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WHO: Letting Covid spread for herd immunity 'unethical'

The World Health Organization chief has warned against suggestions by some to just allow Covid-19 to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying this was "unethical".

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a virtual press briefing that "herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a certain virus if a threshold of vaccination is reached".

Emergency Coronavirus Orders Upheld in Wisconsin, Rejected in Michigan – Reason.com

Courts in Michigan and Wisconsin rule on governors' emergency orders. In Wisconsin, a circuit court upheld a statewide face-mask mandate and other public health emergency orders from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat. Meanwhile, the Michigan Supreme Court again ruled against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's April 30 executive order instituting various coronavirus containment measures—but subsequent Whitmer orders to the same effect make the decision meaningless in practice.

Brickbat: Giving Them Grief – Reason.com

A spokesman for the Milton Keynes town council in England has apologized after a staff member of the Crownhill Crematorium reprimanded a man who moved his socially distanced chair to comfort his mother during a funeral service for his father. The council operates the crematorium. "We are sorry to have upset this family," the spokesman said. "We don't usually step in if a guest needs to be comforted by another family member and in this instance should have taken a more considered approach."

Horowitz: Minneapolis residents scared to leave their homes as city on the brink - TheBlaze

Why are Minneapolis residents terrified to leave their homes in recent months? For the same reason why someone brazenly shot and killed an anti-Antifa counterprotester in broad daylight in Denver on Saturday. There is no deterrent against violent criminals any more and therefore no protection for the average citizen.

California man finds dozens of mail-in ballots discarded in alley trash cans - TheBlaze

Osvaldo Jimenez told KABC-TV that he made the alarming discovery last Thursday. Stuffed inside a Santa Monica trash can, Jimenez discovered dozens of official ballots, along with other personal mail items, such as bank statements.

"I opened the trash can, and I see a lot of envelopes and ballots, especially ballot envelopes in the trash can, and I knew right away that was not normal," Jimenez said. "I thought it was somebody playing a prank. Nobody's going to throw ballot envelopes in the trash can."

Horowitz: CDC study: 85% of COVID-19 cases in July were people who often or always wear masks - TheBlaze

A survey conducted by over a dozen medical institutions for the CDC and published in Sept. 11's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report showed that 85% of those who contracted COVID-19 during July among the study group either "always" or "often" wore face coverings within the 14 days before they were infected. More than 70% of those outpatient individuals who tested positive reported always wearing masks. Just 3.9% reported never wearing a mask.

This report is on increased risk of COVID-19 in restaurants or bars when wearing masks isn’t feasible...so even if you usually wear a mask, if you dine at a restaurant you put yourself at increased risk when you take it off to eat. Inadequate ventilation indoors is a big problem.
It has nothing to do with how effective masks are.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/ ... mm6936a5_w
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Section NavigationCommunity and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020
Weekly / September 11, 2020 / 69(36);1258–1264

Findings from a case-control investigation of symptomatic outpatients from 11 U.S. health care facilities found that close contact with persons with known COVID-19 or going to locations that offer on-site eating and drinking options were associated with COVID-19 positivity. Adults with positive SARS-CoV-2 test results were approximately twice as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant than were those with negative SARS-CoV-2 test results.

Eating and drinking on-site at locations that offer such options might be important risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Efforts to reduce possible exposures where mask use and social distancing are difficult to maintain, such as when eating and drinking, should be considered to protect customers, employees, and communities.

Tucker: Democrats launch bizarre attack at SCOTUS confirmation hearing

'The Five' on Biden saying voters don't deserve to know his court packing stance

The Netherlands considers euthanasia for terminally ill kids under 12

The Netherlands is considering allowing kids 12 and under to be euthanized if they are terminally ill and have no hope of recovery.

AI deepfakes creating fake humans who 'don't exist' to spread misinformation - Daily Star

But now new advances in AI are making humans unnecessary. Computer-generated faces, indistinguishable from real peoples’ photos, have been identified in social media campaigns from China, Russia and elsewhere.

Cryptography vs. Big Brother: How Math Became a Weapon Against Tyranny – Reason.com

"Large bureaucracies, with the power that the computer gives them, become more powerful," said New York Times reporter David Burnham in a 1983 C-Span interview about his book The Rise of the Computer State. "They are escaping the checks and balances of representative democracy."

Burnham warned that the integration of computers into every aspect of daily life could lead to a "level of automated surveillance unknown in any previous age." For society to change course, Burham argued, citizens would need to rise up through the democratic process and demand new legal protections to safeguard their privacy.

Trash bags of undelivered mail found outside a postal worker's home in Pennsylvania - CNN

(CNN)Special agents with the US Postal Service discovered undelivered mail in trash bags placed on the curb for pickup outside the home of a postal employee in Baldwin, Pennsylvania.

The fact that this is even being discussed is an indicator of serious problems.

No requests for U.S. Army to be present around presidential election in case of civil unrest at this time | One America News Network

U.S. Army leaders have said there are no plans so far for soldiers to be deployed in case of civil unrest caused by the presidential election next month.

'You don't think we don't know where your children go to school?': Activist lawyer appears to threaten cops, their families in tirade — and backlash is severe - TheBlaze

A prominent activist attorney appeared to make threats against Kansas City police officers during a megaphone tirade outside police headquarters Friday — a portion of which was shared on social media.

This is absolutely revolting - but no surprise coming from a democrat mayor.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/mayor-fir ... 270%20days

OCTOBER 13, 2020
Democratic mayor fires police chief over wife's pro-Trump Facebook post. Now the community is rallying.

'He had nothing to do with it'

The police chief of a Pennsylvania city was reportedly fired earlier this month over his wife's pro-Donald Trump social media post.

Lancaster Mayor Danene Sorace, a Democrat, abruptly announced the retirement of Lancaster Police Chief Jarrad Berkihiser on Oct. 2 — and according to the former head of the local Fraternal Order of Police, Berkihiser's swift dismissal was punishment for his wife's support for President Trump.

According to LNP, Berkihiser's wife, Kristy Berkihiser, had recently explained on Facebook why she is supporting Trump in 2020.

Mrs. Berkihiser was reportedly responding to a friend who had volunteered at a Trump campaign event. According to that friend, Trump spoke highly of law enforcement. In response, Berkihiser wrote, "why im [sic] voting for him again. Same reason as last time… you don't see him meeting w Jacob Blake's family or speaking to him by phone…"

That comment was made on Sept. 27. Just five days later, Sorace announced Berkihiser's sudden retirement at a press conference that lasted less than four minutes and did not include the police chief.

John Fiorill, the former head of the local FOP, told LNP he learned about the details of Berkihiser's shocking retirement because the chief reached out to the union when Sorace demanded his resignation.

"The irony of this whole thing is, he didn't make that statement," Fiorill told the newspaper. "He knows better than to get involved in politics. It was his wife. Where does the mayor have the audacity to request his resignation based on what his wife said? He had nothing to do with it."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/candace-o ... ing%20News

OCTOBER 13, 2020
'This is a beautiful moment that the mainstream media won’t report on': Blexit demonstration concludes with 2,000+ minority people singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner'

Conservative firebrand Candace Owens shared a moving video on her Twitter page Monday featuring more than 2,000 black and Hispanic demonstrators singing the national anthem during a Saturday Blexit demonstration in Washington, D.C. At the time of this reporting, Owens' video has been viewed more than 447,000 times.

As highlighted by the Daily Wire, an estimated 2,000-plus Blexit — "black exit," a movement Owens created in 2018 to encourage black Americans to leave the Democratic Party — demonstrators marched over the weekend.

Owens' video captures the moment that the demonstration concludes with a singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Owens shared the video on Twitter with a stark comparison between Black Lives Matter protests and the Blexit demonstration.

She captioned the video, "Black Lives Matter protests end with rioting, looting, and the destruction of minority communities. BLEXIT protests end with 2,000+ black and Latino Americans singing the national anthem."

"This is a beautiful moment that the mainstream media won't report on," she concluded. "I'm so proud."

As seen in the video, following the singing of the national anthem, demonstrators break into chants of "USA! USA!"

Black Lives Matter protests end with rioting, looting, and the destruction of minority communities.

Saturday's demonstration saw the thousands march in support of back police officers and law enforcement officials.

On Saturday, Owens tweeted, "Black and Latino Americans do not support the Marxist, anti-police rhetoric that has become fashionable in the media. Today, thousands of us have descended upon Washington D.C. to #BackTheBlue. Minorities do not belong to the Left."

That same day, she tweeted, "This is what an *actual* peaceful protest staged by thousands of minorities looks like. Today was incredible."

Full article here - https://thenewamerican.com/look-out-the ... fc7fadfbd4

The Woke Education Mob is Coming After “Racist” Gifted Programs
by Luis Miguel October 14, 2020

The “social justice” brigade in education isn’t just making American children hate their country and themselves; it’s making our nation dumber.

A recent article published at NBC News encapsulates the anti-learning mentality at the heart of the Left’s education agenda.

The piece is titled “America’s gifted education programs have a race problem. Can it be fixed?” and features a description claiming that “White children and those from wealthy families are more likely to be identified as ‘gifted’ — despite decades of effort to make these programs more equal.”

Kennedy vs. Nixon: The first 1960 presidential debate

I was thirteen years old at the time of this debate. Notice how these two candidates spoke of keeping freedom, quite different today by contrast.

righteousrepublic wrote: ↑October 15th, 2020, 1:08 am Kennedy vs. Nixon: The first 1960 presidential debate

I was thirteen years old at the time of this debate. Notice how these two candidates spoke of keeping freedom, quite different today by contrast.

That sure brings back memories. that was the first election I voted in

Coronavirus: Berlin ad sticks middle finger to mask rule breakers - BBC News

Berlin's tourism authority has launched an ad campaign featuring an elderly woman giving the middle finger to people who refuse to wear masks.

"The raised index finger for all those without a mask," reads the poster, alongside a photo of the masked woman.

Over 70% of coronavirus patients wore mask, followed guidelines - study - The Jerusalem Post

Face masks and coverings are not 100% effective at preventing the spread of the coronavirus, according to a September study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The study, conducted in July, found that over 70% of the 154 "case-patients," who had tested positive for COVID-19, were infected despite making efforts to abide by CDC guidelines, including the wearing of face masks.