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Open thread 7/21/22 — 24 Comments

  1. I check out Instapundit about twice per day. Sarah Hoyt, who contributes morning posts, is a real fan of yours. She cites one or more of your posts everyday, although she doesn’t give your name. Are you friends?

  2. As if we needed any more proof of the MSM mendacity:

    https://twitter.com/aboutparesh/status/1549770683890253825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1549770683890253825%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Faboutparesh2Fstatus2F1549770683890253825widget%3DTweet

    And now fully vaxed, boosted, etc etc, Biden has tested positive for Covid. Actually who cares?? I would bet a whole lot of us would test positive at this point….it’s meaningless except for schadenfreude.

  3. p-guy, but they still hope to translate higher case counts into a new shutdown.
    In LA County, officials announce case numbers crossed a threshold. If they remain high, mandatory masking will start again.
    But an LA hospital doctor said there are no patients in the hospital for Covid. He repeated the word “nobody” several times in his statement

  4. Alan Dershowitz…: Jan. 6 Report Will Be Work of ‘Fiction’
    https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alan-dershowitz-jan-6-select-committee/2022/07/20/id/1079670/

    But the point, Professor, is—like all Democratic-Party-sponsored fictions—to cause MAXIMUM damage…and that is being done.

    (Similar to Russiagate… Similar to that “Work of Fiction” in November 2020… Similar to all of “Biden”‘s claims before and since the “election”… Similar to “his” lies about policy, etc…. One can “begin” to see a pattern…)

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  6. Regarding Joe Biden’s cancer claim, maybe he confused it with Covid?

    (Both words begin with the same letter…)

  7. JimNorCal,

    They just keep lying. The peak of the current case counts, nationally, happened about 50 days ago. For the past 20 days they have risen slightly to about a third of what the count was 50 days ago. Just some more variants. It’s evolved into just another damn flu bug.

    In terms of actual deaths: CT at 2.5/day, GA at 5/day, NC at 3/day etc. Now for comparison, here’s the death count due to other causes for those states: GA 280/day, CT 104/day, NC 300/day. So Covid now accounts for a whopping average of 0.77% of all those deaths in those 3 states.

    And I still see people wearing masks.

  8. Related:
    https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/07/21/covid-ba5-variant.aspx
    Preview:
    “Rapid mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was expected and predicted, as vaccinating against any highly mutable virus, such as the coronavirus, pressures the virus to adapt….
    “One of the latest variants, BA.5 — now believed to be the cause of nearly all COVID infections — is tied with (and may even surpass) measles in terms of its infectiousness and transmissibility. That makes it the most infectious of all SARS-CoV-2 variants, and one of the most infectious viruses known to man.
    “Fortunately, it’s also considerably less deadly than the original Wuhan strain.
    “Even if you’ve had COVID before, got the jab and all your boosters, and even if you have hybrid immunity (meaning you’ve had both past infection and the COVID jab), chances are you’ll probably catch BA.5, as it seems particularly adept at circumventing all previous defenses.
    “The likelihood of reinfection is the fodder fearmongerers needed to reignite calls for COVID restrictions such as lockdowns and stripping people of their inherent rights and freedoms, and, of course, more boosters….”

  9. “Even if you’ve had COVID before, got the jab and all your boosters, and even if you have hybrid immunity (meaning you’ve had both past infection and the COVID jab), chances are you’ll probably catch BA.5, as it seems particularly adept at circumventing all previous defenses.” Barry Meislin

    I’ll let you know if my husband or I get it. We got the original in March of 2020 and have the serologically tested IGG antibodies. We haven’t worn masks, except thin cotton ones when they were absolutely required, we have not received any of the vaccines, nor have we practiced social distancing in sane environments and have not missed a holiday, birthday or any celebration since we recovered. We have done plane travel and Uber when needed. He had one cold, I’ve had 2 since then. Mild and we never tested ourselves so no chance of errant information there.

  10. Good luck, Sharon.
    Take into account that the latest variants are quite contagious but as the article above indicates, symptoms are generally not that terrible and often relatively light. There are exceptions, however.
    Essentially, it’s become just(!) another virus (as many claimed it would), though some people who catch it find it tough going, nonetheless.
    I caught one of the initial variants in Jan. 2021 and fortunately had a mild case.
    I refused to vaccinate, took Quercetin, zinc and Vitamins C and D regularly and somehow caught it again in May 2022, once again with mild symptoms. Must have been the early Omicron variant. I was a bit annoyed (after all that Quercetin and stuff I was taking) but I guess the natural immunity wore off after 15 or so months….
    Maybe I was just lucky; but I don’t believe that the current levels of morbidity and serious symptoms, justify another round of COVID “terror”; e.g., vaccinating kids was ALWAYS insane and now it’s even more so. (What MAY WELL “justify” another round of terror might be defined as the Democratic Party’s need to win the upcoming elections—and the need of other governments (e.g., Canada, the EU) to sow fear in order to exert control.)
    Not that I’m an epidemiologist or an MD or anything…
    In any event, wishing you the best.
    Related:
    https://blazingcatfur.ca/2022/07/21/f-r-a-u-d/ …featuring Dr. Malone….

  11. Sharon W:

    Glad to hear that you and your husband are still doing well.

    You both certainly had a harrowing time with COVID way back when.

  12. expat:

    Not every day; every few days. It’s very nice of her. I’ve never met her or spoken to her, but we’ve emailed now and then over a period of many years. I “know” a number of bloggers that way.

    I’ve also actually met some bloggers in person at the old get-togethers bloggers used to have back in the olden days when PJ sponsored them. They were a lot of fun, but that was about 15 years ago. I’ve remained friendly with a couple.

  13. The European Central Bank surprised markets by raising interest rates by 50 basis points instead of the expected 25. So the current Eurozone interest rate is … Zero. They went from negative interest rates to zero. Oh my.

  14. Well, it looks as if the Governor of New York is egging on the lefty Sturmtruppen to physically attack the Republican candidate for her job:

    Basic account of what happened earlier tonight: “PERINTON, N.Y. (WROC) — Congressman Lee Zeldin was attacked at a campaign event in Perinton Thursday night. Zeldin is the Republican candidate for governor in New York State. Witnesses say Zeldin was giving a speech about bail reform at the VFW on Macedon Center Road when a man got on stage, started yelling, ‘wrestled with him a bit, and pulled a blade out.’ The alleged attacker was suppressed by AMVETS national Director Joe Chenelly. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said he was taken into custody. A witness who was with Zeldin after the attack said Zeldin was not hurt, and took the stage again when it was over.”

    https://pix11.com/news/witnesses-gov-candidate-lee-zeldin-attacked-at-perinton-campaign-stop/

    Andy Ngo tweeted that “Hours before the attempted stabbing of Lee Zeldin, [Governor Hochul’s] office sent out a mass email with locations he would be at & a call that her supporters RSVP for each event.” You can read Andy’s tweets in detail here: https://instapundit.com/532689/

  15. Deutsche Welle reports a deal will be signed today in Turkey between Ukraine and Russia permitting resumption of grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports through the Bosporus to the buyers. Maybe this too is part of what Erdogan was up to in Iran meeting Putin?: https://youtu.be/mLcWBc73n84

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