Cont from pg 1 Lady DeSantis Cancer Free Healthy Children And The COVID-19 Vaccine The Sun Bay Paper Page 6 how politicians and “the medical establishment have continually ignored data, instead choosing to stoke fear and push for lockdowns and mask mandates in their fruitless attempts to ‘stop the spread.’” “Over the past two years, the data has shown us what works and what doesn’t work. It is long past time to stop the ‘COVID theater,’” DeSantis said. “In Florida, we told the truth, we let the data drive our response, and we let Floridians make decisions for themselves and their children. As a result, Florida is in a better spot than states who used fearmongering and mandates." Florida was the first state to lift mandates during the pandemic, and the state legislature passed a bill, which DeSantis signed into law, to ban COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. The state Health Department two weeks ago announced new COVID-19 guidelines to empower health care practitioners “to follow science, not [Dr. Anthony] Fauci’s status quo.” And last week, DeSantis called on the state legislature to pass a bill to protect healthcare workers’ freedom of speech and ability to offer COVID-19-related treatments. Ladapo said Florida “has continued to stay ahead of the federal government by following sound science – not coercion. Scientific debate takes place in a public forum – it is not hidden in federal bureaucracy. We need to get back to living – not hiding in fear.” One key speaker at the roundtable, the inventor of the mNRA technology used by Pfizer and Moderna in the COVID-19 shots, was Dr. Robert Malone. “There is no justification for mandating vaccines for children, full stop,” Malone, who’s warned about the health effects the shots could pose, said. “We're of the strong opinion that if there is risk, there must be choice. As far as we're concerned, there is no medical emergency now, and there is therefore no justification for the declaration of medical emergency and the suspension of rights that has occurred with that reupping of the medical emergency by the executive branch." Dr. Martin Kulldorff, scientific director at the Brownstone Institute, added, “If you have had immunity, you don't need vaccines, and that by itself sort of reduces any argument for having a vaccine mandate or vaccine passports. But for children who haven't had COVID, the question was, we don't know to what extent it helps, up against death and serious disease. “Right now, … the benefits of vaccinating children are very small. We know that there's a risk of myocarditis for young boys and young men, but also for girls. There might be other adverse reactions that we don't know about yet. So, for children, the benefits we know are at best, very small and we don't know what the risk benefit ratio is. I think under those circumstances, it’s unethical to mandate vaccinations for children.” In response, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters, "Let me just note that we know the science. We know the data and what works and what is the most, what the most effective steps are protecting people of a range of ages from hospitalization and even death. It's deeply disturbing that there are politicians peddling conspiracy theories out there and casting doubt on vaccinations, when it is our best tool against the virus and the best tool to prevent even teenagers from being hospitalized.” Numerous studies also have shown the detrimental effects lockdowns have had on children. Dr. Sunetra Gupta, professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at the University of Oxford, said, “Right from the start, everyone, all the powers that be were saying that these measures, lockdowns and other restrictions, will work. But the truth is we didn't know whether they would work or indeed what the purpose would be, even if they did work, where was that taking us? “The one thing we did know was that the measures we were proposing to implement lockdowns and other restrictions would have enormous cost,” he added. “That was the one thing we were certain about. And yet that's what we went ahead and did. “So we inverted the precautionary principle of trying to minimize harm by doing the one thing that we knew would cause harm. Now we can say the benefit of hindsight is that the measures, in fact, didn't do very much to slow down the spread and what we do see very sadly is that what we knew right at the start that these measures would cause harm that has in fact unfolded in front of us.” Bethany Blankley The Center Square March 11, 2022 - March 17, 2022 Incidents of Violence Against Gig Workers on the Rise Rideshare groups are dealing with a disturbing trend of violence against gig workers in Illinois and many other states across the rest of the country. A new rideshare driver safety hub has opened up in the Chicago area and more could pop up around the state and country. Officials say the office in Park Ridge will offer legal support, safety and health resources, and a support network for drivers who have experienced trauma. Lenny Sanchez, director of the Illinois Independent Drivers Guild, said incidents of violence against gig drivers are out of control !! “I say it is at Crisis Level, which is the best way that I can describe it,” Sanchez said. “We have met hundreds and hundreds of drivers that have been assaulted at gunpoint, their vehicle shot at by being lured in by the application.” Lyft received an increasing number of reports of sexual assault in recent years, including more than 1,800 in 2019. Lyft released the figures nearly two years after Uber put out a similar report that showed more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported within the U.S. in 2018. Just last summer, an Uber driver died after being shot in the head in Cicero. Joe Schelstraete, a 38-year-old driver, picked up four armed men who used the Uber app to hail him. Sanchez said the violence is forcing drivers to take action to protect themselves. “Before, drivers used to occasionally carry a firearm but now it is a very common thing,” Sanchez said. “We’ve seen drivers that we met that are wearing bulletproof vests.” To improve safety, Sanchez is asking drivers to submit a selfie that would be shared with the app in case of a crime to be later used as evidence. Kevin Bessler The Center Square she’s going to make a full recovery. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. God Bless you all.” First Lady Casey DeSantis, said, "There are no words to express how truly blessed, grateful and humbled I am to hear the words cancer free. To those who are in the fight, know there is hope. Have faith and stay strong." The announcement comes a month after she completed her last chemotherapy treatment in January. In the state legislature, as budget negotiations begin, the Senate is poised to spend $100 million a year on a cancer-research program, and Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Chairman Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, wants to name it after the first lady. He’s proposed calling it the “Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program.” The House has proposed spending $37.77 million, WUSF Public Media reports, and the two chambers appear to be at an impasse on this and other spending items. According to 2017 data, breast cancer was the second-most diagnosed cancer behind lung and bronchus cancer in Florida, according to the state Health Department. According to statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov, which tracks cancer by state and type, from 2014-2018, there were 120 cases of female breast cancer per 100,000 residents, slightly less than the national average of 124 per 100,000. The highest number of cases reported was in Union County, followed by St. Johns and Duval counties. Counties with rising numbers of cases are Highlands, Columbia, Franklin and Osceola. Counties with declining numbers of cases are Martin, Flagler, Orange, Okaloosa, Gasden, and Monroe, according to the analysis. The data is based on incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) and is age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Bethany Blankley The Center Square Cont from pg 1
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