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Flashback CDC study: 85% of coronavirus patients reported wearing masks 'always' or 'often'

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An overlooked study published recently by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that cloth face coverings or masks are mostly ineffective in preventing the spread of the Chinese coronavirus as promoted by public health officials.

The CDC conducted the study, largely ignored by the media, in the U.S. in July and made its findings public in September. It compared 154 "case-patients," those who tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease), and a control group of 160 "control-participants," those who were symptomatic but tested negative.

CDC researchers examined participants who reported wearing a cloth face covering or mask at least 14 days before illness onset, which falls into the incubation period of 2-14 days estimated by the agency.

The researchers found that 71 percent of the case-patients contracted the virus despite reporting "always" wearing a cloth face covering or mask at least 14 days before illness onset, and 14 percent contracted the virus despite reporting "often" wearing one at least 14 days before illness onset.

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Beaker

Trump announces that lawyer and 'greatest mayor in NYC' Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for Covid-19


Comment: Hmmm, just like Trump a couple of weeks before Election Day. This of course forces Giuliani to take a temporary backseat (whether he's ill or not), just before major legal deadlines for uncovering election fraud.


Rudy Giuliani
© Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
Donald Trump announced through Twitter that his attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for Covid-19 as the former New York City mayor continues to lead legal battles seeking to overturn Joe Biden's presidential victory.

"[Rudy Giuliani], by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus," Trump tweeted on Sunday.

"Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!" he added.


At 76 years old, Giuliani is considered at high risk for complications from Covid-19.

Light Saber

Second major California Sheriff openly rebels against Newsom lockdown

Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes
© Orange County Sheriff's OfficeOrange County Sheriff Don Barnes
Just a day after Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told California Governor Gavin Newsom that his department won't be "blackmailed, bullied or used as muscle" against residents during the pandemic, The Epoch Times reports that Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes announced that deputies would not enforce the regional stay-at-home order that was scheduled to go into effect Dec. 6 throughout Southern California.
"Compliance with health orders is a matter of personal responsibility and not a matter of law enforcement," Barnes said in a Dec. 5 news release.

"Orange County Sheriff's deputies will not be dispatched to, or respond to, calls for service to enforce compliance with face coverings, social gatherings, or stay-at-home orders only."
It is not the first time the sheriff has declared deputies would not enforce a state order over coronavirus restrictions. When Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered a curfew in November for all California counties in the purple tier amid climbing coronavirus cases, Barnes said deputies would not be enforcing that order either.

Comment: See also: California Sheriff slams Gov. Newsom's 'dictatorial' lockdowns, won't be 'blackmailed, bullied or used as muscle' to enforce


Heart - Black

California father arrested for alleged decapitation of his two children

Father murders children in Calif.
© KTLAThe Lancaster, California home where the crime took place.
Authorities are investigating a California father who is suspected of the murder of his two young children.

On Friday, 34-year-old Maurice Taylor Sr. was arrested after police reportedly found the bodies of his 12-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter in his Lancaster home. He was taken into custody in connection with the murder and alleged decapitation of his two children.


The Los Angeles County Fire Department was initially called to the scene to investigate reports of a gas leak. However, upon arrival, they found the children's remains and immediately called the LAPD.

Sherlock

Michigan judge allows Trump team to examine Dominion voting machines in Antrim county

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© Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch TimesPresident Donald Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis speaks to media while flanked by Trump lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (L) and attorney Sidney Powell, at a press conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington on Nov 19, 2020.
A judge on Friday issued an order mandating Michigan's Antrim County to preserve election records and to permit forensic images to be taken from 22 tabulators that were utilized during the recent election.

According to the Detroit Free Press, the judge's order includes a protective order regarding "forensic images and/or other information gleaned from the forensic investigation."

"BIG WIN FOR HONEST ELECTIONS," President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani wrote in part of a tweet. "Antrim County Judge in Michigan orders forensic examination of 22 Dominion voting machines."

Antrim County previously experienced a reporting error regarding election results. The Detroit News reported that a spokesman for the Michigan secretary of state said "that a human error by the Antrim County Clerk prompted results to be reported incorrectly."

An individual named William Bailey in filings had informed "the judge that he was one of the initial people to notice a vote reporting error that put Biden thousands of votes ahead of President Donald Trump in the Republican county the morning of Nov. 4," the Detroit Free Press wrote.

Comment: From the plaintiff:
"I do have evidence that you don't know about that you haven't seen. I can't go beyond that. It will be introduced into my case. My attorney's working on it now. Everybody wants the same thing I want; it doesn't matter...Democrat, Libertarian, Republican...we've got to know we can trust our electoral process. It's really that simple. I can tell you I have evidence that points to a pretty serious issue."
They may need more than the "forensic images", whatever that entails.






Cardboard Box

Big surprise: Georgia county can't find chain of custody records for absentee ballots from drop boxes

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© Megan Varner/Getty ImagesGwinnett county workers begin their recount of the ballots on November 13, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Georgia's Dekalb County does not know if it is in possession of the ballot transfer forms used to record the chain of custody for absentee ballots dropped into some 300 drop boxes around the state.

Dekalb County responded to an open records request for the transfer forms from The Georgia Star News by writing that "it has not yet been determined if responsive records to your request exist."

"DeKalb County and [the DeKalb County Department of Voting, Registration and Election] VRE are currently operating within its COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan. These remote operations and VRE's current workload greatly impact how soon responsive records can be provided," the response from the department stated.

"VRE is expected to make this determination within thirty business days."

The Georgia Star News requested the ballot transfer forms from several counties. Cobb County and Cook County have complied with the request, each providing copies of the forms.

A spokesperson for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told Breitbart News last week that the ballot transfer forms are in the possession of individual counties.

Comment: According to the algorithm discovered by mathematician Edward Solomon, 37.3% of Dekalb's precincts where digitally hijacked to give fraudulent results. So it's no wonder they now conveniently can't produce chain of custody for the ballots used to fill in the fake votes given to Biden via Dominion. The fraud in Georgia was massive.

Sidney Powell: "In Georgia massive evidence of the shaving of votes and flipping to Biden exists in the machines... They've been erasing things and destroying evidence as fast as they can do it. I have in my office right now a huge bag of shredded ballots. I can't wait to see what that discloses... The people of America are not going to allow our president to be defeated by fraudulent election mechanisms. And these people have used every manner of voter fraud you can imagine. It was heavily coordinated. It was heavily funded. They now have 25 lawyers up against us our little team of misfit toys who are trying to fight for truth and justice for the American people... We have scads of evidence... Mr. Raffensperger was flat out lying. There should be a criminal investigation of him and his deputy secretary's finances around the $107 million Dominion contract that was suddenly awarded in Georgia when they didn't need a new system.



Ornaments

Oops! Anti-LGBT Lithuanian lawmaker accidentally caught on camera with naked man in work from home blunder

Petras Grazulis
© Screenshot via YouTube/Atviras Seimas
A prominent Lithuanian MP who has railed against 'non-traditional' marriages and LGBT rights has been spotted at home with a naked man, after apparently turning his camera on by accident while in an online parliamentary meeting.

Petras Grazulis, a lawmaker from the country's right-wing Order and Justice Party, could be seen briefly on video from a committee session of the country's Seimas assembly.

In the footage, circulated widely online, a man appears behind the politician, apparently wearing no clothes, looking over his shoulder at the screen.

The chairman of the committee warned that the revelation could throw the parliament into disrepute, adding that "the question is why they are half-naked during working hours." "Of course we can say that this is someone's personal life, but he is connected with a meeting of the Seimas," Vytautas Juozapaitis said.


Black Cat

Who cares if Biden won? Antifa continues agitation, clashes with Trump supporters in Olympia, Washington

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© AFP / Getty Images; Samuel CorumMembers of Antifa and Proud Boys clash in the middle of the street following the "Million MAGA March" on November 14, 2020 in Washington, DC
Two opposing events in Olympia, Washington, have resulted in violent brawls between supporters of President Donald Trump and Antifa. Police have confirmed the arrest of a suspect who allegedly fired shots during the unrest.

Pro-Trump demonstrators who gathered outside Washington State Capitol faced off with counter-protesters who attended an event labeled "Squash fascists". Violence followed, with videos on social media showing supporters of the president beating Antifa activists with American flags.

Comment: Is the silent majority finally standing up? The Antifa agitators seemed distressed at being met with their own tactics.






Syringe

Over half of FDNY say they'll refuse Covid-19 vaccine

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© 1B anti-vax MTA-2 AP/Frank Franklin II
More than half of New York City firefighters say they won't be vaccinated for COVID-19 when the potentially life-saving shot becomes available to first responders in a matter of weeks, according to a new internal survey.

About 55 percent of 2,053 smoke-eaters polled in the last three days by their union, the Uniformed Firefighters Association, answered "No" when asked, "Will you get the COVID-19 Vaccine from Pfizer when the Department makes it available?" UFA President Andy Ansbro told The Post. The responses account for about 25 percent of the UFA's 8,200 active members.

The stunning anti-vax response follows an August survey of MTA workers that showed only 30 percent of 645 respondents were definitely willing to be vaccinated. Thirty-eight percent were unsure and 32 percent said they would not take the vaccine, according to the poll of Transport Workers Union members conducted by the NYU School of Global Public Health.

If the survey results become the reality, it would mean thousands of NYC's first responders and other essential frontline workers would continue to be vulnerable to the virus and remain potential spreaders.


Comment: Perhaps those 'spreaders' know a thing or two!


The FDNY announced last week it would not make the vaccine mandatory for its members, a policy expected to be followed by all city agencies and even hospitals.

Comment: New York's trend to refuse the vaccine is gaining significant momentum. How long will it remain an honored personal choice?


Star of David

Palestinians say teen killed by Israeli forces in protest

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© Issam Rimawi/Anadolu AgencyIsraeli forces and Palestinians in protest • December 4, 2020 • Ramallah, West Bank
Israeli soldiers fatally shot a 15-year-old Palestinian on Friday during stone-throwing clashes in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said, although the Israeli military said its forces had not used live fire, Reuters reports.

The teenager was hit by a bullet in his abdomen and was taken in critical condition for treatment at a hospital in the Palestinian city of Ramallah where he succumbed to his wounds, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers had used what she described as "riot dispersal means" to confront dozens of Palestinians who were hurling rocks at soldiers and trying to roll rocks and burning tires at Israeli vehicles. "The reports of the use of live fire during the riot are not true and claims about a number of rioters injured and one killed are known," the spokeswoman said.

The Palestinian teenager was involved in a weekly protest against Israeli settlements at al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah, said Marzouq Abu Naeem, a member of the village council. He said protesters were throwing stones at soldiers.

"This ugly crime is a war crime and a crime against humanity," the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.