A costly lie, that one. “The NHL has suspended San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane for 21 games for submitting a fake COVID-19 vaccination card,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, October 21, 2021 (read story here). Kane is benched without pay until November 30, and “will forfei[...]
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October 18th, 2021 - 5:35 pm § in Health
Fake vaccine card costs NHL player $1.68 million and 21 games in penalty box
Should this U.S. Senator be tried for murder?
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), already infamous for his anti-vax antics, was torched Sunday, October 17, 2021, on MSNBC for telling Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, herself a piece of work, “that coronavirus vaccines are ‘experimental’ and ivermectin … is not being promoted as a COVI[...]
October 16th, 2021 - 11:45 pm § in Health
Vaccine mandates will come to a head soon
On paper, at least, Chicago could lose half its police, and Seattle over 300 cops, within a few days. Spokane is expected to fire 24 of its 318 firefighters on Monday, October 18, the deadline for enforcing Washington Gov. Inslee’s vaccine mandate applicable to public employees. And the state&[...]
October 16th, 2021 - 5:25 pm § in Health, Law and Courts
This killer may not go to prison
Robert Durst, 78, a millionaire real estate heir and convicted murderer, was just sentenced to life without parole but may never see the inside of a prison. Durst, who looked frail in court (photo) and was already in poor health, was admitted last night to a Los Angeles hospital with Covid-19 and re[...]
October 16th, 2021 - 1:07 pm § in Health
Physician assistant embroiled in Covid-19 controversies suspended
Washington’s state medical commission has suspended the license of a controversial physician assistant who has used social media to promote opposition to masks and vaccines, and unapproved treatments for Covid-19, the Vancouver Columbian reported on Saturday, October 16, 2021. The suspension, [...]
GOP congressman visits school and tells kids to defy mask policy
A Republican congressman from Virginia is telling high school students to disobey their school’s mask policy and refuse to wear masks. Rep. Bob Good (bio here, photo below), who represents a mostly rural district abutting West Virginia, spoke to a high school government class on Thursday, October [...]
October 15th, 2021 - 4:21 pm § in Donald Trump, Health
Vaccine lotteries were a bust
Vaccine lotteries “failed to convince people to get vaccinated against COVID-19,” a Seattle TV station reported on Friday, October 15, 2021. “Researchers from several universities [who] studied vaccination records … from 19 states – including Washington – that ent[...]
October 14th, 2021 - 10:05 am § in Health, Law and Courts
What happens when kids overdose on Covid-19 vaccine?
More and worse side effects, it seems. A father and mother went with their 5- and 4-year-old kids to Walgreens for flu shots, but they all got adult-strength Covid-19 vaccinations instead. Now the kids have “fever, body aches, cough, headaches, and nausea,” according to the family’[...]
Idaho doctor: “We’ve lost the war”
The virus is here to stay, Dr. Steven Nemerson, chief clinical officer at Saint Alphonsus Health System of Boise, told reporters on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 (read story here). “Today I’m here to tell you we’ve lost the war.” “The reason it is here to stay,” he ad[...]
October 12th, 2021 - 10:49 am § in Health
Daily aspirin out of favor
A federally-sponsored medical panel may soon recommend that people over 60 shouldn’t take aspirin to prevent a heart disease or stroke unless they’ve already had one, because the potential harm cancels out the benefits, CNN reported on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. (Read story here.) Taking[...]