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No, the main reason they move into urban areas and attack people is because animals who used to fear humans (for good reasons) no longer do so.

I live in suburbia. We have deer everywhere. I see more deer around here than I do where I go deer hunting in rural areas. They aren't hunted in suburbs so they do lose their fear of humans.

I&I Editorial

The media and many politicians inside the Democratic Party continue to shriek over the recent jump in the number of recorded coronavirus cases, seeking to keep the economy closed at all costs — and we mean that literally. Don’t fall for the argument. The data show that, in fact, our pandemic nightmare might well be coming to an end.

OK, you say, Issues & Insights, how can you say such a thing with so little to back it up?

Well, firstly, it’s not actually us saying this. It’s the Centers for Disease Control, which reported that the death rate has fallen so far it’s now roughly equal to the threshold for even qualifying as an epidemic, which isn’t as severe as a pandemic.

“Based on death certificate data, the percentage of (total U.S.) deaths attributed to pneumonia, influenza or COVID-19 (PIC) decreased from 9% during week 25 to 5.9% during week 26,” the CDC noted, adding that this was the 10th-straight week of declining deaths.

While the “percentage is currently at the epidemic threshold,” additional data in coming weeks could change that, says the CDC.

As a piece on the informative Just The News web site explains, “That threshold for (deaths per week for) pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 fluctuates slightly depending on the time of year, ranging from around 7% at the height of flu season to around 5% during less virulent months.”

So the decline to 5.9% is truly great news, if the trend holds. We’ve reported this decline in COVID-19’s raw death rate before, by the way. The current CDC data compare favorably to the 5.7% average rate for the final 13 weeks of 2019.

And yet, here are some of the headlines we’ve read in just the past couple days in the Big Media:

“As Trump gaslights America about coronavirus, Republicans face a critical choice ” — CNN

“Despite Rising Coronavirus Cases, Trump’s Focus Appears To Be Elsewhere” — NPR

“The Economy Is Not Going Back to Normal” — Slate

“Coronavirus: FDA chief refuses to back Trump’s vaccine prediction” — BBC

“U.S. is still ‘knee-deep’ in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Fauci says” — CNN

“How America Lost the War on Covid-19” — New York Times

You get the idea? Not a hint of optimism, just relentless pessimism about COVID-19, politicized to the Nth degree to make Donald Trump look like a fool or sociopath.

And this is just a handful of examples which underscore that the media, with few exceptions steeped in hatred of all things Trump, have never been more negligent in performing their basic duty to inform their readers about COVID-19. And they’ve never been more politicized or biased.

We hope Americans remember this as the Trump-hating press continues its suicidal shift toward the far left of the political spectrum. To any serious consumer of fact-based news, our Big Media sadly have lost all credibility.

As far as coronavirus is concerned, it’s true that total cases continue to rise. But that’s a function of vastly increased testing, not of surging actual cases, as we’ve noted before.

It’s likely that the only real increase in cases in recent weeks has come from the largely unprotected masses of youngish people taking part in the George Floyd demonstrations, which began in late May and continued through June and into July.

This can be seen in the fact that new cases lean more heavily now toward the young, rather than the old, a strong sign that the youth-dominated demonstrations boosted infections. Not surprisingly, the media now blame Trump for this.

While we’re at it, we’d like to remind you that these are the same “peaceful demonstrators” who have trashed cities across the country for weeks. Just last weekend two people were killed at protests, which “progressive” Democrats supported and defended. Particularly tragic was the death of Secoreia Turner, an 8-year-old African American girl shot by anti-police demonstrators in Atlanta.

Yet, even while encouraging riots and violent demonstrations, irresponsible Democratic politicians have ordered average Americans to remain locked down in their homes and forced many businesses to stay closed, doing massive damage to the U.S. economy.

Why do this? COVID-19 is another tool for the left to gain social, economic and political control.

“It was never about the virus but instead the election,” Brian C. Joondeph, a medical doctor practicing in Denver, recently wrote at the American Thinker. “The so-called surge in cases is more fake news pushed by media cheerleaders eager to destroy the U.S. economy and culture if it makes Trump a one-term president.”

As we noted, the really major development is the continued decline in deaths. The virus’ spread is still “an epidemic to be sure, but an entirely manageable one,” as the PowerLine blog described it this week. We agree.

In the next few weeks, we’ll see whether the outbreak is truly finished. In the meantime, the political fear stampede over “soaring new coronarvirus cases” has to end. And when it does, we hope Americans call the left to account for its attempt to use a pandemic to destroy our republic.

https://issuesinsights.com/202...g-to-an-end-at-last/

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Again? They just did that like a month ago. You'd think they would have monkey proofed their shit by now.

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Originally posted by RichardC:
Hey, hey, they're the monkeys
You never know where they'll be found

And people say they monkey around
But they're too busy stealing blood samples
To put anybody down

Were the monkeys wearing masks?

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
Were the monkeys wearing masks?

no, but they were practicing 'social distancing'...

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
Were the monkeys wearing masks?

Yes. However, they weren't wearing pants.

So I flew this past weekend for the first time since March. Augusta GA to Charlotte NC to Dallas TX to Roswell NM (home is Carlsbad), then back the reverse route. Observations:

• Masks required on flights. No exceptions. They "policed" to make sure we were wearing them correctly. I did not take a mask. I made them provide one. A new one for every flight. I did not put it on until I entered the plane, and took it off immediately after exiting.

• NC had a 100% mask requirement statewide. About 98% of the people in the CLT airport were wearing them. I wasn't one of them. No one said anything to me.

• In DFW, the mask rate was probably closer to 70%, despite no orders to wear one.

• New Mexico is also a 100% mask order state. Airport usage in ROW was also 95%+. No National Guard there this time though, as there was in March.

• In Carlsbad, mask usage was closer to 10%, if that. Apparently, Eddy County is a free county, despite Her Highness Governor Grisham, she who closes retail stores to the masses, but orders them to open special for her.

• Correct mask usage, anywhere, was probably about 75%. The balance had their nose exposed, talked on cell phones with the mask off, etc.

• There were a surprising number of N95 masks in use. You know, the ones with a valve that let everything you exhale escape the mask. You know, the thing that wearing masks is supposed to prevent.

• Especially amusing were the handful of people in masks and face shields, the one woman in a mask and scuba-mask-style safety glasses, and the one woman in full Tyvek suit.

• On the return, the ROW airport again had near 100% compliance. Entering the security checkpoint, the line ended up getting stopped with maskless me right next to a local LEO for a few minutes. I nodded to him, he nodded back, he said nothing.

• DFW was the same. Interestingly, the next gate over from my flight was flying to La Guardia (NY). Everyone traveling from (and possibly through) about a dozen "free" states (i.e., states with "spikes") was required to complete a form to be passed to La Guardia enforcers.

• Return through CLT and AGS, same thing, no changes.

• Flights were fairly full. There are fewer flights, airport crowds reflected that, but they were fairly full. I flew American, so middle seats were used too. Interestingly, although it was OK to pack us shoulder to shoulder for the hours-long duration of the flight, when debarking we were required to stay in our seats and not get up and in the aisle until the row in front of us was debarked. It's safe for us to be shoulder to shoulder sitting down, but unsafe for us to be shoulder to shoulder standing up.

Short story, everything went well and as expected, but the whole production was an exercise in healthcare theater.

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Originally posted by az4783054:

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
Were the monkeys wearing masks?

no, but they were practicing 'social distancing'...

That’s good. I FEEL better now.

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Short story, everything went well and as expected, but the whole production was an exercise in healthcare theater.

^^^^^^^^^
Interesting post. Did anyone cough or sneeze?? Was there a lot of touching and adjusting the mask??

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Short story, everything went well and as expected, but the whole production was an exercise in healthcare theater.

^^^^^^^^^
Interesting post. Did anyone cough or sneeze?? Was there a lot of touching and adjusting the mask??

No more coughing or sneezing than I would have expected normally. Lots of mask manipulation going on. It's obvious that people either don't know what they are doing, or (in my case and I'd assume, others'), just don't give a rat's patootie.

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
I have an earnest question re: masks, so please leave the "it's bullshit" out of it, since I've already come to that conclusion. That's not what this question is:

What is the actual rationale being provided by the "masks now" crowd (Fauci, the media, et al.)? Like the actual scientific rationale.

We know that most masks, let alone "face coverings" are categorically incapable of stopping the virus from getting to you because they're too porous--to say nothing of the absolute lack of PPE best practices followed by just about everyone you see with one on.

So if it's undeniable that the masks are ineffective for the purpose, what reason is actually being given for us to wear masks?

The masks are to keep airborne germs from spewing a significant distance horizonally, so less chance of infecting others.

If viral laden droplets fall to the ground within inches of one's face, they are far less likely to be breathed in by others.

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Welcome to the seventh level of Jumanji.

Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India

Well, at least they're not alcoholic killer monkeys
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...d-going-rampage.html

I didn't have alcoholic killer monkeys on my 2020 disaster bingo card either.

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Originally posted by c1steve:

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
I have an earnest question re: masks, so please leave the "it's bullshit" out of it, since I've already come to that conclusion. That's not what this question is:

What is the actual rationale being provided by the "masks now" crowd (Fauci, the media, et al.)? Like the actual scientific rationale.

We know that most masks, let alone "face coverings" are categorically incapable of stopping the virus from getting to you because they're too porous--to say nothing of the absolute lack of PPE best practices followed by just about everyone you see with one on.

So if it's undeniable that the masks are ineffective for the purpose, what reason is actually being given for us to wear masks?

The masks are to keep airborne germs from spewing a significant distance horizonally, so less chance of infecting others.

If viral laden droplets fall to the ground within inches of one's face, they are far less likely to be breathed in by others.

True, a mask won't stop the virus. But it will inhibit the projection of exhaled droplets. The respirated droplets carry the virus.

If the WuFlu caused more GI symptoms, the .gov would have the ovine flock wearing corks in their butts with a flag out the top of the waistband for the official and voluntary Karens to verify compliance.

Not wanting to inject politics into this but i am wondering;
Do we think the virus will start disappearing after November 3rd?

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Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler:
There were a surprising number of N95 masks in use. You know, the ones with a valve that let everything you exhale escape the mask. You know, the thing that wearing masks is supposed to prevent.

Of course, the wearer is actually quite well protected with one. While exhaled air is still vented out, I would guess that the valved N95 does a pretty good job of directing a cough or sneeze down toward the floor instead of across the room. I suspect they are at least as good as a bandana at protecting others and FAR better at protecting the wearer.

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Originally posted by sjp:
Not wanting to inject politics into this but i am wondering;
Do we think the virus will start disappearing after November 3rd?

I doubt it. The Dems are trying to place the blame for all this on Donald, but they know nobody believes them, so they're not really putting alot of effort into it. Right now they're holding their breaths hoping Biden gets elected, then covid, racism, and all our other problems will disappear.

If Donald gets elected, we can expect impeachment-part deaux, more endless & pointless investigations, congressional hearings on everything from Trumps DNA to what he had for breakfast, etc.

They're not going to stop.

Really hope this election's "October surprise" is the Justice Department dropping indictments on the perpetrators of the Russia hoax and all of Epstein's friends. That would be just beautiful.

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Originally posted by chellim1:

What would be be interesting to see as another data plot on this graph is the number of hospitalizations, and as a subset, the number of people actually on ventilators. If those plots mirror the death rate plot, then good. If they mirror the infection rate, then not so good. My guess, is the former(the death rate).