“Almost all governments … have so far resisted making Covid vaccination mandatory for their citizens,” CNBC says, but, “The divide between the vaccinated and unvaccinated … is likely to become even deeper, with officials in the U.S. and Europe planning, or introducing, [...]
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem isn’t as stupid as she looks
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is a staunch defender of the right-to-die from Covid-19. On the surface, this looks bad. But when you take some time to think about it, her policies make perfect sense from her state’s point of view: South Dakotans don’t need to wear masks. Their houses are 5 mi[...]
Florida hospitals are “overrun”
“Hospitals across Florida are now being pushed to the limit with ICU beds filling up and providers struggling to find enough staff to care for patients as the state fights one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the nation, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant,” CNBC reported on Wedn[...]
August 11th, 2021 - 6:25 pm § in Health, Schools & Colleges
Choose Covid-19 advice carefully, and pray school officials do the same
It’s a good idea to choose medical advice as carefully as you would buy a car. This is ought to go without saying. But don’t underestimate the power of human nature; people listen to what they want to hear, and shut out what they don’t want to hear. Dan Stock, M.D. (photo, left), s[...]
August 10th, 2021 - 12:14 am § in Health
What we know about infections among vaccinated people
The Covid-19 pandemic is a dynamic challenge to our society. As new information keeps coming in, specialists improve their understanding, and as threats evolve in terms of new and more transmissible variants coupled with waning vaccine effectiveness, and rising “breakthrough” cases in va[...]
Florida governor doubles down on pushing mask choice
“In a move that escalated Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fight over mask mandates,” the governor threatened Monday “to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard the governor’s executive order prohibiting mask mandates for school districts,R[...]
A GOP congressman’s vaccine advice
From Huffington Post, Monday, August 9, 2021 (story here): “Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) is refusing to say whether he has received the COVID-19 vaccine, because he doesn’t want to be ‘taking sides on it.’ “The conservative congressman made his comments to a reporter from WKOW-TV in Ma[...]
August 8th, 2021 - 10:53 pm § in Health, Law and Courts
Can a judge condition probation on vaccination?
An Ohio judge gave a drug defendant 60 days to get vaccinated as a probation condition (read story here). The man apparently would rather go to jail, or at least his lawyers are waiting to see what the judge does after the 60 days are up, with no vaccination. So, how about that? Is this […][...]
August 8th, 2021 - 10:08 pm § in Health
8/8/21 Covid-19 status report
A gusher of bad news … 107,000 daily new cases, 66,000 in hospitals Ambitious GOP governors “gamble with children’s lives” (story here) Scientists warn a “doomsday” variant may be coming (story here) Florida children’s hospitals are “overwhelmed” (story here) Unvaccinated 2x[...]
Why Libertarians support vaccine mandates
Republican flag-waving and hooting about “freedom” notwithstanding, vaccine mandates “have been around since the very first days of the republic, claiming broad support and withstanding legal challenges,” a story on Huffington Post notes (read it here), adding, “This is[...]