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Biden Admin Stiffing COVID Vaccine-Injured Americans Over Medical Claims

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In April 2021, Adele Fox received a single shot of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Within a few hours, the 60-year-old resident of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, started feeling shooting pains in her legs, arms, and neck. The pain didn’t abate over the next few days. Instead, it got worse and was accompanied by nausea and debilitating fatigue.

ZeroHedge Opinion     Jun 29, 2023

A Pair of Crime Crusaders Face Off at the New York Mayoral Debate

crime, law and justice

On Wednesday night, the two men vying to become New York’s next mayor met in a Manhattan television studio for an hour-long debate. The opening question was about the big municipal news of the week: outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio had mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for all city-government employees. Some forty six thousand employees—including many sanitation workers, firefighters, and police officers—will be put on unpaid leave if they do not get a shot by next Friday. Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee, offered a careful defense of the move, saying that he supported the decision but would have announced it “differently.” Curtis Sliwa, the Republican, lambasted it, invoking the early months of the pandemic, when people cheered essential workers ...

The New Yorker     Oct 21, 2021

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims he's not antisemitic or racist as he stands by COVID conspiracy theory about racial infection rates

“The First Amendment was not written for easy speech,” Kennedy said in a congressional hearing. “It was written for the speech that nobody likes you for.”

Fortune     Jul 20, 2023

🤗 Healing through acceptance: Covid-19 was a portal into our sick society

technology

I doubt I ever feel older or more passé than when I’m out in my city — New York — and I still put on a mask before stepping onto a bus, going into the subway, or entering a store. Increasingly, I find myself alone in a world of the unmasked with the exception of a few other ancient types like me. Once upon a time, I could look online at the Guardian or the New York Times and I wouldn’t be able to avoid the latest devastating numbers on Covid-19. Now, I can read and read and read and never notice a thing.

Alternet     May 02, 2023

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clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu     Jul 27, 2023