(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: 10 things you need to know this Wednesday – December 22, 2021

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‘It’s immoral. Stop it!’: Biden scolds ‘purveyors of lies’ about pandemic – A day after warning the unvaccinated that they and their families face a winter of death and doom, President Biden addressed the nation, presenting a strategy to fight the new omicron variant through free test kits, “emergency testing sites,” increased support for hospitals and expanded capacity to get Americans vaccinated.

“All these people who have not been vaccinated: you have an obligation to yourselves, to your families, and quite frankly – and I know I’ll get criticized for this – to your country,” Biden said Tuesday from the White House. – READ MORE

Dr. Leana Wen says ‘cloth masks are little more than facial decorations’ – Dr. Leana Wen, previously the president of Planned Parenthood, describes cloth face masks as “little more than facial decorations” and says the U.S. should require people to sport surgical masks in crowded indoor areas.

“Cloth masks are little more than facial decorations and should not be considered an acceptable form of face covering. The US should require (& distribute) medical-grade surgical masks to be worn in crowded indoor spaces,” she tweeted. – READ MORE

Boston Bans Unvaccinated from Bars, Restaurants, Gyms, Theaters, Sports Arenas –Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced the city’s new vaccine passport system on Monday, which will ban the unvaccinated from gyms, bars, theaters, and sports arenas.

“Vaccination is the most powerful tool we have to fight this pandemic,” said Wu when announcing her new policy. – READ MORE

German Health Minister Calls For Immediate Forced Vaccination Of Entire Population – German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has called for making COVID vaccination mandatory immediately for the entire German population.

As reported by Der Spiegel, “Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) fears that the number of infections will rise sharply due to the new Omicron virus variant. “I assume a massive fifth wave,” said Lauterbach when visiting a vaccination center in Hanover. – READ MORE

Center for Vaccine Development’s Hotez: Every Three Months We Might Need Another Booster – Center for Vaccine Development director Dr. Peter Hotez said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” that he believes, especially for health care workers, people will need coronavirus booster shots every three months.

Hotez said, “Now we have an added problem, and that is specific to the Omicron variant, that third booster was holding up so well for Delta, Alpha and other variants, for Omicron, it is waning really quickly.” – READ MORE

Cruise Ship Sees 48 Fully “Vaccinated” Adults Test Positive For COVID – According to reports, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that recently docked in Miami found that 48 people aboard their cruise ship tested positive for COVID, despite a 95% COVID jab rate in conjunction with a litany of other measures aimed to prevent COVID from cropping up on cruise ships.

Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas ship was hosting 6,091 passengers and crew members after departing from Miami on December 11th, and through the 18th a total of 48 passengers on the cruise ship wound up testing positive for COVID. – READ MORE

Government authorities: 26-year-old’s death ‘probably’ due to Pfizer COVID vaccine – A 26-year-old New Zealand man’s death from myocarditis has been linked to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine by New Zealand officials.

“With the current available information, the board has considered that the myocarditis was probably due to vaccination in this individual,” a COVID-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board said in a statement, according to Reuters. – READ MORE

California man dies after paramedics refused to enter care facility, citing COVID restrictions – A California man at a long-term care facility died last month after paramedics on the scene refused to enter the building to provide treatment, citing an alleged county COVID-19 restriction — and now the city is investigating the events surrounding his death.

Joseph Angulo, 56, unresponsive and in cardiac arrest, was in desperate need of life-saving care the night of Nov. 11, but due to what appears to be confusion over an outdated coronavirus health and safety guideline, he may have been prevented from receiving that care. – READ MORE

Fauci: ‘Entirely Conceivable and Likely’ Coronavirus Will Be Akin to Common Cold, Flu – On Tuesday, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci advised that it was “entirely conceivable and likely” that the coronavirus would be much like the common cold or flu in the United States.

After pushing for people to get vaccinated to prevent severe effects from COVID-19 and its variants, Fauci said on CBS’s “Mornings” the hope is after getting enough people vaccinated that “there will be a degree of immunity in the community such that you don’t have a situation where it is dominating” lives. – READ MORE

The f***ing filter is gone: Cursing is through the roof. Experts blame COVID, of course – A new report in the Wall Street Journal says that Americans are swearing more than ever now — and experts think they know the culprit.

Not movies, TV shows, or music that are all riddled with foul-mouthed characters. – READ MORE

Is Beijing Weaponizing Your DNA? – Why is a US DNA-processing firm sharing Americans’ DNA with China? The answer is staggering…

If you’ve had a COVID-19 test, there’s a good possibility that the folks in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have your DNA. – READ MORE