Prominent scientist Dr. Steven Quay explains six reasons why there is only a one in a billion chance that Coronavirus came from nature, specifically an infected animal. Consider that if Dr. Quay knows this, so do all the liars at CDC and FDA. Hospital, antibody, and wastewater data indicate the virus was spreading globally in […] The post “1 in 1B” Chance COVID Came From Nature, Warnings of “Catastrophe” appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged on Tuesday that shuttering schools for months during the COVID pandemic was a “mistake,” a reversal for the former presidential chief medical advisor who became influential in the nation’s response to the malady. Fauci, 83, was one of the lead members of both the Trump and Biden administrations’ White House COVID teams and frequently appeared beside former President Donald Trump at briefings. The immunologist also led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the first two years of the pandemic. Fauci made the admission during an interview on CBS Mornings, saying that while the initial school closures were the right decision, keeping kids out of the classroom for so long was a mistake. “I think what was not a mistake was the actual closure, because when we had a shutdown that 15 day to flatten the curve, we were in a tsunami of cases. Right here in New York, you had freezer trucks in front of Elmhurst Hospital,” Fauci said. Fauci said that “shutting down everything immediately … even schools was the right thing.” “How long you kept it was the problem because there was a disparity throughout the country,” he said. Fauci also defended his own record, saying he urged states and counties to “close the bars, open the schools, open the schools as quickly and as safely as you possibly can.” “But initially to close it down was correct,” he said. “Keeping it for a year was not a good idea.” “So that was a mistake in retrospect? We will not repeat it?” the CBS anchor asked. “Absolutely, yeah,” Fauci responded. Previously, Fauci had warned that school shutdowns may be necessary, even ones that would last for months. .@JudyWoodruff: Are we looking at many months of virtual learning before schools can safely open nationwide? Dr. Anthony Fauci: "In some places, Judy, that may be the case." pic.twitter.com/fVgss0y4ol — PBS News (@NewsHour) August 13, 2020 8/4/20 Fauci on schools: "There may be some areas where the level of virus is so high that it would not be prudent to bring children back to school." In clip, he endorses Zoom education & school closures in areas w/ COVID transmission. Fauci has never been for full reopening. pic.twitter.com/eORstr2Lf8 — Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.today (@JordanSchachtel) November 30, 2020 In August 2020, Fauci was asked by PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff whether the country was facing “many months of virtual learning” before schools could safely open nationwide. “In some places, Judy, that may be the case,” Fauci responded. “If you want your schools to open, get your community level down, down to a safe level.” Also that month, Fauci said, “There may be some areas that the level of the virus is so high that it would not be prudent to bring the children back to school.” School lockdowns caused massive learning loss across the country among K-12 students in public schools. In 2022, eighth graders had the lowest U.S. history scores on record and among the lowest civics scores, according to the Department of Education. Only about 13% of eighth graders met proficiency standards for U.S. history last year, and only about a fifth of students were proficient or better in civics. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Math and reading scores have also suffered over the pandemic, according to the department. Math scores plummeted among fourth and eighth graders in almost every state, and reading scores have also sunk across the country, erasing the last three decades of progress. Many students returned to classrooms last year reading at the same level as when the pandemic started, putting them two grade levels behind. One study last year suggested that students lost about 35% of a typical school year’s worth of learning, starting when remote learning began. In early 2021, a CDC study showed “little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission.” However, many schools remained closed for the remainder of that year thanks to teachers unions, which fought against reopening. Learning loss caused by many months of remote learning spurred parents across the nation to demand schools return to in-person learning, especially after data showed that children were at low risk for serious cases of COVID. Some parents even ran for school board positions and won, hoping to stop the learning loss in their communities.

The GOP primary contest in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District between Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and his challenger who is supported by former President Donald Trump remains too close to call more than 12 hours after the polls closed. State Sen. John McGuire III led by 327 votes, or 0.52 percentage points, out of 62,495 ballots counted as of 12 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Associated Press, which noted that the state of Virginia observes the Juneteenth holiday and is not expected to release more results for the rest of the day. Multiple news outlets reported more than 95% of the votes have been counted. In remarks to supporters on Tuesday evening, McGuire called himself the Republican nominee. However, news outlets have yet to project a winner, and Good has not bowed out of the race. “This race remains too close to call. We are in a period where the law provides a process for evaluating the accuracy of all the vote totals from election day to ensure everyone can have full confidence in the certified results,” Good’s campaign said in a post to X on Wednesday. “Provisional ballots and mail-in ballots are also still to be counted,” the post added. “We are asking for full transparency from the officials involved and patience from the people of the 5th District over the coming weeks as the certification of results is completed. We believe we can still prevail.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Good, who is seeking a third term representing his Charlottesville-based district, endorsed Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis for president in May of 2023. He later backed Trump after DeSantis dropped out of the contest in January of this year, but Trump ended up giving his endorsement to McGuire. One of eight Republicans who voted with Democrats to remove then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House speaker in October, Good was picked to lead the House Freedom Caucus at the beginning of this year. News outlets have projected business executive Gloria Witt as the winner of the Democratic Party’s nomination in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District after she secured more than 56% of the vote in a three-way race. She is poised to face the eventual winner of the GOP race in the November election.

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld went after legacy media for eagerly gobbling up the White House’s latest narrative — namely that a recent series of unflattering videos of President Joe Biden were “cheap fakes,” deceptively edited to make Biden appear more confused and more frail than he actually is. On Fox News’ “The Five,” Gutfeld pointed out the fact that many of the same media outlets had also reported almost any story that reflected poorly on former President Donald Trump, even if it was clearly edited or without relevant context. WATCH: Fox’s @GregGutfeld calls out liberal media over claims from White House that Biden videos are ‘cheap fakes’: “Where were these anti-hoaxers in the ‘fine people hoax’, the ‘drinking bleach hoax’, the ‘koi pond hoax’, the ‘migrant kids in cages hoax’, the ‘border patrol… pic.twitter.com/LmnygWM4kW — TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) June 18, 2024 “Where were these anti-hoaxers when there was the ‘fine people hoax,’ the ‘drinking bleach hoax,’ the ‘koi pond hoax,’ the ‘migrant kids in cages hoax,’ the ‘border patrol whipping migrants hoax,’ the ‘lab leak is a conspiracy theory hoax,’ the ‘Russian collusion hoax,’ the ‘Don’t Say Gay Bill hoax’ … did I leave any — the ‘Pee Tape hoax,” Gutfeld said, nearly running himself out of breath as he tried to list them all. “Where were they?” “There is a difference,” he continued. “When we see something, we vet it. The media does not because they’re the engine behind their hoaxes as long as they go in one direction.” “The Dems and the media are lucky we don’t match their dishonesty. We could. We don’t,” Gutfeld concluded, arguing that conservatives didn’t have to be dishonest to make Biden look old and frail. “We don’t have to, because basically we don’t have to make up crap. Apparently, though, they hold us to a higher standard than they hold themselves.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Gutfeld went on to explain that Democrats believe that they have the “moral high ground,” and that justifies all manner of bad behavior. “They can call you Hitler, they can interfere with elections, they can wage unprecedented lawfare, they can say you’re banning books, they can say you’re xenophobic, they can say you don’t have any compassion for the homeless, they can say anything. They can lie, because they have the ‘moral high ground,'” he said. “The most dangerous person is one who excuses their bad actions in the name of the good, especially when the good never materializes,” Gutfeld declared.

Ritual, a multivitamin company, jumped head-first into the gender madness this Pride Month. Now, the tolerant people who insist that you call them “them” can rest easy knowing that their vitamins will also call them “them.”  Ritual isn’t clear on how one person can be “them,” but they’re excited to butcher the English language in order to “celebrate and honor who you are with every order.” “Several years ago, our team heard your feedback about the gendered nature of our bottles. We teamed up with our Internal Pride Community Group to create something really cool,” Ritual wrote in a Facebook post on June 5. “These are our Essential for You/Them stickers; made for folks who may not identify with the gendered label on our multivitamins. As someone who talks to you in the comments and DMs, our team wants to help you to celebrate and honor who you are with every order.”  Sadly, for the people who get upset about which pronoun is on their vitamin bottles, Ritual didn’t add the preferred pronouns of numerous others in the LGBT community, such as zim, sie, em, ver, ter, and xem. But adding those pronoun options to vitamins is almost certainly in the works.  If you’re a dude who loves his manliness, and the pronouns that naturally come along with it, you can keep buying Ritual and telling them you don’t identify as “them.” Or you can give your money to a vitamin company that isn’t afraid to say that there are only two genders and “them” is a pronoun used to refer to two or more people.  Responsible Man is that company. At Responsible Man, we’re not worried about “the gendered nature of our bottles” because even uttering that phrase would make us unhinged and unserious.  What we are worried about is providing quality multivitamins that put your health first without any woke garbage piled on top — or on the side of the bottle. Responsible Man’s Emerson Multivitamin is a physician-formulated, robust supplement made up of 33 key premium ingredients that help fill nutrient gaps to support your immune system, maintain energy production, sharpen brain cognition, and support the health of your heart and muscles.​​ Responsible Man was started by The Daily Wire in partnership with the guys over at Legacy Box because men’s health products suck, and we believe companies should focus on making the best versions of their products, not trying to indoctrinate you with the latest campaigns pushed by the “gender studies” majors.  Order your Responsible Man Emerson Multivitamin now! The vitamins are delivered to you in an exceptional matte black aluminum tin, containing manly green vitamin capsules that are smooth, easy to take, and the best part: they are mint-essenced for a great smell and taste. Leftist activists pushing “them” pronouns and gender madness are trying to soften men. We need men who will stand up to the insanity, but first, men need to take care of their own bodies.  Keep your body healthy while also fighting the craziness of the Left by ordering from Responsible Man.   These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. 

Former “Bachelor” star Clayton Echard is discussing his feelings about winning a paternity case brought about by a previously unidentified woman, who is now known to be Laura Owens.  Owens claimed the 31-year-old reality star fathered her twins during a one-night stand, which he denied.  “At the end of the day, I don’t want her to do this ever again to anybody else… I think she’s shown no signs of stopping,” Echard told People. “I mean, I was victim number four that we know of, and so we felt that especially when somebody commits a crime, they should have to face legal repercussions for doing so.” “Accountability needs to be had,” he said. “It felt odd that this has been going on for a year and just now it’s I guess ended. It was very exciting though, and I was excited to go talk to the other victims and let them know as well.” Court documents obtained by the outlet confirmed that Arizona Judge Julia Ann Mata found Owens “knowingly presented a false claim, knowingly violated a court order compelling disclosure or discovery.” “[Owens] acted unreasonably when she initiated litigation without basis or merit,” the documents continued. “Without an authentic ultrasound, sonogram, physical examination, and in conjunction with a belief she passed tissue in July 2023, the Court finds the underlying Petition premature at best. At worst, however, fraudulent and made to incite communication, a relationship, or both, with the [Echard].” Owens had been accused of similar behavior in the past. The court “determined that Laura Owens has a pattern of similar, if not identical behavior, and court involvement.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Owens claimed Echard got her pregnant after they had a one-night stand, but Echard told The Sun they never had sexual intercourse. The plaintiff further claimed Echard was refusing to take a paternity test. The reality star shared photos of receipts last year which appeared to indicate he had taken the test.  Echard noted that he had the support of his family throughout the process. “I mean, in a weird way, this has been the last year of my life — and not that I wanted to ever go through this — but it almost became a part of my identity for all the wrong reasons and not what I ever wanted it to be. But it’s weird to navigate forward now and say, ‘Okay, I’ll just put this behind me,’” he said, per People.  “Of course that’s what I want to do, but it feels like so many emotions are wrapped up,” Echard continued. “And I think now I just have to be able to take the time to finally break this down in my own head and come to terms with all that’s occurred.”

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas denied any responsibility for himself or for President Joe Biden’s administration, saying “the criminal” was to blame after yet another murder was allegedly traced back to an illegal immigrant who crossed the porous southern border since Biden took office. CNN host Jim Acosta posed the question to Mayorkas directly — after first giving him a little cover by claiming that illegal immigrants were statistically not more likely to commit crimes than natural-born Americans — asking how he would respond to those who blamed the administration. WATCH: Mayorkas denies any responsibility for the illegal alien monster who crossed Biden’s open border in early 2023 — and went on to savagely murder Maryland mother-of-five Rachel Morin pic.twitter.com/zmrZkA9WiT — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 19, 2024 “What do you say to critics who blame the administration for allowing something like this to happen?” Acosta asked. “Obviously this is something you hear in Right-wing media all the time.” “Jim, first and foremost, of course our hearts break for the children, the family, the loved ones, the friends of the individual who was murdered — the woman — the mother,” Mayorkas replied. “Jim, a criminal is responsible for the criminal act. The criminal who committed this heinous act should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law, and forcefully so. That is my response.” A number of critics noted that, at least in that particular segment, neither Acosta nor Mayorkas appeared willing to mention the victim, Rachel Morin, by name — and Mayorkas appeared to struggle with what he should call her, transitioning on live television from “individual” to “woman” before settling on “mother.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “Mayorkas calls her ‘the individual who was murdered,'” Stephen Miller posted. Mayorkas calls her “the individual who was murdered” https://t.co/BXUQTH4QjQ — Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 19, 2024 “This creep refuses to take any responsibility and can’t even be bothered remembering Rachel Morin’s name,” the New York Post’s Miranda Devine added. This creep refuses to take any responsibility and can’t even be bothered remembering Rachel Morin’s name. https://t.co/MroBHWruBh — Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) June 19, 2024 Others focused on the fact that he refused to acknowledge the Biden administration’s open borders and how easy it has been for criminals to cross the border and commit crimes in the United States. “They just don’t care. It’s that simple. The border will remain open, people will pour in unvetted, deportations and enforcement will remain nonexistent, and Americans will continue to die. They just don’t care,” New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino posted. They just don’t care. It’s that simple. The border will remain open, people will pour in unvetted, deportations and enforcement will remain nonexistent, and Americans will continue to die. They just don’t care. https://t.co/U3C7SiywfT — Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) June 19, 2024 The Republican-led House has already filed articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, accusing him of “willfully and systemically” refusing to comply with federal immigration laws and allege he “breached the public trust” with false statements and obstructing lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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