Prof Chris Whitty has said those spreading myths about Covid-19 vaccines “should be ashamed” as he dismissed a tweet by rapper Nicki Minaj which claimed that her cousin’s friend was rendered impotent after the jab caused swelling in his testicles.
When asked about the musician making the baseless claim to her vast online following, England’s chief medical officer said it was important to stress that the overwhelming majority of people were ignoring unfounded stories about the vaccines.
“There are a number of myths that fly around … some of which are just clearly ridiculous and some of which are clearly designed just to scare. That happens to be one of them. That is untrue,”
Professor Christopher John MacRae Whitty CB FRCP FFPH FMedSci (born 21 April 1966) is a British physician and epidemiologist serving as the Chief Medical Officer for England (CMO) and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government since 2019. He has also been the Gresham Professor of Physic since 2018.[1][2]
Education, he studied at Oxford. Why do I comment on this? Because where you studied matters as much as what you studied. Especially in Science and Maths.
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On Tuesday, a Florida county Republican committee that had opposed measures to prevent COVID-19 informed the Federal Election Commission that the group may not be able to submit a filing because its bookkeeper died from the virus. "For several years we have been submitting the reports electronically, and for over a year, we have done this with software developed by one of our members, Gregg Prentice" the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee wrote the FEC.
"Unfortunately, Gregg passed away suddenly from COVID-19 on Saturday. Gregg did not share the software and instructions with our officers." The committee has taken a hard line against COVID-19 prevention protocols, urging its Facebook followers to oppose mask mandates, vaccination requirements, and lockdowns. On August 27th, the committee honored Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene at its sold-out Lincoln Day Dinner.
AZ Health System Reports Horse Paste Hospitalizations
Arizona's largest health system is warning the public against using the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19.
Misuse of ivermectin has led to 30 calls managed by Banner Health's Poison and Drug Information Center this year, including 10 cases in August, according to data from the Phoenix-based nonprofit health system. At least seven cases have resulted in hospitalization, health system officials said.
"That is the bare minimum. We expect that there are probably more adverse effects," said Dr. Daniel Brooks, medical director for Banner Health's Poison and Drug Information Center.
A teenage city council member in Morgan County, Alabama who tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday after railing against mask mandates said he is now battling coronavirus-related pneumonia in the hospital.
"I am still shallow in breathing but my oxygen remains okay for now," Decatur City Councilman Hunter Pepper, 19, wrote on Facebook Thursday. He received a CT scan on Wednesday night that confirmed he has COVID pneumonia, "which is absolutely terrible," he wrote.
Pepper wrote that he was "terrified" by the way that the media "continues to report on COVID-19 and explains 'death' each time they do," adding that he has "faith in the Lord."
R. Loren Sandford, lead pastor at the nondenominational New Song Church and Ministries in Denver, Colorado died Friday due to complications from COVID-19. Sandford was 70.
According to the church's Facebook page, Sandford had languished for weeks in the hospital with COVID. For several years, Sandford was a regular writer and columnist for Charisma online.
Since receiving his Master of Divinity Degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California in 1976, Sandford has served four churches full-time, planting two of them himself, including New Song Church and Ministries.
In October 2020, Chris Wikoff helped co-found the Aloha Freedom Coalitiona group in Hawaii that has been vocal against vaccine mandates and COVID rules. At the time, he shared the coalition's views that government shutdowns and mandates were ruining businesses and threatening individual liberties.
"They were talking about vaccine passports and vaccine mandates and it seemed like it was over-the top totalitarianism and control," Wikoff said. But earlier this month, he and his wife tested positive with COVID amid a surge of the Delta variant.
"We were told the COVID virus was not that deadly. It was nothing more than a little flu. I can tell you it's more than a little flu," he said. Wikoff, 66, still needs help breathing. He thinks he got infected during a church event in August.
Wikoff, who was initially turned away from a hospital due to lack of beds, says he now just wants to "mind my own business."
A California mother of four who was "proudly" anti-vaccine, particularly anti-COVID-19 vaccine, died of complications due to the coronavirus. Kristen Lowery, 40, was a figurehead on social media, proclaiming her anti- mask and vaccine views that garnered high praise.
Lowery's sister Cassie wrote on Facebook before her death that she was "fighting for her life against COVID and pneumonia."
"My sister has a long life left," Cassie wrote in a since-deleted post.
Since her death, Lowery's Facebook accountwhich features a profile picture of her with the caption "unmasked, unmuzzled, unvaccinated, unafraid . . . together we win"―has gone private.
Lowery reportedly had hundreds of thousands of followers across multiple platforms. Her family, of course, has posted a plea for donations on GoFundMe.
"The Libertarian Party of North Carolina condemns all mask mandates, all vaccine mandates, all lockdowns, and all limitations on individuals' freedom of movement or bodily autonomy imposed or influenced by any federal, state, local, or municipal government. Republicans and Democrats want you to believe that giving in to or condoning government force will lead to greater safety. All that does is continually strip the power away from you, the individual. The Libertarian Party is the only party that consistently looks to restrict and repeal state power."
SEPTEMBER 21:
"For those who do not know him, I am very saddened that Tom Howe, the Secretary for the Libertarian Party of North Carolina passed yesterday from complications of COVID-19. Tom was an early leader in the LPNC, since 1976. No matter your faith or party affiliation, Tom was a good person, he and Barbara are deserving of your prayers for the hard days ahead. I will miss him greatly."
Arrest Warrant for Tourist with Fake "Maderna" Card
Alaho, genius. An Illinois woman who used a fake proof of vaccination card upon which "Moderna" is misspelled, now has a warrant out for her arrest after skipping a virtual court date with a judge in Hawaii.
Chloe Mrozak, 24, missed a Wednesday hearing where she would have had the opportunity to explain why she used a falsified card claiming she had been inoculated with "Maderna" to bypass the island's 10-day mandatory quarantine requirement.
Authorities said she also gave false information as to where she had be staying, and possibly spreading deadly germs during her vacation, and was unreachable. The card said Mrozak's shots were administered by the National Guard, but she allegedly told police at the airport she had paid her doctor for the vaccination, which is free.
"An Illinois woman who used a fake proof of vaccination card upon which "Moderna" is misspelled" -snip
"The card said Mrozak's shots were administered by the National Guard, but she allegedly told police at the airport she had paid her doctor for the vaccination, which is free." -snip
Ben Garrison, a right-wing cartoonist known for his opposition to vaccines and his extremely flattering drawings of Donald Trump, contracted COVID-19 and has been sick for about two weeks.
But getting covid has not changed Garrison's mind about modern medical science: "We're taking Ivermectin and various vitamins including a lot of Zinc. We will never take their foul spike protein-producing jabs, which are neither safe nor effective. They're not real vaccines. They're gene therapy."
A wave of misinformation touting the deworming drug ivermectin as a COVID treatment appears to be showing no signs of abating, with calls about the drug to poison control centers surging, and officials in New Mexico saying misuse of the medication contributed to at least two deaths.
Federal health authorities have repeatedly warned COVID patients not to take the drug, which is an anti-parasite medication most commonly used on livestock. But those warnings have done little to curb the drug's popularity.
The two who diedat 38 and 79 years oldhad COVID-19 and had taken ivermectin, said Dr. David R. Scrase, the acting head of the state health department. He said the drug had contributed to both deaths, causing kidney failure in one of the patients.