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Some experts have finally gotten the memo that this ISN'T a pandemic of the unvaccinated--by getting COVID themselves. Twelve "super responsible," "risk-averse," triple-jabbed doctors and "health experts" attended a wedding in Wisconsin and caught COVID. They've since infected at least five people, according to the San Francisco Chronicle .  The five people mentioned in the tweet below were at the wedding.  At least five omicron COVID cases detected in Berkeley and Alameda County. They are part of an outbreak involving 12 total cases linked to a wedding held in Wisconsin last weekend. @sfchronicle https://t.co/bcXIN3CSY5 — Aidin Vaziri (@MusicSF) December 4, 2021 It's time to " stop calling this a pandemic of the unvaccinated ," said Dr. Deb Furr Holden, an epidemiologist who thinks she contracted COVID at the wedding.  Two cheers for Dr. Holden for admitting this--I'd give her three if she went a little further: the mandatory v

As our dear leaders warn about surge upon surge of the coronavirus, wag their fingers at the unmasked, and lecture the unboosted, they're living like it's 2019 after five o'clock.  Less than a month after Finland's prime minister worried about the burden on hospitals , she was caught clubbing after being exposed to COVID . Although the PM is vaccinated, it should be common sense and common knowledge by now that vaccinated people can easily spread COVID. T heir neighbors in Iceland figured this out back in August --" A nd it has come to light that vaccinated individuals can contract it relatively easily and spread infection. Sequencing has shown us that the origin of most domestic infections can be traced to group events such as clubbing in downtown Reykjavík or group trips abroad," said their Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason. Here in the states, mask/vax fanatics Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden were caught with their masks down. Screen shot from "Democra

The COVID-19 vaccine mandates are going up in smoke as hospital systems across the country are "pausing" them for employees. The recent injunctions on federal mandates didn't stop private employers from requiring vaccinations, but several major private hospital systems have changed course anyway. The surge in COVID hospitalizations in northern states, along with the shortage of health care workers that has nothing to do with making them get an experimental injection,  might have encouraged the change in their policies. Here in Indiana, the House has drafted bills to officially end our "state of emergency" and outlaw forced COVID vaccinations . Under the bill, employers with a vaccine mandate would have to offer and pay for a testing option.  In DC, Joe Manchin of West Virginia has become the first Democrat senator to support a bill initiated by Indiana's Mike Braun to overturn the OSHA vaccine mandate . Somewhere, I read that West Virginia would be more har

Photo from Pexels . Worst Surge Ever That's the warning over at  our local Fox affiliate . After quoting doctors warning about surge upon surge and massive ramifications and not enough beds in the city,  the article quotes Dr. Paul Calkins, the Associate Chief Medical Executive at IU Health: “There may be a few people alive that saw the flu kill millions of people in 1918 but other than those people nobody has ever seen anything like this before,” Dr. Calkins said. Oh really. Hospitalizations (both with and because of COVID) are surging, but deaths are not.  From https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/ To be charitable, maybe he's talking about the COVID pandemic in general and he was quoted out of context. But the article, with the headline about the WORST SURGE EVER (referring to Community Health's contingency plans) makes it sound like the pandemic is worse than ever right now . But anybody who goes to the state's coronavirus website can see that's a wild exaggeration. 

Denied! Photo from Pexels . The scheme to force vaccinations on health care workers has gotten another injunction, this one covering all the states not covered by a previous injunction. The mandate would have forced health care employers receiving money from Medicare or Medicaid to fire unvaccinated "health care providers, suppliers, owners, employees and others."  Medicare and Medicaid are government programs that help the old, the poor and the very sick receive medical care. Assisted living and nursing homes commonly accept money from the programs, and the mandate would have forced many of them to close their doors for lack of employees.  The injunction "shall remain in effect pending the final resolution of this case, or until further orders from the Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth District, or the United States Supreme Court." In other news, "a US District Court Judge...found that President Joe Biden exceeded his authority by issuing

 From Indiana's Attorney General: Except for employers that independently mandate the vaccine, NO federal mandate in effect right now requires vaccination before 12/6. — Todd Rokita (@AGToddRokita) November 30, 2021 Rokita adds, "If you are an employee of a Medicaid or Medicare provider concerned about the CMS federal vaccine mandate deadline of 12/6, be aware that my office filed for an injunction that will be decided by 12/5. "Sign up for the Rokita Review for the latest updates on our three lawsuits against the Biden vaccine mandates."  https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/INAG/subscriber/new

Gibraltar has canceled official Christmas celebrations over surging COVID cases. Its >100% vaccination rate is due to "doses given to Spaniards who cross the border to work or visit the territory every day," according to RT .  The article continues, "Similarly well-vaccinated countries have also reported surges in Covid-19 infections recently. In Singapore, where 94% of the eligible population have been inoculated, cases and deaths soared to record highs at the end of October, and have since subsided slightly. In Ireland, where around 92% of the adult population is fully vaccinated, cases of Covid-19 and deaths from the virus have roughly doubled since August." As I said months ago, if you can get COVID, you can spread COVID, and vaccinated people are obviously getting and spreading COVID. This study in The Lancet found vaccination only reduced household transmission of the delta variant from 38% to 25%. This preprint of a huge study found vaccination modestl