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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday to prohibit any entity — including private businesses — from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers, and he called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law.
Cal Dunham and his wife Linda, from Michigan, tragically succumbed to the virus on Sunday while holding hands.
The couple, who had undisclosed underlying health conditions, fell ill at the beginning of the month while on a family camping trip.
Sarah recalled her parents being very cautious toward Covid-19 and before the camping trip, they made sure to be fully vaccinated.
Days later, both Cal, 59, and Linda, 66, were hospitalized and put on ventilators.
But by Sunday, doctors in the told Sarah that there wasn’t much more that they could do and that her parents would need to come off of life support on Monday.
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium won’t be haunting fans the same way this Halloween season.
The venue announced there will not be a haunted house this year because of COVID-19 concerns. Instead the sanatorium will be adding some more dates for smaller group tours and overnight stays.
In years past, people from all across America walked the hallways of the former tuberculosis hospital during the haunted house.
1. Vaccination does not necessarily prevent infection. (It may reduce symptoms.)
2. You can be “vaccinated” and still spread the disease. So there is no such thing as a “vaccine refuser being dangerous to others.”
3. There is no social benefit to the government mandating the shot other than fewer individuals getting sick (medical costs).
By Dr. Dannielle (Dossy) Blumenthal. All opinions are the author’s own. Public domain.
Microsoft is pushing off its return to offices in the US indefinitely amid rising cases of COVID-19 across the country.
“Given the uncertainty of COVID-19, we’ve decided against attempting to forecast a new date for a full reopening of our US work sites in favor of opening US work sites as soon as we’re able to do so safely based on public health guidance,” Microsoft’s corporate vice president for modern work, Jared Spataro, wrote in a blog post. He added that the company would communicate a 30-day transition period to allow employees time to prepare to return to work sites.
Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin will miss the opener against Louisville with a breakthrough case of COVID-19.
Kiffin announced the positive test on Saturday, two days ahead of the Rebels’ opener in Atlanta.
Kiffin, his staff and his players are all fully vaccinated. He said no other members of the team are expected to miss the game because of COVID-19.
“I am grateful to be vaccinated and experiencing only mild symptoms,” Kiffin said in a statement released on Twitter. “So much so, I debated over being tested, but I’m relieved that I did.”
Fully vaccinated players will be required to get tested for COVID-19 weekly instead of every 14 days as part of the revised protocols for the regular season agreed upon by the NFL and NFLPA.
The weekly testing applies also for fully vaccinated Tier 1 and 2 staff. There’s an option for a second test for those who want it, according to a memo sent to clubs and obtained by The Associated Press on Monday.
Fully vaccinated individuals do not need to wait for results prior to entering a team’s facility. Each club must conduct its testing over a three-day period.
Unvaccinated players will continue to be tested daily.
