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Mediaite reports: Charlie Kirk has said he will not get vaccinated, and on his show Wednesday he talked about the number on VAERS of reports of people dying after receiving the covid-19 vaccines. Presumably going off tweets from Alex Berenson, Kirk actually suggested that over one million people died after getting the vaccine, saying, “If VAERS is off by 99 …

The Daily Dot reports: One of the most famous guitarists of the past half-century has been making headlines lately, but not because of his recently announced North American tour. Instead, 76-year-old Eric Clapton has become a vocal opponent of the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving one himself. He alleges that the drug is responsible for “disastrous” side effects that caused numbness …

“I will say, the snotty reaction to states like Alabama and Mississippi, it doesn’t just extend to vaccine hesitancy. This is just a cultural bias against those states, period. “They don’t like those states, they don’t like their, you know, trucks they drive, they don’t like how many kids they have. So it’s not just vaccine hesitancy they’re sneering at. …

The Cape Cod Times reports: Linda Zuern, remembered as a staunch conservative, well-respected educator and friend to many in the town of Bourne, died on Friday due to complications of COVID-19. Zuern, 70, died at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston on Friday of severe complications caused by COVID-19, according to family members and friends. Zuern was brought from Cape …

Media Matters has the transcript: JUAN WILLIAMS:: These platforms, they always say, “You know, it’s not our fault. We don’t have anything to do with the content.” But in fact, the content on their platforms is literally killing people. BRET BAIER: Ben? BEN DOMENECH: I want to see that case made from Juan Williams. I want him to find one …

Axios reports: Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Friday that his department would not enforce an L.A. County mask order, saying it is “not backed by science.” Villanueva’s statement comes one day after L.A. county officials announced a new mask mandate for residents in indoor public locations regardless of vaccine status, effective Saturday at 11:59 p.m. “Forcing the vaccinated …

Media Matters has the transcript: ALEX BERENSON (GUEST): What I’ve grown to conclude over the last 12 months is that masks are very simply symbolic. All they are is a sign you are in a dangerous time and you need to listen to us. You know, if I don’t see people wearing masks, I forget to be scared and that’s …

From the Washington Post fact-checker: Johnson repeated two unscientific claims in this Fox News interview, but his phrasing went further than before when he said coronavirus vaccines come with the risk of “some pretty serious side effects, including death.” He keeps disregarding scientists’ published findings about vaccine immunity and the clear guidance from federal health agencies and doctors. He failed …

Mediaite reports: “You don’t have a right to be in this building asking people,” said the woman, as the vaccine messengers are standing outside. “It’s a violation of people’s HIPAA rights,” she falsely claimed to them with complete and utter confidence. “You get out of this building now,” she continued, hectoring the women trying to help people receive a potentially …

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: A Utah pharmacist has admitted he gave COVID-19 vaccination cards to half a dozen people without giving them a shot of the vaccine. According to a stipulation order, the pharmacist surrendered his license and agreed to pay a $2,000 fine. He admitted that on or about June 30, he saw a “reluctant patient” whose employer …

Little Rock’s CBS News affiliate reports: Angela Morris’ daughter, Caia Morris Cooper, is fighting for her life at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She said the hardest part about watching her child suffer is that the entire thing was preventable. “It’s very hard to see her in this situation. It’s very hard not knowing if she’s really going to come home anymore …

The Deseret News reports: Family nurse practitioner Aaron Hartle wasn’t in any hurry to get vaccinated against COVID-19, even though he treated patients in his Springville clinic who were hospitalized by the deadly virus. It even killed one of his patients. But too much was still unknown about the vaccines, he believed, and besides, he was too healthy to have …

The Hill reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to repeal the federal mask mandate for public transportation. The Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2021 would prohibit the federal government from imposing a mask mandate when utilizing any “conveyance” or “transportation hub.” Paul said in a statement that he is introducing the mask mandate to “put a …

On Monday, Newsmax host Rob Schmitt declared that vaccines are “kind of against nature” because “something’s supposed to wipe out a certain amount of people, and that’s just kind of the way evolution goes.” Last night Newsmax issued a cleanup statement: Newsmax as a network strongly supports President Biden’s efforts to widely distribute the COVID vaccine. It is important for …

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Almost everywhere in Florida, there is a clear pattern: A community’s support for former President Donald Trump’s election in 2020 is a stunningly accurate predictor of the likelihood residents are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus halfway through 2021. Higher support for Trump translates, with few exceptions, into lower COVID-19 vaccination rates. And in counties where …

The New York Daily News reports: Heineken has found itself on the “mighty real” receiving end of anti-vaxxer vitriol. The Dutch beer maker is facing threats of a boycott after posting a pro-vaccination advertisement on Twitter, which upset people who refuse to be inoculated against the COVID-19 virus. The minute-long ad shows a group of elderly individuals dancing in a …

Little Rock’s NBC News affiliate reports: As concerns mount over the growing impact of the delta variant of COVID-19, figures released Friday show coronavirus cases again surging in Arkansas, topping levels seen in a year before. The Arkansas Department of Health reported 1,155 new cases of COVID-19 Friday afternoon, bringing the total number of cases in Arkansas to 355,460. Active …

The Daily Beast reports: Talk about a sick deal. The Small Business Administration has given anti-vaccine conspiracists a million-dollar-plus shot in the arm by forgiving massive loans to top opponents of inoculations, a review by The Daily Beast revealed. Ironically, this infusion has come via the Paycheck Protection Program, intended to relieve the economic strain brought on by the pandemic—the …

Charlotte’s ABC News affiliate reports: Passengers on American Airlines Flight 893 to Nassau, Bahamas were in a position to depart Monday when a group of high school students decided to stage a mask rebellion that lasted for hours. “Some people’s vacations are ruined. They were only going for a couple of nights. Now, they have to get rebooked,” passenger Stephanie …

USA Today reports: COVID-19 cases were up in nearly half of U.S. states, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. Alaska and Arkansas more than doubled cases in just the last week. South Carolina and Kansas are up more than 50%. In Missouri, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients jumped by nearly 30% over the Fourth …