Showing posts with label COVID-19 2022. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19 2022. Show all posts
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Saturday, August 13, 2022
The CDC is no longer saying, as it did in June, that mRNA from the vaccines lasts in the body only "a few days", and that the spike proteins last only "a few weeks"
Here's the screenshot from the "Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines" page as of June 16th:
As of July 15th, the facts have changed!
There's no "few days" language anymore, and no "few weeks" language either. Instead at the bottom of the page there's a link off-site to this page, which talks about how long the mRNA and the spike protein last in monkeys and mice, but not in YOU.
After all this time the CDC has no human data?
I'd be upset if I were you. They've been claiming for more than a year that the mRNA and the spike proteins are gone from the human body within days and weeks. They're not claiming that anymore.
The CDC is sweeping this under the rug hoping you won't notice, announcing, as it is, the new guidance.
Why do excess deaths in the US consistently outnumber pandemic deaths?
In 2020 the difference was a whopping 118,000.
In 2021, when vaccination got into high gear, the difference was way down, but still high at about 36,000. That's at least equivalent to a whole year of influenza deaths.
Many skeptics are convinced the vaccines have something to do with this, and the CDC's deletion of "facts" from the fact box above isn't going to help convince them otherwise.
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Phony Democrat SALT Caucus is out there today boasting it is going to vote for the Manchin bill anyway, which doesn't undo the Trump tax increases on the wealthy they promised to get rid of
a group of House Democrats say they will still vote for the party’s spending package without SALT reform . . . members of the SALT Caucus ... have vowed to oppose a bill without SALT relief
From their website:
SUOZZI, GOTTHEIMER, YOUNG, GARBARINO ANNOUNCE NEW BIPARTISAN SALT CAUCUS TO FIGHT FOR TAX RELIEF FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES
April 15, 2021
Press Release
32 Democrats and Republicans join
Today, April 15, 2021, Tom Suozzi (NY-3), U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), Young Kim (CA-39), and Andrew Garbarino (NY-2) announced the formation of the new bipartisan SALT Caucus to advocate for new tax relief from Congress.
“Our effort to restore the SALT deduction is gaining momentum. Together, Democrats and Republicans alike, we will advocate for the restoration of the SALT deduction and highlight the middle class families who have been unfairly hurt by the cap,” said Rep. Tom Suozzi, SALT Caucus Co-Chair. “The cap on the SALT deduction has been a body blow to New York and middle-class families throughout the country. At the end of the day, we must fix this injustice.”
“We’re formally launching a new bipartisan group — the SALT Caucus — because, for all our Members, and for the tens of thousands of middle class families we represent, it is high time that Congress reinstates the State and Local Tax deduction, so we can get more dollars back in to the pockets of so many struggling families — especially as we recover from this pandemic,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer, SALT Caucus Co-Chair. “This bipartisan group we’re founding today, with members from coast to coast and across the political spectrum, are all banding together to reinstate the State and Local Tax deduction, to find a way to get this done in Congress, and to actually get tax relief for the hard working middle class families we represent.”
“Hardworking Californians in the 39th District and across my home state have been burdened enough by high state and local taxes. It is estimated that in the 2022 tax year, California’s 39th District will pay on average more than $640 million due to the SALT cap,” said Rep. Young Kim, SALT Caucus Co-Chair. “I am proud to fight for lower taxes for my constituents as Co-Chair of the SALT Caucus and am looking forward to working together to ensure California workers and families can keep more of their hard-earned money.”
“The SALT cap penalizes working class Long Islanders. From firefighters to police officers, to teachers, to nurses, and small business owners, I hear from people every day about what a crushing blow the SALT cap has delivered them. I’m proud to be a Co-Chair of the bipartisan SALT Caucus to fully restore the deduction once and for all,” said Rep. Andrew Garbarino, SALT Caucus Co-Chair.
“A critical component of our overall economic recovery must be the repeal of the state and local tax deduction cap that was imposed by the 2017 tax law,” said Rep. Mikie Sherrill, SALT Caucus Vice Chair. “There is a misconception that the SALT deduction doesn’t help middle class families. But in high cost of living areas like my district, SALT does in fact make a critical difference in helping make ends meet for our middle class residents like teachers and law enforcement officers, who depend on this deduction to afford the high cost of living in our area. To be clear, the 2017 tax bill specifically targeted states and communities like mine that have prioritized key investments in our public schools, living wages for workers, environmental protections, the list goes on. I’m proud to be launching this bipartisan caucus to ensure we deliver a win on this issue for families in New Jersey and across the country.”
“The cap on the state and local tax deduction hurts middle class California families,” said Rep. Katie Porter, SALT Caucus Vice Chair. “During the coronavirus pandemic, our state and local governments have led public health efforts on testing and vaccines—a potent reminder of the important work they do. Restoring the state and local tax deduction, which has been in our tax code since its inception, gives taxpayers and communities the ability to invest in their priorities and levels the playing field across states for federal taxation.”
“Counties are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting nearly 1,000 hospitals, more than 1,900 public health authorities and other services essential to residents’ safety and well-being. The human and financial impacts of addressing this health and economic emergency are staggering,” said National Association of Counties Executive Director Matthew Chase. “We applaud the formation of this bipartisan caucus committed to repealing the state and local tax deduction cap, which would reinstate our local control of our tax systems and strengthen the ability of our counties and local communities to deliver essential public services, such as emergency response, public health and infrastructure.”
The SALT Caucus leadership consists of:
Co-Chair Tom Suozzi (NY-3)
Co-Chair Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5)
Co-Chair Andrew Garbarino (NY-2)
Co-Chair Young Kim (CA-39)
Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-9), SALT Caucus Vice Chair
Katie Porter (CA-45), SALT Caucus Vice Chair
Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), SALT Caucus Vice Chair
Jamie Raskin (MD-08), SALT Caucus Vice Chair
Chris Smith (NJ-04), SALT Caucus Vice Chair
Lauren Underwood (IL-14), SALT Caucus Vice Chair
The other founding members of the SALT Caucus include: Reps. Danny Davis, Nicole Malliotakis, Julia Brownley, Judy Chu, Lee Zeldin, Michelle Steel, Mike Levin, Jimmy Panetta, Jimmy Gomez, Brian Higgins, Jerry Nadler, Tom Malinowski, Jeff Van Drew, Alan Lowenthal, Anna Eshoo, Andy Kim, Ted Lieu, Brad Schneider, John Larson, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mike Garcia, and Gregory Meeks.
Rush Limbaugh, MD, was only off about coronavirus vs. flu deaths in 2020 by about 6.5 times
"The coronavirus is the common cold. 2% [who] get the coronavirus die. That’s less than the flu. That is a far lower death statistic than any form of influenza. There’s nothing unusual about the coronavirus".
-- Rush Limbaugh, 2/24/20, here
Rush's coronavirus death statistic ended up being off by about only 6.5 times, per the CDC leading causes of death data for 2020 below.
Rush died in 2021 of the second leading cause of death in 2020.
There were approximately 20.024 million cases of COVID-19 in 2020, so 1.75% died according to the CDC data.
CDC estimates an average of 29.6 million cases of influenza annually 2010-2020. Deaths from influenza and pneumonia of 53,417 in 2020, below, is 0.18% of that, a far lower rate of death than for any form of COVID-19, heh heh.
The rate of death for COVID-19 was thus far, far worse than for influenza . . . by about 9.7 times in 2020.
Sunday, August 7, 2022
US COVID-19: The Big Picture through July 2022
Total cases monthly in 2022:
Jan 20.3 million
Feb 3.95m
Mar 1.07m
Apr 1.25m
May 2.89m
Jun 3.33m
Jul 3.65m.
We averaged 1.68 million cases monthly in 2020 and 2.88 million monthly in 2021.
Monthly cases in 2022 through July now average 5.20 million, down from 5.46 million last month.
Because of home tests and generally milder cases both going unreported, the case data is not very predictive.
The encouraging news is in the deaths per day data, which shows that the pandemic is clearly less severe in the United States two months in a row. Both June and July deaths were low enough to make 2022 as a whole look better than either 2020 or 2021 in each of them.
Deaths per day are still approximately 10x higher, however, through July, and 4x higher in July, than for the average annual rate for influenza.
Deaths per day from COVID-19 in the US ticked up slightly in July 2022 to 383, higher than in May, as was expected
July 2022: 383
June 2022: 363
May 2022: 373
Apr 2022: 426
Mar 2022: 980
Feb 2022: 2,247
Jan 2022: 1,987
Deaths per day overall, however, are still down in 2022 compared with both 2021 and 2020 after hitting 1,050 per day at the end of June:
2020: 1,131
2021: 1,310
2022 through 7/31: 953
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Like almost every other public official who has come down with COVID-19 this year, who are now too numerous to list, Joe Biden was fully vaxxed and boosted twice
Before Joe Biden came down with COVID-19, he was at Brayton Point Power Station in Massachusetts, where 1530 MW of electricity used to be produced from cheap, plentiful coal
Torn down starting in 2019, the former coal power plant will become a hub for just 804 MW of offshore wind energy, 52% of what used to come from that location.
Biden was accompanied by the usual suspects.
More.
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Deaths per day from COVID-19 in the United States July 1-15, 2022: 383
June 2022: 363
May 2022: 373
Apr 2022: 426
Mar 2022: 980
Feb 2022: 2,247
Jan 2022: 1,987
Saturday, July 9, 2022
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel just lies right out of the box about "longstanding" use of ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin
Isn't that what Election 2020 was all about? Lying? Lying absentee ballots and the lying voters who cast them? And lying media?
It used to be a good newspaper, but those days are long over:
The
4-3 ruling, coming four weeks before statewide primaries Aug. 9, is a
win for Republicans who now oppose the longstanding use of ballot drop
boxes after their use proliferated during the coronavirus pandemic and
was heavily criticized by former President Donald Trump, who alleged
with no evidence that absentee voting was rife with fraud and led to
his reelection loss in 2020.
Here.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court found that there was no evidence of longstanding use, presented by the Wisconsin Election Commission, or otherwise:
¶65 The record evidence WEC cited does not support its argument that ballot drop boxes have been in common and longstanding use in this state.
Read the whole thing here.
Saturday, July 2, 2022
US COVID-19: The Big Picture through June 2022
Deaths per day in 2022 through June are now down to 1,050 as June has flatlined relative to May with 363 deaths per day vs. 373.
But contrast those admittedly welcome figures with influenza deaths per day 2010-2020 at about 93 on average and even at this much improved level COVID deaths are still ~4x higher.
Trying to learn anything from the case data is increasingly difficult due to increased self-testing at home, but it looks clear that cases are up again as Omicron sub variants mutate to be more spreadable.
Total cases monthly in 2022:
Jan 20.3 million
Feb 3.95m
Mar 1.07m
Apr 1.25m
May 2.89m
Jun 3.33m.
It makes sense that deaths are at their lowest in 2022 in May and June with cases at their lowest in March and April since deaths are a lagging indicator. The case increases in May and June portend higher death figures come July and August.
We averaged 1.68 million cases monthly in 2020, and 2.88 million monthly in 2021. Monthly cases in 1H2022 average 5.46 million.
US COVID-19 deaths per day in 2022 through June
June 2022: 363
May 2022: 373
Apr 2022: 426
Mar 2022: 980
Feb 2022: 2,247
Jan 2022: 1,987
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
LOL, Danish parents furious after vaccine announcement from Søren Brostrøm, Director General of the Danish Health Authority
Søren Brostrøm admitted on Wednesday that we "in retrospect did not get much out of the expansion of the vaccination program for children - at least not when it comes to epidemic control, which was otherwise the purpose of doing so. We have become wiser and we would not do the same today". ...
In June 2021, the National Board of Health chose to recommend corona vaccines for children aged 12-15 years. In November, a recommendation followed to also vaccinate children aged 5-11 years. ...
Søren Brostrøm admits to TV 2 that it all "went very fast" when the vaccine program was rolled out in Denmark. ...
"I understand well that there are some who think: 'Okay, here is an authority that now admits that they have made a mistake or that they would have done something else'. I understand that. But I would like to ask people to consider whether they would rather have had an authority that does not admit its mistakes?"
The whole thing in Danish is here.
Too bad we don't have a health authority in the United States which admits its mistakes.
Friday, June 17, 2022
US COVID-19 deaths per day in June 2022 to date have flatlined: As good as it gets?
June 2022 (15th): 372
May 2022: 373
Apr 2022: 426
Mar 2022: 980
Feb 2022: 2247
Jan 2022: 1987
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