Study Suggests Coronavirus Lingers in Organs for Months

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Data from a new study suggests that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can persist in different parts of the body for months after infection, including the heart and brain.

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found the virus can spread widely from the respiratory tract to almost every other organ in the body and linger for months.

The researchers described the study as the “most comprehensive analysis to date” of the virus’s persistence throughout the body and brain. They performed autopsies on 44 patients who died either from or with COVID-19 to map and quantify virus distribution across the body.

Daniel Chertow, principal investigator in the NIH’s emerging pathogens section, said along with his colleagues that RNA from the virus was found in patients up to 230 days after symptom onset.

The findings, released online Saturday in a pre-print manuscript, shed new light on patients who suffer from so-called “long COVID-19.” (Read more from “Study Suggests Coronavirus Lingers in Organs for Months” HERE)

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Omicrommon Cold? New Variant Is So Mild It’s Mistaken for Cold

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Many cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 are so mild, infected Americans are struggling to determine whether they have the virus or the common cold.

Cases of the virus are surging nationwide as the Omicron variant has become dominant in a matter of weeks. But deaths and hospitalizations are lagging behind, and many of those infected are reporting symptoms that more closely resemble a cold or the flu than a serious, deadly disease.

Three groups of researchers, from South Africa, Scotland and England, all found that the Omicron variant is less likely to send patients to the hospital than the Delta or Alpha strains of COVID-19, according to The New York Times. The study from South Africa found that the variant is up to 80% less severe.

That has prompted some media outlets to begin printing guides on how to tell Omicron from the common cold. According to The Washington Post, “health experts warn the symptoms that previously helped people to gauge whether they had a cold, flu or covid-19 are no longer the useful marker they once were.” (Read more from “Omicrommon Cold? New Variant Is So Mild It’s Mistaken for Cold” HERE)

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Twist in Case Against Viral Truck Driver Sentenced to 110 Years for Deadly Crash

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A Colorado district attorney asked a judge on Monday to consider reducing the 110-year prison sentence of a truck driver for an explosive crash that killed four people in suburban Denver.

Prosecutors and attorneys representing 26-year-old Rogel Aguilera-Mederos were in court for a status hearing on Monday morning, when a re-sentencing hearing was set for Jan. 13, 2022, to consider the possible sentence change.

The 110-year sentence has drawn outrage from around the country and among truckers, with around 5 million people signing an online petition seeking clemency for him.

Last week, District Attorney Alexis King said in a statement she would seek a term of 20 to 30 years in the 2019 wreck on Interstate 70 west of Denver — a sentencing range that reflects an “appropriate outcome” for Aguilera-Mederos’ conduct.

“As the jury found, Mr. Aguilera-Mederos knowingly made multiple active choices that resulted in the death of four people, serious injuries to others, and mass destruction,” King said. (Read more from “Twist in Case Against Viral Truck Driver Sentenced to 110 Years for Deadly Crash” HERE)

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How Puerto Rico Became a Tax Haven for High-Flying Crypto Millionaires

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. . .Many of them are here thanks to a near-irresistible combo — of legal and financial incentives, great weather and a critical mass of cryptocurrency gurus — that has been transforming the island like a gold rush. The surge is helping reshape Puerto Rico into America’s homegrown answer to Dubai. . .

Both Comm and Yoshino came here for crypto gigs. He is a self-employed entrepreneur and podcast host, while she helps run the Puerto Rico Blockchain Trade Association, which hosted a week-long shindig in early December, timed for jetsetters to bounce down to the island after Art Basel Miami.

Among the boldfaced names on-island full-time are controversial YouTuber Logan Paul — who started his own NFT trading game, CryptoZoo and who is reportedly splashing out $55,000 per month on a home — and Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. She admitted she’d decamped to the Enchanted Isle from Silicon Valley earlier this year and has she’s been living off crypto investments. . .

One way they could have scored such primo investments? Slashing taxes and red tape, a tactic that Puerto Rico has followed with gusto. Put simply, thanks to changes in the law, which are lumped together and known as Act 60, you can live there and keep two things: both your American passport and huge chunks of your earnings that Uncle Sam would otherwise grab.

Spend 183 days on-island each year, and you’re free of taxes on capital gains. If you operate a firm that exports its services from Puerto Rico — say, as a crypto consultant — you’ll pay a paltry 4 percent corporate tax rate. No wonder crypto types, already wary of centralized oversight and focused on cashing in fast and rich, have flocked here. (Read more from “How Puerto Rico Became a Tax Haven for High-Flying Crypto Millionaires” HERE)

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Flights Canceled After Christmas Day Due to COVID

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Hundreds of flights have been canceled across the U.S. as the Omicron COVID-19 variant strikes down plane crews and workers over the Christmas weekend.

As of Sunday morning, some 633 flights within, into or outside the U.S. were canceled, according to the data tracking website FlightAware.

The data tracking website added that 531 flights into, out of or within the U.S. had been delayed.

Companies blamed the number of cancellations on the number of staff who had become infected with COVID-19 over the Christmas weekend and, therefore, had called in sick. (Read more from “Flights Canceled After Christmas Day Due to COVID” HERE)

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More Believe In Cheating in 2020 Election, Hit ‘Zuckerbucks’

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Angered by growing reports that Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg steered vote-generating donations to pro-Biden counties, more voters believe that cheating occurred in the 2020 elections.

Shoving aside repeated liberal media dismissals of cheating claims, those who believe it occurred increased from 56% in October to 59% in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll previewed for Secrets.

Asked “How likely is it that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election?” just 36% said unlikely. What’s more, the largest group, at 40%, said that cheating was “very likely.”

Former President Donald Trump has suggested he was cheated. The media, Democrats, and President Joe Biden have dismissed those claims. (Read more from “More Believe In Cheating in 2020 Election, Hit ‘Zuckerbucks’” HERE)

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Extremist ‘1619 Project’ Creator Says Parents Shouldn’t Decide What’s Being Taught to Their Children in School

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Nikole Hannah-Jones — the creator of the highly criticized “1619 Project” — proclaimed that parents shouldn’t decide what’s being taught to their children in school.

During a “Meet the Press” appearance on Sunday, Hannah-Jones opined on how much parents’ should be allowed in shaping the curriculum of students. Her commentary was in reference to Republican Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the Virginia gubernatorial race. Youngkin made education a cornerstone during his winning campaign and declared that critical race theory should not be part of the academic curriculum.

Host Chuck Todd asked, “The Virginia’s governor’s race was arguably decided on the strength of how influential should parents be on curriculum? How do we do this?”

“Well, I would say the governor’s race in Virginia was decided based on the success of a right-wing propaganda campaign that told white parents that they needed to fight against their children being indoctrinated as race — as being called racists,” Hannah-Jones replied without providing any evidence for her claim. “But that was a propaganda campaign.”

“And I don’t really understand this idea that parents should decide what’s being taught,” Hannah-Jones continued. (Read more from “Extremist ‘1619 Project’ Creator Says Parents Shouldn’t Decide What’s Being Taught to Their Children in School” HERE)

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At Least 18 Shot Over Christmas Weekend in Lightfoot’s Chicago

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At least 18 people were shot, one of them fatally, Christmas Eve into Sunday morning in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

NBC 5 noted the one fatality occurred Christmas Day “in the 3000 block of North Avers” when a 24-year-old was shot and killed. . .

Chicago registered its 800th homicide of the year on December 14. Two days later, on October 16, WBEZ pointed out that Chicago’s homicides had surpassed 810 for the year. (Read more from “At Least 18 Shot Over Christmas Weekend in Lightfoot’s Chicago” HERE)

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COVID Lab Incorrectly Informed Patients They Tested Negative

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A COVID-19 testing lab in Australia has apologized after it mistakenly informed more than 400 patients that they tested negative for the virus when they were positive.

St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney on Sunday said the false notification was sent through its pathology service, SydPath, to patients who had taken the test on Dec. 23 and 24.

“SydPath last night incorrectly messaged more than 400 people, advising them they had tested negative to COVID,” the hospital said. “These people had tested positive to COVID.”

The hospital said the incident was under investigation.

“An emergency response team is now investigating the cause of this mistake, which is believed to be human error,” the statement said. “We sincerely apologized to those impacted.” (Read more from “COVID Lab Incorrectly Informed Patients They Tested Negative” HERE)

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Backcountry Skier Killed in X-Mas Eve Avalanche

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A backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche in Colorado on Christmas Eve – the state’s first avalanche death this season, a report said.

The man was skiing with a partner near Cameron Pass in Fort Collin when the tragedy struck at about 2 p.m., the Denver Post reported, citing the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

“The victim’s partner was able to locate him with a transceiver and probe pole and extricate him from the snow, but he did not survive,” according to the CAIC report.

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