Tag Archives: COVIDIOTS

The CBC reports: Calgary police have arrested two organizers of a church service who have been defying public health restrictions throughout the pandemic. On Saturday, Artur and Dawid Pawlowski were charged with organizing an illegal in-person gathering, inciting or inviting others to attend an illegal gathering, as well as promoting and attending the gathering. Throughout the pandemic, the brothers have …

The Insider reports: An Oregon church that previously sued the state’s governor over COVID restrictions has been linked to dozens of new cases of the virus in recent weeks. According to data published on May 5 by the Oregon Health Authority, 74 people associated with the People’s Church in the city of Salem contracted COVID-19 between April 6 and April …

The Associated Press reports: States asked the federal government this week to withhold staggering amounts of COVID-19 vaccine amid plummeting demand for the shots, contributing to a growing U.S. stockpile of doses. From South Carolina to Washington, states are requesting the Biden administration send them only a fraction of what’s been allocated to them. The turned-down vaccines amount to hundreds …

The Oregonian reports: A Republican state lawmaker who authorities say let violent protesters into the Oregon Capitol in December says he is ill with COVID-19. “I have a really bad case of COVID and I’m kind of on the mend a little bit,” Rep. Mike Nearman said on a conservative radio talk show. Nearman faces a hearing in Marion County …

NBC News reports: A bar owner was arrested Wednesday over allegations that he was selling fake Covid-19 vaccination cards at his establishment in California. Charges against Todd Anderson, 59, include identity theft, forging government documents, and falsifying medical records, according to a statement from San Joaquin District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar. An investigation was opened after California’s Department of Alcoholic …

Axios reports: Oklahoma has secured a $2.6 million refund for a malaria drug purchase once touted by former President Trump as a treatment for COVID-19, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. Trump repeatedly promoted hydroxychloroquine last year despite health officials warning that the drug should not be prescribed for treating COVID-19 outside of research or hospital settings due to serious …

The Daily Beast reports: In what has become a commonplace occurrence these days, Fox News host Tucker Carlson addressed a controversy purely of his own making on Thursday night, this time regarding his dangerous and sloppy suggestion that dozens of Americans a day are dying from the coronavirus vaccines. How did he explain away the highly misleading and disingenuous speculation? …

The Salem Statesman Journal reports: At least 74 people associated with Peoples Church in Salem have contracted COVID-19, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Oregon health officials began investigating the outbreak on April 6. OHA did not release information about it until May 5. It’s now the state’s eighth-largest active workplace outbreak. The church, located at 4500 Lancaster Drive NE, …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: To add to the absurdity of it all, the Left is blaming evangelicals for creating distrust about the vaccine — when it’s the Democrats’ own optics that make everyone wonder: what’s the point? People get vaccinated and the ridiculous government restrictions remain unchanged. Now, let me just say up front — I’m …

Reuters reports: Brazil’s former health minister told a parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro’s right-wing government knew full well that the treatment they were advocating for COVID-19 patients had no scientific basis. Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who was fired last April by Bolsonaro for not agreeing to push the malaria drug chloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment, testified before a …

Patch Santa Monica reports: A group of anti-mask protesters stood outside Santa Monica schools Monday, harassing students and parents just outside the campus. “You’re not supposed to talk to other people’s children, OK?” One father, who confronted the group outside the school said. “You’re walking around a school. Creepy.” He told them to stay away from kids at John Adams …

“You can see where this is going, and at high speed. Soon, virtually all college students in America will be required to take the COVID vaccine. “In effect, it is a national mandate. Though, because it has happened piecemeal, school by school, each apparently making an independent decision, few have recognized that as it’s happened. “But a national mandate is …

NBC News reports: The Federal Aviation Administration is warning air travelers about what it describes as a dramatic increase in unruly or dangerous behavior aboard passenger airplanes. In a typical year, the transportation agency sees 100 to 150 formal cases of bad passenger behavior. But since the start of this year, the agency said, the number of reported cases has …

“I am not going to be vaccinated. I’m going to be one of the survivors. I’m going to survive the genocide. I am not going to allow the COVID maniacs to convince me to be vaccinated or vaccinate me against my will. I know what I’m reading. “I know what I’m seeing. There is a mass death campaign underway right …

The New Jersey Advance reports: She’s a school nurse who claims face masks are dangerous to kids and do nothing to stop the spread of COVID. After refusing to wear a mask herself, Erin Pein said she was suspended from her job in the Stafford Township school district. Now her supporters are planning a rally and her cause has become …

The Hill reports: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) estimated that about 75 percent of House members have been vaccinated, a figure unchanged since March. Until more members get vaccinated, Pelosi said, the House won’t return to pre-pandemic operations. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), for example, isn’t planning to get a vaccine because he previously tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies last year, even …

The BBC reports: A Kenyan doctor who became a vociferous opponent of Covid-19 vaccines has succumbed to the virus, weeks after saying the jabs were “totally unnecessary”. Dr Stephen Karanja, chairman of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, advocated steam inhalation and hydroxychloroquine tablets. He clashed with the Catholic church over the safety of Covid jabs. In 2019 he led opposition …

The Oregonian reports: An Oregon lawmaker who let violent far-right demonstrators into the state Capitol during a Dec. 21 special session was criminally charged on Friday with first-degree official misconduct and second-degree criminal trespass. Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, was caught on security videos opening a door and allowing demonstrators to enter the building. He had been under investigation since at …

Changing America reports: A bill banning proof of COVID-19 vaccination for Florida students was passed Thursday by the state legislature. The bill will move to the desk of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who previously signed an executive order prohibiting vaccine passports in the state. Thursday’s bill additionally codified the order. Republican state Rep. Tom Leek [photo] told The Miami Herald …

CNN reports: With a majority of adult Americans now at least partially vaccinated against coronavirus, roughly a quarter of adults say they will not try to get the shot, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. That vaccine-hesitant 26% is much more willing to return to regular activity, far less confident in the government health officials overseeing vaccine …