Obesity, defined as the condition of those who have a BMI (body mass index) of 30 or higher, is said to affect some 42.4 percent of Americans over age 20. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 qualifies one as overweight. Those two conditions together affect some 70 percent of Americans. Being clinically obese or overweight leads to increased risks and...

As Trends Journal subscribers have long known, since the COVID War was launched in the winter of 2020, we had forecast that hundreds of millions and lives and livelihoods destroyed by the War would be far deadlier than those killed by the virus. Now, Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University professor of medicine, speaking on The London Telegraph podcast “Planet Normal,” predicts...

When the media and politicians launched the COVID War in 2020, we wrote that compared to the trillions of tons of poisons, pesticides, chemicals, preservatives, etc. dumped into the earth, water, air and our food supplies… the virus is a minor threat. Indeed, reports warning of pollution and its deleterious effects on our health are hardly anything new. But a...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced on 10 June a new set of COVID-19 oriented workplace safety rules, according to The Wall Street Journal.  The new rules were formulated at the behest of President Joe Biden and took 3 months to develop, even though Biden had directed OSHA to implement a COVID-specific emergency standard by 15 March; they...

Research released Wednesday showed a slight increase in bleeding incidents and other rare blood disorders after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, according to reports. The New York Times reported that the study focused on about 2.5 million adults in Scotland who received at least one injection of the drug. The report pointed out that the drug has not been authorized for...

The U.S. has seen five mass shootings from March through May that have accounted for more deaths in three months since 1966 and law enforcement officials are concerned that more shootings will occur as the country emerges from coronavirus lockdowns. “We’ve got people that have been sitting around for over a year with nothing but time to plan; all they...

Last October, then-Vice President Mike Pence and current Vice President Kamala Harris squared off in the only vice presidential debate. They were divided by plexiglass to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, and even then scientists wondered why.  Linsey Marr, an expert on airborne viruses at Virginia Tech University, told The New York Times that the plexiglass was “absurd.” She called the...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced last week that it will be up to schools in the state to determine policy on outdoor mask use for students after recent guidelines for summer camps were released. “If people don’t think the rules are logical, then they’re not going to want to follow the rules,” he said, according to The Wall Street Journal. “If...

Goldman Sachs, the finance giant, told employees in a memo that it will require employees to reveal their COVID-19 vaccine status before they return to the office, The Financial Times reported. The Goldman Gang said employees’ response was due by noon this Thursday. The company said knowledge about the vaccine status of employees will allow it to “plan for a safer return...