The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/health/covid-vaccines-side-effects.html?searchResultPosition=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published an article</a> this week recounting the horrors some people have experienced after getting the COVID vaccine, and their inability to get help from doctors or vaccine injury compensation programs. But are these complications and side effects a result of the vaccines?
The Times article begins by acknowledging, “&#8230;even the best vaccines produce rare but serious side effects,” and that over 270 million Americans have taken the jab.
Through the course of multiple interviews, the Times investigation revealed that the harm caused by the vaccines can vary greatly. In one example, a woman with a Ph.D. in neuroscience who took the vaccine was eventually diagnosed with brain damage. She can no longer work or drive, and, at age 40, is back living with her parents. Another woman interviewed by the Times experienced Bell’s Palsy, or partial facial paralysis, and shingles on half her face.
In another instance, a nurse practitioner named Sean Barcavage said since taking the first shot, his heart now begins to race every time he stands up. He also now has tinnitus. “I went from being a 100% healthy, fully functioning nurse into a complete downward spiral of health. I had a myriad of symptoms,” said Barcavage.
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While each person experienced symptoms they believe were caused by the vaccine, the side effects were not uniform. What is uniform, however, is the way in which their concerns were dismissed by doctors and the federal government.
As the Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-adds-covid-vax-to-routine-immunization-schedules-for-both-children-and-adults" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously reported</a>, there had been nearly 13,000 claims filed with the vaccine compensation program alleging harm caused by the pandemic response, with more than 10,000 of those claims citing the vaccine as causing injury or death.
The government, which has just 35 people looking into the claims, had only determined that 40 claims were eligible for compensation, and just 11 were actually compensated, with an average compensation of around $3,600. That was in February, and the numbers haven’t moved much since. Now, 47 have been deemed eligible and 12 have been paid out, still with that low compensation average. A very small number of people. 
As the Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/health/covid-vaccines-side-effects.html?searchResultPosition=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">points out</a>, “Some scientists fear that patients with real injuries are being denied help and believe that more needs to be done to clarify the possible risks.” 
But it’s not just the New York Times talking about this issue. 
Others are starting to acknowledge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/largest-covid-vax-study-to-date-finds-higher-than-expected-increase-in-heart-and-brain-issues-following-jab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the harm</a> caused by the vaccines — even some who were at the forefront of the COVID response are now acknowledging that many were in fact harmed by the vaccines. Dr. Ashish Jha, the Biden administration’s COVID coordinator in 2022 and 2023, <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/vaccine-side-effects-censorship-drove-vaccine-hesitancy-nurse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told NewsNation</a> that people who were harmed by the vaccines must be taken seriously.
“I worry a little bit that what has happened is we&#8217;ve gotten caught in the sort of politics of this,&#8221; said Dr. Jha. &#8220;&#8230;because as you know, there are a lot of people who&#8217;ve become very anti-vaccine. And so that means that a lot of doctors see these patients and worry that if they acknowledge that person suffering, that somehow they&#8217;re becoming anti-vaccine themselves. I&#8217;m very pro-vaccines. I got them. Everyone in my family got them. Still, I think we have to acknowledge this that is not just happening among doctors is happening inside the government. We just have to do better.”
And Chris Cuomo, who famously emerged from his basement after quarantining for COVID, also said in an interview with Barcavage that he had long-term issues from the vaccine, and <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/vaccine-side-effects-censorship-drove-vaccine-hesitancy-nurse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted that people weren’t getting help</a> because of politics. “&#8230;I think there&#8217;s really no incentive to get out in front of this because it&#8217;s just bad PR, right?&#8221; said Cuomo. &#8220;I mean, nobody&#8217;s going to get patted on the back for saying, &#8216;Yeah, Shaun&#8217;s right.&#8217; There&#8217;s, there are side effects on some of the vaccines or all of the vaccines that we should be talking about and figuring out how to treat. And there is long COVID and there&#8217;s lots – nobody wants to say that because it&#8217;s all political now.”
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Legacy Media Acknowledges Possible Injury From COVID Vaccine

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A global study that looked at medical issues among nearly 100 million people who received the COVID vaccine found a higher-than-expected increase in neurological- and heart-related problems following the shot. 
The Global Vaccine Data Network’s (GVDN) COVID Vaccine Safety study, which was the largest safety research conducted on COVID vaccines to date, found a higher risk of myocarditis than was expected from mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-19/largest-covid-vaccine-study-yet-finds-links-to-health-conditions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The study also found an increased risk of a type of blood clot in the brain in people who received viral-vector vaccines, such as the one developed by the University of Oxford and produced by AstraZeneca. 
“The size of the population in this study increased the possibility of identifying rare potential vaccine safety signals,” said Kristýna Faksová, the lead author of the study who works for the Department of Epidemiology Research at Statens Serum Institut in Denmark, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/20/us-news/covid-vaccines-linked-to-slight-increases-in-heart-brain-blood-disorders/">according</a> to The New York Post. &#8220;Single sites or regions are unlikely to have a large enough population to detect very rare signals.&#8221;
GVDN is a New Zealand-based group that <a href="https://www.globalvaccinedatanetwork.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describes</a> itself as “a multinational, investigator-led research network with primary interests in the area of vaccine safety and effectiveness.” Researchers with GVDN looked at 13 medical conditions that they considered “adverse events of special interest” in 99 million vaccinated people throughout eight different countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, New Zealand, and Scotland. The study’s most consistent finding was inflammation of the heart muscle, also known as myocarditis, after each of the first three doses of mRNA vaccines, Bloomberg reported. 
Researchers also <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4477406-largest-multi-country-covid-study-links-vaccines-to-potential-adverse-effects/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> a “significant increase” increase in Guillain-Barre syndrome within the first 42 days of an initial AstraZeneca vaccine. Guillain-Barre syndrome is an autoimmune disorder where an immune system attacks its body’s nerves, according to the <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/guillain-barre-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20362793" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayo Clinic</a>. 
“In its most severe form Guillain-Barre syndrome is a medical emergency,” the Mayo Clinic says. “Most people with the condition must be hospitalized to receive treatment.” 
The study then identified possible safety signals for spinal cord inflammation following viral-vector vaccine injections. Potential safety signals were also identified in the study for inflammation and swelling in the brain and spinal cord after both viral-vector and mRNA vaccines. 
Jacob Glanville, the CEO of biotech company Centivaix, responded to the study’s findings, telling <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/largest-ever-covid-vaccine-study-links-shot-small-increase-heart-brain-conditions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> that while the vaccines have potential adverse effects, getting immunized against COVID is still the “safer choice.” 
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&#8220;This study is confirming in a much larger cohort what has been previously identified in the original studies during the pandemic — myocarditis and pericarditis as a rare side effect of mRNA vaccines and clots as a rare side effect of the viral vectored vaccines,&#8221; said Glanville, who was not involved in the study.
“The odds of all of these adverse events is still much, much higher when infected with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), so getting vaccinated is still by far the safer choice,” Glanville added.
The GVDN study was published in the medical journal “Vaccine” last week. Nearly 14 billion doses of COVID vaccines have been administered globally since they were first rolled out in December 2020.
The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to tout COVID vaccines as “safe and effective.” The WHO <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines/advice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> that “In 2021 alone, COVID-19 vaccines saved an estimated 14.4 million lives worldwide,” and the CDC <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/safety-of-vaccines.html#:~:text=Everyone%206%20months%20and%20older,vaccines%20are%20safe%20and%20effective." target="_blank" rel="noopener">recommends</a> that everyone six months and older receive the vaccine. 
GVDN’s Global COVID Vaccine Safety Project is part of a larger initiative that is supported by the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services, and several of the study’s authors receive financial support from federal government agencies, including the CDC, the New Zealand Ministry of Health, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4477406-largest-multi-country-covid-study-links-vaccines-to-potential-adverse-effects/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The outlet added that some of the study’s authors also reported having previously been paid by pharmaceutical companies Gilead Sciences Inc., AbbVie Inc., Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline.

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Largest COVID Vax Study To Date Finds Higher-Than-Expected Increase In Heart And Brain Issues Following Jab

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) posted a thread on X Monday he titled &#8220;The Amazon Files,” revealing emails he said show the tech company caved to pressure from the Biden administration &#8220;to censor books.&#8221;
The emails sent from the Biden administration to Amazon and internal messages from the company showed that on the same day that Amazon met with the White House in March 2021, the company “enabl[ed] Do Not Promote” for books that expressed hesitancy about the COVID vaccines, Jordan said.
According to emails the White House sent to Amazon nearly three years ago, then-senior White House advisor Andy Slavitt — who at the same time was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-admin-praised-youtubes-censorship-used-it-to-pressure-facebook-to-intensify-suppression-of-vaccine-stories" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressuring Facebook</a> to suppress vaccine-related stories — asked who he could talk to at “the high levels of propaganda and misinformation and disinformation” at Amazon. Slavitt added in his email that a search for “vaccines” under books on Amazon yielded “concerning” results.
“How did the Biden White House conclude that there was ‘propaganda and misinformation’ in books sold in Amazon’s bookstore? The White House ran keyword searches for controversial topics, such as ‘vaccine,’ and emailed Amazon when it didn’t like how the search results appeared,” Jordan <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1754637211469766809" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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THE AMAZON FILES – “feeling pressure from the White House”
Internal docs subpoenaed by <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JudiciaryGOP</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/Weaponization?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Weaponization</a> indicate that <a href="https://twitter.com/amazon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@amazon</a> bowed down to Biden White House pressure to censor BOOKS.
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In response to the Biden administration’s request, Amazon appeared to discuss taking action but held off on “doing a manual intervention” because the company’s PR team was afraid such a move would be “too visible” and would be picked up by news outlets, such as Fox News.
“Why was the Biden White House so upset with Amazon?” Jordan <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1754637215223746874" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a>. “Because Amazon believed ‘retailers are different than social media communities’ &amp; provided their ‘customers with access to a variety of viewpoints.’ For the Biden Admin, letting Americans think for themselves was unacceptable.”
Jordan wrote that on March 9, 2021, a week after the initial email, the White House met with Amazon. Internal documents <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1754637216876208628" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that one of Amazon’s main questions for the administration was, “Is the Admin asking us to remove books, or are they more concerned about search results/order (both)?” In the internal documents revealed by Jordan, Amazon also admitted that it was “feeling pressure from the White House” as the company also anticipated a “negative story” published by <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/amazon-covid-conspiracy-books" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BuzzFeed</a> on books sold on Amazon “related to vaccine misinformation.”
On the same day as its meeting with the White House, Amazon said in internal discussions that it enabled its “Do Not Promote” for books that questioned the efficacy of the COVID vaccines, and the tech giant “also considered other ways ‘to reduce the visibility’ of certain books that the Biden White House disliked,” Jordan said.
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“That’s right. Amazon caved to the pressure from the Biden White House to censor speech,” the judiciary committee chairman added.
Jordan concluded the thread by saying that the Judiciary Committee and the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government are investigating the Biden administration’s effort to pressure Amazon to enforce more censorship.
The congressman’s findings add yet another company to the list of tech giants pressured by the Biden administration to censor vaccine-related information. Last summer, Jordan began releasing what he called the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-releases-new-facebook-files-highlights-how-biden-admin-sought-to-suppress-daily-wire-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook Files</a>,” saying the Biden administration pressured Facebook to stifle speech the White House didn’t like, including limiting The Daily Wire’s reach on the platform. Then in December, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-admin-praised-youtubes-censorship-used-it-to-pressure-facebook-to-intensify-suppression-of-vaccine-stories" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that YouTube went along with the White House’s censorship requests before Facebook was pressured to follow suit, according to documents shared with Jordan.

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‘Amazon Caved’: Jim Jordan Posts Evidence WH Pressured Amazon ‘To Censor Books,’ Amazon Complied

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New York State Supreme Court Justice Brandon T. Lantry dismissed felony charges against two residents who had bought fake COVID-19 vaccine cards — going over the head of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Bragg had charged the two — who were identified only by their initials J.O. and R.V. in The New York Post&#8217;s <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/03/metro/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-slammed-for-letting-violent-perps-walk/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> — with felonies after they allegedly bought fake vaccine cards from a stripper in New Jersey, in an apparent attempt to skirt the Big Apple&#8217;s vaccine mandate. The Manhattan DA chose 16 of approximately 100 who allegedly bought the fake vaccine cards from the same stripper, and charged them with felony criminal possession of a forged instrument.
Fourteen of the 16 opted to plead out for lesser charges, but then J.O. and R.V. moved to have their cases dismissed, Bragg fought them — which was how the case ultimately landed in Lantry&#8217;s lap.
But Lantry pushed back, noting that the Manhattan DA&#8217;s office under Bragg&#8217;s leadership has &#8220;routinely — nearly daily — move[s] to dismiss significantly more serious counts or entire indictments.&#8221; In some of those cases, he noted in his opinion, Bragg&#8217;s office worked to dismiss charges against people with prior felony convictions or people whose immigration status might be at risk if they were convicted.
&#8220;These motions submitted [by Bragg and his prosecutors] are made months or even years after the 45-day period has expired to dismiss &#8230; sexual assaults, drug sales, robbery, burglary, and other violent and non-violent serious felony offenses,&#8221; Lantry continued.
Critics were quick to call Bragg out on social media after the charges were dismissed.
&#8220;In Bragg’s version of America, hoodlums who steal rape and murder deserve the most leniency possible, but people who refused to go along with the moronic vaxx card tyranny deserve to have their lives ruined,&#8221; radio host Buck Sexton said.
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&#8220;Soros DA Alvin Bragg is prosecuting people for having fake vax cards &#8211; 3 years after the fact &#8211; while letting killers, rapists, drug dealers &amp; illegal alien invaders who assault cops WALK FREE. Are you paying attention yet?&#8221; Monica Crowley added.
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Soros DA Alvin Bragg is prosecuting people for having fake vax cards &#8211; 3 years after the fact &#8211; while letting killers, rapists, drug dealers &amp; illegal alien invaders who assault cops WALK FREE.
Are you paying attention yet?<a href="https://t.co/0aI8bNFDAS">https://t.co/0aI8bNFDAS</a>
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Alvin Bragg Brings Felony Charges For Fake Vax Cards, Gives Violent Perps A Pass: Judge Says No Way

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Veteran soap opera actor Ingo Rademacher, best known for his role in &#8220;General Hospital,&#8221; is suing Disney-owned ABC after the company ostensibly fired him for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The actor, though, says his legal team was able to expose evidence of political animus toward Rademacher — the reason they claim the actor was really fired.
“ABC had a duty to accommodate Ingo,” reads one of Rademacher&#8217;s team&#8217;s legal filings. “Instead, it put him through a sham process that was designed to fail, and which was meant to cover up the real reason for Ingo’s termination: his political views.”
During an interview with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/megan-basham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham</a>, which can be listened to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/silencing-hollywood-ingo-rademacher-sues-abc-saturday-extra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here on Morning Wire</a>, Rademacher details what his team found in the legal discovery process and the actor reasserts his commitment to free speech.
&#8220;I was fired for not complying with the vaccine mandate,&#8221; Rademacher told Basham. &#8220;But I had kind of suspicions about maybe that it was political, because in 2020, I started speaking out, started speaking my political views on my social media accounts, my Twitter and my Instagram, because I thought that was my right — little did I know.&#8221;
&#8220;It is my right,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And everyone&#8217;s like, &#8216;Are you crazy to speak out against this?&#8217; And I&#8217;m like, well, no, this is freedom of speech. This is very important. If other people on the show get to speak, then so do I. And if they have different views, that&#8217;s totally fine with me.&#8221;
His legal team worked &#8220;to expose the political animus&#8221; towards the actor, despite &#8220;ABC lawyers&#8217; insisted that such evidence didn&#8217;t exist,&#8221; Rademacher explained.
&#8220;At the last minute, all of a sudden, they found a bunch of emails and text messages that showed the political animus towards me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And that included emails and text messages between cast and crew. One of them was a producer calling me an ignorant racist — just name-calling for no reason. I think that kind of just shows the depth that Hollywood goes to in order to cover up the political discrimination.&#8221;
Rademacher noted that actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gina-carano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gina Carano</a>, who was fired from Disney-owned Lucasfilm back in 2021, is a &#8220;perfect example&#8221; of such political discrimination.
&#8220;When she started speaking out against the narrative, they started looking for any post of hers that they could use to fire her,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;And they didn&#8217;t even hide it.&#8221;
Rademacher seemed to become a target when he spoke out about issues like COVID and transgenderism. With the former, the actor said at the time that the vaccine was not intended to &#8220;stop the spread.&#8221; Notably, Pfizer chairman Albert Bourla <a href="https://thehill.com/news-by-subject/healthcare/528619-pfizer-chairman-were-not-sure-if-someone-can-transmit-virus-after/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in 2020 that the company did not examine if the COVID vaccine stops transmission during development. “This is something that needs to be examined,&#8221; Bourla said.
When it comes to transgender ideology, Rademacher was accused of &#8220;misgendering&#8221; a trans person. He also argued that biological males who identify as trans should not be taking achievements or invading the spaces of girls and women — an opinion supported by the vast majority of Americans.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve never said anything to anybody about not taking the vaccine, this was literally just — we shouldn&#8217;t have vaccine passports,&#8221; Rademacher explained one of his apparently controversial posts. &#8220;And you know, that they were really, really upset about that. They were talking about recasting me, and things like that.&#8221;
&#8220;We have the emails from them actively talking about figuring out a way to let me go well before the vaccine mandate even came along,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So when that came along, they were just like, &#8216;Okay, well, we&#8217;ll just use this, he&#8217;s not going to get vaccinated, and we&#8217;ll just deny the religious exemption.&#8221;
&#8220;Maybe I&#8217;m naive in that way, but I really believe in freedom of speech,&#8221; the actor said, noting of his mistreatment. &#8220;And I advocate for anybody else that&#8217;s on the show.&#8221;
His former colleague Nancy Lee Grahn is very vocal about her left-wing views online, Rademacher noted, but said that he gladly advocates for her freedom of speech. &#8220;It&#8217;s still her freedom to speak, that is the most important thing to protect. And that&#8217;s one of the main things I think that we&#8217;re fighting for — besides the vaccine mandate being unconstitutional, and the religious exemption being denied. Freedom of speech is at the heart of a well-functioning country; we have to have debate and nobody wants to debate anymore. They just want to call you names, try to smear you as much as possible, which is what happened with me.&#8221;
Following his response, Basham noted that Lee Grahn was one of the people who essentially cheered Rademacher&#8217;s firing, openly online.
&#8220;She jumped on the virtue signaling train,&#8221; the actor responded. &#8220;And wanted to announce to everybody that I was &#8216;mercifully&#8217; no longer on the show.&#8221;
&#8220;Announcing that I was no longer on the show, I think was really disappointing,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But I don&#8217;t mind working with somebody like that at work. It doesn&#8217;t bother me because, again, it comes down to freedom of speech. And I&#8217;m a huge supporter of that. If you want to talk about your political views and social views on your social media account, which is what she does, then I get to enjoy the same right. Now, she can disagree with me, and we can argue about it — not at work, obviously. But also, I don&#8217;t have a problem working with people that I don&#8217;t agree with. It doesn&#8217;t doesn&#8217;t bother me. I don&#8217;t talk about my politics at work. But my social media is my social media account. And I think I should have the right to say whatever I want, and somebody else like her is enjoying her freedom to say whatever she wants.&#8221;
Basham then asked Rademacher, &#8220;What is your sense in Hollywood of just how many performers and other industry professionals are suppressing their views out of fear of the kind of job-loss and blacklist that you describe?&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna be guessing it&#8217;s probably somewhere close to half the people at work with me, that their views do not align with the current media narrative and Hollywood — they are more on my side of this than anything else,&#8221; the actor responded. &#8220;The people who do agree with my views, or are afraid to speak up — you get private messages, you get phone calls from friends, and they&#8217;re like, &#8216;Man, you have a lot of courage. But I just can&#8217;t do it, I just can&#8217;t fight the fight.'&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re just not going to say anything,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And, to me, I walked away from an incredible job.&#8221;
&#8220;From a spiritual perspective, I do believe that I was kind of chosen for this fight, because I wasn&#8217;t going to back down,&#8221; Rademacher added. &#8220;And let me just say to everybody, suing is not fun. It has completely thrown our lives upside down. We had to move from an amazing community for my kids; they had a great life there and I had to  tear them away from that life. They destroy lives when they don&#8217;t stand for equal rights for everybody and freedom of speech. And yes, everybody is afraid to speak up in Hollywood, and when you do, they find a way very quickly to get rid of you.&#8221;

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Veteran Soap Actor Speaks About Lawsuit, Political Discrimination After ABC Firing

Veteran Soap Actor Ingo Rademacher Speaks Out About Political Discrimination After ABC Fires Him

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As the Biden administration pressured Big Tech companies to censor Americans’ speech during the COVID vaccine rollout, Google&#8217;s YouTube went along with the White House’s requests before Facebook was pressured to follow suit, according to documents shared with House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and obtained by The Daily Wire.
In an April 18, 2021, email, Facebook President for Global Affairs Nick Clegg expressed concern after Andy Slavitt, a senior White House advisor, told him that Facebook was “lagging behind” as YouTube “made significant advances to remove content leading to vaccine hesitancy.”
“Just got off hour long call with Andy Slavitt,” Clegg, the United Kingdom&#8217;s former deputy prime minister, wrote in the email. “There are some pretty serious — and sensitive … issues we need to address. A summary: He was appreciative of the data we sent thru on Friday, and confirmed that Rob F had said that they had never received so much so much data from us before.” 
Clegg, who appears to referring to Rob Flaherty, Biden&#8217;s censorship czar, said it was the White House&#8217;s view that Facebook was lagging behind the other tech companies.
“Andy attended a meeting of misinfo researchers (didn’t provide names) organized by Rob F on Friday in which the consensus was that FB is a ‘disinformation factory,’ and that YT has made significant advances to remove content leading to vaccine hesitancy whilst we have lagged behind,” Clegg continued. 
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Earlier this year, Jordan began releasing the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-releases-new-facebook-files-highlights-how-biden-admin-sought-to-suppress-daily-wire-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook Files</a>,” showing that the Biden administration pressured the social media giant to stifle speech the White House didn’t like, including limiting outlets such as The Daily Wire’s reach on the platform and boosting the reach of legacy media outlets. 
Flaherty in emails released by Jordan earlier this year, suggested that Facebook to &#8220;change the algorithm so that people were more likely to see [New York Times], [Wall Street Journal], any authoritative news source over The Daily Wire.&#8221;
The latest batch of emails exhibits how closely the White House was working with Big Tech companies, and how concerned the companies were with satisfying demands from administration officials. The Biden administration set specific goals for Facebook to reach in its censorship of anti-vaccine content “in the coming weeks,” such as reaching the “‘hardest to reach’ people who have a propensity to consume vaccine hesitant related content and who are not swayed by official/authoritative sources of content,” according to the emails obtained by The Daily Wire.
“Our systems, he believes — as confirmed by the researchers — feed vaccine hesitant related content to pockets of the population and that’s the problem he wants our help to resolve,” the email continues. 
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Clegg adds that Slavitt became enraged that Facebook didn’t remove a post critical of the COVID vaccine that was the “third most highly ranked post in the data set” provided to him by Facebook. 
Clegg said he told the White House advisor that removing such posts would put Facebook in a tough spot because of First Amendment protections of speech. Slavitt shot down Clegg’s concern, saying the post “demonstrably inhibits confidence in COVID vaccines amongst those the Biden administration is trying to reach,” according to the email. 
Slavitt went on to say that YouTube would never allow such content, the emails show.
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Around ten days later, Google appears to confirm it was following the Biden administration’s requests closely. 
In an email from April 29, 2021, the Google/YouTube government affairs team said that over the past few weeks, it “had conversations with the White House staff on YouTube’s policies and all the great work that is being done to raise authoritative information and fight harmful misinformation related to COVID-19 misinformation.” 
“The discussions have been good and the information has been well received,” the email added.  
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Following the release of the “Twitter Files” and the Judiciary Committee’s findings on Facebook, the American public has seen first-hand how the Biden administration colluded with Big Tech companies to censor speech and silence voices it didn’t approve of. 
The “Facebook Files” were modeled after the “Twitter Files,” a series of reports from investigative journalists, who were given access to internal communications at Twitter after Elon Musk took over. The “Twitter Files” revealed how the tech giant communicated directly with the Biden administration and the FBI, discussing tweets and even accounts of people who expressed concern about the COVID vaccine.

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A former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fox-news">Fox News</a> producer is suing the network, saying it fired him due to his “refusal to report false information,” such as concerns about harmful effects of COVID vaccines. But Fox News says Jason Donner was fired for infractions including not showing up for work — which Donner blames, ironically, on the fact that the COVID vaccine made him sick for more than a week.
Donner, who was a Capitol Hill producer, filed a lawsuit in D.C. court in September saying Fox discriminated against him “as a result of Mr. Donner speaking out against the false news stories being published by Fox News and his political affiliation.”
One of those stories came in June 2021, when Donner was assigned to run a story on Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) raising questions about COVID vaccines. “Donner stated that it was dangerous to cover the story without interviewing a doctor for the opposing point of view,” the lawsuit said.  “Forced to cover the press conference, Donner reported accurately on the issue and thereby debunked/fact-checked each of Senator Johnson’s claims in his required story pitch. He was praised by fellow Fox staffers for presenting the facts but raised the ire of management.”
According to a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-johnson-letters-moderna-pfizer-vaccine">FoxNews.com article</a>, by other reporters, on June 28 Johnson held a press conference with people “who experienced adverse reactions to the vaccines and experienced &#8216;refusal or reluctance&#8217; from their doctors to acknowledge that their symptoms might be tied to the vaccine.”
Johnson said he was “pro-vaccine” but held the hearing because people who did experience ill effects were “having a hard time getting their truths communicated… without being censored.” He wrote to Pfizer and Moderna asking them to provide data about adverse reactions.
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Donner had other complaints. On January 6, 2021, when in Donner’s view Fox’s on-air comments did not sufficiently condemn what his lawsuit calls an “insurrection,” he called Fox’s control room and said, “I don’t want to hear any of this f—ing sh—t on our air ever again because you’re gonna get us all killed.” 
He said there were “reports of shots fired” — which was likely the sound of a police officer killing an unarmed protester.
In October 2021, Donner complained to management about Tucker Carlson’s coverage of January 6 and worked “on a story debunking the false claims.”
By 2022, Fox management said Donner was creating a “toxic environment” and needed “more self-awareness,” the lawsuit said. “Fox News’ management was pushing a far right-wing agenda in the news division, and Donner would not comply with their demands,” the lawsuit said.
In September of that year, Donner was fired, with Fox allegedly telling him it was because he was late for work and did not show up for work.
Donner said, ironically, that that’s because he had taken the COVID vaccine and had a severe adverse reaction — of the sort he didn’t want Sen. Johnson talking about without “debunking” it. 
“On September 26, 2022, Donner called in sick because he was recovering from the COVID vaccine that he had recently received. Donner had received the COVID vaccine the previous week, but fell ill from it. Despite being ill, he continued to work because he did not want to leave his coworkers short-handed. Nonetheless, by September 26, 2022, he was too ill to continue to work and so he called in sick. His body gave out on him because he had kept working while ill,” the <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/2023-CAB-006055.pdf">lawsuit</a> said.
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“On September 27, 2022, Donner’s supervisor… accused Donner of being irresponsible and challenged Donner’s work ethic, despite the fact that Donner worked past 9pm three nights in the preceding week while ill from the COVID vaccine. Essentially, [supervisor NuNu] Japaridze faulted Donner for calling in sick the day before when he was recovering from the COVID vaccine. The call ended with Japaridze hanging up on Donner,” the lawsuit said.
The next day, the D.C. Bureau Chief ”told Donner that he was fired because he was late for work and did not show up for work (presumably referring to September 26, 2022 when Donner called in sick),” the lawsuit said, alleging that “this was a pretextual firing based on Donner’s political views and affiliation.”
The lawsuit was filed in D.C. Superior Court, invoking the D.C. Human Rights Act, on September 27, and was moved to federal court on November 13.
Fox and Donner’s lawyer did not return requests for comment.

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Elderly people may have an increased risk of stroke caused by blood clots in the brains if they receive both the COVID booster and a flu shot in the same visit, a new study suggests.
Older adults who received both shots in the same visit last year <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/flu-covid-shot-reasonable-amid-safety-review-potential/story?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhfacebook&amp;utm_content=null&amp;id=104308950" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had</a> a 20-35% increased stroke risk, according to the <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.10.23296624v1.full.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a>, which was funded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The results <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/25/health/covid-flu-vaccine-stroke-risk-study/index.html#:~:text=Vaccines%20for%20Covid%2D19%20and,according%20to%20a%20new%20study." target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> about three strokes for every 100,000 doses given.
The study <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/25/health/covid-flu-vaccine-stroke-risk-study/index.html#:~:text=Vaccines%20for%20Covid%2D19%20and,according%20to%20a%20new%20study." target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> the increased stroke risk may be primarily driven by the flu shots rather than the COVID vaccines. Nevertheless, the results have sparked concerns.
The study examined the Medicare claims of more than 5.3 million adults age 65 and older who received a bivalent Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccine.
Those age 65 or older who got a bivalent vaccine and a high-dose flu shot at the same time had an increased risk of blood clots in their brains. The high-dose flu shot is only <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/flu/expert-answers/fluzone/faq-20058032" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> for people 65 and older.
Those 85 and older who got the Pfizer vaccine also had a higher risk of stroke caused by blood clots even without taking the flu shot at the same time, the study found.
The study also found a very slight increase in stroke risk for those 65 and older who had only gotten a high-dose flu shot, about one to two strokes per 100,000 doses.
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The study is not yet peer-reviewed and is observational, meaning it can only show associations, not prove cause and effect. Some experts <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/flu-covid-shot-reasonable-amid-safety-review-potential/story?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhfacebook&amp;utm_content=null&amp;id=104308950" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cautioned</a> that the results are preliminary and could have another explanation such as elderly people being at higher risk for stroke already because of their age.
The study was triggered by a January public communication from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and FDA stating that one of their vaccine safety monitoring studies had suggested a small risk of stroke for older adults who received a Pfizer COVID shot and a high-dose flu shot on the same day.
&#8220;The review conducted in this preprint paper is part of our ongoing safety surveillance efforts, which utilize a variety of data sources,&#8221; the Food and Drug Administration told ABC, adding that the agency remains confident in the COVID vaccine.
Pfizer recently released a <a href="https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5bRp/pfizer-inc-covid-19-shot-two-things-at-once-featuring-travis-kelce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commercial</a> promoting getting the COVID vaccine and the flu shot at the same time, or &#8220;two things at once.&#8221;
The ad spot features Travis Kelce, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, who shows the camera two Band-Aids on his arm for the two shots.
&#8220;Travis, did you know you can get this season&#8217;s COVID-19 shot when you get your flu shot?&#8221; a woman asks the NFL player in the ad.
&#8220;Huh, two things at once,&#8221; Kelce responds. The ad then shows Kelce performing a series of two activities at once such as grilling while mowing the lawn and riding a hot air balloon while speaking on the radio.
The Kansas City Chiefs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Jets quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/aaron-rodgers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Rodgers</a> threw down the gauntlet on Tuesday for a &#8220;duel&#8221; or vaccine &#8220;debate&#8221; to Chiefs&#8217; player Travis Kelce, who he&#8217;s nicknamed &#8220;Mr. Pfizer&#8221; after the Kansas City player appeared in a Pfizer ad campaign.
During the New York player&#8217;s weekly appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1711807257405509951?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Pat McAfee Show</a>,&#8221; the hosts talked to Rodgers about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-responds-to-aaron-rodgers-calling-him-mr-pfizer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelce&#8217;s recent comment</a> that &#8220;who knew that I would get into the vax wars&#8221; with Rodgers while the Chiefs player stood by appearing in the COVID/Flu shot ad for the pharmaceutical company.
&#8220;Mr. Pfizer said he didn&#8217;t think he&#8217;d be in a vax war with me,&#8221; the NFL Super Bowl winning QB said. &#8220;This ain&#8217;t a war homie, this is conversation.&#8221;
&#8220;But if you want to have some sort of duel, debate, have me on the podcast,&#8221; he added, referencing Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce&#8217;s popular podcast &#8220;New Heights.&#8221;
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Aaron Rodgers is inviting Travis Kelce to have a vaccine debate.
Rodgers proposes that it be him and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against Kelce and Anthony Fauci.
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&#8220;Come on the show!&#8221; Rodgers continued, mentioning McAfee&#8217;s show. &#8220;Let&#8217;s have a conversation. Let&#8217;s do it like in &#8216;John Wick 4,&#8217; so we both have a second, somebody to help us out.&#8221;
Rodgers said his second would be independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and said the Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; star could have Dr. Anthony Fauci or &#8220;some other pharmocrat.&#8221;
During a press conference on Friday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-responds-to-aaron-rodgers-calling-him-mr-pfizer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelce</a> laughed about the new nickname and told the press it was a &#8220;pretty good&#8221; one from the all-star QB and made it clear he was &#8220;fully comfortable&#8221; with being called that.
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It came after the Jets QB labeled Taylor Swift&#8217;s rumored boyfriend &#8220;Mr. Pfizer&#8221; following New York&#8217;s loss to the Kansas City team.
The NFL MVP took a swipe at Kelce, noting that the Jets&#8217; defense kept the team in the game, despite ultimately falling to the Patrick Mahomes-led squad 23 to 20 during &#8220;Sunday Night Football.&#8221;
The <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1709274038516777243?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clip</a> went viral with more than 35 million views and counting at the time of this publication. &#8220;Mr. Pfizer&#8221; also began trending on X for a brief time.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-says-hes-been-cast-as-the-villain-over-covid-stance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rodgers</a> made headlines in 2021 when he was accused of making misleading comments about his vaccination status, saying he was &#8220;immunized.&#8221; However, it was later revealed that he had not been vaccinated.

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Aaron Rodgers Throws Down The Gauntlet For A Vax ‘Duel’ To ‘Mr. Pfizer’ Travis Kelce

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Chiefs&#8217; star player <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-speaks-out-after-taylor-swift-attends-chiefs-game-amid-dating-rumors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> responded to New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers calling him Mr. Pfizer and joked, &#8220;Who knew I would get into the vax wars with Aaron Rodgers&#8221; after Kelce appeared in an ad for the pharmaceutical company.
During a <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1710366041904390540?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> on Friday, the Kansas City tight end laughed about the nickname and told the press it was a &#8220;pretty good&#8221; one from the all-star QB and made it clear he was &#8220;fully comfortable&#8221; with being called that.
When pressed further by a reporter on why he decided to appear in a commercial for the company that manufactures the COVID vaccine, the professional football player said he got it to keep &#8220;my family safe.&#8221;
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JUST IN: Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce responds after Aaron Rodgers called him &quot;Mr. Pfizer,&quot; says he stands by the vaccine and says it keeps his family safe.
The comment from Kelce came after Rodgers made fun of him for starring in a Pfizer commercial.
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&#8220;I mean, I&#8217;ve always been, you know, once I got the vaccine … I got it because of, you know, keeping myself safe, keeping my family safe, the people in this building,&#8221; Kelce said.
&#8220;So yeah, I stand by it 1000% and fully comfortable with him calling me Mr. Pfizer,&#8221; he added.
Earlier this week, the superstar Jets QB labeled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-announces-eras-tour-concert-movie-coming-to-theaters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift&#8217;s</a> rumored boyfriend &#8220;Mr. Pfizer&#8221; following New York&#8217;s loss to the Kansas City team on Sunday night.
During Rodgers&#8217; weekly appearance on the &#8220;Pat McAfee Show,&#8221; the NFL MVP took a swipe at Kelce, noting that the Jets’ defense kept the team in the game, despite ultimately falling to the Patrick Mahomes-led squad 23 to 20 during &#8220;Sunday Night Football.&#8221;
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&#8220;I think there&#8217;s some sentiment that there&#8217;s some sort of moral victory there,&#8221; Rodgers told the host. &#8220;That we hung with the champs.&#8221;
&#8220;And that our defense played well and Pat [Mahomes] didn&#8217;t have a crazy game,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And Mr. Pfizer, we kind of shut him down a little bit. He didn&#8217;t have any crazy impact on the game, other than some yards and stuff.&#8221;
The comments left the host busting up laughing, but he attempted to cover up his snickers from disrupting the Jets QB&#8217;s remarks.
&#8220;I felt like for the most part we played really tough on defense the last three quarters and that was important for us,&#8221; he added. Rodgers could hear the laughter coming from the other side of the microphone and was smiling.
The clip went viral with more than <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1709274038516777243?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">28 million views</a> and counting at the time of this publication. &#8220;Mr. Pfizer&#8221; also began trending on X on Tuesday.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-rodgers-says-hes-been-cast-as-the-villain-over-covid-stance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rodgers</a> made headlines in 2021 when he was accused of misleading comments about his vaccination status, saying he was &#8220;immunized.&#8221; However, it was later revealed that he had not been vaccinated.
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It may be 2023, more than three years after the pandemic began, but COVID restrictions remain a mandatory part of life for many.
Some schools, employers, and government entities are forcing students, workers, and the public to comply with COVID measures in a familiar echo of last year, and the year before that, and the year before that.
The city of San Francisco is still <a href="https://sf.gov/information/know-when-masks-are-needed#:~:text=There%20are%20no%20longer%20masking,or%20people%20living%20in%20jails." target="_blank" rel="noopener">requiring</a> people who work in health care or at jails to wear a face mask.
Even in deep-red Alabama, three court buildings in Dallas County have <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mask-mandate-update-alabama-dallas-county-restrictions-1825563" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resurrected</a> their mask mandate for the public after several cases of the virus cropped up in the buildings.
In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis (R) <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-vaccines-ladapo-florida-d40276077f5fb6de98c2087172b423dc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> the idea of going back to COVID restrictions and promised Florida will not do so.
Vermont is pushing back as well. The state will no longer allow school nurses to test students for COVID, according to the Vermont Department of Health, <a href="https://vtdigger.org/2023/09/06/absent-in-vermont-schools-this-fall-student-covid-19-testing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signaling</a> that they are viewing the virus as more like a seasonal flu.
The return of COVID restrictions comes amid an uptick of virus cases and hospitalizations as we head into the colder months, but the outbreaks appear to be concentrated in hotspots and are well below the peaks we saw at the height of the pandemic.
With the school year kicking off and students returning to classrooms and campuses, several schools are giving students deja vu with their own mandatory — and strict — pandemic rules.
This week, a Maryland elementary school reinstated its face mask mandate after several students tested positive for COVID.
Rosemary Hills Elementary School just north of Washington, D.C., is <a href="https://www.wbal.com/article/616010/2/mask-mandate-returns-for-one-class-in-montgomery-county-elementary-school" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requiring</a> the third-grade class and school staff to wear masks for 10 days after “three or more” third graders tested positive for the virus.
The young students must wear masks “except when eating or drinking,” and the school is providing KN95 masks to students and staff in the “identified classes or activities.” Parents will also be sent at-home rapid COVID tests, and Rosemary Hills is <a href="https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2023/09/1-class-required-to-wear-masks-after-covid-outbreak-in-montgomery-co-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asking</a> them to report any positive test results to the school attendance office.
In Alabama, Kinterbish Junior High <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mask-mandate-update-full-list-schools-restrictions-1825285" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> an indefinite mask mandate last month, and students appeared to still be wearing masks last week based on Facebook photos.
In Georgia, Morris Brown College, a private, historically black liberal arts school in Atlanta <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maryland-elementary-school-forces-kids-to-mask-up-again" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a two-week mask mandate last month.
There were no active COVID cases on campus, but several students at the other three colleges in the Atlanta University Center system had tested positive after students returned to campus.
Morris Brown students were required to practice social distancing and were prohibited from having parties or large gatherings. They were also required to get their temperature checked when they arrived on campus, comply with contact tracing efforts, and isolate for at least five days if they tested positive.
Dillard University, another private, historically black university in New Orleans announced a two-week mask mandate last month, citing a jump in virus cases.
Meanwhile, two California high schools canceled their upcoming football games over COVID cases among students.
Esparto High School west of Sacramento canceled its game after six players contracted the virus and seven more players were out due to injuries. Likewise, Santa Paula High School north of Los Angeles canceled its football game due to 20 positive COVID cases within the football and cheerleading teams.
Some parents were frustrated that their kids will miss out after months of lockdowns.
“She couldn’t go to the movies. Couldn’t do nothing; locked down with a Chromebook,” a Santa Paula parent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/covid-cancellations-return-two-california-high-schools-cancel-football-games" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> a local outlet. “It was horrible. Totally affected her life.”
A major Hollywood movie studio brought back its mask mandate last month as well. Lionsgate, reinstated its mask mandate for most of its Santa Monica office employees after several employees tested positive for COVID. Lionsgate said it would also do contact tracing and give out free COVID test kits, and the studio also asked employees to self-screen for COVID before coming to work.
Late last month, though, Lionsgate <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/08/lionsgate-mask-mandate-lifted-covid-outbreak-1235528599/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it would lift its mask mandate again.
Hospitals are bringing back their mask mandates as well. In California, Kaiser Permanente <a href="https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/kaiser-permanente-reinstates-covid-19-mask-mandate-amid-spike-in-cases-but/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">imposed</a> a mask mandate at its hospitals and medical offices in Santa Rosa for not only doctors and patients but also visitors.
In New York, a group of hospitals have brought back mask mandates as well, <a class="color-link" title="https://www.fox4news.com/news/citing-rising-covid-cases-these-us-hospital-systems-have-now-reinstated-mask-mandates" href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/citing-rising-covid-cases-these-us-hospital-systems-have-now-reinstated-mask-mandates" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.fox4news.com/news/citing-rising-covid-cases-these-us-hospital-systems-have-now-reinstated-mask-mandates" aria-label="including">including</a> United Health Services, Auburn Community Hospital, and University Hospital in Syracuse.
Most of the new mask mandates do not specify whether certain kinds of face masks are unacceptable. As long ago as 2021, CNN’s medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cloth-masks-useless-omicron-expert-b1980394.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> cloth face masks were &#8220;little more than facial decorations,&#8221; and urged people to wear &#8220;at least a three-ply surgical mask.&#8221;
The current COVID variant, which is descended from Omicron, has been spreading for months, and experts have said it is not any more dangerous than previous variants.
Even so, the White House is putting out warnings about COVID as fall approaches.
Biden has not tried to get Americans to return to face mask mandates broadly, but his administration is still strongly pushing the COVID vaccine.
The Biden administration recently <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/flu-covid-rsv-vaccines.html">recommended</a> that many people get not only a COVID booster shot, but also a flu shot and a shot for RSV, a respiratory virus that can be dangerous for infants and elderly adults.
One doctor who is an advisor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/flu-covid-rsv-vaccines.html">compared</a> an annual COVID booster to “a seatbelt in a car,” saying it is good to keep using it.
Former president Donald Trump slammed the return of COVID restrictions late last month.
The 2024 Republican frontrunner <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-blasts-mask-mandates-covid-1823697" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> that if re-elected, he would &#8220;use every available authority to cut federal funding to any school, college, airline or public transportation system that imposes a mask mandate or a vaccine mandate.&#8221;
Even during the height of the pandemic, policies like mask mandates, lockdowns, and vaccine mandates faced spirited opposition.
Now that the pandemic is three years old, it&#8217;s doubtful Americans have any appetite left for more restrictions.
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Tennis great <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-stays-with-you-novak-djokovic-back-in-australia-after-dramatic-detention-deportation-over-vaccine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Novak Djokovic</a> made history on Sunday when he defeated Daniil Medvedev in three sets to win the U.S. Open, scoring him his 24th major championship, tying the record for the most Grand Slam singles titles.
Djokovic, who has refused to take the COVID vaccine, was notably banned from entering the U.S. last year due to a Biden administration vaccine rule, keeping the athlete from competing in the U.S. Open last year.
&#8220;To make history [in] this sport is just something truly remarkable and special, obviously, in every possible way, in every possible meaning of the word,&#8221; Djokovic said after winning the Open, <a href="https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/38373910/novak-djokovic-beats-daniil-medvedev-win-2023-us-open-24th-major-title" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ESPN. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to describe the words.&#8221;
&#8220;I never imagined that I would be here standing with you talking about 24 Slams,&#8221; the 36-year-old continued. &#8220;I never thought that would be the reality. But the last couple of years, I felt I have a chance, I have a shot for history, and why not grab it if it&#8217;s presented?&#8221;
Djokovic, who said he had already contracted and recovered from the virus, has chosen not to get <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19-vaccine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vaccinated</a> against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID</a>. This led to the dramatic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/novak-djokovic-loses-visa-appeal-deported-from-australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detainment and deportation</a> of the tennis star from Australia, rendering him unable to defend his Australian Open title in 2021. Later, he was banned from New York for the 2022 U.S. Open, similarly over his vaccination status.
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“Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for [the] US Open,” he said at the time on social media. “Thank you #NoleFam for your messages of love and support. Good luck to my fellow players! I’ll keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again. See you soon tennis world!”
Djokovic spoke about what happened to him about a year after the Australia incident. “Obviously what happened 12 months ago was not easy for me, for my family, team, anybody who is close to me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It’s obviously disappointing to leave the country like that.”
“You can’t forget those events,” Djokovic continued. “It’s one of these things that stays with you for I guess the rest of your life. It’s something that I’ve never experienced before and hopefully never again. But it is a valuable life experience for me and something that as I said will stay there, but I have to move on.”
The athlete has been open about what he&#8217;s willing to give up for his personal medical choices, specifically tennis championships.
“That is the price that I’m willing to pay,” Djokovic <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60354068" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the BBC. “Because the principles of decision making on my body are more important than any title or anything else. I’m trying to be in tune with my body as much as I possibly can.”
“I was never against vaccination,” he added, “but I’ve always supported the freedom to choose what you put in your body.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-stays-with-you-novak-djokovic-back-in-australia-after-dramatic-detention-deportation-over-vaccine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It ‘Stays With You’: Novak Djokovic Back In Australia After Dramatic Detention, Deportation Over Vaccine</a>

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