Covidiots

The Hill reports: The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Wisconsin hospital cannot be forced to give ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient. The 6-1 ruling overturned a lower court order that required Aurora Health Care to administer ivermectin to John Zingsheim, a patient who was placed on a ventilator due to COVID-19 complications. Zingsheim’s nephew, Allen Gahl, was …

The Texas Tribune reports: Long an opponent of COVID-19 safety mandates, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday he will investigate three major pharmaceutical companies for deceptive practices, arguing that they may have misrepresented the effectiveness of vaccines and the likelihood of becoming infected after receiving a vaccine. Paxton said in a news release that his office would investigate whether …

The Telegraph reports: Andrew Bridgen has been expelled from the Conservative Party after he made controversial comments about coronavirus vaccines. Mr Bridgen was stripped of the Tory whip and forced to sit as an independent MP in January after he tweeted claims that Covid vaccines were the “biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust”. A Conservative Party spokesman confirmed this …

“Fox fires Tucker Carlson five days after he crosses the red line by acknowledging that the TV networks pushed a deadly and ineffective vaccine to please their Pharma advertisers. Carlson’s breathtakingly courageous April 19 monologue broke TV’s two biggest rules: Tucker told the truth about how greedy Pharma advertisers controlled TV news content and he lambasted obsequious newscasters for promoting …

Politico reports: Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo personally altered a state-driven study about Covid-19 vaccines last year to suggest that some doses pose a significantly higher health risk for young men than had been established by the broader medical community, according to a newly obtained document. Ladapo’s changes, released as part of a public records request, presented the risks of …

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: At the height of one of the most significant mass vaccination campaigns in human history, a Cleveland-area physician publicly warned state lawmakers that COVID-19 shots “interface” with cell towers and make people who receive them magnetic. Almost two years later, Ohio regulators are considering suspending her license. Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, at the behest of state …

Media Matters has the transcript: TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): If you’re an honest person, you understand this is exactly the moment in our history when we need serious adult conversations about the world around us, a world that is changing to our detriment and how we ought to respond to those changes. Bobby Kennedy would love to have those conversations. He’s …

ABC News reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and attorney from the famed political Kennedy family, announced on Wednesday that he is running for president in 2024 as a Democrat. Son of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, the 69-year-old launched his candidacy at Boston Park Plaza in Boston. “I’ve …

Let’s start with this reminder from 2021: A woman testifying at an Ohio Statehouse hearing made a failed attempt to get a key and a bobby pin to stick to her neck Tuesday, frustrating her attempt to prove a conspiracy theory that COVID-19 vaccines make people magnetic. The woman, who was identified as a nurse by the local news site …

The New York Post reports: With his just-declared bid for the US presidency, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sees himself at the forefront of “a new revolution to resurrect American democracy” — but the anti-vaccination crusader will likely have his work cut out for him in convincing Democrats and even members of his own family to vote for him in 2024. …

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports: With Republicans lawmakers divided, a sweeping rewrite of Kansas public health laws narrowly failed in the Kansas Senate early Friday morning. House Bill 2390 would have stripped state and local public health authorities of various powers, including quarantine and isolation of people with infectious disease. Vaccination laws would be weakened, banning the Kansas Department of Health …

The Associated Press reports: An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more than getting the mRNA shot, according to drafts of the analysis obtained by the Tampa Bay …

Fox News has the transcript: RFK Jr. has a vision. I mean, at least he has one — Biden has none. RFK Jr.’s lane is on the populist left. Unlike Biden, he’s against the deep state, obviously, because of what happened to his dad and uncle, anti-censorship. Remember, the Biden White House censored him over vaccines? He’s riding a hot, …

“I’m not chairman of the committee where I have subpoena power. So it’s more difficult for me to compel testimony. But one of the main reasons I ran again, Maria, is nobody else is advocating for the vaccine-injured. These vaccine injuries are real. They’re serious. They’re not all that rare. But that’s what I’m going to be focusing on, because …

The Associated Press reports: Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country’s most famous political families, is running for president. Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the FEC. The 69-year-old’s campaign to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination is a long shot. Self-help author Marianne Williamson is also …

Gizmodo reports: A subset of Missouri legislators care deeply about freedom. For instance: The God-given right to NOT accept a life-saving vaccination and still attend public school or go to work in a hospital. Also, the freedom to not be forcibly injected with a (non-existent) microchip device or a DNA-altering substance. Lawmakers in the state’s House have advanced a bill …

Rolling Stone reports: Fighting to survive in the crowded ecosystem of far-right social media companies, the pro-Trump platform Gettr has in recent weeks held high-level deliberations on the oddest of business pivots: remaking the site to add an online clearinghouse for human sperm. But it’s not just any sperm. The proposal would see the company expand to include a marketplace …

Mediaite reports: Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo interviewed Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday about his longstanding criticism of  Fauci and the government’s handling of the  pandemic. The heavy-handed interview, which saw Bartiromo spin conspiracies related to  Covid vaccines, began with her blasting Biden and suggesting one reason the public still doesn’t know the origins of the Covid is because he …

Vice News reports: Just before 7 am on March 3, Danny Lemoi posted an update in his hugely popular pro-ivermectin Telegram group, Dirt Road Discussions: “HAPPY FRIDAY ALL YOU POISONOUS HORSE PASTE EATING SURVIVORS !!!” Hours later, Lemoi was dead. Lemoi had taken a daily dose of veterinary ivermectin. In 2021, as ivermectin became a popular alternative COVID-19 treatment among …

The Guardian reports: US health agencies have sent a letter to the surgeon general of Florida, warning that his claims about Covid-19 vaccine risks are harmful to the public. The letter was sent to Joseph Ladapo on Friday by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was a response to …