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September 25, 2021

Florida Students Are No Longer Required To Quarantine After Being Exposed To COVID

That's one way DeSantis can cut spending on salaries for older, more experienced, higher-paid teachers.

"A day after assuming his job, Florida's newly appointed surgeon general on Wednesday signed new protocols allowing parents to decide whether their children should quarantine or stay in school if they are asymptomatic after being exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

The new guidelines signed by Dr. Joseph Ladapo also tweaked the state's prohibition against school mask mandates, prompting an administrative law judge to dismiss a lawsuit against the old rule that had been filed by various school boards.

In terms of quarantine rules, Ladapo eliminated previous mandates requiring students to quarantine for at least four days off-campus if they've been exposed. Under the new guidelines, students who have been exposed can continue going to campus, "without restrictions or disparate treatment," provided they are asymptomatic. They can also quarantine, but no longer than seven days, provided they do not get sick."

"DeSantis named Ladapo to the job on Tuesday. Ladapo, who previously was a UCLA doctor and health policy researcher, shares the governor's approach to managing the coronavirus pandemic. Like DeSantis, Ladapo has said he doesn't believe in school closures, lockdowns or vaccine mandates."

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/09/22/1039907024/florida-quarantine-optional-for-students-exposed-covid

September 17, 2021

A FL Boy Went to a COVID-Swamped ER. He Waited for Hours. Then His Appendix Burst.

This is how the COVID unvaccinated are a danger to everyone else - even the vaccinated. Next time I see one of those "If you're vaccinated, why do you care if I'm not?" memes, I'm sharing this.

"Seth was finally diagnosed with appendicitis more than six hours after arriving at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health North Hospital in late July. Around midnight, he was taken by ambulance to a sister hospital about a half-hour away that was better equipped to perform pediatric emergency surgery, his father said.

But by the time the doctor operated in the early morning hours, Seth’s appendix had burst — a potentially fatal complication.


As the nation’s hospitals fill and emergency rooms overflow with critically ill COVID-19 patients, it is the non-COVID-19 patients, like Seth, who have become collateral damage. They, too, need emergency care, but the sheer number of COVID-19 cases is crowding them out. Treatment has often been delayed as ERs scramble to find a bed that may be hundreds of miles away.

Some health officials now worry about looming ethical decisions. Last week, Idaho activated a “crisis standard of care,” which one official described as a “last resort.” It allows overwhelmed hospitals to ration care, including “in rare cases, ventilator (breathing machines) or intensive care unit (ICU) beds may need to be used for those who are most likely to survive, while patients who are not likely to survive may not be able to receive one,” the state’s website said."

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-boy-went-to-a-covid-swamped-er-he-waited-for-hours-then-his-appendix-burst

September 15, 2021

So, the GOP gave Newsom an opportunity for a second landslide victory for the same term

It would be funnier if they hadn't spent a quarter BILLION dollars of taxpayer money doing it.

September 14, 2021

The Four Stages of COVID Denial:



They wouldn't need stage four if we had Medicare for All, but they don't want that either.
September 14, 2021

New term: Agnorant

September 13, 2021

Veronica Wolski, Woman Who QAnoners Demanded Hospital Treat COVID With Ivermectin, Dies

Source: Newsweek

A woman who became the center of a harassment campaign against a Chicago hospital as QAnon supporters demanded they treat her COVID-19 diagnosis with ivermectin has died, according to reports.

Veronica Wolski, a popular QAnon advocate best known for hanging banners from a bridge in Chicago, died in the early hours of Monday morning after spending weeks in hospital with COVID-19.

Her death was announced on Telegram by conspiracy theorist Lin Wood, one of the biggest and most influential QAnon supporters. Wood previously urged his 814,000 Telegram followers to ring up the Amita Resurrection Hospital and demand that Wolski be treated with ivermectin instead of approved and tested drugs or vaccines.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/qanon-veronica-wolski-chicago-hospital-ivermectin-1628348

September 8, 2021

FL Police Chief: Covid kills more cops than violence against police



"He said, “COVID is killing more cops than all the violence throughout our country geared towards officers. Our numbers are spiking in police departments. Look around our state. I mean 6 to 7 to 8 officers passing away. It’s a sobering time. I’m not talking about politics. This is a life and death situation.”

He stated, “I wish everybody would get vaccinated. I am vaccinated since the heart work and I got the 3rd vaccination for myself. I have been around a lot of people who have gotten COVID. I have not gotten it. My comment to my officers if that there may come a time when you need to get vaccinated to work here.”

“The second part of it and I have told them is I don’t want you to get it because of your job. I want you to get it because of your family. Talk to your doctor and decide what you want to do. It is a medical decision. If you choose not to,” he says, “you should have a living will in order. That’s what I tell them. And some of these younger officers ask why? And I say what we have seen in law enforcement is that within three days you can be one of those that turn extremely for the worse and you might need to get your affairs in order for your family. Your families are what is important,” added Hudak.

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/09/02/coral-gables-police-chief-ed-hudak-stroke-recovery/
September 5, 2021

Satanic Temple takes legal action against Texas abortion law

These are the same folks who, when John Boehner called Ted Cruz "Lucifer in the flesh, replied "Christians can’t just push Cruz off on Satanists.”

"The Satanic Temple argued that under The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which was created to allow Native Americans access to peyote for use in rituals, its members should be allowed to access abortion pills Misoprostol and Mifepristone without regulatory action.

Satanic Temple spokesperson, Lucien Greaves, said in a statement. “I am sure Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton—who famously spends a good deal of his time composing press releases about Religious Liberty issues in other states—will be proud to see that Texas’s robust Religious Liberty laws, which he so vociferously champions, will prevent future Abortion Rituals from being interrupted by superfluous government restrictions meant only to shame and harass those seeking an abortion.”


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/satanic-templetexas-abortion-law-b1914346.html

April 19, 2021

FBI Joins Investigation of Traffic Stop Involving Black Army Officer

The FBI confirmed Thursday they have joined in the investigation of a December traffic stop in Windsor in which an Army lieutenant was pepper sprayed by one of the town’s police officers.

“The Norfolk FBI Field Office is aware of the situation regarding the traffic stop in Isle of Wight County and will review all available facts of the incident to determine what federal response is warranted.” Christina Pullen, a spokeswoman for the office, said in a brief statement emailed to The Pilot.

Also on Wednesday, the president of the NAACP’s Isle of Wight County chapter called for the town’s police chief to resign.

“After watching the press conference held by officials in the Town of Windsor regarding the incident involving Lt. Nazario, we are appalled at some of the statements made by the Town officials as well as the Chief of Police,” President Valerie Butler wrote on the organization’s Facebook page. “Therefore we are calling for the immediate resignation of Chief Rodney Riddle.”



https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/16/fbi-joins-investigation-of-traffic-stop-involving-black-army-officer.html

January 9, 2021

The Capitol building is now a foreign/domestic enemy surveillance security risk

This could be why Congress "in recess" and isn't doing any official business in the building. I think they may be meeting in undisclosed locations.

This is a friend of mine, and he knows his stuff.




https://twitter.com/jacobian/status/1347001812889452545

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