June 2020 - All The Birds One Stone

June 2 – The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons files a lawsuit against the FDA in an attempt to stop what they describe as the agency’s “arbitrary interference” when it comes to the use of hydroxychloroquine.

France has created their own “StopCovid” tracing app, which is now available for download as the country reopens. While I’m not a fan of tracing apps and contact tracing programs, at least France didn’t utilize Big Tech players like Apple and Google for the creation of their app. On another positive note, it appears less than half of the population of France are interested in downloading and using it, and the app is not mandatory.

June 3 – Hypocrisy Alert!: Mark D. Levine, Chair of New York City Council health committee, takes to Twitter to make a nonsensical point that has nothing to do with health and everything to do with politics. The Tweet reads, “Let’s be clear about something: if there is a spike in coronavirus cases in the next two weeks, don’t blame the protesters. Blame racism.” Not the insight you’d like to hear from one of the people in charge of promoting healthy practices in a major metropolitan area. He followed that up seven minutes later with another gem Tweet that reads, “And let’s remember that the police are increasing covid risk by: *using tear gas *herding demonstrators into tight spaces *putting people in crowded jails.” What else are police supposed to do when people are wilding in the streets, assaulting fellow New Yorkers and police, setting police cars ablaze, destroying property, and looting? This is not surprising, however, as NYC officials have become known for throwing the police under the bus while simultaneously helping to stoke anger and hatred towards them.

Hypocrisy Alert!: Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine performs mental gymnastics in order to justify the State of Pennsylvania’s decision to allow widespread protests to continue without any restraints during the ongoing pandemic. When asked why a protest of about 200 people was allowed to take place while restrictions on the number of people allowed at other gatherings remain in effect, Levine responded by saying, “There are obviously significant social issues that are present that people feel that they need to have a voice, and so the governor is always supportive of that and is participating in that.” I don’t disagree about the right to protest, I just find it hypocritical how the rules are enforced for other types of gatherings like parties, sporting events and concerts, but anytime some woke bullshit is going on the rules go out the window. This is an obvious double standard that needs to be seen for what it really is.
ResearchGate bans an article by Denis G. Rancourt titled, “Masks Don’t Work: A review of science relevant to COVID-19 social policy” after it hits over 400K views. An archived version can be found here. It seems very thorough to me, which is likely why it was banned in the first place.
The World Economic Forum website publishes an article by Klaus Schwab titled “Now is the time for a ‘great reset.’” The short article calls for a “‘Great Reset’ of capitalism” and is basically an extended book plug. Using COVID as a convenient jumping off point, Schwab claims the pandemic can be used to tackle other global issues like climate change and economic inequality, and that it should be used to build “entirely new foundations for our economic and social systems.” This psycho actually thinks one of the “silver linings” of the pandemic “is that it has shown how quickly we can make radical changes to our lifestyles,” when these “changes” were imposed by leftists tyrants and disliked by at least half of the US population. He also claims businesses “stepped up” to protect their local communities, employees and customers, yet the taxpayers are the ones footing the bill in the form of COVID spending programs… another bamboozle mainly benefiting the wealthy because only mega-corporations have been allowed to stay open. Schwab’s basic plan is to use OUR money to fund the leftist Green New Deal agenda. How anything this guy writes or says can be viewed as revolutionary or intelligent by anyone is truly shocking. Update (9/22/21): After finishing Schwab’s book,The Great Reset, I came away thoroughly unimpressed. It’s just a longer version of the aforementioned article and an attempt to bolster the already exaggerated fears about climate change in order to transform them into a justifiable reason to hijack taxpayer money indefinitely. Everything this man wrote in the book, along with co-author Thierry Mallerethen, reads like a delusional pipe dream. The things these guys feel are important are at the bottom of the list for me and millions – perhaps billions – of other people around the world. When a person like Schwab talks about issues like health care and climate change, he’s doing so to steer government spending into certain sectors in order to make those sectors more valuable. You can pass on the book and just read the article – you won’t miss much. At some point in the future I may write a longer review as I took quite a few notes while I was reading it, but to be honest I already feel annoyed by the fact I wasted my time reading it. Two thumbs down.

June 4 – Renown medical journal, The Lancet, retracts the paper that caused a global halt on hydroxychloroquine research. The retraction came after serious ethical questions were raised about the US company Surgisphere, and their unwillingness to provide the data they used in the study for additional analysis. The editor of The Lancet said, “This is a shocking example of research misconduct in the middle of a global health emergency.” Also see this and this. Update (9/2/20): The quote I included in this entry (as well as other language that was used in the original article) is no longer contained in the official retraction. It seems as if the Ministry of Truth had it altered for political reasons, and to hide the fact “research misconduct” is exactly what took place. The updated retraction now reads, “We always aspire to perform our research in accordance with the highest ethical and professional guidelines. We can never forget the responsibility we have as researchers to scrupulously ensure that we rely on data sources that adhere to our high standards. Based on this development, we can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources.” Unbelievable! The original quote, as well as other language used in the original article, is still included in the Guardian article linked above.

We learn George Floyd had tested positive for coronavirus back on April 3rd, and after a post-mortem nasal swab Dr. Andrew M. Baker stated, “the result most likely reflects asymptomatic but persistent… positivity from previous infection.” So, according to The Scarf Lady, shouldn’t his death be included in the national COVID-19 death toll?

June 5 – In a YouTube video released by the Wuhan Health Organization titled “How to wear a medical mask,” public health specialist April Baller says, “Medical masks should be worn by health workers and those caring for someone with COVID-19 symptoms, persons aged 60 and over and anyone with pre-existing medical conditions as they are at greater risk of developing serious illness, and people who have symptoms suggestive of COVID-19.” The WHO does not recommend everyone wear a mask, and I would consider everything Baller says here to be pretty common sense stuff. Written guidance from the WHO website states, “Medical masks should be reserved for health care workers. The use of medical masks in the community may create a false sense of security… As described above, the wide use of masks by healthy people in the community setting is not supported by current evidence and carries uncertainties and critical risks.” Yep.

The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously sides with barber Karl Manke after the state suspended his business license for reopening his shop. Justice David F. Viviano wrote in his opinion for the court, “It is incumbent on the courts to ensure decisions are made according to the rule of law, not hysteria. One hopes that this great principle – essential to any free society, including ours – will not itself become yet another casualty of COVID-19.” In other news, the process has begun to recall Michigan’s Governor, Gretchen Whitmer. Update (5/27/21): A Michigan court rules recall proceedings against Whitmer can proceed. In response, her campaign spokesperson released this delusional statement: “We plan to appeal this disappointing decision and we fully intend to beat back these irresponsible partisan attacks against the Governor in the courts, on the streets or at the ballot. This is part of a massive and coordinated attack by Republicans trying to make the Governor fail and our campaign will strenuously oppose these efforts so the Governor can keep saving lives, reopening our economy and creating jobs.” Whatever you say, clown.
Hypocrisy Alert!: Fake News XiNN prints an article titled, “Over 1,000 health professionals sign a letter saying, Don’t shut down protests using coronavirus concerns as an excuse.” The letter states in part, “…we wanted to present a narrative that prioritizes opposition to racism as vital to the public health, including the epidemic response. We believe that the way forward is not to suppress protests in the name of public health but to respond to protesters demands in the name of public health, thereby addressing multiple public health crises.” Give me a break with this woke bullshit. To be sure, you will never be able to count on fake news outlets like CNN to prioritize reporting on the mass destruction of private businesses and public property by the masses of woke idiots marauding through various American cities. So to review: Lockdowns are fine. Looting is fine. Burning property is fine. Screaming in the faces of people who refuse to show solidarity with a Marxist cause (BLM) is fine. But using the coronavirus as “an excuse” to stop all this madness is unacceptable. Got it.

June 7 – David Marcus of The Federalist writes an article titled, “The Lockdowns Are Now Intentional Cruelty.” It’s a quick read and the content is worth pondering.

June 8 – Officials at the Wuhan Health Organization now say people who have contracted the coronavirus, and who are asymptomatic, are not driving the spread of the disease, saying it’s “very rare.” It’s pretty ridiculous just how wrong all of these supposed medical experts have been about everything since the start of this.

The New York Slimes publishes an unhinged piece by Ezekiel Emanuel and Paul Offit titled, “Could Trump Turn a Vaccine Into a Campaign Stunt?” The article starts with the authors describing a hypothetical scenario, complete with dates and times, in which Trump authorizes the emergency use of a coronavirus vaccine as an “October Surprise” after seeing he is trailing Creepy Uncle Joe Biden in the polls. Yes, seriously. “Given how this president has behaved, this incredibly dangerous scenario is not far-fetched. In a desperate search for a political boost, he could release a coronavirus vaccine before it had been thoroughly tested and shown to be safe and effective.” I’m not really sure if the President has the ability to release drugs or vaccines to the public that haven’t been given medical approval, but I’m sure that rascal Trump will find a way to do it! The article concludes, “Thousands of Americans have already died as Donald Trump has perpetually postponed effective public health interventions and made poor therapeutic recommendations. We must be on alert to prevent him from corrupting the rigorous assessment of safety and effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines in order to pull an October vaccine surprise to try to win re-election.” When a Ukrainian judge recently decided to list Viktor Shokin as the victim of a crime committed by Joe Biden, the MSM – including the Slimes – was mum. Apparently, we’re supposed to be more concerned about hypotheticals. These people live in a world of their own creation, not reality.

June 9 – Episode nine of “Perspectives of the Pandemic” is released to YouTube by Journeyman Pictures. The episode features an interview with Erin Marie Olszewski, a nurse who has worked at both a private hospital in Florida and Elmhurst hospital in Queens, NY, which is considered the “epicenter of the epicenter.” Olszweski shares her experiences and provides disturbing evidence in the form of hidden camera footage that captured computer screens and conversations between her and doctors and other nurses. There’s a reason why NYC has been hit so hard by this pandemic, and it’s malfeasance and malpractice by government officials, medical administrators and spineless doctors who are willing to accept high death tolls. As I’ve mentioned several times throughout this report, these actions seem to be motivated by money and political blame games.

According to the DOJ, “The former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was indicted on charges of making false statements to federal authorities regarding his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program.” (Refer back to January 28 for context.)

June 11 – John Moynihan and Larry Doyle, the two investigators who testified to congress in 2018 about the massive fraud that took place at the Clinton Foundation, reveal on the Thomas Paine Podcast US congressman Bobby Rush met with representatives of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, in Rwanda back in August of 2019 to discuss who would be the financial beneficiaries of a massive $100B contact tracing program. Back on May 1st, Rush introduced H.R. 6666, a bill intended to create such a program. Is it just a coincidence the man who introduced this legislation would be discussing a contact tracing program six months before the coronavirus pandemic even began? I don’t think so.

Coronavirus fear mongering continues in the face of the economy reopening at the same time protests are taking place across the nation. The Bloomberg headline reads, “Houston on ‘Precipice of Disaster’ With Virus Cases Spreading.” The article suggests Houston is reopening too quickly, but did social distancing and keeping people under house arrest for months do much to stop the spread or slow the number of deaths?

June 12 – Towns in Oxford, England are being required to enact “one way pavements” in an effort to maintain social distancing as their economy reopens. This is the same foolishness we’re asked to endure when we go to supermarkets, as if one way aisles prevent people from getting too close to one another. I don’t know about you, but I do not adhere to these “suggestions” when I do my food shopping.

June 14 – Hypocrisy Alert!: It has been confirmed by City Hall that NYC contact tracers will not proactively be asking people if they have attended any protests over the last few weeks. While Mayor de Blasio has publicly acknowledged these protests could contribute to the continuing spread of COVID (he has also said the opposite), he is apparently not too concerned. This is another good example about how public health concerns get muddied by politics. NYC/NYS leadership have been forced to walk a tightrope where on the one hand they say the common sense things we already know about the virus potentially spreading because of these protests, while at the same time not discouraging people from attending because the current situation offers a great opportunity to virtue signal and score political points among their base. Also see this.

Hypocrisy Alert!: These two articles were published by NBC just 15 minutes apart… article 1 – (4:42pm) “Rally for Black trans lives draws enormous crowd in Brooklyn” article 2 – (4:57pm) “‘Extraordinarily dangerous’: Trump rally draws grave concerns from top health officials.” Article 1 doesn’t mention one word about the ongoing pandemic, social distancing, or the dangers of large crowds gathering during the current situation, while that’s the only thing article 2 harps on. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: if it wasn’t for double standards, the left would have no standards at all. NBC = Nothing But Crap.

June 16 – Scientists have discovered a ‘major breakthrough’ in the treatment of patients who have contracted COVID-19. Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available steroid, has been shown to reduce deaths by about 35% in patients on a respirator and about 20% for patients requiring oxygen. While speaking at a presser, Professor Peter Horby of the University of Oxford stated, “In three months, we have enrolled over 11,500 patients and this makes it by far the biggest clinical trial in the world.” This is great news. As more effective treatments are found, pushing for a mandatory vaccine becomes a harder position to defend. This will also ease people’s mind about the disease and allow society to return to normal. (Just normal, not a “new normal.”)

Lincoln County in Western Oregon issues a directive requiring all citizens to wear a face mask when they’re not able to maintain a distance of six feet apart from other people. One of the groups specifically exempted from this directive is, “People of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public.” While we are told people of color are suffering from COVID-19 in a disproportionate way compared to other groups in our society, they are the group being exempted from doing something (supposedly) meant to stop the spread of the disease. It’s funny how most (if not all) of the cities in the US that tend to have the most trouble with police, the most trouble with racism, and the highest levels of crime and poverty are all run by Democrats – and have been for decades. People need to wake up.
US retail sales rose almost 18% during the month of May following a 14% decrease during the month of April. Seems people are looking to get out and spend now that house arrest is being lifted in more and more areas.
During an interview with The Street, The Twerp admits the public was initially told to not wear face masks to ensure there would be enough for medical personnel. Why couldn’t they have just told us that to begin with? Masks are easy enough to make at home, and as I’ve reiterated throughout the timeline, there’s no proof (also see this) they help non-medical workers anyway. Fauci also divulged during the interview he has not spoken to the president in two weeks, which is great news.

June 17 – Hypocrisy Alert!: Crypt Keeper of the House Nasty Pelosi is criticizing President Trump for planning a political rally for 6/20 in Tulsa, OK after attending a protest in Washington, DC just two weeks ago. As I’ve been saying for a while, this is about politics, not public health. The truth is, there is zero enthusiasm behind Joe Biden – even less enthusiasm than Hillary had in 2016 – so the optics of people cheering for our president is not something the Democrats want people to see. In 2016, Hillary couldn’t get enough people at her rallies to fill a high school gymnasium while Trump was packing out large arenas and leaving thousands outside because max capacity had been reached. Most politicians care solely about their own reelection, not your health.

Sweden continues to be demonized by the MSM for the approach they have taken in their country to deal with the Wuhan Red Death. We have continuously been told the strategy of achieving herd immunity, which Swedish officials first believed could be reached by the fall, was the wrong approach. And now, according to Bloomberg, it’s taking too long for it to happen there. After quoting Swedish health expert Anders Tegnell saying immunity levels are getting higher around the country, and analysts predict Sweden’s economy will fare much better than other countries in the end, Niclas Rolander and the other propagandists try to convey to their readers the people in Sweden have “lost faith” in their government’s ability to handle the problem. Despite the fact Sweden has fared well overall through the pandemic, and roughly half of the country’s deaths have been in nursing homes, US media continues to demonize any strategy or idea that goes against economic lockdowns, the wearing of masks, and increased tracking…even when these things have yet to be proven effective.

June 18 – A doctor in West Texas claims to have found a “silver bullet” for treating patients with COVID-19. Dr. Richard Bartlett has found success treating patients with budesonide, a generic steroid that can be inhaled into the lungs using a nebulizer. In addition to this, he prescribes his patients antibiotics to protect people from a second infection, as well as zinc which blocks the genetic replication of viruses.

The Twerp speaks with XiNN’s Sanjay Gupta and rains on football fans’ parade by stating, “Unless players are essentially in a bubble – insulated from the community and they are tested nearly every day – it would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall. If there is a second wave, which is certainly a possibility and which would be complicated by the predictable flu season, football may not happen this year.” President Trump took exception and fired back at him on Twitter, and while he was at it took a shot at players who kneel during the national anthem. In all honesty, the NFL has become too involved in politics in recent years, and does too much catering to social justice warriors in my opinion, so maybe this wouldn’t be such a bad thing. I love NFL football, but it’s becoming unwatchable because of all of the social engineering they’ve been incorporating into their programming. Update (1/1/21): The NFL season has basically gone off without a hitch heading into its last week and the playoffs are scheduled to begin as planned next weekend. So what we have here is yet another instance where The Twerp was wrong.

June 20 – President Trump uses the term “Kung Flu” during a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The fake news media immediately begins to express the faux outrage they have become known for, especially over the past 3+ years. The linked article is a great example of just how pathetic and dishonest the news media has become. Update (6/25/20): The Remix Bros publish an awesome Kung Flu remix to YouTube. Enjoy!

June 22 – Hypocrisy Alert!: Newsweek publishes these two articles an hour and a half apart… article 1 – (7:04am) “Oklahoma Reports Highest Ever Daily COVID-19 Cases After Trump Tulsa Rally” article 2 – (8:32am) “‘No Evidence’ Black Lives Matter Protest Caused COVID-19 Spike: Study.” At the end of article 1 this now appears: “Correction: This headline and story has been corrected to remove a link between the spike in coronavirus cases and Trump’s Saturday rally.” Newsweek, and others, only make these types of “corrections” when word of their hypocrisy (or the falsehoods they print) gets out and spreads around social media. You can still see the original title of the article in the URL, however. Since protests and riots broke out around the country about a month ago, the media has been trying to convince the public that this virus is somehow aware of its surroundings and will not hurt or spread among people with political ideologies deemed to be the correct ones by MSM and the Democrats (but I repeat myself). Apparently, the virus will only spread among ignorant, xenophobic, racist, science-denying Trump supporters.

June 23 – Bill and Melinda Gates appear on a special edition of the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation program “Path Forward.” During the interview, the loving Bill states, “Well, this won’t be the last pandemic that we face. A flu for example is still a very big risk… And so we’ll have to invest in making sure that we catch the disease sooner and that we have platforms to make diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines very quickly.” Gates has simply been leveraging himself to benefit financially from the coming medical tyranny that seeks to mandate vaccines, require all citizens to carry digital proof of their health records, and track every person on the planet, the same way he did when he entered the computer software industry. He wants to profit from the establishment of even greater systems of control that will be used against all of us little people.

After making a joke at a recent rally in Oklahoma about slowing down coronavirus testing to stop the growing number of cases, it is reported top officials were never told to slow testing (also notice the pathetic and misleading headline). The media knows this was said in jest, but are nevertheless treating a joke as something to be fact-checked and reported on ad-nauseam. It’s all part of the act they use to make mountains out of molehills.

June 24 – Sweden’s top COVID doctor, Anders Tegnell, describes the lockdowns taking place throughout the west as a “world gone mad.” And because he has done so, he must be attacked, regardless of the fact he has been right so far. In what is overall another dishonest piece out of Bloomberg, propagandist Niclas Rolander again tries (see June 17) to convince his readers that Swedish citizens do not support the approach of their government. Rolander writes, “But Sweden now has one of the world’s highest Covid-19 mortality rates, with more deaths per 100,000 than the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University data. Polls suggest Swedes have started to lose faith in their country’s response to the pandemic.” By using the words “polls suggest” they are basically saying they don’t know anything about the country’s opinion. We see this in American media every day. This is subtle and meant to be read in passing, while at the same time cementing the idea “they” know what’s best, “they” have the correct political views, and the government in Sweden is getting people killed because they don’t. The information is also misleading. NY and NJ, for example, have a death rate three times higher than the entire country of Sweden, not to mention seven other states and many other countries (for a fuller breakdown of the numbers see this). While the death rate from COVID is slightly higher in Sweden vs. the US, both are low and will continue to improve. One would also have to assume Swedes have had much more exposure to COVID. Rolander continues, “Instead of shuttering schools, shops and restaurants, Sweden left pretty much everything open. Citizens were encouraged to observe social distancing guidelines, but the strategy assumed Swedes would voluntarily alter their behavior without the need for laws…” almost as if this was a bad thing. The trade off we made in America will hurt more and will be longer lasting, and we will have done it on purpose.

June 25 – Ohio State Senator Nino Vitale releases a YouTube video showing how the oxygen level in the air we breathe reduces quickly when wearing a face mask. To demonstrate, he has students place a GX-2009 gas monitor underneath their face masks to see if oxygen levels remain above what OSHA considers to be safe. In all cases, and regardless of the type of mask worn, oxygen levels reduce significantly and quickly. I chose this particular video to link because it includes several tests conducted by Vitale, a short compilation of The Twerps flip-flopping on the wearing of masks, competing comments from a doctor named Jim Meehan, and a lot of info in the description box.

In an attempt to continue ratcheting up the hysteria surrounding the coronavirus, Bill Gates News (MSN) publishes an article titled, “These States May Face ‘Apocalyptic’ COVID-19, Says Virologist.” The article goes on to state what “could” happen, but has little to offer other than more doomsday predictions. The word apocalypse is defined as 1) “the complete final destruction of the world,” and 2) “an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.” I would say neither definition is applicable regarding the current pandemic, but the term “fear mongering” would certainly be accurate.
The NIH may have a financial stake/interest in the creation of a coronavirus vaccine. The article also gets into vaccine patents held by the NIH, and describes a little about what I would say is a shady relationship between the NIH and the biotech company Moderna. Also see this.

June 26 – We learn COVID-19 causes infected cells to sprout tentacles which can attack and infect several nearby cells at once. UCSF professor Nevan Krogan said, “There are long strings that poke holes in other cells and the virus passes through the tube from cell to cell.” The upside of this discovery is that doctors believe a number of drugs used to treat cancer may be successful in treating COVID. Also see this.

A British cybersecurity firm, VST Enterprises, is getting set to roll out COVI-PASS in 15 countries. This “health passport” will contain your COVID-19 test history, as well as other “relevant health information” to help the government decide what you can and cannot do as it “safely facilitates safe return to work and life.” Thanks COVI-PASS!
Public Health England publishes a study on the efficacy of masks and I’m sad to say that mask cult members everywhere will be disappointed with the findings as the study concluded, “Compared with no masks, surgical masks were not associated with decreased risk for clinical respiratory illness, influenza-like illness, or laboratory-confirmed viral illness in household contacts when masks were worn by household contacts, index cases, or both.”
The University of Tennessee will require all students to get a seasonal flu vaccine, as well as a COVID-19 vaccine (should one be created), in order to attend classes there this fall.
Over the last couple of days, people around the country have been calling out their state and local government officials over being forced to wear face masks while in public. Check out this guy in Ventura County, California and these folks in West Palm Beach, Florida. It’s good to see people speaking up as various states have been trying to put the economy back into lockdown, not to mention the idea of increased safety from wearing a mask is not proven.
After taking a three week pause from the coronavirus hysteria in an effort to support lawlessness in the streets and not have it be connected in any way to the supposed COVID case “spike” some states are experiencing, Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) are back at it again. For example, one of the states experiencing this supposed surge is Arizona, and state rep Kelli Butler is doing her part to continue the politicization of the virus by Tweeting:

The Tweet also contains a link to an article from the Washington Compost titled, “How Arizona ‘lost control of the epidemic.’ The overly dramatic article goes on to talk about how this surge was easily predictable, mainly because of the Republican governor’s refusal to implement the recommendations of the supposed “experts” – who have gotten everything wrong up to this point.

So let’s break the Tweet down… “blunders by top officials” is meant to blame both President Trump and the state’s weak RINO governor “Dicey” Doug Ducey. She is in favor of mandatory mask wearing, the benefits of which have not been proven, and the privacy-violating contact tracing program. Both of these things are about big government and control, and go against our rights as human beings to breathe freely and not be tracked by the government. She claims testing has been “abysmal” when the US has been testing citizens at a rate that is among the highest in the world. She also claims Arizona reopened “too soon,” but by too soon she means before the November election. This is the play. The Democrats want to make people as miserable as possible so they can run candidates on this misery in November. Do not be fooled, but expect this to continue into the fall.

June 28 – The CDC updates its previous recommendation regarding the wearing of face masks by the general public. The new advice states “all people 2 years of age and older wear a cloth face covering in public settings and when around people outside of their household, especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.” Is your head spinning yet? This is all so political it’s hard to take any of it too seriously. The masks either work or they don’t, what’s so hard about this? Update (12/22/20): My not yet 3-year-old niece was kicked out of a Queens play cafe because she would not keep her mask on. This garbage is far from normal and all about conditioning.

June 29 – The Wuhan Health Organization has quietly altered the COVID-19 response timeline contained on their website to now acknowledge they learned about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan through their own means, not from China. The update is delicately worded, but clearly states the WHO found out about the outbreak through a post made on the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission website, as well as another post made by doctors working in Wuhan to the US website ProMED. Though the WHO has repeatedly praised China’s transparency since the start of the outbreak, Chinese health officials never alerted them about what was happening.

The WHO warns ‘The worst is yet to come’ regarding the coronavirus. The organization’s communist leader, Dr. Tedros, said “Although many countries have made some progress, globally, the pandemic is actually speeding up.” The article goes on to blame the states that have reopened too soon in their eyes, and not credit any of the surge to the increased level of testing taking place, even as many of the new cases involve people who show little to no symptoms. The fear is definitely being ratcheted back up.
The WHO will be sending a team of investigators to China to look into the origin of COVID. The Reuters article I linked, though only three sentences, still manages to defend China and throw President Trump under the bus. Other articles I’ve read (like this one) do not discuss who the team will be composed of, or what they will be looking into. The WHO = communist trash.
Elon Musk fires off a Tweet questioning the accuracy of the COVID-19 tests and the recent “surges” we are seeing around the country. The Tweet reads, “There are a ridiculous number of false positive C19 tests, in some cases ~50%. False positives scale linearly with # of tests. This is a big part of why C19 positive tests are going up while hospitalizations & mortality are declining. Anyone who tests positive should retest.”

June 30 – A study is published from Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC showing hydroxychloroquine was associated with a 50% reduction in the mortality rate for patients with the Wuhan flu. The study analyzed the results of 6,493 patients.

Fox Business cuts away from their programming (during Neil Cavuto’s segment, of course) to go to Creepy Uncle Joe Biden speaking in Wilmington, Delaware. He apparently emerged from his basement to spout a bunch of provably false bullshit about the president and COVID. Biden’s campaign has already become way more pathetic than Crooked Hillary’s 2016 push for the presidency. Since there are so many lies, half-truths, and delusions I thought I would make it easy and point these things out by typing them in red and providing the date in this timeline where I covered the issue (or make a comment/provide link). I also highlighted the times he uses the words “Mr. President” in bold print to point out the awkward and repeated use of these words, and to show how his speechwriters made him sound like a broken record. The transcript of the speech can be read below:

“For weeks we’ve been seeing the warning signs. Numbers don’t lie. Infection rates are now going up in more states than they are going down. More than 125K people in the United States have lost their lives, and those numbers and new infections continue to grow at an alarming rate (see this). And once again, is confronting [sic] the simple fact that we won’t be able to solve the economic crisis without a rigorous public health approach (it’s being solved). They’re not separable (no one ever said they were). Despite the administration’s propaganda that their response should be a cause for celebration, despite President Trump’s request that we should slow down testing because he thinks it makes him look bad (this was a joke he made at a rally, also see this), the COVID-19 is still here, and the daily threat to the American health and prosperity is continuing. It didn’t have to be this way (he’s right, China and the WHO should have been more honest from the start). Month after month, as other leaders and other countries took the necessary steps to get the virus under control (as far as I know, no country has truly done this), Donald Trump failed us (slander). Month after month, as many of us urged him to step up and do his job, he failed us (slander). Just look at the record. In January, I along with others sounded the alarm (this is untrue, and the MSM was downplaying the virus) that the, over the coronavirus outbreak [sic]. Trump told the country that COVID-19 is quote ‘totally under control,’ and that everything quote ‘will work out well’ (misleading). In February, I warned about the failure to get information that we needed from the Chinese government. What I said was that the president should demand Xi produce the evidence. Demand it. (Hell of a plan, Joe. And if they don’t provide the “evidence” then what? WW3?) Trump said quote, ‘we’re in great shape’ (misleading and out of context). Reported China’s president said it was quote, ‘doing very well’ [sic]. In March, I set forth a detailed plan for 500 federally funded testing sites across the country (by the end of March we were among the world leaders in testing) as well as guaranteed emergency paid leave. Later that month I called for a full and immediate use of the Defense Production Act (Trump has actually used the DPA 33 times since March 18th… also see this and this), critical, critical for the delivery of supplies that were basically needed [sic]. Trump accused healthcare workers, (slurred words) respond, accused healthcare workers of stealing your masks (untrue… March 30). That’s what he said, ‘healthcare workers are stealing the masks, that’s why we don’t have them’ (Biden repeats the lie a second time… again, see March 30). In April, I released a plan to secure the supply chain for personal protective equipment (already done), surge nationwide testing (already done) with a, through a pandemic testing board, and launch a nationwide health corps to focus on contact tracing (April 17). Trump’s suggestions [sic]: Americans should inject disinfectants into their bodies (untrue… April 24/25). In May, I condemned the false choice between preserving public health of our economy [sic]. I urged the administration to focus on the basic public health measures like testing (Feb. 3, April 17) that would enable us to sustain our economic recovery. Trump’s response: He pushed for reopening without regard to safety (untrue… April 16/26) and called testing quote, ‘frankly overrated’ (out of context). This month, I outlined a path to reopen our country safely and sustainably (already happening) that provided workers, small businesses, schools, state and local governments the tools, resources and guidance they would need (already done). Trump’s proposal: He set a cutoff date for federal funding of testing sites in several states (April 17), and actually went to court to take away healthcare for 22 million people by trying to get rid of Obamacare (aside from Obamacare being awful, this is out of context. See this and this). And now Donald Trump is in retreat (untrue). Remember, back in March, when I called, and he called, but talked about the need to act like we were at war with the virus [sic], he called himself a ‘wartime president’? Remember when he extorted, exhorted the nation to sacrifice together and quote, ‘in the face of this inevitable and invisible enemy [sic].’ What happened? Now it’s almost July, and it seems like our wartime president has surrendered, waved the right flag, the white flag, and left the battlefield (untrue). Today we’re facing a serious threat, and we have to meet it, we have to meet it as one country. But the president gives no direction (there were very long press conferences everyday for over a month), and he pits us against one another (how?). We can’t continue like this. Half recovering and half getting worse (oversimplification). We can’t continue half wearing masks and half rejecting science (May 19/24/26, June 3/5/25). We can’t continue half with a plan, and half just hoping for the best (untrue… April 16). You know, we won’t defeat this virus with a piecemeal approach, lifting restrictions prematurely (April 16), increasing the volatility of the crisis (April 16), raising the likelihood of needing to reimpose restrictions (restrictions should never have been put into place). Ya know, until our science catches up to reality, until we have better treatment for those who become infected and (slurred words) are safe, proven, widely available vaccines (no thanks), we have to continue to do all we can as a people and a government to keep our fellow Americans safe and healthy. Today I’m releasing a plan with the steps that I believe Donald Trump should undertake immediately (no thanks). To build on the road map that I released back in March, that would have saved lives if it had been adopted (untrue and not provable anyway). It’s a plan to save lives in the months ahead. But once again, I encourage him to adopt this plan in its entirety. This is too important for politics (LMFAO). First: testing, testing, testing (click this link and hit play). More testing is not only how you find more cases of the coronavirus, Mr. President, it’s how you stop the coronavirus cases. Testing followed by rigorous contact tracing (no thanks… March 26, May 1, June 11), quarantine, and isolation protocols for those who’ve been exposed. People aren’t waking [sic] in lines for miles and miles long, in baking hot cars, for drive thru nasal swabs for the fun of it (they’re not fun?!?). They’re doing it so they can protect themselves, but even more importantly they know that when they have this mask on [holding and shaking a mask] they’re protecting others. They’re protecting others (untrue… May 19/24/26, June 3/5/25). We know we’re not where we need to be in testing. There are still hospitals and nursing homes that don’t have access to the tests they need (I don’t believe this is true, but how would it be Trump’s fault and not the states where this is occurring?). Testing is how we see what’s happening in communities all across the country. It’s our eyes on the ground. Without that testing we’re flying blind. That’s why it’s so important to have reliable access to testing everywhere (we do). We need to increase federal support for testing (I don’t agree). That includes doubling the number of drive thru testing sites. And keep increasing them until there are no more lines (stupid, unattainable goal and a waste of money). We should create a pandemic testing board to spearhead a nationwide campaign so every worker, every worker who gets called back to their job can have the confidence that they and their fellow workers are not infected (we already have a task force, and how does he think the number of new cases has been rising?). You know, experts agree that we need more contact tracers (Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Cuomo, Newsom, Pelosi… all big govt leftists. No thanks!) to track the path of this virus. Individual states like NY and CA are already hiring and training thousands of tracers, but we need to do more, including hiring at least 100,000 federally funded workers to perform contact tracing and other public health tasks, and they should begin to be trained now (no thanks). Second, every single frontline worker should have the personal protective equipment that they need to be safe (they do). Five months into this crisis and our healthcare workers still are forced to scramble for their own supplies (untrue) and have to reuse these masks [holding up the mask again] shift after shift (untrue). Hundreds, hundreds of healthcare workers have died of COVID-19, and tens of thousands have become infected (probably inaccurate, this would be a daily point of emphasis in the “news”…but that’s a pretty low death rate for people on the frontline, no?). It should be zero, on both counts, for these health care workers if they had the right equipment (What?!? How? What is this guy talking about? They can’t catch it in public like everyone else?). Ya know, how are we this many months into this and still, still don’t have what we need (untrue). That’s why we have a Defense Production Act. Ya know, Mr. President, use your authority, Mr. President. Use it this week. Scale up the production of N95 masks (already done, see this and this). Ya know, the steps you’ve taken so far haven’t gotten the job done Mr. President (and I’m sure Biden would fix everything, see this for proof he won’t). Fix the shortage of PPE for our healthcare workers (there is no shortage) before you tee off another round of golf (slander). We can’t just look at where we are today, we’re gonna need these masks and gloves and face shields for the foreseeable future (yep, until at least November 4th), and we need to be ready (we are, see this). We know more is coming. Thirdly, we should be laser-focused on treatments and vaccines (unless, of course, we’re talking about hydroxychloroquine or other generic drugs that work). We should be leading a coordinated, global approach on the science [sic], not disregarding experts while pushing dangerous and disproved [sic] drugs as if they’re treatments (untrue). There’s been some progress towards treatments and vaccines, but the administration hasn’t been transparent about how they plan to manufacture enough doses (I thought pharma companies do that) to make sure there’s equitable distribution of scale ([sic] – not sure what this even means). I hope they’re doing it now. I called for a while ago they should be providing $250M to have a plan now exactly how they’re going to distribute this [sic] so every American has access when and if the vaccine is available (done… May 14… and I don’t agree). They may be doing it, but we have no transparency (there’s been tons of transparency). Let us see, Mr. President (try looking). The White House should report weekly on this progress (they report daily). We can’t end up in the same scratchy and distribution problems [sic] that we had in testing (untrue). We need to make sure the customers aren’t being gouged by new drug and therapy and prices [sic] when they’re developed. We have to immediately restore our relationship with the World Health Organization (last thing we need to do), for all its shortcomings (there are many), and missteps around COVID-19 (missteps, LOL). This is why WHO is created [sic]. It is essential to coordinating a global response during a pandemic, and the United States should be leading that response as we have in the past (misleading). COVID-19 will likely worsen at the outset of the flu season this year, so we need to put in place measures now, now to ensure that the seasonal flu vaccine can be ready, available and administered safely to those who need it (it makes you more susceptible to respiratory problems… October 10), under socially distancing guidelines [sic], especially for seniors. Fourthly, we need real plans, real guidelines, with uniform, nationwide standards to help us chart our economic reopening (we have them… April 16). Whatever we’ve been doing now is not working (I guess only an economic depression will help). The state by state approach (untrue, guidelines apply to all states and counties) will only produce confusion and slow any progress. Ya know, you all reported the CDC tried to clear guidelines about what stages of reopening should look like. The administration delayed and scaled back those plans (fake news story from CNN, also see this). We need clear evidence, clear evidence-based steps that states can adopt now (he keeps repeating the same lie… April 16). Both the standards (?) must be met in order to proceed with further openings, and the repositioning of social distancing rules when cases begin to rise [sic] (states have been responsible for deciding what to do in regard to lockdowns from the start). Ya know, this is not rocket science. We need to support schools and child care programs so parents, if and when they can return to work, are confident that their children will be safe and cared for (not the job of the federal govt). Ya know, we should be holding and providing stickers that say “safe for shoppers,” a certification to stores that prove they’re minimizing their customers’ risk and exposure (stores have already been doing this with signs). We absolutely need a clear message, from the very top of our federal government, that everyone needs to wear a mask in public. Period, period (piss off, no we don’t). Wear a mask (again holding up his mask which he’s apparently been holding this whole time). It’s not just about you, it’s about your family, it’s about your neighbors, it’s about your colleagues, it’s about keeping other people safe (saying this is meant to shame people)! It helps you, yes, but it’s about keeping other people safe (again holding a mask up). It’s a simple measure, but it’s also one of the most effective ways we can do the right thing (there’s no proof masks help, they’re about obedience, fear and control). It may be inconvenient, and may be uncomfortable, but it’s the right thing to do as an American (the opposite is true). Protect your coworkers and neighbors. And finally, we need to protect the population that’s most at risk, our seniors, our black and brown populations, Native communities that are being hit the hardest (Democrat governors have killed over 60,000 people by creating directives that put COVID patients into nursing homes… March 25/April 23/May 15… and people of color are being given waivers on mask orders… June 16). Vulnerable populations with pre-existing conditions (March 25/April 23/May 15). I know this continued growth in case numbers is causing fear and anxiety (no, the media is doing this). People, especially older Americans, and those with loved ones in nursing homes, I get calls all the time, they’re simply scared (hard not to be with so many Democrat governors out there). They’re frightened. This isn’t just taking the toll on the physical health [sic], it’s an emotional cost as well (isolation and fear mongering will do that). We can’t expect vulnerable populations to quarantine indefinitely (was supposed to be for 2 weeks) without support. And I want them to know that their health and safety will be my responsibility, if I’m your president (God help us). And I will not abandon you (slander, this is implying that President Trump has). Ya know, these are five fairly straightforward steps that are gonna help defeat this pandemic, and if you suspect that these steps are a lot of the same sorts of things that I was talking about in March, when I released my first COVID-19 response, you’d be right. If it feels like you’re hearing the experts talk about the same issues for months you’d be right (policies were based directly on what they said). These have always been the steps the government needed to put in place to meet the threat. Statewide lockdowns, that so many Americans lived under for months, were intended to buy us time to get our act together (untrue, they were meant to stall the booming economy). Instead of using that time to prepare ourselves, Donald Trump squandered it (slander). Now here we are, more than three months later, and we’re hardly better prepared than we were in March (wildly untrue and ridiculous). Infections are on the rise, the threat of massive spikes that overwhelm the capacity of our healthcare system is on the horizon (same thing we were told before, closing the economy didn’t help stop spread). Americans, anxious and out of work, are fearful for their lives and their livelihoods, and Donald Trump is doing next to nothing about it (slander). Mr. President, the crisis is real is real [sic], the crisis is real (this implies Trump doesn’t believe it’s real), and it’s surging, Mr. President. Your promises and predictions and wishful thinking, pulled out of thin air (untrue, directly from Fauci and Birx), are not only doing the country no good, you’re making them lose even more faith in their government (slander, untrue). America knows this crisis isn’t behind us, even if you know. They see what’s happening, even if you refuse to (slander, untrue), Mr. President. They know we need a coordinated national plan, we need it now, even though you don’t Mr. President. And won’t do it (we’ve had one since April 16). You called yourself a cheerleader, we don’t need a cheerleader Mr. President. We need a president, Mr. President (we have one, he’s the guy you keep referring to as “Mr. President”). A president who will level with the American people, a president who will tell us the unvarnished truth (isn’t that something Trump is criticized for?), a president who will take responsibility, instead of always blaming others (China and the WHO are culpable). A president who will listen to the experts, follow the science, allow them to speak (untrue, Fauci and Birx have been working with Trump for months and they are ALWAYS on TV). A president who’ll lead, be an example for the nation. Wear a mask (again holding up his mask). Keep your distance. Limit the size of crowds. Mr. President this is not about you, it’s about the health and well-being of the American public (this is a lie that the media pushes… that everything is “about Trump”). The American people don’t make enormous sacrifices [sic] over the past four months so they can just waste, waste their time, and you can waste all the efforts they have undertaken with your midnight rampings rantings and Tweets [sic]. They don’t make these sacrifices, so you could ignore the science (untrue), and turn responsible steps like wearing masks into a political statement (untrue, the left is bullying in typical fashion over the masks). And they certainly didn’t do it, Mr. President, so you could wash your hands and walk away from this responsibility (untrue, slander). Maybe there are trimes [sic] this nation needs a cheerleader, now is not one of them. America needs a president (we have one, thanks). Whatever Trump does or does not do, we can’t know today what the state of the COVID-19 pandemic will be next January (this was, from the beginning, a long term plan by the deep state). But I’m almost certain, and I hope I’m turned out to be wrong [sic], I’m almost certainly it won’t be over (that’s the plan). If I should have the honor of being elected president, on the day I’m sworn in, I’ll get right to work implementing all aspects of the response that remain undone (the only things would be making masks mandatory nationwide – which I don’t think Trump can even do – and hiring federal contact tracers that we don’t need). I’ll have more to say about my day one COVID-19 agenda in the weeks to come, but my response will begin well before I take the oath of office, and will start as soon as the election is started (the plan is to make people believe Trump has failed and run on that). I’ll be a president who respects scientists, who won’t censor their ability to speak directly to the American people (untrue, they’re on TV constantly). I’ll immediately reach out to Dr. Anthony Fauci to ask him to continue his incredible service to the country (Trump already has Fauci and he sucks). And I’ll have from day one, ready to go, the best medical experts and scientists to advise on our response (so is he saying Fauci and Birx suck?). Maybe most important [sic] I will listen to them and let them speak freely (he keeps repeating the same lie, that’s a tactic), and I’ll work with the governors and mayors of both parties, from every state (Trump has been doing this from the start), territory and tribe (virtue signaling). It’s a simple proposition folks, we’re all in this together. We gotta fight this together. And we’ll emerge from this stronger because we did it together. And I’m confident we can. May God protect us all and may God protect our troops (no one’s talking about troops, Joe). I’m happy to take questions.”

The Q&A that ensued was a full-on tongue bath. A lot of the questions were unrelated to COVID, so I did not take the time to transcribe and shred the segment as I did with the speech portion. Watch it for yourself if you have the stomach for it, and when doing so, compare how Biden is treated by our pathetic partisan media to the way President Trump is treated. The full speech and Q&A can be seen here.

One last thing for June: In regard to COVID-19 antibody testing, the CDC website published the following: “A positive test result shows you may have antibodies from an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. However, there is a chance that a positive result means that you have antibodies from an infection with a virus from the same family of viruses (called coronaviruses), such as the one that causes the common cold.” Why can’t the same be true for the tests that are determining who has been infected with COVID?