Posts

1.9M Years of Life Lost in COVID-19 Pandemic

/0 Comments/in , /by

A new study suggests that 1.9 million life years have been lost from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Health Care Cost Institute estimated the excess years of lost life, a measure of premature mortality, from April to August 2020 in the United States. The study accounts for excess years of life lost from all causes and not just COVID-19. However, years of lost life are 13% above the historical average during that period, suggesting that COVID-19 played an outsized role.

The bulk of years of lost life came from people age 65 and older, who accounted for about 52%. Those ages 45-64 accounted for 17%, and those 20-44 accounted for 29%. (Read more from “1.9h Years of Life Lost in COVID-19 Pandemic” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE

COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Stopped Due to Unexplained Illness in Study Participant

/0 Comments/in , /by

Johnson & Johnson announced late Monday it is temporarily pausing recruitment and dosing of its coronavirus vaccine in clinical trials due to an “unexplained illness in a study participant.”

The independent drug safety monitoring board for J&J’s phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial is reviewing the unexpected event. The company did not disclose more information about the affected individual.

“We must respect this participant’s privacy,” J&J said in a statement. “We’re also learning more about this participant’s illness, and it’s important to have all the facts before we share additional information.” (Read more from “COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Stopped Due to Unexplained Illness in Study Participant” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE

CDC Study Finds Overwhelming Majority Of People Getting Coronavirus Wore Masks; Facebook Lies About CDC Data

/1 Comment/in , , /by

By The Federalist. A Centers for Disease Control report released in September shows that masks and face coverings are not effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19, even for those people who consistently wear them.

A study conducted in the United States in July found that when they compared 154 “case-patients,” who tested positive for COVID-19, to a control group of 160 participants from the same health care facility who were symptomatic but tested negative, over 70 percent of the case-patients were contaminated with the virus and fell ill despite “always” wearing a mask.

“In the 14 days before illness onset, 71% of case-patients and 74% of control participants reported always using cloth face coverings or other mask types when in public,” the report stated.

In addition, over 14 percent of the case-patients said they “often” wore a face covering and were still infected with the virus. The study also demonstrates that under 4 percent of the case-patients became sick with the virus even though they “never” wore a mask or face covering.

Despite over 70 percent of the case-patient participants’ efforts to follow CDC recommendations by committing to always wearing face coverings at “gatherings with ≤10 or >10 persons in a home; shopping; dining at a restaurant; going to an office setting, salon, gym, bar/coffee shop, or church/religious gathering; or using public transportation,” they still contracted the virus. (Read more from “CDC Study Finds Overwhelming Majority Of People Getting Coronavirus Wore Masks” HERE)

____________________________________________

Facebook Characterizes Federalist Article as “False Information”

By News Editor. Shortly after we posted the above article on our Facebook account, Zuckerberg’s Facebook police stopped sharing it and labeled it “False Information.”

Of course, the Facebook link supposedly proving it “false” said no such thing. Rather, the shysters at Facebook simply want to shut down any viral links that attack the official narrative.

Although we use Facebook to post our articles because of the thousands of readers who use that platform, we are encouraging everyone to find a substitute for Facebook, such as Gab.com.

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE

WATCH: High Energy President Trump Delivers a Message to the America People

/0 Comments/in , /by

Earlier this afternoon our very healthy president delivered a terrific message from the White House about his recovery from COVID-19 and his optimism toward defeating the Chinese virus. Must Watch:

…”I want everybody to be given the same treatment as your president.”..

(For more from the author of “WATCH: High Energy President Trump Delivers a Message to the America People” please click HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE

One-Third of U.S. Believes Coronavirus Was Sent by God

/0 Comments/in , /by

As people reckon with the global upheaval that the coronavirus pandemic has caused, the vast majority of the United States believes that there is a lesson to be learned from everything the virus has wrought this year.

A survey from the Pew Research Center found that a resounding 86% of respondents “believe there is a lesson or set of lessons for humankind to learn from the coronavirus outbreak.”

Slightly more than one-third, 35%, of all respondents took that statement a step further and said that the coronavirus was a lesson sent by God. Only 13% of respondents said that there was no lesson to be learned from the coronavirus.

The survey was conducted with participants from Pew’s American Trends Panel, a sample of randomly selected adults in the U.S. that currently comprises 15,372 active respondents. That sample is weighted for such population benchmarks as gender, age, and education. More than 10,000 adults were polled for this survey, which was run from July 13-19, and 3,700 respondents were then asked to provide qualitative responses. (Read more from “One-Third of U.S. Believes Coronavirus Was Sent by God” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE

VP DEBATE: Pence Rips Harris for Her ‘Unconscionable’ Undermining of the COVID Vaccine; It Looks as Though Kamala’s ‘Progressive Prosecutor’ Past Is Now a Liability; Kamala Harris Ducks Pence’s Questions

/0 Comments/in , /by

By Townhall. As the leader of the White House coronavirus task force, Vice President Mike Pence has been on the receiving end of the criticism over the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) tore into the vice president for what she termed “the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country.” In fact, she asserted that the Trump White House “has forfeited their right to re-election” because of it. . .

Pence was ready with several counterpunches. If Biden had been in charge and not President Trump, Pence argued, we would still be allowing travel from China, and the outbreak would have been much deadlier. Before he flip flopped on the issue, Biden called Trump’s travel ban “xenophobic.”

The president’s decision to ban those flights, Pence said, “bought us invaluable time” and “saved hundreds of thousands of lives.” It gave them time to reinvent testing, deliver billions of supplies to health care workers, and start developing a vaccine under Operation Warp Speed. The VP said he believes they will have tens of millions of doses before the end of this year. . .

Moderator Susan Page tried to switch gears and asked a different question of Pence, but he couldn’t let his opponent’s outrageous answer slide.

Pence told Harris how “unconscionable” it is that she keeps “undermining” the confidence in the eventual coronavirus vaccine.

(Read more from “VP Pence Rips Harris for Her ‘Unconscionable’ Undermining of the COVID Vaccine” HERE)

_________________________________________________

It Looks as Though Kamala’s ‘Progressive Prosecutor’ Past Is Now a Liability

By Townhall. Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday slammed Sen. Kamala Harris’ (D-CA) record on criminal justice reform, both as a District Attorney in San Francisco and as Attorney General of California.

“But you talk about personally prosecuting. I’m glad you brought up your record, senator,” Pence said. . .

“I need to make this point: when you were DA in San Francisco, when you left office, African Americans were 19 times more likely to be prosecuted for minor drug offenses than whites and Hispanics,” the vice president explained. “When you were Attorney General of California, you increased the disproportionate incarceration of blacks in California. You did nothing on criminal justice reform in California.”

“You didn’t lift a finger to pass the FIRST STEP Act on Capitol Hill,” Pence said, as Harris smiled and shook her head. “The reality is your record speaks for itself. President Trump and I have fought for criminal justice reform. We’ve fought for educational choice and opportunities for African Americans … and we’ll do it for four more years.”

(Read more from “It Looks as Though Kamala’s ‘Progressive Prosecutor’ Past Is Now a Liability” HERE)

_________________________________________________

Vice Presidential Debate: Kamala Harris Ducks Pence’s Court-Packing Question

By Fox News. Vice President Mike Pence hammered Sen. Kamala Harris Wednesday night over whether Democrats would pack the Supreme Court should they not “get their way,” and should Judge Amy Coney Barrett be confirmed to the high court before Election Day.

During the vice presidential debate, Pence said that the “American people really deserve an answer” on court packing, after Democratic nominee Joe Biden ducked the question during the first presidential debate last week. . .

Pence revisited the question, saying that the “American people would really like to know, if she is confirmed, are you and Joe Biden, if somehow you win this election, going to pack the Supreme Court to get your way?” . . .

Harris fired back, mum on the issue of court packing, but saying that the “American people deserve to make the decision” of “who will serve for a lifetime.”

“Joe and I are very clear the American people are voting right now, and it should be their decision about who will serve on this most important body for a lifetime,” she said. (Read more from “Vice Presidential Debate: Kamala Harris Ducks Pence’s Court-Packing Question” HERE)

_________________________________________________

Harris Hits Trump Over Tax Returns, Asks President Who He Owes Money to

By Fox News. Democcratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris went after President Trump for not paying enough money in taxes, and questioned who he might owe money to.

“We now know because of great investigative journalism that Donald Trump paid $750 in taxes,” Harris said during Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate. “When I first heard about it, I literally said, ‘You mean $750,000?’ Nope $750.” . . .

“We now know Donald Trump owes, and is in debt for $400 million, and just so that everyone is clear, when we say in debt – it means you owe money to somebody,” Harris said Wednesday in answer to a question about presidential transparency.

Harris added: “And it’d be really good to know who the president of the United States, the commander-in-chief owes money to, because the American people have a right to know what is influencing the president’s decisions and is he making those decisions on the best interests of the American people….or self-interest?” . . .

Pence, however, highlighted the president’s dismissal of the report and said, “the American people have a president who’s a businessman, a job creator, he’s paid tens of millions of dollars in taxes – payroll taxes, property taxes, he’s created tens of thousands of American jobs.” (Read more from “Harris Hits Trump Over Tax Returns, Asks President Who He Owes Money to” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE

White House Physician: Donald Trump Has COVID-19 Antibodies

/0 Comments/in , /by

White House physician Dr. Sean Conley said Tuesday that the president’s blood was showing antibodies for COVID-19.

“Of note today, the president’s labs demonstrated detectable levels of SARS-CoV-2 IgG (COVID-19) antibodies from labs drawn Monday, October 5th,” Conley wrote in a memo sent to reporters. He added that the president’s blood work drawn on Thursday did not show any antibodies.

Conley said that President Trump had been “symptom-free” for over 24 hours and fever-free for more than 4 days. . .

The president is scheduled to debate former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday, October 15th, in Miami.

(Read more from “White House Physician: Donald Trump Has COVID-19 Antibodies” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE

No Virus Aide Bill and No Vaccine Before the Election

/0 Comments/in , /by

By Washington Examiner. President Trump will have neither a new coronavirus aid bill nor a vaccine before the election.

Trump announced Tuesday that he has stopped negotiations with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, tweeting that she “is not negotiating in good faith.” Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had apparently reached an impasse over the amount of the aid package. Pelosi wanted $2.4 trillion, while Mnuchin had offered $1.6 trillion.

Trump’s announcement means there won’t be a new round of stimulus checks or more money for schools, day care, or coronavirus-related health costs between now and next year. The president said he will pass a major stimulus bill after he wins reelection.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Tuesday he supports Trump’s move to end the aid talks. (Read more from “No Virus Aide Bill and No Vaccine Before the Election” HERE)

___________________________________________________

2nd Stimulus Checks: Trump Halts Coronavirus Relief Talks Until After Nov. 3 Election

By KTLA 5. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called an abrupt end to negotiations with Democrats over additional COVID-19 relief, delaying action until after the election despite ominous warnings from his own Federal Reserve chairman about the deteriorating conditions in the economy. . .

Trump’s move came immediately after he spoke with the top GOP leaders in Congress, who had been warily watching talks between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Pelosi. Many Senate Republicans had signaled they would not be willing to go along with any stimulus legislation that topped $1 trillion, and GOP aides had been privately dismissive of the prospects for a deal.

Just on Saturday, tweeting from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Trump said, “OUR GREAT USA WANTS & NEEDS STIMULUS. WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE.” But any Pelosi-sponsored agreement of close to $2 trillion raised the potential of a GOP revolt if it came to a vote.

Last week, the White House said it was backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and dangled the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill of $1.6 trillion. But that offer was rejected by Pelosi, who continued to take a hard line in the talks, including insisting on repeal of a $254 billion GOP business tax break passed in the March package as a way to finance additional relief. (Read more from “2nd Stimulus Checks: Trump Halts Coronavirus Relief Talks Until After Nov. 3 Election” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE

President Donald Trump Reports No COVID-19 Symptoms

/0 Comments/in , /by

White House physician Dr. Sean Conley said Tuesday that the president was reporting no symptoms after returning home on Monday night after receiving treatment for the coronavirus.

“This morning the President’s team of physicians met with him in the residence,” the memo from Conley read. “He had a restful first night at home, and today he reports no symptoms.”

Conley said the president’s vital signs and physical exam remained stable, with an ambulatory oxygen saturation level between 95 and 97 percent.

(Read more from “President Donald Trump Reports No COVID-19 Symptoms” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE

Biden’s New COVID Claim: ‘210 Million’ People Have Died (VIDEO)

/0 Comments/in , /by

Joe Biden again misstated the number of people who have died from coronavirus during a televised town hall meeting on Monday before he quickly corrected himself.

During the event with NBC News in Florida, Biden said, “Masks matter. These masks, they matter. It matters. It saves lives. It prevents the spread of the disease— 210 million— 210,000 people have died,” quickly correcting himself.

“You have, you know, about 1,000 people a day getting the coronavirus. Fifty thousand, I mean— so it’s a great concern,” he said.

In September, Biden claimed “200 million” Americans had died from the virus.

(Read more from “Biden’s New COVID Claim: ‘210 Million’ People Have Died” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE