How can there not be a COVID-19 thread?

[SuperMatt]

The NFL looks to be serious about vaccinations. They have some pretty stiff penalties if unvaccinated players cause a problem.

NFL says COVID outbreaks could lead to forfeits

The NFL informed teams that they face possible forfeits of games -- and the loss of game checks for players -- if a COVID-19 outbreak among unvaccinated players causes an unresolvable disruption in the regular-season schedule.

www.espn.com

As a Bills fan, I am deeply disappointed in one particular team member:

Is Cole Beasley trying to get cut?

Shortly after Bills receiver Cole Beasley's initial Twitter tirade about the COVID vaccine, Beasley quickly decided to say nothing further.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

So much for being a team player. Well, if he gets cut, good luck getting a job elsewhere as a 32-year old receiver who, if on a team, could lead to his team literally forfeiting a game.

WTF is wrong with people’s brains? You will give up your career to avoid getting a shot?

It’s a shame because he was a very productive member of the team and it’s a delight to watch him play.

 

[SuperMatt]

I saw this story linked by daring fireball…

Texas has seen nearly 9,000 COVID-19 deaths since February. All but 43 were unvaccinated people.

Preliminary data shows 99.5% of COVID-related deaths in Texas were among unvaccinated people, according to the Department of State Health Services.

www.texastribune.org

99.5% of people dying from COVID were unvaccinated. The politicians might lie, but the facts do not.

 

[Thomas Veil]

This...this is pathetically sad. And totally avoidable.

‘It’s too late’: US doctor says dying patients begging for Covid vaccine​

...“I’m admitting young, healthy people to the hospital with very serious Covid infections,” wrote (Dr. Brytney) Cobia in a Facebook post on Sunday.

“One of the last things they do before they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine. I hold their hand and tell them that I’m sorry, but it’s too late,” she added, referring to patients who have to be put on a ventilator.

My bold.

‘It’s too late’: US doctor says dying patients begging for Covid vaccine

At least 99% of those in US who died of Covid in the last six months had not been vaccinated, says CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky

www.theguardian.com

 

[User.45]

This...this is pathetically sad. And totally avoidable.


My bold.

‘It’s too late’: US doctor says dying patients begging for Covid vaccine

At least 99% of those in US who died of Covid in the last six months had not been vaccinated, says CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky

www.theguardian.com

 

[Thomas Veil]

Hey, live free or and die.

 

[Herdfan]

As a Bills fan, I am deeply disappointed in one particular team member:

THAT"s what disappoints you as a Bill's fan??????

Sorry, couldn't resist. I am a long-suffering Dolphins fan so..............

 

[Herdfan]

He is still working to try and get more people vaccinated, and I hope he is successful in that endeavor.

Ohio started the whole vaccination lottery and WV and KY followed. FYI, Babydog is Big Jim's bulldog.

Another West Virginian wins new truck through Do it for Babydog Vaccination Sweepstakes

Gov. Jim Justice presented a brand-new custom-outfitted truck to an additional winner Wednesday as part of the fifth drawing in the “Do it for Babydog: Save a life, Change your life” Vaccination Sweepstakes.

www.wsaz.com

 

[Runs For Fun]

Sad

 

[Eric]

It's all pretty sad...

Same guy

Hillsong member dies of Covid after 'I got 99 problems but vax ain't one' post

A VOCAL Covid vaccine denier who quipped, “I got 99 problems but a vax ain’t one” has died from the virus after fighting it for a month. Stephen Harmon lost his battle on July 21 – after post…

www.the-sun.com

 

[SuperMatt]

It's all pretty sad...



Same guy

Hillsong member dies of Covid after 'I got 99 problems but vax ain't one' post

A VOCAL Covid vaccine denier who quipped, “I got 99 problems but a vax ain’t one” has died from the virus after fighting it for a month. Stephen Harmon lost his battle on July 21 – after post…

www.the-sun.com

I don’t believe God wants people to die of COVID. Sadly a lot of churches are breeding grounds for Anti-vax nonsense.

 

[lizkat]

SUNY will use $24M (about 5%) of its stimulus funding to expand mental health services. Added to existing budgeting, this will mean that about $59M in total will fund mental health and wellness services across the 64-campus system. It's meant to cover counseling, telemedicine and peer-to-peer connections as well as safe spaces for LGBTQ students.

SUNY to use $24M in stimulus funding to boost mental health services

The $24 million comes from SUNY's $481 million in American Rescue Plan funding and will increase telemedicine and peer-to-peer counseling.

www.democratandchronicle.com

 

[SuperMatt]

Some people reluctant to get the vaccine have decided to take the plunge.

The article below title doesn’t reflect the actual story for some reason…

On a single day this past week, more than half a million peopleacross the United States trickled into high school gymnasiums, pharmacies and buses converted into mobile clinics. Then they pushed up their sleeves and got their Covid vaccines.

These are the Americans who are being vaccinated at this moment in the pandemic: the reluctant, the anxious, the procrastinating.

“‘You’re going to die — get the Covid vaccine,’” Grace Carper, 15, recently told her mother, Nikki White, of Urbandale, Iowa, as they debated when they would get their shots. Ms. White, 38, woke up on Thursday and said she would do it. “If you want to go get your vaccine, get up,” Ms. White told her daughter, who agreed eagerly, and they went together to a Hy-Vee supermarket.

A conservative Tennessee radio host, hospitalized with Covid, shifts his message to urge vaccinations.

Phil Valentine is currently one of hundreds of Covid patients in Tennessee, which has seen a 77 percent increase in hospitalizations over the past two weeks.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Clix Pix]

I don’t believe God wants people to die of COVID. Sadly a lot of churches are breeding grounds for Anti-vax nonsense.

God didn't have much to do with this Harmon guy's death -- his own arrogance and stupidity killed him.

 

[Thomas Veil]

And now Hannity is backtracking on the vaccine.

Sean Hannity furiously backtracks and denies he pushed his followers to get vaccinated

Fox News personality Sean Hannity made news on Monday after he urged viewers to take COVID-19 seriously only minutes after Tucker Carlson pushed anti-vax information. "Just like we've been saying, please take COVID seriously. I can't say it enough, enough people have died, we don't need any...

www.rawstory.com

"For some reason, me saying take COVID seriously has finally caught up with the mob and the -- and the media. Now, I think they've got ulterior motives… - you know, there's been this attempt to blame conservatives for the vaccine hesitancy,"

That’s so unfair to conservatives. You know?

 

[JayMysteri0]

So Kay Ivey was in the news for a day, for her "no nonsense" approach to blaming the unvaccinated for Alabama's issues with Covid.

Only there's a bit of an issue of Ivey specifically being the one to blame the unvaccinated, as if her party hasn't had a hand in making this an issue.


You can stop @ 5 minutes to get the relevant part

I think the more likely reasoning for Ivey's new outlook & potentially other politicians is this...

 

[JayMysteri0]

You may have heard about how there's an Olympics going on right now.

For some people...

Have you heard the one about the doctor who didn’t get vaxxed and ruined his country’s Olympics?

Czech team med tests positive for Covid upon arrival in Tokyo, and six athletes follow in his wake

deadspin.com

The Olympics are always full of surprises, and right at the beginning of the Tokyo Games, there’s already a stunner: the first vaccine-shunning idiot to ruin things for a bunch of other people isn’t an American.

Yes, other countries have morons, too! Proving that is Czech doctor Vlastimil Voracek, who tested negative for COVID-19 before leaving Prague for Japan, but positive upon arrival. Now there are six members of the Czech delegation who have tested positive, including beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková-Nausch, who, along with partner Barbora Hermannova, had to default their opening match, ending their Olympic dream before it could even begin.

And the very person responsible for the Czech athletes’ health, Voracek, is to blame. The doctor was eligible for a vaccine, but his statement that, “The organizers stipulated the rules … vaccination was voluntary,” answers the question of whether he got his shots just as clearly as Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott’s bogus claim that being questioned on his vaccine status was somehow a HIPAA violation.

We’ve been over this for more than a year: all that HIPAA means is that healthcare providers can’t go around blabbing about your medical information, not that your COVID status cannot be discussed with the media. It’s just a case of Prescott not wanting to say out loud that he hasn’t been vaccinated, because somewhere deep down, he knows that he’s wrong, and you don’t see anyone who’s gotten the vaccine going on and on about how it’s nobody’s business whether they’ve been vaxxed.

I still find myself mystified that some can't grasp that things like masks & vaccines are also about doing for others, not just yourself. Now this doctor worried about himself, cost members of his team their possible olympic dreams.

 

[B S Magnet]

For loud anti-vaxxers getting the delta variant of the rona, falling severely ill, and begging nurses for the vaccine whilst in ICU, I’ll be over here with Ivan Drago.

 

[User.168]

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[User.45]

And now Hannity is backtracking on the vaccine.

Sean Hannity furiously backtracks and denies he pushed his followers to get vaccinated

Fox News personality Sean Hannity made news on Monday after he urged viewers to take COVID-19 seriously only minutes after Tucker Carlson pushed anti-vax information. "Just like we've been saying, please take COVID seriously. I can't say it enough, enough people have died, we don't need any...

www.rawstory.com

That’s so unfair to conservatives. You know?

In reality it's a crisis of credibility and conservatives aren't handling it well:

Democrat districts represent 91% of the top 100 vaccinated districts
Republican districts represent 92% of the bottom 100 vaccinated districts

Even if I include only states with GOP electoral votes, 50% of top 50 vaccinated districts are represented by Democrats, and 98% of the bottom 50 vaccinated districts are represented by Republicans.

It's just brutal

COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout across US Congressional Districts

geographicinsights.iq.harvard.edu

Credibility crisis in a Tweet:

 

[JayMysteri0]

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