Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 8:48 a.m. No.17440776   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0783 >>1085 >>1165 >>1281

https://twitter.com/chris__pc/status/1562713729984106496

 

Christian Petersen-Clausen

@chris__pc

Videos of employees at Tencent's Shenzhen office running away are making the rounds online.

 

A full building lockdown is said to have been announced after a person tested positive for Covid-19.

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 8:52 a.m. No.17440794   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0799

Dr. Robert Malone: Public health officials are turning on each other as COVID hysteria withers away

 

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/dr-robert-malone-public-health-officials-are-turning-on-each-other-as-covid-hysteria-withers-away/

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 8:53 a.m. No.17440804   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://twitter.com/Francis_Hoar/status/1562706939737669632

 

Francis Hoar

@Francis_Hoar

This is absolutely shocking. If this is true then those responsible - and it is reasonable to suppose that Whitty and Vallance were at least aware - should face a criminal investigation for misconduct in public office.

 

https://theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/24/sunak-says-it-was-a-mistake-to-empower-scientists-during-covid-pandemic

 

Mistake to empower scientists during covid pandemic

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 8:56 a.m. No.17440814   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1085 >>1165 >>1281

New York experiences sharpest drop in life expectancy in the US

 

https://nypost.com/2022/08/24/new-york-experiences-sharpest-drop-in-life-expectancy-in-the-us/

 

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tuesday showed New York experienced the largest drop in life expectancy in the nation for its residents in 2020.

 

The life expectancy for New Yorkers dropped by 3% from an average age of 80.7 in 2019 to 77.7 in 2020.

 

The shocking 3-year drop represented the sharpest decrease between the years out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to the CDC’s new National Vital Statistics Report.

 

On the opposite side of the spectrum, Hawaii saw the smallest decline in life expectancy in 2020 – just .2% from 80.9 years to 80.7 years.

 

In 2020, the Empire State placed 15 nationwide for life expectancy – Hawaii came in first regarding where people lived the longest – about 80.7 years, while Mississippi ranked last with a 71.9 average.

 

Every state in the country and Washington, D.C., experienced a drop in life expectancy in 2020, mainly due to the sudden introduction of COVID-19 and “unintentional injuries,” such as drug overdoses, according to the report. But experts only anticipated a 1-year decline in New York, describing the 3-year drop in life expectancy as a “phenomenal change,” according to FOX 5 NY.

 

New York

Life expectancy in New York dropped by three years in 2020.

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COVID 19 Testing line

The COVID-19 pandemic was a major contributor to the drop in life expectancy.

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“New York was hit early and hit very hard by the pandemic,” Patrick Kachur, a professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, told FOX 5. “We see disparities between racial and ethnic groups and the white population.”

 

The difference in life expectancy between the sexes in the U.S. was 5.7 years in 2020, ranging from a high of 7.0 years in D.C. to a low of 3.9 years in Utah, according to the report.

 

States with the lowest life expectancy at birth were mostly southern states, while states with the highest life expectancy at birth were predominantly western or northeastern, according to the CDC.

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 8:58 a.m. No.17440819   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/one-dead-two-infected-after-meningococcal-disease-outbreak-declared-in-toronto-1.6041548

 

One dead, two infected after meningococcal disease outbreak declared in Toronto

 

Toronto is reporting a meningococcal disease outbreak which has left one person dead and two others infected with the bacterial infection.

 

The three cases are individuals between 20 and 30 years old who began experiencing symptoms between July 15-17, according to a news release from Toronto Public Health (TPH) on Thursday.

 

The health unit says the infected individuals were born outside of Canada, in countries that don't provide childhood immunization against the disease.

 

It is unknown where the infected individuals were born.

 

“TPH has not been able to identify a link between these cases. All three individuals have recently been confirmed to have the same rare strain of serogroup C meningococcal disease,” the release reads.

 

Most invasive meningococcal infections are associated with a bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis, which causes an infection to the lining of the brain, spinal cord and bloodstream.

 

“People spread meningococcal bacteria to other people by sharing respiratory and throat secretions (saliva or spit). Generally, it takes close or lengthy contact to spread these bacteria,” TPH says.

 

More specifically, the infection can be spread by kissing, coughing, and sharing common items such as eating utensils, cups, cigarettes, and musical instruments.

 

Symptoms of the infection include a fever, aches, joint pain, headache, stiff neck and photophobia.

 

The disease is known to progress quickly and complications include low blood pressure, seizures, loss of hearing, amputations, brain damage or death.

 

The bacterial infection is relatively rare in Toronto since there are routine vaccinations available for residents.

 

"So most people will be immunized both around one year of age and again in high school. So that we know most students in Toronto will have received the vaccine. And we're concerned about anyone who hasn't received the vaccine either because they were not immunized here, or because they came from a country where vaccine is not routinely available," Dr. Rita Shahin told CP24 Thursday morning.

 

TPH is encouraging adults between 20 and 36 years old to get the meningococcal disease vaccine as soon as possible if they have not done so yet.

 

The vaccines are 97 per cent effective in infants within one year of vaccination and effectiveness decreases to 68 per cent after one year, according to TPH.

 

Shahin says most people immunized against the disease will not develop any symptoms.

 

The health unit says it is monitoring vaccine demand and is “actively exploring additional vaccination channels.”

 

More information on the disease can be found on the city's website.

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 8:59 a.m. No.17440828   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Argentina's inflation rate soars to 71%

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/argentinas-inflation-rate-soars-to-71/ar-AA10zqLS

 

(Aug 11)

Argentina's inflation rate has risen to more than 70% amid a severe economic and financial crisis.

Consumer prices climbed 71% in July year-on-year, the country's statistical office Indec said on Thursday.

 

In July alone, prices increased by 7.4% compared to the previous month.

 

The government recently announced it would freeze prices and salaries for two months in order to slow the decline in the value of the national currency, the peso.

 

Argentina's inflation rate is one of the highest in the world. To finance the budget deficit, the South American country's central bank is constantly printing fresh money.

 

Moreover, Argentina has been suffering from a severe economic crisis for years due to a bloated state apparatus, low productivity in industry and a large shadow economy that deprives the state of much tax revenue.

 

Meanwhile, the peso continues to depreciate against the US dollar, and the country's debt is growing.

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:02 a.m. No.17440840   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1085 >>1165 >>1281

UPDATE: Georgia children diagnosed with monkeypox, according to health officials

Three children in Georgia have been diagnosed with monkeypox, including one child who lives in metro Atlanta, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

 

Newton County Schools System announced Tuesday that one elementary-school-aged child in Newton County, a student at Mansfield Elementary School, has been diagnosed with monkeypox. Another child in the district who attends Flint Hill Elementary is undergoing testing for the infectious disease, according to school officials.

 

The Newton County School System said it was notified Tuesday of the confirmed and suspected cases.

 

In addition to the Newton case, DPH spokeswoman Nancy Nydam said one earlier pediatric case of monkeypox had been reported in metro Atlanta, but she would not specify which county the case was located in. A third confirmed pediatric case also exists in the state, Nydam said, but she wouldn’t say where in Georgia it was located.

 

The number of monkeypox cases in Georgia rose to 1,240 as of Wednesday afternoon, including the three pediatric cases and 19 women, according to the DPH. The CDC reports that around the U.S. there are 17 children ages 15 and under who have been diagnosed with monkeypox.

 

The DPH website that details Georgia monkeypox cases will be updated Wednesday afternoon.

 

The Newton County School System officials have notified parents at both schools about the cases via School Messenger. Parents of students who may be considered close contacts of the ill students will receive additional communication from school officials advising them of the next steps.

 

The CDC defines a close contact as someone who has had skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, including touching or coming into contact with the monkeypox rash, or who have shared items such as towels and bedding.

 

The Newton school system said on Tuesday that maintenance employees would clean and disinfect classrooms and other areas at both elementary schools.

 

When the school year began, health experts said parents should not expect to be informed by their school when monkeypox cases occur among school workers or students. Like other reportable illnesses, health care providers must report monkeypox cases to DPH, but the state Department of Education has no authority to require schools to report cases, a DOE spokesperson said.

 

Earlier this month, as students started returning to school, Clayton County Schools told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wednesday that an employee had contracted the virus over the summer, but never had any contact with students or teachers.

 

Health experts say that based on the data we have so far, the risk of monkeypox spreading in a school setting appears to be a “very low risk.” But that doesn’t mean the risk is zero.

 

Dr. Jayne Morgan, executive director of the COVID Task Force at Piedmont, said in a recent interview that families should practice good hand hygiene — washing hands with soap and running water for 20 seconds. She said rigorous cleaning measures, which were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, help with preventing the spread of monkeypox.

 

And for children living with adults in high-risk groups for monkeypox, “Encourage (the adults at high-risk) to get vaccinated against monkeypox. That is the No.1 thing the person can do to protect themselves and other people in the household.”

 

The AJC interviewed Dr. Bronwen Garner, an infectious Disease Specialist at Piedmont Healthcare, asking a range of questions about Monkeypox. Video by Ryon Horn

While nearly all cases to date have been among men who have sex with men, according to the CDC, health authorities emphasize anyone can catch monkeypox. The health officials also say the virus could begin to spread more broadly.

 

The monkeypox virus is far less transmissible than the coronavirus because it is spread primarily through prolonged skin-to-skin contact. Touching items that previously touched the infectious rash or body fluids is one-way monkeypox spreads, but DPH said in a statement that that has not been identified as a meaningful or common mode of transmission in this outbreak or for monkeypox in general.

 

https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/one-georgia-child-diagnosed-with-monkeypox-another-suspected/3XQCYGRHONBTBN5PXC2HQ6HPFE/

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:05 a.m. No.17440852   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1085 >>1165 >>1281

Exclusive: NYC officials claim Gov. Abbott bar-coding migrants sent on buses from Texas

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/exclusive-nyc-officials-claim-gov-abbott-bar-coding-migrants-sent-on-buses-from-texas/

 

NEW YORK – City officials claim new video shows the latest indignity to asylum seekers sent to New York by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

 

The footage shows migrants arriving in the city on Wednesday morning wearing wristbands that appear to be intended to keep track of them. It's the latest accusation in the border war between Abbott and Mayor Eric Adams, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reported.

 

READ MORE: Mayor Adams' office: Biggest single-day arrival of migrants from Texas on Sunday

 

Five bus loads of asylum seekers arrived at the Port Authority Bus Terminal starting at 6:15 a.m. A total of 237 people men, women, children were subjected to a security system not seen in the city before Wednesday. The video was shared with CBS2 by city officials.

 

"Gov. Abbott is bar-coding people and treating them as less than human, as if they were cattle," said Manuel Castro, the city's Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs. "I was incredibly shocked when I saw children with bracelets and bar codes and security personnel treating them as less than human beings."

 

Castro was fuming after watching the latest group of asylum seekers get off the bus from Texas sporting the wrist bands, which were apparently put on them in Texas and then cut off as they disembarked at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, reportedly by security workers hired by Abbott.

 

READ MORE: Exclusive: NYC social services commissioner Gary Jenkins addresses struggles to help migrants being sent from Texas

 

Kramer asked Commissioner Castro why he believes the men, women and children were wearing the bar-coded bracelets on the trip from Texas.

 

"It appears to us that asylum seekers are being asked to wear these bracelets with these bar codes to intimidate them, to scare them into remaining on these buses until they arrive in New York City," Castro said.

 

Abbott has been sending busloads of asylum seekers from Texas border towns to New York City for weeks to bring attention to the migrant crisis affecting his state. The policy has severely taxed New York City services, as officials struggle to find housing, food and clothing for the new arrivals.

 

READ MORE: New York City schools preparing to enroll 1,000 migrant children who arrived on buses from Texas

 

The war of words between Adams and Abbott reached a new crescendo Wednesday when Abbott published an essay in the New York Post, accusing Adams of hypocrisy for asking Texas to not to send any more buses.

 

"Adams talked the talk about being a sanctuary city, welcoming illegal immigrants into the Big Apple with warm hospitality," Abbott wrote. "Talk is cheap. When pressed into fulfilling such ill-considered policies, he wants to condemn anyone who is pressing him to walk the walk."

 

"Someone get this man a dictionary," responded an Adams spokesman. "Hypocrisy is claiming you love America and then decrying the words on the Statue of Liberty. To be clear, Mayor Adams and New York City will continue to welcome asylum seekers with open arms. These individuals and families have been through hell, and they deserve more than being used as political pawns by a governor who cares about nothing more than re-election."

 

"We know that Gov. Abbott has been trying to dehumanize people, trying to foment anti-immigrant hatred, and while New York will continue to welcome asylum seekers, it's also our moral responsibility to denounce this kind of behavior by Gov. Abbott," Castro said.

 

Late Wednesday afternoon, a spokesperson for Abbott told CBS2 the bracelets are "standard protocol" by the Texas Division of Emergency Management and help insure that the state is transporting migrants who have been processed and released by the federal government.

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:08 a.m. No.17440868   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://twitter.com/DiariotrvCom/status/1560616731269160961

 

diariotrv

@DiariotrvCom

MUJER FALLECIDA EN BARRIO LAS DELICIAS

 

Mujer aproximadamente de 42 años murió sobre el Boulevard Emmanuel en Barrio las Delicias #SantaRosa de Lima, #LaUnión según testigos la mujer iba a pasar consulta, cuando cayó al suelo golpeándose su cabeza

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WOMAN DECEASED IN LAS DELICIAS NEIGHBORHOOD

 

Woman approximately 42 years old died on Boulevard Emmanuel in Barrio las Delicias #SantaRosa in Lima, #LaUnión according to witnesses the woman was going to have a consultation, when she fell to the ground hitting her head

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:13 a.m. No.17440888   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0890 >>1085 >>1165 >>1281

https://news.yahoo.com/congressman-wife-died-taking-white-222811064.html

 

Congressman’s wife died after taking white mulberry leaf, an herbal remedy

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The wife of a Northern California congressman died late last year after ingesting a plant that is generally considered safe and is used as an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments, including diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol, KHN has learned.

 

Lori McClintock, the wife of U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, died from dehydration due to gastroenteritis — an inflammation of the stomach and intestines — that was caused by “adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion,” according to a report from the Sacramento County coroner that is dated March 10 but was not immediately released to the public. KHN obtained that report — in addition to the autopsy report and an amended death certificate containing an updated cause of death — in July.

 

The coroner’s office ruled her death an accident. The original death certificate, dated Dec. 20, 2021, listed the cause of death as “pending.”

 

Tom McClintock, a Republican who represents a district that spans multiple counties in northern and central California, found his 61-year-old wife unresponsive at their Elk Grove, California, home on Dec. 15, 2021, according to the coroner’s report. He had just returned from Washington, D.C., after voting in Congress the night before.

 

It’s unclear from the autopsy report whether Lori McClintock took a dietary supplement containing white mulberry leaf, ate fresh or dried leaves, or drank them in a tea, but a “partially intact” white mulberry leaf was found in her stomach, according to the report.

 

McClintock’s death underscores the risks of the vast, booming market of dietary supplements and herbal remedies, which have grown into a $54 billion industry in the United States — one that both lawmakers and health care experts say needs more government scrutiny.

“Many people assume if that product is sold in the United States of America, somebody has inspected it, and it must be safe. Unfortunately, that’s not always true,” U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) said on the Senate floor this spring when he introduced legislation to strengthen oversight of dietary supplements.

 

Daniel Fabricant, CEO and president of the Natural Products Association, which represents the dietary supplements industry, questioned whether McClintock’s death was related to a supplement.

 

“It’s completely speculative. There’s a science to this. It’s not just what a coroner feels,” said Fabricant, who oversaw dietary supplements at the FDA during the Obama administration. “People unfortunately pass from dehydration every day, and there’s a lot of different reasons and a lot of different causes.”

 

Fabricant said it would have been ideal had the coroner or the family reported her death to the FDA so the agency could have launched an investigation.

 

Such reports are voluntary, and it’s not clear whether anyone reported her death to the agency. FDA spokesperson Courtney Rhodes said the agency does not discuss possible or ongoing investigations.

 

The FDA, Fabricant added, has a system in place to investigate deaths that might be linked to a supplement or drug. “It’s casework,” he said. “It’s good, old-fashioned police work that needs to be done.”

 

Tom McClintock has remained mostly silent about his wife’s death since he released a statement on Dec. 19, 2021, announcing it and gave a tribute to her at her Jan. 4 funeral. Until now, the cause of death had not been reported.

 

Tom McClintock, contacted multiple times by phone and email Wednesday, was not immediately available for comment.

 

At his wife’s funeral, McClintock told mourners that she was fine when he spoke with her the day before he returned. She had told a friend that “she was on a roll” at a new job she loved in a Sacramento real estate office, he said, and “she was carefully dieting.”

 

“She just joined a gym,” he said. “At home, she was counting down the days to Christmas, wrapping all the gifts and making all the plans to make it the best family Christmas ever, and it would have been.”

 

According to the coroner’s report, however, the day before her death, “she had complaints of an upset stomach.”

 

Sacramento County spokesperson Kim Nava said via email Wednesday that the law prohibits the coroner’s office from discussing many details of specific cases. As part of any death investigation, the office “attempts to locate and review medical records and speak to family/witnesses to establish events leading up to and surrounding a death,” she said.

 

If any medications or supplements are found at the scene or if pertinent information is in the person’s medical records, those are passed along to the pathologist to help establish cause of death, Nava said.

 

“Any information the office obtains from medical records can’t be disseminated to a third party except by court order,” she said.

 

pt1

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:13 a.m. No.17440890   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0893 >>1085 >>1165 >>1281

>>17440888

The leaves and fruit of the white mulberry tree, which is native to China, have been used for centuries in traditional medicine. Academic studies over the past decade have found that the extract from its leaves can lower blood sugar levels and help with weight loss. People take it in capsule or pill form, as an extract or powder. They can also brew the leaves as an herbal tea.

 

Lori McClintock’s reaction seems unusual. No deaths from the white mulberry plant have been reported to poison control officials in the past 10 years, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

 

Since 2012, 148 cases of white mulberry plant ingestion were voluntarily reported to poison control officials nationally, most involving accidental ingestion by children 12 and under, said Kaitlyn Brown, clinical managing director for the association. Only one case required medical follow-up, she said.

 

While poison control centers track exposures to the white mulberry plant, the FDA oversees dietary supplements, such as products that contain white mulberry leaf extract. Since 2004, two cases of people sickened by mulberry supplements have been reported to the FDA, according to its database that tracks “adverse events.” It relies heavily on voluntary reports from health care professionals and consumers. At least one of those cases led to hospitalization.

 

White mulberry leaf can have side effects, including nausea and diarrhea, according to research. Independent lab tests ordered by the coroner’s office showed McClintock’s body had elevated levels of nitrogen, sodium, and creatinine — all signs of dehydration, according to three pathologists who reviewed the coroner’s documents, which KHN redacted to remove McClintock’s name.

 

White mulberry leaves “do tend to cause dehydration, and part of the uses for that can be to help someone lose weight, mostly through fluid loss, which in this case was just kind of excessive,” said Dr. D’Michelle DuPre, a retired forensic pathologist and a former medical examiner in South Carolina who reviewed the documents.

 

pt2

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:14 a.m. No.17440893   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1085 >>1165 >>1281

>>17440890

Dietary supplements, which include a broad range of vitamins, herbs, and minerals, are regulated by the FDA. However, they are classified as food and don’t undergo the rigorous scientific and safety testing the government requires of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines.

 

Lawmakers aren’t proposing to put supplements into the same category as pharmaceuticals, but some say they are alarmed that neither the FDA nor the industry knows how many dietary supplements are out there — making it almost impossible for the government to oversee them and punish bad actors.

 

The FDA estimates 40,000 to 80,000 supplement products are on the market in the U.S., and industry surveys estimate 80% of Americans use them.

 

Legislation by Durbin and U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) would require manufacturers to register with the FDA and provide a public list of ingredients in their products, two provisions that are backed by the Council for Responsible Nutrition, another industry group that represents supplement makers.

 

But the council is lobbying against a provision that would require supplement makers to provide consumers with the ingredient amounts — or the blend — in their products, something they say is akin to giving a recipe to competitors. That’s proprietary information only government regulators should have access to, said Megan Olsen, the group’s senior vice president and general counsel.

 

Olsen explained that supplement manufacturers are regulated just like other food companies and are subject to strict labeling requirements and inspections by the FDA. They also must inform the agency about any adverse effects reported by consumers or doctors.

 

“Companies are testing products throughout the process, are reviewing how they’re being manufactured and what’s going into them,” Olsen said. “All of that is overseen and dictated by FDA regulation.”

 

The dietary supplement provisions were rolled into a larger Senate health committee bill that reauthorizes FDA programs, and senators are currently in negotiations with the House of Representatives. The Natural Products Association opposes all of the dietary supplement provisions.

 

Because dietary pills, teas, and other supplements are regulated as food products, manufacturers can’t advertise them as treatments or cures for health issues. But they can make claims about how the supplements affect the body. So someone who wants to lose weight or get their diabetes under control might reach for a bottle of white mulberry leaf extract because some supplement makers advertise it as a natural remedy that can lower blood sugar levels and promote weight loss.

 

Those kinds of claims are appealing to Americans and have been especially potent during the pandemic, as people sought to boost their immune systems and fend off covid-19, said Debbie Petitpain, a registered dietician nutritionist and a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

 

But dietary supplements can be dangerous and don’t affect everyone the same way. Mixing supplements and prescription medicines can compound the problem, according to the FDA.

 

“I think a lot of people are thinking, ‘Oh, it’s a plant.’ Or, ‘Oh, it’s just a vitamin. Certainly, that means that it’s not going to hurt me,’” Petitpain said. “But there’s always a risk for taking anything.”

 

It’s not clear why Lori McClintock was taking white mulberry leaf. Friends and family who gathered for her funeral described a vibrant, happy woman who loved her family and her work and already had wrapped Christmas presents under the tree in mid-December. She was planning to buy a recreational vehicle with her husband in retirement.

 

“We grieve the loss because of all the things she was looking forward to doing and all the years yet ahead,” Tom McClintock told mourners. “And we grieve for something else, because we’ve all lost a genuinely good person in our lives.”

 

This story was produced by KHN, which publishes California Healthline, an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation.

 

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Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:17 a.m. No.17440900   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1085 >>1165 >>1281

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/the-average-american-households-energy-bill-is-47-higher-in-2022-than-2021/

 

The Average American Household’s Energy Bill is 47% Higher in 2022 than 2021

 

America, and the broader West for that matter, is experiencing a nasty cost of living crisis that’s expressing itself all across the economy. One can see it all over from food all the way to energy prices.

 

On the electricity front, we see this with soaring electric rates. According to a post by Mike Shedlock, electric rates increased by north of 70% at the outset of the summer in states such as Texas.

 

One thing that Shedlock noted is that natural gas prices have increased more than crude oil, which everyday consumers across Collective West will see in their increased electric bills.

 

In the case of Texas, the average residential rate was 18.48 cents per kilowatt hour. That’s an 10.5 cent increase from June 2021, per data from the Association of Electric Companies of Texas.

 

Shedlock put the numbers into context:

 

For a family using 1,000 kWh of electricity a month, that translates into a monthly increase of roughly $80. Over a full year, that would sap nearly $1,000 extra from the family budget.

 

“We’ve never seen prices this high,” observed Tim Morstad, the associate state director for AARP Texas. “There’s going to be some real sticker shock here.”

 

Shedlock put forward his own chart that measured energy prices in prominent metro areas such as Dallas, Miami, New York, and San Francisco.

 

According to Shedlock’s data, the average household in America is paying 47.3% higher electricity prices than a year ago.

 

In sum, higher electricity prices are just one facet of the problems many people in the West will be facing over the course of the rest of the year. The supply shocks caused by governments’ responses to the Wuhan virus pandemic and the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown the entire global economic system out of whack.

 

For the first time in decades, denizens of the Collective West will be facing reduced living standards. BLP previously reported that even the most stable of Western nations such as Switzerland could potentially face domestic unrest due to energy problems that are expected to rear their ugly heads this upcoming winter.

 

What we’re facing right now is not a random product of the elements but rather the direct result of failed public policies that don’t allow for complete energy freedom. On top of that, the West has a ruling class with an insatiable lust for war which puts it at risk of facing geoeconomic shocks that will disproportionately hurt the working class.

 

An America First solution to this dilemma would be one of deregulating the energy sector and bringing back foreign policy restraint.

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:51 a.m. No.17441010   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1011 >>1013 >>1016 >>1034 >>1043 >>1085 >>1165 >>1284

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/cnn-medical-analyst-wanted-ban-unvaccinated-society-force-children-mask-take-pcr-tests-weekly-attend-school-reveals-masks-wearing-harmed-son/

 

CNN Medical Analyst (Leana Wen) Who Wanted To Force Children To Mask Now Reveals How Masking Has Severely Harmed Her Son

 

CNN medical analyst Dr. Lean admits the so-called science she demanded the public comply with has impaired her young son.

 

Wen championed mask and vaccine mandates throughout the pandemic, insisted children be forced to take PCR tests weekly until they are fully vaccinated and called for the unvaccinated to be banned from participating in society.

 

Just months ago, Wen, the former Commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department and former head of Planned Parenthood, urged the Biden administration to “further restrict the activities of the unvaccinated.”

 

“I wish that [Biden] would go further to restrict the activities of the unvaccinated because they are the ones who are still spreading COVID and prolonging the pandemic for all of us.” she said in a December.

 

TRENDING: HERE WE GO: Far-Left and Mainstream Media Blame Trump for Vaccine as Vax Dangers Come to Light

 

Wen has warned, “We can’t trust the unvaccinated” while blaming those who refrained from getting jabbed for a covid “surge.”

 

Sociopath. pic.twitter.com/r9vQRRGmBR

 

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 4, 2021

 

While peddling lies on the network that airs wall-to-wall coverage of propaganda promoting the hazardous experimental gene-modifying injections, Wen called for unvaccinated Americans to be banned from participating in society with undergoing forced PCR tests twice a week.

 

“It needs to be hard for people to remain unvaccinated,” Wen impugned last year. “Right now, it’s kind of the opposite.”

 

“It will be important to say, ‘Hey, you can opt-out, but if you want to opt-out, you have to sign these forms, you have to get twice-weekly testing,'” she added.

 

Wen was also adamant that children returning to school be forced to wear industrial-grade face masks and required to take weekly PCR tests until they are fully vaccinated.

 

Many of us saw through the lies surrounding covid from the start.

 

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Others, like Wen, exploited people’s worst fears. The biowar provides them an opportunity to practice unhinged totalitarianism and make a fortune selling hate and lies.

 

But no one escapes karma.

 

In an op-ed published by the Washington Post, Wen confesses the “science” she and Big Brother demanded we trust is harmful and damaged her son’s cognitive development.

 

“I’m a doctor. Here’s why my kids won’t wear masks this school year,” the title of her editorial that was published on Tuesday states.

 

“Masking has harmed our son’s language development, and limiting both kids’ extracurriculars and social interactions would negatively affect their childhood and hinder my and my husband’s ability to work,” Wen admitted.

 

Many on Twitter have asked–how did I go from being extremely cautious with #covid19 precautions for nearly two years to now resuming pre-pandemic activities, including not masking my young kids at school?

 

I explain in this @postopinions column 🧵: https://t.co/3UGUxWvCH7

 

— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) August 23, 2022

 

“With this new, indefinite time frame, the benefit-risk calculus of mitigation measures shifted dramatically. I was willing to limit my children’s activities for a year or two but not for their entire childhood,” she continued.

 

pt1

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:52 a.m. No.17441011   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1013 >>1085 >>1165 >>1284

>>17441010

For many, it’s evident that a faceless society, where everyone wears germ-ridden pieces of fabric across their faces to no avail, would impede the emotional and cognitive development ability of formative young children.

 

Speech therapists have seen an alarming spike in the number of babies and toddlers patients who are speech delayed.

 

Mask wearing has caused a 364% increase in patient referrals of babies and toddlers, explained speech therapist Jaclyn Theek.

 

A speech therapist says her clinic has seen a "364% increase in patient referrals of babies and toddlers"

 

"For some kids, they can workaround the mask and still learn to speak perfectly fine, but for others, it can cause speech delays" pic.twitter.com/3YsWJIEpDU

 

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) January 26, 2022

 

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Another study revealed how mean IQ scores of young children born during the pandemic have tumbled by as much as 22 points while verbal, motor and cognitive performance have all suffered as a result of lockdown.

 

A study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal found that lockdowns in the UK caused around 60,000 children to suffer clinical depression.

 

Figures show that 400,000 British children were referred to mental health specialists last year for things like eating disorders and self-harm.

 

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Education experts have asserted that forcing schoolchildren to wear face masks has caused long lasting psychological trauma.

 

An Ofsted report also warned of serious delays in learning caused by lockdown restrictions.

 

“Children turning two years old will have been surrounded by adults wearing masks for their whole lives and have therefore been unable to see lip movements or mouth shapes as regularly,” states the report.

 

Another study out of Germany which found that the reading ability of children has plummeted compared to pre-COVID times thanks to lockdown policies that led to the closure of schools.

 

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But Americans across the country continue mask up and comply with lies told by tyrants like CNN analysts and Planned Parenthood while Google, which is partnered with the World Health Organization to stop the spread of covid misinformation, continues to buries facts in its search engine.

 

Wen’s op-ed detailing how mask wearing has harmed her son comes days after talk radio show host Dan Bongino revealed his decision to get covid vaccinated is ‘the greatest regret” of his life.

 

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Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:53 a.m. No.17441017   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/tennis/unvaccinated-novak-djokovic-out-of-2022-us-open-refused-entry-into-united-states/ar-AA115TRy

 

Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic out of 2022 US Open, refused entry into the United States over CDC rules

 

Novak Djokovic's bid to tie the Grand Slam record in tennis is on hold, as he is out of the US Open for his refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine.

 

That refusal won't allow him to enter the United States to compete in the tournament as the country restricts any foreign national not vaccinated against COVID-19.

 

"Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open," Djokovic said on social media.

 

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"Novak is a great champion and it is very unfortunate that he will be unable to compete at the 2022 US Open, as he is unable to enter the country due to the federal government's vaccination policy for non-U.S.citizens," Stacey Allaster, US Open Tournament Director said in a statement. "We look forward to welcoming Novak back at the 2023 US Open."

 

Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open. Thank you #NoleFam for your messages of love and support. ❤️ Good luck to my fellow players! I’ll keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again. 💪🏼 See you soon tennis world! 👋🏼

 

— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) August 25, 2022

Earlier this year, Djokovic received a medical exemption to play at the Australian Open but was deported when he lost a court battle after his visa was canceled.

 

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He won Wimbledon for the fourth straight year in July, but received no points in the rankings because of a ban on players from Russia and Belarus.

 

Because of his status of not being vaccinated, Djokovic has had a tough time finding places to compete.

 

He withdrew from the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati earlier this month and didn't play in the National Bank Open in Canada, due to their vaccination laws.

 

Djokovic has 21 Grand Slam titles, and trails only Rafael Nadal by one for the all-time lead.

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 9:59 a.m. No.17441033   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1036 >>1062

"Pink Venom" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink for their second studio album Born Pink.

 

"kpop"BLɅϽKPIИK

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpink

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 10:01 a.m. No.17441040   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1085 >>1165 >>1284

WHALE HELL Warning over SeaWorld orcas as trainer says ‘Jurassic Park-style’ breeding programme created ‘aggressive hybrid whales’

 

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5996109/warning-over-seaworld-orcas-jurassic-park-breeding-aggressive-hybrid/

Anonymous ID: 6748b8 Aug. 25, 2022, 10:06 a.m. No.17441057   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>17441052

>>17441054

 

2 Pinocchio movies coming out this year… why?

 

"Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (or simply Pinocchio) is an upcoming stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio_(2022_animated_film)