{"id":1137596,"date":"2021-12-21T12:50:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1137596"},"modified":"2021-12-21T12:53:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:53:05","slug":"authorities-report-first-u-s-death-attributed-to-omicron-amidst-widespread-democratic-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-report-first-u-s-death-attributed-to-omicron-amidst-widespread-democratic-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities Report First U.S. Death Attributed To Omicron Amidst Widespread Democratic Panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fauthorities-report-first-u-s-death-attributed-to-omicron-amidst-widespread-democratic-panic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1137596&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday, Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/averaging-one-covid-19-death-per-day-d-c-declares-state-of-emergency-and-new-mandates\">cities<\/a> such as Washington, D.C., and Boston, Massachusetts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/boston-protesters-sing-star-spangled-banner-in-rally-against-progressive-mayors-new-vaccine-mandate\">announced<\/a> new vaccine mandates for public workers and vaccine passports for private food, entertainment, and shopping venues to combat Omicron and Covid-19. That same day, ABC News reported that the first death attributable to Omicron occurred in Harris County, Texas. The juxtaposition of one death attributed to Omicron in a nation of millions with Democratic mayors panicking and racing to enact new restrictions should cause Americans \u2014 if they have not already \u2014 to question why our elected leaders are going to such extremes over what experts so far say has generally mild symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth officials in Texas announced Monday that it recorded the first death related to the omicron COVID-19 variant,\u201d ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/live-updates\/coronavirus\/?id=81852482&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn#81865739\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The man was in his 50s, unvaccinated, and had underlying health conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-to-announce-support-for-hospitals-access-to-free-covid-tests-vaccine-availability-amid-omicron-surge\">reported<\/a> that the Omicron variant comprised the vast majority of new infections last week. The first and only death attributed to Omicron in the U.S. so far comes just prior to President Joe Biden\u2019s expected address to the nation unveiling new measures to defeat COVID-19:<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><em>The president is set to deliver remarks just hours after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that omicron variant is now the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the United States, making up 73.2% of new infections in the week that ended Dec.18\u2014up from just 12.6% the prior week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Across the country, schools are beginning to shift to remote learning, restaurants are closing their doors to the public, and events are once again being canceled as a result of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. Broadway shows in New York City have been canceled, along with the Rockettes\u2019 \u201cChristmas Spectacular\u201d shows. The National Hockey League also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nhl-says-it-will-pause-season-due-to-covid-19-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced a pause to its season.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even as COVID-19 surges in areas like the nation\u2019s capital, it is not exactly clear if deaths are rising as well. On Monday, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/averaging-one-covid-19-death-per-day-d-c-declares-state-of-emergency-and-new-mandates\">reported<\/a> that Mayor Muriel Bowser enacted new COVID-19 restrictions while the city was averaging just one death per day:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe seven-day average of covid deaths in DC is 1. Just last night, there were 4 homicides in DC. They have reached their highest number since 2003. But @MayorBowser decided to declare a state of emergency for covid,\u201d Greg Price tweeted.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That daily average was confirmed by The New York Times COVID-19 tracker, which also reported that over the past two weeks, \u201can average of 360 cases per day were reported in Washington, D.C., a 252 percent increase from the average two weeks ago. Since the beginning of the pandemic, at least 1 in 10 residents have been infected, a total of 71,219 reported cases.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last week The Daily Wire noted that the Biden administration was warning this winter would be one of severe illness and death for unvaccinated Americans:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI want to send a direct message to the American people: Due to the steps we\u2019ve taken, Omicron has not yet spread as fast as it would have otherwise done,\u201d Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/12\/16\/remarks-by-president-biden-after-meeting-with-members-of-the-covid-19-response-team\/\">told<\/a> reporters after a COVID-19 briefing at the White House.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut it\u2019s here now and it\u2019s spreading and it\u2019s gonna increase,\u201d the president added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated \u2014 for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they\u2019ll soon overwhelm. But there\u2019s good news: If you\u2019re vaccinated and you have your booster shot, you\u2019re protected from severe illness and death,\u201d Biden said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite that warning, several medical experts have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/omicron-variant-officially-in-us-but-johns-hopkins-expert-says-no-need-to-fear\">said<\/a> that the Omicron variant \u2014 though more transmissible \u2014 will not be any more deadly than previous variants. Celebrity Chef Andrew Gruel pointed out that what we do know will be \u201ckilled\u201d are restaurants amidst the new restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing we know Omicron is killing are restaurants, specifically in NYC. Sales are down over 50% within weeks, restaurants are closing and employees are being laid-off across the board,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cSales transferred to 3rd party delivery which will benefit larger corporate chains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The one thing we know Omicron is killing are restaurants, specifically in NYC. Sales are down over 50% within weeks, restaurants are closing and employees are being laid-off across the board. Sales transferred to 3rd party delivery which will benefit larger corporate chains.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChefGruel\/status\/1473315806666760202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The government has not explained \u201cwhy\u201d any of these economy-crushing measures are necessary other than that many people could get Omicron without them. The question becomes, based on the data, what does that entail? So far, the data isn\u2019t matching up with what the government is prescribing.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Democratic cities such as Washington, D.C., and Boston, Massachusetts, announced new vaccine mandates for public workers and vaccine passports for private food, entertainment, and shopping venues to combat Omicron and Covid-19. That same day, ABC News reported that the first death attributable to Omicron occurred in Harris County, Texas. The juxtaposition of one death attributed to Omicron in a nation of millions with Democratic mayors panicking and racing to enact new restrictions should cause Americans \u2014 if they have not already \u2014 to question why our elected leaders are going to such extremes over what experts so far say has generally mild symptoms.\u201cHealth officials in Texas announced Monday that it recorded the first death related to the omicron COVID-19 variant,\u201d ABC News reported.The man was in his 50s, unvaccinated, and had underlying health conditions.Fox News reported that the Omicron variant comprised the vast majority of new infections last week. The first and only death attributed to Omicron in the U.S. so far comes just prior to President Joe Biden\u2019s expected address to the nation unveiling new measures to defeat COVID-19:The president is set to deliver remarks just hours after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that omicron variant is now the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the United States, making up 73.2% of new infections in the week that ended Dec.18\u2014up from just 12.6% the prior week.Across the country, schools are beginning to shift to remote learning, restaurants are closing their doors to the public, and events are once again being canceled as a result of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. Broadway shows in New York City have been canceled, along with the Rockettes\u2019 \u201cChristmas Spectacular\u201d shows. The National Hockey League also\u00a0announced a pause to its season.\u00a0Even as COVID-19 surges in areas like the nation\u2019s capital, it is not exactly clear if deaths are rising as well. On Monday, The Daily Wire reported that Mayor Muriel Bowser enacted new COVID-19 restrictions while the city was averaging just one death per day:\u201cThe seven-day average of covid deaths in DC is 1. Just last night, there were 4 homicides in DC. They have reached their highest number since 2003. But @MayorBowser decided to declare a state of emergency for covid,\u201d Greg Price tweeted.That daily average was confirmed by The New York Times COVID-19 tracker, which also reported that over the past two weeks, \u201can average of 360 cases per day were reported in Washington, D.C., a 252 percent increase from the average two weeks ago. Since the beginning of the pandemic, at least 1 in 10 residents have been infected, a total of 71,219 reported cases.\u201dLast week The Daily Wire noted that the Biden administration was warning this winter would be one of severe illness and death for unvaccinated Americans:\u201cI want to send a direct message to the American people: Due to the steps we\u2019ve taken, Omicron has not yet spread as fast as it would have otherwise done,\u201d Biden\u00a0told reporters after a COVID-19 briefing at the White House.\u201cBut it\u2019s here now and it\u2019s spreading and it\u2019s gonna increase,\u201d the president added.\u201cWe are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated \u2014 for themselves, their families, and the hospitals they\u2019ll soon overwhelm. But there\u2019s good news: If you\u2019re vaccinated and you have your booster shot, you\u2019re protected from severe illness and death,\u201d Biden said.Despite that warning, several medical experts have said that the Omicron variant \u2014 though more transmissible \u2014 will not be any more deadly than previous variants. Celebrity Chef Andrew Gruel pointed out that what we do know will be \u201ckilled\u201d are restaurants amidst the new restrictions.\u201cThe one thing we know Omicron is killing are restaurants, specifically in NYC. Sales are down over 50% within weeks, restaurants are closing and employees are being laid-off across the board,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cSales transferred to 3rd party delivery which will benefit larger corporate chains.\u201dThe one thing we know Omicron is killing are restaurants, specifically in NYC. Sales are down over 50% within weeks, restaurants are closing and employees are being laid-off across the board. Sales transferred to 3rd party delivery which will benefit larger corporate chains.\u2014 Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) December 21, 2021The government has not explained \u201cwhy\u201d any of these economy-crushing measures are necessary other than that many people could get Omicron without them. The question becomes, based on the data, what does that entail? So far, the data isn\u2019t matching up with what the government is prescribing.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1137596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1137596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1137596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}