Army Flight Surgeon Who Urged Pentagon To Ground Vaccinated Pilots Testifies to Senate Panel
An Army flight surgeon who recommended in September the Pentagon ground all pilots who took the COVID-19 shot testified before a Senate panel on Tuesday.
During her testimony to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Lieutenant Colonel Theresa Long described how she had to ground three pilots for COVID vaccine injuries.
“I saw 5 patients in clinic, two of which presented with chest pain days to weeks after vaccination and were subsequently diagnosed with pericarditis and worked up to rule out myocarditis,” Long said.
“The third pilot had been vaccinated and felt like he was drunk, chronically fatigued within 24 hours after vaccination.”
“After I reported to my command my concerns that in one morning I had to ground 3 out of 3 pilots due to vaccine injuries, the next day my patients were cancelled, my charts were pulled from review, and I was told I would not be seeing acute patients anymore, just healthy pilots there for their flight physical,” Long said.
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An Army flight surgeon is recommending that the Pentagon grounds all pilots who took the COVID shot due to their risk of cardiac episodes during flight and other documented adverse reactions.
Lieutenant Colonel Theresa Long, a Brigade Surgeon for the 1st Aviation Brigade Ft. Rucker, explained in an affidavit drafted under the Military Whistleblower Protection Act how perfectly healthy pilots have been suffering a myriad of adverse side effects, including myocarditis.
“I personally observed the most physically fit female Soldier I have seen in over 20 years in the Army, go from Colligate level athlete training for Ranger School, to being physically debilitated with cardiac problems, newly diagnosed pituitary brain tumor, thyroid dysfunction within weeks of getting vaccinated,” Long testified in the affidavit.
“Several military physicians have shared with me their firsthand experience with a significant increase in the number of young Soldiers with migraines, menstrual irregularities, cancer, suspected myocarditis and reporting cardiac symptoms after vaccination. Numerous Soldiers and DOD civilians have told me of how they were sick, bed-ridden, debilitated, and unable to work for days to weeks after vaccination. I have also recently reviewed three flight crew members’ medical records, all of which presented with both significant and aggressive systemic health issues.”
Long then described how several service members at Fort Hood were injured and even killed shortly after taking the jab.
“Today I received word of one fatality and two ICU cases on Fort Hood; the deceased was an Army pilot who could have been flying at the time. All three pulmonary embolism events happened within 48 hours of their vaccination. I cannot attribute this result to anything other than the Covid 19 vaccines as the source of these events. Each person was in top physical condition before the inoculation and each suffered the event within 2 days post vaccination.”
“Correlation by itself does not equal causation, however, significant causal patterns do exist that raise correlation into a probable cause; and the burden to prove otherwise falls on the authorities such as the CDC, FDA, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. I find the illnesses, injuries and fatalities observed to be the proximate and causal effect of the Covid 19 vaccinations.”
Long then urged Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to ground all pilots who received the COVID injection.
“In accordance with the foregoing, I hereby recommend to the Secretary of Defense that all pilots, crew and flight personnel in the military service who required hospitalization from injection or received any Covid 19 vaccination be grounded similarly for further dispositive assessment,” she said.
“I must and will therefore ground all active flight personnel who received the vaccinations until such time as the causation of these serious systemic health risks can be more fully and adequately assessed,” Long added.
Active-duty soldiers have about three months to get both doses of the COVID-19 injection or face a possible discharge from the force, the Army announced last week.
Many service members are nevertheless refusing to take the injection, and some already quit the military over its draconian vaccine mandates.
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Supreme Court Grants a Win to NY Nuns Who Were Being Forced to Support Abortion
The U.S. Supreme Court has made a move in favor of religious liberty. On Monday, the high court ordered a rehearing of a case in which nuns were being forced to violate their pro-life beliefs by New York’s controversial abortion mandate.
The nuns are part of a coalition of religious groups that had petitioned the high court to protect them from the rule that orders them to violate their devout religious beliefs.
The New York Court of Appeals is now being ordered to reconsider Diocese of Albany v. Emami, a case challenging New York state’s directive requiring employers to cover abortions in their employee health insurance plans.
Each group is challenging New York’s abortion mandate because it believes that life begins at the moment of conception, and to terminate the life of an unborn child is a moral sin.
Two laws firms, Becket and Jones Day, represent the plaintiffs which include the Sisterhood of Saint Mary, an Anglican order of nuns committed to serving others through youth outreach.
“We believe that every person is made in the image of God,” said Mother Miriam of the Sisterhood of Saint Mary. “That’s why we believe in the sanctity of human life, and why we seek to serve those of all faiths—or no faith at all—in our community. We’re grateful that the Supreme Court has taken action in our case and hopeful that, this time around, the New York Court of Appeals will preserve our ability to serve and encourage our neighbors.”
The sisters initially sought relief from the abortion mandate from the state court, but the judicial system upheld the order, according to The Christian Post.
“New York has told us that if we want to hold our beliefs about the sanctity of life, we have to stop serving Non-Anglicans,” Mother Miriam explained. “We cannot compromise on our religious beliefs, or in our service to people of all faiths or no faith at all. That’s why we need relief from the Supreme Court.”
New York’s law, which has a strict religious exemption for groups that mainly serve and hire people of their own religion, eliminates the Sisterhood of St. Mary.
This is because the sisters sponsor a 4-H club and permit local youth to lease some of their Cashmere goats for the purpose of their agricultural outreach ministry.
Additional religious groups that teamed up to challenge the abortion mandate include the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the First Bible Baptist Church of Hilton, New York, and Catholic Charities.
“New York clearly learned nothing from the federal government’s own attempts to force nuns to pay for contraceptives and is now needlessly threatening charities because they believe in the dignity and humanity of every human person,” said Eric Baxter, vice president and senior counsel at Becket.
“Punishing faith groups for ministering to their local communities is cruel and counterproductive. We are thankful that the Supreme Court won’t allow the New York Court of Appeals’ bad ruling to be the last word on the right of religious ministries to serve New Yorkers of all faiths,” he added.
The Most Rev. Edward B. Scharfenberger, bishop of the Diocese of Albany, New York expressed his gratitude that the case will now receive further review.
“We are gratified and grateful that the Supreme Court has recognized the serious constitutional concerns over New York State’s heavy-handed abortion mandate on religious employers,” he explained.
FDA Knew About Numerous Adverse Events For Children ‘Related’ To Pfizer Vaccine, Approved It Anyway
Horrifying
The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) approved an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children as young as 5 years old despite the fact that its Pfizer-connected advisory committee knew about numerous adverse events that were reported in Pfizer’s clinical trials for children, including adverse events that were determined to be “related” to the clinical vaccine trial. The Briefing Packet for the FDA advisory committee meeting shows that the FDA advisers used clinical studies sponsored by BioNTech and conducted by or supported by Pfizer to approve the vaccine for young children. Talk about a conflict of interest! NATIONAL FILE reported on the FDA advisory committee’s massive Pfizer connections and how committee members have worked for Pfizer and are making money from the Pfizer vaccine. So what kind of adverse events were discovered in the clinical trials for children? The advisory committee meeting briefing packet, published by the FDA, shows that clinical trials found “related” illnesses including Lymphadenopathy, arthralgia, paresthesia, nervous tic, hematochezia (characterized by bloody stool, which sent the participant to the “emergency department”) pyrexia (fever), neutropenia (low white blood cell count), hypersensitivity reaction, angioedema, and rashes. Meanwhile, a case of the blood vessel disorder Henoch-Schoenlein purpura was reported but was conveniently classified as “non related” to the vaccine experiment.
Here is the “Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting October 26, 2021 Briefing Document” published by the FDA. Page 15 lists an “OVERVIEW OF CLINICAL STUDIES.” Two clinical studies are listed. The first clinical study listed is “Phase 1/2/3 Registrational Study C4591001,” which was sponsored by BioNTech and conducted by Pfizer. The other clinical study listed is “Phase 1/2/3 Pediatric Study C4591007,” which is listed as being sponsored by BioNTech and supported by Pfizer. “Pediatric Study c4591007” is an ongoing study and it was used by the FDA for approval of the vaccine for ages 5 to 12. That’s right. The FDA meeting’s data was taken from an ongoing study conducted by the very makers of the vaccine. The information below comes from the FDA Briefing Packet’s review of Pfizer Pediatric Study C4591007.
ON PAGE 39 the FDA document states (emphasis added): “Lymphadenopathy is considered an adverse reaction to vaccine and is noted as such in the EUA Fact Sheet. Among approximately 2250 children 5 to <12 years of age randomized 2:1 to receive BNT162b2 or placebo, as of the data cutoff date (06 September 2021), 13 participants (0.9%) in the BNT162b2 group and 1 participant (0.1%) in the placebo group had events of lymphadenopathy.” Lymphadenopathy is a lymph nodes disease. On page 40 the document states that “Lymphadenopathy has been identified as related to BNT162b2 in individuals ≥12 years of age and it is also observed in the pediatric 5 to <12 years of age group.” The document states that “One participant in the BNT162b2 group had a related AE of mild arthralgia (right elbow joint pain), with an onset the same day as Dose 2 (administered in the left deltoid muscle), that was reported as resolved the next day.” The document states that “One participant in the BNT162b2 group had a related AE of moderate paresthesia (bilateral lower extremity tingling) with onset at 1 day post-Dose 2 and reported as recovered/resolved 3 days after onset.” The document states that “In the BNT162b2 group, a psychiatric disorder event of tic was reported in 1 participant: One participant in the BNT162b2 group had an AE of Grade 3 tic with onset at 7 days post Dose 2 and reported as recovering/resolving at the time of the data cutoff. The AE was considered by the investigator as related to study intervention.” The document later notes that “There were 6 participants (0.4%) in the BNT162b2 group and 3 participants (0.4%) in the placebo group had events of lymphadenopathy.”
On PAGE 42 the document states that a trial participant dropped out of the trial due to an Adverse Event, stating “One participant (0.1%) in the BNT162b2 group discontinued from the vaccination period due to an AE (details in Section 3.7.2) and two participants (0.1%) in the BNT162b2 group and 1 participant (0.1%) in the placebo group withdrew from the study before the 1-month post Dose 2 visit. Neither of these withdrawals was reported as due to an AE.”
One participant had blood that passed through his/her anus, which is known as hematochezia, characterized by bloody stool. The document states that “One participant in the BNT162b2 group had a non-serious related AE reported by the investigator as moderate hematochezia 4 days after Dose 2. The participant had heme occult positive stool; was seen in the emergency department, and had no further tests done; and went home and the event resolved the same day without sequelae. This participant had a medical history of asthma and nondrug allergy and had no other reported AEs.”
On page 45, the document discusses a test subject that withdrew from the trial after developing severe pyrexia, which means severe fever, as well as severe neutropenia, which means a shortage of white blood cells, and bleeding gums. The document states that “One participant withdrew due to an AE of severe pyrexia with onset of 2 days after Dose 1 considered by the investigator as related to study intervention that resolved at 1 day after onset. Participant also had severe neutropenia (‘worsening from baseline’) with onset of 3 days after Dose 1 considered by the investigator as related to study intervention and reported as resolving at the time of the data cutoff date. Participant had a medical history of benign transient neutropenia of unknown etiology, gingivitis, and otitis media. Prior to study enrollment, she had a full hematology work-up (including for possible leukemia) with baseline absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of 480; the hematologist indicated no concerns with study participation. After Dose 1 Day 2 she reported a temperature of 40.1 °C. Her temperature returned to normal the next day. Two days after receiving Dose 1, the participant had a planned routine hematology appointment. The participant had an ANC of 20 and platelets were normal. No other symptoms or infections were reported at that time. Subsequently on Day 19 after Dose 1, the investigator was contacted by the participant’s caregiver who reported the participant had bleeding gums for 1 week prior. On Day 23, the participant attended Visit 2 to be seen by the investigator, was reported as doing well, and had a follow-up blood draw that showed the ANC had improved to 70. Dose 2 was not administered, and the participant was withdrawn from study intervention and remains in study follow-up. No other AEs were reported.”
The document states that “One participant without a reported medical history in the BNT162b2 had a related AE Type IV hypersensitivity reaction characterized by a rash on the forehead, earlobe, and right forearm 3 days after Dose 1. A dermatologist diagnosed the rash as a Type IV hypersensitivity reaction and characterized the rash as ‘plaque, erythematous and minimal crusting’, and prescribed Triamcinolone and Benadryl creams. No prohibited concomitant treatments or nonstudy vaccines had been administered. The event was reported as resolving 18 days after onset without sequelae. This participant had no other reported AEs. This participant received Dose 2 without any additional AEs reported post-dose.”
The document states that “One participant in the BNT162b2 group had a related AE of moderate angioedema reported as ‘perioral and periorbital angioedema due to allergic reaction’ and concurrent urticaria reported as ‘hives of the face and back caused due to allergic reaction’, both with onset of 2 days after Dose 2, and was reported as resolved 2 days after onset. Participant’s medical history included past allergy (hypersensitivity with mild rash) to a vaccine, Sever’s disease, contact dermatitis and seasonal allergies. This participant received no prohibited concomitant treatments or nonstudy vaccines. An analysis of angioedema cases reported in the BNT162b2 group included angioedema (see above) and urticaria (n=3). Two of the cases of urticaria were considered by the investigator as related to study intervention; one is described above (concurrent with angioedema).”
The document states that “Rashes were reported in 6 participants in the BNT162b2 group. Rashes considered as related to BNT162b2 were all mild or moderate included: rash maculo-papular, rash macular, rash papular and rash (n=1 each). Rash is considered an adverse reaction of the vaccine and is noted as such in the EUA Fact Sheet.”
On Page 47 the document details how a case of Henoch-Schoenlein purpura, a condition marked by bleeding and inflamed blood vessels, was conveniently labeled as “non related” by the vaccine makers’ clinical trial. The document states that “One participant in the BNT162b2 group had a non-serious unrelated event reported by the investigator as Henoch-Schoenlein purpura…One participant in the BNT162b2 group had a non related AE of mild Henoch Schoenlein purpura with onset of 21 days after Dose 1 and reported as ongoing at the time of the data cutoff date. The participant was treated with steroids and pain medication. Due to the initiation of steroids, the study Visit 2 appointment was delayed. This event was preceded by other non-related AEs: mild headache with onset at 10 days after Dose 1 and resolved in 2 days, and mild joint swelling of the right ankle with onset at 16 days after Dose 1 and resolved in 3 days. This participant had no reported medical history and received no prohibited concomitant treatments or nonstudy vaccines. As of the time of the data cutoff, Dose 2 was not administered.”
Negative “systemic events” and Adverse Effects were found in children between the ages of 5 and 12 and people between the ages of 16 to 25 in clinical trials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine:
Most Popular Items Nixed from Biden’s Legislative Agenda
President Joe Biden’s most popular items within his original legislative agenda have been nixed, a Politico/Morning Consult weekly poll released Tuesday revealed.
The poll asked respondents to select their top five items initially within Biden’s $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. Those include:
- Adding dental and vision to Medicare
- Funding for home health care for seniors and people with disabilities
- Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices
- Expanding Medicare coverage to cover hearing services
- Two free years of community college
But three of the five most important aspects of Biden’s newest framework are no longer included – adding dental and vision to Medicare, permitting Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, and free community college.
Politico Playbook called the absence of the most popular programs “bad news for the administration,” while noting that “paid family and medical leave, which was also excluded from the current framework, didn’t make as many top five lists, but it is still broadly popular.”
The poll indicates paid family and medical leave is supported by 82 percent of Democrats, 68 percent of independents, and 58 percent of Republicans.
“This poll was conducted with 1,996 registered voters between October 30 and November 1, with a margin of error of ± 2 percent.
The most popular aspects of Biden’s agenda, authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), have been blocked primarily due to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who is a Democrat representing a red state.
According to an analysis from Morning Consult, Biden and his agenda have a negative approval rating of 39 percent in West Virginia. For perspective, Biden’s approval rating in West Virginia is the third-worst in the nation, with Wyoming and North Dakota only ranking the president lower.
West Virginia polling data seems to indicate that if Manchin were to vote for Biden’s massive tax-and-spend plan, he would not win reelection. But far-left politicians seem to be ignoring Manchin’s political position.
“We intend to pass both bills through the House in the next couple of days,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) told CNN on Monday.
Jayapal’s statement came just after Manchin again explained to reporters on Monday he opposes many of the provisions included in Biden’s framework.
“As more of the real details [outlining] the basic framework are released, what I see are shell games, budget gimmicks that make the real cost of the so-called $1.75 trillion bill estimated to be almost twice that amount,” Manchin said at a press conference.
Manchin’s resistance to passing radical legislation written by a socialist led to a leak indicating Manchin would leave the Democrat Party. “It’s bullshit!” Manchin immediately addressed the rumor.
Yet, one day later, Manchin admitted he offered the president to leave the party and become an independent. “Me, being a moderate centrist Democrat, if that causes you a problem, let me know, and I’d switch to be an independent, but I’d still be caucusing with Democrats,” he baited Biden, who reportedly rejected the offer.
Democrat leadership is likely to attempt again to pass Biden’s agenda in the coming days after failing to do so last week. It seems unlikely both the reconciliation package and the “bipartisan” infrastructure bill will succeed together, according to Manchin’s position.
Judge Warns Jurors in Rittenhouse Trial Against Relying on Media, Says Some Stories ‘Sloppy’
The judge presiding over Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial has warned potential jurors against relying on media reports, asserting journalists have been “irresponsible and sloppy” in reporting on cases he’s heard.
“I’m not bashing anybody, but I am going to talk about what you need to do, what you need to be thinking about if you are picked to hear this case, and how much reliance you can put on things that may be just sloppy, which is a vast amount of it,” Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder told potential jurors as the trial got underway on Monday.
“Some of it that is deliberately biased that’s out there, and sometimes from respectable media outlets. But that’s the price we pay for having a free press because we value that, but we also value having a fair trial,” he added.
Schroeder also said the First Amendment guarantees a free press but that it also leads to “a lot of irresponsible and sloppy journalism.”
“This is not an attack on the media. I’ve read things about this case that were perfect, perfectly stated what had happened in this court. And there were things, I think ‘was I in the courtroom when that happened?’” he said.
Schroeder, who has held his position since 1983 and is officially nonpartisan, is presiding over the trial of Rittenhouse, a teenager accused of killing two and wounding another during chaotic events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.
Video footage showed Rittenhouse in the city carrying a gun, saying he wanted to help protect businesses from rioters. But he later became engaged in confrontations with protesters, including one who witnesses said approached him and another video showed a protester trying to grab his firearm.
The men allegedly shot by the defendant can be referred to as rioters during the trial, not victims, the judge previously ruled.
Jurors were selected in a single day in the high-profile trial, which will see a jury decide on charges including first-degree homicide.
Opening arguments began on Tuesday morning.
Prosecutors alleged Rittenhouse’s actions did not fall under the legal definition of self-defense.
“The only person who killed anyone is the defendant, Kyle Rittenhouse,” Thomas Binger, a prosecutor, told jurors.
Defense lawyers say the men Rittenhouse is accused of shooting were armed, one with a chain and another with a skateboard.
The first man to approach him, Joseph Rosenbaum, “was the one who lit the fuse that night,” defense lawyer Mark Richards said, adding that “The defendant believed the amount of force he used or threatened to use was necessary to prevent or terminate the interference and that his belief was reasonable.”
