DO NOT TAKE A LIVE VACCINE.

Duterte expects to take a vaccine sometime May of 2021. There are different kinds of vaccines. The most dangerous are live virus vaccines. I will go over the science of vaccine this weekend. DO NOT TAKE A LIVE VACCINE. DO NOT DO IT.

August 13, 2020

By Jun Endo

Manila - The Philippines begins clinical trials in October (click here) of a Russian-developed COVID-19 vaccine that Moscow says is the first in the world approved to prevent the disease, a government spokesperson said Thursday.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who this week volunteered to test the vaccine on himself, intends to take the inoculation as soon as May of next year, spokesperson Harry Roque told reporters.

The Philippines is eager to secure a supply of vaccine for its population after having overtaken Indonesia to lead Southeast Asia in COVID-19 cases.

Philippine scientists first will review the findings of Phase 1 and 2 trials on the Russian vaccine. The Philippine trials will last until March and be paid for by Russia, Roque said....

This is very sad. Heroes are supposed to live forever. Tears.

Tom Seaver died. He was a sincere hero. He was a nice guy. He was never a disappointment. 

September 2, 2020

By Bruce Weber

Tom Seaver, (click here) one of baseball’s greatest right-handed power pitchers, a Hall of Famer who won 311 games for four major league teams, most notably the Mets, whom he led from last place to a surprise world championship in his first three seasons, died on Monday. He was 75.

The cause was complications of Lewy body dementia and Covid-19, according to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

At 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds, give or take a few, with a thick waist and tree-trunk legs that helped generate the velocity on his fastball and hard slider and the spin on his curveball, Seaver at work was a picture of kinetic grace. He had a smooth windup, a leg kick with his left knee raised high, and a stride so long after pushing off the mound that his right knee often grazed the dirt....

I don't consider the CDC as important to American policy. This is from Mayo.

...However, there are some major problems (click here) with relying on community infection to create herd immunity to the virus that causes COVID-19. First, it isn't yet clear if infection with the COVID-19 virus makes a person immune to future infection.

Research suggests that after infection with some coronaviruses, reinfection with the same virus — though usually mild and only happening in a fraction of people — is possible after a period of months or years. Further research is needed to determine the protective effect of antibodies to the virus in those who have been infected.

Even if infection with the COVID-19 virus creates long-lasting immunity, a large number of people would have to become infected to reach the herd immunity threshold. Experts estimate that in the U.S., 70% of the population — more than 200 million people — would have to recover from COVID-19 to halt the epidemic. If many people become sick with COVID-19 at once, the health care system could quickly become overwhelmed. This amount of infection could also lead to serious complications and millions of deaths, especially among older people and those who have chronic conditions....

The FBI 10 Most Wanted

The list currently has nine listed still wanted. One person has been captured. There is one that was born in 1998. That has to be a record for such a young man.

There is only one among the nine I would consider an anarchist. Rafael Caro-Quintero is the only one assaulting agents and is involved in racketeering. I think he is a very dangerous man.

Wilmington, North Carolina was the city where three Sheriff Department deputies White Supremacists prematurely danced on the future graves of African Americans. I guess it is Trump’s favorite city.

Novichok is a familiar poison used by Russian agents within Europe.

September 2, 2020

Berlin - German foreign minister (click here) says Russian ambassador summoned over Navalny poisoning, calls for those responsible to be found.

September 2, 2020

By Robyn Dixon and Loveday Morris

Moscow -  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (click here) was poisoned with a nerve agent similar to Novichok, the German government said Wednesday, citing "unequivocal" evidence of the presence of the toxin.

Novichok, a class of chemical weapons developed by the former Soviet Union and Russia, was used to poison former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England, in 2018. Western intelligence blamed Russian agents for that poisoning....

Two Russian agents were found on a camera near this area at the time of the poisoning.

April 5, 2018

By Michael Holden and Andrey Ostroukh

...Yulia and Sergei Skripal, (click here) 66, were found slumped unconscious on a public bench in the English city of Salisbury on March 4. Britain said they were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent, the first known use of such a toxin on European soil since World War Two....

I might add to any discussion of Trump's neurological deficits, COVID-19 causes clots as well.

I think the patience of people seeking answers about Trump's mental health and physical health are answered.

January 3, 2018

By James Hamblin

...Trump’s grandiosity and impulsivity (click here) have made him a constant subject of speculation among those concerned with his mental health. But after more than a year of talking with doctors and researchers about whether and how the cognitive sciences could offer a lens to explain Trump’s behavior, I’ve come to believe there should be a role for professional evaluation beyond speculating from afar.

I’m not alone. Viewers of Trump’s recent speeches have begun noticing minor abnormalities in his movements. In November, he used his free hand to steady a small Fiji bottle as he brought it to his mouth. Onlookers described the movement as “awkward” and made jokes about hand size. Some called out Trump for doing the exact thing he had mocked Senator Marco Rubio for during the presidential primary—conspicuously drinking water during a speech....

Recent books, "Too Much and Never Enough" by Mary Trump clearly spells out a long time problem with mental health. Michael S. Schmit's "Donald Trump vs. The United States" clearly illustrates problems with the president's mental and physical health.

The so-called mini-strokes" stated by Trump himself, are professionally called TIAs or Transischemic Attacks or Transient Ischemic Attack. They are episodes that ultimately can be controlled by medication such as Plavix (click here). From what I can tell there is definitely a neurological deficit when it comes to his right leg. Whether it is transient is anyone's guess, but, it appears to be so. The pictures and films are convincing enough to state he from time to time has issues that are neurological with his right leg.

There are different neurological issues. His right leg may have an injury and/or a nerve insult of some kind that causes a limp. The other issue is whether or not if the limp is due to a brain insult to a nerve that effects the right leg. I don't think anyone has noticed any deficit to his right arm, but, there is this issue that manifested resulting in slurred speech. He definitely had a "thick tongue," otherwise, difficult to move his tongue to formulate speech. Any speech is a deficit connected to nerves in the head and brain. Given there was slurred speech that is a brain insult.

So, to put this into context, Donald J. Trump by at least one witness in his intimate family has knowledge of mental health problems. The presence of a neurological deficit has been detected by happenstance capture of the USA press what appears to be TIAs probably treated by medication. It appears as though the deficit is in his left brain because the right side of his body is effected.

When he was taken to Walt Reed Medical Center it would have been for a CAT Scan with and/or without contrast, possibly an MRI and/or an MRA to detect any blood flow deficits to the brain through the main arteries in the neck, the Circle of Willis at the base of the brain and quite possibly the coronaries of the heart.

The question of blood clots can be related to dysrhythmias of the heart. Atrial flutter or Atrial fibrillation causes dysfunction of the left ventricle of the heart resulting in a "pooling" of blood within that left ventricle causing small clots to be ejected through the Aorta and large vessels to the brain causing an infarct in the brain. The idea he may have had a brief neurological incident the MRA and even a cardiac catheterization would have been performed to rule out every potential problem.

The medications used in case of a heart incident are blood thinners such as coumadin and the new Apixaban. If the cardiologists had to place a stent in a coronary artery the president would be taking Plavix for a period of time until the heart grew a skin over the metal (stainless steel) stent. Once that skin is in place, there is a far less chance of blood clot from a metal device in the heart artery(ies).

Student returning to home from COVID-19 campuses should be tested and/or quarantined before joinin family life again.

This is typical of short sighted policy makers. What does a school do with a student newly infected with SARS-CoV-2? Sending them home will only serve to spread the virus. Schools that have returned to in-person classes never thought their policy through and now it shows. The in-person classes may very well become the new super spreader.

August 25, 2020

Boston - Analysis of the genomes (click here) of hundreds of COVID-19 virus samples connects the dots between a strain of the virus that was being transmitted in Europe and a so-called superspreading event in Massachusetts which led to cases throughout the Boston area, in other states and even in other countries.

The authors wrote that their results “highlight the failure of measures to prevent importation” of the virus early during the pandemic – such as with the international travelers who attended the Biogen leadership conference held in Boston in late February....

This is Trump's law and order riddled with corruption.

All those involved in the death of Breonna Taylor, including the prosecutors offering plea deals to CYA those that murdered her need to be immediately removed from their jobs and an FBI investigation pursued.

September 2, 2020
By Vanessa Romo

A man charged with running a drug syndicate (click here) was offered a plea deal in July if he would name Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman killed by police in her Louisville, Ky. apartment, as a member of his alleged criminal gang, according to the man's attorney.

Taylor was shot dead March 13 by white Louisville Metro Police officers who had broken into her apartment at night using a "no-knock" warrant. Her death has led to nationwide protests against police brutality.

The purpose of the raid on Taylor's home was to find evidence linking her to an ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, a convicted felon with a history of drug trafficking, according to court documents.

Police didn't find any.

Now it appears prosecutors attempted to tie Taylor to a life of crime after her death....

Magnificent. I congratulate the international medical society on their dedication and expertise.

September 2, 2020

Corticosteroids should now be the first-line treatment (click here) for critically ill patients, the authors added. The only other drug shown to be effective in seriously ill patients, and only modestly at that, is remdesivir.

Steroids like dexamethasone, hydrocortisone and methylprednisolone are often used by doctors to tamp down the body’s immune system, alleviating inflammation, swelling and pain. Many Covid-19 patients die not of the virus, but of the body’s overreaction to the infection....

From the beginning the virus triggered an enormous inflammatory response by the body. It was a natural reaction, but, it was abnormally serious and became a concern to the tissue damage by it's own immune system. Today, the international medical society has decided steriods are first line drugs to protect the body's organs, including the brain. This does not cure the virus, but, it prevents the damage the body does to itself in trying to stop the virus. 

SARS-CoV-2 is a very dangerous virus that causes huge responses by the human body of all ages, including the youngest children. We still need to work to end the existance of this particular coronavirus. It is absolutely important this virus is eradicated. There is no way society can see an undisturbed future while this virus continues it's infections.

I thank the entire international medical community for their brilliant strategies to contain the damage to victims of this virus. The greater global society needs to honor their dedication by seeking strategies to end the existance of SARS-CoV-2.

Donald John Trump set the example. We are still experiencing the violence purported by Trump with armed militias.

October 3, 2020
By William K. Rashbaum, Alan Feuer and Adam Goldman

An outspoken supporter of President Trump from South Florida (click here) was charged on Friday with sending explosive packages to at least a dozen of the president’s critics, apparently bringing to a close an attempted bombing spree that has gripped the country just ahead of the midterm elections.

The suspect, Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr., 56, was arrested outside an auto parts store near Fort Lauderdale after a fast-moving investigation in which the authorities said they were able to pull a fingerprint from one of the bomb packages and collect Mr. Sayoc’s DNA from two others.

Mr. Sayoc, who seemed to be living out of a van in Aventura, Fla., was taken into custody on a day when four more explosive packages were found, including two intended for United States senators, both Democrats....

Donald John Trump knows exactly what he is doing when he inspires violent supporters. He carried out a reasonably successful television show. He didn't achieve that wihout knowing what he was doing with his audience. Those carrying guns in Kenosha support the hate and violence purported by Donald John Trump. He is not interested in a peaceful USA. He believes death "is what it is." Those are not words or actions by a leader interested in ending violence so much supporting it.

October 26, 2018

By William K. Rashbaum, Alan Feuer and Adam Goldman

Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr. (click here) is so at ease with his bigotry and his extreme political views that even those who were put off by him were surprised to learn he could be accused of resorting to violence.

He was a DJ at a strip club in West Palm Beach, an exotic dancer and steroid-using bodybuilder with a long criminal history, a Donald Trump fan who plastered his politics on the van that doubled as his home for at least a year, possibly three or four....

Cesar Altieri Savoc is a prime example of the violence that Trump advocates. He did what he thought was expected of him. After all, Trump will pay his lawyer's bill. The people that paid for the fair treatment of Cesar Savoc were the American people, not Trump.

Cesar Altieri Sayoc, (click here) aka “Cesar Randazzo,” “Cesar Altieri,” and “Cesar Altieri Randazzo,” pled guilty today to a 65-count Superseding Information in Manhattan federal court before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff.  In connection with the guilty plea, Sayoc admitted to mailing 16 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to 13 victims throughout the country, including 11 current or former U.S. government officials, and that he intended to use the IEDs as weapons and to cause injuries.  Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers for the National Security Division, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Director Michael McGarrity of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney, Jr. of the FBI’s New York Field Office and Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill of the NYPD made the announcement.

“Cesar Sayoc has admitted to acts of domestic terrorism that are repulsive to all Americans who cherish a society built on respectful and non-violent political discourse, no matter how strongly held one’s views,” said Assistant Attorney General Demers.  “Our democracy will simply not survive if our political discourse includes sending bombs to those we disagree with.  I applaud the efforts of so many in our law enforcement community whose alertness and tirelessness led to the prompt arrest of the defendant before he was able to injure anyone, as well as those whose efforts led to today’s plea.”...

There is evidence everywhere of the hate speech Trump has propagated.

The violence in Kenosha is the direct result of Trump's hate speech and a militarized police force.

August 25, 2020
By Tamar Lapin

A Wisconsin Department of Corrections building (click here) was burned to the ground during the second night of unrest in Kenosha over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Footage posted on Twitter Tuesday showed entire wings of the facility containing probation and parole offices reduced to rubble and cinders.

The message “Are you listening yet?” was tagged on one side of a wall left standing.

At least 34 fires associated with the rioting were reported, with 30 businesses damaged, Kenosha Fire Chief Charles Leipzig told the Kenosha News....

Six percent dead is a failed Trump administration. The infection rate and death rate could have been completely prevented.

This is ridiculous. The CDC has become a political pundit of Trump. Everyone in the country knows that co-morbidities make surviving the virus difficult, but, natural aging is not a co-morbidity.

Natural aging is what the USA is proud of, Americans are proud of their longevity. More than that, the quality of life while aging has become a point of interest of the American people. Natural aging was taken away from more than a hundred thousand Americans because Trump didn't contain the virus.

Trump himself is in the danger zone for contracting SARS-CoV-2 and facing death, one would expect him to be conducting intense policy regarding the naturally aged American; instead he is promoting greater death by his own definition of herd immunity.

August 31, 2020
By Cole Sullivan

The Centers for Disease Control (click here) said six percent of COVID-19 deaths were from COVID alone, but the claim that the virus killed only 9,000 Americans is incorrect. Most deaths from the coronavirus had causes in addition to COVID, not instead of it.

Online posts from Tennessee State Representatives Jeremy Faison and Jason Zachary point to incomplete information also amplified in a false claim, reportedly posted by President Donald Trump and removed by Twitter....

This time Los Angeles. What kind of bicycle violation results in a shooting? A bicycle violation? Like, what?

September 1, 2020

...The cyclist, 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee, (click here) was shot more than 20 times in the back on Monday afternoon after two sheriff's deputies tried to stop him for a bicycle code violation, said Benjamin Crump, who said he is representing Kizzee's family.

The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said Kizzee, whose identity was confirmed by the county medical examiner-coroner, was shot fewer than 20 times after dropping a handgun he had been carrying and punching one of the deputies.

The killing renewed protests in the city by demonstrators angered at deadly violence against Black people by police. Such protests have become a near daily occurrence around the country after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer in May.

"You don't kill any race but us, and it don't make any sense," Fletcher Fair, Dijon Kizzee's aunt, told reporters at the site of the shooting on Tuesday where activists called for an independent investigation by California's attorney general. "Why us?"...

The shooting is not justified. The gun was on the ground and Dijon was not firing the gun at police. Was the gun loaded? He could have been carrying an empty gun.

What impresses me is the number of bullets Dijon was shot with, since when do police carry a high capacity magazines with 20 bullets?

Whether it is Mr. Blake or Dijon Kizzee, the police are emptying their magazines? That, to me, spells a profound lack of skills in using the gun. I can empty a gun magazine without training or practice, although the recoil might be worrisome in AIMING the gun. Emptying a gun of it's bullets is not good police work.

..."Our suspect (click here) was holding some items of clothing in his hands, punched one of the officers in the face and then dropped the items in his hands," Lt. Brandon Dean said. "The deputies noticed that inside the clothing items that he dropped was a black semiautomatic handgun, at which time a deputy-involved shooting occurred."...

Punching a police officer is serious, but, it seems as though they are losing their perspective when it comes to firing their guns. Seriously. I don't think they are emotionally stable if they are emptying their magazines into a person. Where are they getting the permission to simply unload their magazines into a person? How is it a 17 year old with a military style weapon walk through the streets with impunity while a black bicyclist is deemed a threat while owning a gun so police are motivated to the point of killing him?

It doesn't make sense anymore. Where is the sincere fear of a black man come from that unleashes this degree of fury?

It was the Russians. They are inside the perimeter!

 

fps in paintball is feet per second - Protesters do not have body armor to protect them from paintguns.

Link to picture (click here)

...Public (click here)

Many laws have been put into place limiting where a paintball gun can and cannot be used. It is prohibited to discharge a paintball gun by a street or road, sidewalk, highway, and in public land except for a target range....

An 18-year old boy suffered a liver rupture after playing paintball (click here)

Shooting plastic pellets (click here) at speeds of up to 200mph while traversing all sorts of obstacles and muddy terrain doesn’t sound like the safest of pursuits - so how safe is paintball?

There’s no denying those paintballs can sting, and may even leave a bruise if they hit any exposed skin, but in reality, you’re no more likely to pick up an injury paintballing as you are playing football, rugby or any other sport that can result in scrapes and bruises....

...While knee pads, elbow pads, and chest protectors can all help protect against injury, a pair of goggles is the only essential piece of paintball safety equipment that must be worn at all times...

...The speed of a paintball (click here) is measured in feet per second (fps) because of the short range of the markers. Most guns are measured in fps. The average paintball marker can shoot 300 fps, or slightly below this. Most paintball playing fields require a maximum of 280 fps for safety purposes.

With an effective range of 80 to 100 feet for the average 280-fps marker, a paintball can reach its target in about one-third of a second....

None of this is unexpected insight. The best place to survive COVID-19 is home.

May 26, 2020
By Roxana Baiceanu

Jonathan Woloshin, Head of U.S. Real Estate, UBS Global Wealth Management’s Chief Investment Office. Image courtesy of UBS

...Woloshin: (click here) So far, May rent collections are running ahead of April, although the month is not over yet. I believe it is explainable by several factors including:

• the direct funds from the CARES Act.
• the significant increase in unemployment benefits that the federal government added to state-level benefits.
• the willingness of landlords to work out payment plans with renters who have demonstrated their hardship arising from COVID-19.
• the desire for tenants to maintain good standing with their landlord and credit ratings.

Woloshin: The longer the lockdown is in place, the greater the risk of nonpayment. The federal unemployment benefits expire at the end of July. In addition, several states have extended eviction moratoriums, and California is debating a bill that would allow tenants to have a year to pay their rent with no penalties or eviction. The longer this crisis goes on, the more political pressure there will be at the state and local levels to protect tenants. In addition, the growing calls for rent strikes cannot be ignored....

The consumer credit available to Americans is being used to pay bills, not improve quality of life.

All Americans, according to this RAND study, have lost income during this period of COVID-19. The higher the income the less income lost. 

With government SUBSIDIES, lowest-income Americans did improve their outcomes. Working with percentages in this instance can be tricky because 4 percent of higher-income households may actually be the same amount of monies received by the lowest incomes receiving 12 percent.

...Households' methods of coping (click here) with these difficulties vary across the income spectrum. A widely cited survey question from the Federal Reserve asks how respondents would pay an emergency expense. To take into account the widespread, unexpected job losses and financial downturn associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, we modified this question to ask people who are in the midst of an emergency—those who reported difficulty in paying their bills—how they are dealing with expenses.

Among households that are struggling to make ends meet, we found that approaches vary significantly across the income spectrum (Table 1). Unsurprisingly, low-income households have few options. They report borrowing from friends and family, selling possessions, and simply being unable to meet expenses. Consistent with these findings, evidence from other surveys reveals rising food insecurity among low-income households.

Middle-income households report using formal credit: putting expenses on credit cards with the hopes of paying the debt off over time, using bank loans and lines of credit, and, in some cases, taking on payday loans. We found fewer reports of payday loans among the low-income group than among the middle-income group. Although this difference was not statistically significant, it might reflect the higher rates of job loss among low-income workers, as documented in other surveys; without a job, a payday loan is not an option....

In Table 1 of this RAND study, it is very obvious all levels of income in the USA are using credit to pay their bills. So, while the Fed is creating a better financial environment for the use of credit in the USA, the consumers of credit are using it at this time to pay bills and not to improve their quality of life. That is a concern for the future. If there is significant credit building up with consumers that means they may be using bankruptcy to protect their financial position in times to come. That SURVIVAL STATUS will effect their spending behavior now.