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It`s Time for Impunity to End with the FDA: PART 4

Part 4 in a series - "Why wasn't Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers charged under RICO?"

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - The below article was published in three newspapers including Salem-News.com in 2019 during my 19 years of "continuously" exposing Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, maker of OxyContin.

We are now left with sheep in wolves clothing profiting off of Purdue Pharma and their fifteen minutes of fame.

The Climate Crisis After Glasgow

The largest delegation at the conference was the fossil fuel lobbyists.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered a report on climate change predicting that we can no longer stop global warming from intensifying over the next 30 years and the role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed.

The report is described as a “Code Red for Humanity.”

How Salem, Oregon Supports and Provides For Its Aging Community

Salem is growing older by the day, that's a statistical fact.

(SALEM, Ore.) - According to the World Health Organization, the world is currently experiencing an increase in its elderly community. And we don't need to look too far to see these changes in action.

Taking a look at Salem, Oregon quickly shows that citizens over the age of 60 currently make up roughly 15% of the population.

A Tale of Two Species (in The Age of Not Knowing)

Underreported and less known is how climate change affects the oceans.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of information, it was the age of not knowing.

As climate change has impacted fisheries and marine ecosystems across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, the data gathered have been surprising.

53 More COVID-19 Deaths in Oregon

Oregon reports 1,935 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, and 53 new deaths.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - There are 53 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,803; and 1,935 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, according to the Oregon Health Authority as of 12:01 a.m. today.

This brings the state total of cases to 380,091.

The Value of What`s Not There

The value of energy not used, money not spent, time not wasted, water resources not consumed, cannot be underestimated.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - We need data to pinpoint when and where human-caused emissions happen, and what sources are driving them.

Data such as these help pivot from accounting to action.

74 More Oregon Lives Claimed by COVID-19

The rate of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people is four times higher than in vaccinated people.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - There are 74 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,543. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) also reported 1,211 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 371,001.

There were 2,025 breakthrough cases, accounting for 24.6% of all cases. 4.4% of all vaccine breakthrough cases have been hospitalized and 1% have died.

A World Without Money

Money is the oxygen on which the fires of global warming keep burning.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - And climate change begins . . . “Three or four thousand years ago the gods began a migration from the lakes, forests, rivers, and mountains into the sky, becoming the imperial overlords of nature rather than its essence.”

So writes Charles Eisenstein in Sacred Economics.

The Problem with Vaccine Mandates

Dismissing people as foolish is not a good strategy.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - I live near Middlefield Ohio, the center of the fourth largest Amish settlement in America. I regularly see the horse and buggy operations on the road. Who am I to tell these people that I know better about how they should live than they do?

I know its complicated. More than five million people have died from this pandemic (747,000 in the U.S.).

Five More COVID Deaths in Oregon = 4,377

Oregon reports 2,569 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 540, which is 11 more than yesterday. There are 114 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is four more than yesterday.

There are 65 available adult ICU beds out of 690 total (9% availability) in the state of Oregon.