Podcast appearances and mentions of Rochelle P Walensky

In this episode, hosts Marla Dalton, PE, CAE, and William Schaffner, MD, talk with Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who was deeply involved in the responses to some of the biggest public health threats of the past 5 decades including HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. She shares her perspectives on the most significant changes she has seen throughout her career, how the HIV/AIDS epidemic helped shaped her work, the importance of rebuilding trust in CDC and other government agencies, and predictions for the upcoming respiratory season.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, August 30th, 2022. August 30th?! Time is flying! That’s why you need to sign up for our conference… FLF Conference Plug: Our upcoming Fight Laugh Feast Conference is just about 6 weeks away from happening in Knoxville TN, October 6-8! Don't miss beer & psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers which includes George Gilder, Jared Longshore, Pastor Wilson, Dr. Ben Merkle, Pastor Toby, and we can’t say yet…also dont miss our awesome vendors, meeting new friends, and stuff for the kids too…like jumpy castles and accidental infant baptisms! Also, did you know, you can save money, by signing up for a Club Membership. So, go to FightLaughFeast.com and sign up for a club membership and then register for the conference with that club discount. We can’t wait to fellowship, sing Psalms, and celebrate God’s goodness in Knoxville October 6-8. https://thepostmillennial.com/san-francisco-businesses-threaten-to-stop-paying-taxes-until-city-officials-fix-homeless-problem?utm_campaign=64487 San Francisco businesses threaten to stop paying taxes until city officials fix homeless problem Small business owners of San Francisco are demanding the city solve the growing mental health, crime, and drug problems exacerbated by the high rate of homelessness in the area, threatening to stop paying taxes if the issues continue. The Castro Merchants Association, named after the city's Castro District, sent a letter to San Francisco city officials saying group members who own businesses in the area plan to stop paying taxes if the city doesn't do more to address the problems, reported KTVU. In the letter, the organization complained of homeless people who "regularly experience psychotic episodes," vandalize storefronts, and harass business owners, employees, residents and tourists. "Our community is struggling to recover from lost business revenue, from burglaries and never-ending vandalism/graffiti (often committed by unhoused persons) and we implore you to take action," stated the letter. "Every day we wake up and have to help people on the street. We have to clean up feces on the street. We have to clear our people from doorways, so we can open our businesses. It's not fair," said Terrance Alan, co-president of the association, and owner of Flore Dispensary and Cafe Flore to KTVU. "At this point it's a failure of the system to help them." The association requested that the city reserve 35 beds in homeless shelters for people in the Castro district, in addition to devising a plan for offering services to people who decline help and keeping monthly records of how many people have been offered services and shelter. "Sometimes they do get violent," said Deen Nasher, manager of Castro Smoke Shop. "The city does need to take care of these people, find a place for them to stay and help businesses. When we call, [the police] come 30-40 minutes later." Dave Karraker, the other co-president of the association, said that if the association’s demands are not met, they may ask store owners to stop paying taxes and other city fees. San Francisco’s Department of Public Health (DPH) responded to the group, acknowledging the association's concerns and citing state policies that make their demands difficult to meet. San Francisco businesses have seen a large increase in burglaries and vandalism since 2019, prompting The Castro Merchants Association to begin documenting incidents. The association noted over 90 incidents totaling more than $170,000 in repair costs since 2020. https://thepostmillennial.com/google-revises-search-results-to-better-facilitate-abortions?utm_campaign=64487 Google revises search results to better facilitate abortions Google will now filter search results to indicate which locations identified as providing pregnancy services specifically provide abortions. The search engine had come under fire from pro-abortion activists for including results for pregnancy centers that do not provide abortions. Prior to this change, crisis pregnancy centers were also included in search results for abortion clinics. These are centers that help women who are unexpectedly pregnant keep their babies. Crisis pregnancy centers are in the business of facilitating birth, motherhood, and families, and encourage women to keep their babies, often providing help not just to the expecting mother, but for her partner as well. When a user searches for abortion facilities, those facilities that specifically provide abortions will be labeled as "provides abortions." If the search engine doesn't know whether or not a facility provides pregnancy termination, that result will be labeled "might not provide abortions." Google search results had not been differentiating between pregnancy centers that seek to help women, and those that offer pregnancy termination. As a result, some women seeking abortions were directed to services that would not provide them. This happened, according to Bloomberg, about a quarter of the time. In June, after the Supreme Court ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that federally legalized abortion, lawmakers pressed Google to make this change. Their ask to Google came after a study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which "found that 11 percent of the results for a search for an 'abortion clinic near me' or 'abortion pill' in some states were for centers that oppose abortion," Reuters reported. This study was done in states that sought to make abortion illegal once the right to legislate on the matter was returned to the states. The Center for Countering Digital Hate also put together a list of the top ten accounts that have specifically sought to counter the genital mutilation of children, and called those users hateful for demanding that healthy children not be sterilized or otherwise mutilated. Those lawmakers who demanded Google change their search results to facilitate ease of finding access to abortions directed their letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. In the view of these lawmakers, crisis pregnancy centers that encourage the continuance, instead of the termination, of a pregnancy are "fake clinics." They cite the Center for Countering Digital Hate, saying that the ads for crisis pregnancy centers are "misleading." "Google’s updates," TechCrunch reports, "around searches for abortion come as a group of more than 600 Google employees is pressing the company to expand worker health benefits, divest itself of some political ties and bolster user privacy in light of the Supreme Court decision to strip federal abortion rights." https://fee.org/articles/cnn-medical-analyst-says-masking-stunted-her-toddler-s-language-development-and-taught-her-an-important-lesson-about-tradeoffs/ CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen Says Masking Stunted Her Toddler’s Language Development Throughout the pandemic, Wen was in what I’ll call the “pro-mandate” camp. In March 2021, she excoriated governors who rescinded or failed to pass mask mandates in their states. “We are not out of the woods. We haven’t reached the end of the pandemic,” Wen said in a pro-mask CNN piece. “It’s counterproductive and truly infuriating these governors are treating this as if the pandemic is over. It’s not true.” Later that year, she went so far as to argue that unvaccinated people shouldn’t be allowed to leave their homes. https://twitter.com/i/status/1436372898651033601 - Play Video A year later, Wen’s views have changed. In a recent Washington Post article, she explained why she’ll no longer be masking her children and how she shifted away from “being extremely cautious” with Covid protocols. “I accept the risk that my kids will probably contract covid-19 this school year, just as they could contract the flu, respiratory syncytial virus and other contagious diseases,” she writes. “As for most Americans, covid in our family will almost certainly be mild; and, like most Americans, we’ve made the decision that following precautions strict enough to prevent the highly contagious BA.5 will be very challenging.” Wen’s observations are not wrong. The new variants are less deadly, and this is particularly true for children, which has always been the case. A year ago, when Wen was still advocating strict mandates, we pointed out that the CDC’s own data showed small children were at far greater risk of dying from the flu, drowning, vehicle collisions, cancer, and other things than Covid. This data, for whatever reason, apparently did little to persuade Wen in 2021, however. What does appear to have changed her mind is that her child appears to have suffered from the mandates. “Masking has harmed our son’s language development,” she bluntly asserts in the article. Dr. Wen no doubt knows a great deal about public health, just like Anthony Fauci and Rochelle P. Walensky. But even Fauci and Walensky, I suspect, would concede that it’s Wen who knows what’s better for her child. It must be stressed that it’s not just that Wen wants what’s best for her child. It’s that she actually knows what’s best for her child because she has infinitely more knowledge about her child than any distant bureaucrat or meddling politician could ever possess. Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek detailed this “local knowledge” concept in his work exploring “the knowledge problem,” and he showed why central planners seeking to engineer society through force are capable of producing little beyond “planned chaos.” This is why it’s so important that freedom of decision-making is left to those who have the most local knowledge and can most accurately assess the risks and rewards of any given action. The good news is that Wen, to her credit, appears to have learned something throughout the tragedy of the Covid pandemic, as have so many others. Classical Conversations Classical Conversations supports homeschooling parents by cultivating the love of learning through a Christian worldview in fellowship with other families. We provide a classical Christ-centered curriculum, local like-minded communities across the United States and in several countries, and we train parents who are striving to be great classical educators in the home. For more information and to get connected, please visit our website at ClassicalConversations.com. Again that’s ClassicalConversations.com. Alright guys, it wouldn’t be a Garrison Hardie News Brief without my favorite topic… sports! College football is back up and running, so here’s the rundown of games and results… MATCHUP RESULT Austin Peay @ Western Kentucky WKU 38, APSU 27 Nebraska @ Northwestern NU 31, NEB 28 Idaho State @ UNLV UNLV 52, IDST 21 UConn @ Utah State USU 31, CONN 20 Wyoming @ Illinois ILL 38, WYO 6 Duquesne @ Florida State FSU 47, DUQ 7 Charlotte @ Florida Atlantic FAU 43, CLT 13 Florida A&M @ North Carolina UNC 56, FAMU 24 Nevada @ New Mexico State NEV 23, NMSU 12 North Texas @ UTEP UNT 31, UTEP 13 Vanderbilt @ Hawai'i Van 63- Haw 10 This has been Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. If you liked the show, hit that share button down below. If you want to sign up for a club membership, then sign up for our conference with that club discount, and THEN sign up for a magazine, you can do all of that at fightlaughfeast.com. And as always, if you’d like to email me a news story, ask about our conference, or become a corporate partner of CrossPolitic, email me, at garrison@fightlaughfeast.com. For CrossPolitic News… I’m Garrison Hardie. Have a great day, and Lord bless!

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, August 30th, 2022. August 30th?! Time is flying! That’s why you need to sign up for our conference… FLF Conference Plug: Our upcoming Fight Laugh Feast Conference is just about 6 weeks away from happening in Knoxville TN, October 6-8! Don't miss beer & psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers which includes George Gilder, Jared Longshore, Pastor Wilson, Dr. Ben Merkle, Pastor Toby, and we can’t say yet…also dont miss our awesome vendors, meeting new friends, and stuff for the kids too…like jumpy castles and accidental infant baptisms! Also, did you know, you can save money, by signing up for a Club Membership. So, go to FightLaughFeast.com and sign up for a club membership and then register for the conference with that club discount. We can’t wait to fellowship, sing Psalms, and celebrate God’s goodness in Knoxville October 6-8. https://thepostmillennial.com/san-francisco-businesses-threaten-to-stop-paying-taxes-until-city-officials-fix-homeless-problem?utm_campaign=64487 San Francisco businesses threaten to stop paying taxes until city officials fix homeless problem Small business owners of San Francisco are demanding the city solve the growing mental health, crime, and drug problems exacerbated by the high rate of homelessness in the area, threatening to stop paying taxes if the issues continue. The Castro Merchants Association, named after the city's Castro District, sent a letter to San Francisco city officials saying group members who own businesses in the area plan to stop paying taxes if the city doesn't do more to address the problems, reported KTVU. In the letter, the organization complained of homeless people who "regularly experience psychotic episodes," vandalize storefronts, and harass business owners, employees, residents and tourists. "Our community is struggling to recover from lost business revenue, from burglaries and never-ending vandalism/graffiti (often committed by unhoused persons) and we implore you to take action," stated the letter. "Every day we wake up and have to help people on the street. We have to clean up feces on the street. We have to clear our people from doorways, so we can open our businesses. It's not fair," said Terrance Alan, co-president of the association, and owner of Flore Dispensary and Cafe Flore to KTVU. "At this point it's a failure of the system to help them." The association requested that the city reserve 35 beds in homeless shelters for people in the Castro district, in addition to devising a plan for offering services to people who decline help and keeping monthly records of how many people have been offered services and shelter. "Sometimes they do get violent," said Deen Nasher, manager of Castro Smoke Shop. "The city does need to take care of these people, find a place for them to stay and help businesses. When we call, [the police] come 30-40 minutes later." Dave Karraker, the other co-president of the association, said that if the association’s demands are not met, they may ask store owners to stop paying taxes and other city fees. San Francisco’s Department of Public Health (DPH) responded to the group, acknowledging the association's concerns and citing state policies that make their demands difficult to meet. San Francisco businesses have seen a large increase in burglaries and vandalism since 2019, prompting The Castro Merchants Association to begin documenting incidents. The association noted over 90 incidents totaling more than $170,000 in repair costs since 2020. https://thepostmillennial.com/google-revises-search-results-to-better-facilitate-abortions?utm_campaign=64487 Google revises search results to better facilitate abortions Google will now filter search results to indicate which locations identified as providing pregnancy services specifically provide abortions. The search engine had come under fire from pro-abortion activists for including results for pregnancy centers that do not provide abortions. Prior to this change, crisis pregnancy centers were also included in search results for abortion clinics. These are centers that help women who are unexpectedly pregnant keep their babies. Crisis pregnancy centers are in the business of facilitating birth, motherhood, and families, and encourage women to keep their babies, often providing help not just to the expecting mother, but for her partner as well. When a user searches for abortion facilities, those facilities that specifically provide abortions will be labeled as "provides abortions." If the search engine doesn't know whether or not a facility provides pregnancy termination, that result will be labeled "might not provide abortions." Google search results had not been differentiating between pregnancy centers that seek to help women, and those that offer pregnancy termination. As a result, some women seeking abortions were directed to services that would not provide them. This happened, according to Bloomberg, about a quarter of the time. In June, after the Supreme Court ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that federally legalized abortion, lawmakers pressed Google to make this change. Their ask to Google came after a study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which "found that 11 percent of the results for a search for an 'abortion clinic near me' or 'abortion pill' in some states were for centers that oppose abortion," Reuters reported. This study was done in states that sought to make abortion illegal once the right to legislate on the matter was returned to the states. The Center for Countering Digital Hate also put together a list of the top ten accounts that have specifically sought to counter the genital mutilation of children, and called those users hateful for demanding that healthy children not be sterilized or otherwise mutilated. Those lawmakers who demanded Google change their search results to facilitate ease of finding access to abortions directed their letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. In the view of these lawmakers, crisis pregnancy centers that encourage the continuance, instead of the termination, of a pregnancy are "fake clinics." They cite the Center for Countering Digital Hate, saying that the ads for crisis pregnancy centers are "misleading." "Google’s updates," TechCrunch reports, "around searches for abortion come as a group of more than 600 Google employees is pressing the company to expand worker health benefits, divest itself of some political ties and bolster user privacy in light of the Supreme Court decision to strip federal abortion rights." https://fee.org/articles/cnn-medical-analyst-says-masking-stunted-her-toddler-s-language-development-and-taught-her-an-important-lesson-about-tradeoffs/ CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen Says Masking Stunted Her Toddler’s Language Development Throughout the pandemic, Wen was in what I’ll call the “pro-mandate” camp. In March 2021, she excoriated governors who rescinded or failed to pass mask mandates in their states. “We are not out of the woods. We haven’t reached the end of the pandemic,” Wen said in a pro-mask CNN piece. “It’s counterproductive and truly infuriating these governors are treating this as if the pandemic is over. It’s not true.” Later that year, she went so far as to argue that unvaccinated people shouldn’t be allowed to leave their homes. https://twitter.com/i/status/1436372898651033601 - Play Video A year later, Wen’s views have changed. In a recent Washington Post article, she explained why she’ll no longer be masking her children and how she shifted away from “being extremely cautious” with Covid protocols. “I accept the risk that my kids will probably contract covid-19 this school year, just as they could contract the flu, respiratory syncytial virus and other contagious diseases,” she writes. “As for most Americans, covid in our family will almost certainly be mild; and, like most Americans, we’ve made the decision that following precautions strict enough to prevent the highly contagious BA.5 will be very challenging.” Wen’s observations are not wrong. The new variants are less deadly, and this is particularly true for children, which has always been the case. A year ago, when Wen was still advocating strict mandates, we pointed out that the CDC’s own data showed small children were at far greater risk of dying from the flu, drowning, vehicle collisions, cancer, and other things than Covid. This data, for whatever reason, apparently did little to persuade Wen in 2021, however. What does appear to have changed her mind is that her child appears to have suffered from the mandates. “Masking has harmed our son’s language development,” she bluntly asserts in the article. Dr. Wen no doubt knows a great deal about public health, just like Anthony Fauci and Rochelle P. Walensky. But even Fauci and Walensky, I suspect, would concede that it’s Wen who knows what’s better for her child. It must be stressed that it’s not just that Wen wants what’s best for her child. It’s that she actually knows what’s best for her child because she has infinitely more knowledge about her child than any distant bureaucrat or meddling politician could ever possess. Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek detailed this “local knowledge” concept in his work exploring “the knowledge problem,” and he showed why central planners seeking to engineer society through force are capable of producing little beyond “planned chaos.” This is why it’s so important that freedom of decision-making is left to those who have the most local knowledge and can most accurately assess the risks and rewards of any given action. The good news is that Wen, to her credit, appears to have learned something throughout the tragedy of the Covid pandemic, as have so many others. Classical Conversations Classical Conversations supports homeschooling parents by cultivating the love of learning through a Christian worldview in fellowship with other families. We provide a classical Christ-centered curriculum, local like-minded communities across the United States and in several countries, and we train parents who are striving to be great classical educators in the home. For more information and to get connected, please visit our website at ClassicalConversations.com. Again that’s ClassicalConversations.com. Alright guys, it wouldn’t be a Garrison Hardie News Brief without my favorite topic… sports! College football is back up and running, so here’s the rundown of games and results… MATCHUP RESULT Austin Peay @ Western Kentucky WKU 38, APSU 27 Nebraska @ Northwestern NU 31, NEB 28 Idaho State @ UNLV UNLV 52, IDST 21 UConn @ Utah State USU 31, CONN 20 Wyoming @ Illinois ILL 38, WYO 6 Duquesne @ Florida State FSU 47, DUQ 7 Charlotte @ Florida Atlantic FAU 43, CLT 13 Florida A&M @ North Carolina UNC 56, FAMU 24 Nevada @ New Mexico State NEV 23, NMSU 12 North Texas @ UTEP UNT 31, UTEP 13 Vanderbilt @ Hawai'i Van 63- Haw 10 This has been Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. If you liked the show, hit that share button down below. If you want to sign up for a club membership, then sign up for our conference with that club discount, and THEN sign up for a magazine, you can do all of that at fightlaughfeast.com. And as always, if you’d like to email me a news story, ask about our conference, or become a corporate partner of CrossPolitic, email me, at garrison@fightlaughfeast.com. For CrossPolitic News… I’m Garrison Hardie. Have a great day, and Lord bless!

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, August 30th, 2022. August 30th?! Time is flying! That’s why you need to sign up for our conference… FLF Conference Plug: Our upcoming Fight Laugh Feast Conference is just about 6 weeks away from happening in Knoxville TN, October 6-8! Don't miss beer & psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers which includes George Gilder, Jared Longshore, Pastor Wilson, Dr. Ben Merkle, Pastor Toby, and we can’t say yet…also dont miss our awesome vendors, meeting new friends, and stuff for the kids too…like jumpy castles and accidental infant baptisms! Also, did you know, you can save money, by signing up for a Club Membership. So, go to FightLaughFeast.com and sign up for a club membership and then register for the conference with that club discount. We can’t wait to fellowship, sing Psalms, and celebrate God’s goodness in Knoxville October 6-8. https://thepostmillennial.com/san-francisco-businesses-threaten-to-stop-paying-taxes-until-city-officials-fix-homeless-problem?utm_campaign=64487 San Francisco businesses threaten to stop paying taxes until city officials fix homeless problem Small business owners of San Francisco are demanding the city solve the growing mental health, crime, and drug problems exacerbated by the high rate of homelessness in the area, threatening to stop paying taxes if the issues continue. The Castro Merchants Association, named after the city's Castro District, sent a letter to San Francisco city officials saying group members who own businesses in the area plan to stop paying taxes if the city doesn't do more to address the problems, reported KTVU. In the letter, the organization complained of homeless people who "regularly experience psychotic episodes," vandalize storefronts, and harass business owners, employees, residents and tourists. "Our community is struggling to recover from lost business revenue, from burglaries and never-ending vandalism/graffiti (often committed by unhoused persons) and we implore you to take action," stated the letter. "Every day we wake up and have to help people on the street. We have to clean up feces on the street. We have to clear our people from doorways, so we can open our businesses. It's not fair," said Terrance Alan, co-president of the association, and owner of Flore Dispensary and Cafe Flore to KTVU. "At this point it's a failure of the system to help them." The association requested that the city reserve 35 beds in homeless shelters for people in the Castro district, in addition to devising a plan for offering services to people who decline help and keeping monthly records of how many people have been offered services and shelter. "Sometimes they do get violent," said Deen Nasher, manager of Castro Smoke Shop. "The city does need to take care of these people, find a place for them to stay and help businesses. When we call, [the police] come 30-40 minutes later." Dave Karraker, the other co-president of the association, said that if the association’s demands are not met, they may ask store owners to stop paying taxes and other city fees. San Francisco’s Department of Public Health (DPH) responded to the group, acknowledging the association's concerns and citing state policies that make their demands difficult to meet. San Francisco businesses have seen a large increase in burglaries and vandalism since 2019, prompting The Castro Merchants Association to begin documenting incidents. The association noted over 90 incidents totaling more than $170,000 in repair costs since 2020. https://thepostmillennial.com/google-revises-search-results-to-better-facilitate-abortions?utm_campaign=64487 Google revises search results to better facilitate abortions Google will now filter search results to indicate which locations identified as providing pregnancy services specifically provide abortions. The search engine had come under fire from pro-abortion activists for including results for pregnancy centers that do not provide abortions. Prior to this change, crisis pregnancy centers were also included in search results for abortion clinics. These are centers that help women who are unexpectedly pregnant keep their babies. Crisis pregnancy centers are in the business of facilitating birth, motherhood, and families, and encourage women to keep their babies, often providing help not just to the expecting mother, but for her partner as well. When a user searches for abortion facilities, those facilities that specifically provide abortions will be labeled as "provides abortions." If the search engine doesn't know whether or not a facility provides pregnancy termination, that result will be labeled "might not provide abortions." Google search results had not been differentiating between pregnancy centers that seek to help women, and those that offer pregnancy termination. As a result, some women seeking abortions were directed to services that would not provide them. This happened, according to Bloomberg, about a quarter of the time. In June, after the Supreme Court ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that federally legalized abortion, lawmakers pressed Google to make this change. Their ask to Google came after a study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which "found that 11 percent of the results for a search for an 'abortion clinic near me' or 'abortion pill' in some states were for centers that oppose abortion," Reuters reported. This study was done in states that sought to make abortion illegal once the right to legislate on the matter was returned to the states. The Center for Countering Digital Hate also put together a list of the top ten accounts that have specifically sought to counter the genital mutilation of children, and called those users hateful for demanding that healthy children not be sterilized or otherwise mutilated. Those lawmakers who demanded Google change their search results to facilitate ease of finding access to abortions directed their letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. In the view of these lawmakers, crisis pregnancy centers that encourage the continuance, instead of the termination, of a pregnancy are "fake clinics." They cite the Center for Countering Digital Hate, saying that the ads for crisis pregnancy centers are "misleading." "Google’s updates," TechCrunch reports, "around searches for abortion come as a group of more than 600 Google employees is pressing the company to expand worker health benefits, divest itself of some political ties and bolster user privacy in light of the Supreme Court decision to strip federal abortion rights." https://fee.org/articles/cnn-medical-analyst-says-masking-stunted-her-toddler-s-language-development-and-taught-her-an-important-lesson-about-tradeoffs/ CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen Says Masking Stunted Her Toddler’s Language Development Throughout the pandemic, Wen was in what I’ll call the “pro-mandate” camp. In March 2021, she excoriated governors who rescinded or failed to pass mask mandates in their states. “We are not out of the woods. We haven’t reached the end of the pandemic,” Wen said in a pro-mask CNN piece. “It’s counterproductive and truly infuriating these governors are treating this as if the pandemic is over. It’s not true.” Later that year, she went so far as to argue that unvaccinated people shouldn’t be allowed to leave their homes. https://twitter.com/i/status/1436372898651033601 - Play Video A year later, Wen’s views have changed. In a recent Washington Post article, she explained why she’ll no longer be masking her children and how she shifted away from “being extremely cautious” with Covid protocols. “I accept the risk that my kids will probably contract covid-19 this school year, just as they could contract the flu, respiratory syncytial virus and other contagious diseases,” she writes. “As for most Americans, covid in our family will almost certainly be mild; and, like most Americans, we’ve made the decision that following precautions strict enough to prevent the highly contagious BA.5 will be very challenging.” Wen’s observations are not wrong. The new variants are less deadly, and this is particularly true for children, which has always been the case. A year ago, when Wen was still advocating strict mandates, we pointed out that the CDC’s own data showed small children were at far greater risk of dying from the flu, drowning, vehicle collisions, cancer, and other things than Covid. This data, for whatever reason, apparently did little to persuade Wen in 2021, however. What does appear to have changed her mind is that her child appears to have suffered from the mandates. “Masking has harmed our son’s language development,” she bluntly asserts in the article. Dr. Wen no doubt knows a great deal about public health, just like Anthony Fauci and Rochelle P. Walensky. But even Fauci and Walensky, I suspect, would concede that it’s Wen who knows what’s better for her child. It must be stressed that it’s not just that Wen wants what’s best for her child. It’s that she actually knows what’s best for her child because she has infinitely more knowledge about her child than any distant bureaucrat or meddling politician could ever possess. Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek detailed this “local knowledge” concept in his work exploring “the knowledge problem,” and he showed why central planners seeking to engineer society through force are capable of producing little beyond “planned chaos.” This is why it’s so important that freedom of decision-making is left to those who have the most local knowledge and can most accurately assess the risks and rewards of any given action. The good news is that Wen, to her credit, appears to have learned something throughout the tragedy of the Covid pandemic, as have so many others. Classical Conversations Classical Conversations supports homeschooling parents by cultivating the love of learning through a Christian worldview in fellowship with other families. We provide a classical Christ-centered curriculum, local like-minded communities across the United States and in several countries, and we train parents who are striving to be great classical educators in the home. For more information and to get connected, please visit our website at ClassicalConversations.com. Again that’s ClassicalConversations.com. Alright guys, it wouldn’t be a Garrison Hardie News Brief without my favorite topic… sports! College football is back up and running, so here’s the rundown of games and results… MATCHUP RESULT Austin Peay @ Western Kentucky WKU 38, APSU 27 Nebraska @ Northwestern NU 31, NEB 28 Idaho State @ UNLV UNLV 52, IDST 21 UConn @ Utah State USU 31, CONN 20 Wyoming @ Illinois ILL 38, WYO 6 Duquesne @ Florida State FSU 47, DUQ 7 Charlotte @ Florida Atlantic FAU 43, CLT 13 Florida A&M @ North Carolina UNC 56, FAMU 24 Nevada @ New Mexico State NEV 23, NMSU 12 North Texas @ UTEP UNT 31, UTEP 13 Vanderbilt @ Hawai'i Van 63- Haw 10 This has been Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. If you liked the show, hit that share button down below. If you want to sign up for a club membership, then sign up for our conference with that club discount, and THEN sign up for a magazine, you can do all of that at fightlaughfeast.com. And as always, if you’d like to email me a news story, ask about our conference, or become a corporate partner of CrossPolitic, email me, at garrison@fightlaughfeast.com. For CrossPolitic News… I’m Garrison Hardie. Have a great day, and Lord bless!

Washington Post health politics and policy reporter Dan Diamond speaks with Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the new coronavirus variants, the recent monkeypox outbreak and the path forward for public health safety.

IDSA President Daniel McQuillen, MD, FIDSA is joined by CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, FIDSA to discuss the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pivotal role of infectious disease physicians.

With the pandemic death toll approaching 1 million people in the United States, Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a Washington University alum, visited Washington University School of Medicine on March 2 and March 3, 2022. As part of the Department of Medicine's weekly Grand Rounds series, she sat down with William G. Powderly, MD, the J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine and co-director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, for a conversation about the challenges and successes of the pandemic. During the conversation with Powderly, Walensky answered questions about COVID-19 and noted that her earlier experiences as a physician working during the HIV/AIDS epidemic influenced her thinking about this newer public health crisis. She says the AIDS epidemic demonstrated that infectious diseases tend to weigh more heavily on some communities than others, and that this unequal burden is rooted in social inequities. She also praised the rapid development and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines, even as she admitted that vaccination rates need to improve in the U.S. and around the world in order to help the planet emerge from the pandemic. And she told trainees that, as difficult as the last two years have been for health-care providers, she wanted them to remember that a pandemic like the one we have been experiencing is exactly what that they trained for. The podcast, “Show Me the Science,” is produced by the Office of Medical Public Affairs at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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Preserved From the Beast (10) (Audio) David Eells - 8/25/21 Storm Coming First of all the information I am sharing today can be changed by Father at any moment and some of it could be disinformation to get a certain response from the enemy. We are being warned by insiders that a fake WWIII nuclear scare scenario is about to happen between US, Russia, CCP, Iran, Israel, and of course other nations choosing sides and it may be started with Afghanistan. This would give an excuse to activate all militaries which would then turn and come against the DS. This unity is made possible by their desire to have the great benefits of Gesara. They would use the Rod of God and other means on well known DS satanic landmarks that are hiding underground tunnels for the elites known criminal activities. A blackout for 10 days to switch over to Tesla Free energy and the Starling Satellites recently put up could begin more concentrated declass of DS criminal activities to multitudes world wide. Martial Law would come till countries could have free elections by blockchain vote using cellphones and computers.The EBS, emergency broadcast system would broadcast these things into homes by TV.  During all this there would be a massive roundup of the DS. They want people in their homes watching declass and out of the way.   Past Prophesies Now Coming to Pass? Gordon Bornman - 8/13/21 (David's notes in red) (These revelations appear to be strong confirmations too.) I do not personally hear from the Lord on many prophecies, but I have kept a calendar of various prophecies that mention dates in them since 2004.  My belief has been that the date may be correct, but the people did not know the year so they thought it was the next occurrence of a given date. (I have said the same thing about prophecies without the year included many times.) Then, when the prophecy was not fulfilled, people thought it was a false prophesy. I believed that these were for later years and now, several prophecies about a nuclear explosion in Washington DC and closure of US banks converge for Monday, October 11 2021, Columbus day. (As we will see, the Rod of God is planned to be used on the capitol building in DC with nuclear type explosions. They could do this when officials are gone on “recess” but many will be and are being arrested and some executed. They could do it on a 9-11(Oct 9-11) to show payback to the DS who planned the original 9-11.  Back when Saddam Hussein attacked Kuwait in the Gulf war a son of a woman in our meeting had a dream  that the retaliation of a nuclear bomb would destroy Hussein's army. The way it worked out was that they used fuel air bombs to kill them in their trenches. But the news reported it as the equivalent of a nuclear bomb. So you see sometimes we have spiritual equivalents. This attack on D.C. could be a nuclear equivalent.) One look ahead, a confirming warning sign from David Wilkersons prophecy about Germany defaulting on its international debt and then 2 weeks until US banks close comes to mind. If we see Germany default on its international debt on or about Monday, September 27th, then it would seem to me to be a confirmation that 2021 is the year and Oct 11th will likely include some nuclear device (or equivalent) in Washington DC and long-term closure of US Banks, a giant earthquake somewhere, and possible shutting down of all utilities, etc. (Under NESARA/GESARA, which we are now under, the banks are useless. You could say that they're on a holiday. The money is stored in the treasury and withdrawn by a card.  Many banks are shutting down now and many more to come. We have one down the road the police took over for their own use, very hush hush. The banks that survive will be to advise the people on their economic endeavors. Utilities will change now to Tesla free energy which is being installed all over the country.  Sub-stations and adjustments on the poles are being changed now. Gas utilities will be shut down as needless. Power generated electricity from dams will be over.) Gordon said, "Here are my notes on several of these old prophetic words": Oct 11th:  On August 1, 2009, Vincent Xavier prophesied in a piece called "DC the Heart" that a nuclear bomb will be detonated in Washington DC on October 10th-12th.   It would be over a holiday weekend so none of the officials were in DC. In 2021, Oct 11 is Columbus day on a Monday of a 3-day weekend. 2021 - Oct 11 - Columbus Day - Harlock's Dream, September 2008  I had a dream last September (much before I heard about David Wilkerson) about a city with a name that has something to do with the letter D and lots of water surrounding it, though not an island. (They flooded Washington D.C. to flood the underground tunnels and city of the D.S.) In my dream I was looking out a picture window in the home of a friend and saw a nuclear explosion in the heart of the city. I immediately left the house and got to the city by crossing numerous highways and lots of water. I was lifted up and saw a huge crater the size of a stadium and knew that it was not a terrorist attack, but had been organized from within. (The ANON Military has said they will use the Rod of God on many DS satanic buildings around the world and the capitol building in DC and the Washington Memorial, which the satanists have claimed as their own, are two of them. There is a lot of other satanic symbolism surrounding the area.  It is also "organized from within”. The rods, made of tungsten carbide, are telephone pole sized rods, traveling from space based platforms at thousands of miles an hour and make nuclear type explosions but with no radiation. It can travel through the earth very deeply and penetrate to destroy the DS underground city beneath DC. This is said to be soon to come.)   I knew that I had to get back to the house, so I ran back as fast as I could, knowing that men in some kind of uniform were chasing me. I got almost to the house and was accosted by the men and fought for a bit and then woke up. I prayed for seven days with no answer to my prayers concerning the DC attack. On the seventh night, I received this simple message, and woke immediately, with clarity. "They will do this on a new holiday they have created so their people will be out of town." (There are no Muslim holidays in October. Columbus Day is October 11th in 2021- Columbus Day weekend is October 9-11. This national holiday was made official by Nixon in 1974. That is new for a national holiday.) (Not surprisingly, this revelation is no longer found on the original website probably because they assumed it didn't come to pass.) October Surprise? Posted in 2012: (John Koyle, who was born in 1864, had a main prophecy in regards to the last days and the collapse, was that in the Fall, on the weekend when the banking holiday falls on a Monday (and he did not specify if it would be a regularly scheduled banking holiday or one scheduled all of a sudden), that one would wake up in the morning, and all the utilities would be shut off. (We have heard that we should have food and water for the coming 10 days of darkness and that during this time, they would shut off the electricity, they would be arresting DS operatives and replacing our electrical grids with Tesla free energy. We were told by friends in Africa that energy fluctuations are happening there as they are here and their electricity is down today.) The only regularly scheduled banking holiday in the actual Fall is Columbus Day.) https://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2012/ruby928.htm 2012 - Oct 11 - Posted on GLP 10/7/12 - Watch Out For October 11th.  There is a guy in Russia by the name of Artjom Dragunov. He has a blog but its in Russian.  Translation: "Waiting for October 11 +/- one day. Earthquake 37th parallel or close by. In the line from Lisbon to Fukushima. Echo will be in Los Angeles or more likely San Francisco. I worry especially about places where already was strong quakes like - Lisbon , North Italy, Kavkaz region, Romania, Fukushima. In the USA I predict bad things. Something geological or man made. Later, there will be patriotic speeches wrapped in American flag as usual.” (This guy is very popular in Russia. The guy got in some sort of bike accident and afterwards he started seeing graphic dreams about catastrophes and global events before they happen. Anyway, he predicts that Japan is super hosed and this nuclear disaster is nothing compared to what is coming to them.  Also that Turkey wants to re-establish their empire and they will try but they will not succeed. Something will happen in France soon. And he just wrote to watch out for October 11. He warns people to stay low and with a family. What will happen and where, he couldn't tell. Time will tell and if anything, you will remember this guy.) (This link has also been removed from the original website probably because they assumed it didn't come to pass.)  Oct 9 -11 Dream by Eric DeJesus on Sept 18 I was standing on a very large calendar in the month of October.  And  in the square of October 9th was a black and red check mark and on the 10th square a circle of red and black. The 11th block was covered with a black and red cloud. I then began to shrink into the calendar until I was inside the October 10th square. I noticed that the black and red circle was actually a ring of fire consisting of red blood and black sack cloth. I cried out to the Lord, "I don't belong in this trap.” Immediately, I was returned to normal size. Then a voice from heaven said, "Separate." So I moved away from the calendar and again a voice from heaven said, "They will assemble on the 9th,  proclaim it on the tenth, and mourn on the 11th." End of dream.  (Oct 9-11 corresponds to the 3-day weekend in 2021.) (The chasing of the Christians is by the DS but they are going to the Red Sea :o) It's looking increasingly likely that President Trump, and the military, that still answers to him, made a secret deal with the Taliban to lure the "Biden administration" into the tar pit trap you're seeing now in Kabul. Many more such snares lie ahead. Patriots war-gamed everything by super computer and rigged the field so that the fraudulent administration could step on landmine after landmine until it runs out of breath, so that the people, could pry their stolen Republic from its cold dead hands. So what we're hearing is that the black swan event is when it all starts with financial collapse. The Bitcoin data mining center under the Three Gorges Dam will be hit with the Rod of God along with their sex trafficking center. The 24-28 Nuke Reactors will be hit with Rods of God along with the reactors and Deep Underground Military Bases and tunnels. We are told that all of this is being directed by a fifth generation super computer and that it is calculating the enemies moves into its predictions. When the enemy makes moves it recalculates, so these things can be altered, especially timing. God is sovereign over super computers too. We are hearing that the star-link satellite system which is up and running is about to take over the old transmission system including the 5G, which will cut out the MSM. They have been saying that the new internet/phone system will be safe for the users. (i.e. radiation wise and possibly hacking wise) Lets pray and hurry them along. Don't worry about the Taliban, who are wiping out the DS government and bankers and the pedophilia satanists in Afghanistan and bringing down the opium trade and rich resources that would have gone to China. Trump negotiated with them… The Taliban have been excluded from NESARA until they tow the line. Pray for the Christians there to have the fear of the Lord and turn from Babylonish religion. Get ready for the Rods of God on 3GD, big crash of the economy and food shortage and fear of the Lord leading to the harvest.   Government Created Food and Energy Shortages   David Eells - 8/22/21   In a video that is circulating on Youtube, the Government has been actively engineering a food and energy shortage as we speak. The Biden administration introduced the 3030 bill saying that it is a climate change or conservation bill. They are planning on taking 630 million acres across the U.S. by 2030. (Bill Gates has been buying up farm land all over the world to sideline it so that it can't be used for farming.)  The USDA and the Dept. of Environmental Equality is sending out letters to all the farmers, telling them that they will pay them 1.5 times the price of crops to destroy them and that they will not receive government subsidies if they refuse to destroy their crops. (This actually started back at least a couple of years ago.) The Dept. of Hydrocarbons is also sending out notices to the oilers telling them to do the same with the crude oil; telling them to dump their storages of crude onto lease roads and field roads and the like, in order to 'stabilize' oil prices. If they control our food and energy what freedom will the American people have left? Also, there are rows and rows of shipping container vessels just sitting of the coast at major U.S. ports. Once the shipping containers are finally unloaded from the ships, the ‘higher ups' are hindering the movement of goods that are being unloaded from the shipping containers into the distribution warehouses. The goods themselves are sitting for over a month just waiting to be unloaded from the containers and then they are just sitting at the warehouses. The directive is to quote, ‘Let it sit.'  Over in Europe and the U.K. the government is buying up all the fresh food and produce and destroying it to create a food shortage there as well. Link: https://youtu.be/LMUrnRqt9MQ 30 Minute Mark?   No Food Shortages in the Kingdom Winnie Osegueda - 8/19/21 (David's Notes in red) I dreamt I was in my mom's house preparing food for my family. (Winnie's mom here represents the ancient or original church the our founding fathers which the apostles started when Jesus sent them forth.) Chuc and my mom were there. I was cooking steak of different kinds and it was very tender and good when I tasted it. Some pieces were almost purple looking and I thought that was interesting. I was cooking the cut-up steak pieces in a broth, but I had some concern because there wasn't a whole lot of steak in the broth, so I wondered if there would be enough for my family (Famine). (Yes, the Government is actively engineering a food and energy shortage as we speak.) I was using a slow cooker or Crock Pot and I had the pot of steak cooking in the sink under soapy water, and apparently that was normal because no one said anything about it. How it was cooking so well in the water, I don't know lol. (I thought of the food being clean/pure as I pondered on the dream later.) (This slow cooker represents the fiery trials of life that burn up the wood, hay, and stubble. Jesus said, My meat is to do the will of the Father.) Then there was a knock and other family members of mine were at the door. It was my sister, Karen, her husband, Vinny, and my cousin Oscar. I had joy and love in my heart when I saw them and I went to hug them (They represent our brethren in Christ)... (In the natural, Winnie's family may be fleeing NY city before too long. But also, spiritually, the elect of God will be coming out of Babylonish religion and seeking the real Jesus in the Man-child and Bride companies in the wilderness tribulation that is partially being engineered by the DS satanic elites currently. We will be able to provide the starving masses with physical and spiritual food.) I told my family that dinner was ready, but I then realized I forgot to make the rice, so I told them it would be 5 more minutes, as the rice needed to absorb the water. (In order for the food to be ready it must be saturated by the Water of the Word.) Vinny was a bit impatient because he was ready to eat. I dont remember seeing my cousin Oscar at this point, so I don't know if he came inside or not. (NY is one of the worst places to be in a food shortage. The warehouses have a ‘just in time' supply chain which can't handle any disruptions. They could get hungry along with a lot of other cities. Although this could be a temporary problem and they are saying the military is going to feed people, If possible people should come out of the cities like Winnie's family did in this dream because bigger problems are coming down the road and the big cities are always the ones that suffer the most.) Please remember when you read this that no one has isolated the Co/vid, even the CDC has no sample of it and the va/cc/ines have no description of the contents all of which should make everyone suspicious.   Lambda and B.1.621: New CO/VID Variants Could be the Worst Yet, Doctor Warns  WFLA Channel 8 Florida: Allen Levine - 8/19/21 (David's notes in red) "At least two new CO/VID/-19 variants have hit the United States and they could be worse than the Delta variant in their infectiousness and ability to stand up to vac/cin/es, according to a top medical authority. The lambda variant, along with another one so new it doesn't even have a Greek letter name yet, are the causes of concern, according to Dr. Gregory Poland, director of the Vac/cine Research Group at the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. So far, the new variant has been called B.1.621. There now are about 1,500 known cases of the lambda virus mutation in the United States, Dr. Poland said to WPIX. “What makes it dangerous is that it's highly infectious and can resist some of the vac/cine-induced immunity and spread easily between people,” he said. (Its been proven that their is no immunity to what they are calling Cv-19. None of the variants are happening naturally. They are being reproduced inside their vac/cin/ated hosts. All of the variants according to Judy Mikovits are what are called re-combinants of the original spike proteins.) Virus variations compete for supremacy and the stronger and most resistant forms are the ones that take over and become the most common strains. With relatively few U.S. cases so far, Dr. Poland said it's not yet clear that lambda will supplant the delta variant sweeping so much of the country. But he pointed out that lambda is now responsible for about 88% of all CO/VID-19 cases in Peru “and has really started to spread through South America.” Link: https://www.wfla.com/community/health/coronavirus/lambda-and-b-1-621-new-covid-variants-could-be-the-worst-yet-doctor-warns/   Health Authorities Pushing Booster Shot Extermination Plans to Hurry and Kill the Masses Before They Fully Awaken to the Co/vid Scam Mike Adams (Natural News) - 8/20/21 (David's notes in red) For anyone paying attention, it's abundantly obvious now that the entire Co/vid “plandemic” scam is a global depopulation scheme to scare people into taking spike protein bioweapons shots (“vac/cines”) that will kill them over time. What the globalists didn't anticipate, however, is the rapid awakening to the truth that's now spreading like wildfire across the landscape of medicine and science. With more doctors, PhDs, nurses and health care workers waking up and blowing the whistle every day, the globalists are in a panic to hurry up and kill the masses before the “normies” catch on to the vac/cine depopulation scam. Hence the mad rush into a so-called “booster” shot which of course contains yet more spike protein bioweapons to accelerate mass death across the planet. The globalists are so desperate to scare people into taking booster shots that they're now openly admitting the existing Co/vid vac/cines are failing and simply don't provide lasting protection at all. In a truly astonishing admission of all this, the New York Times ran an article yesterday entitled, “Israel, Once the Model for Beating Co/vid, Faces New Surge of Infections.” The article openly admits that Co/vid vac/cines given to 2.5 billion people around the world no longer work very well, and that the people who took those vac/cines are now the ones getting sick and dying… Even the CDC director has now abandoned the original promise of Co/vid vac/cines. Remember the original narrative about how vac/cines would provide absolute, permanent immunity and protection against Co/vid? That narrative has now collapsed. Even the NYT is no longer claiming the vac/cine provides lasting immunity of any kind. But it gets worse: The C-D-C's director, Dr. Walenksy, is now openly admitting that vac/cines increase the risk of sickness. They not only don't work, they actually make sickness worse. Here's nine seconds of Walenksy admitting this: This means that as the initial wave of vac/cines inflicts accelerated sickness and death among the 2.5 billion world citizens who have already been jabbed, we're going to see a wave of hospitalization and fatalities among the vac/ci/nated. (The world's hospitals will be overwhelmed.) Dubbed “breakthrough” cases by the fraudulent mainstream media, these are really the result of vac/cine “kill shots” that are designed to reduce the human population. But people are waking up to the scam, so they're hurrying their push for booster shots to kill off the masses before they revolt Because of all the deaths, injuries and outright fraud committed via P-C-R-diagnosed “cases,” the people of the world are rapidly awakening to the astonishing truth of all this: It's a scam to achieve global depopulation and authoritarian control over humanity. As the lockdowns intensify, the people are taking to the streets and demanding an end to the scam. With hundreds of thousands now protesting in France, the establishment there is locking unvac/cinated people out of grocery stores, seeking to literally starve out the un-vac/cinated. This will only serve to wake up the people even faster, adding to the levels of discontent that are now exploding across the planet. We have arrived at a tipping point. Humanity is awakening at an accelerating rate, so now the globalists are trying to exterminate people as rapidly as possible to stop the spread of truth. Get full details in today's Situation Update podcast,  along with news about the government-initiated nursing shortage that's already worsening. Link: https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-08-20-health-authorities-pushing-booster-shot-extermination-plans-to-hurry-and-kill-the-masses.html There is some things we do not agree with in this article but we share it for information purposes. Surgeon General: FDA Co/vid Vac/cine Approval Will Likely Lead to More Vac/cine Man/dates Epoch Times - 8/23/21 (David's notes in red)   Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told Fox News on Sunday that the FDA's final approval of the Pfizer vac/cine will likely result in more businesses and universities initiating vaccine mandates to prevent the spread of the virus. “The full approval of the Pfizer vac/cine … is important for a couple of reasons, … number one, there were some people who may have been waiting for this and who may come off of the fence, so to speak, to get vac/ci/nated. So it may help to increase vac/cination rates to some extent, but I also think that there are universities and businesses that have been considering putting in vac/cine requirements in order to create a safer workplace or learning environment,” said Murthy. Adding, “And I think that this announcement from the FDA would likely encourage them and make them feel more comfortable in putting such requirements in place.” The FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech CO/VID-19 Vac/cine on Monday, after less than a year of emergency approval. Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock, reassured the public about the safety of the approved vac/cine. “While this and other vac/cines have met the FDA's rigorous, scientific standards for emergency use authorization, as the first FDA-approved CO/VID-19 vac/cine, the public can be very confident that this vac/cine meets the high standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality the FDA requires of an approved product,” said Woodcock in a press statement Monday. Meanwhile, there has been push-back from Republicans against vac/cine man/dates, citing civil liberties afforded under the U.S. Constitution. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), told health officials that the FDA approval for vac/cines should not be rushed and appears to be for political purposes. On Sunday, Johnson sent a letter to Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C-D-C), and Woodcock, on the FDA's decision not to hold a formal advisory committee meeting prior to full approval of its Co/vid-19 vac/cine. “I see no need to rush the FDA approval process for any of the three Co/vid-19 vac/cines,” the senator wrote. “Expediting the process appears to only serve the political purpose of imposing and enforcing vac/cine man/dates. The observational phases of FDA approval take time because there is no substitute for time in detecting and determining possible long-term harm.” Johnson said the Vac/cines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) should have been allowed to convene before the FDA approved the vac/cine. “Since the FDA's last VRBPAC public meeting, in addition to the VAERS data, there have been a number of safety concerns raised by highly qualified medical professionals and researchers,” wrote Johnson. The Senator said that federal agencies should take more time to observe the vac/cines and provide more information to the American public about the vac/cine's effectiveness. Link: https://www.theepochtimes.com/surgeon-general-fda-vaccine-approval-will-likely-lead-to-more-vaccine-mandates_3961224.html?utm_source=pushengage (I do believe that the Trump administration is showing the world the satanic depopulation schemes of the DS before the military brings him back to turn all this around.) Some are saying President Trump is pushing his own vaccine with beneficial ingredients like hydroxychloroquine but don't take any chances, go with God's Vaccine.  https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-08-02-dear-vaccinated-people-are-you-angry-yet.html Dr. Zelenko Warns 75% of Vaxxed Could Be Dead in 3 Years | Health | Before It's News https://www.pandemic.news/2021-07-01-report-majority-now-dying-with-covid-are-vaccinated.html  https://brandnewtube.com/watch/millions-treated-successfully-what-is-going-on_hkvTFUsnGtMvem3.html The only autopsy on one who died from Co/vid: https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-08-03-autopsy-vaccinated-covid-spike-proteins-bodily-organs.html   Select LanguageAfrikaansAlbanianAmharicArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBengaliBosnianBulgarianCatalanCebuanoChichewaChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEsperantoEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekGujaratiHaitian CreoleHausaHawaiianHebrewHindiHmongHungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseJavaneseKannadaKazakhKhmerKinyarwandaKoreanKurdish (Kurmanji)KyrgyzLaoLatinLatvianLithuanianLuxembourgishMacedonianMalagasyMalayMalayalamMalteseMaoriMarathiMongolianMyanmar (Burmese)NepaliNorwegianOdia (Oriya)PashtoPersianPolishPortuguesePunjabiRomanianRussianSamoanScots GaelicSerbianSesothoShonaSindhiSinhalaSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSundaneseSwahiliSwedishTajikTamilTatarTeluguThaiTurkishTurkmenUkrainianUrduUyghurUzbekVietnameseWelshXhosaYiddishYorubaZulu Powered by Translate Printer-friendly version

IDSA President Barbara Alexander, MD, FIDSA sits down with IDSA/HIVMA member and CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, FIDSA to talk about what it has been like to take over the helm of the nation’s top public health agency in the midst of a global pandemic and how her career in infectious diseases helped prepare her for this moment. The two also discuss Dr. Walensky’s priorities beyond the pandemic, her thoughts on the ID workforce and how IDSA, HIVMA and CDC might work together on common goals.

CDC Proclaims Racism Public Health Crisis, Calls for Health Equity A new mandate out of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has asserted systemic racism as a public health crisis, a step the agency says will build the foundation to improve health equity. The statement from CDC’s director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, acknowledged the racial health disparities seen in traditionally marginalized communities, including the Black, Latinx, and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. “Yet, the disparities seen over the past year were not a result of COVID-19,” Walensky said in the written statement. “Instead, the pandemic illuminated inequities that have existed for generations and revealed for all of America a known, but often unaddressed, epidemic impacting public health: racism.” Guests:  Yele Aluko, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer EY Americas Dr. Yele Aluko is the chief medical officer in EY Americas Business Consulting Health Sector. He is a proven physician executive and leader, with 25 years of clinical and administrative health system experience prior to joining Ernst & Young LLP in 2016. He advises health system clients on strategy, business and clinical operations providing C-Suite executives insight on health industry megatrends and enterprise growth opportunities. He is a member of the EY COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team where he advises EY leadership on return-to-workplace strategies that prioritize the health and safety of its employees. As a member of the EY COVID-19 Enterprise Resiliency Team, he provides client insight on return-to-work strategies and solutions designed to preserve workforce well-being and safety during and in the aftermath of COVID-19. He is a leader in the development of the EY Point of View on Health Equity and has designed solutions for clients seeking competencies relevant to elimination of health disparities and achieving health equity. As chief medical officer, he is a leader within EY physician enterprise operations and clinical integration practice where he assists health care system clients in physician engagement and alignment, provider accountability for value delivery, and defining and maximizing physician enterprise value for health care systems. He has supported organizations as they transition to integrated service line models of care delivery and recognizes the medical group’s impact on driving clinical quality initiatives. He is a former structural heart cardiologist and senior vice president of heart and vascular services at a 15-hospital integrated regional health care system in the southeast USA. His responsibilities included governance of an enterprise-wide clinical strategy overseeing cardiovascular service line vision, growth, clinical integration, physician alignment and standardization of clinical, operational and business processes. He obtained his doctor of medicine from the University College Hospital, Nigeria. He trained in internal medicine and cardiology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and in invasive and interventional cardiology at Cornell University and University of Massachusetts Medical Center. He is board certified by the Canadian Board of Internal Medicine and is triple-board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Gil Bashe Managing Partner, Global Health Finn Partners Gil Bashe’s healthcare career spans the patient, physician, provider, payer and policy sectors. At the center of Gil’s life and work is the belief that communication is part of the care. As managing partner of Finn Partners Global Health, he champions the talent and ideas of the nation’s “Healthcare Agency of the Year” (Holmes Report). Prior to joining Finn Partners, Gil was Executive Vice President and Health Practice Head at Makovsky and Hill & Knowlton. During his tenure, he took on some of the health sector’s most vexing reimbursement and access challenges. As a result, he was named by PRNews as one of the nation’s “Top Crisis Communicators” and inducted into its Hall of Fame. Gil is passionate about public health in everything he does. He serves on the NHLBI GENTAC Working Group examining how genetics impacts cardiovascular disease and the health/tech advisory committee for mHealth Israel. He is immediate past chair of the American Heart Association Northeast Founder’s Affiliate. Gil is also an advisory board member of the Prix Galien Foundation, referred to as the Nobel Prize for health innovation. Gil is a past national board member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine Foundation. Always ready to share knowledge, Gil is a columnist for PM360 magazine, speaker on patient advocacy and health communications and co-editor of the book Branding Health Services: Defining Yourself in the Marketplace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special episode of Contagious Conversations, new CDC director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky joins CDC Foundation President and CEO Dr. Judy Monroe to discuss CDC's latest work to combat COVID-19, how public health professionals can help prepare communities for a new normal, and her vision for the future of the agency that works 24/7 to protect America's health, safety and security. Dr. Walensky is an influential scholar whose pioneering research has helped to advance the national and global response for HIV and AIDS. She has served as chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Most recently, she served on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic and conducted research on vaccine delivery and strategies to reach underserved communities. For more information and full episode transcription go to Contagious Conversations.   Key Takeaways: [2:12] Dr. Walensky shares how she decided to work in the field of public health.  [3:26] Dr. Walensky discusses the people and values that influenced her professionally and personally.   [5:07] Dr. Walensky reflects on global efforts to fight infectious diseases since the 90s.   [7:18] Dr. Walensky shares how she's incorporating her experiences working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic into her work leading CDC.   [9:19] How CDC is tackling the important challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.  [11:45] Dr. Walensky shares how CDC works with public health partners to take on the current challenges, especially related to health equity.  [15:53] Dr. Walensky explains how she responds to questions about life returning to normal: ‘When are things going to get back to normal?'   [18:06] Dr. Walensky talks about rebuilding the agency's infrastructure in public health, including increasing the workforce, updating systems for data modernization and investing in public health labs.  [20:07] A discussion on how society's view of public health can be changed.   [22:04] Dr. Walensky reflects on the role of philanthropy in tackling health challenges.  [23:28] Dr. Walensky gives advice to future public health leaders of America.    Mentioned in This Episode: CDC Foundation  Visit CDC.gov for detailed information about COVID-19   

In this episode of VAXON, Matthew Zachary and Karen Salt Marinelli (sitting in for Elura Nanos) discuss side effects with second vaccine doses, false claims of vaccine deaths, and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky’s warning of ‘impending doom.’ They also discuss how many countries around the globe are attracting tourists with very generous travel packages and discounts.

Louis Avallone and Stephen Parr strongly believe in the importance of top officials leading with conviction and sound leadership principles. However, they cannot define “leadership” as including any element of “fear”. Unfortunately, the new CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH has already stated her “leadership” of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be heavily wrapped with her own personal fears, many of which are now clearly outdated fears. She believes it is her job to control the American People, and she plans to do it by scaring the daylights out of us. That is not good, and it is not leadership.The Democrats in Washington, DC are very worried about the pending doom on the horizon regarding COVID. Considering the success of the Nation starting to reach herd immunity with the vaccines, Louis Avallone is wondering if this is to try to force all the States to hold 100% mail-in ballot elections in 2022. Stephen Parr explains that the CDC (Center for Disease Control) is really shifting into being the CPC (Center for People Control).A recent news reports show the Seattle City Parks and areas surrounding school playgrounds are now unusable by the local residents. They have now been taken over by the homeless, with their tents set up in the baseball dugouts and around the monkey bars. Used hypodermic needle and other drug paraphernalia litter the park grounds, making it unsafe for people and pets. Apparently, Seattle is not the only place having this problem. Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, point out that essentially all of these cities are Democrat run. Even so, the Democrats are treating illegals better than they are their own homeless and definitely better than their working residents who are paying the taxes!Even though Biden made a big deal out of declaring Kamala as being in charge of the border, her press secretary has announced that Kamala Harris “is not doing the border.” At no point in her career has she ever indicated she cared about the problems at our Southern Border, and it seems nothing has changed.Texas Democrat Congressman Henry Cuellar represents a TX-28, which goes from McAllen northwest well past Larado along the Rio Grande River. The rest of his district runs due north to San Antonio. Thus, Cuellar’s entire district is heavily impacted by all the illegal activities at the border due to Biden’s failure to enforce US Border Laws. To help Americans understand the problem, he gave photos to various news outlets showing the border problem because reporters are being blocked access. He is reporting the Biden Administration is turning illegal loose into the United States “without a notice to appear” before any American Judge or US Court.A new scientific study published in the current issue of “JAMA Pediatrics” says the rates of teenage addiction to cannabis and opioids is about the same. The risk for teenage addiction is running just a little over 10% for those who use either one. This is an issue parents, educators, and physicians need to watch closely.

First up: We had some questions for the new CDC director, like: if it’s my turn, how do I sign up to get vaccinated? Then: We’ve got the context on some of this week’s big headlines, including the latest on NY Governor Cuomo, why the Capitol is on high alert, and what’s up with Dr. Seuss. Next: We’ll explain the fate of the $15 minimum wage … in 60 seconds.  ICYMI: A new report found that political and economic freedoms are declining all around the world, including in the U.S. We’ll tell you why that’s happening — and why we’re still hopeful. Finally: We all know that Zoom fatigue is real, but now scientists are telling us just how real. We’ve got the scoop on why, and what you can do about it. On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Amy Slipowitz, research manager, Freedom House Professor Jeremy Bailenson, founding director, Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab Want more Skimm?  Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what’s going on in the news right now  Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr and Luke Vargas, with additional support from Peter Bonaventure and Ciara Long. TheSkimm’s head of audio is Graelyn Brashear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the agency's response to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, implications for the planned vaccine mobilization strategy, the upcoming Johnson & Johnson vaccine FDA advisory hearings, strategies for reopening K-12 schools, and other agency activities and priorities related to COVID-19 control. Recorded February 17, 2021. Related Article(s): Coronavirus Update With CDC Director Rochelle Walensky - February 17, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in the United States—Challenges and Opportunities SARS-CoV-2 Viral Variants—Tackling a Moving Target

CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the agency's response to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, implications for the planned vaccine mobilization strategy, the upcoming Johnson & Johnson vaccine FDA advisory hearings, strategies for reopening K-12 schools, and other agency activities and priorities related to COVID-19 control. Recorded February 17, 2021. Related Article(s): Coronavirus Update With CDC Director Rochelle Walensky - February 17, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in the United States—Challenges and Opportunities SARS-CoV-2 Viral Variants—Tackling a Moving Target

Incoming Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss her vision and priorities for the agency and changes in its pandemic response strategies, when she takes the reins on January 20. Recorded January 19, 2021. Related Article(s): All-Cause Excess Mortality and COVID-19–Related Mortality Among US Adults Aged 25-44 Years, March-July 2020

Incoming Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss her vision and priorities for the agency and changes in its pandemic response strategies, when she takes the reins on January 20. Recorded January 19, 2021. Related Article(s): All-Cause Excess Mortality and COVID-19–Related Mortality Among US Adults Aged 25-44 Years, March-July 2020

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital returns to JAMA's COVID-19 Q&A to provide an update on developments in the pandemic. She is a signatory of the recent John Snow Memorandum emphasizing the importance of public health interventions to manage the spread of COVID-19. Recorded October 22, 2020. Related Article(s): Preventing the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 With Masks and Other “Low-tech” Interventions

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital returns to JAMA's COVID-19 Q&A to provide an update on developments in the pandemic. She is a signatory of the recent John Snow Memorandum emphasizing the importance of public health interventions to manage the spread of COVID-19. Recorded October 22, 2020. Related Article(s): Preventing the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 With Masks and Other “Low-tech” Interventions

Infectious disease physician Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, of Harvard University discusses the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded July 8, 2020. Related Article: Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and a Potential Role for Air Disinfection

Infectious disease physician Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, of Harvard University discusses the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded July 8, 2020. Related Article: Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and a Potential Role for Air Disinfection

Since beginning her career in the mid-1990s, infectious disease chief Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky has witnessed the transformation of the landscape for HIV and AIDS. Though new drugs have improved the outlook, the challenges of accessing and maintaining care persist. Dr. Walensky discusses how she works to expand access to care for HIV patients through research and a willingness to understand patients' struggles.

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH joins JAMA Network editors to discuss the importance of the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statements on HIV screening and preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Read the article here: https://ja.ma/2NsZ9K4. JNO Live is a weekly broadcast featuring conversations about the latest research being published in JAMA Network Open. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for details on the next broadcast.

Since beginning her career in the mid-1990s, infectious disease chief Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky has witnessed the transformation of the landscape for HIV and AIDS. Though new drugs have improved the outlook, the challenges of accessing and maintaining care persist. Dr. Walensky discusses how she works to expand access to care for HIV patients through research and a willingness to understand patients' struggles.