Author: Pen Drake

Court rules patient owes $766 on hospital’s $300,000-plus billing

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Court rules patient owes $766 on hospital’s $300,000-plus billing
Price for surgery based on secret price list that officials refused to disclose By Bob UnruhPublished May 21, 2022 at 3:53pm Horror stories about surprise billings from medical facilities for various treatments abound. It’s why in 2020 Congress adopted the No Surprises Act which took effect this year banning shock billings for emergency and a few non-emergency medical services. Now one state has a court precedent that involves other procedures too.… Read the rest

Facebook censors Marsha Blackburn for saying, ‘Biological men have no place in women’s sports’

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Facebook censors Marsha Blackburn for saying, ‘Biological men have no place in women’s sports’
CHRIS PANDOLFO | May 20, 2022 Facebook has censored Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn after she posted that gender-dysphoric male athletes should not compete in women’s sports. “Biological men have no place in women’s sports,” Blackburn wrote in a post shared to her personal Facebook page. It linked to a donation website that encouraged her supporters to “fight back against Big Tech censorship” by adding their names to her campaign email list and making a contribution, Fox News reported.… Read the rest

FDA sparks anger with decision on ‘phthalates’ — a chemical in fast-food packaging

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FDA sparks anger with decision on ‘phthalates’ — a chemical in fast-food packaging
BY SHARON UDASIN – 05/19/22 4:42 PM ET The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday that it will not impose a total ban on a set of dangerous chemicals commonly found in fast-food packaging, angering scientists and environmental groups who have long pressed for their removal. The decision came in response to three separate petitions requesting that the FDA limit the use of compounds called phthalates, which are known to disrupt hormone function and have been linked to birth defects, infertility, learning disabilities and neurological disorders.… Read the rest

Plan To Discharge Fukushima Water Into Pacific Gets OK From Regulators

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Plan To Discharge Fukushima Water Into Pacific Gets OK From Regulators
  By Julia Conley MAY 18, 2022 Despite outcry from local leaders and the Japanese public and warnings from environmental campaigners, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday gave its approval for a plan to discharge contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, a move critics say will pose a major threat to marine life. After spending several months reviewing the plan announced by then-Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration last spring, the NRA said discharging more than 1.2 million tons of treated wastewater will help the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) secure space needed to decommission the plant, where three reactors melted down in March 2011 after a tsunami.… Read the rest

Court OKs puberty blockers: medical con for the ages

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Court OKs puberty blockers: medical con for the ages
  by Jon Rappoport May 19, 2022 I’ll expose the con. First, the story: Information Liberation: “Judge Rules Parents Have ‘Fundamental Right’ to Drug Kids With Puberty Blockers And Cross-Sex Hormones.” The National Review: “U.S. District Judge Liles Burke… granted a temporary injunction to block the sections of the law banning prescription of puberty blockers and hormone medication, in response to a lawsuit.”… Read the rest

Big Pharma-funded Paper Recommends Taxing the Unvaccinated

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Big Pharma-funded Paper Recommends Taxing the Unvaccinated
A NEW PAPER PUBLISHED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY’S CENTER FOR BUSINESS TAXATION DISCUSSES – AND IN THE END SUPPORTS – THE IDEA OF A SPECIAL TAX LEVIED ON THOSE WHO DECLINE TO BE “VACCINATED” AGAINST “COVID19”. The paper’s authors argue that a vaccine-related tax would be “justified” because “Taxes on behavior that is considered undesirable are nothing new“. And that even if the “vaccines” do cause serious harm to some people… “some states do adopt policies that can lead to serious harm in exceptional cases when they consider that the benefits outweigh the costs“ Yes, you did read that right.… Read the rest

FDA Authorizes Pfizer Booster COVID Shot for Children Between the Ages of 5 and 11

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FDA Authorizes Pfizer Booster COVID Shot for Children Between the Ages of 5 and 11
Today (May 17, 2022), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) and authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot for children 5 through 11 years of age. The booster shot is 10 micrograms, which is the same dosage for this age group in their primary series and a third of that given to people aged 12 and older.… Read the rest

German Supreme Court Rules Mandatory Vaccination is Constitutionally Justified

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German Supreme Court Rules Mandatory Vaccination is Constitutionally Justified
Judges in Germany’s top court clearly haven’t looked at the data produced in multiple countries, showing the vaccinated being more likely to catch coronavirus. In a press release today, the court announced that a case, challenging the obligation to provide evidence of vaccination, had been unsuccessful. The complainants said that the mandates violated their fundamental rights. Whilst the initial vaccine mandate for all adults was rejected earlier in the year, it was still implemented for healthcare workers in March.… Read the rest

Can AI Predict Whether COVID Patients Will Live or Die? This Tool Shows Doctors Who Is More at Risk + More

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Can AI Predict Whether COVID Patients Will Live or Die? This Tool Shows Doctors Who Is More at Risk + More
Can AI Predict Whether COVID Patients Will Live or Die? This Tool Shows Doctors Who Is More at Risk Euronews reported: This tool identifies hospitalized patients most at risk of dying from COVID-19 using artificial intelligence (AI). The algorithm could help doctors to direct critical care resources to those in most immediate need, which the developers of the AI tool say could be especially valuable to resource-limited countries.… Read the rest