The European Union has removed the United States from the 27-country bloc’s ‘safe list’ of countries, reinstateing travel restrictions barring non-essential travel from the US and imposing quarantine and testing on US travellers arriving into the region. The Reuters report cited commentary from two anonymous diplomats who were not authorised to speak on the issue. The New York Times confirmed the report on Sunday. The restrictions recommended by the European Council would not be mandatory among EU member states. Each country will have latitude to reimpose whatever restrictions they choose, or none at all. Despite the EU opening travel to US travellers in June, the US has not reciprocated and remains closed to EU travellers. Countries designated as ‘safe’ by the EU have maintained infection rates of 75 or less per 100,000 people. The recent surge of the delta variant in the US has pushed number well above that rate to 328 per 100,000, according to Reuters Covid-19 tracker. Nick Note: Congratulations.. The US maintains its status as the most covid19 infections per 100,000 people on the planer
S&P, Nasdaq open at record high ahead of data
Major stock markets in the United States opened Monday’s session with gains as the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 reached new record highs.
The National Association of Realtors will release the pending home sales report for July later today, while Zoom Inc. is scheduled to report its earnings results following the closing bell.
The Dow Jones inched up by 0.12% at the open, but turned to red shortly after. The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.18%, with AMD gaining 2.05%. The S&P 500 advanced 0.18%, as Albemarle Corp. soared 2.82%. The euro stood flat against the dollar to sell for 1.17934 at 9:31 am ET. Nick Note: This is the equivalent of free Champaign on the Titanic
Florida Reports Record Deaths, Judge Bars Mask Ban: Virus Update
Florida reported 1,727 Covid-19 deaths in its newest weekly report, probably the most on file. A decide blocked Florida from imposing Governor Ron DeSantis’s ban on masks mandates in faculties, clearing the best way for educators to require face coverings in school rooms with out the specter of retaliation by the state. The origins of the coronavirus pandemic are nonetheless unsure and an absence of cooperation from China is hampering the hassle to ever know the reality, the U.S. intelligence group mentioned in a report launched Friday. President Joe Biden mentioned his administration is contemplating whether or not to begin booster photographs of the vaccine as quickly as 5 months after folks obtain a second dose. Quickly after Biden made the feedback, a White Home official mentioned there had been no change within the plan to manage boosters after eight months. Apple Inc. is making its strongest push but for workers to get vaccinated, urging all U.S. employees to get photographs as quickly as potential now that the Meals and Drug Administration has began formally approving the injections. International Tracker: Instances prime 215.1 million; deaths cross 4.47 millionVaccine Tracker: Greater than 5.17 billion doses administeredSky might be the restrict for surcharges on unvaccinated workersThe worst locations to beas delta spreads are in southeast AsiaThe hybrid work revolution is already reworking economiesSeptember promised return to regular that continues to elude U.S. Individuals who contract the delta variant of Covid-19 are greater than twice as prone to be hospitalized as these contaminated with the alpha pressure, in accordance with a U.Ok. examine, elevating the prospect of a higher burden on well being providers this winter. The overview of greater than 43,000 Covid-19 instances in England, most of whom had been unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, was printed in The Lancet Infectious Ailments journal Friday, and highlighted the safety photographs present towards hospitalization from each variants. The deaths are probably the most since Florida has been issuing the reviews. At a each day common of 247 reported deaths, that will additionally surpass the earlier excessive for the complete pandemic in John Hopkins College information. The info relies on when the dying was reported, not when it occurred. New instances amongst residents rose about 1% to 151,749 within the week ended Aug. 26. General, the instances have been comparatively flat for the previous two weeks. Alabama despatched cell morgue vans to 2 hard-hit counties, for the primary time in pandemic, the state’s prime well being officer mentioned. “There was no room to place the our bodies,” Scott Harris mentioned at a briefing, AL.com reported. In a state with one of many U.S.’s lowest charges of vaccination, Harris mentioned there was a scarcity of 40 beds in intensive care models — and that 5 of 45 youngsters hospitalized statewide had been on ventilators. “A lot of what we’re seeing is preventable,” he mentioned. “All of us have the power to stop it. Go get vaccinated and put on your masks.” Infections Soar Amongst Georgia Kids Infections amongst Georgia youngsters greater than doubled from the earlier excessive since faculties reopened in the beginning of the month, state information present. The seven-day common for infections in that age group surpassed 2,000 on Friday, up from barely greater than 360 on Aug. 2. The earlier file in that age group was nearly 870 in mid-January. The group with the steepest enhance is between 10 and 17, the information present. Most native faculty districts in Georgia now require masks, the Related Press reported, after a ban on native mandates from Governor Brian Kemp was watered down amid rising instances.
Proof their is a GOD…Radio host Mr. Anti-Vax dies of covid AND joining him in hell is talk radio host Marc Bernier and Texas anti-mask anti vax movement leader Caleb Wallace
Anti-vaxx radio host hospitalized with COVID. He “regrets” that now that he’s fighting for his life.
Ati-vax radio host Marc Bernier has died after being hospitalized for COVID-19
Marc Bernier worked as a broadcast journalist for 46 years. Following his hospitalization on August 10, Bernier fought the coronavirus for three weeks until he passed. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, who appeared several times on Bernier’s show, referred to the news as a “death in the family.” “I’m numb,” he said, noting that while he and Bernier didn’t always agree, they remained friends over the years, according to the News-Journal. Bernier’s death comes months after he vowed on the air that he would never get the coronavirus vaccine. “Are you kidding me? he responded when asked in December if he would consider getting the jab, according to News-Journal.
Texas anti-mask anti vax movement leader dies of covid19
Tens Of Thousands Of School Children Already In Covid Quarantine—20,000 In Mississippi Alone
Just days into the new academic year, tens of thousands of students are under quarantine in school districts across the U.S.—with many states where mask mandates are banned reporting some of the most severe outbreaks—as the delta variant continues to drive skyrocketing infections among children. Thousands of the students in quarantine or isolation are in school districts across Florida, a state sanctioning schools that impose mask mandates even as it leads the country in coronavirus-linked child hospitalizations (admitting an average of 56 children a day). One school district alone has more than 8,000 students and 300 staff quarantining or isolating: Hillsborough County Public Schools, which includes Tampa, has scheduled an emergency meeting Wednesday to consider defying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state-wide ban on mask mandates.
Tennessee, Texas and South Carolina, states where Republican governors have similarly restricted schools from mandating masks, all have thousands of students quarantining, with the latter two already seeing some districts temporarily close due to outbreaks.
Texas, where the state Supreme Court this week ruled to allow Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning masks in schools and temporarily blocked two counties from imposing their own mandates, has seen four different school districts close in recent days as cases surge. Though they don’t have the same restrictions on mask mandates, a number of states with vaccination rates below the national average also have high numbers of students and school staff quarantining after their return to school, including Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi. Mississippi appears to have more children quarantining for Covid-19 exposure than any other state in the country—about 20,000 (or 4.5% of the entire public school population) as of Tuesday—and had its fifth child die from the virus last week: a 13-year-old eighth grader who died a day after testing positive.One school district in Iowa, where mask mandates are also banned, is not requiring students to quarantine if they have been exposed to a person who has Covid-19. “At this time, our public health authorities have informed us that the district may not quarantine students,” Erick Pruitt, the superintendent of Ankeny, the sixth-largest district in Iowa, wrote in a letter to parents in July.9. That’s how many states have enacted measures that prohibit schools from requiring mask mandates: Tennessee, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and Arizona (though Arizona’s doesn’t go into effect until Sept. 29). Arkansas also imposed a mask mandate ban, but it was halted by a state court while a challenge moves forward and the governor has also said he regrets the action. “We’re living out the nightmare of the Covid pandemic, where so many people in our county, including members of our staff and others, are being impacted,” Rosalind Osgood, the chairwoman of Florida’s Broward County School Board, one of a number of districts defying DeSantis’ executive order, told CBS on Sunday. “We believe that we have a constitutional obligation to protect the lives of our students and staff.” The heated battles over coronavirus safety protocols in schools come as the hyper infectious delta variant drives massive surges in infections among children. Reports from the American Academy of Pediatrics show kids are making up an increasingly large proportion of the U.S.’s total infections, with the 120,000 children who tested positive last week comprising nearly a fifth of all new cases. Weekly Covid-19 cases among kids have jumped more than 200% from mid-June. The number of children hospitalized with the coronavirus is also on the rise, hitting a new pandemic high of 297 admitted each day over the past week, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The trend is the most prevalent in Southern states, many of which have hit new records for child hospitalizations amid the delta surge. Masks mandates in schools are actually broadly popular. An Axios/Ipsos poll published Tuesday found most Americans (69%) support school mask requirements for students, teachers and staff. However, support is much lower among Republicans: only 44% back the mask orders versus 92% of Democrats. A low number of respondents (33%) support the policies imposed in Republican states banning schools and local governments from issuing their own mandates. Nick Note: Its not the masks or lack thereof. Its the fact that the school year in the south starts earlier. Mama i know you want to go back to “work”. But when your kids come home under guarantee or worse it will be even longer before you “workout” with your fitness instructor again…..
Mamas don’t let your children go back to school. The masks and ha ha social distancing won’t work. If you want to kill them drown them in the bathtub… its a kinder death.
Fauci supports vaccine mandates in US schools…..12,000 kids hospitalized….. 100,000 infected
- Dr. Anthony Fauci said he’s in support of COVID-19 vaccination mandates for kids going to school.
- Fauci said vaccine mandates for students aren’t new.
- Currently, only those above the age of 12 are eligible to be vaccinated.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he thinks it’s a “good idea” to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for kids attending school. “We have mandates in many places in schools, particularly public schools, that if in fact you want a child to come in — we’ve done this for decades and decades requiring (vaccines for) polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis … So this would not be something new, requiring vaccinations for children to come to school,” Fauci said. COVID-19 cases and infections have been rising, including among children, as the more transmissible Delta variant spreads. The Food and Drug Administration has yet to approve any COVID-19 vaccine for use in those under the age of 12. Pfizer’s vaccine recently received full FDA approval for use on those older than 16. Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, told NPR that Pfizer is expected to present clinical trial findings for those aged 5 to 11 years old to the FDA next month. However, he says it could take months after that to approve emergency use of the vaccine for kids. “I’ve got to be honest, I don’t see the approval for kids – 5 to 11 – coming much before the end of 2021,” Collins said. Some parents have been so concerned about the spread of Delta that they are asking pediatricians to vaccinate their kids under 12 prior to FDA approval. A Los Angeles pediatrician previously told Insider that until there is FDA approval, they won’t be vaccinating anyone under 12. The Centers for Disease Control has recommended that those over 12 get vaccinated to help stop the spread of the virus. Nick Note: this is some sick shit. The hospitals are filling up with little kids infected by the highly infections Delta mutation. Are we really going to send the kiddies to scroll with masks that do not work even when they are fitted correctly. Talk about child abuse!! call family services….. And we are going to get kids 5 to 11 to wear said do nothing masks as the ONLY line of defense… We are being ruled by a bunch of fucking idiots. The solution is simple, the kids stay home until their is a vaccine. In the olden days kids stayed home until they had their polo, measles and small pocks vaccines…….. And the mothers are just going to have to suck it up and be mothers……. Pretend like your a women in Kabul……… lets pretend like is a deadly plague killing millions of people!!!
Israel offers booster shots to all vaccinated citizens
JERUSALEM, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Israel on Sunday began offering a COVID-19 booster to children as young as 12, and its prime minister said a campaign that began a month ago among seniors has slowed a rise in severe illness caused by the Delta variant. Announcing the decision, top Israeli health officials said the effectiveness of the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech (PFE.N), (22UAy.DE) vaccine waned six months after administration, making a booster necessary. “The third dose brings us to the level of protection achieved by the second dose, when it was fresh,” said Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of public health at Israel’s Health Ministry.
“That means, people are 10 times more protected after the third vaccine dose,” she told a news conference, where the expanded booster drive was announced.
Those eligible for the third shot can receive it provided at least five months have passed since their second jab – a timeframe shorter than an eight-month interval in effect in the United States, which is considering cutting the waiting time. Hoping to curb the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, Israel began administering the booster to its older population a month ago and has been gradually lowering the age of eligibility. It stood at 30 before Sunday’s announcement. So far 2 million people out of a population of 9.3 million have received three doses. “There are already results: the increase in severe morbidity has begun to slow,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement. “But we have to complete third doses for all of our citizens. I call on those aged 12 and up to go out and immediately take the third shot.” Israel and other countries have pressed ahead with booster plans despite opposition from the World Health Organization, which said more of the world should be vaccinated with a first dose before people receive a third. The United States has said it will offer booster doses to all Americans, citing data showing diminishing protection. Canada, France and Germany have also planned booster campaigns. Nick Note: To me its settled business you need to get your third vaccine. With 125,000 new infections a day their is really no choice.
‘Extremely Destructive Force’: National Hurricane Center Gives Update On Tropical Storm Ida
Ida is in the southern Gulf of Mexico and is expected to rapidly intensify Saturday and into Sunday. The National Hurricane Center forecasts the storm making landfall in southeast Louisiana Sunday evening as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph. There is always advised to plan for a category higher as there is always uncertainty with a tropical system intensity. Regardless of that uncertainty, we need to be prepared for a potentially rapidly intensifying storm in the Gulf of Mexico. The waters are deep and warm and wind shear will relax over the Gulf. That, combined with a decent outflow will allow for the storm to grow in the atmosphere. All of this could lead to a major hurricane by landfall. Wind, rain, and storm surge will all be threats. We are expecting conditions to worsen late Saturday and throughout Sunday into Monday morning. Prepare now. Nick Note: This is a killer category 4 storm. And what makes it really ugly is it will go to the west of New Orleans. Hurricanes spin counter clockwise. It will hit to the west of New Orleans. Which means the powerful side of this storm is the North East quadrant. And will hit the city with its full force, Katrina hit exactly 16 years ago as a category 3 storm to the east of the city. The week side. Ida is a bad girl a category 4 with a storm surge of up to 15 feet. Now if the same people who have managed the covid19 plague and the Kabul airlift New Orleans is in big trouble. This storm could breach the levies and swamp the pumps protecting the city. Billion were spent building the cities defences and i am told the contractors did what contractors always do in Louisianan…… GOD has sent a test….. Nothing like a live demonstration. If you are within 100 miles of the path of this monster…RUN! The mayor of New Orleans said their was not enough time to order a evacuation….. Really. We have been tracking this storm for over a week……..
US conducts drone strike against ISIS in Afghanistan
US conducts drone strike against ISIS in Afghanistan
On Thursday, US President Joe Biden issued a strong statement over the Kabul blasts vowing to avenge the deaths of the 13 servicemen and make those responsible for the incident pay. Addressing the nation from the White House, President Biden also asserted that the US would continue to evacuate its citizens and the mission will go on. The United States military on Friday struck back against the ISIS-K in the aftermath of the devastating twin blasts at the Kabul Airport. As per agency sources, the US launched a drone strike against an Islamic State member in Nangarhar. The ISIS-K member was reportedly involved in planning the attacks against the US in Kabul. The strikes come in response to the death of 13 US servicemen who were involved in the evacuation operations at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport. At least 169 Afghans including several children, who were lodged at the gates of the airport to escape the Taliban regime, also lost their lives in the attack. Sharing details of the drone strikes that targeted the ISIS-K planner, Pentagon in a statement said that as per initial indications, the target had been eliminated.
Navy Capt. Bill Urban, a Central Command spokesman, said in a statement, “U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties.” Nick Note: See their is nothing to worry about. The US has over the horizon technology to stop the terrorists….. I though this is so cool. Then I started to think about it… Why did they use this whizzbang technology BEFORE the terrorists attack not AFTER it.
Biden vows retaliation after Kabul explosions
On Thursday, US President Joe Biden issued a strong statement over the Kabul blasts vowing to avenge the deaths of the 13 servicemen and make those responsible for the incident pay. Addressing the nation from the White House, President Biden also asserted that the US would continue to evacuate its citizens and the mission will go on.
Biden looks to shorten booster timeline to 5 months
https://youtu.be/8HT-xKJhHeY
President Joe Biden said U.S. regulators plan to give booster shots of Covid-19 five months after their primary vaccinations have ended, increasing the schedule for a third injection by about three months.
Biden, who spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday, said health officials plan to follow that country’s lead on boosters.
“We are reviewing the advice you gave that we should start earlier,” Biden said, adding that officials were debating whether the deadline should be shorter. “Should it be as little as five months and that’s under discussion.” Approval for the booster shots is expected to come around Labor Day after federal health officials had time to review data from other countries and vaccine makers that indicated the effectiveness of the drug. a booster dose six months after a previous dose.
In adults 60 years and older, a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine provided 4 times more protection against delta variant infection than the previous two-dose regimen, according to the Department of Health. ‘Israel.
Distribution of the booster injections following clearance from the Food and Drug Administration and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to begin on September 20. The Biden administration and the vaccine makers have indicated that there should be enough doses for any fully vaccinated adult seeking a third dose. Nick Note: They must have hired the bureaucrats running the Kabul airport evacuations to fuck up the booster shot. I guess they though evacuations was close to vaccination. Best to start boosters shots after 5 months 6 months tops that the original science dictated…. So they decided to wait 8th months. Now that all 50 states are seeing a surge in infections and hospitalizations.. a record. They decided maybe they should roll out the vaccines earlier. Do not buy the bullshit “fully vaccinated” 2 shot people are safe. 25% of the people hospitalized and dying were vaccinated twice. So far no one in the US or Israel vaccinated three times has gotten infected/\/