July 2020 - All The Birds One Stone

July 1 – A peer-reviewed study is published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases showing, “In the multivariable Cox regression model of mortality using the group receiving neither hydroxychloroquine or azithromycin as the reference, treatment with hydroxychloroquine alone decreased the mortality hazard ratio by 66% (p < 0.001), and hydroxychloroquine + azithromycin decreased the mortality hazard ratio by 71% (p < 0.001).” So, how many people do you think died needlessly from COVID because Orange Man Bad? For an article about the study see this.

MSM outlets are claiming the George Floyd protests that have been taking place in hundreds of American cities are not responsible for the supposed spike in coronavirus cases. This laughable premise is being pushed after a research paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research arrived at this conclusion. Dhaval Dave of Bentley University, lead author of the study, said “In many cities, the protests actually seemed to lead to a net increase in social distancing, as more people who did not protest decided to stay off the streets.” How can the people who “stayed off the street” be the ones causing an increase in cases? Moreover, we’re being asked to believe spread is not occurring among the people filling the streets, shouting in protest, and causing little spit and snot speckles to fly around everywhere – which is ridiculous. In the “key background” section of the linked article from Forbes, the author cites a recent NPR piece that concluded parties, not the protests full of people in close proximity, is what’s responsible for the supposed surge in cases. Man, it’s good to be a Democrat. The full paper can be read here.
Fear mongering over the coronavirus continues in a coordinated effort by the media and the Democrats (but I repeat myself) to re-close the economy, keep the unemployment numbers as high as possible, and to keep public confidence low. This time it comes in the form of a man by the name of Thomas Macias, who made a post online expressing regret over attending a barbecue during the pandemic… and then died the next day. Headlines:

CNN – “He posted his regrets over attending a party in California. The next day, he died of coronavirus” NBC – “California man who posted regret for attending party died a day later of coronavirus” ABC – “Lake Elsinore man posts his regret over attending party, dies next day of coronavirus”

These stories (with nearly identical headlines), were then picked up by a multitude of other news networks. Just Google search one of the headlines to see the echo chamber in action. The main point is to shame people who have started to socialize again, to make readers feel like they will die if they socialize, and to make the reader’s death seem preventable if they simply obey what the technocrats and the MSM says. On a side note, how can a person attend a party one day and die the next from COVID? There was no incubation period? No progression of the disease? Gimme a break. The good news is people are socializing again, unemployment numbers keep heading in the right direction, and the economy is reopening – albeit at a slower pace than I’d like to see.

PGA golfer Cameron Champ tests negative in three separate COVID tests during a 72-hour period after initially testing positive for the disease. It’s becoming clear these tests are unreliable at best, or complete bullshit meant to produce false positives at worst. Either way, their results are being used to keep fear ratcheted up and the economy shut down.
The state of California issues updated COVID-19 health guidelines pertaining specifically to “Places of Worship and Providers of Religious Services and Cultural Ceremonies” which require “places of worship must therefore discontinue singing and chanting activities.”
Overrated Hollywood actor and leftist mouthpiece Tom Hanks calls people who choose to not wear a mask “pussies.” Here’s the full quote: “There’s really only three things we can do in order to get to tomorrow: Wear a mask, social distance, wash our hands. Those things are so simple, so easy, if anybody cannot find it in themselves to practice those three very basic things – I just think shame on you. Don’t be a pussy, get on with it, do your part. It’s very basic.” Piss up a rope, Tom.

July 2 – The total number of COVID deaths in the US is currently about 125K according to the CDC website. The NY Slimes reported on June 27 43% of the deaths (48,461) are linked to nursing homes and other adult care facilities, though the number is likely much higher. In NY, for example, it is believed there have been over 11K such deaths, though the state’s official account is somewhere in the 6K range. While this number is also unacceptably high, the state does not include people who were infected in these facilities and later died after being transported to a hospital. In NJ, deaths at nursing homes and other long term care facilities represent 45% of the state’s death count (12,800), which was about 5,760 as of June 20. In PA we see the same situation with 67+% of the state’s total deaths (6700+) taking place in the state’s nursing homes, and equaling about 4500. In Michigan, nursing home COVID deaths exceed 1900, and in CT they exceed 2700, not including other long term care facilities for both states. In MA, nursing homes deaths account for well more than half of the state’s COVID 7200+ deaths, or roughly 4500. The nursing home deaths in these six Democrat-run states alone total over 25K, and that is using the low number for NY, not the 11K+ figure that is likely more accurate. The next time a Democrat tells you to wear a mask, advises you to stay home, or drones on about lockdowns and shuttering small businesses, know it was these same scumbags who allowed tens of thousands of elderly citizens to die by allowing the transfer of COVID patients to facilities with vulnerable populations.

A new study finds hydroxychloroquine significantly increased the survival rate for patients fighting COVID-19. “A team at Henry Ford Health System in southeast Michigan said Thursday their study of 2,541 hospitalized patients found that those given hydroxychloroquine were much less likely to die. Dr. Marcus Zervos, division head of infectious disease for Henry Ford Health System, said 26% of those not given hydroxychloroquine died, compared to 13% of those who got the drug.” XiNN couldn’t just report the findings, however, as the second half of the linked article is dedicated to downplaying them. The MSM is obsessed with bashing this drug simply because President Trump touted it.

July 3 – During an appearance on MSDNC, White House economic advisor Peter Navarro states the Chinese Communist Party intentionally “sent hundreds of thousands of Chinese nationalists over here to seed and spread the virus.” While on its face this seems like a pretty wild statement, it certainly isn’t outside the realm of possibility, especially when taking into account everything compiled in this timeline. After all, as the Washington Examiner correctly points out, “There is evidence that China covered up the coronavirus’s spread, muzzled whistleblowers, intimidated doctors, misled the World Health Organization, and blocked outside health experts. In April, the U.S. intelligence community reportedly believed that the Chinese Communist Party downplayed the outbreak and that China continued to mislead the world. Just this week, the World Health Organization backtracked on its assertion that the Chinese government alerted the United Nations agency about the coronavirus outbreak. China has denied orchestrating a cover-up, accusing other countries of politicizing the pandemic.” Couldn’t have said it better myself…

President Trump makes a great speech at Mount Rushmore, which was followed by a terrific fireworks display in the sky above the monument. It was great to see the people in South Dakota not wearing masks and enjoying the moment. Though SD never shut their economy down, they have fared quite well overall during the pandemic. The NY Slimes would disagree, however, criticizing the event both before and after it took place with two different versions of the same article. Apparently only Trump rallies and events where there are conservatives gathered will spread the coronavirus. The disease tends to steer clear of ignorant SJWs and violent leftist mobs… or so we’re told by the MSM.

July 5 – Numbers update: According to the CDC website, as of today there have been almost 2.8M cases of COVID-19 reported in America and nearly 130K deaths. It should be noted NY (31,855) and NJ (15,164) account for over a third of all the deaths from COVID-19 in the entire country. This is because NY, and presumably NJ, have handled this pandemic in an extremely poor manner (see above for details about NY). Below is a breakdown of the reported cases and deaths (top 10 in red) for all states by population (plus Washington D.C.), as well as whether the state is red or blue (by governor):

California (pop. 39,937,000) – 248,235 cases, 6,263 deaths – blue
Texas (pop. 29,472,000) – 183,532 cases, 2,575 deaths – red
Florida (pop. 21,992,000) – 175,718 cases, 3,684 deaths – red
New York (pop. 19,440,000) – 397,675 cases, 31,855 deaths – blue
Pennsylvania (pop. 12,820,000) – 89,375 cases, 6,740 deaths – blue
Illinois (pop. 12,659,000) – 146,872 cases, 7,215 deaths – blue
Ohio (pop. 11,747,000) – 55,257 cases, 2,903 deaths – red
Georgia (pop. 10,736,000) – 90,493 cases, 2,856 deaths – red
North Carolina (pop. 10,611,000) – 70,241 cases, 1,392 deaths – blue
Michigan (pop. 10,045,000) – 71,678 cases, 6,212 deaths – blue
New Jersey (pop. 8,936,000) – 172,742 cases, 15,164 deaths –blue
Virginia (pop. 8,626,000) – 64,393 cases, 1,845 deaths – blue
Washington (pop. 7,797,000) – 34,778 cases, 1,352 deaths – blue
Arizona (pop. 7,378,000) – 91,858 cases, 1,788 deaths – red
Massachusetts (pop. 6,976,000) – 109,628 cases, 8,149 deaths – red
Tennessee (pop. 6,897,000) – 48,712 deaths, 633 deaths – red
Indiana (pop. 6,745,000) – 46,915 cases, 2,681 deaths – red
Missouri (pop. 6,169,000) – 22,830 cases, 1,026 deaths – red
Maryland (pop. 6,083,000) – 69,341 cases, 3,236 deaths – red
Wisconsin (pop. 5,851,000) – 33,431 cases, 803 deaths – blue
Colorado (pop. 5,845,000) – 33,612 cases, 1,701 deaths – blue
Minnesota (pop. 5,700,000) – 37,624 cases, 1,503 deaths – blue
South Carolina (pop. 5,210,000) – 41,532 cases, 793 deaths – red
Alabama (pop. 4,908,000) – 41,865 cases, 1,006 deaths – red
Louisiana (pop. 4,645,000) – 63,289 cases, 3,278 deaths – blue
Kentucky (pop. 4,499,000) – 16,376 cases, 585 deaths – blue
Oregon (pop. 4,301,000) – 9,636 cases, 209 deaths – blue
Oklahoma (pop. 3,954,000) – 14,217 cases, 407 deaths – red
Connecticut (pop. 3,563,000) – 46,717 cases, 4,335 deaths – blue
Utah (pop. 3,282,000) – 24,571 cases, 182 deaths – red
Iowa (pop. 3,179,000) – 30,430 cases, 721 deaths – red
Nevada (pop. 3,139,000) – 20,946 cases, 551 deaths – blue
Arkansas (pop. 3,038,000) – 22,622 cases, 281 deaths – red
Mississippi (pop. 2,989,000) – 30,674 cases, 1,107 deaths – red
Kansas (pop. 2,910,000) – 15,919 cases, 277 deaths – blue
New Mexico (pop. 2,096,000) – 12,776 cases, 511 deaths – blue
Nebraska (pop. 1,952,000) – 19,660 cases, 284 deaths – red
Idaho (pop. 1,826,000) – 6,994 cases, 113 deaths – red
West Virginia (pop. 1,778,000) – 3,126 cases, 93 – red
Hawaii (pop. 1,412,000) – 894 cases, 19 deaths – blue
New Hampshire (pop. 1,371,000) – 5,822 cases, 375 deaths – red
Maine (pop. 1,345,000) – 3,397 cases, 107 deaths – blue
Montana (pop. 1,086,000) – 1,128 cases, 23 deaths – blue
Rhode Island (pop. 1,056,000) – 16,991 cases, 960 deaths – blue
Delaware (pop. 983,000) – 11,923 cases, 512 deaths – blue
South Dakota (pop. 903,000) – 6,978 cases, 97 deaths – red
North Dakota (pop. 762,000) – 3,722 cases, 89 deaths – red
Alaska (pop. 734,000) – 1,063 cases, 15 deaths – red
Wash D.C. (pop. 721,000) – 10,435 cases, 555 deaths – blue (mayor)
Vermont (pop. 628,000) – 1,238 cases, 56 deaths – red
Wyoming (pop. 567,000) – 1,582 cases, 20 deaths – red

The 15 states with the highest death rate per 100,000 are: NY (355.7), NJ (170.2), CT (121.3), MA (118.1), RI (90.8), Wash. DC (79), LA (70.3), MI (62.2), IL (56.6), MD (53.6), DE (52.9), PA (52.6), IN (40.1), MS (37.1), and CO (29.9). Though FL has the 9th highest number of deaths in the country, the state’s rate of death per 100K is only 17.3 due to the size of their population.

Of the 10 states with the highest number of deaths, only FL and MA have Republican governors, and MA is about as liberal as a state can be. Of the 15 states with the highest rate of death per 100K, only MA, MD, IN and MS have Republican governors, and again, I would consider MA a liberal state. Washington, DC has only a mayor who is blue.

Also consider this: Adding up the total number of deaths in the 10 red states that have had the most deaths (MA, FL, MD, OH, GA, IN, TX, AZ, MS, and MO) = 30,005, while adding up the total number of deaths in the 10 blue states that have had the most deaths (NY, NJ, IL, PA, CA, MI, CT, LA, VA, and CO) = 84,608. The Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) tell us Republicans are doing a bad job handling the coronavirus, sometimes going so far as to say Republican leaders don’t care if people die from COVID. However, the numbers tell a much different story.

In fact, NY has had more COVID deaths (31,855) than the 10 red states with the highest COVID death totals COMBINED (30,005). When taking into account only the states with Republican governors, MA has more than double the number of deaths (8,149) than the next highest, which is FL (3,684). If counting MA as a blue state, which is what I consider it to be regardless of what letter sits next to the governor’s name, the totals would be 91,056 (Top 10 blue when replacing CO with MA) vs. 22,862 (Top 10 red when replacing MA with AL).

During his speech back on June 30, Sleepy Joe said “this isn’t rocket science” when claiming how much better he would have handled the coronavirus than President Trump, though these numbers show leftist incompetence if nothing else. Heading into the fall Democrats plan to run on Trump failing the country during a pandemic, yet a simple look at the numbers completely refutes this narrative.

July 6 – The NYS Health Department releases a 33-page report titled, “Factors Associated with Nursing Home Infections and Fatalities in New York State During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis.” Unsurprisingly, the report claims the NYS Health directive issued March 25th requiring nursing homes to accept COVID patients had nothing to do with the 6K to 12K nursing home deaths in the state. Three of the major findings were that 1) Data indicates COVID-19 was introduced into nursing homes by infected staff, 2) Peak staff infections correlates with peak nursing home resident deaths, and 3) Employee infections align with rates in highly impacted regions of the state. So the NYS Health Department is asking us to believe the 4500 COVID patients sent into these facilities did not contribute to the high number of deaths, and the staff at these facilities was solely to blame? While I’m sure this did occur on some level, putting COVID patients in facilities with a vulnerable population certainly contributed as well. This is more like an investigation into whether the chicken or the egg came first, and everyone knows there can be no dependable result when trying to answer that question. It’s likely this “investigation” had the result determined before it even began, with the goal being the absolution of NYS government officials. Interestingly, the summary of the findings also mentions “Most patients admitted to nursing homes from hospitals were no longer contagious when admitted and therefore were not a source of infection.” So, what about the ones who were? In theory, just one contagious person can spread COVID to many other people. The study was widely criticized for “flawed methodology and selective stats that sidestepped the actual impact of the March 25 order.” It’s amazing what these people can get away with. My, oh my, is it good to be a Democrat.

July 7 – The Children’s Health Defense website publishes an article critical of Dr. Fauci and the NIH’s partnership with Moderna as they pursue a COVID-19 vaccine. The article points out that “little known NIH regulations” allows scientists to collect up to 150K a year in royalties for vaccines they have worked on. The article also states, “NIH’s stake in the jab may explain why Anthony Fauci moved Moderna’s vaccine to the front of the line and to let Moderna skip animal trials despite the experimental technology and the inherent dangers of coronavirus vaccines. Every prior coronavirus vaccine has proven problematic and can be lethal to animals due to COVID’s unique penchant for ‘pathogenic priming.’ Death occurs only after a vaccinated animal encounters the wild virus. Public health advocates and scientists criticized Fauci’s decision to skip animal trials as reckless. It may also explain why Anthony Fauci arranged a $483 million grant to Moderna from a sister NIH agency, BARDA, despite the fact Moderna has never brought a product to market or gotten approval.” The article isn’t very long and is well worth the read, and there are a lot of links that provide important background info.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19. Bolsonaro is treated much the same way President Trump is. He is constantly portrayed as a “science denier” and someone who has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the virus. Next will be the lamestream media reports about him taking the “unproven” drug hydroxychloroquine… Update (4/8/20): The media did just that… The details are included in the entry I wrote about this on July 8th. 👇
NBC contributor Dr. Joseph Fair Tweets, “My undiagnosed/suspected COVID illness from nearly 2 months ago remains an undiagnosed mystery as a recent antibody test was negative.” Despite testing negative five times for the coronavirus, NBC continued to cover his struggle with a virus he never had, as well as his recovery. It’s not a mystery, Joe. You probably just had pneumonia.
A study is published on the ScienceDirect website about “pathogenic priming” resulting from COVID infection, and perhaps a future vaccine. It’s a little technical, but an interesting read. Here’s an excerpt: “In SARS, a type of ‘priming’ of the immune system was observed during animal studies of SARS spike protein-based vaccines leading to increased morbidity and mortality in vaccinated animals who were subsequently exposed to wild SARS virus. The problem, highlighted in two studies, became obvious following post-vaccination challenge with the SARS virus found that recombinant SARS spike-protein-based vaccines not only failed to provide protection from SARS-CoV infection, but also that the mice experienced increased immunopathology with eosinophilic infiltrates in their lungs. Similarly, found that ferrets previously vaccinated against SARS-CoV also developed a strong inflammatory response in liver tissue (hepatitis). Both studies suspected a ‘cellular immune response’ …These types of unfortunate outcomes are sometimes referred to as ‘immune enhancement;’ however, this nearly euphemistic phrase fails to convey the increased risk of illness and death due to prior exposure to the SARS spike protein. For this reason, I refer to the concept as ‘pathogen priming;’ the peptides with pathogenic potential therefore are referred to as ‘putative pathogenic priming peptides.’” I find these findings to be very disturbing. Widespread use of a vaccine that causes this “priming” could set the stage for mass deaths if exposure occurs after receiving it, or if and when another coronavirus is released (or occurs naturally). This is also very similar to the concept of “virus interference,” which also causes people to become more susceptible to respiratory illnesses like COVID (see October 10).

July 8 – Mainstream news outlets the world over report President Bolsonaro of Brazil is taking the dreaded hydroxychloroquine to treat his coronavirus infection. Here are a few of the choice headlines I found searching “Bolsonaro hydroxychloroquine” on Google after seeing the initial report on Twitter:

NYT – “Brazil’s Bolsonaro Hails Hydroxychloroquine Even As He Fights Coronavirus”

Associated Press – “Brazil’s president, infected with virus, touts malaria drug”

Al Jazeera – “Bolsonaro taking dubious drug after testing positive for COVID-19”

The Japan Times – “Like Trump, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro also bets big on chloroquine”

KFF – “Bolsonaro Touts Unproven Hydroxychloroquine To Treat His COVID-19 Infection; Group Of Journalists To Sue Brazilian President For Taking Off Mask During Interview”

How did I know exactly what they would say, you ask? I live and breathe, that’s how.

Hypocrisy Alert!: The NY Slimes publishes an article falsely blaming churchgoers for the supposed surge in coronavirus cases we are seeing around the country. From the Slimes article: “More than 650 coronavirus cases have been linked to nearly 40 churches and religious events across the United States since the beginning of the pandemic, with many of them erupting over the last month as Americans resumed their pre-pandemic activities, according to a New York Times database.” 650? Really? There have been over 3M reported cases in the US, and probably many more that were never reported, including a supposed 400K during the month of July alone… and it’s only the 8th! The same day, the Slimes published a Reuters article claiming the protests taking place around the country did not contribute at all to the surge. The article also mentions a teen who died from coronavirus after attending a church event, though they conveniently leave out the fact the girl had a ‘complex medical history’ including cancer and a rare autoimmune disorder she had since she was very young. We have truly entered into a 1984-like time where the Ministry of Truth, in this case the NY Slimes, can print articles that are completely incompatible with one another and still expect their readers to accept both as truthful reporting.

July 9 – CDC Director Robert Redfield joins Democrat party propagandist and former Clinton White House advisor George Step-on-all-of-us on Good Morning America… and it doesn’t go as planned. As Stephanopoulos fails to get Redfield to agree with his phony assertion President Trump is going against the “health experts” by insisting schools reopen in August/September, he clearly becomes miffed. Throughout the segment, he is trying to imply to his viewers that reasonable people like him just want to make sure that when schools are reopened it’s done safely, while unreasonable people like President Trump want to peel back guidelines and just reopen America in rushed fashion regardless of the safety of children. This is clearly not what Trump is pushing for, and so Redfield pushes back on the anchor and refuses to give him the sound bite he is looking for. Expect this type of nonsense to continue until November 4th.

The chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, Nim Kidd, advises the people of Texas to wear masks while in their homes. Kidd said, “We still need people to wear the mask out in public, we still need people to keep social distance and isolation… the one thing I want to try to get across today is we need to do that when we’re in our homes also… As you know, I’m a life-long San Antonian, grew up there, worked there for many years and I know how many multi-generational families that we have. While we believe the community is doing a great job of following the rules when they are outside the home, we really need to be thinking about doing the same thing when we’re inside the home.” Totally insane.

July 10 – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announces it will be releasing up to 8K more prisoners (in addition to the 10K they’ve already released) “to protect its most vulnerable population and staff from COVID-19, and to allow state prisons to maximize available space to implement physical distancing, isolation, and quarantine efforts.” So at a time where thousands of prisoners are being released nationwide to protect them and the prison staff from COVID, and scumbags like Michael Avenatti and Michael Cohen are released from prison because of “coronavirus concerns,” the 67-year-old Roger Stone was expected to report to a COVID-infested prison in Georgia for process crimes before having his sentence commuted (rightfully) by President Trump. Democrats at every level of government have been destroying our system of justice over the last decade, and as you can see with the new “defund the police” efforts underway, they will continue to do so going forward.

Business Insider publishes an upbeat piece titled, “The US has run out of time and excuses. Now we’ll be forced to watch thousands die of the coronavirus.” The article discusses how we’re seeing a “surge” in coronavirus cases, “But President Donald Trump still denies that there’s a problem.” Here’s an excerpt, “Instead, this is a moment of reckoning: The deadly consequences of reopening too early, eschewing masks, and being too slow to ramp up testing and contact tracing are revealing themselves. Expert after expert warned about this a couple of months ago, and now it’s too late.” To be clear, these people don’t know shit. This is all propaganda directly related to the November election.

July 11 – The Washington Compost reports “Fauci is sidelined by the White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic.” About time!

July 12 – The new MSM talking point is that the Trump administration is seeking to “discredit” The Twerp in the face of a supposed coronavirus surge. For example, this NBC News article begins with, “The White House is seeking to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, as it works to marginalize him and his dire warnings about the shortcomings in the U.S. coronavirus response.” Included in the opening sentence are links to two of their articles from late June that further defend Fauci, while at the same time criticizing the administration. NBC then proceeds to list some of the times Fauci has been wrong, but immediately defends him by writing, “A White House official told NBC News that ‘several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things.’ The official provided NBC News with a lengthy list of past comments by Fauci earlier in the pandemic that did not age well, including Fauci saying in January that coronavirus was ‘not a major threat’ and ‘not driven by asymptomatic carriers’ and Fauci’s comment in March that ‘people should not be walking around with masks.’ Many of the past statements the White House is criticizing Fauci for are ones that were based on the best available data at the time and were widely echoed by Trump, other members of the task force and senior White House officials.” So if Trump doesn’t take the guidance of “medical experts” like Fauci then he is going against science, but when he goes along with their advice then he must own it. Fauci can be wrong and that’s okay because his decisions were supposedly based on the “best available data,” but Trump never gets a pass and he’s not even a scientist. For the record, Fauci himself has stated Trump listened to his advice regarding mitigation measures, advice Trump is often portrayed as having rejected (also see this and this). Those are the stories you read saying Trump should have shut down the country sooner, and how doing so would have saved lives, regardless of the fact that from the beginning he rightfully left those decisions to the individual governors. The real issue is Fauci is an immunologist, not an epidemiologist, and therefore was never the best person to have in charge during a pandemic (especially since he seems to have a hidden agenda). This can certainly be considered a mistake on Trump’s part because to an immunologist, every medical issue can and should be solved with a vaccine. Update (7/13/20 – 11:03am): This article was just sent to my phone via the Twitter “for you” page: “White House seeks to discredit Fauci in new memo, the Washington Post reports” with a link to a Compost Politics piece (July 11 above). The story was trending on Twitter along with the hashtag “#TrumpGolfsAmericansDie.” This is how Big Tech will meddle heavily in the 2020 election. For example, here are some of the negative stories on Trump and the coronavirus included on the Microsoft News (MSN) homepage – including the slides – this morning: CNN – “As Fauci disagrees with Trump on virus, White House takes aim” (headline is now changed) USA Today – “Coronavirus updates: Trump RTs tweet saying CDC ‘lies’ about COVID; NYC reports zero deaths for first time since March” (link is dead but you can still see the headline in the URL as the new destination loads – the original is preserved here) CNN – “We’re not flying on an airplane until there’s a Covid-19 vaccine” Bloomberg – “Covid-19 Reinvades U.S. States That Already Beat It Back Once” (article date is now 7/13, not 7/12, and there is a “(2)” at the end of the headline – which means it was a stealth edit) CBS – “Japanese officials ‘shocked’ by COVID outbreak at U.S. military bases” (I can no longer find the article, but the original headline can be seen in the URL as the link takes you to the new destination) Associated Press – “AP FACT CHECK: Trump team’s false comfort on schools, virus” The Hill – “Top White House aide shares cartoon mocking Fauci” The Hill – “White House goes public with attacks on Fauci” People – “Multiple People Who Celebrated July 4th at Crowded Michigan Lake Test Positive for Coronavirus” CNN – “US coronavirus: Coronavirus cases continue to surge, reaching nearly 1 out of every 100 American” (I can no longer find the article, but the original headline can be seen in the URL as the link takes you to the new destination) Law & Crime – “Texas Supreme Court Tosses Republican Party’s Appeal to Hold a Convention in Houston During Pandemic” CNBC – “U.S. students get sicker from the coronavirus than kids in other countries, are at ‘higher risk,’ Dr. Scott Gottlieb says” ETNT News – “This One Thing Can Hospitalize You With Coronavirus, Says Study” (I can no longer find the article, but the original headline can be seen in the URL as the link takes you to the new destination) Bloomberg – “Florida Cases Rise Again; Pfizer Gets Fast Tracked: Virus Update” (I can no longer find the article, but the original headline can be seen in the URL as the link takes you to the new destination). That’s 14 negative headlines on just one aggregate news website’s homepage! And this is literally every single day with MSN… Here’s a couple of more from Reuters and the Independent – different brands, same flavor. (Full disclosure – I had to search the articles months later and re-link most of them because all of the originals now go to the MSN homepage, though the original titles can be seen in the URL while you’re being taken to the new destination. I just left the original MSN links for the articles that were sent down the memory hole and could no longer be found.) Update 2 (12:00pm): Google News just sent this story from the London Guardian to my phone: “Fauci sidelined as Trump’s White House steps up briefing campaign.” While there, I counted 15 negative stories on their homepage about Trump and/or the coronavirus. This lengthy entry is meant to show the insidious day in, day out bias that permeates through mass media and seeks to bludgeon you with leftist propaganda. It’s everywhere!

XiNN publishes a story with the headline: “Hundreds of people celebrated the July 4 weekend at a Michigan lake. Now some have Covid-19.” Here’s what they’re really trying to say: Do NOTHING unless XiNN or another MSM outlet tells you it’s okay to do so.

July 13 – Communist WHO Chief Dr. Tedros “warned Monday that the coronavirus pandemic is raging out of control in North and South America, and that the virus will continue spreading unimpeded unless governments and individuals take the steps needed to suppress its transmission,” according to The Hill. Tedros said, “If the basics aren’t followed, there is only one way this pandemic is going to go: It is going to get worse, and worse, and worse… There will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future. But there is a road map to a situation where we can control the disease and get on with our lives.” Now, I can handle one “worse” – maybe even two – but three?? That’s just uncalled for. What a chump this guy is.

XiNN Politics publishes a story titled, “White House turns on Fauci as disaster grows out of aggressive state openings.” The opening sentence of the article reads, “Instead of focusing on the out-of-control coronavirus disaster in Florida and other early opening states, the White House is trying to destroy the reputation of one of America’s most respected public servants, Dr. Anthony Fauci, for telling the truth about how bad things are getting.” It’s remarkable even after the country followed Fauci’s guidance for months, it is only President Trump and Republican governors who are receiving blame for the recent surge some states are experiencing, even after Fauci said back on May 22 keeping the economy closed too long would cause ‘irreparable damage.’ At the time Florida reopened, for example, they had some of the best numbers in the country and reopening was justified. The choice the media is asking us to make is between a raging virus or a raging economic depression, neither of which is good.
California Governor Gavin Nuisance orders all indoor activities to be shut down throughout the state including bars, wineries, movie theaters, restaurants, churches, salons, zoos, and museums. Newsom said of the diktat, “We are moving back into a modification mode of our stay-at-home order” …and the stock market responded accordingly. After positive coronavirus treatment news caused the Dow to spike up over 500 points early in the day, it plummeted to a gain of only 11 points immediately after the announcement was made by Newsom.
Check out this article by Politico about a recent op-ed piece written by former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. Ask yourself if it accurately portrays the tone of Mulvaney’s article or what he actually said. Online rags like Politico rely on people to not check out the original source, and instead rely on their interpretations and opinions.

July 14 – During a discussion led by JAMA, CDC Director Robert Redfield stated, “If we could get everybody to wear a mask right now, I think in four, six, eight weeks we could bring this epidemic under control.” I’ll believe it when I see it, doc.

July 16 – Dr. Fauci joins Columbia University virologist Vincent Racaniello on his podcast This Week in Virology to discuss different aspects of the pandemic, including testing. Starting at about the 4:00 mark, Racaniello asked The Twerp whether or not there should be a “cut off of viral loads determined by PCR,” and his response was quite interesting. Fauci stated in response, “Again, a good question, and what is now sort of evolving into a bit of a standard that if you get a cycle threshold of 35 or more, that the chances of it being replication competent are miniscule… somebody comes in and they repeat their PCR and it’s like 37 cycle threshold, but you never, you almost never can culture virus from a 37 threshold cycle. So I think if somebody does come in with 37, 38, even 36, ya gotta say, ‘ya know it’s just dead nucleotides period.’” In other words, what Fauci is saying is that if the test has to be cycled over and over again – getting more sensitive each time – then there comes a point where the person is not only not contagious, but not even infected. The overly sensitive test is picking up miniscule amounts of the virus, or “dead nucleotides.” Fauci should emphasize this point to the rabid reporters who show up at the White House to argue with President Trump and claim his inaction/denial is causing disease to spread. What Fauci is also saying here is a portion of all COVID “infections” should not even be counted as cases at all. His failure to stress this point more often (or at all really) indicates he is fine with misleading the public for reasons I would assume are political.

July 17 – News4 WSMV Nashville reports a man from Mount Juliet, Tennessee was told he has COVID-19 after receiving a call from a contact tracer, despite never being tested for the disease. The job of these contact tracers seems to be to boost the number of coronavirus cases by establishing who people with actual cases have come into contact with and to include them in the number of overall cases (refer back to May 18 in case you missed it). The news segment linked above is from YouTube because the segment has been removed from the WSMV website, though the video title can still be seen in the URL above the “Sorry, the page you’re looking for cannot be found” message.

Fox 35 Orlando reports a man who died in a motorcycle crash was counted among the state’s COVID deaths. While speaking to Dr. Raul Pino, an Orange County Health Officer, Fox 35 wrote that Pino stated, “But you could actually argue that it could have been the COVID-19 that caused him to crash. I don’t know the conclusion of that one.” You could also argue this Pino guy doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about. The man was in his 20s and apparently did not have any underlying conditions. Also see this. Update: Fox 35 has now reported, “On Saturday, Kent Donahue, from Dr. Pino’s office, said the motorcyclist’s death ‘was reviewed and he was taken off the list for COVID fatalities.’ Two days after a FOX 35 investigation, health officials confirm that a motorcycle death that was initially counted among COVID-19 fatalities has been removed from the state’s data.” The update was added to their previous article.
Roughly half of black-owned businesses may not survive the pandemic. The linked article points out 41% of black businesses have been shuttered due to the Wuhan flu, versus only 17% of white businesses. The article states in part, “The stress of the virus, added to years of systematic racism and economic disparities, has Black businesses reeling. The ones that held on through shutdowns and were beginning to reopen are being slammed again as the number of cases spike in states like Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California. Most impacted are Black-owned bars and restaurants.” That’s interesting, because a quick look at this chart shows the states and cities with the highest percentage of black people living in them are run by Democrats – who coincidentally enforced the strictest lockdown measures in the country. Unsurprisingly, the article doesn’t point out that fact, or the fact that Democrat governors and mayors were destroying the lives of black people long before the coronavirus arrived. Maybe it’s the science leftists say they believe in that’s racist?

July 20 – In a new court filing, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons have presented even more evidence for why hydroxychloroquine should be made available for the treatment of coronavirus patients and as a preventative measure. “As confirmed by another recent study of thousands of patients at the Henry Ford Health System in Michigan, HCQ is both very safe and highly effective in treating COVID-19, reducing mortality by 50%… Countries with underdeveloped health care systems are using HCQ early and attaining far lower mortality than in the United States, where [HHS and the FDA] impede access to HCQ.” I know I’ve been harping about HCQ a lot throughout this timeline, but the political motive to prevent people from using this drug continues to block its use. People shouldn’t be sick and dying when a cheap, effective treatment for COVID is available. Also see this.

July 22 – Bill Gates joins CBS propagandist Norah O’Donnell to discuss the pandemic. When asked about the safety of the coming vaccines, Gates begins bumbling and stuttering like a child who just got caught with their hand in the cookie jar. In addition to informing the public that multiple doses will be needed to supposedly keep you safe from the disease, Gates continuously smirks and flails his arms around throughout the entire interview – basically behaving like liars do when they’re trying to get you to believe something. The vaccine exchange begins around 15:32.

July 23 – A “testing glitch” leads to 90 people receiving false positive COVID test results in Connecticut, mostly among nursing home residents.

July 27 – The Lancet publishes an article, written by the leaders of four UN agencies, about the impact COVID is having globally on child malnutrition. The piece points out that “Some of the strategies to respond to COVID-19 – including physical distancing, school closures, trade restrictions, and country lockdowns – are impacting food systems by disrupting the production, transportation, and sale of nutritious, fresh, and affordable foods, forcing millions of families to rely on nutrient-poor alternatives. Strained health systems and interruptions in humanitarian response are eroding access to essential and often life-saving nutrition services.” The article also points out 6-7 million children could face wasting in addition to the 47 million children already facing this hardship before the pandemic even started. Wasn’t the UN pushing for lockdowns and praising China for the way they handled the virus just a few short months ago?

A group of doctors known as America’s Frontline Doctors hold a “White Coat Summit” outside of the Supreme Court building during which they speak about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine when used with azithromycin and zinc. The press conference was immediately banned from YouTube and other social media platforms and a demonization campaign against the doctors immediately began, targeting in particular Dr. Stella Immanuel, and of course President Trump for sharing it. Big Tech and the media will simply not allow any message of hope regarding the coronavirus, even though an effective treatment would do wonders for easing fears and helping us to move forward as a country. Think about it, even with all of their training and experience, politicians are prohibiting doctors around the country from doing their jobs and limiting their access to the medicines they need to help people. It’s truly unreal… A lot of other honest information about COVID and HCQ can be found here.

July 29 – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine reverses the State Board of Pharmacy ban on hydroxychloroquine, saying the decision on how to treat COVID should be between a patient and their doctor. The fact this had to happen in the first place is sad.

Crypt Keeper of the House Nasty Pelosi announces masks will be required in the House chamber going forward. Pelosi stated, “Members and staff will be required to wear masks at all times in the hall of the House. The chair expects all members and staff to adhere to this requirement as an item of respect. Members and staff will not be permitted to enter the hall of the House without wearing a mask. The Speaker views the failure to wear the mask as a serious breach of decorum.” She also said she would call upon the sergeant at arms to remove any house member that enters the chamber without one. Pelosi hates freedom.

July 31 – Hypocrisy Alert!: House Rep. Jim Jordan grills Dr. Fauci about why he hasn’t recommended the government limit the current protests taking place across the nation (since it has the obvious potential to increase the spread of the virus). While Fauci declined to state the obvious, Jordan did a fine job pointing out the hypocrisy of the government preventing people from going to church and closing businesses, while overtly supporting leftist political gatherings. It’s clear Fauci is just another lying political operative (and a blatantly hypocritical douchebag).