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1.29% + 80-95 ° © ca = a « I! Ajasanas Hulusny sased % 2. The intelligence community report on the origins came out and in some respects it was good news in that they felt fairly confident that it was not a bioweapon nor that it was bioengineered. They still left open the possibility that it could be a lab leak ; However, more elements of the intelligence community felt that it was a natural occurrence compared to the single component (FBI) who seemed to feel strongly that it was a lab leak , although this is based on no data at all. The reaction to the report was rather typical with Bob Garry saying that he was pleased that it ruled out bio engineering and David Relman making the incredible statement in a Nature news article that he would like to see all of the records of the NIH in their dealing with Chinese scientists. Truly amazing! There is no doubt that he has an agenda here and that is unfortunate. August 29, 2021 (Sunday) - Cases continue to surge with increases in hospitalizations as well as deaths. The cases have been between 100,000 and 150,000 for several days in a row now. Thus far the piece by David Willman has not received much attention. It has only appeared online and I expected it to be on the front page of the Sunday Washington Post and in fact it was not there it is possible that the situation in Afghanistan as well as the horror of the upcoming hurricane Ida has pushed this out of the news. I will have to navigate all of the difficult questions today since the White House is putting me out on all the Sunday shows. The boosts that the Israelis are giving or having a profoundly positive effect on deminishing the number of cases that are severe . See below: Israel: Two weeks after the third dose campaign, and for the past two weeks, there is a decrease in the fraction of cases who become seriously ill https://bit.ly/3gKS7fY