Coronavirus

[JAVO]

A Quiet And 'Unsettling' Pandemic Toll: Students Who've Fallen Off The Grid : NPR

An estimated 3 million students may have dropped out of school learning since March, according to Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit that focuses on underserved youth. The group's study cited a lack of Internet access, housing insecurity, disabilities and language barriers as major obstacles to attending virtual classes during the pandemic.

"It is really, really unsettling," says Alex, a teacher in western Virginia, who asked that her last name not be used for fear of repercussions for speaking out. "I think people don't realize how much we need to see these kids. A lot of times in schools, we are the first line for seeing signs of child abuse, for seeing signs of food insecurity. And you don't have that with virtual students. Especially when they ghost."

 

[Mole]

1348 and now:

"“Anno bisesto, anno funesto” — leap year, fatal year — goes an ancient Italian saying, whose origins apparently lie in the devastating plague that hit the Italian city-states in the leap year of 1348.

Then, as in the leap year that has just finished, it was the most autocratic rulers — the Visconti in Milan and the Gonzaga of Mantua — who responded most brutally, and seemingly most effectively, to the epidemic by implementing draconian policies of mandatory isolation, closing public places and prohibiting foreigners from entering the city.

Over the longer term, however, it was not the autocracies but the republics, such as Florence and Venice, that best weathered the storm, devising new institutions — from permanent boards of health to sinking funds for managing public debt — that could deal with the epidemic’s enduring consequences.

And precisely because of their willingness to improvise and adapt, they were more creative, prosperous and stable than their autocratic rivals, and hence fundamentally stronger.".

 

[Z Buck McFate]

Here's a GOP casualty.

Louisiana congressman-elect dies of Covid

No confirmation that he attended any GOP super-spreader events, but the guy was in his early 40s.

However it is certainly within the realm of possibility that him or someone in his circle did actually attend some stupid political mass-gathering.

I went to check his Twitter for possible posthumous covid denials/disinformation (like Herman Cain's Twitter account, which continued to post denials/disinformation long after covid killed him) and discovered he doesn't seem to have a Twiiter account, but there's a trail of posts about how it's fake news. Breitbart and NY Post headlines claim it was a heart attack, and people posting those links as support don't seem to be reading the actual pieces (which clearly state it was a consequence/complication of covid).

It's frustrating and demoralizing that we have to share the country with these people.

Breitbart: Rep.-Elect Luke Letlow Suffered Heart Attack During Operation


NY Post: Congressman-elect Luke Letlow suffered a heart attack following operation

 

[Virtual ghost]

Worldometer


Judge for yourself.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Worldometer

Judge for yourself.

Yesterday globally there were record infections and one entire rural town worth of people died.

 

[Jaguar]

Pharmacist arrested after deliberately destroying 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

 

[The Cat]

Pharmacist arrested after deliberately destroying 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

I was wondering when these wackadoos would start showing up on the scene...

 

[Jaguar]

I was wondering when these wackadoos would start showing up on the scene...

I'd like to know what the person's problem is. You don't just do crazy shit like that.

 

[The Cat]

I'd like to know what the person's problem is. You don't just do crazy shit like that.

Some do it for money, some do it for spite, and some do it because they're told to by monstrous voices in the night. Tbh I doubt there's any reason that wouldn't just sound horrible. -_-

 

[Lexicon]

I'd like to know what the person's problem is. You don't just do crazy shit like that.

Same reason some pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives or the morning after pill, even if the Rx is valid & the medicine is in stock. Their personal beliefs (in this case probably crazy conspiracy theorist beliefs) are grossly overvalued, & they feel entitled to make unqualified medical decisions for complete strangers.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi's homes vandalized with graffiti

 

[ceecee]

Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers | Israel | The Guardian

Kind of doing a genocide of Palestinians is very on brand for an apartheid state, such as Israel.

 

[JAVO]

Probably not the last in the series "COVID-19: Oops, Maybe That Was Overkill"...

Disinfecting Surfaces And Parcels To Fend Off The Coronavirus May Be Overkill : Shots - Health News : NPR

 

[JAVO]

Science has a lot to say about the past year...

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

Science has a lot to say about the past year...

Conspiracy theorists are the biggest conformists. All you have to do is retract information and everyone believes it. I might use it to my advantage. I've thought of declaring I shockingly won every grammy and then retract it. Every single conspiracy theorist will believe it. It's never been easier to convince people of shit.

 

[ceecee]

Pharmacist arrested after deliberately destroying 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Oh..

Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was “crashing down” told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed the shots would mutate people’s DNA, according to court documents released Monday.

Police in Grafton, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Milwaukee, arrested Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist Steven Brandenburg last week following an investigation into the 57 spoiled vials of the Moderna vaccine, which officials say contained enough doses to inoculate more than 500 people. Charges are pending.

“He’d formed this belief they were unsafe,” Ozaukee County District Attorney Adam Gerol said during a virtual hearing. He added that Brandenburg was upset because he and his wife are divorcing, and an Aurora employee said Brandenburg had taken a gun to work twice.

 

[Jaguar]

Anti-Mask Protesters Stormed A Los Angeles Grocery Store And Mall

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[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers | Israel | The Guardian

Kind of doing a genocide of Palestinians is very on brand for an apartheid state, such as Israel.

I wish I could say that surprises me, but it does not.

Waiting for someone to call me a Nazi, now.

 

[Lexicon]

Anti-Mask Protesters Stormed A Los Angeles Grocery Store And Mall

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Ugh. I’m not surprised, but still.


In one confrontation at the Westfield mall on Sunday, a woman who told protesters she was a doctor said her relative was in the hospital with COVID-19. A protester responded, "People die. That’s life. People die. Your father’s not special."


...What a piece of human garbage.


Glad I live in the Northeast. It’s too fricken cold for people to pull that crap here.

 

[Jaguar]

Ugh. I’m not surprised, but still.


In one confrontation at the Westfield mall on Sunday, a woman who told protesters she was a doctor said her relative was in the hospital with COVID-19. A protester responded, "People die. That’s life. People die. Your father’s not special."


...What a piece of human garbage.


Glad I live in the Northeast. It’s too fricken cold for people to pull that crap here.

I rather enjoyed the masked guy in one of the videos cussing out the guy without a mask on. He was brutal.