American Airlines booted a mother and her child from a flight last week because the 2-year-old would not wear a face mask.
Rachel Davis, the child&#8217;s mother, shared an Instagram post on Thursday detailing her ordeal on an American Airlines plane earlier that day when the flight crew forced everyone to deplane so Davis and her “screaming and crying” child could be removed for the flight. The post has earned roughly 191,000 likes in four days.
“The eyes of a mama-bear who just bawled her eyes out as she was forced off an airplane because her 2 year old wouldn’t keep his mask on,” Davis began, sharing a photo of her with red-rimmed eyes holding her sleeping child.
“Before I even sat in my seat, flight attendant Terry on American Airlines flight 5595 from Charlotte, NC to Manchester, NH on September 17th, approached me and asked how old my son is, and demanded according to their policy he wear a mask,” Davis continued. “I told her this is our fourth American Airlines flight this week, and he has never been asked to wear a mask. She informed me he (my overtired two year old son) would need to comply with their company policy or we would be asked to leave the aircraft.”
All major airlines, including American, require all people age 2 and older to wear face masks throughout a flight with exceptions for drinking and eating. Davis said the flight crew made the entire flight deplane in order to escort her off.
“They moved us to a flight tonight, on the same airline who’s (sic) company policy kicked us off the last flight, because my two year old son wouldn’t keep a mask securely over his nose and mouth at all times,” she wrote. “This is the world we live in? This is not a mask debate. This is a ‘be a god damned human’ debate. I will NEVER fly AA again.”
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 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFQG1fMnwUw/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">I’m at a complete loss of words. The eyes of a mama-bear who just bawled her eyes out as she was forced off an airplane because her 2 year old wouldn’t keep his mask on. I tried repeatedly, begged him, bribed him, pleaded with him, did everything I could while he was screaming and crying as I tried to hold him and put the mask on, feeling my absolute lowest of lows as a mother. Before I even sat in my seat, flight attendant Terry on American Airlines flight 5595 from Charlotte, NC to Manchester, NH on September 17th, approached me and asked how old my son is, and demanded according to their policy he wear a mask. I told her this is our fourth American Airlines flight this week, and he has never been asked to wear a mask. She informed me he (my overtired two year old son) would need to comply with their company policy or we would be asked to leave the aircraft. As I tried to put down my things and get a mask out, I heard Terry on the phone saying “yea it’s clear there is going to be a problem and we will need you to come down”. The nastiest smug look on her face. I’ll save you the rest of the horror that happened on the plane, as I continued trying to get him to wear the mask, bawling my eyes out and hyperventilating behind my own suffocating mask. Desperate to get home after the worst week. He would have been asleep before we even pushed back if they had just been humans. The pilot had the final say, Lyon wears the mask or they will escort us off the plane. Rather than get themselves any bad press by escorting a crying mom and two year old off the plane, they forced everyone to deplane, and wouldn’t let us back on the flight home. Apparently before we got off the plane everyone who left before us lit up the crew in the gate area. The Captain walking right by me as I screamed my head off in my absolute worst moment. They moved us to a flight tonight, on the same airline who’s company policy kicked us off the last flight, because my two year old son wouldn’t keep a mask securely over his nose and mouth at all times. This is the world we live in? This is not a mask debate. This is a ‘be a god damned human’ debate. I will NEVER fly AA again.</a>
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Other passengers on the flight reacted with outrage that Davis was booted from her flight because her 2-year-old would not wear a mask.
“It was very cold and cruel,” Taylor Cournoyer, a passenger on the flight, told <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/ABCNews/mother-year-kicked-off-american-flight-toddler-refuses/story?id=73144268&amp;fbclid=IwAR0czoUrtjlFC13oFr-BGPSpYH6uqMToQInzyJUUm1mEkMTM9ayR43r6K_I&amp;fbclid=IwAR0TJIVrwr0KGNoRjq6YC1_bVvcs2xoKGZyQD1F3MSnUcI1aZCdHp4qGUhE">ABC News</a>. “This wasn&#8217;t an issue of a grown adult not complying out of spite because they don&#8217;t agree with masks — this was a child. And it was not a bad, irresponsible mom either — she was crying and trying to keep the mask on and asking the flight attendants for help and advice on what to do.”
Since blowback began building against American Airlines, the airline has reached out to Davis to “address her concerns.”
“To ensure the safety of our customers and team, American Airlines requires all persons 2 years and older to wear an appropriate face covering throughout the entirety of their travel journey,” American Airlines said in a statement. “Policies are enforced and approved face coverings are made available at key points throughout the customer journey. We’ve reached out to the family to learn more about their recent travel experience and to address their concerns.”
Read Davis’s entire Instagram post below:
<blockquote>I’m at a complete loss of words.
The eyes of a mama-bear who just bawled her eyes out as she was forced off an airplane because her 2 year old wouldn’t keep his mask on.
I tried repeatedly, begged him, bribed him, pleaded with him, did everything I could while he was screaming and crying as I tried to hold him and put the mask on, feeling my absolute lowest of lows as a mother.
Before I even sat in my seat, flight attendant Terry on American Airlines flight 5595 from Charlotte, NC to Manchester, NH on September 17th, approached me and asked how old my son is, and demanded according to their policy he wear a mask.
I told her this is our fourth American Airlines flight this week, and he has never been asked to wear a mask. She informed me he (my overtired two year old son) would need to comply with their company policy or we would be asked to leave the aircraft.
As I tried to put down my things and get a mask out, I heard Terry on the phone saying “yea it’s clear there is going to be a problem and we will need you to come down”. The nastiest smug look on her face.
I’ll save you the rest of the horror that happened on the plane, as I continued trying to get him to wear the mask, bawling my eyes out and hyperventilating behind my own suffocating mask. Desperate to get home after the worst week. He would have been asleep before we even pushed back if they had just been humans.
The pilot had the final say, Lyon wears the mask or they will escort us off the plane.
Rather than get themselves any bad press by escorting a crying mom and two year old off the plane, they forced everyone to deplane, and wouldn’t let us back on the flight home. Apparently before we got off the plane everyone who left before us lit up the crew in the gate area.
The Captain walking right by me as I screamed my head off in my absolute worst moment.
They moved us to a flight tonight, on the same airline who’s company policy kicked us off the last flight, because my two year old son wouldn’t keep a mask securely over his nose and mouth at all times.
This is the world we live in? This is not a mask debate. This is a ‘be a god damned human’ debate.
I will NEVER fly AA again.</blockquote>
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It&#8217;s not too early to wonder whether Santa Claus will be able to slink down the chimney this Christmas and deliver toys to all the good boys and girls of the world.
But Halloween, at least, looks like a washout this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://wcbs880.radio.com/articles/news/cdc-labels-trick-or-treating-as-high-risk-halloween-activity">announced</a> on Monday that trick-or-treating is &#8220;higher risk&#8221; and advised Americans to avoid the activity to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Said the CDC &#8212; &#8220;Avoid these higher-risk activities to help prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19:&#8221;
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<li>Participating in traditional trick-or-treating where treats are handed to children who go door to door</li>
<li>Having trunk-or-treat where treats are handed out from trunks of cars lined up in large parking lots</li>
<li>Attending crowded costume parties held indoors</li>
<li>Going to an indoor haunted house where people may be crowded together and screaming</li>
<li>Going on hayrides or tractor rides with people who are not in your household</li>
<li>Using alcohol or drugs, which can cloud judgment and increase risky behaviors</li>
<li>Traveling to a rural fall festival that is not in your community if you live in an area with community spread of COVID-19</li>
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Among the &#8220;lower risk activities&#8221;:
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<li>Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of your household and displaying them</li>
<li>Carving or decorating pumpkins outside, at a safe distance, with neighbors or friends</li>
<li>Decorating your house, apartment, or living space</li>
<li>Doing a Halloween scavenger hunt where children are given lists of Halloween-themed things to look for while they walk outdoors from house to house admiring Halloween decorations at a distance</li>
<li>Having a virtual Halloween costume contest</li>
<li>Having a Halloween movie night with people you live with</li>
<li>Having a scavenger hunt-style trick-or-treat search with your household members in or around your home rather than going house to house</li>
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The CDC also said Halloween costume masks should not be used in place of protective cloth masks. &#8220;Do not use a costume mask as a substitute for a cloth mask unless it is made of two or more layers of breathable fabric that covers your mouth and nose and doesn’t leave gaps around your face,&#8221; the CDC said. &#8220;Do not wear a costume mask over a cloth mask because it can be dangerous if the costume mask makes it hard to breathe. Instead, consider using a Halloween-themed cloth mask.&#8221;
While the CDC didn&#8217;t offer guidelines for Christmas, the agency did cover Thanksgiving, saying:
&#8220;Avoid these higher-risk activities to help prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19:&#8221;
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<li>Going shopping in crowded stores just before, on, or after Thanksgiving</li>
<li>Participating or being a spectator at a crowded race</li>
<li>Attending crowded parades</li>
<li>Using alcohol or drugs, which can cloud judgment and increase risky behaviors</li>
<li>Attending large indoor gatherings with people from outside of your household</li>
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United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced that he will make the Army available to help police enforce strict new coronavirus rules he is putting in place for up to six months.
Johnson said police will have the &#8220;option to draw on military support where required&#8221; as he warned Britons not to expect a return to a normal life any time soon.
&#8220;We will provide the police and local authorities with the extra funding they need, a greater police presence on our streets, and the option to draw on military support where required to free up the police,&#8221; he said.
The PM’s spokesman later clarified Johnson&#8217;s statement, the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-54245931/page/2">reported</a>. “This is not about providing any additional powers to the military, or them replacing the police in enforcement roles, and they will not be handing out fines. It is about freeing up more police officers.”
The BBC put out a list of the stringent new rules:
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<li>Plans to allow fans to return to sporting events paused</li>
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Johnson said, &#8220;we have to take drastic action now &#8212; to avoid the risk of more drastic action later on.&#8221;
The PM also sought to explain why bars need to close at 10 p.m., saying the government has seen evidence that transmission of COVID-19 &#8220;does tend to happen later at night after more alcohol has been consumed.&#8221; And he said, &#8220;we reserve the right to deploy greater firepower, with significantly greater restrictions.&#8221;
Top officials this week announced a plan to fine people up to 10,000 pounds ($13,000) if they refuse an order to self-isolate, Stars and Stripes <a href="https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/uk-to-fine-quarantine-breakers-up-to-13-000-1.645804">reported</a>.
The new rule orders all residents to undergo quarantine if they test positive for COVID-19 &#8212; or even if they are traced to have had contact with someone who tests positive. The rule takes effect Sept. 28.
&#8220;The government will help those on lower incomes who face a loss of earnings as a result of self-isolating with a one-time support payment of $633,&#8221; Stars reports.
The new move comes as COVID-19 cases are rising in the U.K., hitting 4,422 one day last week, the highest since early May.
Said Johnson: “People who choose to ignore the rules will face significant fines.&#8221;
“We need to do all we can to control the spread of this virus, to prevent the most vulnerable people from becoming infected, and to protect the NHS and save lives. And while most people are doing their absolute level best to comply with the rules, I don’t want to see a situation where people don’t feel they are financially able to self-isolate,&#8221; the prime minister said.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uk-to-fine-quarantine-breakers-up-to-13000/">U.K. To Fine Quarantine-Breakers Up To $13,000</a>
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Three teams in the National Football League have been fined more than $1 million because their coaches didn&#8217;t wear masks during games.
The three teams, each fined $250,000, are the Seattle Seahawks, the Denver Broncos, and the San Francisco 49ers. Their coaches, the Seahawks’ Pete Carroll, the Broncos’ Vic Fangio and the 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan, were also each fined $100,000.
&#8220;The $1,050,000 in punishments comes a week after the league sent a memo to teams reinforcing its requirement that coaches wear coverings over their mouths and noses at all times on the sidelines during games, threatening discipline for those who don&#8217;t comply,&#8221; ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29941333/sources-nfl-fines-broncos-vic-fangio-seahawks-pete-carroll-49ers-kyle-shanahan-100k-mask-noncompliance">reported</a>.
&#8220;We must remain vigilant and disciplined in following the processes and protocols put in place by not only the league, union and clubs, but also by state and local governments,&#8221; Vincent said in the memo. &#8220;Failure to adhere to this requirement will result in accountability measures being imposed against offending individuals and/or clubs &#8230; Becoming careless or ignoring face covering and physical distancing requirements will put the 2020 season at risk,&#8221; Vincent said.
More fines could be on the way. In Monday night&#8217;s game, coaches Jon Gruden of the Las Vegas Raiders and Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints had masks on, but Gruden wore his like a chin strap and Payton wore his gaiter like a turtleneck.
Gruden, who has already had COVID-19, said: &#8220;I&#8217;m doing my best. I&#8217;m very sensitive about it &#8230; I&#8217;m calling plays. I just wann&#8217;a communicate in these situations, and if I get fined, I&#8217;ll have to pay the fine, but I&#8217;m very sensitive about that and I apologize.&#8221;
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the fines were “consistent” with the league’s guidance.
“You can’t let up,” Goodell told USA Today late Monday. “We’ve got to consistently do the things that have gotten us to this place and not think, ‘Okay, things have gone so well, so it’s okay now.’ It’s not. You’ve got to stay on your toes and we’ve got to continue to be disciplined.”
Ratings have been plunging for the NFL this year. On opening day, some players knelt and raised fists in protest over racial injustice while others stayed off the field for the “Star-Spangled Banner.&#8221;
In the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons, players dropped to one knee just after the opening kickoff. Minnesota Vikings players locked arms a half-hour before their game against the Green Bay Packers as “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is being called the black anthem, was played. In Washington, D.C., members of the Philadelphia Eagles stayed in the locker room during the national anthem.
At the season opener between the reigning Super Bowl champs, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Houston Texans — one of the few contests to include fans in the stadium — the crowd’s boos rained down on players as they linked arms on the field.
“After the Houston Texans remained in the locker room during the national anthem, fans booed them when they emerged from the tunnel at its conclusion. The booing continued as the two teams walked to midfield and shook hands, their interlocked arms stretched from one end zone to the other during what was supposed to be a moment of silence,” the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/561c74297aef243e58ac573afe4d8e26" rel="nofollow">reported</a>.
The ratings were not good, with Nielsen Media Research announcing the prime-time game between the Texans and the Chiefs dropped 11% in the key 18-49 demographic, even with digital views up, <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/09/nfl-ratings-down-season-kickoff-kansas-city-chiefs-coronavirus-houston-texans-nbc-1234575251/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according</a> to Deadline.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday ripped China and the World Health Organization (WHO) for mishandling the virus that led to a pandemic.
In recorded remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Trump blamed China for the coronavirus that has killed nearly 200,000 Americans and almost 1 million worldwide, <a href="https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">according</a> to Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
“As we pursue this bright future, we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world: China,” Trump said in the speech, filmed Monday in Washington, D.C.
“The Chinese government and the World Health Organization, which is virtually controlled by China, falsely declared that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. Later they falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease,&#8221; Trump said. “The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions.&#8221;
A congressional report released Monday claims China could have prevented a vast majority of coronavirus cases before the end of February if officials followed international health guidelines after the first outbreak occurred in Wuhan.
The report, authored by Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, found that China initially covered up the spread of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, and that the World Health Organization (WHO) was complicit because it “parroted” Chinese propaganda.
“It is beyond doubt that the [Chinese Communist Party] actively engaged in a cover-up designed to obfuscate data, hide relevant public health information, and suppress doctors and journalists who attempted to warn the world,” the report says. “Research shows the CCP could have reduced the number of cases in China by up to 95 percent had it fulfilled its obligations under international law and responded to the outbreak in a manner consistent with best practices.”
The report notes that “as early as mid-December [2019], and no later than December 27th, the CCP had enough information to assess it was legally obligated to inform the WHO that the outbreak in Wuhan was an event ‘that may constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.&#8217;”
“It is highly likely the ongoing pandemic could have been prevented,” the report said.
On Jan. 1, CCP officials ordered the Wuhan wet market from which the virus reportedly emerged to “be closed and sanitized, destroying forensic evidence that may have provided insight into the origins of the outbreak.&#8221; It wasn&#8217;t until Jan. 30 that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
The report says WHO simply accepted Chinese propaganda about the virus and therefore misinformed other nations about its spread.
“The WHO has been complicit in the spread and normalization of CCP propaganda and disinformation,” the report stated. “By repeating as truth statements that were misleading, if not lies, the WHO negatively impacted the global response.”
“From the early stages of the outbreak, the WHO, under Director-General Tedros [Adhanom Ghebreyesus]’ leadership, parroted and upheld as inviolable truth, statements from the CCP,” the report said. “An examination of their public statements, including the praise heaped on the CCP’s handling of the pandemic, reveal a disturbing willingness to ignore science and alternative credible sources.”
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A new Congressional report claims China could have prevented a vast majority of coronavirus cases before the end of February if officials followed international health guidelines after the first outbreak occurred in Wuhan.
The report, released Monday and authored by Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, found that China initially covered up the spread of SARS-CoV-2 &#8212; which causes COVID-19 &#8212; and that the World Health Organization (WHO) was complicit because it “parroted” Chinese propaganda.
“It is beyond doubt that the [Chinese Communist Party] actively engaged in a cover-up designed to obfuscate data, hide relevant public health information, and suppress doctors and journalists who attempted to warn the world,” the report says. “Research shows the CCP could have reduced the number of cases in China by up to 95 percent had it fulfilled its obligations under international law and responded to the outbreak in a manner consistent with best practices.”
The report notes that “as early as mid-December [2019], and no later than December 27th, the CCP had enough information to assess it was legally obligated to inform the WHO that the outbreak in Wuhan was an event ‘that may constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.&#8217;”
“It is highly likely the ongoing pandemic could have been prevented,” the report said.
On Jan. 1, CCP officials ordered the Wuhan wet market from which the virus reportedly emerged to “be closed and sanitized, destroying forensic evidence that may have provided insight into the origins of the outbreak.&#8221; It wasn&#8217;t until Jan. 30 that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
The report says WHO simply accepted Chinese propaganda about the virus and therefore misinformed other nations about its spread.
“The WHO has been complicit in the spread and normalization of CCP propaganda and disinformation,” the report stated. “By repeating as truth statements that were misleading, if not lies, the WHO negatively impacted the global response.”
“From the early stages of the outbreak, the WHO, under Director-General Tedros [Adhanom Ghebreyesus]’ leadership, parroted and upheld as inviolable truth, statements from the CCP,” the report said. “An examination of their public statements, including the praise heaped on the CCP’s handling of the pandemic, reveal a disturbing willingness to ignore science and alternative credible sources.”
In addition, China nationalized various production lines of medical equipment, in essence seizing the medical supply chains of other nations.
“According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), [the] nationalized control of the medical supply chain included ‘commandeer[ing] medical manufacturing and logistics down to the factory level,&#8217;” the report states. “It is highly likely that China’s nationalization of the manufacturing capacity of foreign companies, including 3M and General Motors, directly impacted the ability of the United States and other countries to procure [personal protective equipment] on the global market.”
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said in a statement Monday that “it is crystal-clear that had the CCP been transparent, and had the head of the WHO cared more about global health than appeasing the CCP, lives could have been spared and widespread economic devastation could have been mitigated.”
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GOP Report Claims China Tried To Cover Up Scope Of COVID-19, Could Have Prevented Pandemic

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The Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco claimed that the city&#8217;s strict coronavirus lockdown restrictions against houses of worship are &#8220;mocking God.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/archbishop-salvatore-cordileone-says-san-francisco-mass-restrictions-are-mocking-god-72251" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Catholic News Agency</a>, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone participated in one of several outdoor Eucharistic processions on Sunday, which converged near San Francisco City Hall before proceeding to the cathedral.
“For months I have pleaded with the City on your behalf, advocating for your need of the consolation of the Mass, and the consolation you derive from the practice of your faith and connection with your faith community. City Hall ignored us,” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone preached in his homily during an outdoor Mass.
“It has become clear to me that they just don’t care about you&#8230;We have been patiently putting up with unjust treatment long enough, and now it is time to come together to witness to our faith and to the primacy of God, and tell City Hall: No More!”
Until Sept. 14, San Francisco, under the leadership of Democrat Mayor London Breed, limited even outdoor religious gatherings to 12 people, one of the strictest limits in the country. Though the permitted number has since increased to 50, only one person is allowed to enter the cathedral to pray.
Hotels in the city are nevertheless open at full capacity and most stores have reopened at 50% capacity.
&#8220;One person at a time in this great Cathedral to pray? What an insult. This is a mockery. They are mocking you, and even worse, they are mocking God,&#8221; Cordileone said. He later went on:
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Our blessed Lord is openly mocked to the gleeful grins of the cultural elites. The sacred symbol of the religious habit is blasphemed with glowing approval of those who profess mutual respect and tolerance for others who are different, while they openly discriminate against us.
In fighting for justice, we fight for the glory of God. And so I am calling on every Catholic in this City, and this country, to continue to exercise responsible citizenship, to abide by reasonable public health rules, and to continue to serve our community, despite the mockery to which we are being subject in so many different ways. This is God’s way, and this is how I see Catholics serving Our Lord.
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Cordileone has spoken out before against San Francisco&#8217;s clampdown on churches. As The Daily Wire reported, an Aug. 21 public letter Cordileone wrote <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-serious-deprivation-of-our-rights-san-francisco-archbishop-pleads-with-mayor-to-ease-coronavirus-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said in part</a>:
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Ours and others’ faith is being treated as less important than a trip to the hardware store, or a nice dinner out on the patio. This denial of access to safe outdoor public worship is a serious deprivation of our rights as Americans under the First Amendment and our spiritual needs as people of faith. One million public Masses without any Covid outbreaks demonstrates that it is just as safe in San Francisco as in other parts of the state, such as San Mateo County, to permit large gatherings for outdoor public worship with reasonable safety precautions.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-NY), who is a Catholic, <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/follow-science-pelosi-criticizes-catholic-bishop-pushing-for-looser-coronavirus-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">seemed to dismiss Cordileone&#8217;s concerns</a> last week, saying the archbishop should &#8220;look to the science&#8221; about coronavirus.
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The Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco claimed that the city&#039;s strict coronavirus lockdown restrictions against houses of worship are &quot;mocking God.&quot;

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden struggled during a speech on Sunday, falsely claiming that estimates indicated that there would be 200 million people dead from COVID-19 by the time he was finished talking.
While talking about the issue of health care, Biden said, &#8220;And perhaps most cruelly of all, if Donald Trump has his way, the complications from COVID-19, which are well beyond what they should be—it’s estimated that 200 million people [will] have died probably by the time I finish this talk—the complications of COVID-19, like lung scarring and heart damage, could become the next deniable preexisting condition for over six million Americans who’ve already contracted the disease.&#8221;
Globally, fewer than a million deaths have been recorded from the virus and, in the United States, approximately 200,000 people have been recorded as having died from the virus.
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Joe Biden says 200 million people will have died from covid by the time he finishes his speech today. Just a bit off on that number. <a href="https://t.co/7MVpUb1R8P">pic.twitter.com/7MVpUb1R8P</a>
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Biden did not correct himself but, several minutes later, <a href="https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/joe-biden-philadelphia-speech-transcript-sept-20-accuses-trump-republicans-of-abuse-of-power-over-scotus">said</a>, &#8220;Like I said, as I speak, we’re probably passing 200,000 deaths lost to this virus.&#8221;
During a CNN town hall last week, Biden claimed, “If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people—I’m not making this up. Just look at the data. Look at the data.”
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/17/joe-bidens-cnn-town-hall-an-occasional-whopper/">responded</a> to Biden’s claim by writing:
<blockquote>Actually, Biden is making this up. There is no data to support this, even if the president had moved rapidly in January to deal with the coronavirus and been able to persuade the Chinese leadership to be more forthcoming about the situation. Even nations that have been praised for their handling of the pandemic, such as South Korea, New Zealand and Iceland, have suffered some deaths (377 in South Korea, 25 in New Zealand and 10 in Iceland).
In the United States, with 50 states run by governors, policies have varied greatly. Trump has been faulted for not articulating a national plan, but he would have had trouble persuading every governor to follow the exact same path.</blockquote>
Politico responded to Biden’s remarks by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/18/talk-about-losers-cnn-town-hall-joe-biden-417560">writing</a> that he “vastly overstated what protections could have worked against the virus,” and that his remarks were “not true.”
Biden has a history of making puzzling statements regarding numbers, including a remark from last year where he claimed that more than 100 million Americans had been killed from gun violence over the previous 12 years.
“150 million people have been killed since 2007 when Bernie voted to exempt the gun manufacturers from liability,” Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-joe-biden-150-million-americans-killed-in-shootings-since-2007">falsely claimed</a>. “More than all the wars, including Vietnam, from that point on, carnage on our streets.”
Biden also once <a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/20/facebook-posts/yes-biden-has-said-150-million-americans-died-guns/">stated</a> that the U.S. had &#8220;over 120 million dead from COVID,” but he then immediately corrected himself, saying in his very next words, &#8220;I mean, 120,000 dead from COVID.&#8221;
Biden also recently misstated the number of deaths that the U.S. military has experienced from COVID-19.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-gives-false-military-coronavirus-stats-it-appears-he-didnt-understand-basic-abbreviation">reported</a>:
<blockquote>“Military COVID infected: 118,984,” Biden said while reading off of a note card. “Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”
As of today, a <a href="https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Spotlight/Coronavirus/">total</a> of seven members of the U.S. Military have died from the coronavirus while the total number of infected is 40,026.
A look at photos that were available from the event shows the note card that Biden was reading, which stated: “MI COVID Infected: 118,984. MI COVID Deaths: 6,814.”
Biden—speaking in Michigan—apparently did not understand that “MI” was an abbreviation for the state that he was in, not an abbreviation for “Military.”</blockquote>
A spokesperson for the campaign told Fox News that Biden &#8220;misspoke.&#8221;
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Break quarantine, pay money &#8212; a lot of money.
That&#8217;s what the United Kingdom&#8217;s government wants. Top officials have announced a plan to fine people up to 10,000 pounds ($13,000) if they refuse an order to self-isolate, Stars and Stripes <a href="https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/uk-to-fine-quarantine-breakers-up-to-13-000-1.645804">reports</a>.
The new rule orders all residents to undergo quarantine if they test positive for COVID-19 &#8212; or even if they are traced to have had contact with someone who tests positive. The rule takes effect Sept. 28.
&#8220;The government will help those on lower incomes who face a loss of earnings as a result of self-isolating with a one-time support payment of $633,&#8221; Stars reports.
The new move comes as COVID-19 cases are rising in the U.K., hitting 4,422 one day last week, the highest since early May.
Health minister Matt Hancock on Sunday said Britain is at a tipping point on COVID-19 and warned that a second national lockdown could be imposed. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is calling the new spike in cases a &#8220;second wave,&#8221; and officials across Britain have enacted stricter lockdown measures.
“The nation faces a tipping point and we have a choice,” Hancock <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-hancock/britain-is-at-covid-19-tipping-point-health-minister-says-idUSKCN26B092">told</a> Sky News. “The choice is either that everybody follows the rules &#8230; or we will have to take more measures.”
Said Johnson: “People who choose to ignore the rules will face significant fines.&#8221;
“We need to do all we can to control the spread of this virus, to prevent the most vulnerable people from becoming infected, and to protect the NHS and save lives. And while most people are doing their absolute level best to comply with the rules, I don’t want to see a situation where people don’t feel they are financially able to self-isolate,&#8221; the prime minister said.
Rules on social gatherings are tightening across the country, and several cities and regions in Britain have had  &#8220;local lockdowns: imposed, limiting &#8220;even more strictly when, where, and how many people can meet up socially,&#8221; Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-hancock/britain-is-at-covid-19-tipping-point-health-minister-says-idUSKCN26B092">reported</a>.
Other nations have enacted strict rules after COVID-19 cases began to rise. Melbourne, Australia, underwent a near-total lockdown for six weeks, which ended Sept. 13. The rules:
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<li>Must stay within 5km (3 mi) radius of home.</li>
<li>Only one person from a household is allowed to shop per day.</li>
<li>No more than one hour of exercise per day and groups limited to two.</li>
<li>Recreational activity is banned.</li>
<li>Curfew from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m.</li>
</ul>
Some U.S. cities have also enacted steep fines for violating COVID-19 regulations.
West Hollywood, California, in July, began fining residents for not wearing masks. For a first offense, there’s a $250 fine plus $50 processing fee, the sheriff’s department said in a statement. The second offense brings a $1,000 fine, the third a $2,000 fine — and for a fourth offense, a whopping $5,000 fine.
The sheriff’s department said they simply had no other choice but to implement fines. “Our last option was to conduct enforcement by issuing an Administrative Citation, but the risk to community health is too great,” the statement said.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) penned a letter to the Department of Homeland Security last week demanding that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement halt plans to deport 39 Somali nationals over concerns that they could contribute to the &#8220;spread of COVID.&#8221;
On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security responded noting that Omar was moving to protect at least 36 convicted criminals, whose crimes range from murder to material support for terrorism, to criminal sexual conduct, and even the alleged sexual assault of a minor.
The <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/omar-demands-ice-halt-plans-to-deport-somali-illegal-immigrants-from-her-district-risking-spread-of-covid">Washington Examiner reports that Omar</a> &#8220;criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday over the agency’s potential deportation of illegal immigrants back to Somalia, citing coronavirus fears as a reason to halt the deportations&#8221; and demanded ICE put a halt to the planned exits.
“ICE is set to deport dozens of individuals from my district to Somalia, risking the spread of COVID,” Omar tweeted, indicating that she planned to formally confront the department over its agenda. “ICE’s actions will not only put these individuals at risk, but could have far-reaching consequences for Somalia. This week, I sent a letter to ICE to get answers.”
The tweet echoes concerns raised by members of the progressive &#8220;squad&#8221; and addressed in an earlier formal memo: that detainees who might have been infected with COVID on American soil could, by traveling abroad, ignite pandemics in their home countries, including Somalia, putting innocents at risk.
“For detainees who are immunocompromised or otherwise susceptible to the worst consequences of contracting COVID-19, holding them in detention may be literally a matter of life and death,&#8221; Omar and others said in a letter issued last month. “Deporting people who may have been exposed to coronavirus to either countries that have few or no cases or to countries with weak health care infrastructure is an unacceptable risk to take. Many countries, including the United States, are implementing strict border controls during this pandemic, and we should make no exception for ICE Air and deportations.”
On Friday, DHS responded, assuring Omar that, not only does the department take the novel coronavirus seriously, but that the 39 potential deportees she was protecting put Americans at risk if they remain in the country.
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&#8220;This week, ICE removed 39 Somali nationals, 36 of whom have criminal histories,&#8221; the letter from ICE reads. &#8220;These crimes include murder, rape, domestic violence, assault, sexual assault, crimes against children, drug trafficking, and conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. These individuals have created countless victims and were serious threats to the public.&#8221;
The terrorism charge appears to be particularly concerning, per an ICE release from last week: &#8220;From approximately April 2008 to August 2012, [detainee Mahdi Mohammed Hashi] served as a member of al-Shabaab in Somalia.  In 2012, he was extradited to the United States to face federal prosecution in the Eastern District of New York.  Hashi pleaded guilty to providing material support to al-Shabaab, and on January 29, 2016, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment and issued a judicial order of removal.  Upon his release from the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Leavenworth, Kansas, he entered ICE custody April 6, 2020.&#8221;
ICE letter also notes that all detainees have tested negative for the coronavirus and that ICE is cooperating with the government of Somalia to ensure that no returned detainee kicks of a COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) penned a letter to the Department of Homeland Security last week demanding that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement halt plans to

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that he expects a COVID-19 vaccine to be fully tested and proven safe and effective well before the end of 2020.
“I would still put my money on November, December,” Fauci said at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute panel, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-09-16-20-intl/h_b1fab652bce51f0b287d94e59a996772">reported</a>.
Fauci, an immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who serves on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said testing a vaccine requires about 150 subjects to actually get the virus.
“Right now, the trials are over two thirds enrolled – really close to full enrollment on one, and over full enrollment on the other,” he said. “It really depends on where the sites are and how many infections there are in a site. So you could get your answer sooner, or you can get your answer a bit later.”
&#8220;Fauci said his projection of November or December is informed by calculations based on where the clinical trial sites are in their studies,&#8221; CNN reported.
Under new plans released Wednesday by the Department of Defense and federal health agencies, all Americans will be able to get a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, for free once one is developed and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The agencies are eyeing January as a target date to begin a vaccination campaign, although that date may shift, according to a report to Congress and a “<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/downloads/COVID-19-Vaccination-Program-Interim_Playbook.pdf">playbook</a>” for states and local governments, The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/fecd2157ba73f72f43c600783c773089">reported</a>.
“We are working closely with our state and local public health partners &#8230; to ensure that Americans can receive the vaccine as soon as possible and vaccinate with confidence,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement.
According to the playbook drafted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the vaccination campaign will be “much larger in scope and complexity than seasonal influenza or other previous outbreak-related vaccination responses.”
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said this week that most Americans won&#8217;t have access to a COVID-19 vaccine until late spring or even summer of 2021, President Donald Trump said he was wrong.
&#8220;That’s incorrect information,&#8221; Trump said of Redfield’s assertion. &#8220;When he said it, I believe he was confused.&#8221;
Trump also said the U.S. government could begin distributing a vaccine as early as October.
&#8220;We’re very close to that vaccine as you know and I think much closer than I think most people want to say,&#8221; Trump said during a White House press briefing. &#8220;We think we can start some time in October. So as soon as it’s announced we’ll be able to start. That will be from mid-October on. It may be a little bit later than that.&#8221;
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Mainstream fact checkers slammed Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden late on Thursday night after he falsely claimed that the data stated that President Donald Trump was responsible for every single person who has died from the coronavirus that originated in China.
Biden stated: “If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people—I’m not making this up. Just look at the data. Look at the data.”
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/17/joe-bidens-cnn-town-hall-an-occasional-whopper/">responded</a> to Biden&#8217;s claim by writing:
<blockquote>Actually, Biden is making this up. There is no data to support this, even if the president had moved rapidly in January to deal with the coronavirus and been able to persuade the Chinese leadership to be more forthcoming about the situation. Even nations that have been praised for their handling of the pandemic, such as South Korea, New Zealand and Iceland, have suffered some deaths (377 in South Korea, 25 in New Zealand and 10 in Iceland).
In the United States, with 50 states run by governors, policies have varied greatly. Trump has been faulted for not articulating a national plan, but he would have had trouble persuading every governor to follow the exact same path.</blockquote>
Politico responded to Biden&#8217;s remarks by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/18/talk-about-losers-cnn-town-hall-joe-biden-417560">writing</a> he &#8220;vastly overstated what protections could have worked against the virus,&#8221; and that his remarks were &#8220;not true.&#8221;
&#8220;One study <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/us/coronavirus-distancing-deaths.html">suggested</a> that a large number of people may not have died if certain measures had been implemented weeks earlier, but the study in no way stated that earlier action would have saved &#8216;all the people.&#8217; It’s worth <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/20/coronavirus-donald-trump-one-rally-march-joe-biden-eight/">noting</a> that Biden held eight rallies in March while Trump only held one,&#8221; The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-trump-is-responsible-for-all-the-people-who-died-from-coronavirus-im-not-making-this-up">reported</a>. &#8220;At the same time, it’s important to remember that the coronavirus spread in large part thanks to the Chinese Communist Party <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/05/02/intelligence-report-says-china-lied-about-origin-of-coronavirus">lying</a> to the world about the outbreak, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/10/wuhan-officials-tried-cover-up-covid-19-sent-it-careening-outward/">trying</a> to cover it up, <a href="https://apnews.com/3c061794970661042b18d5aeaaed9fae">delaying</a> the release of critical information, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-coronavirus-whistleblowers-speak-out-vanish-2020-2">silencing</a> whistleblowers.&#8221;
WATCH:
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Biden claims Trump is responsible for every single person who has died from COVID-19: 
&quot;If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people — I’m not making this up. Just look at the data. Look at the data.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Z6tkk9NzHi">pic.twitter.com/Z6tkk9NzHi</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1306763697772085250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/03/how-much-pressure-did-trump-put-china-access-concerning-coronavirus/">highlighted</a> in a separate report just some of the early actions that the Trump administration took to combat the coronavirus:
<blockquote>Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, learned on Dec. 31 of a “cluster of 27 cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology reported in Wuhan, China,” according to Katherine McKeogh, press secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services.
On Jan. 3, Redfield emailed George Gao, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and spoke with him the same day, she said, citing his calendar entry.
The next day, Redfield emailed Gao, writing: “I would like to offer CDC technical experts in laboratory and epidemiology of respiratory infectious diseases to assist you and China CDC in identification of this unknown and possibly novel pathogen.” Two days later, he sent another email, attaching a formal letter offering CDC support, McKeogh said.
On Jan. 6, the Trump administration “offered to send a CDC team to China that could assist with these public health efforts,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar told reporters on Jan. 28. “I reiterated that offer when I spoke to China’s minister of health on Monday, and it was reiterated again via the World Health Organization today. We are urging China: More cooperation and transparency are the most important steps you can take toward a more effective response.” …
On Jan. 31, Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-2019-novel-coronavirus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> travel restrictions on non-U. S. citizens traveling from China, effective Feb. 2, with 11 exceptions. U.S. citizens could still travel from China but were subject to screening and a possible 14-day quarantine. Some flights were immediately suspended, but others continued for weeks at the discretion of the airlines.</blockquote>
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Fact Checkers Blast Biden’s Outlandish Remark About Trump, Pandemic: ‘Biden Is Making This Up’

Mainstream fact checkers slammed Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden late on Thursday night after he falsely claimed that the data stated that

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Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed without evidence on Thursday night that President Donald Trump was responsible for every single person who has died from the coronavirus, which originated in China.
&#8220;If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people—I’m not making this up. Just look at the data. Look at the data,” Biden stated.
One study <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/us/coronavirus-distancing-deaths.html">suggested</a> that a large number of people may not have died if certain measures had been implemented weeks earlier, but the study in no way stated that earlier action would have saved &#8220;all the people.&#8221; It&#8217;s worth <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/20/coronavirus-donald-trump-one-rally-march-joe-biden-eight/">noting</a> that Biden held eight rallies in March while Trump only held one.
At the same time, it&#8217;s important to remember that the coronavirus spread in large part thanks to the Chinese Communist Party <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/05/02/intelligence-report-says-china-lied-about-origin-of-coronavirus">lying</a> to the world about the outbreak, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/10/wuhan-officials-tried-cover-up-covid-19-sent-it-careening-outward/">trying</a> to cover it up, <a href="https://apnews.com/3c061794970661042b18d5aeaaed9fae">delaying</a> the release of critical information, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-coronavirus-whistleblowers-speak-out-vanish-2020-2">silencing</a> whistleblowers.
WATCH:
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Biden claims Trump is responsible for every single person who has died from COVID-19: 
&quot;If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people — I’m not making this up. Just look at the data. Look at the data.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Z6tkk9NzHi">pic.twitter.com/Z6tkk9NzHi</a>
&mdash; Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1306763697772085250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Trump administration moved quickly to respond to the coronavirus pandemic after China finally disclosed to the world that there was a problem in Wuhan.
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/03/how-much-pressure-did-trump-put-china-access-concerning-coronavirus/">highlighted</a> just some of the early action that the Trump administration took to combat the coronavirus:
<blockquote>Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, learned on Dec. 31 of a “cluster of 27 cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology reported in Wuhan, China,” according to Katherine McKeogh, press secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services.
On Jan. 3, Redfield emailed George Gao, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and spoke with him the same day, she said, citing his calendar entry.
The next day, Redfield emailed Gao, writing: “I would like to offer CDC technical experts in laboratory and epidemiology of respiratory infectious diseases to assist you and China CDC in identification of this unknown and possibly novel pathogen.” Two days later, he sent another email, attaching a formal letter offering CDC support, McKeogh said.
On Jan. 6, the Trump administration “offered to send a CDC team to China that could assist with these public health efforts,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar told reporters on Jan. 28. “I reiterated that offer when I spoke to China’s minister of health on Monday, and it was reiterated again via the World Health Organization today. We are urging China: More cooperation and transparency are the most important steps you can take toward a more effective response.” &#8230;
On Jan. 31, Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-2019-novel-coronavirus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> travel restrictions on non-U. S. citizens traveling from China, effective Feb. 2, with 11 exceptions. U.S. citizens could still travel from China but were subject to screening and a possible 14-day quarantine. Some flights were immediately suspended, but others continued for weeks at the discretion of the airlines.</blockquote>
This report has been updated to include additional information.
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Biden Claims Trump Is Responsible For ‘All The People’ Who Died From Coronavirus: ‘I’m Not Making This Up’

Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed without evidence on Thursday night that President Donald Trump was responsible for every single person who

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Critics slammed Robert Redfield, who heads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after he testified that face masks may be more effective than a COVID-19 vaccine.
Redfield made the controversial statements while testifying in front of the Senate on Wednesday on the coronavirus pandemic.
“I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine, because the immunogenicity may be 70%. And if I don&#8217;t get an immune response, the vaccine is not going to protect me. This face mask will,” Redfield said.
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CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield makes it as clear as he can: &quot;This face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Ul0Ppj5qqv">pic.twitter.com/Ul0Ppj5qqv</a>
&mdash; The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1306257291726016514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume jumped on Redfield for saying that masks can protect the wearer from the virus. Previously, mask-wearing has been touted as a courtesy or a duty to protect others in case the wearer is infected with the coronavirus.
“For months we’ve been told we should wear masks not so much to protect ourselves as to protect others. Now the head of the CDC is claiming that a mask will protect the wearer better than a vaccine. Does he expect people to believe that?” Hume said.
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For months we’ve been told we should wear masks not so much to protect ourselves as to protect others. Now the head of the CDC is claiming that a mask will protect the wearer better than a vaccine. Does he expect people to believe that?
&mdash; Brit Hume (@brithume) <a href="https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1306429970177314816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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President Trump contradicted Redfield at a press conference later in the day, saying, “As far as the masks are concerned, I hope that the vaccine is going to be a lot more beneficial than the masks.”
Redfield tried to clarify his testimony by releasing a statement over Twitter.
“I 100% believe in the importance of vaccines and the importance in particular of a #COVID19 vaccine. A COVID-19 vaccine is the thing that will get Americans back to normal everyday life,” Redfield said. “The best defense we currently have against this virus are the important mitigation efforts of wearing a mask, washing your hands, social distancing and being careful about crowds. #COVID19”
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The best defense we currently have against this virus are the important mitigation efforts of wearing a mask, washing your hands, social distancing and being careful about crowds. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a>
&mdash; Dr. Robert R. Redfield (@CDCDirector) <a href="https://twitter.com/CDCDirector/status/1306362537924079616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Redfield’s comments on masks are another twist in health officials evolving recommendations. At the beginning of March when the pandemic was picking up, U.S. health officials played down the effectiveness of masks in order to keep people from buying them.
U.S. Surgeon General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-surgeon-general-seriously-people-stop-buying-masks">Jerome Adams</a> wrote a message on Twitter saying, “Seriously people — STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dr-fauci-admits-that-public-health-experts-initially-downplayed-face-masks-over-concerns-about-supply">Anthony Fauci</a>, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, admitted in June that health officials were not upfront with the America people over the effectiveness of masks. Fauci said health officials downplayed masks to prevent a run on the limited supply.
“We wanted to make sure that the people, namely the health care workers, who were brave enough to put themselves in a harm way, to take care of people who you know were infected with the coronavirus and the danger of them getting infected,” Fauci said.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-director-threat-of-suicide-drugs-flu-to-youth-far-greater-than-covid">CDC Director: Threat Of Suicide, Drugs, Flu To Youth ‘Far Greater’ Than Covid</a>
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CDC Director Ripped Over Claim On Mask Effectiveness: ‘Does He Expect People To Believe That?’

Critics slammed Robert Redfield, who heads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after he testified that face masks may be more effective

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One nation under God.
That phrase, recently and conspicuously omitted from the flag salute at some events during the Democratic National Convention, reflects the intentions of America’s founding fathers. They understood the necessity of acknowledging and submitting to divine authority — and not just any god, but the God revealed in the Bible. That same understanding informs our Constitution, which itself does not grant us rights, but rather recognizes, identifies, and defends those rights granted to us by God alone.
Truth be told, the notion of a secular state is a lie; all government is ordained by God. The Bible makes that very point when it commands Christians to submit to governing authorities: “There is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God” (Romans 13:1). And even when the government opposes, abuses, and persecutes the church, Christians can take comfort in the fact that such cruelty is not outside of God’s sovereign control or His divine plan.
But what happens when those governing authorities refuse to acknowledge God and ignore His law?
J.C. Ryle was bishop of Liverpool at the end of the nineteenth century. He died in 1900, but his legacy and influence live on globally throughout the church to this day. Ryle was known as a lion for the truth, and he was both intensely loved and intensely hated for his fidelity to the Bible. The scope of his writing was vast, but of particular interest to him was the relationship between church and state. He recognized the foundational principle that all people, and all nations, are called to worship the true God. He understood that it isn’t an option; it is a divine command.
That understanding rests on some foundational truths. First of all, we must acknowledge that man was created by God, in the image of God, and for the glory of God. Some knowledge of the one true God and His moral law is written on our hearts (Romans 1:18-20; 2:14-15), such that unrepentant sinners “are without excuse.” No one can claim ignorance for failing to seek, and know, and worship the God of the Bible. Yet while we are surrounded by evidence of His existence through the testimony of His creative work, man’s fallen, unrepentant heart pulls him away from the true God. Ryle understood that sinful bent, saying, “Any worship is more pleasing to the natural heart than worshiping God in the way our Lord Jesus describes it as worshiping in spirit and truth.” The apostle Paul, borrowing language from the Old Testament, put it even more bluntly: “There is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless” (Romans 3:10-12). The natural heart flees from accountability to God at every opportunity.
The Bible consistently exhorts all people and nations to repent from that deviation and submit to God. Scripture reminds us over and over that there is only one true God. “I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God” (Isaiah 45:5). The Old Testament Law warns against the folly of idolatry, “You shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Exodus 34:14). These aren’t merely commands for God’s covenant people — they apply to all nations. “Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him” (Psalm 33:8). “Praise the Lord, all nations! Laud Him, all peoples!” (Psalm 117:1).
Scripture actually reveals repeatedly what happens when a nation and its leaders refuse to obey the law of God. One example is Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Babylonian empire — one of the richest and most vast the world has ever seen. In his pride, he refused to acknowledge God, choosing instead to deify himself. As punishment for his arrogance, he spent years wandering the land in a beastlike stupor, until, as the humbled king explains, &#8220;I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can ward off His hand or say to Him, &#8216;What have You done?'&#8221; (Daniel 4:34-35)
Failing to acknowledge God and live in accordance with His law unleashes God’s judgment on leaders and on a society, marked by a descent into lawlessness, degradation, and corruption. The apostle Paul lays out the pattern for us in the book of Romans:
<blockquote>For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools. (Romans 1:18-22)</blockquote>
Our nation has rejected God and His law, and we are watching the consequences play out on a daily basis, as the culture sinks lower into chaos, confusion, corruption, perversion, and wretchedness. If you want proof that we have forfeited our ability to reason and think clearly, look no further than the faulty solutions that are promoted to address our problems. It seems the answer to racism is more racism, with some calling for the re-segregation of society. Others promote various kinds of “justice” that are anything but just. The latest example I’ve encountered is called “research justice,” which is the wholesale rejection of any research done by white, heterosexual males. That kind of abject bias is a death sentence for the scientific community, blunting the edge of technological advancement for years to come — but the trend is nevertheless on the rise. Such is the futility and the irrationality of the reprobate mind that rejects God.
Postmodernism is deteriorating into outright paganism. The social justice movement is founded on the absurd idea that everything is a social construct — that each person is born without any innate characteristics, only to be shaped and molded by the white, male patriarchy (or some other oppressor class). The typical person today fundamentally denies God’s image in humanity and won’t submit to His divine authority over His own creation. Meanwhile, social justicians are intent on tearing down every last element of society. They are increasingly targeting the church.
A nation that gives into and even champions such backward thinking isn’t far off from utter chaos and anarchy. Bishop Ryle understood the dire consequences that accrue when a country abandons the one true God. Regarding his homeland’s national apostasy he wrote:
<blockquote>In what manner God would punish England if English government casts off all connection with Him, I cannot tell. Whether He would punish us by some sudden blow, such as defeat in war and the occupation of our territory by some foreign power; whether He would waste us away gradually and slowly by loss of commercial prosperity; whether He would break us to pieces by letting fools rule over us, and allowing Parliament to obey them; whether He would ruin us by sending a dearth of wise statesmen. But one thing I am sure: The state that sows the seed of national neglect of God will sooner or later reap a harvest of national disaster and national ruin.</blockquote>
Does that sound familiar?
Our nation is on fire, and many of our leaders are content to fiddle and watch it burn. Those of us who are believers urgently need to pray for them — that, like Nebuchadnezzar, their eyes will be opened to the futility of their ways and the clarity of God’s law. We need to flood this dark world with the light of God’s truth. We need to be the salt that preserves this rapidly rotting culture. We need to bring the truth of God’s Word and His law to bear on the hearts of men and women who cannot comprehend the confusion and corruption that dominate their lives.
Historically, the church has identified three key purposes or uses of God’s law. First, it shows sinful man how far short he falls of God’s holy standard, revealing his desperate need for a Redeemer and Savior. Second, it provides a standard of behavior that promotes the believer’s sanctification, spiritually growing him progressively in the likeness of Christ. The third purpose has a broader application — God’s law restrains evil in a society. What we’re seeing today is how evil is unleashed in a society when God and His law are rejected.
Now is not the time to suspend the worship of the true God, to remove the authority of His Word by silencing the voice of His church. Considering the evidence around us, you’d have to conclude that the church has never been more essential.
<a href="https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/81-94/a-nation-under-god">Watch the full sermon on which this opinion piece is based here</a>.
Dr. John MacArthur is the pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He is the author of more than 400 books, a featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry (<a href="http://gty.org/">gty.org</a>), and is chancellor of The Master’s University and Seminary.
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MACARTHUR: Why The Church Has Never Been More Essential

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It happened so slowly — the masks and the social distancing and the economic wreckage were each gradually imposed upon us by slow degrees — that it’s easy to forget how oppressive the weight of our lockdown state has become. But the other day, as I stood masked in line at the grocery store, I looked at the beleaguered crowd of people trudging through their cramped existence and thought: what have we become? It got me thinking about how disconnected from reality our rhetoric has been these past few months.
We&#8217;ve lost all perspective. The black death, which ravaged Europe with repeated outbreaks of the bacterium yersinia pestis, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Death/Effects-and-significance">killed</a> between 30 and 50 percent of the populations it infected — 25 million people in Europe — during the 14th century. That is a pandemic. It hung grimly over the lives and careers of Petrarch and Boccaccio, of John Wycliffe and Geoffrey Chaucer.
It’s astonishing to contemplate what magnificent achievements were made by people who were just fighting their way through life as this fatal shadow swept across the world. By contrast we, who saw about .058% of the American population die this summer, have ground our entire world <a href="https://americanmind.org/essays/the-covid-coup/">to a halt</a>. This suggests to me a deep unseriousness about what life is, and what can be expected of it.
In brief: we have no idea what it is to be alive on planet earth. This world — this broken, sad world — does not offer any promise or even possibility of perfection. In our lifetimes, most Americans have seen levels of comfort and security that would have been unthinkable for the vast majority of human beings throughout history. That is something to be celebrated, but it has also blinded us — made us vulnerable to the absurd expectation that this life can be made permanently comfortable, permanently safe. The lockdown extremists have shown the results of this blindness: they have no reasonable standard for disaster.
One writer who lived through the Black Death and wrote searingly about the perils of the world was Julian of Norwich, an anchoress who spent her life in quiet seclusion and prayer. In 1373 Julian prayed for, and received, sixteen “shewings” — mystical visions of God and his love for the world. It’s often overlooked, but Julian began her spiritual journey by asking to get deathly ill. She tells us in her <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Revelations-Divine-Dover-Value-Editions/dp/0486452441">record</a> of the experience that she prayed “freely desiring [her] sickness [to be] so hard as to death, that I might in that sickness receive all my rites of Holy Church, myself thinking that I should die, and that all creatures might suppose the same that saw me: for I would have no manner of comfort of earthly life.”
Julian asked to be so ill that she thought she would die, because only then would she understand what the lowly of the world were suffering at that time. In that way she hoped to approach the heart of Christ more nearly.
I make no claim to “understand” the kind of self-sacrificing ecstasy that drove Julian to pray in such a radical way. Speaking frankly, it seems insane to me. But if it is madness, it is the kind of madness that conceals a deep realism about what humanity is and how desperately in need we are. It was in the throes of her illness that Julian saw God, and it was God who led her at last to her famous proclamation that “all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.”
Our ruling classes have disconnected themselves completely from the realities of life: death, sin, suffering, and God. Those things sound to our professors and our newscasters like quaint and outdated fantasies from a bygone era. But they remain the stuff of life, much as we might like to abandon them in favor of some imagined utopia.
If we allow them, our elites will disconnect us, too, from the realities of the world, seducing us with glamorous visions of a perfect future that can never be. But if we resist — if we accept the fact that death cannot be opted out of any more than life can be opted into — then we may find that indeed, in the face of everything, all shall be well.
More from Spencer Klavan: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/klavan-leftist-rioters-dont-understand-real-life">Leftist Rioters Don’t Understand Real Life</a>
Spencer Klavan is host of the <a href="http://youngheretics.com/">Young Heretics</a> podcast and assistant editor of the <a href="https://claremontreviewofbooks.com">Claremont Review of Books</a> and <a href="https://americanmind.org/">The American Mind</a>. He can be reached on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/spencerklavan">@SpencerKlavan</a>.
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KLAVAN: The Lockdown Left Has No Idea How Life Works

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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has a suggestion: Get your cameras and head to Washington&#8217;s Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Why? “Because you’re going to see members of Congress leaving Washington, D.C., to go home and pretend like they’re working hard on this particular deal when, in fact, the checks are not going out to the American people and unemployment benefits will start to cease,&#8221; Meadows said Thursday on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends.&#8221;
Meadows encouraged viewers “to call on their House member to make sure that they stay here [and] that we negotiate.”
Democrats have rejected GOP-proffered bills for hundreds of billions of dollars, saying they don&#8217;t provide enough. Republican senators, meanwhile, say negotiations between the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) are not going well and likely won&#8217;t produce a COVID-19 deal before the Nov. 3 election. Still, Pelosi said this week that the House is committed to getting a coronavirus deal, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/516789-democrats-scramble-on-covid-19-relief-amid-division-trump-surprise">reported</a>.
And if they don&#8217;t, Democrats have their own plan to blame Republicans. &#8220;In the ongoing standoff on the next coronavirus package, House Democratic leaders could rip the GOP-led Senate for leaving town without a deal. House Democratic leaders have indicated they will allow lawmakers to leave town as long as they could return to Washington, D.C., within a day’s notice for a potential vote,&#8221; wrote the D.C. political website.
Senate Republicans at first offered a $1.1 trillion package in emergency aid, but that number dropped to $650 billion in negotiations, including just $350 billion in new funding. President Trump, in turn, ended up backing Democrats in saying that amount was insufficient.
“Go for the much higher numbers, Republicans, it all comes back to the USA anyway (one way or another!),” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Since then, a $1.5 trillion coronavirus plan has been floated, which would &#8220;include $120 billion for enhanced unemployment aid through January 2021 at a rate of $450 weekly for an eight-week transition period until states can reconfigure to the new system that would provide up to $600 weekly, but not to exceed 100% of the previous wage,&#8221; Fox News reported.
&#8220;The plan also includes $280 billion for another round of direct stimulus checks worth $1,200 for adults and $500 for children and $290 billion for small business and nonprofit assistance, which would include $240 billion for another round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds,&#8221; Fox wrote.
Meadows said Thursday that Trump “was certainly willing to embrace the 1.5 trillion-dollar number that was put out in the last day or so.”
But Meadows said later in the day that Pelosi doesn&#8217;t seem to be willing to discuss anything less than the $2.2 trillion package <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2020/09/17/pelosi-doubles-down-on-22-trillion-stimulus-compromise-its-hard-to-see-how-we-can-go-any-lower/">offered by Democrats</a>. &#8220;That&#8217;s not a negotiation, that&#8217;s an ultimatum,&#8221; he said.
Meadows also said it is urgent to help out the nation&#8217;s airlines, which have been severely damaged by the pandemic and are expected to enact mass layoffs at the end of the month. &#8220;We’ve got tens of thousands of people that are about to be laid off, so if nothing more, let&#8217;s go ahead and put that package on the floor and pass that because, hopefully, all of us can agree that laying off airline workers at this particular time is not something we should do,” Meadows said.
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So there&#8217;s a pandemic across America. Millions of jobs lost, businesses shut down. Depression, anxiety, divorce, alcohol abuse rates all soaring.
Then we heard killer wasps were swarming in from Asia. And now, killer mosquitoes, too?!
Health officials in Michigan are reportedly urging state residents to stay indoors after numerous confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in 22 horses, which has infected at least one human.
&#8220;EEE is one of the most dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in the United States, with a 33 percent fatality rate in people who become ill,&#8221; Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said in a <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/emergingdiseases/0,4579,7-186-76711_77442---,00.html">statement</a>.
&#8220;People can be infected with EEE from one bite of a mosquito carrying the virus. Persons younger than age 15 and over age 50 are at greatest risk of severe disease following infection. More than 25 percent of the nation’s EEE cases last year were diagnosed in Michigan. The risk of bites is highest for people who work and play outdoors in affected areas,&#8221; the department said.
Officials announced that aerial treatment is underway in high-risk areas in at least 10 counties to prevent the spread of Eastern equine encephalitis. The health department also urged people to to cancel or postpone outdoor events that take place at or after dusk.
&#8220;MDHHS continues to encourage local officials in the affected counties to consider postponing, rescheduling or canceling outdoor activities occurring at or after dusk, particularly those involving children, to reduce the potential for people to be bitten by mosquitoes,&#8221; said Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical executive and chief deputy for health at the MDHHS, in a statement, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/16/eee-mosquito-virus-barry-county-michigan-outdoor-events/5815519002/">according</a> to USA Today.
“This suspected EEE case in a Michigan resident shows this is an ongoing threat to the health and safety of Michiganders and calls for continued actions to prevent exposure, including aerial treatment,” Khaldun said.
EEE infected 38 people in the U.S. last year, the highest rate since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DCD) began tracking cases. &#8220;Signs of EEE infection include sudden onset of fever, chills, body and joint aches which can progress to a severe encephalitis, resulting in headache, disorientation, tremors, seizures and paralysis,&#8221; USA Today wrote.
In May, a couple months after COVID-19 began seeping across the U.S., reports emerged saying killer hornets from Asia had arrived in Washington state. The hornets kill upwards of 50 people in China and Japan each year, and they also attack honeybees, which pollinate the fruits and vegetables we eat.
Scientists expressed fear that the hornets, like the stink bugs that emerged in the U.S. several years ago, would soon spread across the nation.
In a <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15563650701664871">2006 paper</a> on the insects, a team of Japanese doctors said the hornets are deadly to humans.
“In Japan, fatalities due to Vespa mandarinia (wasp) stings are estimated to range from 30 to 50 persons each year. Most victims appear to die from anaphylaxis or sudden cardiac arrest,” the doctors wrote, “while some of them die from to multiple organ failure including rhabdomyolysis, renal failure, liver dysfunction, respiratory failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.”
Those who died were stung an average of 59 times, while those who survived suffered around 28 stings, the doctors found.
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Now There Are Killer Mosquitoes?! Can 2020 Get Any Worse?

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Comedian Chris Rock slammed the Democratic Party, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by name during an interview this week for letting &#8220;the pandemic come in&#8221; while they were busy trying to remove President Donald Trump from office through impeachment.
&#8220;Part of the reason we’re in the predicament we’re in is, the president’s a landlord,&#8221; Rock, 55, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/arts/television/chris-rock-fargo.html">said</a>. &#8220;No one has less compassion for humans than a landlord.&#8221;
Rock continued:
<blockquote>Did you ever see that movie “The Last Emperor,” where like a 5-year-old is the emperor of China? There’s a kid and he’s the king. So I’m like, it’s all the Democrats’ fault. Because you knew that the emperor was 5 years old. And when the emperor’s 5 years old, they only lead in theory. There’s usually an adult who’s like, “OK, this is what we’re really going to do.” And it was totally up to Pelosi and the Democrats. Their thing was, “We’re going to get him impeached,” which was never going to happen. You let the pandemic come in. Yes, we can blame Trump, but he’s really the 5-year-old.</blockquote>
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) slammed Democrats for worrying more about impeaching the president while the pandemic was in its early stages in China.
&#8220;When it comes to the month of February, most Democrats and the media were more worried about impeaching President @realDonaldTrump than coronavirus,&#8221; Graham wrote on Twitter. &#8220;We voted to acquit President Trump on February 6. During that time, Democrats were making witness requests which – if they had been granted – would have extended the trial through most of February. Very sad, very dangerous.&#8221;
Trump has also hit Democrats for having focused on impeachment while the administration was taking steps to combat the pandemic.
“All she did was focus on impeachment,” Trump <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/31/why-new-effort-blame-coronavirus-fumbles-impeachment-trial-fall-so-far-short/">said</a> during a Fox News interview in reference to Pelosi. “She didn’t focus on anything having to do with pandemics, she didn’t focus on — she focused on impeachment and she lost. And she looked like a fool.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell previously <a href="https://hughhewitt.com/senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-5/">stated</a> that the pandemic struck &#8220;while we were tied down on the impeachment trial&#8221; which &#8220;diverted the attention of the government because everything every day was all about impeachment.&#8221;
The pandemic originated in Wuhan, China, sometime late last year. China has widely been accused of lying about the outbreak, suppressing critical information, and silencing whistleblowers that tried to warn the world.
The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s Editorial Board <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-hold-beijing-accountable-for-the-coronavirus-11595976973">wrote</a>:
<blockquote>Suggesting that an outbreak of a deadly bat coronavirus coincidentally occurred near the only level 4 virology institute in all of China—which happened to be studying the closest known relative of that exact virus—strains credulity.
Above all, China’s extensive coverup raises red flags. In the critical first weeks after the initial outbreak, Beijing actively suppressed essential information and prevented World Health Organization investigators from entering the country while samples were destroyed. When a courageous Chinese biologist posted the sequenced genome of the virus online, his lab was immediately shut “for rectification.” The Chinese government has forbidden scientists to discuss publicly the origins of the pandemic. Citizen journalists investigating the issue have disappeared. In the words of a European Union report that were controversially later removed from the final version, “China has continued to run a global disinformation campaign to deflect blame for the outbreak of the pandemic.”</blockquote>
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Chris Rock: Democrats ‘Let’ COVID-19 ‘Come In’ To U.S. By Focusing On Impeachment Instead Of Pandemic

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A Nashville city council member is accusing Nashville Democrat Mayor John Cooper&#8217;s office of concealing low coronavirus outbreak numbers tied to restaurants and bars in the area, claiming that they are &#8220;fabricating information.&#8221;
&#8220;The coronavirus cases on lower Broadway may have been so low that the mayor’s office and the metro health department decided to keep it secret,&#8221; FOX 17 News Nashville <a href="https://fox17.com/news/local/covid-19-emails-from-nashville-mayors-office-show-disturbing-revelation">reported</a> Wednesday. The alleged revelation was made in emails between a senior adviser to the mayor and a health department official.
&#8220;The discussion involves the low number of coronavirus cases emerging from bars and restaurants and how to handle that and most disturbingly how to keep it from the public,&#8221; the station said. &#8220;On June 30th, contact tracing was giving a small view of coronavirus clusters. Construction and nursing homes were found to be causing problems with more than a thousand cases traced to each category, but bars and restaurants reported just 22 cases.&#8221;
Health department official Leslie Waller asked senior adviser Benjamin Eagles: “This isn’t going to be publicly released, right? Just info for Mayor’s Office?
Eagles responded: “Correct, not for public consumption.”
A month later, Tennessean reporter Nate Rau asked the health department, “The figure you gave of &#8216;more than 80&#8217; does lead to a natural question: If there have been over 20,000 positive cases of COVID-19 in Davidson and only 80 or so are traced to restaurants and bars, doesn’t that mean restaurants and bars aren’t a very big problem?&#8221;
Health department official Brian Todd allegedly forwarded the email to five other officials and asked for help answering how he should respond.
One official responded: “My two cents: We have certainly refused to give counts per bar because those numbers are low per site. &#8230; We could still release the total though, and then a response to the over 80 could be &#8216;because that number is increasing all the time and we don’t want to say a specific number.'&#8221;
The local station said that neither the mayor&#8217;s office nor the health department would confirm the authenticity of the emails, but one city council member did.
Steve Glover reportedly asked a government attorney to inquire about the emails. The attorney responded: “I was able to get verification from the Mayor’s Office and the Department of Health that these emails are real.”
&#8220;They are fabricating information. They’ve blown their entire credibility,&#8221; Glover claimed. &#8220;It&#8217;s gone, I don’t trust a thing they say going forward &#8230;nothing.&#8221;
&#8220;We raised taxes 34 percent and put hundreds, literally thousands of people out of work that are now worried about losing their homes, their apartments, etc, and we did it on bogus data,&#8221; Glover added. &#8220;That should be illegal!&#8221;
&#8220;Again, we weren’t told by the mayor’s office this wasn’t true. We were told to file a Freedom of Information Act request,&#8221; the local station concluded. &#8220;Which allows us now to ask the question: why are you keeping this from us? Why would you even want to? It&#8217;s just the real numbers and what could possibly be an honorable motive?&#8221;
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