Notable #16973
>>13399775 CA podcaster gets visit from police after ‘lightly’ criticizing AOC on Twitter
@ColumbiaBugle
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Tucker: =="Ryan Wentz hadn't included any personal
https://twitter.com/i/status/1380694420027109378information in his social media profile and yet the police knew his name and they knew exactly where he lived. How did they find him? It seems likely that Twitter turned Wentz into authorities on behalf of their friend @AOC
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Notable #16973
>>13399775 CA podcaster gets visit from police after ‘lightly’ criticizing AOC on Twitter
@ColumbiaBugle
Whoa
Tucker: =="Ryan Wentz hadn't included any personal information in his social media profile and yet the police knew his name and they knew exactly where he lived. How did they find him? It seems likely that Twitter turned Wentz into authorities on behalf of their friend @AOC
."==
https://twitter.com/i/status/1380694420027109378
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Study finds COVID variant affects vaccinated individuals more than unvaccinated
The South Africa variant of the coronavirus affects vaccinated individuals more than those who are unvaccinated, according to a new study from Tel Aviv University and Israel’s largest healthcare provider.
The study, which was published Saturday and still requires peer review, looked at 400 individuals who tested positive for the coronavirus despite receiving at least one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and compared the prevalence of the South African variant, B.1.351, with the same number of people who have not yet received a vaccination.
"We found a disproportionately higher rate of the South African variant among people vaccinated with a second dose, compared to the unvaccinated group," said Adi Stern of Tel Aviv University. "This means that the South African variant is able, to some extent, to break through the vaccine’s protection."
Not only could the variant “break through” protections offered by the Pfizer vaccine, but it uniquely affects those who have been vaccinated (around eight times higher) than those who have not received the vaccine — 5.4% to 0.7%.
Stern said the result came as a surprise, based on larger patterns.
“Based on patterns in the general population, we would have expected just one case of the South African variant, but we saw eight,” Stern told the Times of Israel. “Obviously, this result didn’t make me happy.”
The South Africa variant is generally rare, making up only about 1% of all coronavirus infections.
"Even if the South African variant does break through the vaccine’s protection, it has not spread widely through the population," Stern added.
The study has not yet been peer-reviewed, but Clalit Research director and professor Ran Balicer said the study is still important as it is “the first in the world to be based on real-world data.”
Tel Aviv University clarified the study focused on the Pfizer vaccine, which 53% of Israel’s 9.3 million citizens have received, and omitted the Moderna vaccine, which is only rarely used in the country. About a third of the country is under the age of 16 and is not eligible to receive any vaccine.
The study is also not intended to point to the overall effectiveness of the vaccines, as it specifically included those who tested positive for the coronavirus.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/study-covid-variant-pfizer-vaccinated-unvaccinated
Israeli data shows South African variant able to ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine
Strain is more effective than original COVID and the British variant at bypassing the shot, Israeli scientists find, in first-of-its-kind, real-world study
The South African variant of the coronavirus is notably more adept at “breaking through” the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine than other variants are, Israeli scientists have found, in a first-of-its-kind real-world study.
Israel has used the Pfizer vaccine almost exclusively to vaccinate millions of citizens, with a version by Moderna, based on similar innovative mRNA technology, used minimally.
A team from Tel Aviv University and the Clalit healthcare organization sequenced the swabs of 150 Israelis who tested positive for COVID-19 despite having been vaccinated.
In their study, the prevalence of the South African strain among vaccinated individuals who were infected despite their inoculation was eight times higher than its prevalence in the unvaccinated infected population.
Though the number of such infections among the vaccinated was relatively small, the findings indicated that this variant was far more successful in getting through vaccinated individuals’ defenses than other strains.
“Based on patterns in the general population, we would have expected just one case of the South African variant, but we saw eight,” Prof. Adi Stern, who headed the research, told The Times of Israel. “Obviously, this result didn’t make me happy.”
She said that the results show that the South African variant, compared to the original strain and the British variant, “is able to break through the vaccine’s protection.” However, she said that the sample size is too small to put a figure on its increased ability.
“We can say it’s less effective, but more research is needed to establish exactly how much,” she said.
Prof. Ran Balicer, director of research at Clalit, said the study was “very important.”
“It is the first in the world to be based on real-world data, showing that the vaccine is less effective against the South African variant, compared to both the original virus and the British variant,” he said.
Balicer added that the results call for continued vigilance against the coronavirus, including social distancing and wearing masks in indoor spaces, to prevent infection.
“These preliminary findings necessitates close continued attention to the dissemination of this strain in Israel, emphasizing the need for epidemiological monitoring and systematic sequencing, in order to contain further spread of the South African variant in Israel,” he said.
The research, which has been posted online but not yet peer-reviewed, is likely to raise questions about Pfizer’s own real-world study, which found that in South Africa, despite the local strain being prevalent, the vaccine was 100 percent effective.
The Tel Aviv research appears to corroborate a recent study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which found that the vaccine response is less effective against the South African variant. It drew its conclusion by analyzing blood samples, while the new research is based on actual sequenced test results.
Stern emphasized that the South African variant remains uncommon within the vaccinated population, and stressed that the study does not precisely indicate the level of protection against the variant, because its prevalence in Israel is very low – about 1% of all cases.
The study also examined the so-called British variant’s ability to break through the vaccine’s defenses, compared to the original strain. No difference was found in the UK variant’s ability to infect fully vaccinated individuals (after two doses). However, it was more able to infect partially vaccinated individuals than the original.
In Israel, the massive spread of the extra-contagious British variant starting in early January — to the point that it now accounts for more than 90% of COVID cases — is believed to have been responsible for a major wave in the first months of the year, slowing the exit from the pandemic.
But Stern said it may well have had a silver lining: In the battle between variants, the British is far stronger, and may well be keeping the South African at bay.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/real-world-israeli-data-shows-south-african-variant-better-at-bypassing-vaccine/
China CDC Director: Chinese COVID Vaccines ‘Don’t Have Very High Protection Rates’
China’s top disease control official on Saturday acknowledged that the country’s coronavirus vaccines “don’t have very high protection rates” and that the government is exploring potentially mixing them to bolster their efficacy.
The admission by Gao Fu, the director of the China Centers for Disease Control, comes as Beijing has already distributed hundreds of millions of doses in other countries and has not approved any foreign vaccines for use in China.
“It’s now under formal consideration whether we should use different vaccines from different technical lines for the immunization process,” Gao said at a conference in Chengdu, according to the New York Post.
Yet more than 34 million people have received both of the two doses required by the Chinese vaccines and roughly 65 million people have received one, Gao said.
While researchers in Brazil found a coronavirus vaccine created by Sinovac, a Chinese developer, was just 50.4 percent effective in preventing symptomatic infections, those made by Pfizer and Moderna have been shown to be over 90 percent effective.
Chinese vaccines rely on traditional technology while both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines used mRNA, a previously experimental technique.
“Everyone should consider the benefits mRNA vaccines can bring for humanity,” Gao said. “We must follow it carefully and not ignore it just because we already have several types of vaccines already.”
His comments come after he previously raised questions about the safety of mRNA vaccines, along with Chinese state media and popular health and science blogs. Gao reportedly said in December that he couldn’t rule out negative side effects from mRNA vaccines as they were being used for the first time on healthy people.
Meanwhile, scientists are studying whether mixing vaccines or sequential immunization may raise efficacy rates, including in Britain where researchers are investigating a possible combination of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.
https://news.yahoo.com/china-cdc-director-chinese-covid-132225572.html
NO Jab, NO Play
Lifted MEME..
Cities got deadlier in 2020: What's behind the spike in homicides?
For those who follow urban-American history, the most remarkable story of the 20th century’s last decade has to be what’s now widely known as the Great Crime Decline. While 2020 most assuredly will be remembered for the global coronavirus pandemic, it also will go down as a year marked by resurgent criminal violence that may end up spelling serious trouble for American cities — especially if they botch their responses to it.
In 1991, the U.S. saw almost 25,000 homicides — a rate of 9.8 per 100,000. The country’s deadly crime problem was then (as it is now) heavily concentrated in cities. New York City alone accounted for almost 10 percent of all homicides in 1991. Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., together accounted for another 10 percent. Representing one of the greatest victories by the turn of the century, annual homicides were down by more than 9,000 — a decline concentrated heavily in and around America’s urban centers.
Though the final numbers won’t be available for months, criminologists estimate that 2020 will have seen — for the first time since the mid-1990s — more than 20,000 criminal homicides. And, once again, a sizable portion of the 2020 spike occurred in urban jurisdictions — big, medium, and small:
New York, which also had seen homicides rise (albeit by much less) in 2018 and 2019, saw almost 150 additional homicides and more than 750 additional shootings in 2020, representing respective increases of 45 percent and 97 percent;
Chicago, which hadn’t yet fully recovered from homicide spikes in 2015 and ’16, saw 274 more homicides and 1,435 additional shootings in 2020 — 55 percent spikes;
L.A. saw homicides jump approximately 38 percent, or nearly 100, while shootings spiked almost 40 percent;
D.C. closed 2020 with homicides up for the third year — this time by almost 20 percent, or 32 more deaths;
Killings in Philadelphia, where year-end homicides have risen every year since 2016, were just one body shy of 500, a 40 percent increase;
Louisville saw homicides jump by more than 70 percent, shattering a record set in 2016;
Cincinnati’s homicides spiked more than 28 percent, reaching a record of 94;
In Detroit, shootings and homicides rose for the second-straight year, soaring by 53 percent and 19 percent, respectively;
Shootings in Providence, R.I., doubled, while homicides rose from 13 in 2019 to 18 in 2020;
Homicides jumped for the second straight year in Minneapolis, to 84 deaths — the highest tally since 1995;
Cleveland had its highest murder tally since 1982, after a nearly 40 percent spike in killings last year;
Houston hit 413 murders in 2020 — a 42 percent increase over 2019;
Indianapolis saw a 40 percent bump in murders;
For Denver, the murder increase was 50 percent;
Fresno, Calif., saw its homicide numbers spike by 64 percent.
The 66 cities that responded to the Major City Chiefs Association’s year-end violent crime survey collectively saw 1,990 more murders in 2020 than in 2019, which is almost half of the 4,000 additional murders experts have estimated occurred in 2020.
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/546445-cities-got-deadlier-in-2020-whats-behind-the-spike-in-homicides
Interesting.
>fentanyl laced meth
Is it true that Once a Meth Head, Always a Meth Head?
Rehap is a crock of crap. It is all about the money.
22 Things Meth addicts won’t tell you about their addiction
People suffering from meth addiction may try to hide the side effects of meth use from their friends and family. Here are twenty-two things most meth addicts will not tell you about their addiction.
Skin issues and infections are common among meth users.
Many meth users suffer from acne and meth-induced hallucinations known as “crank bugs.” Meth users will pick at their skin thinking bugs are beneath the surface. The presence of red, open, painful-looking sores across the body and face are common signs of meth use and addiction
Meth abuse can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
Meth users have difficulty sleeping, and may lash out in aggression. Extreme changes in behavior can indicate meth addiction.
Meth users tend to suffer from meth mouth and severe dental problems.
Meth use can lead to teeth clenching and grinding, and poor dental hygiene. Plus, many meth users drink sugary carbonated drinks that contribute to poor oral health. Tooth decay, tooth loss, and gum disease are common among meth users — especially those who inject the drug.
Meth use can contribute to and worsen the progression of HIV and AIDS.
Meth increases energy and sexual libido while lowering inhibitions and allowing people to perform sexual intercourse for extended periods of time. People who inject meth can also develop HIV and AIDS from sharing contaminated needles.
Many meth addicts enjoy the way they feel on meth.
Meth causes euphoria, increased energy, and other desirable effects for its users. Unfortunately, the ‘positive’ effects of meth can quickly become unpleasant post-meth-high. This can lead to paranoia, aggression, and violence as users come off their highs.
Meth can cause seizures in those who use large amounts of the drug.
Seizures are common among cocaine and meth users, though meth users tend to suffer longer lasting convulsions. Seizures caused by meth are dangerous and can lead to sudden death.
“Tweakers” are people who use meth for between three and fifteen days.
Tweakers typically don’t sleep during these long periods of meth use and become psychotic on behalf of sleep loss, insomnia, and intense drug cravings. Tweakers can become extremely violent and dangerous, and tend to have fast-moving eyes and quivering voices. These meth users also tend to move more quickly and jerkily than other meth users. Tweaker behavior becomes more frantic the longer they use this drug.
Meth can cause homicidal and suicidal tendencies in chronic users.
Meth use is linked to a high number of crimes for this reason. Meth users will commit crimes in order to continue abusing the drug. Those who suffer from meth addiction often try hiding these tendencies from others so they can avoid getting caught.
Dry mouth is one of the most common side effects of meth use.
Chronic meth users may chew lots of gum or drink lots of water to offset the side effects of meth use (dry mouth and meth mouth).
Meth use can cause extreme weight loss and malnutrition.
If you suspect someone may be using meth, take note of their eating habits. If they are experiencing a loss of appetite and sudden weight loss, it could indicate a drug problem.
Meth users are less likely to combine meth with alcohol compared to cocaine addicts.
However, people who use meth tend to use this drug more frequently than those who use cocaine.
Meth users tend to start using at a younger age.
Evidence suggests that meth use tends to be prevalent in the West and parts of the Midwest in the U.S. Users are found to be mostly Caucasian females.
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Crystal meth is usually smoked or injected.
These methods of consumption deliver meth to the brain quickly. This produces a faster high and increases the likelihood of addiction.
Doctors may prescribe Meth as a treatment for ADHD in rare cases.
Although rare, it does happen on occasion. However, those addicted to meth do not normally abuse this form of the drug.
Meth use is linked to increased rates of pregnancy complications.
Premature delivery, placental abruption, and birth defects are a few adverse side effects of meth that can result from pregnant women using the drug.
Childhood trauma and abuse can increase the likelihood of meth addiction.
Meth users with children create unsafe environments, passing along trauma to their family. Parents suffering from meth addiction will display a lack of supervision, chronic neglect, and violence towards their kids.
Continued Meth use changes the brain, sometimes permanently.
Meth interferes with the transmission of the brain chemicals dopamine and serotonin. This puts users at a higher risk for Parkinson’s disease, memory problems, and creates an altered emotional state. Changes in brain chemistry can cause irreversible decay of grey, and white brain matter. But the sooner treatment begins, the lower the risk for these problems.
Meth users tend to be highly self-absorbed due to psychosis induced by meth use.
Long-term meth users who become addicted to this drug are unable to see beyond getting their next fix. They also may experience schizophrenia-like psychosis throughout use.
People who use meth are prone to engage in “punding.”
Punding is pointless, meaningless repetitive activity. This can include instances like lining up objects or breaking things into pieces.
Meth production is often dangerous and can lead to fires and explosions.
The hazardous, toxic chemicals and ingredients used to make meth can cause deadly events. Chemicals can even linger in the air and environment for long periods of time. Meth production exposes people to serious health risks.
Meth use and addiction can cause severe organ damage.
Meth is a stimulant that speeds up central nervous system function. Those who use this drug regularly and long-term can put excess strain on their organs. Meth users often damage their heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and brain.
Severe depression is common among meth users coming down from the drug.
Meth use increases the brain’s production of feel-good chemicals dopamine and serotonin. But when coming down from meth, users suffer reduced levels of these chemicals. The change in the brain can lead to feelings of depression and anxiety. Many meth users will continue to use meth to avoid dealing with these mood disorders. Continual use to avoid the come down is often what leads to meth addiction.
https://www.addictions.com/meth/22-things-meth-addicts-wont-tell-you-about-their-addiction/
OMG. METHtylphenidate = ritalin. No wonder some children are fucked up.
Number of Children & Adolescents Taking Psychiatric Drugs in the U.S.
The following information is the most accurate and documented data available on psychiatric drug usage in the United States. The information is from IQVia (formerly IMS Health), a company that provides information, services and technology for the healthcare industry. It is the largest vendor of U.S. physician prescribing data. The following data was taken from the IQVia Total Patient Tracker Database for Year 2020, extracted January 2021. To see drug regulatory agency warnings, studies and documented side effects of the psychiatric drugs prescribed to children, click hyperlinks below in blue (i.e., ADHD Drugs, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, etc).
https://www.cchrint.org/psychiatric-drugs/children-on-psychiatric-drugs/
>playing dumb
Anons here know, but libtards don't because they are brain dead. I don't think Covid vaccines will help them get any smarter.
>Good to know. Now if only they would do one for all of the Congresschitzos.
Maybe they don't need to because 100%
I know right? Why would a 1 year old need Mood Stabilizers? Shocking 21,593 children 0-1 Years age group "need" Mood Stabilizers like Lithium? What kinds of fucked up parents will do this to their own children?
Mood Stabilizers: What are mood stabilizers?
Mood stabilizers are used primarily to treat bipolar disorder, mood swings associated with other mental disorders, and in some cases, to augment the effect of other medications used to treat depression. Lithium, which is aneffective mood stabilizer, is approved for the treatment of mania and the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder. A number of cohort studies describe anti-suicide benefits of lithium for individuals on long-term maintenance. Mood stabilizers work by decreasing abnormal activity in the brain and are also sometimes used to treat:
Depression (usually along with an antidepressant)
Schizoaffective Disorder
Disorders of impulse control
Certain mental illnesses in children
Anticonvulsant medications are also used as mood stabilizers. They were originally developed to treat seizures, but they were found to help control unstable moods as well. One anticonvulsant commonly used as a mood stabilizer is valproic acid (also called divalproex sodium). For some people, especially those with “mixed” symptoms of mania and depression or those with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, valproic acid may work better than lithium. Other anticonvulsants used as mood stabilizers include:
Carbamazepine
Lamotrigine
Oxcarbazepine
What are the possible side effects of mood stabilizers?
Mood stabilizers can cause several side effects, and some of them may become serious, especially at excessively high blood levels. These side effects include:
Itching, rash
Excessive thirst
Frequent urination
Tremor (shakiness) of the hands
Nausea and vomiting
Slurred speech
Fast, slow, irregular, or pounding heartbeat
Blackouts
Changes in vision
Seizures
Hallucinations (seeing things or hearing voices that do not exist)
Loss of coordination
Swelling of the eyes, face, lips, tongue, throat, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs.
If a person with bipolar disorder is being treated with lithium, he or she should visit the doctor regularly to check the lithium levels his or her blood, and make sure the kidneys and the thyroid are working normally.
Lithium is eliminated from the body through the kidney, so the dose may need to be lowered in older people with reduced kidney function. Also, loss of water from the body, such as through sweating or diarrhea, can cause the lithium level to rise, requiring a temporary lowering of the daily dose. Although kidney functions are checked periodically during lithium treatment, actual damage of the kidney is uncommon in people whose blood levels of lithium have stayed within the therapeutic range.
Mood stabilizers may cause other side effects that are not included in this list. To report any serious adverse effects associated with the use of these medicines, please contact the FDA MedWatch program using the contact information at the bottom of this page. For more information about the risks and side effects for each individual medication, please see Drugs@FDA.
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/mental-health-medications/index.shtml#part_149867
>The government now adds damaging chemical agents to all the drugs available on the street.
This article was on 2020 and I was shocked. That is more reason why I am glad I don't take any pharma med.
The coronavirus outbreak has exposed the United States’ dangerous dependence on China for pharmaceutical and medical supplies, including an estimated 97 percent of all antibiotics and 80 percent of the active pharmaceutical ingredients needed to produce drugs in the United States.
Perhaps the biggest concern is over medical supplies. China produces and exports a large amount of pharmaceuticals to the U.S., including 97 percent of all antibiotics and 80 percent of the active ingredients used to make drugs here. Penicillin, ibuprofen, and aspirin largely come from China. Last month, the medical supply firm Cardinal Health recalled 2.9 million surgical gowns “cross contaminated” at a plant in China; the blood pressure drug valsartan also saw shortages recently, thanks to tainted active ingredients at one Chinese plant. The combination of supply chain disruptions and increased demand at hospitals if coronavirus spreads to the U.S. could prove devastating.
In a dark irony, most of the world’s face masks—now ubiquitous in China as a precaution—are made in China and Taiwan, and even for those made elsewhere, some component parts are Chinese-sourced. Shortages have led China to declare the masks a “strategic resource,” reserving them for medical workers. U.S. hospitals are “critically low” on respiratory masks, according to medical-supply middlemen. Lack of protective gear could increase vulnerability to the virus, and the one place on earth suffering from production shutdowns is the one place where most of the protective gear originates [emphasis added].
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/02/13/coronavirus-outbreak-exposes-chinas-monopoly-on-u-s-drug-medical-supplies/
You're so right! Totally agree!
Try this:
https://freedownloadvideo.net/rumble-video-downloader#url=https://rumble.com/vfks9v-3.12.21-interview-with-the-brilliant-miki-klann.html
I pry Lindell is right and Q team will end the movie soon.
I predict there will be very low turn out in voting if the election fraud is not fixed.
Mike Lindell Makes Bold Claim: Donald Trump Will Be Back in WH in August
https://pandemic.warroom.org/2021/03/26/mike-lindell-makes-bold-claim-donald-trump-will-be-back-in-wh-in-august/