The Liberals Who Can’t Quit the Covid Lockdown
We all know the Left thinks COVID is the worst thing to happen to humanity since the Black Death. It’s not—but they’re certainly taking EVERYTHING Fauci, CNN, MSNBC, and the panic peddlers say as gospel. To follow the science, they’ve become anti-science.
And now even the liberal media is starting to notice their fetish for the COVID lockdown protocols. Right now, cancer is projected to kill more Americans this year than COVID. It has a 90 percent survivability rate. We have three vaccines. There was no fourth wave.
Texas reopened weeks ago—no masks, no spikes. It’s safe to reopen schools. The science backs this up. And yet, for some in liberal la la land—keep the lockdowns going. For those progressives who are merely trying to inject some science into the discussion and want timelines to end mask mandates, mayhem ensues. It’s all in this interesting piece in The Atlantic:
Trump Endorses NY’s Stefanik to Replace Cheney in House GOP Leadership
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to replace Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the House Republican Conference chair.
Trump, in a May 5 statement, called Cheney “a warmongering fool who has no business in Republican Party Leadership.”
“We want leaders who believe in the Make America Great Again movement, and prioritize the values of America First. Elise Stefanik is a far superior choice, and she has my COMPLETE and TOTAL endorsement for GOP Conference Chair. Elise is a tough and smart communicator!”
Stefanik responded on Twitter.
“Thank you President Trump for your 100% support for House GOP Conference Chair. We are unified and focused on FIRING PELOSI & WINNING in 2022!” she wrote, referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
As House GOP Conference chair, Cheney is the third-most-powerful Republican in the lower chamber. She has repeatedly clashed with the former president, months after she and nine other Republican House members sided with Democrats to impeach him.
Michigan Woman Died of ‘Complications’ After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine: Family
A Michigan family claims that their loved one died of complications after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating.
The family of Anne VanGeest, 35, said she died on April 19 at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s in Grand Rapids.
“It is with profound sadness that we share the news of Anne’s passing as the result of complications after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Anne (Annie), who was 35, was a loving mother, wife, sister, and daughter. An active member in the animal rescue community, Annie will be remembered as a fierce advocate, a master-multi-tasker, and a caring friend by her colleagues, fellow volunteers, and family,” her family said in a statement to local media. “We ask for privacy for her family as they mourn Annie’s passing and celebrate her life.”
The CDC said it confirmed to her family that the death was reported via the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which is managed by the CDC and Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“We did receive a VAERS report concerning [Anne’s] case. It was filed by her healthcare provider,” wrote a member of the CDC Immunization Safety Office, her family told Fox17 and other outlets.
“VAERS accepts reports of possible side effects (also called ‘adverse events’) following vaccination. The system is not designed to determine whether a reported adverse event was caused by the vaccine, but serves as an early warning system and helps CDC and FDA identify areas for further study.
“When VAERS receives reports of serious illness or death after vaccination, VAERS staff contact the hospital where the patient was treated to obtain the associated medical records to better understand the adverse event. They do not routinely contact the family.”
From Dec. 14, 2020, to May 3, VAERS received 4,178 reports of deaths among people who received a CCP virus vaccine.
Connecticut’s Religious Anti-Vaxxers File Suit
On April 28, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law a bill eliminating the state’s religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations. Three days later, a lawsuit was filed in federal court claiming the law violates the constitutional rights of three mothers — Greek Orthodox, Catholic and Muslim — who refuse to have their children vaccinated for religious reasons.
Does it? Long-standing Supreme Court precedents suggest otherwise.
In 1905, Jacobson v. Massachusetts upheld a state law that empowered municipalities to mandate vaccinations. Writing for the 7-2 majority, Justice John Marshall Harlan declared that “a community has the right to protect itself against an epidemic of disease which threatens the safety of its members,” and concluded that the state law did not “invad(e) any right secured by the Federal Constitution.”
The Jacobson decision noted with approval that many states had made vaccination a condition for children to go to school, and 17 years later, in Zucht v. King, the court unanimously upheld a San Antonio ordinance providing that “no child or other person shall attend a public school or other place of education without having first presented a certificate of vaccination.”
Those decisions, predating the mid-20th-century federalization of the First Amendment’s religion clauses, did not specifically address a claim that state vaccination rules violate someone’s free exercise of religion.
The closest case involving such a claim is Prince v. Massachusetts, from 1944, which concerned a Jehovah’s Witness convicted of violating state child labor law by having her ward, a 9-year-old girl, distribute literature on the street in exchange for contributions. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that governmental authority to regulate the actions and treatment of children outweighed such parentally supervised religious activity.
Melinda Gates Receives Shares Worth $1.8 Billion From Cascade Investment Amid Divorce News
Earlier, the US multibillionaire entrepreneur and Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, and his wife announced a break up after almost three decades of marriage. The divorce proceedings are expected to become some of the most pricy in the world, as they could split up a fortune of around $145 billion, according to Bloomberg estimates.
The Cascade Investment fund, through which Bill Gates operates shares of a number of large companies, on May 3 transferred securities valued at an estimated $1.8 billion to his wife Melinda Gates, the New York Post reported on Wednesday, citing a Securities and Exchange Commission filing dated the same day.
