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Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #127

Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #126

Pandemic: Fentanyl Overdoses Leading Cause of Deaths in America in 2020

The government has reported that, since the year 2020, fentanyl overdoses have become the new leading cause of death for American adults between the ages of 18 and 45, as reported by Fox News.

The analysis from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) shows that nearly 79,000 Americans died from the drug between 2020 and 2021. Of those, just over 37,000 died in 2020 while almost 42,000 died in 2021. Fentanyl is an opioid that is sometimes laced with other drugs such as meth and heroin when used by addicts, but can also be deadly on its own in even small doses. The primary foreign sources for imports of the drug are China and Mexico.

Fentanyl overdoses have surpassed all other leading causes of death in the last two years. By contrast, only about 53,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 49 died of the Chinese coronavirus from 2020 to 2021. Fentanyl has also claimed more lives in this age group than car accidents, suicide, gun violence, and breast cancer, among others. The number of overall fentanyl deaths in the last two years has also surpassed previous years’ totals, doubling from about 33,000 to 64,000 between 2019 and 2021.

James Rauh, the founder of Families Against Fentanyl, declared the opioid epidemic to be “a national emergency,” and said that “America’s young adults – thousands of unsuspecting Americans – are being poisoned.”

“It is widely known that illicit fentanyl is driving the massive spike in drug-related deaths,” Rauh continued. “A new approach to this catastrophe is needed.” He called for the federal government to “declare illicit fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction,” as doing so “would activate additional and necessary federal resources to root out the international manufacturers and traffickers of illicit fentanyl and save American lives.”

One of the root causes of the opioid crisis has been mass immigration, with drug traffickers using the border to transport drugs such as fentanyl into the United States. In the fiscal year 2021, border patrol authorities have already seized over 11,000 pounds of fentanyl at the border, which Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says is a record high.

Although Joe Biden has taken an open-borders approach to immigration since taking office, he acknowledged the threat of the increased drug trafficking by...

Facebook allegedly censored a video from a Chinese whistleblower detailing the origins of COVID.

Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist, fled to America after exposing the origins of COVID-19. She spoke with The Daily Signal about what she said are the true origins of the virus, orchestrated in China with the approval of the Chinese Communist Party.

When The Signal published an exclusive interview with Yan about her research, Facebook flagged the video with a “partly false information” warning.

On some posts sharing the video, a warning from Facebook noting “Independent fact-checkers reviewed the information and said it was partly false. The post is no longer available” appeared.

Science Feedback’s FactCheck stated, “The virus causing COVID-19 most likely evolved in natural wildlife populations before spreading to humans.”

Yan said her research says the opposite.

“The virus actually does not come from nature. It came from the lab, the lab controlled by the Chinese Communist Party government and its military. … The Chinese government has developed a novel bioweapon,” she said. Yan also stated that she was warned not to go public with her research.

“Be silent, don’t cross a red line. If not, you will be disappeared,” Yan said her supervisor told her in early 2020.

When The Signal asked Facebook about the flag, the platform allegedly blamed the Fact checker.

“Just as all fact-checks, if you wish to issue a correction or dispute a rating, we ask that you please contact the fact-checking organization directly,” Facebook said. “Third-party fact-checkers apply their ratings independently from Facebook and are responsible for...