Tag Archives: COVIDIOTS

Orlando’s NBC News affiliate reports: A United Airlines passenger who collapsed on a flight from Orlando to Los Angeles died of the coronavirus, a coroner’s report confirms. United Flight 591 was diverted to New Orleans on Dec. 14. The airline said the man’s wife was overheard telling an emergency medical technician that he had shown symptoms of COVID-19, including loss …

The New York Daily News reports: A Queens Republican club partying to The Bee Gees should have been dancing with masks — and six feet apart. Instead, attendees of the Whitestone Republican Club holiday party boogied to “Saturday Night Fever” songs on Dec. 9 as if they couldn’t catch a COVID fever — weaving and bobbing to the disco soundtrack …

Phoenix’s NBC News affiliate reports: A new viral video of anti-mask protests sparked on Friday after a group from an organized demonstration entered a Christown Spectrum Target carrying flags and signs. Jenny Guzman was in the store looking for wrapping paper when she heard the protestors. “They were going through all the aisles screaming and chanting,” she said. The Phoenix …

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: State Sen. Jerry Relph, R-St. Cloud, has died of complications related to COVID-19, the first Minnesota lawmaker to succumb to the virus. Relph, 76, was among a number of Republican legislators who contracted COVID-19 after contact with colleagues in mid-November. At the time, Rachel Aplikowski, the Senate GOP spokeswoman, said Relph tested positive after having had …

The Washington Post reports: Officials have taken the extraordinary step of closing the Washington Monument starting Friday as a precaution after Interior Secretary David Bernhardt — who had been giving private, nighttime tours to associates — tested positive for the coronavirus. Interior spokesman Nicholas Goodwin confirmed the temporary closure, saying the department acted after consulting with federal health officials. Bernhardt …

“You walk around in your daily life, how do people treat masks? They don’t treat so much as a protective mechanism. “They treat it as a virtue signal that they’re better, more scientific minded, smarter than you. “This is running rampant, and it really is the dividing line in our society now — the elites versus everyone else they view …

Hemant Mehta reports at The Friendly Atheist: In a disturbing video from September, now going viral on Reddit, a woman working at a Denny’s in Franklin Park, Illinois quits on the spot after two customers enter without masks and demand to be seated anyway because of their “religious exemption” to the requirement. “Roger, I’m not working for this s**t anymore. …

Politico reports: A top Trump appointee repeatedly urged top health officials to adopt a “herd immunity” approach to Covid-19 and allow millions of Americans to be infected by the virus, according to internal emails obtained by the House Oversight Committee and shared with POLITICO. “There is no other way, we need to establish herd, and it only comes about allowing …

NBC News reports: A Republican mayor in western Kansas announced in a letter to city officials and on social media Tuesday that she is resigning, effective immediately, because of threats she has received after she publicly supported a mask mandate. Mayor Joyce Warshaw of Dodge City said she was concerned about her safety after being met with aggression, including threats …

Knoxville’s NBC News affiliate reports: Family and friends of Tennessee State Representative David Byrd are asking for prayers after he was placed on a ventilator Monday in his fight against COVID-19. The 63-year-old was taken to the hospital more than a week ago with COVID-19 pneumonia. On Monday morning before being placed on a ventilator, he continued to ask for …

Just in via press release: Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) announced today its policy opposing vaccines whose development exploited the intentional death of a pre-born child. “The production and testing of vaccines using the remains of aborted human beings, regardless of manner of conception, is morally wrong and must be opposed. GRTL strongly urges the rejection of such vaccines,” the …

The Tennessean reports: Tennessee state Rep. David Byrd says barring a “miracle,” he may soon be placed on a ventilator due to COVID-19. The Waynesboro Republican, who posted on Facebook Thursday to ask friends for prayers, was hospitalized over the weekend with pneumonia after testing positive for the coronavirus. He was flown by helicopter from Wayne County Hospital to St. …

The Associated Press reports: The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows about a quarter of U.S. adults aren’t sure if they want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Roughly another quarter say they won’t. Among those who don’t want to get vaccinated, about 3 in 10 said they aren’t concerned about getting seriously ill from …

The Idaho Statesman reports: Moments after a tearful Commissioner Diana Lachiondo left the virtual meeting to head to her house — where her son was home alone, and where anti-mask, anti-health-order protesters had reportedly gathered — CDH Director Russ Duke interrupted a doctor’s statements on the toll of the coronavirus to tell the board and people watching that Boise Mayor …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: A Florida man who didn’t want to wear a mask in a Best Buy on Saturday was booked on a disorderly conduct charge after he coughed, spit and sneezed throughout the store, deputies said. Employees at a Vero Beach location of the chain told the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office that they asked Alton George Ashby …

ABC News reports: Rudy Giuliani called into his own WABC Radio show on Tuesday to update listeners on his Covid-19 diagnosis. Giuliani revealed that he has received a mixture of Remdesivir and Dexamethasone, along with other drugs, while hospitalized at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. “I think you can overdo the mask. You can overdo almost anything. Everything done in moderation …

“You know what was wrong with the Eric Garner case, counselor? Why are they arresting a guy over selling a loosie cigarette to begin with? How stupid is that with limited police resources, alright? “Okay, you’re going to your own car. Now, I’m sure they’ll say they did identify themselves. I don’t know if we have audio that backs you …

The New York Daily News reports: Surveillance video shows the moment Staten Island pub owner Daniel Presti slammed into a city sheriff’s deputy with his Jeep — and the barkeep’s lawyer maintains the footage clears his client. The video shows Presti, 33, who co-owns Mac’s Public House on Lincoln Ave. in Grant City, running along South Railroad Ave. toward his …

USA Today reports: In just six hours on Inauguration Day, belongings of a departing president’s family are moved out, carpets are cleaned, furniture is rearranged, fresh art is hung and the executive mansion is transformed for its new residents before they set foot inside. But staff tasked with preparing the executive mansion for the arrival Jan. 20 of President-elect Joe …

The Detroit Free Press reports: Rudy Giuliani tested positive for COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Sunday, four days after Trump’s attorney appeared in Lansing for a four-hour committee hearing on the Nov. 3 election. During the meeting, 76-year-old Giuliani didn’t wear a mask while he addressed Michigan lawmakers — some of whom also didn’t have masks on. At …