Punching a flight attendant cost Vyvianna Quinonez, 29, of Sacramento, a lifetime ban from Southwest Airlines, a court-imposed 3-year ban from any flying, 15 months in federal prison, and over $33,500 of restitution and fines. Quinonez (photo, right) was on a Southwest flight on May 23, 2021. During[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Coronavirus’
Alternative vaccine (NSFW)
This blog makes no representations this works or is safe. We believe it doesn’t and isn’t. It isn’t our idea, nor are various home remedies for Covid-19 promoted on the internet and touted by some Republicans. This is not a Republican blog. It was created by an actual M.D., therefo[...]
Studies confirm Covid-19 kills more Trumpers
Two separate studies confirm it’s been dangerous to live among Trump supporters during the pandemic. An analysis by National Public Radio (NPR) of Covid-19 death rates showed people in counties that voted over 60% for Trump in 2020 were 2.26 times as likely to die from the virus as people in c[...]
Covid-19 sweeps across North Korea
We’re about to find out what happens when the Omicron variant gets loose in a country where nobody is vaccinated, there’s no testing, no treatment drugs, and very few critical care hospital beds. Read story here. But North Korea’s famines kill millions, so what’s a few hundre[...]
May 14th, 2022 - 11:01 pm § in Politics
Minnesota GOP endorses anti-vax doctor for governor
A crackpot doctor who built a following by opposing Covid-19 shutdowns, masks, and vaccines won the endorsement — and potentially the nomination — of Minnesota’s GOP for governor. However, he still could face a primary challenge. (See story here.) Minnesota’s Democratic party[...]
May 14th, 2022 - 7:20 pm § in Health, Law and Courts
Judge tosses Hanford workers’ anti-vaccine lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by several hundred Hanford workers over COVID-19 vaccine requirements, a Seattle TV station reported on Saturday, May 14, 2022 (read story here). It sounds like they were saddled with sloppy lawyering. KOMO 4 News says Judge Thomas Rice found that lawy[...]
May 13th, 2022 - 10:54 am § in Health
Who’s still dying from Covid-19?
“People 65 and older account for about 75 percent of U.S. Covid deaths,” NBC News reported on Friday, May 13, 2022 (story here). “And some risk persists, even for seniors who have completed an initial two-dose series of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine or gotten one dose of the Johnso[...]
May 13th, 2022 - 2:44 am § in Foreign Affairs, Health
North Korea: No vax, no masks, no safe haven
As Covid-19 spread around the world, North Korea tried to seal itself off, but it didn’t work. You couldn’t expect it to, in a country where no one is vaccinated, nobody wears masks, and attending huge military parades is mandatory. Its April 25, 2022, “Founder’s Day” m[...]
Racism against Asian-Americans is at a pandemic high
There have been plenty of news stories about hate crimes against Asian-Americans. Stupid whites (and some Hispanics and blacks, too) have blamed them for Covid-19. They have nothing to do with it. And it’s getting worse. “More Americans are now blaming Asian Americans for Covid-19 than a[...]
Covid denier can kiss his Army career goodbye
An Army lieutenant who refused to telework, provide a negative test, or wear a mask was convicted by a special court-martial of violating orders. Mark Bradshaw (photo), an Air Force sergeant who became an Army officer, is a jerk. He was a company commander, and the soldiers under him had no choice a[...]