Anonymous ID: 65fef2 Sept. 29, 2021, 7:59 p.m. No.14690582   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>0592 >>0603 >>0628 >>0682 >>0805 >>0901 >>1028 >>1130 >>1224 >>1246 >>1310

Daniel Andrews blames ā€˜thousandsā€™ of Victorians doing the wrong thing for record case spike

 

Victorians have been slammed by Premier Dan Andrews after the state recorded a 50 per cent jump in cases compared to the latest reporting period.

 

https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/victorians-stuck-in-nsw-due-to-covid-restrictions-allowed-to-return-home/news-story/79118d451432292853275f47a173b136

Anonymous ID: 65fef2 Sept. 29, 2021, 8:05 p.m. No.14690641   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>0901 >>0955 >>1028 >>1130 >>1224 >>1246 >>1310

DEA ISSUES FIRST PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT IN 6 YEARS

 

The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a Public Safety Alert warning Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. DEAā€™s Public Safety Alert, the first in six years, seeks to raise public awareness of a significant nationwide surge in counterfeit pills that are mass-produced by criminal drug networks in labs, deceptively marketed as legitimate prescription pills, and are killing unsuspecting Americans at an unprecedented rate.

 

These counterfeit pills have been seized by DEA in every U.S. state in unprecedented quantities. More than 9.5 million counterfeit pills were seized so far this year, which is more than the last two years combined. DEA laboratory testing reveals a dramatic rise in the number of counterfeit pills containing at least two milligrams of fentanyl, which is considered a lethal dose. A deadly dose of fentanyl is small enough to fit on the tip of a pencil.

 

In Minnesota, DEA investigators have seized approximately 74,000 pills in 2021. This marks a significant increase from the less than 1,500 pills seized just three years ago.

 

Counterfeit pills are illegally manufactured by criminal drug networks and are made to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (OxycontinĀ®, PercocetĀ®), hydrocodone (VicodinĀ®), and alprazolam (XanaxĀ®); or stimulants like amphetamines (AdderallĀ®). Fake prescription pills are widely accessible and often sold on social media and e-commerce platforms ā€“ making them available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors.

 

ā€œAcross our five state Division, weā€™ve seen a staggering influx in counterfeit pills,ā€ DEA Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Justin C. King said. ā€œThis is not an East Coast or West Coast problem, but one that the entire nation is facing. Weā€™re seeing these pills in our own Midwestern communities. By raising awareness to this alarming trend, weā€™re hopeful that we can save families the heartache of losing a loved one. Every life is precious and we want to prevent as many people as possible from making a choice that has permanent repercussions.ā€

 

The vast majority of counterfeit pills brought into the United States are produced in Mexico, and China is supplying chemicals for the manufacturing of fentanyl in Mexico.

 

The drug overdose crisis in the United States is a serious public safety threat with rates currently reaching the highest level in history. Drug traffickers are using fake pills to exploit the opioid crisis and prescription drug misuse in the United States, bringing overdose deaths and violence to American communities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 93,000 people died of a drug overdose in the United States last year. Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid most commonly found in counterfeit pills, is the primary driver of this alarming increase in overdose deaths. Drug poisonings involving methamphetamine, increasingly found to be pressed into counterfeit pills, also continue to rise as illegal pills containing methamphetamine become more widespread.

 

Drug trafficking is also inextricably linked to violence. This year alone, DEA seized more than 2700 firearms in connection with drug trafficking investigations ā€“ a 30 percent increase since 2019. DEA remains steadfast in its mission to protect our communities, enforce U.S. drug laws, and bring to justice the foreign and domestic criminals sourcing, producing, and distributing illicit drugs, including counterfeit pills.

 

https://breaking911.com/dea-issues-first-public-safety-alert-in-6-years/

Anonymous ID: 65fef2 Sept. 29, 2021, 8:06 p.m. No.14690659   šŸ—„ļø.is šŸ”—kun   >>0677 >>0678 >>0755 >>0787 >>0901 >>1028 >>1130 >>1224 >>1246 >>1249 >>1310

Sebelius: Unvaccinated Are ā€˜Like Secondhand Smokeā€™ ā€” They Can Make Me and My Family Sick

 

Former Obama administration Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday on MSNBCā€™s ā€œAll Inā€ that Americans who have not received a coronavirus vaccine are like ā€œsecondhand smokeā€ in that they can make people sick.

 

Sebelius said, ā€œI think what President Biden has done is balance between what the science says and trying to cajole, encourage, make it easy for people to follow the science. When that turned out not to be as effective, then he turned to more hardened mandates. But what people donā€™t have a right to do is make other people sick, put other people in jeopardy, risk other peopleā€™s lives, risk childrenā€™s lives. So I think the president has been walking a line of balancing science and safety and security at every step along the way. Hoping that the mass majority of the American public would follow that lead.ā€

 

She added, ā€œItā€™s a lot like secondhand smoke. You have a right to be a smoker. The science is very clear what smoking will do to you, what cancer will be caused, what kinds of health conditions. You have a right to be a smoker. You donā€™t have a right to smoke next to my desk, to blow smoke on people, on my children, to force me to live in a housing facility where I am subjected to more smoke. That is a line that we have in this country, which delineates what your individual rights are. I think weā€™re looking at very much the same situation. OSHA, youā€™re absolutely right, has always provided guidance and mandates about safety in a workplace. This is not a safe workplace if Iā€™m working with a person that may make me and my family sick. Thatā€™s not acceptable.ā€

 

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/09/29/sebelius-unvaccinated-are-like-secondhand-smoke-they-can-make-me-and-my-family-sick/