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  • Woman Afraid of Vaccine Side Effects Dies From Delta Variant: 'I Couldn't Convince Her'

    07/04/2021 4:20:26 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 104 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 07/03/2021 | Jason Lemon
    A woman in Missouri was afraid of the effects from COVID-19 vaccines and chose not to get the shots, but later contracted the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus and died in the hospital. Deborah Carmichael, the mother of now-deceased 45-year-old Tricia Jones, is speaking out and urging those hesitant about the vaccine to get the jab after losing her daughter in June. She spoke to Kansas City's news channel Fox 4 WDAF-TV about her daughter's death and vaccine hesitancy in an interview broadcast this week. "She was afraid of the side effects, I think. You hear a lot of...
  • Everybody is still quiet about the election.

    01/09/2021 12:34:06 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 51 replies
    I overhear many conversations in my shuttle bus from the DFW airport and nobody is commenting about the election or what happened in DC.
  • Democrat NYC Councilman credits Hydroxychloroquine for COVID recovery

    08/09/2020 4:44:13 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 12 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 9/8/20
    ..... Paul Vallone, who represents northeast Queens, took the drug along with a standard Z-pack, given for bacterial infections, "and came back from the brink almost immediately."
  • I Ran 22 Miles in a Mask Just to Show That They are Safe"

    07/30/2020 12:27:04 AM PDT · by Morpheus2009 · 75 replies
    Newsweek ^ | July 28, 2020 | Tom Lawton
    My enduring memories of the pandemic in 2020 will be centered around one thing: masks. They have been central to my work over the past five months - but I never expected that I would become a target for internet trolls after proving how safe it is to wear a mask. I am a doctor working in the intensive care at Bradford Royal Infirmary, England so in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak...
  • How Republicans Can Overcome the Tyranny of the Anecdote

    01/18/2017 6:01:05 AM PST · by Oratam · 13 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | January 17, 2017 | Merrie Spaeth
    While Republicans debate whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act outright or piecemeal, here are a few people they should meet: Paula, 52, a breast-cancer survivor; Namir, 35, with a rare tumor; Cameron, 44, who suffers from Parkinson’s; and Jason, 36, fighting a blood infection. They all received lifesaving treatment through ObamaCare; they, and others, will literally interpose their bodies in front of any attempt to reform or repeal it.
  • Woman survives due to officer's actions

    12/21/2011 5:07:11 PM PST · by tickles · 3 replies
    LAKE CITY, Minn. (KTTC) -- The family of the Lake City police officer who was shot while responding to a domestic call is asking community members to leave their porch lights on for the next three days, as a sign of support. 32-year old officer Shawn Schneider remains in critical condition. Police say there were two people inside the house prior to the arrival of the officers. A woman escaped before the officer was shot and she was not harmed, thanks to officer Schneider.
  • Obama Used Faulty Anecdote in Speech to Congress

    09/17/2009 2:54:23 AM PDT · by Son House · 38 replies · 3,258+ views
    FOXNEWS.com ^ | September 16, 2009 | FOXNEWS.com
    President's speech writers appear to have been informed by erroneous media reports, including an article on Slate.com, about a man who was dropped from his insurance plan and later died. President Barack Obama, seeking to make a case for health-insurance regulation, told a poignant story to a joint session of Congress last week. An Illinois man getting chemotherapy was dropped from his insurance plan when his insurer discovered an unreported gallstone the patient hadn't known about. "They delayed his treatment, and he died because of it," the president said in the nationally televised address. In fact, the man, Otto S....
  • Crypto FReepers -- We're EVERYWHERE!

    07/29/2009 1:56:19 PM PDT · by martin_fierro · 22 replies · 1,403+ views
    At the office | 7/29/09 | marty_f
    So today I'm walking down a hall at the office. I pass by the cubicle of a co-worker who I know just on a very basic level. As I glance in, I can see over his shoulder that he's got on screen... ... this graphic.
  • A little confused who was the newsguy talking about?

    05/25/2006 11:20:24 PM PDT · by ashamedtobefromparkridge · 6 replies · 241+ views
    Me
    Once again I listened to a news program and repeatedly heard about things done by a Mr. Bush. WHo the heck was he referring to? He couldn't have meant the current President. Because the proper name is President Bush. Not his father for he would be Former President Bush. Or Jeb for that matter because he is Governor Bush. In the same newscast they referred to Bill Clinton as President Clinton.
  • School Principal destroys letters from soldiers in Iraq

    01/30/2005 1:36:34 AM PST · by fire_eye · 66 replies · 2,789+ views
    "Handel on the Law" radio program | 1/30/05
    I heard this at 6:25 PM yesterday (Saturday), on Handel's show. I'm not sure whether or not it was a replay. A female schoolteacher called in to find out if she had any legal recourse against her female school principal. The teacher, who was upset nearly to the point of tears, related the following: She had invited a veteran to speak to her class, and she had asked the children to write letters to soldiers in Iraq. The principal had approved of all of this. Subsequently, a miserable insect of a parent complained, and the principal then called the teacher...
  • An Anecdotal story about George Bush at a church in D.C.

    10/22/2004 1:00:38 PM PDT · by Taggart_D · 21 replies · 1,680+ views
    An email from a man from Texas | 10/21/2004 | An email from a man from Texas
    ----- Original Message ----- > This is from our daughter in DC. I thought I would pass it along, > thinking you might like to read it. This gives me shivers--we really > need to pray for W. > > "Dad, I'm at the 8:00am service at my church, St. Johns at Lafayette > Square, across from the White House. (I wanted to go early because I was > going with Alice and Brent for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel in > Manassas.) Much of the service was uneventful--nice, but > uneventful--until it comes to the part of the service...