And another day of counterfeit vax cards, hospitals in trouble, retaliations, Hurricane Ida, TX House Speaker bans the word ‘racism,’ death threats, child mental health, no school free lunch, water worries, and a 100% gargantuan nightmare comes to a close:
“Texas is seeing a 550% spike in poison calls from people ingesting horse and cow dewormer. We live in the dumbest timeline.” -- Kolleen
Deaths
US: 653,405 (+1449)
World: 4,498,864 (+10,294)
Cases
US: 38,540,401 (+198,248)
World: 216,204,266 (+723,954)
A burgeoning online market for counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards is setting off alarm bells for federal health officials, who warn that the demand for fake proof of immunity is on the rise.
Florida Judge Throws Out Gov. Ron DeSantis' Order Prohibiting School Mask Mandates. A Florida judge has ruled that school districts in the state can require students to wear masks. At least 10 school districts — including some in many of the largest cities — had been defying state rules set by Gov. Ron DeSantis banning mask mandates.
Hospitals across the state of Texas are once again finding themselves buckling under the pressures of an overwhelmed health system, with an average of more than 1,700 patients a day currently streaming into emergency rooms across the state.
'If you get sick, we may not have a bed': Covid surge pushes Oregon hospitals to the brink. Oregon has more people hospitalized than at any other point in the pandemic, which officials attribute to the hyper-contagious Delta variant and low vaccination rates in some regions. The state’s governor has dispatched about 1,500 national guard troops to hospitals in the state and reinstated a mask mandate.
An unvaccinated elementary school teacher who took off their mask to read to students ended up infecting over half of them in May — and they went on to infect other students, family members and community members, California public health officials reported.
Clamoring for ivermectin, some turn to a pro-Trump telemedicine website. When users visit the telemedicine website SpeakWithAnMD.com, they are immediately hit with a warning: “Due to overwhelming demand, we are experiencing longer than usual wait times.” The demand is for ivermectin, a drug primarily used to deworm animals that has become the latest false cure for Covid-19.
U.S. retaliates against ISIS with drone strike in Afghanistan. U.S. military forces conducted a drone strike on Friday against the Islamic State terrorist group in Afghanistan in an apparent retaliatory attack against those who claimed responsibility for the attack Thursday outside Kabul's airport.
Ida aims to hit Louisiana on Hurricane Katrina anniversary. Officials decided against evacuating New Orleans hospitals. There’s little room for their patients elsewhere, with hospitals from Texas to Florida already reeling from a spike in coronavirus patients, said Dr. Jennifer Avengo, the city’s health director.
After historic efforts from state Democrats, Republicans in the Texas House passed controversial new legislation that imposes new restrictions on voting, adds new criminal penalties to the voting process and bans drive-thru and 24-hour voting options. — The GOP. Always trying to make sure as few people as possible can/will vote.
Texas state House speaker bans the word "racism" amid voting bill debate. Texas state House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) on Thursday banned the word "racism" in the chamber after tensions flared while debating the highly disputed voting rights bill.
Recall elections are designed to give citizens an opportunity to change the course of state politics from the bottom up. But in California, there's little to suggest much grassroots fervor. In fact, small donors are virtually absent from the process. “It does feel like a rich person’s game.”
'Something has to be done': After decades of near-silence from the CDC, the agency's director is speaking up about gun violence. “The scope of the problem is just bigger than we're even hearing about, and when your heart wrenches every day you turn on the news, you're only hearing the tip of the iceberg," Walensky said. "We haven't spent the time, energy and frankly the resources to understand this problem because it's been so divided.” — Because, as the pandemic has shown, Republicans seem hell bent on killing as many people as possible?
Capitol Police officer who killed Ashli Babbitt on January 6 speaks publicly for first time: 'I know that day I saved countless lives'. Uncertainty about Byrd's identity created a new rallying cry -- "who shot Ashli Babbitt?" -- which Trump has brought up at recent rallies. Byrd's name has been floating around right-wing websites, and he said in the at-times emotional interview Thursday that he and his family have received death threats, including racist threats. "They talked about killing me, cutting off my head," said Byrd.
Children's Mental Health Gets Millions In Funding From The Biden Administration. As students head back into another pandemic school year, the Biden administration is announcing millions in new funding for mental health awareness, training, and treatment.
Wisconsin school district opts out of free lunch program for students. Another board member said the program enabled families to "become spoiled.” — Assholes.
Brazil water survey heightens alarm over extreme drought. The Brazilian scientists were skeptical. They ran different models to check calculations, but all returned the same startling result. The country with the most freshwater resources on the planet steadily lost 15% of its surface water since 1991. Gradual retreat in the Brazilian share of the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, left water covering just one-quarter the area it did 30 years ago. And the data only went through 2020 -- before this year’s drought that is Brazil’s worst in nine decades.
Half whale, half velociraptor, 100% gargantuan nightmare material. A 43-million-year-old fossil unearthed in Egypt represents a step in whales' transition from land-bound vegetarian to oceanic murder machine.
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