Sure somebody had to graduate last in their class, and some get burned out and don't give a damn, and some have excessive ego and arrogance, but your odds of getting good medical advice from a real doctor are way better than getting it from a talk show host or homeless guy on the corner.
Speaking of folks that get their medical advice from truck drivers, talk show hosts or homeless guys on the corner:
A man in the Australian city of Perth escaped mandatory quarantine in a hotel by scaling down a rope made of tied together bedsheets from a fourth-floor window, police said on Tuesday.
After arriving in the West Coast city on an interstate flight from Brisbane, the man had his application for entry refused under the state's tough border entry rules intended to stop the virus entering from elsewhere in the country.
The man was told to leave the state within 48 hours and taken to a hotel for temporary quarantine, but just before 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday (17:00 GMT on Monday) "he climbed out a window of the fourth floor room using a rope made of bed sheets and fled the area", Western Australia Police said in a Facebook post....
Police arrested the man across town about 8 hours later, and charged him with failing to comply with a direction and providing "false/misleading information"....
Some good letters to LA Times. Reprinted here so you don't have to deal with ad fence or subscription whining.
Letters to the Editor: ‘I’ve had enough’: Readers are furious at vaccine refusers
To the editor: I’ve had enough. (“Mad about the new mask mandate? Blame Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson,” column, July 16)
People wanted to be free — to take off their masks, to shop, to eat out. They wanted California open, so much that a recall against Gov. Gavin Newsom was launched. He pushed hard to get as many people vaccinated as possible, and he finally gave in to the pressure to fully reopen.
The stubbornly unvaccinated, either in the name of freedom or because they listened to disinformation, took off their masks. They knew no one would challenge them to prove their vaccination status. They have provided fertile ground for the extra-contagious Delta variant.
Now, L.A. County has reinstituted its universal indoor mask mandate. People lament the step backward, but their reward for masking up and getting vaccinated should be the welfare of all and a slowing of the spread of COVID-19.
Newsom, who is trying to avoid being recalled, is unlikely to reinstitute any statewide mandates. So, we are left with a county-by-county decision. Los Angeles’ grandstanding sheriff will not enforce the county’s mask mandate. Businesses are left to risk the ire of their customers by insisting on masking.
The very people who decry the limitations in the name of personal liberty are the ones who fuel the spread of the virus and the mutations, which cause officials to take steps in an attempt to stamp it out.
People: The virus will not go away because you want it to or because you are tired of it. Get the vaccine, wear a mask, have a clue, give a damn.
And grow up.
Elise Power, Garden Grove
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To the editor: In the U.S., you have the right to make decisions, but then you should have to live with the consequences of those decisions.
We should be doing what France is doing. There, starting in August, if you refuse vaccination, then you are deciding effectively not to be a part of society. In the U.S., that would mean you could not use public transportation, step inside public businesses or work in a job that interacts with the public.
If you would like to rejoin society, then act like a member of society, step up and get your vaccine instead of being a leech on everyone else’s participation in making America healthy and safe for our children who cannot get vaccinated.
Do what is right, not what is selfish.
Victoria I. Paterno, M.D., Los Angeles
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To the editor: It is a symptom of the decline in our democracy that so many of our citizens refuse to take a vaccination against a known deadly virus. We could call them deserters in a war scenario.
That members of our police and fire departments are deserters in the face of duty is obvious. The example of pervasive thinking that they are exhibiting is monstrous.
The potential that their refusal to be vaccinated is a political decision is another reason to deal with it firmly. Our police and firefighting forces cannot be allowed to act on political opinions that conflict with the standards of care they have sworn to uphold in our communities.
Frances Vizier, West Hollywood
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To the editor: Something the fully vaccinated and the unvaccinated have in common is that we’d all like to get back to “normal” and do away with our protective masks while inside public spaces.
Here in Los Angeles County, the fully vaccinated got a brief taste of that for a short time, but now we’re back to having to mask up again, as the Delta variant of COVID-19 is precipitously on the rise.
Not surprisingly, almost everyone who ends up in the hospital infected with the coronavirus is unvaccinated. I’m guessing a good percentage of that demographic is anti-vaxxers. So even though we vaccinated are pretty well protected from the disease, we now get to take that same step backward because of those who couldn’t be bothered to do the responsible thing.
Yet with the return of the mask mandate, who is likely to do the most screaming about the government “taking away our freedoms”? Care to wager a guess?
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Robert Weide, Studio City
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To the editor: I am not going to waste a single breath trying to convince people to get vaccinated. If you have weighed all the facts and arrived at the conclusion that vaccination is not right for you, so be it.
But Los Angeles County’s indoor mask mandate is back because COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are growing. Funny thing about that: Virtually all of the people in the hospital are unvaccinated.
So, to the people choosing not to be vaccinated, I ask you to live up to the conclusion you arrived at regarding this virus and stop going to the hospital.
Our problem isn’t that you’re unvaccinated (it’s actually the problem, but evidently there’s nothing we can do about it); rather, our problem is you keep going to the hospital when you become sick. The hospital then has to test you, and that sets off a chain of reporting and public health policies and then, just like that, we all have to wear masks again.
All I ask is that if you believe COVID-19 isn’t deadly enough to endure a needle prick to the arm, then slug it out at home if you get a little fever or some tightness in the chest. Stick to your guns here. If you don’t believe the pandemic is serious, then quit filling the hospital with a disease you don’t even believe in. You’ll be fine (according to you).
Jeffrey Foley, Santa Monica
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To the editor: California health officials have done an admirable job in the face of ignorant resistance to necessary public health measures to combat the pandemic. Now, it is time to stand up to know-nothings who claim their display of allegiance to former President Trump represents the assertion of their fundamental rights.
There is no right to infect others with a lethal disease. People are frustrated by the return to mask mandates, but many of us are angrier that this is required because those who refuse vaccination and don’t want to mask appear to be ignoring the terms on which stores and other venues are allowing unmasked people to enter.
We need vaccine passports so we can reopen without allowing foolish and gullible resisters to risk the lives and health of others. If you won’t get vaccinated, stay home. If the unvaccinated insist on entering without a passport, they should be arrested for trespass. Enough is enough.
Tolerance for those who insist on defying reality must end.
Very good, but I doubt any of it will change behavior among the cult of lies and ignorance. I myself always try to set a good example. For one thing, since I don't believe in "god" I don't go to any churches on Sunday or Wednesday or any other day.
Very good, but I doubt any of it will change behavior among the cult of lies and ignorance. I myself always try to set a good example. For one thing, since I don't believe in "god" I don't go to any churches on Sunday or Wednesday or any other day.
I look forward to seeing you not there
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”
Very good, but I doubt any of it will change behavior among the cult of lies and ignorance. I myself always try to set a good example. For one thing, since I don't believe in "god" I don't go to any churches on Sunday or Wednesday or any other day.
I look forward to seeing you not there
Well, you're in luck. Every time you go I won't be there.
I keep hearing people on TV and in articles use terms like "we have to get on the same page..." or "we need to focus on ..." or "we need everyone's cooperation..."
(Assume Sam Kinison voice here) THERE IS NO "WE" ANYMORE! THE IDIOTS AREN'T GOING TO STOP BEING IDIOTS! TRY TO GET A SNAIL TO RUN FAST, YOU'D HAVE BETTER RESULTS. LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELVES AND LET THE IDIOTS DIE!
I keep hearing people on TV and in articles use terms like "we have to get on the same page..." or "we need to focus on ..." or "we need everyone's cooperation..."
(Assume Sam Kinison voice here) THERE IS NO "WE" ANYMORE! THE IDIOTS AREN'T GOING TO STOP BEING IDIOTS! TRY TO GET A SNAIL TO RUN FAST, YOU'D HAVE BETTER RESULTS. LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELVES AND LET THE IDIOTS DIE!
God, if there is one, sent you scientists, vaccines, competent pols, sacrificing healthcare workers and even plenty of sane pastors, and you spat in God's face. You get no tears from me, but maybe some of the people you influenced deserve just a little bit of sympathy, murderer.
Ironic, he's now got zero problems and the lack of a vax was his final one.
NOTE: Stephen’s thoughts on vaccines were his own. They do not represent the views and thoughts of Hillsong Church. Many of our pastors, staff, and congregation are fully vaccinated and more will be when vaccines become available to them in their countries.
Some good letters to LA Times. Reprinted here so you don't have to deal with ad fence or subscription whining.
Letters to the Editor: ‘I’ve had enough’: Readers are furious at vaccine refusers
(Letters omitted for space reasons)
Good stuff, thanks for posting that.
And I'd like to point out also that California is in a lot better shape vis-a-vis the covid vaccine issue, than a number of other states mostly to the east of here. However, as might be expected, even in California, it's the rural, more conservative counties that are holding up the progress to herd immunity.
I'd like to point out that damn near ALL states are east of CA. Alaska and Hawaii are not.
Well, Oregon and Washington also are not east of California.
The major exceptions to the Covidiot states, in addition to Oregon, Washington, and California, would of course be in the Northeast, and upper mid-west.
Which is why I used the qualifiers "mostly" and "a number of". How anyone interpreted that as "all" is beyond me.
I'm guessing the previous video of how to waste time during the pandemic was done in the basement of his family dwelling. Part way through you can hear children's voices.
I'd like to point out that damn near ALL states are east of CA. Alaska and Hawaii are not.
Well, Oregon and Washington also are not east of California.
The major exceptions to the Covidiot states, in addition to Oregon, Washington, and California, would of course be in the Northeast, and upper mid-west.
Which is why I used the qualifiers "mostly" and "a number of". How anyone interpreted that as "all" is beyond me.
Not all of WA and OR are east of CA; mostly they are north of CA. And you fail reading comprehension; I didn't "interpret" anything from your earlier assertion. I just pointed out that "damn near all states are east of CA." How anyone can interpret that as literally meaning "all" is beyond me. Mostly west of me just because there's more shit west of me than east, north, or south of me. I hope this clears it up for you. But I have no doubt it will not. Oh, and thanks for posting another video that blares sound at maximum volume as soon as you hit this page. Those are always a nice touch.
I'd like to point out that damn near ALL states are east of CA. Alaska and Hawaii are not.
Well, Oregon and Washington also are not east of California.
The major exceptions to the Covidiot states, in addition to Oregon, Washington, and California, would of course be in the Northeast, and upper mid-west.
Which is why I used the qualifiers "mostly" and "a number of". How anyone interpreted that as "all" is beyond me.
Not all of WA and OR are east of CA; mostly they are north of CA. And you fail reading comprehension; I didn't "interpret" anything from your earlier assertion. I just pointed out that "damn near all states are east of CA." How anyone can interpret that as literally meaning "all" is beyond me. Mostly west of me just because there's more shit west of me than east, north, or south of me. I hope this clears it up for you. But I have no doubt it will not. Oh, and thanks for posting another video that blares sound at maximum volume as soon as you hit this page. Those are always a nice touch.
Um, there's a volume control on the video. Did you miss that? It's a kind of slider that you can lower the sound with. Or does it not show up on the Playschool Internet for Tots computer you use? It's on my computer. You can come over and take a look.
As for the rest, well, you said "damn near all states are east of CA", didn't you? The only exceptions you allowed were Alaska and Hawaii, as I recall, right? If you want to split hairs, then yeah, some relatively small portions of Oregon and Washington State are east of California. But those portions are also clearly NORTH of California. Check your pencil sharpener globe to confirm that, please.
Yeah, there's a volume control in the form of a little speaker icon down on the lower right of my screen. I use it when needed, mostly when you do shit like this. How about next time YOU void the volume on your clever contributions before you post them? That way when you want to listen to them you can use your expertise with the volume control and spare everyone else the trouble. But I guess you'd never think of such a thing.
Hell, I'm not splitting hairs; just pointed out that damn near all states are east of CA. "Damn near" in our language does not mean "all." That's why there's a separate word to refer to the totality of something as well as other words to refer to lesser portions of something. YOU are the one who incorrectly interpreted my post. Go back and read it again.....I didn't post "all states are east of CA" as is plain. I suspect your adoption of the juvenile moron avatar is having a negative effect on your ability to comprehend or understand things. But I guess when one is stuck on trump one gets used to constant lying, which affects the ability to determine what is actually happening. It's not pleasant but we have to face facts.
Now I understand the "Location: ...DUHHHH..."