Recent equity market weakness trends are showing signs of possible near-term exhaustion. S&P 500 volatility measurements in equity markets which have hit extreme levels only seen in relatively rare instances over the past 20 years.
Today’s “Tariff Tantrum” follows on the heels of recent equity market weakness in late February and most of March. Much of this tumult has been centered on headlines highlighting U.S. Federal Government employment reductions and international trade and economic growth concerns emanating from tariff posturing and possible retaliations.
Data from Public Health England show 63% of Covid-Delta deaths over 7.5 months were fully vaccinated. However, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has chosen not to share this data with the American people. With this information now publicly available, what is the justification for universal Covid vaccine mandates and the ongoing refusal to to recognize the long-standing scientific principle of natural immunity?
According to attorney Thomas Renz, 25.9% of those prescribed Remdesivir for COVID-19 are recorded as having died in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) database. CMS data indicated that of 7,960 beneficiaries prescribed Remdesivir for COVID‐19, 2,058 beneficiaries died. Forty-six percent of those fatalities occurred within 14 days of Remdesivir treatment. The high mortality rate and frequency of adverse effects associated with Remdesivir 'begs the question … Why is this the protocol in American hospitals?'
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has directed officials at the central bank to take a “comprehensive look” into the ethics rules surrounding permissible financial holdings and activities by senior staff. Powell issued the directive last week after reports emerged of stock trades made by leaders at the Fed's banks in Dallas and Boston last year.
Earlier this week, before a U.S. Senate Panel, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) challenged HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on the Biden administration's vaccine mandates. Dr. Paul, referencing a recently released medical study out of Israel, stated that science does not support the attorney's public policy of ignoring naturally acquired immunity for those who have already had COVID-19 infections.
