hunybee
Veteran Member
ok, this is weird. what is the story in the background that there is so much infighting, contradictions, and divergence from the official narratives? why?
www.dailymail.co.uk
'3,500 kids are in hospital, not 100,000': CDC Director Wallensky corrects liberal Justice Sotomayor's wildly false claim that 'over 100,000 children are seriously ill with COVID, many on ventilators'
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky contradicted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's incorrect claim that there are 100,000 pediatric COVID hospitalizations on Sunday.
Justice Sotomayor, a liberal Associate Justice appointed by former president Obama, exaggerated the number of severe COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among children as she attempted to convince conservative Supreme Court justices that President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses should be enforced.
'We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators,' Sotomayor said on Friday.
Walensky contradicted Sotomayor's claim during a segment of Fox News Sunday.
'The number is not 100,000. It's roughly 3500 in hospitals now?' asked host Bret Baier.
'Yes. In fact, what I will say is, while pediatric hospitalizations are rising, they're still about 15 fold less than hospitalizations of our older age or age demographic,' Walinsky answered.
Sotomayor's egregious miscalculation - which can be easily debunked with data reported by the CDC - follows her overly-cautious response to the pandemic, with her choosing to join Friday's hearing virtually.
As of January 8, the number of hospitalization in children in the US is roughly 5,000, while the number of such hospitalizations has not surpassed the 84,000 cumulative since August, 2020.
In the US, COVID-19 deaths are declining, even as Omicron cases have jumped to staggering numbers. The country currently reports more than 59.8 million infections, while the seven-day average for deaths is at just above 1,500 - a decrease from September.
While pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the US have reached the highest case count ever reported since the start of the pandemic, the Associate Justice's false claim exaggerated figures more than 20 times.
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She added that the CDC will provide data on 'how many of the 836,000 deaths in the US linked to COVID are from COVID and how many are with COVID.'
Nearly 7.9 million American children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, or more than 1 in 10.
For the week ending December 30, more than 325,000 children were diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, a 64percent increase compared to the week prior.
Children were 0.00percent - 0.27percent of COVID-19 deaths. About 600 Americans under the age of 18 have died of COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic.
On Friday, Conservative justices on the US Supreme Court questioned the legality of President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses as the nation's highest court considered a request by Republican officials and business groups to block the policy even as COVID-19 cases grip the nation.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor spotted an apparent contradiction in Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers case when he said states may be entitled to impose mandates on businesses.
Flowers participated in the meeting remotely after testing positive for COVID-19, adding that his symptoms were 'exceptionally mild.'
He said he was double-vaccinated and had received a booster.
'Vaccines do not appear to be very effective in stopping the spread or transmission,' he said, but added that they do help prevent severe cases.
Sotomayor proceeded to add that Omicron was as deadly as Delta, despite preliminary findings by scientists that that is not quite the case.
'Omicron is as deadly as delta and causes as much serious disease in the unvaccinated as delta did,' Sotomayor, who has served in the court since 2009, said on Friday.
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The Supreme Court has been shut to the public for almost two years because of the pandemic
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The court heard more than two hours of arguments on Friday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor (front row, far right) took part from her chambers
'The numbers—look at the hospitalization rates going up. We have more infected people today than we did a year ago in January. We have hospitals that are almost at full capacity with people severely ill on ventilators. We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators.'
'So it's within the police power to protect the health and welfare of workers, you seem to be saying, the states can do it,' she said.
'But you're saying the federal government can't, even though it's facing the same crisis in interstate commerce that states are facing within their own borders.
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'I'm not sure I understand that distinction: Why the states would have the power, but the federal government wouldn't.'
Flowers answered: 'The federal government has no police power.'
Sotomayor interrupted, saying: 'Oh, it does have power with respect to protecting the health and safety of workers.'
Flowers said he disagreed that amounted to a police power.
On Friday, the US recorded 900,832 new COVID cases, second only to the more than 1 million cases recorded on Monday. The nation's four highest caseload days since the start of the pandemic were all recorded in the past week.
The average daily case increase over the past seven days has been 664,732, a 64 percent increase from a week ago, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. Deaths ticked up on Friday to 2,615, a 22 percent increase from week-ago levels on a rolling-average basis, but still well below the peak a year ago.
Hospitalizations are rising quickly towards record highs, though new data from New York suggests that many hospital admissions with COVID are now incidental, with patients testing positive for the virus after hospitalization for unrelated complaints.
Most experts believe infections will continue to increase in the US for the next few weeks before the Omicron surge peaks in late January, with Dr. Anthony Fauci saying that the US will likely record more than 1 million cases daily on a regular basis in coming weeks.
'It's still surging upward... I would not be surprised at all if we go over a million cases per day,' Fauci told WNBC-TV on Friday. 'I would hope that by the time we get to the fourth week in January -- end of the third week, beginning of the fourth week – that we will start see this coming down.'
Though Omicron appears less likely to cause severe illness and death than prior strains, the widespread infections could force some five million Americans to stay home from work in the coming days, Andrew Hunter, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, told the Wall Street Journal.
Illness-related staff shortages have already hobbled a number of industries for weeks, driving more than 1,000 daily flight cancellations for 13 straight days, and the coming surge in COVID sick leave could further hammer businesses that don't allow for remote working.
In Britain, the number of daily cases fell for a third day in a row - a sign the worst of the Omicron wave may be over. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) figures show there were 146,390 new positive tests over the last 24 hours, down 18.5 per cent on the previous week's figure of 179,637.
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New York City Sanitation Department front-end Loaders wait to to fill a salt spreaders on Friday. Employee shortages are causing delays in trash and subway services in New York, and diminishing the ranks of firefighters and emergency workers
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At Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (seen last month), two checkpoints at the airport's busiest terminal were shut down because not enough Transportation Security Administration agents showed up for work
Experts hope nationwide numbers will continue to follow London's trajectory of rapidly falling cases and now hospitalisations. A similar trend was seen Omicron ground zero South Africa, which saw a sharp peak in cases before infections quickly dropped off.
It marked the biggest week-on-week fall since the start of November, well before the supermutant strain sent cases soaring across the country. But the number of people dying with the virus continued to increase today, with 313 fatalities recorded — up 103 per cent on last week's number.
The surge may be slightly overinflated due to less deaths being recorded on New Year's Day last weekend. Fatalities usually follow trends in case numbers around two weeks later due to the time it takes for the virus to take hold. Covid hospitalizations in Omicron hotspot London fell 31 per cent to 310 on January 6, the latest date regional data is available for.
New York hospitals admit nearly HALF of 'covid' patients were admitted for other reasons
Under pressure from Governor Kathy Hochul, hospitals in New York have disclosed that nearly half of their so-called COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized were admitted for other reasons.
Of the roughly 11,500 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in the state, COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission for 43 percent, according to data Hochul released on Friday.
In New York City, the rate was even higher, with 51 percent of current COVID patients classified as 'with' COVID, as opposed to 'for' the virus.
In patients 'with' COVID, they were hospitalized for unrelated reasons, such as injuries in a car crash, but tested positive for the virus on the routine screening administered to all new patients and were subsequently reclassified as COVID admissions.
CDC Director Wallensky corrects Justice Sotomayor's false claim
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky contradicted Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's incorrect claim that there are 100,000 pediatric COVID hospitalizations.
'3,500 kids are in hospital, not 100,000': CDC Director Wallensky corrects liberal Justice Sotomayor's wildly false claim that 'over 100,000 children are seriously ill with COVID, many on ventilators'
- 'We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators,' Sotomayor said on Friday
- Walensky contradicted Sotomayor's claims during a Fox News Sunday segment
- 'The number is not 100,000 It's roughly 3500 in hospitals now?' asked Bret Baier
- 'Yes. In fact...they're still about 15 fold less than hospitalizations of our older age or age demographic,' Walinsky answered, adding they were vastly unvaccinated
- As of January 8, the number of hospitalization in children in the US is roughly 5,000, while the CDC has reported 84,000 cumulative since August, 2020
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky contradicted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's incorrect claim that there are 100,000 pediatric COVID hospitalizations on Sunday.
Justice Sotomayor, a liberal Associate Justice appointed by former president Obama, exaggerated the number of severe COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among children as she attempted to convince conservative Supreme Court justices that President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses should be enforced.
'We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators,' Sotomayor said on Friday.
Walensky contradicted Sotomayor's claim during a segment of Fox News Sunday.
'The number is not 100,000. It's roughly 3500 in hospitals now?' asked host Bret Baier.
'Yes. In fact, what I will say is, while pediatric hospitalizations are rising, they're still about 15 fold less than hospitalizations of our older age or age demographic,' Walinsky answered.
Sotomayor's egregious miscalculation - which can be easily debunked with data reported by the CDC - follows her overly-cautious response to the pandemic, with her choosing to join Friday's hearing virtually.
As of January 8, the number of hospitalization in children in the US is roughly 5,000, while the number of such hospitalizations has not surpassed the 84,000 cumulative since August, 2020.
In the US, COVID-19 deaths are declining, even as Omicron cases have jumped to staggering numbers. The country currently reports more than 59.8 million infections, while the seven-day average for deaths is at just above 1,500 - a decrease from September.
While pediatric hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the US have reached the highest case count ever reported since the start of the pandemic, the Associate Justice's false claim exaggerated figures more than 20 times.
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Walensky also added that the vast majority of children hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, and often present underlying conditions such as obesity.
She added that the CDC will provide data on 'how many of the 836,000 deaths in the US linked to COVID are from COVID and how many are with COVID.'
Nearly 7.9 million American children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, or more than 1 in 10.
For the week ending December 30, more than 325,000 children were diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, a 64percent increase compared to the week prior.
Children were 0.00percent - 0.27percent of COVID-19 deaths. About 600 Americans under the age of 18 have died of COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic.
On Friday, Conservative justices on the US Supreme Court questioned the legality of President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses as the nation's highest court considered a request by Republican officials and business groups to block the policy even as COVID-19 cases grip the nation.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor spotted an apparent contradiction in Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers case when he said states may be entitled to impose mandates on businesses.
Flowers participated in the meeting remotely after testing positive for COVID-19, adding that his symptoms were 'exceptionally mild.'
He said he was double-vaccinated and had received a booster.
'Vaccines do not appear to be very effective in stopping the spread or transmission,' he said, but added that they do help prevent severe cases.
Sotomayor proceeded to add that Omicron was as deadly as Delta, despite preliminary findings by scientists that that is not quite the case.
'Omicron is as deadly as delta and causes as much serious disease in the unvaccinated as delta did,' Sotomayor, who has served in the court since 2009, said on Friday.
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The Supreme Court has been shut to the public for almost two years because of the pandemic
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The court heard more than two hours of arguments on Friday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor (front row, far right) took part from her chambers
'The numbers—look at the hospitalization rates going up. We have more infected people today than we did a year ago in January. We have hospitals that are almost at full capacity with people severely ill on ventilators. We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators.'
'So it's within the police power to protect the health and welfare of workers, you seem to be saying, the states can do it,' she said.
'But you're saying the federal government can't, even though it's facing the same crisis in interstate commerce that states are facing within their own borders.
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'I'm not sure I understand that distinction: Why the states would have the power, but the federal government wouldn't.'
Flowers answered: 'The federal government has no police power.'
Sotomayor interrupted, saying: 'Oh, it does have power with respect to protecting the health and safety of workers.'
Flowers said he disagreed that amounted to a police power.
On Friday, the US recorded 900,832 new COVID cases, second only to the more than 1 million cases recorded on Monday. The nation's four highest caseload days since the start of the pandemic were all recorded in the past week.
The average daily case increase over the past seven days has been 664,732, a 64 percent increase from a week ago, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. Deaths ticked up on Friday to 2,615, a 22 percent increase from week-ago levels on a rolling-average basis, but still well below the peak a year ago.
Hospitalizations are rising quickly towards record highs, though new data from New York suggests that many hospital admissions with COVID are now incidental, with patients testing positive for the virus after hospitalization for unrelated complaints.
Most experts believe infections will continue to increase in the US for the next few weeks before the Omicron surge peaks in late January, with Dr. Anthony Fauci saying that the US will likely record more than 1 million cases daily on a regular basis in coming weeks.
'It's still surging upward... I would not be surprised at all if we go over a million cases per day,' Fauci told WNBC-TV on Friday. 'I would hope that by the time we get to the fourth week in January -- end of the third week, beginning of the fourth week – that we will start see this coming down.'
Though Omicron appears less likely to cause severe illness and death than prior strains, the widespread infections could force some five million Americans to stay home from work in the coming days, Andrew Hunter, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, told the Wall Street Journal.
Illness-related staff shortages have already hobbled a number of industries for weeks, driving more than 1,000 daily flight cancellations for 13 straight days, and the coming surge in COVID sick leave could further hammer businesses that don't allow for remote working.
In Britain, the number of daily cases fell for a third day in a row - a sign the worst of the Omicron wave may be over. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) figures show there were 146,390 new positive tests over the last 24 hours, down 18.5 per cent on the previous week's figure of 179,637.
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New York City Sanitation Department front-end Loaders wait to to fill a salt spreaders on Friday. Employee shortages are causing delays in trash and subway services in New York, and diminishing the ranks of firefighters and emergency workers
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At Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (seen last month), two checkpoints at the airport's busiest terminal were shut down because not enough Transportation Security Administration agents showed up for work
Experts hope nationwide numbers will continue to follow London's trajectory of rapidly falling cases and now hospitalisations. A similar trend was seen Omicron ground zero South Africa, which saw a sharp peak in cases before infections quickly dropped off.
It marked the biggest week-on-week fall since the start of November, well before the supermutant strain sent cases soaring across the country. But the number of people dying with the virus continued to increase today, with 313 fatalities recorded — up 103 per cent on last week's number.
The surge may be slightly overinflated due to less deaths being recorded on New Year's Day last weekend. Fatalities usually follow trends in case numbers around two weeks later due to the time it takes for the virus to take hold. Covid hospitalizations in Omicron hotspot London fell 31 per cent to 310 on January 6, the latest date regional data is available for.
New York hospitals admit nearly HALF of 'covid' patients were admitted for other reasons
Under pressure from Governor Kathy Hochul, hospitals in New York have disclosed that nearly half of their so-called COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized were admitted for other reasons.
Of the roughly 11,500 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in the state, COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission for 43 percent, according to data Hochul released on Friday.
In New York City, the rate was even higher, with 51 percent of current COVID patients classified as 'with' COVID, as opposed to 'for' the virus.
In patients 'with' COVID, they were hospitalized for unrelated reasons, such as injuries in a car crash, but tested positive for the virus on the routine screening administered to all new patients and were subsequently reclassified as COVID admissions.
