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2021-12-10 at 5:32 PM UTC in I got my Covid Booster 101f temp
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2021-12-10 at 5:26 PM UTC in I got my Covid Booster 101f temp
Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Those are only the cases where we caught you little guys with your pants down. There are many more, I'm sure.
AS ALWAYS WITH YOU, WHACKADOODLE...ABSOLUTELY NEVER ANY CREDIBLE PROOF OF YOUR NUTSO PRONOUNCEMENTS.
FIVE out of OVER EIGHT BILLION! The sky is falling. What a nut case. -
2021-12-10 at 5:20 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sCNN
A single sentence that perfectly captures the utter madness of the Trump era
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
In an interview with Donald Trump earlier this week, conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt said something truly breath-taking.
"You know, Mr. President, you and I disagree about the election, but we agree on so much," Hewitt told Trump, segueing into a conversation about China's hypersonic missiles.
Talk about an other-than-that-how-was-the-play-Mrs. Lincoln moment!
That Hewitt uttered that line without irony is a telling window into how conservatives have found ways to rationalize Trump and his fundamentally anti-democratic attempts to undermine the faith of the American public in the 2020 election results.
Here's the reality: You can't just sort of yada yada the election rejection embraced by Trump. Because in refusing to accept the result of the 2020 election and repeatedly (and falsely) alleging voter fraud, Trump is actively working against everything that makes America, well, America.
Hewitt's attempt to dismiss his disagreement with Trump over the election then as just another policy disagreement is laughable. This isn't Hewitt saying we should have stayed in Afghanistan and Trump saying we should have pulled American troops out. This is the former President of the United States refusing to accept the results of a national election.
And, it's actually more than that. It's that Trump has turned election denialism into a litmus test for aspiring Republican candidates. If you aren't willing to say you believe -- contra all available evidence -- that the 2020 election was stolen, then you not only won't have Trump's support but may well find him actively working to defeat you when you run for reelection. (See Brian Kemp and David Perdue in Georgia. Also Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel.)
Trump is working to make a belief that the 2020 election was stolen a central piece of the Republican Party platform. And, again, this isn't like making abortion or trade a party platform. This is making a rejection of American democracy a major part of what it means to be a Republican.
Because of all of that, Hewitt can't simply write what Trump is doing as a place where they disagree. That sort of justification is how we got into this mess, with one of the two major political parties in the country devolving more into a cult of personality than any sort of organization gathered together by a shared set of principles and policies.
Refusing to believe in the results of a free and fair election have to be disqualifying for any party leader. It's non-negotiable. If we can't agree that the election was fair -- even if our preferred candidate lost -- then we have sacrificed the thing that makes America great. That Hewitt -- and his fellow conservatives who continue to bend over backward to placate Trump -- can't (or won't) see that suggests just how lost the conservative movement is at the moment. -
2021-12-10 at 5:04 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sLOL
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2021-12-10 at 5 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!
Originally posted by stl1 CNN
Covid-19 patients at this hospital are dying 'at a rate we've never seen die before' – and it's taking a toll on health care workers
By Miguel Marquez and Holly Yan
"Since January, we've had about 289 deaths; 75% are unvaccinated people," Dover said. "And the very few (vaccinated people) who passed away all were more than 6 months out from their shot. So we've not had a single person who has had a booster shot die from Covid."
It's not just Michigan that's facing an arduous winter with Covid-19. Nationwide, Covid-19 hospitalizations have increased 40% compared to a month ago, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
"Before they walked in the door, they had a normal life. They were healthy people. They were out celebrating Thanksgiving," Williams said. "And now they're here, with a mask on their face, teary eyed, staring at me, asking me if they're going to live or not."
'We need everybody to get vaccinated'
He's also urging those who previously had Covid-19 to get vaccinated, as some people can get reinfected.
"My daughter's a good example. She had Covid twice before she was eligible for a vaccine," Dover said.
"She still got a vaccine because we know that if you don't get the vaccine, just merely having contracted Covid is not enough to protect you from getting it again. And I know that from personal experience." -
2021-12-10 at 4:55 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!As always with you...post your source...if you can.
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2021-12-10 at 3:41 PM UTC in STICK IT, Damn It!CNN
Covid-19 patients at this hospital are dying 'at a rate we've never seen die before' -- and it's taking a toll on health care workers
By Miguel Marquez and Holly Yan
Nurse Katie Sefton never thought Covid-19 could get this bad -- and certainly not this late in the pandemic.
Katie Sefton said she's now seeing younger patients die from Covid-19.
"I was really hoping that we'd (all) get vaccinated and things would be back to normal," said Sefton, an assistant manager at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan.
But this week Michigan had more patients hospitalized for Covid-19 than ever before. Covid-19 hospitalizations jumped 88% in the past month, according to the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.
"We have more patients than we've ever had at any point, and we're seeing more people die at a rate we've never seen die before," said Jim Dover, president and CEO of Sparrow Health System.
"Since January, we've had about 289 deaths; 75% are unvaccinated people," Dover said. "And the very few (vaccinated people) who passed away all were more than 6 months out from their shot. So we've not had a single person who has had a booster shot die from Covid."
Among the new Covid-19 victims, Sefton said she's noticed a disturbing trend.
"We're seeing a lot of younger people. And I think that is a bit challenging," said Sefton, a 20-year nursing veteran.
She recalls helping the family of a young adult say goodbye to their loved one.
"It was an awful night," she said. "That was one of the days I went home and just cried."
'We haven't peaked yet'
It's not just Michigan that's facing an arduous winter with Covid-19. Nationwide, Covid-19 hospitalizations have increased 40% compared to a month ago, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
This is the first holiday season with the relentless spread of the Delta variant -- a strain far more contagious than those Americans faced last winter.
"We keep talking about how we haven't peaked yet," Sefton said.
Health experts say the best protection against Delta is to get vaccinated and boosted. But as of Thursday, only about 64.3% of eligible Americans had been fully vaccinated, and less than a third of those eligible for boosters have gotten one.
Sparrow Hospital nurse Danielle Williams said the vast majority of her Covid-19 patients are not vaccinated -- and had no idea they could get pummeled so hard by Covid-19.
"Before they walked in the door, they had a normal life. They were healthy people. They were out celebrating Thanksgiving," Williams said. "And now they're here, with a mask on their face, teary eyed, staring at me, asking me if they're going to live or not."
'The next few weeks look hard'
Dover said he's saddened but not surprised that his state is getting walloped with Covid-19.
"Michigan is not one of the highest vaccination states in the nation. So it continues to have variant after variant grow and expand across the state," he said.
"The next few weeks look hard. We're over 100% capacity right now," Dover said.
"Most hospitals and health systems in the state of Michigan have gone to code-red triage, which means they won't accept transfers. And as we go into the holidays, if the current growth rate that we're at today, we would expect to see 200 in-patient Covid patients by the end of the month -- on a daily basis."
And that would mean "absolutely stretching us to the breaking point," Dover said.
"We've already discontinued in-patient elective surgeries," he said. "In order to create capacity, we took our post-anesthesia recovery care unit and converted it into another critical care unit."
'There's a lot of frustration'
Nurse Leah Rasch is exhausted. She's worked with Covid-19 patients since the beginning of the pandemic and was stunned to see so many people still unvaccinated enter the Covid unit.
"I did not think we'd be here. I truly thought that people would be vaccinated," the Sparrow Hospital nurse said.
"I don't remember the last time we did not have a full Covid floor."
The relentless onslaught of Covid-19 patients has impacted Rasch's own health.
"There's a lot of frustration," she said. "The other day, I had my first panic attack ... I drove to work and I couldn't get out of the car."
'We need everybody to get vaccinated'
Dover said many people have asked how they can support health care workers.
"If you really want to support your staff, and you really want to support health care heroes, get vaccinated," he said. "It's not political. We need everybody to get vaccinated."
He's also urging those who previously had Covid-19 to get vaccinated, as some people can get reinfected.
"My daughter's a good example. She had Covid twice before she was eligible for a vaccine," Dover said.
"She still got a vaccine because we know that if you don't get the vaccine, just merely having contracted Covid is not enough to protect you from getting it again. And I know that from personal experience."
And those who are unvaccinated shouldn't underestimate the pandemic right now, Dover said.
"The problem is, it's not over yet. I don't know if people realize just how critical it still is," he said.
"But they do realize it when they come into the ER, and they have to wait three days for a bed. And at that point, they realize it." -
2021-12-10 at 6:36 AM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty's
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2021-12-09 at 7:01 PM UTC in "going away peacefully"No, it was shitty!
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2021-12-09 at 6:09 PM UTC in SpectraL has died.How many times was Rump impeached?
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2021-12-09 at 6:02 PM UTC in how much money have you stored in a safe depositReligion is the last refuge of scoundrels.
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2021-12-09 at 5:59 PM UTC in how much money have you stored in a safe deposit
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2021-12-09 at 5:53 PM UTC in THE MAGA PARTY!,,, the GOP is dead, republicans are going down with the dems,, get ready for THE MAGA PARTY lefty'sHey, you made that bed.
Now...sleep in it and quit whining, you big baby!
Why are you refusing to answer the simple question "How many times was Rump impeached?" -
2021-12-09 at 5:49 PM UTC in I got my Covid Booster 101f tempI feel strange. Do I have Covid maybe?
I don't think so. I think it may be from agreeing with JIggly Booty so much.
Hell, next thing may even be Tech thanking him! -
2021-12-09 at 5:43 PM UTC in I got my Covid Booster 101f temp
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2021-12-09 at 5:41 PM UTC in I got my Covid Booster 101f temp
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2021-12-09 at 5:37 PM UTC in I got my Covid Booster 101f temp
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2021-12-09 at 5:31 PM UTC in I got my Covid Booster 101f temp
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2021-12-09 at 5:29 PM UTC in I got my Covid Booster 101f temp
Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There's actually over a thousand different articles from a thousand different places across the globe where a "mistake" was made that people received a saline solution shot "by accident". And yet people call that "coincidence". That's how truly dumbed-down stupid these ignorant jackasses really are.
They're the greatest threat and menace the world has ever faced.
That's like claiming there was voter fraud in elections. There is always a miniscule amount of voter fraud in national elections. It's usually some Republican voting for his recently deceased parent because "That's what daddy would have wanted! He loved Rump!" There has never been enough fraud to impact the results in the USA.
Likewise, there is always going to be whackadoodles like Speculum who will either intentionally sabotage something like the vaccine rollout because of a warped political idea or just an innocent mistake.
Your examples headline 2 or 5 incidents worldwide. Guess what? There have been OVER 8 BILLION SHOTS of a Covid 19 vaccine administered worldwide...and counting. Here's my examples:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations - Our World in Data
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
55% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. 8.21 billion doses have been administered globally, and 33.87 million are now administered each day. Only 6.2% of …
Cited by: 319
Publish Year: 2020
Author: Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Cameron Appel, Charlie Giattino, Esteban Ortiz-...
More Than 8.22 Billion Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution
Dec 04, 2020 · More than 8.09 billion doses have been administered— 105 shots for every 100 people worldwide. no data 0 10 50 100 150. doses per 100 people. Note: Data gathered from government …
How many times was Rump impeached, whackadoodle? -
2021-12-09 at 5:10 PM UTC in I got my Covid Booster 101f temp
