By K E Stone (Keystone)
This is article 57 in the ongoing 20-month COVID-19 pandemic
saga. The United States continues defeating US wave 5, the delta wave. The US
crosses the 45.9 million cases threshold another awful milestone.
746.5K Americans are dead from China Flu a deadly worldwide
pandemic that was likely released from the Wuhan Laboratories; perhaps one of
the hidden labs operating at lower levels of security than required by the
international community. Communist China refuses to cooperate with any
investigation into the origin of COVID-19.
The US daily new cases chart is shown above. America reports
53.1K daily new cases for yesterday, a Monday, the lowest cases for a weekday
in 3 months. The 7-day MA, the blue line in the chart, that smooths out the
choppy daily data so a trend can be identified, clearly continues downwards at
78.8K daily cases per day. The 3-day MA (not shown) continues printing lower
lows and lower highs maintaining the downward trend. America is on the mend and
heading in the right direction.
The US active cases chart is shown above. The chart peaked
on 10/1/21 at over 9.9 million active cases on the exact day predicted by the
Keystone Model a month in advance. As in stock trading, every now and then a
blind squirrel finds a nut. The US active cases are down to 9.6 million but
needs to drop at a faster rate. The outbreaks in the northern states are creating
a slight drag but considering the drop in daily cases occurring, the active
cases curve should begin dropping sharply forming the bell shape.
The US daily deaths chart is shown above. 684 Americans
perish from the Wuhan Virus yesterday. The death counts are unacceptably high
and the Biden administration receives a flunking grade in getting monoclonal
antibody (mAb) treatments to Americans. Florida has great success setting up
the mAb clinics and keeping people out of the hospital and preventing deaths.
It is sickening that the Whitehouse and CDC are one-trick
ponies with blinders on only professing vaccinations while ignoring, even
belittling, all other treatments and therapies. No wonder many Americans do not
listen to the coronavirus guidance anymore and do not trust what they are told.
The 7-day MA trend line for US deaths is at 1,320 deaths per
day and dropping. It needs to come down a lot farther and faster and would if
states were more proactive in getting mAb treatments to the public. Deaths are
always the last domino to fall into place. Daily cases lead hospital admissions
that lead hospitalizations that lead deaths. There should be lower death
numbers coming.
The Worldometer data is at 746.5K Americans dead from
coronavirus. Johns-Hopkins is at 726K deaths. The CDC COVID Data Tracker is at723K deaths. The IHME is at 724K reported deaths and estimates that the actual
number may be closer to 840K when including all types of deaths with
coronavirus as the root cause.
The last article 56 highlighted the US daily cases
cumulative chart explaining the total infections for the pandemic. Recapping,
there are 20.6 million COVID-19 cases from the start of the pandemic through
the end of last year, 12/31/21. For this year, which is 10-1/2 months along,
there are 25.3 million cases for a total of 45.9 million total US infections.
More COVID-19 cases have occurred this year, and it is not over, than all of
last year.
For the presidential shift of power from Trump, King Donnie,
the orange-headed bloviating carnival clown, to Biden, Sleepy Joe, the
gingerly-stepping phantom Alzheimer’s patient, there are 25.2 million COVID-19 cases
through 1/20/21, Inauguration Day, and 20.7 million cases from then to present
for a total of 45.9 million total US infections.
Thus, the democrat media (CNN, MSNBC, the broadcast networks
(ABC, CBS, NBC), NPR, PBS, New York Times, Washington Post (Bezos)), proclaims
that there are only 20.7 million cases under Biden’s watch but 25.2 million
infections under Trump’s watch. The republican media (Fox News, Newsmax, OANN,
Breitbart, AM talk radio, New York Post) decrees that there were only 20.6
million cases last year under Trump but 25.3 million cases this year and the
year is not over. Note how January makes all the difference which was the peak
time for the tragic wave 3 mayhem. The two corrupt political parties play their
spin games.
Let’s take a look at the US cumulative deaths chart above. 366.4K
Americans died in 2020 from the Wuhan Flu and 380.1K croak this year for a
total of 746.5K deaths. That is a lot of bodies. The funeral directors dance
with glee. 429.9K Americans, call it 430K, die under King Donnie’s watch (through
1/20/21) and 316.6K meet The Maker under Sleepy Joe’s leadership.
Thus, the republican tribe professes that more Americans
have died this year from COVID-19 than all of last year (they are trying to
insinuate the pandemic was better handled under Trump). Using Inauguration Day
as the dividing line, the democrat tribe climbs on to a soap box proclaiming
that 430K Americans died under Trump’s watch but ‘only’ 316.6K are dead under
Biden’s tenure.
January was the big wave 3 and when the US political power
changed hands on 1/20/21 from republicans to democrats. Both parties spin the COVID-19 data in their favor. The two
political tribes are two sides of the same corrupt Washington, DC, coin.
US hospital admissions and hospitalizations continue
tracking lower across all age groups. 66% of the US population, 219 million
people, are vaccinated with at least one shot. Everyone needs to relax since
there are likely 100 million Americans, 30%, that had COVID-19 and have natural
immunity. America is in the herd immunity range and the delta wave may be the
last hurrah for this dirtbag pandemic.
189 million Americans, 57%, are fully vaccinated (189/330).
Almost 11 million Americans, nearly 6% (of those eligible), have received their
booster shot (11/189=0.058=5.8%). 15%, or 1 in every 7 people over 65 years
old, have received their booster shot. You would expect that to be higher but
the data may be lagging. Otherwise, people may be deciding to blow-off the
booster.
The vaccine mandates versus personal freedom and liberty
battle continues. As mentioned above, 219 million of the 330 million Americans
knelt before Uncle Sam to receive the vaccine thus far. That is a lot of
compliance especially considering that many are not taking the vaccine for a
multitude of reasons including that they had COVID-19 and have natural
antibodies. Others feel they are fit young people and not worried about the
virus. Some folks cannot take vaccines due to rare health conditions and others
are claiming religious exemptions. The US is likely in better shape with the
pandemic than most people realize.
Vaccine mandates drive a wedge through American society. As
the US wave 5 ends, the delta wave, perhaps the dictatorial vaccine and mask mandates
will wither on the vine and life will return to normal.
100 unvaccinated Yale New Haven Health employees in
Connecticut are tossed into the street since they did not want to take the
shots. It is amazing how these nurses were heroes a year ago but are now
flicked into the street like a dirty cigarette butt because they do not want
vaccinated. Smart and pretty broadcaster Allison Williams is being fired by the
ESPN sports network for not getting vaccinated.
Washington State fires football coach Nick Rolovich and four
assistants for not being vaccinated. Rolovich gives up a few million in salary
for his decision. The players love “Rolo” as their coach and do not care if he
is unvaccinated but democrat Governor Jay Inslee decrees that Washington state
employees be vaccinated. People denigrate coach for ruining the season but
Inslee is actually the grinch.
After 22 years on the force, Washington state trooper (state
police) Robert LaMay is forced to resign for not getting vaccinated. In his
closing video remarks, LaMay tells Governor Inslee that he can “kiss my *ss.”
NBA (basketball) player Jonathan Isaac of the Orlando Magic
says he is not taking the vaccine since he had covid and he is young and a
strong athlete. Isaac rightfully, and articulately, calls out the media’s
vaccine and coronavirus misinformation. Isaac is not an anti-vaxxer, which is
the case with many people not planning to get vaccinated, but instead has
natural antibodies that are protecting him as well as his youth and top
physical condition. It is an intelligent risk-reward calculation for himself
but he is berated and ridiculed like anyone that dares question the sacred
vaccine mandate. Kneel, b*tch.
Country singer and performer Travis Tritt cancels four shows
refusing to play at venues that require vaccination proof (your papers,
please). Tritt joins other artists such as famous guitarist Eric Clapton that
will not play those venues and even wrote a couple songs on the subject such as
“This Has Gotta Stop.”
Right-wing AM talk show host Dennis Prager, that providesthe Prager University mini-videos on hot-button issues, an outspoken critic on
the loss of liberties during the pandemic, and unenthusiastic about taking a
vaccine but not an ant-vaxxer, contracts COVID-19. His wife is also ill. In
meanie America, sick people revel in his illness when instead they should wish
him well or not say anything at all.
Prager creates controversy broadcasting from home, in
quarantine, after several days off, when he says he wanted to get the
coronavirus. Maybe the drugs are getting to his head. It is fine that he wants
to make a point but there is no memory of him announcing from the rooftops for
months that he was trying to get covid; it sounds like more of an afterthought.
It is simple to get covid if you actually set out to do so. Keystone knows
folks now with COVID-19; go spend a day with them and get sick, nothing to it.
Prager says he is steadily improving (he does not sound or
appear strong on Monday), there was never any danger of hospitalization, and he
received the Regeneron mAb treatment. On today’s broadcast, Tuesday, Prager
sounds much stronger so the mAb must be kicking-in.
Prager says he has been taking HCQ and zinc for many months.
Prager is also taking a Z-Pak (Zithromax) and ivermectin the same basic regimen
as podcast host Joe Rogan used for his recovery. Perhaps Prager will be one of
the conservative talk show hosts that beat The Devil (several overweight and
obese conservative vaccine averse and anti-vaxxer’s on AM talk radio have
perished this year).
CNN shamefully involves itself in the Prager matter with
town crier Brian Stelter saying that the sickened conservative talk show host
is taking “a cocktail of drugs recommended by fringe doctors.” CNN is providing
terrible information to the public and should retract such an erroneous
statement. The Frontline doctors and other healthcare professionals are working
literally, on the front lines every day, treating covid patients, placing
themselves at risk, and providing useful pandemic treatment information and
data. They deserve respect and should not be called fringe doctors.
CNN is democrat media that carries water for the Whitehouse
and CDC pimping the vaccinations each day while denigrating all other COVID-19
treatments. America is trampled to death as the democrat and republican tribes
battle for dominance. Devoted tribe followers pledge allegiance to their tribe
and not to the United States.
Japan’s recovery is nothing short of spectacular as the
chart above shows. During the Olympics, Japan’s daily new cases peak at 26,121
on 8/22/21. There are only 494 cases yesterday. In 57 days, Japan’s daily new
cases drop from over 26K per day to less than 1K per day an unbelievable 98%
reduction in cases. Japanese doctors and scientists are perplexed at such a
rapid drop.
Russia’s daily new cases and daily deaths charts are shown
above. Russia is a mess with a thousand Ruskies dying daily, dropping face down
in their borscht, a record for the pandemic. Daily cases are above 34K per day
at record levels. Only 31% of the country is vaccinated and most do not trust
the Russia-made vaccines such as Sputnik V. Dictator Putin is hiding in the basement
of palace number four behind the gold-plated wet bar.
The UK daily new cases chart is shown above. The clock just
fell off the wall at 10 Downing Street. The UK reports over 49K daily new cases
for yesterday, Monday, 10//18/21. The Brits have been sleeping on the job over
the last month but wake up with a covid slap to the face.
There is concern over a new variant at play in the UK. The
more interesting story is how tens of thousands of COVID-19 PCR tests were
botched and people told they were negative but they were instead infected. This
laboratory mistake may have created more of the UK cases over the last month
than the spread of the new variant.
In addition, many Brit’s were vaccinated early in the year
and the efficacy is waning. Worse, is that the AstraZeneca efficacy may wane
faster than Pfizer’s, which is not good. Piling on one more negative item for
the United Kingdom, the young people are not vaccinated in large numbers and
they are the ones out partying in the pubs and at concert and sporting events.
UK deaths remain in check at about 124 deaths per day with
nobody paying attention but back in the summer the Brit’s were aghast at how
the death numbers dared to start moving above 25 dead per day.
The USA has the greatest number of total coronavirus cases
in the world at 45.9 million. India is next with 34.1 million total virus cases.
Brazil, UK, Russia, Turkey, France, Iran, Argentina, and Spain round out the
top ten ugly list.
COVID-19 has infected 242 million people worldwide. 4.9 million
people are dead from coronavirus. 219 million global citizens have recovered
from China Flu. 91% (219/242) of the people that become infected with COVID-19
recover in a reasonable time frame. This percentage has been at 90% to 92% for
many months. About 10% of the people that contract coronavirus have lingering
health effects such as long-covid or die.
Worldwide, 2.0% (4.9/242) of the people that are infected
with covid die. This number has sat at 2.1%-2.2% for many months and may
finally be breaking down lower (a good thing). 1 in every 49 people that are
infected with the Wuhan Virus around the world will die.
3.2% (242/7670) of the world’s population of 7.67 billion
people have been infected with coronavirus; 1 in every 32 people on earth. The Wuhan
Virus has negatively impacted everyone on the planet. 0.06% of the world’s
population (4.9/7670) die from the pandemic; 1 in every 1,600 people.
In the United States, 45.9 million people are infected with covid.
746.5K Americans are dead. 35.6 million Americans have recovered from coronavirus.
This equates to 78% (35.6/45.9) of US citizens recovering after becoming
infected with COVID-19. The recovery percentage has been between 76% and 84% over
the last few months. Vaccines have not improved the recovery percentage.
America’s rampant obesity problem has greatly added to
deaths and hospitalizations. If you are overweight or obese, and unvaccinated, call
your doctor.
In the US, 1.6% (746.5/45900) of the people infected with COVID-19
die. This number is sticky at 1.6% to 1.8% for many months. 1 in every 61 US
citizens that are infected with coronavirus die. 0.23% (746.5/330000) of Americans
have died from COVID-19 which is 1 in every 450 Americans. Vaccinations have
not improved the death percentages.
The death rate is at 2.0% globally which is higher than the
US at 1.6% reflecting the better health care in America. Poorer nations are at
a disadvantage. Without refrigeration, folks must visit crowded markets many
times during the week to buy meat, fish and other foods exposing themselves to
potential infections.
13.9% (45.9/330) of the American population of 330 million
people have been infected with covid. 1 in every 7 Americans have been stricken
with coronavirus. The minority communities are impacted disproportionately. The
14% solidly contributes towards herd immunity and the number is likely far
larger by the CDC’s own admission, providing natural antibody protection.
The United States has 19% (45.9/242) of the COVID-19 cases
in the world. 1 in 5 people (5.3 to be exact which is 2 in 11) that become
infected with covid on planet earth are Americans. The US vaccination program
made an impact month’s ago, but not so much in recent weeks and months. This
percentage was 22% about 7 months ago so the drop is great news for the US but
bad news for other nations since their infection numbers are higher.
The US accounts for 15% (746.5/4900) of the China Flu deaths
in the world. 1 in 7 people that die from COVID-19 around the world are Americans.
7 months ago, it was 1 in 5. The numbers are going in the right direction for
the US but the improvement is stalling over the last 3 months.
The Keystone Speculator Coronavirus Infection Rate Model,
the Keystone Model for short, is a simple model that predicts when the active
cases chart curves will flatten-out and roll-over lower. The active cases chart
is the ‘flatten the curve’ chart that represents the maximum stress and strain on
the medical system and healthcare workers. Once the active cases chart rolls
over forming the bell shape, the virus is being defeated and healthcare workers
can breathe easier.
The Keystone Model uses the peak in the daily new cases to
forecast the peak and flattening of the active cases curve. The ‘flattening of
the curve’ only pertains to the active cases chart. For communist nations where
the populations must do what they are told or they receive a bullet in their
heads (China), and for smaller authoritarian nations (Eastern European
countries, Africa and Middle East nations), and many Asian nations where
citizens follow government rules without questioning authority (South Korea,
Japan, Singapore, Australia), the active cases curve will peak, on average, 11
days after the peak in daily new cases.
For the Western countries, such as the US and European
nations, the so-called free societies, the active cases curve will peak, on
average, 28 days after the peak in new cases (it takes about 2 weeks longer,
for a free society to tamp down a virus wave than a communist or authoritarian
state mainly because lockdowns cannot be enforced as easily).
During the last few months, the 11 and 28-day timeframes
compress slightly since more is known about handling coronavirus. Thus, a
couple days can be shaved off the current target dates. Further, the Delta wave
is playing out as a fast-moving inverted V pattern and may finish faster than
the allotted days in the model.
All projections below for countries and the US states
continue to use the 11 and 28-day periods for forecasting for consistency. When
the peak in daily new cases occurs, if a subsequent day is within 8% of that
peak top, it is identified as the peak in daily new cases day.
The peak in the daily new cases is easily seen on the bar
charts provided by Worldometer, the CDC and Johns-Hopkins. The daily new cases
bar charts are shown on television news channels with a 7-day moving average
(MA) line which is a smoothing mechanism that identifies the trend.
An update for The Keystone Model is provided since another
10-day period passes and more data and information become available to push the
COVID-19 story forward. The Coronavirus Chronology identifies the real-time
hotspots occurring around the world and within the United States. The chronology
serves as a historical document that will be referenced for decades to come by
those that want to experience the entire pandemic as it unfolds in real-time.
The Coronavirus Chronology compilation of articles will be
published in the future by Amazon and distributed internationally. This is
Article 57 in the Coronavirus Chronology that provides real-time information for
historians, teachers, students, journalists, economists, market participants, corporate
executives, financial managers, Wall Street, doctors, nurses, medical personnel,
first responders, researchers, public officials, news organizations, traders,
investors and politicians studying the COVID-19 pandemic both domestically
(USA) and internationally.
This fifty-seventh article is published on Tuesday, 10/19/21.
The Fall season begins in the northern US states so folks will spend more time
indoors staying warm breathing each other’s air.
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as it occurs in real-time, experiencing the daily virus zeitgeist, good or bad,
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to come up to speed with the COVID-19 saga.
The Worldometer web site tracks the coronavirus (COVID-19) around
the world and its link is provided. Many charts in the coronavirus series of
articles are provided courtesy of Worldometer and annotated by Keystone. The
CDC COVID Data Tracker is another excellent source of information. The
Worldometer, Johns-Hopkins and CDC data track each other well with the
Worldometer data ahead of the Johns-Hopkins and CDC data by a few days. The
Worldometer data is far superior for forecasting since it is updated more
reliably in real-time.
The countries with rising active cases charts are
highlighted below with the worst nations at the bottom. The United States is
removed from the bad list since the active cases chart, shown above, is rolling
over and starting to form the bell shape.
The peaks in daily new cases are shown and the projected
peaks for active cases are based on the Keystone Model. The peak and flattening
of the active cases curves are extremely important since it represents the maximum
stress on healthcare workers and the medical system.
It will take longer for the active cases charts to roll over
to form the bell shape for those troubled nations at the bottom of the list
(they are still experiencing highs and peaks in their daily new cases).
Hospitalizations lag the daily cases by a week or two and deaths lag
hospitalizations by a week or two.
Gabon (Third Wave)
9/30/21 New Case Peak Date
10/11/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days) (chart continues higher)
10/1/21 New Case Peak Date
10/12/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days) (may have peaked on 10/17/21, give it a few days)
10/3/21 New Case Peak Date
10/14/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days) (chart is flattening)
10/11/21 New Case Peak Date
(highest cases ever)
11/8/21 Projected Active Case Peak
Date (based on 28 days)
10/13/21 New Case Peak Date
10/24/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/13/21 New Case Peak Date
10/24/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/14/21 New Case Peak Date
10/25/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/15/21 New Case Peak Date
10/26/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/16/21 New Case Peak Date
10/27/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/16/21
New Case Peak Date
10/27/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/16/21 New Case Peak Date
10/27/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/16/21 New Case Peak Date
10/27/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/16/21 New Case Peak Date
10/27/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/18/21 New Case Peak Date
10/29/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/18/21 New Case Peak Date
10/29/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 11 days)
10/18/21 New Case Peak Date
11/15/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 28 days)
10/18/21 New Case Peak Date
11/15/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (based on 28 days)
Clearly, the global hot zone remains eastern Europe and western Asia including Russia. The nations listed above are struggling mightily to get a handle on the virus. Slovenia may be added to the bad list next time as conditions worsen. The disastrous Russia charts are shown above.
The UK is a mess as the country deals with the death of MP
Amess that was assassinated in church by a 25-year old alleged Muslim
extremist. The UK daily cases chart is blowing-out higher as shown above. The
waning vaccine efficacy (AstraZeneca vaccine may be losing efficacy faster than
the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine), tens of thousands of laboratory testing mistakes,
and the new variant, create the UK trouble.
The next list shows the US states struggling with
coronavirus with the worst states listed at the bottom. The peak in daily new
cases and projections for the peaks in active cases are provided as per the
Keystone Model. The flattening and roll over of the active cases curve forming
the bell shape indicates the virus is being defeated and the caseload on
healthcare workers will quickly improve.
Louisiana
(Fourth Wave) (there is likely a data reporting issue; Louisiana cases have
dropped bigtime)
8/13/21
New Case Peak Date
9/10/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve trying to flatten)
8/24/21
New Case Peak Date
9/21/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve trying to flatten)
8/29/21
New Case Peak Date
9/26/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve trying to flatten)
9/1/21
New Case Peak Date
9/29/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve trying to flatten)
9/14/21
New Case Peak Date
10/12/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve trying to flatten)
9/15/21
New Case Peak Date
10/13/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve continues higher)
9/16/21
New Case Peak Date
10/14/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve continues higher)
9/16/21
New Case Peak Date
10/14/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve continues higher)
9/17/21
New Case Peak Date
10/15/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve trying to flatten)
9/17/21
New Case Peak Date
10/15/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (curve trying to flatten)
9/24/21
New Case Peak Date
10/22/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date
9/24/21
New Case Peak Date
10/22/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date (may be peaking now)
9/28/21
New Case Peak Date
10/26/21
Projected Active Case Peak Date
10/1/21 New Case Peak Date
10/29/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date
10/3/21 New Case Peak Date
10/31/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date (curve trying to flatten)
10/5/21 New Case Peak Date
11/2/21 Projected Active Case Peak
Date
10/12/21 New Case Peak Date
11/9/21 Projected Active Case Peak
Date (curve trying to flatten)
10/12/21 New Case Peak Date
11/9/21 Projected Active Case Peak
Date
10/13/21 New Case Peak Date
11/10/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date
10/14/21 New Case Peak Date
11/11/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date
10/14/21 New Case Peak Date
11/11/21 Projected Active Case
Peak Date
There are 21 states remaining on the bad list above. They will receive coal in their Halloween bags. Or, worse yet, an apple. Kids want candy, not fruit when they trick or treat. Keystone decides that this year will be the last year that he goes trick or treating. Fauci costumes are in the bargain bin at 90% off.
Missouri, the epicenter for the delta wave, is finally
removed from the list. Several states at the top have daily cases that trend
lower for 2 months so it is a data issue that the active cases curves have not
yet rolled over. Thus, instead of 21 bad states it may be more on the order of
14 states that remain challenged on the list above and they are northern
states.
The northeast states such as Vermont and Maine, with high
vaccination rates, are punched by the covid monster. The efficacy of the
vaccines is waning and there is far more infections and transmission occurring
among vaccinated people than reported by the main stream media. It is getting
colder in the north.
Keystone ran the furnace here in Pennsylvania for the first
time this season this morning since all the leaves are brown, and the sky isgray. Others have been ‘getting the chill out’ of their houses each morning for
the last couple weeks. New Hampshire may be added back to the bad list if its
current improvements do not continue.
Georgia, New Jersey, Washington state, North Dakota and
Delaware are taken off the bad list as their active cases roll over to the
downside. Hospital workers in these states will notice big improvements in
caseloads over the coming days. Washington state is helping with patient
overloads from Idaho. Both states show elevated deaths over the last weeks
which is shameful since monoclonal antibody treatments would have saved
countless lives. Chalk it up as another Biden mistake.
The pandemic news continues consuming everyday American
life. No matter how much folks put it out of mind, it raises its ugly virus
face. The New York Times says the FDA will approve mixing and matching of
vaccines any day (NYT is democrat media so they would know).
The CDC is evaluating a “test-to-stay” strategy in several
US states. If a case appears at a school, instead of quarantining everybody and
his brother, let the students remain physically in school, taking precautions,
and getting tested. Data shows that when there is a school outbreak, a very
tiny percentage of students, 2%, so 1 in 50, become sick with the virus, so it
is better to keep the kids in school.
The 10-day quarantine period imposed against children that
were in the vicinity of a positive case may have always been a mistake. The CDC
will continue monitoring the strategy possibly implementing it across the US in
the weeks ahead. Test-to-stay is another confusing egghead name. They should
call it “test-in-place” a combination of test and children remaining in place.
California parents are protesting the vaccine mandate. A
state-wide sit-out occurs yesterday with some parents, some teachers, some
school staff and some students participating from San Diego to Redondo Beach,from Irvine to Temecula. It sounds like a Beach Boys song.
Centner Academy, a private school backed by a few wealthy
donors, tells students that are vaccinated to stay away from school for 30 days
so illness would not be transmitted to other students. Isn’t that a twist?
Doctors and medical talking heads are in a tizzy, pulling their hair out, proclaiming
that the school’s logic is wrong and their directive is dangerous and may deter
people from getting vaccinated. The pandemic becomes stranger by the day.
Strange Days.
The New York Post publishes a story overnight about how the
United States is flying migrant children to US cities in the dead of night for
their assimilation into society. Flights are landing in New York, Florida and
elsewhere. A bus took migrants to New Jersey. Others were taken to the Bronx,
Queens, Brooklyn and even upstate New York.
There have been 21 flights all between midnight and 6 AM EST
which is suspicious. Nefarious deeds occur behind the cover of darkness.
America’s crony capitalism system is falling apart because of human greed
(corruption) and non-transparency. The distribution of migrants across the US,
that may be infected with coronavirus, under the cover of darkness, is a
glaring example of non-transparency. The Whitehouse plays dumb about the story
and does not deny the report. They should call them covid flights.
The death of former Secretary of State General Colin Powell
from COVID-19 remains a big media story. The democrat media continues spinning
the death as due to blood cancer and Parkinson’s and not a vaccination
breakthrough death. When was the last time you heard that someone had blood
cancer? Yes, Sally, Frank passed last week from blood cancer. Dear Lord! Blood
cancer! Anything but blood cancer!
It’s hyperbole to prevent people thinking negatively about
the vaccines. The two words blood cancer strike fear in people’s minds and some
will get vaccinated and line up for booster shots. Poor Powell had multiple
myeloma and yes, you can call it blood cancer if you want to create maximum
dramatic effect. Saying he had myeloma is not as exciting. He died from COVID-19;
it was a breakthrough death but he was an older man at 84. Years ago, Keystone knew a man named Parkinson that had Parkinson's.
From the hypocrisy department, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot,
battling the police union over a vaccine mandate, steps out to the WNBA finals
(women’s basketball) and is photographed maskless breaking her own rules,
again, violating local and state mask mandates. Do as I say not as I do.
America’s noble elite class live by a different set of rules than the putrid
huddled masses. This garbage will rip the country apart.
On the economic front, the West Coast ports remain severely
backlogged. The trucker shortage remains in play as well as staffing shortages
at the docks. Goods deliveries remain slow. Consumers are paying up for items
and already shopping and putting items away for Christmas due to expected
shortages. Humorously, there are likely many entrepreneurs, some will call them
gougers, that are probably buying up all the hottest toys only to sell them at
double the price or more on eBay, Craigslist and other websites. That’s
capitalism.
Nurse Goodbody keeps hounding unvaccinated Keystone to take
the shots. The smart and pretty nurse is offering new red Speedo’s and a shorty
robe as incentives for the shot. Keystone may hold out for sandals because that
would provide an entire wardrobe for next summer; sandals, Speedo’s and shorty
robe. Keystone is supposed to receive the first vaccine shot in his left
buttock cheek and had a tattoo placed there to make Nurse Goodbody laugh as she
performed the deed.
However, considering the great success of other treatments
and therapies instead of vaccines, and the fact that herd immunity is likely
becoming a reality over the coming days and weeks, Keystone is willing to wait
a while longer before pulling his pants down, for the shot that is. Keystone
tells Nurse Goodbody that vaccines are like new car models. Huh? She tells him
that this better be good.
Yes, you never buy the first or second year of a new car
model. Buy the third year since all the chinks and problems are discovered and
fixed by the time the assembly line is producing the third model year. Thus,
considering that the vaccines are not even one year old as yet, why not take
the new car model approach and wait 2 or 3 years? Nurse Goodbody is not happy with
the comparison and storms away, but she does not stay mad for long. Keystone
decides to hold off asking for the sandals.
All your healthcare decisions need to be made with your
doctor. If you are unvaccinated and you become ill with COVID-19, DEMAND EARLY
TREATMENT! Too many hospitals are telling folks to stay home since there is
nothing they can do at this stage, and then in a couple weeks when they become real
sick, admit them to the hospital, put them on a vent, and then try to save
their lives.
Instead, be proactive to save your life or your loved one’s
life. Seek out doctors and clinics that can provide the monoclonal antibody and
other treatments if hospitals send you home with an aspirin telling you to wait
it out. Do not end up dead like those poor folks in Idaho and Washington state.
Note Added 11:00 PM EST: CEO's from major US corporations, such as Disney and UPS, meet at the Whitehouse expressing concern over the vaccine mandates. Companies are facing labor shortages and juggling supply chain problems. Piling on top of this economic misery is the vaccine mandates that may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Southwest Airlines and American Airlines are finessing their vaccine mandate rules and it sounds like they are letting more religious and medical exemptions through the system so as not to lose valuable employees that do not want vaccinated. Oh, what a tangled web humans weave. Americans of all ages, colors, ethnicities and religions are pushing back against the tyrannical mandates and will likely win the battle. New York democrat Governor Hochul sticks her high heel in her mouth again stating that General Powell died because an unvaccinated person infected him. She is making stuff up taking advantage of Powell's death and his body isn't even cold yet. Americans smell bull sh*t and such rhetoric only serves to chase people away from getting vaccinated rather than encouraging them. Powell died from China Flu; a breakthrough death. He was vaccinated with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the January-February time frame so the efficacy had dropped off dramatically and he likely did not realize that he was not as protected as he thought. The pandemic is easy to understand if you strip away the political narratives.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/20/21, at 3:00 AM EST: The US is about to cross the 46 million total cases sad milestone. America reports 71.8K daily new cases yesterday and 1.6K deaths. It is nauseating to see this many Americans die daily because they do not know that treatments and therapies such as monoclonal antibody treatments are available. These are Americans needlessly placed in caskets with families left weeping while looking at picture boards at the funeral home. Sleepy Joe Biden is sleeping. US wave 5 is ending but it is a shame the government is letting all those Americans die needlessly just to pimp the vaccination narrative.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/20/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The world's daily new cases and deaths charts are disappointing. After trending lower for a solid 2 months, both daily cases and deaths may be starting to base sideways for the planet. Obviously, the culprit is the eastern Europe and western Asia hot zone stalling the downward joy. Russia is a disaster now over 8 million total cases during the pandemic. Daily new cases are at record levels running over 30K per day for the last week. Ding-ding-ding. 1,015 Ruskies die yesterday another deadliest day ever. Dictator Putin is sleeping on the job. The UK reports 44K daily new cases an elevated number where the only positive is that it is not above Monday's 49K cases. The 3-day MA of UK daily cases is printing higher highs and higher lows verifying the ongoing uptrend (bad). Oh no. 223 Brit's die yesterday the most since early March over 7 months ago. Where's PM Boris Johnson? Is he sleeping? Frere Boris, Frere Boris. Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? The UK medical community is asking the UK government to review and reinstate some of the COVID-19 restrictions to stop the current virus spread. A new variant is creating concern in the UK; some are calling it the Delta Plus variant, others say Delta sub-variant. Scientists call it AY.4.2 so the chronology will simplify and call it AY42. The subvariant has two spike protein mutations called Y145H and A222V. The WHO does not list it as a Variant Under Monitoring (VUM) let alone a Variant of Interest (VOI). The UK should not panic as yet since the current outbreak probably has a lot to do with the massive laboratory testing error and most of all, waning efficacy in the vaccines. Many Brit's are beyond 6 months with their vaccinations and the AstraZeneca is losing more effectiveness than the Pfizer/BioNTech shots. The efficacy of each vaccine, after 6 months and more, is likely only in the 20% to 60% range. There are a lot of people walking around maskless these days in the UK, US, and elsewhere, thinking they are protected to a greater extent than reality. Governments should be educating people on the waning vaccine efficacies because if they choose to not take the booster shot they need to know the risks. Biden is scheduled to visit the UK in 2 weeks. 538 Ukrainians die yesterday the deadliest day ever. Thailand may be rushing its reopening too fast since cases are starting to base sideways instead of continuing to fall. Tourism is Thailand's life blood, and the folks need to make a living, but the nation must double-down on informing the public to be careful. The Turkey, Georgia and Armenia area is in bad shape with cases escalating. All three will likely appear on the bad country list next time. The Russia, Belarus and Ukraine infections spread south into Georgia and Armenia. Also Azerbaijan which is now starting a new wave. This is the global hot zone; eastern Europe, western Asia and northern Middle East. The case can be made that Russia's lingering pandemic infected all its western neighbors. "Covid Vlad" is the modern-day "Typhoid Mary."
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/20/21, at 5:00 AM EST: US Homeland Security Secretary Myorkas tests positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated another breakthrough case. Myorkas attended the Peace Officers Memorial Service last Saturday alongside, drumroll please, President Biden. Someone was carrying virus around at that event. Myorkas has mild symptoms. The breakthrough cases keep increasing clearly showing that the vaccine efficacy drops substantively after 6 months. Hopefully, Sleepy Joe will not be impacted. The president received his booster shot a couple weeks ago.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/20/21, at 8:00 AM EST: New York City Mayor de Blasio decrees that all public employees, including cops and firefighters, must be vaccinated by the end of the month (with the first dose). Get down on your knees to serve King de Blah-sio. The edict impacts 46,000 workers so the mayor may be playing with fire. News reports are saying, without identifying sources, that the FDA plans to approve Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna booster shots for all Americans 40 years old and older. The current age cutoff for booster shots is 65 years old. The officials are mixing up a different witch's brew each day. No doubt the waning efficacy of vaccines after 6 months is worrying officials so they likely want to boost as many people as possible without going to low in age to make myocarditis an issue. Most of the breakthrough cases, especially deaths, are in the 60's, 70's and older age groups, and it is probably a good idea to boost the 40 to 65 year old's especially the fat ones.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/20/21, at 10:00 AM EST: Conservative talk radio show host Dennis Prager recovers from COVID-19 saying he now tests negative for the virus. Good on him. Prager now has natural immunity which is the taboo subject the Whitehouse, CDC and democrat-run media refuses to discuss. Officials are telling Americans to get vaccinated even if they had coronavirus but that is bad advice. Talk to your doctor. Many health practitioners are telling patients that had covid to not get vaccinated at this time but the Whitehouse counts these people in their eligible unvaccinated number of 66 to 90 million Americans. Prager and Joe Rogan are not mentioned in democrat media but heralded as heroes in republican media. If either gentlemen would have died from COVID-19, CNN and MSNBC would be blasting the macabre news 24/7 while megaphoning the "get vaccinated" narrative. Instead, both unvaccinated men, that survive covid, are of no use to the Whitehouse, CDC or democrat media.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/20/21, at 11:00 AM EST: An In-N-Out Burger joint in San Francisco is shut down after the operator refuses to 'become the vaccination police for any government'. The fast-food restaurant does not want to segregate customers by checking vaccination status. The city steps-in and shuts the business down. Sickening. Authoritarian and dictatorial America is born. An Orange County, Florida, firefighter and battalion chief Steven Davis is fired and tossed into the street like trash because he did not enforce the vaccine mandate handed down from On High. Another great leader is lost over the stupid shots but the union vows to fight the termination. President Biden announced the vaccine mandate for companies with over 100 employees but he has not signed an executive order and OSHA has not finalized the proposal. It is smoke and mirrors to provide cover for companies imposing vaccine mandates since they can say 'the president wants us to do it'. Only about 2% of the companies in America are over the 100 employee threshold. However, these corporations employ 80 million workers which the Biden administration is targeting. Chicago remains on shaky ground as the vaccine mandate confusion continues. Many Chicago police did not upload their vaccination status information to the city's web portal and face termination. Instead of fighting crime, officers are spending time handling the vaccine mandate nonsense which is damaging personal relationships. Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic says he will probably not play in the 2022 Australian Open if they mandate vaccines as planned. Djokovic does not reveal his vaccination status calling the request an "inappropriate inquiry." A wise Djokovic proclaims, "People go too far these days in taking the liberty to ask questions and judge a person."
Note Added Wednesday Afternoon, 10/20/21: Whitehouse spokesman Jeff Zients says plans are underway for vaccinating the 5 to 11 year old's once the authorizations from the FDA and CDC panels occur. 28 million kids would be eligible for vaccination. Children would be vaccinated either in the doctor's office, at school or at clinics at children's hospitals. CDC Director Walensky continues recommending masks in schools even as teenagers and children become vaccinated. That statement goes over like a lead balloon as the pandemic fatigue continues. Walensky says, "We cannot boost our way out of the pandemic," once again pleading with the unwashed unvaccinated people to roll up their sleeves and submit to the shots. Inflation is running rampant as the ports remain backed up with ship traffic and the shortage of workers and truckers continues. These situations result in consumers ordering and buying multiples of each item which exacerbates the supply chain problems. President Biden's poll numbers continue lower as gasoline prices rise 43% over the last year and the inflation angst permeates society. Car rentals are up 63% year-on-year while lodging gains 20% and a steak costs 19% more. Grocers are warning of turkey shortages for Thanksgiving dinner.
Note Added Wednesday Evening, 10/20/21: The FDA approves the Moderna and J&J vaccine booster shots as expected. The FDA also recommends mixing and matching of vaccines. The CDC advisory committee meets tomorrow to discuss the FDA decisions. The mixing and matching topic is interesting since many people that took the Johnson & Johnson shot did so because it is a conventional vaccine and not the new mRNA technology. It is difficult to believe that the J&J folks will now embrace the mRNA vaccines and shoot-up with a Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna booster dose. Maybe they will. The vaccines were originally touted as preventing infections, transmission, illness and death. Then the authorities said some infections may occur. Then officials said that vaccinated people can transmit the virus. Then, after 6 months due to the waning efficacy of the shots, breakthrough cases and deaths can increase (which is clearly happening). The vaccines are a multiple-shot regimen taken over many months, perhaps years, that generally protects a person from dying of COVID-19. Fauci and Walensky are moving the vaccination goalpost so much that they place it on a dolly. The NIH says some funding that passed through EcoHealth may have been used in risky research (gain of function research). Fauci has denied that such research was funded but he is only left to cover himself with a loin cloth that displays the NIH logo. Collins is sneaking out the back door ahead of the NIH news. Senator Rand Paul will likely turn the heat up on Fauci to come clean about the gain of function research that was occurring at the Wuhan Laboratories. The NIH now claims, with 100% certainty, that none of the questionable research at the Wuhan Laboratories had anything to do with COVID-19. This is laughable. Who is going to believe this dribble as untruths are outed? The medical community's credibility has taken a major hit during the pandemic.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 10/21/21, at 3:00 AM EST: The world's daily new cases and deaths are likely leveling off which is disappointing (the downside is stalling). Eastern European and western Asian nations need to get their act together. Russia crosses the 8 million total cases milestone. 1,028 Ruskies die yesterday, yes, another deadliest day ever. The UK reports 49.1K daily new cases taking out the 48.8K high on Monday. PM Johnson is hiding under his mahogany desk. 179 Brit's die yesterday. The US reports 80.4K daily new cases but deaths top 2K. It is sickening that the US government refuses to be proactive in getting monoclonal antibody treatments to the states. It is a Biden blunder creating a pile of needless American corpses.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 10/21/21, at 10:00 AM EST: The NIH admitting to the US funding of gain of function research at the Wuhan Laboratories story is gaining momentum. The US funds were funneled through EcoHealth. Dr Fauci has a Broken Halo and needs to come clean. Senator Paul is saying, "I told you so," and piling more heat on Fauci. Collins is driving off into retirement trying to leave the soiled baggage behind.
Note Added Thursday Afternoon, 10/21/21: The CDC advisory committee approves the Moderna and J&J vaccines as expected and issues guidelines. The Moderna booster follows the same guidelines as the Pfizer/BioNTech booster, it is for everyone over 65 years old as well as folks with health conditions and those exposed to covid at their workplace, while the J&J second dose is for anyone over 18 years old that is 2 months beyond the first shot. The CDC also allows mixing and matching of booster shots but does not provide specific guidelines. The CDC says it 'will not articulate a preference' for which booster to mix or match. Some doctors are telling patients that if there were no adverse effects from the first vaccine, then simply stick with the same brand for the booster. For the ladies 50 years old and younger that had the J&J shot, that are concerned about thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), which is fancy talk for blood clots, they may think about taking one of the mRNA vaccines (either Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna) instead of the J&J booster. Talk to your doctors because they are the only ones that know your body as well as yourself. They should just keep it simple stupid (KISS Principle) and tell people to stick with the same brand. A good salesman knows that you never provide a lot of choices since some people become frozen by the wide selection and are unable to choose. As Apple employees return to the office, CEO Cook announces plans to test employees once per week at the headquarters. At the Apple stores, the unvaccinated will be tested two times per week and the vaccinated will undergo a rapid test once per week. Texas politician Allen West recovers from his bout with coronavirus. He calls it a 72-hour illness. West was not vaccinated and received the monoclonal antibody treatments. His wife Angela was vaccinated and got infected another breakthrough case. She also received mAb treatment and recovered.
Note Added Thursday Evening, 10/21/21: President Biden stays up past his bedtime for a town hall event hosted by CNN which is democrat media so Sleepy Joe is in friendly territory. The applause lines are a dead giveaway that the event is staged and filled with democrat cheerleaders. Town hall meetings are called that because of the diverse opinions and people attending but not this event. The Whitehouse is trying to capitalize on a town hall vibe for Biden with a stacked audience. Liberal commentator Anderson Cooper moderates and is there to catch Joe if he falls; either figuratively or literally. Cooper catches Biden many times as the president loses his train of thought. Biden scoffs at Americans concerned about freedom and the vaccine mandates and pretends to be an unvaccinated person mockingly saying, "I have the freedom to kill you (pause) with my covid," followed by his signature creepy laugh and facial expressions. What a stupid, silly and unfortunate statement. Many folks have natural immunity and their doctors are telling them to hold off on getting vaccinated. Biden spits on freedom and dictates that if you want to earn a living in America, you kneel before your master and receive your vaccination. Biden says police officers, firefighters and first responders should lose their jobs if they refuse to be vaccinated. It is sickening to hear a president say that. Worse, the crowd cheers and claps proving that it is a staged democrat audience. What kind of sick person cheers that other Americans, that carried society during the pandemic, are flicked out into the street like a cigarette butt. Slow Joe and the administration refuse to address natural immunity in the vaccination discussion since it does not fit the vaccine mandate narrative. A study of over 700K people is going through peer review currently and proves that natural immunity is superior to the vaccines (not surprisingly).
Note Added Friday Morning, 10/22/21, at 3:00 AM EST: The wheels fall off the UK's double-decker covid bus in front of Number 10. The UK reports 52K daily new deaths with the chart going parabolic. Nearly 1,000 folks are admitted to hospitals UK yesterday. The fun and games are over. Britain has a bigtime problem with a new wave of cases rivaling the prior record highs in mid-July and early January. UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid says daily cases could reach 100K per day. Prime Minister Johnson is not reimplementing coronavirus measures on the public despite the pleas from medical and health institutions. The experts blame the public for not wearing masks, cooler weather chasing people indoors and the new Delta subvariant AY42. Actually, the data shows that the AY42 is not a problem as yet. A large UK lab testing error, the waning of vaccination efficacy after a few months and the low teen and young person participation in vaccinations are likely the root causes of the rise in UK cases. Melbourne, Australia, eases coronavirus restrictions on the public. Businesses reopen as the vaccination rates rise. 70% of Aussies are fully vaccinated and near 90% have at least one shot. New Zealand does not plan to ease covid restrictions until 90% of the population is vaccinated (now at 68%). In Italy, a 20K person demonstration against the green pass is cancelled due to pressure from the government that also tells anti-green pass protestors in 25 other cities to stay home. Things may become ugly in Italy today. Russia worsens daily with over 36K cases yesterday another record and 1,036 people dying another deadliest day ever. Ukraine reports over 22K cases the most ever and 546 deaths the deadliest day ever. Ukraine crosses the 63K total deaths grim milestone. Belarus reports record cases and deaths. Russia, Ukraine and Belarus are burning in covid Hell.
Note Added Friday Morning, 10/22/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The US reports 80.8K daily new cases and wave 5 continues downwards. 1.4K Americans die yesterday with the 7-day MA moving sideways at 1.5K deaths per day. People die as Biden, the Whitehouse staff, CDC, and some doctors and nurses, turn their backs on the life-saving monoclonal antibody treatments that are proven to reduce hospitalizations and deaths. Like everything else in corrupt America, only rich people receive the mAb treatments since they have the money and wherewithal to find and gain access to the therapy. The poor die.
Note Added Friday Morning, 10/22/21, at 11:00 AM EST: Adobe, the big software company, tells employees to get down on their knees and roll up their sleeves for a vaccine or lose their jobs. Adobe blames the Biden administration's vaccine mandate that is imposed on government contractors. Remember, there is no official rules or legislation signed by Biden. The hollow decrees are simply running cover for companies willing to screw their workers with mandatory vaccines. Maybe glitches will appear in Adobe software in the future? Screw people and they will screw you back. IBM, known as "Big Blue" by stock traders, is mandating that their employees kneel before power and take the vaccine. Most of the submissive skinny male tech workers, anxious to prove their loyalty, will proudly wear their fleece vests, with the company logo displayed, as they receive their vaccinations.
Note Added Friday Afternoon, 10/22/21: Pfizer proclaims that their low dose vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old is over 90% effective. The data is submitted to the FDA for review at their meeting next Tuesday. It may be a difficult sell getting parents to bring their very young children in for shots. KFF data shows about one-third of the parents would get their child vaccinated right away, one-third are open to it but would wait and see and the other third would not get their child vaccinated. The different US states will sway the vaccination participation for the youngsters one way or the other. For the northeastern states, with higher vaccination rates in the 12 to 17 year old age group, it is likely this pattern will continue for the 5 to 11 year old's. In the southern states, however, the lower vaccination participation pattern will likely continue for the youngsters. Dr Hotez says kids will likely need a booster shot in the future. Hotez says the mRNA vaccines were expected to be a 3-shot regimen and the J&J vaccine a 2-shot protocol so the booster shot decisions are not surprising.
Note Added Friday Evening, 10/22/21: A few hours after Pfizer's comment on efficacy for the 5 through 11 year old's, the pharmaceutical behemoth says it is a greater risk for your child to contract COVID19 than to take the shots. Pfizer says the benefits outweigh the risks. Of course they say that. They are making money on the vaccines. A salesman does not tell you to not buy what he is peddling. In stock trading, it is called 'talking your own book'. The CDC will have to tell parents why a child that is 11 years and 11 months old will receive one-third or one-half the adult dosage of mRNA vaccine, but if the child waits one month, and turns 12 years old, they would receive the full adult dosage? The Whitehouse is concerned about parental vaccine hesitancy, when it comes to their kids, as the KFF polling suggests. In fact, many parents openly admit that they would take, and have taken, the vaccine but their children are a different decision that requires more thought and information. The Whitehouse and CDC may be trying to nip the childhood vaccine hesitancy in the bud by playing the doom card from the get-go saying that a child that is infected with coronavirus may develop long-covid and have health issues for the rest of their lives. Oh dear Lord! Quick, hide under the bed! 24% of the 330 million US population are teens and children under 18 years old or 79 million young folks; call it 80 million. There are several sources for data on youngsters and the consensus is that, during the 20-month pandemic, 4.3 million kids are infected, 65K are hospitalized and 542 perish. For the children that died, all had either underlying health conditions or were obese. Coronavirus loves fat kids. Thus, for the kids in high school, middle school, grade school and kindergarten, and younger, 5.4% have been infected with covid (4.3/80.0=0.054=5.4%), or 1 in 19 kids; call it 5% which is 1 in 20 kids which is easy to remember. It is a safe bet that far more kids were infected but asymptomatic. 0.08% of children, only 1 in 1,230 kids, have been hospitalized with coronavirus (65,000/80,000,000=65/80000=0.0008=0.08%). For the child deaths, 0.0007%, or only 1 in 150,000 kids, have died from COVID-19 (542/80,000,000=0.0000068=0.000007=0.0007%). Of course, all deaths are tragic, especially children, but your child has a 1 in 150,000 chance of dying of coronavirus. This statistic is a lot different than the gloom and doom pumped into American minds on television. Of the children that become hospitalized, 65K, 0.8% will die, or 1 in every 120 ill kids that end up in the hospital will die. That is good news for parents so even if your child becomes severely ill with the virus and has to be admitted to the hospital, they should make it through okay. Pfizer performed the risk calculation for parents telling them to shut up and get their kid vaccinated. Summing up the risk calculation with the actual numbers, if you are a parent that decides, along with your doctors, to get your kid vaccinated, you are extremely worried about the 1 in 20 chance that they will catch the virus, the 1 in 1,230 chance that they will end up in the hospital, and the 1 in 150,000 chance that they may die from covid and that long-covid symptoms will not go away for little Latisha and Jimmy. If you are a parent that decides, along with your doctors, to not have your child vaccinated, you are thinking that the 1 in 1,230 chance of your kid ending up in the hospital and remote 1 in 150K chance that they die, is a risk that is acceptable, as well as not worrying about little Carlos and Savita having long-covid if they become infected. What will you decide?
Note Added Saturday Morning, 10/23/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The world is getting very close to crossing the 5 million deaths grim milestone. At 7K or 8K dead per day, the 5 million mark should be hit within the week. China must pay for their nefarious deed against humanity and all other nations on earth. The communists need to come clean about the Wuhan Lab leak, the nefarious research occurring at the facilities and provide reparations to the world. Do not hold your breath. The CCP is pure evil filth with Dictator Xi leading the sick macabre parade. Russia reports record cases and deaths which is a daily affair. Ditto Ukraine. The UK reports 49K daily new cases after the prior day tops out above 52K cases. UK PM Johnson says the surge in cases is expected due to the winter season approaching and does not plan to impose coronavirus measures on the public. Boris is a Ramblin' Gamblin' Man as Seger would sing.
Note Added Saturday Morning, 10/23/21, at 5:00 AM EST: A J&J vaccine recipient, Anthony Flint, develops Guillain-Barre syndrome after receiving the shot. Flint appears on democrat media telling his story since he still touts the importance of getting vaccinated despite dealing with the rare autoimmune disorder. Flint is a lawyer. The US reports 82.5K daily new cases a great number since Friday's are typically the highest numbers of the week. The US downtrend continues. 1.6K Americans die yesterday as the monoclonal antibody treatments sit on the shelf collecting dust. Cynically, maybe Biden is holding back the mAb treatments to keep the death count elevated and fear high so people will keep getting their vaccinations. There is no reason for that many Americans to die each day when we have the mAb treatments readily available that will save their lives. How will the 10's of thousands of families feel in a few months or year or two when they discover that their loved one's death likely could have been prevented but Sleepy Joe was sleeping on the job. Biden will have to answer for his incompetence.
Note Added Sunday Morning, 10/24/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The US reports a nice low 29K daily new cases for Saturday well below last Saturday's 71K cases. The 3-day MA for US daily new cases prints another lower high, and heads lower, verifying that the US downtrend in wave 5, the delta wave, should continue from a charting perspective. The US active cases curve continues rolling over to form the bell shape but it is slow as molasses. 484 Americans kick the covid bucket yesterday. The 7-day MA of US deaths is 1.4K per day a sickening number that is only that high because of Biden's incompetence in educating the public on monoclonal antibody and other treatments. It is nauseating to watch Americans die needlessly because the Ministry of Truth, a la Orwell, wants to peddle the vaccination narrative.
Note Added Sunday Morning, 10/24/21, at 5:00 AM EST: Russia exceeds 8.2 million total COVID-19 cases and nearly 230K dead. Russia reports 38K daily new cases another record and 1,075 dead another deadliest day ever. Don't forget to put roses on their graves. Dictator Putin is letting his people die as he worries about his own arse. Vlad is hiding behind a gold-plated karaoke machine in the entertainment room at one of his lavish palaces. Ukraine reports a record 24K daily new cases another record. Belarus remains at record case levels above 2K per day with deaths also setting records at 17 bodies per day everyday. Armenia is setting records for daily cases and deaths. The UK reports 45K daily new cases so PM Boris Johnson has his fingers and toes crossed that the peak on Thursday at 52K daily cases will be the worst of the current wave for the Brit's. Johnson remains resistant to imposing coronavirus restrictions instead relaxing testing requirements for UK visitors arriving at airports. Johnson stresses that vaccinations will help stop the current spread. Johnson proclaims, "Vaccines are our way through this winter. This is a call to everyone, whether you're eligible for a booster, haven't got around to your second dose yet, or your child is eligible for a dose (pause), vaccines are safe, they save lives and they are our way out of this pandemic." Johnson says it is "a call to arms" a clever play on words figuratively asking people to rise up and get vaccinated while also literally telling them to roll up their sleeves and present their arms. He is armed with talented writers.
Note Added Sunday Morning, 10/24/21, at 11:00 AM EST: The medical talking heads make the rounds on the Sunday morning political shows on US television. Lord Fauci appears on ABC's "This Week" (democrat-run media) and CDC Director Walensky is interviewed on "Fox News Sunday" (republican-run media). Fauci repeats the information on booster shots. He says the 5 through 11 year old's will probably be eligible for vaccinations the first or second week of November. The FDA meets on Tuesday followed by the CDC the first few days of November. George Stephanopoulos asks Fauci about the NIH announcing that it funded gain of function research but it is twisted around into wording that creates purposeful confusion. A clip is played of republican Senator Paul grilling Fauci on Capitol Hill about gain of function research in that big blow-up a couple months ago. Fauci repeats what he said at that hearing, "He (Paul) is absolutely wrong." The NIH, his own organization, says it funded gain of function research so why does Fauci insist on saying otherwise? Fauci proclaims, "Neither I or Collins have lied about funding (gain of function research)." Thump, thump. Fauci just tossed Collins under the Wuhan scandal bus. If someone is asking you about nefarious activities that you may be involved with, and you invoke someone else's name, that is typically setting up a fall guy for later if things get ugly. Fauci parses and weasels the definition of gain of function research and as the ole saying goes, 'if you are explaining, you are losing'. Fauci also goes into his standard tirade saying that people are accusing him of being involved in gain of function research that caused the pandemic and 5 million deaths. No one is saying that, at least now since investigations are needed. They are saying that he funded the research using EcoHealth as the middle man and the testing was likely on a host of other pathogens. The US government did not want this dangerous research to occur. None of the information is new except for Fauci pulling Collins, that is trying to skip out the back door into retirement, deeper into the gain of function research scandal. Interestingly, Vanity Fair, a liberal rag, is backing Senator Paul's summary of the gain of function research drama instead of Lord Fauci's. Vanity Fair says the NIH has dirty hands and needs to come clean about the dangerous gain of function research that was occurring in Wuhan, China. Fauci says that a stronger antibody response is gained for J&J folks that receive an mRNA booster rather than a second J&J dose. Walensky is wishy-washy on this subject saying the mRNA and J&J vaccines are both good choices for the second J&J dose. The CDC is not changing the definition of being fully vaccinated for now but the booster shots complicate the matter. Walensky supports vaccine mandates proclaiming, "The most disruptive thing you can do to a workforce is to have a covid outbreak in that workforce." She cites a lot of police officers dying of coronavirus which is a safety issue but cannot see the other side of the vaccine mandate story where tens of thousands of police are losing their jobs creating grave safety issues. The Federal Reserve says vaccine mandates are hurting employment. Walensky is encouraged to see the cases, hospitalizations and deaths moving down for the delta wave but says there is more work ahead. She is asked about a future fifth wave (which would actually be the sixth wave). Walensky says, "We can't be complacent" and must continue to "do the hard work." For Halloween, she says put on the costumes and stay outside but not in large crowds. For the holidays, Walensky says "get yourself vaccinated" and "outside is safer than inside" and "follow all the prevention strategies." Walensky also appears on NBC's (democrat media) "Meet the Press" and says the CDC is monitoring the new variant AY42, a subvariant of the Delta variant, in the UK. There are mutations on the spike protein so it is unknown if the vaccines will remain effective. There are a handful of AY42 cases in the United States but nothing to be alarmed about at this time.
Note Added Sunday Afternoon, 10/24/21: Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran tests positive for COVID-19 so gigs are cancelled. He is recovering at home. Sheeran performed public service announcements promoting vaccinations so it is assumed that he is vaccinated and it is a breakthrough case. The vaccines are not Perfect. Queen Elizabeth takes ill over the last few days but the communications will not firmly state if she has COVID-19, or not. The Queen was vaccinated in January so the efficacy is way down 9 months later. The drop-off in vaccine efficacy after 6 months is worse for the AstraZeneca shots than Pfizer. After 6 months, fully vaccinated people think they are protected, but in reality may only be in the 20% to 60% efficacy range, rather than the 90% plus efficacy 2 weeks after the second shot.
Note Added Sunday Evening, 10/24/21: Anti-mandate protestors swarm the Barclays Center home of the Brooklyn Nets NBA (basketball) team. Player Kyrie Irving is in the news for not wanting to get vaccinated and the team is not allowing him to play. The demonstrators rush the entrance doors of the arena causing chaos but security forces lock the doors and restore order. The crowd chants, "No Vaccine Mandate!" Many vaccinated Americans are not in favor of mandates. Recent polls show two-thirds of the US population opposing vaccine mandates but the democrat media labels the protestors as anti-vax nut jobs. The protestors are not anti-vaccine, sure, there may be some of them in the crowd, but the majority is okay with vaccines but they want to choose if they get the shots rather than bow and kneel before power and automatically submit like a slave. The group is an eclectic mix of citizens, teachers and activists of different ethnicities and ages. BLM (Black Lives Matter) activists are involved in the melee but are only one part of the overall group. The Brooklyn Nets lose the home opener game; they would have won if they did not impose a vaccine mandate. One-half of US companies say they are short workers. It is a tragedy pursuing a vaccine mandate strategy that is screwing honest people out of their jobs and livelihoods, ruining families and forever destroying people's attitudes about work, while at the same time shafting companies and the economy. It is sick.
Note Added Monday Morning, 10/25/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The US reports a beautiful 17.6K daily new cases for Sunday, which is typically the lowest number of the week, matching levels not seen since Independence Day in early July. The 7-day MA for US daily cases drops to 62K cases per day; maybe it will go sub 50K cases per day this week. 157 Americans die yesterday finally a lower daily death number. Perhaps the Biden administration is getting off its butt and educating people on monoclonal antibody treatments? Hope springs eternal. Keystone's 86-year old friend, that is a co-volunteer at a thrift store in a rundown community, was vaccinated in March but got COVID-19 a week ago. He was unaware of the dramatic drop-off in vaccine efficacy after 6 months. He says he is feeling 90% after receiving the mAb treatment 5 days ago. Usually folks bounce back quickly after the mAb treatment, in a day or two, but when you are in your 70's, 80's and 90's the bouncing back is not as bouncy. He is in good spirits and recovering thanks to the monoclonal antibodies. He was treated at the new Odyssey mAb facility that opened up in Mt Pleasant, PA (Pittsburgh), only a month ago. Interestingly, he was double-vaccinated but got infected anyway, and became seriously ill, and the monoclonal antibodies saved him. In Israel, you are considered unvaccinated if 6 months beyond your vaccination (due to the waning efficacy). Colorado crosses the 8.3K deaths grim milestone and continues to struggle at handling the current wave. Michigan peaks with daily cases 12 days ago so they are heading in the right direction. Deaths remain elevated, however, with about 50 Michiganders dying per day. Montana and Minnesota are recovering. The northeastern states such as Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire remain challenged although cases are leveling off or dropping slightly.
Note Added Monday Morning, 10/25/21, at 4:30 AM EST: The world is moving sideways at 408K daily new cases per day. Sadly, the downtrend has stopped. Eastern Europe and western Asia remain the global coronavirus hot zone that halts the world's recovery. 'Covid Vlad' fails at handling the pandemic so the virus infects the region. Only 31% of the Russian population is vaccinated since there is great mistrust of the government. Russia reports 36K daily new cases a smidgeon off the 37K cases the prior day. Over 1K Ruskies are dying per day for the last 6 days. Hungary is now sucked into the region's mess with cases rising and a new wave underway. Lithuania is in bad shape with daily cases going parabolic. Bulgaria is in rough shape crossing the 23K deaths grim milestone. The UK is at 40K cases for yesterday and coming off the 51K peak on Thursday a good sign but the battle continues. New Zealand continues struggling with the latest outbreak and PM Jacinda Ardern is floundering. She pursued the zero-covid strategy last year into this year but has abandoned that recently with cases rising. Ardern seeks control of the population under the guise that she can then control the pandemic and goes full-on in-your-face George Orwell. Ardern proclaims, "We will continue to be the single source of truth. Unless you hear it from us (government), it is not the truth. You can trust the Director General of Health and the Ministry of Health." How about the Ministry of Truth? Scary stuff from such a pretty lady; Jacinda the femme fatale must have went whacko over the last few months. The pandemic is doing that to people. China has a new coronavirus problem with the Beijing Olympics approaching quickly in early 2022. The Delta variant infiltrates northeastern China. 11 provinces report COVID-19 illnesses with 35 new cases yesterday. There were 26 cases the prior day including 4 illnesses in Beijing. China is implementing the zero-covid strategy and tells the tourist areas to shut down. Local leaders are instructed to go into emergency mode. China blames foreign travelers for the new outbreak although there are likely many infections occurring from interaction with Mongolia, its northern neighbor.
Note Added Monday Morning, 10/25/21, at 6:00 AM EST: CNN media exposes a Thailand company for recycling gloves and other PPE (personal protection equipment). It is shocking news. Medical gloves are cleaned and sold as new. Users can immediately tell that the gloves are filthy and something is wrong so they are discarded. Disgusting. A glove's finger was up someone's butt and the glove discarded but then it is repackaged and reused when a doctor holds someone's tongue down with his finger while they say, "Ahhh." Humans are sick animals driven daily by greed. A joint study by several universities published in JAMA shows that the 19 state lotteries that tried to encourage vaccinations did not motivate people. The cash payments, however, were successful. It is an obvious conclusion. Any street savvy person knows that "money talks and bull sh*t walks." Jerry Maquire yells, "Show me the money!". President Biden's approval rating continues sinking like a rock. Americans are unhappy with the never-ending pandemic, the Afghanistan debacle and inflation running out of control. Keystone asked the butcher yesterday if he could pay for his steak on an installment plan. US gasoline prices are averaging $3.44 per gallon up $1.22 year-on-year. Some remote gasoline stations on long stretches of desolate highways are charging nearly $7 per gallon. Europe is used to paying higher prices for petro but not the United States. Retail sales typically fall as gasoline prices rise. Metcalf's Market, a grocer in Wisconsin, is offering 'social bands' to people. The wristbands are color-coded. Red means stay 6 feet (3 m) away, yellow means elbow contact only and green is handshakes and no worries. The stupid grocer thinks that people will wear the garbage wristbands. Some weak-minded individuals probably will.
Note Added Monday Morning, 10/25/21, at 11:00 AM EST: The NYPD and New York City citizens protest the vaccine mandates marching in Brooklyn. The protestors carry a large America flag. The demonstrators are a diverse crowd with young, old, black, white, all ethnicities, normal Americans, protesting to be free to make choices not bow to King Biden. They are not anti-vaccine; they are anti-mandate. The solution is simple; people should be allowed to be tested in lieu of vaccination. This provides a safe workplace while it allows people to choose if they want to enroll in the multi-month, multi-shot vaccine program. Pro-vaccine zealots are untruthfully trying to label the anti-mandate folks as anti-vaccine.
Note Added Monday Afternoon, 10/25/21: Major US companies, behind the scenes, are asking President Biden to delay the vaccine mandates until after the holidays. Companies are short-handed and the vaccine mandates are only worsening the situation. Moderna plans on submitting trial data to the FDA for 6 to 12 year old's in the days ahead. Moderna says one-half dose provides an excellent neutralizing antibody response. Moderna will be a priority right behind Pfizer for the childhood vaccinations. The gun-ho vaccine enthusiasts want their youngsters fully vaccinated by Thanksgiving at least by Christmas. The vaccine promoters are stressing that then everyone can visit Grandma safely. The media likes to invoke the Grandma imagery to encourage people to get vaccinated saying, "Get vaccinated because you do not want to kill grandma, do you?" The emergency authorization for Pfizer sounds like a done deal. The FDA approves the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children tomorrow and the CDC early next week and shots begin quickly thereafter. Moderna will then take the same path following Pfizer by a couple-few weeks.
Note Added Monday Evening, 10/25/21, at 7:00 PM EST: President Biden announces plans to increase the availability of at-home tests for COVID-19. Testing is one of the major failures of the pandemic under both King Donnie and Sleepy Joe. Florida republican Governor DeSantis, the staunch pro-choice and anti-mandate Trump mini-me, cleverly offers $5,000 to any unvaccinated police officer, that is screwed by their employer with a vaccine mandate, to come to live and work in Florida. Liberals are up in arms exclaiming, "Heaven's to Betsy." Progressive's are having a 'case of the vapors' saying 'how dare DeSantis be a sanctuary state for unvaccinated people'. The country, world and goofy humans are going through big changes at a fast pace. Moving forward, vaccinated people may prefer to be around vaccinated people and unvaccinated folks may prefer to be around unvaccinated folks. The split is about 75%/25% with the vaccinated outnumbering the unvaccinated. The unvaccinated have better parties with better bands. Note how the liberal media will label the unvaccinated folks as anti-vaccine which is a terrible untruth. The two do not go hand and hand just as a vaccinated person is not automatically in favor of mandates. Quite the contrary. Many vaccinated people do not want vaccine mandates. President Biden finishes speaking at an event and walks off stage maskless, coughing into his right hand, and then shaking a dozen hands in the front row. Americans ignore a lot of the pandemic news nowadays because they see the daily hypocrisy of leaders telling them to kneel and obey while they walk around like royalty. 'Rules for thee and not for me'.
Note Added Monday Evening, 10/25/21, at 9:00 PM EST: What's that stink? Garbage pick-up in some parts of New York City is slipping a couple days due to Mayor de Blasio's moronic vaccine mandates. The rats are happy that stupid humans are implementing draconian measures against its own population. Canning sanitation workers over a vaccination is ridiculous especially since they have been around every disease and bacteria imaginable each day of their career. The workers say the delays will increase and begin impacting other New York City boroughs. Hold your nose for the vaccine mandates that create a pile of garbage in your front yard. Unintelligent politicians never think about the unintended consequences of their stupid decisions and when a plan goes haywire they begin blaming others. Lord Fauci is in the hot seat again. How this guy survives in that important job is a daily mystery. Fauci should have retired 10 years ago. The cruel animal testing performed on beagle puppies, previously mentioned in the chronology, under Fauci's leadership at the NIH is getting legs in mainstream media. A group of bipartisan politicians, which is as rare as hen's teeth these days, send a letter to the NIH demanding answers about the inhumane testing on beagle puppies. Fauci's detractors label him as a "Puppy Killer." The NIH previously said the testing was unnecessary so Fauci will have to answer why he funded the sick research with US taxpayer money. The pandemic deserves better leadership than Fauci that has fumbled the coronavirus ball from the start. He is distracted dealing with the ongoing gain of function research, and now animal experimentation, scandals. Get lost, buddy. Don't let the Wuhan lab door hit you on the way out.
Note Added Tuesday Morning, 10/26/21, at 5:00 AM EST: The US reports 48.8K daily new cases for yesterday and 510 deaths. The US is looking good. Vermont struggles. The northeastern US states are the last piece of the delta wave puzzle to fall into place. US wave 5 is being defeated, however, important enduring questions remain. Is this the end of the pandemic? Will COVID-19 become endemic in society like the seasonal flu? Will a new wave 6 develop as Americans in the northern states begin flocking inside to escape the cold weather? Doom and gloom folks suggest the same pattern will occur as last year with cases ramping up after Thanksgiving and into an early January repeat disaster. However, taking a step back, it is different this year. People are used to following social distancing and masking guidelines interacting safely with one another. Nearly 70% of the US population is vaccinated where no one was one year ago. The elderly, that were culled early in the pandemic, are either dead, vaccinated or they had the virus and have natural immunities. The odds are in favor of the pandemic ending over the coming weeks as the new year begins. Any small pockets of virus remaining in hotspots around the country will be handled locally and it may be a hard sell to tell people to get vaccinated against coronavirus each year when the cases are nil. Time will tell. Instead of the happy expected ending ahead, perhaps the doom and gloom people are correct?
Note Added Tuesday Morning, 10/26/21, at 6:00 AM EST: Russia reports 38K daily new cases another record high. 1,069 Ruskies perish yesterday as the 1K plus deaths per day continue. UK cases drop to 37K a welcome sight so PM Boris Johnson, that likes to roll the covid dice, may have come up a winner again. Several more days of lower cases numbers will hint that the UK is getting a handle on the current wave and conditions will improve going forward. Brazil President Bolsonaro is under extreme political pressure and charges may be filed against the authoritarian politician for his handling of the pandemic and the huge 606K death toll. A report highlights Bolsonaro's significant errors in judgement mainly stemming from a belief that the pandemic was not that serious.
Note Added Tuesday Morning, 10/26/21, at 8:00 AM EST: Paging George Orwell. The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners adopts a new policy of formally disciplining physicians if they provide vaccine misinformation or disinformation. The disciplinary actions may include suspensions and even revoking medical licenses. Sicko's. The 12 control freaks on the board are appointed by the governor so the corruption comes full circle. The politicians want to control the messaging just like any other authoritarian, communist or dictatorship-style government. America is sick and getting sicker daily. Who is the king that decides what is misinformation? Better yet, who is going to explain the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners deem themselves as the arbiters of universal truth. Kneel and obey. The imbeciles take it one step further encouraging doctors and nurses to rat on each other providing an 800 number to report information. It is enough to make you vomit. What jackasses.
Note Added Tuesday Afternoon, 10/26/21, at 6:00 PM EST: The FDA meets to discuss the Pfizer vaccine trials for the 5 to 11 year old's. The advisory panel unanimously (one abstention) recommends the use of the vaccine under emergency approval for children. The FDA says the discussion was represented by strong feelings on both sides. No it wasn't. The vote is unanimous so there was no serious descension. The doctors believe that the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 is greater than the myocarditis and other risks that may occur from the vaccination. The recommendation is for using one-third of the adult dose on the 5 to 11 year old's. This group accounts for about 28 million kids; call it 30 million. There are about 80 million Americans 18 years old and younger. Only about 640 teenagers and children 18 years and younger have died from coronavirus and only about 150 have perished in the 5 to 11 age group. The deceased children either had comorbidities or were obese. Parents of chubby kids should discuss potential vaccinations with their doctors. The CDC advisory committee meets early next week to discuss the FDA decision and provide further guidance and recommendations. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccinations for the 5 through 11 year old's could begin late next week after the CDC approval. Children moan. Parents promise ice cream. The CDC will have to address the dosing and why a child at 12 years old would receive three times the dose of his friend that is only 11 years 11 months old. If the vaccines were used over a multi-year period, a gradient of doses at various ages may be provided, but the shots are not even in use for 1 year as yet. What if a child turns 12 in the period between the two shots? Will he then receive the second shot at a triple dose? Inquiring minds want to know. The CDC will need to explain why chubby Charlie, an 11-year old, that weighs 135 pounds, will receive the same dose as skinny Chester, also 11, that only weighs 75 pounds. This question may be the easiest since vaccine efficacy does not necessarily correlate to weight. Parents want to know if a child is near 12 years old, is it better to wait that couple weeks or so and get the adult dose, or, get the low-dose vaccination right away? The vaccinated Americans, and now children, are an ongoing large vaccine trial study. In a few years, we will all know how it went.
Note Added Tuesday Evening, 10/26/21, at 10:00 PM EST: The NIH retiring Director Collins appears on CNN which is democrat-run media but the interview is tougher than Collins likely expected. After a couple pointed questions about the funding of nefarious research at the NIH, Collins tells the anchor Pamela Brown to "relax." She was asking fair direct questions and not being forceful or combative in any way. Collins and Fauci are feeling the heat; beads of sweat form on their foreheads. In closed-door testimony on Capitol Hill, Dr Deborah Birx, Fauci's right-hand woman during 2020, says 30% to 40% of the American deaths, about 130K souls, could have been prevented if the Trump Whitehouse would have taken the virus more serious. Birx opines, "I believe if we had fully implemented the mask mandates, the reduction in indoor dining, the getting friends and family to understand the risk of gathering in private homes, and we had increased testing, that we probably could have decreased fatalities into the 30% less to 40% less range. Birx says former President Trump did not do everything he could have in handling the pandemic since he was distracted by the upcoming 11/3/20 election. Of course, Dr Scott Atlas, that was advising Trump during 2020, vehemently disagrees with Birx and says she is trying to "rewrite history." Trump royally screwed-up the mask issue telling Americans to wear a mask in spring 2020 but in the same breath saying he did not plan to wear a mask. Further, macho-man Trump fostered the idea that a man wearing a mask is effeminate. Testing is a major blunder of the pandemic. Even after 20 months, the US COVID-19 testing program remains disorganized and never given a mission statement. America is leaderless at all levels of government as the crony capitalism system crumbles.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/27/21, at 2:00 AM EST: The US reports 70K daily new cases with the 7-day MA at 69K cases per day. The 3-day MA of US daily cases prints another lower low which maintains the US wave 5 downtrend. The worst is over for Florida reporting the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the country. 100K Floridians received the monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments offered by Regeneron, Eli Lilly and others. This is what other states needed to do since many Americans are dying needlessly of COVID-19. The studies show that using mAb treatments reduces hospitalizations and deaths by 70% or more. Thus, applying the 70% to the 100K number, about 70,000 Floridians did not have to be admitted to hospitals because they received monoclonal antibodies. The mAb treatments help hospitals cope with the caseloads especially those undergoing staffing shortages. The mAb treatment is a 20-minute IV (intravenous injection). No biggie. Piece of cake. They keep you around for a half hour to make sure you do not have an adverse reaction and then send you home to watch television and recover. Governor DeSantis is a republican and may have designs on running for the Whitehouse in 2024 (his wife has breast cancer, however, and he has said her health and wellness is his priority and he may not consider a run for POTUS). Political tribal affiliations aside, DeSantis did good for his people. Other states are flailing dealing with overrun hospital conditions and high death rates. All they had to do was embrace monoclonal antibody treatments. Instead, many states ignore the valuable mAb therapy, and other treatments, since King Biden is only focused on vaccinations as the sole pandemic solution. Instead, medical treatment should always take an integrated approach. Americans have lost common sense. 1.5K Americans die yesterday many because they are not educated about mAb treatments. What a shame. The Wuhan Virus has claimed 760K American lives.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/27/21, at 3:00 AM EST: 1,106 Russians die yesterday the deadliest day ever. Over 36K daily new cases are reported as Russia spins out of control. Oh no. Ukraine reports 734 deaths yesterday a big spike higher and the deadliest day ever. New infection waves begin in Hungary and Poland. Hungary reports nearly 7K daily new cases a huge spike higher. The eastern Europe western Asia region remains the global hot zone. The UK reports 41K daily new cases. 263 Brit's die yesterday the deadliest day since early March. Germany reports a stealth pop in daily cases in recent days a troublesome development. Greater Europe is on shaky ground with charts hinting that a rise in cases is occurring. China lockdown. The outbreak is spreading in Lanzhou so the communist government orders the city to go into lockdown. 4 million people sit in their tiny apartments or homes that feel like jail cells. Authorities move through the neighborhoods making sure all obey the CCP. China continues pursuing the zero-covid strategy while the remainder of the world has been through Wuhan Virus Hell and back. China would be the most delectable spot on the globe if you are a coronavirus looking for a happy meal. There are 1.4 billion bodies to choose from and China's vaccines are not as effective as other offerings. The Beijing Olympics begin in only 101 days about to begin the 100-day countdown.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/27/21, at 5:00 AM EST: Americans are turning into pincushions with the CDC recommending a fourth booster shot for the immunocompromised. With all the covid shots, boosters, flu shots and shingles and other vaccines, the doc's may as well install a PICC line in everyone's chest. That way, you can stop by the office once per week and they can easily inject the latest serum. Oh vey. The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines are a 3-dose regimen with the first 2 doses given about one month apart and the third shot is a booster shot at about 6 months out except for the immunocompromised that have trouble building an adequate antibody response due to other drugs in their systems. The mRNA vaccines are a 4-shot regimen for the immunocompromised with the first 3 shots needed to build the initial antibody response and then the fourth shot is their booster shot to give better protection as just announced by the CDC. The people making money off the pandemic are the doctors, hospitals, Big Pharma, the needle-maker's and the undertakers.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/27/21, at 10:00 AM EST: NFL (American football) Houston Texans team chairman and CEO Cal McNair loses his job and then kneels before his masters to beg forgiveness. At a charity event, he told the audience that he was sorry that everyone "could not get together last year because of the China Virus." Sensitive people complain about the comment creating the problem for McNair. Hater's say 'China Virus' is an anti-Asian slur and call him a racist. The mob mentality takes over. America sure is sick these days. People have a twisted way of looking at the world. Keystone would be fired one thousand times for how often he says China Flu or Wuhan Virus. For anyone out in circulation in society and in touch with the man on the street, the public refers to the pandemic by several different names; the virus, covid, COVID-19, coronavirus, China Flu, China Virus, Wuhan Flu and Wuhan Virus. The most often used nicknames in southwestern Pennsylvania are "the virus" and "covid" with a "China Flu" tossed into a conversation now and then. All the Asian stuff was beat to death a few months ago when a couple assaults occurred in the major cities. No one thinks China Flu is an anti-Asian slur except the elitists that are stirring up the trouble. We all have Asian, black, white, Native American and Middle Eastern friends and coworkers and get along fine and everyone is smart enough to know that saying China Virus or Wuhan Flu has nothing to do with any animosity towards Asian Americans. Zero. No one would be able to get their computer fixed or their laundry cleaned without these folks (joking; do not take offense; instead, laugh at the stereotypes since all normal Americans know they are just jokes; how do you break up an Italian wedding? Open the church door and yell, "Cement truck's here."). What was discovered a few months back was that San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York were exposed as sick racist cities because the handful of violent incidents against Asian folks occurred in these hate towns. Saying China Flu, China Virus, Wuhan Flu or Wuhan Virus is not an anti-Asian slur so use the terms all you want just like the names Spanish Flu, West Nile Virus, Asian Flu and Ebola (Ebola River). The US and world has a lot of control freaks that want to puppeteer your thoughts and words. Do not let them.
Note Added Wednesday Morning, 10/27/21, at 11:00 AM EST: A controversy develops over comments made by Harvard professor Dr Eric Rubin after he voted to approve the Pfizer vaccine for use in 5 to 11 year old's. Rubin proclaims, "But we're never going to learn about how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it. That's the way it goes." Heavens to Betsy. Both the republican and democrat tribes, and their respective media organizations, are in a tizzy with a case of the vapors. In split America, two sides draw different conclusions from Rubin's words and he has not clarified the remarks. The people questioning the vaccine use in children say that Rubin is admitting to using kids as guinea pigs pumping them with the elixir and they will serve as a test case to see what happens. This perspective will obviously scare a lot of parents. On the other hand, the pro-vaccine zealots are quick to ride to Rubin's defense saying the remarks are harmless and the doctor voted for approval. These folks say that Rubin is making the point that the vaccines are very safe and the only way you will win over detractors is to start vaccinating the children and once everyone sees there are no adverse reactions (or almost nil), parents will have confidence and the vaccine participation will increase. This same argument was made when the vaccines were originally rolled out for the general population earlier this year. The pandemic is a Rorschach test and one-half of you will agree with the former side of the story and the other half the latter. Keystone, and you other independent thinker's, see the spin from both sides. The courts shoot the Southwest Airlines pilots lawsuit out of the sky and it goes down in a ball of flames. The courts support vaccine mandates so the pilots will have to make a decision in the coming days. Kneel before power and roll up their sleeves for the shots, or lose their jobs. Los Angeles delays the implementation of its vaccine mandate against employees until December so the anti-mandate folks win a battle. New York City stands firm with a Friday afternoon deadline where police officers and firefighters will lose jobs if they have not yet knelt before Mayor de Blasio to kiss his vaccine ring.
Note Added Wednesday Afternoon, 10/27/21: Right-wing talk radio host Dan Bongino, that also has a show on Fox News, is off the air this week over a fight with Cumulus Media about vaccine mandates. Cumulus has the gold, so they make the rules, and they say vaccines, while Bongino says no. The big guy (Cumulus) usually wins so a different talking head may end up in the time slot next week. The upcoming vaccination of 5 to 11 year old's, probably starting by the end of next week, is dominating the news today. The television doctors are telling people that if the child is 12 years old they receive the adult dose but if they are 11 years 11 months old they receive the one-third dose. Parents may be skeptical of the dose difference and discrepancy and not know if it would be better to be on one side or the other. Keystone previously mentioned that it makes sense there would be a graduated dose for the younger age groups up to maybe, 18 years old, when it would go to the full dose. Right on cue, Pfizer says they are looking at a reduced dose for the 12 to 15 year old's. They understand that it would sound better if the 5 to 11 year old's had one-third dose, maybe the 12 to 15 year old's a two-thirds dose, and then maybe the adult dose for 15 and up, but they do not have this data to support this proposal. This is why it takes several years to assess a vaccine because if the mRNA shots had this multi-year track record, they would know the dose rates for children of different ages. Oh my. There are ongoing vaccine trials for the infant to 5 year old's. It is disturbing to say this out loud, but if folks want this stuff, it's coming. Simply out of curiosity, who shoots their infant full of mRNA after their butt is spanked and they cry for the first time? The mad scientists are mixing up a one-tenth adult dose concoction that they are injecting into the infant through 4 year old's. The shaky pandemic science continues.
Note Added Wednesday Evening, 10/27/21: New York Governor Hochul says a vaccine mandate for school children is on the table. California Governor Newsom is the only politician currently imposing a vaccine mandate on schools. The New York garbage continues piling up due to a shortage of workers because of the vaccine mandate. The rats dance with glee. One dozen New York City police officers (NYPD) jump ship taking Governor DeSantis's offer of a $5,000 bonus to move to Florida and work in the Sunshine State. More will likely follow. Moronic New York City Mayor de Blasio proclaims that his vaccine mandate deadline is 5 PM EST Friday. 20% of the firefighters will lose their jobs. They are protesting at Gracie Mansion each day (the mayor's home in Manhattan). There will be 20% less ambulances on Friday night due to medics losing their jobs so more people with gunshot and knife wounds, as well as overdoses, and the elderly with heart attacks and strokes, will likely die. New Yorker's are worried about what will happen this weekend (crime and violence) in the Big Apple. 40% of the police force (NYPD) may disappear late Friday due to the asinine vaccine mandate. The blood is on de Blasio's hands. Will de Blasio flinch?
Note Added Thursday Morning, 10/28/21, at 4:00 AM EST: The world reports over 478K daily new cases a disappointing number the highest since 10/1/21 nearly a month ago. The 7-day MA for the world's daily cases is moving higher (bad) at 424K cases. The daily numbers must be below 424K and lower to curl the important moving average trend line over and resume the downtrend. Instead, the path of least resistance appears up. Russia's inability to halt the pandemic infected nations to the west with the eastern Europe western Asia region remaining the global hot zone. Unfortunately, greater Europe is showing initial signs of slipping back into the covid quagmire. With the high number of vaccinations in the developed nations, the hope is that any new wave that occurs in daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths will be a short-lived blip. 8,670 global citizens die yesterday from the China Virus the most since late September. The 7-day MA for world deaths curls higher to 7K dead per day. The trouble in Russia, western Asia, eastern Europe and now central Europe, and do not forget the elevated cases in the UK, contribute to the rise in world cases. Russia reports 1,123 dead yesterday another deadliest day ever. It is as if Dictator Putin is lining up over 1,000 Ruskies per day against the wall, every day, and shooting them. It is sickening. Russians do not trust their own vaccines and are taking their chances. Some are winners developing natural antibodies but others collapse face down in their borsht. Poland reports 8.4K daily new cases a pop higher and the most of the current outbreak wave now well underway. 133 Poles (Polish people) croak yesterday the most in 5 months (May). Ukraine, Bulgaria and Belarus remain a mess. After a few days of UK daily new cases dropping off the top, yesterday is 44K cases an elevated number that hints this week may end as trouble and not joy. 470 Brit's die over the last 2 days (235 deaths per day) the highest numbers since March. PM Boris Johnson, the ramblin' gambler, keeps rolling the covid dice refusing to impose pandemic restrictions on individuals and businesses.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 10/28/21, at 6:00 AM EST: The US reports 79K cases. It is not good to see the 7-day MA at 71K daily cases hinting that it wants to base sideways. The US needs the cases below 71K to pull that critical moving average lower. 1.6K Americans die yesterday. At the funeral home, Aunt Betty asks Uncle Jack if he knew about the monoclonal antibody treatments that are saving lives and preventing hospitalizations? Grieving Uncle Jack asks, "Monocolonial who? Whazzit? Whazzat? We asked during the first few days when Ethel got sick but the doctors told us to go home and then she got real sick." There will be tens of thousands of irate Americans in the weeks ahead when they discover that the mAb treatment may have saved their loved one's life but they knew nothing about it or were discouraged by doctors. Biden is stifling the use of life-saving monoclonal antibody treatments because he is peddling vaccinations daily. Thus, hospitals remain busy (making money) and Americans die needlessly.
Note Added Thursday Morning, 10/28/21, at 11:00 AM EST: President Biden meets with lawmakers on Capitol Hill carrying the infrastructure bill albatross, that the democrats are unable to yet pass, around his neck. Biden then jumps on to Air Force One Leaving on a Jet Plane for Europe and climate change meetings. Sleepy Joe should be focused on the pandemic instead of handing out taxpayer money to corrupt foreign dictators. Major world polluter's China, Russia and Mexico are not attending the weekend summit. A 16-year old minor is vaccinated at a Louisiana high school without parental consent. The vaccine mandate garbage is spinning out of control. Several kids are told to sign consent forms and then given a vaccination but there needs to be a parent's signature on the form. People in other states are saying similar things happened to them. The attorney's phones are ringing off the hook. A simple tip for any healthcare idiot out there; do not stick any minor unless their parent is there or if the parent has provided clear written consent. Duh. Any school official or healthcare provider involved in this deviant behavior of sticking children without parental consent should be prosecuted. The vaccine mandates only serve to further split the nation and encourage people to hate one another. It is America's Destiny.
Note Added Thursday Afternoon, 10/28/21: Thousands of protestors descend on Gracie Mansion, the residence of Mayor de Blasio, protesting against the vaccine mandate and supporting the New York firefighters and police officers. 78% of the cops are vaccinated and 65% of the firefighters. 37% of the New York city beat cops (police officers that patrol the streets on foot) are refusing the vaccination. There will be lots of crime if the beat cops are not allowed to work because of the stupid vaccine mandate. A precinct in Queens (borough of New York City) reports that only one-half their police force is vaccinated. A judge denies a NYPD union request to halt the vaccine mandate. Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is charged with a sex crime so his problems will continue for a few years. In Chicago, 130 firemen and police file a lawsuit against Mayor Lightfoot's vaccine mandate. The mayor appears at an event and is heavily booed. 71% of the Chicago police and 80% of the firemen are vaccinated. The vaccine mandate drama in New York city reaches a climax this weekend into Monday. Will de Blasio buckle and cancel the vaccine mandate nonsense? If not, criminals will dance with glee. The media remains focused on the upcoming vaccinations for the 5 to 11 year old's which will continue through the CDC advisory panel meeting on Tuesday. A KFF poll says 66% of parents are worried about future fertility problems in their children if they take the shots. The medical community say the drug trials do not indicate that fertility would be a problem but two-thirds of parents still think this way. 27% of parents are eager to get their children vaccinated. 33% want to wait and see how it goes. 30% say they will definitely not get their child vaccinated many noting that the virus is an extremely low risk for kids. If you are a parent of an immunocompromised child or chubby kid, it is a good idea to discuss vaccinating the child with your doctor. If the child is obese, find ways to encourage healthy eating habits and of course that begins with yourself. Of the 700 deaths (extremely low mortality rate) from COVID-19 for children and teens under 18 years old, all either had comorbidities or were obese.
Note Added Thursday Evening, 10/28/21: The Lancet journal reports that Fluvoxamine, an anti-depressant drug used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, may be useful in fighting COVID-19 in the early stages. A 1,500 person study in Brazil found that using the drug reduced hospitalizations. Anti-depressants are extremely dangerous drugs, however, which create insane side effects in some users. The Merriam-Webster dictionary adds several new pandemic-related words including super-spreader, long COVID, breakthrough and vaccine passport. Facebook CEO Zuckerberg changes the name of Facebook to Mega. He should call it MomBook. The new Meta logo is an infinity symbol but it looks like sagging breasts. Facebook is feeling the heat these days as its platform is accused of creating social unrest and societal problems. The "Let's Go Brandon" meme is now part of the modern day culture and sweeping across the country especially in republican circles. The slogan caught fire a few weeks ago when driver Brandon Brown won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race. As he was interviewed, the crowd chants, "F*%# Joe Biden." The commentator tries to misdirect the loud chants saying the crowd is cheering for the win saying, "Let's Go Brandon." They were not. They were clearly shouting, "F&#% Joe Biden." The chant now routinely occurs at college football games and a "Let's Go Brandon" banner was displayed at the World Series baseball game a couple evenings ago. A rap song "Let's Go Brandon" is number one on the rap charts. Republican outlets are seizing on Biden's growing unpopularity selling clothes and other tchotchkes imprinted with the "Let's Go Brandon" slogan. Everywhere the slogan is seen, people know it means, "F&%# Joe Biden." Sleepy Joe's popularity nosedives after American television screens showed Afghani bodies falling from airplanes during the botched Afghanistan withdraw. It was a sickening and disturbing sight and the guy that was supposed to be compassionate, Biden, was not.
Note Added Friday Morning, 10/29/21, at 3:00 AM EST: The US reports 78.5K daily new cases and 1.2K deaths. New Orleans, Louisiana, relaxes its mask mandates as cases and deaths continue dropping. New Hampshire opines about the winter season sending folks indoors creating the upswing in daily cases. State officials begin regular COVID-19 briefings again. Vermont and Maine remain challenged. Humorously, the democrat-run media (CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, PBS, New York Times, Washington Post) is no longer bragging that the highly-vaccinated northeastern states are well-protected from the delta wave while those nasty less-vaccinated southern republican states wallow in covid misery. Turnabout is fair play. The southern states have beat back the delta wave and have been on the mend for a few weeks. Florida and Texas are recovering nicely but the northeastern states such as New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine are now in the covid pickle barrel fighting the Delta variant. The republican-run media (Fox News, Newsmax, OANN, Breitbart, AM talk radio, New York Post) puffs its chest out bragging that they can handle the pandemic better citing the success in the South and trouble in the highly-vaccinated northeastern states. Neither corrupt political tribe will acknowledge the other side's winning hand; they only cheerlead their own tribe while denigrating the other. This behavior is un-American. The two corrupt republican and democrat tribes continue pushing back and forth at one another their filthy feet trampling the American flag into the dirt. The crony capitalism system is in its last throes.
Note Added Friday Morning, 10/29/21, at 4:00 AM EST: Russia is in deep trouble and finally appears to be acknowledging the out of control pandemic. Russia reports 41K daily new cases the most ever and 1,159 deaths the deadliest day ever. Non-essential services are shut down in Moscow and covid restrictions are in place country-wide. Ukraine also imposes restrictions to stop its outbreak spinning out of control. The nations are pleading with people to get vaccinated but many folks do not trust the vaccines. The western Asia and eastern Europe region remains a coronavirus quagmire and is driving the world's case numbers higher. The UK crosses the 140K deaths grim milestone.
Note Added Friday Afternoon, 10/29/21: The FDA provides emergency authorization for using the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on children 5 to 11 year's old. Didn't they do that a few days ago? As it turns out, this week an FDA advisory committee voted to recommend the vaccine for emergency use and now they authorize the emergency use. The CDC advisory panel is next up in this bureaucracy ballet on Tuesday and little Lamont and feisty Savannah can receive shots directly thereafter. Florida Governor DeSantis has the quote of the day commenting on the never-ending 20-month pandemic. "We have somehow gone from 15 days to slow the spread to three jabs to keep your job."
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