And not just a plain asshole, a dangerous asshole:
Media: @MollyJongFast to @Acosta: "@PeterHotez is a lifelong public servant, with a low-cost vaccine for developing countries, devoting himself to science — a pediatrician, an incredibly good man. #RKjr is a crank, an anti-vaxxer. … No reason for Dr. Hotez to bother with it." pic.twitter.com/3VPfGIfUkP
— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) June 18, 2023
It’s gotten to the point where, when people ask me why I’m still wearing a mask, I say, “Because I don’t want to get covid and die. Why aren’t YOU wearing a mask?”
In case you missed it: tonight on the PBS News Hour, Ashish Jha said 36,000 Americans will die of covid in 2023. But also in case you missed it, the New Yorker reported on May 7 that 40,000 had already died this year. 🤔 (Link below)https://t.co/2PVbMED7TC
— J. Offir, Ph.D. (@dontwantadothis) June 15, 2023
People think I’m the crazy one for not wanting to get surgery in an unsafe place:
"The removal of masks in healthcare settings is mind-boggling. It’s kind of in the same vein as if people were like, “Yeah, well, HIV is not new anymore, so people handling blood or contaminated material don’t need to wear gloves in a healthcare setting.” https://t.co/rLvluSfyMU
— Nancy Delagrave (@RougeMatisse) May 10, 2023
The then-president of Brazil presented forged vaccination papers to gain entry into the United States. https://t.co/b0Do1MtwjK
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 3, 2023
https://twitter.com/MinkoffMinx/status/1648829926391390214
This is why I keep postponing knee surgery. I don’t want to get covid again:
The medical center has reinstated a temporary mask mandate after more than a dozen hospital workers and patients at the medical center tested positive for the coronavirus this week, officials confirmed. https://t.co/FA9ykboARx
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) April 20, 2023
The CEO of Moderna is testifying in front of the Senate HELP committee, chaired by Bernie Sanders.
Bernie explains that taxpayers invested $12 billion in the vaccine.
And now Moderna is planning to increase the price to $130, even though it costs just $3 to make pic.twitter.com/E2Z6MVz7z3
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) March 22, 2023
The protection from an omicron infection not very robust, better for the pre-omicron variants. Also vaccination was 90% protective vs death during delta. That’s what saved lives. Also with omicron you needed regular boosting. Some papers attached. https://t.co/qlMREV7iR1
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) February 19, 2023
"Starbucks fired a pro-union barista for 'violating' the company’s social media policy, after he tweeted that he had been asked to come to work even after testing positive for COVID… [Complaint from NLRB] said Ben Scott had been fired illegally" https://t.co/buerbAIQiS @pblest
— Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) February 9, 2023
Wow! DeSantis fires back at Trump.
"If you take a crisis situation like Covid…when you're an elected executive, you have to make all kinds of decisions…the people are able to render a judgement on that, whether they reelect you or not…I'm happy to say in my case… we won" pic.twitter.com/2IqOAwn05Z
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 31, 2023
84,927 Floridians dead of covid — so far. And that’s with them hiding some of the statistics.
