Tag Archives: anti-vax

US Navy Commander Fired For Defying Vax Mandate

Stars & Stripes reports: Cmdr. Lucian Kins was relieved of his duties Friday as second in command of the USS Winston Churchill, a destroyer, by Navy Capt. Ken Anderson, commander of Naval Surface Squadron 14. Officials said Kins was the first naval officer to be fired as a result of a vaccine refusal. A spokesman for the Naval Surface Force …

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Anti-Vaxxer Sings About Horse Paste To County Officials

San Diego’s Fox News affiliate reports: Donning a red and white Santa cap, the woman, who identified herself as “Bridgette,” stepped to the mic during Tuesday’s public comments portion of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting. Her “All I Want For Christmas Is You” variation has a little bit of everything. It namechecks the antiparasitic drug Ivermectin and …

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Anti-Vax Extremists Stalk And Harass California Medical Board Head Official, Tail Her Car, Fly Drone Over Home

The Sacramento Bee reports: The head of the California Medical Board says members of an anti-vaccine group known to spread misinformation about COVID-19 treatments targeted her at her home and workplace in Walnut Creek on Monday. Kristina Lawson, president of the state agency that licenses and disciplines medical doctors, first shared the “terrifying experience” on Twitter Wednesday. Lawson, through a …

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Newsmax: Anti-Vax Reporter Emerald Robinson Is Out

The Daily Beast reports: Newsmax on Tuesday announced the hiring of former Fox News reporter James Rosen as the pro-Trump network’s new chief White House correspondent, replacing Emerald Robinson, the reporter who pushed a bonkers conspiracy theory that the COVID-19 vaccine contains a satanic marker. The Daily Beast reported last month that Rosen was in negotiations with Newsmax as the …

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NBA To Unvaxxed Players: You Cannot Enter Canada

ESPN reports: Any unvaccinated NBA player with temporary visa status who leaves the country will be unable to reenter the United States, according to a memo obtained by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday. For example, a player who is not vaccinated against COVID-19 would be unable to reenter the United States after playing in Canada. The same applies if an …

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New German Chancellor Vows To “React Decisively” Against Violent Demonstrations By Anti-Vax Activists

The Local Germany reports: In a press conference held after the signing of the new government’s coalition agreement in Berlin, incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed ‘threatening’ protests against Covid restrictions and vaccinations. “We must react decisively against violent demonstrations,” Scholz said. Referring to a recent protest staged outside the private house of Saxony’s Health Minister, Scholz said these kinds of …

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Anti-Vaxxers Attempt To Fire Bomb Home Of MEP

Yahoo News reports: A Belgium politician has said anti-vaxxers threw a Molotov cocktail at his home after he said vaccinations were the way out of the coronavirus crisis. Pascal Arimont, an MEP for the Christian Social Party, used a Facebook post to condemn the attack outside his house. The fire bomb was thrown at his home in Büllingen on Saturday, …

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Anti-Vax Anti-LGBT Cultist Pastor Sick With Something

First, reminder from five months ago: In his sermon, Joshua Feuerstein told the biblical story of King Ahab and Jezebel and how they faced off against the prophet Elijah. He described Ahab as a senile old man and Jezebel as someone who “slept her way to the top.” “Does that sound familiar?” he said, leading to raucous cheers from worshipers. …

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Italy’s Restrictions On Unvaccinated Go Into Effect

The Associated Press reports: Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people this holiday season, excluding them from indoor restaurants, theaters and museums starting Monday to reduce the spread of coronavirus and encourage vaccine skeptics to get their shots. Italian police can check whether diners in restaurants or bars have a “super” green health pass certifying that they are …

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COVID Death Rate Now 2.7X Higher In Trump Counties

NPR reports: Since May 2021, people living in counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump during the last presidential election have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as those who live in areas that went for now-President Biden. That’s according to a new analysis by NPR that examines how political polarization and misinformation are driving a …

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Anti-LGBT Catholic Archbishop Tells Press He’s Anti-Vax

The National Catholic Reporter reports: San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has revealed he is not vaccinated against the coronavirus and suggested — incorrectly — that the inoculations the federal government approved to prevent COVID-19 “are not really vaccines.” “We think of a vaccine as a shot that gives you immunity to a disease for life or at least for a …

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Insurance Surcharge For Unvaxxed NV State Workers

The Associated Press reports: Nevada will be the first state to charge state workers enrolled in public employee health insurance plans a surcharge if they aren’t vaccinated. The state Public Employees’ Benefit Program Board voted on Thursday to charge unvaccinated workers up to $55 per month to offset the costs of testing those who haven’t gotten shots are required to …

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DeSantis Wants To Pay Anti-Vaxxers With COVID Funds

CNN reports: As Florida Republicans, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, escalate their fight against President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, they are testing a new method to support resisters: giving taxpayer money to the unvaccinated. Florida is one of a handful of states that now ensures people who refuse the shot remain eligible for unemployment benefits if they lose their …

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Anti-Vax TN Christian Radio Host Dies Of Something

Posted to Facebook last week: Tonight, I’m asking for prayers for my Close friend and fellow servant of God John Adams. John lost his wife for 48 years yesterday and tonight he battles Covid pneumonia in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Knoxville. John is an amazing and compassionate friend. He has touched so many lives. John, I …

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Nancy Pelosi Blasts “Anti-Science, Anti-Vaccination” Republicans For Threatening Shutdown Over Mandates

The Hill reports: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday ripped into the Republican lawmakers threatening a government shutdown over President Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, accusing them of promoting a dual crisis of the economy and public health. “It is yet again, a double sense of irresponsibility: first of all they’d shut down government, and then they’d shut down science,” Pelosi …

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Italian Anti-Vax Leader Changes Mind About Something

Italy’s wire service ANSA reports: The leader of the Treviso branch of Italy’s anti-vax movement has ‘converted’ to believing in COVID science after being hospitalised in the northern city with a nasty bout of the virus, sources said Wednesday. Lorenzo Damiano led protests by anti-vaxxers and COVID deniers in Treviso near Venice against the Green Pass health certificate and stood …

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Canada Moves To Criminalize Some Anti-Vax Protests After Children Were Tormented Outside Clinic [VIDEO]

The CBC reports: A North Bay, Ont., mother said there needs to be more protection for families at children’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics, following reported harassment this past weekend. Abby Blaszczyk attended a vaccination clinic on Nov. 28 with her son Nolan, 7, who recently became eligible for a COVID-19 shot. On their way in and out of the appointment, Blaszczyk …

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Anti-Vax Evangelical Radio Host Is Sick With Something

“I got COVID, Suzanne got COVID — I don’t know if she gave it to me or I gave it to her. But then she went to visit my parents, and gave it to them. “My mother got it, and my father got it, and my current daughter, I won’t use her name on the air, let’s just say Hortense, …

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Anti-Vax Michigan GOP Official Dies Of Something

The Detroit Free Press reports: William Hartmann, the Republican member of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers who made national headlines for initially refusing to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, died Tuesday following a battle with COVID-19. Douglas Reimel, Hartmann’s friend, shared the news on Facebook, and others who knew Hartmann offered their condolences online. Hartmann was …

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Family Of Late Anti-Vax Televangelist Blames Satan For His Death: “This Is A Spiritual Attack From The Enemy”

Religion News Service reports: In recent weeks, friends and supporters had been praying for his recovery from COVID, seeing it as a spiritual attack because of his advocacy against vaccines and push for alternate treatments. “There’s no doubt in my mind that this is a spiritual attack from the enemy,” Lamb’s son, Jonathan, said about his father’s COVID-19 illness on …

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