📍Norwegian Cruise Line 🛳 now suing Florida over a state law that would fine businesses up to $5,000 if they force customers to provide proof of vaccination. The company accused Florida of preventing it from “safely and soundly” resuming trips. nytimes.com/2021/07/13/bus…
2) “The filing represents the latest twist in a monthslong fight over the resumption of cruises from Florida, a hub for the industry. Under @GovRonDeSantis, the state has fought vaccine requirements by cruises and other businesses, claiming that such policies are discriminatory.”
3) “Supporters of vaccine requirements have argued that requiring vaccines is necessary to protect public health.
Under a state law approved in May, businesses that force customers to provide proof of vaccination could face fines of up to $5,000 per violation.
4) “In its lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Norwegian said it was forced to sue Scott Rivkees, the state’s surgeon general, “as a last resort.”
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OMG—A homeopathic doctor was arrested & first person federally charged for fraud for selling fake vaccines & cards—selling “immunization pellets” claiming to provide “lifelong immunity”, & falsely claimed #COVID19 vaccines contained “toxic ingredients”. 🔥 washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07…
2) Mazi “allegedly defrauded and endangered the public by preying on fears and spreading misinformation about FDA-authorized vaccinations, while also peddling fake treatments that put people’s lives at risk,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a statement.
3) Mazi, a resident of Napa, Calif., also allegedly sent several clients vaccine cards that made it look like she had administered Moderna doses to them. Other customers were instructed to fill out their own cards, investigators said.
BREAKING—With #COVID19 cases and hospitalizations surging, Los Angeles will now *require* indoor mask again, **regardless of vaccination status**. @CountyofLA’s mandate is what needs to be done to slow #DeltaVariant—where is our @CDCgov? @CDCDirector—please rules update ASAP.
2) Los Angeles County's been posting more than 1,000 new cases a day for nearly a week now.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers transmission in LA and in Riverside and San Diego counties as "substantial." audacy.com/knx1070/news/l…
3) Statewide in CA, the average percentage of people testing positive has tripled in a little more than three weeks. And increases are speeding up. In LA County, about 61 % of residents 16 and older are fully vaccinated, but millions more have yet to get jabbed.
⚠️I’m doubling down—@CDCgov most definitely made a *grave mistake* in May dropping mask rules for vaccinated & lending momentum to anti-maskera. I said it before, and I’ll say it again —@CDCDirector needs to reinstate the mask rules to fight #DeltaVariant ASAP! Video part 1: 🧵
2) My May 19th 2021 call out of the CDC continued… part 2…
3) Businesses should continue to maintain indoor mask mandates, even if CDC guidelines have not yet caught up. I expect CDC to slowly walk back their previous mask relaxation rules. But until then, must be vigilant about airborne transmission - mask, ventilate, air disinfection.
CDC says #DeltaVariant surging—now dominant ~58% of #COVID19 cases in US. Two weeks ago—31%. 6 weeks ago? Only 3%. Someone warned in May it would endanger the 🌎. Someone warned it will overtake US. Yet CDC didn’t declare Delta a VOC until June 15th. #DeltaVariant is no joke—🧵
2) Let this sink in - 7 kids in the ICU, 2 of which are on life support In Mississippi. And there are breakthrough hospitalizations and breakthroughs deaths with almost certain #DeltaVariant too.
3) Shielding kids and elderly and immunocompromised and chronic disease patients now critical, regardless of their vaccine status. Great move by @TCBPubHealth.
📍A 24-year-old man refused the vaccine, but then contracted #COVID19 (in Florida), got hospitalized, intubated, on ventilator, got ECMO, and required a double lung transplant… expresses his regret not vaccinating. Don’t let this be you or your family! 🧵 news.yahoo.com/24-year-old-wh…
2) “He wanted to wait a few years to see, you know, if there’s any side effects or anything from it,” said Paul Nuclo, his stepfather. “As soon as he got in the hospital, though, he said he wished he had gotten the vaccine.”
3) Once hospitalized, however, he asked to be inoculated.
“The night before he was intubated, he wanted it,” Nuclo said. “So it was a little bit too late then.”
Bargatze had **no preexisting medical conditions**!
⚠️Gosh—7 Mississippi children are now currently **in the ICU** due to #COVID19, with 2 even on “life support” with ventilators, says Mississippi Health Officer @TCBPubHealth. Now 7% of MS deaths in vaccinated—“worrisome”. Pretty much all #DeltaVariant. 🧵 thehill.com/homenews/state…
2) As of Tuesday, just about 37 percent of Mississippi's total population had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with 33 percent fully vaccinated. That’s pretty low.
3) The same Dr Dobbs @TCBPubHealth also recently issued a warning and recommendation for all elderly to avoid all indoor mass gatherings even if vaccinated. This was prudent. Kids aren’t vaccinated either. So we should also be super careful with kids while #DeltaVariant surging.