Approval of vaccines to finalize a Booster Strategy and now according to the New York Times and washington post, authorizing Addition Flaal shots in the com weeks for people with compromised Immune Systems. We have seen big companies doing their part with amazon, for instance, becoming the latest plan dating all Warehouse Workers mask up nationwide. That starts on monday. All across the country, city, County And State governments have been doing the same. Today new Jerseys Governor ordered mask wearing for every one vaccinated or not in all schools, public and private notably from preschool through the 12th grade. Not so in texas or florida where governors not only oppose these measures, they have issued orders barring cities and counties from imposing them. Floridas governor framed it today as preserving Parents Freedom to choose what is best for their children. He did not mention the fact that florida leads the country in children hospitalized with severe infections from covid. Those
Department in the closing days of the previous administration. He said that he had this information from his own secret sources that said the chinese intelligence had a special thermometer that could use to alter vote totals. The answer, of course, is they dont. But he asked his superiors in the justice department, Joeff Rosen and richard donoghue, to get a special classified briefing from the director of national intelligence to check this out. He went over for the briefing at the turn of the year, and was told that the intelligence showed there was no evidence that there was foreign interference that altered the vote total. Something weve known. And he came away not convinced. He kept pushing this idea, and we know he helped try to orchestrate a coup in the justice department, try to get trump to fire rosen. We know trump didnt do that, but it shows you how close things came in those crucial days. Its it just everything, it grows more absurd by the day. Cnn is learning that the Janua
THeyve issued orders barring cities and counties from imposing them. Floridas governor, ron desantis, framed it, today, as preserving Parents Freedom to choose what is best for their children. He did not mention the fact that florida, now, leads the country in children hospitalized with severe infections from covid. And those such numbers are harder to come by for texas. Telling cnn affiliate, ktrk, tHey have seen cases climb steeply. Up 50 , in just the past several days. That is part of the backdrop of Todays Decision by Houston School superintendent to propose a Mask Mandate in defiance of texass governor. This Mask Mandate will be for our students, staff, and visitors at all of our schools, buses, and facilities. Whether or not this holds, texas schools are, already, at a delta disadvantage. Under newstate rules, tHey will not be required to do Contact Tracing, even if a student gets the virus. The the reasoning here, it just seems bizarre. Quoting, now. The data from 20 to 21 show
In cases, the scale of which we havent seen in six months. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 107,000 new covid cases a day, meaning were now in the second highest peak of the whole pandemic. As a result, hospitalizations are back up nearing levels weve seen in previous peaks. The silver lining, last time cases were this high, there were about 14,000 more people in the hospital. But on the ground, its no less dire. In texas, a Parents Nightmare played out. Houstons pediatric hospitals at full capacity. So an 11 month old had to be air lifted, even though the child had covid 150 miles away. In florida, the countrys covid epicenter, record high in hospitalizations after covid cases skyrocketed this week. More than 134,000 covid infections in florida. The states highest for cases recorded over any seven Day Period throughout the pandemic. Despite the deteriorating situation, governor Ron Desantis Wont budge from School Mandates choosing political fights over pandemic preventions, so pri
Patients. Almost all of them, unvaccinated. And now the White House is thinking about withholding federal funding to get places like Nursing Homes to mandate vaccinations. The president continued his full Court Press to get more shots in arms just a short time ago. Yes, cases are going to go up before they come back down. Its the pandemic of the unvaccinated. I know ive said that constantly, and others have as well. The pandemic of the unvaccinated. Its needless taking a needless toll on our country. About 400 people will die because of the Delta Variant in this country. A tragedy. Because virtually all of these deaths were preventable if people had gotten vaccinated. Cnns Nick Valencia is focusing on the covid hot spots. Hes starting with florida, which now leads the nation in new infections. Reporter covid cases on pace to surpass 100,000 a day again with the Delta Variant spreading as easily as chickenpox. Now accounting for almost all new covid19 cases in the country. What has happ