Credit to @Nick_Anderson for the Feature Image cartoon, https://www.gocomics.com/nickanderson
Measles Outbreaks!
“While this measles crisis unfolds, U.S. measles vaccination rates are at the lowest levels in 10 years. Prominent figures like the Florida surgeon general are responding to local outbreaks in ways that run counter to science and public health recommendations. The spread of misinformation and disinformation from anti-vaccine activists online further promotes misguided ideas that measles is not a serious health threat and measles vaccination is not essential.”
I took the Joe Rogan Challenge to debate Robert F Kennedy Jr in the place of Dr. Hotez – waiting on the $2 million for charities of my choice:
Tetanus is making a comeback
Sad,
Trump bragged about the speed of developing the Vaccine and was booed for telling folks to get vaccinated:
“A NEW STUDY has concluded what many Americans have long suspected: The Covid-19 pandemic has killed more Republicans than Democrats.
In a detailed examination of data from Ohio and Florida, the National Bureau of Economic Research has found that “political affiliation has emerged as a potential risk factor for COVID-19,” and that significantly more Republicans than Democrats have died from the virus since the introduction of vaccines in early 2021 to protect against the disease.”
What The?
Measles is Back! Sad!!!
“US health authorities agree Covid-19 vaccination saves lives, but an article claims official data indicate the shots are actually causing excess deaths. This is false; no such link has been proven, and experts say high mortality figures in 2022 correlate closely with the number of people who succumbed to coronavirus infections.”
It was always a con:
Dear Experts, Compare pre-vaccine to post-vaccine. New York City and New Jersey were hit hard early. (I solved this when COVID first hit)
“A growing mortality gap between Republican and Democratic areas may largely stem from policy choices”
A great Twitter friend with a great Twitter thread,
“In a 58 page document, tech entrepreneur Steve Kirsch argues there have been over 150,000 covid vaccine deaths in the United States.
If that sounds absurd to you, then feel free to quit reading. It is absurd. This post is mostly a bunch of boring graphs explaining why that’s not possible. At the end, I talk a bit about the psychology of the anti-vax movement and try to answer a more interesting question: what motivates a multi-millionaire like Steve to make these claims?”
“The original claims for under-reporting to VAERS were based on an old study about drug reactions and were not specific to vaccines though.
Is that the Harvard study?
Nope.”
“Those who are unvaccinated are some 15 times more likely than those who are fully vaccinated to be hospitalized if they contract COVID”
United States: COVID-19 weekly death rate by vaccination status, All ages:
GOP policies and Foxnews and others lies are causing people to die
Sad!
“Researchers gave 241 high-risk patients with mild or moderate Covid-19 a five-day course of oral ivermectin during the first week of illness, but found that it did not reduce the risk of severe disease compared to 249 similar patients who did not receive the drug.”
The CDC changed their protocols to allow asymptotic health care workers to go back to work,
What could go wrong?
“It is a little tough to be overly critical now because he just thanked us for the vaccine and thanked me for what I did.”
“Story at a glance
“Anger and confusion reign as Trump endorses vaccines many followers believe are poison”
“In a crowded field of wrongness, one person stands out: Alex Berenson.”
“A week after he received his first dose of the controversial drug, ivermectin, a York County, Pa. man with COVID-19, who had been in a medically induced coma since Nov. 21, died Sunday at the age of 52, reports say.”
Someone needs an intervention!
What was in her Egg Nog?
Wisconsin must be so proud!
The Latest Cure?
Horse DeWormer is NOT a cure,
“The emergence of AFLD was a coordinated political effort months in the making. The group was the brainchild of the Council for National Policy (CNP), a secretive network of conservative activists. During a May 11 call of CNP members that was leaked to the Center for Media and Democracy, a progressive watchdog group, members complained that Trump was being slammed for his handling of the pandemic, including failing to follow scientific guidelines. The group needed their own medical professionals to promote their message, they said, in the face of data showing two-thirds of Americans were wary of restarting the economy.”
This is a MUST-WATCH-VIDEO! Ted Cruz DESTROYED by top Australian official in humiliating smackdown
“The science supports that face coverings are saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic, and yet the debate trundles on. How much evidence is enough?”
“With the Omicron variant spreading around the world, the most common question I get is still the most basic: what kind of mask should I be wearing?
If possible, not a cloth or surgical one. These masks are moderately effective at capturing particles coming out of your own mouth – what we engineering nerds call “source control”. But they offer little protection against incoming particles. We call this part – how well the mask protects the wearer – respiratory protection.
A typical cloth mask, while better than nothing, only provides around 30-60% protection to the wearer. Surgical masks, while better at 40-80%, lack a tight fit to the face, resulting in large amounts of leakage around the mask.”
“Can kids be harmed wearing masks to protect against COVID?
No, there is no scientific evidence showing masks cause harm to kids’ health despite baseless claims suggesting otherwise.”
“Jim Jordan wants a ban on “all vaccine mandates,” not just those related to Covid-19. It’s an inevitable endpoint to a ridiculous political position.”
Mask Wearing by State, August 2020:
College Football Season has started,
I live in the SEC of COVID-19
But
The GOP is so adverse to any shutdown (donors) they are attacking masks and vaccines and telling their base that it is OK to catch COVID, there are cures. It has gone from hydroxychloroquine
and fish medicine
to livestock de-wormer
Time to resolution of symptoms in patients assigned to ivermectin vs placebo was not significantly different (median, 10 days vs 12 days; difference, −2 days [IQR, −4 to 2]; HR for resolution of symptoms, 1.07 [95% CI, 0.87 to 1.32]; P = .53) (Figure 2 and Table 2). In the ivermectin and placebo groups, symptoms resolved in 82% and 79% of patients, respectively, by day 21 (Table 2).”
This is so sad:
She was an anti-masker, anti-vaxxer:
“I can’t trust the vaccine, it hasn’t been tested enough. Bleach, bleach has been around for years!”
Why worry? Someone says…
It appears that Mississippi’s Governor is right!
Florida?
“As of mid-August, the state was averaging 244 deaths per day, up from just 23 a day in late June and eclipsing the previous peak of 227 during the summer of 2020. (Because of both the way deaths are logged in Florida and lags in reporting, more recent figures on fatalities per day are incomplete.)
Hospitals have had to rent refrigerated trucks to store more bodies. Funeral homes have been overwhelmed.
Cristina Miles, a mother of five from Orange Park, is among those facing more than one loss at a time. Her husband died after contracting COVID-19, and less than two weeks later, her mother-in-law succumbed to the virus.”
Texas?
Idaho?
“You try at this point not to be cruel and unfeeling, but if I were a heart patient in Spokane…”
“The day we all dreaded has finally arrived: Idaho is in crisis standards of care.
What does that mean to you? Be careful what you do out there.
The hospitals are overwhelmed with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients right now.”
Masks – How many stories like this have to happen?
“According to his wife, Jessica, who was interviewed by the New York Times, when Caleb came down with Covid-19, he initially self-medicated with copious doses of Vitamin D, C, aspirin, and Zinc. He also took ivermectin, a drug used to treat infections in the body caused by parasites, such head lice and scabies. This drug has been recently touted as an alternative for treating Covid-19. Ivermectin is derided by those on the Left and most medical professionals as “horse paste,” as the animal form of the drug can be purchased at feed supply stores. Jessica, in her interview with the Times, was not clear if Caleb had been prescribed ivermectin for humans or had taken the veterinarian version.”
THIS IS WRONG:
And This!
“On Tuesday, Alabama saw 83 more ICU patients than ICU beds open statewide. On Wednesday, there were 94 more ICU patients than beds available.
The Alabama Hospital Association says more than half of those patients are battling COVID-19. Howard says relief can’t come soon enough.”
Situational Opining by FoxNews
A great twitter friend:
He Loves to do research as much as I do – he did some great work here:
“Of the 15 states with the highest share of US COVID deaths over the last month relative to their share of population, 11 have Republican Governors and 4 are led by Democrats. Of the 15 with the lowest share, 3 have Republican Governors and 12 are led by Democrats.”
https://twitter.com/TheValuesVoter/status/1429483794340450308
September 18, 2021
““This past year, for Alabama, the year 2020… we are going to have more deaths in the state of Alabama than we have ever had in the history of the state of Alabama, by a lot,” Harris said Wednesday in a COVID-19 Town Hall today with AL.com. “We’re going to have around six or seven thousand more people who died in our state this past year than any year we have ever had, going back to the year 1900. That’s how far I’ve asked our staff to go back.””
September 17, 2021
“This week’s 2,468 deaths reflect an increase from the 2,448 reported last week, but deaths can take several days or weeks to be reported.”
September 16, 2021
September 15, 2021
“With their ICU at 150% capacity, wards overflowing and the National Guard called in to assist Wednesday to help the hospital’s sickest, the Billings Clinic announced that they are preparing for the possibility they will have to implement “crisis standards of care” put in place by Montana’s Department of Health and Human Services.
Crisis standards of care is implemented when demand exceeds available resources, in this case, ICU beds, hospital beds and staff. DPHHS provides a framework that the Billings Clinic will follow when changes to standard care are needed.”
September 14, 2021
September 13, 2021
September 12, 2021
September 11, 2021
September 4, 2021
August 31, 2021
August 29, 2021
August 28, 2021
“Two day care colleagues from Georgia were found dead in their homes on August 22nd, having died from COVID-19.
Both women were unvaccinated.
A third employee of the Sugar and Spice Child Care center in Statesboro is in hospital with COVID-19, with a fourth being infected but not hospitalized, Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch told the News Observer.”
August 27, 2021
“On Thursday it was announced that 5,571 adolescents between the ages of 5 and 17 years old tested positive last week for the coronavirus, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health, USA Today reported. During the same time frame in 2020, 702 children had contracted COVID-19.”
August 26, 2021
August 25, 2021
August 24, 2021
August 23, 2021
August 22, 2021
As patient after patient struggles to breathe, Amy Sprinkle’s 24-year-old daughter, Bailey Sigler, is on a ventilator. “Bailey is a healthy 24-year-old girl She is now in ICU and it happened in a week, less than a week,” Sprinkle said.
August 21, 2021
August 20, 2021
August 19, 2021 – I see a pattern
August 18, 2021 – I see a pattern!
August 17, 2021
Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida are seeing the most severe outbreaks when examined on a per capita basis, CNBC reported.ADVERTISEMENT
“Louisiana reported an average of 126 cases per 100,000 individuals as of Sunday, which was more than triple the national average, according to the news channel. Mississippi recorded an average of 110 cases per 100,000 residents, and Florida saw a mean of 101 cases per 100,000 individuals.”
August 13, 2021 – New Record for Cases of 30-40 Years Old
There may be a sinister reason for Rand Paul being an anti-masker?
Here is a breakdown of average daily COVID-19 deaths and COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people over the last seven days in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. The data was last updated Aug. 11.
“Note: States are ranked by deaths per 100,000. The list includes ties.
Louisiana
Deaths per 100,000: 0.82
Daily average deaths: 38.3
Nevada
Deaths per 100,000: 0.7
Daily average deaths: 21.6
Florida
Deaths per 100,000: 0.66
Daily average deaths: 141.1
Arkansas
Deaths per 100,000: 0.62
Daily average deaths: 18.7
Missouri
Deaths per 100,000: 0.52
Daily average deaths: 31.7
Mississippi
Deaths per 100,000: 0.46
Daily average deaths: 13.6
Alabama
Deaths per 100,000: 0.31
Daily average deaths: 15.1
Kansas
Deaths per 100,000: 0.28
Daily average deaths: 8.1
Arizona
Deaths per 100,000: 0.23
Daily average deaths: 16.9
Tennessee
Deaths per 100,000: 0.22
Daily average deaths: 15.3
Texas
Deaths per 100,000: 0.22
Daily average deaths: 62.7
South Carolina
Deaths per 100,000: 0.21
Daily average deaths: 10.7″
“Comparing six specific states — Vermont, New Jersey, Minnesota, Florida, Louisiana and Nevada — only throws this troubling trend into sharper relief.
Just how disproportionately conservative? Glance at any state-by-state list of COVID data and the pattern becomes clear. Just three of the 25 states with the lowest vaccination rates voted for Biden; just three of the 25 states with the highest vaccination rates voted for Trump. By the same token, just 1 of the 10 states with the highest hospitalization rates (Nevada) voted for Biden — and just 1 of the 10 states with the lowest hospitalization rates (South Dakota) voted for Trump.”
KIDS!
“Here’s the real news: there is growing evidence that – for whatever reason (higher viral loads, something different about how the virus is handled by less mature immune systems, or something else), children infected by the Delta variant may develop a more severe form of the disease compared to illness caused by other forms of the virus. Our children will suffer if adults can’t get school Covid precautions right
In a recent NPR interview, Dr. Rick Barr, who leads the Arkansas Children’s Hospital, said that the “Delta variant is acting very, very differently with respect to kids … just in the month of July, we have [admitted] over 40 to the children’s hospital. .. and a number of those have ended up in the intensive care unit.”
Half the kids were below 12 years of age and not eligible for vaccine but the other half – also not fully vaccinated, were 12 years old and up.”
August 7, 2021
“The situation is particularly dire in the South, which has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S. and has seen smaller hospitals overrun with patients.
In the Southeast, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients jumped 50% to a daily average of 17,600 over the last week from 11,600 the previous week, the CDC says. Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky represent 41% of the nation’s new hospitalizations, the CDC says, twice their overall share of the population.”
MUST-WATCH 3-minute video from LSU about COVID, children and young people.
“There was one nurse for every three patients in the ICU on Wednesday afternoon instead of the usual 1:2 ratio. Every bed was occupied, with 16 of the 24 patients being treated for COVID-19. None of the 16 were vaccinated.
More than a dozen people were waiting for an ICU bed that day.”
A great example and a great COVID ‘Explainer’:
“On February 20, 1905, the Supreme Court, by a 7-2 majority, said in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts could fine residents who refused to receive smallpox injections.”
“Did the mandatory vaccination law violate Jacobson’s Fourteenth Amendment right to liberty?
The Court held that the law was a legitimate exercise of the state’s police power to protect the public health and safety of its citizens. Local boards of health determined when mandatory vaccinations were needed, thus making the requirement neither unreasonable nor arbitrarily imposed.”
Sad,
THE VACCINE WORKS – It keeps you out of the hospital and from DYING!
Sadly, Florida’s and Texas’s governors are trying to Out-MAGA each other,
The Onion:
Reality,
“Florida’s kids are less safe because Gov. DeSantis wants to be president some day.”
Governor Abbott beat DeSantis in the rush to prove who was more Trumpian
“Abbott issued the order Thursday, two days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended indoor mask mandates, regardless of vaccination status, in places with at least 50 confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people over the previous seven days.
“To further ensure that no governmental entity can mandate masks, the following requirement shall continue to apply: No governmental entity, including a county, city, school district, and public health authority, and no governmental official may require any person to wear a face-covering or to mandate that other person wear a covering,” the executive order read.
Abbott defended the move in a statement, arguing, “Today’s executive order will provide clarity and uniformity in the Lone Star State’s continued fight against COVID-19.“”
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday issued an executive order that bars local school districts from requiring students to wear masks when they return to the classroom next month.
Why it matters: The spread of the Delta variant has led to a spike in new infections across the United States, triggering another round of debate about COVID guidelines in schools.
DeSantis’ announcement comes after the Broward County school board passed a mask mandate Wednesday due to new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students and visitors to K-12 schools this upcoming school year, regardless of vaccination status.”
DeSantis decides to up the ante (twitter thread)
This Rich Lowry May 20, 2020 National Review article is not aging well!
August 4, 2021 – Florida keeps getting sadder and sadder,
August 6, 2021 – Florida continues to get sadder and sadder,
August 7, 2021 – Florida breaks their record for COVID cases they set the day before,
“Florida reported 134,506 new Covid-19 cases over the last week on Friday, more than any other 7-day period during the pandemic.”
August 10, 2021 – this is amazing! Florida breaks New York’s 2020 record!
August 12, 2021 – Florida Governor doesn’t mind if people get COVID, he has a workaround
August 13, 2021 – Florida….
August 15, 2021 – Florida…
August 17, 2021 – Florida …
August 18, 2021 – Florida
August 20, 2021 – Oxygen!
August 24, 2021 – Masks save lives – of the people wishing others would wear masks
August 26, 2021 – A New Record!
Texas?
South Carolina’s Governor enters the #MAGA Race
Arkansas Governor decides to stop trying to out-MAGA Florida, Texas, Arizona and South Dakota’s governors,
South Dakota’s Governor is All-In on the MAGA Race
Arizona’s Governor Doug Ducey beat them to it! July 27, 2021:
“As expected, Gov. Doug Ducey was a hard no on Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that we once again break out the masks:
“Arizona does not allow mask mandates, vaccine mandates, vaccine passports or discrimination in schools based on who is and isn’t vaccinated,” he said. “We’ve passed all of this into law, and it will not change.”
We certainly know that it will not change.
Sacrificing public health and bowing to anti-vaxxers was the price of Ducey’s tax cuts.
In order to get the votes to pass a budget and rescue the state’s wealthiest residents from a big tax hike approved by voters, Ducey agreed to bar all levels of government from requiring vaccines and to bar bar business owners from requiring proof of vaccination from customers. He also barred universities from requiring vaccinations and testing and school boards from requiring masks.”
Karma has a way of being Karma Governor Ducey, July 30, 2021:
“The released internal slideshow highlights some of the data behind that pivot. Most crucially, the CDC now considers the Delta variant to be more contagious than the common cold and Ebola—perhaps as contagious as chicken pox, with each infected individual giving the virus to another 8 or 9 people, on average—and more likely to cause severe illness than previous strains.”
“New cases increased 131 percent.”
Mississippi:
THIS TWEET:
This is terrible:
Louisiana has a Democrat Governor – not trying to out MAGA DeSantis, Abbott or Ducey
Some will not learn…..
“At least nine states have considered ‘emergency power limitation’ legislation proposed by conservative organization Alec“
“The coronavirus pandemic has widened the life expectancy gap between the U.S. and other high-income countries, a new study shows, and experts say it could take decades to overcome.”
“At the beginning of the pandemic, the CDC said that a close contact was somebody that you’re indoors with unmasked for 15 minutes or more. The equivalent of that with the Delta variant is not 15 minutes, it’s one second.”
Tennessee – Governor Bill Lee joining the MAGA Mask Contest
“Tennessee has the most coronavirus infections of all U.S. states in the past seven days and over the entire pandemic when adjusted for population, according to data compiled by The New York Times.“
Florida
Sad,
These are strange and dangerous times!
A WHOPPER of a LIE!
I reached out to Tucker
Masks
“Analysis: Republicans are betting that voters will blame Democrats for any ongoing suggestion that they protect themselves and others from the coronavirus.”
“The study suggests that policy differences between the two parties regarding safety measures, such as mask and social distancing policies, likely account for the disparity.“
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