βοΈ Coffee & Covid β Wednesday, July 20, 2022 β HYDRATE π¦
Jabbed 7x more likely to get serious covid; CDC data compares county lockdown results; practical heat wave advice; the Economist says dems need to wake up; protests in Argentina; and more...
Good morning C&C! Itβs Wednesday, and you know what that means β time for a new roundup: An update on our recent Operation Multiplier; new study shows jabbed people 7x more likely to catch symptomatic covid; CDC releases count level data and youβll never guess how well lockdowns worked; Brunei sets records; practical advice from Britain how to weather the heat wave; the Economist tells Dems itβs time to wake up; disrespectful conservatives create a landmark; now protests in Argentina; gas prices are down a little, but donβt take a victory lap yet; Nordstream-1 news; and DeSantis starts to chip away at the WEF, kind of.
π *THE C&C ARMY POST* π
πͺ Operation Multiplier Update: According to its organizers, as of July 17th, C&C raised $83,861.21 for Feds for Medical Freedom in last weekβs multiplier, in thousands of individual donations. This should put some significant fuel in their tank, enabling more litigation to protect our friends in federal government, and it is what we can do when we work together. It also send messages: a message to F4MF that they are supported and appreciated, and a message to all the other new activist groups like them that a lot of grassroots support is out here.
Itβs so cool β none of us alone could have stroked a check for $84K, not easily, but working together we did it in a couple days by making small donations that were easy for each of us. Thanks for being part of such an amazing movement!
π*COVID NEWS AND COMMENTARY* π
π A peer-reviewed study comparing jabbed versus natural immunity published in April but just updated. Itβs titled, βSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Naturally Acquired Immunity versus Vaccine-induced Immunity, Reinfections versus Breakthrough Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study.β
The researchers found this startling difference: jabbed people were THIRTEEN TIMES more likely to catch Covid after being jabbed than unjabbed people were likely to get reinfected. Even more significantly, it found when jabbed people did have breakthroughs, they were SEVEN times more likely to get a SERIOUS case of covid than the unjabbed people who did get a second infection.
In other words, itβs working great!
They reached this logical and unsurprising conclusion: βNaturally acquired immunity confers stronger protection against infection and symptomatic disease caused by the Delta variant β¦ compared to β¦ vaccine-induced immunity.β
Because it shows that the breakthrough infections are MORE likely to be symptomatic, this is a great study to give whiny jab-lovers who argue that βit was never supposed to stop infections, only serious illness or death.β
Now β¦ explain to me again: why should people take the risks of the jab after already having recovered from covid?
π According to superstar βTeam Realityβ contributor Justin Hart, the CDCβs newly-released county-level covid data showed that counties with mandatory stay-at-home orders performed no better, or even worse, than counties without lockdown orders:
Too bad it took them so long to release this data. It might have been helpful last year.
π The little country of Brunei currently holds the winning slot in the competition for highest covid case rate in the world.
Brunei was late to the party. It was doing great before it started jabbing people. By the time its first wave came along, Brunei had βfullyβ jabbed 91% of its population; and just before the most recent wave started, theyβd boosted 64%.
But it would have been so much worse!
πΊ Itβs been super hot in Great Britain, and to help, the New York Post ran a practical story yesterday headlined, βBeer Could Help You Survive a Heatwave, Doctor Says.β If Iβm connecting the dots right, that means beer prevents blood clots. Up to two pints of beer can provide more hydration than dehydration, explained the Post.
The paper admitted that NORMALLY alcohol isnβt recommended for hydration. Not normally. But in this kind of emergency, people may need to make certain exceptions. So.
Okay, granted, itβs a silly suggestion; leave it to the Brits to work a pint or two into the mix. But the idea of drinking fermented hops for hydration is 1,000% more practical than anything the climate maniacs have come up with. And beer doesnβt destroy your economy or lead to mass starvation. A couple pints of beer doesnβt hurt anybody.
Just saying!
π₯ Itβs come to this: The Economistβs newest issue bears an alarming cover screaming, βWake up, Democrats!β Inside, the main articleβs headline insists, βThe Democrats Need to Wake Up and Stop Pandering to Their Extremes.β
What? STOP pandering to the extremes? Itβs more likely Joe Biden will solve the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture before he has breakfast this morning at around 11:30.
Early in the article, the marxist rag slyly praises itself: βThis newspaper does not usually hand out advice to political parties, butβ¦β Haha, we get it, Economist. Youβre not biased. Not usually. But you just canβt stop yourself, this time.
The article begins noting that NOBODY wants approval ratings like Joe Bidenβs approval ratings, which it calls βthe lowest approval rating of any incumbent since the 1950s.β In other words, at this point Biden has beaten Jimmy Carter in the race for most worst. Heβs competing with Nixon now.
Now think about this for a second: Joe was the democratsβ BEST candidate in 2020. Kind of makes the Economistβs point, doesnβt it?
Anyway, the Economist explained that Americaβs democracy is sick. Sick, like it has a bad case of covid. Democracy is so sick itβs practically on the ventilator now, according to the magazine. So the Economist wants democrats to cut it with all the kooky talk. People might get the wrong idea:
Fringe and sometimes dotty ideas have crept into Democratic rhetoric, peaking in the feverish summer of 2020 with a movement to βdefund the policeβ, abolish immigration enforcement, shun capitalism, relabel women as birthing people and inject βanti-racismβ into the classroomβ¦ Republican attacks on Democrats as out-of-touch socialists ring true to many voters in the centre.
That is 100% accurate. Now take a look at the Economistβs prescription for curing Americaβs democracy and saving the soul of the nation:
Moving towards the centre ground would not just be a shrewd political tactic, it could also be the beginning of a cure for American democracy⦠Standing up to the ideologues of the left will require grit, but if Mr Biden truly wants to save the soul of the nation he will have to start with the soul of his own party.
In other words, Democrats have gotten SO kooky that it appalls even the Economist. To be honest, most C&Cers would agree that leftwing radicalism is whatβs making America sick, at least in part. But whatβs surprising is that the Economist agrees with us β after all, it suggests dems should move toward the center to cure democracy?
What the Economist is really saying is that the DEMOCRAT PARTY is sick, soul sick, infected with radical leftwing ideology, and that is making democracy sick too. Obviously the Economist wonβt convince the gerontocrats running the party β Biden chief among them β that they should change ANYTHING. The Economist knows this, it was firing a warning shot, intended to wake up its center-left readers.
Iβm surprised they didnβt also weave a suggestion for a pint or two in there somewhere.
π₯ People, PLEASE. Because of you, tireless fact-checking website Snopes was forced to debunk ANOTHER insane right-wing conspiracy theory yesterday. Fortunately, its indefatigable editors are up to the job, and alertly sprang into action almost immediately after the story went viral.
An article published on Snopesβ website yesterday bears the headline, ββBrandon Fallsβ Added to Google Maps to Mock Bidenβs Bike Fall.β I checked, and apparently Google has taken it down, but hereβs an archival screen grab in all its disrespectful glory:
I would be remiss if I didnβt make it clear: Snopes wants you to know that Brandon Falls is NOT a historic landmark, not REALLY. Itβs kind of just a prank. So donβt make any big travel plans or anything.
Virtue-signaling scolds on Twitter think itβs terrible β just terrible β that people are tricking Google into making fun of our 96-year-old White House resident for having an accident than could happen to anybody. Itβs EASY to fall off a motionless bicycle, even with one foot on the ground. You just lean over far enough and plop! And, it is NOT an analogy to anything either. The fall wasnβt an analogy OR a metaphor.
π₯ The UK is right ahead of the U.S. in its inflation curve at a reported 9.4%, but one economist interviewed said it is really closer to 20% there.

If youβve been govern shopping lately you know it feels like 20% inflation here in the U.S., too. Thanks, covid experts!
π₯ You can add Argentina to the lengthening list of countries suffering from massive protests over economic dislocations β economic dislocations sprouting from bad governance. Inflation in Argentina is at an astounding 64%.

Have you ever seen anything like this? In country after country, monstrous protests involving regular blue-collar folks like farmers and truckers are breaking out all over the world β all at the same time. You could write a thousand articles about the phenomenon. Where are the media reports of all these immense protests around the world? What about the trends? What about what it all says about government? Where are all the breathless interviews asking the protestors to explain how they feel and what they want?
People arenβt happy. Itβs like peace is being taken from the Earth or something. And the media is utterly useless, just garbage.
π For some reason, even though barrel prices are up, the price of gas at the pump here in the U.S. is down -$0.50 cents from the peak, about a -10% drop. At a recent press conference with Bidenβs economy czar, Jared Bernstein, reporters seemed somewhat skeptical the trend would continue. They pressed Bernstein about when he said last year that βinflation will be transitory,β and asked why they should believe him now.
Bernstein responded arguing that β and I am not making this up β the economy is actually booming. βIf you look at the strength of the current economy, if you look at the strength of the labor market, if you look at the strength of consumer spending, you would conclude that where we are right now remains solidly within expansion,β the delusional bureaucrat claimed.
Bernsteinβs two examples donβt prove his point. When you flood the money supply, consumer spending will appear robust, especially when measured in tinydollars. Those dollars have to go somewhere. And since wages are βstickyβ β always slow to adjust to inflation β employees are cheaper than they used to be, so employment isnβt showing the pain, not yet. Itβs basic economics.
Plus, gas remains over $2 higher than when Biden moved into the White House. Just saying.
π₯ Across the Atlantic, Europe waits anxiously to find out if the Russians will turn the NordStream-1 gas pipeline back on tomorrow after 10 days of βroutine maintenance.β European officials are arguing about the scope of sanctions. Russia has hinted that, even after resuming gas shipment through the pipeline, the amount will probably be βreduced.β Smallified. Shrunk.
Putin is blaming the reductions on the difficulty of getting replacement parts to keep everything working properly, because sanctions. So. In other words, the Russians are sandbagging the Europeans. Gasbagging.
The EU is circulating a draft plan calling for member countries to fight Russian tactics by just using less gas. You didnβt need all that gas anyways. The plan allows for mandates that would require automatic cuts if 15% reduction goals arenβt met.
More mandates! And more sacrifices. Is it just me, or does it seem like they only have one way to handle every problem? They never saw a mandate they didnβt immediately fall in love with.
π¦ΈββοΈ Governor DeSantis awarded a $6.5 million grant to create βcivics academiesβ at three state colleges in Florida. The colleges will partner with local school districts, teaching high schoolers skills useful for public service careers, like working in a state agency or the county government.
I have mixed feelings about it. Generally I prefer less government. But clearly, conservatives need to start training more of our smart young folks how to participate in government. I think what DeSantis is doing is a small start to building an alternative to the World Economic Forumβs young global leaders training programs.
I mean, if that failed engineer and moronic numbskull Sergeant Schultz, I mean Klaus Schwab, can do it, why canβt we?
DeSantis, leading again.
Have a wonderful Wednesday! Iβll see yaβll back here tomorrow morning for a fresh cup.
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Jeff I just want to say Iβve become addicted to C&C. I was part of a group of fired employees who refused to get the gene therapy and someone in the group said you were putting out great content related to covid. You certainly do and so much more. Thanks for making your readers so well informed!
Just like βif you have breathing problems, you donβt have to wear a maskβ and βtwo weeks to stop the spreadβ went the way of logic and common sense (as in, vanished), so did that pesky natural immunityβthat is, until it reared its stubborn little head and started showing up in legitimate studies reflecting actual science. The truth has a way of coming out on top, even on a planet teeming with liars.
Thank God for words like these, a life raft in a roiling sea of dishonesty:
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.
β Psalm 73:25-28