The White House opposes a provision that Republicans added to a defense bill which would require honorable discharges for troops who refuse to get the Covid-19 vaccination. (See story here.) A dishonorable discharge elevates vaccine refusal to the status of a crime. It does more than disqualify a pe[...]
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September 22nd, 2021 - 3:56 pm § in Health
PHOTOGRAPHY: Advertising
It’s not a real funeral home, but a stunt by an advertising agency. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
September 22nd, 2021 - 3:33 pm § in Health, Law and Courts
Reinstate this doctor
No good deed shall go unpunished. So it was with Dr. Hasan Gokal (photo, left), supervisor of a Houston vaccination site, who rounded up 10 people and gave them shots instead of throwing away vaccine from opened and partly used vials. He even got permission first from a superior at the public health[...]
Who’s responsible for the Covid-19 mess we’re in?
Covid-19 has savaged America. Our country’s death rate is 40 times that of Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan. Here: Over 2,000 per million of population. There: Under 50 per million. Why? They have common sense; we have Republicans. “Many lives would have been sa[...]
Kicked out for wearing masks
The owner of Hang Time Sports Grill & Bar in Dallas, who only wants to be known as “Tom,” doesn’t like masks. To him it’s political; he thinks masks are “ridiculous.” So part of his restaurant’s dress code is that no masks are allowed, and he says itR[...]
Darwin award #09202021
Kristen Lowery, 40, of Escalon, California, was dead-set against masks and vaccinations. Her motto: “Unmasked, unmuzzled, unvaccinated.” She leaves behind four children and a family is begging for GoFundMe donations to bury her. Read story here. Her story is far from unique. There should[...]
Another anti-masker learns the hard way
A teenaged city councilman in Alabama “has tested positive for COVID-19 just months after voting to end a local mask mandate,” The Hill reported on Saturday, September 18, 2021 (read story here). “Hunter Pepper, 19, told local NBC affiliate WAFF that he received two positive COVID-[...]
A stupid vaccine mandate argument
It’s unfair, Chris Talgo of the Heartland Institute says. His complaint? “Biden’s federal vaccine mandate does not apply to Americans on welfare, illegal immigrants, members of Congress, U.S. Postal Service employees and several other groups.” After noting that “Americans w[...]
September 13th, 2021 - 5:22 pm § in Health
ICU tales
Quoted from a Salt Lake City TV station’s website: Robin Grigg’s patient, struggling to breathe, looked at her and asked what was wrong with him. She showed him his positive COVID-19 test results, knowing it was not the first time he had seen them. “No,” he said. “COVID[...]
Yes, blame Republicans
It’s been 20 years, at least, since Americans felt safe. The incoming Bush administration ignored warnings by departing Obama administration national security officials. (See article here.) Perhaps the 9/11 terror attacks couldn’t have been prevented anyway, but Bush and the people aroun[...]