Tag Archives: COVIDIOTS

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 …

Religion News Service reports: The three-day Christian nationalist event being held at the Frisco Convention Center, north of Dallas, was part tent revival, part megachurch extravaganza and part political rally. It began with a video promoting a conservative online pharmacy and a word from the head of a pro-Trump conservative Christian insurance company who said he refuses to wear a …

The Independent reports: Controversial US senator Rand Paul has been blasted after insisting Americans should reject government-mandated regulations, including wearing masks, in a “dangerous” anti-Covid rant. In a 3 minute and 37-second long clip posted on his Twitter, the Republican senator, who represents the state of Kentucky, delivered a long and rambling speech encouraging people to ignore rules brought in …

CNN reports: Two different lawsuits have been filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis over his executive order on masks in schools. They are the first legal challenges over the constitutionality of the governor’s order on masks, attorneys working on the two suits said. The order, issued late last month, directed the state’s health and education departments to issue rules preventing the …

“People should not have to die so some politicians can own the libs. They’re not owning anybody. They may end up owning the pandemic because they’re prolonging it. Perhaps it may be time to start naming these new variants after them. “Why not call it the DeSantis variant instead of the Delta variant? We could sell beer koozies that say …

Michigan Live reports: A sign at a Jackson Burger King restaurant encouraging people to honk if they’re against wearing masks and getting a COVID-19 vaccination is being investigated by the corporation. The sign in front displayed a message Thursday, Aug. 5, that read, “Honk if you are against forced mask & forced jab.” “We’ve been in communication with the franchisee …

West Palm Beach’s NBC News affiliate reports: South Florida talk show host Dick Farrel, known and beloved by fans for his over-the-top right-wing opinions, has died from complications from COVID-19. On Facebook, Farrel advocated against getting the coronavirus vaccine and was skeptical of Dr. Anthony Fauci and his recommendations concerning the coronavirus. Friends said after contracting the virus he changed …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: The state Department of Health reported 134,751 new coronavirus cases this week among Florida residents to bring the cumulative total to 2,725,450. With 616 more fatalities, 39,695 Florida residents are now dead. The news comes after Florida’s daily COVID case count hit another high for the second time in a week when the state recorded 22,783 …

The Evening Standard reports: An anti-vaxxer who filmed himself downplaying Covid-19 before posting it on Facebook has died of the virus. Solicitor Leslie Lawrenson, 58, died at his home in Bournemouth, Dorset, nine days after he published a video on why coronavirus was “nothing to be afraid of.” Mr Lawrenson, who reportedly had no underlying health conditions, had previously refused …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas school districts will not be required to conduct contact tracing this year if a student contracts COVID-19, according to new guidelines issued by the Texas Education Agency this week. The TEA announced its rules in a public health guidance issued Thursday. While districts must report positive cases to the local health department and the state, …

USA Today reports: Eight college students challenging Indiana University’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement filed an appeal with the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to consider immunization mandates for the first time since the pandemic began. Indiana’s public university said in May that students and faculty would be required to take the vaccine to attend classes in person with exceptions …

British tabloid The Sun reports: The heartbroken family of an anti-vaxxer nightclub boss who died of Covid have urged the public to get vaccinated. David Parker, 56, posted scores of Facebook comments mocking the vaccine. He dismissed it as “experimental” but just weeks later fell ill with the virus and died in hospital. David had posted hundreds of messages criticising …

Click Orlando reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t want Florida businesses to require customers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccinations to get served or to enter establishments, so he swayed lawmakers this spring to pass legislation banning “vaccine passports.” Now, the governor says he also doesn’t support hospitals requiring their staff members to get vaccinated. DeSantis would not say Thursday whether …

Earlier this week the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra fired Emily Skala, its principal flute player, for her “controversial” social media posts and for an apparently internal dispute conducted over email. Yesterday the classical music site Slipped Disc posted a response from Skala and hoo boy: SARS-CoV-2 has been proven not to exist. The CDC has no sample to offer any lab …

St. Louis’s CBS News affiliate reports: A new policy required by a St. Louis-area transportation company is garnering strong opinions both within the community and online. Charlie Bullington owns Yo Transportation services, a business he started 16 years ago. Recently, he has made it a requirement that he will only transport passengers who aren’t wearing masks and have not gotten …

Mediaite reports: Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins returned to the team after being forced to miss four practices because of COVID protocols. Cousins decided not to get vaccinated against the virus, putting him under a different set of rules than players who did receive the jab. “I’ve even thought about, should I just set up, literally, plexiglass around where I …

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: Hope Scholarship vouchers would be made available to parents who don’t want their children wearing masks in school districts which require them, under a proposed policy set for review Friday by the state Board of Education. With the scholarship, parents who want to avoid mask mandates could transfer their kids to another public school, or get …

Jackson’s ABC News affiliate reports: A Florence woman says she regrets a Fourth of July get-together that became a “mini-pandemic” party. More than 20 people tested positive for COVID-19 and some were hospitalized. Hannah Frith said it changed her perspective on the virus and vaccinations. For Frith, it started as exhaustion, then a headache. A few days later, a friend …

CBS News reports: The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has fired a longtime flutist after months of issues with her controversial social media posts. “Principal Flutist Emily Skala has been dismissed from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in accordance with the progressive discipline policy agreed to in our collective bargaining agreement with the Musicians’ Association of Metropolitan Baltimore Local 40-543, AFM,” BSO President …