Texas Gov. Abbott bans local vaccine mandates
Posted by Thomas Bush / August 27, 2021There are wars within wars being fought in Texas. People are fighting COVID, politicians are fighting people, parents are fighting teachers. And Gov. Abbott just threw more fuel on the fire by banning local vaccine mandates. Meanwhile, a small Texas town called Iraan, popular 1,200, has effectively shut down. First the school district closed, and …
Read MoreSturgis motorcycle rally leads to 1,500% increase in SD COVID cases
Posted by Thomas Bush / August 27, 2021COVID cases have quintupled in South Dakota after the Sturgis motorcycle rally. A woman as died of COVID on a Carnival cruise ship. It’s stunning that cruises are still operational and people are still gathering in large numbers when the Delta variant is absolutely devastating the entire world. An ER doctor in Houston has described …
Read MoreMore and more companies, locations requiring COVID vaccines
Posted by Josh Taylor / August 26, 2021Masks and vaccines will be required in more places in the coming months, as Delta surges around the country. CVS is requiring all nurses, pharmacists, and corporate employees to be vaccinated. Anyone entering a Goldman Sachs office will likewise have to be vaccinated. Likewise, LSU will require either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID …
Read MoreCruise passenger dies of COVID
Posted by Robert Leonard / August 26, 2021A woman as died of COVID on a Carnival cruise ship. It’s stunning that cruises are still operational when the Delta variant is absolutely devastating the entire world. An ER doctor in Houston has described hundreds of patients waiting for admission, but a lack of beds means they’re stuck in a holding pattern. As early …
Read MoreGermany flooding caused by climate change, study reveals
Posted by Robert Leonard / August 25, 2021The deadly flooding in Germany last month was fueled by climate change, according to a recent study. Last week, for the first time in recorded history, rain fell instead of snow on Greenland’s summit two miles above sea level. In an another alarming first, federal officials declared a first-ever water shortage in the Colorado River, …
Read MoreCOVID shuts down entire Texas town
Posted by Annie May / August 25, 2021A small Texas town called Iraan, popular 1,200, has effectively shut down. First the school district closed, and then the city building. At least one resident has been airlifted out of Texas due to a lack of hospital beds.25 Houston is in similarly dire straits. An ER doctor in Houston has described hundreds of patients …
Read MoreFull FDA approval would enable businesses, schools to mandate vaccines
Posted by Thomas Bush / August 24, 2021Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has said that full FDA approval will enable businesses and universities to mandate vaccines. That, in turn, could push the vaccine hesitant to finally get the shot. Shortly after Murthy’s statements, the FDA indeed granted Pfizer full approval for its COVID vaccine. Phil Valentine, an influential conservative talkshow host in Tennessee …
Read MoreHouston ER doc says hundreds of patients waiting for beds
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / August 24, 2021An ER doctor in Houston has described hundreds of patients waiting for admission, but a lack of beds means they’re stuck in a holding pattern. As early as last week, another Houston doctor has said the ICU in his hospital is “like a war zone.” Throughout the city, hospitals are erecting tents in preparation for …
Read MoreMask and vaccine conflicts getting more extreme around the country
Posted by Thomas Bush / August 23, 2021Conflicts over masks and vaccines are becoming increasingly tense, violent around the country, the AP reports. Protestors in Hawaii, for example, are harassing the lieutenant governor over vaccine requirements. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who famously forbade mask mandates, has tested positive for COVID. Schools, meanwhile, are trying to circumvent that mandate. One school district has …
Read MoreDelta straining Mississippi hospitals, EMS operations
Posted by Josh Taylor / August 23, 2021The Delta variant has filled Mississippi hospitals with patients. Anyone who arrives at the hospital by ambulance simply won’t have space––they’ll be stuck in the hallways with a gurney. The state of Florida has requested 300 ventilators from the federal government as cases continue to rise. Nevertheless, the state has done very little to slow …
Read MorePhilippines running out of nurses as Delta spreads
Posted by Josh Taylor / August 22, 2021The Delta variant has gotten so bad in the Philippines that the country is running out of nurses. The Delta variant has been causing serious problems around the world. During the Olympics, the Japanese government begun a new policy to help curb the spread of COVID during the Olympics: the state will publicly name anyone …
Read MoreVaccine-skeptical conservative talkshow host dies of COVID
Posted by Annie May / August 22, 2021Phil Valentine, an influential conservative talkshow host in Tennessee who often voiced skepticism about the COVID vaccine, has died of COVID. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who famously forbade mask mandates, has tested positive for COVID. Schools, meanwhile, are trying to circumvent that mandate. One school district has done so by making masks a part of …
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