What Chicago’s Mayor Gets Wrong about Private Security

<p><strong>After the recent spate of retail thefts and looting, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot chided businesses for not doing enough to protect themselves from theft. <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lightfoot-under-fire-for-suggesting-retail-stores-increase-security-to-prevent-smash-and-grabs" target="_blank">Fox 32 Chicago</a> quotes her:</strong></p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote" readability="13"> <p>We also got to push retailers. Some of the retailers downtown and [on] Michigan Avenue, I will tell you, I’m disappointed that they are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority. For example, we still have retailers that won’t institute plans like having security officers in their stores, making sure that they’ve got cameras that are actually operational, locking up their merchandise at night.</p> </blockquote> <p>In one sense, this admonition (or rather the implicit admission behind it) should be welcomed by those who care about property rights. Some conservatives have responded to Lightfoot by asking, “Isn’t enforcing property rights the core function of government? If this is her attitude, why even pay taxes?” However, it is an ahistorical fantasy to think that Americans have ever been able to depend on the state to meet all of their security needs. Lightfoot acknowledges this, perhaps unwittingly.</p> <p>But if she really means it, then there are changes that must be made in order to properly facilitate private actors’ exercise of their rights to property-rights enforcement and self-defense. The most obvious is for the City of Chicago to actually recognize a right to self-defense by not interfering with individuals’ ability to bear arms, rather than being <a href="https://mises.org/wire/why-chicagos-mayor-blames-her-citys-murders-wisconsin-and-indiana">one of the most restrictive places</a> in the US for legal gun ownership.</p> <p>A necessary complement to legal gun ownership is legal recognition of the right to use them, both de jure and de facto. The wide discretion and unpredictability of district attorneys in their decisions to pursue charges against individuals using arms in clear self-defense can cost tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees even when one is acquitted. Additionally, civil courts’ willingness to entertain bogus lawsuits from criminals against their victims presents an additional risk. Under such conditions, it should be no surprise that some businesses are hesitant to hire additional security officers who might need to use force to defend property. Losses from theft can often be lower than losses from legal liabilities.</p> <p>For similar reasons, it makes sense why business owners might choose not to repair or replace defunct security cameras (if Lightfoot is talking about an actual phenomenon). In several major cities, <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-kim-foxx-felony-charges-cook-county-20200810-ldvrmqvv6bd3hpsuqha4duehmu-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">including Chicago</a>, prosecutorial discretion has been stretched to its limits in terms of the refusal to prosecute criminals against whom sufficient evidence exists. All the video evidence in the world doesn’t matter if prosecutors offices simply drop cases. It doesn’t make business sense to spend money to make home movies of thieves ripping you off.</p> <p>In short, what must be fought against are the conditions of (the unfortunately named) “anarcho-tyranny,” in which there is “<a href="https://www.lewrockwell.com/2003/04/lew-rockwell/anarcho-tyranny-in-baghdad/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the simultaneous existence of armed dictatorship and the absence of the rule of law</a>.” If state actors are going to fail in sustaining basic order, the least they can do is stay out of the way of private individuals who protect property rights. It makes no sense to extend Chicago law enforcement officers <a href="https://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=13159" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tremendous protections from liability</a> while also expecting private citizens to protect themselves without the tools to do so and with the legal burden of proof essentially against them.</p> <p>Lightfoot’s statement is also interesting for what it reveals about progressive political economy. Economists have pretended that policing is a “<a href="https://mises.org/wire/rothbards-underappreciated-contributions-public-goods-analysis">public good</a>” that is nonrivalrous in consumption and nonexcludable to nonpayers. But it is clearly rivalrous, as police allocated to enforcing mask mandates are not also able to arrest smash-and-grab gangs. It is also highly localized: police in one neighborhood cannot simultaneously be in another.</p> <div class="e2dgYDMB"><a href="https://www.infowarsstore.com/specials-clearance/christmas-super-sale?ims=rhqde&utm_campaign=christmassale&utm_source=infowars+top+banner&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=topbannerchristmas" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.directus.libertycdn.com/uploads/_/originals/ChristmasSuperSale-hero-385.jpg" /></a></div> <p>What this means is that policing is not a general good that is simultaneously available to all. It can be subject to redistribution, just like any other scarce resource the government controls. The logical step in the quest for egalitarian outcomes is to engage in redistributionism, where the politically disfavored provide their own policing (not that the service provided to those who disproportionately receive it is of high quality—like in the case of public schools, where those sending their children to private school pay twice while those unable to afford to do so are subject to low-quality monopolies). This maintains an equilibrium in which governments are able to truthfully claim they are distributing more resources to the less wealthy, while also having somewhat of an escape hatch for wealthier parties. It reduces the workload for public employees. Of primary importance for local politicians is maintaining the support of public employee unions, as they are a more effective lobbying group than parents or victims of crime.</p> <p>Ultimately, expanding the opportunities for alternatives to state services (sometimes encouraged by absolute necessity, as in Chicago retailers’ case, but also by restructuring public finances, as in the case of school choice) not only improves people’s lives but demonstrates the efficacy of private initiative. The school choice revolution was further spurred by the paltry response of public schools during the pandemic. Perhaps <a href="http://libertarianpapers.org/deangelis-police-choice/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">police choice</a> can flourish in the current environment.</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/what-chicagos-mayor-gets-wrong-about-private-security">https://www.infowars.com/posts/what-chicagos-mayor-gets-wrong-about-private-security</a>

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US Weighs Shorter Covid Isolation For Vaccinated With Breakthrough Case

<div class="ins_instory_dv"> <div class="ins_instory_dv_cont"><img alt="US Weighs Shorter Covid Isolation For Vaccinated With Breakthrough Case" src="https://c.ndtvimg.com/2021-12/vgnln264_new-york-us-covid-afp_625x300_03_December_21.jpg" title="US Weighs Shorter Covid Isolation For Vaccinated With Breakthrough Case" /></div> <p class="ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b">The omicron variant of coronavirus is believed to more easily evade human antibodies. (File)</p> </div> <p>US health officials are weighing whether to change isolation recommendations for some vaccinated people so that they could return to work sooner after a breakthrough case of Covid-19.</p> <p>The omicron variant of coronavirus carries mutations that are believed to enable it to more easily evade human antibodies. That may mean more breakthrough infections among the vaccinated.</p> <p>But for vaccinated people, Covid-19 is almost always a mild and brief disease, raising the question whether a 10-day isolation is necessary.</p> <p>"That's certainly an important consideration that's being discussed right now, particularly in the context of health care workers," Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser, told CNN on Tuesday.</p> <p>He suggested, for example, that health-care workers who test positive for coronavirus infection may be able to return to work in less than 10 days as long as they wear N-95 masks and are asymptomatic. "No decisions yet," he added.</p> <p>US hospitals say they are particularly struggling to retain nurses, faced with competition from temporary staffing companies that pay higher wages.</p> <p>Current isolation guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes no distinction among the unvaccinated, fully vaccinated or those vaccinated with booster shots.</p> <p>The CDC does say that fully vaccinated people who are asymptomatic don't have to quarantine -- one step below isolation -- after an exposure to someone with Covid-19, unlike unvaccinated people.</p> <p>CDC spokespeople didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.</p> <p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki also said quarantine guidance is under discussion but that President Joe Biden will defer to the government's medical experts.</p> <p>"Given the spread of omicron, given the transmissibility of omicron, of course, they're continuing to look at a range of steps," she said in a briefing for reporters on Monday. "He is looking to them for that guidance."</p> <p>Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, and Bob Wachter, the chair of the University of California San Francisco Department of Medicine, both said in recent tweets that 10 days of quarantine is probably too long for vaccinated and boosted people with breakthrough cases.</p> <p>"Want 100% assurance? Sure, do 10 days," Jha said. But he said he's advised friends to take a rapid antigen test after five days, and if it's negative, that it's "reasonable" to assume they're no longer contagious.</p> <p>"More data here would be nice," he added.</p> <p>Also on Tuesday, the chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines Inc, Ed Bastian, co-signed a letter asking CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to reconsider the isolation guidance for the fully vaccinated, saying that the omicron variant, though more contagious, is "likely less virulent."</p> <p>"To address the potential impact of the current isolation policy, we propose a 5-day isolation from symptom onset for those who experience a breakthrough infection," as opposed to the present 10 days, Bastian wrote, along with Henry Ting, the airline's chief health officer, and Carlos del Rio, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University and a medical adviser to the company.</p> <p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)</i></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-weighs-shorter-covid-isolation-for-vaccinated-with-breakthrough-case-2664669">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-weighs-shorter-covid-isolation-for-vaccinated-with-breakthrough-case-2664669</a>

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Watch: Triple-Vaxxed Biden Coughs His Way Through Pro-Vaccine Speech

<p><strong>Triple-vaccinated Joe Biden suffered an ill-timed coughing fit Tuesday as he attempted to urge Americans to inject themselves with experimental Covid-19 jabs.</strong></p> <p>Addressing the nation from the State Dining Room of the White House, Biden sustained a severe cough that on multiple occasions interrupted his remarks about why vaccines work.</p> [embedded content] <p>“If you are not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned.  You’re at a high risk of getting sick,” the observably sick Biden ironically stated.</p> <p>“It’s critical to mask up in public indoor places,” Biden also told the public, however before the speech he was seen walking up to the podium sans a mask.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="4.6421052631579"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Joe Biden — who recently came into contact with a COVID-positive person — ignores his own indoor mask mandate. <a href="https://t.co/452TAClwC4">pic.twitter.com/452TAClwC4</a></p> — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1473379158310936577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>Biden’s apparent illness comes as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki earlier in the day claimed Biden was “asymptomatic” amid reports he came in close contact with a Covid-infected staffer aboard Air Force One last week.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <p>[embedded content]</p> </figure> <p>“Psaki noted that the aide was fully vaccinated and boosted and had tested negative before the flight,” <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/21/politics/joe-biden-omicron-covid-testing/index.html" target="_blank">reported</a> <em>CNN</em> Tuesday.</p> <p>Watch the full Biden press conference below:</p> <div class="rXdqdeop"><a href="https://www.infowarsstore.com/specials-clearance/christmas-super-sale?ims=rhqde&utm_campaign=christmassale&utm_source=infowars+top+banner&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=topbannerchristmas" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.directus.libertycdn.com/uploads/_/originals/ChristmasSuperSale-hero-385.jpg" /></a></div> [embedded content] <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p><em><a href="https://banned.video/watch?id=61c261079d8fd62e846456aa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Religious Leader Urges the People to Fight Back Against the End of Humanity</a></em></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/watch-triple-vaxxed-biden-coughs-his-way-through-pro-vaccine-speech">https://www.infowars.com/posts/watch-triple-vaxxed-biden-coughs-his-way-through-pro-vaccine-speech</a>

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Kamala Gaslights: “It Is No One’s Fault That This Virus Hit Our Shores, Or Hit The World”

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/harris235.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Kamala Harris played dumb when it came to discussing the origins of the virus during an appearance on <em>CBS Evening News</em> Monday.</strong></p> <p>Speaking to reporter Margaret Brennan, Harris was asked if she believed the unvaccinated were to blame for the latest omicron outbreak.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="5.1976047904192"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Kamala: "It is no one's fault that this virus hit our shores, or hit the world." <a href="https://t.co/v0hfRJWUT4">pic.twitter.com/v0hfRJWUT4</a></p> — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1473079007222673411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>“I don’t think this is a moment to talk about fault. It is no one’s fault that this virus hit our shores, or hit the world,” Harris <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSrHfLtM2Vc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">said</a>.</p> <p>Her tone is markedly different from the White House’s messaging of late, which included a statement from Biden last week telling unvaccinated people they’re facing a “<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/biden-declares-winter-of-severe-illness-death-for-unvaccinated" target="_blank">winter of severe illness and death</a>.” Brennan did not press Harris on her contrast in messaging.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="4.3137254901961"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">The Biden White House wishes death upon all citizens who don't support them. <a href="https://t.co/IhXzR7tA6Q">pic.twitter.com/IhXzR7tA6Q</a></p> — Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1472807326667132933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>Harris’ elusive answer prompted many on social media to accuse her of running cover for China’s role in the development of Covid-19 Monday.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" readability="9.3172690763052"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Wait, what? OK it's no one's fault *IF* zoonotic origin. But 2 years of searching has produced no evidence, vs the Occam's Razon explanation of lab leak. So yeah, it's almost certainly someone's fault.</p> — Steve Offiler (@s_offiler) <a href="https://twitter.com/s_offiler/status/1473088970187812869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" readability="7.2402234636872"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Ok, I get the thing about her letting China off the hook, but they have blamed Trump this whole time. Now the talking points have changed.</p> — Ryan Kane (@rykane) <a href="https://twitter.com/rykane/status/1473111650479783940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" readability="1.6923076923077"> <p lang="und" dir="ltr" xml:lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/s3DRJfqqwA">pic.twitter.com/s3DRJfqqwA</a></p> — Garbo (@Garbo824) <a href="https://twitter.com/Garbo824/status/1473081390874992641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" readability="5.5659574468085"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">This is dangerous. We know where it came from. And are shielding them from taking responsibility because it would also implicate lord fauci and company.</p> — Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat (sophisticated/vaccinated) (@ctosufan) <a href="https://twitter.com/ctosufan/status/1473109937651912710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>Speaking to the <em><a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-12-17/kamala-harris-in-interview-says-administration-did-not-anticipate-omicron-variant">Los Angeles Times</a></em> last week, Harris blamed government incompetency for failure to predict virus mutations.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="4.620320855615"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">CNN: Kamala Harris admitted that the White House “didn’t see Delta coming…didn’t see Omicron coming.” <a href="https://t.co/KSrcC7JeFJ">pic.twitter.com/KSrcC7JeFJ</a></p> — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1473014392518332423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <p>“We didn’t see Delta coming. I think most scientists did not — upon whose advice and direction we have relied — didn’t see Delta coming,” she said. “We didn’t see Omicron coming. And that’s the nature of what this, this awful virus has been, which as it turns out, has mutations and variants.”</p> <p>Harris’ gaslighting attempts come as Covid deaths continue to skyrocket under the Biden regime. The same administration previously claimed President Trump should be held responsible for far less Covid deaths.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" readability="8.719512195122"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Fox’s Peter Doocy asks about deaths from COVID under Trump and Biden, and WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki reminds him that “the former president was suggesting people inject bleach.”</p> <p>“I think there’s a pretty stark difference between their approaches.” <a href="https://t.co/X0v5vBUe47">pic.twitter.com/X0v5vBUe47</a></p> — The Recount (@therecount) <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1466134224520495108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p><em><a href="https://www.banned.video/watch?id=60feed4553951f114e849c9d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">China Nukes Rival United States</a></em></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/kamala-gaslights-it-is-no-ones-fault-that-this-virus-hit-our-shores-or-hit-the-world">https://www.infowars.com/posts/kamala-gaslights-it-is-no-ones-fault-that-this-virus-hit-our-shores-or-hit-the-world</a>

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Bill Gates Cancels His Christmas Holiday Plans Over Omicron

<p><strong>Bill Gates has apparently cancelled his Christmas holiday plans over Omicron, despite a plethora of data indicating the new variant is significantly milder than previous strains of COVID-19.</strong></p> <p>The Microsoft founder made the announcement via Twitter earlier today.</p> <p>“Just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic,” said Gates. “Omicron will hit home for all of us. Close friends of mine now have it, and I’ve canceled most of my holiday plans.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true" readability="11.244444444444"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic. Omicron will hit home for all of us. Close friends of mine now have it, and I’ve canceled most of my holiday plans.</p> <p>— Bill Gates (@BillGates) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/1473333996868149248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Predictably, the billionaire went on to tell Americans to wear masks, get vaccinated and avoid large gatherings.</p> <p>Funnily enough, Gates went on to acknowledge that the vaccinated could get and spread COVID, something which Twitter actually now treats as a violation of their TOS.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true" readability="10.424615384615"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">There will be more breakthrough cases in people who are vx’d, which sounds concerning but is purely a factor of how many people are vx’d and how fast this variant is spreading. Vaccines are designed to prevent people from getting seriously ill or dying & are doing that well.</p> <p>— Bill Gates (@BillGates) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/1473334001821650948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Maybe someone should tell Gates about South Africa.</p> <p>Despite being the epicenter of the Omicron outbreak, experts there have described the symptoms as “mild.”</p> <p>As we <a href="https://summit.news/2021/12/20/covid-cases-continue-to-fall-significantly-in-south-africa/">highlighted</a> yesterday, COVID cases in South Africa peaked on December 15th and have dropped every day since.</p> <p>Hospitalisations have also <a href="https://summit.news/2021/12/21/covid-19-hospitalisations-in-omicron-epicenter-fall-by-25-per-cent/">dropped</a> by 25% over the last week.</p> <p>Health authorities in the country have even <a href="https://summit.news/2021/12/20/south-african-officials-advise-government-to-stop-tracing-and-quarantining-omicron-contacts-because-most-dont-experience-any-symptoms/">suggested</a> stopping tracing and quarantining those who have come into contact with Omicron because it isn’t helping to stop the spread of the variant, which only causes mild symptoms anyway.</p> <p>Last week, South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that only 1.7% of COVID cases in the current Omicron wave are being hospitalised compared to 19% in the previous wave.</p> <p>Even in the UK, which is about 2 weeks behind South Africa, <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/some-good-omicron-news-symptoms-remain-extremely-mild-uk-cases-peaking">cases are already peaking</a> and hospitals haven’t been overwhelmed.</p> <p>Of course, more cynical observers will assert that Gates is merely claiming to have cancelled his holiday in order to drive more fear into the American people and grease the skids for more lockdown measures.</p> <p>Gates has the wealth to private jet himself and any number of staff to a secluded location that is completely isolated from the general public.</p> <p>[embedded content]</p> <p><strong>SUBSCRIBE on YouTube:</strong></p> <p>Follow on Twitter:</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p>Brand <strong>new merch</strong> now available! Get it at <a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><strong>https://www.pjwshop.com/</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><img alt="PJW Shop" border="0" height="600" src="https://cdn.summit.news/2021/07/merch.jpg" width="348" /></a></p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong></p> <p>In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>I need you to sign up for my free newsletter <a href="https://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support my sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Get early access, exclusive content and behinds the scenes stuff by following me on <a href="https://pauljosephwatson.locals.com/"><strong>Locals</strong></a>.</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://summit.news/2021/12/21/bill-gates-cancels-his-christmas-holiday-plans-over-omicron/">https://summit.news/2021/12/21/bill-gates-cancels-his-christmas-holiday-plans-over-omicron/</a>

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Bill Gates Cancels His Christmas Holiday Plans Over Omicron

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/12/211221gates.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Bill Gates has apparently cancelled his Christmas holiday plans over Omicron, despite a plethora of data indicating the new variant is significantly milder than previous strains of COVID-19.</strong></p> <p>The Microsoft founder made the announcement via Twitter earlier today.</p> <p>“Just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic,” said Gates. “Omicron will hit home for all of us. Close friends of mine now have it, and I’ve canceled most of my holiday plans.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="11.244444444444"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic. Omicron will hit home for all of us. Close friends of mine now have it, and I’ve canceled most of my holiday plans.</p> <p>— Bill Gates (@BillGates) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/1473333996868149248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Predictably, the billionaire went on to tell Americans to wear masks, get vaccinated and avoid large gatherings.</p> <p>Funnily enough, Gates went on to acknowledge that the vaccinated could get and spread COVID, something which Twitter actually now treats as a violation of their TOS.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="10.424615384615"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">There will be more breakthrough cases in people who are vx’d, which sounds concerning but is purely a factor of how many people are vx’d and how fast this variant is spreading. Vaccines are designed to prevent people from getting seriously ill or dying & are doing that well.</p> <p>— Bill Gates (@BillGates) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/1473334001821650948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Maybe someone should tell Gates about South Africa.</p> <p>Despite being the epicenter of the Omicron outbreak, experts there have described the symptoms as “mild.”</p> <p>As we <a href="https://summit.news/2021/12/20/covid-cases-continue-to-fall-significantly-in-south-africa/">highlighted</a> yesterday, COVID cases in South Africa peaked on December 15th and have dropped every day since.</p> <p>Hospitalisations have also <a href="https://summit.news/2021/12/21/covid-19-hospitalisations-in-omicron-epicenter-fall-by-25-per-cent/">dropped</a> by 25% over the last week.</p> <p>Health authorities in the country have even <a href="https://summit.news/2021/12/20/south-african-officials-advise-government-to-stop-tracing-and-quarantining-omicron-contacts-because-most-dont-experience-any-symptoms/">suggested</a> stopping tracing and quarantining those who have come into contact with Omicron because it isn’t helping to stop the spread of the variant, which only causes mild symptoms anyway.</p> <p>Last week, South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that only 1.7% of COVID cases in the current Omicron wave are being hospitalised compared to 19% in the previous wave.</p> <p>Even in the UK, which is about 2 weeks behind South Africa, <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/some-good-omicron-news-symptoms-remain-extremely-mild-uk-cases-peaking">cases are already peaking</a> and hospitals haven’t been overwhelmed.</p> <p>Of course, more cynical observers will assert that Gates is merely claiming to have cancelled his holiday in order to drive more fear into the American people and grease the skids for more lockdown measures.</p> <p>Gates has the wealth to private jet himself and any number of staff to a secluded location that is completely isolated from the general public.</p> <p>[embedded content]</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong></p> <p>In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>I need you to sign up for my free newsletter <a href="http://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support my sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Get early access, exclusive content and behinds the scenes stuff by following me on <a href="https://pauljosephwatson.locals.com/"><strong>Locals</strong></a>.</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/bill-gates-cancels-his-christmas-holiday-plans-over-omicron">https://www.infowars.com/posts/bill-gates-cancels-his-christmas-holiday-plans-over-omicron</a>

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