Covid-19 miscellany

[Loren Pechtel]

And it's still more dangerous than the flu:

COVID Still Deadlier Than the Flu -- But the Gap Is Narrowing

VA study finds 35% higher mortality rate in hospitalized patients

www.medpagetoday.com

35% higher chance of dying if you're in the hospital and twice as many Covid admits as flu admits.

 

[blastula]

COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record low, the CDC says

Weekly COVID hospitalizations have hit their lowest level ever reported since the pandemic began, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

abcnews.go.com

Good, because I did finally stop wearing a mask everywhere.

 

[ZiprHead]

This is a must read. It deals with more than just covid, but judicial ethics.

Trump Judges Went On A Luxury Trip — And It Doomed A Major Biden Policy

The April 2022 ruling included an unusual legal theory — and new disclosures seen by HuffPost shed some light.

www.huffpost.com

Buried in the April 2022 ruling that struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate was a section that was unusual for a court decision.

The outcome itself was far from surprising. Places all over the country were dropping local mask requirements, and the judge hearing this case — a challenge to the federal mandate to mask on planes and other public transportation — was a conservative Trump appointee, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle for the Middle District of Florida. Mizelle ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask requirement overstepped the agency’s legal authority.

What was eye-catching was her explanation of why. In her ruling, Mizelle wrote she had consulted the Corpus of Historical American English, an academic search engine that returns examples of how words and phrases are used in select historical texts. Mizelle searched “sanitation,” a crucial word in the 1944 statute that authorizes the CDC to issue disease-prevention rules, and found it generally was used to describe the act of making something clean. “Wearing a mask,” she wrote, “cleans nothing.”

 

[Shadowy Man]

This is a must read. It deals with more than just covid, but judicial ethics.

Trump Judges Went On A Luxury Trip — And It Doomed A Major Biden Policy

The April 2022 ruling included an unusual legal theory — and new disclosures seen by HuffPost shed some light.

www.huffpost.com

Buried in the April 2022 ruling that struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate was a section that was unusual for a court decision.

The outcome itself was far from surprising. Places all over the country were dropping local mask requirements, and the judge hearing this case — a challenge to the federal mandate to mask on planes and other public transportation — was a conservative Trump appointee, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle for the Middle District of Florida. Mizelle ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask requirement overstepped the agency’s legal authority.

What was eye-catching was her explanation of why. In her ruling, Mizelle wrote she had consulted the Corpus of Historical American English, an academic search engine that returns examples of how words and phrases are used in select historical texts. Mizelle searched “sanitation,” a crucial word in the 1944 statute that authorizes the CDC to issue disease-prevention rules, and found it generally was used to describe the act of making something clean. “Wearing a mask,” she wrote, “cleans nothing.”

The Republicans are right. The justice system is corrupt!

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

 

[barbos]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

 

[barbos]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

Yeah, blame it on the President.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

Yeah, blame it on the President.

Is there some pro-Trump reason you wish to claim deep state conspiracy?

 

[barbos]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

Yeah, blame it on the President.

Is there some pro-Trump reason you wish to claim deep state conspiracy?

Trump did not even cross my mind in this news.
I doubt that Trump was even that hands on to order Pentagon to do that shit, let alone Pentagon obeying if they did not want to.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

Yeah, blame it on the President.

Is there some pro-Trump reason you wish to claim deep state conspiracy?

Trump did not even cross my mind in this news.
I doubt that Trump was even that hands on to order Pentagon to do that shit, let alone Pentagon obeying if they did not want to.

Well, it was ordered by someone high up and Trump clearly had an anti-China agenda. The propaganda continued slightly into Biden's administration, but when he found out he put a stop to it, according to the ivestigation.

 

[barbos]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

Yeah, blame it on the President.

Is there some pro-Trump reason you wish to claim deep state conspiracy?

Trump did not even cross my mind in this news.
I doubt that Trump was even that hands on to order Pentagon to do that shit, let alone Pentagon obeying if they did not want to.

Well, it was ordered by someone high up and Trump clearly had an anti-China agenda. The propaganda continued slightly into Biden's administration, but when he found out he put a stop to it, according to the ivestigation.

I doubt it was Trump. And I also doubt that Pentagon would follow that order if there was not enough people to agree with that shit order.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

That was my first thought on reading about it, also. They're just being anti-vax while China bashing.

 

[Shadowy Man]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

Yeah, blame it on the President.

Is there some pro-Trump reason you wish to claim deep state conspiracy?

Trump did not even cross my mind in this news.
I doubt that Trump was even that hands on to order Pentagon to do that shit, let alone Pentagon obeying if they did not want to.

Well, it was ordered by someone high up and Trump clearly had an anti-China agenda. The propaganda continued slightly into Biden's administration, but when he found out he put a stop to it, according to the ivestigation.

I doubt it was Trump. And I also doubt that Pentagon would follow that order if there was not enough people to agree with that shit order.

Yeah. He was only the commander in chief. Why would the responsibility lie with him? Just like every other bad thing that’s ever happened around him, it’s someone else’s fault. Bad lawyers, bad generals, bad contractors, lying women, bad accountants, etc.

 

[barbos]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

Yeah, blame it on the President.

Is there some pro-Trump reason you wish to claim deep state conspiracy?

Trump did not even cross my mind in this news.
I doubt that Trump was even that hands on to order Pentagon to do that shit, let alone Pentagon obeying if they did not want to.

Well, it was ordered by someone high up and Trump clearly had an anti-China agenda. The propaganda continued slightly into Biden's administration, but when he found out he put a stop to it, according to the ivestigation.

I doubt it was Trump. And I also doubt that Pentagon would follow that order if there was not enough people to agree with that shit order.

Yeah. He was only the commander in chief. Why would the responsibility lie with him? Just like every other bad thing that’s ever happened around him, it’s someone else’s fault. Bad lawyers, bad generals, bad contractors, lying women, bad accountants, etc.

I did not know USA was a dictatorship.

 

[Shadowy Man]

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic | Fox News

The U.S. military, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, secretly launched a campaign to counter what appeared to be China's 'growing influence in the Philippines.'

www.foxnews.com

Your tax dollars at work.

Do you think they did that without Trump's knowledge? The anti-China propaganda seemed to peak under his administration and that included statements by him....

Yeah, blame it on the President.

Is there some pro-Trump reason you wish to claim deep state conspiracy?

Trump did not even cross my mind in this news.
I doubt that Trump was even that hands on to order Pentagon to do that shit, let alone Pentagon obeying if they did not want to.

Well, it was ordered by someone high up and Trump clearly had an anti-China agenda. The propaganda continued slightly into Biden's administration, but when he found out he put a stop to it, according to the ivestigation.

I doubt it was Trump. And I also doubt that Pentagon would follow that order if there was not enough people to agree with that shit order.

Yeah. He was only the commander in chief. Why would the responsibility lie with him? Just like every other bad thing that’s ever happened around him, it’s someone else’s fault. Bad lawyers, bad generals, bad contractors, lying women, bad accountants, etc.

I did not know USA was a dictatorship.

It’s not. But the President is in charge of the military. The Congress decides on the funding but the President is in command.

I’m surprised that you wouldn’t know this because you understand American politics so well.

 

[barbos]

It’s not. But the President is in charge of the military.

No, he is not, certainly not the current one. Current one is hardly in charge of his own body. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is more in charge of his body becasue she had to direct him where to look and where to stand.

No US president can wake up one day and give ridiculous order to the military.
Even non-ridiculous orders go through process. The only orders which don't go through process are the simple one like "Fetch me a cheeseburger, or bring me my slippers". US president has his team which he is not free to select, then there is Deep State, then there are oligarchs and simply donors, in the end of the list there are people like Shadowy Man who think they elect a person which will do what they vote for.

Trump wanted a military parade, did he get one? No, he did not. US presidents are the figure heads, especially last few decades.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

It’s not. But the President is in charge of the military.

No, he is not, certainly not the current one. Current one is hardly in charge of his own body.

Then why did the Pentagon stop the anti-China propaganda when Biden told them to?

 

[barbos]

It’s not. But the President is in charge of the military.

No, he is not, certainly not the current one. Current one is hardly in charge of his own body.

Then why did the Pentagon stop the anti-China propaganda when Biden told them to?

There was not any to begin with, and it could not have been Biden anyway.

 

[blastula]

New Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been approved for the US, could be available this week. Protein based Novavax is expected to get a new one approved next month.

Free home test kits will be available again next month as well.

FDA approves the new Covid vaccine. Here's the best time to get it.

With the summer Covid wave still rising, experts say the timing for getting vaccinated is important.

www.nbcnews.com

Who should get new COVID vaccines? What’s changed? A California doctor explains | Sacramento Bee

Free at-home COVID testing program restarting as officials prepare for fall, winter season

The U.S. government is restarting the free at-home COVID tests program this month as federal officials prepare for the upcoming fall and winter respiratory virus season.

abcnews.go.com