White House Touts Trump’s 5 Science Accomplishments, Including ‘Ending The Pandemic’

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/10/28/white-house-touts-trumps-5-science-accomplishments-including-ending-the-pandemic/#670cdcdd5f24

Well, here’s some amazing news. On Tuesday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a press release of the Trump Administration’s science and technology accomplishments from President Donald Trump’s first term. The release accompanied the unveiling of a longer document from the Office and listed five highlights. Guess what the first one on the list was. “Ending the Covid-19 pandemic.”

The press release included a quote from Ivanka Trump, listed as an Advisor to the President. Because, after all, when you think of science and technology, you think of Ivanka Trump, right? This was the statement from Trump’s daughter: “Over the past four years, President Trump’s policies and investments in science and technology ensure America stands ready to solve today’s most pressing challenges and that our workforce is prepared for tomorrow’s innovations. For years to come, these achievements will guarantee the United States remains the world’s leader in research, discovery and the advancement of industries that will shape our future.”

 

 

Trump claims he ‘ended’ the pandemic as cases surge

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/28/us-election-roundup-trump-pandemic-claim-early-voting

 The deluge of early votes for Tuesday’s US presidential election has topped 70m – the equivalent of more than half of all votes cast in 2016 – as Donald Trump brazenly listed one of the highlights of his presidency as “ending the Covid-19 pandemic”.

Trump’s claim, delivered in a White House press release, came in a week that has seen days of record new infections, daily deaths running at almost 1,000 a day, and a 23% increase in cases.

 But it was the coronavirus pandemic that continued to dominate the agenda. Asked about Trump’s claim to have “ended it”, even the White House communications director, Alyssa Farah, struggled to defend the assertion.

“I think that was poorly worded,” Farah told Fox news. “The intent was to say that it is our goal to end the virus. But what I would say is this, because of the president’s leadership, we are rounding the corner on the virus.”

Keilar calls out Trump's 'tone- deaf' plea to suburban women

Covid-19: Antibody levels ‘waning quite rapidly’ after infection, new study finds

 https://m.health24.com/Medical/Infectious-diseases/Coronavirus/covid-19-antibody-levels-waning-quite-rapidly-after-infection-new-study-finds-20201029-3

 

• Antibodies appear to decrease rapidly after SARS-CoV-2 infection, a recent study found

• Asymptomatic individuals involved in the study were also found to quickly lose antibodies 

• The results stress the need for everyone to continue following preventative measures
  

Covid-19 May Cause 'Significant' Declines in Cognitive Function, According to Survey of Patients

 https://gizmodo.com/covid-19-may-cause-significant-declines-in-cognitive-fu-1845499990

A study of more than 84,500 people backs prior indications that surviving the novel coronavirus may be associated with potentially serious cognitive deficits, Reuters reported on Tuesday. While the new study, which is based on an online survey, has some major limitations, other research has found that covid-19 can cause neurological issues even in people with mild cases.

The research team, led by Imperial College London’s Adam Hampshire, reviewed data from the Great British Intelligence Test—a collaborative project with BBC2 Horizon that collects a broad array of cognitive test and questionnaire data. It was expanded to include questions about covid-19 infection in May; in the dataset of about 84,500 people, 9,201 reported infections without respiratory symptoms; 3,466 had respiratory difficulties but did not obtain medical assistance; 176 required medical attention at home; 147 were hospitalized; and another 60 had to go on a ventilator.

 

 

Some Covid Survivors Have Antibodies That Attack the Body, not Virus

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/health/covid-antibodies-autoimmunity.html

 Some survivors of Covid-19 carry worrying signs that their immune system has turned on the body, reminiscent of potentially debilitating diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, a new study has found.

At some point, the body’s defense system in these patients shifted into attacking itself, rather than the virus, the study suggests. The patients are producing molecules called “autoantibodies” that target genetic material from human cells, instead of from the virus.

This misguided immune response may exacerbate severe Covid-19. It may also explain why so-called “long haulers” have lingering problems months after their initial illness has resolved and the virus is gone from their bodies.

Is Netanyahu dumping Trump? - opinion

 https://www.jpost.com/opinion/is-netanyahu-dumping-trump-opinion-647287

 Netanyahu, who is more fluent in many more languages than Trump, including English, has no doubt seen the writing on the wall, and in both directions it says Joe Biden has a good chance of becoming the next US president.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been doing some of that writing on the wall himself, also took a slap at Trump this week when he exonerated the Bidens, declaring, “I don’t see anything criminal” about any business Hunter Biden might have done in Russia or Ukraine. Trump’s hysterical accusations of a Biden family criminal conspiracy, fed by a deranged Rudy Giuliani, have been crumbling.The US poll numbers Netanyahu has been reading show not only that Republicans could be in for a drubbing (I stopped making predictions after I said Hillary Clinton was a sure thing four years ago), but Jewish voters are once again expected to vote three-to-one Democratic.Trump and a Republican Congress were Netanyahu’s protection in the past. No foreign leader has embraced Trump and the GOP more tightly than this Israeli premier.

Jared Kushner bragged in April that Trump was taking the country 'back from the doctors'

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/28/politics/woodward-kushner-coronavirus-doctors/index.html

The statement reflected a political strategy. Instead of following the health experts' advice, Trump and Kushner were focused on what would help the President on Election Day. By their calculations, Trump would be the "open-up president."

Why deaths aren't rising as fast in Covid-19's second wave, despite big spikes in new infections

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/28/europe/coronavirus-death-rate-second-wave-lower-intl/index.html

The most obvious reason for the lower death toll is age.

The first wave of the pandemic hit Europe's elderly people particularly hard, spreading in hospitals and care homes, but this has changed over the summer, with the virus circulating more widely among younger people going to restaurants, bars and other public places.

 

 

10 Leaders Who Stuttered

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27126/quick-10-10-leaders-who-stuttered 

10. Joe Biden. Vice President Joe Biden came out very publicly a few years ago and said that he overcame a stutter after years of childhood teasing, including taunts from his seventh-grade teacher who mocked him in front of the whole class.

President Donald Trump’s Most Epic Gaffes of All Time

Jared Kushner has some thoughts on Black success and they’re definitely not the delusions of a spoiled white brat

 https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jared-kushner-fox-news-black-people-trump-complaining-success-b1350114.html

 Jared Kushner is a privileged white man whose greatest accomplishments include being born into a privileged family and then marrying into an even more privileged one. Somehow, this makes him think he’s qualified to lecture Black people about how to make it in America. So much so that he effectively implied that Black Americans don't want to be successful on Fox News this morning.

 

Trump attacked Biden for warning against '4 more years of George,' but the Democrat was probably referring to moderator George Lopez

 https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-appears-confuse-trump-george-bush-campaign-gaffe-2020-10

• Trump seized on the apparent gaffe to attack Biden on Monday, tweeting: "Joe Biden called me George yesterday. Couldn't remember my name. Got some help from the anchor to get him through the interview."
• The campaign event was being hosted by the comedian George Lopez.
• Biden has been open about his stutter and previously described himself as a "gaffe machine."
• Trump's campaign has long sought to portray Biden as mentally unfit for office. In a separate interview, Biden said he was happy to have his mental capabilities compared with Trump's.

 

 

Biden was speaking to George Lopez in widely shared video

 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-george-lopez-social-media-27e0006230358f0d0d98bf0e4c5959ca

 CLAIM: In an interview, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden confused President Donald Trump with former President George W. Bush.

  AP’S ASSESSMENT: Missing context. Biden and his wife, Jill, were being interviewed by actor and comedian George Lopez during the virtual “I Will Vote” concert Sunday.

 THE FACTS: Social media users are sharing a 27-second clip of Joe and Jill Biden to suggest that Biden is not mentally fit to run for office ahead of Election Day. But the clips being widely shared lack context.