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Tom Elliott

@tomselliott

Sep 2, 2020 • 45 tweets • 13 min read • Read on X

Starting a thread of deaths resulting from Covid quarantines. 1) NHS Scotland sees hundreds die after hospitals keep patients on waiting lists as Covid is prioritized

2) In Bay Area, suicides on the rise after shelter-in-place order abc7news.com/suicide-covid-…

3) U.S. Drug Overdoses Spike 18% During Pandemic Lockdowns npr.org/sections/coron…

4) “Lockdown measures for the pandemic could result in an additional 6.3 million cases of T.B. and 1.4 million deaths.” nytimes.com/2020/08/03/hea…

5) Study finds Covid lockdowns claim 10x more lives than the virus itself revolver.news/2020/08/study-…

6) Study says Ontario surgery backlog due to COVID-19 could take 84 weeks to clear globalnews.ca/news/7310078/c…

7) "The rate of children ending up in Victorian emergency rooms after self-harming has jumped by a third since this time last year, according to government data seen by the ABC." abc.net.au/news/2020-08-0…

8) "Pennsylvania hospitals are treating more children with severe child abuse injuries, indicating the state's most vulnerable kids are not safe at home during the coronavirus outbreak." eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

9) Study: 'Years of life lost due to the psychosocial consequences of COVID19 mitigation strategies based on Swiss data' medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

10) "More than 40 states have reported increases in opioid-related mortality as well as ongoing concerns for those with a mental illness or substance use disorder in counties and other areas within the state" since lockdowns began ama-assn.org/system/files/2…

11) CDC: One quarter of young adults contemplated suicide during pandemic politico.com/news/2020/08/1…

12) "Multiple cases of COVID-19-related suicides in the USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Bangladesh, India and other countries have been reported in mass media and psychiatric literature” academic.oup.com/qjmed/advance-…

13) "A 2011 meta-analysis of international research .. found that the risk of death was 63 percent higher during the study periods among those who experienced unemployment than among those who did not” mises.org/wire/unemploym…

14) "According to the latest survey from Survivor Views … half (51%) of all those surveyed reported some impact on their [cancer] care due to the virus … nearly one in four report a delay in care or treatment.” ascopost.com/news/april-202…

15) “The number of people in Denver who died of cardiac arrests at home in the two weeks following the statewide stay-at-home order was greater than the total number of people who died of COVID-19 in the city during that time.” coloradosun.com/2020/08/17/den…

16) "The number of deaths due to the disruption of cancer services is likely to outweigh the number of deaths from the coronavirus itself over the next five years. The cabinet was told it could be up to 150,000 avoidable deaths." thetimes.co.uk/edition/commen…

17) Covid-19’s collateral damage: More Americans are dying from heart attacks and other health issues wsj.com/articles/death…

18) Hundreds of thousands of cancer screenings were deferred after worries about Covid-19 shut down much of the U.S. health-care system .. Bc many cancers can advance rapidly, months without detection could mean ... more deaths wsj.com/articles/covid…

19) Death tolls soar, not from non-Covid; diabetes victims up 86 percent in 6 months; prostate cancer victims up 53 percent; breast cancer up 47 percent; bowel cancer up 46 percent pressreader.com/uk/metro-uk/20…

20) Ontario shut down non-urgent health services in the spring. Now hospitals are seeing many more patients with advanced cancers thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…

21) Suicides Up Nearly 100% Among Young People in Wisconsin’s Second Largest County madison.com/wsj/news/local…

22) In UK, Number of patients waiting more than a year for non-coronavirus treatment highest since 2008, with 139,545 patients waiting more than a year for treatment news.sky.com/story/covid-19…

23) UK Health Study Found 26,000 "Extra" Non-COVID Deaths At Home Amid Lockdowns zerohedge.com/medical/new-uk…

24) Suicide claimed more Japanese lives in October than 10 months of COVID cbsnews.com/news/japan-sui…

25) Number of domestic abuse victims killed by partner 'more than doubles' in lockdown mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

26) San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths Far Outpace City’s COVID-19 Death Count bongino.com/san-francisco-…

27) The Pandemic Has Led To More Drug Overdoses In A 12-Month Period Than At Any Point In US History dailycaller.com/2020/12/23/pan…

28) Dozens of cruise employees died by suicide during coronavirus quarantine: report bloomberg.com/features/2020-…

29) San Francisco lost a total of 699 people to overdoses last year, a 59% rise from 2019 sfchronicle.com/local-politics…

30) Extra 10,000 dementia deaths in England and Wales in April theguardian.com/world/2020/jun…

31) Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/…

32) "Over 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period." cdc.gov/media/releases…

https://twitter.com/LilMsOpinion/status/1351361654634774532

33) Thread detailing teen suicides since the government began imposing lockdowns and social isolation

https://twitter.com/LilMsOpinion/status/1351361654634774532

34) Overdose deaths skyrocket in Pennsylvania during COVID-19 pandemic local21news.com/news/local/ove…

35) Pregnant woman dies during childbirth from treatable condition undiagnosed due to coronavirus restrictions, family says washingtonexaminer.com/news/pregnant-…

36) Alcohol deaths hit record high during Covid pandemic bbc.com/news/health-55…

37) Texas boy, 12, hangs himself after battling depression amid COVID-19 nypost.com/2021/02/11/tex…

38) San Francisco sues schools, citing high number of suicidal students nypost.com/2021/02/12/san…

39) Friends say former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh became incurably depressed after Covid lockdowns hit, which resulted in drug abuse and his eventual death forbes.com/sites/angelauy…

40) Three NYC school kids killed themselves in three weeks amid COVID-19 pandemic nypost.com/2021/02/17/3-n…

41) Overdose deaths skyrocket in Pennsylvania during COVID-19 pandemic local21news.com/news/local/ove…

42) U.S. overdose deaths on pace to surpass 100,000 in a single year statnews.com/2021/03/02/add…

43) Expert: Kids 10 times more likely to die of suicide than Covid thefederalist.com/2021/03/03/joh…

44) Study projects 27,644 to 154,037 "deaths of despair" (alcohol, drugs, suicide) resulting from Covid lockdowns/social isolation drive.google.com/file/d/1MiezBY…

45) NHS faces 'hidden backlog' of six million patients awaiting treatment due to pandemic telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/0…

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A bill in the Senate that would offload some of the central government’s land holdings is stirring up a lot of talk online, and I think it’s time for conservatives to remember two quick important points:

1) If you care about the preservation of land, getting it out of the control of the feds is the priority, not the risk.

2) Teddy Roosevelt is hands down one of the top 5 worst presidents in American history.

Let's start with the latter and then segue into the former.

Before I quickly address Roosevelt as a politician, I’ll note that as a man he was indeed very brave. He was beset with all kinds of health issues as a child but largely overcame them through sheer determination. He also overcame tragedy; his wife and mother died on the same day, Valentine’s Day 1884. Most of us already know of his affinity for exploration, travel, hunting — he was an ubermensch who relished overcoming the hardest challenges life offers. He declined running for re-election in 1908 so he could instead go on a 2-year African safari. Toward the end of his life he organized a trip through the Amazon from which he barely escaped alive.

And yes, once while en route to a speech, he was shot, but still attended & delivered the speech, only seeking medical attention afterward. (Roosevelt's 50 page speech and steel glasses case saved his life, but the bullet remained lodged in his ribs for the rest of his life.)

However, some of this bravery is probably better classified as bravado, and he had a tendency toward violence even as a child. (When his girlfriend broke up with him as a youth, he was so angry he shot & killed his neighbor’s dog.) After helping engineer the start of the Spanish-American War — he once wrote, "I should welcome almost any war, for this country needs one” — Roosevelt created his own unit, “The Rough Riders,” made up largely of privileged Ivy Leaguers who sought glory. In his book glamorizing the experience, he recounted how once when he saw one of his fellow soldiers dodging gunfire, he felt it cowardly & badgered him into charging into the gunfire, which of course led to his immediate death. TR was amused.

Nonetheless, Americans hear his stories of bravery and automatically assume someone so valiant could have only been a great president. And that's true, if you dislike freedom, the Constitution, and a humble foreign policy. As a politician, Roosevelt regulated railroads, regulated curriculums, regulated what we can eat and drink, & ultimately tried to turn the United States into the British Empire, conquering distant lands merely to expand the supposed American Empire.

J.P. Morgan, desperate to create a central bank that would help consolidate his power while phasing out smaller local banks, played Teddy Roosevelt like a puppet. Despite Roosevelt branding himself as an anti-capitalist "trust buster" who helped create the Progressive Era, his second run for the presidency, via the Bull Moose Party, was actually a Wall Street endeavor. (Roosevelt only realized he'd been played after suffering a humiliating defeat to Woodrow Wilson, perhaps another Top 5 terrible president.) Although maybe this wasn't entirely necessary since Teddy Roosevelt himself supported the creation of a central bank.

Roosevelt’s faith in the state, after all, was absolute: "I have always believed that it would be necessary to give the National Government complete power over the organization and capitalization of all business concerns in inter-state commerce."

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Tom Elliott

@tomselliott

Apr 29

THREAD: Does the early administration of vaccines increase the risk of autism? Let's see what Pubmed says.

"A review of medical literature and US government data suggests that: (i) many cases of idiopathic autism are induced by early mercury exposure from thimerosal; (ii) this type of autism represents an unrecognized mercurial syndrome; and (iii) genetic and non-genetic factors establish a predisposition whereby thimerosal's adverse effects occur only in some children." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11339848/

"Thimerosal-treated mice exhibited neural development delay, social interaction deficiency, and inclination of depression. Apparent neuropathological changes were also observed in adult mice neonatally treated with thimerosal. High-throughput RNA sequencing of autistic-behaved mice brains revealed the alternation of a number of canonical pathways involving neuronal development, neuronal synaptic function, and the dysregulation of endocrine system." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24675092/

"In phase I, it was observed that there was a significantly increased risk ratio for the incidence of ASD reported following the Thimerosal-containing DTaP vaccine in comparison to the Thimerosal-free DTaP vaccine. In phase II, it was observed that cases diagnosed with an ASD were significantly more likely than controls to receive increased organic-Hg from Thimerosal-containing hepatitis B vaccine administered within the first, second, and sixth month of life."

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC38…

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Tom Elliott

@tomselliott

Nov 14, 2024

At the UN's taxpayer-funded #COP29, self-appointed philosopher kings are ordaining we plebes be forced to eat vegetarian; meanwhile, what do you think is on the menu at their confab? You guessed it!

The following images & video reports come via my friend Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot), who is on the ground at COP29.

Marc reports that despite demanding taxpayers start paying extra for the crime of eating meat, at COP29 there is no such "meat tax"

At #COP29, while not lecturing about the horrors of livestock, delegates enjoy dining on beef & chicken burgers

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Tom Elliott

@tomselliott

Aug 20, 2024

THREAD: In addition to his military career & drunk driving arrest, there’s another topic about which @Tim_Walz has been lying for political purposes —the conception of his own children. Since IVF treatments entered the news earlier this year, Walz has been repeatedly claiming he & his wife owe their two children to IVF. But today both CNN & the NYT confirm the Walzes did not in fact use IVF.

Here’s Walz a month ago on Chris Hayes’s show: “Today is IVF day. Thank God for IVF, my wife and I have two beautiful children.”

Here’s Walz two weeks ago in Philadelphia talking about IVF: “This gets personal for me and my family”

Here’s Walz in Wisconsin two weeks ago again claiming his kids were conceived thanks to IVF: “Some of you may have heard this. [IVF] is personal for my wife and I. When Gwen & I decided to have children, we went through years of fertility treatments. The phone would ring, tenseness in my stomach, & then the agony when you heard the treatments hadn’t worked. So it wasn’t by chance that when we welcomed our first child, our beautiful daughter, we named her Hope.”

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Tom Elliott

@tomselliott

Jun 24, 2024

REVIEW: Jake Tapper has always been a far-left partisan.

1) In August 2020, Tapper asks fellow liberal Democrat Charlie Dent, "Is it possible the Republican Party is now the party of deranged bigots?"

https://x.com/tomselliott/status/1321556676655357952

2) Tapper is an anti-science mask shamer

https://x.com/tomselliott/status/1321556676655357952

3) In August 2019, Tapper asks fellow liberal Democrat Beto O'Rourke: "Do you think it's racist to vote for President Trump?"

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Tom Elliott

@tomselliott

Jun 21, 2024

As usual, Justice Thomas is the only justice who seems to have read the U.S. Constitution. The 2nd Amendment prohibits the federal govt from restricting an individual's right to bear arms, regardless of how politically unpopular they may be. As Justice Thomas notes, Americans can now lose their 2nd Amendment rights without due process.

Justice Thomas: The majority cites 17th century English law to justify disarming citizens, without acknowledging the 2nd Amendment was specifically intended to protect Americans from laws like this

Justice Thomas also mocks the majority for having to rely on proposed constitutional amendments that were ultimately rejected — as if their original proposition carries more weight than their being voted down.

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