UPDATE On Las Vegas Massacre – Why Is Nobody Talking About This?!

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 By Brian Thomas
The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh demands answers for the still unanswered questions he says people are starting to forget to ask concerning the shooting in Las Vegas.
Walsh has a few questions about the shooting that he says still matter. The fact that we don’t have the answers to them yet, actually, is startling.

“Why did the timeline of the shooting change three times?” Walsh asks. And he doesn’t stop there.
Why isn’t there any footage of Paddock in Las Vegas? Why don’t we know exactly how many people injured were shot by Paddock? Why did police finally admit that they did discharge a weapon in Paddock’s hotel room? And why exactly did they do that if Paddock was already dead?
Most importantly, why aren’t we asking these questions any more?
The Daily Wire reports:

I actually don’t know how many people were shot. They tell us 527 people were injured, along with the 58 killed, but were all of those injuries from gunshots? Did the guy actually physically shoot 585 human beings? Or were some of the injuries from people getting knocked over and trampled in the melee? I would imagine the latter must be the case, but I don’t know. It’s been two months and we still don’t even know how many people Paddock shot. Maybe that number is available somewhere but I couldn’t find it. How is that possible? How could it be two months after the worst mass shooting in American history and we still don’t have a precise and well-publicized casualty count?
And that’s just one unanswered question.
There are many more, because, basically, none of the questions about Las Vegas have ever been answered. And they don’t need to be answered because nobody is asking them. So the questions remain. Questions like:
Why did he do it? We were told it wasn’t terrorism, even though ISIS claimed credit. Okay, then what was it? Was he crazy? But then how did a crazy person manage to orchestrate something like this? And why hasn’t a single person from Paddock’s personal life come forward and called him crazy? All we heard was that Paddock was a normal, rational guy. Dylann Roof was obviously disturbed. Adam Lanza had clear mental issues. James Holmes is a nutcase. The Orlando killer was a terrorist. Every single one of these guys fits into one of two categories: terrorist or lunatic. We’re told Stephen Paddock was neither of those things. What was he? Why did he do it? And why isn’t the media asking why he did it

Walsh wonders what the police were doing for the hour it took them to get into Paddock’s hotel room. His scathing questions let nobody off the hook. And they’re important questions, too. Why don’t we have the answers after so long?
Daily Wire continues:

Police didn’t finally enter the hotel room until an hour after the shooting stopped. What took them so long? Where were they? In one of the last press conferences about the shooting, the Las Vegas sheriff confirmed that the police were in the hotel when the shooting started. It took them over an hour to get upstairs? Or were they just waiting by the door as Paddock executed 58 people?
[…] And why did it take them a month to disclose that an officer did discharge his weapon inside Paddock’s room? They insisted for weeks that no officer fired a shot. Did they really not know? Or were they withholding the information? Why? And why was a shot fired if Paddock was allegedly already dead when they entered?
And why did Paddock wire $100,000 to the Philippines before the shooting?
And what happened to his missing hard drive? Did they ever find it? And why did he get rid of it? What’s on it?
We’re told Paddock had an escape plan. How could he have ever imagined that he might be able to escape? Did he have some help? Or was he supposed to have help but it fell through?

There must be answers to these questions.

Shouldn’t we be asking for them?

Bringing Military Veterans’ Stress to the Big Screen and the Search for Better Treatment Options

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Bringing Military Veterans’ Stress to the Big Screen and the Search for Better Treatment Options http://ow.ly/WzKT30hks8N #PTSD #HonorStudy
(DGIwire) – Military service members—including those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—are often silent about their experiences when they get back home. An American film released in October 2017, Thank You For Your Service, aimed to give them a voice. As reported by CNN, the drama is based on the book of the same name by journalist David Finkel and tells the story of a group of soldiers struggling to reintegrate into civilian life after returning from tours in Iraq.

Actor Miles Teller portrays a sergeant coping with both the stresses of family life and haunting combat memories. Writer and director Jason Hall, who also wrote the screenplay for American Sniper, told CNN he specifically set out to bring the civilian population closer to understanding what some veterans have gone through. In real life as in Hollywood, dramatic efforts are being made on behalf of veterans with PTSD.

“Giving the general population a better sense of the unique stresses experienced by veterans—which can include the ordeal of PTSD—is a valuable goal,” says Seth Lederman, MD, the CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, which is developing innovative pharmaceutical and biological products to address public health challenges, with its lead program focusing on PTSD.

As the movie highlights the challenges veterans face, it is important to note that there are efforts to ensure that current and future veterans are well taken care of when they return home, especially for conditions such as PTSD.

One of those efforts is through clinical research to find new treatments. Those who were in the military and think they may be affected by PTSD may consider speaking with their doctor about clinical research studies that are currently enrolling new participants. For example, the HONOR study is a Phase 3 clinical research study sponsored by Tonix Pharmaceuticals that will enroll about 550 military-related PTSD participants at approximately 45 sites across the U.S. Those enrolled will receive either an investigational new drug*, a patented sublingual transmucosal formulation of cyclobenzaprine, or placebo sublingual tablets, once-daily at bedtime.

Based on the encouraging results in an earlier study with this investigational new drug in a population with military-related PTSD, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to Tonix’s investigational new drug for the treatment of PTSD. FDA is committed to accelerating the development and approval of a Breakthrough Therapy that offers potential improvement over existing treatments for a serious disease. Currently there are no satisfactory approved drug treatments for military-related PTSD. The investigational new drug used in the HONOR study represents a new approach to treating the condition. While symptoms of PTSD may improve or worsen while taking part in this research study, participation will provide information about the study drug, a new approach to treating PTSD that might benefit others with the condition in the future.

What are the next steps for interested veterans? To see if a veteran is pre-qualified to participate in this research study, they should access the study website, TheHONORStudy.com, and can also learn more about it at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03062540. The HONOR study is open to veterans or those currently serving in any branch of the military or as a military contractor.

Tonix has taken steps to ensure the privacy of participants in the study. To protect the participants’ identities and confidential medical information, the study organizers have obtained a Certificate of Confidentiality from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to ensure participants’ identities are shielded from all persons not connected with this clinical research project. The holder of this Certificate of Confidentiality may not be compelled in any Federal, state, or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other proceedings to identify the research participants.

“On-screen and off-screen, in daily life and on the forefront of research, initiatives to help veterans with PTSD will contribute to a brighter tomorrow for them and their families,” adds Dr. Lederman.

*This investigational new drug has not been approved for any indication.

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Veterans' Voices on PTSD

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