westernjournal--2020-04-02--Op-Ed: For Dems, Third-Trimester Abortion Has Always Been the Endgame

Only three Democrats of exceptional integrity , Sens .
Doug Jones of Alabama , Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Joe Manchin of West Virginia , voted to consider mandatory life-saving postnatal care for newborn abortion survivors .
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska described the bill ’ s purpose in a news release .
“ A child born alive during a botched abortion should be given the same level of care that would be provided to any other baby born at that same gestational stage , ” Sasse said .
Who could object ?
Only the most extreme pro-abortion ideologues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To Take Back the $ 25 Million Kennedy Center Received in Coronavirus Bill Senate Democrats , clinging mindlessly to the runaway donkey reasoning of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton , have long since hurtled past the original point of “ viability ” as a limit on abortion and now have reached the cliff of endorsing lethal negligence of infants who survive post-viability abortions .
“ The Right to an ‘ Effective ’ Abortion , Or a Dead Child ” In a 2018 National Review article , Professor Hadley Arkes confirmed that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now through the entire pregnancy — and even when the child is born , state law need not provide protection .
“ In one notable case of a child who had survived an abortion for 21 days , a well-known federal judge ruled that ‘ the fetus in this case was not a person whose life state law could protect , ' ” Arkes wrote .
“ It was a child marked for abortion — which is to say , the right to abortion meant the right to an ‘ effective ’ abortion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harry Blackmun ’ s majority opinion in Roe had , after all , provided only a token concession .
“ If the State is interested in protecting fetal life after viability , it may go so far as to proscribe abortion during that period , ” he wrote .
Indeed , even this concession was cancelled out effectively in Doe v. Bolton , released the same day as Roe .
In the companion case , the lawfulness of abortions was extended beyond viability right up to birth .
As to whether “ an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors — physical , emotional , psychological , familial , and the woman ’ s age — relevant to the wellbeing of the patient .
All these factors may relate to health.
” RELATED : Democrats Are Driving Pro-Lifers Out of the Party , But It Does n't Have To Be That Way Today , these very broadest grounds of the well-being of the woman now encompass post-viability killing of children classified as a burden on their mother ’ s health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 Reproductive Health Act ) .
Roe ’ s Decoy of “ Viability ” as “ The Compelling Point ” for Infant Protection The original constitutional natural law duty to protect human life from its commencement was reduced by Blackmun in Roe to a mere partial permission which “ may ” be exercised by the states only after “ viability.
” “ With respect to the State ’ s important and legitimate interest in potential life , the ‘ compelling ’ point is at viability .
This is so because the fetus then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside the mother ’ s womb , ” the justice wrote .
But Justice Byron White saw through the fraudulence behind the “ compelling ” point device .
In Roe ’ s oral argument , he uncovered the deception in the case being argued by Sarah Weddington for the appellants : White : “ I ’ m just asking you , under the federal constitution , is the fetus a person for the protection of due process ?
” Weddington : “ All of the cases , the prior history of this statute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is not… ” White : “ Well , what about — would you lose your case if the fetus was a person ?
” Weddington : “ Then you would have a balancing of interest.
” White would go on to clarify , “ You ’ re going to be balancing the rights of the mother against the rights of the fetus.
” Weddington : “ It seems to me that you do not balance constitutional rights of one person against mere statutory rights of another.
” White : “ You think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s only a statutory interest or a constitutional interest , under the state law , can never outweigh a constitutional right ?
… So all the talk of compelling state interest is beside the point .
It can never be compelling enough.
” As it turned out , Justice White ’ s skepticism was well-founded .
Only One Patient in a Pregnancy ?
Regrettably , Blackmun had no word for our duties towards “ the unborn ” because he was persuaded that the word “ person , ” as used in the 14th @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unborn.
” He started with the unwarranted assumption that abortion is a benign medical procedure involving only one person , only one human being he repetitively called “ the woman.
” He claimed that abortion is “ like any other medical procedure.
” But he was wrong .
He glossed over the fact that abortion is not “ like any other medical procedure ” for it is the only medical procedure involving two patients that has for its purpose the direct and deliberate killing of one of the patients .
Blackmun could not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argument , Justice Thurgood Marshall inquired into the reason for Texas restricting abortion operations .
“ Why don ’ t you limit some other operation ?
” Marshall asked .
Texas Assistant Attorney General Robert Flowers replied , “ Because this is the only type of operation that would take another human life.
” Yet all too glibly , Blackmun asserted in Roe that “ [ t ] he State has a legitimate interest in seeing to it that abortion , like any other medical procedure , is performed under circumstances that insure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in emergency situations following botched abortions , not only the life of the mother but also the life of her newborn daughter or son can hang in the balance .
Yet the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016 struck down a Texas law in Whole Woman ’ s Health v. Hellerstedt with a 5-3 ruling that hospital admitting privilege requirements posed “ a substantial obstacle ” to abortion access and created an “ undue burden ” for women .
In March , the Supreme Court examined the legitimacy of a similar law — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which required doctors in an abortion practice to have hospital admitting privileges .
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has pointed to evidence of Louisiana abortion clinics ’ poor safety records , inadequate credentialing practices and questionable efforts to undermine health and safety regulations .
There are indeed two patients in every pregnancy — and surely nothing confirms that more dramatically than the sight and sound of a newborn baby who has survived a botched abortion .
Lack of Empathy for the Harsh Fate of an Abortion Victim Justice William Douglas , in concurring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gross lack of concern for the health and well-being of the smaller patient targeted for abortion .
In his concurring opinion in Doe , he enumerated histrionically “ the vicissitudes ” visited on women by unwanted pregnancies : “ suffering , dislocations , misery , or tragedy as to make an early abortion the only civilized step to take.
” “ These hardships may be properly embraced in the ‘ health ’ factor of the mother as appraised by a person of insight .
Or they may be part of a broader medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ in a given case , though perhaps not ‘ necessary ’ in a strict sense.
” Since then , Roe ’ s permission for abortionists to exercise a broader medical judgment has been extended far beyond “ early abortion.
” The unpalatable truth is that since Roe , the legality of abortion has been extended to cover not just late abortions but the deliberate withholding of life-saving care from infants born alive after a failed abortion .
Legislation recently proposed by Democrats in Virginia was intent on “ legalizing ” just such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Northam ’ s defense of a mother ’ s right to refuse life-saving treatment to her child even as she is giving birth , or just after she has given birth is indicative of the extremes to which pro-abortion ideology has brought many good people .
The seed for this expansion from “ early abortion ” to lethal post-birth negligence of abortion survivors was already sown in oral argument preceding Roe .
Chief Justice Warren Burger asked , “ Do you make any distinction between the first month and ninth month of gestation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limit , ” replied Weddington , the plaintiff ’ s counsel .
But surely there can be no justification for the recent blocking by Senate Democrats of the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act .
Future historians looking back at these inane shenanigans may find it difficult to explain how almost the entire Democratic Party has arrived at this point where the so-called constitutional right to abortion has been permitted to extend beyond pregnancy .
It now entails , it would seem , the right to refuse ordinary postnatal care to a child @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Routine health care is withheld from the newborn in order to complete that abortion post-birth .
Weddington ’ s “ no time limit ” for abortion has been achieved .
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Back in February, Senate Democrats blocked the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
Only three Democrats of exceptional integrity, Sens. Doug Jones of Alabama, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, voted to consider mandatory life-saving postnatal care for newborn abortion survivors.
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska described the bill’s purpose in a news release.
“A child born alive during a botched abortion should be given the same level of care that would be provided to any other baby born at that same gestational stage,” Sasse said.
Who could object? Only the most extreme pro-abortion ideologues.
Senate Democrats, clinging mindlessly to the runaway donkey reasoning of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, have long since hurtled past the original point of “viability” as a limit on abortion and now have reached the cliff of endorsing lethal negligence of infants who survive post-viability abortions.
“The Right to an ‘Effective’ Abortion, Or a Dead Child”
In a 2018 National Review article, Professor Hadley Arkes confirmed that the right to abortion has been extended now through the entire pregnancy — and even when the child is born, state law need not provide protection.
“In one notable case of a child who had survived an abortion for 21 days, a well-known federal judge ruled that ‘the fetus in this case was not a person whose life state law could protect,'” Arkes wrote.
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“It was a child marked for abortion — which is to say, the right to abortion meant the right to an ‘effective’ abortion, or a dead child.”
Justice Harry Blackmun’s majority opinion in Roe had, after all, provided only a token concession.
“If the State is interested in protecting fetal life after viability, it may go so far as to proscribe abortion during that period,” he wrote.
Indeed, even this concession was cancelled out effectively in Doe v. Bolton, released the same day as Roe. In the companion case, the lawfulness of abortions was extended beyond viability right up to birth.
As to whether “an abortion is necessary,” Blackmun averred that “medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors — physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age — relevant to the wellbeing of the patient. All these factors may relate to health.”
Today, these very broadest grounds of the well-being of the woman now encompass post-viability killing of children classified as a burden on their mother’s health (see New York state’s 2019 Reproductive Health Act).
Roe’s Decoy of “Viability” as “The Compelling Point” for Infant Protection
The original constitutional natural law duty to protect human life from its commencement was reduced by Blackmun in Roe to a mere partial permission which “may” be exercised by the states only after “viability.”
“With respect to the State’s important and legitimate interest in potential life, the ‘compelling’ point is at viability. This is so because the fetus then presumably has the capability of meaningful life outside the mother’s womb,” the justice wrote.
But Justice Byron White saw through the fraudulence behind the “compelling” point device. In Roe’s oral argument, he uncovered the deception in the case being argued by Sarah Weddington for the appellants:
White: “I’m just asking you, under the federal constitution, is the fetus a person for the protection of due process?”
Weddington: “All of the cases, the prior history of this statute, the common-law history would indicate that it is not…”
White: “Well, what about — would you lose your case if the fetus was a person?”
Weddington: “Then you would have a balancing of interest.”
White would go on to clarify, “You’re going to be balancing the rights of the mother against the rights of the fetus.”
Weddington: “It seems to me that you do not balance constitutional rights of one person against mere statutory rights of another.”
White: “You think a state interest, if it’s only a statutory interest or a constitutional interest, under the state law, can never outweigh a constitutional right? … So all the talk of compelling state interest is beside the point. It can never be compelling enough.”
As it turned out, Justice White’s skepticism was well-founded.
Only One Patient in a Pregnancy?
Regrettably, Blackmun had no word for our duties towards “the unborn” because he was persuaded that the word “person,” as used in the 14th Amendment, “does not include the unborn.” He started with the unwarranted assumption that abortion is a benign medical procedure involving only one person, only one human being he repetitively called “the woman.”
He claimed that abortion is “like any other medical procedure.”
But he was wrong. He glossed over the fact that abortion is not “like any other medical procedure” for it is the only medical procedure involving two patients that has for its purpose the direct and deliberate killing of one of the patients.
Blackmun could not have been listening when, in oral argument, Justice Thurgood Marshall inquired into the reason for Texas restricting abortion operations.
“Why don’t you limit some other operation?” Marshall asked.
Texas Assistant Attorney General Robert Flowers replied, “Because this is the only type of operation that would take another human life.”
Yet all too glibly, Blackmun asserted in Roe that “[t]he State has a legitimate interest in seeing to it that abortion, like any other medical procedure, is performed under circumstances that insure maximum safety for the patient.”
Providing Emergency Access to Neonatal Hospital Care for Newborn Abortion Survivors
Today, in emergency situations following botched abortions, not only the life of the mother but also the life of her newborn daughter or son can hang in the balance.
Yet the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016 struck down a Texas law in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt with a 5-3 ruling that hospital admitting privilege requirements posed “a substantial obstacle” to abortion access and created an “undue burden” for women.
In March, the Supreme Court examined the legitimacy of a similar law — the Louisiana Unsafe Abortion Protection Act, which required doctors in an abortion practice to have hospital admitting privileges. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has pointed to evidence of Louisiana abortion clinics’ poor safety records, inadequate credentialing practices and questionable efforts to undermine health and safety regulations.
There are indeed two patients in every pregnancy — and surely nothing confirms that more dramatically than the sight and sound of a newborn baby who has survived a botched abortion.
Lack of Empathy for the Harsh Fate of an Abortion Victim
Justice William Douglas, in concurring with Roe and Doe, demonstrated the gross lack of concern for the health and well-being of the smaller patient targeted for abortion.
In his concurring opinion in Doe, he enumerated histrionically “the vicissitudes” visited on women by unwanted pregnancies: “suffering, dislocations, misery, or tragedy as to make an early abortion the only civilized step to take.”
“These hardships may be properly embraced in the ‘health’ factor of the mother as appraised by a person of insight. Or they may be part of a broader medical judgment based on what is ‘appropriate’ in a given case, though perhaps not ‘necessary’ in a strict sense.”
Since then, Roe’s permission for abortionists to exercise a broader medical judgment has been extended far beyond “early abortion.”
The unpalatable truth is that since Roe, the legality of abortion has been extended to cover not just late abortions but the deliberate withholding of life-saving care from infants born alive after a failed abortion.
Legislation recently proposed by Democrats in Virginia was intent on “legalizing” just such an atrocity.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s defense of a mother’s right to refuse life-saving treatment to her child even as she is giving birth, or just after she has given birth is indicative of the extremes to which pro-abortion ideology has brought many good people.
“We Have No Time Limit”
The seed for this expansion from “early abortion” to lethal post-birth negligence of abortion survivors was already sown in oral argument preceding Roe. Chief Justice Warren Burger asked, “Do you make any distinction between the first month and ninth month of gestation?”
“We have no time limit,” replied Weddington, the plaintiff’s counsel.
But surely there can be no justification for the recent blocking by Senate Democrats of the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
Future historians looking back at these inane shenanigans may find it difficult to explain how almost the entire Democratic Party has arrived at this point where the so-called constitutional right to abortion has been permitted to extend beyond pregnancy.
It now entails, it would seem, the right to refuse ordinary postnatal care to a child born alive after an attempted abortion.
Routine health care is withheld from the newborn in order to complete that abortion post-birth.
Weddington’s “no time limit” for abortion has been achieved.
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westernjournal--2020-04-02--Mike Pence Hits Back When CNN Host Questions Trump’s Coronavirus Response

Vice President Mike Pence schooled Wolf Blitzer Wednesday when the CNN host slammed President Donald Trump ’ s response to the coronavirus pandemic .
After Pence praised the response from all levels of government in America to deal with the crisis , Blitzer went on the attack .
“ It would have been good if the president wouldn ’ t have been belittling the enormity of this crisis , the coronavirus pandemic , as he was .
Now he ’ s finally on board , ” Blitzer said .
The host noted that current estimates of 100,000 deaths from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in place , saying not all of the nation was “ on the same page ” regarding restrictions and asking why the administration would not impose a nationwide order to stay at home .
“ Well , Wolf , respectfully I take issue with two things that you just said , ” Pence replied .
“ I don ’ t believe the president has ever belittled the threat of the coronavirus.
” TRENDING : House Republicans Push Bill To Take Back the $ 25 Million Kennedy Center Received in Coronavirus Bill As Blitzer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pence continued .
“ I think he ’ s expressed confidence that America will meet this moment , ” Pence continued .
“ I think he ’ s expressed gratitude and confidence in health care workers in this country , and the American people can be assured that President Trump is going to continue to be confident that we will meet this moment.
” Blitzer cited as evidence comments made by Trump during the weeks when the extent of the impact of the virus on the nation was unclear , even among experts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fundamental truth of the early days when the nation knew the virus existed .
“ I will be very candid with you and say that in mid-January the CDC was still assessing that the risk of the coronavirus to the American people was low .
The very first case , which was someone who had been in China , I believe took place in late January around the 20th day of January , ” Pence said .
In an oblique reference to the impeachment trial that dominated Washington during January , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot of other things were going on in Washington , D.C. , before January was out , the president stood up the White house coronavirus task force , assembled a whole-of-government response , and then did what no other president had ever done in American history : He suspended all travel into the United States from China.
” “ At that point , other than cases that had been people who had been in China , we had virtually no cases in this country but the president took that unprecedented action on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and every step of the way , as the president did again this weekend , we ’ ve been taking bold and decisive steps at the president ’ s direction to put the health of America first , ” Pence said .
When Blitzer pressed the vice president about an alleged “ late start , ” Pence noted that the world did not know then what it knows now .
RELATED : Trump Warns Iran Is 'Planning a Sneak Attack on US Troops , ' Issues Threat “ Well , the reality is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if China had been more forthcoming , ” he said .
“ The reality is that China ’ s been more transparent with regard to the coronavirus than certainly they were for other infectious diseases over the last 15 years , ” he said .
“ But what appears evident now is that long before the world learned in December that China was dealing with this , maybe as much as a month earlier than that.
” Pence also told Blitzer that Trump “ is an optimistic person.
” “ We ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president suspended all travel from China and stood up the White House coronavirus task force in January , we have been hoping for the best but planning for the worst , and that ’ s been being worked out every single day .
And what the American people can see in this president every day is a leader who knows that we will get through this , ” he said .
Pence urged Americans across the nation to follow federal , state and local guidelines , but noted that “ there are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if all Americans do their part , “ by some time in early June , we could well have the coronavirus largely behind us as a nation.
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Vice President Mike Pence schooled Wolf Blitzer Wednesday when the CNN host slammed President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
After Pence praised the response from all levels of government in America to deal with the crisis, Blitzer went on the attack.
“It would have been good if the president wouldn’t have been belittling the enormity of this crisis, the coronavirus pandemic, as he was. Now he’s finally on board,” Blitzer said.
The host noted that current estimates of 100,000 deaths from the virus assume there is a national lockdown in place, saying not all of the nation was “on the same page” regarding restrictions and asking why the administration would not impose a nationwide order to stay at home.
“Well, Wolf, respectfully I take issue with two things that you just said,” Pence replied. “I don’t believe the president has ever belittled the threat of the coronavirus.”
As Blitzer tried to talk over his guest, Pence continued.
“I think he’s expressed confidence that America will meet this moment,” Pence continued. “I think he’s expressed gratitude and confidence in health care workers in this country, and the American people can be assured that President Trump is going to continue to be confident that we will meet this moment.”
Blitzer cited as evidence comments made by Trump during the weeks when the extent of the impact of the virus on the nation was unclear, even among experts.
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Pence responded that cherry-picking quotes ignores the fundamental truth of the early days when the nation knew the virus existed.
“I will be very candid with you and say that in mid-January the CDC was still assessing that the risk of the coronavirus to the American people was low. The very first case, which was someone who had been in China, I believe took place in late January around the 20th day of January,” Pence said.
In an oblique reference to the impeachment trial that dominated Washington during January, the vice president added that “while a lot of other things were going on in Washington, D.C., before January was out, the president stood up the White house coronavirus task force, assembled a whole-of-government response, and then did what no other president had ever done in American history: He suspended all travel into the United States from China.”
“At that point, other than cases that had been people who had been in China, we had virtually no cases in this country but the president took that unprecedented action on the recommendation of his coronavirus task force, and every step of the way, as the president did again this weekend, we’ve been taking bold and decisive steps at the president’s direction to put the health of America first,” Pence said.
When Blitzer pressed the vice president about an alleged “late start,” Pence noted that the world did not know then what it knows now.
“Well, the reality is that we could have been better off if China had been more forthcoming,” he said.
“The reality is that China’s been more transparent with regard to the coronavirus than certainly they were for other infectious diseases over the last 15 years,” he said. “But what appears evident now is that long before the world learned in December that China was dealing with this, maybe as much as a month earlier than that.”
Pence also told Blitzer that Trump “is an optimistic person.”
“We’ve been from the very beginning, when the president suspended all travel from China and stood up the White House coronavirus task force in January, we have been hoping for the best but planning for the worst, and that’s been being worked out every single day. And what the American people can see in this president every day is a leader who knows that we will get through this,” he said.
Pence urged Americans across the nation to follow federal, state and local guidelines, but noted that “there are tough days ahead.”
Together, we can slow the spread of #COVID19. Here are the most recent guidelines for Americans from the @WhiteHouse and @CDCgov. #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/KrF0tyxi5n — HHS.gov (@HHSGov) April 1, 2020
He said that if all Americans do their part, “by some time in early June, we could well have the coronavirus largely behind us as a nation.”
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westernjournal--2020-04-02--FDA Pulls All Forms of Popular Heartburn Drug Zantac from the Market, Warns of ‘Impurities’

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday it is requesting that all manufacturers and sellers of a popular heartburn medication remove the drug from store shelves and halt production over potentially dangerous “ impurities.
” According to an agency news release , ranitidine medication , often referred to by the common brand name Zantac , was recently discovered to contain “ unacceptable levels ” of a “ probable human carcinogen ” known as N-Nitrosodimethylamine or NDMA .
Concerned by the potentially cancerous contaminant ’ s presence in several over-the-counter and prescription samples of ranitidine , the FDA officially called for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug from U.S. markets .
“ The FDA is committed to ensuring that the medicines Americans take are safe and effective , ” Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director Dr. Janet Woodcock said .
“ We didn ’ t observe unacceptable levels of NDMA in many of the samples that we tested , ” Woodcock added .
“ However , since we don ’ t know how or for how long the product might have been stored , we decided that it should not be available to consumers and patients unless its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House Republicans Push Bill To Take Back the $ 25 Million Kennedy Center Received in Coronavirus Bill The Wednesday announcement came after months of governmental and independent testing of the product .
According to the agency , initial concerns had been raised regarding potentially unhealthy levels of NDMA in ranitidine when unnamed third-party laboratories made the discovery , prompting months of further FDA investigation .
An FDA advisory regarding the potential dangers of the drug was released in November as the agency awaited further developments .
Testing results released upon closure of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impurity are not present in all , or even most , samples of the drug .
Impurity levels were shown to increase with time , however , particularly when shelved samples of the drug were stored in high temperatures which may be associated with both the drug ’ s “ distribution and handling by consumers.
” Zantac and similar ranitidine antacid generics are prescribed 15 million times a year and have been for nearly a decade , USA Today reported in November .
The drug has been on the market since its approval @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health concerns failing to crop up until 2016 .
Those taking the drug in its over-the-counter form were warned against continued use Wednesday and told to dispose of their remaining dosages .
Individuals with a prescription were advised to speak to their doctors before halting usage .
“ There are multiple drugs approved for the same or similar uses as ranitidine that do not carry the same risks from NDMA , ” the FDA news release read , listing potential replacements like Pepcid , Tagamet , Nexium , Prevacid and Prilosec .
To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unhealthy levels of NDMA in any of the those alternatives .
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The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday it is requesting that all manufacturers and sellers of a popular heartburn medication remove the drug from store shelves and halt production over potentially dangerous “impurities.”
According to an agency news release, ranitidine medication, often referred to by the common brand name Zantac, was recently discovered to contain “unacceptable levels” of a “probable human carcinogen” known as N-Nitrosodimethylamine or NDMA.
Concerned by the potentially cancerous contaminant’s presence in several over-the-counter and prescription samples of ranitidine, the FDA officially called for a total and immediate withdrawal of the drug from U.S. markets.
“The FDA is committed to ensuring that the medicines Americans take are safe and effective,” Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director Dr. Janet Woodcock said.
“We didn’t observe unacceptable levels of NDMA in many of the samples that we tested,” Woodcock added. “However, since we don’t know how or for how long the product might have been stored, we decided that it should not be available to consumers and patients unless its quality can be assured.”
⚠FDA requests market withdrawal of all remaining prescription and OTC ranitidine (Zantac) products on the U.S. market. This means that ranitidine will not be available for use in the U.S. https://t.co/kfcW0wlHo6 pic.twitter.com/IvrLcmrMn5 — FDA Drug Information (@FDA_Drug_Info) April 1, 2020
The Wednesday announcement came after months of governmental and independent testing of the product.
According to the agency, initial concerns had been raised regarding potentially unhealthy levels of NDMA in ranitidine when unnamed third-party laboratories made the discovery, prompting months of further FDA investigation.
An FDA advisory regarding the potential dangers of the drug was released in November as the agency awaited further developments.
Testing results released upon closure of the investigation reportedly revealed unhealthy levels of the impurity are not present in all, or even most, samples of the drug.
Impurity levels were shown to increase with time, however, particularly when shelved samples of the drug were stored in high temperatures which may be associated with both the drug’s “distribution and handling by consumers.”
We found N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) levels in some ranitidine products increase with time and temperature posing a risk to consumers, and therefore requested the withdrawal of all ranitidine products from the U.S. market. Learn more ⬇ https://t.co/r8ZGZXTHra — FDA Drug Information (@FDA_Drug_Info) April 1, 2020
Zantac and similar ranitidine antacid generics are prescribed 15 million times a year and have been for nearly a decade, USA Today reported in November.
The drug has been on the market since its approval in 1984, with expert pharmaceutical and health concerns failing to crop up until 2016.
Those taking the drug in its over-the-counter form were warned against continued use Wednesday and told to dispose of their remaining dosages. Individuals with a prescription were advised to speak to their doctors before halting usage.
“There are multiple drugs approved for the same or similar uses as ranitidine that do not carry the same risks from NDMA,” the FDA news release read, listing potential replacements like Pepcid, Tagamet, Nexium, Prevacid and Prilosec.
To date, agency testing has not revealed unhealthy levels of NDMA in any of the those alternatives.
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westernjournal--2020-04-02--Report: Trump Campaign Has Been Anonymously Donating Meals to Hospitals Across the Country

The Trump campaign has been anonymously donating meals to hospitals in the areas hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak , including New York , New Jersey , Michigan and Washington state , according to a report Thursday .
Fox News political reporter Brooke Singman reported that President Donald Trump ’ s re-election campaign has been placing the orders since last Thursday .
“ They ’ re doing it as a donor who cares , ” a source was quoted as saying .
“ So nothing politically is tied to it .
… We ’ re just trying to , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ They ’ re trying to send things that are like , local restaurants that may need support [ and ] cool restaurant icons of the area that may need the business , ” a source said .
Singman tweeted that the Trump campaign “ has been quietly calling local restaurants and ordering large amounts of food to be delivered to hospitals in an effort to feed doctors , nurses & first responders and support local restaurants.
” TRENDING : While Dems Lie About Trump 's CDC Budget , Turns Out Obama Requested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chit Chat Diner in Hackensack , New Jersey , was one of the beneficiaries of the Trump campaign ’ s new initiative .
“ An anonymous donation providing lunch to some hardworking staff at Hackensack Hospital this afternoon .
We are so grateful , ” the restaurant posted on Instagram earlier this week .
Another order , from Antonio ’ s Trattoria , was for 100 individuals to be delivered to the Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx .
“ It was 20 penne vodkas , 20 pastas with tomato sauce , 30 chicken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grilled chicken , ” the manager told Fox News .
“ He only gave his first name and said he wanted to remain anonymous.
” A source said the president ’ s campaign has spent tens of thousands of dollars at restaurants and plans to expand the effort .
On Wednesday , Trump encouraged Congress to change the tax laws in order to help restaurants bounce back quicker from the imposed coronavirus shutdown .
“ Congress must pass the old , and very strongly proven , deductibility by businesses on restaurants and entertainment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New England Patriots Send Team Plane to China To Pick Up a Massive Load of N95 Masks “ This will bring restaurants , and everything related , back – and stronger than ever .
Move quickly , they will all be saved !
” The Hill reported that the 2017 Republican tax reform law “ revoked a provision allowing corporations to make annual tax deductions for entertainment expenses and limited deductions that could be made for meals.
” Internal Revenue Service guidance issued in 2018 indicated companies could deduct up to 50 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were not considered “ lavish.
” At a Rose Garden news conference Sunday , Trump said he had discussed the idea with restaurateur Wolfgang Puck .
“ I think it ’ ll have a tremendous impact and maybe keep them open , ” the president told reporters .
“ Some are closing right now , despite the fact that they could be open in the not-too-distant future , and we expect that .
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The Trump campaign has been anonymously donating meals to hospitals in the areas hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, including New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Washington state, according to a report on April 2.
Fox News political reporter Brooke Singman reported that President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has been placing the orders since March 26.
“They’re doing it as a donor who cares,” a source was quoted as saying. “So nothing politically is tied to it. … We’re just trying to, you know, show a thank you.”
“They’re trying to send things that are like, local restaurants that may need support [and] cool restaurant icons of the area that may need the business,” a source said.
Singman tweeted that the Trump campaign “has been quietly calling local restaurants and ordering large amounts of food to be delivered to hospitals in an effort to feed doctors, nurses & first responders and support local restaurants.”
EXCLUSIVE: @realDonaldTrump‘s campaign has been quietly calling local restaurants and ordering large amounts of food to be delivered to hospitals in an effort to feed doctors,nurses& first responders and support local restaurants #coronavirus #COVID19 https://t.co/6A3Zfe5QEz — Brooke Singman (@BrookeSingman) April 2, 2020
She reported that the Chit Chat Diner in Hackensack, New Jersey, was one of the beneficiaries of the Trump campaign’s new initiative.
“An anonymous donation providing lunch to some hardworking staff at Hackensack Hospital this afternoon. We are so grateful,” the restaurant posted on Instagram earlier this week.
Another order, from Antonio’s Trattoria, was for 100 individuals to be delivered to the Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx.
“It was 20 penne vodkas, 20 pastas with tomato sauce, 30 chicken parmesans, and 30 house salads with grilled chicken,” the manager told Fox News. “He only gave his first name and said he wanted to remain anonymous.”
A source said the president’s campaign has spent tens of thousands of dollars at restaurants and plans to expand the effort.
On Wednesday, Trump encouraged Congress to change the tax laws in order to help restaurants bounce back quicker from the imposed coronavirus shutdown.
“Congress must pass the old, and very strongly proven, deductibility by businesses on restaurants and entertainment,” he wrote.
“This will bring restaurants, and everything related, back – and stronger than ever. Move quickly, they will all be saved!”
Congress must pass the old, and very strongly proven, deductibility by businesses on restaurants and entertainment. This will bring restaurants, and everything related, back – and stronger than ever. Move quickly, they will all be saved! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2020
The Hill reported that the 2017 Republican tax reform law “revoked a provision allowing corporations to make annual tax deductions for entertainment expenses and limited deductions that could be made for meals.”
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Internal Revenue Service guidance issued in 2018 indicated companies could deduct up to 50 percent of business meal expenses as long as they were not considered “lavish.”
At a Rose Garden news conference on March 29, Trump said he had discussed the idea with restaurateur Wolfgang Puck.
“I think it’ll have a tremendous impact and maybe keep them open,” the president told reporters. “Some are closing right now, despite the fact that they could be open in the not-too-distant future, and we expect that.
“But there are some that aren’t going to be able to get open, and we want to make sure they do.”
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westernjournal--2020-04-02--Robert Irwin Goes on Expedition for Most Elusive ‘and Endangered Species on the Planet’: Toilet Pape

Robert Irwin Goes on Expedition for Most Elusive ‘and Endangered Species on the Planet’: Toilet Paper

Sheltering in place has people being more active in solitary pursuits .
People are picking up new hobbies , taking time to read more books and generally trying to find ways to keep from going stir-crazy .
Thankfully , we have the internet to keep us connected to all the people we can ’ t be around as well as an incredible number of strangers .
To that end , many people have been more active on social media , posting and sharing little snippets of their daily lives .
Robert Irwin has been keeping fans around the globe entertained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ posting .
Of course , one of the bigger moments for the Irwins was on March 25 , when Bindi and Chandler Powell tied the knot .
Because of the measures in place due to the coronavirus , the couple had the choice to postpone or continue on with a very small celebration .
They chose to get married , and Robert was one of the guests on the shortend list , and he had the important job of walking his sister down the aisle .
TRENDING : While Dems Lie About Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Requested Millions in Cuts “ This is a day that we will never forget , ” he posted .
“ Bindi and Chandler , words can not describe how happy and proud I am that today you started your married life and celebrated love during a difficult time for our world .
And I was beyond honoured to get to walk Bindi down the aisle today.
” “ Even though all of your wedding plans had to change at the last minute to keep everyone safe and healthy , it truly was an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know that Dad was with us , and we are all so delighted for your future as husband and wife .
I love you both.
” Since then , he ’ s posted photos reminiscing on good times , the bond he had with his father and awesome wildlife trips .
His last few posts have been a bit more humorous , a nice breath of fresh air while everyone ’ s on lockdown .
“ My self isolation buddy , ” he shared on Tuesday , posting a selfie featuring himself and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His next post was a video that starts off as any Irwin expedition video does : With a khaki-clad blond ducking through vegetation in pursuit of a creature .
“ The Ultimate Quest , ” he captioned the video .
“ An incredible expedition searching for one of the most illusive and endangered species on the planet .
I can ’ t believe we finally found it !
” Viewers have to follow along , though , to find out just what this elusive creature is .
“ I ’ m here in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ species , ” he says .
“ It ’ s very rare , and I ’ m going to see if I can document it for the first time .
This is a high-stakes mission .
Let ’ s see if we can find this.
” Robert fords streams , climbs rocks and claws through the underbrush to find what he ’ s after .
“ There it is !
There it is !
There it is !
” he shouts , crouching into a crawl and urging the filmer to get down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there !
It ’ s a healthy one , too .
Wow !
” he says , motioning through the branches .
There , perched on a log in a beam of sunlight , is a fat roll of plush toilet paper .
“ That ’ s amazing !
… Wow , can ’ t believe it , ” he says as he snaps more photos — but off to the right , he spots something else .
“ Hang on , look over there !
Look !
Look !
Look !
No @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at that … I can ’ t believe it , ” he says of a large bottle of hand sanitizer .
“ Close relative of this one , also critically endangered .
Careful though , we don ’ t want to spook him .
I never thought I ’ d see one of those.
” The suspenseful background music only adds to the high-stakes feeling , though it ’ s clear the whole thing is all being done in good fun — especially considering the day it was posted .
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Sheltering in place has people being more active in solitary pursuits. People are picking up new hobbies, taking time to read more books and generally trying to find ways to keep from going stir-crazy.
Thankfully, we have the internet to keep us connected to all the people we can’t be around as well as an incredible number of strangers. To that end, many people have been more active on social media, posting and sharing little snippets of their daily lives.
Robert Irwin has been keeping fans around the globe entertained with the antics he’s been posting. Of course, one of the bigger moments for the Irwins was on March 25, when Bindi and Chandler Powell tied the knot.
Because of the measures in place due to the coronavirus, the couple had the choice to postpone or continue on with a very small celebration. They chose to get married, and Robert was one of the guests on the shortend list, and he had the important job of walking his sister down the aisle.
“This is a day that we will never forget,” he posted. “Bindi and Chandler, words cannot describe how happy and proud I am that today you started your married life and celebrated love during a difficult time for our world. And I was beyond honoured to get to walk Bindi down the aisle today.”
“Even though all of your wedding plans had to change at the last minute to keep everyone safe and healthy, it truly was an emotional and beautifully spontaneous day … I know that Dad was with us, and we are all so delighted for your future as husband and wife. I love you both.”
Since then, he’s posted photos reminiscing on good times, the bond he had with his father and awesome wildlife trips. His last few posts have been a bit more humorous, a nice breath of fresh air while everyone’s on lockdown.
“My self isolation buddy,” he shared on Tuesday, posting a selfie featuring himself and a tortoise friend with matching expressions.
His next post was a video that starts off as any Irwin expedition video does: With a khaki-clad blond ducking through vegetation in pursuit of a creature.
“The Ultimate Quest,” he captioned the video. “An incredible expedition searching for one of the most illusive and endangered species on the planet. I can’t believe we finally found it!”
Viewers have to follow along, though, to find out just what this elusive creature is.
“I’m here in the natural habitat of a critically endangered species,” he says. “It’s very rare, and I’m going to see if I can document it for the first time. This is a high-stakes mission. Let’s see if we can find this.”
Robert fords streams, climbs rocks and claws through the underbrush to find what he’s after.
“There it is! There it is! There it is!” he shouts, crouching into a crawl and urging the filmer to get down and be quiet.
“Straight through there! It’s a healthy one, too. Wow!” he says, motioning through the branches.
There, perched on a log in a beam of sunlight, is a fat roll of plush toilet paper.
“That’s amazing! … Wow, can’t believe it,” he says as he snaps more photos — but off to the right, he spots something else.
“Hang on, look over there! Look! Look! Look! No way! Even more endangered! Look at that … I can’t believe it,” he says of a large bottle of hand sanitizer.
“Close relative of this one, also critically endangered. Careful though, we don’t want to spook him. I never thought I’d see one of those.”
The suspenseful background music only adds to the high-stakes feeling, though it’s clear the whole thing is all being done in good fun — especially considering the day it was posted.
“April Fool’s!” Robert closes with a laugh. “Wash your hands, people.”
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westernjournal--2020-04-02--Dick Morris: Cuomo Could Beat Biden

Dick Morris: Cuomo Could Beat Biden

This column was written on April 2 , so don ’ t confuse it for an April Fools ’ joke .
Cuomo really could win .
Even if he just sat there , old-school style , and waited to be drafted .
His popularity has soared due to his skill at handling daily news briefings .
Although New York state has the worst record in the country — tied with Italy for the worst in the world — his performance on television is comforting , human , competent and reassuring .
His appearances with his brother , stricken by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family , a compelling soap opera .
Whether he is responsible for New York ’ s horrible health record or delayed acting when he should have ( he only just this week closed playgrounds ) is a debate for another day .
But his 71 percent approval rating in New York speaks for itself and is likely being replicated in other states as they watch him on network TV .
And the math shows he could be tapped to replace Biden , even over Joe ’ s furious objections .
TRENDING : While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Turns Out Obama Requested Millions in Cuts With 1,991 delegates needed to win the nomination , here ’ s how the count now stands : So a “ draft Cuomo ” movement could succeed .
There are enough unselected delegates and enough time .
Fifteen states have postponed their primaries amid the virus and others are likely to follow .
This is the revised primary schedule : April 7 : Wisconsin April 10 : Alaska April 17 : Wyoming April 26 : Puerto Rico April 28 : Ohio May 2 : Guam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 19 : Georgia , Oregon May 22 : Hawaii June 2 : Connecticut , Delaware , D.C. , Indiana , Maryland , Montana , New Jersey , New Mexico , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Dakota June 6 : Virgin Islands June 9 : West Virginia June 20 : Louisiana June 23 : Kentucky , New York So June 2 is the new Super Tuesday with 686 delegates to be selected .
That is in addition to 565 that will be chosen , largely by mail ballots , between now and then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bastion , has delayed its selection until June 23 , the last in the country .
Its 274 delegates will , of course , go overwhelmingly for Cuomo .
Did he purposely make New York last for that reason ?
?
The filing deadline in all states has passed .
It could be reopened by the an act of the legislature or , in some cases , by the governor or the secretary of state .
But Cuomo doesn ’ t need to be on the ballot .
A write-in campaign could sweep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but enough of a popular mandate that the party elders couldn ’ t say no .
These “ elders ” are , of course , the superdelegates .
While now bound by party rules to vote on the first ballot as their states have voted , those rules could be changed and they could provide a considerable boost to the nomination .
Cuomo could run a 19th-century front porch campaign , not electioneering or even declaring his candidacy .
All he has to do to throw his hat in the ring is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ William Tecumseh Sherman , the great Union general , famously closed the door on his potential candidacy in 1884 by saying , in more words , “ If drafted , I will not run ; if nominated , I will not accept ; if elected , I will not serve.
” ) But don ’ t think those words are coming from Cuomo ’ s lips anytime soon .
All of this momentum for Cuomo is due , of course , to Biden ’ s stumbling absent performance during the crisis .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as if he weren ’ t a candidate — just an elder statesman and observer .
And the difference between his passivity and Cuomo ’ s and Trump ’ s activism has not gone unnoticed .
Would Cuomo stand a better chance of beating Trump ?
Yes .
Would he win ?
Stay tuned .
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This column was written on April 2, so don’t confuse it for an April Fools’ joke. Cuomo really could win. Even if he just sat there, old-school style, and waited to be drafted.
His popularity has soared due to his skill at handling daily news briefings. Although New York state has the worst record in the country — tied with Italy for the worst in the world — his performance on television is comforting, human, competent and reassuring. His appearances with his brother, stricken by the virus, let us into the Cuomo family, a compelling soap opera.
Whether he is responsible for New York’s horrible health record or delayed acting when he should have (he only just this week closed playgrounds) is a debate for another day.
But his 71 percent approval rating in New York speaks for itself and is likely being replicated in other states as they watch him on network TV.
And the math shows he could be tapped to replace Biden, even over Joe’s furious objections.
With 1,991 delegates needed to win the nomination, here’s how the count now stands:
Biden: 1,217
Sanders: 914
Warren: 81
Do you think Cuomo has a shot at winning the Democratic nomination? Yes No
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Bloomberg: 55
Buttigieg: 26
Klobuchar: 7
Gabbard: 2
So a “draft Cuomo” movement could succeed. There are enough unselected delegates and enough time.
Fifteen states have postponed their primaries amid the virus and others are likely to follow. This is the revised primary schedule:
April 7: Wisconsin
April 10: Alaska
April 17: Wyoming
April 26: Puerto Rico
April 28: Ohio
May 2: Guam, Kansas
May 12: Nebraska
May 19: Georgia, Oregon
May 22: Hawaii
June 2: Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Indiana, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota
June 6: Virgin Islands
June 9: West Virginia
June 20: Louisiana
June 23: Kentucky, New York
So June 2 is the new Super Tuesday with 686 delegates to be selected. That is in addition to 565 that will be chosen, largely by mail ballots, between now and then.
New York, Cuomo’s bastion, has delayed its selection until June 23, the last in the country. Its 274 delegates will, of course, go overwhelmingly for Cuomo. Did he purposely make New York last for that reason??
The filing deadline in all states has passed. It could be reopened by the an act of the legislature or, in some cases, by the governor or the secretary of state.
But Cuomo doesn’t need to be on the ballot. A write-in campaign could sweep the country, harvesting not only delegates but enough of a popular mandate that the party elders couldn’t say no.
These “elders” are, of course, the superdelegates. While now bound by party rules to vote on the first ballot as their states have voted, those rules could be changed and they could provide a considerable boost to the nomination.
Cuomo could run a 19th-century front porch campaign, not electioneering or even declaring his candidacy. All he has to do to throw his hat in the ring is to not issue a Shermanesque statement. (William Tecumseh Sherman, the great Union general, famously closed the door on his potential candidacy in 1884 by saying, in more words, “If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve.”)
But don’t think those words are coming from Cuomo’s lips anytime soon.
All of this momentum for Cuomo is due, of course, to Biden’s stumbling absent performance during the crisis. He has been mute. It’s as if he weren’t a candidate — just an elder statesman and observer. And the difference between his passivity and Cuomo’s and Trump’s activism has not gone unnoticed.
Would Cuomo stand a better chance of beating Trump? Yes. Would he win? Stay tuned.
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westernjournal--2020-04-02--‘Imagine’ That: John Lennon’s Son Blasts Media for Parroting Chinese Propaganda

As the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono , Sean Lennon is the offspring of probably the most famous couple in the history of rock , the kind of parentage that would normally generate blaring headlines if he took a position on any public issue .
But when his take flies in the face of the media narrative – in fact , it torches the media itself – the best the mainstream can do is pretend it never happened .
That appeared to be the case this week when Lennon took to social media to denounce the vast majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blasting mainstream reporting that not only has kowtowed to Chinese communist hypersensitivities but has accepted credulously official numbers of coronavirus cases in China to contrast them with numbers in the U.S. “ Been listening to ‘ respectable ’ journalists quoting CCP official numbers for months without doubt or hesitation , ” Lennon wrote in one tweet , referring to the Chinese Communist Party .
“ Calling it the Wuhan Virus but only days later telling ppl who say it ’ s from China they ’ re racist .
TRENDING : House Republicans Push @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Million Kennedy Center Received in Coronavirus Bill “ The official media have lost their legitimacy.
” In another tweet , Lennon mocked the “ revelation ” reported Wednesday that the Chinese government had been misleading the world about the numbers of coronavirus infections in its population and the number of deaths from COVID-19 , the disease caused by the virus .
Anyone following the news of the coronavirus with a shred of intellectual honesty would have reached Lennon ’ s conclusions , too .
Notwithstanding the ludicrous idea floated by Chinese Foreign Ministry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have somehow been brought to China by the U.S. Army , or the media ’ s incessant ankle-biting of President Donald Trump on the issue , sensible Americans have long been aware not only that the virus started in China but that the Chinese communist government has been lying about it from Day One .
Sensible Americans don ’ t include the mainstream media , of course , which fell right into line pushing the Chicom propaganda that using words such as “ Wuhan virus ” or “ Chinese virus ” was “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of coronavirus worsens in the United States , liberals are taking a ghoulish glee in claiming that the U.S. leads in reported infections .
RELATED : As COVID Fear Spreads , Dems Ramp Up Pressure on ICE To Release Illegals Hillary Clinton ’ s faults are legion , but as a former first lady , senator , secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate , and even she should have been expected to treat the prospect of appalling American deaths from a foreign disease with some degree of seriousness .
Instead , she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such malicious spite it was easy to picture her licking her teeth as typed .
Conservatives and Trump supporters are outraged at the media , of course , but that ’ s nothing new .
What makes Lennon ’ s posts different is that they ’ re coming from rock ‘ n ’ roll royalty – a man whose father is an icon in the liberal world for “ peace ” and “ love ” and all the other things progressives think they believe in that conservative somehow don ’ t .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reaction to Lennon ’ s posts ?
An overwhelming silence .
Readers of conservative outlets such as Breitbart and the Washington Examiner would know about them , but anyone relying on the mainstream media would remain ignorant .
On social media , however , Lennon ’ s posts got plenty of attention , and plenty of applause .
It ’ s no stretch to say that everyone – liberal and conservative – understands that if Lennon had been attacking Trump and his administration ’ s handling of the Wuhan virus , the story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York Times would be showcasing it , and nightly newscasts lacking imagination would be running the story accompanied by videos with “ Imagine ” playing while first responders cared for the stricken .
In the current crisis , the glitterati have tried to give John Lennon ’ s 1971 work an almost mythic quality , as celebrities produced a self-indulgent montage of themselves singing the song and posting it on social media like it would comfort the masses in a time of peril .
But Sean Lennon wasn ’ t criticizing Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critique of the mainstream media and calling out the Chinese Communist Party – the lying government that ’ s literally responsible for the deaths of millions of Chinese over the decades and now tens of thousands of non-Chinese – with the meter still ticking .
So he ’ s ignored by the mainstream media – a Lennon ignored for telling the truth .
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Imagine liberals ignoring a Lennon.
As the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon is the offspring of probably the most famous couple in the history of rock, the kind of parentage that would normally generate blaring headlines if he took a position on any public issue.
But when his take flies in the face of the media narrative – in fact, it torches the media itself – the best the mainstream can do is pretend it never happened.
That appeared to be the case this week when Lennon took to social media to denounce the vast majority of reporting on the coronavirus pandemic, blasting mainstream reporting that not only has kowtowed to Chinese communist hypersensitivities but has accepted credulously official numbers of coronavirus cases in China to contrast them with numbers in the U.S.
“Been listening to ‘respectable’ journalists quoting CCP official numbers for months without doubt or hesitation,” Lennon wrote in one tweet, referring to the Chinese Communist Party. “Calling it the Wuhan Virus but only days later telling ppl who say it’s from China they’re racist.
“The official media have lost their legitimacy.”
Been listening to ‘respectable’ journalists quoting CCP official numbers for months without doubt or hesitation. Calling it the Wuhan Virus but only days later telling ppl who say it’s from China they’re racist. The official media have lost their legitimacy. — Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) April 1, 2020
In another tweet, Lennon mocked the “revelation” reported Wednesday that the Chinese government had been misleading the world about the numbers of coronavirus infections in its population and the number of deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Excuse me how the fudge is this breaking news? And why do we need U.S. ‘Intelligence’ to tell us what we all already know? https://t.co/3wu05HnMYO — Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) April 1, 2020
Anyone following the news of the coronavirus with a shred of intellectual honesty would have reached Lennon’s conclusions, too.
Notwithstanding the ludicrous idea floated by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao that the virus could have somehow been brought to China by the U.S. Army, or the media’s incessant ankle-biting of President Donald Trump on the issue, sensible Americans have long been aware not only that the virus started in China but that the Chinese communist government has been lying about it from Day One.
Sensible Americans don’t include the mainstream media, of course, which fell right into line pushing the Chicom propaganda that using words such as “Wuhan virus” or “Chinese virus” was “racist.”
Now, as the spread of coronavirus worsens in the United States, liberals are taking a ghoulish glee in claiming that the U.S. leads in reported infections.
Hillary Clinton’s faults are legion, but as a former first lady, senator, secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate, and even she should have been expected to treat the prospect of appalling American deaths from a foreign disease with some degree of seriousness.
Instead, she published a Twitter “joke” of such malicious spite it was easy to picture her licking her teeth as typed.
Conservatives and Trump supporters are outraged at the media, of course, but that’s nothing new.
Do you think Lennon is being deliberately ignored? Yes No
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What makes Lennon’s posts different is that they’re coming from rock ‘n’ roll royalty – a man whose father is an icon in the liberal world for “peace” and “love” and all the other things progressives think they believe in that conservative somehow don’t.
So what is the mainstream media’s reaction to Lennon’s posts? An overwhelming silence.
Readers of conservative outlets such as Breitbart and the Washington Examiner would know about them, but anyone relying on the mainstream media would remain ignorant.
On social media, however, Lennon’s posts got plenty of attention, and plenty of applause.
THANK GOD!!!!!! Thanks for having the courage to speak the truth Sean?❤?? — John “MacArthur Was Right” Barron (@JohnBarron1776) April 2, 2020
Right on, Sean Lennon. Knowing your genetics I must assume you’re left of center generally – no matter, we are of one accord here. I encourage a read of Mark Levin’s Unfreedom of the Press. It will round out your perspective of why they’re so corrupt, and how we can fix it. — Expodential Constitutionalist (@rodinbandon) April 1, 2020
Yes, and so has the WHO, which seems to swallow the same fake numbers. My Chinese friends call it the CCP virus because of how inept they were, covering it up at first, then brutally suppressing it. I hope this debacle results in more openness and freedom for the Chinese people. — David Pooley (@Poolio1960) April 1, 2020
It’s no stretch to say that everyone – liberal and conservative – understands that if Lennon had been attacking Trump and his administration’s handling of the Wuhan virus, the story would be on the wires, The New York Times would be showcasing it, and nightly newscasts lacking imagination would be running the story accompanied by videos with “Imagine” playing while first responders cared for the stricken.
In the current crisis, the glitterati have tried to give John Lennon’s 1971 work an almost mythic quality, as celebrities produced a self-indulgent montage of themselves singing the song and posting it on social media like it would comfort the masses in a time of peril.
(It’s almost beside the point that the song itself is a treacly jumble of half-formed thinking that says literally nothing any decent human being would believe. No heaven, no countries and no possessions isn’t some utopia where the world would “live as one.” It would be a lawless hellscape of murder and rape — an even-less-than-animal kingdom where unchecked brutality ruled. Most modern libs wouldn’t last a day.)
But Sean Lennon wasn’t criticizing Trump. He was laying down a scathing critique of the mainstream media and calling out the Chinese Communist Party – the lying government that’s literally responsible for the deaths of millions of Chinese over the decades and now tens of thousands of non-Chinese – with the meter still ticking.
So he’s ignored by the mainstream media – a Lennon ignored for telling the truth.
Imagine that.
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westernjournal--2020-04-02--Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting Terrorist Attack on White House

A Georgia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to planning a terrorist attack on the White House using weapons and explosives .
Hasher Jallal Taheb , 23 , was arrested on Jan. 16 , 2019 , following a year-long undercover investigation stemming from a community member ’ s concerns he had become “ radicalized ” in March 2018 , according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney ’ s Office of the Northern District of Georgia .
“ This plea is the result of a more than year-long intensive investigation by FBI Atlanta ’ s Joint Terrorism Task Force , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community , ” Chris Hacker , Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta , said .
U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak also acknowledged the importance of the concerns from community members .
“ Taheb hatched a dangerous plan that would have resulted in unimaginable injury , ” Pak said .
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Along with our federal , state and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to disrupt these types of attacks before they happen.
” During the undercover operation , federal investigators learned in October 2018 that Taheb planned to travel overseas and had applied for a passport in July of that year .
Taheb had also begun planning domestic attacks targeting the White House and the Statue of Liberty to engage in “ jihad.
” He later expanded his list of targets to include the Washington Monument , the Lincoln Memorial and a synagogue .
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Taheb at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to obtain semi-automatic weapons , explosive devices and an anti-tank weapon to carry out his attacks .
“ Taheb planned to conduct a terrorist attack on the White House as part of what he claimed was his obligation to engage in jihad , ” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers .
“ Thanks to a tip from a member of the community and the work of the agents , analysts , and prosecutors responsible for this case , the threat posed by the defendant was neutralized and the defendant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be held accountable for his crime.
” As part of his plea deal , prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 15 years , NBC News reported .
His sentencing is currently scheduled for June 23 at 9:30 a.m. At the time of his arrest , investigators believed Taheb was working on his own .
The FBI ’ s Joint Terrorism Task Force is still investigating the case .
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A Georgia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to planning a terrorist attack on the White House using weapons and explosives.
Hasher Jallal Taheb, 23, was arrested on Jan. 16, 2019, following a year-long undercover investigation stemming from a community member’s concerns he had become “radicalized” in March 2018, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Georgia.
“This plea is the result of a more than year-long intensive investigation by FBI Atlanta’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, which was because of a tip from the community,” Chris Hacker, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta, said.
U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak also acknowledged the importance of the concerns from community members.
“Taheb hatched a dangerous plan that would have resulted in unimaginable injury,” Pak said.
“We are grateful to community members who noticed his dangerous evolution and alerted law enforcement. Along with our federal, state and local partners, we will remain vigilant in order to disrupt these types of attacks before they happen.”
Beginning at 5 on @cbs46 lots of new information we have been uncovering on Hasher Jallal Taheb, arrested in terror probe yesterday by Atlanta feds. Tune in! pic.twitter.com/zEzctfWj2y — Jonathan Carlson (@TVreporter) January 17, 2019
During the undercover operation, federal investigators learned in October 2018 that Taheb planned to travel overseas and had applied for a passport in July of that year.
Taheb had also begun planning domestic attacks targeting the White House and the Statue of Liberty to engage in “jihad.”
He later expanded his list of targets to include the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and a synagogue.
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Taheb at a pre-arranged meeting where the suspect expected to obtain semi-automatic weapons, explosive devices and an anti-tank weapon to carry out his attacks.
“Taheb planned to conduct a terrorist attack on the White House as part of what he claimed was his obligation to engage in jihad,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers.
“Thanks to a tip from a member of the community and the work of the agents, analysts, and prosecutors responsible for this case, the threat posed by the defendant was neutralized and the defendant has admitted his guilt and will now be held accountable for his crime.”
As part of his plea deal, prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 15 years, NBC News reported.
His sentencing is currently scheduled for June 23 at 9:30 a.m.
At the time of his arrest, investigators believed Taheb was working on his own.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is still investigating the case.
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Chuck Todd’s Outrageous Disclaimer Before Trump’s COVID Briefing Flushes Media’s Last Shred of Credibility

I ’ m not one for cancel culture , but I wouldn ’ t mind seeing it applied to Chuck Todd at this point .
Not that he ’ d do anything that would get the millennial Twitterati to give him the ol ’ # ChuckToddIsOverParty treatment .
If anything , Todd has probably become a popular figure among the # Resistance crowd , given the fact that he ’ s emerged as one of the most consistent Trump-baiters out there .
Consider , for instance , when Todd — host of “ Meet the Press ” on NBC — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into former NBC employee Donald Trump to the trial of another rather infamous former NBC employee , O.J .
Simpson .
“ I ’ m having a quick flashback to the O.J .
trial , frankly , where the facts were damning , but it didn ’ t matter , ” Todd said in November of last year .
That ’ s pretty much par for the course when it comes to Todd and President Trump — and now , thanks to coronavirus , we have him giving disclaimers before Trump coronavirus news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bill To Take Back the $ 25 Million Kennedy Center Received in Coronavirus Bill Todd , who was on desk duty on MSNBC Tuesday afternoon when the president ’ s COVID-19 update was about to come on ( he ’ s also the host of “ MTP Daily ” on MSNBC ) , decided to add his own viewer discretion warning .
“ And the White House coronavirus briefing is about to begin .
But before we go to it , we want to note a few things , ” Todd began .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ these briefings have a tendency to veer in a lot of different directions , not all of them are informative or relevant in the midst of this crisis .
“ So we will listen as the president talks and we will make sure we ’ re giving you a fact check and putting what he says in context on the other side , ” he added .
“ If it veers too much off , we will break in — we will break off and come back here .
But for the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the information , we hope , he is bringing to all of us .
Let ’ s take a listen.
” It ’ s curious to hear someone from MSNBC — Todd in particular — discoursing about how the president ’ s briefings regarding COVID-19 had “ a tendency to veer in a lot of different directions , not all of them are informative or relevant in the midst of this crisis.
” What do the viewers at home suppose they ’ ve been watching ?
This isn ’ t particularly uncommon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After lamenting for the first three years of his presidency that Donald Trump didn ’ t hold enough news briefings , the media is now livid that he ’ s holding too many of them during the biggest crisis of his presidency .
No network has lamented the monkey ’ s-paw nature of coronavirus quite as much as MSNBC , however .
Just the day before , Chris Hayes called the decision to continue to air the news conferences “ crazy ” and “ dangerous.
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But I personally can ’ t help but feel these daily sessions are bad for the country , even dangerous from a public health perspective , ” Hayes said Monday night .
“ It ’ s obviously above my pay grade .
I don ’ t make the call about [ whether ] we take them or not , but it seems crazy to me that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got the My Pillow guy getting up there talking about reading the Bible.
” Mike Lindell , “ the My Pillow guy , ” was up on the dais because he ’ s making N95 masks in his factory while Hayes is making … a mostly forgettable hour of opinion broadcasting .
This sentiment from MSNBC hosts isn ’ t a new thing , either .
On March 20 , nigh on two weeks ago , Rachel Maddow said that “ there may be other people in the federal government who are saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ daily briefings from the White House are a litany of things from the president that would be awesome if they were true , if they were happening .
But they ’ re not , and so the sooner we come to terms with that , I think the better for all of us .
“ If it were up to me and it ’ s not , I would stop putting those briefings on live TV , ” she continued .
“ Not out of spite but because it ’ s misinformation .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ anything true , you can run it as tape , but if he keeps lying like he has been every day on stuff this important , we should — all of us should stop broadcasting it .
Honestly , it ’ s going to cost lives.
” Well , I guess he really is on par with O.J .
Simpson , then .
Todd , Hayes and Maddow all sound like pornographers who unabashedly detest their own product but can ’ t stop selling it because it sells too well .
And , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well .
As The New York Times pointed out , the TV ratings for Trump ’ s daily briefings have “ rivaled the audiences for hit reality shows and prime-time football.
” “ Since reviving the daily White House briefing — a practice abandoned last year by an administration that bristles at outside scrutiny — Mr. Trump and his coronavirus updates have attracted an average audience of 8.5 million on cable news , roughly the viewership of the season finale of ‘ The Bachelor , ' ” The Times reported March 25 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ rise , driven by intense concern about the virus and the housebound status of millions of Americans who are practicing social distancing .
On Monday , nearly 12.2 million people watched Mr. Trump ’ s briefing on CNN , Fox News and MSNBC , according to Nielsen — ‘ Monday Night Football ’ numbers.
” If MSNBC ’ s hosts really think these media conferences are so vile , they certainly get a lot of mileage talking about them .
It ’ s like the old “ Mondo Cane ” documentaries from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be genuinely scandalized at shock footage of “ rituals ” from around the world that were presented , at arm ’ s length , as “ education.
” All three of these people are some of the most powerful in media .
If they didn ’ t want to show up to work to protest airing the media conferences , they could .
If they didn ’ t want to talk about them , they could do that , too .
All of these options are open to them — and yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they want ratings , too .
No one begrudges them the fruit of their labor , but they probably shouldn ’ t call the vine they ’ re picking it from so poisoned to be extirpated and burned on a pyre .
There ’ s no need for condescending warnings before the president ’ s media conference , no need for a hyperventilation about the media briefings costing lives , no need to talk about how dangerous they are .
The assumption from these hosts is that we ’ re all so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information straight into our poor little brains without their intervention .
This says a lot more about how they regard their viewers , however , than it does about anything that goes on at these news briefings .
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I’m not one for cancel culture, but I wouldn’t mind seeing it applied to Chuck Todd at this point.
Not that he’d do anything that would get the millennial Twitterati to give him the ol’ #ChuckToddIsOverParty treatment. If anything, Todd has probably become a popular figure among the #Resistance crowd, given the fact that he’s emerged as one of the most consistent Trump-baiters out there.
Consider, for instance, when Todd — host of “Meet the Press” on NBC — made news by comparing the impeachment investigation into former NBC employee Donald Trump to the trial of another rather infamous former NBC employee, O.J. Simpson.
“I’m having a quick flashback to the O.J. trial, frankly, where the facts were damning, but it didn’t matter,” Todd said in November of last year.
That’s pretty much par for the course when it comes to Todd and President Trump — and now, thanks to coronavirus, we have him giving disclaimers before Trump coronavirus news conferences.
Todd, who was on desk duty on MSNBC Tuesday afternoon when the president’s COVID-19 update was about to come on (he’s also the host of “MTP Daily” on MSNBC), decided to add his own viewer discretion warning.
“And the White House coronavirus briefing is about to begin. But before we go to it, we want to note a few things,” Todd began. “First of all, we know these briefings have a tendency to veer in a lot of different directions, not all of them are informative or relevant in the midst of this crisis.
“So we will listen as the president talks and we will make sure we’re giving you a fact check and putting what he says in context on the other side,” he added. “If it veers too much off, we will break in — we will break off and come back here. But for the most part, we want to listen in to the information, we hope, he is bringing to all of us. Let’s take a listen.”
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It’s curious to hear someone from MSNBC — Todd in particular — discoursing about how the president’s briefings regarding COVID-19 had “a tendency to veer in a lot of different directions, not all of them are informative or relevant in the midst of this crisis.”
What do the viewers at home suppose they’ve been watching?
This isn’t particularly uncommon talk from the media, either. After lamenting for the first three years of his presidency that Donald Trump didn’t hold enough news briefings, the media is now livid that he’s holding too many of them during the biggest crisis of his presidency.
No network has lamented the monkey’s-paw nature of coronavirus quite as much as MSNBC, however. Just the day before, Chris Hayes called the decision to continue to air the news conferences “crazy” and “dangerous.”
“I think that regular information in times of crisis from the government on sort of the science and facts and policy are essential. But I personally can’t help but feel these daily sessions are bad for the country, even dangerous from a public health perspective,” Hayes said Monday night.
“It’s obviously above my pay grade. I don’t make the call about [whether] we take them or not, but it seems crazy to me that everyone is still taking them when you got the My Pillow guy getting up there talking about reading the Bible.”
Mike Lindell, “the My Pillow guy,” was up on the dais because he’s making N95 masks in his factory while Hayes is making … a mostly forgettable hour of opinion broadcasting.
This sentiment from MSNBC hosts isn’t a new thing, either.
On March 20, nigh on two weeks ago, Rachel Maddow said that “there may be other people in the federal government who are saying things that are true, but these daily briefings from the White House are a litany of things from the president that would be awesome if they were true, if they were happening. But they’re not, and so the sooner we come to terms with that, I think the better for all of us.
“If it were up to me and it’s not, I would stop putting those briefings on live TV,” she continued.
“Not out of spite but because it’s misinformation. If the president does end up saying anything true, you can run it as tape, but if he keeps lying like he has been every day on stuff this important, we should — all of us should stop broadcasting it. Honestly, it’s going to cost lives.”
Well, I guess he really is on par with O.J. Simpson, then.
Todd, Hayes and Maddow all sound like pornographers who unabashedly detest their own product but can’t stop selling it because it sells too well. And, be not mistaken, it sells exceptionally well.
As The New York Times pointed out, the TV ratings for Trump’s daily briefings have “rivaled the audiences for hit reality shows and prime-time football.”
“Since reviving the daily White House briefing — a practice abandoned last year by an administration that bristles at outside scrutiny — Mr. Trump and his coronavirus updates have attracted an average audience of 8.5 million on cable news, roughly the viewership of the season finale of ‘The Bachelor,'” The Times reported March 25.
“And the numbers are continuing to rise, driven by intense concern about the virus and the housebound status of millions of Americans who are practicing social distancing. On Monday, nearly 12.2 million people watched Mr. Trump’s briefing on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, according to Nielsen — ‘Monday Night Football’ numbers.”
If MSNBC’s hosts really think these media conferences are so vile, they certainly get a lot of mileage talking about them. It’s like the old “Mondo Cane” documentaries from the 1960s, where the narrator would pretend to be genuinely scandalized at shock footage of “rituals” from around the world that were presented, at arm’s length, as “education.”
All three of these people are some of the most powerful in media. If they didn’t want to show up to work to protest airing the media conferences, they could. If they didn’t want to talk about them, they could do that, too.
All of these options are open to them — and yet, they continue to talk about them because they want ratings, too. No one begrudges them the fruit of their labor, but they probably shouldn’t call the vine they’re picking it from so poisoned to be extirpated and burned on a pyre.
There’s no need for condescending warnings before the president’s media conference, no need for a hyperventilation about the media briefings costing lives, no need to talk about how dangerous they are.
The assumption from these hosts is that we’re all so dumb the president would just be pouring information straight into our poor little brains without their intervention.
This says a lot more about how they regard their viewers, however, than it does about anything that goes on at these news briefings.
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westernjournal--2020-04-02--Medical Expert Sees ‘Beginning of the End’ in Coronavirus Fight with New Treatment Results

Dr. Stephen Smith , founder of the Smith Center for Infectious Diseases and Urban Health in East Orange , New Jersey , said the remarkable results he is seeing in his coronavirus patients using a combination of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin marks the “ beginning of the end ” of the COVID-19 pandemic .
Appearing on Fox News ’ “ The Ingraham Angle ” on Wednesday night , Smith said not a single patient he has been treating with the combination over a five-day period has had to be placed on a ventilator .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to my sons Leon and Hunter , who did some stats for me , are .000-something , ” he said , adding that “ it ’ s ridiculously low.
” The doctor told host Laura Ingraham he was currently treating 72 COVID-19 patients .
“ It ’ s a game-changer .
It ’ s an absolute game-changer , ” he said , arguing his findings support what a French researcher ’ s study determined .
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I ’ m very serious , ” said Smith , whose facility is in the New York metropolitan area , the U.S. hotspot for the coronavirus outbreak .
Similarly , Dr. Mehmet Oz told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday that the Chinese have conducted a “ randomized trial ” with hydroxychloroquine after noticing that none of the patients taking the drug for lupous and rheumatoid arthritis were contracting the coronavirus .
The study consisted of 62 COVID-19 patients in which researchers gave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ period , Oz said .
“ What they realized was pretty interesting , ” he said .
“ First off , the symptoms .
The temperature , the fevers , instead of lasting three days , in a typical illness , it only lasted two days , ” while coughing also went from three to two days for the people receiving the drug , Oz said .
All the people in the study had pneumonia , and over the course of the five days , 81 percent of the people taking hydroxychloroquine saw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of those not given that medication .
RELATED : New England Patriots Send Team Plane to China To Pick Up a Massive Load of N95 Masks Additionally , four people in the control group not receiving hydroxychloroquine died , while none of the patients in the experimental group taking the medication did .
Oz recommended that the United States do a search of the entire Medicare database and see if any of those being treated with hydroxychloroquine for other medical conditions had developed COVID-19 .
He said New York-Presbyterian Hospital , where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ launched a study among its staff to see if taking hydroxychloroquine has a prophylactic effect of keeping people from developing the illness .
Regarding the drug ’ s efficacy for treating COVID-19 , Oz said , “ We ’ ll only prove it with a larger trial , but this is tantalizing bait.
” On Sunday , the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients .
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Dr. Stephen Smith, founder of the Smith Center for Infectious Diseases and Urban Health in East Orange, New Jersey, said the remarkable results he is seeing in his coronavirus patients using a combination of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin marks the “beginning of the end” of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Appearing on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” on Wednesday night, Smith said not a single patient he has been treating with the combination over a five-day period has had to be placed on a ventilator.
“The chance of that occurring by chance, according to my sons Leon and Hunter, who did some stats for me, are .000-something,” he said, adding that “it’s ridiculously low.”
The doctor told host Laura Ingraham he was currently treating 72 COVID-19 patients.
“It’s a game-changer. It’s an absolute game-changer,” he said, arguing his findings support what a French researcher’s study determined.
“I think this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic. I’m very serious,” said Smith, whose facility is in the New York metropolitan area, the U.S. hotspot for the coronavirus outbreak.
Dr. Stephen Smith, an infectious disease specialist, on using hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin combo to treat #COVID19 patients: “It’s a game changer. It’s an absolute game changer. … I think this is the beginning of the end of the #pandemic. I’m very serious.” pic.twitter.com/F716IhtEvA — Nicole Saphier, MD (@NBSaphierMD) April 2, 2020
Similarly, Dr. Mehmet Oz told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday that the Chinese have conducted a “randomized trial” with hydroxychloroquine after noticing that none of the patients taking the drug for lupous and rheumatoid arthritis were contracting the coronavirus.
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The study consisted of 62 COVID-19 patients in which researchers gave half of them hydroxychloroquine over a five-day period, Oz said.
“What they realized was pretty interesting,” he said.
“First off, the symptoms. The temperature, the fevers, instead of lasting three days, in a typical illness, it only lasted two days,” while coughing also went from three to two days for the people receiving the drug, Oz said.
All the people in the study had pneumonia, and over the course of the five days, 81 percent of the people taking hydroxychloroquine saw improvement in their lungs compared with 55 percent of those not given that medication.
Additionally, four people in the control group not receiving hydroxychloroquine died, while none of the patients in the experimental group taking the medication did.
Oz recommended that the United States do a search of the entire Medicare database and see if any of those being treated with hydroxychloroquine for other medical conditions had developed COVID-19.
He said New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where he works as a surgeon, has launched a study among its staff to see if taking hydroxychloroquine has a prophylactic effect of keeping people from developing the illness.
Regarding the drug’s efficacy for treating COVID-19, Oz said, “We’ll only prove it with a larger trial, but this is tantalizing bait.”
On Sunday, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients.
President Donald Trump has said he sees the drug as a potential “game-changer” in the fight against COVID-19.
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