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Best of the Web: Two-thirds of new UK Covid hospital patients only tested positive AFTER being admitted, evidence still accumulating that Omicron is mild

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Two-thirds of new Covid hospital patients in England were actually admitted for a different ailment, MailOnline's analysis of NHS data suggests - as a growing number of studies show Omicron is much milder than Delta.

In the two weeks to December 21, hospitals in England recorded 563 new coronavirus inpatients — the majority of which are believed to be Omicron now that the variant is the country's dominant stain.

But just 197 (35 per cent) were being primarily treated for Covid, with the remaining 366 (65 per cent) only testing positive after being admitted for something else.

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Health Minister complains of hate mail over allowing grocery stores to allow vaccine passports

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© unknownCanadian Health Minister Dorothy Shephard
Days after reversing a decision that allowed grocery stores to ban unvaccinated Canadians, New Brunswick health minister Dorothy Shephard is saying some of the mail she received over the policy "crossed the line."

In an interview with the Times & Transcript, Shephard describes receiving a "huge onslaught" of the material, including hundreds of emails. "I think I have a thick skin," Shephard says. "It doesn't change the fact that some of these emails have crossed the line."

The Department of Health confirmed that particularly threatening examples have been sent to the Department of Justice and Public Safety for assessment. The RCMP would not confirm whether it was investigating. One of the emails accuses Shephard of "literally causing people to starve to death this winter," while another advises her to "sleep with one eye open." "People like you always get what's coming to you," another states. The writer goes on to wish Shephard "a slow and painful death."

Shephard did not mention the number of emails she had received in total, nor the proportion of the pushback she deemed legitimate. True North reached out to Shephard's office but received no response.

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Christmas travelers stranded as omicron forces cancellation of thousands of flights

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© UnknownTravel ban restrictions ground flights for Christmas travellers
Jaclyn Stanton was excited to reunite with her parents for the first time since February 2020, when she last saw them before the Covid-19 pandemic began. Stanton said she and her husband were expecting to board their flight on Christmas morning from Chicago to Sacramento, California, where her family lives. But on Thursday night, she got a text alert from United Airlines informing her their flight had been canceled.

"It's a bit of a bummer," said Stanton, 36, on Friday. "It was a bit of a gut punch last night."

Stanton is one of thousands of would-be travelers who were hoping to make it home for Christmas this year but were left stranded as airlines around the world canceled thousands of flights amid the spread of the omicron variant.

Global airlines had collectively canceled more than 3,700 flights for Christmas Eve and Christmas day, according to the flight tracking website Flight Aware. Of those canceled, more than 1,000 had been scheduled within, into or out of the U.S.

Several major airlines, including United, Delta and Alaska, said they were forced to cancel hundreds of Christmas Eve flights after the omicron variant infected their employees and crew members.

On Friday, United cut a total of 192 flights; Delta, 264; and Alaska, 16, according to Flight Aware.

"The nationwide spike in omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation," United Airlines said in a statement. The company said it would rebook as many travelers as possible.


Comment: Right on cue. The new face on shutdowns and tyranny is 'Omicron'. Be it defiance or sense, some airlines did not buy into this ploy.


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Judge rules against New York Times: Must surrender Project Veritas memos, destroy copies

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James O'Keefe of Project Veritas
Conservative group accused newspaper of violating attorney-client privilege after legal memos were obtained

A New York judge has upheld an order preventing the New York Times from publishing documents between conservative group Project Veritas and its lawyer and ruled that the newspaper must immediately relinquish confidential legal memos it obtained.

The decision Thursday by state supreme court justice Charles D Wood in Westchester county, released Friday, comes in a defamation lawsuit Project Veritas filed against the Times in 2020.

Months after the lawsuit was filed, the newspaper reported that the justice department was investigating Project Veritas in connection with the theft of a diary belonging to Ashley Biden, the president's daughter.

Comment: Gateway Pundit reports:
On Friday, the New York Supreme Court issued a devastating opinion ruling against the New York Times that confirms the outlet illegally obtained private attorney-client records from Project Veritas.

From the Court's ruling:
"The court finds that Project Veritas has met its burden of showing that the subject memoranda were obtained by irregular means, if not both irregular and improper means.

Ordered: That the defendant New York Times and its agents, employees, legal counsel, or other persons under its control are directed to immediately delete / destroy copies of the legal memoranda prepared by Project Veritas' counsel, Benjamin Barr, from any computer, cloud server or other data collecting or disseminating sources."

It's believed that the documents were obtained during FBI searches of James O'Keefe's mobile phones and other possessions, which were seized as evidence when Project Veritas staff members and facilities were unconstitutionally raided over Ashley Biden's diary last month.

Somehow, the records just happened to end up in the hands of the radical NY Times, who published them in a shameless attempt to slander the investigative outlet's journalistic practices.

The ruling could spur potential legal ramifications for the FBI, who, in all likelihood, illegally leaked the contents of O'Keefe's phone to the NYT.

Other than vaguely attributing it to "newsgathering efforts," the Times has refused to provide "ANY explanation" of how it came into possession of Project Veritas' privileged communications, according to the ruling.

As the court also points out, the outlet even "incredibly" admitted that "no APPARENT bribery" took place when they illegally obtained Project Veritas' records.

The ruling continues:
"There is nothing in the record to show how the Times obtained the privileged memoranda that belonged to Project Veritas.

That information is solely within the Times' knowledge and possession,and it has not offered any explanation beyond vaguely stating that the memoranda were obtained through its "newsgathering efforts."

The Times incredibly admitted that here "no apparent bribery... was used to obtain the memoranda.
Christmas came early for Project Veritas on this one.

Next up - hold the New York Times and the FBI accountable for their lawlessness.



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'Infection parties': Switzerland threatens 5 years in jail for people 'intentionally' contracting Covid in order to obtain vaccine passport

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SWITZERLAND: Demonstrators protest against a planned coronavirus disease (COVID-19) law of the Swiss government, in Zurich, Switzerland November 20, 2021
Contracting Covid-19 on purpose to gain natural immunity is a potentially criminal offense that could lead to a lengthy prison term, Switzerland's Federal Office of Public Health said in response to the rise of infection parties.

Following the news that some vaccine skeptics have been organizing Covid-19 parties in order to gain a vaccine passport-like certificate for the naturally infected and recovered, the FOPH warned that intentionally spreading the virus could result in up to five years in jail, according to public broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse.

Comment: See also:


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New York: Vaccination card forgers face one year in jail

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People who falsify their vaccination cards to bypass the passport system in the state of New York could face up to one year in jail, according to new legislation.

Signed into law on Wednesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), the "Truth in Vaccination" law will make "faking a vaccination card a class A misdemeanor and tampering with computer records related to vaccinations a class E felony," according to The Hill.

New Yorkers convicted of violating the new law could face up to one year in prison or three years of probation, while class E felonies carry the potential of up to four years in prison in the state.

In a statement, Hochul declared that the new law will:
...help us improve our response to the pandemic now, crack down on fraudulent use of vaccination records, and help us better understand the areas of improvement we need to make to our health care system so we can be even more prepared down the road.

Comment: See also: Father-son tourists arrested for entering Hawaii with fake vaccination cards


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EU country set to outlaw smoking on beaches

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Spain is set to introduce a nationwide ban on smoking on the country's beaches, with offenders facing fines of up to €2,000 for breaches in what is believed to be the first nationwide restriction in Europe of its kind.

The new measure is part of the national Law on Waste and Contaminated Soil, which was approved by the Spanish Senate on Thursday and is considered by the government to be "one of the main pieces of legislation to promote the circular and low-carbon economy in Spain."

Comment: Did dangerous pesticides and GMO crops which are devastating the soil and peoples health come as a part of the national Law on Waste and Contaminated Soil?

The totalitarian grip on humanity has many faces and this is one of them.

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Rights group claims Amazon denied sick leave to workers who later died

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© Alan Berner / The Seattle TimesThe multilevel Kent warehouse covers more than 850,000 square feet. Much of the work is highly automated.
Two Amazon employees reportedly died within hours of each other at the company's warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama last month after being denied sick leave, according to workers' rights group More Perfect Union.

The two workers allegedly died on November 28 and 29, within hours of each other, with one passing away at the facility and another after receiving medical attention.

Isaiah Thomas, an Amazon worker, said that one of the victims suffered a stroke and "died on the job" after asking HR if he could go home. According to claims made in an interview published by More Perfect Union, the worker who later passed away was told that he could "either go home and lose your job" or "stay here and keep working."

Comment: Amazon's blind commitment to its 'metrics' leaves out any compassion for those who make them possible. Workers are denied proper rest periods, told to work through severe weather and unreliable schedules, among other abuses. Nearly all efforts to establish bargaining groups have been sabotaged in the most underhanded way possible.


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More Marines discharged over vaccine refusal, total stands at 169 so far

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The Marine Corps discharged 66 Marines in the past week for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine as mandated by the military, outpacing the other services at discipline related to the shots.

The latest Corps actions, which came as COVID-19 cases surged across the country as a result of the omicron variant, brought the total number of Marines booted out of the service for vaccine refusal to 169.

"The speed with which the disease transmits among individuals has increased risk to our Marines and the Marine Corps' mission," the Marine Corps said in a statement, even as the percentage of those at least partially vaccinated remained at 95%, the same as last week.

Comment: There is dissension throughout the different military branches.


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Runner urges women to speak out after 'losing FIVE times to transgender athletes'

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© Instagram / madi_kenyonCross-country and track runner Madison Kenyan is a campaigner for fairness in women’s sports
A female American college athlete has described the experience of being beaten by "biological males" as "extremely deflating", urging women in the state where a transitioned swimmer has broken records not to be afraid to talk.

Idaho track athlete Madison Kenyon went to court when the state's Fairness in Women's Sports Act, which bans trans women from competing in women's sports, faced a legal challenge.

Now 20, Kenyon said she was first beaten by a transgender rival as a 14-year-old, and is imploring fellow athletes to express their opinions in Pennsylvania, where Lia Thomas - formerly a biological male competitor called Will - has been breaking records in the pool.