Sunday, October 31, 2021

Politics and Coronavirus related links 103121

 

The Chilling Popularity of Anti-Vax Deathbed Videos: Why are so many people drawn to stories and videos of the unvaccinated dying of Covid-19—and, at the final moment, wishing for the vaccine?

https://newrepublic.com/article/163666/covid-unvaccinated-deathbed-videos?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

The Fox Virus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRhxsrXOYEQ

 

Colbert Audience Goes Nuts After A Scathing Joke About Tucker Carlson’s Junk: The “Late Show” host mocked the Fox News host over his testicle obsession.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-tucker-carlson_n_6142d14fe4b0d808bf248bf4?d_id=2615258&ncid_tag=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=us_politics&fbclid=IwAR0RTSpPfJvYF9WyHw7unuJdh-51xJVI4yHNETi-TQdlagW1rAIn_uKxGgM

 

Alberta adds COVID-19 measures, vaccine passport in effort to prevent health-care system’s collapse

https://globalnews.ca/news/8192486/alberta-covid-19-coronavirus-update-september-15/?utm_medium=Facebook&utm_source=GlobalNews&fbclid=IwAR0VB2YvMI5s3uJIqs956QiZZ_ij-LiQzYlFfC7YH-ag58uOQKu_yHSwaCQ

 

Florida Becomes Fourth State With 50,000 Covid Deaths

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/09/16/florida-becomes-fourth-state-with-50000-covid-deaths/?sh=601ba4654772&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainFB&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR17WPV0C6mE99HV9hWP2V2kPIKeX9cKbvSlYI3cNerWuRi9g81jB9ZEOhA

 

If you're not protected against Covid-19, the virus 'will find you, it will infect you,' expert says

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/04/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html

 

This is how to prevent another 100,000 Covid deaths by December, Fauci says

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/30/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html

 

Covid-19 vaccines for younger children could be authorized sometime this fall, Fauci says

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html

 

The Lead with Jake Tapper: CDC Reveals Breakthrough Infection Data Behind New Mask Guidance;

Let's bring in Dr. Howard Jarvis. He's an emergency medical physician and medical director of emergency health at CoxHealth in Missouri where the virus is hitting rather hard.

https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cg/date/2021-07-30/segment/01

 

Carmine's hostess attacked after asking diners for proof of vaccination: Cellphone footage obtained by NBC New York shows a brawl outside Carmine's on the Upper West Side.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carmine-s-hostess-attacked-after-asking-diners-proof-vaccine-n1279410?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR0Zbyx2zSkvGwmyNDgVfmaJAuOAhzcohZ5esoM365j1tptiWEcDhO1luNI

 

Acosta calls out Fox News for promoting vaccine lies while 90% of company is vaccinated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDyB6P8peDA

 

The Entire State Of Idaho Is Now In Hospital Crisis Mode: Idaho is currently experiencing a wave of COVID-19 cases rivaling its all-time peak late last fall.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-covid-hospitals_n_61435a24e4b0581b792d9567?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=us_politics&utm_source=Facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&section=politics&fbclid=IwAR2KqF9zFbzrnlu1UA7goko-gze-ee6_J8waP8Dj0LMB2MsFsvx8ClfTRFg

 

Vaccines beat natural immunity in fight against COVID-19: The best protection against COVID-19? Getting vaccinated, not waiting for illness to create natural immunity, says infectious disease expert Anna Durbin

https://hub.jhu.edu/2021/09/10/infection-from-covid-vs-vaccines/?fbclid=IwAR261k1kJ0ePTkbQ2nZgC0hhROkdJKCwTCuVzxh1U6mWpu0GTqPkh1HsN1k

 

“Just pray for me please”: Laura Loomer suffers “brutal” symptoms after hoping she would “get COVID”.  The conspiracy theorist claimed “bad fajitas” were worse than COVID. Now she “can’t begin to explain” how bad it is

https://www.salon.com/2021/09/17/just-pray-for-me-please-loomer-suffers-brutal-symptoms-after-hoping-she-would-get-covid/?fbclid=IwAR25weRLUFOgV3l5_uq77yQgdp9eZQUE0_c37R5x11ojF4E0QAyb0BkRmBY

 

Texas restaurant kicks out family because they were wearing masks to protect at-risk infant

https://www.rawstory.com/texas-restaurant-no-masks/

 

As COVID-19 vaccine mandates rise, religious exemptions grow

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-religion-los-angeles-arkansas-3ba53f2f00e1ab7105d7d128f2b1e65d?fbclid=IwAR3NhCHCyp0xelj_s1ia7SQkiYAira5772BfQs1BP0yTFuDu0e3H32BoakA

 

Notorious anti-mask QAnon supporter dies of Covid: Veronica Wolski, a woman who became well-known online for her anti-mask beliefs, has died of Covid. Her story underscores the continuing challenge health care professionals and public health experts face fighting misinformation about the coronavirus. Dr. Kavita Patel joins to discuss.

https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/notorious-anti-mask-qanon-supporter-dies-of-covid-120807493727?fbclid=IwAR3494s1TY9J7-4g1c6OpW6dPX0t0rx_fcrl-QHD7iK-HjDxtKrXmtN6Uyg

 

Vaccine monopolies make cost of vaccinating the world against COVID at least 5 times more expensive than it could be

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/vaccine-monopolies-make-cost-vaccinating-world-against-covid-least-5-times-more

 

The Age of Irrationality: With the rise of QAnon and the anti-vax movement, skepticism has become the province of the paranoid.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-denial-irrational/?utm_source=one-signal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2021-09-25

 

COVID Patient Who Left Hospital With Anti-Vaxxer's Help Has Died: Joe McCarron has died roughly 10 days after a video of him leaving the hospital with the help of an anti-vaxxer went viral. McCarron was buried today.

https://crooksandliars.com/2021/09/covid-denier-death-icu-ireland-?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Republicans Own Delta Surge

http://www.populist.com/27.17.Edit.html

 

Dozens Of Massachusetts State Police Have Resigned Over A Vaccine Mandate, Union Says

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/09/27/1040961594/massachusetts-state-police-resign-covid-vaccine?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2WpPHASZac2f5gtb4W0m1sW2pEvdz89-VISnA6wkw9uLhK7CucXe7T3k8

 

Unvaxxed Quarterback Carson Wentz Wants Your Trust: If the Colts players and fans trusted him before, he has now relinquished the right to any such dispensation.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/carson-wentz-unvaccinated/

 

GUEST VIEW: The disruption this world needs

https://www.oaoa.com/opinion/guest-views/guest-view-the-disruption-this-world-needs/?fr=operanews

 

The Baffling Legal Standard Fueling Religious Objections to Vaccine Mandates: As anti-vax plaintiffs seek faith-based exemptions, the judicial system will renew its struggle to determine what beliefs are truly “sincerely held.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/163779/covid-anti-vaccine-religious-exemption?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

How to Make Enough Vaccine for the World in One Year

https://www.citizen.org/article/how-to-make-enough-vaccine-for-the-world-in-one-year/

 

Sharing the NIH-Moderna Vaccine Recipe

https://www.citizen.org/article/sharing-the-nih-moderna-vaccine-recipe/

 

AARP Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard

https://www.aarp.org/ppi/issues/caregiving/info-2020/nursing-home-covid-dashboard.html

 

Covid-19 May Have Increased Nursing Home Deaths By Nearly One-Third

https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2021/06/22/covid-19-may-have-increased-nursing-home-deaths-by-nearly-one-third/?sh=8bae04c529c7

 

Ninth Amendment to Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/14/2021-19790/ninth-amendment-to-declaration-under-the-public-readiness-and-emergency-preparedness-act-for-medical

 

Saldana v. Glenhaven Healthcare LLC

https://www.citizen.org/litigation/saldana-v-glenhaven-healthcare-llc/

 

How a group with right-wing ties duped tens of thousands of Americans into buying COVID-19 drugs that don't work

https://www.businessinsider.com/americas-frontline-doctors-sells-disproven-covid-drugs-2021-9?fbclid=IwAR3Gt4mn7vW6uXreG1zQeT4nc7Myt-lMlT5e6HcVxjdPgFLlYK70fylHmfE

 

California will require all schoolchildren to get a COVID vaccine once fully approved

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/01/1042425428/california-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-schools-children-newsom?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social

 

Anti-vaxx Chronicles: Bruce is a ferocious lion, not like those vaccinated sheep

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/28/2054741/-Anti-vaxx-Chronicles-Bruce-is-a-ferocious-lion-not-like-those-vaccinated-sheep?detail=emaildkre

 

Animal Dewormer as Covid Preventative

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-maga-ivermectin-vaccine/

 

A Virus Without a World: The politics of science writing.

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/carl-zimmer-virus/

 

Judging 'sincerely held' religious belief is tricky for employers mandating vaccines

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/04/1042577608/religious-exemptions-against-the-covid-19-vaccine-are-complicated-to-get?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR3xLOSKRFJ3J-qexoZkQzX-fe1bE0vPJW3YE5qlAqtJq-LT991K0-Aagsg

 

Covid-19 cases are declining but remain high among children. Here's what the US needs to do to end the surge

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html

 

Police Unions’ Latest Grievance: Vaccine Mandates: We’ve heard this story before, when police said criminal justice reform would lead to mass resignations.

https://newrepublic.com/article/163877/vaccine-mandates-police-unions?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Anti-Vaxxers Could Fuel Spike in Childhood Diseases: 'It Will Be Horrific'

https://www.newsweek.com/2021/10/15/anti-vaxxers-could-fuel-spike-childhood-diseases-it-will-horrific-1635853.html?utm_source=PushnamiMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Recovery

 

'Holy Hell': Idaho's Far-Right Lt. Gov. Bans Vaccine Mandates With Governor Out of State.  Gov. Brad Little promptly announced he would rescind the lieutenant governor's order.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/holy-hell-idahos-far-right-lt-gov-bans-vaccine-mandates-governor-out-state?utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

 

In Idaho, a power play while the governor’s away: Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin issued an executive order on Covid vaccines and tried to send Idaho’s National Guard to the Mexican border.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/05/idaho-governor-guard-border-vaccines-515194?fbclid=IwAR1rhB1a9GrzjExKDC0-GFxQsyTPeEdGtsXafgyPnrMCZnaZYGPQALUvgzI

 

Covid Is Here to Stay. This Is How We Should Respond.  Learning to live with Covid-19 is not an individual state of mind.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-pandemic-endemic/

 

The Age of Irrationality: With the rise of QAnon and the anti-vax movement, skepticism has become the province of the paranoid.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-denial-irrational/

 

Republicans Urge Defiance of Biden Mandates

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/vaccine-mandate-gop-biden/

 

Relationships are being torn apart by COVID conspiracies — once it passes, will our loved ones come back?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-09/covid-conspiracies-tearing-relationships-apart-will-they-heal/100525114?fbclid=IwAR0ODt14_MWlTBYUVSpwlgROqmX4X3tx0GJp-5blMFVsoIn-sAuOI_MN9hA

 

‘This is a crisis’: Tens of thousands of children affected by pandemic-related deaths of parents.  New study estimates 140,000 children have experienced the death of a primary caregiver due to covid or other causes in excess of what occurs in a typical year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/07/covid-deaths-parents-children/?utm_campaign=wp_to_your_health&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmk=1&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNWViMzBjODI5YmJjMGYzYTc4OWY3ZWEzIiwidGFnIjoiNjE2MGE4Yzc5ZDJmZGE5ZDQxMDQwMzNkIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL2hlYWx0aC8yMDIxLzEwLzA3L2NvdmlkLWRlYXRocy1wYXJlbnRzLWNoaWxkcmVuLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249d3BfdG9feW91cl9oZWFsdGgmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImd3Bpc3JjPW5sX3R5aCZ3cG1rPTEifQ.7l3q_Hx4Lyo8wEIhw0rht2hXLRodOYScL1oCconWibI

 

Faced with losing their jobs, even the most hesitant are getting vaccinated

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1043332198/employer-vaccine-mandates-success-workers-get-shots-to-keep-jobs?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR1k3uUemOVWJD3bPZ2zlkYwDdym-x5PiHDwkb0Uu1UEIafU8vxxlGzvOs4  

 

With A Gun And A Bible, Idaho Lt. Governor Decries Lockdown As Covid Cases Surge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8CN0BHiIB4

 

The pandemic can and must be stopped. This webinar will provide the public with the critical knowledge necessary to develop a broad-based and international movement to save lives and reclaim the future.

#EndCovid

#October24

https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/how-to-end-pandemic-case-for-eradication.html

 

Fox News host catches COVID-19, puts out statement telling people to get vaccinated

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/20/2059301/-Fox-News-host-has-COVID-19-tells-America-to-get-vaccinated-for-yourself-and-everyone-around-you?detail=emaildkreicymi

 

FDA says benefits outweigh risks for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/pfizerbiontech-covid-19-vaccine-shows-907-efficacy-trial-children-2021-10-22/

 

Is the Pandemic Rewiring Kids’ Brains?  We know how to help young children cope with the trauma of Covid-19. The question is whether we’ll do it.

https://newrepublic.com/article/163953/covid-pandemic-children-brains-trauma?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Is Covid Really to Blame for the Nursing Shortage?  Hospital cost-cutting and systematic devaluation of nurses’ labor has been going on for decades.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164120/covid-nursing-shortage?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

U.S. details new international COVID-19 travel requirements

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/u-s-details-new-international-covid-19-travel-requirements?fbclid=IwAR3-1eZxpUOSmBZlAzxetd_J9vtQEg_4SQOMUtZOP_12sKkhWblp-_ohd0k

 

Breaking: FDA Panel Recommends Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for Kids 5 to 11.  With just one abstention, the advisory panel voted 17-0 to approve the vaccine for younger children which scientific review has deemed both safe and effective against the deadly virus.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/26/breaking-fda-panel-recommends-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-kids-5-11?utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

 

Ivey directs agencies to resist COVID vaccination mandate

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-education-alabama-health-ae9981614061559de1cb02480e6e605d?fbclid=IwAR3sFJBnTMUjq1-p6BWcqqLGe7Mct3om9E8B3QNH6cn71RrU4UZ2ZBo8oDA

 

Tracking Coronavirus in Citrus County, Fla. Cases have decreased recently but are still high. The number of hospitalized Covid patients has also fallen in the Citrus County area. Deaths have increased. The test positivity rate in Citrus County is high, suggesting that cases may be undercounted.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/citrus-florida-covid-cases.html?fbclid=IwAR1MTDnFaJQrRbNx5NIusaJRUxhrCFKeolUiSWOpvvDTw3iSHXEygKz6pOs

 

Miami Herald: DeSantis descending into 'anti-vaxx Crazyville'

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/578556-miami-herald-desantis-descending-into-anti-vaxx-crazyville?fbclid=IwAR3IE_kFi2pehAA5mLufjU_d0OP0XB9yEesnrl-A9ii9JVCRYa2a_B58PLo

 

Biden’s Slippage Is Still Mainly About the Pandemic. That’s Good—Mostly.  His falling poll numbers are due more to the delta variant than the Beltway mess. That means he’ll climb as things get better. Unless they get worse again.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164203/biden-approval-rating-polls-pandemic?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

FDA Approves Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Kids Age 5 to 11: Pfizer's vaccine could be administered in pediatricians' offices, pharmacies, and community health centers as soon as next week.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/29/fda-approves-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-emergency-use-kids-age-5-11?utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

 

Would New York City Employees Rather Lose a Paycheck than Get Vaccinated? Thousands of municipal workers have protested the mayor’s mandate, but the measure has largely worked

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/would-new-york-city-employees-rather-lose-a-paycheck-than-get-vaccinated?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_103021&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_term=tny_daily_recirc&bxid=5f108bc3a1573c18f411ce44&cndid=61660189&hasha=c2e7b902faa70db20b1eaaead145c496&hashb=d66eda798d13296a4f50fdc8f2311240bd954c47&hashc=b797ec0058e74865fbe009ec53ab7d2888433ec403939f5df0581e6b656d5101&esrc=subscribe-page&mbid=CRMNYR012019

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