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US consumer confidence lowest since February

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence fell in August to the lowest level since February amid rising concerns about the rapidly spreading delta variant of the coronavirus and worries about higher inflation. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dropped to a reading of 113.8 in August, down from a revised 125.1 in July. It was the lowest level for the index since a reading of 95.2 in February. The July index was revised from down from an initially reported 129.1 which followed a reading of 128.9 in June, the best showing since before the pandemic struck in February 2020.

The Conference Board said that concerns about the resurgence in COVID cases as well as worries about rising gas and food prices had contributed to the drop.

With the August decline, the overall index is 19 points below its pre-pandemic level. The drop in August reflected a weakening in both the current conditions and expectations components of the index. The report showed that spending intentions for purchases of homes, autos and major appliances cooled in August, but the percentage of consumers intending to take a vacation in the next six months continued to climb. “While the resurgence of COVID-19 and inflation concerns have dampened confidence, it is too soon to conclude this decline will result in consumers significantly curtailing their spending in the months ahead,” said Lynn Franco, senior director of economic indicators for the Conference Board. The decline in the Conference Board’s monthly consumer confidence gauge follow a sharp fall reported Friday in the reading from the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey. Kathy Bostjancic, chief U.S. financial economist for Oxford Economics, said the declines in consumer sentiment were occurring at a time when consumer spending has slowed from the sizzling gains seen in the first six months of the year. But many analysts said they still expect further gains in consumer spending in the coming months, given the high levels of savings households have currently. “Americans overall are flush with cash and eager to spend it as the economy reopens,” said Robert Frick, corporate economist with Navy Federal Credit Union.

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Factbox: Latest on the origin of the coronavirus

Exclusive to the WSI and Pandemic Informer. Nick Note: I want to be clear here. Its a fact that the covid19 virus originated in bats. The bat species Rhinolophus macrotis (horseshoe Bat) is not in Wuhan but from Yunnan province.

A very rare species. It was never sold in the Wuhan Market. It is also a fact that the Chines bat lady Dr Lee was in the caves in Yunnan province and captured the big-eared horseshoe bats….

because they carried 71% antibodies of what you know as covid19 virus, the most of any bat species. They collected live specimens from the remote secret cave where this particular species was found and brought them to the Wuhan lab for experimentation IE genetic engineering.. In fact Zhengli Shi confirmed the finding:

In 2004, deep in the wilderness of China’s Yunnan province, a group of scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology discovered a cave full of wild bats carrying hundreds of SARS-related viruses. Their work was published in a draft paper in 2005,

I obtained a copy of that study title: Bats are natural reservoirs of SAR like coronaviruses…. link below

This paper unearthed the link between SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and bats for the first time. The virologist who led that study, Shi Zhengli, one of the strains found in that cave — the exact location of which is a closely guarded secret — is almost identical to the 2019-nCoV coronavirus which has so far killed million of people and infected hundreds of million worldwide. Costing the global economy trillions of dollars in losses

And it is a established fact that Dr Zhengli Shi was doing Genetic experimentation on said bats in the Wuhan bio level 4 labs. And it is a fact that 3 lab workers became infected and died, Please note by some amazing coincidence ALL the worlds recent SARS and Corona Viruses epidemics have originated out of China.

like corona viruses

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) emerged in 2002 to 2003 in southern China. The origin of its etiological agent, the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV), remains elusive. Here we report that species of bats are a natural host of coronaviruses closely related to those responsible for the SARS outbreak. These viruses, termed SARS-like coronaviruses (SL-CoVs), display greater genetic variation than SARS-CoV isolated from humans or from civets. The human and civet isolates of SARS-CoV nestle phylogenetically within the spectrum of SL-CoVs, indicating that the virus responsible for the SARS outbreak was a member of this coronavirus group. SEE LINK BELOW

China Report SARS and Corona Virus from 2005

Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS and corona virus from PUB REPORT 2017

Yet another piece of the pandemic puzzle has fallen into place – after being hidden in plain sight until it was wiped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s (WIV) website. Unearthed by The National Pulse’s Natalie Winters, a Nov. 2017 report titled): “Bats in China carry all the ingredients to make a new SARS virus,” describes how researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology had identified ‘all the genes to make a SARS coronavirus similar to the epidemic strain,’ among 11 new strains of viruses collected in horseshoe bats. Report published in 2017. SEE LINK BELOW

Discovery of gene pool SARS-related corona viruses in Bats

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Delta variant likely to hurt U.S. restaurant recovery -report

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) – The spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 threatens the fragile recovery of U.S. restaurants, according to a report on Tuesday from the National Restaurant Association.

Nearly one in five adults surveyed online from August 13-15 said they stopped going to restaurants as Delta cases rose, the report said.

Total annual sales at U.S. restaurants are expected to rise 19.7% from 2020 to $789 billion in 2021. But that will still be 8.7% lower than 2019’s $864.3 billion total sales, the report said. “There has been some back-off as the Delta variant has taken hold,” Hudson Riehle, a National Restaurant Association executive, said of consumer behavior. Average daily U.S. COVID cases rose to 466 people per million people as of Aug. 29 on a seven-day rolling average, versus fewer than 40 in mid-June, according to Our World in Data. The rise and continuing uncertainty have forced the cancellation of major events and could hamper tourism. U.S. restaurants – hurt last year by occupancy limits and public fear about dining out – stand to lose more business if tourism wanes. For example, sales at American steakhouses soared over the summer. But because they rely heavily on tourists and private business bookings, the Delta spread threatens their comeback. Some U.S. fast-food restaurants – including McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N), Yum Brand Inc’s (YUM.N) Taco Bell and KFC – are closing indoor seating areas or limiting hours of operation because of the Delta variant. Restaurant sales dropped in August from July, according to Black Box Intelligence data. July’s sales were 8.1% higher than in 2019, but sales in August through Aug. 22 were up only 6.3% over 2019. Three in five respondents to the association’s survey said they changed the way they spend money and eat at restaurants because of the Delta variant, such as by ordering takeout and delivery instead of eating on site, sitting outside rather than indoors or cancelling plans to dine out.

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Israel Data Unvaccinated 10 times more likely to be hospitalized….Among people who have gotten 2 shots (Preprint)

A study from Vietnam shows 251x more delta virus load in the nostrils of the vaccinated healthcare workers (2021), compared to the old variants from 2020. In Israel, are there are more vaccinated 60+ individuals hospitalized than the unvaccinated?

When you adjust the numbers for the vaccinated populations you find that 19.9 People per 100,000 vaccinated are hospitalized and 265 people per unvaccinated are hospitalized.

And this study does not take into account the people who have had their 3rd vaccine. And get this so far no one who has had their 3rd vaccine has been hospitalized.

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McDonald’s, others consider closing indoor seating amid Delta surge in U.S.

NEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Some U.S. fast-food restaurants are closing indoor seating areas or limiting hours of operation because of the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, according to franchisees. McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) had temporarily closed indoor dining at nearly all U.S. locations in early 2020, but it reopened 70% by last month. The global burger chain said on July 28 that it was on track to open nearly 100% by Labor Day – barring any COVID-19 resurgence. But last week, McDonald’s instructed its franchisees on steps they should take to re-close their dining rooms in areas where the Delta variant is rapidly spreading, according to internal company materials seen by Reuters. “We have a much deeper sense of what actions make a difference for the safety of our restaurant teams and crew,” McDonald’s USA President Joe Erlinger said during a Wednesday meeting, according to the materials. In Wednesday’s conference call, McDonald’s executives recommended franchisees consider closing indoor seating in counties where COVID cases exceed 250 per 100,000 people on a rolling three-week average.The materials did not specify how many locations have shut indoor seating or could soon do so. One McDonald’s franchisee who operates multiple locations told Reuters it had to bar indoor seating at several restaurants. But expected closures are fewer than the number that shuttered in spring of 2020, when the pandemic first hit the United States. “We’re monitoring the impact of the Delta variant closely and recently convened together with our franchisees to underscore existing safety protocols, reinforce our people first approach and provide updates on the rise in cases in the country,” McDonald’s Corp said in a statement on Friday.

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EU to recommend renewed restrictions on US travelers

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Florida Reports Record Deaths, Judge Bars Mask Ban: Virus Update

Florida reported 1,727 Covid-19 deaths in its newest weekly report, probably the most on file. A decide blocked Florida from imposing Governor Ron DeSantis’s ban on masks mandates in faculties, clearing the best way for educators to require face coverings in school rooms with out the specter of retaliation by the state. The origins of the coronavirus pandemic are nonetheless unsure and an absence of cooperation from China is hampering the hassle to ever know the reality, the U.S. intelligence group mentioned in a report launched Friday. President Joe Biden mentioned his administration is contemplating whether or not to begin booster photographs of the vaccine as quickly as 5 months after folks obtain a second dose. Quickly after Biden made the feedback, a White Home official mentioned there had been no change within the plan to manage boosters after eight months. Apple Inc. is making its strongest push but for workers to get vaccinated, urging all U.S. employees to get photographs as quickly as potential now that the Meals and Drug Administration has began formally approving the injections. International Tracker: Instances prime 215.1 million; deaths cross 4.47 millionVaccine Tracker: Greater than 5.17 billion doses administeredSky might be the restrict for surcharges on unvaccinated workersThe worst locations to beas delta spreads are in southeast AsiaThe hybrid work revolution is already reworking economiesSeptember promised return to regular that continues to elude U.S. Individuals who contract the delta variant of Covid-19 are greater than twice as prone to be hospitalized as these contaminated with the alpha pressure, in accordance with a U.Ok. examine, elevating the prospect of a higher burden on well being providers this winter. The overview of greater than 43,000 Covid-19 instances in England, most of whom had been unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, was printed in The Lancet Infectious Ailments journal Friday, and highlighted the safety photographs present towards hospitalization from each variants. The deaths are probably the most since Florida has been issuing the reviews. At a each day common of 247 reported deaths, that will additionally surpass the earlier excessive for the complete pandemic in John Hopkins College information. The info relies on when the dying was reported, not when it occurred. New instances amongst residents rose about 1% to 151,749 within the week ended Aug. 26. General, the instances have been comparatively flat for the previous two weeks. Alabama despatched cell morgue vans to 2 hard-hit counties, for the primary time in pandemic, the state’s prime well being officer mentioned. “There was no room to place the our bodies,” Scott Harris mentioned at a briefing, AL.com reported. In a state with one of many U.S.’s lowest charges of vaccination, Harris mentioned there was a scarcity of 40 beds in intensive care models — and that 5 of 45 youngsters hospitalized statewide had been on ventilators. “A lot of what we’re seeing is preventable,” he mentioned. “All of us have the power to stop it. Go get vaccinated and put on your masks.” Infections Soar Amongst Georgia Kids Infections amongst Georgia youngsters greater than doubled from the earlier excessive since faculties reopened in the beginning of the month, state information present. The seven-day common for infections in that age group surpassed 2,000 on Friday, up from barely greater than 360 on Aug. 2. The earlier file in that age group was nearly 870 in mid-January. The group with the steepest enhance is between 10 and 17, the information present. Most native faculty districts in Georgia now require masks, the Related Press reported, after a ban on native mandates from Governor Brian Kemp was watered down amid rising instances.

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Proof their is a GOD…Radio host Mr. Anti-Vax dies of Covid AND joining him in hell is talk radio host Marc Bernier and Texas anti-mask anti vax movement leader Caleb Wallace

Anti-vaxx radio host hospitalized with COVID. He “regrets” that now that he’s fighting for his life.
Phil Valentine warned fans about “Nazis” who were forcibly injecting people with “experimental” COVID vaccines and said he wouldn’t get vaccinated. But how many of his listeners have already died? Phil contracted the Covid virus a little over a week ago & has since been hospitalized & is in very serious condition, suffering from Covid Pneumonia and the attendant side effects,” his brother Mark Valentine said in a statement. Before his death On Twitter, he retweeted a message that denounced the “Forced inoculation of an experimental vaccine,” saying that “Nazi’s” in “#BidensAmerica” were forcibly injecting people with a COVID-19 vaccines. “It should scare the hell out of everybody,” Valentine wrote.
Ati-vax radio host Marc Bernier has died after being hospitalized for COVID-19

Marc Bernier worked as a broadcast journalist for 46 years. Following his hospitalization on August 10, Bernier fought the coronavirus for three weeks until he passed. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, who appeared several times on Bernier’s show, referred to the news as a “death in the family.” “I’m numb,” he said, noting that while he and Bernier didn’t always agree, they remained friends over the years, according to the News-Journal. Bernier’s death comes months after he vowed on the air that he would never get the coronavirus vaccine. “Are you kidding me? he responded when asked in December if he would consider getting the jab, according to News-Journal.

Texas anti-mask anti vax movement leader dies of covid19

A prominent anti-mask leader in Texas has died from complications caused by Covid-19. Caleb Wallace, 30, spent three weeks in an intensive care unit at Shannon Medical Center in his hometown of San Angelo. His family had said previously that his situation was getting worse after he was admitted to the hospital on 30 July. Mr Wallace was moved to a hospice on 27 August where his family was able to see him before he died. Earlier in July, Mr Wallace had staged a “Freedom Rally” for people who were “sick of the government being in control of our lives.” Mr Wallace had created the San Angelo Freedom Defenders, a group who sought to end what it labelled “Covid-19 tyranny,” according to a YouTube video.“Caleb has peacefully passed on. He will live forever in our hearts and minds,” His wife Jessica Wallace said on the GoFundMe raising money to pay for his medical expenses. Ms Wallace is the mother of Wallace’s three children and is currently pregnant with their fourth child.

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Tens Of Thousands Of School Children Already In Covid Quarantine—20,000 In Mississippi Alone

Just days into the new academic year, tens of thousands of students are under quarantine in school districts across the U.S.—with many states where mask mandates are banned reporting some of the most severe outbreaks—as the delta variant continues to drive skyrocketing infections among children. Thousands of the students in quarantine or isolation are in school districts across Florida, a state sanctioning schools that impose mask mandates even as it leads the country in coronavirus-linked child hospitalizations (admitting an average of 56 children a day). One school district alone has more than 8,000 students and 300 staff quarantining or isolating: Hillsborough County Public Schools, which includes Tampa, has scheduled an emergency meeting Wednesday to consider defying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state-wide ban on mask mandates.

Tennessee, Texas and South Carolina, states where Republican governors have similarly restricted schools from mandating masks, all have thousands of students quarantining, with the latter two already seeing some districts temporarily close due to outbreaks.

Texas, where the state Supreme Court this week ruled to allow Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning masks in schools and temporarily blocked two counties from imposing their own mandates, has seen four different school districts close in recent days as cases surge. Though they don’t have the same restrictions on mask mandates, a number of states with vaccination rates below the national average also have high numbers of students and school staff quarantining after their return to school, including Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi. Mississippi appears to have more children quarantining for Covid-19 exposure than any other state in the country—about 20,000 (or 4.5% of the entire public school population) as of Tuesday—and had its fifth child die from the virus last week: a 13-year-old eighth grader who died a day after testing positive.One school district in Iowa, where mask mandates are also banned, is not requiring students to quarantine if they have been exposed to a person who has Covid-19. “At this time, our public health authorities have informed us that the district may not quarantine students,” Erick Pruitt, the superintendent of Ankeny, the sixth-largest district in Iowa, wrote in a letter to parents in July.9. That’s how many states have enacted measures that prohibit schools from requiring mask mandates: Tennessee, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and Arizona (though Arizona’s doesn’t go into effect until Sept. 29). Arkansas also imposed a mask mandate ban, but it was halted by a state court while a challenge moves forward and the governor has also said he regrets the action. “We’re living out the nightmare of the Covid pandemic, where so many people in our county, including members of our staff and others, are being impacted,” Rosalind Osgood, the chairwoman of Florida’s Broward County School Board, one of a number of districts defying DeSantis’ executive order, told CBS on Sunday. “We believe that we have a constitutional obligation to protect the lives of our students and staff.” The heated battles over coronavirus safety protocols in schools come as the hyper infectious delta variant drives massive surges in infections among children. Reports from the American Academy of Pediatrics show kids are making up an increasingly large proportion of the U.S.’s total infections, with the 120,000 children who tested positive last week comprising nearly a fifth of all new cases. Weekly Covid-19 cases among kids have jumped more than 200% from mid-June. The number of children hospitalized with the coronavirus is also on the rise, hitting a new pandemic high of 297 admitted each day over the past week, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The trend is the most prevalent in Southern states, many of which have hit new records for child hospitalizations amid the delta surge. Masks mandates in schools are actually broadly popular. An Axios/Ipsos poll published Tuesday found most Americans (69%) support school mask requirements for students, teachers and staff. However, support is much lower among Republicans: only 44% back the mask orders versus 92% of Democrats. A low number of respondents (33%) support the policies imposed in Republican states banning schools and local governments from issuing their own mandates.

Mamas don’t let your children go back to school. The masks and ha ha social distancing won’t work. If you want to kill them drown them in the bathtub… its a kinder death.