….it would seem that despite the rosy scenario of 100 million doses being administered across the United States, there has been a suddenly decline of enthusiasm for getting the shot.. Or shots.
Why?
Perhaps the answers can be assumed after seeing one graphical representation of usage across the United States.
It would appear that when the Johnson & Johnson pause occurred because of blood clots, all vaccines went down. With the complete tanking of the J&J it would appear that no one knows the pause has been un-paused again…
For your discernment and review:
The power of the press!! It is still a real thing regardless of who thinks what is ‘fake news’..
Now another product is conveniently press releasing itself into the news!
Nextiles, a National Science Foundation-backed textile company, wants to weave FitBit-like tech into textiles. It’s the latest addition to an evolving list of efforts to revolutionize the clothing we wear..
That sounds awfully nice to wear at the same time as your ear phones. Imagine a shirt that tells you to get up more and ear phones that raise the volume to inspire such actions!
Pretty soon your brain will just be able to fully shut own while technology lives your life for you.
Here is what is being press released.. err… reported: The Brooklyn-based start-up last week launched its patented “smart fabric” — a machine-washable material with built-in circuitry — as a new way to capture biometric data.
“My whole goal was to make your everyday threads a smart factor in your wearables,” said George Sun, Nextiles’ chief executive and a former executive at the sportswear designer Puma. “Rather than strapping a computer chip to your body, we can sew these circuitries directly into a sleeve, shirt and pants.”..
If David Letterman was still on TV, he’d be asking can we ‘turn your smart pants into shorts, please?’
The New York TIMES generated some chatter on the Internets for a report that ‘herd immunity’ may not occur in the United States..
Though American cases have yet again been falling, perhaps that seasonal spring sun has worked to get people in fresh air again.. also 100 million vaccines have been administered in the United States. The rest of the world has seen a surge of the scourge, but to date North America has been watching a reprieve in the hell.
Early in the pandemic, when vaccines for the coronavirus were still just a glimmer on the horizon, the term “herd immunity” came to signify the endgame: the point when enough Americans would be protected from the virus so we could be rid of the pathogen and reclaim our lives. Now, more than half of adults in the United States have been inoculated with at least one dose of a vaccine. But daily vaccination rates are slipping, and there is widespread consensus among scientists and public health experts that the herd immunity threshold is not attainable — at least not in the foreseeable future, and perhaps not ever. Instead, they are coming to the conclusion that rather than making a long-promised exit, the virus will most likely become a manageable threat that will continue to circulate in the United States for years to come, still causing hospitalizations and deaths but in much smaller numbers.
The TIMES article focuses on the dwindling vaccination rates, and the variants. Mandavilla writes, “It is already clear, however, that the virus is changing too quickly, new variants are spreading too easily and vaccination is proceeding too slowly for herd immunity to be within reach anytime soon.”
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The world deserves truth and now fanciful lies and feel good ”flatten the curve” style phrases. People need to realize that this virus will undoubtedly now stay in circulation for the foreseeable future. It will not go away.. with time and medical intervention, there will be a lessening degree of severity. But it should never be assumed that this can be eradicated 100% ..
That said, some of the perilous stories about vaccine compliance dropping forgets one more thing: Natural immunity .. there are some estimate that up to 1/3 of Americans already had COVID at some point during the previous year..
That adds to the notion of ‘herd’ immunity.
However, there is one more thing to consider: The question of how long immunity will last.
We have seen stories of vaccinated people getting COVID. Or those who had the virus getting it again.. Even some stories from other nations have dropped stating that people get TWO COVIDS (two variants) at one time!
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It is fascinating to consider the ‘flatten the curve’ stay at home world of 2020.. This from the TIMES:
Once the novel coronavirus began to spread across the globe in early 2020, it became increasingly clear that the only way out of the pandemic would be for so many people to gain immunity — whether through natural infection or vaccination — that the virus would run out of people to infect. The concept of reaching herd immunity became the implicit goal in many countries, including the United States.
Billie Eilish appearing in the newest issue of British VOGUE, commenting on society and sexual exploitation of minors..
“[The song is] really not about one person. You might think, ‘it’s because she’s in the music industry’, no dude. It’s everywhere,” she says. “I don’t know one girl or woman who hasn’t had a weird experience or a really bad experience. And men too – young boys are taken advantage of constantly.”
Eilish looked different than normal.. minus the baggy clothes, minus the sweats. This time, she sports a custom Gucci corset and skirt with an Agent Provocateur bra, accessorised with latex gloves. The magazine says it was Eilish’s idea..
“Showing your body and showing your skin – or not – should not take away any respect from you,” she said. “It’s all about what makes you feel good. If you want to get surgery, go get surgery. If you want to wear a dress that somebody thinks that you look too big wearing, fuck it. If you feel like you look good, you look good.”
Over the past several years, the “ok” hand symbol has progressively been called a racist and white supremicist hand gesture..
So when Jeopardy contestant Kelly Donahue put up three fingers to celebrate three days of wins on the show, people on Twitter quickly posted his image and commentary that he showcased a racist hand gesture!
What occurred from that point was nothing else but a modern day electronic witch hunt.
Donahue issued a comment on Facebook that he was in on way being racist.. but then he deleted that post as public pressure and endless comments called him out as a white supremacist.. At that point, the on-air moment resulted in Donohue receiving immense backlash from at-home viewers and past contestants. The gesture many accused him of using has been classified as a symbol of hate by the Anti-Defamation League as of 2019..
Donahue then issued another newer statement in which he further tried to quell the personal attacks:
“I’m truly horrified with what has been posted about me on social media. I absolutely, unequivocally condemn white supremacy and racism of any kind. People who know me personally know that I am not a racist, but for the public at large it bears repeating: I am not a racist and I reject and condemn white supremacy and all forms of bigotry for the evil they are,” Donohue wrote in a lengthy statement on Facebook.
“It’s shameful to me to think anyone would try to use the stage of ‘Jeopardy!’ to advance or promote such a disgusting agenda. During the taping of my fourth episode, I was simply raising three fingers to mark my 3rd win. There was nothing more I was trying to indicate,” he said.
“I deeply regret this terrible misunderstanding. I never meant to hurt a soul and I assure you I am no friend of racists or white supremacists,” his post continues..
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Meanwhile, a formal letter from more than 400 alleged former “Jeopardy!” contestants published to Medium on Wednesday called for showrunners to act on the alleged condemned hand gesture.
“This, whether intentional or not, resembled very closely a gesture that has been coopted by white power groups, alt right groups, and an anti-government group that calls itself the Three Percenters,” the letter reads….
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…everything went into chaotic hell when Alex Trebek left the world…
An out-of-control spent rocket launched by China in recent days is racing back towards Earth and what’s left of it is expected to impact Earth at some point in the coming days.
Nearly on the one year anniversary of a similar event that unfolded last year on May 11 by the identical rocket type, the U.S. government is once again monitoring the skies for the potential impact of this space junk.
Because it is out of control and moving erratically, experts aren’t sure exactly where it will land until an hour or two before it does; because it’s moving at speeds of over 15,000 mph, it may be too late to warn people of the impending impact zone.
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The mystery over where it will land is increasingly concerning, but take it with a grain of salt. After all, scientist believe most of the parts will burn up in the atmosphere prior to any impact with the crust of the planet.
That’s the good news, but on the other flipside there are possibilities that little tiny pieces will fall down and rain from the sky. Well the sky may not necessarily be falling, we all want to avoid that strange Donnie Darko moment.
According to the biggest selling points of Enten, the company that created the product: The head phones know when you are listening actively or distracted.. if you become distracted, they boast, the music will increase in volume to regain your attention…
There are sensors in each ear pad which detect the electrical signals in the brain, so it can send the data back via bluetooth to a smartphone app.
They can turn your smartphone notifications off too, in order to “minimise distractions” when someone is “in the zone”.
The brain-computer interface headphones have been developed by American firm Neurable.
Users will be told when they are in need of a break and what times of the day they seem to be most productive.
Dr Ramses Alcaide, the company’s founder, said its research shows people only have two to three hours of high productivity in their day.
He wrote in a blog post: “Enten lets you know how and when that happens so you can maximize your time without overextending your brain.
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Technology that can read your mind and emotion…
None of this is becoming creepy.. just normal..
But do you ever get the sense that technology has been reading your mind for years already?
While many in America have moved beyond the 2020 nightmare of COVID-19, others are warning that despite vaccines we all should be concerned about variants sweeping the globe..
This collection of news links signifies various stories making global headlines.. from US vaccine rates surging past 100 million Americans to India and Brazil being crippled by new waves..
India is reeling.. America is vaccinating.. And China is worried?
According to late week reports, a ‘double mutant strain’ of COVID is now infecting cities in China..
Wu Zunyou revealed the “Indian variant” had been found in “some Chinese cities,” without elaborating. The news has sparked intense discussion online about stricter border controls amid the five-day Labor Day break beginning Saturday…
Citizens are rightly concerned about the variant, Wu said, noting: “The virus has been mutating since the start of the pandemic.” It will not stop mutating until the pandemic is over, he added. “Implementing containment measures is key to stopping the spread of mutant strains, and also to prevent the occurrence of new mutations,” the senior health official said.
Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad.Multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN that while the Pentagon and other agencies probing the matter have reached no clear conclusions on what happened, the fact that such an attack might have taken place so close to the White House is particularly alarming. Defense officials briefed lawmakers on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on the matter earlier this month, including on the incident near the White House. That incident, which occurred near the Ellipse, the large oval lawn on the south side of the White House, sickened one National Security Council official, according to multiple current and former US officials and sources familiar with the matter. — Read on www.cnn.com/2021/04/29/politics/us-investigating-mysterious-directed-energy-attack-white-house/index.html
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New information is circulating through the socials and anti socials this weekend about more attacks..
The Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Friday incidents similar to suspected “directed” radio frequency attacks on U.S. diplomats appear to be increasing and the committee was investigating. In a statement, Senators Mark Warner, the committee’s Democratic chairman, and Marco Rubio, its Republican vice chairman, said they have been aware for nearly five years of the mysterious attacks on U.S. government personnel in Havana, Cuba and elsewhere around the world.”This pattern of attacking our fellow citizens serving our government appears to be increasing. The Senate Intelligence Committee intends to get to the bottom of this,” they said.
Meanwhile Joe Biden says he doesn’t know anything about it!
At that time, there were various reports of ‘invisible wall’ attacks in Cuba.
A United States diplomat reported being hit by some sort of invisible wall that … moved through him…?
From the AP several years ago:
The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there was silence. He climbed back into bed. Inexplicably, the agonizing sound hit him again. It was as if he’d walked through some invisible wall cutting straight through his room. Soon came the hearing loss, and the speech problems, symptoms both similar and altogether different from others among at least 21 U.S. victims in an astonishing international mystery still unfolding in Cuba. The top U.S. diplomat has called them “health attacks.” New details learned by The Associated Press indicate at least some of the incidents were confined to specific rooms or even parts of rooms with laser-like specificity, baffling U.S. officials who say the facts and the physics don’t add up. “None of this has a reasonable explanation,” said Fulton Armstrong, a former CIA official who served in Havana long before America re-opened an embassy there. “It’s just mystery after mystery after mystery.”
A U.S. government employee in southern China suffered a brain injury after reporting strange “sensations of sound and pressure,” a strikingly similar account to what American personnel experienced in recent years in Cuba, State Department officials said on Wednesday. In a health alert to American citizens in China posted online Wednesday, the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China said an employee stationed in the sprawling port city of Guangzhou had “recently reported subtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure.” The cause of the reported symptoms remains unknown.
The House Intelligence Committee is also working on the issue, and a spokesman for House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, said the reported attacks affecting personnel in Havana and around the world “are of grave concern,” adding that recent intelligence authorization legislation gave the CIA director more authority to provide benefits to those injured by hostile acts.”We have been working quietly and persistently behind closed doors on this critical issue since the first reports, and pressed Director Burns on it during the recent Worldwide Threats hearing, in both open and closed session,” the spokesperson said. “The Committee will continue to hold events and briefings on this subject and we will follow the evidence wherever it may lead and ensure anyone responsible is held to account.”
