COVIDiots

[GoCubsGo]

Cawthorn part of the cheering section, figures.

If I were a parent and the Covidiots threatened to take their kids out of school I'd give them a standing ovation.

[Vrede too]

Cawthorn part of the cheering section, figures.

If I were a parent and the Covidiots threatened to take their kids out of school I'd give them a standing ovation.

80 Students ‘Potentially Exposed’ To COVID-19 After Parent Sends Child To School After Testing Positive For The Virus

... “This led to a presumably infectious child attending school two days after being notified of a positive COVID-19 test result. The parent, who also tested positive for COVID-19, also refused to communicate with the school.”

According to CNN, the health district said that it’s not planning to invest its “limited resources” in criminally charging the parent at this time.

Okay, but what about the 5th time it happens? Lock them up!

[GoCubsGo]

[Vrede too]

File this under 'It can always be worse'.

My Brother Died (diabetes) And My Anti-Vaccine Siblings Are Telling Me Not To Come To His Funeral

She's being subjected to too much moronic hatefulness to excerpt. Take a look, it's truly appalling.

[O Really]

File this under 'It can always be worse'.

My Brother Died (diabetes) And My Anti-Vaccine Siblings Are Telling Me Not To Come To His Funeral

She's being subjected to too much moronic hatefulness to excerpt. Take a look, it's truly appalling.

They're middle-agish people who all live in different states. I don't know why she'd want to socialize with them at all. They're certainly not treating her like a sister.

[Vrede too]

They're middle-agish people who all live in different states. I don't know why she'd want to socialize with them at all. They're certainly not treating her like a sister.

Guesses:

They were once close and mutually supportive and that's difficult to let go of;
Hopes of persuading one or more of them to not be suicidal;
Stubborn refusal to be intimidated by stupidity;
2 of her siblings are not wingnuts;
Nieces and nephews;
Grand nieces and nephews;
Expectation of eventually being able to say, "Nyah nyah, told you so."

[Vrede too]

Texas school district finds unique loophole in Gov. Abbott’s ban on mask mandates

The Paris school district found a loophole in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order preventing mask mandates across the state.

Paris ISD’s board of trustees voted to alter the district’s dress code to include masks, according to its website....

“The Texas Governor does not have the authority to usurp the Board of Trustees’ exclusive power and duty to govern and oversee the management of the public schools of the district,” Paris ISD said in a release posted on its website. “Nothing in the Governor’s Executive Order 38 states he has suspended Chapter 11 of the Texas Education Code, and therefore the Board has elected to amend its dress code consistent with its statutory authority.”

... Abbott announced Tuesday afternoon that he has contracted COVID-19, although he is so far asymptomatic, according to his spokesman.

“The Board of Trustees is concerned about the health and safety of its students and employees,” the Paris ISD release says. “The Board believes the dress code can be used to mitigate communicable health issues, and therefore has amended the PISD dress code to protect our students and employees.”

COVIDiot Abbott just got schooled.

ICU Doc Shows What 'Anxious and Scared' Gov. Greg Abbott Did After COVID-19 News

ICU doctor and NBC News analyst Vin Gupta is urging Texans to “take note” of the actions of Gov. Greg Abbott (R) after he tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday.

Abbott has actively thwarted efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic by banning mask and vaccine mandates....



COVID-19 cases have skyrocketed in Texas in recent weeks, from around 1,000 daily cases reported in early July to over 20,000 cases reported on Monday.

Despite those rising numbers, just 45 percent of the state is fully vaccinated, well below the U.S. average of 51 percent.

Abbott has also undermined efforts to slow the spread of the virus with his ban on mask mandates, and by going to court to uphold that ban.

NBC News reported on Tuesday that Abbott has told friends he has received a third dose of the vaccine.

Abbott’s positive test results came less than 24 hours after he attended a crowded event and posted images online showing him at the largely mask-free gathering.

[Vrede too]

Cardinal Who Expressed Skepticism About Vaccines Has COVID-19, Is On Ventilator

Catholicism - 0
Karma - 1

A Republican state senator who has proven to be one of Wisconsin’s most virulent critics of mask and vaccine mandates became sick enough to be hospitalized last week after contracting COVID-19, his office confirmed to The Daily Beast....

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Karma - 2

[GoCubsGo]

Following the science.

[Vrede too]

Following the science.

One tweeter says this is Manchester, England. I'm not seeing any obvious clues.

Hi, I'm here for the dipshit parade.

Get me off of this planet.

[Vrede too]

More sticks:

An Alabama doctor is reportedly refusing to treat unvaccinated patients, tells them to get COVID shot because he 'can't watch them die'

... Dr. Jason Valentine, who works at Northside's Diagnostic and Medical Clinic in Saraland, Alabama, shared a photo of himself in a since-deleted Facebook post standing by a sign that read: "Effective Oct. 1, 2021, Dr. Valentine will no longer see patients that are not vaccinated against COVID-19."

"If they asked why, I told them COVID is a miserable way to die and I can't watch them die like that," he wrote in the post, AL.com reported.

If patients still refuse to get the vaccine, Valentine said in a letter to his patients, they should seek care elsewhere. According to AL.com, he posted a copy of the letter online....

"Therefore, as of October 1st, 2021, I will no longer see patients that have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. If you wish to keep me as your physician, documentation of your vaccination will suffice. If you wish to choose another physician, we will be happy to transfer your records," he concluded....

Valentine said on Facebook that since he shared his new policy, three people have reached out to inquire about where they can get a COVID vaccine, according to AL.com,

"No conspiracy theories, no excuses. Just where do they go," he told the news outlet.

Op-Ed: As a doctor in a COVID unit, I'm running out of compassion for the unvaccinated. Get the shot

COVID Skeptics Are Refusing Life-Saving Blood Transfusions from Vaccinated Donors

The nation’s roiling tensions over vaccination against COVID-19 have spilled into an unexpected arena: lifesaving blood transfusions.

With nearly 60% of the eligible U.S. population fully vaccinated, most of the nation’s blood supply is now coming from donors who have been inoculated, experts said. That’s led some patients who are skeptical of the shots to demand transfusions only from the unvaccinated, an option blood centers insist is neither medically sound nor operationally feasible....

Cretins, the microchips are filtered out in the donation process.

[O Really]

(Circle reference to Cinema Thread) You always wonder why the (often) teenagers in horror movies always have to go down into the dark cellar where they've just heard the sound of axes hacking and chain saws roaring. These anti-vaxers, like going back to Jurassic Park, would absolutely keep going to the cellar and intentionally leave their flashlights, baseball bats, and even firearms behind in their car.

[Ulysses]

It's always a big mistake to abandon an operational flashlight.

[Vrede too]

(Circle reference to Cinema Thread) You always wonder why the (often) teenagers in horror movies always have to go down into the dark cellar where they've just heard the sound of axes hacking and chain saws roaring. These anti-vaxers, like going back to Jurassic Park, would absolutely keep going to the cellar and intentionally leave their flashlights, baseball bats, and even firearms behind in their car.

Others flock to an equally spooky and dangerous locale:

Gulf Coast's beloved 'Redneck Riviera' now a virus hotspot

... On maps that show virus “hot spots” in red, this part of the U.S. coast is glowing like a bad sunburn. And a summer of booming tourism that followed the lockdowns and travel restrictions of 2020 is making the turn toward fall with only a few signs of slowing down.

Health officials believe the spike is due to a combination of some of the nation’s lowest vaccination rates, unabated tourism, a disregard for basic health precautions and the region’s carefree lifestyle, all combining at a time when the mutated virus is more contagious than ever and conservative states are balking at new health restrictions....

The revelry came as just 12 miles (19 kilometers) to the north, South Baldwin Regional Medical Center was treating more than three dozen COVID-19 patients, nearly 90% of whom weren’t vaccinated, said spokesperson Taylor Lewis.

“After Memorial Day it was, ‘Everything is back to normal, go to the beach, take off your mask,’” said Dr. Bert Eichold, the chief public health official of Mobile County, just west of Gulf Shores. Mobile County's COVID-19 positivity rate has skyrocketed to nearly 30%, and the county has the most new cases in the state....

At The Dock, a beachfront restaurant that serves cold beer and seafood beside the public beach in Pensacola, Florida, manager Justin Smith said the tourist season has been busy and his staff has managed to stay healthy, at least so far. While more vaccinations could help, Smith said he’d never require his staff to get inoculated.

“I’ve been here 18 years. It ain’t gonna happen,” he said.

Outbreaks caused by the coronavirus are threatening to overwhelm the region’s health care system and traditions. Panama City Beach, Florida, cited the pandemic in canceling an annual country music festival set for early September, and New Orleans has clamped down on mask-wearing and called off multiple events.

While urging people to get vaccinated, state leaders including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey have resisted imposing new restrictions, even as hospital beds fill up. On Monday, officials said 1,560 patients needed intensive care treatment in Alabama, where hospitals have just 1,562 ICU beds.

Hospital executives joined together in Pensacola last week to plead for more vaccinations while also knocking down false rumors about vaccines and masks. In an area dominated by Christian conservatives, Mayor Grover C. Robinson IV made a direct appeal for churchgoers to get shots.

“Two of our hospitals are Christian affiliated,” he said. “One of the first things it says all throughout the Bible is, ‘Do not be afraid.’”

More people are getting initial vaccine doses than a few weeks ago, but it hasn’t been enough so far to stop the spread of COVID-19. Of 11 coastal counties in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, Okaloosa County in Florida has the region’s highest share of fully vaccinated residents at 41.3%, statistics show. Many are around one-third, and all are below the national average of nearly 51%....

[billy.pilgrim]

(Circle reference to Cinema Thread) You always wonder why the (often) teenagers in horror movies always have to go down into the dark cellar where they've just heard the sound of axes hacking and chain saws roaring. These anti-vaxers, like going back to Jurassic Park, would absolutely keep going to the cellar and intentionally leave their flashlights, baseball bats, and even firearms behind in their car.

Others flock to an equally spooky and dangerous locale:

Gulf Coast's beloved 'Redneck Riviera' now a virus hotspot

... On maps that show virus “hot spots” in red, this part of the U.S. coast is glowing like a bad sunburn. And a summer of booming tourism that followed the lockdowns and travel restrictions of 2020 is making the turn toward fall with only a few signs of slowing down.

Health officials believe the spike is due to a combination of some of the nation’s lowest vaccination rates, unabated tourism, a disregard for basic health precautions and the region’s carefree lifestyle, all combining at a time when the mutated virus is more contagious than ever and conservative states are balking at new health restrictions....

The revelry came as just 12 miles (19 kilometers) to the north, South Baldwin Regional Medical Center was treating more than three dozen COVID-19 patients, nearly 90% of whom weren’t vaccinated, said spokesperson Taylor Lewis.

“After Memorial Day it was, ‘Everything is back to normal, go to the beach, take off your mask,’” said Dr. Bert Eichold, the chief public health official of Mobile County, just west of Gulf Shores. Mobile County's COVID-19 positivity rate has skyrocketed to nearly 30%, and the county has the most new cases in the state....

At The Dock, a beachfront restaurant that serves cold beer and seafood beside the public beach in Pensacola, Florida, manager Justin Smith said the tourist season has been busy and his staff has managed to stay healthy, at least so far. While more vaccinations could help, Smith said he’d never require his staff to get inoculated.

“I’ve been here 18 years. It ain’t gonna happen,” he said.

Outbreaks caused by the coronavirus are threatening to overwhelm the region’s health care system and traditions. Panama City Beach, Florida, cited the pandemic in canceling an annual country music festival set for early September, and New Orleans has clamped down on mask-wearing and called off multiple events.

While urging people to get vaccinated, state leaders including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey have resisted imposing new restrictions, even as hospital beds fill up. On Monday, officials said 1,560 patients needed intensive care treatment in Alabama, where hospitals have just 1,562 ICU beds.

Hospital executives joined together in Pensacola last week to plead for more vaccinations while also knocking down false rumors about vaccines and masks. In an area dominated by Christian conservatives, Mayor Grover C. Robinson IV made a direct appeal for churchgoers to get shots.

“Two of our hospitals are Christian affiliated,” he said. “One of the first things it says all throughout the Bible is, ‘Do not be afraid.’”

More people are getting initial vaccine doses than a few weeks ago, but it hasn’t been enough so far to stop the spread of COVID-19. Of 11 coastal counties in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, Okaloosa County in Florida has the region’s highest share of fully vaccinated residents at 41.3%, statistics show. Many are around one-third, and all are below the national average of nearly 51%....

Pensacola Beach may be a lot of things and thanks to DeSantis has acted even worse than Gulf Shores on Covid, but the term Redneck Riviera refers to Alabama's developed gulf coast - Gulf Shores to Orange Beach.

[O Really]

Pensacola Beach may be a lot of things and thanks to DeSantis has acted even worse than Gulf Shores on Covid, but the term Redneck Riviera refers to Alabama's developed gulf coast - Gulf Shores to Orange Beach.

Good to know. I thought the term applied also to Mississippi's coastal places, out to Biloxi. Maybe that's the Redneck Overflow.

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Pensacola Beach may be a lot of things and thanks to DeSantis has acted even worse than Gulf Shores on Covid, but the term Redneck Riviera refers to Alabama's developed gulf coast - Gulf Shores to Orange Beach.

Wiki says that it's just FL:

... The area and particularly the beaches along the Emerald Coast from Pensacola to Panama City are also referred to as the "Redneck Riviera", alluding to the strong Southern culture of the hinterland....

... The beach towns in the Panhandle, many of which play host to college students during spring break, are sometimes derisively called the Redneck Riviera. The term was used as the title of a song by country music artist Tom T. Hall on his 1996 album Songs from Sopchoppy. The album takes its name from a town in rural Wakulla County, near Tallahassee....

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band:

"Redneck Riviera"

... Well the surf is up in Alabam'
Mississippi, Florida and the Gulf shore sand ...

Oh, the surf is up in Florida down
Panama City to the Destin Sound ...

Tom T. Hall:

"Redneck Riviera"

... Gulf Shores up through Apalachi-cola ...

The Online Slang Dictionary:

The Emerald Coast, an area of Florida, USA on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, between Pensacola and Port St. Joe.

Travel Codex:

What is the Redneck Riviera?

There’s not actually a standard definition of what makes up the “Redneck Riviera”. The term most commonly applies to the stretch of westernmost Florida Panhandle Gulf Coast. Roughly, that takes you from the Alabama border to Panama City. The stretch of sand also goes by the nicknames “Lower Alabama”, “LA”, and the “Emerald Coast”. However, others extend the term as far west as Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. For simplicity, I’ll define it as the Alabama and Florida Panhandle coasts, from Dauphin Island to Panama City....

Ocean Reef Resorts:

... The term Redneck Riviera is credited to a writer for the New York Times named Howell Raines. In 1978 he wrote a whimsical article entitled: Living it up on the Redneck Riviera, which was about famous rich NFL quarterbacks Richard Todd and Kenny Stabler who had the money to live wherever they wanted to but chose the shores of Lower Alabama (locals call it LA), to become their offseason home. It is somewhat unique to be in a part of the nation that is actually further south than Alabama, but that’s precisely where the Florida Panhandle is and where these sugary shores became known as the Redneck Riviera....

Here's the original NYT article cited above:
Todd and Stabler Offseason Game: Living It Up on ‘Redneck Riviera’
It does refer to "Lower Alabama", but does not say only "Lower Alabama".

[billy.pilgrim]

Pensacola Beach may be a lot of things and thanks to DeSantis has acted even worse than Gulf Shores on Covid, but the term Redneck Riviera refers to Alabama's developed gulf coast - Gulf Shores to Orange Beach.

Good to know. I thought the term applied also to Mississippi's coastal places, out to Biloxi. Maybe that's the Redneck Overflow.

You may be right. Mississippi gulf coast might also use the term except that no one ever vacationed in Mississippi's 6 inch deep dirty river water.

Gulf Shores is usually pretty clean and most tourists claim Orange Beach to be the beginning of the clear water.

[O Really]

You may be right. Mississippi gulf coast might also use the term except that no one ever vacationed in Mississippi's 6 inch deep dirty river water.

Maybe some do - at least when other places are closed.
https://www.wlox.com/2020/04/25/vistors ... h-numbers/

[billy.pilgrim]

Plenty of tourists at the Mississippi gulf coast since all the casinos (floating in the calm 6 inch gulf waters along the coast) moved in. Before the casinos there were a few motel 6 type motels across hwy 98 from the gulf, but that was all.