Covidiots

The Orlando Sentinel reports: The University of South Florida/Florida Atlantic University public opinion survey that probed what people know — or think they know — revealed sizable numbers of Florida residents believe inaccurate assertions about the vaccines. The biggest factor associated with beliefs in misinformation was political affiliation, with Republicans far more likely than Democrats and independents to agree with …

Megyn Kelly: Not only did you not fire Fauci, who is loathed by many — millions of Republicans in particular, but also some Democrats — you made him a star. This is the criticism of you, that you made him the face of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. That he was out at every presser, that he was running …

Media Matters has the transcript: SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Will you consider running on another party ticket? ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. (GUEST): Well, I — you know, right now, I’m focused on trying to run as a Democrat. This is my home, this is the place I grew up. I — HANNITY: They don’t seem very friendly to you. KENNEDY: I’m …

NFL.com reports: Aaron Rodgers’ aspirations for resurrecting the New York Jets lasted just four snaps. Rodgers’ and the Jets’ cruelest fears were realized on Tuesday as an MRI revealed he suffered a torn left Achilles in Monday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills and will miss the remainder of the 2023 season. It’s a crushing blow at the onset of …

CBS Sports reports: New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ 2023 season may be over before it ever really got started. After the quarterback was injured on his fourth play of the year, head coach Robert Saleh told reporters following the Jets’ 22-16 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills that they fear the four-time NFL MVP tore his Achilles. There’s an …

Fox News reports: While speaking at a Thursday news conference for Gov. Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, that state’s surgeon general, advised people to steer clear of the updated booster vaccine for COVID-19. “There’s a new vaccine that’s coming around the corner, a new mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, and there’s essentially no evidence for it,” Ladapo said during …

Breitbart wails: Democrat Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) today blocked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) after the Republican tried to pass the “Freedom to Breathe” Act by unanimous consent. The act would essentially ban federal mask mandates. “We tried mask mandates once in this country. They failed to control the spread of respiratory viruses, violated basic bodily freedom, and set our fellow …

Fox News reports: Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance introduced legislation Tuesday to crackdown on the ability by the federal government or commercial airlines to force Americans into wearing face masks amid a string of new coronavirus variants. Titled the Freedom to Breathe Act, the legislation, if passed and signed into law, would prevent President Biden and federal agencies from implementing …

The Hill reports: A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its campaign against the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 can continue, reversing a lower court decision. Three doctors sued the FDA last year claiming that the agency’s anti-ivermectin campaign went too far, overstepping its authority and acting more as …

Rolling Stone reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2024 presidential hopeful, announced today that he will be joined by rocker Eric Clapton for a campaign fundraiser at a private estate in Beverly Hills on Sept. 18. Clapton will perform live at the event, with tickets starting at $3,300, up to a maximum contribution of $6,600. “We expect supporters from across the …

“I’m going to walk around with this study in my pocket and if anybody tries to make me wear a mask, I’m going to say, ‘There’s a study that says masks can give me cancer. Do you want me to get cancer? Obviously not.’ “That’s garbage. There’s another shot that he’s going to recommend all Americans take? Not just Americans …

Guitar Magazine reports: Eric Clapton has addressed his attempt to donate to Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign. The musician had formerly tried to donate $5,000, but his attempt was invalid as Clapton is not only an English citizen, but his donation was also over the limit of $3,300. As we reported back in July, Clapton describes himself as a …

Bloomberg Law reports: Google LLC and YouTube LLC won’t be required to immediately restore videos of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. questioning the safety of Covid-19 vaccines to their platform because he’s unlikely to succeed on the merits of his free speech claims against the companies, a federal trial court said. Kennedy, who is seeking to be the Democratic Party’s 2024 …

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE DEACE (HOST): Have you heard of a vaccine that didn’t actually vaccinate? You ever heard of anything like that before? AARON MCINTIRE (CO-HOST): No. DEACE: Neither did I. Did you live in a country that – you could not work at a corporation of means without being coerced into becoming an experiment without your …

“Maria, you know, the doctors I’ve been dealing with and talking to for years now, they believe that probably hundreds of thousands of Americans lost their lives because they were denied real treatment. “And they were denied it because the FDA sabotaged, for example, ivermectin, who said, come on, you all, you’re not a cow, you’re not a horse. “We …

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Two years ago, a Cleveland area physician strode into the House Health Committee room and told state lawmakers that COVID-19 vaccines magnetize their hosts and “interface” with cell towers. Her comments, the subject of widespread ridicule, triggered a swarm of 350 complaints to the State Medical Board and a chain of events that led to …

“People woke up, man. They know now it’s poison. They know it’s a fraud, and more are waking up all the time. So we’re saving lives together! And I hope LeBron James does the right thing now. Elon Musk came out and said he thinks it’s the shot. He thinks LeBron James is from the shot. ‘Elon Musk suggests 18-year-old …

The Daily Beast reports: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) amplified a conspiracy theory peddled by anti-vaccine conspiracist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday, claiming the longshot Democratic presidential candidate was “just pointing out facts” when he tied baseball legend Hank Aaron’s death to the COVID-19 vaccine. During yet another one of Jordan’s hearings on the “weaponization” of the …

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida man and his three sons were convicted on federal fraud charges Wednesday for marketing a poisonous bleach concoction as a cure for 95% of the world’s diseases, including COVID-19. Mark Grenon, 65, and his sons, 37-year-old Jonathan, 35-year-old Joseph and 29-year-old Jordan, were all charged with conspiring to defraud the U.S. and deliver misbranded …

NBC News reports: Kerry Kennedy, a sister of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lambasted her brother in a brief statement Monday after a report that quoted him as saying Covid-19 was “targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people” and that Jewish people are most immune. “I strongly condemn my brother’s deplorable and untruthful remarks last week about Covid …