“Seven anti-vaccine doctors fell sick after gathering earlier this month for a Florida ‘summit’ at which alternative treatments for Covid-19 were discussed,” the Guardian reported on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 (read story here). “’I have been on ivermectin for 16 mont[...]
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November 19th, 2021 - 2:26 am § in Foreign Affairs, Health
Austria imposes Covid-19 lockdown
The pandemic is making a comeback in Europe, and in Austria it’s reached a boiling point, with 15,000 new cases a day. “Austria will enter a fourth national lockdown on Monday as Covid-19 cases continue to surge,” CNBC reported on Friday, November 19, 2021 (story here). The governm[...]
City of Spokane banned from county health board
This spring, the Washington Legislature changed how local governments structure public health boards. “Gov. Jay Inslee praised the bill as he signed it, saying it would ‘take politics out of public health,’” the Spokane newspaper said (here). Little did he know. The Spokane Count[...]
November 13th, 2021 - 11:45 am § in Health
Another one bites the dust
In February 2021, Jimmy DeYoung Sr., a religious broadcaster who pushed false vaccine conspiracy theories, invited on his show a guest named Sam Rohrer (profile here), who argued that “very few people who were infected lost their lives.” Dr. DeYoung Sr. (photo) just became one of [...]
November 11th, 2021 - 12:12 pm § in Health
Vaccination is free, fake cards aren’t
If you get scammed by this, you deserve it. “The hidden market for fake vaccine cards has been growing as more states start to enforce vaccine mandates for public gatherings, and employers require proof of vaccination,” the Guardian reported (here), and “many of the people offeri[...]
Beef prices are soaring. Is that bad?
“Meatflation” is here. “Startlingly high” beef prices “are appearing in meat aisles across the country,” the tabloid Daily Mail reported on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, which is blaming supply chain backlogs, staffing shortages in processing plants, and social dista[...]
Ted Cruz goes after Big Bird
Republican anti-vaxxing is so crazy that Sen. Ted Cruz (aka “Ted Crud”) is going after Sesame Street’s Big Bird. And what did Big Bird do to piss off the coward from Texas who embraced Trump with both arms after the latter called his father a terrorist during the 2016 debates? This[...]
Narrowly re-elected N.J. governor says Democrats “not doing enough”
President Biden’s ambitious social spending package is stalled in Congress because two senators of his own party think it’s too big, spends too much, and does too much. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat who narrowly won re-election last week (details here), disagrees. He thinks his[...]
November 6th, 2021 - 1:13 pm § in Health
Benched idol, anti-vax liar
Aaron Rodgers is a terrific quarterback. Nobody disputes that. Family man? Nope. Not married, never has been. He dates actresses and celebrities. He recently knocked one up, but otherwise doesn’t have what you’d call a family. He has a father, mother, and two brothers, but they’re [...]
November 5th, 2021 - 7:05 pm § in Health
How to tell if someone’s your friend
Tip #1: If they’re trying to get you killed, they’re not your friend. Tip #2: If they desert you in the face of a real enemy, they’re not your friend. Tip #3: If they dump you because you’ve decided to get vaccinated, they’re not your friend. Jim Sells, 71, a retired pi[...]