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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
On 2/14/2022 at 10:35 PM, Tweety said:

I think it's on our radar, but something we'd rather move past.  What is currently on our minds is inflation and covid fatigue.  Polls are showing Americans are less hopeful and more worried about the immediate future and who knows how much January 6th plays into that.  I think it really set the stage and then just one thing after another like Afghanistan, the supply chain problems, followed by inflation, followed by two more covid surges, anger at the unvaccinated, anger at vaccine mandates, followed by "the Great Resignation" and people running short staffed, and gas prices this week rising yet again, all has really has set the tone for the bad mood we're in.  But January 6th is starting to fade as a major issue.

https://www.apmresearchlab.org/motn/hope-worry-2022

Speaking of covid, since we did discuss it here about the lockdowns.  Medscape took a look at it.  Mind you this is just one Yale Professor but worth a read.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/968401?uac=94896SX&faf=1&sso=true&impID=4019934&src=mkm_covid_update_220214_MSCPEDIT#vp_3

When one digs into the weeds as the above researcher did, it's obvious that the so- called JH study was a piece of garbage when you see the quality of the studies that were dropped from their considerations.  It's unfortunate that people,  unless they work in a medical environment, do not have the education and exposure to research to dig up this information for themselves.  Fox lies and Medscape refutes, but the public can't read direct sources.  MSM is the only outlet left to get the truth out.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/housing-market-investors/

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The growing number of investor purchases has drawn increasing scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill, particularly as buyers target minority neighborhoods.

“One of the reasons housing prices have gotten so out of control, is that corporate America sensed an opportunity,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) last week at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, a committee he chairs.

Brown took direct aim at private equity firms and corporate landlords in particular.

“They bought up properties, they raised rents, they cut services, they priced out family home buyers, and they forced renters out of their homes,” he said.

Investors have been snapping up homes in and around downtown Cleveland at a staggering rate, putting three of the city’s Zip codes among the top 15 nationally in the rate of investor purchases last year.

Unsustainable...

U.S. ‘excess deaths’ during pandemic surpassed 1 million, with covid killing most but other diseases adding to the toll, CDC says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/02/15/1-million-excess-deaths-in-pandemic/

There is a cost to filling health systems with victims of one vaccine preventable disease. 

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7 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Beerman was repeating partisan propaganda again just like he was when he shared that working paper with the idea that Trump was right and Fauci was wrong about covid mitigation. I think he actually believes that Trump was right about these things.

My stance on mitigation strategies has been, that we could have gone ahead with protecting our most vulnerabile citizens without shutting down our whole economy.  

I doubt I even mentioned Trump in the discussion of that paper.

I wonder what other narratives in your head are the result of your foggy recall of reality?

 

 

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23 hours ago, Beerman said:

Another instance in which we learn Trump was right.  This is a pretty big deal, but most Americans won't take much notice.

"Tech exec used access to White House computers to look for dirt on Trump, says special counsel"

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/tech-exec-used-access-white-house-computers-look-dirt-trump-says-speci-rcna16123

 

His comments on the case have been generally false, what is it that he was right about?

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23 minutes ago, Beerman said:

My stance on mitigation strategies has been, that we could have gone ahead with protecting our most vulnerabile citizens without shutting down our whole economy.  

I doubt I even mentioned Trump in the discussion of that paper.

I wonder what other narratives in your head are the result of your foggy recall of reality?

 

 

Shrugs

You said that Trump was right as you cited that paper.  Are you certain that you want to talk about foggy recollection or fabricated narratives? 

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On 2/3/2022 at 8:04 AM, Beerman said:

Trump was right.  Fauci was wrong.

Rand Paul's comments:

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6295025758001#sp=show-clips

 

How is your recollection?

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7 hours ago, subee said:

 

41 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

How is your recollection?

I stand corrected.  Thank you.

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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

How is your recollection?

Rand Paul is defective and his comments defy the laws of the spread of a respiratory disease.  A cruel and ignorant little man who didn't want the US to lift a finger to save any of our translators in Afghanistan.   

 

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‘Immense fraud’ creates immense task for Washington as it tries to tighten scrutiny of $6 trillion in emergency coronavirus spending

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/02/17/stimulus-aid-oversight-fraud/

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“There is no question that the immense fraud that took place at the crush of the pandemic in 2020, particularly in small business loans and unemployment insurance, is the largest oversight challenge the Biden administration inherited,” said Gene Sperling, the president’s chief coordinator for stimulus spending, stressing that the administration is taking “significant steps to strengthen anti-fraud controls.”

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Nowhere was the promise and peril more evident than at the Small Business Administration. The normally lumbering SBA moved at lightning speed to disburse roughly $1 trillion to cash-strapped firms, hoping to stanch the bleeding at a time when many companies were laying off workers in droves. But the agency’s approach, particularly during the Trump administration, also carried a steep cost, as the SBA did not put in place a wide array of policies that might have prevented significant waste, fraud and abuse.

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The troubles may represent just the tip of the iceberg, according to federal officials and outside experts, who together warn the U.S. government could face years of expensive and intricate sleuthing work. The agency’s own inspector general, Hannibal “Mike” Ware, long has cautioned that the SBA is staring down a daunting future, telling Congress in January it is still “realizing the true scope of fraud” that occurred under its watch.
“Managing COVID-19 stimulus lending is the greatest overall challenge facing SBA,” he stressed in written testimony, “and it may likely continue to be for many years as the agency grapples with fraud in the programs.”
The SBA declined to make officials available for an interview or answer specific questions. Han Nguyen, an agency spokesman, stressed in a statement that the Biden administration has been “working since its outset to address fraud concerns we inherited from the Trump Administration and to ensure the sound administration of pandemic relief programs.”

So much corruption and incompetence in the previous administration...it will take years to untangle some of it. 

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2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

‘Immense fraud’ creates immense task for Washington as it tries to tighten scrutiny of $6 trillion in emergency coronavirus spending

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/02/17/stimulus-aid-oversight-fraud/

So much corruption and incompetence in the previous administration...it will take years to untangle some of it. 

Haha....right.  As I was reading this, I didn't think that even you would blame Trump.

Govt programs, especially ones passing out money like halloween candy, being the target of fraud and scams long predate Trump.  We all know this.

I put the blame on Congress.  Especially those members who have been there awhile.

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2 hours ago, Beerman said:

Haha....right.  As I was reading this, I didn't think that even you would blame Trump.

Govt programs, especially ones passing out money like halloween candy, being the target of fraud and scams long predate Trump.  We all know this.

I put the blame on Congress.  Especially those members who have been there awhile.

We all know Trump is not a detail oriented person, unless it's about him getting some fake award or magazine cover. He was too busy preening in front of the press at his COVID update conferences to worry about federal spending. 

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On 2/16/2022 at 12:21 PM, Beerman said:

My stance on mitigation strategies has been, that we could have gone ahead with protecting our most vulnerabile citizens without shutting down our whole economy.  

I doubt I even mentioned Trump in the discussion of that paper.

I wonder what other narratives in your head are the result of your foggy recall of reality?

 

 

Covid is only a threat to the "most vulnerable", what the F are you talking about?

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