Tag Archives: COVIDIOTS

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: N.C. Rep. Keith Kidwell is hospitalized Friday after writing on Facebook that his wife, Viki, has COVID-19. The Beaufort County Republican Party asked people to gather at 6:30 p.m. outside the Beaufort County Hospital to pray for the Kidwells, the hospital workers and other patients. Kidwell has been a vocal opponent of the measures …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: Over the past two weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have seized at least three batches of counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards that were being shipped to New Orleans. The blank cards, created to mimic those provided by the Centers for Disease Control, were seized at the port of Memphis between Aug. 4 and Aug. …

The Mississippi Clarion-Ledger reports: Amid Mississippi’s largest surge in COVID-19 cases and with the state’s hospitals stretched beyond capacity, Governor Tate Reeves on Friday encouraged Mississippians to get vaccinated. The encouragement came in between attacks on the press, him questioning the efficacy of face masks at preventing the spread of the coronavirus and general vaccine misinformation. Reeves repeatedly said it …

The New York Times reports: A vaccination center in southeastern France inundated with a fire hose, its walls vandalized with words equating vaccines with “genocide.” A piece of paper found in a vaccination center in Toulouse, France, with a message: “One day all this will blow up.” These episodes were highlighted in the French news media this week as France’s …

USA Today reports: Two travelers to Hawaii face up to one year in prison and up to $5,000 in fines after allegedly falsifying vaccination cards. Norbert Chung, 57, and Trevor Chung, 19, were arrested Sunday at Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye Airport after officials say they violated the state’s Safe Travels program, which allows travelers from the U.S. and its territories …

Florida Politics reports: After Gov. Ron DeSantis’ denial that Florida requested COVID-19 supplies prompted a back and forth with the White House, DeSantis said his denial wasn’t inaccurate, rather the way the reporter asked the question caused confusion. A reporter asked DeSantis Tuesday about a request from Florida’s Division of Emergency Management to the federal government for “respirators.” DeSantis said …

The Austin Statesman reports: Two days after announcing a new policy that required indoor diners to provide proof of at least one round of COVID-19 vaccination, sister restaurants Launderette and Fresa’s changed their policy after receiving a phone call and letter from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission alerting them that they were in violation of Section 14 of Senate Bill …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Ivermectin, the latest supposed treatment for COVID-19 being touted by anti-vaccination groups, had “no effect whatsoever” on the disease, according to a large patient study. That’s the conclusion of the Together Trial, which has subjected several purported nonvaccine treatments for COVID-19 to carefully designed clinical testing. The trial is supervised by McMaster University in Hamilton, …

The Hill reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is fundraising by selling T-shirts emblazoned with the word “moron” to protest mask mandates while swiping at Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). In late July, Pelosi referred to McCarthy as “such a moron” for opposing the return of a mask mandate in the House, which was put in place due a rise …

“They’d do this even if everyone was vaccinated. They’d do it in states where they control every aspect of government. They’d do it, and they’d do much more, if there were no Republicans at all. “Why? Because their agenda is based on fear. Sure, fear of COVID, but fear of climate change, fear of capitalism, fear of standards, fear of …

The Hill reports: Arnold Schwarzenegger has a message for Americans who argue that face masks encroach on their rights: “Screw your freedom.” “Because with freedom comes obligations and responsibilities,” the Republican former California governor said in a YouTube video released Wednesday. “We cannot just say, ‘I have the right to do X, Y and Z.’ When you affect other people, …

The Pensacola News-Journal reports: A man yelled about “abuse of power” before he struck a flight attendant on a plane to Pensacola after he was asked to properly wear his face mask, according to a recently released arrest report. John Loucky, 70, of Canyonville, Oregon, was arrested on charges of battery and resisting arrest after his flight landed Thursday at …

Miami’s NBC News affiliate reports: A health administration official confirmed the Strategic National Stockpile sent 200 ventilators and 100 high-flow nasal cannula kits to the state of Florida “earlier this week.” The SNS sends equipment when it receives requests from states and their health departments, according to the official. Despite that, DeSantis told reporters Tuesday that he was unaware of …

Nashville’s ABC News affiliate reports: Hundreds of parents attended the Williamson County School Board meeting Tuesday night where a roughly four-hour debate took place over the district’s mask policy. The board voted 7-to-3 to pass a temporary mask mandate for elementary school students, staff, and visitors. Hundreds of parents who didn’t fit inside the auditorium stayed outside the board meeting …

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports: State Rep. Sara Walsh and her husband have contracted COVID-19, with Steve Walsh hospitalized on a ventilator. Sara Walsh, a Republican running for U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s seat in Congress, has been recovering at home. Steve Walsh is Hartzler’s spokesman. The couple was not vaccinated against COVID-19. Sara Walsh said she did not get the …

“Democrats are desperately trying to convince you that somehow Florida governor Ron DeSantis is leading his state into an abyss because he’s come out against mandates. No masks for kids. No vaccine mandates for state workers, of course. DeSantis is right. These non-pharmaceutical interventions have never been shown to work as used in real life outside the surgical setting, vis-a-vis …

The Washington Examiner reports: Sen. Rand Paul is fuming after YouTube censored the second one of his videos for violating community guidelines on COVID-19 and suspended him from posting more videos for a week. “They are now banning all my speech, including speech that is given on the Senate floor, which is protected constitutional,” the Kentucky Republican senator told reporters …

The Springfield News-Leader reports: Despite a packed and rowdy crowd opposed to the measure, the Springfield city council Monday night passed a nonbinding resolution encouraging vaccination against COVID-19. The proposal was purely symbolic, but opposition to the measure was fierce over the five-hour council meeting — and included misinformation, jeers, and allusions to the Holocaust. But Councilwoman Angela Romine does …

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports: Longtime radio talk-show host Marc Bernier has been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a top official at WNDB (1150 AM, 93.5 FM). “I don’t have an update on him at this point, other than he has been hospitalized,” said Mark McKinney, the station’s operations director. While he did not have specific knowledge of Bernier’s vaccination …

ABC News reports: As a result of the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the state of Florida requested 300 ventilators from the federal government, according to a Department of Health and Human Services planning document obtained by ABC News. The request was made on Friday “to replace expended state stores,” the document said. The ventilators were expected to be …