Rising: July 21, 2022

Hunter Biden PROSECUTION Imminent? DOJ Wary of Sabotaging Dems in Election

Katie Halper and Robby Soave discuss the latest from the federal investigation into the Hunter Biden scandal.

BREAKING News: President Biden tests POSITIVE for Covid

Katie Halper and Robby Soave discuss President Joe Biden testing postive for COVID-19.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an EUA for the emergency use of Paxlovid for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric patients with positive results of direct severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.

The 5-day treatment course of PAXLOVID should be initiated as soon as possible after a diagnosis of COVID-19 has been made, and within 5 days of symptom onset. Should a patient require hospitalization due to severe or critical COVID-19 after starting treatment with PAXLOVID, the patient should complete the full 5-day treatment course per the healthcare provider’s discretion.

According to clinical trial data, Paxlovid had an 89% reduction in the risk of hospitalization and death.

The CDC says the risk for covid increases steadily as you age, and it’s not just those over the age of 65 who are at increased risk for severe illness. The CDC says A person is fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving all recommended doses in the primary series of their COVID-19 vaccination. A person is up to date with their COVID-19 vaccination if they have received all recommended doses in the primary series and one booster when eligible. Getting a second booster is not necessary to be considered up to date at this time.

According to the CDC people who were unvaccinated and did not have prior COVID-19 infection remain at the highest risk of infection and hospitalization. Those who were previously infected, both with or without prior vaccination, had the greatest protection. Additionally, a study by The Cleveland Clinic found that both previous infection and vaccination provide substantial protection against COVID-19. Vaccination of previously infected individuals does not provide additional protection against COVID-19 for several months, but after that provides significant protection at least against symptomatic COVID-19.

The CDC says layered prevention strategies — like staying up to date on vaccines and wearing masks — can help prevent severe illness and reduce the potential for strain on the healthcare system. Everyone ages 2 years and older should properly wear a well-fitting mask indoors in public in areas where the COVID-19 Community Level is high, regardless of vaccination status.

According to Pfizer and the CDC, potential side effects from the vaccine include pain, redness, or swelling at the injection site. Other side effects could include tiredness, headache, muscle pain, fever, chills, and nausea. In rare cases, people have experienced serious health events after the COVID-19 vaccination. Any health problem that happens after vaccination is considered an adverse event.

According to the CDC: Although the overall risks are low, if you are pregnant or were recently pregnant, you are more likely to get very sick from COVID-19 compared to people who are not pregnant. Evidence continues to build showing that COVID-19 vaccination before and during pregnancy is safe and effective. It suggests that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any known or potential risks of vaccination during pregnancy. COVID-19 vaccines cannot cause COVID-19 infection in anyone, including the mother or the baby. None of the COVID-19 vaccines contain live virus. Vaccines are effective at preventing COVID-19 in people who are breastfeeding. Recent reports have shown that breastfeeding people who have received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have antibodies in their breastmilk, which could help protect their babies. More data are needed to determine what level of protection these antibodies may provide to the baby. There is currently no evidence that any vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines, cause fertility problems (problems trying to get pregnant) in women or men.

Robby Soave: Uvalde cops stopped officer from rescuing his own wife, who then died, body cam shows

Robby Soave condemns more police failures in the Uvalde school shooting, which were revealed in new body camera footage.

Biden cancer GAFFE overshadows climate exec order, WAPO defends POTUS’ claim: Katie & Robby

Katie Halper and Robby Soave discuss a new gaffe President Biden gave on climate change.

ECONOMISTS DEBATE: What’s REALLY Causing Inflation?

Associate professor of economics at Bard College, Pavlina Tcherneva, and economist at The Heritage Foundation, E.J. Antoni, debate the causes of inflation.

Matt Taibbi: War is GOOD again? New defense bill crammed with POLITICAL PORK quietly passes House

Author of Hate Inc. Matt Taibbi weighs in on Ukraine’s first lady pleading the US for more weapons for the war-torn country.

AOC’s SCOTUS stunt reveals politicians have become INFLUENCERS—And nothing more: Angie Speaks

Columnist at Newsweek, Angie Speaks, weighs in on the arrest of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the Supreme Court over abortion.

Abby Martin: What corporate media IGNORED about Biden’s trip to Israel

Journalist at The Empire Files, Abby Martin, weighs in on President Biden’s trip to the Middle East, and the United States selling weapons to foreign governments.

President Joe Biden gestures as he board Air Force One for a trip to Somerset, Mass., to speak about climate, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Katie & Robby: Dave Chappelle’s show CANCELLED after BACKLASH over ‘Transphobic’ remarks

Katie Halper and Robby Soave react to comedian Dave Chappelle’s sold-out show at a Minneapolis theatre being cancelled.

Kim Iversen: Does mRNA change your DNA? Breaking down AP and Reuters fact check

Kim Iversen breaks down the Associate Press and Reuters’ fact check on the true impact of mRNA vaccines.

According to the CDC mRNA vaccines do not contain any live virus. Instead, they work by teaching our cells to make a harmless piece of a “spike protein,” which is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19. After making the protein piece, cells display it on their surface. Our immune system then recognizes that it does not belong there and responds to get rid of it. When an immune response begins, antibodies are produced, creating the same response that happens in a natural infection.

In contrast to mRNA vaccines, many other vaccines use a piece of, or weakened version of, the germ that the vaccine protects against. This is how the measles and flu vaccines work. When a weakened or small part of the virus is introduced to your body, you make antibodies to help protect against future infection.

Both messenger RNA (mRNA) and viral vector COVID-19 vaccines work by delivering instructions (genetic material) to our cells to start building protection against the virus that causes COVID-19.

After the body produces an immune response, it discards all the vaccine ingredients just as it would discard any information that cells no longer need. This process is a part of normal body functioning.

The genetic material delivered by mRNA vaccines never enters the nucleus of your cells, which is where your DNA is kept. Viral vector COVID-19 vaccines deliver genetic material to the cell nucleus to allow our cells to build protection against COVID-19. However, the vector virus does not have the machinery needed to integrate its genetic material into our DNA, so it cannot alter our DNA.

According to the CDC all COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the United States are effective at preventing COVID-19. Getting sick with COVID-19 can offer some protection from future illness, sometimes called “natural immunity,” but the level of protection people get from having COVID-19 may vary depending on how mild or severe their illness was, the time since their infection, and their age.

Getting a COVID-19 vaccination is also a safer way to build protection than getting sick with COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccination helps protect you by creating an antibody response without you having to experience sickness. Getting vaccinated yourself may also protect people around you, particularly people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Getting sick with COVID-19 can cause severe illness or death, and we can’t reliably predict who will have mild or severe illness. If you get sick, you can spread COVID-19 to others. You can also continue to have long-term health issues after COVID-19 infection.

While COVID-19 vaccines are effective, studies have shown some declines in vaccine effectiveness against infections over time, especially when the Delta variant was circulating widely.