Omicron vaccine

Pfizer and BioNTech say their vaccine booster provides a high level of protection against omicron variant. Since the vaccine is, according to all the data, not preventing anyone from getting or spreading COVID, and all that it is purported to do is possibly lessen the severity of the symptoms, it begs the question:

Uh, what does that matter? COVID itself has an overall survival rate of 98.4%, and the omicron variant, according to the CDC, “the disease is mild” in almost all of the cases seen so far, with reported symptoms mainly cough, congestion and fatigue. The side effects of the vaccine are worse than the symptoms of the omicron variant.

NYC: Vax Required

The Mayor of NYC has announced that all private employers in that city will be required to mandate vaccines for all employees. Additionally, all children ages 5 to 11 will be required to provide proof of vaccination to enter all indoor dining, entertainment and fitness establishments. This goes into effect on December 27.

You can’t fire me, I don’t even work here

Imagine receiving discipline from an employer that you don’t even work for, and haven’t worked for in over a year and a half. That is what happened to John Franklin III.

There is a huge controversy with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Specifically, that three players have been suspended after being accused of misrepresenting receiving the vaccine. In full disclosure, I don’t even watch football, but this story is too ridiculous not to mention. You have to dig a bit, but the story of the third player is the one that is most ridiculous.

John Franklin last played in an NFL game during the fall of 2019, when he was injured. He spent the remainder of that season, and all of the 2020 season, on the injured reserve. He was cut from the team in August, and is no longer an NFL player. In other words, by the time COVID existed, he had no longer played or been around any NFL players. He doesn’t even work for, nor is he affiliated with, any NFL team.

He is being suspended, even though he doesn’t work for any NFL team. Read the quote:

Free agent John Franklin III, if signed by a club, is also ineligible to play in the next three games.

National Football Association

OK, I know it’s the NFL, but let’s put that aside. We have reached a point in this country where a business is reaching out and punishing people for violating company policies when those people don’t even work for them.

“I know that employee doesn’t work here, because we fired him, but we have policies in place, and those policies were violated. So we are gonna say that, should he ever be rehired, we are going to suspend him without pay for a quarter of the year. Because reasons.”

We’re Doing Science!

“Sir, someone who has COVID took a dump yesterday.” What a waste of time, money, and resources, developing a test to find COVID variants in sewage.

This is what government does- they spend taxpayer money on stupid ideas that help no one. All this test will do is tell you that someone who has COVID pinched off a loaf recently.

This post makes me laugh, because I get to use euphemisms for defecation, like saying “Dropping a Deuce,” or “Taking the Browns to the Superbowl” or “Dropping the Cosby Kids off at the Pool.” Biden even gave me a great idea for a new one: “Taking a visit to the Vatican”

Jackboots coming soon

The German Chancellor has announced that unvaccinated individuals will be excluded from nonessential stores, restaurants and sports and cultural venues. Where have I seen this movie before?

How will the German people know who is unvaccinated and who isn’t? Perhaps they can wear some kind of identifying symbol on their clothing, so that good Germans will know that they are not to be trusted. Might I suggest an oldie but a goodie:

Germans sure are good at breaking out the jackboots.

Coincidence?

A new COVID variant appears on the scene, and in a strange coincidence, the most effective treatment is found to be ineffective, while the Moderna vaccine is touted as being MORE effective on this variant.

So Moderna stock goes up by 12%, while Regeneron goes down by 3%.

Milestone

At the hospital where I work, for the first time since April of 2020, there are exactly zero COVID patients. Zip. Nada. Not one.

Someone congratulate Governor Desantis. Let me know how New York and California are doing, seeing as how they have mandatory vaccination, mask mandates, and other draconian measures in place.

List of Essential Meds

Terry Bradshaw says:

I understand ‘immunized.’ What you were doing was taking stuff that would keep you from getting COVID-19. You got COVID-19. Ivermectin is a cattle dewormer. Sorry, folks, that’s what it is.

The World Health Organization releases a list of essential medicines every two years. I am linking to the current one (2021) here. In fact, I am placing the WHO list on my page of training materials. This is a list of medications that the WHO considers to be essential for the treatment of human diseases and disorders. This is how the WHO describes the list:

The core list presents a list of minimum medicine needs for a basic health-care system, listing the most efficacious, safe and cost–effective medicines for priority conditions. Priority conditions are selected on the basis of current and estimated future public health relevance, and potential for safe and cost-effective treatment

Ivermectin is on that list (pages 6 and 24). So is hydroxychloroquine (page 55).

The reason that Ivermectin is being mocked as being a horse dewormer is the government of this nation is actively trying to prevent people from using it as a treatment for COVID to the point that any doctor prescribing it is at risk of losing his livelihood. It isn’t just Ivermectin. The Biden administration is using the power of government in cutting off other medications as well.

For this reason, people are being forced to turn to veterinary sources for medication to treat COVID.

Terry Bradshaw, who is just a stupid jock, needs to stay in his lane.

Consequences

One week ago, my employer announced that vaccines would be mandatory by November 24. A good number of employees have resigned. It started with non medical staff- the people who work preparing meals, cleaning, etc. A few medical professionals, and not many technical personnel. I don’t yet know why this is so, but the nutrition and environmental services departments are hurting.

Let’s make it worse

The American Ambulance Association warns Congress that the “nation’s EMS system is facing a crippling workforce shortage, a long-term problem that has been building for more than a decade. It threatens to undermine our emergency 9-1-1 infrastructure”

So what are we doing about it? Firing them because they won’t take the jab. Yeah, that will fix everything. While we are at it, let’s do the same to hospital workers. After all, it was just weeks ago that we were complaining the hospitals were overwhelmed, so we can fix that by crippling them.