“An Arkansas jail has been found to be prescribing an animal parasite medicine to inmates to treat COVID-19,” The Hill reported on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 (read story here; for a local TV station’s report with more detail, go here). Rightwing social media promotion of the drug, [...]
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August 25th, 2021 - 6:52 pm § in Health
Arkansas doc accused of prescribing cow pills for Covid-19 to jail inmates
August 24th, 2021 - 12:46 pm § in Health
AMA calls for vaccine mandates
The American Medical Association (AMA) is calling on the “public and private sectors” to require people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, arguing making vaccination mandatory is “key to getting control of the pandemic,” The Hill reported on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 (read st[...]
“Masks and coercions do not work!”
In his case, stupidity didn’t work, either. Nor did thoughts and prayers, 26 days in the ICU, and 5 days on a ventilator. What does work, not 100% of the time, but much better than anything else, is getting vaccinated and wearing a mask. I’ve been seeing a lot of stories like this recent[...]
August 19th, 2021 - 6:47 pm § in Health, Schools & Colleges
Anti-vaxxer WSU football coach says he’ll “follow governor’s mandate”
Whatever that means. He double-talked reporters about whether he’ll get the shots, story here. To see how Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Dave Horsey previously savaged him, click here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
August 18th, 2021 - 9:55 pm § in Health, Israel/Palestine
Where the push for booster shots is coming from
Israel has high vaccination (78% of population over 12) and infection rates. “More than half are in fully vaccinated people, underscoring the extraordinary transmissibility of the Delta variant and stoking concerns that the benefits of vaccination ebb over time,” Science magazine says (a[...]
The infomercial governor
The governor who’s against prevention sells cures. “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who has been criticized for opposing mask mandates and vaccine passports — is now touting a COVID-19 antibody treatment in which a top donor’s company has invested millions of dollars,” Huffington[...]
How to handle booster backlash
“Global health advocates are pushing back on the Biden administration’s anticipated plans to start offering Americans a booster dose of coronavirus vaccine, arguing it will only deepen global inequalities,” The Hill reported on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. “Biden officials are s[...]
August 15th, 2021 - 4:13 pm § in Health, Law and Courts
Prosecute fake vaccine cards
“The Senate’s top Democrat says federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards being sold online,” ABC News reported on Sunday, August 15, 2021 (read story here). Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wants to go after those making and selling the fake vacc[...]
August 15th, 2021 - 1:26 pm § in Health
Is anti-vax the new drunk driving?
We know what works against Covid-19, but the virulent Delta variant is raging out of control this summer, and health experts are worried about what will happen when winter flu season arrives. From the start of the pandemic, America has also been afflicted by raging stupidity driven by ignorance, mis[...]
The battle of Los Angeles
Fights broke out at the L.A. city hall on Saturday, August 14, 2021, between anti-vaxxers and counter-protesters. (Story and more photos here.) Say, don’t we have a pandemic to fight? And shouldn’t we be fighting it together? It’s a real concern that as Delta rages, and other more [...]