July 25th, 2021 • 3h 27m
Shownotes
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France
PCR
CDC PCR Test Change
"In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Such assays can facilitate continued testing for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and can save both time and resources as we head into influenza season. Laboratories and testing sites should validate and verify their selected assay within their facility before beginning clinical testing."
Mandates
UK Vax lists being made
I emailed you last week to highlight that our local Council was trying to get a list of everyone who had not had the jab yet from the local doctors.
My wife has just told me that other regions are giving out these names already and our county has now agreed to give out the names too.
They are using the emergency powers the Government granted itself at the start of the pandemic as the unjabbed are deemed a health risk to the general public.
I am expecting someone to knock on my door in the near future and if I can't fight the urge to slam the door in their face I will try and get some information etc for you.
Thanks for everything.
Israel - Natural infection vs vaccination: Which gives more protection?
Nearly 40% of new COVID patients were vaccinated - compared to just 1% who had been infected previously.
By contrast, Israelis who were vaccinated were 6.72 times more likely to get infected after the shot than after natural infection, with over 3,000 of the 5,193,499, or 0.0578%, of Israelis who were vaccinated getting infected in the latest wave.
OTG
Solar Flares outages?
On 7/22 when the 30K sites went down, there was a planetary K-index of level 4 (I assume it was a big deal). He is also NOT a 'climate change guy'. He has said the solar flairs and the upcoming 'moon wobble' will play a huge part in flooding in the coming years.
Green New Deal
Germany Flooding - Political BOTG
I live near the area that the report from thursday's show mentioned. Of course this is being
politicized to the max, while people affected wait for actual help from politicians instead of
hearing the same old preachings about the effects of carbon dyoxide. This being an election year
makes it even worse.
The so called unprecented floods happened on the same scale in this region in 1804 and 1910. Seems
like it will take another 100 years for people to get complacent again. They will forget about not
settling in flooding areas.
And the state will likely not be setting up floodplains but instead be selling all the beautiful
but dangerous landscape.
Of course most people in Germany unaffected by this will eat up all the climate change rhetoric the
media feeds them. For the rest it sounds like an excuse for what could have been prevented.
Nils (actually a viscount)
Variants
Dr Drosten has all the discoveries!
The German researcher credited for the first COVID test assay has quite an impressive resumé.
"Previous successes recorded by Prof. Drosten and his research groups include the development of novel Zika virus tests and the development of a standard test for the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) pathogen, which is now being used worldwide. A BIH Professor and one the co-discoverers of the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus in 2003, Prof. Drosten was also responsible for developing and making available the first diagnostic test for SARS. The next few years will see members of the DZIF’s ‘Virus detection and preparedness’ group at Charité continue their efforts to increase our preparedness for the emergence of new viruses."
Long Covid vs General Anxiety Disorder
Pfizer Marketing
The Hospitalist's record
The hospitalist Brytney Cobia appeared in a separate news story just before her recent social media post about vaccines. This one was about masks.
July 21: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/87676
July 23: https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/07/23/covid-doctors
More scandalously, Brytney's husband, Miles (@neurooruen on Twitter), in a now-deleted tweet, wrote:
"I can't believe we may have a vaccine released before phase 3 testing in the US. I really can't believe it. Regardless of all the crazy things that have happened, mass vaccine distribution BEFORE PHASE 3 TESTING, is insane to me. We have had one of the most stringent Approval policies of any country in the world... and yet we may be the first to release a vaccine in spite of a lack of phase 3 (not to mention
Phase 4) testing. It's unlike anything I've ever seen in medicine".
Archive link for tweet, as it's quite long. It may take some time to load, but it will get there:
https://twunroll.com/article/1303164376053157893
Maybe he changed his mind on the vaccine once Orange Man left office.
Hospitalist
A Hospitalist is a hospital based doctor that oversees patient care while admitted. They are similar to a Family Medicine doctor, and will work with your Primary Care Physician and any specialists needed (i.e. cardiologist, neurologist). If you get admitted from the Emergency Room, the first Doctor you meet after being moved upstairs will most likely be a Hospitalist.
Most likely, your Primary Care Physician (the Doctor that gives you your annual Finger of Doom) will never go on rounds and visit you during your stay.
If someone claiming to be a Hospitalist tells you about trends they are seeing in hospital care, they would be a credible source.
I don’t work in health care, I’ve just made a lot of trips to the hospital with my parents lately.
Producer Paul
Even made NL news
During the period she was there as reported, max 3 deaths
Credit Karma
Credit Karma example
Hey there and ITM. One of my co-workers has the credit carma pay app. She bought food for us at work as she is the manager and is reimbursed through the company when she does. Her order for breakfast was picked at random as Credit Karma does, to be completly reimbursed. I think she paid about $60 dollars and Credit Karma sent her a message saying "we paid for your purchase". She got the entire amount refunded to her. They do this at random and from what I hear no one knows if there is a limit on how much a charge will be covered. I'm sure there is. .. but, Heck, I may just download it and go buy a car and cross my fingers. Just kidding. I'd never let that crap on my phone.
Freedom Pass
Covid test recommendation Texas Urgent Care: continuing tactical aversion of other humanoids
Prayers for covid-19
A Prayer for Receiving the COVID Vaccine
I have been praying for this day and now it is here!
With great excitement, a touch of trepidation
And with deep gratitude
I give thanks
To all the scientists who toiled day and night
So that I might receive this tiny vaccination
That will protect me and all souls around this world.
With the pandemic still raging
I am blessed to do my part to defeat it.
Let this be the beginning of a new day,
A new time of hope, of joy, of freedom
And most of all, of health.
I thank You, God, for blessing me with life
For sustaining my life
And for enabling me to reach this awe-filled moment.
Amen
Haiti
Kirby Haiti Q&A
Q: Hi. Thank you.
My question has to do with the assassination in Haiti and the DOD's statement that some of the suspected people involved had received training from the U.S. military. Has there been anything in addition that the Defense Department has learned about potentially how many people, what -- what kind of training, things like that? And also, are those -- is that discovery and what happened in Haiti prompting the DOD to perhaps reevaluate or reconsider how it trains foreign militaries, or how it vets those who participate?
MR. KIRBY: So I think what we can confirm is thus far, we've identified seven individuals who were former members of the Colombian military that had received some sort of training and education, U.S.-funded and provided education and training. Some of it was under State Department funding and authorities, and some of -- some of the training was under DOD, Department of Defense-funded training.
But to you give an example of some of them that we've identified -- and -- and this isn't by individual. I'm not going to get into speaking to individuals, but cadet leadership development, counter-drug operations, noncommissioned officer professional development, small-unit leadership training, human rights training, emergency medical training, some helicopter maintenance training and those kinds of things -- all things that are very common. We train thousands of individuals, particularly from militaries in the Western hemisphere over the -- over the course of a given year, all training that is basic military and leadership training, as I just cited. And those examples I gave are actual examples of training we know that these seven individuals got -- nothing, certainly, related at all -- or -- or that one could extrapolate, you know, as leading to or encouraging of what happened in -- in Haiti. And I know of no plans right now, as a result of what happened in Haiti, for us to reconsider or to change this very valuable, ethical leadership training that we continue to provide to -- to partners in the Western hemisphere and to partners around the world.
Q: Is it correct that some of them were -- were trained at Fort Polk, or were some people trained elsewhere, or --
MR. KIRBY: I don't have the details of exactly where all this training went. You're talking about seven individuals over the course of their time in the -- in the Colombian military, and I just, I don't have the details of every base at which every training seminar was held, and frankly, I'm not really sure the relevance of that level of detail anyway.
Q: But no changes in the works.
MR. KIRBY: Sylvie?
Olympics
Cuomo
Biden
CNN Biden town hall loses out to Fox News, MSNBC in ratings
Deadline, citing Nielsen ratings, reported that CNN pulled in an average of 1.46 million viewers between 8 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., when the president was on stage in Cincinnati. That’s a 58 percent drop in viewership from the previous CNN town hall with Biden this past February, which drew 3.5 million viewers.
Over the same 75-minute period Wednesday, Fox drew an average of 2.76 million viewers for “Tucker Carlson Tonight” and the first part of “Hannity.” The latter program featured a town hall with Florida Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Marco Rubio, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez discussing the ongoing pro-freedom protests in Cuba.
Supply Chains
Restaurant Supply Chain issues
Hey Adam. Just wanted to give you a quick heads up about things going on in the supply chain in the bar industry. I'm being told by my liquor reps that a particular brand of alcohol is not able to send out any of their product because they have no bottles to put it in.
I noticed that another similar brand that provides similar products, puckers and flavored cordials, is now also not delivering product though I haven't gotten confirmation that THAT company is in the same boat.
It's interesting to note that 2 months ago I couldn't get any of a particular popular beer delivered for a week because they also had a bottle shortage. No, it was not Pabst Blue Ribbon. Other items in the restaurant industry like glasses,
silverware, and large pieces of equipment are also damn near impossible to find.
Jerks in Space
BTC
Cash Will Soon Be Obsolete. Will America Be Ready? - The New York Times
A central-bank digital currency can also be a useful policy tool. Typically, if the Federal Reserve wants to stimulate consumption and investment, it can cut interest rates and make cheap credit available. But if the economy is cratering and the Fed has already cut the short-term interest rate it controls to near zero, its options are limited. If cash were replaced with a digital dollar, however, the Fed could impose a negative interest rate by gradually shrinking the electronic balances in everyone’s digital currency accounts, creating an incentive for consumers to spend and for companies to invest.
