The capitalist system demands that you work, come hell or high water. But “for a moment in early 2020, it seemed like we might get a break from capitalism,” a Vox article says (read it here). It continues, “A novel coronavirus was sweeping the globe, and leaders and experts recomme[...]
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Why Trump deserved to lose
“The Trump administration engaged in ‘deliberate efforts’ to undermine the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic for political purposes, a congressional report released [on] Friday,” December 17, 2021, says (read story here). While the report was put out by a House subcom[...]
December 16th, 2021 - 8:34 pm § in Health
Omicron is coming!
Alert! Incoming! Omicron spreading “explosively fast,” U.S. faces January surge Story here Current vaccines are less effective against Omicron (boosters help), and transmission is very hard to stop, but while masks and social distancing won’t fully stop its spread, they̵[...]
U. of Florida was pressured to destroy Covid-19 data
GOP “reopen” governor’s reign of fear: Faculty Senate report slams political interference; MIAMI HERALD says “fear of upsetting state officials is pervasive among faculty” Download Faculty Senate report here Read Miami Herald story here – Florida Gov. Ron D[...]
Can someone explain anti-vaxxers?
Nick Rolovich gave up a $3 million-a-year coaching job in order to remain unvaccinated. By then, he was the only major college football coach who wasn’t vaccinated. Sure, he’s suing the college and may eventually get a settlement, but at best that’s a gamble (see article here), and[...]
Where is this deathly ill GOP state senator?
Washington state senator Doug Erickson is MIA. Erickson was last reported to have been medevacked from El Salvador to Florida for Covid-19 treatment. That was three weeks ago. Not a word about him since. At the time, he was seeking Regeneron, a last-ditch drug therapy used to save critically ill Cov[...]
December 8th, 2021 - 6:43 pm § in Health
Not vaxxed? This video is for you!
It’s only fair that you know in advance what will happen to you. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 5th, 2021 - 7:23 pm § in Health, Schools & Colleges
8 kids infected, 75 quarantined, after defiant parents sent an infected child to school
“Parents defied a county health department’s orders and sent their COVID-infected child to school last month, triggering an outbreak among the students,” Huffington Post reports here. The story says 7 other students at an elementary school in Marin County, California, “subsequent[...]
Most Republicans voted today to shut down the government again
The federal government won’t shut down tonight, no thanks to Republicans. Congress barely averted another GOP-driven government shutdown on Thursday, December 2, 2021. Legislation extending the debt ceiling deadline to February 18, 2022, was opposed by 212 House Republicans and 28 GOP senator[...]
They still sell snake oil
If you think medicine shows and fake cures were a 19th-century phenomenon that disappeared after 1900 or so, think again. Human nature is immutable. There were suckers then, and there are suckers now — and unscrupulous hucksters seeking to profit from human gullibility. The latest example: [...]