Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?
US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)
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It's kind of amazing, especially in a blue state, to see them pushing "extra unemployment benefits" for so long, then see them not even allow these nurses to collect unemployment at all because "they resigned" due to not wanting the jab.
Sorry, I did not mean to imply that you were. I am simply stating that I hope Biden lives 20-40 more years in his current state.
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It's literally the only news that doesn't make the ruling class look bad, and that only if it doesn't end up being some FBI sex trafficking ring gone wrong
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I don't see this tidbit anywhere, so here we go... Biden finagled his taxes and possibly owes $500K
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Biden could owe as much as $500K in back taxes, government report indicates
Republicans say a new report indicates President Joe Biden improperly avoided paying Medicare taxes before he took office — raising the possibility that he owes the IRS as much as $500,000 in back …
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More COVID bullshit from Biden
Article: https://longisland.news12.com/president-biden-urges-covid-19-booster-shots-for-those-now-eligible
Archive: https://archive.is/yx1rk
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President Biden urges COVID-19 booster shots for those now eligible
President Joe Biden on Friday urged those now eligible for COVID-19 booster shots to get the added protection a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the doses for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans.
Opening a major new phase in the U.S vaccination drive against COVID-19, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on a series of recommendations from a panel of advisers late Thursday. Biden praised the decision and aimed to set aside any unease about the vaccination, saying that he would get his own booster soon.
“It’s hard to acknowledge I’m over 65, but I’ll be getting my booster shot," Biden said. "It’s a bear, isn’t it?”
The advisers said boosters should be offered to people 65 and older, nursing home residents and those ages 50 to 64 who have risky underlying health problems. The extra dose would be given once they are at least six months past their last Pfizer shot.
However, Walensky decided to make one recommendation that the panel had rejected.
The panel on Thursday voted against saying that people can get a booster if they are ages 18 to 64 years and are health-care workers or have another job that puts them at increased risk of being exposed to the virus. But Walensky disagreed and put that recommendation back in, noting that such a move aligns with an FDA booster authorization decision earlier this week. The category she included covers people who live in institutional settings that increase their risk of exposure, such as prisons or homeless shelters, as well as health care workers.
An administration official said the White House did not have input in Walensky's decision nor was given a heads-up. Biden on Friday said “the decision is left to the scientists and the doctors. That’s what happened here.”
The panel had offered the option of a booster for those ages 18 to 49 who have chronic health problems and want one. But the advisers refused to go further and open boosters to otherwise healthy front-line health care workers who aren't at risk of severe illness but want to avoid even a mild infection.
The panel voted 9 to 6 to reject that proposal. Walensky decided to disregard the advisory committee's counsel, issuing a statement saying she had restored the recommendation.
“As CDC Director, it is my job to recognize where our actions can have the greatest impact,” Walensky said late Thursday night. “At CDC, we are tasked with analyzing complex, often imperfect data to make concrete recommendations that optimize health. In a pandemic, even with uncertainty, we must take actions that we anticipate will do the greatest good.”
It's rare for a CDC director to overrule the panel recommendation; experts said it has only happened once this century.
Experts say getting the unvaccinated their first shots remains the top priority, and the panel wrestled with whether the booster debate was distracting from that goal. Biden stressed that the administration's focus remained on getting people to get their first shots and that he intended to keep rolling out “vaccination requirements wherever I can.”
"The refusal to get vaccinated have cost all of us," the president said. “It is not hyperbole: it is literally a tragedy. Don’t let it be your tragedy.”
All three of the COVID-19 vaccines used in the U.S. are still highly protective against severe illness, hospitalization and death, even with the spread of the extra-contagious delta variant. But only about 182 million Americans are fully vaccinated, or just 55% of the population.
“We can give boosters to people, but that’s not really the answer to this pandemic,” said Dr. Helen Keipp Talbot of Vanderbilt University. “Hospitals are full because people are not vaccinated. We are declining care to people who deserve care because we are full of unvaccinated COVID-positive patients.”
Thursday's decision represented a dramatic scaling back of the Biden administration plan announced last month to dispense boosters to nearly everyone to shore up their protection. Late Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration, like the CDC panel, signed off on Pfizer boosters for a much narrower slice of the population than the White House envisioned.
The booster plan marks an important shift in the nation's vaccination drive. Britain and Israel are already giving a third round of shots over strong objections from the World Health Organization that poor countries don't have enough for their initial doses.
Walensky opened Thursday's meeting by stressing that vaccinating the unvaccinated remains the top goal “here in America and around the world.”
Walensky acknowledged that the data on who really needs a booster right away “are not perfect.” “Yet collectively they form a picture for us,” she said, "and they are what we have in this moment to make a decision about the next stage in this pandemic.”
The CDC panel stressed that its recommendations will be changed if new evidence shows more people need a booster.
The CDC advisers expressed concern over the millions of Americans who received Moderna or Johnson & Johnson shots early in the vaccine rollout. The government still hasn’t considered boosters for those brands and has no data on whether it is safe or effective to mix-and-match and give those people a Pfizer shot.
“I just don’t understand how later this afternoon we can say to people 65 and older, ‘You’re at risk for severe illness and death, but only half of you can protect yourselves right now,’” said Dr. Sarah Long of Drexel University.
About 26 million Americans got their last Pfizer dose at least six months ago, about half of whom are 65 or older. It's not clear how many more would meet the CDC panel's booster qualifications.
CDC data show the vaccines still offer strong protection against serious illness for all ages, but there is a slight drop among the oldest adults. And immunity against milder infection appears to be waning months after people's initial immunization.
For most people, if you’re not in a group recommended for a booster, “it’s really because we think you’re well-protected,” said Dr. Matthew Daley of Kaiser Permanente Colorado.
Public health experts not involved in Thursday’s decision said it is unlikely people seeking third doses at a drugstore or other site will be required to prove they qualify.
Even with the introduction of boosters, someone who has gotten just the first two doses would still be considered fully vaccinated, according to the CDC's Dr. Kathleen Dooling. That is an important question to people in parts of the country where you need to show proof of vaccination to eat in a restaurant or enter other places of business.
Among people who stand to benefit from a booster, there are few risks, the CDC concluded. Serious side effects from the first two Pfizer doses are exceedingly rare, including heart inflammation that sometimes occurs in younger men. Data from Israel, which has given nearly 3 million people - mostly 60 and older - a third Pfizer dose, has uncovered no red flags.
The U.S. has already authorized third doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for certain people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients and transplant recipients. Other Americans, healthy or not, have managed to get boosters, in some cases simply by asking.
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Article: https://longisland.news12.com/president-biden-urges-covid-19-booster-shots-for-those-now-eligible
Archive: https://archive.is/yx1rk
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President Biden urges COVID-19 booster shots for those now eligible
President Joe Biden on Friday urged those now eligible for COVID-19 booster shots to get the added protection a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the doses for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans.
Opening a major new phase in the U.S vaccination drive against COVID-19, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on a series of recommendations from a panel of advisers late Thursday. Biden praised the decision and aimed to set aside any unease about the vaccination, saying that he would get his own booster soon.
“It’s hard to acknowledge I’m over 65, but I’ll be getting my booster shot," Biden said. "It’s a bear, isn’t it?”
The advisers said boosters should be offered to people 65 and older, nursing home residents and those ages 50 to 64 who have risky underlying health problems. The extra dose would be given once they are at least six months past their last Pfizer shot.
However, Walensky decided to make one recommendation that the panel had rejected.
The panel on Thursday voted against saying that people can get a booster if they are ages 18 to 64 years and are health-care workers or have another job that puts them at increased risk of being exposed to the virus. But Walensky disagreed and put that recommendation back in, noting that such a move aligns with an FDA booster authorization decision earlier this week. The category she included covers people who live in institutional settings that increase their risk of exposure, such as prisons or homeless shelters, as well as health care workers.
An administration official said the White House did not have input in Walensky's decision nor was given a heads-up. Biden on Friday said “the decision is left to the scientists and the doctors. That’s what happened here.”
The panel had offered the option of a booster for those ages 18 to 49 who have chronic health problems and want one. But the advisers refused to go further and open boosters to otherwise healthy front-line health care workers who aren't at risk of severe illness but want to avoid even a mild infection.
The panel voted 9 to 6 to reject that proposal. Walensky decided to disregard the advisory committee's counsel, issuing a statement saying she had restored the recommendation.
“As CDC Director, it is my job to recognize where our actions can have the greatest impact,” Walensky said late Thursday night. “At CDC, we are tasked with analyzing complex, often imperfect data to make concrete recommendations that optimize health. In a pandemic, even with uncertainty, we must take actions that we anticipate will do the greatest good.”
It's rare for a CDC director to overrule the panel recommendation; experts said it has only happened once this century.
Experts say getting the unvaccinated their first shots remains the top priority, and the panel wrestled with whether the booster debate was distracting from that goal. Biden stressed that the administration's focus remained on getting people to get their first shots and that he intended to keep rolling out “vaccination requirements wherever I can.”
"The refusal to get vaccinated have cost all of us," the president said. “It is not hyperbole: it is literally a tragedy. Don’t let it be your tragedy.”
All three of the COVID-19 vaccines used in the U.S. are still highly protective against severe illness, hospitalization and death, even with the spread of the extra-contagious delta variant. But only about 182 million Americans are fully vaccinated, or just 55% of the population.
“We can give boosters to people, but that’s not really the answer to this pandemic,” said Dr. Helen Keipp Talbot of Vanderbilt University. “Hospitals are full because people are not vaccinated. We are declining care to people who deserve care because we are full of unvaccinated COVID-positive patients.”
Thursday's decision represented a dramatic scaling back of the Biden administration plan announced last month to dispense boosters to nearly everyone to shore up their protection. Late Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration, like the CDC panel, signed off on Pfizer boosters for a much narrower slice of the population than the White House envisioned.
The booster plan marks an important shift in the nation's vaccination drive. Britain and Israel are already giving a third round of shots over strong objections from the World Health Organization that poor countries don't have enough for their initial doses.
Walensky opened Thursday's meeting by stressing that vaccinating the unvaccinated remains the top goal “here in America and around the world.”
Walensky acknowledged that the data on who really needs a booster right away “are not perfect.” “Yet collectively they form a picture for us,” she said, "and they are what we have in this moment to make a decision about the next stage in this pandemic.”
The CDC panel stressed that its recommendations will be changed if new evidence shows more people need a booster.
The CDC advisers expressed concern over the millions of Americans who received Moderna or Johnson & Johnson shots early in the vaccine rollout. The government still hasn’t considered boosters for those brands and has no data on whether it is safe or effective to mix-and-match and give those people a Pfizer shot.
“I just don’t understand how later this afternoon we can say to people 65 and older, ‘You’re at risk for severe illness and death, but only half of you can protect yourselves right now,’” said Dr. Sarah Long of Drexel University.
About 26 million Americans got their last Pfizer dose at least six months ago, about half of whom are 65 or older. It's not clear how many more would meet the CDC panel's booster qualifications.
CDC data show the vaccines still offer strong protection against serious illness for all ages, but there is a slight drop among the oldest adults. And immunity against milder infection appears to be waning months after people's initial immunization.
For most people, if you’re not in a group recommended for a booster, “it’s really because we think you’re well-protected,” said Dr. Matthew Daley of Kaiser Permanente Colorado.
Public health experts not involved in Thursday’s decision said it is unlikely people seeking third doses at a drugstore or other site will be required to prove they qualify.
Even with the introduction of boosters, someone who has gotten just the first two doses would still be considered fully vaccinated, according to the CDC's Dr. Kathleen Dooling. That is an important question to people in parts of the country where you need to show proof of vaccination to eat in a restaurant or enter other places of business.
Among people who stand to benefit from a booster, there are few risks, the CDC concluded. Serious side effects from the first two Pfizer doses are exceedingly rare, including heart inflammation that sometimes occurs in younger men. Data from Israel, which has given nearly 3 million people - mostly 60 and older - a third Pfizer dose, has uncovered no red flags.
The U.S. has already authorized third doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for certain people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients and transplant recipients. Other Americans, healthy or not, have managed to get boosters, in some cases simply by asking.
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I read that but I didn't really care because I presume every rich asshole does that.I don't see this tidbit anywhere, so here we go... Biden finagled his taxes and possibly owes $500K
Biden could owe as much as $500K in back taxes, government report indicates
Republicans say a new report indicates President Joe Biden improperly avoided paying Medicare taxes before he took office — raising the possibility that he owes the IRS as much as $500,000 in back …
On the Biden scale, that's like getting caught driving 59 in a 55 zone.
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take those filthy mexican border guard cowboy's whips, err...I mean HORSES away, yeah, that's the ticket!
oh btw, can you remind me what's the fastest growing non-white demographic in the USA and why ever could it be deciding to vote republican en masse?
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Don't tell her, it'll be fine.
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Taxation is theft. Theft from my enemies to my other enemies in this case, but still theftI don't see this tidbit anywhere, so here we go... Biden finagled his taxes and possibly owes $500K
Biden could owe as much as $500K in back taxes, government report indicates
Republicans say a new report indicates President Joe Biden improperly avoided paying Medicare taxes before he took office — raising the possibility that he owes the IRS as much as $500,000 in back …
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We should change the national anthem to Burn! Bobonga! from Chrono Trigger at this point.
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The odds are so low, but it would be hilarious if they were intentionally given covid just so she couldn't be seen in public.
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He was a notably "poor" politician until the Obama era. That he could accumulate $500k in back taxes over a short period of time means that he just plain didn't pay taxes on at least $1,2M in reported income, and that's not likely to be shady backroom deals, just stock market laundering.
Not big news by any means, more like "too senile to do taxes much, bro?"
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Well basically vigilance and being on the lookout, problem is that its not sexy enough for a lot of people in our society to put in work.
I have to say Democrats have done a good job increasing gun sales but the fact Republicans are unwilling to shut down the pipeline for immigration, which increases Democrat voters as well as though minorities right now with high in group biases, wanting more of their retarded subhuman cousins here.
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Didn't he make almost his entire fortune after he left the VP, or did I imagine that?
He was never poor, but I think his net worth in 2017 went from like $4M to $20M or something crazy, once all those deals he made as VP kicked in.
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Well I had a good laugh. I guess AOC answered the old kiwi farms question about whether or not autistic people can cry.
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Useful idiots finding out they're no longer useful.
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This is a much bigger concern than the short-sighted DC fucksticks realize. Pre-2019, essentially no one in the US would second-guess FDA or CDC policies. Now, I'm guessing most people have questions after watching the wild swings or overreaches in policy, ESPECIALLY from the CDC. Same for NIH research and it's now-overtly political manlet fossil leader.
These were not meant to be political groups, and the breach of trust is costly now and will be for years to come unless sanity is somehow re-introduced. Which I see no path for currently.
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So when Biden was whining about the rich not paying their fair share...you guys know the rest of this song and dance number.I don't see this tidbit anywhere, so here we go... Biden finagled his taxes and possibly owes $500K
Biden could owe as much as $500K in back taxes, government report indicates
Republicans say a new report indicates President Joe Biden improperly avoided paying Medicare taxes before he took office — raising the possibility that he owes the IRS as much as $500,000 in back …
Individualism Incarnate
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Haitian Healthcare in practice:
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Can't wait for loads of people to die from the simplest of things because these illegal aliens don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.
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Look at my driving record, man! Back in my day, there WAS no speed limit.
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