Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 10, 2022 | Sundance | 598 Comments
This issue has always been at the heart of the internal data that was never turned over for review. For two years, people have wanted to know the distinction and general health position of the people who were categorized as dying from COVID. What was their previous health status?
For reasons that can only be reconciled by admitting it was purposeful to their objectives, the CDC never released any information showing the background health status of those who were categorized as dying from COVID. However, recently the CDC said they were going to assemble those various subsets of key data for the public.
On January 7th, only being discussed today, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky made the admission, on a CBS morning broadcast, that 75% of those who are classified as dying from COVID had at least four underlying pre-conditions: “Over 75 percent had at least four comorbidities, so really these are people who were unwell to begin with.”… WATCH:
Meanwhile, this same institution is pushing another set of booster jabs upon healthy people with no preconditions. Madness!
Obviously, all of these recent admissions are because the politics of COVID has become a liability to the same people who were exploiting it. The reality of COVID is now harder to hide… the narrative must adapt accordingly.
Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 10, 2022 | Sundance | 342 Comments
It is difficult to imagine how the Biden administration can possibly spin the economic reality of increasing, unavoidable inflation making the economy weaker over the next year. However, somehow, they will try.
The AP is reporting that 68% of Americans now say the economy overall is their number one concern. Meanwhile, the federal reserve of New York is reporting the inflation results from December are likely to be the same, if not higher, than the inflation results in November.
The Biden administration has continued to push additional federal spending under the auspices of Build Back Better as the bridge to offset the impact from their Green New Deal energy policies. In fact, if you look at how the massive spending effort has been shaped, it becomes clear the overall goal is to push a new energy policy and then hide the impact by using COVID as the cover for the subsidies to try and offset the impacts.
It is a sneaky program when reviewed in totality. Shut down oil and natural gas production, cancel leases, block pipelines and use the regulatory arm to shut down any additional growth in the oil and gas industry, including refinery capacity. Then, try to hide the consequences by subsidizing the core constituencies who would normally be immediately impacted.
Unfortunately for the Biden architects, no amount of legislative spending is going to be able to offset the massive economic impact of implementing the Green New Deal by executive order, regulatory changes and administrative policy. The American people are not blind to consequences, and when they start to look deeper into the causes of this inflation, what they discover is easy to see.
Gas prices jumped 50 to 60 percent and appear to be maintaining that level with no foreseeable change in the future. The plastics, fabrics, containers and ancillary products all created from petroleum are also increasing at a rate similar to fuel.
The manufacturing system, processing, warehousing and distribution costs are also directly proportionate to the increases in energy costs. Nothing in the supply chain or the consumer economy is unaffected; it is all connected and as a result unavoidable.
We will find out tomorrow how the inflation data from December compares to the reality of 10 to 50% increases at the store. However, one thing is certain, the inflation is here to stay for the duration – or at least until the unsustainable price increases cause a contraction on the demand side for consumers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into a critical midterm election year, the top political concerns of Americans are shifting in ways that suggest Democrats face considerable challenges to maintaining their control of Congress.
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that management of the coronavirus pandemic, once an issue that strongly favored President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats, is beginning to recede in the minds of Americans. COVID-19 is increasingly overshadowed by concerns about the economy and personal finances — particularly inflation — which are topics that could lift Republicans.
Just 37% of Americans name the virus as one of their top five priorities for the government to work on in 2022, compared with 53% who said it was a leading priority at the same time a year ago. The economy outpaced the pandemic in the open-ended question, with 68% of respondents mentioning it in some way as a top 2022 concern. A similar percentage said the same last year, but mentions of inflation are much higher now: 14% this year, compared with less than 1% last year. (read more)
The vaccine mandates are only exacerbating the issues, as worker pressures will only increase additional impacts to the supply chain.
We are facing the perfect storm for major problems. Massive and persistent inflation, a critical shortage of products and a workforce that is forcibly removed from operating the machinery inside the economy. All of this Biden administration damage cannot be attributed to bad policy, not at this scale.
This level of cumulative economic impact is being done intentionally, in order to put leftist ideology over the best interests of the American public. You know it, I know it and the broader American middle class are feeling and seeing it directly.
BACKGROUND Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection elicits strong protection against reinfection with the Alpha (B.1.1.7), Beta (B.1.351), and Delta (B.1.617.2) variants. However, the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant harbors multiple mutations that can mediate immune evasion. We estimated effectiveness of prior infection in preventing reinfection (PES) with Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants in Qatar.
HIGHLIGHTS
Protection afforded by prior infection in preventing symptomatic reinfection with Alpha, Beta, or Delta is robust, at about 90%.
While such protection against reinfection with Omicron is lower, it is still considerable at nearly 60%.
Prior-infection protection against hospitalization or death at reinfection appears robust, regardless of variant.
Although this study is not a head to head comparison of natural immunity versus vaccine induced immunity, it does suggest that protection afforded by natural infection is superior to vaccine induced immunity.
Methods Applying the test-negative design to linked provincial data, we estimated vaccine effectiveness against infection (irrespective of symptoms or severity) caused by Omicron or Delta between November 22 and December 19, 2021. We included individuals who had received at least 2 COVID-19 vaccine doses (with at least 1 mRNA vaccine dose for the primary series) and used multivariable logistic regression to estimate the effectiveness of two or three doses by time since the latest dose.
(The study included 3,442 Omicron-positive cases, 9,201 Delta-positive cases, and 471,545 test-negative controls).
HIGHLIGHTS:
In contrast, receipt of 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccines was not protective against Omicron.
Vaccine effectiveness against Omicron was 37% (95%CI, 19-50%) ≥7 days after receiving an mRNA vaccine for the third dose.
In this report, the authors use a detailed simulation model to assess and project the COVID-19 epidemic in Florida. The model is a data-driven, stochastic, discrete-time, agent based model with an explicit representation of people and places.
Highlights:
Using the model, the authors find that the omicron variant wave in Florida is likely to cause many more infections than occurred during the delta variant wave.
Due to testing limitations and often mild symptoms, it is anticipated that omicron infections will be underreported compared to delta.
They project that reported cases of COVID-19 will continue to grow significantly and peak in early January 2022
That the number of reported COVID-19 deaths due to omicron may be 1/3 of the total caused by the delta wave.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic precipitated lifestyle changes. The authors aimed to clarify whether COVID-19–induced lifestyle changes affected the development of metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD).
Metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) affects 20-30% of the worldwide population and is becoming the most common cause of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MAFLD is the hepatic expression of metabolic dysfunction correlated with a variety of metabolic comorbidities including obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and type 2 diabetes (T2DM).:
Methods
This retrospective longitudinal study included 973 participants who underwent health checkups between 2018 and 2020. Participants’ clinical characteristics and lifestyle habits were investigated. Independent lifestyle predictors of MAFLD development before the pandemic (2018–2019) and during the pandemic (2019–2020) were identified using logistic regression analysis.
Results
In 2018, 261 (27%) patients were diagnosed with MAFLD. Before the pandemic, 22 patients developed new MAFLD. During this time,
Routine late-night meals were identified as an independent lifestyle predictor of MAFLD development (hazard ratio [HR] 2.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02–6.36, P=0.046). In contrast, 44 patients developed new MAFLD during the pandemic.
During this time, higher daily alcohol intake was identified as an independent lifestyle predictor of MAFLD development (HR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01–1.05, P=0.008).
In participants aged <60 years, daily alcohol intake and the proportion of participants who ate 2 times/day were significantly higher in patients who developed MAFLD during the pandemic than in those who did not.
Conclusions
New MAFLD diagnoses increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in lifestyle factors, particularly in those aged <60 years, must be monitored and addressed as the pandemic continues.
Basically, this study suggests that people are eating and drinking more – leading to unhealthy lifestyle changes. What was not answered was whether this was due to remote employment, lock downs, stress or some other cause.
The risk between morbid obesity and severe COVID-19 outcomes is real. More public education and research is needed in this topic area.
Other interesting news items on the web:
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent opinion piece, written by my good friends Dr. Luc Montagnier and Jed Rubenfeld
The coronavirus and supply shortages have indeed shown us that truckers are essential workers. Unfortunately, around half of employed truckers in Australia have been absent from work due to COVID quarantine requirements. Some have the virus, while others are simply asked to quarantine after exposure. Regardless, anywhere from one-third to half of truckers are absent on any given day.
Worsening matters, one in five supermarket employees are absent on any given day due to Australia’s strict isolation requirements. Additionally, 10% of retail workers in Australia are also missing on any given day. In fact, some food suppliers have reported around 70% of their factory workers are temporarily out of work due to quarantine laws.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison defines “close contact” as anyone who has spent a minimum of four hours with anyone who tests positive for COVID. Anyone who comes into close contact with the diseased must isolate for a week and take a rapid antigen test (RAT) on the sixth day. Due to this rule, countless stores and warehouses have been forced to close temporarily.
Pictures of bare shelves are appearing throughout the internet. Supermarkets claim the empty shelves are exclusively due to supply chain issues rather than panic buying. Certain groceries stores, such as Coles, have introduced purchase limits (i.e., rations) since food is in such short supply. A spokesperson from Coles told ABC Australia that they anticipate that it will take “several weeks” to fully recover.
Adding another element into the disaster, rapid test kits are in short supply. “We have a completely predictable scenario where drivers are delivering rapid tests to be sold on the shelves of supermarkets and pharmacies — but they, like most Australians, can’t access them themselves,” National Secretary Michael Kaine said. PM Morrison removed regular testing requirements for truck drivers days ago, but the damage has already been done. We should expect the supply chain and food shortage to continue in Australia until these unsustainable laws are removed.
In July 2021, Greenland ceased issuing licenses for oil and gas exploration. Now, Greenland has announced that the ban will be permanent. The government cited climate change as their main concern, and Greenpeace cheered their decision. The announcement would leave one to believe that Greenland actually had a good amount of oil reserves. Major oil companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and Eni have been scouring Greenland since the 1970s for oil unsuccessfully.
Some may recall that in April 2020, former President Trump actually attempted to buy the sovereign territory, but not for natural resources. The Trump Administration wanted Greenland as a strategic military location to repel China and Russia from dominating the Arctic region. This angered Danish authorities and the US handed over $12.1 million for “sustainable economic development,” meaning they needed to secure a consulate on the world’s largest island.
Four-fifths of Greenland (836,000 square miles) is covered by the only permanent ice sheet outside of Antarctica. Sure, there are likely oil and mineral recourses beneath the ice, but after 50 years of exploration, Greenland’s announcement to ban further exploration seems lackluster.
“The future does not lie in oil. The future belongs to renewable energy, and in that respect, we have much more to gain,” a spokesman noted. Keyword: future! There is no current sustainable energy to replace fossil fuels at this point in history. That technology does not exist on a wide enough scale to power the world. So again, this announcement sounds like another nation bowing to the Build Back Better agenda to show the world that they are adhering.
Armstrong Economics Blog/Technology Re-Posted Jan 10, 2022 by Martin Armstrong
As Biden said, the current crisis will end at the state level. Well, luckily Governor Ron DeSantis is continuing to support his promise to improve the economy with dealings that will benefit the nation. DeSantis previously announced plans to open Florida ports around the clock and measures to attract new labor to the Sunshine State. The governor is now investing $10 million in semiconductor production, a crucial albeit an increasingly rare part that is vital for technology.
DeSantis accused the Chinese Communist Party of stealing American technology and threatening the global semiconductor supply chain. America is overly dependent on foreign imports of semiconductors, and although Taiwan, a US ally, mass manufactures semiconductors, its reliance and political strife with China could lead to trouble.
“We cannot be captive, key sectors of our economy should not be captive to some of these foreign nations, in particular, outfits like the Communist Party of China…So the more we have this capacity within our own country but particularly within our own state here in Florida, the more opportunities there are going to be here for people and the more secure both our economic supply chains will be and our national security,” DeSantis stated.
Strong manufacturing is crucial to the American labor force. In fact, each manufacturing job supplements an additional 7.4 jobs in other industries. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) stated that global sales of semiconductors totaled $48.8 billion in October 2021, marking a 24% annual increase.
The Biden Administration has been reluctant to address China’s stronghold over the semiconductor industry in fear of retaliation. Former President Trump attempted to curb China’s borderline monopoly by withholding American machinery used to make the chips. China simply found a way to create those machines on their own (it is a free market after all). Bloomberg reported that China accounts for over 50% of the chip industry’s sales, which have surpassed the $400 billion mark. If China chose to retaliate, as the US and China tend to do, then it would have an impact on the overall growth prospects for US tech.
Armstrong Economics Blog/Vaccine Re-Posted Jan 9, 2022 by Martin Armstrong
COMMENT: Hello Mr. Armstrong.
Apparently here in Mexico, a few states have from this weekend started to employ the obligatory vaccination certificates to go to public places per Omicron. I live in one of the affected states and my wife had to go back and get her vaccination certificate to get inside. She told me it was surreal seeing the entire store empty of people on a weekend when the activity there is usually hustle and bustle.
The affected states since this weekend were Tlaxcala and Baja California. Puebla is about to impose the mandates.
The central government is on record saying that such mandates are not constitutional and such an attempt by any state would be fought.
Things just got interesting here. The only good thing I guess is that in Mexico they offer the Russian and Chinese vaccinations too. I wouldn’t touch the mRNA jabs with a thirty and nine and a half foot pole.
BD
REPLY: This is getting insane. In the Philippines, they are threatening to arrest unvaccinated if they leave their homes. Bob Saget died at 65 within days after he announced on Twitter he just got the Booster. Of course, nobody will ever point the finger at these vaccines. This is all about control and no longer about health.
Furthermore, a lot of people are getting very angry at Trump for turning a blind eye to vaccines. Meanwhile, the FDA has conspired with the Post Office and is seizing all shipments containing Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine. They are clearly being directed to prevent any treatment other than vaccines.
I have been warning that governments will do whatever they like as we enter this last 13 years phase into 2032 when this all just collapses. Turkey has seized 25% of all income of exporters in foreign currency reserves requiring them to be converted to lira to boost Turkey’s foreign reserves.
I have been warning that Europe is not just tightening the allowable purchases in cash, they will move to impose currency controls to prevent capital fleeing Europe. This will be coming so be prepared.
Sorry, if you thought this was the Biden Administration or Germany, Austria, or France. Unfortunately, it was just the Kazakhstan Government has collapsed and its leaders are fleeing. Also, its internet has been crashed. Nevertheless, it shows what is possible when the police and military do not support the tyranny of the political body. They are left stripped of all power. Hence, there are revolutions that unfold in a bloodbath when the military supports the government and a bloodless revolution when the military and police realize their own futures are also at stake for their children and families.
Nevertheless, there are reports that Russia and Belarus are sending troops to support the government and Russia is blaming the US for instigating this revolution to divert Russia from Ukraine. Interesting how it erupted still on the target of January 6th. We will have to pay attention for whenever something takes place on the day, it is often critical looking back with hindsight.
Once you see the strings on the marionettes, you can never return to that time in the performance when you did not see them. I have often repeated this phrase specifically as it pertains to political motives and the intents of the professionally republican, the DeceptiCons.
Late December, the New York Times reported {LINK} that South Dakota Senator John Thune, the heir apparent to Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, was considering retiring because the Trump influence, the MAGA base, was not in alignment with his corporate and Wall Street donor class worldview.
Those who have watched closely know Senator Mitch McConnell has positioned Senator Thune to take over in the Senate (zipper problems not withstanding). The Machiavellian purpose of the positioning is to put Thune in place as a line of defense to protect the interest of the political establishment and the aligned Fourth Branch of Government.
Now, follow this sequence closely….
Yesterday, the New York Times announced that Thune was indeed going to run for reelection {LINK}. “Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking Senate Republican, announced on Saturday that he would seek re-election, after an aggressive lobbying campaign by colleagues prompted him to put aside concerns about the future of his party and pursue a fourth term.”
Today, the usually invisible other Senator from South Dakota, Senator Mike Rounds, appears on ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos, to undermine Donald Trump and say the former president “could be prosecuted” for his involvement in the J6 terrorist attack “if the DOJ has evidence.”
I am prompting the remarks from Mike Rounds below. WATCH:
You never usually see this guy Mike Rounds…. who happens to sit on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee… yet suddenly, the day after Thune makes his reelection bid public, Senator Rounds sticks his head out of his hole to undermine Donald Trump?
Hmmm??… South Dakota politicians being very, well, public and stuff.
But wait, it gets better.
Over on Fox News, at the same time as South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is talking to Stephanopoulos, the leading member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Maria Bartiromo, is suddenly interviewing South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem…… and guess what the primary subject is?
Yup, food production. WATCH:
The DeceptiCons know what is coming. The DeceptiCons are positioning to take political advantage of the food supply chain crisis they know is about to happen. The DeceptiCons want the food crisis as much as the people behind Joe Biden want the opportunity the crisis represents.
You often hear people wonder why the GOP doesn’t push-back against the Democrats. The reason is simple, the GOP are the right wing of the UniParty bird, the Democrats are the left wing. They are both attached to the body of big corrupt government.
In this food supply chain issue, the Republican wing sees an opportunity.
In this food supply chain issue, the Democrat wing sees an opportunity.
Governor Kristi Noem is the Koch Brothers version of Nikki Haley. A Wall Street donor favorite and open border immigration advocate who has been positioned to be a potential Republican candidate for 2024.
Senator John Thune, Senator Mike Rounds and Governor Kristi Noem all suddenly appear in the headlines and on television, and all positioning for political influence.
For such a small state, that is 100% owned by the Wall Street multinational agricultural industry, it’s a rather remarkable coincidence, no?
“Once you see the strings”…
Sorry to ruin your strategery fellas. Say hi to Mitch for me.
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