Poor Moderna: Omicron Will Create Demand for Another 3 Billion Doses

 

https://www.ft.com/content/27def1b9-b9c8-47a5-8e06-72e432e0838f

The chief executive of Moderna has predicted that existing vaccines will be much less effective at tackling Omicron than earlier strains of coronavirus and warned it would take months before pharmaceutical companies could manufacture new variant-specific jabs at scale.

Stéphane Bancel said the high number of Omicron mutations on the spike protein, which the virus uses to infect human cells, and the rapid spread of the variant in South Africa suggested that the current crop of vaccines may need to be modified next year.

“There is no world, I think, where [the effectiveness] is the same level . . . we had with [the] Delta [variant],” Bancel told the Financial Times in an interview at the company’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

He added: “I think it’s going to be a material drop. I just don’t know how much because we need to wait for the data. But all the scientists I’ve talked to . . . are like, ‘This is not going to be good’.”

However, Bancel said scientists were worried because 32 of the 50 mutations in the Omicron variant are on the spike protein, which current vaccines focus on to boost the human body’s immune system to combat Covid.

Most experts thought such a highly mutated variant would not emerge for another year or two, Bancel added.

A Stanford University study of a Delta outbreak at a California prison published last month found that Moderna’s jab was 56.6 per cent effective against infection — substantially lower than the level in studies conducted before the emergence of the variant, the researchers said.

But he said it would take several months before an Omicron-specific vaccine could be produced at scale, and suggested there might be a case for giving more potent boosters to the elderly or people with compromised immune systems in the meantime.

“[Moderna] and Pfizer cannot get a billion doses next week. The maths doesn’t work. But could we get the billion doses out by the summer? Sure,” said Bancel, who predicted Moderna could make a total of 2bn-3bn doses in 2022.

Bancel also hit out at critics who have accused vaccine makers of not doing enough to support rollouts in developing countries such as South Africa, where only a quarter of the population is fully inoculated, according to Johns Hopkins University.

“This was mostly a policy decision by the rich countries. In the US, we were told we had no choice but to give 60 per cent of our output to the US government. That was not a Moderna decision, that was a US government decision,” he said.

Bancel also said there was a surplus of jabs earmarked for Africa and that 70m Moderna vaccines were sitting in warehouses because Covax, an international body tasked with supplying low-income nations, or individual governments had not taken delivery of them.

“We are running out of space,” he said. “It’s because either they don’t have customs documents, or they don’t have fridge space, or because the ability to get doses in arms is a challenge.”

 

You mean the experts were wrong again? I just don't get it. 

I can sense the frustration Bancel has with the likely possibility that his company has to produce another "2bn-3bn" doses. I'm sure shareholders are wrecked.

So far, nobody knows anything about Omicron. Other than people need more injections. 

It's also interesting that Moderna was forced to "give" 60% of their output to the US. Who else were they going to sell it to?  

If the US didn't take part ownership of the patent, then Moderna wouldn't have made billions of dollars off of its vaccine. Besides, it was the former Moderna scientists who now work at NIH who worked so hard on the mRNA technology. 

I'm almost positive that Bancel is such a good guy that he didn't want to be forced to sell 60% of his vaccines to the greedy US. He would have much rather given them away to the 3rd world for free (even though there are 70 million doses earmarked for Africa that are rotting in a warehouse). 

Nonetheless, we can all empathize with Big Pharma over this new variant. They're going to be forced to make billions of dollars just because they care about us so much. 

Thanks, Big Pharma!

 

 

 

CDC Doesn't Know Anything about Omicron, Except that You Need a Booster

 https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/health/cdc-booster-guidance-omicron/index.html

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strengthened recommendations for booster doses of coronavirus vaccine Monday, saying all adults should get boosted six months after the second dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's or Moderna's vaccine or two months after the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

"Today, CDC is strengthening its recommendation on booster doses for individuals who are 18 years and older," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.

"The recent emergence of the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) further emphasizes the importance of vaccination, boosters, and prevention efforts needed to protect against COVID-19," she added.

"Early data from South Africa suggest increased transmissibility of the Omicron variant, and scientists in the United States and around the world are urgently examining vaccine effectiveness related to this variant. I strongly encourage the 47 million adults who are not yet vaccinated to get vaccinated as soon as possible and to vaccinate the children and teens in their families as well because strong immunity will likely prevent serious illness."

It will take a few weeks of testing to know for sure whether the Omicron variant is more transmissible than Delta, and whether it evades the protection offered by natural infection or vaccines. Scientists will also be looking to see if it causes more severe disease or evades the effects of treatments.

In the meantime, CDC will be watching for Omicron to appear in the US. That requires an extra step of testing as the tests used to diagnose Covid-19 won't tell people which variant they are infected with. "I also want to encourage people to get a COVID-19 test if they are sick. Increased testing will help us identify Omicron quickly," Walensky said.

"And finally, to stop the spread of COVID-19 we need to follow the prevention strategies we know work," she added. These include vaccination, wearing masks, improving ventilation indoors and keeping a distance from others, especially if they are unvaccinated.

The CDC acknowledges that they don't know anything about Omicron. But, they do know you need a booster shot. 

It's kinda weird how they've pretty much been wrong every step of the way, yet still think people should value their recommendations.  

It's pretty hard to say "we don't know anything about this new variant, nor the efficacy of the vaccines, but go get a booster immediately," and expect people to speed off to the nearest vax clinic. 

Thus far, the only thing we do know is that the symptoms appear to be "extremely mild."

The media definitely went from 0-to-60 in a couple of hours over Omicron. That wasn't a coincidence. The PTB instigated their messengers to create panic. But, why? Could this be the ADE variant, or just a smokescreen for Ghislaine's trial? 

If ADE becomes a thing, it's not like the PTB are going to say, "yup, we were wrong about vaxing into a pandemic." Instead, they will just double-down with, "the unvaccinated have caused COVID to mutate and now it's making the vaccinated very sick."

Time will tell.

Just remember: they care about you. 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Scripture:

 

Acts 2:21

And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Israel Using Counter-Terrorism Phone-Tracking Technology to Fight Omicron

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-ban-entry-foreigners-all-countries-over-omicron-2021-11-27/

Israel on Saturday said it would ban the entry of all foreigners into the country, making it the first country to shut its borders completely in response to a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant, and said it would use counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology in order to contain the spread of the Omicron variant.

"Our working hypotheses are that the variant is already in nearly every country," Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked told N12's "Meet the Press," "and that the vaccine is effective, although we don't yet know to what degree."

The Shin Bet counter-terrorism agency's phone-tracking technology will be used to locate carriers of the new variant in order to curb its transmission to others, Bennett said.

Used on and off since March 2020, the surveillance technology matched virus carriers' locations against other mobile phones nearby to determine with whom they had come into contact. Israel's Supreme Court this year limited the scope of its use after civil rights groups mounted challenges over privacy concerns. 

Israel has so far confirmed one case of Omicron, with seven suspected cases. The Health Ministry has not said whether the confirmed case was vaccinated. Three of the seven suspected cases were fully vaccinated, the ministry said on Saturday, and three had not returned from travel abroad recently. 

 

Cell phones are tracking devices. 

Notice how governments justify tracking you? They simply say, "Oh, look. Johnny has a virus so we can access his phone to see everywhere he's been and who he's been in contact with."

Big Brother is watching you. But, no worries. It's for your own good. They just care about you.

Speaking of which, Omicron is the ADE variant. The one that primarily affects the vaccinated because the unvaxed didn't get vaccinated. 

Nuclear weapons eliminated war, which created a vacuum that biological warfare (viruses) and social causes (BLM, feminism, homosexuality) are apparently going to fill.

Will Merck's New COVID Pill Do More Harm than Good?

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/merck-s-covid-pill-effective-fda-says-experts-now-review-n1284667?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma

Federal health regulators say an experimental Covid-19 pill from Merck is effective against the virus, but they will seek input from outside experts on risks of birth defects and other potential problems during pregnancy.

The Food and Drug Administration posted its analysis of the pill ahead of a public meeting next week where academic and other experts will weigh in on its safety and effectiveness. The agency isn’t required to follow the group’s advice.

The FDA scientists said their review identified several potential risks, including possible toxicity to developing fetuses and birth defects that were identified in studies of the pill in animals.

Given those risks the FDA will ask its advisers next Tuesday whether the drug should never be given during pregnancy or whether it could be made available in certain cases.

Given the safety concerns, FDA said Merck agreed the drug would not be used in children.

Regulators also noted that Merck collected far less safety data overall on its drug than was gathered for other Covid-19 therapies.

“While the clinical safety data base was small, there were no major safety concerns identified,” FDA reviewers concluded.

Additionally, the FDA flagged a concern that Merck’s drug led to small changes in the coronavirus’ signature spike protein, which it uses to penetrate human cells. Theoretically, FDA cautioned, those changes could lead to dangerous new variants. 

Merck’s drug uses a novel approach to fight Covid: it inserts tiny mutations into the coronavirus’ genetic code to stop the virus from reproducing.

But that genetic effect has raised concerns that in rare cases the drug could cause birth defects or even spur more virulent strains of the virus.

Pregnant women were excluded from Merck’s study, and both women and men in the study were instructed to use contraception or abstain from sex. 

Among more than 1,400 adults in a company study, molnupiravir reduced the combined risk of hospitalization and death by 30 percent, less than the 50 percent initially reported based on incomplete results.

Nearly 7 percent of patients who received Merck’s drug within five days of Covid symptoms ended up in the hospital and one died. That compared to 10 percent of patients hospitalized who were taking the placebo and nine deaths. 

If one is faced with death or possible side-effects from a pill, one would certainly say, "give me the pill, doc." 

When malnupiravir was first being hyped as a game-changer, the data was something like 80% effective against severe COVID. Now those numbers have dropped to 30%, and carry the potential of new dangerous variants. This is why there is a process in developing new drugs. But I'm sure Merck will make a lot of money on this pill. Let's just hope it doesn't create the need for more pills.

Unfortunately, one has to wonder if the vaccines have done more harm than good. How different would things be if we had just gone on about our lives, using as much common sense and caution as we could. Would COVID still be a thing? Sure, big pharma would disagree. But they have a dog in the fight that has generated $55 billion to their net worth in less than a year. I suspect capitalists would say anything for $55 billion (remember the "miracle drug" Oxycontin?).

And what about this new pill, that will be available soon? Will it create super variants that our immune systems are incapable of fighting off? Will it ultimately cause more harm than good? 

Have the PTB been right in how they have handled the pandemic? In hindsight, have they made all the right decisions? Nobody would blame them if they've made mistakes, so why not just own them? When you just keep doubling-down, and things continue to stay the same, or get worse, how can people trust those in charge? Honesty goes a long way. And trust is earned. Just keep it real already.

 

 

 

Climate Change is the Religion of Weathermen Masquerading as Gods

https://scitechdaily.com/flawed-climate-models-arctic-ocean-started-getting-warmer-decades-earlier-than-we-thought/

The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest – due to warmer water flowing into the delicate polar ecosystem from the Atlantic Ocean.

An international group of researchers reconstructed the recent history of ocean warming at the gateway to the Arctic Ocean in a region called the Fram Strait, between Greenland and Svalbard.

Using the chemical signatures found in marine microorganisms, the researchers found that the Arctic Ocean began warming rapidly at the beginning of the last century as warmer and saltier waters flowed in from the Atlantic – a phenomenon called Atlantification – and that this change likely preceded the warming documented by modern instrumental measurements. Since 1900, the ocean temperature has risen by approximately 2 degrees Celsius, while sea ice has retreated and salinity has increased.

The results, reported in the journal Science Advances, provide the first historical perspective on Atlantification of the Arctic Ocean and reveal a connection with the North Atlantic that is much stronger than previously thought. The connection is capable of shaping Arctic climate variability, which could have important implications for sea-ice retreat and global sea level rise as the polar ice sheets continue to melt.

All of the world’s oceans are warming due to climate change, but the Arctic Ocean, the smallest and shallowest of the world’s oceans, is warming fastest of all.

“The rate of warming in the Arctic is more than double the global average, due to feedback mechanisms,” said co-lead author Dr. Francesco Muschitiello from Cambridge’s Department of Geography. “Based on satellite measurements, we know that the Arctic Ocean has been steadily warming, in particular over the past 20 years, but we wanted to place the recent warming into a longer context.”

Atlantification is one of the causes of warming in the Arctic, however instrumental records capable of monitoring this process, such as satellites, only go back about 40 years. 

The primary principle of progress is change. 

Change is defined as "to make radically different."

Change is both reactionary and revolutionary. Therefore, to be an advocate for change, one has to present a reasonable argument that change is warranted.

The problem with progressive change is that it's a mindset that never becomes stagnant. In other words, there is no pinnacle; there is no end game. The world could be perfect, and the changeists would still be spotting problems that needed changed.

Changeism is dogmatic and its adherents suffer from delusions of grandeur. They are oxymorons with a god complex. For example, they tend to be humanist and anti-human; white and anti-white; usurpers and destroyers. 

Climate change is the Jesus Christ of changeism. It's their vessel to literally save the world. Thus, they've established the moral high-ground to rule over you, because humans are destroying the planet, and the changeists have to take it upon themselves to save the world. 

The climate is continually changing, just like it always has. Climate change -as we know it- is a hoax. The way they validate the climate change hoax is with Science! But that Science! is just man's interpretation of weather, and used as a proxy for power.

Climate change is the religion of weathermen masquerading as gods. Their disciples are changeists. Changeists are just doomsday prophets on steroids. 

Epstein Killed Himself

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/epsteins-final-days-celebrity-reminiscing-133925874.html

The disgraced financier, jailed in Manhattan on federal sex trafficking charges involving teenage girls, was found unconscious on the floor of his cell one morning in July 2019, a strip of bedsheet tied around his bruised neck.

In the hours and days that followed that suicide attempt, Jeffrey Epstein would claim to be living a “wonderful life,” denying any thoughts of ending it, even as he sat on suicide watch and faced daunting legal troubles.

“I have no interest in killing myself,” Epstein told a jailhouse psychologist, according to Bureau of Prisons documents that have not previously been made public. He was a “coward” and did not like pain, he explained. “I would not do that to myself.”

After a life of manipulation, Epstein created illusions until the very end, deceiving correctional officers, counselors and specially trained inmates assigned to monitor him around the clock, according to the documents — among more than 2,000 pages of Federal Bureau of Prisons records obtained by The New York Times after filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. 

The newly obtained records offer no support to the explosion of conspiracy theories that Epstein’s death was not a suicide. They also shed no light on questions raised by his brother and one of his attorneys that he might have been assisted in killing himself. But they do paint a picture of incompetence and sloppiness by some within the Bureau of Prisons, which runs the federal detention center.

An intake screening form erroneously described Epstein as a Black male (he was white), and indicated that he had no prior sex offense convictions, even though he was a registered sex offender with two 2008 convictions in Florida, for solicitation of prostitution and procurement of minors to engage in prostitution. A few social phone calls he made were not recorded, logged or monitored, records show, an apparent violation of jail policy. 

Two days after the suicide, William Barr, then the U.S. attorney general, said there were “serious irregularities” at the correctional center, but did not elaborate. He later blamed “a perfect storm of screw-ups.”

A 15-page psychological reconstruction of Epstein’s death, compiled by bureau officials five weeks later and never before made public, concluded that his identity “appeared to be based on his wealth, power and association with other high-profile individuals.”

“The lack of significant interpersonal connections, a complete loss of his status in both the community and among associates, and the idea of potentially spending his life in prison,” the post-mortem continued, “were likely factors contributing to Mr. Epstein’s suicide.” 

The Times obtained the materials after suing the Bureau of Prisons, which had repeatedly rejected its public-records requests. As part of a settlement, the agency agreed to turn over internal memos and emails, visitor logs, handwritten notes from inmates, and the psychological reconstruction of Epstein’s death. Many of the documents were heavily redacted; some were withheld entirely, including a number of records associated with the earlier suicide attempt.

If convicted, he faced up to 45 years in prison.

On the morning of Tuesday, July 9, Epstein underwent the requested formal, in-person suicide risk evaluation. The psychologist, whose name was redacted from the documents, found Epstein to be polite, cooperative, organized, coherent and even showing a sense of humor.

“Epstein adamantly denied any suicidal ideation, intention or plan,” she wrote in her notes. He requested a phone call, a meeting with his attorney, a shower and to brush his teeth.

Epstein described himself to her as a banker with a “big business” and said that “being alive is fun.” He denied having sexually abused anyone, and said he would have a renewed bail hearing the next week, where he believed he would be released.

“He was future-oriented,” the psychologist wrote. 

And the day after that, a psychologist wrote: “He was smirking and said, ‘Why would you ever think I would be suicidal? I am not suicidal and I would never be.’”

In conversations with people from psychological services over the next week, Epstein repeatedly denied having suicidal thoughts. He smiled and cracked jokes. He told them he was Jewish, and suicide was against his religion.

This prompted another suicide risk assessment by a psychologist. Epstein again denied having suicidal thoughts. The psychologist was persuaded, according to the documents, writing that a suicide watch was not warranted.

“He stated he lives for and plans to finish this case and to go back to his normal life,” the psychologist wrote.

Among the documents obtained by the Times was an undated sign, on orange paper, that read, “MANDATORY ROUNDS MUST BE CONDUCTED EVERY 30 MINUTES ON EPSTEIN #76318-054 AS PER GOD!!!!” 

That evening, according to the reconstruction, a unit manager at the detention center helped Epstein make a “social” phone call. The manager dialed for Epstein and let him speak for 15 minutes. The call was not properly logged and does not appear to have been recorded. It is not clear from the documents whether the call was on a monitored line.

“I asked inmate Epstein who he was calling,” the unit manager wrote. “He stated his mother.”

Epstein’s mother died in 2004. The call was to his 30-year-old girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, whom he helped put through dental school, said three people with knowledge of the phone conversation. Epstein, they said, gave no indication during the call that he planned to kill himself.

The call that night, however, was not included in the phone logs provided to the Times by the Bureau of Prisons. The logs show only one social call during his stay — more than a week earlier, on July 30, to Shuliak. 

About two months after Epstein’s death, an inmate who appears to have worked in the kitchen emailed the psychology department about a conversation he had with a man whose cell had been next to Epstein’s.

He said the other inmate had told him: “Jeffrey Epstein definitely killed himself. Any conspiracy theories to the contrary are ridiculous.” The man had heard Epstein “tearing up his sheet before committing suicide,” the kitchen worker wrote.

“He wanted to kill himself and seized the opportunity when it was available,” he added. “Such is life — or death, in this case.” 

All lies are a derivative of truth. When the truth has been compromised, so has reality. 

Epstein was adamant that he had no intentions on killing himself. Epstein was also a compulsive liar. 

The NYT had to sue the BOP to get the above cited withheld materials that were a matter of public record. Those materials were also "heavily redacted."

None of Epstein's phone calls (with the exception of one) were ever recorded. All jail phone calls are recorded. 

The AG stated the suicide was the result of a "perfect storm of screw ups." In other words, the "perfect storm" was a series of random coincidences. 

Once conspiracy theories began to surface, an inmate writes a letter confirming that Epstein really did kill himself and that the "conspiracy theories to the contrary are ridiculous." Inmates are opportunists who notoriously make deals with the system for leniency or favors. Again, an ironic coincidence that once conspiracy theories about Epstein's death became woven into the public narrative (2 months later), the inmate in the next cell tells another inmate who then writes a letter to staff stating that Epstein "definitely killed himself."

Ultimately, it doesn't matter if Epstein killed himself or not. He was a scumbag and everybody knew it. What matters is that nobody believes the mainstream narrative surrounding anything about Epstein. Most people (or most people who have an educated opinion on the matter) believe that Epstein was a Mossad operative running a blackmail scheme on elites. In fact, that's the reason most people are interested in Epstein to begin with. Otherwise, nobody would give a shit about Jeffrey Epstein in the first place.

Epstein knew from the beginning that when the gig was up, he had to go down with ship. By his hand, or another's is irrelevant. He lived the life of fame of fortune that he desperately craved for 66 years, and ultimately preserved his wealth. I suspect he went out "smirking." 

Consequently, this begs a couple of questions: Who took Epstein's position? And what will become of Ghislaine Maxwell?

 

 

Sunday Scripture

John 18:33-37

33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” 37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

Fast Food Contains Sterilizing Plastics

https://scitechdaily.com/industrial-chemicals-linked-to-a-long-list-of-serious-health-problems-detected-in-us-fast-foods/

Chicken nuggets, burritos, and other popular items consumers buy from fast food outlets in the United States contain chemicals that are linked to a long list of serious health problems, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.

Researchers at the George Washington University and their colleagues bought fast foods from popular outlets and found 10 of 11 potentially harmful chemicals in the samples, including phthalates, a group of chemicals that are used to make plastics soft and are known to disrupt the endocrine system. The research team also found other plasticizers, chemicals that are emerging as replacements to phthalates.

“We found phthalates and other plasticizers are widespread in prepared foods available at U.S. fast food chains, a finding that means many consumers are getting a side of potentially unhealthy chemicals along with their meal,” Lariah Edwards, lead author of the study and a postdoctoral scientist at GW, said. “Stronger regulations are needed to help keep these harmful chemicals out of the food supply.”

Previously, a GW research team led by Ami Zota, a professor of environmental and occupational health, looked at fast food consumption in a national survey and found people who reported eating more fast foods had higher levels of phthalates. No one has looked at the link between fast food and non-phthalate plasticizers, which are used in place of banned or restricted phthalates in food packaging and processing equipment.

In this study, Edwards, Zota and their colleagues purchased 64 fast food items from different restaurants and asked for three pairs of unused food handling gloves. The team tested food items and the gloves for 11 kinds of phthalates and plasticizers, finding that:

81% of the food samples studied contained a phthalate called DnBP and 70% contained DEHP. Both these chemicals have been linked in numerous studies to fertility and reproductive problems in humans. These phthalates can also increase risk for learning, attention, and behavioral disorders in childhood.

86% of the foods contained the replacement plasticizer known as DEHT, a chemical that needs further study to determine its impact on human health.

Foods containing meats, such as cheeseburgers and chicken burritos, had higher levels of the chemicals studied.

Chicken burritos and cheeseburgers had the highest levels of DEHT. The researchers noted that food handling gloves collected from the same restaurants also contained this chemical.

Cheese pizzas had the lowest levels of most chemicals tested.

Phthalates and replacement plasticizers are chemicals used to make plastics soft and can migrate out of plastics into the food, which is ingested. Some sources of plastics include food handling gloves, industrial tubing, food conveyor belts and the outer packaging used to wrap fast food meals available in restaurants. 

The study also raises the concern that certain racial/minority groups may be disproportionately affected by these chemicals.

“Disadvantaged neighborhoods often have plenty of fast food outlets, but limited access to healthier foods like fruits and vegetables,” Zota said. “Additional research needs to be done to find out whether people living in such food deserts are at higher risk of exposure to these harmful chemicals.” 

Remember, kids: They care about you. That's why they include potential sterilizing plastics in the food that has become synonymous with American culture. 

Just like when they encourage social distancing, yet set curfews so the time frame that people can socially distance is actually decreased. 

Or when they force you to either get an injection you don't want, or lose your job. They really don't want you to be homeless or hungry, they just want you to comply for your own good. They know what's better for you than you do. And if you don't believe that, then you've been exposed to misinformation on social media. 

You just have to follow the science! Or the scientific method. Well, actually just the scientific narrative, which has nothing to do with science and everything to do with the narrative.

Isn't it also a bit strange that "food deserts" are inundated with fast food restaurants? Whatever scientist wrote this article is obviously racist. To insinuate that non-whites have plenty of fast food options, but no grocery stores is a little disingenuous. What the scientist is really alluding too is that non-whites would rather eat fast food than healthy food. And that's racist!

The correlation with poor people and poor diets is common sense. You don't have to be a big brained scientist to know that. It's directly attributed to impulse control. Those who can't manage their finances well, probably aren't going to be very good at managing their diets, either. 

Here's a novel idea: maybe those who have to depend on the government for food should only be given healthy food. Or just the food necessary for survival. Like potatoes, rice and beans. And produce that is going to be thrown away by retailers, and instead donated to hungry people. Then poor non-whites won't be forced to eat plastic cheeseburgers. Besides, beggars can't be choosers.

 

Sunday Scripture:

Galatians 2:20-21

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.  

Most Vaccinated State (VT) Has Record Number of COVID Cases. But How?

 

https://vtdigger.org/2021/11/04/vermont-reports-record-setting-487-covid-19-cases/

The 487 new Covid-19 cases reported Thursday by the Vermont Department of Health breaks the record for a one-day case total by more than 100 cases.

The spike comes after a lull of mixed case numbers, where the seven-day average wavered between 200 and 220 cases per day. Now, with Thursday’s big bump, the seven-day average has risen to 247 cases per day.

The last time Vermont shattered its previous one-day case total — with 330 cases on Sept. 15 — the health department blamed the number on a computer error that artificially delayed test results.

But this time, “the numbers are accurate and there are no associated glitches or delays,” department spokesperson Ben Truman confirmed via email. 

Vermont is the most vaccinated state (81% of those eligible are vaccinated) and have broken their previous record for number of cases by more than a 100. 

I wonder how anyone capable of rational thought could read this data and still have "vaccine hesitancy." If they do, it's obviously just from "misinformation" they read on Gab.

One would assume the "misinformation" angle would be, "yea, but it's all the unvaccinated people's fault. If everybody got the vaccine then COVID would go away." 

But, how can you make that argument when there are more cases now than pre-vax? And not just more, but 2.5x more?

Let's do a simple thinking exercise: 

If 80% of the population were vaccinated what result would be most likely: 

a. cases decrease by 80%

b. cases increase by 250%

 

People began taking the vaccine in mid-Dec. At that time, the rolling 7-day average was 105/100k (and that was in the peak of the pandemic). It takes 5 weeks to be fully protected by the 2-shot full-dose. By that time (Feb 1) the rolling average was 135/100k (again, peak winter and peak of the pandemic). Fast forward to today (Nov 3) and that average is now up to 247/100k (late fall with 80% vaxed almost 2 years into the pandemic). And it's all because 20% of the population didn't take a couple of injections.

How could anyone think that?

And yet, many do: