Covidiots

The Spokane Spokesman-Review reports: During the interview, John Stockton asserted that more than 100 professional athletes have died of vaccination. He also said tens of thousands of people – perhaps millions – have died from vaccines. “I think it’s highly recorded now, there’s 150 I believe now, it’s over 100 professional athletes dead – professional athletes – the prime of …

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: A severely ill COVID-19 patient flown from Minnesota to Texas during a legal battle over whether his ventilator should be turned off died Saturday. Scott Quiner, who was unvaccinated, was being kept alive by the machine at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, north of Minneapolis, after contracting COVID-19 in October. His family sued the hospital over …

Rolling Stone reports: Graham Nash has slammed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for using his song “Chicago” in a promotional video for the anti-vax rally set for Washington, D.C. on Sunday. The CSNY legend took to Instagram Saturday to inform fans that RFK Jr.’s use of the 1971 song — also known as “We Can Change the World” — was “not …

The Tacoma News-Tribune reports: With the number of people in King County hospitalized for COVID-19 jumping more than 700 percent in the last month, hospitals are pleading with people to get vaccinated and boosted. MultiCare Health System, the Washington State Hospital Association, Public Health – Seattle & King County and seven others signed a call to action this week asking …

A couple of days ago the CEO of Carhartt emailed employees to say that the company’s vaccine mandate would remain in place despite the Supreme Court’s ruling against the mandate for large companies. Calls to boycott Carhartt predictably erupted, with Charlie Kirk and Glenn Beck leading the campaign. Since then, cultists have taken to social media with videos showing themselves …

CBS News reports: A Virginia mother was charged Friday night after she said at a school board meeting that she would “bring every single gun loaded and ready” to fight mask requirements for her children. Amelia King later emailed the board to apologize for her choice of words, saying she was not referring to “actual firearms.” The Luray Police Department …

Tampa’s CBS News affiliate reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is again declining to say whether he has or would receive a COVID-19 booster shot. During a Friday morning news conference in Sarasota, DeSantis was asked by a reporter if he had gotten the booster. “That’s something that I think people should just make their own decisions on,” he said. “I’m …

The New York Daily News reports: Horrified passengers on a flight from Ireland to Kennedy Airport were shocked when an out-of-control man dropped his pants and mooned a passenger and everyone else in sight, federal prosecutors said Friday. Shane McInerny, 29, was heading to America where he was set to take on a job coaching soccer in Florida, but he …

Washington DC’s ABC News affiliate reports: Page County Public Schools in Luray, Virginia will increase police presence at schools Monday after a mother made a perceived threat during a school board meeting Thursday night. Amelia King was upset about the school mask mandate and said her children would not be wearing masks on Monday and she would “bring every single …

The Hill reports: Unvaccinated adults ages 65 and older are nearly 50 times more likely to be hospitalized than seniors who have received a full COVID-19 vaccine and a booster shot, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data show that unvaccinated seniors and older are 49 times more likely to go to …

Media Matters has the transcript: TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Howard Stern, by any measure, is one of the great radio hosts of all-time. He has made a huge amount of money for doing what he does, but there’s a reason for it: He was incredibly brave. Vulgar, yes, but truly talented, but above all, courageous. Stern defended free speech, he was …

The New York Daily News reports: In God — but not vaccine mandates — she trusts. Controversial Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino has been granted a waiver on “religious” grounds to attend City Council meetings in-person despite refusing to disclose whether she’s vaccinated against COVID-19, her son said Thursday. She could not be reached for comment, but was spotted walking into …

The right wing Washington Times reports: D.C. officials alerted businesses Thursday about possible “threats” from pro-life and anti-vaccine protesters who might flout the city’s new vaccination passport mandate this week. The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development emailed the alert to city business owners Thursday morning, citing the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency’s (HSEMA) …

CNN reports: An American Airlines passenger plane bound for London turned around mid-flight due to a mask-related disruption on Wednesday. “American Airlines flight 38 with service from Miami (MIA) to London (LHR) returned to MIA due to a disruptive customer refusing to comply with the federal mask requirement,” American Airlines said in a statement. Local law enforcement met the flight …

The Hill reports: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced on Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Massie, who is not vaccinated, wrote in a tweet that he was experiencing cold and allergy symptoms for one day “but seem[s] to be over it.” He said he will not be voting, attending in-person meetings or making public appearances until next week. …

“Think about how ridiculous it is what they’re doing by trying to force the nurses with these vaxxes. You know a lot of these nurses have had COVID, a lot of them are younger, some of them. “They’re trying to have families, there’s a whole bunch of things that they have going on and so they don’t want to be …

The Daily Beast reports: Stella Immanuel, the eccentric “demon sperm” doctor who was embraced and defended by ex-president Donald Trump for her evidence-free claims about curing COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine, is back with another outlandish claim. “Every time we have prayed for people that have taken the vaccine because it is Luciferian,” she said at megachurch pastor Clay Clark’s ReAwaken America …

Australia’s The Age reports: Federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck says surfing legend Kelly Slater has “no chance of getting into the country” if he’s not vaccinated ahead of the upcoming World Surf League championship events in Victoria and Western Australia. The WSL has warned unvaccinated surfers they will face significant hurdles travelling the world and could be barred from certain …

The Daily Mail reports: An anti-vax Czech folk singer has died after deliberately catching Covid to obtain a health pass to allow her to visit the sauna and theatre. Hana Horka, the vocalist for the band Asonance, died on Sunday after contracting the Delta variant at the age of 57, according to her son Jan Rek. She voluntarily exposed herself …

British tabloid The Mirror reports: Right Said Fred have been making headlines since the start of the pandemic but it hasn’t always been for the right reason. The pop duo – consisting of Fred and Richard Fairbrass – most recently stunned fans by sharing a web video of Neo-Nazis spouting racist and anti-vax conspiracy theories. It wasn’t the only time …