Migrants Enrich UK With Massive 51% Surge In HIV Cases To 15-Year High

 Though "Diversity is Our Strength" is a cornerstone mantra of woke leftist ideology, it's been steadily crumbling as people across the West observe the many real-world downsides of uncontrolled migration. Health officials in the United Kingdom have just hit that cornerstone with another sledgehammer, reporting that HIV cases in the UK soared by 51% last year to a 15-year high. 

According to a new report from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the UK counted just over 6,000 new cases in 2023. Notably, for the first time, more than half of them (53%) were attributed to people who were originally diagnosed outside the UK. Of that set, 75% of the carriers are African. The migrants are also spreading the disease amongst each other after arriving -- 253 diagnoses were attributed to people who'd been in England less than two years.

"The rise in HIV testing together with a higher and sustained positivity in black African heterosexuals may be suggestive of ongoing transmission. However, this number could also be affected by changing patterns of migration with a recent rise in people diagnosed with HIV abroad arriving in England." - UKHSA

The sudden surge in HIV cases may have doomed health agencies' goal to achieve zero HIV transmission in the UK by 2030.

via The Telegraph

However, rather than reasonably calling for the government to pump the brakes on immigration, public health types are instead reflexively spouting Marxist blather -- such as National Aids Trust chief executive Robbie Currie, who told the Telegraph that "the latest published HIV data in England shows clearly that a continuing lack of equity and equality is standing in the way of people being able to live well with HIV."  

Similarly, Terrence Higgins Trust chief Richard Angell said “Today’s new figures show people from ethnic minorities face an increasing burden of HIV, with rising diagnoses and worse health outcomes than the population as a whole." 

Africa is far and away the world's largest cauldron of HIV: A whopping two thirds of the world's HIV-diagnosed population live in the continent. Meanwhile, 23% of the work and study visas issued by the UK last year were given to Africans. 

In addition to compounding the peril of the disease, the surge in the UK's HIV-positive population also represents a public financial burden in a country with a socialized medicine scheme that's already under stress. The lifetime cost of managing an HIV patient in the UK has been varyingly estimated to be between £73,000 and £404,000.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/migrants-enrich-uk-massive-51-surge-hiv-cases-15-year-high 

Tim Walz is as useless as a tampon in the men’s room

 Tim Walz might as well have shown up to the debate wearing a stolen dress with lipstick smeared all over his teeth.  It was embarrassing to watch.

The man looked like Don Rickles’s unfortunate little brother (”Mommy, Don is being mean to me”), with his pouty face looking to be on the verge of tears several times.

He relied on factually incorrect clichés like “You can’t yell fire in a theater.”  (Of course you can...the caveat being that the theater must be on fire, West Warwick, R.I.’s Station Nightclub being a good example of a place where more people in a theater should have been shouting, “Fire!”)  The other hypocrisy in that?  If you can’t yell “fire” in a theater that isn’t on fire, then you can’t yell “Hitler” where no Hitler is happening (ahem...MSNBC).

Next to J.D. Vance, Tampon Timmy looked like a nervous miniature poodle with bladder issues cowering from a Rottweiler.  Or like Richard Simmons standing next to a Navy SEAL.

Walz made it a point to let us know that he pals around with school shooters...and I have questions.  Did he say that because he considers school shooters a key voting demographic?  Does he find it creepy that an elderly governor is hanging out with incarcerated kids who can’t get away from him?  Does he have friends who aren’t school shooters?  Where and when did he develop these “friendships”?  Looking at pictures of last night’s debate, and school shooters, I find it easy to believe that some of Tim Walz’s very best friends are school shooters.

One of my neighbors said he was the Sarah Palin of the Democrat party.  I disagree.  Next to Walz, Palin looks like a rocket scientist who specializes in international relations, plus she’s pretty and confident.  Tim?  Not so much.

Dick Cheney, arguably our most “badass” veep, must keep a secret office under the West Wing, because I can’t imagine this country’s most entrenched bureaucrat ever endorsing that wet noodle to be vice president of anything (unless Cheney was still secretly in charge).Walz touted a town in Minnesota where “fifty languages were spoken.”  I would like someone to fact-check that, because it’s highly unlikely, considering that ten languages cover 90 percent of the world’s population, and the other 7,001 “living” languages are spoken with frequency that declines rapidly after language number 25 to tribal languages with anywhere from a few thousand speakers to just one.  The likelihood that a small Minnesota town has attracted a high enough concentration of tribal language–speakers from the most remote parts of the planet to have 50 languages being spoken is the tiniest fraction of a percent.

J.D. Vance, in the debate, reminded me of Marge Gunderson from the movie Fargo: an honest person surrounded by bald-faced liars.  Tampon Tim is the Jerry Lundergaard of American politics.  Everything he says is a lie — lies about the border, lies about the economy, lies about buddying around with school shooters.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/tim_walz_is_as_useless_as_a_tampon_in_the_men_s_room.html

Military’s abysmal response to Hurricane Helene

 The devastation Hurricane Helene has wrought on much of Appalachia—and Western North Carolina in particular—presents an unfortunate occasion to examine what the U.S. military is doing to secure the American way of life. 

Unfortunately, the military’s dismal response so far shows that they are unwilling to provide for the American people at a time of dire need.

Days after Hurricane Helene, the Biden-Harris Administration finally activated up to 1,000 soldiers to support the delivery of food, water, and medicine to isolated communities. But these efforts are too little, too late.

Compare this to the military’s response after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when thousands of troops were mobilized within seven hours of receiving orders as the situation spiraled out of control.

Apparently, it is not worth a call to the soldiers of the 101st Air Assault Division who are seven hours away. The 2nd Marine Division, which is stationed only a few hours away from Ft. Liberty, is standing by. But the people of North Carolina only seem to be worth sending a small contingent of active duty troops, some phone calls from Delaware, and a few photo opportunities. 

The parts of America long outside the consciousness of Pentagon strategists and Beltway elites have been destroyed. Entire towns are inaccessible by road. Hundreds of Americans are missing. Disaster relief is mostly falling to beleaguered response units, the National Guard, and heroic Americans like Tim Kennedy and Congressman Cory Mills. 

It goes without saying that Ft. Liberty’s 82nd Airborne Division, located just outside of Fayetteville, North Carolina, could send far more help. While there is no need to seize an airfield with airborne forces, the security environment is uncertain, with countless reports of looting and violence.

The 82nd Airborne serves as America’s “Global Response Force.” The 82nd was largely responsible for the evacuation of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan—meaning that they are extraordinarily well-positioned to respond to Hurricane Helene relief efforts in their own state.

A brigade of paratroopers from the 82nd is always less than 24 hours away from massing combat power anywhere in the world. 

It is not as if disaster relief is outside the purview of a combat-ready unit like the 82nd. Paratroopers from Ft. Liberty joined in Hurricane Andrew relief efforts in 2004. And they patrolled the streets of New Orleans in defense against looting in response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 

The Global War on Terror and international tension elsewhere did not stop the rapid deployment of critical U.S. military power to Haiti after a natural disaster. A mere 48 hours after Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake in January 2010, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne landed in Port-au-Prince to provide security and humanitarian assistance. This came amidst a troop surge in Afghanistan and dormant but still existing military commitments in Iraq.

Perhaps more importantly, however, is the 82nd’s ability to rapidly establish critical infrastructure in austere environments. American paratroopers could establish fuel depots, field hospitals, and dining facilities by the time a reader wakes up tomorrow morning. These activities would support other Americans in dire need—but such awesome power does not seem to be available to taxpayers in North Carolina. 

Hurricane Helene comes amidst a dangerous international security environment. Iran launched hundreds of missiles at Israel on October 1, the Russia-Ukraine War grinds on, and the Pacific inches closer to conflict. Obviously the 82nd stands committed to respond to all of these threats at once.

But that does not tell the whole story. 

Typically only one-third of the 82nd is on recall notice for “global” contingency operations. That means two infantry brigades, significant portions of battlefield support brigades, and tens of thousands of paratroopers are otherwise occupied with training or on leave. A total of 57,000 service members are stationed at Ft. Liberty, which is only a few hours from the worst natural disaster to strike Appalachia in American history.

The Army possesses unmatched crisis response capabilities. There is no reason Americans should not top the list of those who have access to this critical capability at a time when it is desperately needed.

One thousand troops, days after Helene hit, will be unable to effectively deal with the devastation. Helene is one of the deadliest hurricanes in the past half century; hundreds are missing, and thousands require immediate food, water, and medical supplies. The American people deserve better than this.

Will Thibeau is the Director of The American Military Project at the Center for the American Way of Life.

https://americanmind.org/salvo/forgotten-america-in-crisis/

Thermo Fisher's plant making infant RSV drug breached FDA rules

 One of the largest contract drug manufacturing plants in the U.S. owned by Thermo Fisher Scientific over the past 10 years has repeatedly breached rules meant to ensure drugs are free of contamination, FDA documents show, including twice this year.

The most recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspection of Thermo Fisher's Greenville plant in May identified manufacturing issues for the respiratory syncytial virus drug Beyfortus, a preventive antibody therapy from AstraZeneca and Sanofi for infants and toddlers.

The issues were resolved to the FDA's satisfaction, the FDA and Sanofi said. There is no evidence that these manufacturing issues have resulted in harm to patients.

The 1.7 million square foot plant makes around 40 different medicines, according to the FDA's national drugs directory, including life saving hospital-administered and pharmacy drugs and Novo Nordisk's weight-loss medicine Wegovy. Thermo Fisher bought the plant in 2017 with its acquisition of contract manufacturer Patheon.

Growth in obesity medicines and complex biologic therapies is fueling demand for U.S. contract manufacturers like Thermo Fisher. But two manufacturing experts say the plant's 10-year audit record gives them reason to be concerned about the company's approach to quality control.

"There are multiple issues with the culture of the organization. They are not looking at the long term and have a fix-when-caught mentality versus a culture of prevention," said David Talmage, vice president of education at the Parenteral Drug Association, which provides training on best practices for sterile manufacturing.

The FDA's inspection of the Beyfortus production line found that required manufacturing processes fell short in areas such as ensuring some equipment was sufficiently sterilized, according to a report obtained by Reuters through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

A spokesperson for Sanofi, which markets Beyfortus in the U.S. where it was approved last year, said the FDA's findings were all addressed and subsequently reviewed by the regulator. The FDA approved the Beyfortus doses before they left the plant for sale, the spokesperson said.

Sandy Pound, chief communications officer at Thermo Fisher, said the company participates in more than 1,000 regulator and customer inspections every year and takes regulator observations seriously. She did not comment on the specifics of the FDA audit.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-thermo-fishers-plant-making-100719830.html

Helene victims in NC fend for selves as response from Biden-Harris’ FEMA underwhelms

 Desperate residents of Hurricane Helene-ravaged Western North Carolina are relying on home-grown rescue efforts instead of waiting for the Biden-Harris administration’s financially depleted FEMA to get its act together.

Not content to hold out hope for help some fear might not arrive in time, a handful of grassroots rescue operations have sprung up to render assistance by air, land and even on four legs.

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The US Coast Guard played a key role in rescue efforts, including saving a dog and his owner stranded after the man’s boat became disabled.AP

With hundreds more missing in the remote, unforgiving terrain and communication services damaged or nonexistent, the search for survivors grows more dire with each passing hour.

Local airports like City of Statesville Regional Airport and Hickory Regional Airport have transformed themselves into donation drop-off and delivery zones, courtesy of a few dozen volunteers lending their time, critical supplies and in some cases, their planes to the rescue effort.

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Volunteer pilots flocked to City of Statesville Regional Airport for an impromptu mission to bring much-needed supplies to those stranded in the west of the state.Facebook/Hurricane Helene Airlift Relief
Roadways near the airports this week were jammed with donors and volunteers, who brought car and truckloads of everything from food and medicine to fuel and camping supplies. The donations were then collected and loaded into small, privately owned airplanes for delivery to the hardest-hit regions of the state.

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Vice President Kamala Harris drew ridicule when she touted storm victims would be eligible to receive $750 from FEMA.AFP via Getty Images

“The amount of pilots coming in and out of Statesville today is amazing. Because of their generosity, our community is saving lives. We were able to get supplies to a remote area today for at least 100 people who had no contact with anyone until yesterday,” a volunteer posted Thursday on the Facebook page of what’s been dubbed the Hurricane Helene Airlift Relief.

In the days following the historic storm, the skies above Western North Carolina echoed with the whirring of helicopters, many of them captained by private pilots looking to lend a hand to their fellow Tar Heels.

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FEMA under the Biden-Harris administration is cash strapped due in part to spending over $640 million of its budget to deal with the migrant crisis.AFP via Getty Images

Garrett Mitchell, a pilot and YouTuber known as Cleetus McFarland, choppered out to a remote area after seeing a desperate mother’s cry for help on Facebook.

“We are in a serious situation right now … My child is almost out of formula and we have a woman on oxygen here. We need to get out bad,” she wrote in the post.

After meeting on the ground with rescue personnel, Mitchell headed their way and picked up the two stranded parents and their baby, whom he flew to safety, Vertical magazine reported.

“The true power of social media,” Mitchell wrote. “Let this be an example of a post that helped someone in need.”  

Even outside of Asheville, which suffered some of the worst of the flooding in North Carolina, flyboys and girls from around the country showed up in force to do whatever they could.

Volunteer group Operation Airdrop flew a reported 37 private helicopters to assist with rescue efforts in the rural high country.

“We just kind of organized a private helicopter army to go in and survey the damage and extract people and take supplies and create landing zones,” volunteer pilot Matt McSwain told WCNC Charlotte. 

“We’ve had people from Texas to Maine, all the way to the East Coast just show up and [say], ‘How do we help?’ ”  

Back on the ground, mules from Mountain Mule Packer Ranch trudged their way through otherwise impassable roadways, toting saddlebags loaded up with medicine, first aid and other much-needed supplies to different parts of the state.

“Busy morning as we loaded lots of equipment, supplies, and MULES, to leave for WNC! Please know that we appreciate EVERY kind word, gesture of support, and all that are partnering with us to HELP all that we can!” the ranch wrote wrote on Facebook.

As of Thursday afternoon, at least 94 people have lost their lives in the mountainous region of the state, nearly half of the storm’s recorded death toll so far, authorities said.

Helene is the third-deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland US in more than half a century, behind only Hurricane Katrine in 2005 and Hurricane Camille in 1969, according to Fox Weather.

https://nypost.com/2024/10/03/us-news/north-carolina-hurricane-victims-slam-biden-harris-admin-as-fema-response-sputters/