Covidiots

Hartford’s CBS News affiliate reports: A group of parents screaming for the governor to “unmask our children” interrupted a school meeting in Cheshire. Gov. Ned Lamont joined educators and public health officials on Wednesday for a discussion about the new school year. Last week, Lamont announced that there would be mask mandate at schools until Sept. 30 because of the …

Savannah’s CBS News affiliate reports: A longtime member of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office has died after a short battle with COVID-19, according to Sheriff Chuck Moseley. Capt. Joe Manning died Wednesday at the age of 57, Moseley announced. Manning’s 31-year career with the sheriff’s office began at the Wayne County Jail. In 1990, he started as a detention officer …

“I’m going to tell you what God told me to tell you. They’ve got variants coming that ain’t no vaccine going to work for. This nation is under the judgment of God. “They’re already admitting that the vaccine is alarmingly not working. Alarmingly! They’re alarmed at what they’re seeing. Do you know why? Because America, you’re making a huge mistake. …

NBC News reports: When users visit the telemedicine website SpeakWithAnMD.com, they are immediately hit with a warning: “Due to overwhelming demand, we are experiencing longer than usual wait times.” The demand is for ivermectin. And the website, in partnership with the organization America’s Frontline Doctors, whose founder stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, has become well-known in the Facebook …

Media Matters has the transcript: GRANT STINCHFIELD (HOST): We know that one of the key components to enacting socialism in America is not just gun control, but gun confiscation. I have told you that much of the tyrannical response to the China virus is about the left’s quest to control you. Well, quietly, a plan is now underway to use …

The San Angelo Standard-Times reports: The battle between public health and personal freedom is a familiar one in Tom Green County, of which San Angelo resident Caleb Wallace took an active role. On July 4, 2020, Caleb helped organize “The Freedom Rally.” A flyer for the event called it a peaceful protest by people “sick of the government being in …

“Be very careful about this vaccine. If I were you, I would not touch it with a 10-foot pole. And I never will because it leads to complications. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say what needs to be said. “I need you to pray for me as I take this bold and courageous step. I …

McClatchy News reports: The Texas Poison Center Network has received dozens of calls this month about people exposed to ivermectin, an animal dewormer some are using for COVID-19 treatment. But the drug, which is flying off the shelves in many parts of the United States, is not a suitable treatment and health organizations are warning against its improper use. “Patients …

“I have a problem because I have a show there in Madison Square Garden in October, and I’ve already sold 13,000 tickets. And now they say that everybody has to be vaccinated and I want everybody to know that you can get your money back. “If someone has an ideological or physiological reason for not getting vaccinated, I don’t want …

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: An emergency room physician who charged $50 for opt-out letters to Leon County parents who don’t want their kids to wear masks in school has been removed from Capital Regional Medical Center following a social media outcry for his ouster. As a stricter mask mandate requiring a medical excuse took hold Sunday in Florida’s capital county, …

Miami’s CBS News affiliate reports: A Fort Lauderdale father was arrested in front of Ft Lauderdale High School on Wednesday. For the fifth time since Broward Schools resumed in-person learning, Dan Bauman, 50, walked his daughter, Isabel, to school. Isabel is a 10th grader in her first year at Ft Lauderdale High. She has refused to wear a mask and …

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports: Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder on Tuesday confirmed that the medical provider for the Detention Center has been prescribing ivermectin to detainees to treat them for the covid-19 virus. The question was raised at a meeting of the Quorum Court’s Finance & Budget Committee during a discussion of the proposed 2022 budget for the Detention Center. …

The Associated Press reports: A Pennsylvania woman who pleaded guilty to coughing and spitting on food at a supermarket in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic was sentenced Tuesday to at least a year in jail. Margaret Ann Cirko, 37, pleaded guilty in June to a felony count of making bomb threats. Authorities said Cirko entered a Gerrity’s Supermarket …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Some good news on the vaccine front Pfizer received full FDA approval for their COVID-19 vaccine. Some people have expressed concern about only having emergency-use approval, so I hope this will relieve those concerns. I’m thankful for the doctors and scientists who have worked diligently to develop a vaccine that can help save lives …

Greenville, South Carolina’s NBC News affiliate reports: Some parents in Greenville County are frustrated and say they want masks mandated. Others say they’re glad it’s an option. The Greenville County School board voted unanimously at a meeting Tuesday to pass a motion allocating 5.5 million dollars in federal funding. The district will allocate $3.3 million for 80 hours of COVID-19-related …

The Detroit Metro Times reports: Paul Marcum, who witnesses say flashed a Nazi salute and chanted “Heil Hitler” at a raucous Birmingham Board of Education meeting last week, has lost his job as a tennis instructor at the Sports Club of West Bloomfield. Police are investigating Marcum after witnesses said he flashed the Nazi salute and repeated “Heil Hitler” Wednesday …

“Why should doctors be any better than lawyers, or professors, or any other group that has disgraced itself in American life? There’s no reason. Doctors have the same degree of wisdom as gender studies professors. The issue isn’t medical knowledge. The issue is wisdom and courage “Your doctor knows nothing about COVID, nothing. All they know is how the virus …

The Charlotte Observer reports: A woman who was kicked off her flight to Charlotte in February for drinking alcohol, trying to vape and refusing to wear a mask has been hit with a $17,000 fine by the Federal Aviation Administration. The woman was flying from Key West, Fla., to Charlotte on a Republic Airways flight on Feb. 28, according to …

The Hill reports: A bodybuilding sponsor has dropped actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as a spokesperson over his recent rant against anti-maskers. A spokesperson for the sports supplement company REDCON1 told The Hill that they chose to discontinue their partnership with the former California governor because of his “anti-America” comments, also pulling out of the Schwarzenegger bodybuilding event next month. “We elected …

Atlanta’s NBC News affiliate reports: Hospital officials in Cobb County say a surgical tech is “no longer an employee” after she posted a video comparing the hospital’s vaccine mandate to the Holocaust. Jessica Renzi was a surgical technologist with the Wellstar Healthcare System, according to her social media accounts, which she has since deleted.Renzi posted a video to TikTok in …