Coronavirus

DOJ: Man Spent COVID Relief On $58K Pokemon Card

The Macon Telegraph reports: A man in Georgia used more than two-thirds of his COVID-19 relief loan to pay for a Pokemon card, according to federal prosecutors. Vinath Oudomsine was charged by criminal information on Tuesday with one count of wire fraud after the government said he lied about how many employees he had and the revenue his business generated …

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Fox News Host Begs Viewers To Get Vaccinated [VIDEO]

“The situation for me being immuno compromised, half the cases we’re hearing on the breakthrough front are among the immuno compromised, people like me who had and have multiple sclerosis or prior heart situations or cancer. “There are many like that all around us, and mine is not secret at Fox. But there are plenty of people around around you, …

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Israel: No Entry If Last Dose Was Over Six Months Ago

Reuters reports: Tourists hoping to visit Jerusalem or Tel Aviv after Israel’s announcement last week that it would open to some vaccinated foreign travelers should read the fine print before booking, local hoteliers say. The new rules due to go into effect on Nov. 1 ahead of the Christmas season, permit individual tourists who have received COVID-19 vaccine boosters to …

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Top Florida Republican Roasts “Unprofessional” State Surgeon General Over Mask Incident With Ill Senator

Florida Politics reports: Senate President Wilton Simpson late Saturday sharply criticized a top official in the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis for failing to adhere to a request from state Sen. Tina Polksky to wear a mask while visiting her in her office. Polksky, a Democrat from Palm Beach County who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is about …

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Russia Again Breaks Record For COVID Deaths, Cases

The Associated Press reports: Russia is reporting a record high number of coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths as the country approaches a week of nonworking days aimed at stemming the sharp surge in cases. The national coronavirus task force said Saturday that 1,075 people had died from the virus in the past day and that 37,678 new infections were tallied …

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Anti-Vax Florida Surgeon General Refuses To Wear Mask In Office Of Dem State Senator Who Has Breast Cancer

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s top public health official was asked to leave a state Senator’s office this week after refusing to don a mask in her office. Sen. Tina Polsky, who was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in August, asked state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and his two legislative aides to leave her office after Ladapo refused to comply …

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TN Gov Loses Another Court Fight Over Mask Mandate

The Tennessean reports: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates violates federal law and will remain blocked in Williamson County, a judge decided Friday. U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw’s ruling continues to prevent Lee’s order, which the governor extended through Nov. 5, from taking effect in Williamson County’s two …

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Vaxxed Less Likely To Die From Non-COVID Causes

Forbes reports: People who are vaccinated against Covid-19 are less likely to die for any reason — including from non-coronavirus causes — than the unvaccinated, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Friday, which researchers framed as more proof of the vaccines’ safety despite stubborn levels of vaccine hesitancy. Partially and fully vaccinated people died from …

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French QAnon Leader Charged In Anti-Vax Terror Plot

The Associated Press reports: A former politician who called for the overthrow of the French government has been charged with terrorism in connection with what authorities have said was an extreme-right plot to attack vaccination centers, a masonic lodge and other targets. Rémy Daillet-Wiedemann was already accused of masterminding the international QAnon-style kidnapping of a girl on behalf of the …

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Austria Threatens To Impose Lockdown On Unvaxxed

The Associated Press reports: Unvaccinated people in Austria could face new lockdown restrictions if coronavirus case numbers continue to rise, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said. The news came after a Friday evening meeting between Schallenberg and state-level leaders to discuss their response to rapidly increasing case numbers. “The pandemic is not yet in the rearview mirror,” Schallenberg said. “We are about …

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Oregon Poison Center Reports 21 Horse Paste Cases

Consumer Health reports: Twenty-one cases of poisoning for ivermectin exposure relating to COVID-19 were reported to the Oregon Poison Center in August 2021, according to a letter to the editor published online Oct. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Courtney Temple, M.D., from the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, and colleagues describe the calls received by …

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Fully Vaxxed Definition May Change Due To Boosters

Changing America reports: The U.S. could change the definition of what it means to be fully vaccinated in the future with the increasing availability of COVID-19 boosters, officials said Friday. “We have not yet changed the definition of ‘fully vaccinated.’ We will continue to look at this. We may need to update our definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ in the future,” …

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Britain Sees Surge Of Cases After Lifting Restrictions

The New York Times reports: For the last four months, Britain has run a grand epidemiological experiment, lifting virtually all coronavirus restrictions, even in the face of a high daily rate of infections. Its leaders justified the approach on the grounds that the country’s rapid rollout of vaccines had weakened the link between infection and serious illness. New cases surpassed …

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STUDY: Pfizer Vaccine 91% Effective In Kids Ages 5-11

ABC News reports: Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group. The shots could begin in early November — with the first children in line fully protected by Christmas — if regulators …

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DeSantis Calls For Special Session To Block Mandates

Bloomberg News reports: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he is calling back the Republican-dominated state legislature to take action against employer Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Speaking Thursday in Clearwater, Florida, DeSantis said he wanted to block employers from firing workers over vaccination status. “That’s something that cannot wait until the regular legislative session next year,” DeSantis said. “It needs to happen …

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Pfizer CEO: Trial Shows Booster Restores Full Protection

The Hill reports: Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Thursday that a booster shot of their coronavirus vaccine restores full protection against COVID-19. The companies said that a late-stage clinical trial found that the booster was 95.6 percent effective against symptomatic COVID-19. The efficacy results are the first from any randomized, controlled trial of a COVID-19 booster, they said. “These results …

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Anti-Vaxxers Storm UK Hospital With “Legal Notices,” Claim Pope Is Head Of Businesses Around The World

The Essex Echo reports: Staff at an Essex hospital were in shock yesterday as anti-vax protestors stormed the premises to serve staff with bogus legal notices, claiming that the Covid-19 pandemic was a hoax. In a video posted on Twitter, one man, believed to be Michael Chaves – an anti-vax campaigner – hands over numerous envelopes to a member of …

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Moscow To Reenter Strict Lockdown As Cases Surge

Reuters reports: Moscow will reintroduce lockdown measures from Oct. 28 to combat surging COVID-19 cases, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin [photo] said on Thursday, with all shops, bars and restaurants due to close, except those selling essential goods, such as supermarkets and pharmacies. President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday approved a nationwide week-long workplace shutdown from Oct. 30 to Nov. 7 and said …

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Utah Health Officials Rank Vax Rate By Zodiac Signs

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Surprising perhaps no one, Salt Lake County residents born under the exuberant, high-achieving, let-no-opportunity-pass sign of Leo have been vaccinated for the coronavirus at higher rates than those of any other zodiac sign. That’s according to an analysis of immunization and population data released this week by the Salt Lake County Health Department. The department …

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FDA Approves Moderna And J&J Vaccine Boosters

CNBC reports: The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday night authorized booster shots of both Johnson & Johnson and Moderna’s Covid vaccines, another critical step in distributing extra doses to tens of millions of people. At the same time, U.S. regulators also authorized “mixing and matching” vaccines, allowing Americans to get a booster shot that’s a different vaccine from the one …

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