Tag: #Pandemic

New York Post : European heatwave killed more people in one region than height of COVID — and locals still refuse AC: ‘Don’t want to be Americans’

By Anthony Blair
Published Aug. 18, 2026, 5:15 p.m. ET

More than 16,000 people died in a single week during Europe’s heatwave in late June — and in at least one area, the daily death toll spiked above the highs of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis of mortality data.

In Wallonia, in southern Belgium, 313 deaths were recorded in just one day, June 28, compared to 245 daily deaths at the peak of COVID in November 2020, the New York Times found.

As temperatures soared to over 100 degrees, Wallonia recorded a death rate 77% higher than expected between mid-June and early July, leaving some hospitals overrun.

Despite the horrific toll, local leaders are still resisting installing air conditioning.

Just 20% of European homes have the common technology — compared to 90% in the US.

“Air-conditioning can be appropriate in specific situations, particularly for vulnerable people or certain buildings,” said a spokesperson for Wallonia’s housing and energy minister, adding that their “long-term strategy is not based on its widespread use.”

Sniffy Belgians also do not “want to be Americans,” Belgian doctor Toon Ceyssens told the Times.

Around 16,000 excess deaths were recorded in Europe in just one week in late June, with Belgium, France, and Germany most affected, according to figures from the European Mortality Monitoring

“Each crisis is becoming increasingly severe. That’s what we’re failing to anticipate,” Wallonia’s regional health minister Yves Coppieters told the Times.

Half of all emergency rooms in Wallonia’s hospitals have no air conditioning, according to Dr. Philippe Devos, director general of a health care provider federation.

In the region’s overcrowded health centers, calls to emergency operators often took 10 minutes to get through, and many sick people were lined up in the hallways to allow privacy for the dead, the Times reported.
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New York Post : Shocking number of Gen Z shut-ins report zero face-to-face human interactions per day after COVID

By Anthony Blair
Published Aug. 17, 2026, 6:43 p.m. ET

COVID created a permanent class of young shut-ins, according to a stunning new report.

Nearly 10% of Gen Zers said they had zero face-to-face interactions with another person in their daily life, according to an analysis of US Census data by the Financial Times.

The dangerous trend was triggered by the COVID pandemic, when millions of young people were kept stuck inside during the years spent developing crucial social skills.

The American Time Use Survey suggested that a shocking number of these young people — age 23 to 29 — haven’t recovered.

In 2019, the last year before the pandemic, only 3% of young adults weren’t socializing face-to-face on a daily basis, but by the time COVID restrictions had eased in late 2021, that figure was almost 9%.

The figure peaked at 10% in 2023, before ticking down slightly in 2024 and 2025.

And where the most socially active segement of young people saw their social lives rebound following the pandemic, for the bottom quarter, they have not.

Before 2020, the most socially connected segment of young adults used to spend 87% of their day with other people, a figure that dropped to 78% during COVID restrictions, before rising to 83% as of 2025.

But for the most isolated segment of the young adult population, who used to spend roughly a third of their day with others, that figure collapsed to essentially zero during the pandemic and has stayed there ever since.

The annual American Time Use Survey also found Americans are spending more time on screens than they were in 2015, with daily time spent on computers and social media rising from 25 minutes a decade ago to 37 minutes in 2025.

Teenagers spent the most time on these pursuits, averaging 90 minutes per day on screens.

Also astonishing was that more than a third (35%) of those employed said they did some or all of their work from home in 2025, over three years after COVID restrictions started to eased.

A Lesser And Greater Virus

 Supporting Verses:   Matthew 24:7  Revelation 6:8

 

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Covidint there will come a virus (looks to be  demure.  However, a second will come after it that actually will be terrifying and will kill a LOT of people, and will become a true pandemic.

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The Gateway Pundit: Gottlieb responded that the Fauci exposed in the emails was not the same man he claimed to have known over the years.

by Jim Hᴏft
Jul. 28, 2026 8:15 am

“The Tony Fauci I saw in those emails is not the Tony Fauci I knew,” Gottlieb said, describing the Fauci he knew as supposedly “sober,” “careful,” and “thoughtful.”

Kernen then raised Fauci’s apparent obsession with the corporate media and his cozy relationships with establishment journalists.

“Did you figure out the obsession with mainstream media in defending him?” Kernen asked, mentioning CNN’s Jake Tapper and the media figures who portrayed Fauci as a “hero.”

Gottlieb tried to explain that frightened Americans were looking for a trusted voice during the pandemic.

“Maybe they picked the wrong voice,” he finally admitted.

Kernen fired back by recalling Fauci’s infamous “I represent science” posture and accusing Gottlieb of remaining “very guarded and nice” toward the former government official.

“I was disappointed by the emails, I have to admit,” Gottlieb conceded.

WATCH: Bitchute : Forgotten About Media https://www.bitchute.com/video/jgYfVMeAjDbC

The interview followed Senator Paul’s release of the massive “Tony’s Diary Package,” containing Fauci’s private pandemic-era journal entries and communications.

The documents reveal Fauci’s fascination with his sudden celebrity status, including his excitement over completing what he called the “Fauci 5,” appearances on all five major Sunday television programs.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Fauci’s diaries documented his “bizarre obsession with fame” while Americans were dying, businesses were being destroyed, children were locked out of classrooms, and churches were ordered closed.

Another Gateway Pundit report revealed that Fauci privately discussed a COVID fatality rate potentially far lower than the figure he presented to lawmakers.

Paul’s Senate “Reading Room” says Fauci’s private writings show that he was warned by top virologists on January 31, 2020, that the virus contained features raising serious questions about a natural origin. According to the committee, roughly half the scientists on the initial call believed the virus looked “constructed.”

Yet Fauci later publicly dismissed laboratory-origin suspicions while presenting natural spillover as the favored explanation. Fauci disputes accusations that he deliberately misled the public.
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The Gateway Pundit: CNBC’s Joe Kernen GRILLS Ex-FDA Commissioner and Pfizer Board Member Scott Gottlieb Over Fauci’s Lab-Leak Cover-Up and “Tony’s Diary” Ahead of Explosive Senate Hearing.

by Jim Hᴏft
Jul. 28, 2026 8:15 am

Former FDA Commissioner and current Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb appeared visibly uncomfortable Monday as CNBC’s Joe Kernen repeatedly confronted him over Dr. Anthony Fauci’s conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The heated exchange unfolded on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” just two days before Fauci is scheduled to testify under subpoena before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Fauci will appear on Wednesday, July 29, at 8:30 a.m. ET before the committee chaired by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), according to the official hearing notice.

Paul subpoenaed Fauci after the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director reportedly backed out of an earlier agreement to testify voluntarily.

Kernen wasted no time putting Gottlieb on the spot.

“How about your buddy Fauci?” Kernen asked. “I’ve asked you about him in the past. You’ve defended him quite a bit.”
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Breitbart: Grand Jury Indicts Hawaii Lt. Governor for COVID Testing in Alleged ‘Pay-to-Play’ Scheme

Lowell Cauffiel
26 Jul 2026

The COVID-19 pandemic has come back to haunt Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke as a grand jury has indicted the Democrat on bribery charges for allegedly securing funding for virus testing sites in exchange for campaign contributions.

The alleged pay-to-play scheme took place when Luke was a state lawmaker.

Friday’s indictment follows state and federal investigations into the campaign finance scandal that also resulted in the indictment of a lobbyist and four other officials.

Prosecutors accused Luke of accepting campaign finance contributions in 2022 while she was a state lawmaker in exchange for securing funding for COVID-19 testing sites.

The Hawaii grand jury returned a 12-count indictment that includes charging Luke with “criminal conspiracy to commit bribery and falsifying candidate committee reports among other charges,” the Hill reported per the state’s Department of the Attorney General.

It’s alleged Luke accepted at least $35,000 in campaign contributions from lobbyist and businessman Tobi Solidum in exchange for supporting testing sites operated by the National Kidney Foundation.

Solidum, who was also indicted by the grand jury, was a lobbyist and consultant for the foundation.

According to court filings, Solidum forked two $5,000 campaign checks to Luke during a meeting at a Morton’s Steakhouse in January 2022 as they allegedly talked about state funding for COVID-19 testing sites.

Democratic Attorney General Anne Lopez said the indictments followed an investigation launched in January that followed a federal public corruption probe, according to news reports.

“From the outset of this investigation, I have repeated that we have a commitment to following the facts to where they lead, no matter how long it takes to get there,” Lopez told reporters at a news conference on Friday.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) suggested Luke should resign.

“The Attorney General announced significant developments in her department’s corruption investigation and has provided an update on their findings,” he said in a statement to Politico on Saturday. “The Lieutenant Governor needs to consider formally resigning to address this matter and so that the state of Hawaiʻi can move forward.”

Five other people were indicted on Friday. They are Solidum, former state Rep. Ryan Yamane (D), Hawaii Department of Transportation official Ford Fuchigami and former state Public Utilities Commission official Leo Asunción.

Voters elected Luke to serve as Green’s deputy in 2022. She took office in April when the campaign finance investigation first made headlines. She also ended her campaign for reelection at that time.

Governor Josh Green appointed Keith Regan, comptroller of the Department of Accounting and General Services, to serve as acting lieutenant governor in Luke’s absence.

The lieutenant governor has yet to comment on the charges.
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News Max: Sen. Ron Johnson Expects Little From Fauci Testimony.

Sen. Ron Johnson said he expects little cooperation from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, when he testifies before the Senate this week, as Republicans prepare to question the longtime public health official about the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Hill reported Sunday.

The Wisconsin Republican told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that “I don’t expect to get much out of him” during Fauci’s testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Johnson added, “I think [Fauci would] be very forgetful, completely unrepentant, arrogant — I mean, arrogant to the extreme.”

The senator said he intends to use Wednesday’s hearing to highlight what he views as failure in the government’s handling of the pandemic, stressing that “I’m going to try and lay out all the things that he did that were such a miserably failed response to COVID.”

The hearing comes after committee Chairman Rand Paul subpoenaed Fauci to testify as part of the panel’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the government’s involvement in research conducted in China.

The Kentucky Republican has alleged that federal officials concealed information about U.S.-funded viral research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where he and other Republicans argue the virus that caused the pandemic may have originated.

U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided over COVID-19’s origins, and no definitive conclusion has been reached about whether the virus emerged from a laboratory incident or through natural animal-to-human transmission.

Paul has repeatedly accused Fauci of misleading Congress regarding research funding and has argued the former NIAID director should face criminal charges.

During a 2021 Senate hearing, Fauci denied that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases funded gain-of-function research involving the virus that causes COVID-19 at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

In previous interviews, Paul has said he expects Fauci to be untruthful during his upcoming testimony.

“I don’t expect him to be honest; he hasn’t been honest in the last six years,” Paul said recently.

Paul also said negotiations with Fauci over documents and testimony had dragged on for months before the committee issued a subpoena.

“We’ve been negotiating with him for material and for testimony,” Paul told CNBC last month. “This has gone on for some time. He slow-walked us and slow-walked us. Finally agreed to come in voluntarily … then last week he says he’s not coming in. With this subpoena power, we will bring him in, unless he fights this in court.”

Fauci, who retired from government service in 2022 after advising seven presidents dating back to the Reagan administration, received a preemptive pardon from former President Joe Biden before Biden left office amid concerns that the Trump administration could pursue legal action against him.

Wednesday’s hearing is expected to renew congressional scrutiny of the government’s pandemic response, including funding decisions, public health guidance, and investigations into the origins of COVID-19.