GOP senator: 'Everybody here has lost someone' — possibly from the COVID vaccine
5 days, 15 hours ago

GOP senator: 'Everybody here has lost someone' — possibly from the COVID vaccine

Raw Story  

A Republican senator launched into an anti-vaccine rant Tuesday when reporters asked about confirming noted health conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services. There is no evidence that the modern vaccine schedule "overwhelms" or "overloads" a baby's immune system. The senator then went on to baselessly suggest that "everybody" in the room probably knew someone who died from a COVID-19 vaccine injury. "At the end of the day he believes that we don't all need to be guinea pigs," Tuberville said, adding of the COVID vaccine, "Everybody in this group has lost somebody.

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'I don't know what Tommy Tuberville is talking about': Expert blasts GOP senator
4 days, 23 hours ago

'I don't know what Tommy Tuberville is talking about': Expert blasts GOP senator

Raw Story  

A public health expert scorned Sen. Tommy Tuberville's analysis of vaccine mandates as illogical and unscientific. The Alabama Republican met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary, and came away saying that they agreed that children are required to get too many vaccines instead of just three, as both septuagenarians had gotten as children …

Column: The latest evidence that putting RFK Jr. in charge of public health would be a disaster
5 days, 14 hours ago

Column: The latest evidence that putting RFK Jr. in charge of public health would be a disaster

LA Times  

Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. “I’m not in a wheelchair yet,” said Lane, who uses leg braces and crutches, “but it’s heading that way.” The idea that anyone would question the polio vaccine now, she said, “makes me nuts.” Last week, the New York Times reported that in 2022, Robert …

RFK reverses course on polio vaccine amid pressure from GOP
6 days, 12 hours ago

RFK reverses course on polio vaccine amid pressure from GOP

Raw Story  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed off on his long-spoken desire to revoke approval for the polio vaccine – a hint that he is attempting to calm concerns about his controversial vaccine positions after President-elect Donald Trump chose him to become the country’s next health secretary. Kennedy’s flip flop came Monday when he told reporters he was “all for” the polio …

Outcry after RFK Jr linked to effort to nix US approval for polio vaccine
1 week, 1 day ago

Outcry after RFK Jr linked to effort to nix US approval for polio vaccine

Al Jazeera  

Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has sought to distance himself from his lawyer’s polio vaccine petition. In the statement, Kennedy’s camp attempted to distance the nominee from a New York Times report that his lawyer Aaron Siri had petitioned to suspend approval for the life-saving vaccine. “Mr Kennedy believes the Polio Vaccine should be available to the public …

Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says
1 week, 1 day ago

Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

LA Times  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, wears a bandage on his face and wrist after falling during a luncheon on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. “Anyone seeking the …

Polio survivor Mitch McConnell slams ‘dangerous’ push by RFK Jr lawyer to kill vaccine
1 week, 2 days ago

Polio survivor Mitch McConnell slams ‘dangerous’ push by RFK Jr lawyer to kill vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senate Republican leader and polio survivor Mitch McConnell on Friday condemned …

'Specious disinformation': McConnell smacks down RFK Jr. aide's 'dangerous' effort
1 week, 2 days ago

'Specious disinformation': McConnell smacks down RFK Jr. aide's 'dangerous' effort

Raw Story  

Outgoing Senate Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday condemned Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s aide Aaron Siri for his efforts to abolish the polio vaccine, The New York Times reported. Kennedy, an outspoken anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist who has also attacked medical consensus on issues ranging from municipal water fluoridation to 5G cell service, is Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health …

McConnell warns RFK Jr.: Hands off the polio vaccine
1 week, 3 days ago

McConnell warns RFK Jr.: Hands off the polio vaccine

Salon  

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell condemned an effort from an associate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr to roll back FDA approval for the polio vaccine and warned the Cabinet nominee to "steer clear" of such initiatives. “Anyone seeking the Senate's consent to serve in the incoming administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such …

Mitch McConnell reflects on childhood case of polio in ad urging Kentuckians to take ‘miracle’ vaccine
3 years, 4 months ago

Mitch McConnell reflects on childhood case of polio in ad urging Kentuckians to take ‘miracle’ vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is recalling his own experience …

‘That time has passed’: Arkansas doctor reveals anguish of telling dying Covid patients it’s too late for vaccine
3 years, 4 months ago

‘That time has passed’: Arkansas doctor reveals anguish of telling dying Covid patients it’s too late for vaccine

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A doctor in Arkansas …

As Delta variant spreads, some conservatives course correct on vaccines ahead of 2022 midterms
3 years, 4 months ago

As Delta variant spreads, some conservatives course correct on vaccines ahead of 2022 midterms

CNN  

CNN — Alabama Republican Gov. “It’s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down.” Ivey’s deliverance of hard truth followed a week of troubling Covid headlines, when some other Republican governors also redoubled their efforts to get their constituents vaccinated, including Missouri’s Mike Parson, West Virginia’s Jim Justice and Florida’s Ron DeSantis. “It’s fairly obvious that that polling must have …

GOP Lawmaker Tries To Shame Democrats On Vaccinations. Except They’re All Vaccinated.
3 years, 5 months ago

GOP Lawmaker Tries To Shame Democrats On Vaccinations. Except They’re All Vaccinated.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Ronny Jackson on Thursday tried to shame Democrats for not saying whether they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 ― except every Democratic lawmaker is vaccinated and has confirmed as much, unlike a huge portion of Republicans who either aren’t vaccinated or won’t say. ”How many of the Democrats are willing to say whether or not they’ve been …

Analysis: Politics is causing needless deaths in the fight against Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Analysis: Politics is causing needless deaths in the fight against Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — In what is now a pandemic of the unvaccinated, almost every adult American can make a choice not to die a needless death from Covid-19. “That’s part of how we protect patients from infection and patients coming into hospitals are often vulnerable,” Murthy told CNN’s “New Day.” “I think that’s a very reasonable thing for hospitals to do.” …

REVEALED: All 92 COVID-19-related deaths in Maryland were among people who were unvaccinated
3 years, 5 months ago

REVEALED: All 92 COVID-19-related deaths in Maryland were among people who were unvaccinated

Daily Mail  

Every single one of the 92 COVID-19 deaths recorded in Maryland in June was among unvaccinated people. Ricci also revealed that unvaccinated people accounted for 95 percent of total cases and 93 percent of hospitalizations in the state last month. In Wisconsin, for example, public health official announced at the end of June that 95 percent of deaths since March …

Biden administration falls short of July 4 COVID-19 vaccination goal
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden administration falls short of July 4 COVID-19 vaccination goal

India TV News  

The Biden administration has fallen short of the July 4 COVID vaccination goal to have 70 per cent of Americans at least partially vaccinated. Citing the CDC data, Fox News reported that 67 per cent of adults in the country had received at least one vaccination shot as of Saturday. In terms of total numbers, that amounts to just under …

Nearly all COVID deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated
3 years, 5 months ago

Nearly all COVID deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated

LA Times  

Karen McKnight holds two books written by her brother Ross Bagne, who did not get the COVID-19 vaccine and died of the disease on June 4. An Associated Press analysis of available government data from May shows that “breakthrough” infections in fully vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of more than 853,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. And CDC Director Dr. Rochelle …

Covid: Congressional Democrats have 100% vaccination rate
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid: Congressional Democrats have 100% vaccination rate

CNN  

Washington CNN — Democratic lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have a 100% vaccination rate against Covid-19, a CNN survey of Capitol Hill found this week, significantly outpacing Republicans in the House and Senate and illustrating the partisan divide over the pandemic. On the Republican side, 46 of 50 senators report being vaccinated, while two won’t publicly announce their vaccine …

Sen. Johnson on others getting shots: ‘What do you care?’
3 years, 7 months ago

Sen. Johnson on others getting shots: ‘What do you care?’

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, questioned the need for widespread COVID-19 vaccinations, saying in a radio interview “what do you care if your neighbor has one or not?” Johnson, who has no medical expertise or background, made the comments Thursday during an interview with conservative talk radio host Vicki McKenna. “I certainly am going to vigorously …

Rand Paul wants Joe Biden to "burn his mask" — to promote COVID-19 vaccines
3 years, 8 months ago

Rand Paul wants Joe Biden to "burn his mask" — to promote COVID-19 vaccines

Salon  

Although half of adults in the United States have been at least partially vaccinated for COVID-19, President Joe Biden and his top medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, have been emphasizing that the U.S. still needs to get a lot more Americans vaccinated before it can achieve herd immunity. And Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, during a Fox News appearance on …

A number on Covid-19 vaccinations that will leave you shaking your head in wonder
3 years, 8 months ago

A number on Covid-19 vaccinations that will leave you shaking your head in wonder

CNN  

CNN — There’s one way to end the Covid-19 pandemic that has gripped the country for the last year-plus: Get vaccinated against it! Which is why the latest numbers from a Monmouth University national poll about the vaccination – and peoples’ plans to get it – is so, so baffling and troubling. And finally, 1 in 5 said they will …

Mitch McConnell encourages Republican men to get vaccinated
3 years, 8 months ago

Mitch McConnell encourages Republican men to get vaccinated

CNN  

CNN — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday encouraged “all Republican men” to get the Covid-19 vaccine, as new polls indicate many in the group are skeptical of getting the shot. I would encourage all Republican men to do that,” said McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, on Monday, when asked what kind of messaging he can push as the GOP …

Inside why all lawmakers still aren’t vaccinated after months of access to shots on the Hill
3 years, 9 months ago

Inside why all lawmakers still aren’t vaccinated after months of access to shots on the Hill

CNN  

CNN — As the political fight over vaccinations continues around the country, CNN has learned that several members of Congress still have not been vaccinated despite having had access to the vaccine on Capitol Hill since December. Later when Smith was asked about his vaccination status, he shot back, “The fact that you are asking them their health information, I …

Almost half of Republican men say they will not get the COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 9 months ago

Almost half of Republican men say they will not get the COVID-19 vaccine

Daily Mail  

Almost half of Republicans say they will not get the COVID-19 vaccine when it is available to them compared with just six percent of Democrat men, according to a new poll. Almost half of men who identify as Republicans say they will not get the COVID-19 vaccine when it is available to them and nor will almost half of Donald …

‘Truly heartbreaking’: US surpasses 500,000 COVID deaths
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Truly heartbreaking’: US surpasses 500,000 COVID deaths

Al Jazeera  

More than 500,000 people in the United States with coronavirus have died, according to Johns Hopkins University data, the highest death toll by far of any country in the world. But on Sunday, Dr Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, said while case numbers are decreasing rapidly from a recent peak, Americans need to remain cautious as the …

Opinion: America’s Covid vaccine campaign is not a disaster
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: America’s Covid vaccine campaign is not a disaster

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kent Sepkowitz is a CNN medical analyst and a physician and infection control expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Kent Sepkowitz - I therefore would like to comment on the current profound disappointment many in the United States – from President-elect Joe Biden to prominent physicians, to talking heads parading across our screens …

Column: Unsurprisingly, Trump’s rollout of the COVID vaccine is an utter fiasco
3 years, 11 months ago

Column: Unsurprisingly, Trump’s rollout of the COVID vaccine is an utter fiasco

LA Times  

For some mysterious reason, people are shocked — shocked! On Dec. 10, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar promised that 20 million Americans would be vaccinated in “the next several weeks.” It is up to the States to distribute the vaccines once brought to the designated areas by the Federal Government. Based on the judgment that 80% of Americans, …

Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell vaccinated by Capitol attending physician
4 years ago

Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell vaccinated by Capitol attending physician

CNN  

CNN — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were both vaccinated against Covid-19 by Capitol Attending Physician Dr. Brian Monahan, the two congressional leaders announced separately Friday. McConnell said he was “disappointed to see early public sentiment that shows some hesitation towards receiving a vaccine.” “The only way to beat this pandemic is for …

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