cruelty is the point..it's going to get worse.
Pandemic 2020
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that guy who said 'i'll have to see what biden says (platform) and who he chooses..'? are you STILL QUESTIONING, really? we were left with psycho bad babysitter and i can't run fast enough to get away..but this guy still needs to hear from Biden..like he doesn't understand what the platform is..?
Jimdamick
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A very enlightening read about how the World ended up in this situation.
DIY-HP-LED
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Some excerpts from a large covid antibody study in the UK, a surprisingly large number of people over 65 were asymptomatic. Perhaps past encounters with a similar coronavirus?
Major Antibody Study Finds 3.4 Million in England Had Covid-19
By
Tim Ross
August 13, 2020, 2:00 AM ADT
A mass survey of more than 100,000 people -- which the government says is the biggest of its kind in the world -- suggested the extent of the outbreak varied widely between different areas and population groups.
In London, 13% of people had antibodies while in the South West of England it was less than 3%, according to the research, released by the Department of Health and Imperial College London. People from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups, care workers, and people living in larger households were among the most likely to have been infected.
The research involved 100,000 people testing themselves at home for coronavirus antibodies between June 20 and July 13. The government said there is no firm evidence that antibodies provide immunity.
But the findings are significant because they are likely to influence the decisions officials will make about what kind of lockdown restrictions are needed in the future, and which groups are at greatest risk. Boris Johnson’s government has been attacked for its handling of the pandemic, which left the U.K. with the highest death toll in Europe and facing the deepest recession of any comparable country.
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There was no breakthrough on the quest for a home antibody test for general use among the public. Separate studies, also unveiled on Thursday, evaluated a range of finger-prick home antibody tests but found the results were not reliable enough to be given government approval for widespread use, officials said. The tests were still deemed to be suitable for surveillance studies such as the Imperial research.
The burden of Covid-19 “has fallen particularly heavily on ethnic minority groups and key workers, particularly in care homes and healthcare,” said Professor Helen Ward, one of the researchers involved. “Those in deprived and densely populated areas are most likely to have been exposed to the virus, and we need to do far more to protect people from any future waves of infection.”
The findings included:
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Major Antibody Study Finds 3.4 Million in England Had Covid-19
By
Tim Ross
August 13, 2020, 2:00 AM ADT
- London had 13% infection rate, compared to 6% for England
- Nearly one in three virus patients -- 32% -- had no symptoms
A mass survey of more than 100,000 people -- which the government says is the biggest of its kind in the world -- suggested the extent of the outbreak varied widely between different areas and population groups.
In London, 13% of people had antibodies while in the South West of England it was less than 3%, according to the research, released by the Department of Health and Imperial College London. People from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups, care workers, and people living in larger households were among the most likely to have been infected.
The research involved 100,000 people testing themselves at home for coronavirus antibodies between June 20 and July 13. The government said there is no firm evidence that antibodies provide immunity.
But the findings are significant because they are likely to influence the decisions officials will make about what kind of lockdown restrictions are needed in the future, and which groups are at greatest risk. Boris Johnson’s government has been attacked for its handling of the pandemic, which left the U.K. with the highest death toll in Europe and facing the deepest recession of any comparable country.
Heavy Burden
There was no breakthrough on the quest for a home antibody test for general use among the public. Separate studies, also unveiled on Thursday, evaluated a range of finger-prick home antibody tests but found the results were not reliable enough to be given government approval for widespread use, officials said. The tests were still deemed to be suitable for surveillance studies such as the Imperial research.
The burden of Covid-19 “has fallen particularly heavily on ethnic minority groups and key workers, particularly in care homes and healthcare,” said Professor Helen Ward, one of the researchers involved. “Those in deprived and densely populated areas are most likely to have been exposed to the virus, and we need to do far more to protect people from any future waves of infection.”
The findings included:
- Among the most likely to have been infected were care home workers (16%) and health care staff (12%).
- In the wider population, 17% of people from Black backgrounds and 12% of people from Asian groups were infected.
- People in the most deprived areas of England had higher antibody levels than those in the wealthiest areas.
- The study suggested one in three people with antibodies showed no symptoms, a feature that increased among the over-65s.
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DIY-HP-LED
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How The United States Failed To Control The Virus | Morning Joe | MSNBC
David Leonhardt of The New York Times discusses his new reporting on America's failure to control the coronavirus.
David Leonhardt of The New York Times discusses his new reporting on America's failure to control the coronavirus.
DIY-HP-LED
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Government watchdog says Trump's acting homeland security chief is not legally eligible to serve in the role
Trump has repeatedly appointed people to top government roles in an acting capacity, bypassing the Senate confirmation process.
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Government watchdog says Trump's acting homeland security chief is not legally eligible to serve in the role
- Acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf and acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli are legally ineligible to serve in their current roles, a government watchdog has concluded.
- Wolf and Cuccinelli are serving under an "invalid order of succession" under the Vacancies Reform Act, the Government Accountability Office said Friday.
- Trump has repeatedly appointed people to top government roles in an acting capacity, simultaneously bypassing the Senate confirmation process.
The Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 governs how vacant executive agency positions that require presidential appointment with Senate confirmation can be temporarily filled. Per the law, Wolf and Cuccinelli are serving under an "invalid order of succession," the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said on Friday. The GAO said it's referring the matter to the inspector general of Homeland Security for review.
"Upon Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's resignation on April 10, 2019, the official who assumed the title of Acting Secretary had not been designated in the order of succession to serve upon the Secretary's resignation," the GAO said. "Because the incorrect official assumed the title of Acting Secretary at that time, subsequent amendments to the order of succession made by that official were invalid and officials who assumed their positions under such amendments, including Chad Wolf and Kenneth Cuccinelli, were named by reference to an invalid order of succession."
In short, according to the GAO, Wolf and Cuccinelli have illegally been appointed to their present roles, which can be traced back to President Donald Trump tapping Kevin McAleenan as acting Homeland Security chief in 2019 after Kirstjen Nielsen resigned. By appointing McAleenan, the president bypassed a senior Homeland Security official who was legally designated to assume the temporary duty of leading the agency. The legality of the move was questioned by lawmakers at the time.
Trump has habitually placed people in acting roles, simultaneously bypassing the Senate confirmation process.
It's unclear what actions Trump will take to the GAO's conclusion, which is not legally binding. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS). fervently rejected the GAO's report.
"We wholeheartedly disagree with the GAO's baseless report and plan to issue a formal response to this shortly," DHS spokesman Nathaniel Madden said in a statement first reported by the Washington Post.
House Homeland Security Committee chairman Bennie Thompson and Rep. Carolyn Maloney chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform responded to the GAO's findings by calling on Wolf and Cuccinelli to resign.
"GAO's damning opinion paints a disturbing picture of the Trump administration playing fast and loose by bypassing the Senate confirmation process to install ideologues," Thompson and Maloney said in a statement. "In its haste to circumvent Congress's constitutional role in confirming the government's top officials to deliver on the president's radical agenda, the administration violated the department's order of succession, as required by law."
dandyrandy
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Trump brother hospitalized in New York: Sources
President expected to visit brother, sources said.
dandyrandy
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You can really see the bald spot in that picture. Probably too much water pressure...
DIY-HP-LED
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Trump Threatens COVID-19 Aid Because It Includes Funds For Mail-In Voting | MSNBC
President Donald Trump says he opposes postal service funding in the coronavirus aid bill because it would be used to expand citizens’ ability to vote by mail during the pandemic. On the same day, Trump adviser Larry Kudlow described voting rights as a “wish list” item of the “really liberal left” rather than a right enshrined in the constitution.
President Donald Trump says he opposes postal service funding in the coronavirus aid bill because it would be used to expand citizens’ ability to vote by mail during the pandemic. On the same day, Trump adviser Larry Kudlow described voting rights as a “wish list” item of the “really liberal left” rather than a right enshrined in the constitution.
we were ready, Trumpy* closed the Pandemic Office at the WH in 2018.
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hillbill
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“Abomination of Desolations” or how about “Son Of Perdition”, maybe just “The Beast” or “Man Of Lawlessness”.
trump has 80% approval among White “Evangelicals” (another word for Fundamentalists) the “We’re a little bit better than you” folks.
dandyrandy
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Actually white evangelicals say they are the only way. I was brought up in the church of christ.
Jimdamick
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topcat
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"Gee, that's too bad."Trump brother hospitalized in New York: Sources
President expected to visit brother, sources said.abcnews.go.com
me too..parochial school.Sorry for the pain
I was raised a strict Roman Catholic, so I can relate
does he have the plague?
UncleBuck
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Womp womp
TacoMac
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"I used to be Irish Catholic, but now I'm an American...you know, you grow." - George CarlinSorry for the pain
I was raised a strict Roman Catholic, so I can relate
if all of that is true then why to go the hospital? that's science, right?
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