Covidiots

Rep. Louie Gohmert writes at American Greatness: Just as we saw with hydroxychloroquine last summer, government alphabet agencies, the medical industrial complex, and their willing accomplices in the media have recently made it clear that there is yet another safe, effective treatment for COVID-19 they wish to torpedo. It’s the latest naughty word which will get you censored on social …

Mediaite reports: Anti-vaccine mandate protesters disrupted an Executive Council meeting in New Hampshire, and officials had to be escorted out over safety concerns. The meeting at Saint Anselm College was going to be voting on contracts to help boost vaccination efforts in the state. According to WMUR, there were hundreds of protesters outside the building, and a number of them …

The Insider reports: Last Saturday, Canadian conspiracy theorist Christopher Saccoccia, also known by the pseudonym Chris Sky, gave out his phone number during the “Just Say No” anti-vax rally at Toronto’s Eaton Centre where he repeatedly compared vaccine passports to slavery. Saccoccia gave out his phone number in an attempt to organize anti-vax protests with “substance,” which he defined as …

The Washington Post reports: YouTube is taking down several video channels associated with high-profile anti-vaccine activists including Joseph Mercola [photo] and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who experts say are partially responsible for helping seed the skepticism that’s contributed to slowing vaccination rates across the country. As part of a new set of policies aimed at cutting down on anti-vaccine content …

The Associated Press reports: Nurses and hundreds of other staff members will soon begin wearing panic buttons at a Missouri hospital where assaults on workers tripled after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cox Medical Center Branson is using grant money to add buttons to identification badges worn by up to 400 employees who work in the emergency room and …

The Washington Post reports: A North Carolina-based hospital system announced Monday that roughly 175 unvaccinated employees were fired for failing to comply with the organization’s mandatory coronavirus vaccination policy, the latest in a series of health-care dismissals over coronavirus immunization. Novant Health said last week that 375 unvaccinated workers — across 15 hospitals and 800 clinics — had been suspended …

From the Connecticut Department of Public Health: The Connecticut Medical Examining Board, per a request from the Connecticut Department of Public Health, has suspended the Connecticut physician and surgeon license of retired physician Sue Mcintosh, MD, of Durham. The unanimous decision to suspend Dr. Mcintosh’s license took place at an emergency meeting of the Medical Examining Board on Friday morning. …

From right wing commentator Dennis Prager: There is something about most Jews that few non-Jews know: We Jews often ask ourselves if a non-Jew in our lives would hide us in the event of a Nazi-like outbreak. I don’t know if young Jews think about this, but nearly all Jews who grew up in the decades following the Holocaust often …

The Washington Post reports: Gallup asked people two questions: First, “what percentage of unvaccinated people have been hospitalized due to the coronavirus?” And second, “what percentage of fully vaccinated people have been hospitalized due to the coronavirus?” The median unvaccinated Republican believes that the percentage of unvaccinated people like themselves requiring hospitalization is 5 percent. How does that compare to …

Yahoo Sports reports: First things first, there aren’t any microchips in any of the COVID-19 vaccines. This absurd theory has been debunked countless times already, and just doesn’t make sense. This, however, hasn’t stopped that theory from spreading throughout NBA locker rooms. According to Rolling Stone, Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving — who has a past filled with conspiracy theories …

The Hill reports: Dozens of state troopers in Massachusetts have resigned as a result of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, a key union said Monday. State Police Association President Michael Cherven made the announcement in a statement, adding that some troopers had intentions of moving to departments that offered “reasonable alternatives such as mask wearing and regular testing.” In August, …

The New York Times reports: A wave of misinformation touting the deworming drug ivermectin as a Covid treatment appears to be showing no signs of abating, with calls about the drug to poison control centers surging, and officials in New Mexico saying misuse of the medication contributed to at least two deaths. Federal health authorities have repeatedly warned Covid patients …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD as the new Florida Surgeon General and Secretary of the Florida Department of Health. Regarding COVID shots, Dr. Ladapo said they should be a personal choice. “Vaccines are up to the person. There’s nothing special about them compared to any other …

The Toronto City News reports: Two people have been arrested following an anti-vaccine, anti-mask protest outside the Eaton Centre on Saturday. Police say a group of protesters attempted to enter the mall but were denied access by security guards. A video posted to social media by lawyer Caryma Sa’d shows the mob trying to forcibly push its way into the …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to be a major focus during the 2022 Legislative Session for Sen. Manny Diaz [photo], the top Republican shaping health care policy in the upper chamber. The Senator, who acknowledges he hasn’t gotten a COVID-19 vaccine, says he’s firmly against vaccine mandates. His work could include revisiting existing …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Florida’s new surgeon general received a pay raise of 72% compared with his predecessor, as leaders of several state agencies under Gov. Ron DeSantis saw their paychecks grow this week under a hike approved by the Legislature this year. The biggest increase was for Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the new surgeon general who also runs the Department …

The Hill reports: Coronavirus patients are flooding and straining hospitals across the U.S., particularly in western states where administrators are put in positions of needing to ration care as their facilities are pushed to their breaking point by the delta variant. Alaska this past week joined Idaho in adopting statewide crisis standards of care that provide guidance to health care …

Staten Island Live reports: Amid the city’s vaccine mandate for indoor dining areas, several dozen demonstrators barged into the food court at the Staten Island Mall on Saturday chanting “USA” and anti-mandate slogans. The scene unfolded when a crowd of people stormed into the Food District section of the mall, an area which is supposed to be only for those …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: Anti-vaccine demonstrators attempting to block highways as part of nationwide protests will face felony charges, according to the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office. Prosecutor Joe Deters said his office has learned of protesters’ plans to shut down highways across the country on Monday morning in a denouncement of mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates. “I want to be …

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports: For the second time today, a Hawaiian Airlines flight was diverted back to Honolulu this afternoon due to an incident involving an alleged unruly passenger. Hawaiian Flight 22 departed Daniel K. Inouye International Airport at 1:05 p.m. today for a direct flight to Seattle. “Approximately two hours after takeoff, our captain was notified of a passenger …