6 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

Wrong condiment.  Trumpbots don't eat salads.

He means whip cream doofus.  Ambrosia salad.

36 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Tennessee recently ended vaccine outreach programs for all vaccines/diseases, not just covid. They also banned vaccine drives at schools for students who are not up to date on them. It's a literal death cult, folks.

Seems like a self correcting problem then.

1 hour ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

If this disease was affecting a different population, these evangelicals would be saying this was a pestilence sent by God to cleanse humanity of its sins. 

The world turns because Jesus can't roll over in his grave any more.

1 hour ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

Seems like a self correcting problem then.

Have i finally got a dance partner?

19 minutes ago, dawkins4prez said:

Have i finally got a dance partner?

I don't want anyone to die. I would much prefer they wise up and vaccinate. But I'm not going to waste emotion on people choosing ignorance.

1 hour ago, Toastrel said:

The world turns because Jesus can't roll over in his grave any more.

4.2-magnitude earthquake lightly rattles southern Israel; no damage reported

Tremors felt as far north as Jerusalem, with stronger shake felt by residents of Eilat, Beersheva, Yeruham and the Arava desert

Just now, Talkingbirds said:

4.2-magnitude earthquake lightly rattles southern Israel; no damage reported

Tremors felt as far north as Jerusalem, with stronger shake felt by residents of Eilat, Beersheva, Yeruham and the Arava desert

I stand corrected.

 

 

4 hours ago, Kz! said:

 

Twatter has your panties all wet again.  This kid is (was) an Economist at the fda. He’s expressing his own delusional thoughts.  It’s the equivalent of what you do here every day.  Should we go to twatter and tag your employer in the dumb crap that you post here? 
 

again, more nothingness.  It’s about all we expect from you anymore.  You’re  losing ground here.  You managed to drop the bar is so low and yet you still can’t get over it.  

Update from Swedish govt this morning.  Plans to remove all restrictions are confirmed with start date next Wed Sept 29th.  We join Denmark who lifted everything a few weeks back.

Overall we are at about 62% full vaccination and 71% with first jab with the over 12 group really just getting going.  Boosters will be given to those over 65 and those who have special risks.  On the street, people have already started coming back to work physically to a certain extent and that will no doubt ramp up.  There have been virtually no masks around anywhere since June.

Last year at this time Sweden was just entering the fall wave which ended up being pretty bad.  I'll of course report back in here on what happens as we move forward this year.  Right now there is a tiny wave of cases but icu patients are way down and declining and deaths super low and remain within the elderly.  Overall, cumulative numbers continue to move in the right direction as compared to others.  At one point Sweden was top 20 for deaths per capita but is now around 45 and continues to drop bit by bit.  Generally, Sweden has fared a good bit better than many of its European neighbors and only somewhat worse vs. nearby Denmark/Norway once all factors are considered (demographics, previous flu seasons, population density, etc.).

Long way to go still it would seem...

12 hours ago, VanHammersly said:

Wrong condiment.  Trumpbots don't eat salads.

The libs own Heinz - they will poison ketchup, which Trumpbots use on steak.

Should be interesting to see how the media handles the intersection of their two biggest news stories of the past 18 months...

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Black Lives Matter of Greater New York leader blasts vaccine mandates as racist and disrespectful

Timothy Nerozzi

‎Wed‎, ‎September‎ ‎22‎, ‎2021‎ ‎4‎:‎06‎ ‎PM·5 min read

 

EXCLUSIVE — Black Lives Matter activists have turned on New York City's leadership over what they claim are racist COVID-19 vaccine requirements.

Mayor Bill De Blasio has aggressively pushed a "vaccine passport" system that bars entry to restaurants, gyms, and other public places without proof of COVID-19 inoculation. But with black residents lagging the overall population in vaccinations, the rules are disproportionately affecting a minority group usually in step with Democratic policies. The schism came to a head on Monday, when Black Lives Matter of Greater New York launched a protest outside a restaurant where enforcement of the policy sparked a melee.

Hawk Newsome is a black activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York — one of the many prominent Black Lives Matter organizations outside the hierarchy of the Black Lives Matter Global Network. He founded the group with his sister, Chivona Newsome. Both siblings spoke at the Monday protest, where Hawk accused the city of using vaccination requirements to run cover for its "racist ways" and "discrimination."

Newsome spoke with the Washington Examiner about the difficulties vaccine-hesitant blacks are facing in the era of medical passports.

"We are not anti-vaxxers. Some of us are vaccinated," Newsome said of his group. "It's an individual's choice. No one should be forced to put something in their body."

BLM ORGANIZER SAYS DE BLASIO VACCINE MANDATE WEAPONIZED AGAINST BLACK COMMUNITY

The number of black residents in New York City who have not been vaccinated is drastically disproportionate to other racial groups. More than 70% of black people in New York City aged 18 to 44 have not gotten the injection — a statistic touted by Chivona at the Monday protest. There is a variety of reasons for the lag in shots, including religious beliefs and distrust of the government.

"It's black people who have a natural distrust of the vaccine," Newsome said. He cited the Tuskeegee Syphilis Study as an example of historic exploitation of black people by the U.S. medical community, despite the fact that vaccines are accessible to people of all racial groups.

BLMGNY is advocating for the complete abolition of vaccine requirements, not only in the city but also on a national level.

"I think, in a perfect world, [vaccine requirements] should be business by business. But it could be a slippery slope, so the mandate should be removed completely," Newsome said, adding, "It's not gonna be white men in suits on Wall Street who are gonna get stopped. There's such hypocrisy in this thing."

Newsome, a Baptist, said that what infuriates him the most is the lack of accommodations for an individual's spiritual objections to the vaccine.

"How dare they remove religious exemptions? It's the most disrespectful thing I've ever seen," Newsome said. "Now the government has decided your God doesn't matter? I love God."

On Thursday, three black women were taped attacking the waitress at Carmine's Italian Restaurant, after which they were arrested and charged with instigating a fight. The women allege that the waitress used racial slurs against them that provoked them, but no recording of such an altercation has been made public thus far. The owner of Carmine's, Jeffrey Bank, denied that his hostess used racist language while asking for proof of vaccination.

"Three women brutally attacked our hostess without provocation, got arrested and charged for their misconduct, and then, over the last several days, had their lawyer falsely and grossly misrepresent their acts of wanton violence in a cynical attempt to try to excuse the inexcusable," Bank said in a statement.

Regardless of Bank's explanation, protesters, including both Newsome and his sister, took to the streets against the restaurant and the city's vaccine mandates.

A Black Lives Matter protester was recorded shouting at a member of the community anti-crime group "Guardian Angels" during the protest. The unidentified man, who was wearing a black tank top and mask, repeatedly shouted "suck d***" in the face of Patrol Lead for the Guardian Angels Joshua Penner, 77WABC News reported.

BLMGNY is not new to controversial political demonstrations, and neither is Newsome.

Following the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, which sparked several nationwide demonstrations and led to former police officer Derek Chauvin being convicted on murder charges, Newsome said if the United States doesn't "give [black people] what they want," they would "burn this system down," while refusing to clarify whether his statement was literal or figurative. At one point in the Fox News interview, Newsome also referred to Jesus Christ as "the most famous black radical revolutionary in history."

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Newsome insisted to the Washington Examiner that his group isn't "running to the Right" in critiquing the Democratic leadership in New York.

"I'm a follower of Malcolm X," Newsome said, calling the historic black activist the greatest civil rights leader in U.S. history. "Malcolm X didn't trust the Republicans, but he also didn't trust the Democrats."

"Do we agree with the Right? No," he continued, adding that he cannot align with the GOP because he believes their platform is built around the oppression of black people. However, Newsome believes that black communities are being intentionally left out of discussions about vaccine hesitancy by left-wing politicians.

"It fits a narrative to say crazy Trumpsters are the only ones who don't want to take the vaccine," Newsome said.

https://news.yahoo.com/black-lives-matter-greater-york-200600400.html

Finally

58 minutes ago, Dawkins 20 said:

Should be interesting to see how the media handles the intersection of their two biggest news stories of the past 18 months...

Love it when the left eats their own 

1 hour ago, Dawkins 20 said:

Should be interesting to see how the media handles the intersection of their two biggest news stories of the past 18 months...

BLM can eat a dick. Vaccine mandates aren't racist. And the only respect that matters here is for your fellow American, and the way to do that is to get vaccinated. Acting like you've been disrespected because someone is requiring you to be vaccinated to eat at their restaurant to protect your health and that of others is laughably stupid and ironic.

34 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Love it when the left eats their own 

If only the right had the stones. Sadly, the sappy cultists worship people, eschew critical thinking, and self-examination.

 

 

I'll have to look deeper when I'm less sleep deprived but curious if they made any comments on a Moderna booster.  Or people with previous Moderna vaccines getting a Pfizer booster. I know a few that have already done that due to immunocompromised status. 

3 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I'll have to look deeper when I'm less sleep deprived but curious if they made any comments on a Moderna booster.  Or people with previous Moderna vaccines getting a Pfizer booster. I know a few that have already done that due to immunocompromised status. 

No, this was just for a pfizer booster. Presumably for previous pfizer recipients but I don't know if they explicitly stated that yet. ACIP is meeting today to further refine guidance, so I expect that's what they'll say when they release their recommendations.

2 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I'll have to look deeper when I'm less sleep deprived but curious if they made any comments on a Moderna booster.  Or people with previous Moderna vaccines getting a Pfizer booster. I know a few that have already done that due to immunocompromised status. 

I know folks getting the moderna shot as their booster.  Can’t believe corporate run pharmacies are allowing their stores to use unapproved vaccines for the booster.  Seems like a terrible risk decision on their part.  But what do I know?

38 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

BLM can eat a dick. Vaccine mandates aren't racist. And the only respect that matters here is for your fellow American, and the way to do that is to get vaccinated. Acting like you've been disrespected because someone is requiring you to be vaccinated to eat at their restaurant to protect your health and that of others is laughably stupid and ironic.

Wow.  Didn't know you were a closeted racist homophobe.

38 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

BLM can eat a dick. Vaccine mandates aren't racist. And the only respect that matters here is for your fellow American, and the way to do that is to get vaccinated. Acting like you've been disrespected because someone is requiring you to be vaccinated to eat at their restaurant to protect your health and that of others is laughably stupid and ironic.

The one thing I would say is that the United States government has a long history of providing people of color with suspect medical treatment.  But they should still get vaccinated.  Lol

4 minutes ago, barho said:

I know folks getting the moderna shot as their booster.  Can’t believe corporate run pharmacies are allowing their stores to use unapproved vaccines for the booster.  Seems like a terrible risk decision on their part.  But what do I know?

I got the Pfizer, but for the booster I was interested in getting the Moderna. I agree that it's surprising, but with the rush to get as many shots in arms as possible there don't appear to be many checks in the system. 

Just now, Dave Moss said:

The one thing I would say is that the United States government has a long history of providing people of color with suspect medical treatment.  But they should still get vaccinated.  Lol

Part of the reason I found the super high Native American vaccination rates so interesting. They essentially took the exact opposite approach of the black community despite a bad history with whitey's schemes too.