*It now seems that the rollout of that authoritarian "pilot program" in Ventura County,* *California—whereby teams of lightly trained (and well-paid) personnel will be **entering * *people's homes, and "remove" those who test positive, if **the household has only one * *bathroom—may somehow be connected to House Resolution 6666 (I am not making * *that up), **now known as the TRACE Act (an acronym for "COVID-10 Testing, Reaching, * *and **Contacting Everyone"): *
*https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text?r=2&s=1 <https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text?r=2&s=1> * *The stated purpose of this legislation is to "[t]o authorize the Secretary of Health and * *Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to conduct **diagnostic testing for * *COVID–19, and related activities such as contact tracing, through mobile health units * *and, as necessary, **at individuals’ residences, and for other purposes." * *"In General.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director * *of the Centers for Disease Control and **Prevention, may award grants to eligible entities * *to conduct diagnostic testing for COVID–19, to trace and monitor the contacts **of infected * *individuals, and to support the quarantine of such contacts, through—* *(1) mobile health units; and* *(2) as necessary, testing individuals and providing individuals with services related to * *testing and quarantine at their residences. **The TRACE Act gives $100B to medical * *centers, schools, colleges, non-profits such as churches, and "any other type of entity * *that is determined by the Secretary to be an eligible entity for purposes of this section."* *Dr. Rashid Bhuttar spells out the darker implications of that legislation in this call-to-arms,* *which he posted late today. (It takes him a bit over a minute to deal with his tech **problems): * *https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=UtbtpLLFyuQ <https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=UtbtpLLFyuQ&fbclid=IwAR0AhontYupeoTscaNEl7pyYTvpBeliMnxKMYYYa-g1ZKrzpMegfF2Qcxk4>.* *MCM* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W8RJrGycxKQVJY7NwYj5qSbga%2BGeVXhAy5kWMXhy8z50g%40mail.gmail.com.
