He sought to persuade energy and power providers not to require employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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PHOENIX (AP) An elected Arizona utility regulator has shared discredited conspiracy theories while trying to persuade energy and power providers not to require their employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
The Arizona Republic reports that Arizona Corporation Commission member Jim O’Connor said during an interview that the government and the news media are covering up the shots causing numerous deaths and people becoming “human vegetables,” but there’s no evidence of such problems.
O’Connor, a Republican, was elected last November to his statewide office as one of five commission members. He served as a presidential elector for then-GOP nominee Donald Trump during his successful campaign in 2016.
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ISLAMABAD â Pakistan on Saturday received its first supply of COVID-19 vaccines through the U.N.-backed COVAX initiative, over 1.2 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
The prime ministerâs special aide on health, Dr. Faisal Sultan, asked people over age 40 to register for shots and said the Pakistani government would soon be able to expand its immunization program to other age groups.
A statement issued by Pakistanâs National Command and Operations Center said that 1,238,400 vaccine doses arrived in the first COVAX allocation while another batch of 1,236,000 was expected to arrive in a few days.
Top GOP Regulator Falsely Claims Vaccine Turns People Into Potted Plants
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A top Arizona GOP regulator has falsely claimed that the coronavirus vaccine is deadly and turns people into potted plants.
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Jim O Connor, elected as a Republican in November, espoused COVID-19 conspiracy theories about the vaccine in an interview with the
Arizona Republic published Saturday. I m also aware through other information that many people who have taken the shot, many thousands of people here in the U.S. are deceased, he alleged. And the deceased part is the good news. And please don t take this out of content.
Arizona 100% carbon-free rules fail after last minute changes
After three years of back and forth, ACC kills rules to make Arizona carbon free.
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Clean energy rules that would have required Arizona electric utilities to use 100% carbon-free power sources by the year 2050 failed in a 3-2 vote, Wednesday night.
The Arizona Corporation Commissioner, a five-member panel that regulates investor-owned utilities, came to the decision after significant amendments to the rules package were passed by the three Republican members.
One amendment, introduced by Commissioner Justin Olson, who has consistently opposed the rules, required that they be goals rather than required standards.
For Seventh Year In A Row, Allianz Partners Recognized For Exceptional Customer Service At The 2021 American Business Awards®
Allianz Partners Adds Two Stevie® Awards for Exceptional Customer Service, Tallying up a Total of 25 Awards
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RICHMOND, Va., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Allianz Partners, a travel insurance and assistance company, was honored with two Stevie® Awards for exceptional customer service at the 19
th Annual American Business Awards®. The company was recognized as a silver Stevie® Award winner for Customer Service Department of the Year and received a bronze Stevie® Award for Customer Service Team of the Year in the Insurance Category. Over the past seven years, Allianz Partners has won 25 American Business Awards and Stevie Awards for customer service excellence.