Covidiots

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Florida businesses and governments that require proof of COVID-19 vaccination from customers or members of the public will soon face $5,000 fines, according to a new Department of Health rule. Earlier this year, the Republican-led Florida Legislature passed a bill, SB 2006, banning businesses, governments, and schools from requiring “vaccine passports.” On Aug. 27, the …

Input reports: Earlier this afternoon, r/NoNewNormal, an anti-vax subreddit with more than 124,000 users, was banned from Reddit, for “brigading,” the act of one community overwhelming another with a stream of spam and memes, a form of digital invasion designed to drown out the voices of internet foes. CNET reports: Though the admin confirmed there’s been a “pronounced” increase in …

Hawaii News Now reports: Another visitor to Hawaii has been arrested for allegedly using a fake vaccine card to fly to the islands. On the card was one major error that was a red flag for authorities: “Moderna” was misspelled as “Maderna,” court documents allege. State investigators said they received a tip that 24-year-old Chloe Mrozak of Oak Lawn, Illinois …

“I’m a mama bear and I know there’s a lot of mama bears here tonight, and no one’s gonna mess with our cubs.  And tonight I’m simply here to tell you to unmask our children. “We’re done begging. In fact, we’re done asking for permission. We are gonna be unmasking our children today. The pandemic is over, the parents are …

The Oregonian reports: Kevin Purnell was fired Monday as superintendent of the Adrian School District just one week after students returned to school. The Adrian School Board, convening in an emotionally charged special meeting, voted 4-1 Monday evening to terminate Purnell after meeting in an executive, or closed door, session for less than half an hour to consider the matter. …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Dr. Kathleen Toomey stopped us in our tracks when she revealed that anti-vaxxer protesters had disrupted several vaccination drives — and forced one to shut down. We asked aides to Toomey, the state’s top health official, to elaborate. Her office promptly detailed how public health staff “have been harassed, yelled at, threatened and demeaned by some …

“My name is Melissa, I have two daughter in the school system. These are demonic entities and we need to stick together. Remember, we have authority in Christ Jesus. “These are demonic entities in all of the school boards in all of the United States of America. And all of us Christians will be sticking together to take them all …

The Roys Report reports: On Sunday, John MacArthur acknowledged for the first time that COVID-19 swept through Grace Community Church last winter — a fact he’s failed to admit until now, despite evidence reported months ago by The Roys Report. MacArthur also divulged that he and his wife had COVID last December. Before his Aug. 29 sermon, MacArthur said that …

The State Journal-Register reports: The wife of Randy Clouse, 61, lost her bid to force Memorial Medical Center to allow her husband to receive ivermectin, a drug mentioned by Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham as a possible treatment for COVID-19. “She should have a right to try to save her husband,” Ralph Lorigo, a lawyer …

CTV News reports: A disgruntled customer at a Dairy Queen in Port Alberni, B.C., took out his frustration over being told to wear a mask by relieving himself in front of staff at the counter. The incident was captured on camera and appears to show the man urinating on the counter following an altercation with restaurant employees. In the video, …

The Insider reports: An Indiana woman has filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and multiple retailers, alleging that their mask requirements violated laws meant to protect people with disabilities. Krispy Kreme, Sephora, and AMC Theatres were among the 16 named defendants in the lawsuit filed on August 18 by Jennifer Reinoehl in US District Court …

Fort Myers’ NBC News affiliate reports: The Lee County School District will now require masks for teachers and students, eliminating the opt-out form. The school superintendent made the announcement Monday. At a workshop meeting Monday, Superintendent Ken Savage said the mandate will be reassessed after that 30 days. “To those that are angry with this decision today, I will likely …

The Daily Beast reports: Alex Berenson, the former New York Times reporter who became “the pandemic’s wrongest man,” suggested on Monday night that he would sue Twitter for banning his account for repeatedly violating the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy. And Fox News host Tucker Carlson not only urged the self-professed “COVID contrarian” to “sue the crap” out of the social …

The American Independent reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked on Monday why he has not called out members of his caucus for their dangerous anti-mask and anti-vaccine rhetoric. The Kentucky Republican said he did not think speaking out against other people was helpful. “I don’t think it serves any particular purpose to start criticizing others,” told a reporter …

The New York Times reports: Prescriptions for ivermectin have seen a sharp rise in recent weeks, jumping to more than 88,000 per week in mid-August from a prepandemic baseline average of 3,600 per week, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Calls to poison control centers about ivermectin exposures have risen dramatically, jumping fivefold over their …

The International Business Times reports: Mike Flynn, former National Security Advisor of Donald Trump, was flagged off as ‘reputational risk’ by Chase Bank in a letter allegedly sent to the retired three-star general. Regina Hicks shared the letter allegedly sent to Flynn announcing that they would be closing his credit cards on September 18, 2021. “BREAKING: Chase Bank cancels its …

Las Vegas’s CBS News affiliate reports: “It’s just kinda common sense. Don’t take horse wormer,” says Shelly Smith, a manager at ATV&V Tack and Feed, where they normally stock and sell ivermectin. “I had a gentleman come in, he was an older gentleman, he told me that his wife wanted him to be on the ivermectin plan. I immediately brought …

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: A Butler County judge ruled in favor of a woman last week who sought to force a hospital to administer Ivermectin — an animal dewormer that federal regulators have warned against using in COVID-19 patients — to her husband after several weeks in the ICU with the disease. Butler County Common Pleas Judge Gregory Howard …

Florida Politics reports: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has offered a response to the uptick in calls to the Florida Poison Control Center due to ivermectin and is urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to publicly disavow the use of the drug in treating COVID-19. “I urge the Governor to disavow those promoting false cures, and instead listen to the scientists and …

Lets start with this from two weeks ago: A group of Maine lawmakers are condemning the participation of a state Representative in an event hosted by a man who has made several anti-Semitic claims. 53 members of the Legislature signed on to a letter condemning Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred) for speaking at the event in Belfast on July 27. It …