Thursday, December 17, 2020
NBC, AFP: Say, why are the wealthiest nations "hoarding" half of COVID-19 vaccine doses?
NBC, AFP: Say, why are the wealthiest nations "hoarding" half of COVID-19 vaccine doses?
'At least a fifth of the world’s population may not have access to a Covid-19 vaccine until 2022, according to a study published Wednesday, with wealthier nations reserving more than half of next year’s potential doses.
"Er … because they bought it?
AFP (France news service) reported last night that some of the poorer nations might not get a vaccine before 2022, thanks to production/sales commitments made to wealthier nations.
See if you can spot what’s missing in this lead:
...Wealthy nations — accounting for just 14 percent of the global population — have pre-ordered just over half of the vaccine doses...'
...NBC News followed up this morning with a similar complaint.
'...In this critical game of medicine logistics — where supply is small but demand immediate and universal — campaigners and some officials accuse these wealthy nations of snapping up orders and hoarding more than they need.'
Hoarding?
In the first place, how do you “hoard” what hasn’t even been produced yet?
In the second place, the US doesn’t plan to “hoard” anything — they plan to vaccinate the entire population.
They’re not buying it to keep it in freezers forever...Read all.
It's worse today. Much worse!-----What if teenagers can’t even read?
What if teenagers can’t even read?
"A teacher’s letter to the editor will send chills down your spine.
“I teach high school English, and I am begging you to please read to your children.
Read everything.….
Why?
Why?
Because your children can’t read.
We are in the midst of one of the greatest literacy crises ever encountered, and we are fighting an uphill battle.
We are in the midst of one of the greatest literacy crises ever encountered, and we are fighting an uphill battle.
...Recently, I gave a unit test where students could use all their notes and their short story on the test (not my standard practice).
The results: abysmal.
I didn’t think the test was too difficult until I started doing some investigating and made a shocking discovery.
They couldn’t even read the test. …
...Rosemount is not an “urban” or “poor” high school.
It is in a suburb of the Twin Cities with a median household income of $85,000 and over 80% of the population is white.
...Rosemount High School is more likely of an example of the breakdown of our education system that’s happening across the country.
Consider the fact that as of 2013, only 38% of high school seniors were considered proficient in reading by the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP):...Read all!
Ontario counts suicide victims as COVID-19 fatalities | True North
Ontario counts suicide victims as COVID-19 fatalities | True North
"If someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 commits suicide, the Ontario Ministry of Health will record their cause of death as COVID-19.
...“As a result of how data is recorded by health units into public health information databases, the ministry is not able to accurately separate how many people died directly because of COVID versus those who died with a COVID infection,” Ontario Ministry of Health Senior Communications Advisor Anna Miller said to True North in an email.
...“Individuals who have died with COVID-19, but not as a result of COVID-19 are included in the case counts for COVID-19 deaths in Toronto.”
The approach of counting non-COVID deaths as COVID deaths is being done in the name of “inclusion.”...Read all.
Arizona GOP lawmaker to subpoena Dominion machines for forensic audit - TheBlaze
Arizona GOP lawmaker to subpoena Dominion machines for forensic audit - TheBlaze:
Republican Arizona state Sen. Eddie Farnsworth said on Monday that he would issue subpoenas to forensically audit the Dominion Voting Systems machines used in Maricopa County during the 2020 election.
University of Iowa charges student with ‘professional misconduct’ for challenging its criticism of Trump order
University of Iowa charges student with ‘professional misconduct’ for challenging its criticism of Trump order
It refused to let him bring an attorney or record the hearing, even though possible outcomes were probation or dismissal from the program.
- Intervention by Republican lawmakers saves student from possible dismissal
"...The University of Iowa’s College of Dentistry charged a student with “professional misconduct” because he responded to its college-wide email condemning President Trump’s executive order on federally funded trainings in critical race theory, which may apply to some university activities.
...Student Michael Brase hit “reply all” – as did several others – asking the College of Dentistry what it specifically objected to in the executive order:
Because the executive order defines “race or sex stereotyping” as ”ascribing character traits, values, moral and ethical codes, privileges, status, or beliefs to a race or sex, or to an individual because of his or her race or sex,” Brase asked for clarity on why the College of Dentistry would “support using federal funds to promote trainings that include race/sex stereotyping and/or race/sex scapegoating.”
He also wondered if the school supports “using federal funds to promote trainings that teach that certain races/sexes are inherently or fundamentally oppressive, racist, sexist, etc.”...Read all!
History for December 17
History for December 17 - On-This-Day.com
William Safire 1929
- 1791 - A traffic regulation in New York City established the first street to go "One Way."
- 1903 - The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight.
- 1925 - Col. William "Billy" Mitchell was convicted of insubordination at his court-martial.
- 1939 - The German pocket battleship Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew, bringing the World War II Battle of the Rio de la Plata off Uruguay to an end.
- 1969 - Television history was made when Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.
- 1976 - WTCG-TV, Atlanta, GA, changed its call letters to WTBS, and was uplinked via satellite. The station became the first commercial TV station to cover the entire U.S.
- 2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence gathering in 50 years. The bill aimed to tighten borders and aviation security. It also created a federal counterterrorism center and a new intelligence director.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Report: Durham investigation heating up with additional prosecutors: 'Excellent progress' - TheBlaze
Report: Durham investigation heating up with additional prosecutors: 'Excellent progress' - TheBlaze:
The development comes as Durham's investigation was recently afforded significant protections to continue operating in president-elect Joe Biden's administration.
In late October, outgoing Attorney General William Barr secretly appointed Durham special counsel, essentially blocking Biden's administration from obstructing or interfering with the investigation, which is criminal in nature.
California Health Inspectors Cite A Closure Order To Restaurant Owner Live On Camera | The Daily Caller
California Health Inspectors Cite A Closure Order To Restaurant Owner Live On Camera | The Daily Caller:
Anton Van Happen, owner of ‘Nick The Greek,’ a California restaurant, confronted public health inspectors Monday issuing him a citation for staying open after he allegedly violated guidance.Happen said he was told by health officials to bring all of his outdoor dining furniture indoors on Friday after Ventura County health inspectors informed him he was out of compliance. However, two health inspectors issued him a citation Monday night, claiming Happen was still out of compliance and allegedly protesting the health rules.
The way we were-----Bill Warner, PhD: Jihad vs Crusades
"Which was worse?
Watch the data and you decide.
This video is part of Bill Warner's astounding lecture: "Why we are afraid. A 1400 years secret": part of a must watch playlist: bit.ly/1C5oxnc"
Battle list: http://cspipublishing.com/statistical..."
Trump derangement trumps science-----American Medical Association Rescinds Previous Statement Against Prescription of Hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 Patients
American Medical Association Rescinds Previous Statement Against Prescription of Hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 Patients
Previously, the AMA had issued a statement in March that was highly critical of HCQ in regards to its use as a proposed treatment by some physicians...
...So, there we have it.
HCQ could not be approved before the election, because President Trump had recommended it.
Meanwhile, with an 8o +% reduced risk of having to be admitted to the hospital if administered with Azithromycin and Zinc as soon as testing positive or symptoms occurred, many (70000+) lives could have been saved...Read all.
When 2-Year-Olds Are Thrown Off Airplanes, You Know America Has Changed
When 2-Year-Olds Are Thrown Off Airplanes, You Know America Has Changed
"You may have seen the video of the family thrown off a United Airlines airplane because the 2-year-old daughter would not wear a mask.
Though the family wore masks and the father promised to cover his daughter’s face with a mask that he placed on her face, it made no difference.
Though the child was completely asymptomatic, and though it is exceedingly rare for a child to transmit COVID-19 to an adult — that is why Sweden kept its schools open all spring and summer, with its students not wearing masks — the airline had its orders, and the flight attendant duly obeyed them.
As I watched the video, I wondered what the flight attendant thought....Read all.
Mark Levin rips courts 'ducking' lawsuits as Democrats 'institutionalize corruption and fraud' - Washington Times
Mark Levin rips courts 'ducking' lawsuits as Democrats 'institutionalize corruption and fraud' - Washington Times:
Mark Levin said U.S. courts are “ducking left and right” when it comes to 2020 election lawsuits despite the Democratic Party’s attempts to “turn the whole country into California where Republicans can’t win anything statewide.”
The host of Fox’s “Life, Liberty & Levin” warned his audience over the weekend that shrinking from debates regarding President Trump’s election lawsuits is not an option since everything the Founding Fathers fought for is at stake.
Border Official Warns of 'Full-Blown Crisis' as Illegal Crossings Into U.S. Rise Dramatically
Border Official Warns of 'Full-Blown Crisis' as Illegal Crossings Into U.S. Rise Dramatically
- “If the current policies in place are revoked, as their critics promised they would do, the 2,300 per day will become a full-blown crisis overnight”
"Illegal border crossings from Mexico into the United States rose dramatically in November and one border official is already using the word “crisis” to describe the problem.
Does anyone expect that this situation will improve under a Biden administration?
Anna Giaritelli reports at the Washington Examiner:
Top border official warns of ‘full-blown crisis overnight’ as illegal crossings hit 70,000 in November
United States border officials encountered more than 70,000 migrants who tried to enter the U.S. from Mexico illegally in November, four times the number of people seen in April.
...Are there more migrant caravans in our future? It’s starting to look that way.
“If the current policies in place are revoked, as their critics promised they would do, the 2,300 per day will become a full-blown crisis overnight as we stand by and watch the numbers go even higher, making the last year’s crisis pale in comparison,” Morgan said.
The report goes on to note a rise in the number of unaccompanied minors showing up at the border. What is a Biden administration going to do with these kids? They certainly wouldn’t put them in cages, would they?...Read all.
Testing the limits of what we will accept.....Committee Recommends Changing Name Of Abraham Lincoln High School Because He Allegedly Didn’t Prove Black Lives Matter
Committee Recommends Changing Name Of Abraham Lincoln High School Because He Allegedly Didn’t Prove Black Lives Matter
"The San Francisco United School District’s School Names Advisory Committee has recommended stripping the name of former President Abraham Lincoln from a high school because he allegedly “did not show” that “black lives ever mattered” to him.
Lincoln is among dozens of figures who the school district renaming committee argues led a life filled with racism and therefore shouldn’t be on a school building, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The committee’s spreadsheet indicates that Lincoln’s treatment of Native Americans during his administration met the criteria to rename a school after him...Read all.
Transgender activist says all children should be put on puberty blockers until they can decide their gender - TheBlaze
Transgender activist says all children should be put on puberty blockers until they can decide their gender - TheBlaze:
A popular transgender activist recently called for all children to be put on puberty blockers until they are able to decide which gender they want to be.
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