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One Epidemic Is Killing Far More Than COVID-19

122,019 deaths in 2018 alone |  Millions are panicking over a disease they are unlikely to get, and very likely to survive if they do get it. Meanwhile a far more catastrophic epidemic is killing 10,000 Americans per month ... March 11, 2020 MedPage Today – Nearly nine in 10 primary care physicians expect to see more patients with dementia in the next 5 years, and half say the medical profession is not prepared to meet this...

Virus Is No Excuse To Trample On Our Rights

OPINION | March 12, 2020 National Post – Dr. Irwin Redlener, the director of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, explained why he considers it extremely unlikely that the United States will follow Italy’s lead and quarantine a large part of its population, in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus: “It’s just the antithesis of the freedoms that we theoretically have.” Although Redlener was insistent that government shutdowns of public spaces would be...

Biden, Sanders Ramp Up Anti-Trump Virus Rhetoric

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday called for a sweeping national response to the coronavirus outbreak, chiding President Donald Trump for a response he said was woefully insufficient and warning that the widening public health crisis should not be viewed through a lens of politics. In a speech delivered from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, and tailored to draw sharp contrasts between the former vice president and the Republican incumbent...

Trump Exposed To COVID-19 At Mar-a-Lago?

Mar 12, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first time that someone known to have the virus was in close proximity to the president. Trump does not plan to be tested or go into self-quarantine, the White House said. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's communications director, Fábio Wajngarten, tested positive just days after traveling with Bolsonaro...

Tom Hanks, Wife Test Positive For COVID-19

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Hanks and his actress-singer wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday. Hanks said the couple were in Australia and felt tired, with colds, body aches and slight fevers. "To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the coronavirus and were found to be positive," Hanks said. The 63-year-old Oscar-winner said they will be "tested, observed...

COVID-19 Won’t Stop Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban, Fans

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – County Health officials are urging everyone to avoid large crowds in order to avoid the potential spread of Coronavirus Covid-19. Despite the warning, about 7,500 country music fans packed the American Bank Center for Wednesday night's Chris Stapleton concert. It's one of the venue's largest concerts of the year and the American Bank Center took several precautions before the big show. According to a spokesperson for the American Bank Center, employees deep cleaned...

WHO Finally Declares ‘Pandemic’

Mar 12, 2020 Headline Health – Leading media outlets have been roundly criticizing Donald Trump for weeks for supposedly being slow to act and downplaying the risk of COVID-19. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has just now – as of Wednesday – declared the China virus to be a global epidemic. WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus waited until the virus had infected at least 121,000 people in 114 countries before declaring an 'official' pandemic. We've yet to hear...

Weinstein Gets 23 Years For Sex Felonies

“He violated my trust, my body and my basic right to reject his sexual advances. When he attacked me that evening, it scarred me emotionally and physically. It diminished my confidence and faith in people, and my confidence and faith in myself." – Miriam "Mimi" Haleyi "I'm a sex addict," Weinstein admits in new documents Weds, March 11, 2020 NEW YORK — Ex-movie mogul-turned-convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein will spend the next 23 years in prison for his conviction...

STD Prevention: “Extremely Safe And Effective”

"In the United States, the medical community has made great strides in preventing and controlling cervical cancer. Screening can effectively detect the disease in its earliest, pre-cancerous stages, while the HPV vaccine is highly effective at preventing cervical cancer. That combination has led to a 50% drop in cervical cancer diagnoses in the U.S. from 1975 to 2010. " – U. of Michigan, Feb 13, 2020 34,000 new cancer cases per year are largely preventable  March 5, 2020 Scientific American...

Border-Crossers Seek Cheaper Rx For Sick Kids

Couple crosses Mexico border to buy low-cost insulin for strangers in need March 7, 2020 MSN – For years, Jake and Marqui Balle of Clinton, Utah, had budgeted carefully and avoided splurges so they could afford lifesaving insulin for their diabetic son, Reid, at a cost of $550 a month — their second-highest expense after their mortgage. Reid, who is 7, was diagnosed when he was 18 months old with Type 1 diabetes, a condition in which...

Rapist At Rikers: Weinstein Gets What He Had Coming

Doesn't have a walker in jail, suffers slip-and-fall accident, emotional trauma CNN – Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein fell Sunday at Rikers Island jail, his spokesperson Juda Englemayer told CNN. Englemayer said Weinstein was dizzy before he fell. "Harvey says his head throbs all the time and thinks he has a concussion," Englemayer said. Englemayer says Weinstein has "had a lot of time to think about his life and what he's done," adding, "He said he wasn't a nice guy...

“Trump Is Dead!” Media Cheers For Trump Defeat Over COVID-19

Media chorus roots for Trump defeat over COVID-19 |  PLUS: "For Trump, Coronavirus Proves to Be an Enemy He Can’t Tweet Away" | Headline Health – A range of leading news outlets is seeing not only catastrophic health and financial consequences from the spread of the coronavirus, but groundshaking political repercussions as well ... – The Coronavirus Is Coming for Trump’s Presidency "Will a nationalist president be undone by his underreaction to a foreign threat?" By Ross Douthat, New...

Ted Cruz Exposed To COVID-19; Trump Cleared

Cruz in isolation after exposure, Trump not in 'close proximity' | Trump attended summit where Congressmen met COVID-19 carrier |  Mar 8, 2020 Washington (AP) – Two members of Congress, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Paul Gosar, said Sunday they are isolating themselves after determining they had contact at a political conference with a man who has tested positive for coronavirus. Cruz, R-Texas, said he had brief contact with the man at the Conservative Political Action Conference nearly two...

Iran Parliament Member Dead of COVID-19

2nd Tehran lawmaker dies from coronavirus as Iran death toll hits 145 | March 7, 2020 Times of Israel — An Iranian lawmaker died from the novel coronavirus on Saturday, Iran's state news agency reported, one of several officials to succumb to the illness in the epidemic-hit country. Fatemeh Rahbar, 55, had recently been elected to the parliament from the capital Tehran, the agency said. She is the second lawmaker killed by the virus in Iran and one of...
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