COVID-19 in America

[cupid_stunt]

<checks date>

Nope, it's not the 1st April.

Americans have been offered a variety of incentives to get a COVID vaccine including free guns, holidays, cash and Krispy Kremes.

The most recent addition to the odd list of incentives has been in Washington state where licensed marijuana shops are now able to offer free joints.

Announced by state officials, the "Joints for Jabs" scheme allows pot retailers to hand out a single pre-rolled joint to over-21s who get a jab at an on-site vaccine clinic by 12 July.

I like the idea of the "Joints for Jabs" scheme.

COVID-19: Guns, beer and marijuana on offer for Americans in move to increase coronavirus vaccinations

Joe Biden has singled out 4 July as the "independence day" from COVID as he aims to ensure 70% of adults get a first dose by then.

news.sky.com

 

[petee]

“I’m sure you’ve seen the pictures all over the internet of people who have had these shots and now they’re magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead. It sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them and they can stick, because now we think that there’s a metal piece to that."

https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/cleveland-doctor-tells-ohio-lawmakers-covid-19-vaccine-can-leave-people-magnetized-interfaced-with-5g-towers/

 

[Tankus]

My metal pen sticks ,


but only between my arse cheeks ,

I wonder if the vaccine pooled there ?

 

[elbows]

 

[petee]

could go in a number of threads ...

Triple shooting over masks at Georgia grocery store leaves cashier dead, deputy and man injured

A triple shooting at a DeKalb County grocery store in Georgia has left a cashier dead and a deputy and the gunman injured,

www.wsoctv.com

A triple shooting at a DeKalb County grocery store in Georgia has left a cashier dead and a deputy and the gunman injured, ABC affiliate WSB-TV reported.

The shooting happened Monday afternoon at the Big Bear grocery store along Candler Road.

The incident started when a man walked into the store and refused to put on a mask.

 

[petee]

6 workers. 1 vaccinated. 5 got coronavirus, 2 of them dead.

"On Monday, one of four IT staffers who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 died, according to Hopes. A fifth IT staffer who went to the doctor on Wednesday, died at home Thursday from COVID-19.

One staffer in the department who worked closely with the other five and didn’t contract the coronavirus was vaccinated. All five who contracted the virus were known not to be vaccinated and had a sore throat as their initial primary complaint"

https://www.bradenton.com/news/coronavirus/article252212853.html

 

[petee]

i put this in the wrong thread, so here it is again.

Washington lawmaker wears yellow Star of David, evoking Nazi persecution, to protest COVID vaccine mandates

Activists who oppose mandatory vaccines have deployed Nazi and Holocaust analogies even before the pandemic, drawing condemnations from the Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish organizations, which call such comparisons deeply offensive.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[petee]

Christian “Prophet”: I Know Three People Who Died of COVID Who Were Resurrected

Good luck looking for evidence.

friendlyatheist.patheos.com

can't talk about it though.

 

[petee]

simple!

 

[petee]

a bit of good news
how this is in murdoch's Post i have no idea

Why a famous anti-vaxxer saw the light — and got the COVID-19 vaccine

Heather Brooke Simpson once dressed up as the Measles for Halloween, but she’s changed her ways and got the COVID-19 jab

nypost.com

 

[editor]

More facepalms urgently needed in Tennessee:

Tennessee has gone “anti-vaccine,” state vaccine chief says after being fired

Vaccine chief says she was fired for noting state's 34-year-old policy for vaccinating teens.

arstechnica.com

 

[petee]

 

[existentialist]

You can see how Rand Paul obviously expects to be able to perpetrate his falsehoods unchallenged, and really doesn't like it when his challenges run up against hard fact, and a respondent who isn't in the business of taking shit. I'd have been interested to see his reaction to being called a liar by Fauci

 

[petee]

hey, somebody went there - a republican too

“Let’s be crystal clear about this issue. And media, I want you to start reporting the facts. The new cases of COVID are because of unvaccinated folks. Almost 100% of the new hospitalizations are with unvaccinated folks. And the deaths are certainly occurring with the unvaccinated folks. These folks are choosing a horrible lifestyle of self-inflicted pain,” Gov. Ivey said during an event for Landing in Birmingham Thursday.

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/its-time-to-start-blaming-the-unvaccinated-gov-ivey-on-rise-in-covid-19-cases-low-vaccination-rate/

 

[petee]

shit, they're getting closer to me

SEE IT: Anti-Vaxxers Take Over Central Park with Protest and March - Upper East Site

MANHATTAN – Hundreds of anti-vaccination activists descended upon Central Park on Saturday to declare “freedom over fear” and denounce Dr. Anthony Fauci, the President’s chief medical adviser— before embarking on a march to protest what they claim are ‘forced’ Covid-19 vaccinations. Contact...

www.uppereastsite.com

this is a punchable offense:

“It would be great if we could see your smile,” a man in ‘my body, my choice’ tee shirt told a masked photographer at the event for Upper East Site, attempting to coerce the photog to go mask-free.

 

[Yossarian]

hey, somebody went there - a republican too

“Let’s be crystal clear about this issue. And media, I want you to start reporting the facts. The new cases of COVID are because of unvaccinated folks. Almost 100% of the new hospitalizations are with unvaccinated folks. And the deaths are certainly occurring with the unvaccinated folks. These folks are choosing a horrible lifestyle of self-inflicted pain,” Gov. Ivey said during an event for Landing in Birmingham Thursday.

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/its-time-to-start-blaming-the-unvaccinated-gov-ivey-on-rise-in-covid-19-cases-low-vaccination-rate/

It's shameful that so many people in the world are desperate for vaccines while in Alabama, etc., they're rejecting them because they think it's a good way to send a message to Democrats.

Many people here and elsewhere in the Southeast are turning down Covid-19 vaccines because they are angry that President Donald Trump lost the election and sick of Democrats in Washington thinking they know what’s best.

In Alabama and Louisiana, partisan opposition to vaccine surges alongside Delta variant

Many people are turning down Covid vaccines because they are angry that President Donald Trump lost the election and sick of Democrats thinking they know what’s best.

www.politico.com

 

[existentialist]

It's shameful that so many people in the world are desperate for vaccines while in Alabama, etc., they're rejecting them because they think it's a good way to send a message to Democrats.

In Alabama and Louisiana, partisan opposition to vaccine surges alongside Delta variant

Many people are turning down Covid vaccines because they are angry that President Donald Trump lost the election and sick of Democrats thinking they know what’s best.

www.politico.com

The 21st century version of "cutting off your own nose to spite your face"

 

[emanymton]

shit, they're getting closer to me

SEE IT: Anti-Vaxxers Take Over Central Park with Protest and March - Upper East Site

MANHATTAN – Hundreds of anti-vaccination activists descended upon Central Park on Saturday to declare “freedom over fear” and denounce Dr. Anthony Fauci, the President’s chief medical adviser— before embarking on a march to protest what they claim are ‘forced’ Covid-19 vaccinations. Contact...

www.uppereastsite.com

this is a punchable offense:

“It would be great if we could see your smile,” a man in ‘my body, my choice’ tee shirt told a masked photographer at the event for Upper East Site, attempting to coerce the photog to go mask-free.

I wonder what his view on adoration would be?

 

[Raheem]

I wonder what his view on adoration would be?

Probably agrees with Ian Brown on that too.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

this is a punchable offense:

“It would be great if we could see your smile,” a man in ‘my body, my choice’ tee shirt told a masked photographer at the event for Upper East Site, attempting to coerce the photog to go mask-free.

You can bet that was to a female photographer. Just when you were wondering how "come on luv, give us a smile" could be even worse.

 

[petee]

You can bet that was to a female photographer. Just when you were wondering how "come on luv, give us a smile" could be even worse.

yes indeed i assumed so. i looked for the photog's name in the article but didn't see it.

 

[Yossarian]

This pastor in Tennessee says mask-wearers will be kicked out of church.

"I will ask you to leave. I am not playing these Democrat games up in this church.”

https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article253026988.html

Weird part is that with a population five times the size, including countless millions of idiots like this, the US is still recording far fewer new cases than Britain.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Weird part is that with a population five times the size, including countless millions of idiots like this, the US is still recording far fewer new cases than Britain.

The delta variant seems to only just be starting to take off in the US, overall new cases at the end of June were 13.5k a day, now 46.5k.

Plus the UK is testing more, overall over twice as many tests per million population, compared to the US.

 

[petee]

good

 

[petee]

St. Louis County Health Director: I Was Assaulted, Called 'Brown C——' After Mask Plea

Editor's note: Dr. Faisal Khan, acting director of the St. Louis County Department of Public Health, spoke in favor of a mask mandate on Tuesday...

www.riverfronttimes.com

After my presentation was completed, I tried to leave the chamber but was confronted by several people who were in the aisle. On more than one occasion, I was shoulder-bumped and pushed. As I approached the exit and immediately outside the chambers, I became surrounded by the crowd in close quarters, where members of the crowd yelled at me, calling me a “fat brown cunt” and a “brown bastard.” After being physically assaulted, called racist slurs, and surrounded by an angry mob, I expressed my displeasure by using my middle finger toward an individual who had physically threatened me and called me racist slurs.

Political operatives — and even Mr. Fitch himself — have sought to use my instinctive reaction as political fodder against me. I would like to think that I would not react like that because it risks creating a distraction from what should be a consensus around masking and vaccines. I have to say, however, that when faced with the racist vitriol that Councilman Fitch has been privately and publicly stoking against me since my appointment, I cannot say I am sorry.

well, no.

 

[High Voltage]

This link was obtained from the ever reliable World-O-meter Web site so treat accordingly

But if current trends continue, not the worst case scenario ones either, then the two major milestones I mentioned earlier (total US combat deaths and total US deaths from the 1918 Kansas flu) will be exceeded late September through mid-October

Yesterday's daily infection rate just bouncing off 100k doesn't bode well

And looking at the UK's infection rate from the same reliable source we are actually worse. The only saving grace seems to be at the moment our death rate is lower. No doubt due to vaccination rates.

IHME | COVID-19 Projections

Explore forecasts of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospital resource use.

covid19.healthdata.org

 

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[elbows]

 

[NoXion]

Freedom Warrior Dick Farrel dies of complications arising from a Covid-19 infection.

Vocal anti-vaccine broadcaster dies from COVID-19 complications

Former South Florida talk show host Dick Farrel, known and beloved by fans for his over-the-top right-wing opinions, has died from complications from COVID-19.

www.wptv.com

I guess he managed to own the libs one last time.

 

[elbows]

This happened on Saturday:

The City of Austin and Travis County will utilize the Warn Central Texas system today in response to a severely worsening COVID-19 situation in our community.

The message will implore the public to wear a mask, get vaccinated, and stay home if possible, to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in Austin.

“The situation is critical,” said Dr. Desmar Walkes Austin-Travis County Health Authority. “Our hospitals are severely stressed and there is little we can do to alleviate their burden with the surging cases. The public has to act now and help our we will face a catastrophe in our community that could have been avoided.”

The message will be sent around noon today, Aug. 7 via text message, phone call, and email through the Warn Central Texas emergency notification system - the regional notification system that is used to alert the public of emergencies in the community and how they can stay safe.

Today’s message follows the City and County elevating the COVID-19 risk level to stage 5, the highest level earlier this week.

“Hospital bed availability and critical care is extremely limited in our hospital systems, not just for COVID-19 patients, but for anyone who may need treatment,” said Dr. Walkes. “The community has to come together again and stave off disaster.”

City and County to Use Alert System on COVID-19 Situation | AustinTexas.gov

The City of Austin and Travis County will utilize the Warn Central Texas system today i

www.austintexas.gov