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The Supreme Court on Monday issued a revised transcript of oral arguments over a Biden administration vaccine rule that clarified a statement Justice Neil Gorsuch made about the number of annual flu deaths.

The original, uncorrected transcript quotes Gorsuch as saying he believes the flu kills "hundreds of thousands of people every year."

On Monday, however, the Supreme Court's press office issued a corrected transcript showing that Gorsuch actually said he believes the flu kills "hundreds, thousands of people every year."

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I'm so done with this 'mess'. I cannot understand why the media and many of our government leaders have resorted to this level of fearmongering. I do understand that Covid-19 is a devastating virus especially for the obese (which the media is FINALLY reporting on)and folks with other underlying health conditions.

My 67 year old husband just recovered from Omicron. My family has not been vaccinated, we chose to socially distance and use masks. My husband did a short consult for his former employer and apparently, despite everyone being masked, he was infected. He ran a 102 degree fever for a few hours Christmas Eve, and then had what we call a 'head cold'. He had a sore throat, a mild cough and felt a bit drained. His biggest complaint was losing his sense of taste for about two weeks - that's it. I and our two adult daughters have been right there with him and we have yet to experience any problems.

The amount of misinformation that is being spread by media and government entities is more frightening to me than the virus. It makes me wonder just what and how much has been ceded to the pharmaceutical corporations.

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I wager the 7 other justices with kids plus Kagan knew it was BS the moment she said it. Using the logic of the left that men can't comment seriously on abortion because they can't have kids does this mean that Sotomayor can't be taken seriously on this because she is not a parent?

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Regarding hospital capacity - and this is based on what I have heard from friends in the medical industry - most (if not all) hospitals are operating at reduced capacity due to staffing shortages which have been caused by hospital enforced vaccine mandates. Plenty of beds available, just not the staff to support them. One of the local larger hospitals has two entire floors that are empty - full of beds - due to the self induced staffing shortage.

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Was it also disinformation when Gorsuch said that 100,000 people die from the flu each year? Just curious.

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