on coping with C19 lockdown

[Tuariki]

Which means they have probably vaccinated all of 96, 97, and 99 people on the three islands.

Dammit Bambam

Busted
NZ itself is now 33% fully and 63% with at least 1 Pfizer shot

[jeremyp]

Ka Ching!
Here come da Judge

A Florida judge on Wednesday ruled against Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration for a second time over school mask mandates, allowing school boards to require that students wear face coverings.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in May barred Texas school districts and other governmental entities from requiring masks, saying it should be a matter of personal choice. But as this school year began, with the highly contagious delta variant bearing down, several big-city school districts defied him. Then a court put his order on hold.


LACY LAKEVIEW, Tex. — When classes began a couple of weeks ago, before the first and then the second teacher at Connally Junior High School died of covid-19, only a scattering of students wore masks. On Tuesday morning, every face emerging from the line of yellow school buses was covered.

Masks are now mandatory for students and staff in the Connally Independent School District, on the outskirts of Waco. The decision, made late last week, followed the two teacher deaths and a surge of cases in the community.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/texas-teachers-died-covid-connally/2021/09/07/2e9165b8-0ffc-11ec-882f-2dd15a067dc4_story.html

[TN1965]

Student whose grandma died of COVID is mocked at TN school board meeting, video shows (yahoo.com)

A high school student in Tennessee was about a minute into his impassioned plea for a district-wide mask mandate during a school board meeting Tuesday when members of the audience interrupted him.

[jeremyp]

And back we go again. YoYo season. Gov. DeSantis' ban on mandatory school masks back in place

An appeals court reinstated Gov. DeSantis’ ban on school mask requirements temporarily, while a ruling overturning the prohibition is being reviewed.

[NotDutra5]

And back we go again. YoYo season. Gov. DeSantis' ban on mandatory school masks back in place

An appeals court reinstated Gov. DeSantis’ ban on school mask requirements temporarily, while a ruling overturning the prohibition is being reviewed.

Is it understood that this issue comes down to money and probably not in the way most people think?

[TN1965]

Another radio host who urged listeners to boycott COVID-19 vaccines dies from COVID-19

https://www.yahoo.com/news/conservative-radio-hosts-anti-vaccine-die-from-covid-184420178.html

Enyart, a provocateur who gleefully mocked the deaths of AIDS victims, had encouraged his listeners not to get any of the three available COVID-19 vaccines because he claimed they had been tested on "cells of aborted babies."

[TN1965]

Israel’s Top COVID Truther Claimed COVID That Killed Him Was ‘Poison’ Attack

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-top-covid-truther-claimed-095802423.html

One of Israel’s top anti-vaxx activists has died of COVID-19, two days after posting a final message to his followers that ordered them to “keep fighting” against the shot that could have saved his life.

[jeremyp]

Israel’s Top COVID Truther Claimed COVID That Killed Him Was ‘Poison’ Attack

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-to...095802423.html

One of Israel’s top anti-vaxx activists has died of COVID-19, two days after posting a final message to his followers that ordered them to “keep fighting” against the shot that could have saved his life.

It's called "Confirmation bias." You start with a whacko theory and you ignore any evidence to the contrary and tout all the fake evidence that coincides with the whacko theory.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/201504/what-is-confirmation-bias

[jeremyp]

It's a bad time to get sick in Oregon. That's what many doctors are telling their patients and the public as hospitals full of COVID-19 patients have been forced to postpone some treatments of other medical conditions.

"I've seen patients get ready to have their open-heart surgery that day. I've seen patients [who] have brain tumor with visual changes, or someone with lung cancer, and their procedures are canceled that day and they have to come back another day," says Dr. Kent Dauterman, a cardiologist and co-director of the regional cardiac center in Medford, Ore. "You always hope they come back."

In early September, according to Dauterman, the local hospital had 28 patients who were waiting for open heart surgery, 24 who needed pacemakers, and 22 who were awaiting lung surgeries. He says during normal times, there is no wait.

"I don't want to be dramatic, it's just there's plenty of other things killing Oregonians before this," Dauterman says.

"If you look at the number of hospital beds per capita, Oregon has 1.7 hospital beds per thousand population. That's the lowest in the country," says Becky Hultberg, CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems.


https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...s-and-cancer-c

[TN1965]

Unvaxed Teen Councilman Who Attacked Mask Mandates Now Battling ‘Terrible’ COVID Pneumonia (yahoo.com)

Pepper, who is training to become an emergency medical technician, has routinely challenged pandemic-related restrictions as a city councilman, both slamming mask mandates and opting not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the outlet reported.

“I don’t believe you should be forced to do something like this, it’s wrong and it’s government overreach,” Pepper said in April as the city considered repealing a local mask mandate...

[jeremyp]

Unvaxed Teen Councilman Who Attacked Mask Mandates Now Battling ‘Terrible’ COVID Pneumonia (yahoo.com)

Pepper, who is training to become an emergency medical technician, has routinely challenged pandemic-related restrictions as a city councilman, both slamming mask mandates and opting not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the outlet reported.

“I don’t believe you should be forced to do something like this, it’s wrong and it’s government overreach,” Pepper said in April as the city considered repealing a local mask mandate...

He’s young enough to evolve from stupid, his brain is still malleable. Being obese didn’t help.

[TN1965]

Hostess attacked after asking diners for proof of vaccine in New York City

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hostess-attacked-asking-diners-proof-124414541.html

Three people were arrested for allegedly assaulting a New York City restaurant hostess on Thursday after she asked a group of diners visiting from Texas to show proof they had been vaccinated before seating them.

[TN1965]

I thought "anti-maskers" wanted freedom. I guess that does not include other people's freedom to wear masks.

A Texas restaurant owner threw out a family wearing masks who were trying to protect their immunocompromised son

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-restaurant-owner-threw-family-144447868.html

[18.99s]

I thought "anti-maskers" wanted freedom. I guess that does not include other people's freedom to wear masks.

A Texas restaurant owner threw out a family wearing masks who were trying to protect their immunocompromised son

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-res...144447868.html

Stupid on the owner's part, but a family with an immunocompromised child shouldn't be in a restaurant anyway.

[scottmitchell74]

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/09/20/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-defends-criticism-after-video-dancing-maskless-night-club/

San Fran mayor coping by breaking her own rules.