial results found that the vaccine generated two "strong" immune responses: the production of both antibodies and T cells. The immune system makes antibodies in response to a virus so it can recognize it and fight it off a second time. T cells are also important, because they search for infected cells, attacking and killing them.
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from Reason Magazine
Magazine in Los Angeles, California
Congress Is Paying People a Lot of Money To Not Work
Though the unemployment insurance benefits boost eased the immediate pain of shuttering much of the economy, it made it harder to get things moving again.
Congress Is Paying People a Lot of Money To Not Work
Though the unemployment insurance benefits boost eased the immediate pain of shuttering much of the economy, it made it harder to get things moving again.
from Reuters
International news agency headquartered in London, UK
Trump to send federal forces to more 'Democrat' cities
President Donald Trump on Monday said he would send law enforcement to more U.S. cities, as a federal crackdown on anti-racism protests in Oregon with unmarked cars and unidentified forces angered people across the country. Trump, a Republican, cited New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and Oakland, California, as places to send federal agents, noting the cities’ mayors were “liberal Democrats.” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot frequently blasts Trump on Twitter.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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We'll need enormous numbers of Americans to test COVID-19 vaccines; a 'very encouraging' 138,600 have signed up
At a time when some Americans are concerned about the safety of a COVID-19 vaccine, tens of thousands have already volunteered to help bring oneinto existence. As of Monday , more than 138,600 people had signed up to take part in testing. “That’s why we’re optimistic that we’re going to be able to get the trials enrolled in an expeditious way. I think we can do what we need to do,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Vote by Mail fails when postal workers are corrupt, look at Washington State
The debate about Vote by Mail during the Covid19 pandemic has been in the news lately. It has been called “cheat by mail” by those concerned about the increased potential for fraud. Supporters, on the other hand, suggest Vote by Mail is necessary in the Covid19 lockdown era. However, some recent examples of postal workers in Washington State apparently using their unique job handling ballots as a way to directly influence elections has raised some serious concerns and a whole new dimension of the vote by mail debate.
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from USA Today
At a time when some Americans are concerned about the safety of a COVID-19 vaccine, tens of thousands have already volunteered to help bring oneinto existence. As of Monday , more than 138,600 people had signed up to take part in testing. “That’s why we’re optimistic that we’re going to be able to get the trials enrolled in an expeditious way. I think we can do what we need to do,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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from We the Governed
The debate about Vote by Mail during the Covid19 pandemic has been in the news lately. It has been called “cheat by mail” by those concerned about the increased potential for fraud. Supporters, on the other hand, suggest Vote by Mail is necessary in the Covid19 lockdown era. However, some recent examples of postal workers in Washington State apparently using their unique job handling ballots as a way to directly influence elections has raised some serious concerns and a whole new dimension of the vote by mail debate.
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